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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:50,800 --> 00:01:01,000 Meiji 7 (1874). Tokyo Prison, Hachioji, Kanagawa Prefecture Branch 2 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,440 Yuki... 3 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,960 You were born for vengeance... 4 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,040 Such a poor child... 5 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,080 A child of the netherworlds... 6 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:21,040 Lady Snowblood 7 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:06,960 Move it! 8 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,000 Get out of our way, woman! 9 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,160 Who do you think you are?! 10 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:19,120 Do you realize that he's Shibayama Genzo, the Asakura Senryo Gang leader? 11 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,600 It doesn't matter! Kill her! 12 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,600 You bitch! 13 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,160 What are you, an assassin?! 14 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,560 You little bitch! 15 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,560 Don't kill her... 16 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,640 I want her to tell us what fool hired her. 17 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,360 Yessir! 18 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,360 Yessir! 19 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,360 Who are you?! Speak! 20 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,440 Who gave you orders to come after me...of all people?! 21 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,560 Answer me! 22 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,680 Wh... Who are you...? 23 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:27,760 Revenge.. 24 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,760 Wh...Wh...Whoose?! 25 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:32,480 All those helpless people that have suffered, thanks to you... 26 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:37,400 Woman, wh...wh...who the hell are you?! 27 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,440 Lady Snowblood. 28 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:24,200 # Begrieving snow falls... in the dead morning... # 29 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:36,440 # Stray dog's howls... and the footsteps of Gete pierce the air... # 30 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:43,480 # I walk with the weigth of the Milky Way on my shoulders... # 31 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:53,520 # ...but an umbrella that holds onto the darkness is all there is. # 32 00:06:54,600 --> 00:07:00,760 # I'm a woman who walks at the brink of life and death... # 33 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:09,560 # ...who's emptied my tears many moons ago... # 34 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:16,600 # All the compassion, tears and dreams... # 35 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:27,680 # ...the snowy nights... and tomorrow... hold no meaning... # 36 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:34,000 # I've immersed my body in the river of vengeance... # 37 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:45,080 # ...and thrown away my womanhood many moons ago... # 38 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:57,080 Chapter One: Vengeance Binds Love and Hate 39 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,040 Over twenty years have flown by... 40 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:05,440 ...since the new era of Meiji ended three centuries of peaceful Tokugawa rule. 41 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:06,920 The European ideas of social progress... 42 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:12,160 ...that once greatly unsettled the people are becoming widely accepted. 43 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,960 Still, provincial disputes continue unabated... 44 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,720 ...as do unfair practices by mercenary plutocrats and shady businessmen... 45 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,200 ...and actions taken by corrupt officials seeking only to benefit themselves. 46 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:27,360 And, self-indulgent, rich men and women only grew in number... 47 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:28,960 ...while the pleas of poor peasants... 48 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:33,440 ...who could barely make ends meet, remained unanswered. 49 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:40,520 And at this time, there lived a woman of the netherworlds. 50 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,920 Everyone knew her flowery beauty... 51 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,120 ...but, not many knew that deep inside her seemingly gentle and pure heart... 52 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,720 ...burned a raging desire to hunt down her enemies. 53 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:08,400 People say...that what cleanses this world of decay is not pure white snow... 54 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,440 ...but snow that is stained fiery-red: "the snow of the netherworlds." 55 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,840 Damn it... 56 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,640 Pardon me... 57 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:36,400 I would like to see Sir Matsuemon... 58 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,960 Where can I find Sir Matsuemon, your leader? 59 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,320 Please, would you take me to him? 60 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,560 Come with me. 61 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,880 Please! Please! 62 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:20,280 Pass it around! 63 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,680 Pass it around! Pass it around! 64 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,600 Pass it around! Pass it around! 65 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,640 Anything that comes here gets passed around! 66 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,800 That is the law of our band! 67 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:33,880 C'mon now! Pass it around! 68 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,000 Pass it around! Pass it around! 69 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:41,280 This goddess of sex is here for us! 70 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,640 You think you're tough?! 71 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,720 She got me! 72 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,720 Kill this bitch! 73 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,440 Stop! 74 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,160 Stop! Stop it! 75 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,800 Fool! Idiot! 76 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,600 Ow! 77 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,000 How dare you! 78 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,000 Wh...Wh...What the...? 79 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:13,880 You fools... How dare you act like stray dogs in heat?! 80 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,520 But, Boss... 81 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,320 You idiot! 82 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:16,320 Sir... 83 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,880 The lady is a very important guest of mine. 84 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,040 What?! 85 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:27,920 As you know, that ruthless bastard Shiba-Gen... 86 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:32,080 ...tried to destroy our village by bankrupring us. 87 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,560 This lady is the one... 88 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,760 ...who croaked him! 89 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:44,160 Miss... I was told that you make your living as an assassin... 90 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,200 ...yet, looking at you, I cannot imagine you hurting a fly. 91 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,480 Tell me, Miss Shurayuki... 92 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:52,560 ...what is it that you seek? 93 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,680 Sir Matsuemon... 94 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,840 I would like to request your assistance in finding these individuals. 95 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,560 Takemura Banzo... Tsukamoto Gishiro... 96 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,440 ...Kitahama Okono... 