8 - Advent of Joujin

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[00:00] [SONG] ---
    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.
SIGN    Eighteen Years Earlier
SIGN    Edo Castle
[00:15] Gu
    Ninjas?
[00:17] Gu
    Priest, you would use ninjas
[00:20] Gu
    to decide the third Tokugawa shogun?
[00:24] Gu
    Indeed...
[00:25] Gu
    The struggle between the factions
    of the eldest, Takechiyo,
[00:29] Gu
    and those of the younger, Kunichiyo,
    has grown enough to be a threat.
[00:36] Gu
    Normally, as befits a samurai family,
SIGN    Tenkai
[00:39] Gu
    it would be possible to settle things
    with ten rounds of dueling.
[00:44] Gu
    But it would be a shame to lose Tokugawa
    samurai over a matter like this.
[00:57] Gu
    And thus, ninjas?
[01:02] Gu
    If we use ninjas,
[01:04] Gu
    even if all were to die in a sea of blood...
[02:47] Gi
    We're on the ship now.
[02:49] Gi
    Just accept it.
[02:51] ---
    I know.
SIGN    Advent of Joujin
[03:03] Gu
    My lord, please calm yourself.
[03:06] Gu
    I, Bunnoshin,
[03:08] Gu
    have set a second and third
    layer of traps for him.
[03:12] Gu
    A second and third layer?
[03:14] Gu
    Yes, my lord.
[03:15] Gu
    The next trap is "the ears."
[03:18] Gu
    The ears?
[03:20] Gu
    I have picked someone with excellent
    ears to be our archery commander.
[03:24] Gu
    With his ears, he can locate a foe,
[03:28] Gu
    using only footsteps and other sounds.
[03:35] Gu
    I see.
[03:36] Gu
    Then, they will be unaffected
    by Hachirou's eye magic.
[03:40] Gu
    How many bowmen are there?
[03:42] Gu
    Twenty, in all.
[03:44] Gu
    Twenty arrows over the wall
[03:48] Gu
    are too much for even a
    monstrous ninja to survive.
[04:10] Gu
    I know that autumn can be a painful thing,
    but I shall never tire of the sound
SIGN    
SIGN    
[04:16] Gu
    of the bell crickets.
[05:09] Gu
    Shichigen...
[05:12] Gu
    The archers were wiped out?
[05:15] Gu
    Yes, my lord.
[05:16] Gu
    They failed to strike the wicked
    Hachirou with even a single arrow.
[05:20] Gu
    Bunnoshin!
[05:22] Gu
    B-But we still have the third layer.
[05:25] Gu
    The rifleman.
[05:28] Gu
    However...
[05:29] Gu
    Have you forgotten?
[05:31] Gu
    Gorouza the Hawk accompanies the rifleman.
[05:35] Gu
    Oh, he does?
[05:37] Gu
    Indeed, my lord.
[05:38] Gu
    Gorouza the Hawk was the best
    student of Otowanokido,
[05:42] Gu
    who shot Oda Nobunaga in the
    forest of Aekunimyoujin.
[05:47] Gu
    I am told he surpasses even his master.
[05:53] Gu
    I had the opportunity to
    see his skill, only once.
[05:58] Gu
    He downed a rainbird, flying faster
    than the eye could see,
[06:01] Gu
    with a single shot.
[06:19] Gu
    I have heard those rumors.
[06:22] Gu
    Then, Gorouza is with us?
[06:24] Gu
    It would be impossible for him to miss.
[06:29] Gu
    Stay here and await good news.
[06:32] Gu
    I shall!
[06:34] Gu
    I'm thirsty. Bring tea.
[06:36] Gu
    No, sake! Prepare sake!
[06:39] Gu
    Yes, my lord. Please wait a moment.
[07:02] Gu
    He's far away.
[07:03] Gu
    Aim carefully.
[07:04] Gu
    Stop.
[07:10] Gu
    I don't want to kill you.
[07:12] Gu
    Are you with him?
[07:13] Gu
    Fire!
[07:22] Gu
    I told you I didn't want to kill you...
[07:58] Gu
    Hachirou...
[08:01] Gu
    Shikibu?
[08:48] Gu
    Wind...
