Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan · SEASON 1
Tragic Umewakamaru!
Episode 8 · 2010-08-23

- Animation
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Action & Adventure
Episode overview
Gyuki who was known as Umewakamaru while he was human, past is revealed. Umewakamaru is a noble child who excels at everything but after his father dies his mother leaves him at a monastery. News of his mother's illness prompts Umewakamaru to want to see her. On the way he is tricked by demons into going the wrong way. There he finds out his mother has been devoured by the youkai Gyuki. Umewakamaru goes mad with grief and kills the demon Gyuki and in this state he takes to killing other travelers. In time he also comes to be known as Gyuki. It is here that Rikuo's father meets him for the first time and after defeating him in battle requests that he join them as a member of their family.
24 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Becoming the Lord of Pandemonium2010-07-05
2. Poison Wings Flutter in the Bamboo Thicket2010-07-12
3. Yura Keikain and the Kiyojuji Paranormal Patrol2010-07-19
4. The Rat of Darkness Devours the Cat2010-07-26
5. Red Plum Blossoms on the Demons' Mountain2010-08-02
6. A Trap is Set on the Evil Mountain2010-08-09
7. Darkness Moves on the Night of the New Moon2010-08-16
8. Tragic Umewakamaru!2010-08-23
9. Gyuuki`s Beloved Nura Clan2010-08-30
10. The Demon Mirror Devours the Fruit2010-09-06
11. The Vanguard Wind Blows from the West2010-09-13
12. Tamazuki And The Seven Shadows2010-09-20
13. The Inugamigyobu-Tanuki Tamazuki`s Beckoning2010-10-04
14. Fierce Fire and Sudden Rain2010-10-11
15. The Fighting Girls2010-10-18
16. The Sublime Spirit Burns Crimson2010-10-25
17. Natsumi and Lord Senba2010-11-01
18. The Evil Dog Howls at the Ruins2010-11-08
19. The Curtain Falls in the Darkness2010-11-15
20. The 7:3 Pledge of Loyalty2010-11-22
21. Towards the Sunrise2010-11-29
22. Darkness and Ice2010-12-06
23. The Devil`s Hammer2010-12-13
24. The Moon is in the Sky2010-12-20