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Episode 10 -	East vs. West
First aired -	6th December 1996

Sasami and Ginji's summer vacation continues in style as they cross the countryside on horseback. They pass a wild west theme tourist village and decide to take a look. They find a young ninja girl tied up and suspended from the entrance, and Ginji helps her down. The ninja introduces herself as Shinobi, the granddaughter of the village mayor. As she leads them to her home, she explains that a gang led by a man named Oni Jigoku is trying to take over the town, and they are the ones responsible for tying her up. They arrive at Shinobi's house, the only Japanese-style building in the town, and as she opens the door a pair of shuriken (throwing stars) hurtle towards her. Shinobi jumps to avoid them, stumbles and crashes to the floor, and Ginji catches both stars with one hand. The shuriken were thrown by Shinobi's bedridden grandfather, Genjuro, ever eager to test his granddaughter's skills.

A little while later, Genjuro tells Ginji and Sasami the story of the village. Originally, it was constructed as a ninja-themed village, but few tourists came, and before long Genjuro's lifelong rivals the Onijigoku family invaded, destroying the Japanese buildings and putting up western ones. Even Genjuro's grandson, Binpachi, eschewed the life of the ninja in favour of becoming a cowboy. Shinobi is lamenting the decision of her beloved brother when suddenly a panel in the wall opens and Binpachi himself steps out, six-shooters blazing. He is joined by Nobuyuki Onijigoku himself, who has come to order Genjuro out of his home so the western village can be completed. When Genjuro refuses, Onijigoku orders his sidekick to shoot him, but Ginji steps in and tells Onijigoku that his methods are cowardly. He suggests that the matter should be settled with a traditional western duel, with three people on each team, the winner retaining final control of the village. Shinobi, Ginji and Sasami will represent the ninja team, and Onijigoku and Binpachi the western team. Onijigoku then introduces his "hired gun" as his third team member; Pixy Misa!

The duel, which for safety's sake will use paint ball guns for the western team and rubber shuriken for the ninja team, gets underway on the western village's main street. The first match is Sasami versus Pixy Misa. They stand back-to-back and take three paces, but naturally, Misa cheats and follows Sasami, shooting her with a paint ball the moment she turns around! The second duel is Ginji versus Nobuyuki Onijigoku in a quick-draw contest. Onijigoku draws to fire, but Ginji is just as fast with the shuriken, and he manages to knock the paint ball out of the air with a well-aimed throw. Onijigoku fires again, but each time Ginji stops the shot until they run out of ammo. Ginji is declared the winner. The tiebreaker duel is between Shinobi and Binpachi. Before the duel begins, Shinobi asks her brother why he chose the western life over that of the ninja. He says that ninjas are out of style, but Shinobi retorts by telling him that dressing like a cowboy is just as outdated. Just as Binpachi is beginning to see the error of his ways, Nobuyuki Onijigoku calls Misa and asks her to summon their backup. Using her magic wand, Misa summons Gunman Girl, her latest Love-Love Monster. Gunman Girl steps onto the scene dragging a coffin behind her from which she produces an array of deadly weapons and begins shooting up the town. Everyone runs for cover, but Binpachi is trapped in front of a locked door. Gunman Girl turns her musket towards him and fires, but Genjuro throws himself into the path of the bullet. Misa is shocked; she never expected her creation to try and actually kill someone, and commands her to stop, but Gunman Girl is out of control! Ryo-Ohki suggests that it's time for Pretty Sammy to put in an appearance.

As Gunman Girl continues running wild, Pretty Sammy arrives to face her. Gunman Girl opens fire on her, but Binpachi throws a shuriken at her gun. Gunman Girl fires on Binpachi again, this time appearing to hit him, but Binpachi has used the ninja kawari no jutsu technique, substituting a log in place of himself. As Gunman Girl is confused, Sammy spots her opportunity and casts the Pretty Coquettish Bomber, sending the Love-Love Monster into orbit.

The battle over, Binpachi, now dressed in ninja garb, carries his stricken grandfather from the scene. Genjuro opens his eyes and reaches into his robe; a shuriken in his pocket stopped the bullet, saving his life! With tears of joy pouring down his face, Binpachi admits that ninjas really are cool. Nobuyuki, sitting amongst the wreckage of his western town, finally admits defeat. Genjuro, however, is not about to let him give up so easily, and proposes that they put their differences aside and build a ninja-western village, favouring tourist-pleasing action and entertainment over authenticity. Their feud may be over, but Genjuro still has a score to settle with Nobuyuki Onijigoku, and leaves his lifelong enemy trussed up at the village entrance to teach him a lesson! The world a slightly better place for their help, Sasami and Ginji ride off into the sunset.

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