Gennosuke questions Akeginu about Jousuke’s whereabouts, but she gives him a phony sob story about him going into her room multiple times throughout the night instead of revealing the truth. It’s a little disappointing to see that someone as cautious as Gennosuke would believe Akeginu so wholeheartedly, especially after sensing the hatred in her voice just days ago. However, I’m really hoping that it’s all just an act for Oboro’s sake.
Tenzen and the others have finally made it to Kouga territory, but they’ve already been detected by Hyouma Muroga, one of Kouga’s most powerful ninjas, and both parties prepare themselves for a major battle against their strongest opponents. The ninjas from Iga are clearly at a disadvantage since they’re on enemy territory and are sitting ducks in unfamiliar surroundings. Not a second later after entering the village, they’re surrounded by a thick fog that greatly hinders their vision. Gyoubu Kasumi, whose ability to fuse his body within the village walls, is easily able to startle them while alerting the others of their unwelcome presence. The fog disappears shortly after and reveals the entire village of blood-thirsty ninjas ready to dispose of their bodies. Tenzen makes an attempt to convince Gyoubu that they’re messengers sent by Gennosuke, but he’s smart enough to detect the hostility in his voice and orders his men to arrest them. The fighting begins, and the five of them are easily able to immobilize those foolish enough to fight them. Gyoubu is ready to destroy them, but Hyouma puts a stop to all the fighting before things get too out of hand. Tenzen has discovered their secret techniques and warns them that if they decide on visiting Iga’s village, he’ll return the favor by giving them an equally warm welcome.
The Kouga has sent Okoi out on a mission to check on Gennosuke’s safety, but she runs into some trouble on her way toward Iga’s village and is left hanging. Meanwhile, Gennosuke requests for Oboro to send a messenger out to Kouga to make sure that Jousuke has made it safely back to his village. His suspicion of Iga’s secret plans are continuously growing stronger, and it’s only a matter of time before he’ll find out what’s really happening.
I enjoyed watching this episode, but I’m beginning to worry that things are just going to get worse due to Gennosuke’s continued absence from his village. Also, are his feelings for Oboro genuine, or is Kagero really his true love? Looking forward to the next episode, as usual.
Thoma finds Chitto lying unconscious deep in the forest holding what looks like a small pineapple, but as he edges closer to him, he notices something that makes him bolt out of sight. It turns out that our strong protagonist is deathly afraid of killer bees, and he’s unable to move due to his sheer fright of those pesky bees ever since his grandfather had died from their stings. He makes an attempt to sneak his way toward Chitto’s unconscious body, but he accidentally trips and immediately escapes back to his hiding spot behind the bushes. It’s a good thing that Helga was persistent in following Thoma because she’s able to move Chitto back to safety since bees don’t seem to bother her. Chitto finally wakes up after being unconscious for hours and explains to Helga that he had fallen after picking the fruit, while Thoma’s sitting by himself with a very dejected look as he glances at Helga from the corner of his eye. It’s so apparent that he’s very much in love with her, yet she still refuses to give him the time of day. However, he’s still a gentleman and grabs a set of clean clothes for her the next morning. She’s actually nice to him for once and greets him with a warm smile. He notices that she’s drawing another painting of the same image and realizes that she wants to go there, and he also feels like he’s been there before for some odd reason. She looks up at him curiously until Chitto interrupts their brief conversation with a warning that they’re not alone.
Chitto leads Thoma to the place where he spotted the unwelcome visitor, and it turns out to be Taruanto. As they’re thinking of ways to capture him, Taruanto’s curiously observing the unusual architecture when he sees his dog Baron running toward him. Thoma and Chitto are looking at him from a distance, but they’re not seeing the dog and thinks he’s weird. As Baron edges closer to him, he suddenly disappears and transforms into a formidable black shadow, so Taruanto immediately shatters it with his sword. As he’s kneeling down grieving for his dog, Thoma confronts him demanding to know why he’s on his island. Taruanto tells him that the place has nothing to do with him and that it’s called Kokkuri Island, national property of Eastern Mainland, but Thoma’s persistent in defending his island and demonstrates his Papan Kenpou fighting style to his new foe. He’s able to pin Taruanto on the ground while demanding to know where he’s from, but Taruanto screams “WANDAAA!” instead, causing the huge odd-shaped statue to turn into a spaceship. He escapes by flying away with Wanda, and reports to the other Befort Children that nothing useful was found on that island.
Nohedge – Eastern Mainland — Detective Cooks is on his way out to investigate a piece of the black stone that was discovered in Clairmont 100 years ago until he’s presented with another case that involves a research laboratory known as Phantom GED on the Eastern Mainland at Ketoprak Island. His assistant fills him in on the latest information about Mr. Glass (the old man from the previous episode), that he was a pilot born in Nohedge who died in 2009 while testing out a new flying machine, and was buried at the Air Force base in the Hague. The Detective’s also heard about a strange incident with the police three months ago on the small island of Chikao, in the Natsuna Islands. An escapee was found to be an old woman over 70 years old, and it appears that she died immediately after her capture.
