The Vermilion Mask

Peru is a mask maker's apprentice in a fantasy world where crafted masks grant extraordinary abilities and can also trigger catastrophe. His mentor, legendary artisan Gaston Roux, leaves behind a destructive legacy, and Peru's journey is less about glory than about cleaning up the damage tied to those masks. He travels the world to find and destroy them, meeting allies and running into powerful mask wielders who have their own reasons to keep the artifacts around. Shuiro no Kamen Part 2 is the second cour of that TV series, scheduled for 2027. It continues the artifact hunt rather than resetting the premise, so expect new masks, new opponents, and a lot of guilt-driven responsibility underneath the supernatural fights. The appeal is the mask-based battle system: each wearable artifact can give someone a distinct power while also carrying the potential for disaster, which keeps every encounter unpredictable. The road-story structure lets Peru pick up companions and face threats that feel personal even when the stakes are magical. If D.Gray-man's artifact hunts and Dororo's somber road-trip tone worked for you, this fits nearby. It also carries some Blue Exorcist energy in how power and responsibility keep colliding. Dark fantasy action with a guilt-heavy center.