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8 - From Father to Son

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[00:06] ---
    Oh, dear.
[00:13] ---
    Would you hand out
    these demon-warding masks to everyone?
[00:17] ---
    Miasma from the mountain
    might come our direction.
[00:21] ---
    Y-Yes, ma'am.
[00:30] ---
    Tatsuma...
[00:36] ---
    For now, can you kids
    look for Head Priest Tatsuma?

[00:41] ---
    Has something happened to Dad?
[00:43] ---
    We're not sure if he's still alive.
    He's probably still up on the mountain.

[00:49] ---
    Dad...
SIGN    Episode 8: From Father to Son
[02:28] ---
    Yukio. I'm apologizing in advance, so, sorry.
[02:32] ---
    It's too late for apologies.
[02:35] ---
    I gave up on you a long time ago.
[02:39] ---
    Yukio.
[02:40] ---
    At least be honest with yourself.
[02:43] ---
    Commander Kirigakure!
[02:45] ---
    The director is asking for you!
[02:46] ---
    Sure thing! Lead the way!
[02:51] ---
    Deep down, everyone is afraid.
[02:54] ---
    This will be the first time
    we've fought a demon this big.
[02:57] ---
    Oh, you get used to the size after a while.
[03:00] ---
    Just what I'd expect to hear from
    a Senior Exorcist First Class from Vatican HQ!
[03:04] ---
    I feel better already!
[03:06] ---
    But I gotta be honest, I've never seen
    a monster this big in my life.
[03:11] ---
    Bring more! We d more kindling!
[03:14] ---
    What do you plan to do?
[03:16] ---
    We're preparing to summon Ucchusma,
    the vajra which purifies the unclean.
[03:21] ---
    To summon Ucchusma, the chanting
    of at least ten senior-level Tamers is required.
[03:27] ---
    I would like you to assist
    in the summoning.
[03:31] ---
    The Impure King is kin to the King of Rot.
[03:33] ---
    In other words, its weakness will be fire,
    according to the table of demonic elements.
[03:37] ---
    Ucchusma is our trump card, the most powerful
    fire-attribute demon we're able to summon.
[03:43] ---
    Ucchusma... An Agni, huh?
[03:46] ---
    You're right, I'd feel much better
    if we had him on our side. Okay, then.
[03:53] ---
    Om!
[04:11] ---
    Oh?
[04:13] ---
    I am called Ucchusma,
    and I serve ten priests of the Myo-O Dharani.
[04:20] ---
    If you desire my aid,
    provide me with proof of your blood.
[04:24] ---
    The priest bloodline has been reduced
    in number over the last 150 years.
[04:29] ---
    We have but five priests gathered here.
[04:32] ---
    Five is insufficient!
[04:36] ---
    However, it would be undesirable
    to allow the Impure King to corrupt this land,
[04:41] ---
    so I shall grant you aid commensurate
    with the blood of five.
[04:49] ---
    Our k'riks!
[04:51] ---
    This'll be plenty!
[04:52] ---
    Impure King or Filthy King or whatever,
    ol' Kinzo is gonna sterilize his ass!
[04:58] ---
    Team 1, follow me!
[05:00] ---
    Yes, sir!
[05:01] ---
    All Dragoons, take up your positions
    with your flamethrowers!
[05:04] ---
    Yes, sir!
[05:08] ---
    Come forth, Salamander!
[05:12] ---
    Luckily, the target is stationary,
    but it's steadily growing larger!
[05:16] ---
    Use your salamanders
    to ignite those large fungal masses
[05:19] ---
    and begin to advance inwards bit by bit!
[05:21] ---
    - Understood?
    - Yes, sir!
[05:23] ---
    Attack!
[05:36] ---
    Wait! Over there!
[05:38] ---
    Dad!
[05:43] ---
    N-No.
[05:45] ---
    I-I'll call Ms. Kirigakure!
[05:57] ---
    I am called Karura,
    and I serve the head priest of Myo-O Dharani.
[06:01] ---
    Karura?
[06:03] ---
    Y-You're my dad's familiar?
[06:05] ---
    I was, but when my secret was revealed,
    it voided our pact.
[06:10] ---
    At the moment, a personal pact
    with Tatsuma Suguro is in effect.
[06:16] ---
    I...
[06:17] ---
    D-Dad!
[06:20] ---
    Ryuji. What are you doing here?
[06:24] ---
    To save you!
[06:26] ---
    What a foolish thing to do.
[06:29] ---
    I healed your wounds,
    but you shouldn't move yet, Tatsuma.
[06:33] ---
    Karura? You got tiny.
[06:37] ---
    I thought you and I were both dead.
[06:41] ---
    I am also known as the Phoenix.
    I am reborn again and again.
[06:46] ---
    Besides, my pact with you for the Gouha-en
    is still in effect. I won't let you die.
[06:53] ---
    Rin! Are you here because
    you read my letter?
[06:59] ---
    - I read it, too.
