Dawn of the Lightning Slash

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| ‹  [The Duel at Ganryu Island](/wiki/The_Duel_at_Ganryu_Island "The Duel at Ganryu Island") | [**List of Episodes**](/wiki/Yaiba:_Samurai_Legend#Episodes "Yaiba: Samurai Legend") | [Onimaru's Devil Kings](/wiki/Onimaru%27s_Devil_Kings "Onimaru's Devil Kings")  › |
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| **Episode 9** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Dawn of the Lightning Slash |
| Japanese Title: | かみなり斬り誕生   (Kaminari Giri Tanjō) |
| Original airdate: | May 31, 2025 |
| Broadcast rating: | 3.5% |
| Season: | 1 |
| Manga source: | [Volume 5: Chapters 3-4, 7-10 (042-043, 046-049)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_5 "Yaiba Volume 5") (**[h.a.](/wiki/Manga_Legend "Manga Legend")**) |
| **English version** | |
| English Title: | Dawn of the Lightning Slash |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine")   [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine")   [Fuji Mine](/wiki/Fuji_Mine "Fuji Mine") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Takahiro Hasui](/wiki/Takahiro_Hasui "Takahiro Hasui") |
| Screenplay: | [Tomomi Kawaguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Tomomi_Kawaguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tomomi Kawaguchi (page does not exist)") |
| Storyboard: | [Hiroaki Shimura](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroaki_Shimura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroaki Shimura (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Hiroyuki Tanaka](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroyuki_Tanaka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroyuki Tanaka (page does not exist)")   [Maho Ishikawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Maho_Ishikawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Maho Ishikawa (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| Animation director: | [Yoshimichi Kameda](/wiki/Yoshimichi_Kameda "Yoshimichi Kameda") (chief)   [Claire Launay](/wiki/index.php?title=Claire_Launay&action=edit&redlink=1 "Claire Launay (page does not exist)")   [Maki Kawake](/wiki/index.php?title=Maki_Kawake&action=edit&redlink=1 "Maki Kawake (page does not exist)")   [Ayaka Ofusa](/wiki/index.php?title=Ayaka_Ofusa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ayaka Ofusa (page does not exist)") (asst.)   [Atsuko Nozaki](/wiki/index.php?title=Atsuko_Nozaki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Atsuko Nozaki (page does not exist)") (asst.)   [Ayumu Tsujimura](/wiki/index.php?title=Ayumu_Tsujimura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ayumu Tsujimura (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Junichi Suwabe](/wiki/Junichi_Suwabe "Junichi Suwabe") as [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Go Inoue](/wiki/Go_Inoue "Go Inoue") as [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Yoshimasa Hosoya](/wiki/Yoshimasa_Hosoya "Yoshimasa Hosoya") as [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Manaka Iwami](/wiki/Manaka_Iwami "Manaka Iwami") as [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Kosuke Echigoya](/wiki/Kosuke_Echigoya "Kosuke Echigoya") as [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Takeharu Onishi](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeharu_Onishi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takeharu Onishi (page does not exist)") as [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Kana Ichinose](/wiki/Kana_Ichinose "Kana Ichinose") as [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Shuhei Sakaguchi](/wiki/Shuhei_Sakaguchi "Shuhei Sakaguchi") as [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Atsushi Miyauchi](/wiki/Atsushi_Miyauchi "Atsushi Miyauchi") as [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine")   [Kimiko Saito](/wiki/Kimiko_Saito "Kimiko Saito") as [Fuji Mine](/wiki/Fuji_Mine "Fuji Mine")   [Rina Sato](/wiki/Rina_Sato "Rina Sato") as [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine")   [Rena Maeda](/wiki/index.php?title=Rena_Maeda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rena Maeda (page does not exist)") as Announcer | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [BLADE](/wiki/BLADE "BLADE") |
| Closing song: | [pineapple tart](/wiki/Pineapple_tart "Pineapple tart") |
***Dawn of the Lightning Slash*** (かみなり斬り誕生 ,*Kaminari Giri Tanjō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 9th episode of the *[Yaiba: Samurai Legend](/wiki/Yaiba:_Samurai_Legend "Yaiba: Samurai Legend")* anime.
Needing to develop a new sword technique that can counter [Onimaru](/wiki/Onimaru "Onimaru"), [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") undergoes further grueling training with [Musashi](/wiki/Musashi "Musashi") - and a scheming [Kojiro](/wiki/Kojiro "Kojiro").
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Location](#Location)
+ [2.1 Setting](#Setting)
+ [2.2 Other](#Other)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [6.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [6.2 References](#References)
* [7 See also](#See_also)