NaN/100 votes#1 - The Youi Arrival
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2006
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 organization.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#2 - The God of the Mountain Falls
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2006
Yukiatsu helps the other Ayashi to protect Ōta from the Yōi.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#3 - Doctrine 3 - Dark Flow of Flowery Edo
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2006
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.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#4 - The Living Doll
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2006
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 case.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#5 - Murderer`s Story
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2006
Tamahei, the Okappiki, suspects that Yukiatsu might have murdered someone in Edo 15 years ago.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#6 - Dragon Aura Running
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2006
The serpent Yōi runs wild in Edo. Torii plans to use Atl as human sacrifice to appease the Yōi.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#7 - The Dragon in the Cloud
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2006
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 Yōi. To change the serpent Yōi into a good spirit, Kumoshichi fuses himself with it.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#8 - Fox Play
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2006
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 without Yukiatsu's help.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#9 - Front and Back
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2006
Saizō is possessed by the Mask Yōi and her dance is drawing all Yōi into Edo. Ogasawara orders his Ayashi to terminate Saizō.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#10 - Holy Music of Girl Smelling March Flowers
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2006
After Ryūdō confronts Saizō and saves her from the Mask Yōi, Saizō manages to destroy the Yōi herself.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#11 - Nikkou Spirit Highway
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2006
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.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#12 - Equine Dragon, Howling at the Moon
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2006
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#13 - Record of Rumors of Hell and Paradise
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/2007
Tamahei, the policeman, explains to Kai Shūzaburō, a young painter, about the Bansha Aratemesho. His story recaps all the previous episodes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#14 - Butterfly Dance
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/2007
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#15 - Woman on the Rashoumon Riverbank
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/20/2007
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 bodies as a chrysalis.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#16 - The Machine Tribe
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/2007
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 tribesman from his past.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#17 - Cloistered World
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/2007
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 searches for his sister.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#18 - Wanderer`s Paradise
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/10/2007
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#19 - Three Yukiatsus
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/2007
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#20 - Shinobazu Pond Lullaby
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/24/2007
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#21 - To End on a Starry Night
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/2007
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 the end it chases Edo Gen instead, and is later killed by Ryūdo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#22 - A Drunk Who Doesn`t Come Home
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/2007
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 Other World which will lead him to safety.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#23 - Official Construction in Old Canal of Inba Marsh
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/17/2007
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 could provoke his downfall. However, Ogasawara does not stop the other Ayashi from going there instead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#24 - Fantasy of the Latter Southern Dynasty
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/24/2007
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 Genbatsu has joined the Western Ones.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#25 - Intermission
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/31/2007
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 of their ayagami to stand against them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Ghost Slayers Ayashi Season 1
Every episode of Ghost Slayers Ayashi Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ghost Slayers Ayashi Season 1!
Ghost Slayers Ayashi is a Japanese anime series, created and written by Shō Aikawa and produced by Bones. Directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori, it featured character...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Youi Arrival" is the best rated episode of "Ghost Slayers Ayashi" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Tomoki Kyoda and written by N/A, it aired on 10/7/2006. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The God of the Mountain Falls".