Japan / SEASON
Season 1
25 listed episodes · First aired April 4, 2000
Season overview
During the Second Year of Ansei (1855) in Edo's Koishigawa are two young men, Manjiro Ibutani and Ryoan Tezuka. Ibutani is a low-ranking samurai who is a gifted swordsman and has a straightforward and strong sense of justice. Tezuka has a more carefree attitude. He has an eye for the ladies, but he is passionate about becoming a doctor. The two opposite characters come of age during the backdrop of the turbulent end of the Tokugawa Period (1600-1868 CE).
EPISODE GUIDE
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E1Three Hundred SlopesE2Ryoan Sets SailE3Sonezaki ShinchiE4Before the StormE5The Great Earthquake of the Ansei EraE6Vaccination ClinicE7Harris ArrivesE8Sad News and ExpulsionE9Shindakawa's DuelE10The PetitionE11Meeting with the GeneralE12Doctor OkuE13Establishment of the Vaccination ClinicE14Korori's VisitE15ImprisonmentE16Storm of SpringE17ReturnE18PartingE19VisitorE20Military Station DoctorE21The Infantrymen Take the FieldE22Morning AssultE23Dispatch of Troops to ChoshuE24The Direct PetitionE25Dawn