97 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,120 Oh... all three seem to be from... 98 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,760 ...the Koichi Village, in the Aimi District of Shimane Prefecture. 99 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:29,040 Now, Koichi Village... that's where I grew up. 100 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:34,680 It has taken me a whole year... to ascertain that very fact. 101 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,800 But, tell me... Why? 102 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:42,320 Are you familiar with the Ketsuzei Riots that occured in the 6th year of Meiji? 103 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:47,520 The Ketsuzei Riots? I can't say that I don't know of it... 104 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:49,680 These three explited that situation 105 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,360 ...and swindled large sums from the villages of kiochi 106 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,880 ...by running a "draft- exclusion" scam... 107 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,480 ...and then skipping out without a trace. 108 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,320 I don't know all the details... 109 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:08,520 ...but I heard that there were four culprits, not three. 110 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,240 Yes sir. 111 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,533 Of the four... Shokei Tokuichi is now dead... 112 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,200 He was killed. 113 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:27,840 I beseech you, sir. Please find those three. 114 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,560 I hear you... 115 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,960 ...but, without knowing what they look like... 116 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,520 ...knowing their names alone won't be much help. 117 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,720 That is not true! I believe that you can do it, sir! 118 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,440 It should be possible to find many people who know of them. 119 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,160 As your clan is spread widely across the entire nation... 120 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,760 ...if you were to use your many connections... 121 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:47,880 ...I know that you could succeed! 122 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,800 I don't believe that it is impossible... 123 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,473 But... what exactly are you after? 124 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:04,162 The 6th year of Meiji... I doubt that you had even been born yet. 125 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:10,080 It could be said that Karma can stain the unborn... 126 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,840 All the young men of this nation, as of their seventeenth birthday... 127 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,440 ...will be registered for the draft, and assigned to the army or reserves. 128 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,400 Their service is required to defend the nation. 129 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,880 On November 10th, all familt heads must register... 130 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,800 ...their sixteen year-old male children with town officials. 131 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,480 Upon reaching the age of twenty... 132 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,800 ...all such man will be inducted into the military. 133 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,520 Going back in time... over twenty years ago... 134 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,080 In the Sixth year of Meiji, March... the nation's first draft mandate... 135 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,960 ...was enacted by the Cabinet. 136 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,160 The new government sought to strengthen the nation through militarism... 137 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,320 ...believing that the modernization of Japan must be based... 138 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:04,040 ...on the development of military power similar to that of foreign superpowers. 139 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:08,280 However... the peasants did not consider it to be a reasonable measure... 140 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,280 ...and soon their discontent exploded in riots. 141 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,320 The end to these uprisings was nowhere in sight... 142 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:20,040 Destruction, robbery, arson... and other acts of rebellion continued without end. 143 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:24,720 Many strange rumors circulated, the most famous being about the "Men in White". 144 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:29,320 Men dressed in white were said to be the pawns of the new government... 145 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,400 ...who killed conscripts and collected their blood for sale to foreign nations. 146 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:38,640 This is where the first chapter of the tragedy begins. 147 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:45,400 Meiji 6 (1873), June. Koichi Village, Aimi District, Shimane Prefecture. 148 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,160 Shiro! 149 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:33,760 Shiro! 150 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:33,920 Knock it off!! Let me go! 151 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,920 Guys! 152 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,200 Let me go! Mommy! 153 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,200 Shiro! 154 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,400 Let's go. 155 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,400 Get off, fool! 156 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Knock it off! Let go! Mommy! 157 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,040 Hey! 158 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,720 Look at him! He's wearing white! 159 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,320 Knock it off! 160 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,320 It's HIM... 161 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,720 He's the new government man! Kill him! 162 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,000 Don't be ridiculous! I'm... I'm... 163 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:06,880 ...the new gradeschool teacher who's just moved to this village! 164 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,400 Shut up! Die! 165 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,360 Tsukamoto Gishiro 166 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,360 Takemura Banzo 167 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,400 Shokei Tokuichi 168 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,280 Dear! 169 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,320 Kitahama Okono 170 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,880 This is unthinkable! 171 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,960 How could this be?! 172 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,800 Dear! Dear! 173 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,640 Dear! Dear...! 174 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,440 Dear! 175 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,040 Has the moment come? 176 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,320 I believe so. 177 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,000 Then you ought to go... 178 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,400 There is othing to prevent you from walking your path. 179 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:11,320 Reverend, I must thank you for all these years of training. 180 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:15,240 I am disheartened because I have not been able to repay you in any way. 181 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,160 Don't be ridiculous... 182 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,600 You have a destiny that needs to be realized. 183 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,320 Forget joy, forget sorrow... 184 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,720 ...forget love, and forget hate... 185 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,480 ...except for vengeance, thse must be forgotten. 186 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,760 And thus, there should be no sadness in you. 187 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,160 A child of the netherworlds ought not talk like that. 188 00:19:35,546 --> 00:19:37,640 A "child of the netherworlds..." 