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Otogi Zoshi Episodes
Volume 3: Burning the Past
Act 10: Shuten
Hikaru, Sadamitsu and Tsuna climb the slope of Oeyama, where the besieging Shuten Doji's army has its main encampment. Looking down, the city below them appears devoured by the flames of a raging inferno, caused by the overwhelming power of the incredible weaponry of Kumaso. How can Hikaru and her followers save Heian and themselves from the approaching catastrophe?
Act 11: Conflict (Relationship of Enmity)
At Oeyama, Raiko has succeeded in seizing the Fire Magatama, but she is attacked by an unexpected assassin. Devastated by fire, the proud city of Heian appears now as a poor burned corpse in front of the astonished fellowship. But inside the palace walls, the Lords of the Right and the Left seem to be indifferent to the disaster that has ravaged the city, and instead are rather concerned about their own plans...
Act 12: Seimei
Nobody but Hikaru can stop the stars and the fate they are bringing to the human world. And now, instigated by the onmyoji's conspiracy, even the guards of Heian are after Hikaru and her fellows -alive or dead. But there is no time left...
Act 13: Hikaru
Hikaru is standing firm at the Rashomon Gate. For the words her brother left to her. For the hopes that her friends entrusted to her. For the prayers of the people of Heian. Her woman's heart, her disguised identity as Raiko, everything is now behind her; and for the first time, Hikaru shoots her arrows to kill.
Overview of Tokyo Chapter
Starting from episode 14, Otogi Zoshi enters its second story arc: a new chapter set in present-time Tokyo is about to begin.
Tokyo, 2004... Hikaru is a 17-year-old high school student. Both of her parents are deceased, leaving her the landlady of their apartment housing called Minamoto Heights. While her tenants include unique characters such as the freelance writer Tsuna, the weird fortuneteller Urabe, and the pimp Sadamitsu - who has a gluttonous little boy named Kintaro. Her older brother, Raiko, has been found to be missing for about a year now.
One day Hikaru happens to see her missing brother in the busy city of Tokyo, but Tsuna - who was with her at the time - apparently didn't. Was it really him?
After this unexpected sighting, many people around her start to disappear, almost as if they had been spirited away. Something really strange is about to happen in Tokyo...
Volume 3 Cover