    - What?
[07:01] ---
    Everybody here came because
    they understand the basic situation.
[07:05] ---
    You're gonna tell us everything,
    secrets and all.
[07:11] ---
    Very well. I'll tell you how
    to defeat the Impure King.
[07:16] ---
    According to the true "On the Impure King,"
    known only to the head priests,
[07:20] ---
    the Impure King will steadily grow larger.
[07:23] ---
    Eventually, it will reach the size of a castle,
[07:26] ---
    and before long,
    a sporangium will form at its core.
[07:31] ---
    Sporangium? You mean that thing?
[07:33] ---
    That curly thing at the top?
[07:35] ---
    I expect so.
[07:37] ---
    That sporangium will burst when it matures,
    releasing a dense cloud of toxic spores.
[07:42] ---
    This is the miasma it gives off.
[07:45] ---
    It was this mature sporangium
    that killed 40,000 people 150 years ago.
[07:51] ---
    In modern-day Kyoto,
    the death toll would be much worse!
[07:56] ---
    We must prevent that, no matter what.
[07:58] ---
    So you're saying we need to beat him
    before the sporangium can burst?
[08:02] ---
    It's not that simple.
[08:05] ---
    Impure King Internal Organ Diagram
    Pericardium / Toxin / Cyst
[08:05] ---
    The Impure King's only apparent weak spot,
    his heart, is located inside the sporangium.
[08:11] ---
    When Fukaku fought the Impure King,
    after a tough battle with the unknown creature,
[08:16] ---
    all he could do was cleave its heart in two
    and seal it away.
[08:21] ---
    Oh, so those must be the Impure King's
    left and right "eyes."
[08:24] ---
    S-So if we don't split the sporangium first,
    we can't get at his heart?
[08:30] ---
    - That's right.
    - That makes things tricky.
[08:33] ---
    I made a promise with Karura
    15 years ago to borrow his Gouha-en.
[08:38] ---
    The Gouha-en is a spell
    that converts a person's lifespan into flame.
[08:43] ---
    It's triggered at the end of the person's life,
    setting off an all-consuming conflagration.
[08:48] ---
    My intent was to keep that as my trump card
    to defeat the Impure King.
[08:53] ---
    However, I used the flame I had stored up
    to halt the Impure King's advance.
[08:58] ---
    I don't have much flame left.
[09:02] ---
    I'll use my remaining Gouha-en
    to create a barrier
[09:05] ---
    that will prevent the miasma from getting out
    even if the sporangium bursts.
[09:10] ---
    Rin, I want you to use the Koma Sword
    to obliterate the Impure King's heart!
[09:18] ---
    I'm sorry. I...
[09:23] ---
    That's all right, I don't blame you.
    After all, I'm asking you to risk your life.
[09:28] ---
    No, I meant...
[09:30] ---
    I can't draw the sword right now.
[09:35] ---
    I've been trying and trying,
    but I can't get the damn thing out!
[09:38] ---
    Why the hell not?
[09:39] ---
    I don't know,
    I think it's some kind of mental block!
[09:43] ---
    Can that happen?
[09:44] ---
    Even I get worried sometimes, too!
    But it means I can't be of any use to you now.
[09:49] ---
    I'm really sorry, Suguro's dad!
[09:52] ---
    Oh, I see.
[09:54] ---
    But if that's the case,
    I have to at least cast the barrier myself.
[10:00] ---
    You mustn't, Tatsuma.
    You've lost too much blood.
[10:04] ---
    I'm fine!
[10:06] ---
    Master!
[10:07] ---
    I healed your wounds,
    but you nearly bled to death.
[10:11] ---
    If you attempt to cast a barrier spell
    in your condition, you will surely die.
[10:16] ---
    It only has to last for a little bit.
    This is more important than my life!
[10:23] ---
    Konekomaru, have you gotten through
    to Ms. Kirigakure yet?
[10:27] ---
    I keep trying, but I only get static!
[10:29] ---
    The miasma might be too thick.
[10:32] ---
    Dad! Isn't there anything we can do?
[10:36] ---
    Oh? You're Tatsuma's child. Perfect.
[10:41] ---
    The Gouha-en can be transferred
    to another of the same bloodline.
[10:46] ---
    I forbid it! Anything but that!
[10:48] ---
    You're still a child!
    I won't let you drag Ryuji into this!
[10:53] ---
    I swore that this would end with me,
    even if it costs me my life!
[10:58] ---
    Anything but that.
[11:00] ---
    Oh, I get it now.
[11:02] ---
    This is why.
[11:05] ---
    It's a secret.
[11:07] ---
    I can't tell this secret to anyone.
    Not even to my own son.