189 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,720 ...who knows how many times you've scolded me by calling me that. 190 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:13,000 "Kajima Sayo" 191 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,920 "Kobayashi Tora" 192 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,120 You are a child of the netherworld... 193 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,840 You are not a being of this early realm. 194 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,240 You are a devil that abides by netherworldly principles... 195 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,120 ...a beast, a devil... one whose disguise is human... 196 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,720 ...one so evil that even Buddha cannot save you now. 197 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:49,320 Sayo! You gotta hang in there! Hang in there! 198 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,480 Otora! Don't just sit there! 199 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:57,160 I've helped many give birth in this jail... 200 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:58,960 ...but I've never seen a birth this difficult! 201 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:03,520 If it goes wrong, Sayo could die! 202 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,200 I... I don't care... if I die... 203 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:12,000 ...but... at least... save my baby... please... Otora! 204 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:17,160 This isn't good... it's overdue... the baby's overdue and it's twisted around... 205 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,000 It doesn't matter... 206 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:24,080 At least save my baby... my baby... 207 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,200 You don't even know whose child you're bearing! 208 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:34,400 Should... should my baby be stillborn... 209 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,562 ...if that should happen, Otora... I'll kill you! 210 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:39,520 But, tell me... why did those four commit such a hideous crime? 211 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,120 For profit... 212 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,240 "For profit?" 213 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,120 They told the people that draftees could be excused from service... 214 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:59,280 ...by paying them a sum of 270 yen... 215 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:04,800 ...and thus they swindled the villagers out of tens of thousands of yen. 216 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,440 After splitting the money among themselves... 217 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,720 ...they fled from the village, as planned. 218 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,680 Shokei Tokuichi, who desired my body... 219 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,640 ...took me along with him to Tokyo. 220 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,920 In Tokyo, Tokuichi opened a little eatery. 221 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,640 I did as I was told, and waited for the right moment... 222 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,080 I killed Tokuichi... 223 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,960 ...and was in the midst of hunting down the remaining three... 224 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,200 ...when I was arrested... 225 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:20,160 Three more vengeances remain. 226 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:25,280 But... I've been sentenced to life in prison... 227 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:31,760 I can no longer... exact my revenge... with my own hands. 228 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,200 Then, you mean for this child to... 229 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,480 ...you want this newborn to... 230 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,120 That's why you kept saying you wanted a strong boy... 231 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,080 Otora... 232 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,000 I can't remember how many times you told me... 233 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,040 "...you're a slut!" 234 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:58,960 But that's all right... because it was true. 235 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:04,040 Because I wanted a child so much... I've... 236 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,360 At the women's prison in Ichingaya... 237 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,840 ...and after I arrived here... 238 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,000 ...I acted like a mad bitch in heat... 239 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:35,240 ...I want only seduced men, and screwed one after another. 240 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:40,400 I knew this made you look upon me with disgust. 241 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:46,480 For me, there remain things left undone. 242 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,560 Even if I have to devote my next seven lives to it... 243 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,680 ...my vengeance... cannot be denied. 244 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:58,240 So I... must let this child wreak my vengeance for me. 245 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:03,840 I'll die... so my spirit can be embodied in her! 246 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:08,920 That's the only... method of vengeance I have left. 247 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,240 Otora... 248 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,120 I beg you... 249 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:24,480 Okiku... please take care of this child. 250 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:43,520 You were born for vengeance... Such a poor child... 251 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,120 A child of the netherworlds... 252 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,680 ...but, Yuki... 253 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,880 ...you must avenge us without fail... 254 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:57,840 ...your father... your big brother... 255 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:04,600 ...and me... 256 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,360 ...Yuki... 257 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,400 ...my... 258 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,440 Sayo! Sayo! 259 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:18,400 Sayo! 260 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,400 Sayo! 261 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:40,120 Some time later, Mikazuki Otora was released. 262 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:48,880 She took care of the baby with the help of Dokai, a priest and former liege vassal. 263 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:54,880 Being a "child of the netherworlds", Yuki received severe training from Dokai. 264 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:59,280 Weighing down her little shoulders were sad thoughts of vengeance... 265 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:04,440 ...but despite this, Yuki endured great hardships, and survived the training. 266 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,080 Meiji 15 (1882) 267 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:12,000 Kashima Yuki, Age 8 268 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,880 Stretch out your hands and feet... 269 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,480 Don't get thrown out, Yuki! 270 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,120 Yessir! 271 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,240 Here we go... 272 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,400 Yuki! 273 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,000 Stand up! Stand up! Yuki! 274 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,080 Yuki! 275 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,280 Yuki! 276 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,600 Until the barrel stops naturally after rolling down the hill... 277 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,160 ...you must not become dislodged! 278 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,320 You were not born as a human child. 279 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,440 You were born a child of the netherworlds... 280 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,400 ...who will devote your own life to avenge another's death. 281 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,880 You must never forget that this is your duty. 282 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,400 Feel like a beast! Become a beast! 