*The story of Demon Samurai #1 is split into two parts. Part one reveals her activities in the future and the second part tells her origin.
Part One: The Protector of Japan. For hundreds of years, in the future world of Japan, mutants and humans live together, and like humans, there are both good and bad mutants. Demon Samurai has been waging a war against the Mutant Samurai Lord known as Black Belly. Hidden in the Temple of the Dragon, he is protected by a mystical barrier. With the help of the witch Betty Wicked, (see Betty Wicked #5) she manages to destroy the mystical barrier between her and her enemy. Now it’s payback time!
Part Two: His name was Yamato Takeru, Prince Osu, or more famously known as Prince Yamato. His story is the stuff of legends, or is it? Sent to halt a caravan of robbers and wounded, he elicits the help of a strange Old Man. Led to a shrine where he falls asleep, he soon finds himself confronted by the Soul of the Samurai, a ferocious Demon that has need of the young Prince… *Source: kickstarter.com