Belladonna of Sadness
A soul wandering in love… Belladonna, a flower that blooms with the sap of tears…
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A surreal, psychedelic descent into trauma and damnation, where a violated woman's pact with darkness becomes both her only recourse and her ultimate undoing.
An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.
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