Season 1
- E1 - The Death Row Convict and the Executioner
- E2 - Screening and Choosing
- E3 - Weakness and Strength
- E4 - Hell and Paradise
- E5 - The Samurai and the Woman
- E6 - Heart and Reason
- E7 - Flowers and Offerings
- E8 - Student and Master
- E9 - Gods and People
- E10 - Yin and Yang
- E11 - Weak and Strong
- E12 - Umbrella and Ink
- E13 - Dreams and Reality
E1 - The Death Row Convict and the Executioner
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[00:30] Narration
Beheading requires a high degree of skill.
[00:34] Narration
The neck, which is composed of strong bones
[00:38] Narration
and more than ten layers of muscles,
is not easily severed.
[00:42] Executioner
Any last words?
[00:44] Gabimaru
No.
[00:47] Narration
Furthermore, beheading a person
with a single blow is next to impossible.
[00:50] Narration
In most cases, several blows
are required to behead a person,
[00:53] Narration
which makes executions a horrific spectacle.
[01:13] Executioner
Impossible.
[01:16] Gabimaru
Why? Why can't I die?
[01:18] Gabimaru
No, why won't I die?
[01:23] Gabimaru
I have no attachment to life.
[01:29] Gabimaru
I've killed countless people until now.
[01:33] Gabimaru
I don't expect to live a long life.
SIGN The Death Row Convict and the Executioner
[03:12] Sagiri
Your name is Gabimaru.
[03:15] Sagiri
Born a shinobi in the village of Iwagakure,
[03:17] Sagiri
you studied only assassination techniques
since you were a child.
[03:22] Sagiri
Many lose their lives during training,
but in exchange,
[03:24] Sagiri
those who survive develop
superhuman bodies.
[03:29] Sagiri
I see.
[03:30] Sagiri
For someone from Iwagakure,
[03:32] Sagiri
breaking a blade with your
own flesh is a simple task.
[03:36] Gabimaru
Well, yeah.
[03:38] Gabimaru
Someone that shitty
with a sword can't hurt me.
[03:40] Gabimaru
I didn't even have to use any ninjutsu.
[03:42] Sagiri
You can use ninjutsu?
[03:45] Sagiri
Could you show me some?
[03:47] Gabimaru
Why?
[03:48] Sagiri
As a matter of personal interest.
[03:50] Gabimaru
In that case, no.
[03:51] Police Sergeant
Burn him at the stake!
[03:53] Narration
Being burnt at the stake is normally
the punishment for arson.
[03:58] Narration
Searing the flesh inflicts incredible pain.
[04:01] Narration
The heat causes the muscles to shrink,
[04:03] Narration
bending the body so severely
that bones break.
[04:06] Narration
Ultimately, the person dies
when they suffocate
[04:08] Narration
or are poisoned by
the smoke produced by the flame.
[04:10] Narration
It is an incredibly
painful execution method.
[04:15] Narration
Sometimes the person
is killed beforehand as a mercy.
[04:21] Gabimaru
Uh, sorry.
[04:42] Jailer A
B-But the flames are enormous...
[04:47] Gabimaru
I'm not trying to resist.
[04:52] Gabimaru
If anything, I wish you'd kill me.
[04:54] Sagiri
I see.
[04:56] Gabimaru
If you're gonna look away,
then why not give me clothes?
[04:58] Gabimaru
C'mon, c'mon.
[05:01] Sagiri
My job is to record events,
and your nudity is no obstacle.
[05:06] Sagiri
Please continue.
[05:08] Gabimaru
My background's not
very interesting, you know.
[05:11] Sagiri
It's my job.
[05:16] Gabimaru
My parents? I dunno.
[05:19] Gabimaru
I was only told they were killed
by the village chief when I was a baby.
[05:23] Gabimaru
I don't know why.
[05:25] Gabimaru
I don't have any feelings about it.
[05:28] Gabimaru
Dreams? Don't have any.
[05:31] Gabimaru
Shinobi don't have any great purpose.
[05:34] Gabimaru
They just kill as they're told.
[05:39] Gabimaru
Why was I caught?
[05:41] Gabimaru
Well, uh...
[05:44] Gabimaru
I tried to leave the village.
[05:45] Gabimaru
I was captured on a job
when my cohorts betrayed me.
[05:49] Gabimaru
The village chief probably
put them up to it.
[05:52] Gabimaru
The village doesn't allow anyone to leave.
[05:54] Gabimaru
It's not like they had a choice.
[05:57] Sagiri
Why did you try to leave
the village in the first place?
[06:01] Police Sergeant
Have him torn apart by bulls!
[06:04] Narration
In execution by bulls, ropes tied
to a person's legs are pulled by bulls.
[06:09] Narration
Human legs can withstand up
to 500 kilograms of force,
[06:13] Narration
but bulls exert 950 kilograms of force.
[06:16] Narration
The method not only
removes the person's legs,
[06:18] Narration
but also splits them from groin to chest.
[06:40] Gabimaru
Oh, uh...
[06:45] Police Sergeant
At this rate, the magistrate's
office will be disgraced.
[06:48] Police Sergeant
Bring more bulls!
[06:51] Sagiri
It's strange.
[06:53] Gabimaru
My shinobi's body?
[06:55] Sagiri
No.
[06:57] Sagiri
Despite saying you want to be killed,
it seems to me as though you were resisting.
[07:02] Sagiri
Why would someone with no will to live...
[07:05] Sagiri
Never mind.
[07:06] Sagiri
Why did you try to leave the village?
[07:10] Sagiri
Will you answer the question
I asked you yesterday?
[07:14] Police Sergeant
Who cares about the record? Just kill—
[07:16] Sagiri
I'm working.
[07:18] Jailer A
Um, the bulls—
[07:19] Sagiri
I'm working.
[07:20] Gabimaru
Whatever.
[07:21] Sagiri
I'm work...
[07:22] Gabimaru
It wasn't for an interesting reason.
[07:25] Gabimaru
I was the best in Iwagakure.
[07:29] Gabimaru
I had the chief's recognition,
and married his daughter.
[07:35] Gabimaru
But his daughter was a real idiot.
[07:39] Gabimaru
I don't know how a shinobi's,
[07:41] Gabimaru
much less the chief's daughter,
ends up like that.
[07:46] Gabimaru
She was a carefree, naïve,
and sheltered girl.
[07:49] Gaibmaru
She turned my life upside down.
[07:53] (Flashback) Yui
Remove your shoes when you come inside.
[07:56] (Flashback) Yui
Pray once a day.
[07:59] (Flashback) Yui
Say "thanks for the meal" together and
express gratitude for the life we've taken.
[08:05] Gabimaru
I was totally bewildered,
and I got fed up with her.
[08:08] Gabimaru
I didn't want to lose my edge.
[08:12] (Flashback) Village Chief
If that's the case,
then there's no helping it.
[08:15] (Flashback) Village Chief
But could you do one last job for me?
[08:25] Gabimaru
I knew I'd been set up.
[08:28] Gabimaru
But I also knew the people of Iwagakure would
follow me everywhere, even if I escaped.
[08:33] Gabimaru
It was over the moment
I was caught in their trap.
[08:36] Gabimaru
It was stupid of me to defy the chief
in the first place, so I gave up.
[08:43] Gabimaru
Well? Not a very interesting reason, is it?
[08:51] Jailer B
Perhaps I should mind my own business,
[08:54] Jailer B
but a woman shouldn't
get involved with him.
[08:58] Jailer B
Do you know what his name is?
[09:02] Sagiri
Isn't he Gabimaru,
former shinobi of Iwagakure?
[09:06] Jailer B
I mean his other name.
[09:13] Jailer B
Gabimaru the Hollow.
[09:15] Jailer B
He's a hollow man, without blood or tears.
[09:20] Jailer B
A monster who killed 20 men
when he was arrested.
[09:25] Jailer B
Rumor is the shinobi of Iwagakure
consume an Elixir of Life.
[09:30] Jailer B
The medicine of immortality
that comes from Shinsenkyo.
[09:34] Sagiri
The Elixir...
[09:36] Jailer B
Forgive me for speaking such nonsense.
[09:39] Jailer B
In any case, he's dangerous.
[09:42] Sagiri
Are you sure about that?
[09:45] Sagiri
Why would a hollow man fight back so
hard that he killed 20 people?
[09:54] Sagiri
Despite saying you want to be killed,
it seems to me as though you were resisting.
[10:01] Gabimaru
She's right. What am I doing?
[10:05] Gabimaru
Why don't I just die?
[10:08] Gabimaru
I have no attachment to life.
[10:11] Gabimaru
Tomorrow. I'll end it all tomorrow.
[10:15] Gabimaru
With tomorrow's execution...
[10:23] Narration
Death by boiling, also known as death
by cauldron, uses a large quantity of oil.
[10:32] Narration
Because oil combusts at a temperature
of over 370 degrees, however,
[10:37] Narration
it could not be kept boiling long in
the earthen pots used during the Edo period.
[10:43] Gabimaru
Why won't I die?
[10:46] Gabimaru
Why am I still enduring this?
[10:49] Gabimaru
I should have no lingering attachments.
[10:51] Gabimaru
I should be empty.
[10:54] Police Sergeant
Damn it! Why won't you die?
[11:03] Sagiri
Sir, the arrangements have been made.
[11:07] Sagiri
I'm ready to start at any time.
[11:16] Gabimaru
What kind of execution is it this time?
[11:18] Gabimaru
Honestly, I'm getting tired of this.
[11:21] Gabimaru
When are you going to...
[11:24] Police Sergeant
This will shut you up.
[11:36] Gabimaru
What is this?
[11:39] Police Sergeant
She's no mere inspector.
[11:44] Police Sergeant
She's a sword-tester sent here from Edo.
[11:50] Police Sergeant
The executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri.
[12:04] Narration
Yamada Asaemon is the trade name
of the Yamada Clan ronin
[12:11] Narration
who have served as sword-testers
and executioners for generations.
[12:16] Narration
They are master swordsmen
capable of testing swords
[12:19] Narration
and beheading criminals
with a single blow.
[12:21] Gabimaru
You're an Asaemon... and a woman?
[12:24] Sagiri
Yes, a woman.
[12:27] Sagiri
Runaway shinobi Gabimaru from Isshu,
[12:29] Sagiri
the shogunate has charged me
with your execution.
[12:33] Sagiri
You said you wanted someone to kill you.
[12:36] Sagiri
I shall grant you your wish.
[12:46] Gabimaru
She's the real deal.
[12:53] Police Sergeant
Sagiri-dono, kill him, quickly.
[12:55] Sagiri
At once.
[13:05] Sagiri
Why did you evade my blow?
[13:07] Sagiri
You'd have died if you hadn't moved.
[13:11] Gabimaru
Could I have died?
[13:18] Gabimaru
Do I not want to die?
[13:25] Sagiri
Through my job, I've been present during
the final moments of many.
[13:29] Sagiri
I've learned to identify how people
truly feel when they're dying.
[13:33] Sagiri
A person's true nature
is reflected in the blade.
[13:37] Sagiri
Some put up a brave act
until just before their death.
[13:41] Sagiri
Some desperately beg for mercy.
[13:44] Sagiri
And some lie to themselves
and claim to have accepted death.
[13:50] Gabimaru
What?
[13:51] Sagiri
Gabimaru the Hollow.
[13:53] Sagiri
There's certainly a great
emptiness inside you.
[13:57] Sagiri
I'm certain of it after listening
to you describe your history.
[14:01] Sagiri
But you lied about one thing.
[14:05] Sagiri
You do have an attachment to life.
[14:07] Sagiri
No, you love your wife.
[14:13] Sagiri
To you, is she not your reason to live?
[14:21] (Flashback) Yui
Pray once a day.
[14:24] (Flashback) Yui
Say "thanks for the meal."
[14:26] (Flashback) Yui
We should always strive to be ordinary,
[14:29] (Flashback) Yui
so that we can be a married couple,
like normal people.
[14:33] (Flashback) Yui
You...
[14:42] Sagiri
I'm right.
[14:44] Sagiri
Why do you lie to yourself?
[14:46] Sagiri
You couldn't die during your executions
because of your feelings for her.
[14:51] Sagiri
Are you not just telling yourself
that you have no attachment to life?
[14:57] Gabimaru
Shut up!
[14:59] Gabimaru
I have no attachments!
[15:01] Gabimaru
You know nothing about
the world I've lived in!
[15:06] Gabimaru
I am hollow!
[15:09] (Flashback) Yui
You're not hollow.
[15:13] (Flashback) Gabimaru
No, the nickname suits me.
[15:17] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I've grown too accustomed
to terrible, ugly things.
[15:20] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I can only show you the same.
[15:28] (Flashback) Yui
That's not true at all.
[15:31] (Flashback) Yui
You're kind.
[15:32] (Flashback) Yui
After all, you're the only one
who wasn't repulsed by this face.
[15:40] (Flashback) Yui
Maybe being accustomed to ugly
things isn't so bad after all.
[15:46] (Flashback) Yui
In Iwagakure, men are soldiers,
and women bear children.
[15:51] (Flashback) Yui
We're not allowed to live as people.
[15:55] (Flashback) Yui
That's what happened to my face.
[15:59] (Flashback) Yui
My father burned it so I'd give up on trying
to live like an ordinary woman.
[16:05] (Flashback) Yui
But people's hearts don't die so easily.
[16:11] (Flashback) Gabimaru
But...
[16:22] (Flashback) Gabimaru
What are you...
[16:25] (Flashback) Yui
Look at how much you're blushing.
[16:27] (Flashback) Yui
Someone like you couldn't
possibly be hollow.
[16:31] Gabimaru
I am Gabimaru the Hollow!
[16:36] Gabimaru
I'm a heartless monster!
[16:40] Gabimaru
Try as I might, I can never be human!
[16:55] Gabimaru
I'll quit making
a living by killing people.
[16:57] Gabimaru
The two of us will live a quiet life.
[17:01] Gabimaru
It's what's best for his daughter.
The chief will understand.
[17:07] Gabimaru
I won't kill anyone.
[17:09] Gabimaru
We'll live in a quiet place.
[17:12] Gabimaru
And live an ordinary life.
[17:19] Gabimaru
Like normal people.
[17:21] Gabimaru
It's impossible!
[17:24] Sagiri
It's possible!
[17:28] Gabimaru
What?
SIGN Official Pardon
[17:31] Sagiri
This is an official pardon.
[17:34] Sagiri
Not only does it dismiss all charges,
[17:37] Sagiri
but it even grants you
the shogun's protection.
[17:40] Sagiri
With this, neither the magistrate's office
nor the village's shinobi could harm you.
[17:47] Gabimaru
What are you talking about?
[17:48] Sagiri
But it comes with a condition.
[17:51] Sagiri
You will go to the Underworld.
[17:53] Gabimaru
What?
[17:55] Gabimaru
The Underworld? You mean the Other Side?
[17:58] Sagiri
Yes.
[17:59] Gabimaru
Are you telling me to die?
[18:01] Sagiri
No.
[18:03] Sagiri
There is a land brimming with fertility
and joy, where there is no pain:
[18:07] Sagiri
Shinsenkyo.
[18:09] Sagiri
Believed in since ancient times, people have
[18:12] Sagiri
called it Paradise,
the Other Side, and Heaven.
[18:16] Sagiri
It was said to be far to the southwest,
beyond the Ryukyu Kingdom.
[18:22] Sagiri
And it's finally been found.
[18:27] Sagiri
Butterflies and flowers dance.
[18:29] Sagiri
Beautiful voices can be heard singing.
[18:33] Sagiri
It is as the legends describe.
[18:37] Sagiri
It is said that the immortality-granting
Elixir of Life can be found in Shinsenkyo.
[18:42] Sagiri
The shogunate sent a search party
there to acquire the Elixir.
[18:47] Sagiri
However...
[19:16] Sagiri
Five more expeditions were sent,
but no one returned...
[19:25] Sagiri
except for the things they became.
[19:29] Gabimaru
W-Wait a minute.
[19:31] Gabimaru
What kind of story is that?
[19:33] Gabimaru
It sounds like a fairy tale.
[19:34] Sagiri
Yes.
[19:36] Sagiri
Everyone believed it was
merely a fairy tale
[19:39] Sagiri
until they saw that.
[19:42] (Flashback) Nariyoshi
Humans became flowers?
[19:46] (Flashback) Nariyoshi
How mysterious. How mystical.
[19:48] (Flashback) Nariyoshi
That land must be real.
[19:51] (Flashback) Nariyoshi
The Elixir of Life must be there.
[19:54] (Flashback) Nariyoshi
Choose expendable people
for the next expedition.
[19:57] (Flashback) Nariyoshi
Gather criminals condemned to death from
[19:59] (Flashback) Nariyoshi
around the country
and send them to the island.
[20:02] (Flashback) Nariyoshi
Whoever brings back the Elixir
of Life will be pardoned.
[20:06] Sagiri
I came here looking
for potential candidates.
[20:11] Sagiri
Someone with skill
and a fierce desire to live.
[20:16] Sagiri
On my way here, I heard your
wife is still in Iwagakure.
[20:23] Sagiri
Since the day you were captured,
[20:25] Sagiri
she closed herself off
and hasn't spoken to anyone.
[20:29] Sagiri
She must believe you'll return.
[20:35] Sagiri
I'll ask you again.
[20:36] Sagiri
Do you have any attachment to life?
[20:39] Sagiri
Traveling to a mysterious island
with heinous criminals
[20:43] Sagiri
condemned to death and competing
with them for a pardon
[20:45] Sagiri
is the only way for you
to be reunited with her.
[20:50] Sagiri
Will you risk that
[20:52] Sagiri
for a life with her, Gabimaru the Hollow?
[20:58] Police Sergeant
This is ridiculous.
[21:00] Police Sergeant
I'm not releasing him over such nonsense.
[21:06] Sagiri
The shogunate has commanded it.
[21:08] Police Sergeant
He's merely a man condemned to death.
There are plenty more like him.
[21:12] Police Sergeant
If you interfere, you'll go down with him.
[21:17] Police Sergeant
Are you listening, Hollow?
[21:19] Gabimaru
Heartless, hollow...
[21:22] (Flashback) Yui
People's hearts don't die so easily.
[21:35] Gabimaru
You said you wanted to see ninjutsu.
[21:48] Gabimaru
If this'll do, then watch this.
[21:51] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Ascetic Blaze.
[22:08] Sagiri
Impressive.
