Doushi Shoujo yo, Teki wo Ute

The year is 1942, and the relentless gears of the German-Soviet War have ground their way into the heart of the Motherland. For Serafima, a young girl living in a quiet village outside Moscow, the war had been a distant, ominous rumble—until the sky fell silent only to be shattered by the roar of sudden assault. In a brutal, merciless surprise attack, German troops tear through her home, leaving a wake of slaughter that claims her mother and neighbors. Just as the muzzle of a rifle is aimed at her own life, Serafima’s world is saved from total darkness by the intervention of Irina, a determined female soldier of the Red Army. Pulled from the brink of death and thrust into a reality scarred by loss, Serafima finds new purpose in the intense crucible of the Soviet sniper corps. Alongside Irina and a band of battle-hardened comrades, she immerses herself in the unforgiving art of marksmanship, enduring punishing physical training and the psychological toll of warfare. Each shot fired in practice is a step toward the front lines, fueled by a singular, burning resolve: to mete out justice upon the enemy that annihilated her past. As the snow falls red and the Eastern Front howls with chaos, Serafima transforms from a traumatized survivor into a hunter, her relentless struggle for vengeance intertwining with the desperate fight for her homeland.