=============================================================== Episode Summaries by Lynne (tougei@hotmail.com) Note from Key 2 Anime: I got these summaries from the RK Archive (http://rka.crosspaths.net/index.html). All these summaries are done by Lynne. If you have any questions of would just like to thank her for her wonderful efforts please email her at tougei@hotmail.com Episodes #83-86 =============================================================== Episode #83 Yutaro Returns. The Ambitions of the Black Knights Hide in the Shadows. Yahiko finds an intruder in the dojo. It's Yutaro! They are both soooo happy to see each other! So they fight......... Meanwhile, at a fancy mansion, Minister Ruedel greets First Lieutenant Melders from Germany. Melders informs Ruedel that the German ministry is now under his, Melders, command and reveals as his authority, the symbol of the Black Knights. Melders then orders Ruedel to find Professor Hans and Yutaro. That evening Professor Hans and Yutaro stay in a hotel. The Professor is looking at a map, contemplating where to hide it. The next evening Professor Hans and Yutaro are on their way home from a celebration with the Kenshin-gumi at the Akabeko when they are accosted by the Black Knights. Professor Hans is stabbed. The German soldiers find the map on Professor Hans and then turn to kill Yutaro. Kenshin arrives just in time to defend Yutaro. Professor Hans is taken to Dr. Genzai and Megumi. Professor Hans begs Yutaro to not let the Germans have the Divine Medicine. Yutaro does not know what the Divine Medicine is. Meanwhile, the Germans are celebrating possession of the map, when their party is crashed by the leader of the Sanada Ninja, Moriya Misanagi. The Kenshin-gumi and Yutaro are under the porch of the Kamiya dojo retrieving Professor Hans' journal and a rock.......... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode #84 Sanada Ninja and the Divine Medicine. Their Leader, Misanagi's Goal. Yutaro is reading Professor Hans' journal. Several years ago while studying Oriental literature, the Professor discovered a map and stone brought from Japan more than 300 years ago. The literature revealed the actual existence, in Japan, of the secret of eternal life, i.e. the Divine Medicine. The Professor formed the hypothesis that the Divine Medicine suppresses harmful viruses and that the story may not be a myth at all. It could revolutionize medical science. The journal gives directions to where the Divine Medicine can be found. Meanwhile, Misanagi is charming the Germans. Her family had extensive knowledge of the Divine Medicine before the wars, but it was mostly lost. She wishes to ally herself with the Germans to find the Divine Medicine. The German Black Knights want to rule the world, Misanagi just wants to rule Japan. Kenshin and company head to Lake Suwa to begin their search for the Divine Medicine. The Germans head to the fort of the Sanada Ninja's where Moriya Misanagi tells her Ninja's that they are now allied with the German Black Knights and they are to follow the orders of First Lieutenant Melders. The Kenshin-gumi arrive at Lake Suwa and head to the Suwa Shinto shrine. Kenshin figures out the four God poles are the four dragons, and starts to work on the Holy Crossing riddle. The Kenshin-gumi head into the forest where they are attacked by Sanada Ninjas. Misao and the Oniwabanshuu (Shiro and Kuro) appear and help out. Meanwhile back at the Sanada Ninja fort, Misanagi's subordinates don't agree with her alliance with the Germans and her agreement to give them the Divine Medicine. So, the Germans kill all of Misanagi's ninjas while she sits, impassively watching. Misao joins the Kenshin-gumi as they head into the Sanada Ninja territory searching for the Divine Medicine... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode #85 A Puzzling Journey. The Trap of Holy Crossing Has Been Laid! I don't have a summary for this episode. If you or anyone you known can provide one, please email me at goblyn@lycosmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode #86 I don't have a summary for this episode. If you or anyone you known can provide one, please email me at goblyn@lycosmail.com