1 00:00:50,555 --> 00:01:00,755 Meiji 7 (1874). Tokyo Prison, Hachioji, Kanagawa Prefecture Branch 2 00:02:36,235 --> 00:02:39,195 Yuki... 3 00:02:51,315 --> 00:02:54,715 You were born for vengeance... 4 00:02:54,795 --> 00:02:57,795 Such a poor child... 5 00:02:59,835 --> 00:03:02,835 A child of the netherworlds... 6 00:03:09,595 --> 00:03:20,795 Lady Snowblood [V.6.] 7 00:04:05,315 --> 00:04:06,715 Move it! 8 00:04:06,795 --> 00:04:09,755 Get out of our way, woman! 9 00:04:12,555 --> 00:04:13,915 Who do you think you are?! 10 00:04:13,995 --> 00:04:18,875 Do you realize that he's Shibayama Genzo, the Asakura Senryo Gang leader? 11 00:04:21,635 --> 00:04:24,355 It doesn't matter! Kill her! 12 00:04:22,715 --> 00:04:24,355 You bitch! 13 00:04:30,675 --> 00:04:32,915 What are you, an assassin?! 14 00:04:31,915 --> 00:04:35,315 You little bitch! 15 00:04:33,075 --> 00:04:35,315 Don't kill her... 16 00:04:35,475 --> 00:04:37,395 I want her to tell us what fool hired her. 17 00:04:37,715 --> 00:04:39,115 Yessir! 18 00:04:37,795 --> 00:04:39,115 Yessir! 19 00:04:52,475 --> 00:04:56,115 Who are you?! Speak! 20 00:04:56,235 --> 00:04:59,195 Who gave you orders to come after me...of all people?! 21 00:05:00,275 --> 00:05:02,315 Answer me! 22 00:05:18,195 --> 00:05:20,435 Wh... Who are you...? 23 00:05:21,995 --> 00:05:27,515 Revenge.. 24 00:05:23,355 --> 00:05:27,515 Wh...Wh...Whoose?! 25 00:05:27,635 --> 00:05:32,235 All those helpless people that have suffered, thanks to you... 26 00:05:32,395 --> 00:05:37,155 Woman, wh...wh...who the hell are you?! 27 00:05:37,275 --> 00:05:39,195 Lady Snowblood. 28 00:06:11,635 --> 00:06:23,955 Begrieving snow falls... in the dead morning... 29 00:06:24,035 --> 00:06:36,195 Stray dog's howls... and the footsteps of Gete pierce the air... 30 00:06:36,235 --> 00:06:43,235 I walk with the weigth of the Milky Way on my shoulders... 31 00:06:43,315 --> 00:06:53,275 ...but an umbrella that holds onto the darkness is all there is. 32 00:06:54,355 --> 00:07:00,515 I'm a woman who walks at the brink of life and death... 33 00:07:00,595 --> 00:07:09,315 ...who's emptied my tears many moons ago... 34 00:07:09,435 --> 00:07:16,355 All the compassion, tears and dreams... 35 00:07:16,435 --> 00:07:27,435 ...the snowy nights... and tomorrow... hold no meaning... 36 00:07:27,515 --> 00:07:33,755 I've immersed my body in the river of vengeance... 37 00:07:33,835 --> 00:07:44,835 ...and thrown away my womanhood many moons ago... 38 00:07:51,395 --> 00:07:56,835 Chapter One: Vengeance Binds Love and Hate 39 00:07:57,515 --> 00:07:59,795 Over twenty years have flown by... 40 00:07:59,875 --> 00:08:05,195 ...since the new era of Meiji ended three centuries of peaceful Tokugawa rule. 41 00:08:05,275 --> 00:08:06,675 The European ideas of social progress... 42 00:08:06,755 --> 00:08:11,915 ...that once greatly unsettled the people are becoming widely accepted. 43 00:08:11,995 --> 00:08:14,715 Still, provincial disputes continue unabated... 44 00:08:14,835 --> 00:08:18,475 ...as do unfair practices by mercenary plutocrats and shady businessmen... 45 00:08:18,555 --> 00:08:21,955 ...and actions taken by corrupt officials seeking only to benefit themselves. 46 00:08:22,075 --> 00:08:27,115 And, self-indulgent, rich men and women only grew in number... 47 00:08:27,195 --> 00:08:28,715 ...while the pleas of poor peasants... 48 00:08:28,795 --> 00:08:33,195 ...who could barely make ends meet, remained unanswered. 49 00:08:35,275 --> 00:08:40,275 And at this time, there lived a woman of the netherworlds. 50 00:08:51,115 --> 00:08:54,675 Everyone knew her flowery beauty... 51 00:08:54,755 --> 00:08:58,875 ...but, not many knew that deep inside her seemingly gentle and pure heart... 52 00:08:58,955 --> 00:09:02,475 ...burned a raging desire to hunt down her enemies. 53 00:09:02,555 --> 00:09:08,155 People say...that what cleanses this world of decay is not pure white snow... 54 00:09:08,195 --> 00:09:11,195 ...but snow that is stained fiery-red: "the snow of the netherworlds." 55 00:09:25,635 --> 00:09:28,595 Damn it... 56 00:09:30,395 --> 00:09:33,395 Pardon me... 57 00:09:34,435 --> 00:09:36,155 I would like to see Sir Matsuemon... 58 00:09:47,395 --> 00:09:50,715 Where can I find Sir Matsuemon, your leader? 59 00:09:50,795 --> 00:09:53,075 Please, would you take me to him? 60 00:09:53,235 --> 00:09:56,315 Come with me. 61 00:09:56,475 --> 00:09:59,635 Please! Please! 62 00:10:18,595 --> 00:10:20,035 Pass it around! 63 00:10:20,195 --> 00:10:23,435 Pass it around! Pass it around! 64 00:10:23,675 --> 00:10:26,355 Pass it around! Pass it around! 65 00:10:26,515 --> 00:10:29,395 Anything that comes here gets passed around! 66 00:10:29,555 --> 00:10:31,555 That is the law of our band! 67 00:10:31,715 --> 00:10:33,635 C'mon now! Pass it around! 68 00:10:33,795 --> 00:10:36,755 Pass it around! Pass it around! 69 00:10:36,875 --> 00:10:41,035 This goddess of sex is here for us! 70 00:10:44,355 --> 00:10:47,395 You think you're tough?! 71 00:10:46,355 --> 00:10:50,475 She got me! 72 00:10:47,475 --> 00:10:50,475 Kill this bitch! 73 00:10:54,595 --> 00:10:56,195 Stop! 74 00:10:56,835 --> 00:10:59,915 Stop! Stop it! 75 00:11:00,035 --> 00:11:02,555 Fool! Idiot! 76 00:11:01,715 --> 00:11:03,355 Ow! 77 00:11:02,675 --> 00:11:05,755 How dare you! 78 00:11:03,515 --> 00:11:05,755 Wh...Wh...What the...? 79 00:11:05,915 --> 00:11:13,635 You fools... How dare you act like stray dogs in heat?! 80 00:11:13,795 --> 00:11:15,275 But, Boss... 81 00:11:14,475 --> 00:11:16,075 You idiot! 82 00:11:15,435 --> 00:11:16,075 Sir... 83 00:11:16,235 --> 00:11:20,635 The lady is a very important guest of mine. 84 00:11:20,755 --> 00:11:21,795 What?! 85 00:11:21,955 --> 00:11:27,675 As you know, that ruthless bastard Shiba-Gen... 86 00:11:27,795 --> 00:11:31,835 ...tried to destroy our village by bankrupring us. 87 00:11:31,915 --> 00:11:35,315 This lady is the one... 88 00:11:35,395 --> 00:11:37,515 ...who croaked him! 89 00:11:39,675 --> 00:11:43,915 Miss... I was told that you make your living as an assassin... 90 00:11:43,995 --> 00:11:46,955 ...yet, looking at you, I cannot imagine you hurting a fly. 91 00:11:47,035 --> 00:11:49,235 Tell me, Miss Shurayuki... 92 00:11:49,315 --> 00:11:52,315 ...what is it that you seek? 93 00:12:00,635 --> 00:12:02,435 Sir Matsuemon... 94 00:12:02,515 --> 00:12:06,595 I would like to request your assistance in finding these individuals. 95 00:12:08,235 --> 00:12:12,315 Takemura Banzo... Tsukamoto Gishiro... 96 00:12:12,395 --> 00:12:15,195 ...Kitahama Okono... 97 00:12:15,275 --> 00:12:18,875 Oh... all three seem to be from... 98 00:12:18,955 --> 00:12:23,515 ...the Koichi Village, in the Aimi District of Shimane Prefecture. 99 00:12:23,595 --> 00:12:28,795 Now, Koichi Village... that's where I grew up. 100 00:12:28,955 --> 00:12:34,435 It has taken me a whole year... to ascertain that very fact. 101 00:12:34,595 --> 00:12:37,555 But, tell me... Why? 102 00:12:37,715 --> 00:12:42,075 Are you familiar with the Ketsuzei Riots that occured in the 6th year of Meiji? 