Kimiko Chou Girl Samurai

KIMIKO CHOU is a girl on a mission. Her mother and brother have been killed by robbers in 14th century Japan while her father a samurai warrior is off on an invasion of Korea.Chou (butterfly in Japanese) narrowly escapes death by hiding while the robbers ransack her home then-dressed as a boy in her brothers clothes-she goes in quest of her father. Alone on the road she takes up with Hyōgo Narutomi a former samurai who has been dismissed by seven previous masters and Moto Mori his page.The three of them-man boy and girl-make their way across Japan along with Piebald an old horse with a curious spot on his coat that resembles a Fenghuang the mythical bird that rules over all others in Asian mythology. Together this unlikely trio experience a series of adventures and narrow escapes until Chou and Mori-but not Narutomi-land in Korea. There as a spy for the Koreans Chou searches for her father-across enemy lines!