The Black Swordsman has flash backs to years past and his trials and tribulations in the Band of the Hawk.
#1 | 10/08/1997The Black Swordsman3.7/5 (with 13 votes)
A blacksmith is forging an enormous sword while a dark man with only one eye and one arm stands back and watches.
#2 | 10/15/1997Band of the Hawk3.7/5 (with 12 votes)
There is a great battle taking place at a fort. The attackers are doing well, except one thing stands in their way - a grey knight and he states that none shall pass him.
#3 | 10/22/1997First Battle3.7/5 (with 11 votes)
#4 | 10/29/1997The Hand of God3.8/5 (with 10 votes)
#5 | 11/05/1997A Wind of Swords3.6/5 (with 9 votes)
Guts is now a commander of Griffith's army, taking many risks in battle, Casca takes him to task for it. Griffith is knighted in the Midland court much to the nobles' dismay.
#6 | 11/12/1997Zodd the Immortal3.9/5 (with 9 votes)
In another raid, Guts and Griffith come across a demon known as Nosferatu Zodd.
#7 | 11/19/1997The Sword`s Owner3.6/5 (with 9 votes)
Princess Charlotte of Midland strikes up a friendship with Griffith.
#8 | 11/26/1997Conspiracy3.5/5 (with 9 votes)
Griffith and Guts continue their success in battle and Griffith is made a Count.
#9 | 12/03/1997Assassination3.7/5 (with 9 votes)
Griffith saves Charlotte when her horse bolts during a fox hunt. Yurius, the king's younger brother, attempts to have him assassinated.
#10 | 12/10/1997Nobleman4.0/5 (with 9 votes)
Guts, sent by Griffith, assassinates Yurius and his son Adonis. Griffith gets closer to Charlotte. The Hawks depart for yet another mission.
#11 | 12/17/1997The Battle3.6/5 (with 9 votes)
On a stormy battlefield, Caska, Griffith's second in command, is wounded while fighting the leader of an enemy army. Guts runs to her rescue but when she passes out at the edge of a cliff, he cannot catch her in time and they both fall into the river below.
#12 | 12/24/1997Together3.7/5 (with 9 votes)
Caska is still unconcious, so Guts shelters them in a cave while the rain pours down. She comes to and tells Guts about her past and about Griffith's.
#13 | 01/07/1998Prepared for Death3.9/5 (with 9 votes)
Guts and Caska try to fight their way back to the Hawks while the enemy army they were fighting from before try to stop them.
#14 | 01/14/1998Bonfire of Dreams3.9/5 (with 9 votes)
Caska finds Judeau's division of Hawks and leads them back to where Guts was fighting alone. Although injured, he defeated all the enemy soldiers by himself. They return to the Hawks' camp and Caska tends to Guts' wounds.
#15 | 01/21/1998The Decisive Battle3.7/5 (with 9 votes)
The King of Midland and his various generals confer about Doldrey Castle, long since captured by the Chudan Empire. Griffith plans an attack and the King agrees despite the protests of his other officers. Only one other general supports Griffith's actions. The Hawks attack Doldrey.
#16 | 01/28/1998The Conqueror3.8/5 (with 9 votes)
With the help of Nosferatu Zodd, Guts defeats the defender of Doldrey Castle.
#17 | 02/04/1998Moment of Glory3.8/5 (with 9 votes)
With the victory at Doldrey, Griffith is promoted to White Phoenix General, an aristocratic title. The Queen of Midland and other court conspirators try to poison Griffith.
#18 | 02/11/1998Tombstone of Flames3.7/5 (with 9 votes)
Griffith has his revenge by having the Queen's castle burned down.
#19 | 02/18/1998Separation4.1/5 (with 11 votes)
Griffith will not let Guts simply leave. He says that Guts belongs to him.
#20 | 02/25/1998Sparks3.7/5 (with 10 votes)
Guts arrives at the home of Godo the swordsmith and stays there for a while while Godo crafts a new sword for him. Guts practices more on his sword techniques with the help of Godo's little daughter Erika.
#21 | 03/04/1998Confession4.1/5 (with 10 votes)
Guts returns in time to save the remaining Hawks from annihilation.
#22 | 03/11/1998Infiltration4.0/5 (with 10 votes)
With Guts help, Caska and the Hawks hope to rescue Griffith.
#23 | 03/18/1998Eve of the Feast3.9/5 (with 10 votes)
Breaking away from the King's pursuing armies, the few Hawks left contemplate their future. Guts comforts Caska, who is despondent over Griffith's condition. Griffith begins to dream.
#24 | 03/25/1998The Great Eclipse4.0/5 (with 10 votes)
Seduced by the promises of demons and his dreams from his childhood, Griffith agrees to fulfill his destiny and become one of the God Hand demons.
#25 | 04/01/1998Time of Eternity4.2/5 (with 11 votes)
Griffith's men are sacrificed to the demon's appetites. Guts fights on, at first to save Griffith, then to save himself from the result of Griffith's ambition.
#26 | 04/07/1998Episode 26
#27 | 04/14/1998Episode 27
#28 | 04/21/1998Episode 28
#29 | 04/28/1998Episode 29
#30 | 05/05/1998Episode 30
#31 | 05/12/1998Episode 31
#32 | 05/19/1998Episode 32
#33 | 05/26/1998Episode 33
#34 | 06/02/1998Episode 34
#35 | 06/09/1998Episode 35
#36 | 06/16/1998Episode 36
#37 | 06/23/1998Episode 37
#38 | 06/30/1998Episode 38
#39 | 07/07/1998Episode 39
#40 | 07/14/1998Episode 40
#41 | 07/21/1998Episode 41
#42 | 07/28/1998Episode 42
#43 | 08/04/1998Episode 43
#44 | 08/11/1998Episode 44
#45 | 08/18/1998Episode 45
#46 | 08/25/1998Episode 46
#47 | 09/01/1998Episode 47
#48 | 09/08/1998Episode 48
#49 | 09/15/1998Episode 49