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Blade and Soul

TV·2014–2014·1 season, 13 episodes·TBS·Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy·25m

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Alka is an assassin for the Clan of the Sword. She's on a journey to find the woman Jin Valel, who killed her master Hon. Jin is demon-like woman who controls the Energy of Chaos and kills without feeling - not unlike how Alka has learned to kill in her work as an assassin. On her journey, Alka encounters three strange women, each great warriors in their own right, and grapples with her slain master's wish that she leave the life of an assassin behind.

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  1. 01Blade and Soul S01E12SoulS01E12 · 10.0Jin Varrel stands before Alka once again. Karen, Hazuki, Loana fight against Jin, as Alka is no longer to fight, but they stand no match against her. Alka decides to end this once and for all. The fight continues, with no end in sight, but then Jin attacks Alka with a full blast of her Impurity...
  2. 02Blade and Soul S01E01RoadS01E01 · 9.0Alka is chased by the Empire, and runs into Koga, who notices her skill with the blade. She's taken to their village. The village's land is great for cultivating Heaven's Spirits, so the Empire wants their land. Morii hires Alka as a bodyguard. Jin Varrel commands the Flower Monks and searches for Alka, saying she killed her master.
  3. 03Blade and Soul S01E02DesireS01E02 · 9.0Wanted posters are posted in the red light district of this town of Alka. Jin Hazuki, the bounty hunter, takes Alka to the Tomon Inn. They meet the proprietress, Elle Karen. Karen realizes she's the bounty, but has a policy of leaving business outside of her establishment.

Castfull cast & details

Yuki TakaoYuki TakaoAlka (voice)Ayahi TakagakiAyahi TakagakiRoana Dan (voice)Sayaka OharaSayaka OharaKaren El (voice)Aoi YuukiAoi YuukiVarel Jin (voice)Sora AmamiyaSora AmamiyaHazuki Jin (voice)Marina InoueMarina InoueYuu (voice)Ryoko ShiraishiRyoko ShiraishiRon (voice)Shizuka ItohShizuka ItohRan Yu (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2014Aired 9.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Blade and Soul S01E01RoadApril 4, 2014 9.0Alka is chased by the Empire, and runs into Koga, who notices her skill with the blade. She's taken to their village. The village's land is
  2. S01E02Blade and Soul S01E02DesireApril 11, 2014 9.0Wanted posters are posted in the red light district of this town of Alka. Jin Hazuki, the bounty hunter, takes Alka to the Tomon Inn. They m
  3. S01E03Blade and Soul S01E03RevengeApril 18, 2014 9.0Alka and Hazuki continue to fight and run into the Pleasure Gang. Dan Loana, the leader of the gang, tells Alka that she's trying to take re
  4. S01E04Blade and Soul S01E04SwordApril 25, 2014 9.0Seto and Pia work by collecting garbage around the red light district. They invite Alka into their house, as it seems she has lost her sight
  5. S01E05Blade and Soul S01E05FlowerMay 2, 2014 9.0Shou, a man who hates the Heaven's Spirits, hires Alka as a bodyguard and then uses her to try to persuade a village to stop producing them.
  6. S01E06Blade and Soul S01E06DreamMay 9, 2014 9.0Yuu joins an anti-gorilla force and doesn't like military action, however all the other members want to take the fight to the Empire. Jin co
  7. S01E07Blade and Soul S01E07TimeMay 16, 2014 8.0Alka runs into Moriii again, and finds her and others collected in a place where everyone carries some sort of past pain. Morii seems like s
  8. S01E08Blade and Soul S01E08SkyMay 23, 2014 9.0Yuu, appears in front of Alka, poisoned by the Impurity. He asks where Master Hon is and then collapses due to hunger. Alka takes him to the
  9. S01E09Blade and Soul S01E09MoonMay 30, 2014 9.0Alka doesn't know what to do anymore, and so Karen invites her to work at her shop. She learns what to do, and becomes close friends with Mi
  10. S01E10Blade and Soul S01E10SinJune 6, 2014 9.0Alka carries deep wounds because of Karen, and then runs into Hayate and his wife Hana. Hana realizes Alka is under distress, but both Hana
  11. S01E11Blade and Soul S01E11PunishmentJune 13, 2014 9.0Alka suffers thinking back on everyone's words, which she had originally thought were meaningless. She returns to the Village of the Sword.
  12. S01E12Blade and Soul S01E12Season's bestSoulJune 20, 2014 10.0Jin Varrel stands before Alka once again. Karen, Hazuki, Loana fight against Jin, as Alka is no longer to fight, but they stand no match aga
  13. S01E13Blade and Soul S01E13GodJune 27, 2014 9.0Hazuki wins a drinking contest, and gets a treasure map showing the location of eternal beauty. Karen also gets a map from a person staying

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