103 00:12:42,235 --> 00:12:47,275 The Ketsuzei Riots? I can't say that I don't know of it... 104 00:12:47,324 --> 00:12:49,324 These three exploited that situation 105 00:12:49,515 --> 00:12:52,115 ...and swindled large sums from the villages of Kiochi 106 00:12:52,195 --> 00:12:56,635 ...by running a "draft- exclusion" scam... 107 00:12:56,755 --> 00:12:59,235 ...and then skipping out without a trace. 108 00:12:59,395 --> 00:13:02,075 I don't know all the details... 109 00:13:02,155 --> 00:13:08,275 ...but I heard that there were four culprits, not three. 110 00:13:08,395 --> 00:13:09,995 Yes sir. 111 00:13:10,075 --> 00:13:14,155 Of the four... Shokei Tokuichi is now dead... 112 00:13:15,635 --> 00:13:17,955 He was killed. 113 00:13:21,995 --> 00:13:27,595 I beseech you, sir. Please find those three. 114 00:13:27,715 --> 00:13:30,315 I hear you... 115 00:13:30,395 --> 00:13:32,715 ...but, without knowing what they look like... 116 00:13:32,875 --> 00:13:35,275 ...knowing their names alone won't be much help. 117 00:13:35,355 --> 00:13:38,475 That is not true! I believe that you can do it, sir! 118 00:13:38,555 --> 00:13:41,195 It should be possible to find many people who know of them. 119 00:13:41,275 --> 00:13:42,915 As your clan is spread widely across the entire nation... 120 00:13:42,995 --> 00:13:46,515 ...if you were to use your many connections... 121 00:13:46,635 --> 00:13:47,635 ...I know that you could succeed! 122 00:13:47,795 --> 00:13:51,555 I don't believe that it is impossible... 123 00:13:51,675 --> 00:13:54,555 But... what exactly are you after? 124 00:13:57,875 --> 00:14:03,035 The 6th year of Meiji... I doubt that you had even been born yet. 125 00:14:04,835 --> 00:14:09,835 It could be said that Karma can stain the unborn... 126 00:14:21,195 --> 00:14:25,595 All the young men of this nation, as of their seventeenth birthday... 127 00:14:25,675 --> 00:14:29,195 ...will be registered for the draft, and assigned to the army or reserves. 128 00:14:29,275 --> 00:14:33,155 Their service is required to defend the nation. 129 00:14:33,235 --> 00:14:35,635 On November 10th, all family heads must register... 130 00:14:35,715 --> 00:14:38,555 ...their sixteen year-old male children with town officials. 131 00:14:38,635 --> 00:14:40,235 Upon reaching the age of twenty... 132 00:14:40,255 --> 00:14:42,255 ...all such man will be inducted into the military. 133 00:14:43,715 --> 00:14:46,275 Going back in time... over twenty years ago... 134 00:14:46,355 --> 00:14:50,835 In the Sixth year of Meiji, March... the nation's first draft mandate... 135 00:14:50,915 --> 00:14:53,715 ...was enacted by the Cabinet. 136 00:14:53,835 --> 00:14:55,915 The new government sought to strengthen the nation through militarism... 137 00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:58,075 ...believing that the modernization of Japan must be based... 138 00:14:58,155 --> 00:15:03,795 ...on the development of military power similar to that of foreign superpowers. 139 00:15:03,875 --> 00:15:08,035 However... the peasants did not consider it to be a reasonable measure... 140 00:15:08,115 --> 00:15:13,035 ...and soon their discontent exploded in riots. 141 00:15:13,115 --> 00:15:15,075 The end to these uprisings was nowhere in sight... 142 00:15:15,155 --> 00:15:19,795 Destruction, robbery, arson... and other acts of rebellion continued without end. 143 00:15:19,875 --> 00:15:24,475 Many strange rumors circulated, the most famous being about the "Men in White". 144 00:15:24,555 --> 00:15:29,075 Men dressed in white were said to be the pawns of the new government... 145 00:15:29,155 --> 00:15:33,155 ...who killed conscripts and collected their blood for sale to foreign nations. 146 00:15:33,275 --> 00:15:38,395 This is where the first chapter of the tragedy begins. 147 00:15:39,195 --> 00:15:45,155 Meiji 6 (1873), June. Koichi Village, Aimi District, Shimane Prefecture. 148 00:16:26,915 --> 00:16:29,915 Shiro! 149 00:16:32,875 --> 00:16:33,515 Shiro! 150 00:16:32,955 --> 00:16:33,675 Knock it off!! Let me go! 151 00:16:33,635 --> 00:16:35,675 Guys! 152 00:16:33,795 --> 00:16:36,955 Let me go! Mommy! 153 00:16:35,835 --> 00:16:36,955 Shiro! 154 00:16:37,115 --> 00:16:40,155 Let's go. 155 00:16:37,195 --> 00:16:40,155 Get off, fool! 156 00:16:44,755 --> 00:16:48,755 Knock it off! Let go! Mommy! 157 00:16:52,275 --> 00:16:53,795 Hey! 158 00:16:53,955 --> 00:16:55,475 Look at him! He's wearing white! 159 00:16:55,595 --> 00:16:57,075 Knock it off! 160 00:16:55,995 --> 00:16:57,075 It's HIM... 161 00:16:57,235 --> 00:17:00,475 He's the new government man! Kill him! 162 00:17:00,715 --> 00:17:03,755 Don't be ridiculous! I'm... I'm... 163 00:17:03,835 --> 00:17:06,635 ...the new gradeschool teacher who's just moved to this village! 164 00:17:06,795 --> 00:17:08,155 Shut up! Die! 165 00:17:09,835 --> 00:17:13,115 Tsukamoto Gishiro 166 00:17:16,595 --> 00:17:19,115 Takemura Banzo 167 00:17:25,635 --> 00:17:28,155 Shokei Tokuichi 168 00:17:28,475 --> 00:17:31,035 Dear! 169 00:17:31,555 --> 00:17:34,075 Kitahama Okono 170 00:17:35,515 --> 00:17:38,635 This is unthinkable! 171 00:17:38,715 --> 00:17:41,715 How could this be?! 172 00:18:15,195 --> 00:18:18,555 Dear! Dear! 173 00:18:19,235 --> 00:18:22,395 Dear! Dear...! 174 00:18:27,555 --> 00:18:30,195 Dear! 175 00:18:56,515 --> 00:18:58,795 Has the moment come? 176 00:18:58,915 --> 00:19:00,075 I believe so. 177 00:19:00,235 --> 00:19:01,755 Then you ought to go... 178 00:19:01,835 --> 00:19:05,155 There is othing to prevent you from walking your path. 179 00:19:05,835 --> 00:19:11,075 Reverend, I must thank you for all these years of training. 180 00:19:11,195 --> 00:19:14,995 I am disheartened because I have not been able to repay you in any way. 181 00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:16,915 Don't be ridiculous... 182 00:19:17,035 --> 00:19:20,355 You have a destiny that needs to be realized. 183 00:19:20,475 --> 00:19:22,075 Forget joy, forget sorrow... 184 00:19:22,195 --> 00:19:26,475 ...forget love, and forget hate... 185 00:19:26,595 --> 00:19:29,235 ...except for vengeance, thse must be forgotten. 186 00:19:29,355 --> 00:19:32,515 And thus, there should be no sadness in you. 187 00:19:32,635 --> 00:19:34,915 A child of the netherworlds ought not talk like that. 188 00:19:35,515 --> 00:19:37,395 A "child of the netherworlds..." 189 00:19:37,515 --> 00:19:41,475 ...who knows how many times you've scolded me by calling me that. 190 00:20:07,155 --> 00:20:12,755 "Kajima Sayo" 191 00:20:15,035 --> 00:20:19,675 "Kobayashi Tora" 192 00:20:19,995 --> 00:20:21,875 You are a child of the netherworld... 193 00:20:21,955 --> 00:20:24,595 You are not a being of this early realm. 194 00:20:24,675 --> 00:20:26,995 You are a devil that abides by netherworldly principles... 195 00:20:27,075 --> 00:20:30,875 ...a beast, a devil... one whose disguise is human... 