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Episode 1

The Star of Edo

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Roughhousing daimyo Tokugawa Yoshimune of Kishu reluctantly becomes the Shogun so that he may bring prosperity to everyone in the country. On his procession to Edo Palace, he runs into his old friend Tatsugoro, and a little girl begging for a pardon for her father on death row. Yoshimune decides to sneak out of Edo Palace and do a little detective work.

Episode 2

The Remarkable Charlatan

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Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.

Episode 3

The First Fireman Banner

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Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.

Episode 4

Mother From Long Past

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A hatamoto's spoiled brat daughter is in the habit of thieving and blaming it on commoners. Meanwhile, Yoshimune becomes preternaturally obsessed with a den-den taiko (a type of child's toy).

Episode 5

Spring in the O'oku

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Episode 6

The Splendid Potato Samurai

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Episode 7

The Man of River Styx

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Episode 8

The Befouled Truncheon

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Episode 9

The Chivalrous Thief

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Episode 10

The Blossoming Meyasubako

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Episode 11

The Finest Kiyari Song

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Episode 12

The Amazing Kishu Woman

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Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.

Episode 13

The Perilous Souvenir Gift

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Yoshimune's old friends from Kishu, Sakichi and Onatsu of the lumber store, are leaving town, so Yoshimune comes to bring them a present. He ends up getting in the way of a drug bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.

Episode 14

The Golden Crow Charms

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Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.

Episode 15

The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring

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Even though he has been made surgeon-general, nobody trusts Ogawa Shosen or Yoshimune's city hospital. Yoshimune decides to get himself admitted as Shin-san to investigate from within.

Episode 16

Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

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Episode 17

Love and the Guardian Deity

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Satsuma domain bully a store that is in their debt by trying to steal the storekeeper's girlfriend, and by framing them for theft. Only a man of stone can save Tamba-ya from destruction!

Episode 18

The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo

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Yoshimune really wants to attend a festival in Edo, but he has important business to attend to in the palace. Jii says he can go out as long as he is back by 4 PM. This doesn't seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.

Episode 19

A Ballad of a Fireman

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Tatsugoro's family is indebted to a samurai family, so Tatsugoro gives the samurai family his very best fireman to adopt, since the samurai have no heir of their own. The other samurai do not like him.

Episode 20

Iris and Sympathy

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Episode 21

Fireman's Standard was Watching

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Episode 22

Friendships Support the World

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Episode 23

Rage of the Fishmonger

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Episode 24

The Dreadful Schichi-ri Messengers

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Episode 25

Heaven's! Great Trouble in Edo

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Episode 26

The Drunken Man Who was Promoted

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Episode 27

The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family

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Episode 28

A Flower Blooms in the Dark

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Episode 29

The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo

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Episode 30

The Misjudged Betrayer

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Episode 31

The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground

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Episode 32

The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan

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Ryuko and Isonokaze were sumo wrestlers for a clan who tried to make them throw a match. Ryuko hides out at the fire house and meets Shin-san, who is very excitable (maybe he ate a lot of sugar) and really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...

Episode 33

A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant

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A certain han ruled by a child lord is having money trouble, so one of the han's samurai starts a sweet bean soup restaurant to try and raise funds. The samurai has some trouble getting customers...

Episode 34

The Women Who Dance in a Tempest

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Episode 35

The Bride with an Explosive

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A land reclamation project is taking place largely with Shogunate funds, carried out by contract with 2 companies (which are marrying their kids together as the ultimate symbol of the contract). One of the companies invents a bomb with a long fuse, to blow up a mountainous area in the reclamation zone. The other company decides to assassinate the first company, and steals the bomb...

Episode 36

The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye

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Episode 37

Feel Her Heart

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Episode 38

The Woman Who Challenged Her Master

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Episode 39

A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu

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Episode 40

Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners

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Episode 41

Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate

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Episode 42

A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy

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Episode 43

The Shogun's Secret Ninja

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Female ninja Osono's dad Seiemon comes to town. He is now a cotton-farming country samurai. Needs dried sardines for fertilizer. The hatamoto of sardineland is driving the fishermens' prices down so all the farmers secretly sell to Seiemon. The merchant tries to assassinate Seiemon and fails, since Seiemon is a ninja. Seiemon stays at the firehouse and plans to secretly assassinate the criminals, then kill himself, because he's depressed.

Episode 44

Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword

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Episode 45

The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man

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A man makes little pretty sugar candies for kids and tells funny stories. He used to be a counterfeiter because of his great manual dexterity, but vowed to turn his life around. Shin-san becomes "interested" in him (bastard we know you just want free candy) just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...

Episode 46

A Grand New Year's Gift

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Episode 47

The Female Doctor with a Fist

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Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.

