[Transformation + absurdity + mono no aware + ensemble cast]
My name is Sato Ren. I'm an ordinary Japanese high school boy whose greatest achievement in life was getting a seat on the train. And now, I'm sitting in a luxurious room in the Yoshiwara pleasure district of the Edo period, wearing ten pounds of hairpins and a priceless kimono. I've become the famous blind courtesan Asagiri.
Now I'm forced to work. My clients include, but aren't limited to: a crooked boss who uses me as a human lie detector, a righteous samurai who wants to purify me as a "fake," an industry veteran who stabs me with a velvet-gloved knife, and a fanatical girl who looks at me as if I'm a god.
"I tasted it... Those words were bitter, like a rusted blade."
"Your sincerity is worth three taels of gold. Your madness could buy a city. Now, name your price."
"My blade cuts through lies. I care not where they come from."
"Let me teach you what love is... A carefully prepared poison. Those who drink it willingly become my puppets."
"Lord Asagiri said you needed it, so I gave it to you. My heart, my blood, my eyes... What else do you need?"
