Ep. 8: Instructors target Hikagi Jingorou as scapegoat for Suzunosuke's death.
Aired on September 13, 2007
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Kogan instructors discover Suzunosuke's corpse but lack clues about the killer, who used a powerful upward strike. They choose to frame the skilled swordsman Hikagi Jingorou for the murder. Munakata Shinpachirou volunteers to execute this plan and kills Hikagi. Upon returning, Munakata meets a deformed man with a sword on a bridge and identifies him as the true murderer. Subsequently, Munakata's head appears on the bridge alongside a fake sword as a challenge. Instructor Yamazaki Kurouemon seeks vengeance and kills two ronin at an inn who criticized the Kogan school. Yamazaki also encounters the mysterious swordsman, and his head is subsequently left on the bridge.
Episodes
- 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.
- Ep. 12 · Irako Defeats Kogan and Reveals His Mumyou Sakanagare Style to Tadanaga