About this season
During the Edo period, the eighth Tokugawa shōgun, Yoshimune, officially had 17 families of oniwaban, his private ninja guards. They were known as "The Secret 18th Group." Months after Yoshimune's death, his fourth son, Hitotsubashi, asks Kane Ametaro, a hairdresser, to put the group back together. The other members of the secret 18th group include Miki, a doctor; Otojirō, a chef; and Inokichi, an acrobat. The group members have their doubts and internal conflicts about how to live their lives as "secret agents," but when various injustices occur in Edo... they have no other option but to unite and begin clearing the darkness together.
Episodes (19)
1. Evil Judgement - The Woman Awaiting Her Bridal Make-Up
Aired 27 January 1996 • 45 min
2. Watching the Sad Woman in Light Make-Up
Aired 3 February 1996
3. The Little Witness and the Mystery of the Walking Corpse
Aired 10 February 1996
4. Deadly Blade Make-Up and Revenge of a Woman
Aired 17 February 1996
5. Proving the Innocence of Love That Fell Into the Trap
Aired 24 February 1996
6. The Woman Who Erased Her Past
Aired 2 March 1996
7. Inside the Palace of Edo, the Twisted Love of a Mother
Aired 9 March 1996
8. Absent Love Between Siblings
Aired 16 March 1996
9. The Funeral Woman the Evil Organization's Come Back
Aired 23 March 1996
10. Women's Theater of Swords - Yumenojo Kikamura
Aired 30 March 1996
11. The Flower of Vice, the Betrayal of the Promise
Aired 6 April 1996
12. Wife Murderer - The Cursed Fugitive
Aired 13 April 1996
13. Lost Path - The Extorted Wife
Aired 20 April 1996
14. Lies - The Pleasure of a Lover
Aired 27 April 1996
15. Evil - The Son without Parents and the Mother without Children
Aired 4 May 1996
16. Kidnapping - The Woman Who is Afraid of Fire
Aired 11 May 1996
17. Cold Blooded Woman Unmasks the Killer
Aired 18 May 1996
18. Separated Partners - Love Song for a Fugitive's Wife
Aired 25 May 1996
19. Female Tenacity - Dark Judgement for Bribery
Aired 1 June 1996