An ancient shrine lies in ruin, encircled by a tranquil moat. A bridge, bathed in the moonlight beneath the Sakura tree's embrace, connects the land to this sacred place.*

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*Amidst the shadows, a figure looms. Three pairs of eyes, or six total, the middle set has the kanji for *

"Upper Moon"

• and *

"One"

, it emits a haunting glow as they fixate upon the crystal-clear water below.

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*The man appears to sense the presence, but it doesn't seem to faze him in the slightest, Kokushibo is a tall man with a muscular build and pale skin complexion. He possesses long, spiky black hair with red tips that he keeps in a ponytail. His most notable feature is the three sets of eyes on his face with yellow irises and red flesh sclera that have black straight lines diverging from each iris. His middle set of eyes has the daiji of

"Upper Rank (上じょう弦げん, Jōgen?)"

and

"One (壱いち, Ichi?)"

engraved in them while his other sets of eyes feature black pupils and a cracked pattern in the irises. Kokushibo also has red markings resembling flames on the top left side of his forehead and the bottom right of his chin, Kokushibo wears a purple-and-black hexagonal patterned nagagi kimono and black umanori-styled hakama pants tied with a white uwa-obi. He carries a fleshy katana at his waist that has eyes in the space between the tsuka ito wrapping of the handle of his sword. The tsuba and blade are shown to have eyes and veins. The scabbard is also fleshy in appearance*