283 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,760 What are you looking at?! Look into my eyes! 284 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,800 You must look into my eyes! 285 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,880 You fool! Stand up! 286 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,920 Yuki! What's the matter with you?! 287 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,080 Come on now! 288 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,840 C'mon! 289 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,000 What's with that face? 290 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,080 Step out! On your feet! 291 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,280 At long last... 292 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:30,320 At long last, I've managed to come this far... 293 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,400 ...my dear mother... 294 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,600 Though born and raised as a child of the netherworlds... 295 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:44,600 ...human compassion was never absent from her heart. 296 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:48,640 Unforgettable memories of her mother overwhelmed her with sadness... 297 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,560 ...yet her journey of vengeance was far from over. 298 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:58,240 This day... marked the 20th anniversary of her mother Sayo's passing. 299 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:07,480 Chapter Two: Crying Bamboo Dolls of the Netherworlds 300 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,680 Not many days later... 301 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,120 ...a letter arrived from the leader of the beggar clan, Matsuemon. 302 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:21,200 Takemura Banzo, one of the villains she sought, had been located. 303 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,880 Dad... I'll go sell all the Chikufujin I've made. 304 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,840 I don't know what to say... 305 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,560 I am always making you work so hard. 306 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:36,200 What are you talking about...? 307 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,240 There are so many orders that I can't keep up with the demand. 308 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,200 Is that so? 309 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:45,560 Are they selling that well? 310 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,560 Uh-huh. 311 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,080 You saw me? 312 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,080 Why...? 313 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:31,840 It doesn't matter. They won't sell anyway. 314 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,480 Here... Keep it. 315 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,240 I made it. 316 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,800 Here you go. 317 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,040 Say... What's your name? 318 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,800 Kobue. Takemura Kobue 319 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,880 Why? 320 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,120 Good-bye. 321 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:14,840 As usual, here's your three yen. Please count it. 322 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,680 It's correct, sir. 323 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,680 Oh, one more thing... 324 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,760 ...here... 325 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,720 Take it. 326 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,840 Your customer for tonight is a prefectual officer... 327 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,640 ...and he's a very important client of mine too. 328 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:38,720 So... we expect the best from you. 329 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:42,800 I know that, sir. 330 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,000 Hey! 331 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,320 Yessiree! Here we go! 332 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,240 Kobue, is that you? 333 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,989 Heh... it's you guys. 334 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,120 Who did you think it was? 335 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,320 Whassup, good Takemura? 336 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,720 You don't look too well. 337 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:21,400 We're here today representing the House of Hamakatsu... 338 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,360 It doesn't look like Kobue is home yet. 339 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,840 She's out selling her wares. 340 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,920 She's probably shopping on her way back home. 341 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,240 What's so funny? 342 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,800 Look... 343 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,760 ...wake up, why don't you? 344 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:46,400 Look... do you really think that people are buying your Chikufujin?! 345 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,520 You dumb asshole. 346 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,640 Your daughter, you see, is... 347 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:55,360 ...throwing everything she makes into the sea! 348 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,560 But, Kobue brings home money... 349 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:02,520 Do you wanna know where that money comes from?! 350 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,600 Look... eight yen in all. 351 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,760 The due date passed long, long ago. 352 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:11,680 You got to be kidding me! 353 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,400 It's all your fault to begin with. 354 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,960 You're making her sell herself! 355 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,240 Oh, what a poor thing! 356 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:25,040 She has to do it, to pay for her drunkard daddy's booze and medicine... 357 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,680 Quiet! Kobue would never do such a thing! 358 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,720 Here we go. 359 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:44,240 Place your bets! 360 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:43,240 Place your bets, please! 361 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,920 Place your bets. 362 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:45,920 Place your bets now, please. 363 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,600 Say... is that a girl travelling gambler? 364 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,360 Yes, sir... Apparently, she's from Sanshuu. An independent. 365 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,320 Said her name is "Oyuki..." Is she hot or what?! 366 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,720 She sure gets a rise out of me! 367 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:16,760 She's no ordinary mouse. 368 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,120 You shouldn't play... 369 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:18,240 Quiet! 370 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,520 All right! One, folks! 371 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,160 One! 372 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,080 One, folks! 373 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,080 One, folks! 374 00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:23,417 Banzo! 375 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:33,280 Hey, gimme a card. 376 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,280 Right, next round... 377 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,520 Place your bets! 378 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:45,960 Place your bets, please. 379 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,960 Place your bets, please. 380 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:53,880 All right! Four, folks! 381 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,600 Four, folks! 382 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,240 yeah! I got it! 383 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,640 Four, folks! 384 00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:58,640 Four, folks! 385 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,800 Place your next bets, please! 386 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:04,840 Here we go. 387 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,080 All right. Place your bets please. 388 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:07,080 Place your bets please. 