Black Torch Episode 8 ended with Reiji Kirihara staring down a ghost he thought he’d buried years ago, and viewers now have a week to process the fallout before Episode 9 picks up the pieces.
The episode spent its back half tearing the Bureau of Espionage’s confidence apart, revealing that the hooded man hunting them wasn’t a stranger at all. That twist reframes everything going into the next release.
When is Black Torch Episode 9 Releasing?
Black Torch Episode 9 is set to release on Saturday, August 29, with a worldwide simulcast on Crunchyroll alongside its Japan broadcast on Tokyo MX. The show has held a consistent weekly Saturday slot since its July debut, airing with both English subs and an English dub.
| Time Zone | Release Time |
|---|---|
| Pacific Time | 6:00 a.m., Saturday |
| Central Time | 8:00 a.m., Saturday |
| Eastern Time | 9:00 a.m., Saturday |
| British Summer Time | 2:00 p.m., Saturday |
| Central European Time | 3:00 p.m., Saturday |
| India Standard Time | 6:30 p.m., Saturday |
| Philippine Time | 9:00 p.m., Saturday |
| Japan Standard Time | 10:00 p.m., Saturday |
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Black Torch Episode 8 Recap
Episode 8, titled “Under Dog”, finally answered the question the show had been sitting on since the hooded man first appeared: he’s Shinji Kirihara, Reiji’s twin brother, long presumed dead.
Instead of being gone, Shinji had sold his soul to the mononoke and switched sides entirely. Reiji recognized the sword the moment the two faced off, and that recognition curdled into a confrontation where he condemned his brother for the betrayal outright.
While that reunion played out, Jiro and Rago were dealing with their own escalation elsewhere, as the mononoke Tenki entered the fight and pulled their side of the episode into chaos. The Bureau found itself stretched across two crises at once, with neither resolved by the credits.
Episode 8 closed with the Reiji-Shinji fight still unfinished, the brothers’ history unspoken beyond the accusation already thrown. Whether Episode 9 lets that confrontation play out to its end, or shifts focus to how Jiro and Rago handle Tenki, is the open question heading into the next release.
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