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SEASON 4
RYOMA THE HOPE
GENERAL INFO
Original airdate
26.09.2010-28.11.2010
Episodes
10 (39-49)
Relevant links
Label/Category
All season 4 related posts on episodes, promos, pictures are under [TV] Ryoma-Den : Season 4 under LABEL
Story summary
Written by River of MashaPlus Info Forums
From the interview with Fukuda-san, Season 4 will concentrates on the changing time. You can see the breakdown in relationship between the SatCho Alliance and Ryoma, due to different opinions. Ryoma went ahead with wanting a peaceful transition anyway. Goto Shojiro will finally make an important appearance, working together with Ryoma, though in the beginning they might be a distrust between them. Yataro will too, finally helping out with Ryoma's business aspect. It will be one intense year before his assassination. Yes, Ryoma dies in the end as with history.
Major events in Season 4
Written by River of MashaPlus Info Forums
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・Met Goto Shojiro, the Tosa clan undersecretary, and found a kindred spirit in him about the future of Japan.
・Received second Tosa pardon for fleeing the area.
・Reorganized the Kameyama-shachu into the Tosa-Kaientai, the Naval Auxilary Force. Ryoma appointed head of the Kaientai.
・The lroha of the Kaientai collided with a ship of the Kishu clan and sank.
・Formulated and announced, aboard the Tosa clan's ship, the Yugaomaru, the Eight-Point Program, a political guideline for the new government and cabinet.
・The Kaientai was suspected of murder of British sailors. Ryoma and his collegues solved the problem.
・Came back to Tosa in order to sell rifles to the Tosa clan and saw his own family for the first time in five years.
・A written memorial of returning power to the throne, based on Ryoma's Eight-Point Program, was passed on to the bakufu by Goto Shojiro and Fukuoka Takachika.
・Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the shogun, petitioned the court to accept the return of political power.
・November 15*: assassinated together with Nakaoka Shintaro at the Omiya, the place they were staying in Kyoto.
・December 5*: ''restoration'' announced.
1868
・''Charter Oath'' restated principal features of Ryoma's Eight-Point Program.
Interesting Facts
Last episode's title is 龍の魂 (Ryoma's Soul) which was actually the 1st episode's title before it was changed in favour of the current title [Source][Taken from HK Fans Discussion Forums - explained by Mashamasha in Post #385 Page 26]
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SPECIFIC EPISODES
Note : English titles are derived from Izumisano's translation. Each link under More Info will lead to individual pages of each episode in this blog with the information available as listed under AVAILABLE (please refer to INDICATORS for more info)
EPISODE 39 [Click here for more info]
Note : This is 1st episode for Season 4
Translated title
The Miracle At Bakan
The Miracle At Bakan
Japanese title
馬関の奇跡/Bakan no Kiseki
Original airdate
26 September 2010
Rating
13.7%
Contents available
[S][P][I][D][RR][ES]
EPISODE 40 [Click here for more info]
Translated title
Confrontation At Seifuu Tei
Japanese title
清風亭の対決/seifuu tei no taiketsu
Original airdate
03 October 2010
Rating
14.3%
Contents available
[S][P][I][RR][D][JS][ES]
EPISODE 41 [Click here for more info]
Translated title
TBA
Japanese title
さらば高杉晋作/saraba takasugi shinsaku
Original airdate
10 October 2010
Rating
16.3%
Contents available
[S][P]
[I][RR][NSY]
EPISODE 42 [Click here for more info]
Translated title
the Irohamaru Incident or the case of Irohamaru (tentative)
Japanese title
いろは丸事件/iroha maru jiken
Original airdate
17 October 2010
Rating
TBA
Contents available
[S][I][NSY]