389 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,760 Here we go. 390 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,360 Next bet... 391 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,120 Here we go. 392 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,840 Bets please. 393 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,840 Bets please. 394 00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:10,840 No more bets! 395 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:10,840 Score! 396 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,960 Hold it! 397 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:21,520 Mr. Takemura... we need to talk! 398 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:36,000 Please forgive me... 399 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000 Can't do it. 400 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,840 S... Spare me... 401 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:45,440 Boss... 402 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:45,440 Huh? 403 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,880 Why don't we roll him up and throw him into the sea! 404 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,400 Don't be in such a hurry. 405 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:51,160 First, we should torture him as much as we want. 406 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,120 P... Please forgive me! 407 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,040 Y... You can have Kobue... 408 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,720 Too late for that, you smartass! 409 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:01,480 Fool...! 410 00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:04,000 Please wait. 411 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:09,000 As a professional, it is my fault that I did not detect his cheating. 412 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,280 Allow me to pay compensation. 413 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,280 It's none of your concern! Butt out! 414 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,080 Just what the hell is going on?! 415 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,720 What is that you want, stranger? 416 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,560 I beg you please... 417 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:35,160 I must ask you to spare his life, no matter what the cost. 418 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:48,720 Don't tell me that you knew that he was cheating?! 419 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,160 Well, in any case... 420 00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:59,520 Masa... Kame... let him go. 421 00:43:58,800 --> 00:43:59,520 Boss! 422 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,040 We shouldn't concern ourselves with trivialities like this all the time. 423 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:04,640 I appreciate this, sir. 424 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,520 You bastard! The next time you show up... 425 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,200 ...forget being rolled up and thrown into the sea... 426 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,360 ...you'll be shredded to bits and fed to the pigs! 427 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,400 You bastard! 428 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,320 Oh? 429 00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,880 What brings you here? 430 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:42,640 If something happens, you should go to Tokyo. 431 00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:47,840 Okiku of Tajire, in Ueno's 7th ward, can put you in touch with me. 432 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,000 Thanks, but I can't leave my dad here. 433 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,480 You're still hanging around? 434 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,480 I owe you one for what you did for me earlier. 435 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:37,680 But, you know... it wouldn't really matter anyway... 436 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,800 ...wheter I lived or died... 437 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,280 If it weren't for my daughter... 438 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,920 By the way... why did you save my life? 439 00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:55,040 Because we have a little business to take care of, Takemura Banzo! 440 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:01,760 Shall we go? 441 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:07,720 Go? Where to? Who are you anyway?! 442 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:14,720 I've come to take you away... to take you to where you truly belong. 443 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:21,400 Come now... it's time to start the journey of death. 444 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:35,040 Who... Who are you? 445 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,600 Just who are you? 446 00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,680 What are you gonna do to me? 447 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,600 Are you scared, Banzo? 448 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,440 I bet you are. 449 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:46,400 A man like you has memories so gruesome... 450 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,880 ...that you can't forget them even if you want to. 451 00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,040 What are you talking about? 452 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,360 A long, long time ago... 453 00:46:55,440 --> 00:47:00,600 ...you lived in the village of Kiochi. That's what I'm talking about. 454 00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:04,360 You, Tsukamoto Gishiro... 455 00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,280 ...Kitashama Okono... 456 00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:08,960 ...and Shokei Tokuichi... the four of you... 457 00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:12,480 ...in order to swindle money from the unsuspecting villagers... 458 00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:15,840 ...killed an innocent man... 459 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:18,880 ...and raped and tortured his wife for three days and three nights. 460 00:47:21,240 --> 00:47:24,240 I know nothing! I know nothing about it! 461 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:31,720 Look closely at my face. 462 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:35,080 Doesn't this face remind you of somebody... 463 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,160 ...somebody that you have raped? 464 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,640 My name is Shurayuki. 465 00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:54,120 There was a woman who died in a jail... who died cursing you. 466 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,200 I'm the daughter of Kashima Sayo. 467 00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:09,440 I was wrong. 468 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,840 I was wrong. 469 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,120 They made me do it... 470 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:21,200 I've never been able to forget it... even to this day! Please...! 471 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:28,280 Where is Gishiro? 472 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,320 Where is Okono? 473 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:34,320 I don't know! I really don't know! 474 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:36,640 Please forgive me! Please spare me! 475 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,800 I will neither forgive nor spare you! 476 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,720 Please... 477 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:50,520 Please don't kill me... Don't slay me... 478 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,320 I beg you... please... 479 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,760 Please, I beg you... 480 00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:00,560 If I die... what happens to my daughter... 481 00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:02,960 ...what about my daughter Kobue? 482 00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:07,240 Please! Please! 483 00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:12,200 For Kobue's sake... 484 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:12,200 An eye for an eye! 485 00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:07,360 All life is transitory... the virtuous, eternal. 486 00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:12,080 Having slain one of her enemies, it is now the break of dawn. 487 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:19,160 The sea assaulted the shore, as if it was reflecting Yuki's innermost feelings. 