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Reach beyond the Blue Sky

青天を衝け ‧ Drama ‧ 2021
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Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 1

8.6/10 from 5 users
Feb 14, 2021
Eiichi was born as the eldest son of a farmer who raises silkworms and makes indigo balls in a Village (currently Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture). He was more talkative than anyone… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 2

7.8/10 from 3 users
Feb 21, 2021
Eiichi began learning indigo business from his father, and reading from his cousin, Shingoro. But the most enjoyable thing is to dance the lion dance at the village festival. However,… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 3

8.4/10 from 4 users
Feb 28, 2021
Eiichi, who goes to Edo for the first time with Ichiroemon, is surprised at the gorgeousness of Edo and learns about the difficulty of doing business with his father. Eiichi wants… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 4

8.0/10 from 3 users
Mar 07, 2021
Eiichi works harder and wonders how to make a better indigo plant, but comes up with a strange idea. Meanwhile, the Shogunate is confused by the return of Perry. Nariaki puts a stranger,… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 5

7.8/10 from 3 users
Mar 14, 2021
Eiichi, who learned how Qing lost to Britain in the Opium War in a book recommended by Atsutada, is worried about the future of Japan's opening. Meanwhile, Eiichi's older sister, Naka,… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 6

7.7/10 from 3 users
Mar 21, 2021
Eiichi, who works hard to practice swordsmanship with Choshiro and Kisaku, is enthusiastic that even a peasant should be able to do something. At that time, Chiyo suddenly tells her… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 7

7.5/10 from 2 users
Mar 28, 2021
Abe passes away, sending the shogunate into disarray. Calls for Yoshinobu to become shogun are growing louder by the day... Sanada encourages Choshichiro to go to Edo for training.… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 8

7.3/10 from 2 users
Apr 04, 2021
Eiichi finally confesses his feelings to Chiyo and proposes to her, but Kisaku objects and challenges him to a sword deal. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Naosuke Ii sparks outrage by signing… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 9

7.5/10 from 2 users
Apr 11, 2021
Yoshinobu and Nariaki are placed under house arrest by Naosuke Ii, but they silently resist. However, Ii is later assassinated in what becomes known as the Sakuradamon Incident. Nariaki… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 10

7.5/10 from 2 users
Apr 18, 2021
Nobumasa Ando takes the place of Naosuke Ii in the shogunate and pushes for the marriage of Princess Kazu and Shogun Iemochi to restore shogunate authority, infuriating imperial loyalists.… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 11

7.5/10 from 2 users
Apr 25, 2021
Eiichi and Chiyo's first child is born but quickly passes away, filling them both with despair. Junchu proposes attacking the foreigner settlement in Yokohama, and an emotional Eiichi… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 12

7.3/10 from 2 users
May 02, 2021
Now wanted men, Eiichi and Kisaku take shelter in a shack with Enshiro, who urges them to serve the Hitotsubashi family. Back in Chiaraijima, Eiichi and Junchu hatch a plan to seize… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 13

7.3/10 from 2 users
May 09, 2021
Eiichi and Kisaku arrive safely in Kyoto. As Satsuma's power and influence grows, Shungaku Matsudaira (Jun Kaname) urges the creation of a "new era," enraging Yoshinobu. After receiving… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 14

7.5/10 from 1 user
May 16, 2021
Eiichi and Kisaku agree to serve the Hitotsubashi family in exchange for Eiichi being allowed to present his ideas to Yoshinobu. Enshiro is successfully able to arrange this meeting.… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 15

7.5/10 from 1 user
May 23, 2021
Eiichi and Kisaku receive their first samurai stipends and are given the names "Tokudayu" and "Seiichiro" by Enshiro. Tokudayu is tasked with investigating Satsuma retainer Yozo Orita.… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 16

8.5/10 from 1 user
May 30, 2021
Enshiro orders Tokudayu and Seiichiro to travel to Kanto to recruit soldiers for the Hitotsubashi family. They try to recruit their old friend Sanada, but he refuses their offer. Junchu… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 17

8.5/10 from 1 user
Jun 06, 2021
Tokudayu and Seiichiro are stunned by the news that Enshiro has been killed. In Kyoto, Yoshinobu leads the defense of the Imperial Palace against advancing Choshu forces, and Kichinosuke… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 18

7.5/10 from 1 user
Jun 13, 2021
Tokudayu and Yoshinobu leave Kyoto to suppress the Tengu Party. Seiichiro delivers a secret letter from Yoshinobu to Kounsai, who meets a tragic fate... Determined to make the Hitotsubashi… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 19

7.5/10 from 1 user
Jun 20, 2021
Tokudayu increases the value of the Hitotsubashi family's cotton and begins promoting paper currency circulation. As their newly appointed head accountant, he vows to make Hitotsubashi… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 20

7.5/10 from 1 user
Jun 27, 2021
The death of Iemochi makes Yoshinobu's promotion to shogun inevitable. Tokudayu warns him that this position will lead to him having the weight of the world on his shoulders. Ichizo… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 21