196 00:20:30,955 --> 00:20:33,475 ...one so evil that even Buddha cannot save you now. 197 00:20:45,355 --> 00:20:49,075 Sayo! You gotta hang in there! Hang in there! 198 00:20:49,195 --> 00:20:52,235 Otora! Don't just sit there! 199 00:20:52,395 --> 00:20:56,915 I've helped many give birth in this jail... 200 00:20:57,035 --> 00:20:58,715 ...but I've never seen a birth this difficult! 201 00:20:59,035 --> 00:21:03,275 If it goes wrong, Sayo could die! 202 00:21:03,435 --> 00:21:06,955 I... I don't care... if I die... 203 00:21:07,075 --> 00:21:11,755 ...but... at least... save my baby... please... Otora! 204 00:21:11,915 --> 00:21:16,915 This isn't good... it's overdue... the baby's overdue and it's twisted around... 205 00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:19,755 It doesn't matter... 206 00:21:19,835 --> 00:21:23,835 At least save my baby... my baby... 207 00:21:23,995 --> 00:21:26,955 You don't even know whose child you're bearing! 208 00:21:28,995 --> 00:21:34,155 Should... should my baby be stillborn... 209 00:21:34,235 --> 00:21:38,235 ...if that should happen, Otora... I'll kill you! 210 00:22:34,275 --> 00:22:39,275 But, tell me... why did those four commit such a hideous crime? 211 00:22:40,795 --> 00:22:42,875 For profit... 212 00:22:43,035 --> 00:22:45,995 "For profit?" 213 00:22:51,315 --> 00:22:53,875 They told the people that draftees could be excused from service... 214 00:22:53,955 --> 00:22:59,035 ...by paying them a sum of 270 yen... 215 00:22:59,115 --> 00:23:04,555 ...and thus they swindled the villagers out of tens of thousands of yen. 216 00:23:04,635 --> 00:23:07,195 After splitting the money among themselves... 217 00:23:07,275 --> 00:23:10,475 ...they fled from the village, as planned. 218 00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:14,435 Shokei Tokuichi, who desired my body... 219 00:23:14,515 --> 00:23:18,395 ...took me along with him to Tokyo. 220 00:23:19,715 --> 00:23:23,675 In Tokyo, Tokuichi opened a little eatery. 221 00:23:23,755 --> 00:23:28,395 I did as I was told, and waited for the right moment... 222 00:24:02,155 --> 00:24:05,835 I killed Tokuichi... 223 00:24:05,915 --> 00:24:09,715 ...and was in the midst of hunting down the remaining three... 224 00:24:09,795 --> 00:24:11,955 ...when I was arrested... 225 00:24:15,395 --> 00:24:19,915 Three more vengeances remain. 226 00:24:20,035 --> 00:24:25,035 But... I've been sentenced to life in prison... 227 00:24:25,115 --> 00:24:31,515 I can no longer... exact my revenge... with my own hands. 228 00:24:31,675 --> 00:24:33,955 Then, you mean for this child to... 229 00:24:34,035 --> 00:24:36,235 ...you want this newborn to... 230 00:24:36,915 --> 00:24:39,875 That's why you kept saying you wanted a strong boy... 231 00:24:42,915 --> 00:24:45,835 Otora... 232 00:24:45,915 --> 00:24:49,755 I can't remember how many times you told me... 233 00:24:49,835 --> 00:24:52,795 "...you're a slut!" 234 00:24:52,875 --> 00:24:58,715 But that's all right... because it was true. 235 00:24:58,795 --> 00:25:03,795 Because I wanted a child so much... I've... 236 00:25:17,795 --> 00:25:22,115 At the women's prison in Ichingaya... 237 00:25:22,195 --> 00:25:24,595 ...and after I arrived here... 238 00:25:24,675 --> 00:25:28,755 ...I acted like a mad bitch in heat... 239 00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:34,995 ...I wantonly seduced men, and screwed one after another. 240 00:25:35,115 --> 00:25:40,155 I knew this made you look upon me with disgust. 241 00:25:40,395 --> 00:25:46,235 For me, there remain things left undone. 242 00:25:46,315 --> 00:25:49,315 Even if I have to devote my next seven lives to it... 243 00:25:49,395 --> 00:25:53,435 ...my vengeance... cannot be denied. 244 00:25:53,515 --> 00:25:57,995 So I... must let this child wreak my vengeance for me. 245 00:25:58,075 --> 00:26:03,595 I'll die... so my spirit can be embodied in her! 246 00:26:03,675 --> 00:26:08,675 That's the only... method of vengeance I have left. 247 00:26:10,955 --> 00:26:13,995 Otora... 248 00:26:14,075 --> 00:26:17,875 I beg you... 249 00:26:17,955 --> 00:26:24,235 Okiku... please take care of this child. 250 00:26:37,835 --> 00:26:43,275 You were born for vengeance... Such a poor child... 251 00:26:43,355 --> 00:26:45,875 A child of the netherworlds... 252 00:26:45,955 --> 00:26:48,435 ...but, Yuki... 253 00:26:48,555 --> 00:26:51,635 ...you must avenge us without fail... 254 00:26:51,715 --> 00:26:57,595 ...your father... your big brother... 255 00:26:57,675 --> 00:27:04,355 ...and me... 256 00:27:04,435 --> 00:27:07,115 ...Yuki... 257 00:27:07,235 --> 00:27:11,155 ...my... 258 00:27:11,315 --> 00:27:14,195 Sayo! Sayo! 259 00:27:12,955 --> 00:27:18,155 Sayo! 260 00:27:14,315 --> 00:27:18,155 Sayo! 261 00:27:39,875 --> 00:27:42,475 Some time later, Mikazuki Otora was released. 262 00:27:42,555 --> 00:27:48,635 She took care of the baby with the help of Dokai, a priest and former liege vassal. 263 00:27:48,715 --> 00:27:54,635 Being a "child of the netherworlds", Yuki received severe training from Dokai. 264 00:27:54,715 --> 00:27:59,035 Weighing down her little shoulders were sad thoughts of vengeance... 265 00:27:59,115 --> 00:28:04,195 ...but despite this, Yuki endured great hardships, and survived the training. 266 00:28:04,355 --> 00:28:07,835 Meiji 15 (1882) 267 00:28:08,875 --> 00:28:11,755 Kashima Yuki, Age 8 268 00:28:15,515 --> 00:28:17,635 Stretch out your hands and feet... 269 00:28:17,715 --> 00:28:20,235 Don't get thrown out, Yuki! 270 00:28:20,395 --> 00:28:21,875 Yessir! 271 00:28:22,035 --> 00:28:24,995 Here we go... 272 00:28:46,195 --> 00:28:49,155 Yuki! 273 00:28:50,075 --> 00:28:53,755 Stand up! Stand up! Yuki! 274 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:02,835 Yuki! 275 00:29:07,795 --> 00:29:09,035 Yuki! 276 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:13,355 Until the barrel stops naturally after rolling down the hill... 277 00:29:13,435 --> 00:29:14,915 ...you must not become dislodged! 278 00:29:19,595 --> 00:29:23,075 You were not born as a human child. 279 00:29:23,155 --> 00:29:25,195 You were born a child of the netherworlds... 280 00:29:25,315 --> 00:29:29,155 ...who will devote your own life to avenge another's death. 281 00:29:29,235 --> 00:29:33,635 You must never forget that this is your duty. 282 00:29:33,915 --> 00:29:37,155 Feel like a beast! Become a beast! 283 00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:46,515 What are you looking at?! Look into my eyes! 284 00:29:46,595 --> 00:29:49,555 You must look into my eyes! 285 00:30:07,383 --> 00:30:10,343 You fool! Stand up! 286 00:30:24,943 --> 00:30:27,383 Yuki! What's the matter with you?! 287 00:30:28,783 --> 00:30:31,543 Come on now! 288 00:30:36,543 --> 00:30:39,303 C'mon! 289 00:30:42,743 --> 00:30:44,463 What's with that face? 290 00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:47,543 Step out! On your feet! 291 00:32:23,663 --> 00:32:26,743 At long last... 292 00:32:26,823 --> 00:32:30,783 At long last, I've managed to come this far... 293 00:32:30,903 --> 00:32:33,863 ...my dear mother... 