Lone Wolf and Cub
Overview
Ogami Itto, a highly skilled swordsman, serves in a prestigious role within the Tokugawa Shogunate, trusted by the Shogun himself as the official decapitator. He helps lords and samurai fulfill the Shogun's orders of seppuku. Tragedy strikes when a vengeful clan murders Itto’s wife and others in his household, retaliating for the execution of their lord, which Itto had carried out. In the aftermath, he discovers two remnants of that horrific day: his unharmed infant son, Daigoro, and a symbol that falsely brands him a traitor to the Shogun. Publicly disgraced, Itto loses his esteemed position and becomes a ronin, journeying across the land with Daigoro to hunt down his wife's killers, restore his honor, and seek vengeance.
Episodes
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1
My Son and My Sword for Hire
After her fiancé and family were brutally killed on their wedding day, a noblewoman finds herself driven to prostitution. She seeks out Itto, pleadin...
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2
Birds Have Wings, Beast Have Fangs / Fangs of the Wolf
Ogami Itto and his little boy Daigoro find themselves in a town famous for its hot springs. However, they quickly discover that the village is under t...
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3
Ikkou-Bashi Bridge
After being ambushed and poisoned, Ogami finds himself battling a lethal series of Yagyu assassins. He must navigate this perilous challenge to honor ...
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4
The Assassin’s Road / Highway of Assassins
While gathered on the Assassin’s Road, Itto reflects on the tragic moments that led to his wife's death and the reasons behind his decision to take ...
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5
Daigoro and Omatsu / The Lowly Maid
As Daigoro searches for medicine for his ailing father, he finds himself lost and wandering. Along the way, he encounters a young woman who is being f...
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6
Deflowering / Amya and Anema
After his father is held up for several days due to a botched assassination, a frantic Daigoro sets off on his own and soon finds himself captured by ...
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7
The Guns of Sakai / The Sakai Rifle
Itto receives a job to take out a gunsmith who is said to have created a repeating rifle, a revolutionary weapon that could significantly upset the ex...
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8
The Shield and The Castle / The Castle Wall Attack
Itto takes on a mission that involves halting a gold shipment, eliminating a government official, taking out a whole squad of undercover agents, and e...
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9
The Endless Six Paths / Six Roads to Infinity
As Lord Yagyu gets ready to dispatch his final and most formidable son, Gunbei, to eliminate Itto Ogami, the backstory of Gunbei and Itto's earlier co...
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10
Baby Cart on The River Styx
A cunning magistrate's plot ensnares Itto in a fierce conflict between two Yakuza clans. Tensions rise as one of the families is headed by the daughte...
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11
The Deer Hunters
As the Yagyu lay a snare for Itto, a band of swindlers impersonate Lone Wolf and Cub, while a fallen Samurai steps in to portray Ogami.
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12
Ochiyo's Boat
While Itto bides his time for the chance to eliminate a cruel Lord, he and Daigoro watch the struggles of a young boatwoman. To provide for the man sh...
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13
The Mysterious Pickpocket / No Betrayal
As Itto seeks out the murderers responsible for wiping out a young woman's family, Daigoro finds himself entangled in a police investigation aimed at ...
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14
North to South, West to East
Itto takes on a mission to safeguard the whereabouts of a hidden gold mine, but the assignment becomes more challenging when a competing swordsman kid...
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15
The Night of The Fang
Itto finds himself in a tricky situation as he navigates the intentions of a kind-hearted doctor and faces off against a band of shadowy ninjas. His m...
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16
Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger
Itto finds himself back at the banks of the Shinobu River, the very place where he had once slain a clan lord. There, he encounters a samurai he had b...
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17
Asaemon the Beheader / Executioner Asaemon
Government officials persuade Asaemon the Beheader, one of the rare swordsmen in Japan who possesses skills nearly on par with Ogami’s, to take on t...
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18
A Meager, Peaceful Life / Half Mat, One Mat, Two And A Half Go Of Rice
Itto encounters Sakon Shino, a former samurai turned beggar who has abandoned his life of violence to embrace the world of street performance. Shino e...
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19
The 8 Gate Attack Formation
The Lone Wolf and Cub find themselves in over their heads when what appeared to be an easy assignment spirals into a treacherous web of deceit and dan...
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20
The Chrysanthemum Inn
The Lone Wolf and Cub come to the aid of a woman who has turned to prostitution as part of her plan to take vengeance on the wicked fiancé of her sla...
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21
Mercenary Swordsmen / The Crossing Guard
In a bid to prevent their clan from being dismantled, the family of a slain Lord stages a fake murder of the actual culprit and seeks Itto's help to c...
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22
Bekinoji's Tragedy
The Kurokuwa clan's assassins launch an unrelenting barrage of assaults over several days, gradually wearing down Lone Wolf and Cub. As their energy d...
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23
Thread of Tears
Itto takes on a contract to eliminate a samurai accused of betraying Lord Norikatsu by swaying his soldiers. However, as Itto delves deeper into the s...
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24
Concealed Letter of The Yagyu / The Yagyu Letter
Ogami unexpectedly becomes a member of a peculiar group known as “the unclothed.” These men have the unique task of transporting individuals and t...
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25
Daigoro's Song
Following his dramatic tumble off a cliff during a confrontation with the Yagyu assassins, Daigoro embarks on a quest to locate his missing father. As...
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26
Drifting Shadow
Itto sets out to track down the path of his lost son, Daigoro, all the while battling against Lord Retsudo and his deadly Yagyu assassins.
