Sword Gai
Sword Gai is a Japanese manga series written by Toshiki Inoue with original character design by Keita Amemiya and scenario by. The first twelve episodes of an anime adaptation titled Sword Gai: The Animation were released on Netflix worldwide on March 23, 2018. Part II was released on July 30, 2018.
Plot
Gai is a young man who is an apprentice to the blacksmith Amon, who found him as a newborn with the legendary katana Shiryū, revealed to be one of many cursed weapons found worldwide that turn their wielder, who is known as a Chrysalis, into a thrall who embodies their murderous impulses. On the night Amon found Gai, the katana had sent one of its keepers on one such murderous spree with it, during which he confronted Gai’s parents. After killing Gai’s father, Gai’s mother, who was pregnant with him, used Shiryū to kill the attacker and committed suicide rather than be consumed herself by the weapon’s bloodlust. After Gai loses his right arm when a ceremony to subdue Shiryū goes wrong, Amon forges it into a prosthetic limb for Gai. What makes matters worse is a Chrysalis will gradually lose their humanity until finally transforming into armored monsters called Busoma, making them that much harder to stop. Becoming a Chrysalis with the ability to fuse with his weapon, Gai attempts to retain his humanity while fighting the Busoma, whose drive to seek combat threatens to exterminate humanity.Characters
;Kigetsu;Marcus Lithos
;Mina Haraya
;Midoriko
;Yasuko Tanaka
;Issei Ariga
;Arnys
;Shin Matoba
;Kazuma Matoba
;Rie Matoba
;Kuromaru
;Kagatsuka
;Himiko
;Kazumo
;Hakim
;Tatsumi
;Kiyomi
;Kei
Media
Manga
Written by Toshiki Inoue and illustrated by Keita Amemiya and , Sword Gai started in Hero's Inc.'s manga magazine from November 1, 2012, to September 1, 2015. Shogakukan Creative collected its chapters in six volumes, released from June 5, 2013, to November 5, 2015.A direct sequel by the same author, titled Sword Gai Evolve, was serialized in the same magazine from October 31, 2015, to June 1, 2019. Its chapters were collected in seven volumes, released from May 22, 2016, to August 5, 2019.