>>92528959Ashi is going to sacrifice herself by holding down Aku and asking Jack to kill him as well as her.
Since Episode 7 aired, I won't doubt that Genndy will be a hack here as well since he intentionally handicapped his own show with a shitty love interest and centering it around her instead of the three characters people give a shit about; Jack, Aku, and the Scotsman.
Ashi should've been killed with her sisters, the Scotsman and his daughters should've been the people who roam the lands seeing Jack's accomplishments with characters from previous seasons, stopped the elder shoguns from making Jack commit sudoku, and protected him from the army and the cult leader while he's meditating for his sword.
By then, we would've had a much more proper Season 5 with actual good writing, I wouldn't even be mad if the Guardian turned out to be dead if they gave him proper closure instead of a 3-second shot of his broken glasses.