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Plot Summary

Volume 1

ogreslayerFrom the fading warmth of his mother's cooling corpse, an ogre in the form of a young human boy is born. His ancestry? Pure ogre. His destiny? To kill his own kind. He bears not an ogre's horn, but an ogre-killing sword. Believing that he will become human once all his kind are extinct, he travels the land, sword in hand, daring to dream. He has no human name. Mankind refers only to his sword, 'Onikirimaru,' otherwise known as... Ogre Slayer.

Volume 2

Grim Fairy Tales

When you pray for something, it's always best to read the fine print on just who you're praying to. In this case, the prayers are for the birth of a child by a desperate mother. The problem? Should a child be conceived, it is destined to be killed at age five. By one of those Ogres. Call in the Ogre Slayer!