7.0/10 from 1 user
Jul 04, 2021
Tokudayu agrees to accompany Yoshinobu's younger brother Akitake to the Paris Exposition. Yoshinobu, having become the 15th shogun, must entrust his brother's future to Eiichi. In… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 22

7.5/10 from 1 user
Jul 11, 2021
Tokudayu and Akitake arrive in Paris and begin exploring the Expo. Their minds are blown by the Western technology that is on display—steam engines, elevators, and much more. At… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 23

7.0/10 from 1 user
Jul 18, 2021
Despite the French loan falling through, Tokudayu is able to secure funds as Akitake continues his studies. Taking advice from Villette, they cut their hair, put away their swords,… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 24

7.5/10 from 1 user
Aug 15, 2021
As Tokudayu, Akitake, and others are celebrating New Year's Day in Paris, they receive a letter from Japan that states that Yoshinobu has restored the power of the imperial court,… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 25

7.5/10 from 1 user
Aug 22, 2021
Tokudayu returns to Japan and reunites with Sugiura, Fukuchi, and others in Yokohama. They explain to him how the Choshu-Satsuma alliance defeated the shogunate and tell him the current… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 26

8.5/10 from 1 user
Sep 12, 2021
Tokudayu returns to his hometown for the first time in years and reunites with Chiyo, his father, and his mother Ei. He's happy to see them again, but is shocked when he learns of… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 27

8.0/10 from 1 user
Sep 19, 2021
Tokudayu is appointed chief accountant in Sunpu but declines the position, wishing to instead focus on Akitake in Mito. Upon learning that the appointment was made out of consideration… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 28

7.0/10 from 1 user
Sep 26, 2021
Tokudayu is summoned by the new government to serve at the Ministry of Finance. He goes to Tokyo with the intention of declining in person, but an impassioned speech from Shigenobu… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 29

6.5/10 from 1 user
Oct 03, 2021
Eiichi, now a member of the Meiji government, forms a revision section that includes Yuzuru Sugiura and Hisoka Maejima. Their wide-ranging reforms cause a great deal of conflict with… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 30

7.5/10 from 1 user
Oct 10, 2021
At the Mint Building in Osaka, Eiichi meets Tomoatsu Godai. Eiichi finds himself strongly agreeing with Godai's strong desire to fundamentally transform Japanese commerce. At a high-level… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 31

7.5/10 from 1 user
Oct 17, 2021
Eiichi seeks support from powerful merchant families in order to establish Japan's first bank, but negotiations prove difficult. He clashes with Rizaemon Minomura, who favors the creation… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 32

7.0/10 from 1 user
Oct 24, 2021
Eiichi leaves the government to become General Manager of the First National Bank. Shortly after it opens, Godai visits him and warns him that "Commerce is a monster," and that it's… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 33

7.0/10 from 1 user
Oct 31, 2021
The collapse of the Ono Group creates a crisis for the First National Bank. Seeing an opportunity, Minomura begins plotting a takeover. To protect the bank, Eiichi takes a massive… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 34

7.0/10 from 1 user
Nov 07, 2021
At the request of Hirobumi Ito, Eiichi establishes the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce. Chiyo is emotionally struck when she sees lonely children at an orphanage and starts wondering if… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 35

7.0/10 from 1 user
Nov 14, 2021
Confirmation of Former U.S. President Grant visiting Japan sparks excitement in the government, which has been wanting to revise the unequal treaties that they signed twenty 20 years… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 36

8.0/10 from 1 user
Nov 21, 2021
Eiichi establishes the Tokyo Shipping Company, but its launch is sabotaged by Iwasaki's media attacks. On top of that, his orphanage project is also facing setbacks... Meanwhile, Iwasaki's… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 37

7.0/10 from 1 user
Nov 28, 2021
The government orders the creation of a joint transportation company to combat Iwasaki's practices. Eiichi is overcome with grief after Chiyo's death. He is then introduced by Yasu… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 38

7.0/10 from 1 user
Dec 05, 2021
Eiichi and Akitake reunite during the celebration of the 300-year anniversary of Ieyasu Tokugawa's entering Edo. Eiichi worries about Yoshinobu, who is living in Shizuoka after having… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 39

7.5/10 from 1 user
Dec 12, 2021
In the United States, Eiichi meets President Roosevelt and is left with the impression that Japan's economy is undervalued. As the Russo-Japanese War begins, he urges public bond support… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 40

8.0/10 from 1 user
Dec 19, 2021
Anti-Japanese sentiment is on the rise in the U.S. Retired from business, Eiichi travels there with his wife Kaneko in the hopes of improving ties, visiting 60 cities by train. During… read more

Reach beyond the Blue Sky Episode 41

7.5/10 from 1 user
Dec 26, 2021
An elderly Eiichi travels to Washington in the hopes of mending Japan-U.S. ties. His grandson Keizo becomes a banker and moves to England for training. When the Great Kanto Earthquake… read more
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