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Dead eyes; can’t be cured by Clear eyes.

Summary:

As Miharu and Yoite have escaped, Hattori and Ichiki begin to move. In the meantime, Kato has entered the Kairoshu’s hotel with the help of Saraba. When he finds Yae, he quickly unbinds her. The two meet Raiko shortly after, but he does not interfere with their escape. Yae takes the chance to use the Izura Shingan on Raiko, and after seeing his past, she guesses that he plans to die. She reminds him, however, that Hattori’s ideals are not the same as his. Yae believes that Raiko probably cares for his sister, and that he probably believed that his mother’s past words were certainly true. Raiko later stops Hattori and Ichiki on their way out of the hotel, admitting his guilt and preparing to take punishment. He asks, however, that they would spare Gau who was only moving due to his actions. Raiko soon confirms that Hattori’s beliefs are not the same as his, and when an agent is left to finish him, Raiko refuses to die before taking care of important business of his.

By coincidence, Gau meets Kouichi and Raimei inside the hotel. After relaying their situations to each other, they decide to move. Yae meanwhile exclaims to Saraba and Kato that the Shinrabanshou must never fall into the Kairoshu’s hands. Raiko also runs from his pursuer in hopes of accomplishing something more important at the moment. Kumohira attempts a technique while in the forests elsewhere, but it is ineffective. To his surprise, Kotaro shows up behind him soon after. After learning of the Kairoshu’s plans and Miharu’s situation, Kumohira rushes out of the area. While escaping through the sewers, Yoite decides that Miharu should escape on his own. Miharu refuses to leave Yoite behind, using the shards he has left in his friends as an excuse. With this, however, Yoite finally admits that his dying causing his friends’ deaths was a lie. Miharu instead claims that if Yoite would not escape, he would simply be caught with him. With this, Yoite finally agrees to continue.

While outside, Miharu attempts to convince Yoite to stay in the Banten village. Yoite does not seem to believe this is a bad idea, but before having much time to think about it, he and Miharu are confronted by Yukimi. Clearly annoyed, Yukimi quickly reminds the two that it was him who taught Yoite everything. The Wakachi soon interfere, however, wanting to confront Miharu and Yoite right away. Raimei, Kouichi, and Gau appear as well, starting an immediate fight. Miharu and Yoite are easily overtaken, but Yukimi declares that he will take them back while threatening the others around him. The Wakachi and Banten fight for a bit longer after being left alone with each other, but the Wakachi are soon called back by the Kairoshu. In the meantime, Raiko reclaims his white sword with his mother’s words in his mind once again.

Preview: Raimei says, “OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING.”

Impression:

Man, I hate dead eyes. I’m sure this isn’t what it’s really called, but when the character’s eyes aren’t animated with the rest of the scene, it always kills me. There was quite a bit of action in this episode, but with motion blurs galore, these just aren’t as exciting as they used to be. It feels like most of this episode was spent stalling again, with only a few select scenes showing any vital importance. This would probably include Yoite’s finally telling Miharu the truth about their original promise. Raiko’s taking up his sword again was probably the best part of this episode, and I feel like all sorts of awesome will come out of it. With so many people leaving the Kairoshu though, it makes me wonder if all they will have left is plumbers to do their dirty work. Jokes aside, I do feel like they’re finally getting somewhere after running in circles for the last few episodes. Hopefully we’ll start moving more towards the finale next week.