The Adventures of Kotetsu (小鉄の大冒険)

Original Creator:~~~MEE

(by Wani Magazine Co., Ltd.)~~~~~

ADVENTURE OF

Character Design~~~~~~~~~~~~ Animation Director: Yoko Kikuchi

Art Director: Satoshi Shibata

Director of~~~~~~~~~~~ Photography: Akio Saito

Sounds Effects~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Music: Kuniaki Haijima

Producer: Ryuji Morita

Executive Producer:~~Tetsuya Ikeda

Director: Yuji Moriyama

It's hard to believe she's a vicious murderer.

How can a private eye be followed so easily ?

I've heard she's very skilled, but she's just a woman, after all...

What the...?

Little girl, where're you going ?

Where're you from ?

Ya want me to show you around ?

Hey, wait.

Stop fooling around, and come with us.

Y...you little bitch !

How dare you ?

Don't mess with us, you little brat !

Call the police.

You ugly pig !

Who are you ?!

You bitch !

Are you alright ?

Tokyo's such a lousy place.

Just walked around a while, saw a strange bug, and those guys hit on me.

You look like a typical country hick, so be very careful.

There's a lot of scum like them in Tokyo...

Target...The Director of Kuon Detective Agency....

...Kuon Miho. I shouldn't take her lightly.

Let's see how good she is.

You're still in high school, aren't you ? Or maybe middle school ?

You can't be a grade school kid.

Anyway, there're many dangerous guys in the city...

You want some more ? I'll break your bones this time..

Conjure tags...?!

No.

A sword...

Ma'am, those guys are controlled by someone.

``Controlled...'' Who the hell are you ?

I'm Suzuki Rin.

Kyohachi Style...

You're incredible !

No way !

Alright.

You're...

That's strange, it didn't cut it.

Was that... ?

What's this ?

The art of Kugutsu...

It can't be !

Suzuki Rin, and that sword...

What a magnificent sword.

It's got the blade on the other side.

Don't draw it without asking !

Hey, don't move.

It seems to have a history.

It's called Gassan. They say it's an inverted sword made by a demon.

Where did you find this ?

It was at the end of the Showa era.

In the heart of the mountains, called ``Inner Kyoto...''

...is a place where no electricity or water supply lines exist.

A little girl who just turned five years old was sent to that place.

She was left to an old woman, Oni Azami, who has lived for more than one hundred years.

From early morning, not only did she have to cook, do laundry, and clean, but also...

...carry water, collect firewood, fertilize...

...massage the old hag, and take care of her feces.

She worked so hard.

But that weird woman, Azami, didn't even give her enough food.

She was given a small amount of barnyard grass or millet each day.

And also a dried sardine.

She wasn't even allowed to eat rice mixed with grated daikon.

They were days of hunger and cold.

So, I escaped my teacher.

But is your master really more than one hundred years old ?

She used to say she fought the Tigers of Kinro...

...and the Shinsengumi, around the end of the Edo period.~(\C51868\C3)

Oh, you've gone though so many hardships.

Your family must be worried, why don't you give them a call ?

I can't go home. I came here to look for my brother, who is practicing Kenpo.

By the way, do you know a place called the Kuon Detective Agency around here ?

This is it.

My brother sent me the address, and that's my only hope.

I've walked a long way to come to Edo...

I said, this is the Kuon Detective Agency, but why...

You're Tetsujin's sister...?!

Miho, I don't have anyone whom I can rely on in Tokyo, or anywhere else either.

I'll be killed if I return to Kyoto. I don't want to die yet.

Ma'am, you've got to help. Can you let me stay here and save my life ?

But our situation is difficult, too...

Don't be so stingy, and take care of a lodger, you old maid.

``O...old maid...''

Poor girl.

Director, can't you do anything ?

Even if you say so...

Oh, I know. Why don't you come to my apartment ?

You don't have to feel constrained.

I live alone, and there's only one futon...

I'll let you stay for tonight, but tomorrow...

Thank you, Ma'am, thank you.

I'll do chores or whatever you ask...

...so I beg you for your long-lasting support.

``Long-lasting...'' you're...

Oh well, Tetsujin's sister...?

So, she's Kotetsu. \C3(Little Tetsu)

Right, Kotetsu ?

That's right. Director, what about this tag of Kugutsu...?

Yeah, they were definitely attacking you !

I felt the murderous intent !

``Murderous intent ?'' Director, does anyone wish you evil ?