[22:14] Gabimaru
I'll do it. I'll find this Elixir of Life.
[22:22] Gabimaru
So, what should I do now?
[22:25] Sagiri
Come with me. First, we'll go to Edo—
[22:28] Gabimaru
What?
[22:29] Gabimaru
Why don't we go directly to the island?
[22:32] Gabimaru
Edo's a detour. What a pain.
[22:34] Sagiri
He's complaining more now that
he's out of his funk.
[22:37] Sagiri
If you don't want to go,
then we can call off the deal.
[22:39] Gabimaru
I'll do it, I'll do it.
[22:41] Gabimaru
I'll do anything now.
[22:44] Gabimaru
It doesn't matter if I have to face
condemned criminals or mysterious islands.
[22:48] Gabimaru
I'll make it back alive.
[22:52] Gabimaru
For you.
E2 - Screening and Choosing
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[00:18] Sagiri
A condemned storyteller once asked
to be beheaded while telling a story.
[00:33] Sagiri
My father, Yamada Asaemon Kichiji,
accepted his request.
[01:00] Sagiri
Even after he was beheaded,
[01:03] Sagiri
the storyteller finished his tale.
[01:08] Eizen
He didn't even realize he'd been beheaded.
[01:10] Eizen
It was the perfect blow,
painless and devoid of emotion.
[01:16] Sagiri
After that, I made it my goal to duplicate
that stroke my father made.
[01:44] (Flashback) Sergeant A
An impressive blow.
[01:46] (Flashback) Sergeant B
Brilliant work for a woman.
[01:49] (Flashback) Sagiri
Thank you.
[02:00] (Flashback) Eizen
There's fear.
[02:02] (Flashback) Eizen
In your swordsmanship.
[02:04] (Flashback) Eizen
Doubt and fear.
[02:07] (Flashback) Eizen
You'll make the condemned
die painful deaths.
[02:11] (Flashback) Sagiri
I'll work on it.
[02:31] (Flashback) Eizen
Sagiri...
[02:32] (Flashback) Eizen
Look at your blade.
[02:37] (Flashback) Eizen
The truth is reflected in the blade.
[02:40] Sagiri
My blade, heavy with fear,
causes the condemned to suffer,
[02:44] Sagiri
which makes my blade heavier still.
[02:48] Sagiri
What should I do?
[02:50] Sagiri
How can I eliminate doubt
and fear from my heart?
[02:57] Sagiri
Like my father.
[03:04] Sagiri
Perhaps...
[03:09] Sagiri
if it were a life I could take
without doubt or hesitation.
SIGN Screening and Choosing
[04:53] Minister
Thank you for coming, condemned criminals.
[04:57] Minister
The man sitting before you
is the 11th Sei-i Taishogun,
[05:01] Minister
His Excellency Tokugawa Nariyoshi.
[05:03] Minister
Normally, you'd never have the opportunity
to have an audience with him.
[05:07] Criminal Tattoos
What was that?
[05:08] Criminal G
You ain't so special!
[05:09] Criminal Ha
You lookin' down on us, huh?
[05:10] Criminal D
What's a shogun?
[05:11] Criminal He
Who do you think you are?
[05:12] Minister
Is it safe to have so
many of them gather here?
[05:14] Aoki
It's what the shogunate wanted.
[05:19] Sagiri
A burglar who killed 30 people, Tanio Seikichi.
SIGN Condemned Criminal
Tanio Seikichi
[05:25] Sagiri
The serial arsonist, Nikimaru.
[05:28] Sagiri
The former constable and murderer, Kido Shukan.
[05:32] Sagiri
They're all heinous criminals
who've caused chaos.
[05:36] Gabimaru
Aw, man. I can hardly breathe.
[05:39] Gabimaru
I wanna see Tokugawa in person.
[05:41] Sagiri
You cannot.
[05:43] Minister
Here are your secret orders.
[05:45] Minister
You will travel to Shinsenkyo and return
with the immortality-granting Elixir of Life.
[05:51] Minister
Whomever completes this task
shall receive an official pardon...
[05:56] Minister
in the form of this certificate.
[06:02] Sagiri
The atmosphere changed.
[06:08] Matagoro
With that, I could go
on a killing spree again.
[06:11] Sagiri
Adachi Matagoro...
[06:13] Sagiri
A fiend who killed only woman
and children, and only for pleasure.
[06:18] Sagiri
Could I kill a truly evil person who's
better off dead without doubt or hesitation?
[06:38] Yuzuriha
Are you Gabimaru the Hollow?
[06:41] Yuzuriha
Your hair color and build gave you away.
[06:44] Yuzuriha
You're pretty famous in our line of work.
[06:48] Yuzuriha
But...
[06:51] Yuzuriha
I'm disappointed.
[06:53] Yuzuriha
You're way smaller, more wretched-looking,
and even tinier than the rumors say.
[06:58] Yuzuriha
You've even been apprehended, too.
[07:01] Gabimaru
Sorry to disappoint you.
[07:03] Sagiri
I was certainly wary of him at first.
[07:07] Sagiri
But now he's so listless,
like he's a different person.
[07:11] Sagiri
Is this man just like the other criminals?
[07:13] Sagiri
Or is he even more evil than
that, as the rumors claim?
[07:23] Minister
I shall now describe to you
the island you'll be going to.
[07:27] Minister
It is like Paradise...
[07:29] Criminal A
We already heard that!
[07:30] Criminal B
Whatever!
[07:32] Criminal C
Is this some kind of fairy tale?
[07:34] Aoki
Remove your masks, criminals.
[07:41] Matagoro
I can finally breathe again.
[07:53] Aoki
He's the only sergeant who returned alive
from a recent expedition.
[07:58] Aoki
As you can see, he's no longer human.
[08:06] Aoki
When he returned,
he had lumps all over his body.
[08:10] Aoki
They began blooming the next day.
[08:14] Aoki
The roughly 60 other members
of the expedition are still missing.
[08:21] Aoki
We don't have
the slightest clue what happened
[08:24] Aoki
on the island, considering this
is our only source of information.
[08:28] Criminal He
No one said the island
would be so dangerous!
[08:31] Minister
What's the problem?
[08:33] Minister
Blossoming into flowers would be
a mystical blessing.
[08:37] Minister
It would almost be wasted on you lot.
[08:40] Criminal He
Screw you!
[08:41] Criminals
What are you talking about?
[08:42] Criminals
I'm not going!
[08:43] Criminals
Don't mock us!
[08:45] Minister
Enough.
[08:47] Minister
You're criminals sentenced to death,
[08:49] Minister
and you're being granted
an opportunity to travel to Paradise.
[08:53] Minister
Don't you realize how generous
His Excellency is being?
[08:57] Nurugai
Hey!
[09:00] Nurugai
You don't know anything
about the island, right?
[09:03] Nurugai
What if the Elixir's not there?
[09:05] Criminal He
Yeah!
[09:07] Criminal Chi
Can we come back empty-handed?
[09:09] Minister
They've got excuses for everything.
[09:11] Aoki
If you don't like what we're offering,
then you can drop out.
[09:14] Aoki
Participation is voluntary.
[09:16] Criminal Tattoo
Then I'll pass. Gives me the creeps.
[09:20] Criminal Tattoo
I'd rather die with my
boys waiting for me at the—
[09:29] Aoki
I forgot to mention one thing.
[09:31] Aoki
When you arrive on the island,
you'll be assigned monitors.
[09:35] Criminal C
M-Monitors?
[09:39] Aoki
You've already been condemned to death.
[09:42] Aoki
That still applies on the island.
[09:45] Aoki
In other words...
[09:55] Aoki
Act out on the island, and you'll
be beheaded on the spot.
[10:00] Aoki
The Yamada Asaemon will
accompany you as your monitors.
[10:04] Aoki
Don't get any funny ideas.
[10:06] Aoki
They're from the Yamada clan.
[10:09] Aoki
Turn against them,
and you'll end up like him.
[10:12] Aoki
Naturally, if your monitor dies, whether by
accident or homicide, you'll be beheaded.
[10:18] Aoki
If your monitor isn't with you,
you won't be allowed onto the return boat.
[10:23] Gabimaru
Really?
[10:24] Sagiri
Yes.
[10:25] Gabimaru
I see.
[10:28] Sagiri
I can't tell if he's brave or just dumb.
[10:32] Nariyoshi
Hey, you.
[10:38] Aoki
Yes, Your Excellency.
[10:40] Aoki
Sorry, but there's one more thing.
[10:43] Aoki
Before you land on the island,
you need to reduce your numbers.
[10:48] Criminal C
What?
[10:49] Aoki
All of you won't be able to
land on the island.
[10:53] Aoki
The ship's capacity and the number
of Asaemon available are limited,
[10:58] Aoki
so we'd like you to reduce your numbers.
[11:01] Criminal A
Reduce?
[11:03] Chobe
You're a bunch of idiots.
[11:06] Chobe
In other words...
[11:08] Chobe
You want us to winnow the chaff here, right?
[11:13] Matagoro
Wh-What are you...
[11:15] Chobe
See?
[11:16] Chobe
They're not saying anything
after witnessing that.
[11:21] Chobe
They want us to kill each other.
[11:24] Chobe
If you don't act quick, you'll be killed.
[11:27] Aoki
Well, that's one way to interpret it.
[11:29] Aoki
Anyone who dies here
would've been useless anyway.
[11:34] Aoki
Oh, and don't untie your hands.
[11:41] Criminal Wo
Die!
[12:20] Criminal Ha
Die!
[12:24] Nariyoshi
My, my.
[12:26] Nariyoshi
You don't often see fights
to the death in this day and age.
[12:32] Nariyoshi
I've always wanted to see one.
[12:35] Aoki
Stupid shogun...
[12:37] Aoki
What point is there in doing this?
[12:40] Aoki
They can't fight properly
with their hands tied.
[12:43] Aoki
It's a brawl. A chaotic free-for-all.
[12:48] Aoki
In the end, they'll all be useless.
[12:51] Nariyoshi
So, which ones have red seals?
[12:56] Minister
You mean the criminals
with exceptional skills.
[13:00] Minister
One might even describe them as superpowers.
[13:04] Minister
They've been stamped
with red seals in the registry.
[13:07] Minister
That man is one of them.
[13:09] Minister
Despite his young age,
he led a group of bandits.
[13:12] Minister
He's an extraordinary
fellow who established
[13:14] Minister
a bandit village deep
in the mountains of Iyo.
[13:17] Minister
Last year, that woman was involved
in the invasion of Sagiwa Castle.
[13:21] Minister
She's a kunoichi who neutralized
every last retainer in the castle.
[13:32] Minister
He's a master swordsman known as the "Blade
Dragon" or "Unparalleled in Eight Provinces."
[13:37] Minister
He's a massive fellow said
to eat bears head-first.
[13:41] Minister
They say neither swords
nor spears were effective against him.
[13:46] Nariyoshi
It's like a Warring States picture scroll.
[13:49] Minister
Among them, the most notable is
the living legend, Gabimaru the Hollow.
[13:55] Minister
Over there.
[13:57] Minister
Wait, what? The legend hasn't moved at all.
[14:09] Eizen
Feeling overwhelmed, Sagiri?
[14:12] Sagiri
Eizen-dono...
[14:14] Eizen
It'll be even more brutal on the island.
[14:19] Eizen
Not just among the criminals.
[14:21] Eizen
You'll be exposed to harm as well.
[14:24] Eizen
When that happens, will you be able to kill?
[14:30] Eizen
Let me take this opportunity to tell you...
[14:35] Eizen
you're not suited to this job.
[14:42] Eizen
Why would a woman bother to wield a sword?
[14:45] Eizen
The daughter of a warrior should
live quietly in her mansion
[14:50] Eizen
and stay far away from
the fate of an executioner.
[14:59] Sagiri
With all due respect, Eizen-dono,
I would have if I could.
[15:18] Sagiri
Testing swords on bodies, beheading criminals,
making medicines from corpses...
[15:25] Sagiri
Even if you don't wield a sword,
[15:27] Sagiri
everyone born into the Yamada clan makes
their living through people's deaths.
[15:37] (Flashback) Kids
Wait up!
[15:43] (Flashback) Child A
Daughter of Neck-Chopper Asa!
[15:45] (Flashback) Child B
Daughter of Cannibal Asa!
[15:47] (Flashback) Child C
Murderer!
[15:50] (Flashback) Child B
Get out here!
[15:52] (Flashback) Child C
Come on!
[15:59] Sagiri
You can try to turn a blind eye to it.
[16:19] Sagiri
But the truth is reflected in the blade.
[16:27] Nikimaru
Damn.
[16:28] Nikimaru
We've got no choice.
[16:30] Nikimaru
We'll have to break through
the samurai to get out of here.
[16:32] Criminal B
Boss...
[16:33] Nikimaru
That samurai is a woman.
[16:36] Nikimaru
We'll kill her and take her sword.
[16:43] Eizen
Can you kill him?
[16:50] Sagiri
I can't escape the executioner's fate.
[16:53] Sagiri
In that case...
[16:56] Sagiri
I refuse to quietly accept it.
[17:01] Sagiri
I'll see for myself what my fate is.
[17:22] Sagiri
Why?
[17:26] Sagiri
Why?
[17:31] Gabimaru
Killing people is never okay, y'know.
[17:39] Gabimaru
Can't you come up with another way
to choose who's going?
[17:41] Minister
When did you...
[17:42] Minister
Get back!
[17:43] Gabimaru
We might be murderers, but not all
of us killed because we wanted to.
[17:47] Aoki
What are the guards doing?
[17:49] Gabimaru
I won't let you do this to us.
[17:52] Minister
How dare you tell His Excellency what to do!
[17:54] Gabimaru
Oh, come on.
[17:56] Gabimaru
Not killing people if you don't have to
is the most natural thing in the world.
[18:01] Aoki
Watch your tongue, fiend.
[18:04] Aoki
If you don't want to participate,
then forfeit your chance at the pardon.
[18:10] Gabimaru
You're not listening.
[18:13] Aoki
Hey, you there.
[18:15] Criminal D
Huh?
[18:16] Aoki
I'll send you on the expedition
if you kill this man.
[18:20] Gabimaru
What?
[18:21] Criminal E
Seriously?
[18:23] Criminal E
Stay where you are.
[18:26] Gabimaru
No, wait.
[18:28] Gabimaru
You guys don't like this
pointless killing either, do you?
[18:30] Criminal E
Doesn't bother me.
[18:32] Criminal E
If that's what it takes to survive,
then it suits me just fine.
[18:38] Criminal E
Don't dodge that.
[18:39] Gabimaru
Can't we talk about this?
[18:40] Criminal E
If you're not going to fight,
then shut up and die.
[18:45] Gabimaru
Fine, then.
[18:47] Gabimaru
You leave me no choice.
[18:50] Gabimaru
Guess I'll kill you.
[18:51] Criminal E
Huh?
[18:53] Gabimaru
If you try to kill me, I'll kill you.
[18:58] Criminal E
I thought you didn't want to kill anyone.
[19:01] Gabimaru
I don't.
[19:03] Gabimaru
But I can't afford to die either.
[19:09] Gabimaru
So I don't have a choice.
[19:11] Criminal E
What?
[19:13] Criminal E
What are you talking about?
[19:14] Gabimaru
Just thinking about what
[19:16] Gabimaru
I'm going to be burdened
with weighs heavily on my mind.
[19:21] Gabimaru
Aw, man. This sucks.
[19:24] Gabimaru
This really sucks.
[20:19] Minister
He's a m-monster...
[20:21] Aoki
This is...
[20:28] Aoki
the Hollow.
[20:32] Gabimaru
Just thinking about what
[20:36] Gabimaru
I'm going to be burdened
with weighs heavily on my mind.
[20:45] Eizen
His methods are brutal.
[20:53] Gabimaru
Would you approve if
I made it pretty instead?
[20:57] Sagiri
Is it possible that what I needed wasn't
the strength not to fear killing...
[21:06] Sagiri
But the resolve to take on the burden
of that fear and the lives I took?
[21:19] Eizen
Sagiri, are you all right?
[21:22] Eizen
Perhaps this was too great
a responsibility for you after all.
[21:25] Sagiri
No.
[21:26] Sagiri
I will kill him.
[21:32] Aoki
Stop, criminals.
[21:34] Aoki
You will be joining the expedition.
[21:38] Aoki
Aza Chobe the Bandit King.
[21:41] Aoki
Tamiya Gantetsusai the Sword Dragon.
[21:45] Aoki
Twisted Keiun, the Hunter of One Hundred.
[21:48] Aoki
Nurugai of the Sanka.
[21:51] Aoki
Horubo the Killing Prayer.
[21:54] Aoki
Runaway shinobi, Gabimaru the Hollow.
[21:58] Aoki
Akaginu the Cannibal Courtesan.
[22:00] Aoki
Kunoichi, Yuzuriha of Keishu.
[22:04] Aoki
Moro Makiya the Apostate.
[22:07] Aoki
Rokurota the Giant of Bizen.
[22:10] Aoki
The ten of you will be going.
[22:13] Aoki
Each of you will be accompanied by
an Asaemon executioner of the Yamada clan.
[22:26] Aoki
You will board a ship,
[22:28] Aoki
travel to the uncharted
island in the southern sea,
[22:31] Aoki
and find the immortality-granting
Elixir of Life.
[22:36] Aoki
Do this, and you will earn your freedom.
[22:43] Aoki
Do not worry.
[22:45] Aoki
You are going to Paradise.
Heaven. Shinsenkyo!
[22:52] Aoki
There is no danger.
E3 - Weakness and Strength
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[00:45] Gabimaru
Even after being pierced by blades
and spilling his guts on the ground,
[00:50] Gabimaru
he remains standing in place.
[00:53] Gabimaru
The Chief of Iwagakure truly was immortal.
[00:57] Gabimaru
Apparently, it was due to a medicine he
acquired long ago from a land across the sea.
[01:08] Gabimaru
Judging by your expression,
[01:10] Gabimaru
it seems like you didn't
think it actually existed.
[01:13] Sagiri
You mean...
[01:15] Gabimaru
It's real. The Elixir of Life.
[01:18] Gabimaru
The Tokijiku no Kagunomi.
[01:22] Gabimaru
I don't know if it's here, though.
SIGN Weakness and Strength
[03:05] Sagiri
What is this?
[03:10] Sagiri
It's so fantastical.
[03:13] Sagiri
This place certainly makes one believe
the Elixir of Life might be found here.
