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“A daughter is born solely to avenge her family's murder by a gang of thugs.”
Lady Snowblood
修羅雪姫
7.32
5,120 rank · 8,359 readers · 86 favorites
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Synopsis
A daughter is born solely to avenge her family's murder by a gang of thugs.
A story of pure vengeance, Shurayuki-hime tells the tale of a daughter born of a singular purpose, to avenge the death of her family at the hands of a gang of thugs, a purpose woven into her soul from the time of her gestation. (Source: ANN)
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7.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.71
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Strong agreement
σ 0.71 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Mar 2008 → Aug 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Lady Snowblood is a classic revenge story, written by Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub, Golgo 13). In this story, the protagonist seeks vengeance from people who did wrong to her family and makes...”
- 7 “About 1/3 of this manga has the same problems as Lone Wolf & Cub (by the same author): it shows a completely episodic work where each chapter is totally independent (so there is almost no plot...”
- 8 “I first bought this after reading a bunch of critiques for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. I bought it and read it out of anger and spite, to be able to say "I saw what Tarantino ripped off...”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 25%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published Feb 1972 – Feb 1973
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1503 catalog