There’s not much to say about this episode except that it raises even more questions about the Befort Children. Could they be from another planet, and are they even human?
Armageddon – An error caused by humankind a few hundred years ago that gave rise to a new breed of species known as vampires…
Jessica Lang is the receptionist of the passenger ship Tristan of Alvion and is also studying to be a pilot. She serves tea to a traveling (and poor) priest from the Vatican named Abel Nightroad, but clumsily drops the cup on his head instead of on the table. She’s called away to serve tea to the captain of the ship, but witnesses the brutal murder of the co-pilot and pilot by a bloodthirsty vampire instead. He moves onto her and tells her that he’ll eat her later, then he inserts a disk in the computer mainframe with the master code and directs the ship on automatic route toward the Vatican in Rome. He returns to Jessica with the intention of drinking her blood, but Abel rescues Jessica to safety just in time. Abel reminds me of Vash – he acts clumsy and ditzy, but he’s actually very, very brilliant and knows exactly what he’s doing.
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Gennosuke and Jousuke are dining with several members from Iga, but it’s obviously tense and awkward for both parties, and it only gets worse after Jousuke makes a stupid comment that causes an uncomfortable silence in the room. Gennosuke finally tells him to shut up, but Oboro assures him that they shouldn’t have to worry about being cautious anymore. Gennosuke uses the opportunity to state his desire for eternal prosperity and peace between Iga and Kouga, so he and Oboro perform a beautiful flute song and dance together for those present in the room.
Later that evening, Gennosuke confesses to Oboro that he no longer believes Iga people are as cruel now that he’s spent some time with them, and Oboro exchanges the same thoughts about his people. However, he’s well aware that there are still many others that aren’t happy with his presence there, and he tells her that they both need to find a way to permanently break the old traditional feud between their clans. Meanwhile, Jingoro and Akeginu secretly plan their attack on the two Kouga men, but things don’t go quite as smoothly for either of them. Jousuke’s not as dumb as he looks, and he easily avoids Akeginu’s attacks. She refuses to lose to him, though, and agrees to duel him to a real battle, offering her body for the night if he wins. She’s fervently trying to kill him until Oboro steps in and asks why they’re fighting. Jousuke quickly explains to her that he went overboard with Akeginu this time and she was only defending herself from his advances. Jingoro, meanwhile, tries to pull a surprise attack on Gennosuke, but he’s immediately spotted because of his overpowering aura of hatred. Gennosuke tells him that they need to help each other out in making a new history together instead of continuing their senseless hostility, but it obviously isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Oboro sends Jingoro slithering away to the water by himself as punishment for trying to kill Gennosuke, but he runs into Jousuke and easily kills him off by drowning him in the water.
I think Oboro’s finally starting to realize that she’s losing control over her own people, and that there’s nothing she nor Gennosuke can do to stop the chaos that’s about to happen in the coming days ahead. Personally, I think she’s way too passive and naïve to lead an entire village of assassins. She can’t even control two people, so how will she be able to convince an entire village to uphold the nullified treaty of peace now that it no longer exists?
Tenzen maps out a plan for Iga to kill Gennosuke together as a group, but he warns them that Oboro-sama is never to find out about this, otherwise she’ll throw a fit and try her best to stop them herself. Along the way, they spot a Kouga traveling cage and easily kill off the carriers as well as destroying the cage to discover Jubei Jimushi inside. Tenzen tells the others to find Kazamachi while he handles Jubei on his own. He demands to know what techniques the Kouga uses, but doesn’t live long enough to tell the others…
Meanwhile, Gennosuke and Oboro continue walking toward Iga’s village (escorted by Jousuke and Akeginu), completely unaware of what’s happening elsewhere. The battle between Iga and Kouga have begun, and it’s definitely entertaining to observe their different techniques. Kazamachi uses his sticky phlegm to trap his foes, while Hotarubi’s defense are her deadly butterflies, and Nenki has the ability to use his hair to pick up things as if they were his hands and feet. The three from Iga (Hotarubi, Nenki, and Koshiro) succeed in their battle against Kazamachi for the scroll, but it’s inconveniently snatched by Jubei who slithers off with it. It’s another chase for the scroll, and Jubei’s able to outrun them until he’s stopped by a surprising foe – Tenzen. He’s discovered Jubei’s secret technique (his sword in his mouth), and promptly destroys it along with its owner.
Oboro and Gennosuke are greeted with a smile by Jingoro when they reach Iga’s village, but Gennosuke’s instincts immediately kick in and braces himself for any possible danger to come his way…
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What a great episode! These cliffhangers are such teasers, but thankfully I have #4 to keep me satisfied. I feel sorry for Oboro, though, because she naively believes that her clan is supporting her and Gennosuke when they’re really just interested in their own agenda. She’ll definitely be in for a big disappointment when she finds out that they’re planning a big attack on the love of her life.
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