[03:20] Gabimaru
Don't you mean it's creepy as hell?
[03:23] Gabimaru
There's no rhyme or reason to the species
[03:25] Gabimaru
and natural habitats
of the plants growing here.
[03:27] Gabimaru
It's unnatural.
[03:29] Gabimaru
And...
[03:32] Gabimaru
There's no telling what might
be out there. Be careful.
[03:35] Sagiri
You're not allowed to remove your bonds.
[03:38] Gabimaru
You expect me to do this with
my hands tied? That's ridiculous.
[03:40] Sagiri
Ridiculous or not, it's the shogun's will.
[03:42] Sagiri
It's my job to keep an eye
on a criminal like you.
[03:45] Sagiri
I cannot overlook any attempt
to break the rules.
[03:48] Sagiri
Bind your hands.
[03:50] Gabimaru
C'mon, can't you let this slide?
[03:53] Gabimaru
In fact, this isn't the only
ridiculous thing about this expedition.
[03:56] Gabimaru
We've only been given food
and water for three days.
[03:58] Gabimaru
Our only clue is this drawing.
[04:00] Gabimaru
They're not actually trying
to find it, are they?
[04:05] Sagiri
Bind your hands.
[04:08] Sagiri
If you're confused,
then allow me to explain.
[04:10] Sagiri
I am an executioner, not your ally.
[04:14] Sagiri
It's not my problem if you fail to find
the Elixir and receive a pardon.
[04:22] Sagiri
If you refuse to bind your hands,
then I'll simply take your head off.
[04:30] Gabimaru
Fine, fine. Whatever you want.
[04:33] Gabimaru
In any case, all I want
is to see my wife again.
[04:36] Gabimaru
I'll accept whatever conditions I have to,
but try not to be too rid—
[04:45] Sagiri
Ga...
[04:51] Keiun
That's one down!
[04:55] Keiun
Fool.
[05:01] Keiun
He let his guard down
under these circumstances.
[05:04] Keiun
He deserved to d—
[05:05] Gabimaru
Wow.
[05:07] Gabimaru
You surprised me.
[05:11] Sagiri
You're all right?
[05:12] Gabimaru
I dislocated my neck.
[05:15] Gabimaru
Anyway, look at him.
[05:17] Sagiri
Yes.
[05:18] Sagiri
That's Twisted Keiun,
one of the condemned criminals.
[05:22] Sagiri
He's a warrior monk who fell in love
with weapons during his training.
[05:28] Sagiri
They say he's stolen over
a hundred weapons from other warriors.
[05:33] Gabimaru
Actually, that's not what I meant.
[05:35] Gabimaru
His hands aren't bound.
[05:37] Sagiri
What?
[05:39] Sagiri
That doesn't matter right now.
Well, it does matter, but...
[05:44] Sagiri
Why aren't his hands bound, Kisho-dono?
[05:46] Kisho
You're as rigid as ever, Sagiri.
[05:49] Kisho
We can tie their hands
again on the trip back.
[05:52] Kisho
I can't be bothered to argue
with this scum over that. It's stupid.
[05:56] Gabimaru
See? See?
[05:57] Kisho
You're still the lowest-ranked
because you're honest to a fault.
[06:02] Kisho
All the Asaemon are ranked.
[06:05] Kisho
Sagiri's rank is—
[06:06] Sagiri
This is not the time for that discussion.
[06:09] Keiun
Hey!
[06:10] Keiun
How dare you ignore me, Gabimaru the Hollow.
[06:14] Keiun
You're as bold and
stalwart as the rumors say.
[06:18] Keiun
How convenient for me.
[06:20] Keiun
I can test my weapons on you
to my heart's content.
[06:24] Keiun
Weapons only shine once they drink blood.
[06:29] Keiun
Your body shall experience
their beauty firsthand.
[06:34] Gabimaru
Are you some kind of pervert?
[06:36] Gabimaru
If we waste time fighting here,
the others will get a head start on us.
[06:40] Keiun
That's precisely why I'm doing this.
[06:42] Keiun
We were given practically
no leads to begin with.
[06:45] Keiun
It would be wise to kill
the other criminals first
[06:49] Keiun
and then take my time
searching for the Elixir.
[06:53] Keiun
And you're first, Hollow.
[06:56] Gabimaru
What?
[06:58] Kisho
We're just here to watch you.
[07:00] Kisho
Feel free to kill each other if you'd like.
[07:02] Sagiri
I agree.
[07:05] Gabimaru
But it's a pointless hassle.
[07:07] Gabimaru
I don't want to kill anyone
'cause my wife wouldn't like it.
[07:11] Gabimaru
But I have no choice. Guess I'll kill you.
[07:14] Keiun
I'd like to see you try!
[07:18] Sagiri
Bind your hands.
[07:19] Gabimaru
You're kidding, right?
[07:34] Gabimaru
Okay, they're tied.
[07:36] Keiun
How convenient.
[07:38] Keiun
I shall test all my weapons against you.
[07:41] Gabimaru
I don't have time for all of that.
[07:48] Sagiri
He used a single pole as a lever
to launch his massive bulk.
[08:07] Gabimaru
It's hard to fight with my hands tied.
[08:11] Sagiri
A single blow?
[08:18] Sagiri
It's sewn directly onto his skin.
[08:20] Sagiri
How truly outlandish.
[08:24] Keiun
We're just getting started, Hollow.
[08:40] Gabimaru
That was a waste of time.
[08:43] Gabimaru
Let's look for the Elixir.
[08:47] Gabimaru
My hands are still tied.
[08:49] Sagiri
What? Oh, right.
[09:02] Kisho
Well, I'm heading back now.
[09:05] Gabimaru
We don't need to fight?
[09:06] Kisho
I told you, we're neither
your enemies nor allies.
[09:10] Kisho
If the criminal we're responsible for dies,
then we simply take his head back.
[09:15] Kisho
I'm going home and taking a bath.
[09:17] Sagiri
Kisho-dono.
[09:19] Sagiri
Sixty men went missing on this island.
[09:21] Sagiri
Be careful on your return journey.
[09:24] Kisho
Can you afford to worry
about anyone else right now?
[09:27] Kisho
If anything, I consider myself lucky
for getting out of this so quickly.
[09:30] Kisho
You're naïve if you think you're safe
just because his hands are tied.
[09:34] Kisho
The man standing next to you is a criminal.
[09:37] Kisho
Mere moments after we headed to shore,
I'd already seen so much.
[09:44] Kisho
Those who sought to reduce their
competition before we even landed...
[09:47] Kisho
Those who plotted to work together,
and those who pretended to...
[09:53] Kisho
They never followed society's
rules in the first place.
[09:58] Kisho
They don't care about duties or rules.
[10:06] Kisho
They'll attempt to survive
by whatever methods suit them.
[10:09] Kisho
They'll do whatever it takes.
[10:12] Sagiri
But wouldn't breaking
the rules invalidate their pardon?
[10:16] Kisho
That's why I called you rigid.
[10:18] Kisho
To a samurai, the shogun's word is absolute,
[10:21] Kisho
but what really matters is our priorities.
[10:24] Kisho
Priority number one is the Elixir of Life.
[10:25] Kisho
Everything else comes second to that.
[10:27] Kisho
Wouldn't the shogunate prefer we break
the rules to achieve our
[10:30] Kisho
objective rather than
following them and failing?
[10:35] Kisho
Besides, rules are illusions
that don't function
[10:38] Kisho
unless you believe
everyone will follow them.
[10:41] Kisho
For some, they simply never apply.
[10:44] Kisho
Like him.
[10:46] Kisho
Shall I cut him down for you now?
[10:50] Gabimaru
Let's not waste time on pointless jokes.
[10:53] Gabimaru
We're short on time as it is.
[10:55] Gabimaru
I just want to get back to my wife.
[10:58] Gabimaru
I don't care about anything else.
[11:03] Kisho
Let's hurry.
[11:06] Kisho
You're right. You should hurry.
[11:10] Kisho
Allow me to make a prediction.
[11:13] Kisho
The situation will change
again in just a few hours.
[11:25] Eizen
Are you hungry, Rokurota?
[11:48] Kisho
In just a few mere hours, there will
be a seemingly unpredictable turn.
[11:57] Kisho
More than half the criminals will die,
[11:59] Kisho
and within a few moments more,
so will the other half.
[12:05] Kisho
In less than a day,
there will be only one left.
[12:10] Kisho
You're expendable.
[12:13] Kisho
If your numbers dwindle,
then more will be added.
[12:16] Gabimaru
More?
[12:17] Kisho
Hattori's messenger has
already traveled to Ishu.
[12:20] Kisho
The shogunate undoubtedly made
contact with the new Iwagakure.
[12:25] Kisho
The Asaemon aren't
a monolith either, Sagiri.
[12:28] Kisho
Rumor has it this job will determine
the next head of the clan.
[12:33] Kisho
I don't know if it's true or not,
but it's enough to inspire ambition in some.
[12:37] Kisho
Not that I'm interested.
[12:39] Kisho
See you later.
[12:41] Kisho
Don't let your guard
down around the criminals.
[12:43] Kisho
You've been warned.
[12:48] Sagiri
He's right.
[12:49] Sagiri
Even though we've been traveling
together for several days,
[12:52] Sagiri
I still don't understand
this man's true character.
[12:55] Sagiri
But...
[12:57] Sagiri
Which way now?
[13:07] Sagiri
What do you think you're doing?
[13:09] Gabimaru
I was hoping to kill you painlessly.
[13:13] Sagiri
I knew it.
[13:15] Sagiri
This man's true nature is...
[13:25] (Flashback) Chief
They asked to leave the village
the moment they had a child?
[13:30] (Flashback) Chief
And they're supposed to be jonin. Pathetic.
[13:34] (Flashback) Chief
I shall raise this child.
[13:36] (Flashback) Shinobi A
Yes, sir.
[13:38] (Flashback) Chief
Look closely, Gabimaru.
[13:41] (Flashback) Chief
This is weakness.
[13:43] (Flashback) Chief
Emotions, even love between a parent
and child, make you weak.
[13:49] (Flashback) Chief
Unless you're strong,
you can't protect anything.
[13:52] (Flashback) Chief
Let alone everything precious to you.
[14:17] Sagiri
Killing me is a violation of the rules.
[14:21] Gabimaru
Remember what your clansman said.
It's about priorities.
[14:25] Gabimaru
If the Iwagakure arrive on the island,
everything will go up in smoke.
[14:30] Gabimaru
I have to find the Elixir
of Life before then.
[14:35] Gabimaru
I have no hatred for you,
but you're a hindrance.
[14:38] Sagiri
So you're going to kill me?
[14:40] Gabimaru
Sometimes there's no other choice.
[14:42] Gabimaru
I'm sorry, but you have to die.
[14:47] Sagiri
This man is dangerous after all.
[14:49] Sagiri
His thinking and morality
are extreme and abnormal.
[14:52] Sagiri
He should be executed immediately.
[14:55] Sagiri
But for some reason, I'm hesitant.
[15:00] Sagiri
I can't...
[15:01] Sagiri
I just can't...
[15:07] Gabimaru
Again.
[15:08] Gabimaru
I should've been able to
kill her just now.
[15:15] Gabimaru
Why am I hesitating?
[15:18] Gabimaru
Why?
[15:20] (Flashback) Yui
I think it's normal not to
want to kill anyone.
[15:26] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Ridiculous. I'm hollow.
[15:29] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I don't have feelings like that anymore.
[15:32] (Flashback) Yui
How can you say that
after you blushed so much over a kiss?
[15:38] (Flashback) Yui
If you have emotions,
you should listen to them.
[15:42] (Flashback) Yui
You're not your old self anymore.
[15:48] (Flashback) Yui
True courage is being true to your emotions.
[15:52] (Flashback) Yui
As long as you're
like that, I'll follow you,
[15:55] (Flashback) Yui
even if it means leaving the village.
[15:59] Gabimaru
I experienced emotions
after meeting my wife.
[16:05] Gabimaru
But among them was hatred.
[16:09] (Flashback) Shinobi B
He wasn't our target.
[16:12] (Flashback) Gabimaru
He said he'd take revenge on my wife
and the rest of my family.
[16:18] (Flashback) Samurai
No, wait! I can't die!
[16:21] (Flashback) Samurai
I've got a wife and child!
[16:37] Gaimaru
I experienced weakness as well.
[16:49] Gabimaru
Again. This is weakness.
[16:52] Gabimaru
At this rate, I won't be pardoned,
much less survive.
[16:59] Sagiri
He's a violent condemned criminal.
[17:01] Sagiri
On top of that, he's trying
to kill me, but...
[17:09] Gabimaru
The heart is such a nuisance.
[17:13] (Flashback) Chief
Unless you're strong,
you can't protect anything.
[17:32] Gabimaru
Stop resisting. It's pointless.
[17:35] Gabimaru
You're skilled enough to know.
[17:38] Gabimaru
You can't beat me with that.
[17:41] Gabimaru
I don't care about the other criminals,
but killing you will hurt me.
[17:46] Gabimaru
Can't you at least die quietly?
[17:49] Sagiri
It will hurt you?
[17:50] Sagiri
You still have those kinds of emotions left?
[17:55] Gabimaru
You're right.
[18:06] Gabimaru
I don't have emotions.
[18:08] Gabimaru
I am Gabimaru the Hollow.
[18:11] Gabimaru
I've killed so many people,
I've grown tired of it.
[18:14] Gabimaru
Killing one more person
doesn't make me feel anything.
[18:19] Gabimaru
That's how I was raised.
[18:22] Gabimaru
Unless you're strong,
you can't protect anything.
[18:26] Sagiri
I knew it. This man is dangerous.
[18:29] Gabimaru
I don't need emotions.
[18:31] Gabimaru
Now die.
[18:33] Sagiri
But...
[18:50] Gabimaru
Why?
[18:52] Gabimaru
Why do I hesitate?
[18:55] Gabimaru
I shouldn't feel anything.
[18:59] Sagiri
That's right.
[19:01] Sagiri
In that moment,
[19:02] Sagiri
and that moment,
[19:04] Sagiri
this man has always
[19:07] Sagiri
worn the same expression he's wearing now,
[19:09] Sagiri
as though he's trying to endure something.
[19:13] Sagiri
The environment he was raised in
simply gave him the wrong idea.
[19:16] Sagiri
He's not a hollow man who feels nothing.
[19:19] Sagiri
He's a human being with emotions.
[19:22] Sagiri
And watching him allowed me
to face my own emotions.
[19:29] Gabimaru
Is this how weak I've become?
[19:34] Gabimaru
At this rate, I won't survive.
[19:38] Gabimaru
If I'm this weak,
I'll never see my wife again.
[19:43] Sagiri
That's not weakness.
[19:46] Sagiri
It's the seed of strength.
[19:49] Sagiri
Feeling nothing is
the same as averting your gaze.
[19:54] Sagiri
I believe not fleeing
from your emotions is strength.
[19:59] (Flashback) Yui
True courage is being true to your emotions.
[20:03] Sagiri
At least allow me to say that.
[20:06] Sagiri
After all, I was able to face
my own emotions because of you.
[20:12] Gabimaru
Is now really the right time to say that?
[20:14] Sagiri
Your hands aren't moving.
[20:18] Sagiri
Normally, I'd execute you immediately,
[20:21] Sagiri
but this time, I'll overlook your behavior.
[20:23] Sagiri
If you regret your own crimes,
[20:25] Sagiri
face your emotions, and struggle
to reclaim your life,
[20:30] Sagiri
then I wish to see that through.
[20:34] Gabimaru
What?
[20:36] Sagiri
Show me if someone like
you can reclaim his life.
[20:45] Sagiri
I must face my own emotions as well,
so that I can become stronger.
[20:52] Sagiri
Our relationship hasn't changed.
[20:55] Sagiri
But you...
[20:57] (Flashback) Yui
You're not...
[21:00] Sagiri
You're not your old self anymore.
[21:14] Gantetsusai
What the hell is this?
[21:22] Fuchi
Those look like man-made objects.
[21:44] Fuchi
What are you doing?
[21:48] Fuchi
Wh-Why?
[21:50] Gantetsusai
Look.
[21:51] Gantetsusai
It's a butterfly with a human face.
[21:53] Gantetsusai
That's not from our world.
[21:59] Fuchi
Amazing.
[22:01] Gantetsusai
Don't get distracted.
[22:07] Gantetsusai
What the hell is this island?
[22:10] Gantetsusai
Is this actually the Other Side?
[22:13] Fuchi
I-It wouldn't be impossible
for creatures like those to exist.
[22:18] Gantetsusai
This is starting to get interesting.
[22:35] Gantetsusai
Interesting.
[22:46] Sagiri
What is this... c-creature?
[22:52] Gabimaru
Stay back.
E4 - Hell and Paradise
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[00:16] Gantetsusai
Known as the Blade Dragon
and Unparalleled in Eight Provinces,
[00:20] Gantetsusai
when I stopped finding men stronger than me,
[00:26] Gantetsusai
a lord named Something-or-Other Tatsumi
asked me to become his officer.
[00:31] Gantetsusai
He was a great man who took
pride in his great mansion.
[00:34] Gantetsusai
His name's characters made him a "dragon" too,
so I agreed, in exchange for room and board.
[00:40] (Flashback) Tatsumi
You sure can put them back.
[00:43] (Flashback) Tatsumi
Splendid.
[00:47] (Flashback) Tatsumi
Anyway, Tamiya Gantetsusai-dono,
you may be the Blade Dragon,
[00:53] (Flashback) Tatsumi
but surely you can't kill a real dragon.
[00:57] (Flashback) Gantetsusai
What?
[00:59] Gantetsusai
So I cut down both the dragon on his gate
and that cowardly dragon's nerve.
[01:08] Fuchi
Your temper is too violent.
I don't understand you.
[01:12] Gantetsusai
I agree.
[01:14] Gantetsusai
Because of that, his whole clan came
after me, and I was sentenced to death.
[01:17] Gantetsusai
Not that I regret it.
[01:20] Gantetsusai
Once I acquire the pardon,
I'll be cleared of all charges.
[01:23] Gantetsusai
Then I can openly hone my skill again.
[01:26] Gantetsusai
This time, I'll split his
whole mansion in half.
[01:29] Fuchi
I don't understand you.
[01:32] Gantetsusai
If you ask me, you people
make even less sense.
[01:35] Gantetsusai
Those tools you're wearing are
for dissections, aren't they?
[01:39] Gantetsusai
What a gloomy little man.