[08:50] Gu
    Southeast to northwest 3.
[08:54] Gu
    Adjustment 1.5,
[08:55] Gu
    mixed, to the west...
[09:44] Gu
    The murderous intent is gone.
[09:46] Gu
    We're fine.
[10:03] Gu
    His eyes were too good,
    and cost him his life?
[10:11] Gu
    Wait! Where are you going?
[10:15] Gu
    Hachirou, why do you ignore us?
[10:18] Gu
    Why do you sneak around, all by yourself?
[10:23] Gu
    That's right. We were worried about you...
[10:29] Gu
    Say something!
[10:31] Gu
    Shichigen. Shikibu.
[10:34] Gu
    I will avenge the Five Treasures
    and our friends in the village.
[10:39] Gu
    That is my job.
[10:41] Gu
    Hachirou, you're our leader.
[10:44] Gu
    Our job is to protect you and your bloodline!
[10:48] Gu
    It's fine...
[10:50] Gu
    Let him go.
[10:53] ---
    Saizou...
[10:54] Gu
    Just doing what the boss
    tells us to do is also our job.
[11:22] Gi
    Utsutsu and Rui are gone?
[11:24] Gi
    Yeah. I can't find them anywhere.
[11:26] Gi
    It's time to open the shop soon.
[11:32] Gi
    They must've gone to check
    out that big thing.
[11:35] Gi
    Even Rui?
[11:37] Gi
    I told her to stay here until
    Namenba returned...
[11:42] Gi
    Until I what?
[11:47] Gi
    Namenba!
[12:10] Gi
    What are you doing?
[12:12] Gi
    Making a drawing.
[12:14] Gi
    Gorone might be able to learn something
    about its structure or weaknesses.
[12:26] Gi
    Someone's coming!
[12:31] Gi
    Just farmers.
[12:33] Gi
    Wait.
[12:53] Gi
    I'll take a bowl.
[12:54] Gi
    Coming up!
[12:59] Gu
    The soba here is quite good.
[13:07] Gu
    Is that you, Gobo?
[13:10] Gu
    Thanks to you,
[13:12] Gu
    I went through quite the mess.
[13:15] Gu
    Nonsense...
[13:17] Gu
    Suruga-sama's forces can't be that dangerous.
[13:20] Gu
    I didn't have the slightest concern
[13:24] Gu
    that you would easily defeat them.
[13:39] Gu
    I failed to mention that
[13:42] Gu
    I am High Priest Tenkai's ninja monk.
[13:47] Gu
    I was simply getting close to
    Suruga-sama by his order.
[13:53] Gu
    Tenkai?
[13:58] Gi
    Here, you—
[14:03] Gi
    Um...
[14:10] Gi
    It looks like the rain didn't last.
[14:13] Gu
    Thanks. It was good.
[14:16] Gi
    You're welcome.
[14:24] Gu
    Saizou.
[14:25] Gu
    Why did you let Hachirou go?
[14:27] Gu
    I can't accept it!
[14:30] Gu
    Hey, Saizou!
[14:31] Gu
    Are you listening?
[14:41] Gu
    What was that for?
[14:43] Gu
    Answer me!
[14:44] Gu
    Didn't you help Hachirou because
    you wanted him to come back?!
[14:49] Gu
    You and I play the game differently.
[14:51] Gu
    You never make any damn sense!
[14:54] Gu
    Don't fight!
[14:57] Gu
    I think he wants no blood
    to be shed but his own.
[15:03] Gu
    He's always cared about us,
    ever since he was a kid.
[15:07] Gu
    Normally, a ninja leader tells
    his men to go and die for him.
[15:14] Gu
    So two weirdos were drawn to each other, huh?
[15:19] Gu
    Don't you think it's interesting?
[15:21] Gu
    Weird ninjas protecting
    their weird ninja leader.
[15:25] Gu
    You can't use an established
    playbook with that...
[15:28] Gu
    The game won't go the way it should.
[15:32] Gu
    You're so stubborn.
[15:36] Gu
    Anyway, back to the tea stand.
[15:39] Gu
    Something is bothering me.
[15:59] Gu
    You didn't get to eat your soba noodles.
[16:02] Gu
    Since you mentioned the name
    Tenkai, I won't talk with you.
