E302 - Shogun Assassination Arc Part Three: Ninja Soul

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[00:10] Sho
    I order you as shogun.
[00:13] Sho
    Take out the rebels!
[00:15] Gai
    C-Curse you!
[00:26] Rap
    I can't believe that one of
    Iga's three great ninjas
[00:29] Rap
    would so disgracefully attack his target
    instead of admitting defeat.
[00:32] Rap
    But it's all over.
[00:35] Gai
    Momochi, you set me up?!
[00:38] Shin
    Why is the shogun in the
    shogun assassination squad?
[00:40] Shin
    I mean, Zenzo-san killed the real one...
[00:43] Sho
    That wasn't me.
[00:46] Sho
    No...
[00:46] Sho
    The shogun you all probably met in
    the past few days wasn't me, either.
[00:52] Sho
    I was kidnapped by a certain someone
[00:54] Sho
    immediately after the incident in the palace.
[00:58] Sho
    And I was hiding in Iga, under
    the protection of Momochi here.
[01:02] Shin
    What?!
[01:03] Shin
    That shogun was a fake, too?
[01:06] Kon
    Kidnap the shogun from the palace?
[01:09] Hij
    That's not...
[01:10] Sac
    It is possible,
[01:12] Sac
    for him.
[01:14] Gai
    It can't be!
[01:17] Gai
    That brat?
[01:19] Gai
    It was all that Hattori brat's doing?!
[02:55] Gai
    Momochi, you...
[02:57] Gai
    Did the two of you conspire to
    fake the shogun's death?!
[03:01] Gai
    You outwitted your enemies,
    allies, and even us Iga ninjas?!
SIGN    Watch the Shogun Assassination Arc in a bright room
    and at a safe distance from your TV!
[03:05] Rap
    You don't get to call yourself
    an Iga ninja, scumbag.
[03:09] Rap
    The only reason Iga fell so easily
[03:11] Rap
    must've been because you all
    were in cahoots with the enemy.
[03:14] Rap
    Unfortunately for you, that brat and
    I are ninjas through and through.
[03:18] Rap
    We choose our lords and
    our enemies ourselves—
[03:22] Gai
    Quit the bullshit, you senile blockhead.
[03:24] Gai
    It's all over.
[03:26] Gai
    Iga, the shogun, and everything!
[03:33] Rap
    You won't take the shogun's head
    with pathetic ninja arts like that.
[03:40] Rap
    Or, for that matter, Momochi Rappa's.
[03:53] Rap
    You lack training.
[03:56] Rap
    Now this is true ninja artillery.
[04:01] Gin
    That was her real body?!
SIGN    Shogun Assassination Arc
    Part Three
SIGN    Ninja Soul
[04:12] Rap
    The holy land of ninjas,
[04:13] Rap
    the hidden village of Shiranui.
[04:16] Rap
    This place is under the protection
    of Marici, the god of ninjas,
[04:20] Rap
    so the shogun will be safe here.
[04:24] Rap
    Have some tea and relax.
[04:27] Rap
    Drink up.
[04:28] Rap
    It's the village's special tea, nincha.
[04:31] Shin
    Uh, excuse me, Momochi-san.
[04:34] Shin
    That's a weapon, isn't it?
[04:36] Shin
    Not a person, right?
[04:38] Rap
    Are you whelps too young for tea?
[04:40] Rap
    Have this, then.
[04:43] Kag
    Cocoa!
[04:44] Shin
    It's safe, right?
[04:45] Shin
    You're the real body, right?!
[04:47] Rap
    I'm a ninja who practices puppet arts,
[04:50] Rap
    one who controls a puppet
    and is controlled by one.
[04:55] Rap
    We are both the real Momochi Rappa.
[04:58] Shin
    Uh, I'm not sure I follow.
[05:00] Shin
    And you look more like
    a puppet, if you ask me.
[05:03] Rap
    Worry not.
[05:04] Rap
    Momo-chan can be a weapon at some times,
[05:06] Rap
    and a teapot at others.
    She's an all-purpose puppet.
[05:09] Kon
    So it's safe, then.
[05:11] Rap
    And at times, she can also be a toilet.
[05:15] Rap
    Hey, there's a toilet right here.
[05:17] Rap
    You won't find a restroom if you go that way.
[05:20] Rap
    Nor will you survive.
[05:22] Rap
    This is a ninja fortress.
[05:23] Rap
    You'd best not run around carelessly.
[05:25] Rap
    Some have had their bodies twisted
    the moment they entered a restroom.
