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Within the deep mountains passes, where the wind whispers secrets to itself, the mountains come alive only a few times a year to choose those worthy to join the Valley of Hope.
Minna’s decision is a last resort and an absolute necessity. In a patriarchal society, where women are only valued for what their bodies can produce, she will have to risk everything and make unbelievable sacrifices.
However, she clings to hope. The tale of the Valley of Hope, a legend, passed down from woman to woman in the five clans in a language the men do not realize exists. Every year there are a few brave women who try to find it. No one ever knows if they do.
It is these rumors that drive Minna to take the chance she does in order to save a small section of her family. In a leap of faith, this brave woman will find out if the legends are true and if there is something to the myth of the Yuki Ona.
Live like a woman or die like a man.
When the trial is run on the winter solstice, many of the twelve-year-old boys will be asked this question. It will decide their fate.
Within the Valley of Hope, resides Saga, a woman who has lost many of her young sons to the ideology of the clans. Since she arrived six years ago, she has hoped that one of her remaining sons would join her. Clinging to a few last strands of optimism, she watches to see if the last of her boys will pass Yuki’s trial. Could this year, and her last son, be different?
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