Season 1
10 episodes · Oct 8, 1998
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- S1E1
Attack on Ikedaya - The Great Duel at the Bakamatsu
Oct 8, 199854mA two-part special. Okiyo and Otaka meet Kondo Isamu, little realizing that he would play a big part in their lives in the coming years. The Shinsengumi grows to 40 members and their reputation grows.
- S1E2
Attack in the Rain - To Kamo Serizawa
Oct 15, 199854mThe Shinsengumi is split into two factions. One is led by Kondo Isamu and includes Hijikata and other swordsmen from Edo, the other by Arasawa, a former Mito clansman. Together with the Aizu Clan, they share the duty of protecting Kyoto city.
- S1E3
Soji Okita - Love and Sword
Oct 22, 199854mAs Kotsuru and Shinakai's love grows, Kondo worries about their relationship. Inoue Genzaburo is humiliated by a clansmen from Higo and they decide have a duel. Kondo, realizing their danger, rushes to intervene.
- S1E4
Shinsengumi's Announcement
Oct 29, 199854mA new member joins the Shinsengumi. Kano Sozaburo is extremely handsome and skilled in the martial arts. But his popularity creates jealousy among some members. Meanwhile, Yuzawa is slain by an unknown assailant. However, Kondo determines that Tashiro is Yuzawa's killer and orders Kano to take revenge.
- S1E5
The Moving Sozaburo with the Bangs
Nov 5, 199854mIto Koshitaro plans an invasion on the Shinsengumi headquarters by taking advantage of a Shinsengumi member. Nagasaka has an encounter with Mito clansmen. Fearing reprisal, Kondo secretly orders Nagasaka out of the city.
- S1E6
A Premeditated Attack, Yamanami's Desertion
Nov 12, 199854mHijikata and Yamanami are at odds over the mission of the Shinsengumi. Ito Koshitaro becomes the catalyst that causes the members to break up into factions. And Yamanami bids a final farewell to his lover Akisato.
- S1E7
Infiltration, Choshu's Spy
Nov 19, 199854mFukamachi Shinsaku from Choshu infiltrates the Shinsengumi. Three members are later executed as spies from Choshu and orders are given to find one remaining spy. Shinsaku, fearing for his own life, flees. But during his escape, he meets up with Matsunaga who reveals that he is also an infiltrator from Choshu.
- S1E8
The Woman Who Followed Isami Kondo
Nov 26, 199854mSuspected of killing a Shinsengumi member, Takeda Kanryusai seeks help from the Satsuma Clan. In return, he is told to deliver a letter to Kondo Isamu. It is a formal challenge from a woman seeking revenge for her husband's death. When he arrives at the site, Satsuma clansmen surround him. But Okita and others arrive to help their leader.
- S1E9
Internal Division, the Duel of Aburanokoji
Dec 3, 199854mIto Koshitaro and his men resign en masse from the Shinsengumi putting the future of the group into danger. Kondo and Hijikata decide that Koshitaro and his group must deal with and devise a plan to eliminate them.
- S1E10
The Last Farewell From Kondo, Hijikata and Okita
Dec 10, 199854mThe shogunate army is routed by the imperial forces and forced to flee the city. Shogun Yoshinobu and Matsudaira Katamori, Lord Protector of Kyoto, take flight as well, abandoning the Shinsengumi. In the final days of the shogunate, Okita succumbs to illness, Hijikata dies in the battle at Toba-Fushimi and Kondo Isamu is executed as a shogunate rebel, striving to the very end to uphold the honor of the Tokugawa samurai.