[01:41] Gantetsusai
Does the food you earn beheading
criminals taste good, Whatever-emon?
[01:46] Fuchi
It's Asaemon. Yamada Asaemon Fuchi.
SIGN Tameshi-itto-ryu Rank 9
Yamada Asaemon
Fuchi
[01:51] Fuchi
Beheadings aren't
the Yamada clan's only trade.
[01:53] Fuchi
We also test swords and produce medicines.
[01:56] Fuchi
We're far more useful to society than you.
[02:00] Fuchi
The same goes for the dissections.
[02:02] Fuchi
Discoveries about the human
body help advance medicine.
[02:05] Fuchi
It's a noble purpose.
[02:13] Fuchi
I won't allow you to insult us.
[02:19] Gantetsusai
Whatever.
[02:21] Gantetsusai
Try not to get in my way.
[02:22] Fuchi
H-Hey, wait.
[02:26] Fuchi
Do you know what you're doing?
[02:29] Gantetsusai
There's only one thing to do.
[02:30] Gantetsusai
I'm going to eliminate the competition.
[02:34] Gantetsusai
It's more efficient to take my time
searching for the Elixir after that,
[02:38] Gantetsusai
and most importantly, I can use
my sword to my heart's content.
[02:41] Gantetsusai
I thought I'd never get the chance to
[02:43] Gantetsusai
engage in thrilling duels
in this peaceful world again.
[02:48] Fuchi
It makes sense.
[02:51] Fuchi
This job is like crafting insect poison.
[02:54] Fuchi
The longer you wait, the stronger
the surviving venomous insects.
[02:58] Fuchi
But will this really end well?
[03:01] Fuchi
Not all of the venomous insects are here.
[03:04] Fuchi
If the shogunate runs out of patience,
they'll send the next batch of insects.
[03:08] Fuchi
Stronger, more venomous insects.
[03:33] Gantetsusai
Interesting...
[03:47] Gabimaru
Stay back.
SIGN Hell and Paradise
[05:22] Gabimaru
What is this thing, a fish?
[05:25] Gabimaru
It's wearing prayer beads.
[05:26] Gabimaru
Is it a monster or a living creature?
[05:29] Gabimaru
Its appearance is ridiculously fantastical.
[05:32] Gabimaru
I have so many questions,
[05:34] Gabimaru
but my instincts are telling me
that this island itself is dangerous.
[05:40] Gabimaru
What a pain in the butt.
[05:52] Sagiri
Gabima—
[05:57] Gabimaru
I told you to stay back.
[05:58] Sagiri
Right.
[06:00] Gabimaru
It seems to be alive.
[06:03] Chief
Shinobi Rule Number Five.
[06:07] Chief
Do not fight an unknown enemy.
[06:13] Gabimaru
Should we run?
[06:16] Gabimaru
The two of us, or just me?
[06:31] Sagiri
Gabimaru! Are you all right?
[06:34] Gabimaru
This place is dangerous.
[06:37] Sagiri
So it's possible for you to be injured...
[06:39] Sagiri
No, wait. I mean—
[06:41] Gabimaru
Let's run for now.
[06:52] Sagiri
What are they?
[06:54] Sagiri
They're smiling?
[06:56] Sagiri
Are they real?
[06:59] Sagiri
Calm down. Don't lose your head.
[07:04] Sagiri
We've been surrounded.
[07:10] Gabimaru
Enough. Stop thinking.
[07:15] Sagiri
Gabimaru!
[07:20] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Ascetic Blaze.
[07:30] Gabimaru
For now, don't think.
[07:37] Gabimaru
Just kill.
[07:40] Gabimaru
So you can survive.
[07:42] Gabimaru
So you can acquire the pardon
and escape this bloody world.
[07:47] Gabimaru
Just kill.
[07:50] Sagiri
I knew this was a dangerous job,
but it's different now.
[07:54] Sagiri
Everything has changed since mere hours ago.
[08:09] Sagiri
What an otherworldly sight.
[08:12] Sagiri
Am I in Paradise, or...?
[08:30] Gabimaru
Don't worry about anything else.
[08:32] Sagiri
That's not weakness.
[08:35] Gabimaru
Just focus on the enemies in front of you.
[08:37] Yui
True courage is being true to your emotions.
[08:40] Gabimaru
Eliminate them.
[08:53] Sagiri
Um, Gabimaru...
[08:57] Sagiri
I'm so—
[09:02] Yuzuriha
Wow, you killed all of these by yourself?
[09:06] Yuzuriha
Impressive, Hollow!
[09:07] Yuzuriha
Wow, that was something else.
[09:10] Yuzuriha
Wow.
[09:12] Yuzuriha
I'm Yuzuriha.
[09:13] Yuzuriha
Like you, I'm a ninja.
[09:16] Yuzuriha
We're, like, totally the same.
[09:18] Sagiri
Two executioners?
[09:20] Gabimaru
What do you think you're...
[09:22] (Flashback) Yui
You're supposed to say "thank you"
when someone helps you.
[09:29] Gabimaru
Thank you for saving me.
[09:33] Gabimaru
So, what do you want? We're rivals.
[09:38] Gabimaru
You didn't have to help me.
[09:41] Yuzuriha
Don't be so on edge.
[09:44] Yuzuriha
The monsters are gone now.
[09:46] Yuzuriha
You seem super dependable, Gabi-kun.
[09:48] Yuzuriha
You're still standing, despite
how much you're bleeding.
[09:51] Yuzuriha
Didn't you save her just now, too?
[09:58] Yuzuriha
Hey, why don't we work together?
[10:01] Yuzuriha
I'm so scared of this dangerous place.
[10:06] Yuzuriha
I'll do whatever you say. Please protect—
[10:10] Yuzuriha
Huh? What?
[10:12] Yuzuriha
Ow... Ow...
[10:14] Yuzuriha
Ow, that hurts! What are you doing?
[10:18] Gabimaru
You can't seduce me.
[10:19] Gabimaru
I'm familiar with kunoichi methods.
[10:23] Yuzuriha
Yeah, yeah. I'm sure you are.
[10:26] Yuzuriha
I just wanted to try it.
[10:27] Yuzuriha
It's better to regret what you've done
than regret what you haven't, right?
[10:31] Yuzuriha
But I'm serious about working together.
[10:34] Yuzuriha
Five is safer than three.
[10:37] Sagiri
Wait a minute.
[10:38] Sagiri
Why do you have two Asaemon with you?
[10:41] Yuzuriha
This guy is, uh...
[10:44] Genji
Yamada Asaemon Genji.
SIGN Tameshi-itto-ryu Rank 8
Yamada Asaemon
Genji
[10:46] Genji
I was originally assigned
to Moro Makiya the Apostate.
[10:51] Genji
Makiya died when he was
fooled by this woman.
[10:54] Genji
Her foul tricks run contrary to bushido.
[10:56] Genji
I deemed a single executioner
insufficient to control her,
[11:01] Genji
so I decided to accompany them.
[11:03] Gabimaru
Huh.
[11:05] Gabimaru
So she seduced him.
[11:06] Sagiri
I see.
[11:08] Sagiri
Women have always been
Genji-dono's weakness.
[11:10] Sagiri
He fell for her tricks.
[11:13] Senta
Uh, um...
[11:15] Senta
I'm Yamada Asaemon Senta,
the executioner assigned to her.
SIGN Tameshi-itto-ryu Rank 5
Yamada Asaemon
Senta
[11:18] Yuzuriha
Well, you know.
[11:20] Yuzuriha
We ran into crazy bugs, monsters,
statues on our way here.
[11:26] Yuzuriha
We know just how dangerous this place is.
[11:28] Yuzuriha
Finding the Elixir as quickly
as possible is important,
[11:32] Yuzuriha
but there's no point in blindly
charging in and dying without a plan.
[11:35] Gabimaru
You're the one who called me disappointing.
[11:38] Yuzuriha
Did I? I don't remember that.
[11:41] Sagiri
As long as you both agree to it,
[11:44] Sagiri
then there's no problem
with you working together.
[11:46] Yuzuriha
All right! I love you, Gabimaru.
[11:48] Yuzuriha
Ow, ow, ow! What are you doing?
[11:51] Gabimaru
I never said I'd work with you.
[11:52] Gabimaru
I can't trust a kunoichi.
[11:55] Yuzuriha
Trust? Come on.
[11:57] Yuzuriha
We're not kids.
[12:03] Yuzuriha
We can betray each other at any time.
[12:06] Yuzuriha
Even if we find the Elixir,
only one of us will be pardoned.
[12:10] Yuzuriha
I'm suggesting we use each other
for as long as possible.
[12:13] Yuzuriha
Or are you scared of me?
[12:17] Yuzuriha
You're surprisingly naïve.
[12:21] Yuzuriha
Please, Gabi.
[12:22] Yuzuriha
Won't you help a weak little girl?
[12:25] Gabimaru
You're wasting your time with that.
[12:27] Yuzuriha
Oh?
[12:29] Gabimaru
How would working with you benefit me?
[12:32] Yuzuriha
You'll offer your strength
in exchange for my information.
[12:36] Yuzuriha
For example,
[12:37] Yuzuriha
you seem to think the monsters are a threat,
[12:40] Yuzuriha
but the real danger here is the bugs.
[12:43] Yuzuriha
Human-faced butterflies.
[12:45] Yuzuriha
They fly around monsters,
but their nests and behavior are unknown.
[12:49] Yuzuriha
Their scales seem to contain
hallucinogens and poison.
[12:53] Gabimaru
How do you know that?
[12:58] Yuzuriha
Moro Makiya.
[12:59] Yuzuriha
I got close to him and talked him into it.
[13:02] Yuzuriha
I tested them on him.
[13:04] Yuzuriha
The centipedes are gross,
but you can safely ignore them.
[13:07] Yuzuriha
They only eat dead flesh.
[13:08] Gabimaru
How do you know that?
[13:10] Yuzuriha
I tested it on Makiya.
[13:12] Yuzuriha
There are other bugs too,
but they didn't attack unless approached.
[13:16] Yuzuriha
I tested it on Makiya.
[13:18] Gabimaru
What happened to him?
[13:20] Yuzuriha
I got him to let his guard down
by playing dead and killed him.
[13:23] Senta
Many of the items worn by the
monsters feature Buddhist or Taoist designs.
[13:31] Senta
Buddhism and Taoism are
different religious traditions...
[13:34] Senta
It's strange to see them mixed together.
[13:37] Senta
The Buddhist statues are strange, too.
[13:39] Senta
I have trouble believing
this island is truly Paradise.
[13:43] Sagiri
I agree.
[13:46] Sagiri
We can explain it away
by calling them fantastical,
[13:48] Sagiri
but to my blade, their anatomy and musculature
[13:51] Sagiri
feels like those of living creatures.
[13:53] Yuzuriha
See? There's so much we don't know.
[13:56] Yuzuriha
We should work together
and gather information.
[13:59] Yuzuriha
I'll tell you everything I know.
[14:03] Gabimaru
Why are you willing to reveal so much?
[14:05] Gabimaru
Are you that desperate to survive?
[14:09] Yuzuriha
I have one younger sister.
[14:13] Yuzuriha
She's got an incurable disease,
but can't afford any medicine.
[14:17] Yuzuriha
I became a shinobi in order to make money.
[14:20] Yuzuriha
I endured hellish training
with the Kai of Kasumidani.
[14:23] Gabimaru
The Kai shinobi are from Mizoredani.
[14:25] Yuzuriha
Uh, right. That place.
[14:27] Yuzuriha
Anyway, uh... the village chief, uh...
[14:32] Yuzuriha
He said something about
how I couldn't do that.
[14:34] Yuzuriha
And then they betrayed me.
[14:36] Gabimaru
If you're lying, then keep it short.
[14:38] Yuzuriha
Oh, you figured it out?
[14:41] Yuzuriha
Do I need a reason to want to survive?
[14:45] Yuzuriha
Some deep personal motivation?
[14:48] Yuzuriha
I've got nothing like that.
[14:51] Yuzuriha
Do I need a reason to want to
make it back home alive?
[14:54] Yuzuriha
I don't want to die
while I'm still so young.
[14:57] Yuzuriha
That's all.
[14:58] Yuzuriha
Maybe you samurai wouldn't understand.
[15:02] Yuzuriha
After all, you risk your lives
just because the shogun wills it,
[15:05] Yuzuriha
and never even question it.
[15:09] Gabimaru
I have another question.
[15:12] Yuzuriha
Hmm?
[15:13] Gabimaru
What did you actually do to Moro Makiya?
[15:22] Yuzuriha
Nothing.
[15:25] Yuzuriha
You care about the lives of others?
[15:28] Yuzuriha
It'll get you killed.
[15:33] Gabimaru
Fine.
[15:34] Gabimaru
I want information.
[15:36] Gabimaru
As long as we're simply fighting together
and not fully cooperating...
[15:39] Yuzuriha
All right! You're the best, Gabi-chan.
[15:41] Yuzuriha
Ow, ow, ow! I just got a little excited.
[15:44] Yuzuriha
What is this for?
[15:45] Gabimaru
I have a wife.
[15:47] Senta
Then let's share what we know.
[15:49] Yuzuriha
No, wait. We're working together now.
[15:52] Yuzuriha
We don't have to tell them anything else.
[15:54] Gabimaru
The words were barely out of your mouth
before you went back on them.
[15:57] Yuzuriha
I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
[16:01] Sagiri
What have I done
since arriving on this island?
[16:06] Sagiri
I lost my bearings against those monsters
and let the situation overwhelm me.
[16:10] Sagiri
What purpose have
the sword skills I honed served?
[16:15] Sagiri
I'm so powerless.
[16:26] Toma
Change is strength.
[16:29] (Flashback) Student
He became an agent of the clan
within a month of joining it.
[16:32] (Flashback) Eizen
Impressive, Toma.
[16:34] (Flashback) Eizen
The final step is for you to execute a
criminal so we can add your name to the list.
[16:38] (Flashback) Eizen
Which execution would be suitable?
[16:43] (Flashback) Toma
I have a request.
[16:52] (Flashback) Toma
Thank you for waiting.
[16:54] (Flashback) Toma
I've come to save you, brother.
[16:57] (Flashback) Chobe
Took you long enough.
[16:59] (Flashback) Toma
Not even a word of thanks
for your younger brother who infiltrated
[17:02] (Flashback) Toma
the Yamada clan and achieved
this status within a month?
[17:04] (Flashback) Chobe
I endured a month of torture at their hands.
[17:08] (Flashback) Toma
And now you're more handsome than ever.
[17:10] (Flashback) Chobe
So, how are we getting out?
[17:12] (Flashback) Chobe
The magistrate's men don't give up easily.
[17:15] (Flashback) Toma
There's apparently a way
to make them stop pursing us.
[17:21] (Flashback) Chobe
I'm in.
[17:22] Toma
Change means changing yourself
according to the situation.
[17:27] Toma
Brother...
[17:28] Toma
Quickly appraising a situation
and understanding it.
[17:31] Chobe
Are these things alive?
[17:34] Toma
Some situations can be
difficult to understand.
[17:41] Chobe
Then they can be killed!
[17:43] Toma
My brother's strength is
how quickly he understands situations.
[17:47] Toma
He always has.
[17:49] Toma
Even when the lord our father
served committed an outrage
[17:51] Official A
A lord's crimes are his vassals' crimes!
[17:54] Toma
at Edo Castle and our clan was disbanded.
[17:59] Toma
Even when our mother died
while we were living in poverty.
[18:03] (Flashback) Sergeant
For avenging their master,
all 47 ronin shall be beheaded.
[18:10] Toma
Even when our father was executed
for avenging his lord.
[18:23] Toma
Even when we were attacked by bandits.
[18:26] Toma
He immediately understood the situation
and ultimately ended up controlling it.
[18:32] (Flashback) Magistrate
Give yourself up, Bandit King Chobe!
[18:35] (Flashback) Magistrate
Come quietly!
[18:38] (Flashback) Chobe
Toma, I want you to run.
[18:40] (Flashback) Toma
Brother.
[18:41] (Flashback) Chobe
Come rescue me later.
[18:44] (Flashback) Chobe
I believe in you.
[18:48] Toma
We don't live in a world
where the strong prey on the weak.
[18:52] Toma
It's survival of the fittest.
[18:54] Toma
It's those who can adapt that are strong.
[19:00] Toma
Brother...
[19:00] Chobe
Toma,
[19:02] Chobe
we're slipping through the monsters.
[19:03] Toma
Got it.
[19:06] Toma
Fleeing a situation you can't
understand can also be the right choice.
[19:11] Toma
My brother is a genius when it comes to change.
[19:14] Toma
The one thing that hasn't changed is...
[19:22] Toma
Brother...
[19:28] Toma
Change is strength.
[19:32] Toma
Those who cannot change are unnecessary.
[19:37] Toma
That's why my brother is strong.
[19:43] Toma
Damn monsters!
[19:44] Toma
You won't get past me!
[19:52] Chobe
What's more effective against a monster
than its own weapons?
[19:56] Toma
Brother...
[19:57] Chobe
You bought me time to pick up a weapon.
[20:03] Toma
Brother!
[20:05] Toma
Brother! Brother! Brother! Brother!
[20:11] Soshin
Murder is a sin.
[20:15] Soshin
Even insects are alive.
[20:18] Soshin
So are fish.
[20:20] Soshin
You mustn't harm them.
[20:20] Chobe
These things can talk?
[20:22] Soshin
Murder is a sin.
[20:23] Toma
Brother, are these real deities?
[20:27] Toma
Are we in not in Heaven,
but in Hell instead?
[20:31] Toma
Where sinners receive divine punishment?
[20:37] (Flashback) Official A
A lord's crimes are his vassals' crimes!
[20:40] (Flashback) Sergeant
They shall be executed!
[20:42] (Flashback) Magistrate
Arrest that criminal Chobe!
[20:47] Chobe
I'm sick of hearing about crimes and sins.
[20:53] Chobe
Evil? Sin?
[20:55] Chobe
I don't give a shit.
[20:56] Chobe
You're the ones who decided that.
[20:59] Chobe
You're slaves to righteousness.
[21:02] Chobe
You're puppets without your own desires.
[21:06] Chobe
I'm not letting anyone
else tell me what to do.
[21:08] Chobe
I'll do what I wanna do.
[21:13] Chobe
I'm my own lord.
[21:15] Chobe
I'm my own god.
[21:19] Toma
My brother's strength is change.
