The essential episodes of Blade and Soul
Watch these 13 in order and you've got Blade and Soul — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Alka 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.
- 02
Wanted 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.
- 03
Alka 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 revenge against Jin. She tries to explain that revenge is about an emotion, not a rule, and uses Alka as bait to lure Jin in.
- 04
Seto 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. She remembers Master Hon's teaching. One day Seto is attacked and he ends up killing his attacker and selling his goods.
- 05
Shou, 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. However, this village depends on the Heaven's Spirits, and Shou's pleas fall on deft ears. Shou creates a plan to help things go his way...
- 06
Yuu 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 commands the Flower Monks to set up camp to take them out. Yuu wants to stop the fight from happening, so he goes to talk to Jin...
- 07
Alka runs into Moriii again, and finds her and others collected in a place where everyone carries some sort of past pain. Morii seems like she changed, and now speaks strangely. A woman, which Morii calls mother, wants to hold a ritual to help Alka, but...
- 08
Yuu, 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 Pleasure Gang base, and Alka takes care of him. While talking with Yuu, Alka starts to understand Master Hon's teachings.
- 09
Alka 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 Miharu. Alka starts to become more human, and realizes there's a world out there she didn't know. But she finds her lives shatter by someone.
- 10
Alka carries deep wounds because of Karen, and then runs into Hayate and his wife Hana. Hana realizes Alka is under distress, but both Hana and Hayate realize that Alka is related to something that happened to their daughter who died...
- 11
Alka suffers thinking back on everyone's words, which she had originally thought were meaningless. She returns to the Village of the Sword. Karen searches for Alka with Hazuki and Loana, but Jin Varrel seems to be approaching as well.
- 12
Jin 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...
- 13
Hazuki wins a drinking contest, and gets a treasure map showing the location of eternal beauty. Karen also gets a map from a person staying at her inn, and she heads towards a lone island in the southern sea. Pia claims that it's totally a fake, but Karen says it might be fun to search for some treasure. Loana ends up coming in search of the treasure too...