488 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:35,560 In this journey of vengeance, the end was receeding from view. 489 00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:44,720 Chapter Three: Umbrella of Blood, Heart of Strewn Flowers 490 00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:14,600 "Tsukamoto Gishiro" 491 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:37,120 "Tajire" 492 00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,160 It's just so unfortunate... 493 00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:07,880 When we heard from you that Gishiro was dead... 494 00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:14,640 ...she didn't want to believe it, no matter what I said. 495 00:53:14,720 --> 00:53:19,680 But, now that she's seen his tombstone with her own eyes... 496 00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:22,880 ...well, what else can we do? 497 00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:25,080 It's just to bad... 498 00:53:25,240 --> 00:53:28,400 If only we had... 499 00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:33,320 If only we had gone searching much earlier... 500 00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:38,000 When did he die? 501 00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:40,560 Three years ago... 502 00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:46,200 ...a shipwreck during a voyage to America, or so the story goes. 503 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,200 When he was alive, Gishiro was said to have... 504 00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:53,680 ...been involved with foreigners, smuggling opium. 505 00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:56,680 Three years ago? 506 00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:02,440 Yuki had just come to me to receive pickpocketing training. 507 00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:08,920 The training I have received from the Reerend... and from you Auntie... 508 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:13,600 ...it's all so that I can personally avenge my mother's death. 509 00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:19,040 Gishiro was the leader of the four villains... 510 00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:22,560 How I longed to destroy him... 511 00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,040 ...stricking him down with the sword of vengeance, for my mother's sake. 512 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:27,080 Oyuki! 513 00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:29,840 Be strong... 514 00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:33,920 Don't you know that you've still got to face one more wrongdoer?! 515 00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:42,880 Sir Matsuemon... 516 00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:45,360 I beseech you... 517 00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:48,720 Please try to find Kitahama Okono as fast as you can. 518 00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:53,120 I have my men working on it, but... 519 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,640 ...there's only so much we can do. 520 00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:14,840 Looking for someone? 521 00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:26,800 We meet at last. I've been looking for you everywhere. 522 00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:31,920 What do you want from me? 523 00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,920 I'd like you to explain something. 524 00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:37,120 That tombstone... belonged to a Tsukamoto Gishiro, did it not? 525 00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:39,240 There's nothing I can tell you. 526 00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,320 I doubt that's true... 527 00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:44,480 You shredded flowers left as an offering to the dead... 528 00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:47,040 ...something no one would do without a good reason. 529 00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:49,640 So you had something against him... That man, that is. 530 00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:51,520 It's none of your business. 531 00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:53,440 My name is Ashiro Ryurei. 532 00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:56,240 See, I publish a cheap little rag called "The People's Paper." 533 00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:58,560 I also write novels too, when I feel like it. 534 00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:01,360 I guess you could say that I'm just a walking hunk of curiosity. 535 00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,520 If something catches my attention... 536 00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:06,080 ...I'll sniff out the truth, no matter what. 537 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:07,680 You sound like you're a stray dog. 538 00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:12,320 Yes... If I find some leftover meat, then I'm doing well. 539 00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,680 It's best if you stop bothering me from now on. 540 00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:18,120 What makes you say that? 541 00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:20,480 That unwise curiosity of yours might cost you your life. 542 00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:25,680 Is that a threat? 543 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,680 If you like 544 00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:28,360 You know, people call me "the man of threats." 545 00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:30,760 People fear me because I use my newspaper as a weapon... 546 00:57:30,840 --> 00:57:34,400 ...basically I'm a dirty blackmailer. 547 00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:37,000 So. when somebody threats me instead... 548 00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:39,000 ...that makes me even more curious. 549 00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:43,200 What is it that you want? 550 00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:45,800 Please don't think that I'm trying to threaten you... 551 00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:48,080 I just want to know what's going on. 552 00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:53,080 Leave me alone. 553 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:39,800 Shu 554 00:58:39,801 --> 00:58:45,480 Shura (Netherworlds 555 00:58:45,481 --> 00:58:49,560 Shura Yuki (Netherworlds Snow 556 00:58:49,561 --> 00:58:55,600 Shura Yuki Hime (Netherworlds Snow Lady) 557 00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:06,280 By Ashio Ryurei 558 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:14,520 It was the sixth year of Meiji, that long ago. 559 00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:18,440 A tragedy befell an innocent family... gruesome, horrific, and hellish. 560 00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:22,480 They were victims of a blood-chilling plot. 561 00:59:25,720 --> 00:59:30,600 Time has passed, but who will exact vengeance? 562 00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:33,840 Time has passed, but what dark deed remains unavenged? 563 00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:35,360 Whose tears fill the river of revenge? 564 00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:37,240 Whose sould is filled with turbulent Karma? 565 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:39,680 Who kills without premeditation, without any thought for her own safety? 566 00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:41,360 Knowing neither forgiveness nor compassion... 567 00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:44,000 ...she traveled the land, seeking out her enemies... 568 00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:46,080 ...and left their corpses withou a second glance. 569 00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:50,160 Her name was Shurayuki... the child of vengeance. 570 00:59:57,360 --> 00:59:59,120 Certainly... 571 00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:05,520 The person who told Ashiro Ryurei about you... was indeed I! 572 01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:08,680 Why did you have to, sir?! 573 01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:14,000 I just cannot comprehend... why you did that, Reverend. 574 01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:16,520 Don't you see? 575 01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,520 It's bail, to lure out... 576 01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:21,680 ...the one villain that remains: Kitahama Okono. 577 01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:27,920 Matsuemon's men are not without their limits. 578 01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:33,080 However... should Ryurei's novel become widely read... 579 01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:36,600 ...I'm certain that Okono will read it. 580 01:00:36,680 --> 01:00:40,680 And, when she does... she will surely take action. 