# 9 - The Butterfly Dances
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**[00:00] [SONG] Opening**
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.
**[00:10] Gu**
Oh, dear...
**[00:13] Gu**
Who's there?!
**[00:14] Gu**
Perhaps, now, your treason will be revealed.
**[00:18] Gu**
Damn you—
**[00:23] Gu**
Hello again, Suruga-sama.
**[00:26] Gu**
Wh-Who are you?
**[00:29] Gu**
Oh, my. Have you forgotten me?
**[00:37] Gu**
Suruga-sama, it is I.
**[00:49] Gu**
J-Joujin...
**[00:51] Gu**
E-Everyone, come here! Intruder!
**[00:57] Gu**
I won't let you fool me again.
**[01:00] Gu**
I will never...
**[01:01] Gu**
Suruga-sama,
**[01:03] Gu**
first, put away your sword and sit.
**[01:07] Gu**
We might be talking for a while.
**[01:20] Gu**
I was a fool...
**[01:23] Gu**
It was only a moment,
**[01:25] Gu**
but your honeyed words deceived me.
**[01:27] Gu**
And I thought to take my
brother's place as ruler.
**[01:33] Gu**
I never spoke to you of anything as simple
**[01:39] Gu**
as becoming ruler of Japan.
**[01:41] Gu**
What?
**[01:43] Gu**
I told you to become a god who rules.
**[01:54] Gu**
The forest... The forest moved!
**[01:57] Gu**
You said that my wish would come
true, unless the forest moved...
**[02:02] Gu**
But it did!
**[02:05] Gu**
Those were mere monkeys.
**[02:08] Gu**
Just groups of monkeys that were
seeking a new place to live.
**[02:15] Gu**
You know this.
**[02:18] Gu**
You slew so many of them.
**[02:23] Gu**
The moving forest was simply
a fantasy of yours.
**[02:31] Gu**
Tadanaga-sama, get a hold of yourself.
**[02:35] Gu**
Such weakness will only put you in danger.
**[02:41] Gu**
I cannot have a man who wanted
to be a god feeling such things.
**[02:46] Gu**
A god commands, and all the
laws of this world change.
**[02:52] Gu**
Suruga-sama, that is what you must be! A god!
**[02:58] Gu**
But a man cannot become a god...
**[03:02] Gu**
Was there not such a one?
**[03:06] Gu**
A man who became as close
to a god as one could be.
**[03:11] Gu**
Oda Kazusanosuke Nobunaga-sama!
***SIGN*** The Butterfly Dances
**[05:22] Gi**
When I see you in my dreams,
**[05:28] Gi**
it seems it is because
**[05:41] Gi**
you are telling me to die for love.
**[06:14] Gi**
The hell you saw was no illusion.
**[06:18] Gi**
It is real.
**[06:22] Gi**
It is the true hell.
**[06:36] Gi**
*There are too many.*
**[07:01] Gi**
Rui ran this way, right?
**[07:03] Gi**
I think so.
**[07:33] Gi**
Let's go.
**[07:34] Gi**
Yeah.
**[07:41] Gu**
Well done, Utsutsu...
**[07:44] Gi**
Do you think you can learn anything?
**[07:47] Gu**
I'll have to take a closer look.
**[07:50] Gu**
This is fascinating, though.
**[07:53] Gi**
Those girls are crazy.
**[07:56] Gi**
They almost put themselves in danger.
**[08:00] Gu**
Then you came back at the perfect time.
**[08:13] Gi**
I thought we'd never bathe together again.
**[08:17] Gi**
Indeed, it's strange.
**[08:20] Gi**
They called themselves the Rain.
**[08:24] Gi**
Who are they?
**[08:25] Gi**
The Rain?
**[08:26] Gi**
A group of brigands who attacked us.
**[08:31] Gi**
Well, regardless,
**[08:33] Gi**
you and Namenba saved us, this time.
**[08:37] Gi**
You owe us.
**[08:39] Gi**
Yeah. I promise to repay you.
**[08:48] Gi**
It's getting cold... Let's go.
**[08:52] Gi**
Hey...
**[08:57] Gi**
I'm going back.
**[09:04] Gi**
An illusion...
**[09:08] Gi**
I want you to show me one of your illusions.
**[09:12] Gi**
Something so pretty, no one has ever seen it.
**[09:18] Gi**
I'm sorry.
**[09:20] Gi**
The only illusions I can show are of hell...
**[09:25] Gi**
The endless hell that comes
after the end of the world.
**[09:30] Gi**
It is an awful technique.
**[09:41] Gu**
And?
**[09:52] Gu**
Head straight back.
**[10:04] Gu**
High Priest Tenkai?
**[10:08] Gu**
This is Namenba.
**[10:10] Gu**
She saved Princess Sen, granddaughter
of His Divine Lordship Ieyasu,
**[10:17] Gu**
from the burning Osaka Castle.
**[10:20] Gu**
During the Osaka Summer Campaign.
**[10:26] Gu**
Namenba, do you know me?
**[10:31] Gi**
Yes.
**[10:32] Gi**
To borrow the words of the
man hiding in the rafters,
**[10:36] Gi**
you are His Holiness Nankoubou Tenkai.
