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Sasuke Furuta is a vassal of the great warlord Nobunaga Oda and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit of a fortuitous life. Having learned from Nobunaga and the legendary tea master Soueki Senne, Sasuke walks the way of the Hyouge Mono.
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Episode 1 - Would You Die for a Teakettle!?
Release Date: 2011-04-07Matsunaga Hisahide has risen in rebellion against warlord Nobunaga Oda. The aesthete Furuta Sasuke is ordered to negotiate for peace.
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Episode 2 - Fantasy of the Tea Room
Release Date: 2011-04-14Araki Murashige rises in rebellion against Nobunaga. Sasuke plots to exploit his marriage to the sister of Araki's most trusted vassal.
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Episode 3 - Stairway to the Heaven
Release Date: 2011-04-21Sasuke becomes a pupil of the tea master Sen-no Sôeki. Nobunaga reveals his ambition to unify Japan and then wage war on the continent.
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Episode 4 - Kind of Black
Release Date: 2011-04-28Sôeki invites Sasuke and Hideyoshi for a tea ceremony. During Sasuke's absence, Sôeki approaches Hideyoshi with a terrifying plot.
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Episode 5 - Strategic Incitation
Release Date: 2011-05-05Nobunaga bestows the loot from Tottori Castle upon Hideyoshi. Sasuke bonds with the general and secretly replaces a valuable teascoop from the collection with one of his own fabrication.
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Episode 6 - Let's Spend The Takeda
Release Date: 2011-05-12As Nobunaga goes through with his unification attempts, Sasuke tries to distinguish himself by participating in the sieges on various castles.
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Episode 7 - Mt. Fuji Skyline
Release Date: 2011-05-19Mitsuhide Akechi is manipulated by Sôeki and Hideyoshi, planting the seeds of rebellion against Nobunaga.
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Episode 8 - Dining in Hell
Release Date: 2011-05-26Ieyasu Tokugawa visits Azuchi Castle to celebrate Lord Nobunaga's recent victory. Sasuke is tasked to lure him into throwing a fit at the party.
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Episode 9 - Ruthless License
Release Date: 2011-06-02Nobunaga travels to the imperial court at Kyoto with a small guard. He is lodged in the Honno-ji temple complex, which Sasuke has always dreamed of visiting.
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Episode 10 - God of Sorrow
Release Date: 2011-06-09On the night of June 2, 1582, Sasuke has an ominous feeling and hurries to Kyoto, in time to witness the end of an era.
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Episode 11 - Orphan Message
Release Date: 2011-06-16The late Oda's vassals are forced to take sides as a civil war looms.
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Episode 12 - White Castle Blues
Release Date: 2011-06-23Azuchi Castle is put under Akechi's command. When Sôeki visits the place, he finds it quite different.
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Episode 13 - Aesthete's Roast
Release Date: 2011-06-30Both Akechi and Sasuke learn who assassinated Nobunaga, and are faced with the biggest moral conflict of their lives.
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Episode 14 - Midnight Purple Sorrow
Release Date: 2011-07-07Akechi, after being crushingly defeat by the Hashiba force, has his final supper with his closest vassals. There, he experiences the essence of "Wabi".
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Episode 15 - The Times, They Are A-Changin'
Release Date: 2011-07-14Sôeki advises the new government to burn down Azuchi Castle, tainted by the late Akechi's aesthetic, whilst Sasuke meets Hideyoshi, who now reigns supreme.
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Episode 16 - Tweets of Separation
Release Date: 2011-07-21Sasuke is assigned by Hideyoshi to reconcile with Ieyasu.
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Episode 17 - Changing Man
Release Date: 2011-07-28Hideyoshi is named chief advisor to the Emperor. Sasuke is promoted as well, receiving the name of "Oribe Furuta". Oribe begins to focus seriously on the production of Mino pottery.
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Episode 18 - Only One Flower in the World
Release Date: 2011-08-04Hideyoshi gives Sôeki the honorable name of "Sen-no Rikyû". Rikyû once again invites Hideyoshi to a bold plot.
