Dawn of the Lightning Slash

	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
Manga source:	Volume 5: Chapters 7-10 (046-049) (h.a.)
	English version
English Title:	Dawn of the Lightning Slash
English airdate:	May 31, 2025
	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