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Ghost Slayers Ayashi: Season 1

25 episodes Premiered Oct 7, 2006 Updated Oct 26, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

The Youi Arrival

Oct 7, 2006 · 24 min

Torii Yōzō, the South Edo Magistrate, promises to recognize the legitimacy of the Bansha Aratamesho if Ogasawara and the others can recruit a man called Ryūdō Yukiatsu into the org

S1·E3 Core

Doctrine 3 - Dark Flow of Flowery Edo

Oct 21, 2006 · 24 min

The samurai residential quarters of Edo are under attack by the second Yōi. Meanwhile, Yuki must choose between a life with Ōta and Tae-san or a life as an ayashi.

S1·E4 Core

The Living Doll

Oct 28, 2006 · 24 min

The Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement is investigating a series of missing persons around the circus area in Yotsuya. The South Edo Magistrate are also pursuing the same ca

S1·E5 Mytharc

Murderer`s Story

Nov 4, 2006 · 24 min

Tamahei, the Okappiki, suspects that Yukiatsu might have murdered someone in Edo 15 years ago.

S1·E6 Core

Dragon Aura Running

Nov 11, 2006 · 24 min

The serpent Yōi runs wild in Edo. Torii plans to use Atl as human sacrifice to appease the Yōi.

S1·E7 Core

The Dragon in the Cloud

Nov 18, 2006 · 24 min

Yukiatsu tries to draw out the Ayagami from the serpent Yōi, but finds he is unable to do it. The only thing to do is to try to take the Ayagami from Shichi in order to subdue the

S1·E8 Core

Fox Play

Nov 25, 2006 · 24 min

The Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement is given jurisdiction to investigate the case of missing people around the Kabuki playhouses. Saizō is adamant to investigate the case

S1·E9 Core

Front and Back

Dec 2, 2006 · 24 min

Saizō is possessed by the Mask Yōi and her dance is drawing all Yōi into Edo. Ogasawara orders his Ayashi to terminate Saizō.

S1·E11 Core

Nikkou Spirit Highway

Dec 16, 2006 · 24 min

Ryūdō and Ogasawara travel along a highway outside Edo, slaying Yōi to make a safe path for an important official to travel through the area.

S1·E12 Core

Equine Dragon, Howling at the Moon

Dec 23, 2006 · 24 min

The Western Ones use the Killing Stone to summon a vast number of Yōi in the Nikkō region. Meanwhile, Ogasawara is told he must kill his old friend Kanō to prove his innocence.

S1·E13 Core

Record of Rumors of Hell and Paradise

Jan 6, 2007 · 24 min

Tamahei, the policeman, explains to Kai Shūzaburō, a young painter, about the Bansha Aratemesho. His story recaps all the previous episodes.

S1·E14 Mytharc

Butterfly Dance

Jan 13, 2007 · 24 min

After a woman is murdered in the brothel district, Shūzaburō and Atl come under suspicion from a special branch of the police called the Arson/Thievery Investigations.

S1·E15 Core

Woman on the Rashoumon Riverbank

Jan 20, 2007 · 24 min

The Arson/Thievery Investigations continue to investigate the murders. Eventually the Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement discover that the killer is a Yōi which uses human b

S1·E16 Core

The Machine Tribe

Jan 27, 2007 · 24 min

The government officials supporting the Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement come under attack by an elusive gunman, and the ayashi investigate. Meanwhile, Abi meets a tribesm

S1·E17 Core

Cloistered World

Feb 3, 2007 · 24 min

Saizō and Edo Gen are help captive by the mountain tribesmen, who reveal that their true target is Torii Yozo. Meanwhile, the other ayashi investigate the tribesmen and Abi searche

S1·E18 Core

Wanderer`s Paradise

Feb 10, 2007 · 24 min

The attack on Torii fails. Abi continues to seek his sister, but eventually learns that she resides in the Other World and has become a demon.

S1·E19 Core

Three Yukiatsus

Feb 17, 2007 · 24 min

Two people, a boy and an aging man, appear in Edo, both claiming to be called Ryūdo Yukiatsu. The ayashi investigate this and in doing so discover more about Ryūdo's past.

S1·E20 Core

Shinobazu Pond Lullaby

Feb 24, 2007 · 24 min

Yukiatsu must decide whether he wants to return to his family permanently. The Ryūdo family sword transforms into a giant yōi and Ryūdo fuses with Kumoshichi to defeat it.

S1·E21 Core

To End on a Starry Night

Mar 3, 2007 · 24 min

The Western Ones create a new Yōi which travels to Edo and attacks a series of young girls, transforming them into heartless killers. Atl and Saizō act as bait for the Yōi but in t

S1·E22 Core

A Drunk Who Doesn`t Come Home

Mar 10, 2007 · 24 min

The ayashi hunt down a sake-based Yōi which dwells in the water systems. Meanwhile, Atl meets a samurai who will soon be forced to commit seppuku so she tries to open a gate to the

S1·E23 Core

Official Construction in Old Canal of Inba Marsh

Mar 17, 2007 · 24 min

The Ayashi receive a plea for help at the Inba Marsh construction site, but Atobe orders Ogasawara to not take action because Torii is supervising the construction and his failure

S1·E24 Mytharc

Fantasy of the Latter Southern Dynasty

Mar 24, 2007 · 24 min

Atl's dissatisfaction with the Human world reaches its peak, and she summons a massive Yōi which falls under the Western Ones' control. To complicate matters, Yuki discovers that G

S1·E25 Mytharc

Intermission

Mar 31, 2007 · 24 min

To complete their master plan, the Western Ones use Atl's power to summon another gigantic Yōi deep into the Ayashi's lair, but Yuki and his companions bring forth the full power o

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