E12 - Decisive Battle! Giant Castle Susanoo!

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[00:07] Mugensai
    Why?
[00:09] Mugensai
    Seimei's powers were poured into it again...
[00:18] Mugensai
    Why can I not travel through time?
[00:22] Hisako
    Mugensai-sama.
[00:25] Hisako
    Preparations for the airship squadron's
    departure have been completed.
[00:29] Mugensai
    With the cannons on my ships,
[00:32] Mugensai
    the foreign nations will become a sea of fire.
[00:35] Mugensai
    The tale of this great
    undertaking will be passed on
[00:38] Mugensai
    to future generations
    by those who love Japan.
[00:42] Hisako
    Yes, sir.
[00:44] Hisako
    Why did you not put an end to that man?
[00:48] Mugensai
    You must be referring to Takasugi Shinsaku.
[00:51] Mugensai
    Anything he might try to
    do now will be futile.
[00:55] Mugensai
    There was no reason to bother killing him.
[00:57] Hisako
    Then is it because you still haven't
    given up on having him join you?
[01:05] Mugensai
    Of course not.
SIGN    Decisive Battle! Giant Castle Susanoo!
[02:44] Mikado
    I see...
[02:46] Mikado
    Now that he has Seimei, Mugensai will
    ultimately be resorting to violent actions.
[02:51] Hyo
    There was also something rather curious.
[02:55] Hyo
    The black smoke that rose
    up from the chronometer
[02:58] Hyo
    almost seemed as if it was alive.
[03:00] Mikado
    It makes sense. It isn't surprising that
    the object has begun to have its own will.
[03:05] Hyo
    The chronometer has a will?
[03:07] Mikado
    We'll talk more on that later.
[03:09] Mikado
    We need to send a letter to Yoshinobu.
[03:11] Hyo
    As you wish, sir!
[03:14] Takasugi
    Hey, wait just a second!
[03:16] Takasugi
    You brought Tokugawa Yoshinobu
    and the Shinsengumi into this?
[03:19] Yamazaki
    I'm no longer with the Shinsengumi.
[03:21] Kasumi
    And I, Kasumi, the Tokugawa
    special agent, am also here!
[03:24] Takasugi
    What is our enemy doing here?
[03:26] Katsura
    Calm down, Shinsaku.
    Mugensai is our enemy right now.
[03:31] Yamazaki
    Yoshinobu-sama, perhaps these men really
    haven't gotten over their Choshu grudges—
[03:35] Ryoma
    That's enough already!
[03:36] Ryoma
    This isn't the time to be going
    on about Choshu or Tokugawa.
[03:42] Ryoma
    So, is it true that you
    know Mugensai's identity?
[03:47] Katsura
    We don't want to believe it,
[03:49] Katsura
    but Mugensai is our teacher,
    Master Yoshida Shoin.
[03:56] Ryoma
    What're you planning to do, Takasugi-san?
[03:59] Takasugi
    Isn't it obvious?
[04:01] Takasugi
    I'm going to bust into that
    castle and settle things.
[04:03] Yoshinobu
    That would not be advisable.
[04:05] Takasugi
    Excuse me?
[04:06] Yoshinobu
    Any unnecessary actions could
    put the emperor's life at risk.
[04:10] Takasugi
    The emperor?
[04:11] Katsura
    What do you mean by that?
[04:13] Yoshinobu
    The emperor is currently
    confined to Susanoo Castle.
[04:17] Yoshinobu
    If you fight in that castle, there's a
    good chance he'll be caught up in it.
[04:22] Takasugi
    Even so, we just need
    to defeat Mugensai and—
[04:25] Ryoma
    No, this isn't the time to be attacking.
[04:28] Takasugi
    What?
[04:29] Ryoma
    They're most likely fully prepared
    to fend off any kind of attack.
[04:34] Ryoma
    It isn't a good idea to go
    charging in there recklessly.
[04:39] Katsura
    Hey, Shinsaku!
[04:41] Takasugi
    It doesn't matter what anyone else
    has to say. This is my fight.
[04:46] Katsura
    Wait!
[04:55] Takasugi
    Master...
[04:57] Katsura
    Shinsaku!
[04:58] Takasugi
    Katsura... Why did you follow me?
[05:02] Katsura
    I'm coming, too.
[05:03] Takasugi
    No. You stay behind and see
    everything through to the end.
[05:09] Katsura
    You're always doing this!
