The Ruse of Monkey Basho

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| **Episode 20** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Ruse of Monkey Basho |
| Japanese Title: | モンキー芭蕉の策略   (Monkī Bashō no Sakuryaku) |
| Original airdate: | August 23, 2025 |
| Broadcast rating: | Unknown |
| Season: | 1 |
| Manga source: | [Volume 11: Chapters 5-9 (104-108)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_11 "Yaiba Volume 11") |
| **English version** | |
| English Title: | The Ruse of Monkey Basho |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Jubei Yagyu](/wiki/Jubei_Yagyu "Jubei Yagyu")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Nadeshiko Yamato](/wiki/Nadeshiko_Yamato "Nadeshiko Yamato")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Kerokichi](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerokichi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerokichi (page does not exist)")   [Kerosuke](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerosuke&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerosuke (page does not exist)") |
| **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: | [Kazuki Yokoyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuki_Yokoyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuki Yokoyama (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Hiroyuki Tanaka](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroyuki_Tanaka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroyuki Tanaka (page does not exist)")   [Tomoko Hiramuki](/wiki/index.php?title=Tomoko_Hiramuki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tomoko Hiramuki (page does not exist)") (asst.)   [Rei Nakahara](/wiki/index.php?title=Rei_Nakahara&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rei Nakahara (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| Animation director: | [Yoshimichi Kameda](/wiki/Yoshimichi_Kameda "Yoshimichi Kameda") (chief)   [Shotaro Tamemizu](/wiki/index.php?title=Shotaro_Tamemizu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shotaro Tamemizu (page does not exist)") (asst. chief)   [Hideyuki Arao](/wiki/index.php?title=Hideyuki_Arao&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hideyuki Arao (page does not exist)")   [Yuko Yamamoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuko_Yamamoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuko Yamamoto (page does not exist)")   [Tsuroru](/wiki/index.php?title=Tsuroru&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tsuroru (page does not exist)")   [Hiroshi Shinomoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Shinomoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroshi Shinomoto (page does not exist)")   [Kyohei Ebata](/wiki/index.php?title=Kyohei_Ebata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kyohei Ebata (page does not exist)")   [Jing Lou](/wiki/index.php?title=Jing_Lou&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jing Lou (page does not exist)")   [Yan Yuanjing](/wiki/index.php?title=Yan_Yuanjing&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yan Yuanjing (page does not exist)")   [Ayaka Ofusa](/wiki/index.php?title=Ayaka_Ofusa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ayaka Ofusa (page does not exist)")   [Shosuke Ishibashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Shosuke_Ishibashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shosuke Ishibashi (page does not exist)")   [Naohiro Osugi](/wiki/index.php?title=Naohiro_Osugi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Naohiro Osugi (page does not exist)")   [Aito Ohashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Aito_Ohashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aito Ohashi (page does not exist)") (effect) |
| | 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")   [Hidenori Takahashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Hidenori_Takahashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hidenori Takahashi (page does not exist)") as [Jubei Yagyu](/wiki/Jubei_Yagyu "Jubei Yagyu")   [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")   [Sayaka Senbongi](/wiki/index.php?title=Sayaka_Senbongi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Sayaka Senbongi (page does not exist)") as [Nadeshiko Yamato](/wiki/Nadeshiko_Yamato "Nadeshiko Yamato")   [Yoshimasa Hosoya](/wiki/Yoshimasa_Hosoya "Yoshimasa Hosoya") as [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Shuhei Sakaguchi](/wiki/Shuhei_Sakaguchi "Shuhei Sakaguchi") as [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Hiroki Goto](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroki_Goto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroki Goto (page does not exist)") as [Kerokichi](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerokichi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerokichi (page does not exist)")   [Taiten Kusunoki](/wiki/index.php?title=Taiten_Kusunoki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Taiten Kusunoki (page does not exist)") as [Kerosuke](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerosuke&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerosuke (page does not exist)")   [Yoji Ueda](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoji_Ueda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoji Ueda (page does not exist)") as [Matsuo Basho](/wiki/index.php?title=Matsuo_Basho&action=edit&redlink=1 "Matsuo Basho (page does not exist)")   [Shun Horie](/wiki/index.php?title=Shun_Horie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shun Horie (page does not exist)") as [Orb of Victory](/wiki/index.php?title=Orb_of_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1 "Orb of Victory (page does not exist)") | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [BLADE](/wiki/BLADE "BLADE") |
| Closing song: | [ACTION!](/wiki/ACTION! "ACTION!") |
***The Ruse of Monkey Basho*** (モンキー芭蕉の策略 ,*Monkī Bashō no Sakuryaku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 20th episode of the *[Yaiba: Samurai Legend](/wiki/Yaiba:_Samurai_Legend "Yaiba: Samurai Legend")* anime.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
+ [1.3 Others](#Others)
* [2 Location](#Location)
+ [2.1 Setting](#Setting)
* [3 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [4 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [5 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [5.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [5.2 References](#References)
* [6 See also](#See_also)