4 - The Horned Owl

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    There were people who loathed one another.°
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    Their corpses withered in the fields,
    their souls soaked in blood...
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    And their bonds were broken by blades...
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    Collapsed in the darkness,
    their sincerity wails...
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    "My beloved, please die..."
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    "My beloved, please die..."
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    Clouds shroud a night with a waning
    moon quivering in the haze
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    A cruel trap involving
    a pair of crucified fledglings
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    Oh, since smoldering feelings
    lie firmly in their hearts...
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    destruction!
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    Gently as the water, severely as a flower
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    pierce with a trembling blade
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    Even when I shut the fated
    tears deep within my eyes
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    my eyelids still remember you
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    "A Night in Unearthly Quarters"
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    Say, Akeginu-dono...
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    Being the fatso I am, a woman
    like you'd make the perfect wife!
[03:11] ---
    That's what I've always thought!
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    I hope you don't hate fatties...
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    Whaddya say?
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    We can take after Gennosuke-*sama
    *and Oboro-sama!
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    Quit it, Josuke.
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    You're a poor drinker. Can you not
    see that Akeginu-dono is troubled?
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    My bad! Guess I may've
    had a little too much to drink!
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    This is delicious! 'Tis well seasoned!
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    It tastes quite different
    from the Kouga kind!
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    It must be the salt, Gennosuke-sama!
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    Iga salt is brought in from Akaho...
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    Would you like to take some home with you?
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    We have stacks of it in the back saltstore!
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    A real example of, "Providing is preventing!"
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    Can't have war provisions
    without salt, after all!
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    Josuke! Be mindful of what you say!
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    Gennosuke-sama, it's all right.
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    From now on, there will
    be no need for secrets...
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    Isn't that right, Jingorou, Akeginu?
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    Y-Yes, Oboro-sama...
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    You are indeed correct...
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    Oboro-dono.
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    'Tis the perfect occasion to show
    the Iga the results of our practice...
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    But I was going to perform
    the dance at the marriage ceremony...
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    You can perform it more elaborately that day.
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    'Tis amateurish, but this flute
    and dance celebrate the peace
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    between Kouga and Iga and
    wish for their eternal prosperity.
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    Gennosuke-sama!
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    Don't tell me you and Oboro-sama
    practiced that each time you met!
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    Why that look?
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    What did you think she and I
    were doing during our meetings?
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    Uh, well... I can't say it...
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    You say it, Akeginu-dono!
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    Why me?!
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    Akeginu-dono!
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    What an annoying man...
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    Oboro-dono, please forgive Josuke's rudeness.
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    He is the most easily
    excited man in the Kouga clan.
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    Please don't worry.
    Akeginu bears no ill will either.
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    But he certainly is an amusing person!
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    I'd always imagined that the Kouga
    were a far more terrifying people...
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    I was the same way.
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    The more I hear silly stories
    about the formidable Iga from you,
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    the more affinity I feel.
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    I can let you hear all you want!
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    People are difficult to grasp
    without being near to them.
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    How true.
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    Incidentally...
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    I haven't seen the fellows
    we met at Toki Pass...
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    They must be late in returning...
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    We tried to invite them, but it
    must still be difficult to accept...
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    No, 'tis nothing of the sort...
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    It cannot be helped.
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    There were others who refused to
    feast with me tonight, were there not?
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    Yes.
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    Worry not, Oboro-dono.
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    We can learn to regard each other over time.
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    Gennosuke-sama...
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    We, the Kouga Manjidani Clan,
    and you, the Iga Tsubagakure Clan...
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    Both sides, skilled with
    terrifying secret ninpou arts,
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    have loathed one another under
    the pretext of a long-standing hatred.
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    The very height of stupidity, I feel.
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    Yes...
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    Oboro-dono...
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    We must join hands and break
    the iron chains shackling both clans
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    and let the sounds of
    the wide-open world and the wind
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    pass through the two valleys.
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    Yes, Gennosuke-sama!
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    I've placed Josuke in the "parlor"...
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    Good.
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    Keep the others in the dark about the scroll.
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    We mustn't let Oboro-sama get wind of it.
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    Understood.
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    Akeginu, what do you say we
    take care of some business too?
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    Eh?
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    As we speak, Tenzen and the
    others are out slaying Shougen.
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    But Tenzen-sama said to take no risks!
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    Precisely...
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    In that case...
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    ...Udono Josuke is mine...
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    An iron plate...
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    Sticking me in a confinement room,
    of all places... What a laugh!
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    Still...
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    How sad that Akeginu hates me so...
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    Or maybe...
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    ...she has other intentions?
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    You should have seen your expression!
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    Is that so?
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    Oboro-dono... Why do you cover your eyes?
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    Oh, no reason...
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    You must be exhausted.
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    The night grows late.
    You should rest in your room.
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    T-That's not it...
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    Your cheeks are red...
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    I-It's nothing...
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    Why do you turn your back?
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    It's... nothing...
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    You're being odd, Oboro-dono...
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    And you are being mean...
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    What was that? I did not hear you clearly...
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    Oh, nothing...
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    But that is why you're so--
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    Why I'm so what?
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    It's nothing!
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    Oboro-dono... Perhaps you should rest now...
