The princess of revenge and her not too friendly colleagues. Joran the princess of snow and blood episode 2 impression

Another week passed after the first episode of Yukimura Sawa’s quest for vengeance. I was watching the episode hoping for further explanations about some questions that I have last week and the second episode really answered a lot of questions xD. The episode starts with the first opening theme of the anime and I really do love the animation. It was combining the gritty and dark animation and at some point it manages to redraw the opening animation drawing like an ink brushes arts (which usually happen when Yukimura undergoes her transformation). It was stylish for an opening theme and combined with the cool animations made me like it more. The second episode also gave a lot of spoiler regarding to the heroines past and some of the unanswered questions. So if you want to watch the episode without getting heavily spoiled, you can stop reading now.

Cool animation and sketchy arts= great opening

The anime start with the founding of assassination victims all around the town and they are important figures for the government. The scene moves to the discussion between the NUE leader; Kuzuhara with Tsukishiro regarding to the killing. They were examining about the possibility of a traitor inside NUE because most of the target hold specific information that may shake the regime foundation.

Don't mind my lifeless like eyes..I haven't sleep for 3 days straight xD

The next part moves to our heroine Yukimura; who has just recovering from her last battle, reminisced about her past. Until now she still remembered very much about that person who stole everything from her. Her parents, even the villagers where she lived all were killed by the same person, Janome.  Not only that he razed and burned the entire villages, he also stole the power that the villagers had; the blue blood. That was the same power that made Yukimura is capable to transform into her battle formed maiden. To make it worse, Janome used that power to create changelings. That is an interesting revelation that we got there. The very monsters that she slayed before was imbued with the same power as her.

Because burning red eyes is just too ordinary

When she was burying her families and the villagers, Kuzuhara san (darn he didn’t even age for a second if you watch his current appearances) found her. Then, He told her if she wanted revenge for her family members, he could teach her about fighting.  On that day, Yukimura was first introduced to NUE, Which is an organization of assassin made by the ruler of the new era; Yoshinobu Tokugawa. Days in and days out, she trained swordsmanship under Kuzuhara’s tutelage until she finally mastered the power of the blue blood. With her swordsmanship skills along with the power of her blue blood, she started killing more and more people and became NUE executioner.

The face palate when u realize that you already lost your neck

Another revelation came up now. The girl that lived with her actually is one of daughters of NUE targets. We learnt from the last episode that the Yoshinobu Tokugawa himself isn’t a saint. He ruled with an Iron fist and would send an assassin for those that tried to cross him. It was complex that after killing her parents, Yukimura saw herself in the fainted young lady. She technically created another orphan and turned into the very same person that she hated.. Janome.  It was not very original in my books but it was nice; really nice plot. Not only that the anime managed to answer a lot of questions and cram it into a single episode, it also manages to tell me why Yukimura doesn’t seem like enjoying her companionship and why did she try to kill her when she fainted in the last episode.

This is the beauty of character development.. u see yourself turned into a monster

The second part of the anime was about how Hanakaze and Yukimura got a new order to get a woman known as “the treasurer” to safety. She had a very good memory that she knew everything about the dirty work of the government and her presence is both a blessing and a curse for the ruling party. After they got cornered by assassins, Yukimura took the girl with her while Hanakaze repelled the attackers. During the escape, Yukimura interrogated the lady about whether she knew about the village of Karasumori because Yuki knew someone tried to hide the fact of the village destructions. The lady, whose son is in government's custody, said that his son’s safety was worth more than her own life so she asked whether Yuki want to accompany her to the boat; promising to tell her everything she needs to know. Yukimura accepted her offer when suddenly they were attacked by both the assassins and one changeling. After meeting again with Hanakaze, the anime went full action mode with both Yuki and Hana killed all attackers. It was a shocking scene that after everything seems over; Hanakaze stabbed the treasurer and told her that NUE already killed her son. This enraged Yukimura because the lady  holds the information regarding her past and just when they were about to fight, the episode comes to an end.

There is no real friends or family in this anime..which is interesting..

It was a great episode to begin with many plot revelation. A tiny bit of the information regarding to dragon vein materials (which earlier mentioned as a natural resources) also covered. In addition, there was a scene when Tsukishiro gave the little girl poisoning pills so the she could feed her poison in order to get revenge for her parents. It was enough to make me more interested to continue watching the anime. As for Yukimura.. From what I see, it seems like many wanted her dead; even Kuzuhara and Tsukishiro was disappointed that she was not dead from her last changeling encounter. Did her presence even give more danger for other human beings?  Will the little girl use the pill to get her revenge? It’s as if Yukimura herself was already a dead seeker to begin with. But before that moment came, she would do her best to stay alive and get her revenge first.