[21:21] Toma
And because he changes,
it always comes to the fore...
[21:26] Toma
His unyielding sense of self.
[21:29] (Flashback) Young Toma
Father, Mother...
[21:32] (Flashback) Young Toma
I wanna go back to the mansion.
[21:36] (Flashback) Young Toma
We were the sons of samurai,
but now we're bandits.
[21:40] (Flashback) Young Toma
I don't know what's right anymore.
[21:50] (Flashback) Young Chobe
Don't cry, Toma.
[21:52] (Flashback) Young Chobe
Show any weakness, and you'll die.
[21:54] (Flashback) Young Chobe
If you don't know what's right, then trust me.
[21:58] (Flashback) Young Chobe
I'm your older brother.
[21:59] (Flashback) Young Chobe
An older brother shows his
younger brother the way.
[22:02] (Flashback) Young Chobe
I'm always right.
[22:07] Chobe
If these monsters exist,
then the Elixir must be real as well.
[22:12] Chobe
All right.
[22:14] Chobe
I've made up my mind.
[22:15] Chobe
We'll kill every last monster and criminal.
[22:18] Chobe
Then no one can stop us
from finding the Elixir.
[22:22] Chobe
We'll drink the Elixir ourselves.
[22:25] Chobe
Not even death will be
able to tell us how to live.
[22:35] Toma
Will it really go so well?
[22:37] Chobe
What?
[22:38] Toma
This island is a dangerous place.
[22:41] Toma
Anyone else we meet will be another survivor.
[22:46] Toma
The threats here are that great.
[22:50] Toma
The weak will be weeded out.
[22:53] ---
E5 - The Samurai and the Woman
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[01:48] (Flashback) Young Sagiri
Father...
[01:51] Sagiri
Why?
[01:52] Sagiri
Why are you looking at me like that?
[01:56] Sagiri
Father...
SIGN The Samurai and the Woman
[02:01] Genji
You're awake, Sagiri.
[02:05] Sagiri
Genji-dono.
[02:06] Sagiri
Where are we?
[02:08] Sagiri
What happened to me?
[02:10] Genji
We're in a cavern on the island.
[02:12] Genji
I sense no monsters or insects in the area.
[02:16] Genji
You were poisoned by the butterflies'
scales and lost consciousness.
[02:23] Genji
You shouldn't move around yet.
[02:26] Sagiri
I can't do that.
[02:28] Sagiri
I mustn't take my eyes off my prisoner.
[02:30] Gabimaru
Hey, you're awake.
[02:32] Senta
Oh?
[02:33] Senta
How are you feeling, Sagiri-san?
[02:37] Sagiri
Um, what is all of this?
[02:41] Gabimaru
I'm preparing dinner.
[02:42] Senta
I'm mending our torn clothes.
[02:45] Yuzuriha
I'm supervising.
[02:46] Sagiri
Didn't you say we're short on time?
[02:49] Gabimaru
Well, you know... I had reservations.
[02:55] Senta
Now that Sagiri-san is awake,
[02:58] Senta
why don't we go over what we know together?
[03:02] Senta
We can eat the food
Gabimaru-san made while we talk.
[03:05] Yuzuriha
I'm in.
[03:07] Yuzuriha
Hey, these are kikatsugan.
[03:09] Yuzuriha
I was hoping for a proper meal.
[03:12] Sagiri
Kikatsugan?
[03:13] Gabimaru
I made them using stuff in the area.
[03:16] Gabimaru
I think they're actually pretty well made.
[03:18] Gabimaru
And while I was out gathering ingredients,
I scouted out the island.
[03:24] Gabimaru
To cut to the chase, I didn't see
anything promising in the area.
[03:29] Gabimaru
Though since we don't know what
the whole island looks like,
[03:32] Gabimaru
I can't speak much on the subject.
[03:33] Yuzuriha
Would you be able to recognize
it even if it were around?
[03:37] Yuzuriha
Do you know something
about the Elixir of Life?
[03:43] Gabimaru
No.
[03:43] Gabimaru
This job was the first I heard
about the Elixir of Life.
[03:47] Gabimaru
I searched based on the drawing we have.
[03:49] Yuzuriha
Huh.
[03:53] Gabimaru
What I learned while gathering
ingredients was about the flora.
[03:57] Gabimaru
The species are mixed, but they're mostly
ordinary plants found on the mainland.
[04:02] Gabimaru
I saw a few unfamiliar ones, too.
[04:05] Genji
We're near Ryukyu.
They could be flowers from there.
[04:08] Yuzuriha
Wow, awesome.
[04:11] Gabimaru
What caught my attention was that
[04:13] Gabimaru
I found several flowers resembling
the samurai who had become flowers.
[04:16] Sagiri
What?
[04:16] Senta
Could it be?
[04:17] Gabimaru
Where did the samurai sent here go?
[04:21] Gabimaru
If most of the plants
on this island used to be humans,
[04:25] Gabimaru
then we can guess what happened to them.
[04:29] Yuzuriha
How could you feed that to us?!
[04:31] Gabimaru
I didn't use anything like that.
[04:33] Gabimaru
In any case, I didn't find anything
like this mandarin-looking thing.
[04:37] Senta
Perhaps we shouldn't fixate
on the illustration too much.
[04:41] Tenza
The terms "Tokijiku no Kagunomi"
and "Paradise" used
[04:45] Senta
by the shogunate were originally concepts
from different cultures.
[04:48] Senta
The stone statues scattered around
[04:50] Senta
the island closely resemble
Buddhist or Taoist figures.
[04:52] Senta
Worrying about religious
consistency might be a waste of time.
[04:55] Senta
What we should be focusing
on is the statues themselves.
[04:59] Senta
Does the technology to create stone
or clay figures exist on the island?
[05:02] Senta
If so, then who made them?
[05:05] Senta
Do they even live here?
[05:09] Sagiri
I find it hard to believe
people could live on this island.
[05:13] Sagiri
Both the monsters and insects
are too dangerous for humans.
[05:16] Sagiri
Their ecology and behavior are mysterious.
[05:19] Sagiri
When I cut them,
[05:20] Sagiri
it felt as though they had flesh
and bones, but organs and, um...
[05:27] Senta
Reproductive organs?
[05:29] Sagiri
Yes. I didn't see any.
[05:31] Yuzuriha
So they don't have dicks.
[05:34] Sagiri
Their appearance is strange as well.
[05:36] Sagiri
Parts of other animals
are stacked on top of humanoid forms.
[05:41] Sagiri
I'm not sure how to describe it.
[05:43] Senta
I know what you mean.
[05:44] Senta
The items worn by the monsters
seem poorly-made as well.
[05:48] Senta
They're religious,
but the details are crude.
[05:52] Senta
In other words...
[05:54] Senta
They're like malformed gods.
[05:56] Senta
Both the island and monsters are like that.
[05:59] Senta
They're terrifying, but they're also stupid.
[06:01] Senta
Too unrealistic to be natural.
[06:04] Senta
Too artificial to be mystical.
[06:09] Senta
It's as though we've been thrown
into some kind of sick mandala.
[06:14] Senta
They're so mysterious,
we can't begin to understand them.
[06:24] Gabimaru
Creatures that can survive
without organs point to immortality.
[06:29] Gabimaru
It's starting to seem possible
the Elixir of Life is on the island.
[06:33] Gabimaru
And if it's here, then it can be found.
[06:35] Gabimaru
If we find it, we can be pardoned.
[06:38] Yuzuriha
Unless we're already dead,
and this place is the real afterlife.
[06:44] Senta
I certainly hope that's not the case.
[06:47] Senta
Gabimaru-san is right.
[06:49] Senta
We should begin by examining
the monsters' ecology.
[06:52] Senta
Where and how do the monsters live?
[06:55] Senta
It will be dangerous, but that's currently
our only clue regarding the Elixir.
[07:04] Sagiri
Sunset...
[07:05] Sagiri
It hasn't yet been a full day
since we arrived on the island.
[07:12] Sagiri
Genji-dono?
[07:14] Genji
Sagiri, you should take
a boat back to the mainland.
[07:17] Sagiri
What are you—
[07:18] Genji
I shall assume your responsibilities.
[07:20] Genji
My own criminal is dead.
[07:23] Genji
You're a daughter of the Yamada
clan first and a samurai second.
[07:26] Genji
As a woman, it's your duty to marry
the next head of the clan.
[07:29] Genji
The shogunate wouldn't object
to me taking over your role.
[07:33] Genji
In your current condition, you'll die.
[07:35] Genji
Go home, Sagiri.
[07:41] Sagiri
This is my job.
[07:43] Sagiri
A warrior's duty is to complete their job.
[07:45] Genji
Your intentions are admirable,
but face the facts.
[07:49] Genji
Do you currently have
the strength to kill Gabimaru?
[07:54] Genji
And your sword...
[07:55] Genji
I don't know where you found that.
[07:57] Genji
It just happened to be available, didn't it?
[07:59] Genji
A sword is a warrior's heart.
[08:01] Genji
You've already lost
the heart of the Yamada clan.
[08:06] Genji
I suppose it's not
uncommon on the battlefield.
[08:09] Genji
During battle, warriors use
and discard their weapons.
[08:12] Genji
After all, you can procure
new ones right there.
[08:14] Genji
Your sword skills are exceptional,
[08:17] Genji
but that's as a sword-tester
and executioner.
[08:21] Genji
This situation calls for skills in battle.
[08:26] Genji
Exceptional sword skills aren't
the same as exceptional skill in battle.
[08:30] Genji
You're clearly not strong
enough for this island.
[08:34] Genji
It's beyond your limits as a woman.
[08:37] Senta
Would it be that easy to return, though?
[08:40] Genji
Senta...
[08:42] Senta
Most samurai sent
to this island don't return.
[08:46] Senta
Even if you used a boat,
I'm not sure you'd be able to escape easily.
[08:51] Tenza
We need to get away from the island.
[08:53] Tenza
We may not be able to see because of this fog,
but a warrior always advances.
SIGN Tameshi-itto-ryu Rank 10
Yamada Asaemon
Tenza
[08:59] Nurugai
Why are samurai so stupid?
[09:02] Tenza
What?
[09:03] Nurugai
Read the currents.
[09:06] Nurugai
You'll just get wet relying
on brute force and exhaust yourself.
[09:10] Nurugai
Samurai are captivated
by things that don't exist.
[09:12] Nurugai
They don't know how to be smart.
[09:15] Tenza
I see.
[09:16] Tenza
How informative!
[09:17] Tenza
Is that the wisdom of the Sanka?
[09:21] Nurugai
My grandpa taught it to me.
[09:22] Nurugai
He said to always reduce inefficiency.
[09:25] Nurugai
Even if we're able to leave the island,
I'll be executed if I don't have the Elixir.
[09:30] Tenza
Don't worry about that.
I'll talk to the shogunate for you.
[09:33] Tenza
Trust me.
[09:35] Tenza
I promise I'll see you
home safe, Nurugai-kun.
[09:40] Tenza
Of all the criminals participating,
you deserve to live the most.
[09:47] Tenza
Look at that.
[09:48] Tenza
That must be a shogunate ship.
[09:50] Tenza
After all, it's big.
[09:51] Tenza
Now we can go home.
[09:58] Tenza
They're the shogunate's... No.
[10:02] Tenza
Could these be all the ships
that attempted to leave the island?
[10:32] Nurugai
Idiot, don't draw your sword!
[10:34] Tenza
What?
[10:40] Nurugai
Most animals are sensitive
to shining objects and hostility.
[10:44] Nurugai
If we'd turned back right away...
[10:46] Tenza
I couldn't help it!
[10:47] Tenza
I don't understand this complicated stuff.
[10:54] Tenza
Let's search for a usable ship.
[11:01] Grandfather
Run, Nurugai.
[11:03] (Flashback) Grandfather
If you die, the Sanka bloodline will end.
[11:07] Nurugai
We don't believe in things that don't exist.
[11:09] Nurugai
B-But I can't help but wonder...
[11:12] Nurugai
Is this divine punishment?
[11:15] (Flashback) Nurugai
Hey.
[11:16] (Flashback) Nurugai
If you're lost, I'll take you
to the foot of the mountain.
[11:20] (Flashback) Senior Official
Are you an Emishi?
[11:22] (Flashback) Senior Official
Then allow me to rest in your village.
[11:25] (Flashback) Nurigai
What's an Emishi?
[11:27] (Flashback) Senior Official
One who doesn't obey.
[11:30] (Flashback) Senior Official
A term for those who refuse
to submit to the shogunate
[11:32] (Flashback) Senior Official
and live as unique
cultures in the mountains.
[11:35] (Flashback) Senior Official
Under Tokugawa-sama's rule,
they're considered insurrectionists.
[11:40] (Flashback) Senta
Take him away.
[11:41] (Flashback) Senior Official
He'll be executed once we get the locations
of the other villages out of him.
[11:44] (Flashback) Senior Official
Then all the Sanka in this
region will be eradicated.
[11:48] Nurugai
I'm sorry, guys.
[11:50] Nurugai
I'm sorry, Grandpa.
[11:52] Nurugai
It's all because I brought
the samurai here...
[11:55] Nurugai
I...
[11:59] (Flashback) Tenza
I am an Asaemon.
[12:01] (Flashback) Tenza
Though I'm employed by the government,
[12:03] (Flashback) Tenza
I don't understand why
an innocent boy should be executed.
[12:07] (Flashback) Tenza
If there's a way for you to live,
then you should live.
[12:11] Nurugai
What should I do?
[12:15] Nurugai
Should I live so the village's
bloodline doesn't end?
[12:18] Nurugai
Or should I die to atone for the villagers?
[12:23] Nurugai
I...
[12:33] Tenza
Kisho-san, why?
[12:35] Tenza
It's me, Tenza. Don't you recognize me?
[12:38] Nurugai
Don't bother. It's too late for him.
[12:51] Tenza
We're surrounded.
[13:02] Tenza
What are you doing, Nurugai-kun?
[13:05] Nurugai
Forget me.
[13:06] Nurugai
If you're going to flee, then flee alone.
[13:09] Nurugai
Forget about me.
[13:12] Tenza
What are you talking about?
I don't understand.
[13:15] Nurugai
I've been wondering if I should live or die.
[13:21] Nurugai
I finally get it. This is divine punishment.
[13:26] Nurugai
For killing Grandpa and the others.
[13:32] Tenza
I don't understand.
[13:34] Tenza
Why does that mean you have to die?
[13:36] Tenza
Samurai are stupid, right? Explain it to me.
[13:40] Nurugai
The Sanka convention is to live
for the mountain and the village.
[13:45] Nurugai
I'm the sole survivor. Everyone else
died because of me.
[13:52] Tenza
I don't get it. What's a convention?
[13:56] Tenza
Don't use big words.
[13:58] Nurugai
What I'm saying is...
[14:04] Nurugai
I told you to forget about me.
[14:07] Tenza
Until you explain it to me...
[14:10] Tenza
Until I understand it, I'm not leaving.
[14:20] Tenza
I'm nearly at my limit.
I haven't got much stamina.
[14:23] Tenza
Just explain it to me already.
[14:25] Tenza
I'm not asking about
your grandpa or village.
[14:27] Tenza
I'm asking if you want to die.
[14:34] Nurugai
I don't want to die.
[14:37] Nurugai
I want to go back to the mountains.
[14:40] Tenza
Then there's only one thing to do.
[14:44] Tenza
Do whatever it takes to survive.
[14:46] Tenza
It looks like there's
a usable boat over there.
[14:48] Tenza
We'll break through here and get on that.
[14:54] Nurugai
Got it.
[15:09] Tenza
You're strong, Nurugai-kun. Thank you.
[15:14] Nurugai
I could say the same thing.
[15:16] Tenza
We escaped the monsters for now,
but we ended up back here.
[15:21] Nurugai
Yeah.
[15:22] Nurugai
The currents in this area probably
all flow back to the island.
[15:27] Nurugai
Unless we find a current leading outside,
[15:30] Nurugai
we won't be able to
return even with the Elixir.
[15:32] Nurugai
And those monsters...
[15:34] Nurugai
They're different from the ones
that were on the island.
[15:37] Tenza
The mountain of grounded ships seemed
to be surrounding the island, too.
[15:40] Tenza
There were more than just
the expeditions sent over the past few years.
[15:44] Tenza
We can think once we've
washed off this blood.
[15:49] Tenza
The ships of the samurai who'd
been turned into flowers returned.
[15:52] Tenza
There must be a current leading out.
[15:55] Nurugai
You're right.
[16:00] Tenza
Nurugai-kun...
[16:01] Tenza
Your form is rather...
girlish, you might say...
[16:08] Nurugai
Girlish? I am a girl.
[16:10] Tenza
What?
[16:11] Tenza
But... But...
[16:12] Tenza
Seriously? No, wait. But...
[16:13] Nurugai
Why are you so flustered?
[16:15] Tenza
Face the other way if you're a girl.
[16:17] Nurugai
Samurai love to fixate on things
that don't matter.
[16:17] Tenza
Face the other way!
[16:21] Tenza
It does matter.
[16:23] Tenza
Just face the other way.
[16:25] Nurugai
I've fallen for your chivalry.
[16:27] Nurugai
Once we make it back safely,
let's get married.
[16:29] Tenza
All the stuff with the island
and everything is too much for my brain.
[16:34] Tenza
I'm stupid, you see.
[16:36] Tenza
In any case, let's
review what we need to do.
[16:39] Tenza
First, we'll circle the island
and find a current leading out.
[16:44] Nurugai
We shouldn't do anything
until we've secured an escape route.
[16:47] Tenza
And it's too dangerous for just the two of
us to try to get through the monsters.
[16:51] Tenza
We should gather allies for the return trip.
[16:55] Genji
Once dawn breaks,
you should sail home, Sagiri.
[16:58] Genji
This job is too much for a woman.
[17:03] Senta
I...
[17:03] Senta
half-agree with Genji-san.
[17:06] Senta
Whatever the reason, you should
leave this place if you can.
[17:11] Senta
But the other half of me wants you to
[17:14] Senta
be here in case Gabimaru-san
needs to be stopped.
[17:17] Sagiri
You do?
[17:19] Senta
It's just a hunch, but...
[17:22] Senta
Gabimaru-san seems rather different now than
when I first saw him on the beach.
[17:27] Senta
It even looked like he saved you earlier.
[17:31] Senta
Though perhaps that's because
he must return with a partner.
[17:35] Senta
Don't you have some idea why he's changed?
