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The Flowers of Hard Blood

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しおんの王 - The Flowers of Hard Blood

Yasuoka Shion is a 13-year-old rising star in the professional shogi world. She carries a deep trauma: at age five, she witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. The killer challenged her to a game of shogi and told her to forget the event and never speak again if she wanted to live. Now mute, Shion navigates her demanding career supported by her adoptive family and the shogi association.

Her exceptional talent attracts the attention of Satoru Hani, a powerful businessman with ties to the shogi elite. He organizes a major mixed-gender tournament and urges Shion to compete. However, Satoru appears to know unsettling details about Shion's past, raising suspicions among her friends and the police who are still investigating the old murder case.

As the tournament progresses, Shion's repressed memories begin to surface, forcing her to confront the mystery of that fateful night while battling skilled opponents across the shogi board.

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