Ep. 12: Dororo encounters a shape-shifting woman near the Waterfall of Vanity who seeks a face.

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Hyakkimaru meets the monk Zatō, while Dororo encounters Hakumen Fudō, a woman who mimics his mother. She leads Dororo to her home near the Waterfall of Vanity and the Fudō Myo shrine. After hearing a voice demand a face, Hakumen Fudō attacks a meditating ascetic at the waterfall, causing him to fall into the river where Nota rescues him. Dororo follows Nota into an icy cave containing frozen, faceless people. Hakumen Fudō’s mountain dogs attack, dragging the ascetic inside. Dororo attempts to rescue him, but the cave entrance vanishes, and Hakumen Fudō claims it was a dream. Dororo sleeps while Hakumen Fudō returns to find the ascetic faceless, feeding a frozen body to her dogs. The ascetic’s face appears on the Lord Fudō statue, but he demands another face, which she promises to provide from a child.