[11:13] ---
    I forbid it.
[11:14] ---
    I told you before! You're free to do
    what you want with your life!

[11:18] ---
    All this time, you've pushed me away
    to bear this by yourself.
[11:25] ---
    No, I did this by choice.
[11:30] ---
    To hell with that! I'll bear it with you!
[11:35] ---
    And you're in no shape to tell me otherwise!
[11:38] ---
    Tatsuma. Your son is being
    more rational than you are.
[11:44] ---
    Maybe so, but Ryuji was the last person
    I wanted to get involved in this.
[11:51] ---
    In that case, I shall commence
    the Gouha-en transference.
[11:54] ---
    Prove that you are of the blood
    of Tatsuma Suguro, the current owner.
[12:03] ---
    You are indeed of Tatsuma Suguro's blood.
[12:07] ---
    Ryuji Suguro. You now possess the Gouha-en.
[12:11] ---
    Red flames!
[12:13] ---
    Ryuji, I'll show you our strongest barrier spell,
    known only to the head priest.
[12:18] ---
    Come closer.
[12:20] ---
    It involves mudra gestures
    that will be unfamiliar to you.
[12:24] ---
    Pay close attention
    to how they're formed, too.
[12:27] ---
    I can only do this once,
    so watch, listen and memorize.
[12:31] ---
    First, we form the mudra for earth binding.
[12:39] ---
    Ryuji!
[12:41] ---
    Haven't I told you not to come here?
[12:45] ---
    What am I going to do with you?
    Fine, come in.

[12:57] ---
    And finally, we touch the ground
    while making the Earth-touching mudra.
[13:00] ---
    That will complete the barr—
[13:02] ---
    Dad!
[13:06] ---
    Moriyama and Kamiki!
[13:08] ---
    Would you stay here and look after my dad?
[13:11] ---
    - O-Okay!
    - Sure.
[13:13] ---
    Shima! Konekomaru!
[13:15] ---
    You two go tell Ms. Kirigakure
    and the Myoda teams everything we learned.
[13:19] ---
    What about you?
[13:20] ---
    I'm gonna go put up that barrier.
[13:23] ---
    It radiates out from the earth-touching mudra.
[13:26] ---
    So it has to be set up as close as possible
    to the sporangium.
[13:29] ---
    Are you saying you're going there?
    That's crazy!
[13:32] ---
    Bon, I've kept quiet and obeyed you
    like my parents pestered me to,
[13:37] ---
    but this is a special situation,
    so I'll speak my mind just this once.
[13:41] ---
    I mean it, you're gonna die.
[13:43] ---
    It'll be okay. I'll keep him safe.
[13:48] ---
    C'mon, I might not be able to draw my sword,
    but I can kinda-sorta use my flames now!
[13:51] ---
    Plus, I'm super strong!
[13:54] ---
    Will you leave it to me, Konekomaru?
[14:00] ---
    What about me?
[14:01] ---
    Koneko!
[14:03] ---
    You guys are all nuts!
    Don't come crying to me later, you hear?
[14:08] ---
    Let's get moving, too.
[14:11] ---
    Sure.
[14:12] ---
    Be careful!
[14:16] ---
    I'm so sorry.
[14:18] ---
    Ryuji, forgive this worthless father of yours.
[14:26] ---
    I always loved listening to you chant the sutras.
[14:32] ---
    So you better not die on me.
[14:47] ---
    Focus your fire on the areas
    that are growing the fastest!
[14:50] ---
    Force it back no matter what!
[14:55] ---
    Salamander!
[15:06] ---
    Are you all right? Fall back for now!
[15:09] ---
    Thanks.
[15:11] ---
    It's strange.
[15:13] ---
    It's as if the noises around me
    are coming from a million miles away.

