—WolverineMy true nature? I wish I knew what that was...
Appearances
Featured Characters:
- Wolverine (Logan) (Leaves X-Men) (Rejoins) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- X-Men
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Main story and flashback)
- Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (Main story and flashback)
- Master Oku (First appearance)
- Yoshida (First appearance)
- Kisara (First appearance)
- Soichi (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Silver Samurai (Kenuichio Harada) (First appearance)
- Takaki (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert) (Only in recap)
- Professor Oyama (Only in recap)
- Silver Fox (Only in recap)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Only in recap)
- Sabretooth (Graydon Creed Sr.) (Only in recap)
- Jean Grey (Only in flashback)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Only in recap)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Vision or hallucination)
- Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama) (Dream) (Cameo)
- Maverick (Christoph Nord) (Dream) (Cameo)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-92131
- United States of America
- New York State
- Westchester County
- X-Mansion
- Danger Room (Only in flashback)
- X-Mansion
- Westchester County
- New York State
- Scotland (Only in recap)
- Canada (Only in recap)
- Alberta (Only in recap)
- Weapon X Facility (Only in recap)
- Alberta (Only in recap)
- Japan
- United States of America
Items:
- Hoverchair (Main story and flashback)
- X-Uniforms (Only in recap)
- Wolverine's Suit (Only in recap)
- Cyclops' Visor (Only in recap)
- Silver Samurai's Armor (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Wolverine's Jeep (Only in flashback)
- Mini-Jet
Synopsis
Wolverine, losing control, quits the X-Men and returns to the rural Japan of his younger days, in an effort to find himself. He works peacefully with a former spiritual teacher, the monk Oku, to build a temple. But the neighboring village is about to be attacked by bandits, led by the merciless Silver Samurai, unless payment is made. Some of the villagers want to resist, and ask Wolverine for help. Wolverine is torn. This is just the sort of thing he had wanted to leave behind. Wolverine bests the Samurai in single combat by taking advantage of Samurai's habit of teleporting in behind him: Wolverine anticipates the move and disables the teleportation device, humiliating Samurai.
Notes
- Despite featuring what looks to be a flashback to the aforementioned episode and airing quite a while afterward, this episode is meant to take place before X-Men: The Animated Series Season 3 19