[05:29] Shin
    What is this, the Dark Continent?
[05:30] Gin
    I see.
[05:32] Gin
    Yeah, the shogun really might be safe here.
[05:36] Shin
    The shogun went and got
    himself twisted first!
[05:38] Shin
    Down there?!
[05:39] Shin
    So you get twisted down there?!
[05:41] Rap
    It should be clear to you now.
[05:43] Rap
    I shall guarantee the shogun's safety.
[05:46] Rap
    Leave the rest to me and withdraw.
[05:48] Kag
    Who'll protect the shogun, if not us?
[05:52] Rap
    The enemy is as powerful as an entire nation.
[05:56] Rap
    "Protect"?
[05:57] Rap
    Shallow thinking like that will
    only get the shogun killed again.
[06:01] Rap
    Could you kill the shogun,
    like the Hattori brat did?
[06:08] Shin
    What do you mean?
[06:09] Rap
    I met him a month after the
    Harusame overran Iga village.
[06:15] Rap
    Since he'd already been keeping
    tabs on the situation, he knew that
[06:19] Rap
    while the enemy had started as a group of
    radical Joi Rebels in the Hitotsubashi faction,
[06:23] Rap
    they had now grown into a
    massive, unstoppable force.
[06:29] Rap
    That they wouldn't stop attacking as
    long as the shogun stayed the shogun.
[06:35] Rap
    That if we wanted to protect
    the shogun, protect Iga,
[06:38] Rap
    and prevent further warfare,
[06:41] Rap
    there was only one way to do it:
[06:43] Rap
    kill Tokugawa Shigeshige, the shogun,
[06:46] Rap
    and return him to merely being
    Tokugawa Shigeshige.
[06:49] Rap
    What he lopped off was
    the position of shogun.
[06:53] Rap
    By taking him out of the political picture,
[06:55] Rap
    he tried to protect the life of
    Tokugawa Shigeshige, the man.
[07:01] Rap
    To that end, he chose to throw his life away
[07:04] Rap
    and go down in the history books as a traitor.
[07:09] (Flashback) Zen
    Take it.
[07:11] (Flashback) Zen
    I can't get curious about what happens next.
[07:13] (Flashback) Zen
    It'll make me waver.
[07:16] Gin
    That bastard was planning it all along?
[07:24] Shin
    Sacchan-san!
[07:26] Rap
    Don't tell anyone that the shogun is alive,
[07:30] Rap
    if you don't want anyone else to die.
[07:33] Gin
    Do you really think they'll be satisfied
    with taking the shogun's head?
[07:38] Rap
    Are you familiar with the enemy?
[07:43] Gin
    You bet I am.
[07:46] Gin
    Enough to make me sick.
[07:50] G
    Impossible!
[07:51] G
    That's the Harusame!
[07:54] Shin
    No way!
[07:55] Shin
    Why are they coming to Iga again?!
[07:57] Shin
    Did they find out that the
    shogun was hidden here?!
[08:03] Rap
    The Hattori brat wouldn't mess up like that.
[08:06] Shin
    Then why?
[08:08] Gin
    Take a good look, you guys.
[08:10] Gin
    This is who he is.
[08:12] Gin
    He won't stop, even if the shogun dies.
[08:15] Gin
    He won't stop, even if the entire
    political landscape changes.
[08:20] Gin
    If you want to stop him,
[08:23] Gin
    you'll have to kill him.
[08:38] Kam
    Hello?
[08:39] Kam
    Where are you right now, Abuto?
[08:41] G
    C-Commander!
[08:43] G
    Th-The vice commander is
    in the restroom right now.
[08:46] Kam
    That so?
[08:47] Kam
    Tell him that he'll get a pay cut if
    he's not back within three seconds.
[08:50] Abu
    Hey, Commander. I just got done.
[08:53] Abu
    That was one smooth dump.
    I probably didn't even need to wipe.
[08:57] Kam
    Where'd you run off to
    while I was off the ship?
[09:00] Kam
    I don't see you anywhere.
[09:01] Abu
    We're looking for you, too,
    but can't find you anywhere.
[09:05] Kam
    You're not off doing something
    fun while I'm gone, are you?
[09:08] Abu
    Of course not!
[09:09] Kam
    You're not headed to Iga
    with Shinsuke, are you?
[09:12] Abu
    Of course not!
[09:14] Abu
    Did you find who you were looking for?
[09:16] Kam
    Nope. I guess they must've died.
