Lone Wolf and Cub

Ugenta, a Yagyu subordinate, attacks Itto. Daigoro clings to Itto's back while fighting Ugenta. Itto loses his position and Daigoro falls down a cliff.

The Otawara clan faces financial strain due to poor harvests after their leader, Kiyotada, passes away. Hirabayashi, in charge of finances, imposes a 20% increase on farmers, leading to unrest. The farmers debate whether to appeal directly in Edo or rebel against the clan's decisions.

Itto is asked to avenge a daughter's murder by an oshichiri impostor. While seeking shelter from the rain, he encounters a woman named Otoshi and witnesses an oshichiri attempting to attack her.

While passing the shrine, Itto and Daigoro saw a strange man (Sakon) smiling with only his head sticking out from a stand. He was holding up a banner that read, "This head is for sale.”

The lone wolf receives a request to kill a traitor who is responsible for the abolishment of a clan. The mission led him to unveil a cruel betrayal in a tragic story between a dying wife and an undercover ninja.

During the time when christianity was punishable by death in Japan, Lord Retsudou threatens to persecute a clan leader's wife, who is secretly a Christian. The clan leader, who is a former disciple of the lone wolf, has no choice but to fight his old master.

Itto received an assassination request to kill a feudal lord and was betrayed by a traitor in the clan. Daigoro was ambushed and the two of them got separated. In their times apart from each other they learn more about family bonds and what it means to become a parent.

Itto has become the most wanted criminal in Japan. An old ally who is still in love with Itto helps them pass through the village border by disguising them as members of their own troop.

The lone wolf made a promise to a dying undercover Yagyu ninja, to bring his wife to be together with him in the afterlife. This promise led Itto to a village with only women, whose sole purpose is to give birth to new ninjas.

The lone wolf is gravely injured during an attack by an assassin group sent by The Yagyus and got separated from Daigoro. In the meantime, Daigoro is being held captive by a corrupt official for assaulting his son.

The lone wolf receives an assassination request to eliminate a feudal lord from a member of his own clan. The Yagyus are using this opportunity to hunt down the lone wolf and exploit the clan's weakness at the same time.

The Yagyus continue to use any method necessary to kill the lone wolf. Meanwhile, Ogami is shocked to receive an assassination request from a woman with uncanny resemblance to his late wife.

Ogami and Daigoro are joined in their travel by a runaway prostitute who is being chased by a group of bandits who have been holding her captive for many years. The prostitute developed a strong bond with daigoro who has always longed for a mother's love that he has never experienced.

The lone wolf and cub found themselves trapped in an inn as hostages, as a ruthless gang of bandits called The Flying Beasts terrorize the village. The lone wolf must now try to break free and save himself, Daigoro, and the other hostages from these bandits.

The lone wolf received an assassination request to avenge a clan on the brink of being abolished. The plot thickens as they got caught in a scheme full of betrayals and deceit while being pursued relentlessly by the Yagyu clan.

While receiving a request to assassinate in the Ararenji Temple from Saeki, Itto is shot with a poison arrow by the Ura Yagyuans in the form of Unsui, led by Ishine and sent by Yagyu. Meanwhile, while caring for Itto in a coma, Daigoro meets Saya and Lori, a couple that lost a child and becomes fond of Daigoro while Itto’s fate is uncertain.

Hatsuuchi Suzuki, an official of the Tateyama Clan's Edo residence, attacked the axe-suke of Oshu, an Orizuke, and was beaten to death in a vicious revenge attack. Ittou, however, arrived a day too late. Itto met Hatsuuchi's children, Aya and Soichiro, who appealed to him for revenge. Itto slays Rikuzo in the gambling hall and kills Asuke.

While eating at an inn, Itto and Daigoro are visited by Okayo, with blood on her hands from her attacker Bunbematsu, who she accidentally killed. She is protected by Itto, who refuses to turn her over to Torizo, the brothel manager.

Daigoro wakes and Itto is gone at the request of Kizaemon to avenge the death of Yoichiro. As a 3-year-old alone, Daigoro is lured to a temple where he meets a pickpocket, Oha and trouble ensues.

A tale of wandering and vengeance by Hai Itto, a master of the Suio style of swordsmanship and a former official intermediary, wage a one-man war along with his infant son, Daigoro against Yagyu clan.