The mutant Hamato Clan receive a mysterious katana that puts them under a deadly curse. But there is only one known way to stop the curse and prevent the turtle brothers from killing each other—Hamato Splinter commands his son Leonardo to kill him. The sudden death of their father deeply traumatizes and scars each of the turtles. Feeling dishonored, Leonardo immediately sets off to Japan over his brother Raph's objections. Donatello cannot come to terms with the horror he's witnessed and loses his grip on reality. Michelangelo's overwhelming sorrow gets the better of his once happy-go-lucky nature as he moves in with his surrogate big sister April O'Neil and completely abandons his ninja life. Raphael blames himself and his brother Mikey for the entire sequence of events, and gives in to c