For years, a young wanderer has faced demons alone, unable to see, hear, or feel. Each demon he kills restores a missing part of his body. His solitary travels gain a companion when Dororo, an orphan boy, befriends him, and the two struggle for survival and humanity in a world infested with demons.
The wanderer's suffering began with his father, the samurai lord Daigo Kagemitsu. Seeking power and prosperity for his dying land, Kagemitsu renounced Buddha and struck a bargain with 12 demons. His domain flourished, but his first son was born without limbs, facial features, or skin. Abandoned in a river, the living child was rescued by a medicine man, who equipped him with prosthetics and weapons. Those gifts allowed him to survive and eventually confront the demons that had taken his body as their price.
