Well, there's Kabuki. And... French New Wave? XD; A lot of Godard in there.

That started to bother me too, after a while - I think the series loses some thematic potential by never delving into what, exactly, the deal with Medicine Seller was. OTOH that was probably on purpose, there's a spinoff manga and novel and things.

You got it! :D Funny, I thought yours would be the last to arrive of the batch, but apparently the UK doesn't take any longer than Iowa. XD