[17:44] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Stay back.
[17:48] Senta
If any case, I'd feel better if you stayed.
[17:54] Sagiri
I see...
[18:06] Gabimaru
Are you going to watch me all night?
[18:09] Gabimaru
I'm not sleeping.
[18:11] Sagiri
I'm taking turns with the other Asaemon.
[18:15] Gabimaru
Then what do the other groups do at night?
[18:19] Gabimaru
The shogunate's plan
is looking increasingly faulty.
[18:22] Sagiri
Samurai simply obey.
[18:27] Gabimaru
Then—
[18:27] Sagiri
Um—
[18:30] Sagiri
Go ahead.
[18:32] Gabimaru
Just, uh... are you feeling better?
[18:36] Sagiri
What?
[18:37] Gabimaru
Why are you making that face?
[18:39] Sagiri
I was just so surprised.
[18:41] Gabimaru
The insects' poison acted quickly
[18:44] Gabimaru
because of the wound I gave you, right?
[18:46] Gabimaru
So I thought I'd, um...
[18:50] Sagiri
Didn't you say we're short on time?
[18:52] Gabimaru
Well, you know... I had reservations.
[18:57] Gabimaru
And I owe you a favor.
[19:00] Gabimaru
Because of you, I calmed down.
[19:02] Gabimaru
I steeled my resolve.
[19:04] Gabimaru
Rushing in randomly is too dangerous,
[19:07] Gabimaru
and if the Iwagakure are coming,
then I'd better prepare a counterattack.
[19:12] Gabimaru
I decided I'd live with my wife.
[19:14] Gabimaru
A long life, way longer
than this job will last.
[19:17] Gabimaru
I won't run from those who try
to get in my way.
[19:20] Gabimaru
I'll face them head-on.
[19:24] Sagiri
You're strong.
[19:26] Gabimaru
So are you. Stronger than me.
[19:30] Sagiri
I-I'm not...
[19:32] Gabimaru
You are.
[19:33] Gabimaru
I'm never wrong about that.
[19:36] Gabimaru
I don't know if it's heart, technique,
and strength, or influenced by your nature.
[19:41] Gabimaru
At the very least,
you were strong at the prison.
[19:44] Gabimaru
It wasn't just an impression.
It's a more practical strength.
[19:48] Gabimaru
I wonder what that feeling was.
[19:52] Gabimaru
You look surprised.
[19:54] Sagiri
I suppose, yes.
[19:56] Gabimaru
The villagers used to say you
can't know how strong you are
[19:59] Gabimaru
until you've experienced a lot for yourself.
[20:05] Gabimaru
People understand themselves
less than we might think.
[20:09] Gabimaru
Until they act, anyway.
I guess we're all the same.
[20:17] Genji
Nothing showed up.
[20:19] Genji
I guess the monsters aren't active at night.
[20:23] Genji
Sagiri, are you prepared to leave?
[20:25] Genji
I'll escort you to the ship.
[20:27] Sagiri
I appreciate your consideration.
[20:30] Sagiri
But I won't be leaving.
[20:33] Genji
If you're worried about
the rules of the job, then don't.
[20:35] Sagiri
No, this concerns how I choose to live.
[20:39] Genji
That's ridiculous. You're a woman.
[20:43] Genji
You should return safely
and bear children for the Yamada clan.
[20:47] Sagiri
That's what I've always been told.
[20:51] Sagiri
People regard a woman who wields a sword
with astonishment and ridicule.
[20:55] Sagiri
"You're a woman.
What are you doing?" they'd say.
[20:58] Sagiri
And more than anything, my father
sometimes looked at me with disappointment.
[21:03] (Flashback) Kichiji
A woman can't take over the Yamada clan.
[21:06] (Flashback) Kichiji
You don't have to push yourself.
[21:08] (Flashback) Kichiji
Live as a woman.
[21:11] Sagiri
If I live as a daughter of
Neck-Chopper Asa, I'm scorned by outsiders.
[21:15] Sagiri
If I live as a warrior of the Yamada Clan,
I'm shunned by my family.
[21:20] Sagiri
If I leave now, it'll follow me
for the rest of my life.
[21:23] Genji
I don't understand.
[21:25] Genji
It's natural for women
to have women's responsibilities.
[21:30] Sagiri
I can't stand to be looked at like that.
[21:34] Genji
What?
[21:36] Saigiri
Please see me as a samurai.
[21:40] Genji
You...
[21:41] Sagiri
Please.
[21:42] Sagiri
Forgive me for defying a senior student
[21:45] Sagiri
and allow me to live my way.
[21:48] Sagiri
I know I'm weak and inexperienced, but...
[21:53] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I won't run from those who try
to get in my way.
[21:56] Sagiri
But I at least want to decide
how I'll live for myself.
[22:00] Sagiri
I'm certain both men and women—
[22:03] Sagiri
or perhaps all people,
regardless of status, feel this way.
[22:09] Sagiri
Please understand.
[22:17] Genji
That was unbearable to listen to.
[22:19] Genji
That isn't how a samurai lives.
[22:22] Genji
This island is like a battlefield.
[22:25] Genji
It's no place for women and children.
[22:30] Genji
What?
[22:31] Genji
When...
[22:33] Sagiri
Weapons can be procured on the battlefield.
[22:37] Sagiri
That's what you taught me last night.
[22:40] Genji
How dare you!
[22:41] Genji
A warrior's sword is his soul.
[22:42] Genji
How dare you steal that from me!
[22:45] Sagiri
G-Genji-dono...
E6 - Heart and Reason
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SIGN Heart and Reason
[01:47] Father
He eats so much. It's great.
[01:51] (Flashback) Mother
Grow up strong, Rokurota.
[01:55] (Flashback) Mother
Oh, my. Is it playtime
now that he's had a snack?
[02:18] Genji
Stand back, Sagiri!
[02:33] Sagiri
Genji-dono!
[02:38] Sagiri
You need immediate medical attention.
[02:40] Genji
Run, Sagiri.
[02:43] Genji
It's too late for me.
[02:46] Genji
Hurry... run...
[03:04] Sagiri
Gabimaru...
[03:05] Gabimaru
Is he a condemned criminal or a monster?
[03:10] Gabimaru
He's practically unharmed.
[03:12] Sagiri
That's Rokurota, the Giant of Bizen.
[03:17] Sagiri
He's assigned to...
[03:20] Sagiri
Eizen-dono.
[03:26] Gabimaru
Those are the eyes
of a predator who's located his prey.
[03:29] Gabimaru
It'll be tough for us to escape together.
[03:33] Gabimaru
Then I have no choice.
[03:35] Gabimaru
I'll kill him.
[03:37] Gabimaru
That said, how?
[03:39] Gabimaru
If that kick was ineffective,
then he's as tough as an Iwagakure.
[03:45] (Flashback) Chief
Shinobi Rule Number Nine.
[03:48] Chief
Accurately analyze the enemy's abilities.
[03:54] Gabimaru
I'll decide once I see how strong he is.
[04:02] Gabimaru
What?
[04:13] Gabimaru
Stay back. You'll die.
[04:15] Sagiri
But...
[04:17] Gabimaru
Physically, he's stronger than me.
[04:19] Gabimaru
How long are you going to
sit there and watch, Yuzuriha?
[04:22] Gabimaru
Help me.
[04:23] Gabimaru
You've got your own ninjutsu, don't you?
[04:25] Gabimaru
Fight with me, like you promised you would.
[04:27] Yuzuriha
Okay, okay.
[04:29] Yuzuriha
Of course I'll keep my promises.
[04:33] Yuzuriha
You're responsible for the fighting,
[04:34] Yuzuriha
and I'm responsible
for gathering information.
[04:37] Yuzuriha
You've got this, Gabimaru.
[04:39] Yuzuriha
Don't let him beat you, Gabimaru.
[04:41] Yuzuriha
Go, go. Get him.
[04:42] Yuzuriha
You're so strong, Gabimaru.
[04:44] Yuzuriha
Get out there.
[04:48] Gabimaru
There's nothing special about his swings.
[04:50] Gabimaru
If I just focus on the
destruction wrought by his fists...
[05:02] Gabimaru
His swings and reactions are fast.
[05:05] Gabimaru
I can feel it instinctively.
[05:07] Gabimaru
It's impossible to defend
against those fists.
[05:09] Gabimaru
Touching them would mean instant death.
[05:10] Gabimaru
In that case...
[05:12] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Stone Storm.
[05:24] Gabimaru
Projectiles are ineffective.
[05:29] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Unformed Blade.
[05:34] Gabimaru
Not even my Unformed Blade, which is
comparable to steel, works against him.
SIGN Ninpo: Unformed Blade
SIGN Ninpo:
Savage
Headbutt
[05:39] Gabimaru
What else do I have?
SIGN Ninpo:
Aqueous
Bomb
SIGN Ninpo:
Quilt of
Thorns
SIGN Ninpo:
Savage
Headbutt
SIGN Ninpo:
Zephyr
Weave
[05:41] Gabimaru
What long-range ninjutsu
would be effective against him?
SIGN Ninpo:
Wild
Archer
SIGN Ninpo:
Savage
Headbutt
[05:46] Genji
Enough.
[05:48] Genji
This is pointless.
[05:50] Genji
Run, Sagiri.
[05:54] Sagiri
Don't give up.
[05:55] Sagiri
You'll survive if we can stop the bleeding.
[05:59] Genji
You're a strange person.
[06:02] Genji
Moments ago, you were blustering like a man.
[06:07] Genji
But now, I feel a woman's affection in you.
[06:11] Sagiri
Right now, there are no men or women.
[06:13] Sagiri
I simply don't want my senior, who
studied under the same master to die.
[06:21] Genji
So that's how you've chosen to live.
[06:25] Genji
Rather than dividing everything in two,
such as man or woman, strength or weakness,
[06:30] Genji
you accept opposing
concepts as part of yourself.
[06:34] Genji
You embody the middle way.
[06:36] Genji
That is your conviction.
[06:40] Genji
I finally understand.
[06:46] Genji
A warrior's sword is his soul.
[06:49] Genji
I give this to you.
[06:52] Genji
Rokurota probably killed Eizen-dono.
[07:00] Genji
If you're a samurai, then I won't
tell you to run anymore.
[07:06] Genji
Kill Rokurota,
[07:11] Genji
Yamada Asaemon Sagiri.
[07:20] Gabimaru
Close-quarters combat is too dangerous.
Projectiles are ineffective.
[07:25] Gabimaru
If I could just get the chance
to use Ascetic Blaze...
[07:31] Gabimaru
If it were two against one,
I could find a blind spot.
[07:39] Sagiri
If you insert your blade at the junction
of extended muscles, tendons, and bone,
[07:45] Sagiri
even the strongest body can be cut.
[07:47] Sagiri
No matter how outlandish your opponent,
the principles of execution apply.
[07:52] Sagiri
Understand the structure of their body
and strike at the gaps.
[07:56] Sagiri
That is the Yamada Asaemon style.
[08:01] Sagiri
Gabimaru.
[08:03] Gabimaru
Good timing. I was just looking for help.
[08:07] Both
Assist me.
[08:09] Senta
Um, I'd like to go tend
my fellow student's wounds.
[08:13] Yuzuriha
What? But it's too late for him.
[08:16] Yuzuriha
Besides, you're not
that kind of guy, are you?
[08:21] Yuzuriha
More importantly, no monsters have
approached despite the noise we're making.
[08:26] Yuzuriha
Wouldn't it be more beneficial
to observe them?
[08:29] Yuzuriha
We can flee once they're dead.
[08:33] Sagiri
His bleeding has stopped already.
[08:36] Gabimaru
So that wasn't a serious injury for him.
[08:40] Gabimaru
We need a single killing blow.
[08:42] Gabimaru
We'll have to aim for the gaps
between his bones and decapitate him.
[08:44] Sagiri
But his neck is too high up.
[08:47] Gabimaru
So we'll split up.
[08:49] Gabimaru
Cut his legs from his blind spot
and make him kneel.
[08:52] Sagiri
You say that so casually.
[08:53] Gabimaru
Huh?
[08:56] Gabimaru
You can do it, can't you?
[09:01] Gabimaru
I'll handle his attacks.
[09:14] Sagiri
What?
[09:21] Gabimaru
Are you all right?
[09:22] Sagiri
Yes.
[09:24] Sagiri
He's condemned to death
and killed my senior.
[09:30] Sagiri
But if I attack too aggressively,
my swordsmanship will suffer.
[09:34] Sagiri
I must remain calm.
[09:35] Sagiri
I must push aside my emotions
and rely on reason.
[09:42] Gabimaru
He's coming. Again.
[09:47] Gabimaru
My leg...
[09:49] Gabimaru
I must've strained it
while evading his blows.
[09:52] Gabimaru
Dodging all his attacks takes
a high degree of skill.
[09:55] Sagiri
A simple open-palm strike
from him hits like a cannon.
[09:57] Sagiri
I must remain calm.
[09:59] Sagiri
If I'm struck by a single blow, it's over.
[10:05] Sagiri
Cutting through his bones
while he's rampaging about will be difficult.
[10:08] Sagiri
His movements close the gaps between his
bones, leaving no space for my blade.
[10:12] Sagiri
Normally, beheadings are performed
on people bowing their heads.
[10:15] Sagiri
Killing him with a single blow
requires him to hunch over.
[10:19] Gabimaru
But since our blades
can't penetrate his limbs,
[10:22] Gabimaru
it'll be difficult to make him do that.
[10:27] Gabimaru
This is a tough problem.
[10:32] Gabimaru
Is his stomach growling?
[10:40] Yuzuriha
What is this?
[10:43] Gabimaru
He's so loud.
[10:58] Sagiri
Gabimaru!
[11:03] Gabimaru
His extraordinary strength made me
cautious, but I can withstand this.
[11:08] Gabimaru
I can handle this.
[11:15] Sagiri
No!
[11:18] Gabimaru
Crap. I need to get back up.
[11:21] Gabimaru
That wasn't a fatal blow.
[11:23] Gabimaru
Stand up.
[11:31] Sagiri
Death.
[11:33] Sagiri
Calm down. I must remain calm.
[11:36] Sagiri
Suppress your emotions. Think logically.
[11:40] Sagiri
Calm down.
[11:41] Sagiri
Abandon your passion and remain calm.
[11:45] (Flashback) Genji
The middle way. That is your conviction.
[11:49] Sagiri
Rather than dividing everything in two,
accept the opposing concepts as they are.
[11:58] Sagiri
Both emotion and reason.
[12:14] Sagiri
Turn your emotions into strength.
[12:16] Sagiri
Use logic to keep sight of the objective.
[12:19] Sagiri
Choose neither calmness nor passion,
[12:22] Sagiri
but the middle.
[12:30] Yuzuriha
Wow.
[12:31] Senta
Her Tameshi-itto-ryu rank is 12th,
[12:35] Senta
but Yamada clan ranks
aren't determined by pure skill alone.
[12:39] Senta
They're assigned according
to their suitability to lead the clan,
[12:43] Senta
so she loses standing simply
for being a woman.
[12:45] Senta
In terms of pure skill, she's...
[12:49] Genji
Sagiri lacks experience
as a warrior on the battlefield.
[12:54] Genji
But when her duty and goals
are aligned with her heart,
[12:59] Genji
when her hesitation vanishes,
[13:02] Genji
her skill with a sword
is better than first-rate.
[13:08] Genji
She may fear the monsters of the island,
[13:11] Genji
but as an Asaemon, in the face
of a criminal, she shows no fear.
[13:18] Genji
She's one stubborn person.
[13:21] Gabimaru
I was right about her.
[13:24] Gabimaru
That feeling I got when I first met her...
[13:26] Gabimaru
She's strong.
[13:36] Sagiri
A low-hanging head...
[13:51] Gabimaru
I guess it's not that simple.
[13:54] Sagiri
Is there any way to keep his head bowed?
[13:58] Gabimaru
I've got an idea.
[13:59] Sagiri
What?
[14:01] Gabimaru
It might be a bit extreme.
[14:09] Gabimaru
The Giant of Bizen.
[14:11] Gabimaru
Close-quarters combat is too dangerous.
Projectiles are ineffective.
[14:16] Gabimaru
Our only option is to get a blade through
a gap in his body and decapitate him.
[14:20] Gabimaru
Doing that requires more than
exceptional physical abilities.
[14:25] Gabimaru
We need the skills of the Yamada
Asaemon clan, specialized in beheading.
[14:31] Gabimaru
But given his massive bulk
and reaction speed,
[14:33] Gabimaru
a half-hearted effort won't be enough
to reach him with a blade.
[14:36] Gabimaru
In that case...
[14:44] Yuzuriha
Crap.
[14:45] Senta
What?
[14:45] Yuzuriha
We're getting out of here, Senta.
[14:47] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Stone Storm, Ascetic Blaze Mode.
[14:54] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Zephyr Weave, Ascetic Blaze Mode.
[14:58] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Grand Crag, Ascetic Blaze Mode.
[15:02] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Quilt of Thorns, Ascetic Blaze Mode.
[15:15] Sagiri
Any more would be reckless.
[15:17] Sagiri
Besides, this should be enough.
[15:25] Senta
How far do we need to run?
[15:27] Yuzuriha
As far as we can, you four-eyed raccoon dog.
[15:29] Yuzuriha
They're not just trying to kill Rokurota.
[15:33] Yuzuriha
They're planning to set
the whole area on fire.
[15:36] Senta
Could it be?
[15:38] Yuzuriha
It's the smoke.
[15:39] Yuzuriha
The massive amount of smoke
produced by the oils in raw wood.
[15:41] Yuzuriha
By setting fire to branches and leaves,
[15:45] Yuzuriha
they can instantly fill the area above
with smoke, given smoke's properties.
[15:48] Yuzuriha
And if he rampages about while crying,
[15:50] Yuzuriha
he'll run short of breath
and inhale a large amount of smoke.
[15:54] Gabimaru
Like execution by fire,
[15:56] Gabimaru
the poison in the smoke
that causes loss of consciousness
[15:58] Gabimaru
when inhaled is more harmful
than the flames or heat.
[16:01] Sagiri
Poison?
[16:02] Narrator
In other words, carbon monoxide.
[16:04] Narrator
It binds to the hemoglobin in the blood,
[16:07] Narrator
causing the entire body to rapidly reach
an oxygen deficient state.
[16:11] Narrator
It is known as carbon monoxide poisoning.
