Episode Title:
There Were Waves.
Episode Description:
Enomoto's fleet travel across the Matsumae Sea on former Shogunate ship Kaiten Maru towards Fukuyama Castle at Matsumae Province. Hijikata's men, who already have traveled on the Banryū Maru to the northern lands, await their next plan of action. Two weeks before the assault on Matsumae, Yojiro is washed up at the shore of Mutsu Iwaji Village in Mutsunokuni, where he is being nurtured by Mitsu and her daughter Riku. Mitsu tells Yojiro that she decided to hate her husband for choosing to fight in the ongoing Boshin War. Yojiro later finds Riku's shoe by the shore, deducing that she fell into the ocean, but Mitsu prevents him from diving into the dangerous waters. Enomoto blasts the cannons at Fukuyama Castle despite the snowy weather, allowing Hijikata's men entry inside Karamete Gate. On November 5, first year of Meiji, Fukuyama Castle falls in the hands of Enomoto's fleet. After Mitsu retrieves Riku from the ocean, Mitsu reveals that the ocean waves are consistent, no matter how much she hates them since childhood. Mitsu's husband returns to the village, where he is tearfully greeted by Mitsu and Riku. On November 15, first year of Meiji, the Republic of Ezo is born.
