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黒塚 KUROZUKA
日本镰仓时代。因为被哥哥源赖朝所追杀，源义经（源九郎）与武藏坊辨庆（大和坊）两人流浪到了山中。在此时，两人来到了一名叫黑蜜的美少女独居的家中。义经慢慢与黑蜜产生了男女之情。但是这位少女却隐藏了惊人的秘密，其实她是一个不老不死的吸血鬼。被追兵重伤后濒死的源义经接受了黑蜜所施的血的交换仪式，自己也成为了吸血鬼。从此以后，两人一起开始了从镰仓、室町、战国、江户、明治、大正、昭和、平成以及近代的时间旅行…… 日本奇幻作家梦枕貘的小说「黑冢 KUROZUKA」，其原型是以日本传统能乐“黑冢”改编的现代舞台剧本，之后演变成小说，梦枕貘本来打算写成2、3回的短篇，但最终却成为了长达4年的长篇连载，其漫画版由野口贤于2002年~2006年在集英社的「Super Jump」上连载。而根据本作改编的全12话TV动画，预定2008年10月7日开播。动画制作由Mad House负责，宫野真守、朴璐美、中田让治等实力派声优将参与到本作中。
Kuro and Benkei, fleeing pursuers, seek refuge in the forest home of Kuromitsu. When Kuro falls ill, Benkei leaves to seek medicine. The pursuers attack Kuro and Kuromitsu, mortally wounding Kuro. Kuromitsu offers Kuro eternal life.
A corrupt wandering samurai attacks Kuro and Kuromitsu in the town near her home and beheads Kuro. Kuromitsu kills the samurai and attaches Kuro's head to the samurai's body. In flashback, Kuro drinks Kuromitsu's blood, but before his transformation can complete, they are attacked by an enemy who has been hunting Kuromitsu for the secret to her immortality. Kuro is beheaded by Benkei, whom the enemy had recruited to be their new leader.
Without any memory of how he got there, Kuro awakens in the forest in a post-apocalyptic world. Upon entering a crumbled city of Asuka in search of Kuromitsu, he meets Haniwa resistance member Karuta. The Red Imperial Army attacks the club fronting for the Haniwa HQ. Kuro attacks the Red Imperial Army when he recognizes their emblem as the same as those who hunted Kuromitsu.
Kuro recovers from the fight with the Red Imperial Army at Rai's apartment. Rai takes Kuro to Izana, who claims he can reunite Kuro with Kuromitsu if Kuro joins the Haniwa rebels against the Red Imperial Army.
The Haniwa take Kuro to meet the rebel leader, Saniwa. She promises to reunite him with Kuromitsu. The Red Imperial Army seeks Kuromitsu's blood to breed an army of enhanced soldiers.
Arashiyama and the Red Imperial Army attack Haniwa HQ and Saniwa's residence in search of Kuromitsu's blood.
Kuro and the Haniwa travel to the underground village of Kagura, but discover the residents slaughtered and Kuromitsu gone.
The Red Imperial sorceress Kagetsu tortures Saniwa to learn the whereabouts of Kuromitsu. Kuromitsu appears, kills Kagetsu, tells Kuro to go to the Red Imperial HQ, and disappears again. Saniwa dies.
Kuro and the Haniwa travel to the Red Imperial HQ in Tokyo. Karuta dies.
Kuro and Rai are captured by the Red Imperial Army. Kuon is revealed to be, among other things, a Red Imperial agent who infiltrated the Haniwa at Kuromitsu's command.
Hasegawa plans to remove Kuro's head for his experiments. Kuro kills Hasegawa. Kuon kills Rai, then tells Kuro that Kuromitsu planned to use his body as Kuro's perfect new body. Kuro kills Kuon.
Kuro confronts the Red Emperor, who is revealed to be Benkei, and kills him. Kuromitsu beheads Kuro and places his head on a new body. Kuro awakens in the forest, having lost his memory, and begins again his search for Kuromitsu.
