anime episode summaries

Setting-up of three upcoming battles: Kiba and Akamaru vs. Sakon, Shikamaru vs. Tayuya, and Naruto vs. Kimimaro. No actual fights in this episode though, that’s for the next episode.

Our trio gets involved with some fanatical, underground Christian group. They meet a woman who tells them that Seizou-san, the samurai who smells of sunflowers, may be in Ikitsuki Island. Fuu reveals that the samurai she is looking for is her father.

Mugen learns to read. Jin and Fuu meet sibling graffiti artists who vandalize the town.

Yawara and Jody start their match. Jigoro sees the reporters snooping around and forces them to become the match’s officials (Matsuda-san is the timer and Kamoda-san is the linesman). Jody and Yawara are impressed with each other’s strength. Neither one has met an opponent that can match her in skill until now. Elsewhere, Sayaka challenges the Korean champion to a match but it all ends in a tie. Back at the Inokuma dojo, Jody injures her arm and so her match with Yawara ends in a draw, too. Yawara promises Jody that they’ll continue their match in a competition some other time once Jody’s arm heals. That evening, the reporters get treated to dinner in exchange for not writing the story on Jody’s and Yawara’s match. Jody teases Yawara about Matsuda-san being her boyfriend.