294 00:32:37,943 --> 00:32:40,063 Though born and raised as a child of the netherworlds... 295 00:32:40,143 --> 00:32:45,063 ...human compassion was never absent from her heart. 296 00:32:45,143 --> 00:32:49,103 Unforgettable memories of her mother overwhelmed her with sadness... 297 00:32:49,183 --> 00:32:52,023 ...yet her journey of vengeance was far from over. 298 00:32:52,103 --> 00:32:58,703 This day... marked the 20th anniversary of her mother Sayo's passing. 299 00:33:01,383 --> 00:33:07,943 Chapter Two: Crying Bamboo Dolls of the Netherworlds 300 00:33:10,343 --> 00:33:12,143 Not many days later... 301 00:33:12,223 --> 00:33:15,583 ...a letter arrived from the leader of the beggar clan, Matsuemon. 302 00:33:15,663 --> 00:33:21,663 Takemura Banzo, one of the villains she sought, had been located. 303 00:34:27,423 --> 00:34:31,343 Dad... I'll go sell all the Chikufujin I've made. 304 00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:33,303 I don't know what to say... 305 00:34:33,383 --> 00:34:35,023 I am always making you work so hard. 306 00:34:35,183 --> 00:34:36,663 What are you talking about...? 307 00:34:36,743 --> 00:34:39,703 There are so many orders that I can't keep up with the demand. 308 00:34:39,863 --> 00:34:41,663 Is that so? 309 00:34:41,743 --> 00:34:46,023 Are they selling that well? 310 00:34:43,063 --> 00:34:46,023 Uh-huh. 311 00:36:26,543 --> 00:36:29,543 You saw me? 312 00:36:28,343 --> 00:36:29,543 Why...? 313 00:36:29,703 --> 00:36:32,303 It doesn't matter. They won't sell anyway. 314 00:36:41,303 --> 00:36:43,943 Here... Keep it. 315 00:36:44,023 --> 00:36:46,703 I made it. 316 00:36:46,783 --> 00:36:49,263 Here you go. 317 00:36:49,423 --> 00:36:51,503 Say... What's your name? 318 00:36:51,663 --> 00:36:54,263 Kobue. Takemura Kobue 319 00:36:54,343 --> 00:36:57,343 Why? 320 00:36:58,583 --> 00:37:01,583 Good-bye. 321 00:37:10,143 --> 00:37:15,303 As usual, here's your three yen. Please count it. 322 00:37:15,423 --> 00:37:19,143 It's correct, sir. 323 00:37:16,743 --> 00:37:19,143 Oh, one more thing... 324 00:37:19,263 --> 00:37:22,223 ...here... 325 00:37:26,183 --> 00:37:29,183 Take it. 326 00:37:29,303 --> 00:37:32,303 Your customer for tonight is a prefectual officer... 327 00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:36,103 ...and he's a very important client of mine too. 328 00:37:36,183 --> 00:37:39,183 So... we expect the best from you. 329 00:37:41,303 --> 00:37:43,263 I know that, sir. 330 00:37:43,423 --> 00:37:44,463 Hey! 331 00:37:44,543 --> 00:37:47,783 Yessiree! Here we go! 332 00:37:55,703 --> 00:37:58,703 Kobue, is that you? 333 00:38:03,783 --> 00:38:06,103 Heh... it's you guys. 334 00:38:06,583 --> 00:38:09,583 Who did you think it was? 335 00:38:10,143 --> 00:38:12,783 Whassup, good Takemura? 336 00:38:12,863 --> 00:38:16,183 You don't look too well. 337 00:38:16,263 --> 00:38:21,863 We're here today representing the House of Hamakatsu... 338 00:38:21,943 --> 00:38:24,823 It doesn't look like Kobue is home yet. 339 00:38:24,983 --> 00:38:28,303 She's out selling her wares. 340 00:38:28,383 --> 00:38:31,383 She's probably shopping on her way back home. 341 00:38:34,063 --> 00:38:35,703 What's so funny? 342 00:38:35,863 --> 00:38:38,263 Look... 343 00:38:38,343 --> 00:38:41,223 ...wake up, why don't you? 344 00:38:41,343 --> 00:38:46,863 Look... do you really think that people are buying your Chikufujin?! 345 00:38:46,943 --> 00:38:48,983 You dumb asshole. 346 00:38:49,383 --> 00:38:51,103 Your daughter, you see, is... 347 00:38:51,223 --> 00:38:55,823 ...throwing everything she makes into the sea! 348 00:38:55,983 --> 00:38:59,023 But, Kobue brings home money... 349 00:38:59,183 --> 00:39:02,983 Do you wanna know where that money comes from?! 350 00:39:03,063 --> 00:39:07,063 Look... eight yen in all. 351 00:39:07,143 --> 00:39:10,223 The due date passed long, long ago. 352 00:39:10,343 --> 00:39:12,143 You got to be kidding me! 353 00:39:12,303 --> 00:39:14,863 It's all your fault to begin with. 354 00:39:14,943 --> 00:39:17,423 You're making her sell herself! 355 00:39:17,583 --> 00:39:20,703 Oh, what a poor thing! 356 00:39:20,783 --> 00:39:25,503 She has to do it, to pay for her drunkard daddy's booze and medicine... 357 00:39:25,623 --> 00:39:29,143 Quiet! Kobue would never do such a thing! 358 00:39:30,223 --> 00:39:33,183 Here we go. 359 00:39:41,703 --> 00:39:44,703 Place your bets! 360 00:39:42,663 --> 00:39:43,703 Place your bets, please! 361 00:39:43,823 --> 00:39:46,383 Place your bets. 362 00:39:44,863 --> 00:39:46,383 Place your bets now, please. 363 00:40:02,223 --> 00:40:06,063 Say... is that a girl travelling gambler? 364 00:40:06,223 --> 00:40:09,823 Yes, sir... Apparently, she's from Sanshuu. An independent. 365 00:40:09,863 --> 00:40:12,783 Said her name is "Oyuki..." Is she hot or what?! 366 00:40:12,863 --> 00:40:16,183 She sure gets a rise out of me! 367 00:40:14,703 --> 00:40:17,223 She's no ordinary mouse. 368 00:40:16,343 --> 00:40:17,583 You shouldn't play... 369 00:40:17,383 --> 00:40:18,703 Quiet! 370 00:40:17,703 --> 00:40:19,983 All right! One, folks! 371 00:40:18,823 --> 00:40:20,623 One! 372 00:40:20,143 --> 00:40:22,543 One, folks! 373 00:40:20,783 --> 00:40:22,543 One, folks! 374 00:40:22,703 --> 00:40:23,623 Banzo! 375 00:40:30,023 --> 00:40:33,743 Hey, gimme a card. 376 00:40:30,743 --> 00:40:33,743 Right, next round... 377 00:40:37,983 --> 00:40:40,983 Place your bets! 378 00:40:43,703 --> 00:40:46,423 Place your bets, please. 379 00:40:44,423 --> 00:40:46,423 Place your bets, please. 380 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:54,343 All right! Four, folks! 381 00:40:53,823 --> 00:40:57,063 Four, folks! 382 00:40:54,503 --> 00:40:56,703 yeah! I got it! 383 00:40:56,823 --> 00:40:59,103 Four, folks! 384 00:40:57,183 --> 00:40:59,103 Four, folks! 385 00:40:59,263 --> 00:41:02,263 Place your next bets, please! 386 00:41:04,023 --> 00:41:05,303 Here we go. 387 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:07,543 All right. Place your bets please. 388 00:41:06,743 --> 00:41:07,543 Place your bets please. 389 00:41:14,263 --> 00:41:17,223 Here we go. 390 00:41:18,863 --> 00:41:21,823 Next bet... 391 00:41:30,583 --> 00:41:33,583 Here we go. 392 00:41:44,623 --> 00:41:47,303 Bets please. 393 00:41:45,303 --> 00:41:47,303 Bets please. 394 00:41:45,303 --> 00:41:47,303 395 00:42:07,583 --> 00:42:11,303 No more bets! 396 00:42:09,183 --> 00:42:11,303 Score! 397 00:42:11,423 --> 00:42:14,423 Hold it! 398 00:42:18,103 --> 00:42:21,983 Mr. Takemura... we need to talk! 399 00:42:33,103 --> 00:42:36,463 Please forgive me... 400 00:42:34,463 --> 00:42:36,463 Can't do it. 401 00:42:41,623 --> 00:42:44,303 S... Spare me... 402 00:42:44,623 --> 00:42:45,903 Boss... 403 00:42:45,383 --> 00:42:45,903 Huh? 404 00:42:46,063 --> 00:42:48,343 Why don't we roll him up and throw him into the sea! 405 00:42:48,503 --> 00:42:49,863 Don't be in such a hurry. 