581 01:00:40,760 --> 01:00:45,760 That will be... the moment when you can at last destroy her. 582 01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:50,360 Besides, you see... 583 01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:55,920 ...I've come to really like... this Ryurei fellow. 584 01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:59,040 He's using his talents as a writer... 585 01:00:59,120 --> 01:01:05,480 ...to express his hostility and malice towards the political system. 586 01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:07,480 He may be a rogue, but I felt strongly that he's be... 587 01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:13,760 ...the ideal man to write your story, a tale of the netherworlds. 588 01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:20,200 But, will Kitahama Okono take action...? 589 01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:23,240 Will she reveal herself? 590 01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:29,280 You must wait and see... You must be patient. 591 01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:33,400 Yuki, you must not rush things. 592 01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:38,080 If you must endure a moment of peace and tranquility... 593 01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:41,800 ...when the winds of carnage do not blow the snow of the netherworlds... 594 01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:49,880 ...your Bhudda will not punish you. 595 01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:49,880 ...to Mount Kazusa... 596 01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:55,360 ...from Mount Kazusa, looking into the valley... 597 01:01:55,440 --> 01:02:00,760 ...a little child picks up a pebble... 598 01:02:01,640 --> 01:02:03,720 Born to settle and old score. 599 01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:06,440 Born to seek vengeance. 600 01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:11,000 Yet, listening to the children sing, she could not help but be moved. 601 01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:13,240 As she continued to travel her lonely path... 602 01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,080 ...the glimmers of the past became dimmer and dimmer. 603 01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:34,840 Just tell me, please... 604 01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:37,200 ...that this is merely fiction! 605 01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:39,440 That it's all made up, just to make it interesting reading! 606 01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:43,520 No... I've written nothing but the truth. 607 01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:50,440 You're not lying... 608 01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:50,440 It's all truth. 609 01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:55,360 Then... Oyuki... killed my dad... 610 01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:58,000 Just who are you? 611 01:02:58,120 --> 01:03:00,800 I'm... Banzo's... 612 01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:03,840 I'm Takemura Banzo's daughter. 613 01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:09,720 This is awful! Just awful! 614 01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:23,520 So now we have... another girl seeking vengeance. 615 01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:32,080 Born under unlucky stars, both of you... 616 01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:35,160 ...you... and her. 617 01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:41,920 Wait! 618 01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:44,800 Wait, why don't you?! 619 01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:48,440 There's no way... No way can you understand how I feel! 620 01:03:48,560 --> 01:03:51,400 I do! 621 01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:54,480 I can understand... 622 01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:05,360 Are you... Ashio Ryurei? 623 01:04:06,840 --> 01:04:10,160 Yeah, so what do you want from me? 624 01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:14,480 Because your "Lady Snowblood" story seems all-too real... 625 01:04:14,560 --> 01:04:19,240 ...the people have become confused and riotous. So, we must question you. 626 01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:21,680 Come with us to headquarters! 627 01:04:21,800 --> 01:04:25,200 You've got to be kidding me... 628 01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:25,200 Silence! Take him! 629 01:04:32,480 --> 01:04:35,760 Quiet! 630 01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:40,280 Hey! We don't got all day! 631 01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:58,000 Who is it? 632 01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:00,720 Who are you? 633 01:05:00,880 --> 01:05:03,080 Takemura Kobue. 634 01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:07,200 Kobue? Takemura? 635 01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:13,320 You must be Banzo's... 636 01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:16,600 Did you come here to see Yuki? 637 01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:19,000 I wouldn't ever want to see her! 638 01:05:16,760 --> 01:05:19,000 Then what brings you here? 639 01:05:19,120 --> 01:05:22,840 Ashio Ryurei got arrested by some cops. 640 01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:25,200 I didn't know that there was a police station there, though... 641 01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:27,120 ...inside a restaurant called "Kagetsu", that is... 642 01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:30,240 Wait! Wait a second! Wait, I said! 643 01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:35,120 Take that! 644 01:05:37,360 --> 01:05:40,760 You bastard! You fuckin' retard! 645 01:05:40,840 --> 01:05:43,840 Get up! 646 01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:50,240 Scum! 647 01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:02,200 There! 648 01:06:07,800 --> 01:06:10,560 C'mon! Out with it! 649 01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:16,360 Where's Shurayuki?! 650 01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:34,360 I spent a cosiderable amount of time reading the story in your paper. 651 01:06:34,440 --> 01:06:37,360 Clearly, it's based on a real event. 652 01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:40,440 There's no way someone who didn't know Shurayuki could've written it. 653 01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:48,440 Kitahama Okono... So you've revealed yourself, just as I expected. 654 01:06:49,400 --> 01:06:53,360 So, the money you pocketed from that ruthless murder twenty years ago... 655 01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:56,760 ...paid for this shady little hideout of yours, eh? 656 01:06:56,840 --> 01:06:58,000 That sure is nice to know. 657 01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:00,400 Silence! 658 01:07:01,360 --> 01:07:04,200 Tell me! Where's Shurayuki?! Tell me! 659 01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:06,520 Tell me! Tell me! 660 01:07:06,680 --> 01:07:09,320 I don't know! I'm not in touch with her! 661 01:07:09,480 --> 01:07:11,040 You stubborn fool! 662 01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:14,080 Don't hold back! Go ahead and beat this scumbag! 663 01:07:16,560 --> 01:07:19,520 Dumb ass! 664 01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:26,000 Suffer! Suffer a lot more! 665 01:07:28,600 --> 01:07:31,560 Suffer! 666 01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:36,320 There! 667 01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:39,240 That should be enough. Let's hold off for the time being. 668 01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:43,600 But... 669 01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:43,600 He's no good to us if he's dead. 670 01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:46,440 We'll use him as bait. 671 01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:46,440 Bait? 672 01:07:46,600 --> 01:07:50,560 Yes. Shurayuki will, without a doubt, soon show up. 673 01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:47,040 She's here! 674 01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:20,840 So you've come, Shurayuki! I've been waiting for you. 675 01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:26,040 Kitahama Okono... as last... at last we meet! 676 01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:29,080 That's right! I deliberately acted just as you hoped I would. 677 01:11:13,680 --> 01:11:15,960 Thunder-Sand Bomb! 678 01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:17,360 What?! Thunder-Sand?! 679 01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:19,120 Hold your breath! 680 01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:22,320 Hold your breath! 681 01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:22,320 Be careful! 682 01:11:22,400 --> 01:11:24,840 Shurayuki! 683 01:11:24,960 --> 01:11:28,000 Oyuki... 684 01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:30,160 Okono... 