Episode 48

Hell in the Heavenly Bath

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Episode 49

The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword

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Episode 50

The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman

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Episode 51

The Bride of the Fish Market

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Episode 52

The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami

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A bad gang leader kidnaps Tadasuke's wife (who never appeared before or since), as she went to the shrine to pray for a baby. Tadasuke decides that justice outweighs his bride and prepares to prosecute the gang leader anyway, so Shin-san lets the prisoner go secretly to try and follow him to Tadasuke's bride...

Episode 53

The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son

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Clannish Edoite sake sellers turn against a travelling Osakan female sake seller to force her out of the market; only her long-lost son, an Edoite sake seller, can save her.

Episode 54

The Female Doctor Who Loves Money

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Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, is in charge of a temple that gives free medical service to orphans, but it is reputed that she is stealing all the money instead.

Episode 55

This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago

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Shoheiko, the official Shogunate college, has an admissions scandal where the bureaucrats turn out to have been accepting bribes for admissions. Yoshimune suggests opening it to commoners and calls up some obscure scholars; the vicious bureaucrats attack and kill one. Shin-san absolutely loses his mind, but Tatsugoro is there to give him a helping hand.

Episode 56

The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring

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Ryuko's friend is killed by a rice wholesaler. Shin-san investigates this and discovers a whole sordid rice-based drama, including collective punishment, famine, and assassination.

Episode 57

Eliminations of Black Sheep

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Episode 58

The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo

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Episode 59

The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul

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Episode 60

Only the Sun Knew

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Episode 61

The Perished Love in a Spring Storm

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Episode 62

A Single Flower in the Dark

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Episode 63

The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance

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Episode 64

Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear

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Episode 65

The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip

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Episode 66

Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road

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Episode 67

Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!

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Episode 68

A Bogus Complaint

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Episode 69

Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword

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An unbalanced ronin wants to become the sword teacher to a daimyo, so he can get enough money to buy back his really sexy sword from the pawn shop. However, a competitor attacks him, crippling the ronin's hand. Shin-san is really mad about this, even though the ronin attacked him earlier.

Episode 70

A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain

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Episode 71

The Best Godfather in Japan

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Episode 72

Revenge Colored with Safflowers

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A pregnant safflower farmer's husband is run over by the local lord's horse. She's lured to the daikan's office to get compensated but is raped and turned into the lord's concubine instead. She schemes to have herself murdered so Ooka Echizen will enter the manor and discover these great crimes.

Episode 73

A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji

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A kind but untalented kitchen-supervisor samurai is assigned to accompany his domain's gift to the Shogun: big blocks of ice. Shin-san, tramping around Shinjuku, accidentally discovers this delivery and starts accompanying it too, and discovers a rival domain is trying to kill the ice to humiliate the first domain.

Episode 74

Kick the Edo Illness Out!

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A mysterious illness (beriberi) becomes common and Yoshimune calls his doctor to find out what the cause is. His doctor says only his own special blend of medicine (very expensive) can cure it. Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, however, believes the solution is more simple (and involves punching people).

Episode 75

Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance

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Kano Gorozaemon, who is practically Yoshimune's adoptive father, goes out into Edo to get a surprise present for the Shogun, and is kidnapped by a nutter who wants to frame him for murder to steal his job.

Episode 76

Suspicion Begets Idle Fears

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A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.

Episode 77

The Bride That Came From Kishu

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Kikue, the daughter of a potter. comes to Edo and meets her old friend Shin-san, who she recognizes as the Shogun. She came to marry Kano Gorozaemon, who proposed to her when she was eight (??!) but Kano backed out.

Episode 78

A Man Hunting the Whole Country

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The Ogobanshu (kind of like a guild of hatamotos) want to hunt, but in setting the borders of the hunting area they recklessly steal the corner of a VERY sensitive farmer's farm.

Episode 79

Peerless! The Taste of Momma

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Matsumae domain officials and the store Ebisu-ya are conspiring to give predatory loans to alcohol shops. Lady merchant Omasa from Osaka wants to get a better deal, and her son unfortunately took the debt from his main sake supplier, so now she needs to get money to save both their skins.

Episode 80

The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild

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Hatamotos, a domain, a runaway killer samurai from the domain, the firemen, and jii for some reason, all end up in a gigantic free for all fight.

Episode 81

Heroes in the Darkness

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Episode 82

Angelic Neighborhood Bully

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Episode 83

Thief Targeting the Nation

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Episode 84

O-sai Flies!

