Ep. 13: Hyakkimaru and Dororo confront a faceless Buddha demon seeking human faces at Hakumenfudo.

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Hyakkimaru hunts demons while Dororo persuades him to visit an onsen. Near Hakumenfudo, a faceless Buddha statue at a waterfall, Dororo meets Okaka, who resembles his mother. She recounts how a sculptor died before carving the statue’s face, allowing a demon to inhabit it. The demon revived the sculptor as Okaka to capture humans for their faces. After drugging Dororo, Okaka drags Hyakkimaru to the falls, but he awakens to fight the statue. Okaka uses the demon’s power to immobilize him, yet Dororo’s pleas soften her heart. She allows Hakumenfudo to wound her, enabling Hyakkimaru to destroy the demon. Okaka disintegrates. Later, the pair visit an onsen, meeting Biwa-Hōshi and children who see a map on Dororo’s back. Nuinokata survives her suicide attempt, while Tahōmaru is blinded in his right eye.