Tanzakura

4.5 out of 5 stars.

In a quest for both honour and survival, effort can bring unexpected rewards.
Through fusion of historical and contemporary Japanese visual culture, this game takes players on a samurai quest for both honour and survival.

Two Samurai warriors (Shiro and Kin) are hunting in the wetlands at the foot of the mountains. From opposite directions they approach a red crowned crane. On sensing the imminent attack the crane transforms into the spirit maiden “Tanzakura”, who then conjures more cranes as a gift to the hunters. She, herself, then transforms back into a crane before taking flight toward the mountain temple. The moral of the story is …Effort can bring unexpected rewards.

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