[05:11] Katsura
    You need to stop forging
    ahead on things alone!
[05:17] Katsura
    Shinsaku, Master Shoin is an
    important teacher to me, as well.
[05:22] Katsura
    So don't do this alone.
[05:24] Katsura
    This is our fight!
[05:29] Takasugi
    You have a point.
[05:31] Takasugi
    Let's put an end to this with our own hands!
[05:35] Katsura
    Right.
[05:45] Ryoma
    Hey, Izo.
[05:46] Izo
    What is it?
[05:48] Ryoma
    Do you think Takasugi-san is capable
    of killing his own teacher?
[05:52] Izo
    No idea. Are you concerned for him?
[06:02] Yamazaki
    Zundamaru?
[06:04] Kondo
    Mugensai-sama,
[06:05] Kondo
    I humbly request that you allow
[06:08] Kondo
    the Shinsengumi to join the
    plan to attack the other nations.
[06:11] Mugensai
    I believe I ordered you to guard this castle.
[06:16] Kondo
    But...
[06:17] Mugensai
    Takasugi Shinsaku will attack soon.
[06:21] Mugensai
    If you manage to protect this castle
    effectively from their attack,
[06:26] Mugensai
    I will welcome the Shinsengumi
    as regular soldiers.
[06:29] Kondo
    We would be regular soldiers?
[06:31] Mugensai
    I expect a great deal from you, Kondo.
[06:34] Kondo
    Yes, sir.
[06:37] Hisako
    Are you sure about this?
[06:40] Mugensai
    I will be ushering in a new age.
[06:43] Mugensai
    I have no need for relics of the
    Tokugawa like the Shinsengumi.
[06:52] Susanoo Soldier
    Who goes there?!
[06:53] Takasugi
    Takasugi Shinsaku of Choshu!
[06:55] Katsura
    And Katsura Kogoro of the same!
[06:58] Susanoo Soldier B
    If you come any closer—
[07:03] Susanoo Soldier C
    Why, you!
[07:04] Susanoo Soldier C
    Don't falter! Get them!
[07:11] Mugensai
    Your power was absorbed into the chronometer,
[07:14] Mugensai
    so why is it not working?
[07:18] Mugensai
    You must know why.
[07:22] Seimei
    The chronometer only...
[07:35] Katsura
    Charging straight in actually
    gets the job done sometimes!
[07:39] Takasugi
    Now we can just head straight to Mugensai.
[07:41] Susanoo Soldier
    You will go no further!
[07:44] Takasugi
    Or not, it looks like.
[07:50] Takasugi
    What?
[07:54] Katsura
    Sakamoto-kun!
[07:55] Takasugi
    What are you doing here?
[07:58] Izo
    We didn't come here to save you.
[08:01] Ryoma
    We just came to get Seimei back.
[08:05] Takasugi
    You just can't admit it.
[08:07] Susanoo Soldier D
    Don't falter! It's just two more!
[08:09] Kasumi
    It's not just two!
[08:17] Katsura
    Lord Yoshinobu?
[08:19] Takasugi
    Weren't you hesitating on this
    because of the emperor?
[08:23] Yoshinobu
    The danger this poses to the emperor has
    not changed, but the situation at hand is...
[08:28] Hyo
    ...far more serious!
[08:30] Kasumi
    Hyo!
[08:31] Takasugi
    Who are you?
[08:37] Takasugi
    I see. So he's finally doing it.
[08:40] Hyo
    It appears he'll be attacking
    the other countries this evening.
[08:43] Yoshinobu
    And word from the emperor is that
    we're out of time, and that we must
[08:48] Yoshinobu
    put a stop to his violence at any cost.
[08:51] Takasugi
    From the emperor?
[08:57] Yoshinobu
    We will head straight for the emperor.
[09:01] Ryoma
    And we'll go save Seimei!
[09:03] Izo
    Right.
[09:05] Hyo
    I almost forgot!
[09:07] Hyo
    He also said that the chronometer might
    be starting to have its own will.
[09:11] Takasugi
    Will?
[09:12] Hyo
    I had to make sure you knew.
[09:15] Takasugi
    Hey!
[09:16] Katsura
    Shinsaku, there was something that
    looked like black smoke rising from
[09:20] Katsura
    the chronometer when
    Master took possession of it.
[09:23] Katsura
    What if it's actually controlling him?
[09:28] Takasugi
    Then if we destroy the chronometer,
    Master might return to normal...
[09:34] Hijikata
    Mugensai has betrayed us?
[09:37] Saito
    Yes.
[09:39] Hijikata
    I'm going to look into this, so don't
    say anything to Kondo-san just yet.
[09:43] Saito
    Understood.
[09:48] Shinsengumi Soldier A
    There they are!
[09:50] Shinsengumi Soldier A
    Prepare to die, you rats!
[09:52] Yamazaki
    Shinsengumi!
[09:54] Kasumi
    Stand down!
[09:55] Hyo
    Are you unaware of who this person is?
[09:58] Kasumi
    This is the supreme shogun,
    Lord Tokugawa Yoshinobu!
[10:03] Shinsengumi Soldier A
    Yoshinobu-sama!
[10:04] Shinsengumi Soldier B
    It's Yoshinobu-sama...
[10:09] Saito
    All of you!
[10:11] Saito
    Tokugawa Yoshinobu is one of the rebels now.
[10:15] Saito
    How dare you prostrate yourselves before him?
[10:20] Yamazaki
    I will handle this.
[10:22] Yamazaki
    Please hurry on ahead, Yoshinobu-sama.
[10:25] Yoshinobu
    I'm counting on you, Susumu.
[10:28] Saito
    I'm warning you, I won't go
    easy on you like Kondo-san.
[10:42] Okita
    Sakamoto Ryoma and Okada Izo, huh?
[10:46] Okita
    Which one of you should I kill first?
[10:48] Ryoma
    Oh, boy. I'll leave this one to you, Izo.
[10:52] Okita
    I was so looking forward to this,
    but my opponent is just one stray dog.
[10:57] Izo
    You really yelp a lot for a pet dog.
[11:01] Okita
    Let's do this!
[11:08] Katsura
    Kondo-san!
[11:10] Kondo
    For the sake of my master
    and the Shinsengumi,
[11:15] Kondo
    I will do away with any rebels!
[11:22] Katsura
    Go on ahead, Shinsaku!
[11:24] Katsura
    You deal with Mugensai!
[11:26] Takasugi
    Got it!
[11:28] Katsura
    I honestly didn't want to fight you, but...
[11:35] Katsura
    After witnessing all the things
    I didn't want to know or see,
[11:41] Katsura
    I'm feeling a bit worked up right now!
[12:01] Takasugi
    What the...
[12:18] Yoshinobu
    Emperor!
[12:19] Yoshinobu
    You're all right!
[12:21] Mikado
    Yoshinobu!
[12:24] Hyo
    Who's setting off explosives?
[12:32] Okita
    Is this also your doing?
[12:35] Izo
    What are you talking about?
[12:43] Saito
    How pathetic. Can you really
    protect Yoshinobu-sama...
[12:47] Saito
    with such weak skills?!
[12:56] Kondo
    Is this some cheap trick of yours?!
[12:58] Katsura
    No, it's—
[13:07] Takasugi
    What the hell is with these explosions?
[13:11] Hijikata
    Mugensai-sama!
[13:14] Hijikata
    What is the meaning of this?
[13:18] Hijikata
    These explosions are not
    the work of the enemy!
[13:21] Mugensai
    Indeed. My plan is to crush all the rebels
[13:24] Mugensai
    in one huge blow by destroying the castle.
[13:28] Hijikata
    There are still many men from the
    Shinsengumi and other soldiers inside!
[13:32] Hijikata
    You can't mean...
[13:34] Mugensai
    Do not lament, for this is an honorable
    death that will usher in a new era.
[13:40] Hijikata
    So you truly have betrayed us...
[13:45] Hijikata
    The Shinsengumi didn't
    cast aside the Tokugawa
[13:49] Hijikata
    and endure the ridicule of the world
[13:51] Hijikata
    to serve you and die here in vain!
[14:03] Mugensai
    Hijikata, have you seen the course
    of events from your proper timeline?
[14:09] Hijikata
    What?
[14:10] Mugensai
    The flow of time is split
    into many different lines,
[14:13] Mugensai
    but there is not a single one in
    which the samurai have a future!
[14:28] Mugensai
    I will show it all to you before you die!
[15:02] Mugensai
    The age of the samurai is over.
[15:05] Mugensai
    Even in this timeline, you will all be destroyed.
[15:23] Takasugi
    Hijikata!
[15:26] Takasugi
    Damn it!
[15:29] Mugensai
    Notify all ships.
