Ep. 24: Manji defeats Anotsu while Rin kills him, leading to years of farming and a new mission in Tokyo.

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Hanabusa’s forces, including shinobi Meguro and Tanpopo, are killed by a dying Makie. Hanabusa flees through snow but is split in two by Anotsu with Kagimura’s approval. Kagimura dies in Anotsu’s first strike during their duel. Manji attacks Anotsu to honor his promise to Rin, who watches with Hyakurin. Manji severs Anotsu’s right arm but spares his life, claiming he is dead. As Anotsu boards a ship, Rin stabs him to death. Magatsu begins farming, and Renzo returns to painting under master Sori, annoying his daughter Tatsubo. In Shimbara, Isaku, Doa, and later Ozuhan farm. Manji is banished from Edo. Rin visits her family grave and plans to apologize to the Ittou-ryuu victims, accompanied by pregnant Hyakurin. Eighty years later in Tokyo, Manji buries his weapons, watched by Yaobikuni. He vaguely recalls the Ittou-ryuu. Yaobikuni asks him to protect Fuyu, granddaughter of an old friend involved in a leadership dispute. After Fuyu gives him a sheathed knife and drawing, Manji recognizes her as Rin’s great-great-granddaughter and agrees.