Okay, I made some assumptions after the previous episode which weren’t all that correct. Katsu has actually travelled to Edo as well, which would explain Taiyou’s presence. It seems that he’s taken Parkes along with him. The masked ghosts also weren’t the ones who killed Sakamoto Ryouma, though I could’ve sworn that I saw them before in the series.
This episode answered a lot of questions, though at the same time, if introduced twice as much in return. Still, these questions were a lot more interesting than the ones introduced in the previous episode. The most important obviously being, what the heck is Soutetsu up to? Also, whose side is Kanna Saikyou no Suke actually on? We see him take orders from both Parkes and Juubei. Also, will Glover play another role, or did he stay in Yokohama? And why was Kakunojou so terrified of these monsters?
Anyway, this episode was really good. I really liked how Kakunojou passed Oryou’s message to Akizuki. He’s still blaming himself for Sakamoto’s death. He even went to jail for a while. The clash between Soutetsu, Kanna and Akizuki also was great to see.
Kanna is not really serving Nakaiya Juubee, cos Parkes explains in one part that he wanted Kanna to find that Head which is why he moved Kanna from being with Katsu, to being with Nakaiya. So Kanna is following Nakaiya under Parkes’ orders.
I think Glover is largely out of the picture and Kakunojou is probably scared of those things because she’s in a dark and misty place and such, and unlike in episode 11 she’s not got the rest of the troupe around for safety.
And I think you probably saw those ghosts at the end of episode 8.
Ah, thanks for the info. Things are a bit more clear now. 🙂
i just figured it out. the ghost thingies are in the OP so we’ve seen them since the beginning