[15:17] ---
    Like none of this is real.
[15:19] ---
    Yukio. Be honest with yourself.
[15:34] ---
    Saburota Todo?
[15:36] ---
    No, he's too young.
[15:39] ---
    What are those flames?
[15:41] ---
    What should I do? Go get backup? Or...
[15:45] ---
    Hello. I know you're there.
[15:48] ---
    It's no use hiding.
    Come on out, Yukio Okumura!
[15:55] ---
    Where did he get such power?
[15:58] ---
    Thank you for indulging me.
[16:00] ---
    Are you really Saburota Todo?
    Why do you look like that? And—
[16:05] ---
    Oh, that's right!
[16:08] ---
    I'm Todo!
[16:09] ---
    The demon I'd been using for strength
    had grown old and worn-out.
[16:13] ---
    So I upgraded to a higher-end demon!
    To become even stronger, you see.
[16:18] ---
    He exchanged demons?
    Is that even possible for an ordinary human?

[16:22] ---
    What the hell are you?
[16:24] ---
    Actually, would you mind
    playing with me a bit instead?
[16:29] ---
    And besides, I wanted to have
    a chat with you anyway.
[16:33] ---
    Why don't I break the ice
    with some pleasant small talk?
[16:36] ---
    Let's see...
[16:38] ---
    How's your brother doing?
[16:44] ---
    Oh, my. No reply?
[16:46] ---
    I think that's a fairly easy question to answer.
[16:50] ---
    Now, what do you say when someone asks,
    "How is your brother?"
[16:57] ---
    What is that?
[17:00] ---
    It's starting to look like a regular building!
[17:03] ---
    Crap, this might get ugly
    if we don't work fast!
[17:06] ---
    We have to hurry!
[17:08] ---
    Rin!
[17:09] ---
    - Kuro?
    - Rin, run!
[17:11] ---
    It's dangerous here!
[17:13] ---
    This mountain's possessed
    by a mountain demon monster!
[17:15] ---
    And it smells so bad!
[17:17] ---
    Mountain demon?
    You mean the Impure King?
[17:19] ---
    We know about him, but we can't run.
[17:22] ---
    We have to climb up to the top of this thing
    if we're gonna defeat it.
[17:25] ---
    What? That's crazy!
    This thing isn't gonna listen to reason!
[17:29] ---
    Somebody has to,
    or we're all in trouble!
[17:31] ---
    You're being stupid, Rin!
[17:34] ---
    It's not safe, so I'll take you!
[17:37] ---
    Really? Kuro, you're the best!
[17:40] ---
    Suguro, let's climb on!
[17:43] ---
    Climb on?
[17:44] ---
    Koneko! Koneko, wait up!
[17:48] ---
    Wait, Koneko!
[17:50] ---
    If you want to leave, go ahead and leave!
[17:53] ---
    Not that! Look!
[17:55] ---
    It's a part of the Impure King!
[17:57] ---
    W-Was this the only path back?
[18:00] ---
    This is the only path I know
    back to the main temple. What now?
[18:05] ---
    Seriously?
[18:10] ---
    Master!
[18:12] ---
    That's medicinal tea, isn't it?
    Isn't it working?
[18:16] ---
    The miasma that the Impure King is giving off
    might be too strong.
[18:19] ---
    And his immune system has been weakened
    from all the blood he lost.
[18:23] ---
    I wish I could summon Nee.
[18:25] ---
    He could give me powerful medicinal herbs
    good as a talisman or for blood loss.
[18:30] ---
    That kind of talk won't help him.
[18:33] ---
    We'll go down the mountain
    and take him to a hospital!
[18:36] ---
    He was left in our care,
    so he's our responsibility!
[18:44] ---
    The Impure King is one of the four pets
    that always attended to the King of Rot.
[18:49] ---
    It has no brain, but the damage it could inflict
    on Assiah is probably natural disaster-class.
[18:54] ---
    Can it be stopped by those humans
    scurrying about like ants down there?
[19:05] ---
    A nasty storm is starting to brew.
[19:14] ---
    Oh, my! You look angry. What's the matter?
    Has something happened to your brother?
[19:19] ---
    That's none of your business!
[19:22] ---
    You have a strong sense of family obligation.
[19:26] ---
    Night and day, you're shackled
    by your family, aren't you?
[19:31] ---
    I understand that.
[19:35] ---
    Because I used to be the same way.
[19:39] ---
    Given my current condition,
    those memories keep popping up!
[19:44] ---
    Damn, he's toying with me!
    We're leagues apart!