406 00:42:49,943 --> 00:42:51,623 First, we should torture him as much as we want. 407 00:42:51,783 --> 00:42:54,583 P... Please forgive me! 408 00:42:54,663 --> 00:42:56,503 Y... You can have Kobue... 409 00:42:56,663 --> 00:43:00,183 Too late for that, you smartass! 410 00:43:00,263 --> 00:43:01,943 Fool...! 411 00:43:02,703 --> 00:43:04,463 Please wait. 412 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:09,463 As a professional, it is my fault that I did not detect his cheating. 413 00:43:10,383 --> 00:43:14,743 Allow me to pay compensation. 414 00:43:12,063 --> 00:43:14,743 It's none of your concern! Butt out! 415 00:43:20,423 --> 00:43:22,543 Just what the hell is going on?! 416 00:43:25,423 --> 00:43:28,183 What is that you want, stranger? 417 00:43:28,863 --> 00:43:31,023 I beg you please... 418 00:43:31,103 --> 00:43:35,623 I must ask you to spare his life, no matter what the cost. 419 00:43:44,143 --> 00:43:49,183 Don't tell me that you knew that he was cheating?! 420 00:43:53,663 --> 00:43:55,623 Well, in any case... 421 00:43:55,703 --> 00:43:59,983 Masa... Kame... let him go. 422 00:43:59,263 --> 00:43:59,983 Boss! 423 00:44:00,143 --> 00:44:03,503 We shouldn't cpmcern ourselves with trivialities like this all the time. 424 00:44:03,663 --> 00:44:05,103 I appreciate this, sir. 425 00:44:05,263 --> 00:44:08,983 You bastard! The next time you show up... 426 00:44:09,063 --> 00:44:10,663 ...forget being rolled up and thrown into the sea... 427 00:44:10,743 --> 00:44:12,823 ...you'll be shredded to bits and fed to the pigs! 428 00:44:12,903 --> 00:44:15,863 You bastard! 429 00:44:26,823 --> 00:44:29,783 Oh? 430 00:44:31,343 --> 00:44:34,343 What brings you here? 431 00:44:37,863 --> 00:44:43,103 If something happens, you should go to Tokyo. 432 00:44:43,183 --> 00:44:48,303 Okiku of Tajire, in Ueno's 7th ward, can put you in touch with me. 433 00:44:48,463 --> 00:44:51,463 Thanks, but I can't leave my dad here. 434 00:45:26,743 --> 00:45:29,943 You're still hanging around? 435 00:45:29,983 --> 00:45:33,943 I owe you one for what you did for me earlier. 436 00:45:34,023 --> 00:45:38,143 But, you know... it wouldn't really matter anyway... 437 00:45:38,263 --> 00:45:41,263 ...wheter I lived or died... 438 00:45:43,743 --> 00:45:46,743 If it weren't for my daughter... 439 00:45:48,663 --> 00:45:52,383 By the way... why did you save my life? 440 00:45:52,543 --> 00:45:55,503 Because we have a little business to take care of, Takemura Banzo! 441 00:46:00,223 --> 00:46:02,223 Shall we go? 442 00:46:02,383 --> 00:46:08,183 Go? Where to? Who are you anyway?! 443 00:46:08,343 --> 00:46:15,183 I've come to take you away... to take you to where you truly belong. 444 00:46:15,263 --> 00:46:21,863 Come now... it's time to start the journey of death. 445 00:46:32,143 --> 00:46:35,503 Who... Who are you? 446 00:46:35,583 --> 00:46:38,063 Just who are you? 447 00:46:38,143 --> 00:46:40,143 What are you gonna do to me? 448 00:46:40,263 --> 00:46:43,063 Are you scared, Banzo? 449 00:46:43,143 --> 00:46:44,903 I bet you are. 450 00:46:44,983 --> 00:46:46,863 A man like you has memories so gruesome... 451 00:46:46,943 --> 00:46:51,343 ...that you can't forget them even if you want to. 452 00:46:51,503 --> 00:46:53,503 What are you talking about? 453 00:46:53,663 --> 00:46:55,823 A long, long time ago... 454 00:46:55,903 --> 00:47:01,063 ...you lived in the village of Kiochi. That's what I'm talking about. 455 00:47:01,303 --> 00:47:04,823 You, Tsukamoto Gishiro... 456 00:47:04,903 --> 00:47:06,743 ...Kitashama Okono... 457 00:47:06,823 --> 00:47:09,423 ...and Shokei Tokuichi... the four of you... 458 00:47:09,503 --> 00:47:12,943 ...in order to swindle money from the unsuspecting villagers... 459 00:47:13,023 --> 00:47:16,303 ...killed an innocent man... 460 00:47:16,383 --> 00:47:19,343 ...and raped and tortured his wife for three days and three nights. 461 00:47:21,703 --> 00:47:24,703 I know nothing! I know nothing about it! 462 00:47:28,543 --> 00:47:32,183 Look closely at my face. 463 00:47:32,263 --> 00:47:35,543 Doesn't this face remind you of somebody... 464 00:47:35,623 --> 00:47:38,623 ...somebody that you have raped? 465 00:47:46,023 --> 00:47:49,103 My name is Shurayuki. 466 00:47:49,183 --> 00:47:54,583 There was a woman who died in a jail... who died cursing you. 467 00:47:54,663 --> 00:47:57,663 I'm the daughter of Kashima Sayo. 468 00:48:07,543 --> 00:48:09,903 I was wrong. 469 00:48:09,983 --> 00:48:13,303 I was wrong. 470 00:48:13,383 --> 00:48:16,583 They made me do it... 471 00:48:16,663 --> 00:48:21,663 I've never been able to forget it... even to this day! Please...! 472 00:48:25,343 --> 00:48:28,743 Where is Gishiro? 473 00:48:28,823 --> 00:48:30,783 Where os Okono? 474 00:48:30,903 --> 00:48:34,783 I don't know! I really don't know! 475 00:48:34,863 --> 00:48:37,103 Please forgive me! Please spare me! 476 00:48:37,263 --> 00:48:40,263 I will neither forgive nor spare you! 477 00:48:42,663 --> 00:48:46,183 Please... 478 00:48:46,263 --> 00:48:50,983 Please don't kill me... Don't slay me... 479 00:48:51,063 --> 00:48:54,783 I beg you... please... 480 00:48:54,863 --> 00:48:57,223 Please, I beg you... 481 00:48:57,303 --> 00:49:01,023 If I die... what happens to my daughter... 482 00:49:01,103 --> 00:49:03,423 ...what about my daughter Kobue? 483 00:49:03,503 --> 00:49:07,703 Please! Please! 484 00:49:08,183 --> 00:49:12,663 For Kobue's sake... 485 00:49:09,423 --> 00:49:12,663 An eye for an eye! 486 00:50:03,623 --> 00:50:07,823 All life is transitory... the virtuous, eternal. 487 00:50:07,903 --> 00:50:12,543 Having slain one of her enemies, it is now the break of dawn. 488 00:50:12,623 --> 00:50:19,623 The sea assaulted the shore, as if it was reflecting Yuki's innermost feelings. 489 00:50:30,343 --> 00:50:36,023 In this journey of vengeance, the end was receeding from view. 490 00:50:39,783 --> 00:50:45,183 Chapter Three: Umbrella of Blood, Heart of Strewn Flowers 491 00:51:05,423 --> 00:51:15,063 "Tsukamoto Gishiro" 492 00:52:32,343 --> 00:52:37,583 "Tajire" 493 00:52:59,903 --> 00:53:02,623 It's just so unfortunate... 494 00:53:02,703 --> 00:53:08,343 When we heard from you that Gishiro was dead... 495 00:53:08,423 --> 00:53:15,103 ...she didn't want to believe it, no matter what I said. 496 00:53:15,183 --> 00:53:20,143 But, now that she's seen his tombstone with her own eyes... 497 00:53:20,223 --> 00:53:23,343 ...well, what else can we do? 498 00:53:23,423 --> 00:53:25,543 It's just to bad... 499 00:53:25,703 --> 00:53:28,863 If only we had... 500 00:53:28,943 --> 00:53:33,783 If only we had gone searching much earlier... 501 00:53:35,743 --> 00:53:38,463 When did he die? 502 00:53:38,623 --> 00:53:41,023 Three years ago... 503 00:53:41,103 --> 00:53:46,663 ...a shipwreck during a voyage to America, or so the story goes. 504 00:53:46,743 --> 00:53:48,663 When he was alive, Gishiro was said to have... 505 00:53:48,743 --> 00:53:54,143 ...been involved with foreigners, smuggling opium. 