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Zipang Season 1 Episode 26 The Place I Ought to Return zipang-ep-26

Zipang Season 1 Episode 22 Warning The JDS Mirai monitors radio traffic indicating that the Wasp is preparing a second strike. Since the radar and the main cannon are damaged, Gunnery Officer Kikuchi recommends launching a Tomahawk missile to destroy the Wasp rather than wait for the second wave to strike. Lt. Commander Oguri suggestsContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 22”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 23 Sinking of WASP The Tomahawk missile hits the Wasp. Its explosion and resulting secondary explosions from the carrier’s munitions and armed aircraft destroy the ship and it sinks with heavy casualties, leaving Admiral Noyes and Captain Gray dumbfounded as they join the survivors on board lifeboats. On the opposite side,Continue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 23”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 24 The Dead and the Living Following the previous episodes’ events, people on all sides are having hard time coping with what has so far transpired. On a U.S. destroyer carrying the survivors of the battle against the Mirai, Commander Hutton is a drunken wreck, seized by the nightmares of theContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 24”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 25 Return Upon “returning” to Yokosuka, the crew of Mirai find that the navy has arranged to have them dock away from the harbor, under the guns of a naval artillery battery. Feeling suspicious, Mirai contacts the Yokosuka Naval Base to demand that someone with real authority be sent to negotiateContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 25”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 16 Major Okumura’s Will The Mirai landing party assists in the evacuation of the Japanese engineers from Guadalcanal. Kadomatsu goes into the jungle alone to look for stragglers. He encounters Lieutenant Commander Okamura (who is identified as a major in the fan-dubbed version and as a lieutenant in the official GeneonContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 16”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 17 Zipang’s Movement The Mirai enters the Japanese naval base at Truk Island under Admiral Yamamoto’s sponsorship and the crew looks forward to a shore leave. The Army and the Navy disagree about the operation to recapture Guadalcanal and a delegation from the Army insists that the battle for Guadalcanal resume,Continue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 17”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 18 Reunion Kadomatsu learns that the operations on Guadalcanal are to resume — under an imperial decree — and blames Kusaka for this development. He goes ashore with Lt. Tsuda to talk to Kusaka — and is shocked to see him in a car heading towards the airfield with Lt. ColonelContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 18”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 19 Another Staff Headquarters When some of the Combined Fleet staff (specifically Admiral Ugaki) balk at the idea of sending badly needed destroyers to escort the Mirai, Lt. Commander Taki proposes that a new submarine, the I-21, be sent instead, with himself on board to observe. Yamamoto reminds Taki that heContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 19”

Zipang Season 1 Episode 20 E-No. 21 Kadomatsu goes to the I-21 to consult about an approaching scout plane the Mirai has detected. Taki takes Kadomatsu prisoner and the I-21 submerges, leaving the Mirai’s crew confused and unsure about what to do as time runs out. The mystery plane is indeed American, but Mirai usesContinue reading “Zipang Season 1 Episode 20”