[09:19] Kam
    All of them.
[09:21] Kam
    Aww, what a waste.
[09:23] Kam
    And here I'd managed to find
    such an interesting rarity.
[09:26] Kam
    Anyway, I'll head over there.
    Tell me where you are.
[09:29] Abu
    Uh, you're wounded, so why don't
    you take it easy for a while?
[09:33] Kam
    Fine.
[09:34] Kam
    I'll come through here, then.
[09:36] Abu
    You can do that?!
[09:37] Kam
    Abuto...
[09:39] Kam
    You know what'll happen if you go and
    do anything fun without me, right—
[09:41] Abu
    Cut!
[09:42] Abu
    Cut the feed!
[09:44] G
    A-Are you sure about this?
[09:47] Abu
    As if I could bring along a guy who was
    looking for prey even when wounded.
[09:52] Abu
    Besides,
[09:54] Abu
    I can't help but feel there's trouble brewing.
[09:58] Abu
    Where'd that guy go?
    Where'd Hattori Zenzo go?
[10:03] G
    Stop the ships!
[10:04] G
    State your business!
[10:08] Tak
    Why don't you put them at ease?
[10:11] Tak
    Tell them we're only here to thank them
    for helping to assassinate the shogun.
[10:14] Zen
    If you want to thank someone, thank me.
[10:16] Zen
    Those idiots weren't very useful at all.
[10:20] Tak
    You don't seem the type to care
    much about achievements.
[10:24] Zen
    I was the one who took the shogun's head.
[10:26] Zen
    I don't want a medal or anything,
[10:28] Zen
    but I don't want anybody taking credit
    for the job I carried out with my skills.
[10:32] Zen
    Or taking the fall for it.
[10:35] Zen
    That was your plan all along, wasn't it?
[10:37] Zen
    You guys didn't get the Iga involved
    just to borrow their strength.
[10:43] Zen
    You wanted them to take the blame
    for the shogun's assassination
[10:46] Zen
    and be destroyed in the
    name of Lord Hitotsubashi.
[10:50] Zen
    In other words,
[10:52] Zen
    you used us ninjas to give him a just cause
    to become the next shogun, didn't you?
[10:59] Zen
    Talk about looking down on me.
[11:01] Zen
    Are you saying the name Hattori Zenzo
    isn't enough to bear that cross?
[11:10] Tak
    This isn't the Crossing of Iga,
    but rather the Crossing of Styx,
[11:14] Tak
    and you don't have enough companions.
[11:17] Tak
    Go give the shogun's skull
    some company in hell,
[11:21] Tak
    Oniwaban.
[11:23] Zen
    Oh, I've already got enough people
    taking a trip to hell with me
[11:27] Zen
    right here.
[11:33] G
    What the?
[11:34] G
    What's this black fog?
[11:36] Zen
    Flame Mist.
[11:37] Zen
    An Iga-developed smokescreen that explodes
    when it detects high temperatures.
[11:42] Zen
    With this, your big dongs
    have been rendered useless.
[11:45] Zen
    The only thing you can believe
    in is your own skills.
[11:48] Zen
    Now, how many of you can
    I take to hell with me?
[11:53] Zen
    I'll show you what a traitor
    to the nation is capable of.
[11:58] Zen
    Welcome to ninja country.
[12:04] (Flashback) Sac
    You haven't changed one bit, have you?
[12:08] (Flashback) Zen
    That is my creed.
[12:10] (Flashback) Sac
    I see.
[12:11] (Flashback) Sac
    You've really forgotten, huh?
[12:19] Rap
    So it did end up like this after all.
[12:22] Rap
    Don't let the Hattori brat die alone.
[12:25] Rap
    Show them the skills we have honed.
[12:27] Rap
    Show them the ninja soul!
[12:36] Gin
    Where might you be headed?
[12:39] Gin
    You don't look like you're running for it.
[12:42] Kag
    Sho-chan,
[12:44] Kag
    we can't let you go any further.
[12:46] Shin
    Please leave this to us and take refuge.
[12:53] Sho
    Step aside.
[12:55] Sho
    I know that everyone's fighting for me.
[13:00] Sho
    But...
[13:02] Sho
    But I cannot bear to see
    any more people die for m—
[13:07] Shin
    Gin-san!
[13:08] Gin
    In that case, do you wanna abandon
    everything and die right here?
[13:12] Gin
    I'll help you cast aside the lives
    of everyone who's died for you,
[13:15] Gin
    and put you out of your misery.
