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Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood

2021 · 1 season · 12 episodes · Ended · Nippon TV

Animation, Action & Adventure

TMDB 6.4 · 42 votes

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The year is 1931. Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu holds absolute control over Japan. Remnants of the Meiji era’s culture can be seen around the city, but scientific technology and Japanese esoteric cosmology Onmyodo are also developing. Yet lurking behind the glitz is Kuchinawa, a dissident group planning the assassination of the prince. Tasked to extinguish these dissidents is Nue, the government’s secret executioner group. Sawa Yukimura, who works for this organization, suffered at the hands of the Kuchinawa boss. Her entire family was murdered and she dedicated her life to avenging their death.

Episodes

  • S01E01Confidential File 101, The Blue Flower of Carnage2021-03-3123m

    The year is 1931, the 64th year of the Meiji era. The 15th Shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa, continues to wield absolute power thanks to complete monopolization of a special natural resource known as "Ryumyaku." Supporting the Tokugawa regime from the shadows are the deadly agents of the covert organization known as Nue.

  • S01E02Confidential File 033, The Treasurer2021-04-0723m

    With confidential Nue files having been leaked to their enemies at Kuchinawa, a search is underway for the traitor who provided the information.

  • S01E03Confidential File 614, The Enemy Within2021-04-1423m

    Asahi and Yukimura struggle with the nature of their relationship, while the mole leaking Nue secrets is found... or is he?

  • S01E04Confidential File 099, Kuchinawa2021-04-2123m

    Asahi has been kidnapped by Janome, and loyalties are called into question all throughout Nue. Will Yukimura be able to save her adopted sister in time? And will her employers in the Tokugawa government even let her try?

  • S01E05Confidential File 620, Divine Right2021-04-2823m

    Now that her revenge is complete, Sawa doesn't know what to do with herself. With Tsukishima on the run and Elena facing a major change, what will become of the agents of Nue now that their primary target has been dealt with?

  • S01E06Confidential File 623, Daybreak2021-05-0523m

    It's become clear that Nue agents don't leave the shogun's service and live to tell the tale, so it's up to Asahi to find a way for Sawa to break free of the life of violence she's become trapped in.

  • S01E07Confidential File 637, A Fleeting Spring2021-05-1223m

    After faking Sawa's death, she and Asahi have fled Tokyo for a peaceful life in the country... but can they really escape the cycle of killing?

  • S01E08Confidential File 642, The Witching Hour2021-05-1923m

    Sawa's brief respite from the cycle of violence has been irreversibly shattered. But even if she defeats the monster who brought an end to her dream, will she have anything left afterwards?

  • S01E09Confidential File 668, Ethereal Love2021-05-2623m

    With her life in tatters, Sawa struggles to find a reason to keep going. Accompanied by another Nue executioner, she decides to look to her past while considering her future.

  • S01E10Confidential File 089, Star Sign2021-06-0223m

    Jin Kuzuhara is the ruthless, enigmatic head of the shogun's personal group of assassins, Nue. But how did he come to serve the Tokugawa regime? And what is his secret connection to Sawa?

  • S01E11Confidential File 701, Past and Future2021-06-0923m

    Sawa confronts Jin Kuzuhara about the truth behind what happened to her family and her village, but before she can get real answers a squadron of the shogun's troops arrives to try and capture her.

  • S01E12Confidential File 707, The Land of Blessed Words2021-06-1623m

    Asahi is alive, but Sawa has seen too much to ignore the crimes perpetrated by Jin Kuzuhara in the name of the Tokugawa regime. Hoping to secure a brighter future for the girl she has adopted as a sister, the assassin once known as Yukimura takes up her sword once again...

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