506 00:53:54,263 --> 00:53:57,143 Three years ago? 507 00:53:57,263 --> 00:54:02,903 Yuki had just come to me to receive pickpocketing training. 508 00:54:03,063 --> 00:54:09,383 The training I have received from the Reerend... and from you Auntie... 509 00:54:09,463 --> 00:54:14,063 ...it's all so that I can personally avenge my mother's death. 510 00:54:14,143 --> 00:54:19,503 Gishiro was the leader of the four villains... 511 00:54:19,583 --> 00:54:23,023 How I longed to destroy him... 512 00:54:23,103 --> 00:54:25,503 ...stricking him down with the sword of vengeance, for my mother's sake. 513 00:54:25,623 --> 00:54:27,543 Oyuki! 514 00:54:27,623 --> 00:54:30,303 Be strong... 515 00:54:30,383 --> 00:54:34,383 Don't you know that you've still got to face one more wrongdoer?! 516 00:54:39,983 --> 00:54:43,343 Sir Matsuemon... 517 00:54:43,423 --> 00:54:45,823 I beseech you... 518 00:54:45,943 --> 00:54:49,183 Please try to find Kitahama Okono as fast as you can. 519 00:54:49,343 --> 00:54:53,583 I have my men working on it, but... 520 00:54:53,663 --> 00:54:57,103 ...there's only so much we can do. 521 00:56:12,303 --> 00:56:15,303 Looking for someone? 522 00:56:23,223 --> 00:56:27,263 We meet at last. I've been looking for you everywhere. 523 00:56:28,063 --> 00:56:32,383 What do you want from me? 524 00:56:29,063 --> 00:56:32,383 I'd like you to explain something. 525 00:56:32,543 --> 00:56:37,583 That tombstone... belonged to a Tsukamoto Gishiro, did it not? 526 00:56:37,743 --> 00:56:39,703 There's nothing I can tell you. 527 00:56:39,823 --> 00:56:41,783 I doubt that's true... 528 00:56:41,863 --> 00:56:44,943 You shredded flowers left as an offering to the dead... 529 00:56:45,023 --> 00:56:47,503 ...something no one would do without a good reason. 530 00:56:47,583 --> 00:56:50,103 So you had something against him... That man, that is. 531 00:56:50,263 --> 00:56:51,983 It's none of your business. 532 00:56:52,143 --> 00:56:53,903 My name is Ashiro Ryurei. 533 00:56:53,983 --> 00:56:56,703 See, I publish a cheap little rag called "The People's Paper." 534 00:56:56,783 --> 00:56:59,023 I also write novels too, when I feel like it. 535 00:56:59,143 --> 00:57:01,823 I guess you could say that I'm just a walking hunk of curiosity. 536 00:57:01,903 --> 00:57:03,983 If something catches my attention... 537 00:57:04,063 --> 00:57:06,543 ...I'll sniff out the truth, no matter what. 538 00:57:06,703 --> 00:57:08,143 You sound like you're a stray dog. 539 00:57:08,303 --> 00:57:12,783 Yes... If I find some leftover meat, then I'm doing well. 540 00:57:12,943 --> 00:57:15,143 It's best if you stop bothering me from now on. 541 00:57:16,263 --> 00:57:18,583 What makes you say that? 542 00:57:18,703 --> 00:57:20,943 That unwise curiosity of yours might cost you your life. 543 00:57:21,703 --> 00:57:26,143 Is that a threat? 544 00:57:23,423 --> 00:57:26,143 If you like 545 00:57:26,303 --> 00:57:28,823 You know, people call me "the man of threats." 546 00:57:28,903 --> 00:57:31,223 People fear me because I use my newspaper as a weapon... 547 00:57:31,303 --> 00:57:34,863 ...basically I'm a dirty blackmailer. 548 00:57:34,983 --> 00:57:37,463 So. when somebody threats me instead... 549 00:57:37,543 --> 00:57:39,463 ...that makes me even more curious. 550 00:57:41,703 --> 00:57:43,663 What is it that you want? 551 00:57:43,823 --> 00:57:46,263 Please don't think that I'm trying to threaten you... 552 00:57:46,343 --> 00:57:48,543 I just want to know what's going on. 553 00:57:50,543 --> 00:57:53,543 Leave me alone. 554 00:58:36,383 --> 00:58:40,263 Shu 555 00:58:40,264 --> 00:58:45,943 Shura (Netherworlds 556 00:58:45,944 --> 00:58:50,023 Shura Yuki (Netherworlds Snow 557 00:58:50,024 --> 00:58:56,063 Shura Yuki Hime (Netherworlds Snow Lady) 558 00:58:58,983 --> 00:59:06,743 By Ashio Ryurei 559 00:59:12,943 --> 00:59:14,983 It was the sixth year of Meiji, that long ago. 560 00:59:15,063 --> 00:59:18,903 A tragedy befell an innocent family... gruesome, horrific, and hellish. 561 00:59:18,983 --> 00:59:22,943 They were victims of a blood-chilling plot. 562 00:59:26,183 --> 00:59:31,063 Time has passed, but who will exact vengeance? 563 00:59:31,143 --> 00:59:34,303 Time has passed, but what dark deed remains unavenged? 564 00:59:34,383 --> 00:59:35,823 Whose tears fill the river of revenge? 565 00:59:35,903 --> 00:59:37,703 Whose sould is filled with turbulent Karma? 566 00:59:37,783 --> 00:59:40,143 Who kills without premeditation, without any thought for her own safety? 567 00:59:40,223 --> 00:59:41,823 Knowing neither forgiveness nor compassion... 568 00:59:41,903 --> 00:59:44,463 ...she traveled the land, seeking out her enemies... 569 00:59:44,543 --> 00:59:46,543 ...and left their corpses withou a second glance. 570 00:59:46,623 --> 00:59:50,623 Her name was Shurayuki... the child of vengeance. 571 00:59:57,823 --> 00:59:59,583 Certainly... 572 00:59:59,663 --> 01:00:05,983 The person who told Ashiro Ryurei about you... was indeed I! 573 01:00:06,143 --> 01:00:09,143 Why did you have to, sir?! 574 01:00:10,743 --> 01:00:14,463 I just cannot comprehend... why you did that, Reverend. 575 01:00:14,583 --> 01:00:16,983 Don't you see? 576 01:00:17,063 --> 01:00:19,983 It's bail, to lure out... 577 01:00:20,063 --> 01:00:22,143 ...the one villain that remains: Kitahama Okono. 578 01:00:24,343 --> 01:00:28,383 Matsuemon's men are not without their limits. 579 01:00:28,463 --> 01:00:33,543 However... should Ryurei's novel become widely read... 580 01:00:33,663 --> 01:00:37,063 ...I'm certain that Okono will read it. 581 01:00:37,143 --> 01:00:41,143 And, when she does... she will surely take action. 582 01:00:41,223 --> 01:00:46,223 That will be... the moment when you can at last destroy her. 583 01:00:48,383 --> 01:00:50,823 Besides, you see... 584 01:00:50,903 --> 01:00:56,383 ...I've come to really like... this Ryurei fellow. 585 01:00:56,463 --> 01:00:59,503 He's using his talents as a writer... 586 01:00:59,583 --> 01:01:05,943 ...to express his hostility and malice towards the political system. 587 01:01:06,063 --> 01:01:07,943 He may be a rogue, but I felt strongly that he's be... 588 01:01:08,023 --> 01:01:14,223 ...the ideal man to write your story, a tale of the netherworlds. 589 01:01:16,343 --> 01:01:20,663 But, will Kitahama Okono take action...? 590 01:01:20,743 --> 01:01:23,703 Will she reveal herself? 591 01:01:25,063 --> 01:01:29,743 You must wait and see... You must be patient. 592 01:01:29,823 --> 01:01:33,863 Yuki, you must not rush things. 593 01:01:33,943 --> 01:01:38,543 If you must endure a moment of peace and tranquility... 594 01:01:38,623 --> 01:01:42,263 ...when the winds of carnage do not blow the snow of the netherworlds... 595 01:01:42,343 --> 01:01:50,343 ...your Bhudda will not punish you. 596 01:01:44,543 --> 01:01:50,343 ...to Mount Kazusa... 597 01:01:50,423 --> 01:01:55,823 ...from Mount Kazusa, looking into the valley... 598 01:01:55,903 --> 01:02:01,223 ...a little child picks up a pebble... 