#Shura Yukihime

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The DOUGAI RYUGA era

GARO: Yami wo Terasu Mono (2013)

The current Golden Knight is DOUGAI RYUGA. Equipped with an armour that has lost it's Golden Light, and ZARUBA refusing to acknowledge him, RYUGA comes to VOL CITY, which is infested with HORRORS, only to learn the orders came from his old mentor, the Priest BURAI, who he resents. Nonetheless he finds himself fighting the HORRORS alongside BURAI's pupil, RIAN, and Makai Knights JAKUZURE TAKERU, the Flame Blade Knight ZEN, and KUSUGAMI AGURI, the Sky Bow Knight GUY, while contending with RYUGA being hunted by the SG-1 security forces lead by ENHOU, and the discovery that Madou HORRORs, exist, born even from people who should not have become HORRORS, and for some reason when struck by GARO these Madou HORRORS let off a golden glow that briefly restores the light to the armour.

OP: Theme of Yami wo Terasu Mono, Isshoku ~Trigger of Crisis~ by JAM Project

ED: So Long by Burai actor Otomo Kohei, PLATONIC by JAM Project feat Okui Masami, Brave Heart by Otomo Kohei

Other Music: Bright Hope by Shin

CR GARO Konjiki ni Nare (2014)

Reflecting on RYUGA's disparate journey so far, this includes two sets of battles, one focused on Shikoku GARO and one on Konjiki GARO.

Features the JAM Project original Name is GARO ~Komyo no Shisha~

GARO GOLDSTORM Sho (2015)

A movie followup followed by a full series. 2 years after the events of VOL CITY, RYUGA and RIAN come to LINE CITY, and help legendary Makai Priestess RYUME and criminal elements D RINGO and YUKIHIME deal with the Rogue Madou Tool AGOU.

Subsequently, the pair, their new allies and others, come together to prevent the resurrection of Castle RADAN at the behest of the HORRORS JINGA and AMILY

OP: Opening THEME OF ~GOLDSTORM Sho~, GOLD STORM, EMERGE ~Shikkoku no Tsubasa~ by JAM Project.

ED: GOLD STORM Sho ~The Ending Theme~, PRAYERS by Makai Kagekidan, Guren Bakuran by Makai Kagekidan

Other: Aishu no Rinbu by Makai Kagekidan.

Makai Kagekidan is a unit formed of REKKA, RYUME, YUKIHIME and ANNA, and produced team GAJARI (Amemiya Keita, Kageyama Hironobu, Okui Masami)

CR GARO GOLDSTORM Sho (2017)

As with the previous machine, content is split between Shikoku GARO and GARO Sho. This machine started the ongoing tradition of machines featuring the sacred beasts.

Features Okui Masami's Honoo ~Yami no Hishou~ HIKAGE

GARO -KAMINOKIBA MEZAME- (2017)

A stage prelude to the film JINGA's revival in Makai sees a Makai Knight seek to destroy him as revenge for his actions.

GARO -KAMINOKIBA- (2018)

RYUGA and RIAN reunite with TAKERU and AGURI, coming together to stop a HORROR conspiracy to awaken the legendary KAMINOKIBA, a scheme that receives RYUGA's greatest enemy.

OP: KAMINOKIBA ~The Fang of Apocalypse~ by JAM Project

ED: Izayoi no Ukari Uta -ENDING SIDE- by Rinza actress Sasaki Sayaka, in her first Live-action contribution. An insert version was performed by Okui Masami.

P GARO GOLD IMPACT (2023)

This machine appears to have been delayed considerably, presumably owing to the legal issues with Tsunenori Aoki, who seems to have any footage using the actor cut from the finished product. Any later and footage of Ikeda Junya would have had to be cut too.

Features new songs from JAM Project, -KAI-, and from Endo Masaki, SHINING HOPE GARO

GARO: HAGANE wo Tsugu Mono (2024)

For DOUGAI RYUGA's tenth anniversary, he is called to CREACITY by Makai Priestess MUTSUGI to assist herself, her pupil KOYORI, and local Makai Knight, SHIRAHANE SOUMA, who wears a HAGANE, in investigating activity surrounding the GATE of DESTRUCTION that sleeps beneath the city. RYUGA also takes a vested interested in helping SOUMA find his way, owing a debt to SOUMA's missing father, SHIRAHANE GODOU, the Light Slash Knight ZANGO.