685 01:12:33,720 --> 01:12:36,680 Has she escaped?! 686 01:15:15,880 --> 01:15:17,720 It's all done now, Yuki... 687 01:15:17,800 --> 01:15:20,800 ...your vengeance... everything. 688 01:15:21,920 --> 01:15:25,419 Is it really over? Is it supposed to feel like this? 689 01:15:26,320 --> 01:15:27,960 It is over... 690 01:15:28,040 --> 01:15:31,280 It's all done now. Just forget it all. 691 01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:36,000 Can the netherworld's snow, soaked in bloody carnage, regain it's purity...? 692 01:15:36,040 --> 01:15:38,600 You were born inside a jail, a child of vengeance... 693 01:15:38,680 --> 01:15:41,680 How can you live like a normal human being, Yuki? 694 01:15:44,760 --> 01:15:47,880 I do remember... 695 01:15:47,960 --> 01:15:51,160 ...from the moment I was born... 696 01:15:51,240 --> 01:15:55,320 I remember everything I saw... 697 01:15:55,400 --> 01:15:59,600 I can still picture it before my eyes... 698 01:15:59,680 --> 01:16:01,800 That's why... 699 01:16:01,880 --> 01:16:05,520 ...my mother's vengeance is my own. 700 01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:09,600 This revenge... is mine. 701 01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:32,000 "Chapter Four:" 702 01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:31,200 Just as I thought... you are alive after all. 703 01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:34,240 I was hoping that I was only imagining things... 704 01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:39,360 Why... did you fake your deah? 705 01:17:39,520 --> 01:17:41,040 Who are you talking about? 706 01:17:41,120 --> 01:17:45,280 If you're talking about a wretch named Tsukamoto Gishiro, he's dead. 707 01:17:45,360 --> 01:17:46,920 He died when his ship foundered three years ago... 708 01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:50,120 That's not true! Gishiro is alive! He's right here! 709 01:17:50,240 --> 01:17:51,680 Right in front of my eyes! 710 01:17:54,560 --> 01:17:57,400 The boat that you were on... yes, it did sink... 711 01:17:57,480 --> 01:18:02,320 But... as the police were after you for opium smuggling... 712 01:18:02,400 --> 01:18:05,400 ...the shipwreck provided you with a wonderful opportunity... 713 01:18:05,480 --> 01:18:08,640 ...to fake your own death! 714 01:18:08,720 --> 01:18:12,680 You survived... and continue to engage in shady dealings. 715 01:18:15,360 --> 01:18:17,320 You haven't changed... 716 01:18:17,400 --> 01:18:21,320 You haven't changed at all since you ran away ten years ago. 717 01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:27,920 Why did you come here? 718 01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:30,840 To make you forget about things... 719 01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:35,080 ...about Tsukamoto Gishiro... and the man you saw... 720 01:18:35,160 --> 01:18:38,160 You must forget them all. 721 01:18:40,640 --> 01:18:43,520 Your Shurayukihime story is at an end. 722 01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:46,520 With Kitahama Okono's death, it's all over. 723 01:18:46,600 --> 01:18:48,880 There's no more to write about. 724 01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:51,680 Are you threatening me? It's so like you. 725 01:18:51,800 --> 01:18:54,800 No. Just giving advice. 726 01:18:56,160 --> 01:18:59,040 Let me tell you something... 727 01:18:59,120 --> 01:19:01,840 These days I'm mostly involved in the weapons trade. 728 01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:06,600 Even the government can't buy weapons without my involvement. 729 01:19:06,680 --> 01:19:10,480 I believe that Japan will soon be at war. 730 01:19:10,560 --> 01:19:13,120 Japan is streangthening its military forces and preparing them for the conflict... 731 01:19:13,200 --> 01:19:16,840 ...and I'm lending them a hand, helping to expand the Empire. 732 01:19:18,200 --> 01:19:24,000 I don't have time for some silly, twenty-year old tale vengeance. 733 01:19:24,040 --> 01:19:27,320 The place where I conduct most of my business is the Rokumeikan. 734 01:19:27,400 --> 01:19:31,920 It's supposed to be the place where we negotiate with foreign powers... 735 01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:36,960 ...and debate the use of Western ideas to modernize our society. 736 01:19:37,120 --> 01:19:39,280 But, what really goes on there are... 737 01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:42,440 ...nightly parties for the elite members of our society... 738 01:19:42,520 --> 01:19:46,840 ...who indulge themselves in self- gratification and hedonism. 739 01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:49,480 Despite this, society is changing. 740 01:19:49,560 --> 01:19:51,680 And I will float with the tide... 741 01:19:51,760 --> 01:19:54,760 ...all the time harvesting more money and power! 742 01:19:57,480 --> 01:20:01,520 It's fine to be concerned with justice and conscience, or upholding principles... 743 01:20:01,600 --> 01:20:06,320 ...yet, in the end, it's all nothing more than empty words, at least in this filthy hole. 744 01:20:06,400 --> 01:20:08,400 Forget newspapers and all that, why don't you? 745 01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:11,760 If you feel like it, you can come work for me. 746 01:20:14,280 --> 01:20:17,240 I cut my ties to you all those many years ago. 747 01:20:18,520 --> 01:20:22,720 Oh, well. But, let me say this... 748 01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:26,920 Don't continue to stick your nose in where it isn't welcome. Stay out! 749 01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:31,000 That's my final... advice, from the bottom of my heart. 750 01:21:27,080 --> 01:21:28,360 Ryu... 751 01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:43,520 Gishiro is alive... 752 01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:46,760 What? 753 01:21:43,640 --> 01:21:46,760 He was just here, before you came. 754 01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:50,080 Then... that man in the rickshaw... 755 01:21:48,400 --> 01:21:50,080 Wait! Please wait! 756 01:21:50,240 --> 01:21:52,640 He won't get away... I'll finish him, I swear it! 757 01:21:52,720 --> 01:21:53,840 And, listen, there's one more thing... 758 01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:57,200 ...there's one more thing I have to tell you. 759 01:21:57,280 --> 01:21:59,400 Gishiro is... 760 01:21:59,480 --> 01:22:02,360 ...Tsukamoto Gishiro is... 761 01:22:02,440 --> 01:22:04,400 ...my father. 762 01:22:10,200 --> 01:22:15,360 When I found out that one of the scum you were looking after was my own father... 763 01:22:15,440 --> 01:22:19,160 ...what kept me going was the fact that I thought he was dead. 764 01:22:19,240 --> 01:22:24,480 If it weren't for that, I couldn't have written your story of carnage. 765 01:22:24,560 --> 01:22:29,320 But... when Kitahama Okono was killed... 766 01:22:29,400 --> 01:22:32,560 ...at the moment, I realized who had actually killed her. 767 01:22:32,640 --> 01:22:34,640 That's why I couldn't tell you... 768 01:22:34,720 --> 01:22:37,720 There was no way that I could've told you. 769 01:22:48,640 --> 01:22:52,600 I won't be writing "Shurayukihime" anymore. 770 01:22:52,640 --> 01:22:55,880 There's no way that I can write it anymore. 771 01:22:55,960 --> 01:22:58,960 But... 772 01:23:26,440 --> 01:23:34,760 Chapter Four: The House of Joy, The Final Hell. 773 01:24:06,280 --> 01:24:11,640 "Charity Masquerade" 774 01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:38,560 May I have this dance? 775 01:25:36,600 --> 01:25:38,560 Oh! 776 01:25:44,040 --> 01:25:46,000 Oh! Oh, yes! 777 01:27:46,880 --> 01:27:48,720 Yuki! 778 01:28:20,520 --> 01:28:22,120 Wait! 779 01:29:07,160 --> 01:29:14,360 "Stay out! That's my final... advice, form the bottom of my heart." 780 01:29:19,800 --> 01:29:21,840 Damn it! 781 01:29:21,960 --> 01:29:24,680 This is so typical of him... 782 01:29:24,760 --> 01:29:29,800 It doesn't matter if someone dies... as long as his hands remain clean. 783 01:29:29,880 --> 01:29:33,880 No matter what happens, he'll have his way. 784 01:30:45,680 --> 01:30:46,800 Ryu! 785 01:31:03,480 --> 01:31:07,440 Tsukamoto Gishiro... I'll kill you! 786 01:31:07,520 --> 01:31:12,800 For twenty years... all these twenty years... It's all I've thought about... 787 01:31:12,880 --> 01:31:16,080 It's all that mattered. 788 01:31:14,480 --> 01:31:19,000 That's about to end now. 789 01:31:16,240 --> 01:31:19,000 Yes. That's about to end now. 790 01:31:19,080 --> 01:31:22,440 Oyuki! Don't worry about me... 791 01:31:22,520 --> 01:31:25,520 Do it! Do it! 792 01:32:00,960 --> 01:32:03,320 Yuki! Hurry! 793 01:32:03,400 --> 01:32:05,480 Hurry! 794 01:32:11,400 --> 01:32:15,040 Yuki! 795 01:32:47,120 --> 01:32:50,120 An eye for an eye! 796 01:34:55,880 --> 01:35:08,240 # Begrieving snow falls... in the dead morning... # 797 01:35:08,320 --> 01:35:20,520 # Stray dog's howls... and the footsteps of Geta pierce the air... # 798 01:35:20,600 --> 01:35:27,560 # I walk with the weight of the Milky Way on my shoulders... # 799 01:35:27,640 --> 01:35:38,600 # ...but an umbrella that holds onto the darkness is all there is. # 800 01:35:38,680 --> 01:35:44,840 # I'm a woman who walks at the brink of life and death... # 801 01:35:44,920 --> 01:35:53,280 # ...who's emptied my tears many moons ago... # 802 01:37:06,320 --> 01:37:12,080 THE END 57457