599 01:02:02,103 --> 01:02:04,183 Born to settle and old score. 600 01:02:04,263 --> 01:02:06,903 Born to seek vengeance. 601 01:02:06,983 --> 01:02:11,463 Yet, listening to the children sing, she could not help but be moved. 602 01:02:11,543 --> 01:02:13,703 As she continued to travel her lonely path... 603 01:02:13,783 --> 01:02:16,543 ...the glimmers of the past became dimmer and dimmer. 604 01:02:32,743 --> 01:02:35,303 Just tell me, please... 605 01:02:35,383 --> 01:02:37,663 ...that this is merely fiction! 606 01:02:37,783 --> 01:02:39,903 That it's all made up, just to make it interesting reading! 607 01:02:40,063 --> 01:02:43,983 No... I've written nothing but the truth. 608 01:02:46,423 --> 01:02:50,903 You're not lying... 609 01:02:49,463 --> 01:02:50,903 It's all truth. 610 01:02:51,063 --> 01:02:55,823 Then... Oyuki... killed my dad... 611 01:02:55,943 --> 01:02:58,463 Just who are you? 612 01:02:58,583 --> 01:03:01,263 I'm... Banzo's... 613 01:03:01,343 --> 01:03:04,303 I'm Takemura Banzo's daughter. 614 01:03:07,183 --> 01:03:10,183 This is awful! Just awful! 615 01:03:20,903 --> 01:03:23,983 So now we have... another girl seeking vengeance. 616 01:03:28,823 --> 01:03:32,543 Born under unlucky stars, both of you... 617 01:03:32,623 --> 01:03:35,623 ...you... and her. 618 01:03:40,223 --> 01:03:42,383 Wait! 619 01:03:42,463 --> 01:03:45,263 Wait, why don't you?! 620 01:03:45,383 --> 01:03:48,903 There's no way... No way can you understand how I feel! 621 01:03:49,023 --> 01:03:51,863 I do! 622 01:03:51,983 --> 01:03:54,943 I can understand... 623 01:04:02,863 --> 01:04:05,823 Are you... Ashio Ryurei? 624 01:04:07,303 --> 01:04:10,623 Yeah, so what do you want from me? 625 01:04:10,743 --> 01:04:14,943 Because your "Lady Snowblood" story seems all-too real... 626 01:04:15,023 --> 01:04:19,703 ...the people have become confused and riotous. So, we must question you. 627 01:04:19,783 --> 01:04:22,143 Come with us to headquarters! 628 01:04:22,263 --> 01:04:25,663 You've got to be kidding me... 629 01:04:23,343 --> 01:04:25,663 Silence! Take him! 630 01:04:32,943 --> 01:04:36,223 Quiet! 631 01:04:36,303 --> 01:04:40,743 Hey! We don't got all day! 632 01:04:55,463 --> 01:04:58,463 Who is it? 633 01:04:59,623 --> 01:05:01,183 Who are you? 634 01:05:01,343 --> 01:05:03,543 Takemura Kobue. 635 01:05:03,663 --> 01:05:07,663 Kobue? Takemura? 636 01:05:10,783 --> 01:05:13,783 You must be Banzo's... 637 01:05:14,503 --> 01:05:17,063 Did you come here to see Yuki? 638 01:05:15,743 --> 01:05:19,463 I wouldn't ever want to see her! 639 01:05:17,223 --> 01:05:19,463 Then what brings you here? 640 01:05:19,583 --> 01:05:23,303 Ashio Ryurei got arrested by some cops. 641 01:05:23,383 --> 01:05:25,663 I didn't know that there was a police station there, though... 642 01:05:25,743 --> 01:05:27,583 ...inside a restaurant called "Kagetsu", that is... 643 01:05:27,743 --> 01:05:30,703 Wait! Wait a second! Wait, I said! 644 01:05:32,623 --> 01:05:35,583 Take that! 645 01:05:37,823 --> 01:05:41,223 You bastard! You fuckin' retard! 646 01:05:41,303 --> 01:05:44,303 Get up! 647 01:05:47,743 --> 01:05:50,703 Scum! 648 01:05:59,663 --> 01:06:02,663 There! 649 01:06:08,263 --> 01:06:11,023 C'mon! Out with it! 650 01:06:13,863 --> 01:06:16,823 Where's Shurayuki?! 651 01:06:30,583 --> 01:06:34,823 I spent a cosiderable amount of time reading the story in your paper. 652 01:06:34,903 --> 01:06:37,823 Clearly, it's based on a real event. 653 01:06:37,903 --> 01:06:40,903 There's no way someone who didn't know Shurayuki could've written it. 654 01:06:43,903 --> 01:06:48,903 Kitahama Okono... So you've revealed yourself, just as I expected. 655 01:06:49,863 --> 01:06:53,823 So, the money you pocketed from that ruthless murder twenty years ago... 656 01:06:53,943 --> 01:06:57,223 ...paid for this shady little hideout of yours, eh? 657 01:06:57,303 --> 01:06:58,463 That sure is nice to know. 658 01:06:58,623 --> 01:07:00,863 Silence! 659 01:07:01,823 --> 01:07:04,663 Tell me! Where's Shurayuki?! Tell me! 660 01:07:04,743 --> 01:07:06,983 Tell me! Tell me! 661 01:07:07,143 --> 01:07:09,783 I don't know! I'm not in touch with her! 662 01:07:09,943 --> 01:07:11,503 You stubborn fool! 663 01:07:11,583 --> 01:07:14,543 Don't hold back! Go ahead and beat this scumbag! 664 01:07:17,023 --> 01:07:19,983 Dumb ass! 665 01:07:23,463 --> 01:07:26,463 Suffer! Suffer a lot more! 666 01:07:29,063 --> 01:07:32,023 Suffer! 667 01:07:33,903 --> 01:07:36,783 There! 668 01:07:36,863 --> 01:07:39,703 That should be enough. Let's hold off for the time being. 669 01:07:39,863 --> 01:07:44,063 But... 670 01:07:41,143 --> 01:07:44,063 He's no good to us if he's dead. 671 01:07:44,623 --> 01:07:46,903 We'll use him as bait. 672 01:07:46,223 --> 01:07:46,903 Bait? 673 01:07:47,063 --> 01:07:51,023 Yes. Shurayuki will, without a doubt, soon show up. 674 01:08:46,670 --> 01:08:48,150 She's here! 675 01:10:18,990 --> 01:10:21,950 So you've come, Shurayuki! I've been waiting for you. 676 01:10:23,230 --> 01:10:27,150 Kitahama Okono... as last... at last we meet! 677 01:10:27,310 --> 01:10:30,190 That's right! I deliberately acted just as you hoped I would. 678 01:11:14,790 --> 01:11:17,070 Thunder-Sand Bomb! 679 01:11:16,390 --> 01:11:18,470 What?! Thunder-Sand?! 680 01:11:17,190 --> 01:11:20,230 Hold your breath! 681 01:11:18,550 --> 01:11:23,430 Hold your breath! 682 01:11:20,350 --> 01:11:23,430 Be careful! 683 01:11:23,510 --> 01:11:25,950 Shurayuki! 684 01:11:26,070 --> 01:11:29,110 Oyuki... 685 01:12:28,310 --> 01:12:31,270 Okono... 686 01:12:34,830 --> 01:12:37,790 Has she escaped?! 687 01:15:16,990 --> 01:15:18,830 It's all done now, Yuki... 688 01:15:18,910 --> 01:15:21,910 ...your vengeance... everything. 689 01:15:23,030 --> 01:15:23,270 Is it really over? Is it supposed to feel like this? 690 01:15:27,430 --> 01:15:29,070 It is over... 691 01:15:29,150 --> 01:15:32,390 It's all done now. Just forget it all. 692 01:15:32,470 --> 01:15:37,110 Can the netherworld's snow, soaked in bloody carnage, regain it's purity...? 693 01:15:37,150 --> 01:15:39,710 You were born inside a jail, a child of vengeance... 694 01:15:39,790 --> 01:15:42,790 How can you live like a normal human being, Yuki? 695 01:15:45,870 --> 01:15:48,990 I do remember... 696 01:15:49,070 --> 01:15:52,270 ...from the moment I was born... 697 01:15:52,350 --> 01:15:56,430 I remember everything I saw... 698 01:15:56,510 --> 01:16:00,710 I can still picture it before my eyes... 699 01:16:00,790 --> 01:16:02,910 That's why... 700 01:16:02,990 --> 01:16:06,630 ...my mother's vengeance is my own. 701 01:16:06,710 --> 01:16:10,710 This revenge... is mine. 702 01:16:18,630 --> 01:16:33,110 "Chapter Four:" 703 01:17:27,510 --> 01:17:32,310 Just as I thought... you are alive after all. 704 01:17:32,390 --> 01:17:35,350 I was hoping that I was only imagining things... 705 01:17:37,110 --> 01:17:40,470 Why... did you fake your deah? 706 01:17:40,630 --> 01:17:42,150 Who are you talking about? 