[13:18] Gin
    Or will you live on, using countless
    corpses as stepping stones?
[13:23] Gin
    Pick whichever you like.
[13:25] Gin
    All I'll say is,
[13:27] Gin
    even if you run away from your battle,
[13:30] Gin
    we don't plan on running from ours.
[13:38] Gin
    Pachi-boy!
[13:40] Gin
    Shogun, you...
[13:44] Sho
    I was taught how to throw them long ago
[13:47] Sho
    by the Oniwaban.
[13:51] Sho
    To me, they're not merely retainers.
[13:55] Sho
    They're precious friends.
[14:00] Sho
    Please, let me go!
[14:02] Sho
    I don't want to let them...
[14:04] Sho
    To let Zenzo die!
[14:08] Abu
    Sheesh.
[14:09] Abu
    Yet another ship down the drain.
[14:12] Abu
    He's good, that Hattori Zenzo.
[14:15] Abu
    But it looks like my instinct
    was right on the money.
[14:18] Abu
    I thought he was fishy, and
    that he was hiding something.
[14:23] Abu
    And look, we found the real shogun's head.
[14:27] Shin
    S-So many Yato...
[14:32] Kag
    Gin-chan! Sho-chan!
[14:34] Abu
    I'm sorry, but once the rabbits
    of the night lock on to their prey,
[14:38] Abu
    they don't let it escape!
[14:41] Abu
    I see.
[14:43] Abu
    Ninja country's out for revenge, eh?
[14:48] Abu
    Interesting.
[14:49] Abu
    If the commander saw this, he'd jump for joy.
[14:53] Abu
    The nation's strongest warriors teamed
    up to challenge the universe's strongest?
[14:59] Abu
    Can you defend this country from us?!
[15:07] Mat
    Well done coming back
    from that disaster alive.
[15:11] Mat
    You have my gratitude for
    protecting the princess.
[15:15] Mai
    It was all thanks to Okita-dono.
[15:19] Mai
    He aided in our escape until
    right before the ship sank.
[15:25] Mai
    If it weren't for him,
    none of us would've survived.
[15:31] Mat
    That troublemaker did all that?
[15:32] Mat
    So we've been saved by a couple of punks,
    who're the farthest thing from loyal.
[15:40] Mat
    And that Zenzo...
[15:42] Mat
    Who would've thought he'd trick
    even us to save Sho-chan?
[15:46] Mat
    Are you sure?
[15:48] Mai
    Yes.
[15:49] Mai
    That wasn't Shigeshige-sama.
[15:52] Mai
    When I checked the body, I didn't find
    something that should've been there.
[15:58] Mai
    A scar.
[15:59] Mat
    A scar?
[16:00] Mat
    That's news to me.
[16:03] Mai
    It's a secret that only Shigeshige-sama,
    the Oniwaban, and I know.
[16:08] Mai
    No...
[16:09] Mai
    It's proof of the bonds between
    Shigeshige-sama and the Oniwaban.
[16:38] Mai
    Shigeshige-sama met them before he became
    the shogun, and they the Oniwaban.
[16:47] Mai
    He was deeply shocked to learn
[16:51] Mai
    that kids his age were laying down
    their lives to protect him
[16:58] Mai
    as his body doubles.
[17:03] (Flashback) Sad
    What? The double got kidnapped?
[17:06] (Flashback) Mai
    It's probably the Mito faction's doing.
[17:09] (Flashback) Mai
    Their demands—
[17:10] (Flashback) Sad
    Ignore them.
[17:12] (Flashback) Sad
    The Oniwaban's duty is to protect the shogun.
[17:16] (Flashback) Sad
    While there's only one shogun in this world,
[17:18] (Flashback) Sad
    there are plenty of doubles to go around.
[17:26] (Flashback) Sac
    Where do you think you're going,
[17:28] (Flashback) Sac
    Zenzo?
[17:30] (Flashback) Sac
    Are you going to defy the shogun?
[17:34] (Flashback) Sac
    Are you going to save
    Kagemaru all by yourself?
[17:36] (Flashback) Zen
    What shogun?
[17:39] (Flashback) Zen
    I learned during the lectures
[17:41] (Flashback) Zen
    that the Oniwaban's duty
    isn't to protect the shogun,
[17:45] (Flashback) Zen
    but rather to protect the shogun's duty.
[17:48] (Flashback) Zen
    That's why he became a double.