**[10:39] Gi**
The most trusted councilor of Lord Ieyasu.
**[10:41] Gi**
You were deeply involved in
the Houkouji bell's naming
**[10:46] Gi**
that led to the Osaka War.
**[10:49] Gu**
And Tenkai asked for help
defeating the Joujinshuu?
**[10:56] Gi**
I guess so.
**[10:58] Gi**
You want us, the Iga,
to help defeat the Joujinshuu?
**[11:03] Gu**
Joujin is trying to end Tokugawa rule...
**[11:05] Gu**
No, the peaceful era that has finally come...
**[11:10] Gu**
to return us to the civil wars.
**[11:14] Gu**
This must not be allowed to happen.
**[11:18] Gu**
But you're aware that he and his men
will not be easy to deal with.
**[11:27] Gi**
Indeed.
**[11:29] Gu**
Will you put aside our differences,
**[11:31] Gu**
to fight with me, for the sake of all?
**[11:35] Gu**
The Divine Lord Ieyasu did not unite Japan
**[11:40] Gu**
merely for the sake of his own ambition...
**[11:44] Gu**
It was for the sake of all people.
**[11:49] Gi**
Jeez, you wouldn't believe the
crap that stupid priest said.
**[11:53] Gu**
Sounds like a crafty old man.
**[11:58] Gu**
Interesting, I suppose.
**[12:10] Gi**
Thanks, come again.
**[12:12] Gu**
I'll take dumplings and tea.
**[12:14] Gi**
Sure, coming up—
**[12:17] Gi**
Shichigen!
**[12:18] Gu**
Make 'em piping hot.
**[12:47] Gu**
We met at Takasaki, in Kouzuke.
**[12:50] Gu**
At Tadanaga-sama's residence.
**[12:52] Gi**
What was Hachirou doing there?
**[12:55] Gu**
Tadanaga-sama called him there.
**[12:57] Gu**
He told Hachirou to crush the Joujinshuu.
**[13:00] Gu**
And what was the reply?
**[13:02] Gu**
"Hell, no."
**[13:05] Gu**
And so, they attacked with rifles.
**[13:09] Gu**
Mere samurai can't best Hachirou
and our techniques.
**[13:17] Gu**
We killed many.
**[13:20] Gu**
Where's Hachirou?
**[13:22] Gu**
He said he isn't coming back.
**[13:25] Gu**
He'll finish this himself.
**[13:28] Gi**
Right now, there's no point in thinking
about Hachirou anymore.
**[13:32] Gi**
Let's just be glad we found out where he is.
**[13:35] Gu**
Hibiki, forget him.
**[13:39] Gi**
Hey, who are you?
**[13:42] Gu**
I'm Ishi Saizou, one of the
Five Treasures of Kouga.
**[13:46] Gu**
Got a problem?
**[13:47] Gi**
What?
**[13:48] Gi**
That's right.
**[13:50] Gi**
If that's here, he'll certainly...
**[13:54] Gi**
Indeed.
**[13:55] Gi**
Our current job
**[13:58] Gi**
is to learn more about that castle
before Hachirou's return.
**[14:03] Gi**
Agreed?
**[14:06] Gu**
Indeed.
**[14:10] Gu**
But the Rain... What do we do about them?
**[14:17] Gi**
I will go.
**[14:28] Gu**
Times like these...
**[14:34] Gu**
are what I'm here for.
**[16:03] Gi**
Your technique really is amazing.
**[16:08] Gi**
Don't worry.
**[16:10] Gi**
I promise that I'll protect you.
**[16:39] Gu**
Who is that man?
**[16:41] Gu**
I've seen him somewhere before.
**[16:43] Gu**
Damn, I can't remember.
**[16:57] Gu**
How are you feeling, Kazusanosuke-sama?
**[17:05] Gu**
Oda Nobunaga?
**[17:07] Gu**
He died in the flames at Honnouji...
**[17:38] Gu**
That was close...
**[17:57] Gu**
Let's go. Hurry.
**[18:24] Gu**
They're persistent.
**[18:25] Gi**
Paddle harder, or you'll
be caught in it, too.
**[18:45] Gi**
Go.
**[19:02] Gu**
Is it okay, leaving it to her alone?
**[19:06] Gi**
She isn't alone.
**[20:38] Gi**
This is pretty useful.
**[20:47] Gi**
It seems the weak ones have begun to stir.
**[20:52] Gi**
They must be quite surprised by the
appearance of the Murakumo.
**[20:57] Gi**
And there are more surprises in store...
**[21:27] Gu**
Who are they?
**[21:30] Gi**
The soldiers of Kishuu.
**[21:47] Gu**
It seems I'd do best to hurry.
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:25] Gu**
The twentieth year of Keichou.
**[23:27] Gu**
The Iga ninja Namenba of Otoshi
**[23:29] Gu**
saves Oichi no Kata from Osaka
Castle, shortly before it falls.
**[23:33] Gu**
The war in which this occurs will later be
called The Osaka Summer Campaign.
***SIGN*** The Heavenly Robe Sees Carnage