Lady Snowblood

Meiji 7 (1874). Tokyo Prison, Hachioji,

Kanagawa Prefecture Branch

Yuki...

You were born for vengeance...

Such a poor child...

A child of the netherworlds...

Lady Snowblood

Move it!

Get out of our way, woman!

Who do you think you are?!

Do you realize that he's Shibayama Genzo,

the Asakura Senryo Gang leader?

It doesn't matter! Kill her!

You b*tch!

What are you, an assassin?!

You little b*tch!

Don't kill her...

I want her to tell us what

fool hired her.

Yessir!

Yessir!

Who are you?! Speak!

Who gave you orders to come

after me...of all people?!

Answer me!

Wh... Who are you...?

Revenge..

Wh...Wh...Whoose?!

All those helpless people that

have suffered, thanks to you...

Woman, wh...wh...who

the hell are you?!

Lady Snowblood.

Begrieving snow falls...

in the dead morning...

Stray dog's howls... and the footsteps

of Gete pierce the air...

I walk with the weigth of the Milky

Way on my shoulders...

...but an umbrella that holds onto

the darkness is all there is.

I'm a woman who walks at the

brink of life and death...

...who's emptied my tears

many moons ago...

All the compassion,

tears and dreams...

...the snowy nights... and tomorrow...

hold no meaning...

I've immersed my body in

the river of vengeance...

...and thrown away my womanhood

many moons ago...

Chapter One:
Vengeance

Binds Love and Hate

Over twenty years

have flown by...

...since the new era of Meiji ended three

centuries of peaceful Tokugawa rule.

The European ideas of social progress...

...that once greatly unsettled the people

are becoming widely accepted.

Still, provincial disputes

continue unabated...

...as do unfair practices by mercenary

plutocrats and shady businessmen...

...and actions taken by corrupt officials

seeking only to benefit themselves.

And, self-indulgent, rich men and

women only grew in number...

...while the pleas of

poor peasants...

...who could barely make ends

meet, remained unanswered.

And at this time, there lived a

woman of the netherworlds.

Everyone knew her

flowery beauty...

...but, not many knew that deep inside

her seemingly gentle and pure heart...

...burned a raging desire to

hunt down her enemies.

People say...that what cleanses this world

of decay is not pure white snow...

...but snow that is stained fiery-red:

"the snow of the netherworlds."

Damn it...

Pardon me...

I would like to see

Sir Matsuemon...

Where can I find Sir Matsuemon,

your leader?

Please, would you

take me to him?

Come with me.

Please! Please!

Pass it around!

Pass it around!

Pass it around!

Pass it around!

Pass it around!

Anything that comes here

gets passed around!

That is the law of our band!

C'mon now! Pass it around!

Pass it around!

Pass it around!

This goddess of sex

is here for us!

You think you're tough?!

She got me!

Kill this b*tch!

Stop!

Stop! Stop it!

Fool! Idiot!

Ow!

How dare you!

Wh...Wh...What the...?

You fools... How dare you act

like stray dogs in heat?!

But, Boss...

You idiot!

Sir...

The lady is a very important

guest of mine.

What?!

As you know, that ruthless

bastard Shiba-Gen...

...tried to destroy our village

by bankrupring us.

This lady is the one...

...who croaked him!

Miss... I was told that you make

your living as an assassin...

...yet, looking at you, I cannot

imagine you hurting a fly.

Tell me, Miss Shurayuki...

...what is it that you seek?

Sir Matsuemon...

I would like to request your assistance

in finding these individuals.

Takemura Banzo... Tsukamoto

Gishiro...

...Kitahama Okono...

Oh... all three seem to be from...

...the Koichi Village, in the Aimi

District of Shimane Prefecture.

Now, Koichi Village... that's

where I grew up.

It has taken me a whole year...

to ascertain that very fact.

But, tell me...

Why?

Are you familiar with the Ketsuzei Riots

that occured in the 6th year of Meiji?

The Ketsuzei Riots? I can't say

that I don't know of it...

These three explited

that situation

...and swindled large sums from

the villages of kiochi

...by running a "draft-

exclusion" scam...

...and then skipping

out without a trace.

I don't know all the details...

...but I heard that there were

four culprits, not three.

Yes sir.

Of the four... Shokei Tokuichi

is now dead...

He was killed.

I beseech you, sir. Please

find those three.

I hear you...

...but, without knowing

what they look like...

...knowing their names alone

won't be much help.

That is not true! I believe

that you can do it, sir!

It should be possible to find many

people who know of them.

As your clan is spread widely

across the entire nation...

...if you were to use your

many connections...

...I know that you

could succeed!

I don't believe that

it is impossible...

But... what exactly

are you after?

The 6th year of Meiji... I doubt that

you had even been born yet.

It could be said that Karma

can stain the unborn...

All the young men of this nation, as

of their seventeenth birthday...

...will be registered for the draft, and

assigned to the army or reserves.

Their service is required

to defend the nation.

On November 10th, all familt

heads must register...

...their sixteen year-old male

children with town officials.

Upon reaching the

age of twenty...

...all such man will be inducted

into the military.

Going back in time... over

twenty years ago...

In the Sixth year of Meiji, March...

the nation's first draft mandate...

...was enacted by

the Cabinet.

The new government sought to strengthen

the nation through militarism...

...believing that the modernization

of Japan must be based...

...on the development of military power

similar to that of foreign superpowers.

However... the peasants did not consider

it to be a reasonable measure...

...and soon their discontent

exploded in riots.

The end to these uprisings

was nowhere in sight...

Destruction, robbery, arson... and other

acts of rebellion continued without end.

Many strange rumors circulated, the most

famous being about the "Men in White".

Men dressed in white were said to be

the pawns of the new government...

...who killed conscripts and collected their

blood for sale to foreign nations.

This is where the first chapter

of the tragedy begins.

Meiji 6 (1873), June. Koichi Village,

Aimi District, Shimane Prefecture.

Shiro!

Shiro!

Knock it off!! Let me go!

Guys!

Let me go! Mommy!

Shiro!

Let's go.

Get off, fool!

Knock it off! Let go!

Mommy!

Hey!

Look at him! He's wearing white!

Knock it off!

It's HIM...

He's the new government

man! Kill him!

Don't be ridiculous!

I'm... I'm...

...the new gradeschool teacher who's

just moved to this village!

Shut up!

Die!

Tsukamoto Gishiro

Takemura Banzo

Shokei Tokuichi

Dear!

Kitahama Okono

This is unthinkable!

How could this be?!

Dear! Dear!

Dear! Dear...!

Dear!

Has the moment come?

I believe so.

Then you ought to go...

There is othing to prevent you

from walking your path.

Reverend, I must thank you for

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