Down the river of red a child in a basket afloat stormy skies and a battle of gore The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga Shogunate. Various samurai warlords and clans fought for control over Japan in the power vacuum, while the Ikkō-ikki emerged to fight against samurai rule. a samurai coverd with wounds and blood lifts the basket flowing down the river and notices the infant inside suprised and not knowing what to think or say he quickly gets out of the river then travels with the infant somewhere far away on horse back through the thick mist he arrived at a hut hidden in the forest

he rushes inside placing the basket with the infant on a bed made of hey the samurai patches up his wounds and looks over at the infant saying "what should I call you?" grining he says "Shiki and starting from now I guess im your dad" a couple of years pass and Shiki is now 5 years old with a bokken at hand (A bokken (木剣, bok(u), "wood", and ken, "sword") (or a bokutō 木刀) is a Japanese wooden sword) training with his father in the forest

After a good hour of training sweat poured down Shiki's four head as he rested on the floor exhausted saying "don't you worry ill surpass you one day dad" his farther scoffs at his comment replying "sure you will anyways we still need to go out hunting" the both of them go hunting for deer densed coverd areas and following foot prints they come apon a majestic beast with two big eyes and brown luxurious hide Shiki's Farther tells him to draw his bow and to resinicate the steps Assume the shooting position.

Nock the arrow.

Draw and anchor the bow.

Aim.

Release the string.

Follow through.

the arrow releases and strikes the deer in the side then the deer sprints away as fast as possible luckily theirs a trail of blood leading to its location the two of them follow the trail after 2 hours of trailing the wounded beast they stumble apon its corpse Shiki's Farther says "looks like a strike to the liver nice job anyways lets bring this back home" after a long journey back home the animal is skinned and cooked but before eating the two of they say thanks to the deer for being caught and "itadakimasu," a polite phrase meaning "I receive this food." This expresses thanks to whoever worked to prepare the food in the meal. the two enjoy their meal while conversing about samurai and why the feudal system collapsed The daimyo used a portion of their income from taxation of peasants to pay the samurai, usually in rice. Over time, however, the most powerful jito and shugo (daimyo) began challenging the authority of the shogun, eventually leading to the collapse all of a sudden there's a knock on the door.