[16:14] Gabimaru
That was tough for me too,
[16:16] Gabimaru
but as long as you stay crouched,
you won't inhale any smoke.
[16:18] Gabimaru
It's safe.
[16:20] Sagiri
I could burn to death.
[16:23] Sagiri
Will he reach his limit first?
[16:25] Sagiri
Or will his head come down first?
[16:49] Gabimaru
Cut him now while we have the chance!
[16:51] Gabimaru
I won't last long in a contest of strength!
[17:01] Sagiri
Calmly.
[17:05] Sagiri
Fiercely.
[17:22] Rokurota
Hungry.
[17:22] Rokurota
Wanna play.
[17:23] Rokurota
Wanna play. Wanna play.
[17:25] Rokurota
Hungry. Hungry.
[17:29] Rokurota
Why don't I ever feel full?
[17:32] Rokurota
Why won't anyone play with me?
[17:36] Sagiri
We allowed you to go on quite a rampage.
[17:40] Sagiri
We must've frightened you. I'm sorry.
[17:43] Sagiri
It's my fault for lacking experience.
[17:47] Sagiri
But it's all right now.
[17:50] Sagiri
Nobody hates you.
[17:53] Sagiri
Those who might hate you now are dead.
[17:57] Sagiri
Like them, I hope you rest in peace.
[18:07] Gabimaru
The flames are getting stronger.
[18:09] Gabimaru
Monsters might approach.
[18:11] Gabimaru
We should get away from here.
[18:21] Sagiri
Genji-dono...
[18:23] Gabimaru
If we don't hurry, we'll burn to death.
[18:36] Sagiri
On this island where I can't mourn my
fellow students, much less criminals,
[18:40] Sagiri
I must be strong.
[18:47] Sagiri
Strong...
[18:50] Genji
Rather than dividing everything in two,
[18:52] Genji
such as strength or weakness,
you accept them.
[18:55] Genji
That is your conviction.
[19:10] Gabimaru
They're coming.
[19:12] Sagiri
They're heading toward the flames.
[19:15] Sagiri
But normally, animals instinctively avoid fire.
[19:20] Gabimaru
They're looking less and less natural.
[19:25] Gabimaru
We don't have a choice.
[19:27] Gabimaru
Let's head in the direction
where the monsters came from.
[19:29] Sagiri
Wouldn't that be dangerous?
[19:31] Gabimaru
Well, yeah, but we have no other choice.
[19:34] Gabimaru
The monsters' ecology
is our only lead on the Elixir.
[19:39] Gabimaru
I'm still feeling the damage I took earlier.
[19:42] Gabimaru
I need a break. This is such a pain.
[19:46] Sagiri
Would you rather give up, then?
[19:47] Gabimaru
No.
[19:49] Gabimaru
No matter how small or dangerous,
if it's a lead, I'll follow it.
[19:53] Gabimaru
I'll find the Elixir of Life as quickly as
possible and see my wife as soon as I can.
[19:58] Gabimaru
Are you sure you're not worried about
the safety of your fellow students?
[20:07] Sagiri
No.
[20:09] Sagiri
They all took this job
knowing it could kill them.
[20:12] Sagiri
It would be disrespectful
to be too concerned about them.
[20:15] Sagiri
If I'm worried about my fellows,
[20:17] Sagiri
then I should find
the Elixir as quickly as possible
[20:20] Sagiri
and release us from this responsibility.
[20:24] Gabimaru
Our interests are finally aligned.
[20:27] Sagiri
I'm still your monitor.
[20:37] Sagiri
What is that?
[20:38] Gabimaru
The vixen and raccoon
dog fled all the way here?
[20:47] Gabimaru
Hey, what about our promise
to fight together?
[20:53] Sagiri
Is this a village?
[20:59] Yuzuriha
Doesn't look like it could be anything else.
[21:02] Senta
If this place really is Shinsenkyo,
[21:06] Senta
does that mean hermits live in this village?
[21:24] Chobe
Man, that's gross.
[21:25] Chobe
Doesn't even fill you up.
[21:28] Toma
Is that safe to eat?
[21:31] Chobe
I'm not eating it, I'm drinking it.
[21:34] Chobe
The bodily fluids of animals are the
water you drink in the mountains.
[21:39] Chobe
Anyway, what are those
hermits you mentioned earlier?
[21:44] Toma
Well... they're imaginary.
[21:48] Toma
They're a type of superhuman being
according to Shenxian philosophy.
[21:51] Toma
Most resemble old men
and cast mysterious spells.
[21:54] Toma
Allegedly, they're immortal.
[21:56] Toma
They may exist on this island.
[21:59] Toma
It's supposed to be hermits,
not monsters, that live in Shinsenkyo.
[22:04] Chobe
Sounds dumb.
[22:06] Chobe
Just kill the old farts and be done with it.
[22:09] Chobe
They might actually satisfy my hunger.
[22:12] Toma
You're joking, right?
[22:17] Toma
Brother?
[22:18] Chobe
Something's out there.
[22:23] Chobe
These better be good.
E7 - Flowers and Offerings
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[00:30] Toma
They're beautiful...
[00:31] Toma
But how can they be so
carefree in a place like this?
[00:37] Ju Fa (Female)
What are humans doing here?
[00:39] Ju Fa (Female)
What are the Soshin doing?
[00:45] Chobe
You make it sound like you're not humans.
[00:49] Chobe
Are you some kind of monsters, too?
[00:52] Tao Fa (Female)
How cute.
[00:56] Tao Fa (Female)
Why don't you come over here
and fool around with us?
[00:59] Toma
Fool—
[01:01] Ju Fa (Female)
Don't be gross.
[01:02] Tao Fa (Female)
Sorry.
[01:04] Tao Fa (Female)
It's just so rare to see
humans make it this far.
[01:06] Ju Fa (Female)
Unbelievable.
[01:10] Ju Fa (Female)
Things were just getting good, too.
[01:12] Ju Fa
Now they've spoiled the mood.
[01:16] Ju Fa (Male)
I'll kill them.
[01:20] Gabimaru
You know how this island is.
[01:21] Gabimaru
I wouldn't be surprised
to find anything here.
[01:24] Gabimaru
Whether or not there are hermits
living here isn't the real question.
[01:28] Gabimaru
What matters is if the residents
of this island are friends or foes.
[01:32] Gabimaru
That's all.
SIGN Flowers and Offerings
[03:17] Gabimaru
Wait!
[03:18] Yuzuriha
Huh? What is it?
[03:28] Gabimaru
A child?
[03:29] Gabimaru
Is she a human from the mainland, or...?
[03:36] Senta
Gabimaru-san...
[03:37] Sagiri
Who is that child?
[03:38] Yuzuriha
What is this... bonsai creature?
[03:43] Sagiri
A type of monster?
[03:46] Gabimaru
What?
[03:48] Sagiri
Gabimaru.
[03:49] Gabimaru
That girl might know
something about this island.
[03:52] Gabimaru
She could be our only lead.
[03:53] Gabimaru
We have to catch her.
[03:55] Sagiri
But there's a monster right there.
[03:59] Senta
Huh?
[04:01] Gabimaru
You guys handle it.
[04:03] Yuzuriha
You're kidding, right?
[04:06] Senta
Sagiri-san?
[04:07] Sagiri
I can't allow Gabimaru out of my sight.
[04:10] Sagiri
Senta-dono, good luck.
[04:21] Senta
Wh-What are you doing?
[04:23] Yuzuriha
I don't want to tip my hand to you.
[04:28] Yuzuriha
I want to test myself against
a low-level enemy while I have the chance.
[04:33] Yuzuriha
I need to know if my ninjutsu
works against monsters.
[04:47] Gabimaru
You seem accustomed to the woods.
[04:49] Gabimaru
It's vital that we speak—
[04:53] Gabimaru
What?
[04:55] Sagiri
Gabimaru!
[04:58] Gabimaru
What was that?
[05:00] Gabimaru
She shouldn't have been able to pull that
off with the slender arms of a child.
[05:02] Sagiri
Please wait.
[05:04] Sagiri
We have no intention of harming you.
[05:06] Sagiri
We just want to ask you some questions.
[05:11] Sagiri
Good.
[05:12] Sagiri
You understand us.
[05:22] Gabimaru
This power...
[05:24] Gabimaru
It's something other than
simple brute strength.
[05:28] Gabimaru
A different type of strength...
[05:35] Gabimaru
We've found too many incomprehensible
things since arriving on the island.
[05:39] Gabimaru
This girl, the monsters
and stone statues, the village.
[05:43] Gabimaru
This was supposed to be a simple job.
[05:45] Gabimaru
"Find the Elixir of Life."
[05:48] Gabimaru
"Receive a pardon and return to my wife."
[05:52] Gabimaru
I don't know if you're human or not,
but you look like a young girl.
[05:56] Gabimaru
If possible, I'd like to go easy on you.
[05:59] Gabimaru
But I'm desperate, too.
[06:01] Gabimaru
I might forget to do that.
[06:06] Sagiri
Gabimaru!
[06:18] Gabimaru
I'm sick of everything being so difficult.
[06:21] Gabimaru
I'm just looking for the Elixir of Life.
[06:24] Gabimaru
Don't force me to do anything else.
[06:33] Gabimaru
She's crying.
[06:34] Sagiri
Of course she's crying.
[06:35] Gabimaru
What should I do?
[06:36] Sagiri
Start by letting her down.
[06:47] Gabimaru
Well, we caught her. Good enough.
[06:50] Gabimaru
Now that I get a better look...
[06:53] Sagiri
She's an ordinary child.
[06:55] Yuzuriha
Hey, what's going on here?
[06:57] Yuzuriha
You guys seem to be having a good time.
[07:00] Yuzuriha
I worked my butt off back there.
[07:05] Senta
What should we do now?
[07:08] Gabimaru
I'd like to ask you
about the Elixir of Life.
[07:11] Sagiri
We won't be able to talk to her
until she stops crying.
[07:13] Yuzuriha
Who's good at calming kids down?
[07:17] Hoko
Please...
[07:20] Sagiri
Did it just...
[07:21] Yuzuriha
Speak?
[07:23] Hoko
Please return her to me.
[07:28] Hoko
I'll take you to the village.
[07:31] Hoko
I'll tell you about the Elixir.
[07:33] Yuzuriha
No, thanks.
[07:35] Yuzuriha
I'm surprised you can speak,
but you could be trying to trick us.
[07:39] Yuzuriha
Asking her seems safer.
[07:41] Sagiri
You're right.
[07:43] Hoko
I have food at the village.
[07:45] Yuzuriha
We've got plenty.
[07:48] Hoko
There's a bath as well.
[07:49] Yuzuriha
Bath, bath, bath.
[07:53] Sagiri
Is it safe to trust someone
we know nothing about?
[07:58] Gabimaru
It doesn't matter who someone is
as long as they know about the Elixir.
[08:04] Gabimaru
If it tries anything funny,
we'll just take it down.
[08:09] Hoko
We're here.
[08:13] Gabimaru
It's like a ghost town.
[08:16] Sagiri
The mist is so dense.
[08:17] Yuzuriha
There's nobody else here.
[08:20] Hoko
Until a thousand years ago,
it wasn't like this.
[08:23] Senta
A th-thousand years?
[08:25] Hoko
I'll show you to my home.
[08:33] Senta
Look at all these decorations.
[08:35] Gabimaru
They're all old, though.
Do you really live here?
[08:40] Hoko
I don't lie.
[08:42] Gabimaru
I have some questions.
[08:43] Yuzuriha
What? We can chat later.
[08:45] Yuzuriha
First, I want a bath.
[08:47] Gabimaru
We don't have time for that.
[08:54] Yuzuriha
It's a real bath.
[08:56] Yuzuriha
This is awesome.
[09:00] Gabimaru
Do something about her.
[09:02] Senta
Th-There's nothing I can do.
[09:08] Gabimaru
They're so meek, too.
[09:11] Yuzuriha
Now, now.
[09:13] Yuzuriha
It's smart to take breaks when you can.
[09:16] Yuzuriha
Why don't you join—
[09:17] Gabimaru
No.
[09:19] Yuzuriha
You're so rigid. Even Sagirin's getting in.
[09:23] Sagiri
Rin?
[09:24] Sagiri
I'm only here to monitor you.
[09:26] Sagiri
I doubt Senta-dono would be
comfortable doing it.
[09:29] Sagiri
We've simply swapped places for now.
[09:32] Sagiri
I haven't forgotten my...
[09:38] Sagiri
responsibilities.
[09:39] Yuzuriha
Uh-huh.
[09:41] Sagiri
It's no use.
[09:43] Sagiri
I'm so exhausted. I can't resist the water.
[09:46] Sagiri
We shouldn't be making ourselves at
home like this after forcing our way in here.
[09:57] Sagiri
Huh? Oh, washcloths?
[10:00] Sagiri
Thank you.
[10:02] Yuzuriha
She seems to like you.
[10:04] Sagiri
Maybe she can't speak.
[10:07] Senta
They have wells and pottery...
[10:11] Gabimaru
Don't.
[10:12] Gabimaru
Not until we know exactly
what those monsters are up to.
[10:16] Senta
You're right.
[10:18] Hoko
There's food, too.
[10:24] Senta
I-In any case, we should ask them about
the island as soon as possible, and then...
[10:28] Gabimaru
If you're that desperate to eat, then eat.
[10:30] Gabimaru
Not my problem.
[10:32] Hoko
They're not poisoned. She eats these, too.
[10:36] Gabimaru
What's your relationship with the girl?
[10:38] Hoko
That I won't tell you.
[10:40] Gabimaru
I see.
[10:41] Gabimaru
I'm actually not interested
in anything other than the Elixir either.
[10:45] Gabimaru
Why don't you start telling us about the
island and location of the Elixir?
[10:52] Yuzuriha
Wow, they've got food.
[10:54] Yuzuriha
Hey, you started without me.
[10:56] Senta
S-Sorry.
[10:57] Yuzuriha
I'm gonna have some, too. Like, right now.
[11:04] Gabimaru
This is...
[11:05] Sagiri
Throwing us off.
[11:08] Hoko
You're not going to eat?
[11:10] Gabimaru
I didn't come here to eat.
[11:14] Hoko
I don't know what humans call
this place, but we call it Kotaku.
[11:19] Hoko
It is Shinsenkyo, where the gods live.
[11:22] Sagiri
It's quite different from the gods
and Shinsenkyo I've heard about.
[11:27] Sagiri
Aren't gods supposed to be spiritual beings?
[11:29] Hoko
I've never left the island.
[11:32] Hoko
I don't know anything about that.
[11:35] Gabimaru
Does the Elixir of Life really exist?
[11:39] Hoko
Of course it does.
[11:40] Hoko
The legend has been passed down
since ancient times.
[11:45] Hoko
In the legend, we call it Tan.
[11:48] Hoko
The source of eternal life. The Elixir.
[11:52] Senta
Tan?
[11:53] Yuzuriha
It's not a mandarin?
[11:55] Gabimaru
Where is it?
[12:00] Hoko
The island is divided into three regions.
[12:04] Hoko
The shore and woods are Eishu.
[12:07] Hoko
This village is located
in a region called Hojo.
[12:11] Hoko
Tan is located in Horai, within the mists
at the center of the island.
[12:16] Senta
This is very useful information.
[12:19] Yuzuriha
So there was no point
in searching the woods?!
[12:21] Yuzuriha
And it's not even a mandarin, anyway.
[12:23] Gabimaru
The Elixir of Life exists.
[12:25] Gabimaru
I can return to my wife.
[12:32] Gabimaru
Have you ever seen the actual Elixir?
[12:34] Gabimaru
No, first, do you have any proof
that isn't made up?
[12:38] Hoko
You'll meet them eventually.
[12:41] Hoko
Once you do, you won't be
able to doubt what I told you.
[12:46] Hoko
Not once you meet the Tensen.
[13:00] Hoko
Never dying, never aging...
[13:04] Hoko
Eternally beautiful, perfect beings.
[13:10] Hoko
You probably fought off
Soshin on your way here,
[13:15] Hoko
but the Tensen are on another level.
[13:18] Hoko
Nothing stands a chance against them.
[13:21] Hoko
I know you found it strange that I so meekly
welcomed you and told you what I knew.
[13:30] Hoko
It's the least I can do for you.
[13:33] Hoko
After all, it will likely
be your last request.
[13:37] Hoko
All humans who arrive
on the island die eventually.
[13:41] Hoko
The Tensen don't allow anyone to leave.
[13:48] Gabimaru
They all die? What do you mean by that?
[13:50] Yuzuriha
Are you fooling us after all?
[13:53] Hoko
I feel neither affection
nor animosity toward you.
[13:57] Hoko
I simply told you the truth.
[13:59] Hoko
The Tensen kill everyone
who trespass upon the island.
[14:02] Gabimaru
Who are the Tensen, exactly?
[14:07] Hoko
The most important beings on the island.
[14:11] Hoko
They command the Soshin
and punish the guilty.
[14:16] Hoko
Especially those who come to the island.
[14:20] Hoko
But don't worry.
[14:23] Hoko
Those who are punished don't simply die.
[14:27] Hoko
They are reborn as beautiful flowers.
[14:30] Hoko
They are released from their sin
and worldliness to achieve eternal bliss.
[14:51] Hoko
Lives that have been transformed
into flowers become the source of Tan.
[14:57] Yuzuriha
It's just a legend, right?
[14:59] Yuzuriha
Surely it's not meant
to be taken at face value.
[15:01] Hoko
The Elixir of Life exists.
[15:05] Hoko
I have received one of its blessings.
[15:09] Senta
It regenerated.
[15:11] Sagiri
You mentioned earlier
that you've lived for a thousand years.
[15:15] Gabimaru
Is the girl the same as you?
[15:19] Sagiri
Hey, don't point blades at people.
[15:21] Gabimaru
Huh?
[15:22] Yuzuriha
Yikes. Seriously, guy.
[15:24] Gabimaru
Really? Sorry.
[15:27] Hoko
Whether you believe it or not,
this place is Shinsenkyo.
[15:31] Hoko
The fate of humans
who enter here is up to the gods.
[15:35] Hoko
Leaving the island won't be easy.
[15:46] Gabimaru
You're following me to the bath, too?
[15:48] Sagiri
Senta-dono wouldn't fill in for me.
[15:51] Gabimaru
I'm just going to rinse off
my wounds, so I don't mind.
[15:54] Gabimaru
Besides, it beats you becoming too relaxed.