OP: GARO Hagane wo Tsugu Mono With JAM Project

ED: Sora wa kegarenaki Shura no Namida, Ran, both by JAM Project

The Era of MIKAGE JINGA

Kami no Kiba -JINGA- (2018)

An unknown era following KAMINOKIBA, MIKAGE JINGA, the Shining Shadow Knight ROZE, is struggling with the weight of hia duty, having had to cut down his Horror-turned father, he works with Madou Ring ARUBA, his Priestess partner FUSA, and tries to train his brother TOUMA, when a Horror Bite awakens a mysterious power, the seeming ability to cut down Horrors but save the possessed human. As he endeavours to use this power to save every human, Watchdog KELS begins investigating his abilities, and JINGA starts making inexplicable actions he doesn't seem to recall, and witnesses a mysterious doppelganger.

OP: Dokoku no Kanata by JAM Project.

Kami no Kiba -JINGA- Tensei (2019)

A second stage production set during the events of the series. As the servants of the HORROR TOMINO investigate what has happened to JINGA, trainee Makai Priestess Tomoha has an experience where she is saved by JINGA, and later comes into contact with MIKAGE JINGA, and struggles to understand the difference between the two.

Guide to GARO: Reintroduction

Approximately 4 years ago, I initiated a series of posts introducing every aspect of the GARO Franchise (all under the GARO tag here) and have endeavoured to keep these up over the years over some 30-40 posts. However, the first major media development since then has recently finished, and while I have already covered it, I felt updating the Introductory post was prudent, and will cover the basics and breakdown the franchise.

The Basics

"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, mankind was given hope."

In the world of GARO exists HORRORS, demonic entities from the Makai Realm, which consume humans, and can possess those who do all to darkness. When possessing a human a Horror can only be identified by the reaction of it's eyes to a Madou Flame. The only thing stopping the Horrors are the Makai Order.

The greatest opposition comes in the for of the Makai Knights, warriors who fight with weapons and magical, wolf-shaped armour made of mystical Soul Metal, the armour summoned by creating circles of light with their weapons which the armour emerges from. The most revered, and commonly considered the strongest Knight is the Golden Knight GARO. While the Knights focused on in a series are normally titles Knights with a unique armour, many Knights are without title and possess a generic armour. An Armour and Title will typically be passed down from father to son, or master to student. Due either to a law or some other factor, women may not be Makai Knights

The other main opponents to the Horrors are the Makai Priests, who rely on spells either using their Madou Brushes or other magical items. Due to lacking armour, in combat Makai Priests may sometimes have to rely on magical familiars, or specialised Madou Tools created by subjugating Horrors.

Some titled Makai Knights are partnered with special Madougu, sentient jewelry acting as avatars for benign Horrors to communicate with a Makai Knight they are contracted to, offering insights on the Horrors they fight or helping detect their activities, GARO's eternal partner is the Madou Ring, Zaruba, the only character to have definitively appeared in live action and animation. The prevalence of Madougu partners varies wildly by era, being almost universal among titled Titles Knights at some points, and virtually unheard of in others.

Certain Makai Knights can, after sealing 100 Horrors, be given a challenge the completion of which allows them the use of a Madou Horse associates with their armour.

Dependent on the era, Makai Order members act in their own volition, under the guidance in senior Makai Priests, or under the auspices of Watchdogs who oversee activity within a territory.

A common but not universal feature of the franchise are Dark Makai Knights, who have fallen to darkness in some way. This has been done in so many different ways I won't go into it. Dark Makai Priests have also appeared, but are less common. Another common feature is acquiring a special transformation for the final battle that is typically seen as a one-off.

Rather than list every entry in release order, I will be breaking my introductions into eras, some of which can be further divided. In essence though, there are 2 distinct eras, plus a few extra, and the anime.

[uminoyurei]

修羅雪姫 // Shura Yukihime // Lady Snowblood (1972-1973)

story by 小池一夫 // Kazuo Koike

art by 上村一夫 // Kazuo Kamimura

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Shura Yukihime vol. 1-4

( Lady Snowblood )

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Shura Yukihime (1972)

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Beauty in Hijab 🖤✨

Manga: Shura Yukihime Gaiden

By Koike Kazuo and Ikegami Ryoichi

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More UQ Holder Anime Cast Announced!

More cast of the upcoming UQ Holder anime was revealed today, some verifying that actresses would be returning to their roles.

Yukihime/Evangeline A.K. McDowell - Matsyoka, Yuki Though this may have already been public, the voice actress of Evangeline comes back to her role and will also be doing the voice of the older form, Yukihime. Matsyoka is also known for her roles suh as Orihime Inoue from Bleach, Tsuruya from the Haruhi Suzimiya series, Hinata Hino from Mirai Nikki, and Nana from Elfen Lied.

Kuroumaru - Hirose Yuuki Hirose is rather new to the voice acting world and only has a few credits under her belt. She has played Noriko Yamada from Alice to Zoroku and Tomoe Akizuki from Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club.

