Dawn of the Lightning Slash

Chronology
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Episode 9
Information
Title:	Dawn of the Lightning Slash
Japanese Title:	かみなり斬り誕生 (Kaminari Giri Tanjō)
Original airdate:	May 31, 2025
Broadcast rating:	3.5%
Manga source:	Volume 5: Chapters 3-4, 7-10 (042-043, 046-049) (h.a.)
English version
English Title:	Dawn of the Lightning Slash
Story
Cast:	Yaiba Kurogane Musashi Miyamoto Kojiro Sasaki Takeshi Onimaru Sayaka Mine Kagetora Shonosuke Gerozaemon Geroda Namako-Otoko Kumo-Otoko Raizo Mine Shizuka Mine Fuji Mine
Staff
Director:	Takahiro Hasui
Screenplay:	Tomomi Kawaguchi
Storyboard:	Hiroaki Shimura
Episode director:	Hiroyuki Tanaka Maho Ishikawa (asst.)
Animation director:	Yoshimichi Kameda (chief) Claire Launay Maki Kawake Ayaka Ofusa (asst.) Atsuko Nozaki (asst.) Ayumu Tsujimura (asst.)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto Go Inoue as Kojiro Sasaki Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine Isshin Chiba as Kagetora Kosuke Echigoya as Shonosuke Takeharu Onishi as Gerozaemon Geroda Kana Ichinose as Namako-Otoko Shuhei Sakaguchi as Kumo-Otoko Atsushi Miyauchi as Raizo Mine Kimiko Saito as Fuji Mine Rina Sato as Shizuka Mine Rena Maeda as Announcer
Music
Opening song:	BLADE
Closing song:	pineapple tart

Dawn of the Lightning Slash (かみなり斬り誕生 ,Kaminari Giri Tanjō), is the 9th episode of the Yaiba: Samurai Legend anime.

Cast

Featured

Characters

Yaiba Kurogane

Musashi Miyamoto

Kojiro Sasaki

Takeshi Onimaru

Sayaka Mine

Kagetora

Shonosuke

Gerozaemon Geroda

Namako-Otoko

Kumo-Otoko

Raizo Mine

Shizuka Mine

Fuji Mine

Location

Setting

• Tokyo
  • Yaoya
    • Mine residence
  • Chiyoda
    • National Diet Building (now Onimaru Castle)

Other

• Tochigi Prefecture
  • Nikkō Tōshō-gū (TV)
• Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise (TV)
• Saitama Prefecture
  • Saitama Super Arena (TV)

Yaiba's current location: Tokyo

Manga to anime changes

• Mr. Onick appearance is not adapted in the anime.
• In manga, Kaminari-giri was shown between the other two technique, while in anime it is shown last.
• The anime adds more scenes of Kojiro's attempts to steal Raijin sword.
• The anime adds some scenes showing Onimaru taking control of neighboring prefectures in Kanto region. In manga, this matter was only shown much later when Onimaru almost conquered most prefectures in Japan.
• As Mr. Onick doesnt appear in anime, Yaiba fights against Kojiro in the bamboo forest.
• The anime add the scenes where Musashi suggests that they gather women to distract the Oni minions.

Gallery

See also

• The Birth of the Lightning Slash
• Gigantic Anglerfish!? Infiltrate Onimaru Castle
• Yaiba: Samurai Legend
• Yaiba