707 01:17:42,230 --> 01:17:46,390 If you're talking about a wretch named Tsukamoto Gishiro, he's dead. 708 01:17:46,470 --> 01:17:48,030 He died when his ship foundered three years ago... 709 01:17:48,150 --> 01:17:51,230 That's not true! Gishiro is alive! He's right here! 710 01:17:51,350 --> 01:17:52,790 Right in front of my eyes! 711 01:17:55,670 --> 01:17:58,510 The boat that you were on... yes, it did sink... 712 01:17:58,590 --> 01:18:03,430 But... as the police were after you for opium smuggling... 713 01:18:03,510 --> 01:18:06,510 ...the shipwreck provided you with a wonderful opportunity... 714 01:18:06,590 --> 01:18:09,750 ...to fake your own death! 715 01:18:09,830 --> 01:18:13,790 You survived... and continue to engage in shady dealings. 716 01:18:16,470 --> 01:18:18,430 You haven't changed... 717 01:18:18,510 --> 01:18:22,430 You haven't changed at all since you ran away ten years ago. 718 01:18:25,310 --> 01:18:29,030 Why did you come here? 719 01:18:29,150 --> 01:18:31,950 To make you forget about things... 720 01:18:32,030 --> 01:18:36,190 ...about Tsukamoto Gishiro... and the man you saw... 721 01:18:36,270 --> 01:18:39,270 You must forget them all. 722 01:18:41,750 --> 01:18:44,630 Your Shurayukihime story is at an end. 723 01:18:44,710 --> 01:18:47,630 With Kitahama Okono's death, it's all over. 724 01:18:47,710 --> 01:18:49,990 There's no more to write about. 725 01:18:50,110 --> 01:18:52,790 Are you threatening me? It's so like you. 726 01:18:52,910 --> 01:18:55,910 No. Just giving advice. 727 01:18:57,270 --> 01:19:00,150 Let me tell you something... 728 01:19:00,230 --> 01:19:02,950 These days I'm mostly involved in the weapons trade. 729 01:19:03,030 --> 01:19:07,710 Even the government can't buy weapons without my involvement. 730 01:19:07,790 --> 01:19:11,590 I believe that Japan will soon be at war. 731 01:19:11,670 --> 01:19:14,230 Japan is streangthening its military forces and preparing them for the conflict... 732 01:19:14,310 --> 01:19:17,950 ...and I'm lending them a hand, helping to expand the Empire. 733 01:19:19,310 --> 01:19:25,110 I don't have time for some silly, twenty-year old tale vengeance. 734 01:19:25,150 --> 01:19:28,430 The place where I conduct most of my business is the Rokumeikan. 735 01:19:28,510 --> 01:19:33,030 It's supposed to be the place where we negotiate with foreign powers... 736 01:19:33,110 --> 01:19:38,070 ...and debate the use of Western ideas to modernize our society. 737 01:19:38,230 --> 01:19:40,390 But, what really goes on there are... 738 01:19:40,470 --> 01:19:43,550 ...nightly parties for the elite members of our society... 739 01:19:43,630 --> 01:19:47,950 ...who indulge themselves in self- gratification and hedonism. 740 01:19:48,030 --> 01:19:50,590 Despite this, society is changing. 741 01:19:50,670 --> 01:19:52,790 And I will float with the tide... 742 01:19:52,870 --> 01:19:55,870 ...all the time harvesting more money and power! 743 01:19:58,590 --> 01:20:02,630 It's fine to be concerned with justice and conscience, or upholding principles... 744 01:20:02,710 --> 01:20:07,430 ...yet, in the end, it's all nothing more than empty words, at least in this filthy hole. 745 01:20:07,510 --> 01:20:09,510 Forget newspapers and all that, why don't you? 746 01:20:09,870 --> 01:20:12,870 If you feel like it, you can come work for me. 747 01:20:15,390 --> 01:20:18,350 I cut my ties to you all those many years ago. 748 01:20:19,630 --> 01:20:23,830 Oh, well. But, let me say this... 749 01:20:23,910 --> 01:20:28,030 Don't continue to stick your nose in where it isn't welcome. Stay out! 750 01:20:28,110 --> 01:20:32,110 That's my final... advice, from the bottom of my heart. 751 01:21:28,190 --> 01:21:29,470 Ryu... 752 01:21:42,390 --> 01:21:44,630 Gishiro is alive... 753 01:21:44,110 --> 01:21:47,870 What? 754 01:21:44,750 --> 01:21:47,870 He was just here, before you came. 755 01:21:47,990 --> 01:21:51,190 Then... that man in the rickshaw... 756 01:21:49,510 --> 01:21:51,190 Wait! Please wait! 757 01:21:51,350 --> 01:21:53,750 He won't get away... I'll finish him, I swear it! 758 01:21:53,830 --> 01:21:54,950 And, listen, there's one more thing... 759 01:21:55,030 --> 01:21:58,310 ...there's one more thing I have to tell you. 760 01:21:58,390 --> 01:22:00,510 Gishiro is... 761 01:22:00,590 --> 01:22:03,470 ...Tsukamoto Gishiro is... 762 01:22:03,550 --> 01:22:05,510 ...my father. 763 01:22:11,310 --> 01:22:16,470 When I found out that one of the scum you were looking after was my own father... 764 01:22:16,550 --> 01:22:20,270 ...what kept me going was the fact that I thought he was dead. 765 01:22:20,350 --> 01:22:25,590 If it weren't for that, I couldn't have written your story of carnage. 766 01:22:25,670 --> 01:22:30,430 But... when Kitahama Okono was killed... 767 01:22:30,510 --> 01:22:33,670 ...at the moment, I realized who had actually killed her. 768 01:22:33,750 --> 01:22:35,750 That's why I couldn't tell you... 769 01:22:35,830 --> 01:22:38,830 There was no way that I could've told you. 770 01:22:49,750 --> 01:22:53,710 I won't be writing "Shurayukihime" anymore. 771 01:22:53,750 --> 01:22:56,990 There's no way that I can write it anymore. 772 01:22:57,070 --> 01:23:00,070 But... 773 01:23:27,550 --> 01:23:35,870 Chapter Four: The House of Joy, The Final Hell. 774 01:24:07,692 --> 01:24:13,052 "Charity Masquerade" 775 01:28:21,932 --> 01:28:23,532 Wait! 776 01:29:08,572 --> 01:29:15,772 "Stay out! That's my final... advice, form the bottom of my heart." 777 01:29:21,212 --> 01:29:23,252 Damn it! 778 01:29:23,372 --> 01:29:26,092 This is so typical of him... 779 01:29:26,172 --> 01:29:31,212 It doesn't matter if someone dies... as long as his hands remain clean. 780 01:29:31,292 --> 01:29:35,292 No matter what happens, he'll have his way. 781 01:30:47,092 --> 01:30:48,212 Ryu! 782 01:31:04,892 --> 01:31:08,852 Tsukamoto Gishiro... I'll kill you! 783 01:31:08,932 --> 01:31:14,212 For twenty years... all these twenty years... It's all I've thought about... 784 01:31:14,292 --> 01:31:17,492 It's all that mattered. 785 01:31:15,892 --> 01:31:20,412 That's about to end now. 786 01:31:17,652 --> 01:31:20,412 Yes. That's about to end now. 787 01:31:20,492 --> 01:31:23,852 Oyuki! Don't worry about me... 788 01:31:23,932 --> 01:31:26,932 Do it! Do it! 789 01:32:02,372 --> 01:32:04,732 Yuki! Hurry! 790 01:32:04,812 --> 01:32:06,892 Hurry! 791 01:32:48,532 --> 01:32:51,532 An eye for an eye! 792 01:34:57,292 --> 01:35:09,652 Begrieving snow falls... in the dead morning... 793 01:35:09,732 --> 01:35:21,932 Stray dog's hownls... and the footsteps of Geta pierce the air... 794 01:35:22,012 --> 01:35:28,972 I walk with the weight of the Milky Way on my shoulders... 795 01:35:29,052 --> 01:35:40,012 ...but an umbrella that holds onto the darkness is all there is. 796 01:35:40,092 --> 01:35:46,252 I'm a woman who walks at the brink of life and death... 797 01:35:46,332 --> 01:35:54,692 ...who's emptied my tears many moons ago... 798 01:37:07,732 --> 01:37:13,492 [V.6.]