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Episode 85

Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear

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Episode 86

The Shogun Permitted a Thief

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Episode 87

Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku

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Episode 88

Burn! Even If You Must Die

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Episode 89

Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation

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Episode 90

Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro

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Episode 91

Duel! In the Stormy Castle

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Episode 92

Cheers! Quack Doctor

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Episode 93

The Will of the Raging Samurai

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Episode 94

The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge

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Episode 95

I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames

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Episode 96

Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!

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Episode 97

I Don't Need a Mother!

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Episode 98

The Girl From the Wolf Village

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Episode 99

A Dohyori of Fire!

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Episode 100

The Fake Shogun

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Episode 101

The Eight Million Koku Porter

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Episode 102

The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head

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Episode 103

Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!

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Episode 104

Japan's Most Wanted Bride

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Episode 105

Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage

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Episode 106

What is a Shogun?

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Episode 107

Watch Out! A Female Spy

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Episode 108

The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!

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Episode 109

Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day

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Episode 110

Youth of Edo, Stand Up!

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Episode 111

Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!

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Episode 112

The Proud and Naive Samurai

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Episode 113

The Man Who Didn't Stop

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Episode 114

I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat

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Episode 115

Beware of the Quick Bucks

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Episode 116

The Man Who Died and Flourished

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Episode 117

Courage in the Face of Injustice

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Episode 118

Thief Training

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Episode 119

The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy

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Episode 120

The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession

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Episode 121

The Flourishing of the Female Bushido

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Episode 122

The Sad Song of the South

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Episode 123

The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher

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Episode 124

The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning

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Episode 125

Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life

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Episode 126

Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu

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Episode 127

The Trap in the Wolf Village

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Episode 128

Melancholy Ninja Love

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Episode 129

Dad, You Used to Be Someone

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Episode 130

My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman

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Episode 131

There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!

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Episode 132

Run! The Shogun's Horse!

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Episode 133

Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master

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Episode 134

A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell

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Episode 135

Duel on the Steam of Hell

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Episode 136

The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire

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Episode 137

Edo's Female Chief

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Episode 138

Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle

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Episode 139

The One Who Flirted Was to Blame

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Episode 140

The Wild Spear Everyone Fears

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Episode 141

The Bandit Harusame's Mother

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Episode 142

Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan

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Episode 143

I am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World

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Shin-san accidentally gets involved with two low-class thieving morons, to Tatsugoro's horror. Tatsugoro finally manages to get rid of them, and one of them is promptly killed by evil ninjas for having seen something he should not have. Yoshimune learns they were raising a bunch of orphans in an awful shack with their scammed money, and decides he must avenge the dead criminal.

Episode 144

One Life For One Isshou of Shochu

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Episode 145

The Silent Man's Divorce Letter

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Episode 146

Ah! Justice Has Tears!

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Episode 147

Megumi Clan's Love Bridge

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Episode 148

Japan's Number One Little Thief

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Episode 149

Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union

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Episode 150

The White Waves That Shame the Flowers

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Episode 151

Sado, the Shining Yellow

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Episode 152

The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat

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Episode 153

When a Man Sparks

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Episode 154

The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin

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Episode 155

I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride

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Episode 156

Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid

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Episode 157

The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos

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Episode 158

Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m

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Episode 159

Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns

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Episode 160

The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring

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Episode 161

The One Who Smiled in the End

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Episode 162

The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish

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Episode 163

The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry

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Episode 164

Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness

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Episode 165

Whose Ungrateful Son is it

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Episode 166

Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword

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Episode 167

The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai

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Episode 168

Legitimate Marital Fight

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Episode 169

Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer

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Episode 170

The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu

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Episode 171

Burning Tears of the Traitor

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Episode 172

The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom

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Episode 173

Waves of the Seto Maiden

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Episode 174

Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge

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Episode 175

The Million Kokus Dependent

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Episode 176

The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter

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Episode 177

The Morning When Demons Wept

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Episode 178

The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring

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Episode 179

The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat

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Episode 180

The Man Who Steals While Preaching

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Episode 181

Oath of Brothers

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Episode 182

The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't

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Episode 183

The Night Flower That Blooms Once

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Episode 184

The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

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Episode 185

The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

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Episode 186

The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum

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Episode 187

Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk

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Episode 188

Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi

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Episode 189

The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry

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Episode 190

The Number One Rain Man in Japan

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Episode 191

Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman

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Episode 192

Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi

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Episode 193

The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman

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Episode 194

The Poor and Nameless Grass

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Episode 195

The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama

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Episode 196

Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?

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Episode 197

A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish

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Episode 198

Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay

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Episode 199

The Villain Who Laughed Last

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Episode 200

Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo

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Episode 201

The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte

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Episode 202

The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi

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Episode 203

The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche

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Episode 204

Farewell Flower, Night Gust

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Episode 205

Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi

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Episode 206

You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!

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Episode 207

The Farewell of the 808 Towns

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