Emerald by Hiroaki Samura

[meganbmoore]

Emerald is a 64 page western oneshot by Hiroaki Samura(Blade of the Immortal.)  It's about a young girl named Sarah, who is trapped into a game with the man who killed her parents where either her parents(and therefore, her) debt will be erased, or she will be forced to work in his brothel, and Jimmy Weed, and outlaw hired by a woman named Rosalie to protect her employer's property.  Anything beyond that is extremely spoilery(except to say that Sarah and Rosalie remind me a good bit of Rin and Hyakurin.)  So instead of further details, I bring you scans of awesomeness.

There is absolutely NOTHING familiar about this:



Or this:


(well...it's a lot more familiar with the full scene...)

Employment interview, western style:







Follow-up interview, western style:





(Manji he is not...though they'd get along...)





I just liked this spread:



A true Western Ending: