5 - The Cherry Blossoms Run Mad

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[00:00] [SONG] OpeningNarration
    We look the same, but men call us monsters.
    
    If we shadows, which lurk
    between eras, are destined to die,
    
    then I shall fall with the cherry blossoms.
    Then, I shall fall with the cherry blossoms.
[00:17] Gi
    H-Have my eyes gone mad?
[00:21] Gi
    Is that really...
[02:01] Gu
    Don't make me repeat myself, Hachirou.
SIGN    The Cherry Blossoms Run Mad
[02:03] Gu
    I can't let you go.
[02:06] Gu
    We still don't know what we're up against.
[02:08] H
    And that's why I need to go.
[02:11] Gi
    No, you don't. The Five Flowers
    will soon be here.
[02:15] Gi
    Until they arrive...
[02:16] H
    Do you think they're even alive?
[02:18] H
    Isn't the enemy here because
    they were defeated?
[02:23] H
    If this foe defeated the Five Treasures,
    then as leader, it is my duty to go.
[02:28] Gi
    Enough!
[02:30] Gi
    We aren't just trying to protect
    you because of your position.
[02:36] Gi
    We need to protect the techniques,
[02:39] Gi
    the power, that you and Hibiki inherited!
[02:44] Gi
    That's what's going on here.
[03:01] Gu
    Over there.
[03:02] Gu
    Right.
[03:08] Gu
    What is that monster?!
[03:09] Gu
    Don't ask me.
[03:11] Gu
    How do we fight something like that?
[03:13] Gu
    Don't be a coward.
[03:15] Gu
    That's only an illusion.
[03:17] Gu
    Just like your technique?
[03:19] Gu
    Don't compare them!
[03:20] Gu
    Just close your eyes, and it will disappear.
[03:24] Gu
    I don't know about that...
[03:27] Gu
    The mind of the beholder
[03:28] Gu
    is what determines if something
    is real or an illusion.
[03:34] Gu
    Some cannot survive the real world
    without clinging to an illusion.
[03:40] Gu
    Real or illusion, it makes little difference.
[03:47] Gu
    You still look unhappy about this.
[03:50] H
    The only thing that matters is my blood.
[03:53] Gu
    Is that what has you out of sorts?
[03:56] H
    No. It's just...
[03:59] H
    Remember what you said?
[04:02] H
    If the world remains at peace,
[04:05] H
    there may be no need for ninjas.
[04:09] H
    Then that blood...
[04:12] Gu
    That is why, at times, people need
    something to cling to,
[04:16] Gu
    even if it is only an illusion.
[04:22] Gu
    Understand that.
[04:25] Gu
    If you understand, and still want
    to do things your own way,
[04:29] Gu
    I won't say another word.
[04:36] Gu
    Up ahead is a shaft leading downward.
[04:39] Gu
    Enter it. It's a shortcut to the mountain.
[04:42] H
    Got it.
[04:43] Gu
    Don't come back until things calm down.
[04:47] H
    When will that happen?
[04:51] Gu
    Got it?
[04:59] Gi
    Saizou!
[05:00] Gu
    They already know where we are.
[05:02] Gu
    Hey! Are you the one that's
    controlling that monster?
[05:07] Gu
    Monster?
[05:09] Gu
    How stupid.
[05:11] Gu
    Its form, like the gods of India,
[05:15] Gu
    only reminds you of a monster?
[05:18] Gu
    Shut up.
[05:19] Gu
    So, are Hachirou of Kouga
[05:22] Gu
    and Hibiki of Iga among you?
[05:26] Gu
    It doesn't matter.
[05:27] Gu
    If they are, they'll use their
    eye magic to fight back.
[05:32] Gu
    If none of you can do that, you can die.
[05:44] Gi
    God or monster, if we can
    just defeat that old guy...
[05:48] Gu
    Yeah. It'll disappear, for sure.
[05:54] Gu
    Shikibu, we'll draw it
    behind the hill. Got it?
[06:02] Gu
    Where did he go?
[06:30] Gu
    I see...
[06:33] Gu
    That's my...
[06:35] Gu
    You show your foes impossible
    things to confuse them.
[06:40] Gu
    That is your technique?
[06:44] Gu
    But unfortunately, it doesn't
    work on those who don't see it.
[06:48] Gi
    Shut up! You saw it!
[06:52] Gu
    I did not.
[06:54] Gu
    It simply showed itself on
    the film in my eyeballs.
[06:58] Gi
    What?
[06:59] Gu
    If you don't see it again in your mind,
[07:03] Gu
    you don't really "see" it.
[07:05] Gi
    Wh-What is he saying?
[07:07] Gu
    He's saying his eyes are
    only tools for seeing things?
[07:11] Gi
    You, too?!
[07:12] Gu
    Your technique cannot kill anyone.
[07:16] Gi
    Give back my scarf!
[07:22] Gu
    Tell me if what's about to
    happen is real or an illusion.
[07:57] Gu
    That monster isn't an illusion?
[08:00] Gu
    Don't ask me!
[08:01] Gu
    Your bullet struck it.
[08:04] Gu
    Yeah.
[08:20] Gu
    I guess it won't follow us farther.
[08:23] Gu
    Yeah, but that's all the brains it has.
[08:26] Gu
    Shikibu, run!
[08:57] Gu
    We got it...
[08:59] Gu
    Yeah.
[09:01] Gu
    I guess even the Buddha himself
    wouldn't have seen that trap coming.
[09:06] Gu
    But it was reckless.
[09:08] Gu
    You caught Hachisu in it, too.
[09:11] Gu
    You saved him, right?
[09:15] Gu
    I told you, right?
[09:17] Gu
    I made an illusion real.
[09:20] Gu
    Your techniques are mere child's play.
[09:25] Gu
    Ow...
[09:27] Gu
    I must have broken something.
[09:30] Gi
    Shut up.
[09:31] Gi
    Stop talking for once.
[09:33] Gi
    I broke a leg and an arm.
[09:36] Gu
    Why... is seeing an illusion
    enough to make us...
[09:43] Gi
    It seems...
[09:47] Gi
    It seems my heart... wants me
    to die of this longing.
[09:52] Gi
    All the jet-black night...
[09:56] Gi
    He comes to me in dreams,
[09:58] Gi
    to keep my hopeless passion burning.
[10:02] Gi
    My Ninja Technique...
[10:05] Gi
    Dreaming Reality!
[10:17] Gu
    Oh, my.
[10:18] Gu
    So you knew how to make
    illusions reality, as well?
[10:30] Gu
    What was that?
[10:33] Gi
    Tch...
[10:34] Gi
    He got away, huh?
[10:47] Gu
    We're falling back, Shikibu!
[10:49] Gu
    Right.
[11:27] Gu
    What a... What a lovely sight!
[11:30] Gu
    Children pushing themselves
    to their limits...
[11:34] Gu
    You can't help but cry.
[11:47] Gi
    Hey, are we really not going back?
[11:50] Gi
    Are we really leaving everyone?
[11:53] H
    We just decided this.
[11:57] H
    I'll go up first.
[11:59] H
    If that's what everyone really wants.
[12:16] H
    Watch out! Get back, Hibiki!
[12:22] Gi
    Hachirou, what are you doing?
[12:24] H
    If I didn't do this, you'd follow me.
[12:27] H
    I understand how everyone feels,
    and I'm doing this, anyway.
[12:32] Gi
    I'll catch up fast.
[12:34] H
    I just need to buy time.
    I can end it before you do.
[12:38] Gi
    You dummy!
[12:52] Gu
    Wh-What is this?
[13:21] Gu
    Is this filthy technique yours?
[13:25] Gu
    How childish...
[13:27] Gu
    What is her technique, then?
[13:43] Gu
    Oh, my!
[13:47] Gi
    Ninja Technique: Butterfly.
[14:07] Gi
    Your tears are curious.
[14:10] Gi
    They have the power to stir the lusts of men?
[14:15] Gi
    But girl, you lack the body
    required to seduce anyone.
[14:24] Gi
    You disgusting old man!
[14:27] Gu
    It seems you've run out of techniques.
[14:30] Gu
    Now, die.
[14:46] Gu
    That's...
[14:52] Gu
    Kouga Hachirou.
[15:08] Gu
    Enough, Neirichiou. Leave.
[15:22] Gu
    Hachirou... I'm sorry.
[15:26] H
    You heard that voice. Get out of here.
[15:31] H
    And find Utsutsu and Saizou.
    Then tell Gorone and Namenba.
[15:36] Gu
    Okay.
[15:38] Gi
    We'll do what you say.
[15:42] Gu
    Pathetic.
[15:50] Gu
    I see.
[15:53] Gu
    Then it's you?
[15:55] H
    You are... Joujin.
[15:58] Gu
    I have beheld the power you gained
    from Kouga Gennosuke.
[16:03] H
    Why did you kill the Five Flowers
    and the Five Treasures?
[16:09] Gu
    A good question...
[16:10] Gu
    To show our power.
[16:14] H
    What?
[16:15] Gu
    And the last step is to take your heads.
[16:20] Gu
    Taking such young lives is a shame.
[16:23] Gu
    But when you were born a leader,
[16:26] Gu
    that became your destiny.
[16:42] Gu
    Why isn't your technique working?
[16:46] Gu
    That's what your face seems to say.
[16:50] Gu
    No normal man, or even a thunder god,
[16:54] Gu
    could kill without the desire
    to slaughter or harm.
[17:01] Gu
    However, perhaps due to
    my spiritual training,
[17:04] Gu
    I can hurt people while my heart remains
    as calm as a still sea.
[17:13] Gu
    Your technique won't work on me.
[17:26] Gu
    Ridiculous.
[17:28] Gu
    Your swordplay is nothing
    without your eye magic.
[17:36] Gu
    Now, die,
[17:37] Gu
    reflecting on the fact that
    your eye magic failed you.
[17:57] Gu
    So you both are here, now.
[18:09] Gu
    I leave this in your hands, Yasha Itaru.
[18:12] Gu
    Send those two to the underworld at once.
[18:16] Gu
    It's the least we can do.
[18:18] Gu
    As you wish.
[18:28] Gu
    Behold my mirror.
[18:34] Gu
    This mirror shows your destiny.
[18:39] Gu
    Such old memories, such happy memories.
[18:44] Gu
    Can you see the happiness you
    had when you were younger?
[19:02] Gu
    But no one possesses
[19:04] Gu
    a destiny full of
    naught but happiness.
[19:09] Gu
    At the end of all you've endured comes
[19:12] Gu
    separation, sorrow, and pain.
[19:17] Gu
    Eventually, life becomes little
    but a series of tragedies.
[19:25] Gu
    No...
[19:27] Gu
    What are you seeing in my mirror?
[19:37] Gu
    This is...
[19:49] Gi
    Run!
[20:23] Gu
    Namenba!
[20:45] Gu
    Joujin-sama,
[20:46] Gu
    it seems you've taken a liking to them.
[20:51] Gu
    It will take several years.
[20:55] Gu
    Wait and look forward to that moment.
[21:15] Gu
    Thank you, Gorone.
[21:17] Gu
    You saved me.
[21:19] Gu
    Are you hurt?
[21:22] Gu
    You owe me for this one, Namenba.
[21:39] Gu
    Tadanaga-sama!
[21:40] Gu
    The lord is here!
[21:42] Gu
    I'm so glad you're safe.
[21:44] Gu
    It was only six months after this
[21:49] Gu
    that the former shogun's wife,
    Oeyo, passed away.
SIGN    Preview
[23:25] Gu
    Time passes,
[23:27] Gu
    and those who lurk in shadow continue
    training their techniques.
[23:31] Gu
    How should one rid oneself of earthly desire?
[23:35] Gu
    Perhaps it is best done now,
SIGN    Evil Clouds Begin to Stir
[23:38] Gu
    right here.