The Ruse of Monkey Basho

Matsuo Basho
100px	Legendary poet; Humanoid monkey; Onimaru's new henchman;

Orb of Victory
100px	Grants location of the Orb of Ryujin; Talking orb;

	Episode 20
	Information
Title:	The Ruse of Monkey Basho
Japanese Title:	モンキー芭蕉の策略 ; (Monkī Bashō no Sakuryaku)
Original airdate:	August 16, 2025
Manga source:	Volume 11: Chapters 5-9 (104-108)
	English version
English Title:	The Ruse of Monkey Basho
	Story
Cast:	Yaiba Kurogane ; Musashi Miyamoto ; Jubei Yagyu ; Sayaka Mine ; Shonosuke ; Kagetora ; Gerozaemon Geroda ; Namako-Otoko ; Nadeshiko Yamato ; Kojiro Sasaki ; Takeshi Onimaru ; Kumo-Otoko ; Kerokichi ; Kerosuke
	Staff
Director:	Takahiro Hasui
Screenplay:	Tomomi Kawaguchi
Storyboard:	Kazuki Yokoyama
Episode director:	Hiroyuki Tanaka ; Tomoko Hiramuki (asst.) ; Rei Nakahara (asst.)
Animation director:	Yoshimichi Kameda (chief) ; Shotaro Tamemizu (asst. chief) ; Hideyuki Arao ; Yuko Yamamoto ; Tsuroru ; Hiroshi Shinomoto ; Kyohei Ebata ; Jing Lou ; Yan Yuanjing ; Ayaka Ofusa ; Shosuke Ishibashi ; Naohiro Osugi ; Aito Ohashi (effect)
Voice Cast:
	Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane ; Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto ; Hidenori Takahashi as Jubei Yagyu ; Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine ; Isshin Chiba as Kagetora ; Kosuke Echigoya as Shonosuke ; Takeharu Onishi as Gerozaemon Geroda ; Kana Ichinose as Namako-Otoko ; Sayaka Senbongi as Nadeshiko Yamato ; Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru ; Shuhei Sakaguchi as Kumo-Otoko ; Hiroki Goto as Kerokichi ; Taiten Kusunoki as Kerosuke ; Yoji Ueda as Matsuo Basho ; Shun Horie as Orb of Victory
	Music
Opening song:	BLADE
Closing song:	ACTION!