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Episode 19 - Woman from Nagoya
Release Date: 2011-08-25Friction between Rikyû and Hideyoshi increases. Meanwhile, Oribe aspires to master the way of tea, but lacks the confidence to succeed.
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Episode 20 - The Deep Hole of Imperfection
Release Date: 2011-09-01Oribe visits the tea master Hechikan, once a fellow student of Rikyû, to deepen his understanding of wabi aesthetics.
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Episode 21 - First Love
Release Date: 2011-09-08Oribe has trouble financing an army to keep up with Hideyoshi's endeavors. However, when he is tasked to show Ieyasu around Kyoto, he smells a chance.
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Episode 22 - The Devil's Whisper
Release Date: 2011-09-15The Kyushu conquest begins. In the battle against the Akizuki troops, Oribe gets help from Nobushige Sanada, and sneaks into Kosyozan Castle.
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Episode 23 - Come On, My Juraku
Release Date: 2011-09-22Hideyoshi announces a great tea gathering to commemorate the subjugation of Kyushu and the erection of Jurakudai Castle.
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Episode 24 - Take Me to Kitano
Release Date: 2011-09-29Tea masters from all over Japan gather in Kyoto for Hideyoshi's great tea gathering. Oribe has an elaborate plan to outdo them all.
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Episode 25 - Start From the Beginning Again
Release Date: 2011-10-06Hechikan's simplistic tea ceremony wins him the first place in Hideyoshi's competition. Inspired by his success, Oribe makes a misguided attempt to refine his wabi.
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Episode 26 - The Cursed Night
Release Date: 2011-10-13Hechikan forces both Oribe and Rikyû to reflect on their rigid ways.
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Episode 27 - Anarchy in Japan
Release Date: 2011-10-20Rikyû and Oribe together undergo a maturation, as they rediscover the fun and freedom in wabi.
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Episode 28 - Furuta Oribe and Fires
Release Date: 2011-10-27Rikyû's most promising disciple, Souji Yamanoue, finally finds his place in the Kanto region, just as Hideyoshi is preparing an invasion.
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Episode 29 - Kanto Survival
Release Date: 2011-11-03The Odawara conquest begins. Rikyû meets Souji again. They were pleased with each other's mental growth.
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Episode 30 - Edo Frontier
Release Date: 2011-11-10During Hideyoshi's feudal reforms, Ieyasu is granted a new domain: Edo.
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Episode 31 - Forgive My Silence
Release Date: 2011-11-17Hideyoshi and Rikyû's relationship continues to deteriorate. Oribe is attacked by the impetuous Date Masamune.
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Episode 32 - Aesthete's Crossroad
Release Date: 2011-11-24To his dismay, Hideyoshi finds his courtiers will never support him to the fullest.
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Episode 33 - The Shadow Tea King
Release Date: 2011-12-01Oribe invites Rikyû to a hot spring with ocean view, and is motivated to change his course.
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Episode 34 - The Crybaby Under the Sun
Release Date: 2011-12-08Rikyû is angered when Hideyoshi confiscates his greatest treasure and only daughter. Meanwhile, Oribe produces the first true piece of Oribe pottery.
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Episode 35 - New Guilty Partner
Release Date: 2011-12-15The reception of Oribe's latest cup is highly positive. Josui Kuroda visits the gravely ill Hidenaga Toyotomi.
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Episode 36 - You're the Chosen One
Release Date: 2012-01-05Aware that Hideyoshi's advisers are planning to dispose of him, Rikyû invites Ieyasu to a tea ceremony.
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Episode 37 - The Man Who Destroyed the "World"
Release Date: 2012-01-12Masamune angered Hideyoshi again. He goes to Oribe and Takayama for advice on how to make up to his lord.
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Episode 38 - Dusk at Yodo River
Release Date: 2012-01-19Rikyû is ordered by Hideyoshi to seclude himself at Sakai. Oribe and Tadaoki see him off at the Yodo river.
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Episode 39 - Aren't You a Fan of Imperfection?
Release Date: 2012-01-26Hideyoshi orders Rikyû to commit seppuku, and appoints an executioner: Furuta Oribe.