Negi - Satou Rina Satou returns to the cast as the voice of Negi once again. She'll also be voicing older Negi Springfield. In addition, you may recognize her voice from such roles as Vert from Hyperdimension Neptunia, Shura Kirigakure from Blue Exorcist, and Sailor Mars from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.

Kirie - Kayano Ai A newcomer to the series, Kayano plays several well-known roles. She is the voice behind Ryoko Sakaki from the Food Wars series, Meiko "Menma" Honma from Anohana, Shiro from No Game No Life, and so much more.

Karin - Ogura Yui This voice actress does many varying roles and will soon be playing the part of Karin! She's lent her voice to characters such as Katase from High School DxD, Rom from Hyperdimension Neptunia, and Kinue Hayase from Masumune-kun's Revenge.

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Lady Snowblood.

Alternative: 修羅雪姫 ; Princess Snowblood ; Shura Yukihime

Description : What is Lady Snowblood about? Vengeance. Pure and simple, this is a revenge story. Yuki was named as a child of hell by her mother. Yuki's father was killed by a group of men who conspired to use him to start an uprising; they then brutalized her mother. Her mother subsequently killed one of her attackers and ended up in jail, where Yuki is born. Yuki's mother was serving a life sentence; there was no way she could escape and continue her revenge. Consequently, she concocted a plan which included seducing the guards in order to produce a child who could pass beyond the prison walls. Dying in childbirth, Yuki's mother impresses upon a friend the importance of imparting to her infant daughter the necessity of her revenge--the grudge that she could no longer carry, but which she passed to her daughter. The friend agrees to do so, and Yuki ('snow,' so named for her snow-white skin) is trained to become the instrument of her mother's vengenace. Twenty years later, Yuki is a skilled assassin. For the price of 1,000 yen she will perform murderous miracles, often proceeding through trickery, deceit, and the assumption that as a woman she poses as little threat to the criminals she is often dispatching. #MangaReddit.com, #ReadFreeMangaOnline Read Free Manga Online at MangaReddit.com: https://mangareddit.com/p/lady-snowblood_1584426730.html

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[uminoyurei]

修羅雪姫 // Shura Yukihime // Lady Snowblood (1972-1973)

story by 小池一夫 // Kazuo Koike

art by 上村一夫 // Kazuo Kamimura

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Shura Yukihime (1972)

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Shura Yukihime (2001)

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Lady Snowblood Gaiden by Koike Kazuo and Ikegami Ryoichi - Pages 38-39

Just a day in the life of an assassin, just trying to drink some tea.

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Lady Snowblood is now possibly my favorite pulp film, and this is coming from a fan of Quentin Tarantino.  Kill Bill was actually inspired/based off of this film. And as I much as I liked that film and the director, Lady Snowblood and Toshiya Fujita's techniques are so much better.  P.S. I have no idea how to read or write Kanji, aka Chinese. 

The story is of a woman who was wronged. And while she is in jail, she gives birth to Oyuki so that she may live and carry out her mother's revenge.  The flashbacks are very interestingly done, and it's a constant reminder of Oyuki's purpose. She is not a woman, but simply a child of hell, as she is often called in the movie. I really liked this detail in the movie, as compared to the original manga, where she was a woman who is bent on revenge, she is instead a force of revenge. There are only trace amounts of humanity left. 

I did have an issue with the first revenge killing because it was actually the last death in the manga. It was the most anti-climatic of all the deaths because he was the only one who actually was sincere [or at least in the manga he was] about his actions and wanted forgiveness. And when he was killed, it was a statement that revenge is revenge no matter what.  In the movie, it was like eh. First one down. Moving on to the more interesting ones. //that and the stupid sub-plot with his daughter

Special effects are cheesy. But it was the style and capabilities of the time. And the story was modified from the original manga, but I feel it was satisfying overall. I was at first upset about the change in the writer because he turned from an old fart to a younger man, and there were some moments of potential love interest going on for Oyuki, the main character, but thankfully, the focus was still on revenge.

And oh God, let me talk about the mis-en-scene in this movie. It's fucking BEAUTIFUL. The camera does get shaky at times, but they're few and often during action shots when the camera angle moves quickly. The doors, the walls, the landscape, the cliff. Dutch angles are used a bit too much to my liking, but there are some magnificent moments with them.  Take for example this one.  The camera angle is tilted so much, and yet the characters feel like they're almost sitting straight up. And though one is sitting, you feel as though they are almost equals. Almost though! Notice how the man on the right is still higher and looking down on the one of the left.  The door frames perfectly the seat of the rick shaw and the single man, while the door covers the other. The architecture of the house is wonderfully geometric, breaking up everything into small boxes. 

I could literally go on about this movie. Just go and watch it for yourself.