Ep. 7: Tokugawa Tadanaga's cruelty and Fujiki's bare-handed duel with ronin samurai
Aired on September 6, 2007
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The narrative highlights Tokugawa Tadanaga's inhumanity while ronin samurai roam the land. Kogan student Kondo Suzunosuke kills a ronin who disrespected the dojo. Impressed by his instincts, Kogan tasks Fujiki with teaching the novice true killing arts. Fujiki leads Kogan students to confront the ronin, challenging the first swordsman bare-handed to prepare for his Dai-Mokuroku. He defeats this opponent while his allies eliminate the rest, sparing one to spread news. Upon returning to his room, Fujiki discovers Suzunosuke's severed head hanging from the rafters.
Episodes
- Ep. 3 · Irako advances as Kogan's successor candidate while challenging rivals to retrieve the heads of the Funaki twins.
- Ep. 4 · Lady Iku faces rumors while Irako is named heir and Fujiki defeats a revenge seeker
- Ep. 5 · Irako Ends Relationship With Lady Iku and Receives Technique Instruction
- Ep. 6 · Irako endures rigged trials and mutilation while losing his inheritance dreams to Fujiki.
- Ep. 7 · Tokugawa Tadanaga's cruelty and Fujiki's bare-handed duel with ronin samurai
- Ep. 8 · Instructors target Hikagi Jingorou as scapegoat for Suzunosuke's death.
- Ep. 9 · Mie flees with her father's sword while Fujiki confronts Okitsu in the woods.
- Ep. 10 · Kogan faces Kengyou's rapier duel and Irako's threats after recovering from dementia.
- Ep. 11 · Ushimata and Fujiki uncover Irako's plot to destroy the Kogan dojo using Kengyou forces.