[19:47] ---
    If this keeps up, he'll toy with me to death!
    Don't I have something? Anything?

[19:56] ---
    Oh?
[19:58] ---
    This actually hurts.
[20:00] ---
    These must be magic bullets
    that were blessed by a naiad.
[20:03] ---
    So, water-attribute bullets effect me
    since I'm fire-attribute now, eh?
[20:08] ---
    How illuminating.
[20:10] ---
    But using little bullets like these on me now
    is like flicking water on a hot stone.
[20:18] ---
    Whoa!
[20:19] ---
    That reminds me,
    you wanted to be a doctor, didn't you?
[20:22] ---
    You went to an advanced placement program
    for high school, yes?
[20:25] ---
    Your father had a medical license, too, didn't he?
[20:28] ---
    It must have been difficult to get your
    Doctor and Dragoon Meisters at your age.
[20:33] ---
    Those are both Meisters
    that your father excelled in.
[20:36] ---
    I expect you'll follow in his footsteps
    and get all four Meisters eventually.
[20:41] ---
    After all, you're so gifted, you took over
    the Anti-Demon Pharmaceutics class
[20:45] ---
    at Exorcism Cram School
    from your late father.
[20:47] ---
    Your life is a carbon copy of your father's.
[20:52] ---
    But the father who guided you is dead.
[20:56] ---
    All you have now is your dear big brother.
[20:59] ---
    If he were to die,
    what would you have left?
[21:05] ---
    Shut up!
[21:06] ---
    Your life is spent following the path
    laid out for you by your father.
[21:15] ---
    Yukio... why don't you join me in the battle?
[21:20] ---
    Wouldn't you rather become strong
    and protect Rin and other people,

[21:24] ---
    than sit trembling in the darkness forever?
[21:27] ---
    Me? Protect Rin?
[21:29] ---
    I can do that?
[21:33] ---
    Your father always gave your brother
    special treatment.
[21:37] ---
    But what about you?
[21:39] ---
    I bet it was nothing but strict discipline
    since childhood to make you into an Exorcist.
[21:45] ---
    You're sure you aren't a useful tool
    he raised specifically to protect your brother?
[21:50] ---
    You're wrong!
[21:51] ---
    I chose this path of my own free will!
[21:53] ---
    My father and brother
    have nothing to do with it!
[21:56] ---
    You're firing wildly now.
    At least your heart is being honest.
[22:01] ---
    It's only natural.
[22:03] ---
    You must've asked yourself again and again
    why you're forced to do this for your brother.
[22:09] ---
    Even though that brother has no inkling
    of the hardships you've endured.
[22:14] ---
    You've thought, "This isn't fair!"
[22:16] ---
    or, "I can't take this injustice anymore!"
[22:21] ---
    The truth is, you absolutely despise
    your brother, don't you?
[23:57] ---
    Next Time
[24:00] ---
    Episode 9: Through Thick and Thin
[24:09] ---
    We're gonna win, Suguro!