Even as the West brings death and destruction to Japan, the ishin shishi are undaunted in the face of fire. However, their bravado and radicalism will serve to be their undoing.

The following is a list of some of the Japanese names and terms that are used in this episode: Ii Naosuke, sonno joi, ishin shishi, Yamato, Tajima, Mito, Tokugawa Nariaki, Hitotsubashi, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Matsudaira Shungaku, Satsuma, Shimazu Hisamitsu, Kagoshima, Saigo Takamori, Choshu, Mori Takachika, Kido Koin, Tosa, Yamauchi Yodo, Takechi Zuizan, Aizu, Matsudaira Katamori, fukoku kyohei.

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.