The last of the shogunate loyalists in the north are crushed and Japan enters a new age.

The following is a list of some of the Japanese names and terms that are used in this episode: Boshin, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Satsuma, Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshichimi, Choshu, Kido Koin, Nagaoka, Bonari, Wakamatsu, Ezo, Hokkaido, Hakodate, Aizu, Toba, Fushimi, Enomoto Takeaki, Kaneiji, Yoshihisa, Ouetsu Reppan Domei.

Sources: The Meiji Restoration by W.G. Beasley, The Making of Modern Japan by Marius B. Jansen, A Modern History of Japan by Andrew Gordon