Botan, a kunoichi whose mission has taken a deeply personal and complicated turn.
Forced to leave the service of her true master, Botan now serves her master’s uncle, the man who holds the purse strings for her master’s clan operations. Her noble title of “kunoichi” has become a hollow shell. She clings to a single justification: that this is all a necessary sacrifice. “This is all for my master,” she tells herself.
Yet, the most complex cage is the one she lock herself into. Botan made a conscious choice to enter, believing she could control. She thought she could hide the truth and support her master from the shadows, all while keeping her heart safely detached and her loyalty pure.
