6.023 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestAsahi is alive, but Sawa has seen too much to ignore the crimes perpetrated by Jin Kuzuhara in the name of the Tokugawa regime. Hoping to secure a brighter future for the girl she has adopted as a sister, the assassin once known as Yukimura takes up her sword once again...
The year is 1931. Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu holds absolute control over Japan. Remnants of the Meiji era’s culture can be seen around the city, but scientific technology and Japanese esoteric cosmology Onmyodo are also developing. Yet lurking behind the glitz is Kuchinawa, a dissident group planning the assassination of the prince. Tasked to extinguish these dissidents is Nue, the government’s secret executioner group. Sawa Yukimura, who works for this organization, suffered at the hands of the Kuchinawa boss. Her entire family was murdered and she dedicated her life to avenging their death.
Cinematography
Stunning alt-Meiji aesthetic mixing gas lamps and onmyodo magic
Costume
Sawa's transformation sequences serve LOOKS every single time
Score
Raychell's opening theme absolutely slaps, no notes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Raychell, who voices Elena, performs the opening theme 'Exist'—rare for a voice actor to double as the series' musical identity.
The Tokugawa restoration timeline cleverly inverts actual history: here the shogunate never fell, creating a fascinating what-if Japan never modernized politically.
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