[15:31] Mugensai
    Our army will be heading out to
    other countries and attacking.
[15:37] Mugensai
    What is it? Did you not hear me?
[15:40] Pilot
    It seems that one passenger is late...
[15:44] Ryoma
    So we'll be turning around.
[15:47] Takasugi
    What?
[15:48] Ryoma
    Takasugi-san, get on!
[15:50] Takasugi
    Sakamoto?
[15:54] Katsura
    Shinsaku!
[15:58] Ryoma
    If you don't want me to
    make the hydrogen go "boom,"
[16:01] Ryoma
    then I suggest you cooperate.
[16:03] Ryoma
    What?!
[16:13] Katsura
    Shinsaku!
[16:14] Katsura
    Are you okay?
[16:15] Takasugi
    Katsura?
[16:17] Takasugi
    Up there!
[16:18] Takasugi
    Go up there!
[16:20] Katsura
    Okay... um... is this it?
[16:25] Hisako
    Mugensai-sama!
[16:27] Mugensai
    It seems that I must settle this.
[16:42] Mugensai
    Would you kill your teacher?
[16:44] Takasugi
    No! You're not Master Shoin anymore.
[16:49] Takasugi
    The one I'm killing is Mugensai!
[17:10] Katsura
    Shinsaku!
[17:26] Katsura
    He was only after the chronometer?
[17:31] Mugensai
    You are skilled, Takasugi Shinsaku.
[17:34] Takasugi
    He's not back?
[17:36] Takasugi
    So you weren't being controlled
    by the chronometer?
[17:40] Mugensai
    And what if I wasn't?
[17:42] Takasugi
    What?
[17:51] Mugensai
    Then I will respond in kind.
[18:08] Katsura
    Shinsaku!
[18:30] Hisako
    Master!
[18:39] Hisako
    Something almost like a conscious will
    was growing within the chronometer.
[18:44] Hisako
    But Master was not being controlled by it.
(Flashback) [18:49] Seimei
    The chronometer only
(Flashback) [18:52] Seimei
    amplifies the wicked thoughts of its owner.
(Flashback) [18:57] Seimei
    The fact that you can no longer use it
(Flashback) [19:01] Seimei
    means that your heart wills it so.
[19:08] Katsura
    What do you mean?
[19:10] Hisako
    He was in pursuit of power.
[19:14] Hisako
    He used the chronometer
    in pursuit of strength
[19:17] Hisako
    so that this country would
    never have to yield to another.
[19:21] Hisako
    But at the same time, part
    of his heart was in conflict.
[19:27] Hisako
    And that was because of his wish to make an
    interesting world with you, Takasugi-san.
[19:34] Hisako
    Those feelings deep within his heart
[19:38] Hisako
    caused the chronometer to stop working.
[19:41] Takasugi
    Master...
[20:03] Takasugi
    What have you done?!
[20:06] Takasugi
    Damn it!
[20:08] Takasugi
    Master!
[20:08] Katsura
    Shinsaku, don't!
[20:10] Takasugi
    Let me go!
[20:11] Takasugi
    I missed his vital points. If we get
    him help, he should be able to—
[20:14] Mugensai
    Takasugi-kun,
[20:17] Mugensai
    I greatly disturbed the flow of time
[20:20] Mugensai
    with my own excessive emotions,
[20:24] Mugensai
    but there may still be a chance.
[20:28] Mugensai
    Return time to its proper flow,
[20:32] Mugensai
    and make the interesting world
    you always talked about.
[20:39] Mugensai
    Farewell.
[20:41] Takasugi
    Master!
[20:42] Takasugi
    Master Shoin!
[20:48] Takasugi
    Master!
[20:54] Katsura
    Shinsaku!
[20:59] Ryoma
    Takasugi-san! Katsura-san!
[21:07] Kondo
    The giant castle Susanoo has fallen.
[21:25] Seimei
    I must thank you all.
[21:28] Mikado
    You should give your gratitude to them.
[21:32] Mikado
    The pain they must be feeling
[21:35] Mikado
    at having to kill their respected
    teacher is unfathomable.
[21:39] Ryoma
    So what are you going
    to do now, Takasugi-san?
[21:43] Takasugi
    "Return time to its proper flow."
[21:47] Katsura
    Those were Master's final words.
[21:52] Takasugi
    I'm not sure how, but I will
    make sure to see it through.
SIGN    To Be Continued