Chapter 1

The Chosen Children is the first chapter of the Azumi manga, written and illustrated by Koyama Yuu.

Synopsis
It's the final day of their 10 year long training with grampa, and they are given their final trial: to slay the person they're closest with in the group to prove their guts and that they won't hesitate in carrying out their missions. "Grampa: You ten, from when you were aware of things or not, I saw through your qualities, made you train here and raised you into powerful warriors. The Bujutsu you've aquired should exceed by far that of the warriors in the outside world."

Story
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Chapter notes

 * This is the first chapter in the series.
 * Azumi and the other orphans believe in that their only justification to live is to carry out missions and meet grampa's expectations.
 * Grampa has been training and raising them for ten years at this point.
 * They started out as ten, but are now a group of five after the trial. The survivors are Azumi, Ukiha, Hyuga, Nagara, and Amagi. The fallen: Komoro, Yura, Nachi, Hiei, and Awa.
 * Initially, everybody wanted to group up with Azumi for the trial, but she chose Nachi.
 * The boys are beginning to differentiate between the genders, and are curious about Azumi as she's the only girl in the group.