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the nation's first draft mandate...

...was enacted by

the Cabinet.

The new government sought to strengthen

the nation through militarism...

...believing that the modernization

of Japan must be based...

...on the development of military power

similar to that of foreign superpowers.

However... the peasants did not consider

it to be a reasonable measure...

...and soon their discontent

exploded in riots.

The end to these uprisings

was nowhere in sight...

Destruction, robbery, arson... and other

acts of rebellion continued without end.

Many strange rumors circulated, the most

famous being about the "Men in White".

Men dressed in white were said to be

the pawns of the new government...

...who killed conscripts and collected their

blood for sale to foreign nations.

This is where the first chapter

of the tragedy begins.

Meiji 6 (1873), June. Koichi Village,

Aimi District, Shimane Prefecture.

Shiro!

Shiro!

Knock it off!! Let me go!

Guys!

Let me go! Mommy!

Shiro!

Let's go.

Get off, fool!

Knock it off! Let go!

Mommy!

Hey!

Look at him! He's wearing white!

Knock it off!

It's HIM...

He's the new government

man! Kill him!

Don't be ridiculous!

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

...the new gradeschool teacher who's

just moved to this village!

Shut up!

Die!

Tsukamoto Gishiro

Takemura Banzo

Shokei Tokuichi

Dear!

Kitahama Okono

This is unthinkable!

How could this be?!

Dear! Dear!

Dear! Dear...!

Dear!

Has the moment come?

I believe so.

Then you ought to go...

There is othing to prevent you

from walking your path.

Reverend, I must thank you for

all these years of training.

I am disheartened because I have not

been able to repay you in any way.

Don't be ridiculous...

You have a destiny that

needs to be realized.

Forget joy, forget sorrow...

...forget love, and forget hate...

...except for vengeance, thse

must be forgotten.

And thus, there should be

no sadness in you.

A child of the netherworlds

ought not talk like that.

A "child of the netherworlds..."

...who knows how many times you've

scolded me by calling me that.

"Kajima Sayo"

"Kobayashi Tora"

You are a child of the

netherworld...

You are not a being of this

early realm.

You are a devil that abides by

netherworldly principles...

...a beast, a devil... one whose

disguise is human...

...one so evil that even Buddha

cannot save you now.

Sayo! You gotta hang in

there! Hang in there!

Otora! Don't just sit there!

I've helped many give

birth in this jail...

...but I've never seen

a birth this difficult!

If it goes wrong,

Sayo could die!

I... I don't care...

if I die...

...but... at least... save my

baby... please... Otora!

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