Ep. 11: Kawakami confronts Rin about her parents while Manji intervenes in their violent conflict.
Kawakami recognizes Rin as the daughter of the Asano couple he killed two years earlier and dismisses Renzo to fetch tea. Rin emotionally accuses Kawakami of murdering her father and violating her mother, demanding an apology which he refuses. He assaults her, but Rin stabs his arm. Kawakami then uses his blood to paint her body before attempting to strangle her. Manji arrives and duels Kawakami, disarming him. As Kawakami attacks the recovering Rin, Manji pierces his heart with a double-blade knife. Renzo returns, sees his father dead, and spears Manji. Manji lies, claiming he is chasing a gambling debt. Rin convinces Renzo that Manji is dead by showing him an arm buried in the ground. Later, Rin returns the arm, allowing Manji to re-attach it to his shoulder.
Episodes
- Ep. 7 · Rin attempts to cure Manji while Shizuma sets a deadly trap involving a disguised old woman.
- Ep. 8 · Manji and Rin search for Anotsu in Fukagawa while Makie Otono-Tachibana defends herself from attackers.
- Ep. 9 · Makie defeats Manji in Anotsu while rejecting her past as a geisha.
- Ep. 10 · Rin endures harassment at a festival while Manji bonds with Araya Kawakami through a blood-painted mask.
- Ep. 11 · Kawakami confronts Rin about her parents while Manji intervenes in their violent conflict.
- Ep. 12 · Anotsu reveals his philosophy to Rin after her failed assassination attempt in the forest.
- Ep. 13 · Shira kills O-Ren while Rin resolves to train as a swordsman