“Evanescent Encounter (Part 1)” “Circle of Transmigration 1 / Shōji Ruten sono ichi” (生死流転 其之壱) Fuu, Mugen and Jin have finally arrived in Nagasaki to find Ikitsuki island in search…

つき -moon- Tsuki: Moon Moon Kanna’s mother claims to be “tainted”. They all escape from the mountain but their pursuers manage to kill Kanna’s mother. Before she dies, she passes…

“Baseball Blues” “Heart and Soul Into the Ball / Ikkyū Nyūkon” (一球入魂) An American sea vessel arrives in town and a canny ninja-turned-team manager enlists our heroes to do battle…

なつ -summer- Natsu: Summer Summer This story takes place 1000 years before the Dream arc. Kanna is a girl with wings confined to a palace with a friend, Uraha, and…

“Cosmic Collisions” “Anger Shot Toward Heaven / Dohatsu Shōten” (怒髪衝天) On the way to Nagasaki the trio fall through a mine shaft. They’re introduced to its charismatic owner and start…

ゆめ -dream- Yume: Dream Dream There are a number of flashbacks that Yukito has of his mother telling him about the girl with wings, about how she will forget everything…

“Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 2)” “Generous Elegy 2 / Hikakōgai sono ni” (悲歌慷慨 其之弐) Jin learns the Way of Water, a woman’s sorrow comes to an end, and Mugen both…

ほし -star- Hoshi: Star Star After Minagi’s mother’s mental condition has caused her to forget she has a daughter, Minagi leaves home and joins Yukito. Yukito tells Minagi he’s leaving…

“Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1)” “Generous Elegy 1 / Hikakōgai sono ichi” (悲歌慷慨 其之壱) Fuu, Mugen and Jin meet up with a blind girl who is a traveling musician. Because…

つばさ -wing- Tsubasa: Wing Wing Yukito ends up spending the day with Minagi and Michiru while Misuzu is at school. Yukito walks Minagi home after being invited to go stargazing…

“Unholy Union” “Karma and Retribution / Ingaōhō” (因果応報) A cynical charlatan fleeces the hidden Christian flock, Fuu gets closer to the Sunflower Samurai, and a truth is finally revealed.

はね -plume- Hane: Plume Plume Kano strangles Yukito in her zombie-like state near the shrine hard enough to leave a mark before falling unconscious. Back at the clinic, Hijiri apologizes…

“War of the Words” “Pen in One Hand, Sword in the Other / Bunburyōdō” (文武両道) Fuu gets a facelift when kids trade in the sword for the graffiti brush; Jin…

こえ -whisper- Koe: Whisper Whisper Surroundings of Yukito and Misuzu briefly change from the shrine to a cropland as a result of Kano’s experience. After a confrontation with Hijiri, Yukito…

まち -town- Machi: Town Town Yukito explains to Misuzu the quest of the cursed girl with wings that had been in his family for generations. The next day Yukito’s puppet…

かぜ -breeze- Kaze: Breeze Breeze Yukito Kunisaki arrives to the town in hopes of making money for food with his puppet show. He meets Misuzu Kamio, a strange girl living…

“Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 2)” “Idling One’s Life Away, second verse / Suiseimushi futa yume” (酔生夢死 ふた夢) Jin ends a life he hoped to spare. Continuation of the last…

“Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 1)” “Idling One’s Life Away, first verse / Suiseimushi hito yume” (酔生夢死 ひと夢) Mugen, Jin and Fuu get into a quarrel and separate, and have…

“Bogus Booty” “Through and Through / Tettō Tetsubi” (徹頭徹尾) The shogun’s prettiest ninja ends up giving Mugen an evening that he will never forget. Meanwhile, Fuu gets large from eating…

“Misguided Miscreants (Part 2)” “Dark Night’s Road 2 / An’ya Kōro sono ni” (暗夜行路 其之弐) When Mugen finds out what the pirate was planning to do, he gets his revenge.