[17:52] (Flashback) Zen
    In my eyes, a shogun who'd
    abandon him is no shogun at all,
[17:56] (Flashback) Zen
    so I'm gonna do as I pl—
[17:57] (Flashback) Sho
    Oh, so that's what being
    a shogun is all about.
[18:02] (Flashback) Sho
    Then would you help me fulfill my duty?
[18:06] (Flashback) Sho
    I want to save the double.
[18:09] (Flashback) Mai
    I only found out about it
    after it was all over,
[18:14] Mai
    when Shigeshige-sama came
    back covered in blood.
[18:18] Mai
    Would you believe it,
[18:19] Mai
    not only did he charge into the rebel base,
[18:22] Mai
    he also protected the double in that fracas
[18:24] Mai
    and ended up with a deep wound on his chest.
[18:30] Mai
    The real shogun got gravely
    injured to help the double.
[18:33] Mai
    If this had come to light, the entire
    clan would've been beheaded.
[18:39] Mai
    But...
[18:40] (Flashback) Sho
    Fret not.
[18:41] (Flashback) Sho
    Isn't this what doubles are for?
[18:45] (Flashback) Sho
    I'm sorry to ask this of you after you
    went through a harrowing experience,
[18:49] (Flashback) Sho
    but could you take my place
    for a little longer?
[18:53] Mai
    To cover up the incident, Shigeshige-sama
    switched places with his double.
[18:59] Mai
    For the little over six months
    it took for the wound to heal,
[19:01] Mai
    he hid among the Oniwaban as
    the double, protecting them.
[19:12] (Flashback) Zen
    Hey, Shogun.
[19:17] (Flashback) Zen
    This is how you throw these knives.
[19:25] (Flashback) Zen
    Hey, Shogun. A ninja shouldn't be
    crying over such a minor wound.
[19:34] (Flashback) Zen
    Hey, Shogun.
[19:35] (Flashback) Zen
    Jump is most fun to read during class.
[19:47] (Flashback) Zen
    Hey...
[19:49] (Flashback) Zen
    Shigeshige.
[19:52] (Flashback) Sho
    You finally called me by name.
[19:55] (Flashback) Zen
    Well, I probably won't get another chance.
[19:58] (Flashback) Zen
    The next time we meet, will I
    have to call you Shogun-sama?
[20:01] (Flashback) Sho
    Address me however you like.
[20:03] (Flashback) Sho
    But no matter what I come to be called,
[20:05] (Flashback) Sho
    I shall never forget the time
    I spent here with you all.
[20:10] (Flashback) Sho
    I shall never forget what you all taught me.
[20:13] (Flashback) Sho
    The duty of the Oniwaban isn't
    to protect the shogun,
[20:18] (Flashback) Sho
    but rather to protect the shogun's duty.
[20:21] (Flashback) Sho
    And the shogun's duty
[20:23] (Flashback) Sho
    is to protect the country and its people,
    even at the cost of his life.
[20:27] (Flashback) Sho
    If you become the Oniwaban someday...
[20:32] (Flashback) Sho
    If I become the shogun someday,
[20:37] (Flashback) Sho
    I hope we can fight together
[20:40] (Flashback) Sho
    for this country.
[20:44] Zen
    Apparently loyalty and fidelity
    will forever be beyond me.
[20:49] Zen
    That day has finally come, and I've
    finally become one of your Oniwaban,
[20:55] Zen
    so why does this have to be
    my first and last mission?
[21:01] (Flashback) KM
    I, Kagemaru, wouldn't be here if
    he hadn't saved my life back then.
[21:07] (Flashback) KM
    Use it for his sake.
[21:10] KM
    Why did it have to involve
    sacrificing a comrade
[21:14] KM
    and putting you—the shogun to death?
[21:18] KM
    But I guess it's not that bad.
[21:21] KM
    I have to admit it's very like me.
[21:25] KM
    Only fools die for their lords or kings,
[21:35] KM
    but, Shigeshige,
[21:41] KM
    anyone who lays down his life for just
    a buddy must be an even bigger fool.
[22:04] Sac
    Don't lay a finger on him.
[22:09] Sac
    Don't you dare lay a finger on our boss!
SIGN    Shogun Assassination Arc
    Part Four
[23:45] All
    Dying with you guys is the last thing I want!
SIGN    And Then There Were Five
SIGN    Zenzo put his life on the line for this plan,
SIGN    and Sacchan and the rest of the Oniwaban join in!
SIGN    The Yato's onslaught, and the impending showdown...
SIGN    As the new year quickly approaches, the story speeds up!!