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    What a gigantic blockhead!
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    But at least you're all right...
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    Udono-sama...
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    Josuke-dono... 'Tis Akeginu.
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    I bear shame to call on you.
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    At the banquet were the eyes
    of the Iga clansmen, so...
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    What?!
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    Where could he be?!
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    W-Who're you?!
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    Josuke... dono!
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    Sorry we missed each other, Akeginu-dono...
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    How did you get out?!
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    Where there's love, there's a way!
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    Shrewd bastard!
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    How wonderful! We share the same sentiment!
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    Now then, Akeginu-dono...
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    Be my bride for tonight!
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    Now this is eye-pleasing!
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    Let us have a ninpou battle, Josuke-dono...
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    If I lose, I will be your wife for a night...
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    Sounds interesting... but I won't
    go easy on you, Akeginu-dono.
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    And neither will I...
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    Y-You're...
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    Good night, Gennosuke-sama...
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    She disappeared!
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    Damn it!
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    Where are you... Akeginu?!
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    Udono Josuke is slain...
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    What's going on?!
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    That was a close one!
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    You're horrible, Akeginu!
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    What if I had died?
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    You damned pork bun!
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    It would seem the match
    is mine, Akeginu-dono!
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    Now to make good on the agreement!
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    Akeginu?!
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    Oboro-sama!
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    Oh! Oboro-dono!
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    Udono-sama!
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    What on earth were you--
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    Umm!
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    Boy, am I ashamed of myself.
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    The truth is, I unthinkingly made
    another pass at Akeginu-dono
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    and finally incurred her wrath...
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    Oh, my...
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    Please don't tell Gennosuke-sama...
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    A-All right. But never do this again...
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    I swear by Aekuni Shrine!
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    I know not who you are, Iga clansman.
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    But the unshakable
    animosity that rules your hearts...
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    I learned all too painfully at
    the banquet just how deep its roots go...
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    But now I wish for the evil spell of
    the old grudge to be broken all the more.
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    The chance to join hands and begin
    carving out a new history together
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    is now upon us.
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    Could you trust in Oboro-dono
    and myself and lend your assistance?
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    Akeginu...
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    Regardless of how
    inappropriately Udono-sama jested,
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    using your techniques was going too far.
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    I apologize.
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    Isn't this--
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    That's the saltstore...
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    He couldn't be!
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    Oboro-sama!
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    Gennosuke-sama!
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    Oboro-dono... What's wrong?
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    Forgive me! Forgive me, Gennosuke-sama!
[17:55] ---
    Whatever for?
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    G-Good night...
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    Jingorou! Where are you, Jingorou?!
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    Get down here, Jingorou!
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    O-Oboro-sama!
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    P-Please don't look!
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    Jingorou, did you...
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    try to kill Gennosuke-sama?!
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    Answer me, Jingorou!
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    W-Water! Water!
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    Oboro-sama! If nothing is done,
    Jingorou-dono will...
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    Do not help him, Akeginu!
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    This is his punishment!
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    Water... Water!
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    That bloodlust... was for real...
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    W-Water!
[19:45] ---
    What the?!
[19:47] ---
    W-Water! Water!
[19:52] ---
    Water! Water!
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    Well, I'll be! If it isn't
    Amayo Jingorou-dono!
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    Water!
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    W-Water!
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    Don't tell me you tried to kill
    Gennosuke-sama in that form?!
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    Give me... water!
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    Water!
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    Now talk, Amayo!
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    Why would you try to kill Gennosuke-sama
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    when the Kouga and Iga
    are on the verge of peace?!
[20:33] ---
    W-Water! Water!
[20:37] ---
    First talk. Talk, and I'll give
    you all the water you want!
[20:46] ---
    T-The Hattori family's... anti-war pact...
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    ...has been annulled...
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    What?! The Hattori family's pact?!
[20:57] ---
    And?!
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    In short, the Iga... and Kouga...
[21:06] ---
    The Iga and Kouga?!
[21:11] ---
    The Kouga and Iga are what?!
[21:13] ---
    Having a ninpou war!
[21:16] ---
    I let my guard down!
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    Fool! I don't sink!
[22:02] ---
    One of the Kouga Ten, Udono Josuke, is slain!
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    The mist of sorrow softly touches
    these lips blotted with red droplets
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    The mirror in the sky beautifully
    illuminates the distance in the night
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    Giving more than a passing thought
    to the myriad of showering stars
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    gently, the cords of a deep
    bond firmly, firmly bind them
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    Those beautiful eyes that
    sparkle with a lazuline hue...
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    Even if they wind up closed
    by a harbinger from the darkness,
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    since no one can steal
    the bridge of connected dreams
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    they still reflect the limitless tomorrow
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    "Next Episode"
[23:50] ---
    Early-morning mist
    enshrouds a Kouga village.
[23:53] ---
    Iniquity attacks from the north.
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    At its lead, violent, wicked intentions.
[23:58] ---
    What do the unperturbed old trees feel?
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    Surprise attacks- precepts of the ninja.
[24:05] ---
    Manjidani and the North Crossroad
    transform into a mire of blood.
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    On the next Basilisk ~ Kouga Ninpouchou:
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    "Way of the Shinobi."