Samurai Executioner - Poisonous Oden and Decapitator Asa) Crimes and misadventures of a girl named Oden. Drawn from Japanese history and loosely based on the actual story of Takahashi Oden.
During the early Meiji period a number of 'Dokufu' (Poison Women) had committed murder, these crimes were usually perpetrated by wives on their husbands. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden, who in 1879 was the last woman to be put to death by beheading in Japan.
Utilizing the characteristics of a popular manga about the executioner known as 'Head-Chopper Asa' and giving him a history with Oden which surfaces on the execution grounds as her hood is removed and they see each other.....
