# 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...