[16:07] Gu
    He was the one who created the
    battle between Iga and Kouga.
[16:11] Gu
    Your mortal enemy, then?
[16:14] Gu
    That's very narrow-minded.
[16:18] Gu
    Narrow-minded?
[16:19] Gu
    Who is the enemy you now face?
[16:22] Gu
    Please think carefully.
[16:25] Gu
    If you want to defeat that foe,
[16:28] Gu
    you have no need for long-forgotten grudges.
[16:31] Gu
    It's all just an old story for you.
[16:35] Gu
    So you want me to forget
    everything and help you?
[16:41] Gu
    The Joujinshuu are our common enemy.
[16:50] Gu
    If you can promise us your aid,
[16:52] Gu
    we can start repaying you
[16:54] Gu
    by giving you some of Joujin's secrets.
[16:57] Gu
    Joujin's secrets?
[16:59] Gu
    Indeed.
[17:01] Gu
    I'm not interested.
[17:03] Gu
    You're intending to lie and
    use us again, aren't you?
[17:08] Gu
    We aren't your pawns!
[17:12] Gi
    How awful...
[17:13] Gi
    This is just terrible.
[17:14] Gu
    Yes, it is brutal.
[17:16] Gu
    But that is the destiny of the ninja.
[17:19] Gu
    Hachirou, you will be the
    leader of these ninjas.
[17:24] Gu
    You will need to be ready to sacrifice them,
[17:27] Gu
    if the situation demands.
[17:30] Gu
    I don't want to.
[17:32] Gu
    Hachirou...
[17:36] Gu
    I refuse!
[17:38] Gu
    If you will not leave me alone...
[17:47] Gu
    I thought your eye magic would be useless
[17:50] Gu
    against one who didn't consider you an enemy.
[18:00] Gu
    Hundreds of years ago,
[18:03] Gu
    a monk traveled to Sòng, where he
    performed a prayer for rain.
[18:11] Gu
    His name was Joujin.
[18:13] Gu
    They say his power caused the rain to fall...
[18:19] Gu
    No, it was probably a coincidence.
[18:23] Gu
    But isn't that somewhat eerie?
[18:28] Gu
    It is said that Joujin
[18:30] Gu
    has many other soldiers beyond the Five.
[18:34] Gu
    They are called the Rain.
[18:44] Gi
    Utsutsu, this is bad.
[18:46] Gi
    There are more.
[18:47] Gi
    Let's go back.
[19:15] Gi
    Rui, I'll charge in.
[19:16] Gi
    Follow me.
[19:17] Gi
    Got it, Utsutsu!
[19:30] Gi
    Utsutsu, wait!
[19:32] Gi
    This way!
[19:35] Gi
    How far are you going?
[19:36] Gi
    Where else?
[19:37] Gi
    To the pier with the boat.
[19:42] Gi
    Wait, Utsutsu...
[19:43] Gi
    Utsutsu, wait!
[19:45] Gi
    Don't leave me.
[19:53] Gi
    Utsutsu, where are you?
[19:54] Gi
    Over here, Rui!
[20:01] Gi
    Over here, Rui.
[20:02] Gi
    Over here, Rui.
[20:04] Gi
    The Rain has arrived.
[21:09] Gu
    You say all the riflemen are dead?
[21:13] ---
    Yes, my lord!
[21:14] Gu
    And Gorouza the Hawk?
[21:16] ---
    Yes, my lord!
[21:19] Gu
    Oh, dear...
[21:22] Gu
    Who's there?!
[21:23] Gu
    Perhaps, now, your treason will be revealed.
[21:28] Gu
    Damn you—
[21:32] Gu
    Hello again, Suruga-sama.
[21:35] Gu
    Wh-Who are you?
[21:38] Gu
    Oh, my. Have you forgotten me?
[21:46] Gu
    Suruga-sama, it is I.
[21:52] Gu
    Joujin...
SIGN    Preview
[23:25] Gu
    A failed young man, who once wanted
    to be king, finds his heart in distress.
[23:30] Gu
    The Kouga and Iga gather once more,
[23:33] Gu
    and head for Murakumo Castle.
SIGN    The Butterfly Dances
[23:35] Gu
    And dance...