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:

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I love Hyakurin and Giichi. They need to survive somehow(and maybe make babies...)

I'm actually kinda scared for the book to reach the end as I figure most of them will get offed...

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

Ha! I think the two of them should make babies too. I usually don't say that very often because when I do, I get some strange looks but it makes sense!

I am also afraid you are correct. I don't see most of them having a long life expectancy either. Alas!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

You can actually kinda see Giichi and Hyakurin having a nice, normal life together somewhere down the road, even though it seems odd for the characters. probably because all either really wants/needs is a family(and aside from maybe Rin, the other is the only living person either one really cares about)

From recent manga events, I want to say it's safe to see ONE of them living through it, but not both(but Samura is just mean enough to still kill them both off)