[15:56] Sagiri
I'm not relaxed.
[15:58] Gabimaru
You were earlier.
[16:00] Gabimaru
You seemed sleepy
when you got out of the bath.
[16:02] Sagiri
No, I didn't.
[16:03] Gabimaru
You sure did.
[16:05] Sagiri
He's so stubborn.
[16:06] Gabimaru
The island has three layers.
[16:09] Gabimaru
The Elixir is in Horai, the central layer.
[16:12] Gabimaru
The Elixir is guarded by the Tensen.
[16:15] Gabimaru
We gained new information,
but it all feels fragmentary.
[16:20] Sagiri
Do you think we can trust them?
[16:23] (Flashback) Hoko
My name is Hoko. This girl is Mei.
[16:28] (Flashback) Hoko
We were born and raised
on this island for centuries.
[16:33] (Flashback) Hoko
All we want is to continue living quietly.
[16:36] (Flashback) Hoko
Don't interfere with our lives.
[16:38] Sagiri
I doubt they were lying,
but I can't accept everything they told us.
[16:44] Sagiri
Especially not...
[16:45] Gabimaru
The stuff about the Tensen, huh?
[16:47] (Flashback) Senta
In mainland Shenxian philosophy,
Tensen are high-ranking hermits.
[16:54] (Flashback) Senta
I believe Soshin and Horai
are originally foreign Taoist terms as well.
[17:00] Gabimaru
We can solve those riddles later.
[17:04] Gabimaru
What matters now is if they'll prevent us
from acquiring the Elixir.
[17:08] Gabimaru
I would really, really...
[17:14] Gabimaru
...prefer not to waste
time on anything else.
[17:19] Sagiri
Um...
[17:22] Sagiri
Hey, what are you doing?
[17:26] Gabimaru
I said I'd rinse off my wounds, remember?
[17:29] Sagiri
But she's already in the bath.
[17:31] Gabimaru
It's not like it matters.
[17:33] Gabimaru
Back in the village, everyone shared
the same bath regardless of age and gender.
[17:37] Gabimaru
Except for the chief,
who had a bath in his home.
[17:42] Gabimaru
Is this really any time to concern
ourselves with bathing etiquette?
[17:50] Sagiri
Now that I get a closer look,
her hair and skin are in rough shape.
[17:54] Sagiri
Despite having bathing products,
they haven't been used.
[18:00] Sagiri
Perhaps she doesn't have anyone like
a parent to teach her how to use them.
[18:09] Sagiri
I shall use existing supplies to recreate
the Edo-style bathhouse experience.
[18:13] Sagiri
I'll take charge so you
can focus on bathing.
[18:19] Gabimaru
What's the point of this?
[18:21] Sagiri
I'm returning the favor.
[18:23] Sagiri
We owe this girl for shelter and a meal.
[18:27] Gabimaru
Okay...
[18:29] Sagiri
You're stretching yourself too thin, too.
[18:32] Sagiri
You should rest while you can.
[18:35] Sagiri
Use that to scrub your body.
[18:39] Sagiri
My parents made me assist others
with their baths, so I'm good at it.
[18:43] Sagiri
I have ash and a camellia oil cake.
[18:46] Sagiri
I don't have much, but I brought it
with me from the mainland.
[18:49] Sagiri
I'll use this to wash your hair.
[18:54] Sagiri
See? All clean now.
[18:56] Sagiri
I can't remove your scars,
but don't you at least feel refreshed?
[19:07] Gabimaru
What are you two doing?
[19:09] Gabimaru
Unbelievable.
[19:11] Gabimaru
There are so many other things
we should be thinking about.
[19:14] Gabimaru
Besides, that girl...
[19:16] (Flashback) Yui
You're stretching yourself too thin.
[19:21] (Flashback) Yui
It's important to get proper
rest during strenuous times.
[19:26] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Is that right?
[19:28] (Flashback) Yui
That's right.
[19:29] (Flashback) Yui
Besides, we're married.
[19:31] (Flashback) Yui
Don't get embarrassed
about me washing your back.
[19:36] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Is that right?
[19:38] (Flashback) Yui
That's right.
[19:40] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I'm not embarrassed.
I just don't like baths.
[19:45] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I feel like my tension and battle instincts
are washed away by the water.
[19:50] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Whoa!
[19:51] (Flashback) Yui
Are you saying I'm robbing
you of your luck in battle?
[19:54] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Th-That's not what I meant.
[19:57] (Flashback) Yui
You're stretching yourself too thin.
[19:59] (Flashback) Yui
If you don't rest while you can,
[20:03] (Flashback) Yui
you'll collapse before the real battle.
[20:06] (Flashback) Gabimaru
The real battle?
[20:08] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Is there some kind of major job coming up?
[20:11] (Flashback) Yui
No. I'm talking about life.
[20:16] (Flashback) Yui
Live peacefully and honestly.
[20:19] (Flashback) Yui
Do your best to adhere to your convictions,
[20:22] (Flashback) Yui
while sometimes going
with the flow or concealing them.
[20:26] (Flashback) Yui
But no matter what, never let go.
[20:29] (Flashback) Yui
Not even the Battle of Kawanakajima...
[20:33] (Flashback) Yui
compares to the long, long battle of life.
[20:37] (Flashback) Yui
You are the general,
but I am the strategist.
[20:41] (Flashback) Yui
It's my strategic advice
that you rest as well.
[20:45] (Flashback) Gabimaru
All right.
[20:47] (Flashback) Yui
Finally, get in the water.
[20:50] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Not that!
[20:51] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I don't like the water.
[20:53] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I'm clean enough, aren't I?
[20:56] Yui
He's like a cat.
[20:58] (Flashback) Yui
Starting tomorrow, we'll be living together.
[21:00] (Flashback) Yui
We won't be able to use the bath
at my father's house anymore.
[21:02] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I don't care.
[21:07] (Flashback) Gabimaru
As the general, can I issue
some strategic orders, too?
[21:11] (Flashback) Yui
Go right ahead.
[21:14] (Flashback) Gabimaru
Don't hide your scar with your hair.
[21:17] (Flashback) Gabimaru
I know you must have your reasons,
but I don't mind it.
[21:21] (Flashback) Gabimaru
You don't have to do that.
[21:26] (Flashback) Yui
I simply like styling my hair this way.
[21:30] (Flashback) Gabimaru
What? Really?
[21:32] (Flashback) Yui
But if that's what you wish, my general...
[21:37] (Flashback) Yui
then that's what I'll do. Thank you.
[21:44] Gabimaru
You, girl.
[21:46] Gabimaru
If you're embarrassed
about your scars, then... don't be.
[21:50] Sagiri
Sometimes women don't have that option.
[21:53] Gabimaru
I disagree.
[21:55] Gabimaru
I know a woman with a large scar,
but there's no one more beautiful than her.
[22:02] Gabimaru
Appearances don't matter.
[22:06] Gabimaru
Why are you looking at me like that?
[22:08] Sagiri
It was just such a respectable thing
to say. I'm dumbfounded.
[22:24] Sagiri
Perhaps he's not truly a bad person.
[22:28] Sagiri
There's a part of me that thinks that.
[22:31] Sagiri
Perhaps he's beginning
to change, little by little.
[22:38] Gabimaru
Maybe it's because I was able to relax,
[22:41] Gabimaru
but I remembered how I felt at first.
[22:46] Gabimaru
What I should be prioritizing.
[22:49] Gabimaru
That I don't have time
to sit around chatting.
[22:51] Gabimaru
I remember now.
[22:53] ---
E8 - Student and Master
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[00:27] Tenza
As far back as I could remember,
people always said the same things about me.
[00:33] (Flashback) Townie A
Trash.
[00:34] (Flashback) Townie B
Good for nothing.
[00:35] (Flashback) Townie C
Useless.
[00:39] Tenza
I was born and raised in the slums.
[00:42] Tenza
My parents had neither the
resources nor desire to feed me.
[00:53] Tenza
When I got hungry, I stole, and I took.
[00:57] Tenza
Aside from killing, I'd do anything.
[01:04] Tenza
I slept when I wanted to,
[01:07] Tenza
and woke when I wanted to.
[01:14] Tenza
I was free.
[01:18] (Flashback) Tenza
Ow.
[01:19] (Flashback) Tenza
Hey, watch where you're going!
[01:21] (Flashback) Samurai A
A street urchin, huh?
[01:22] (Flashback) Samurai A
Trash.
[01:32] (Flashback) Samurai A
Please, no more.
[01:40] (Flashback) Shion
That's enough.
[01:43] (Flashback) Tenza
Who the hell are you?
SIGN Student and Master
[03:28] Nurugai
We won't find a current leading off
the island wandering the beach aimlessly.
[03:33] Nurugai
The sun and sand will just exhaust us.
[03:36] Tenza
Stop being right all the time!
[03:37] Tenza
It's the best idea that an idiot
like me is gonna come up with.
[03:40] Tenza
There are bugs and monsters in the woods.
[03:43] Nurugai
We could defeat them by working together.
[03:45] Tenza
Now that I know you're a woman,
I'd like to avoid danger.
[03:49] Nurugai
You know what? I really
do want to marry you.
[03:52] Tenza
It's way too soon for
that in lots of ways.
[03:53] Tenza
We need to leave this place alive
before we start thinking about marriage.
[03:57] Tenza
Let's play it safe, even if it takes longer.
[04:00] Tenza
We'll avoid fighting as much as possible.
[04:02] Nurugai
Your prudence will make you a good husband.
[04:06] Tenza
Huh?
[04:12] Tenza
What? Who?
[04:15] Tenza
She just fell from the sky...
[04:17] Zhu Jin (F)
The forest was... noisy. It was unusual.
[04:22] Zhu Jin (F)
I saw the corpses of many Soshin.
[04:25] Zhu Jin (F)
Also unusual.
[04:28] Zhu Jin (M)
Did you do it?
[04:30] Nurugai
It turned into a man.
[04:32] Tenza
It's a monster. We should run.
[04:35] Zhu Jin (M)
Why do you flee?
[04:40] Tenza
Huh?
[04:41] Zhu Jin (M)
It's pointless.
[04:52] Zhu Jin (M)
Not that it matters,
[04:54] Zhu Jin (M)
but doesn't it bother you
when things aren't as they normally are?
[04:58] Zhu Jin (M)
I don't like it, myself.
[05:09] Zhu Jin (M)
Huh, you move well for a human.
[05:26] Zhu Jin (M)
You're fast for a human.
[05:31] Tenza
Nurugai-san!
[05:34] Tenza
We'll run on my signal.
[05:36] Tenza
Don't think about defeating it. Just run.
[05:38] Nurugai
Okay.
[05:38] Tenza
I don't have much stamina, but...
[05:43] Tenza
I take pride in the quickness of my blade.
[05:57] Zhu Jin (M)
Oh?
[06:00] Tenza
Now!
[06:21] Zhu Jin (M)
You tore my clothes.
[06:27] Zhu Jin (M)
How awful.
[06:39] Nurugai
Huh?
[06:41] Tenza
Ma...
[06:42] Tenza
Master!
[06:43] Shion
Run, Tenza!
[06:45] Tenza
Yes, Master!
[06:52] Nurugai
Who is he?
[06:54] Tenza
Yamada Asaemon Shion.
[06:56] Tenza
My master.
[06:58] Nurugai
He's blind.
[07:00] Nurugai
But he's running through
the forest regardless.
[07:03] Tenza
He apparently "sees" using smells and sounds.
[07:14] Shion
We made it pretty far.
[07:16] Tenza
Nurugai-ku—I mean,
[07:18] Tenza
Nurugai-san, now that this
guy's here, we'll be okay.
[07:21] Tenza
After all, I owe Shion-san my life,
and he taught me to use a sword.
SIGN Tameshi-itto-ryu Rank 4
Yamada Asaemon
Shion
[07:25] Tenza
He's incredible—ow!
[07:27] Shion
You were relying too much on your speed,
and your movements were sloppy.
[07:31] Shion
Go for the head or feet first against
an opponent like that.
[07:34] Shion
I could hear how lukewarm
your lunges were, too.
[07:35] Tenza
Ow!
[07:37] Shion
Each strike should be executed carefully.
[07:38] Tenza
Ow!
[07:39] Tenza
Not even these circumstances can stop
you from acting like my teacher.
[07:42] Tenza
I'm actually kind of relieved.
[07:45] Shion
You still finish as weakly as ever, too.
[07:47] Shion
Unbelievable. I'm glad you're all right.
[07:50] Shion
I thought the last time
I saw you would be on the ship.
[07:54] Tenza
Do you want me to say something?
[07:56] Tenza
Wait a minute, Master. What have
you been doing all by yourself?
[08:02] Shion
I completed my duty and was on my way home.
[08:13] Shion
Unable to find a current
leading away from the island,
[08:16] Shion
I kept searching for one.
[08:18] Nurugai
Just like us.
[08:19] Shion
I found what seemed to be a current
leading out in just one place, but...
[08:25] Shion
I heard a noise and detected a presence
like nothing I'd experienced before.
[08:29] Shion
Realizing there were limits to what
a blind man could accomplish alone,
[08:32] Shion
I searched for others
who were also heading home.
[08:35] Tenza
Please take us there.
[08:38] Tenza
Together, the three of us
can figure something out.
[08:40] Shion
Maybe.
[08:42] Shion
But first...
[08:48] Tenza
What are you doing, Master?
[08:51] Shion
It's your turn to explain.
[08:54] Shion
Why are you protecting a criminal?
[08:55] Shion
You were told to execute
criminals immediately
[08:58] Shion
if they violated the rules
or the unexpected occurred.
[09:02] Shion
That's what I did.
[09:06] Shion
She tried to seduce me.
[09:12] Shion
So I executed her,
[09:13] Shion
as painlessly as possible.
[09:17] Shion
You seem to be assisting
that criminal. Explain.
[09:22] Shion
Depending on your answer,
an execution may be in order.
[09:25] Tenza
This child has committed no crime.
[09:28] Shion
I've memorized most
of the contents of the roster.
[09:32] Shion
I know the circumstances of the criminals.
[09:35] Shion
But the times we live in dictate
what is a crime, Tenza.
[09:40] Shion
The Yamada Asaemon are
the blade swung down by the times.
[09:44] Shion
It would be illogical
for a sword to choose who it cuts.
[09:48] Shion
Above all else, you violating
the rules could be
[09:50] Shion
interpreted as treason committed
by the entire Yamada clan.
[09:53] Shion
The actions of a single man
could threaten the entire clan.
[09:57] Tenza
But you taught me how to use a sword.
[10:01] Tenza
When I was a homeless scoundrel,
[10:04] Tenza
you took me in, even though you
weren't obligated to.
[10:09] Shion
Because I sensed resourcefulness
and potential in you.
[10:13] Tenza
Then it's the same for me.
[10:15] Tenza
I sense there's potential in a world
where this child can live freely.
[10:20] Shion
You've come to speak like a grown man.
[10:22] Tenza
Because of you.
[10:25] Tenza
Besides, I know you're a kind man.
[10:29] Tenza
I know you'll listen to me
if I speak from the heart.
[10:41] (Flashback) Tenza
I don't get why you'd help people.
[10:46] Shion
If you insist.
[10:48] Tenza
All right!
[10:49] Tenza
See? He's a good person.
[10:52] Nurugai
Uh, yeah.
[10:53] Shion
But the matter has simply been tabled.
[10:56] Shion
If protecting her would threaten
the Yamada clan or you...
[11:02] Shion
Then...
[11:04] Shion
What is it?
[11:05] Tenza
Her? I'm impressed you figured it out.
[11:08] Shion
Of course I did.
[11:10] Shion
I've got a good eye for evaluating people.
[11:11] Tenza
You sure do love making jokes like that.
[11:15] Nurugai
Nice to meet you, Master.
[11:18] Shion
Nice to meet you, Nurugai.
[11:20] Shion
But you needn't call me "Master."
[11:23] Shion
I haven't taught you anything.
[11:28] Tenza
Let's not waste any time checking
out this current you found.
[11:31] Shion
Keep your voice down.
[11:33] Shion
We'll take our time and be careful.
[11:35] Shion
The greatest threat we face
currently is that monster.
[11:38] Shion
It can't possibly be human.
[11:40] Shion
We should consider how we'll
respond if we encounter it.
[11:43] Tenza
If we just intend to flee, then we
should be able to do what we did earlier.
[11:48] Zhu Jin (F)
You underestimate me.
[11:57] Tenza
You saved us, Master.
[11:58] Nurugai
Thank you.
[12:01] Tenza
Master!
[12:02] Zhu Jin (F)
Huh?
[12:03] Zhu Jin (F)
I thought I'd taken off his head. Not bad.
[12:15] Zhu Jin (F)
I've gotten used to that.
[12:18] Zhu Jin (F)
You have to be alive to become Tan,
[12:23] Zhu Jin (F)
but because you're so
annoying, I'll kill you.
[12:25] Tenza
What should I do? I should run, but...
[12:30] Tenza
No, I have to kill it now.
[12:38] Tenza
Tameshi-itto-ryu Ultimate...
[12:41] Shion
Wait, Ten—
[12:44] Tenza
Pounding Torrent!
[12:52] Zhu Jin (F)
I told you, I'm used to that.
[13:04] Nurugai
Tenza!
[13:15] (Flashback) Tenza
Hey, Master.
[13:16] (Flashback) Tenza
Why'd you take in a guy like me?
[13:19] (Flashback) Shion
Mind your language.
[13:21] (Flashback) Tenza
Why did you take me in, Master?
[13:25] (Flashback) Shion
Taking lives is our job.
[13:28] (Flashback) Shion
I wish to spend the rest
of my time helping people.
[13:31] (Flashback) Shion
It's true that you're
a bit rough around the edges...
[13:36] (Flashback) Shion
but I sense potential in you.
[13:38] (Flashback) Tenza
Well, aren't you great?
[13:41] (Flashback) Tenza
I don't get why you'd help people.
[13:49] (Flashback) Tenza
Damn it.
[13:51] (Flashback) Shion
You're sloppy with your sword.
[13:53] (Flashback) Shion
You're allowing your
emotions to control you.
[13:55] (Flashback) Shion
Your rage, and your doubt.
[13:59] (Flashback) Tenza
It's not like I want to be a samurai.
[14:02] (Flashback) Tenza
This is pointless.
[14:04] (Flashback) Shion
I'm not asking you to follow
the samurai code from the start.
[14:07] (Flashback) Shion
But someday, if you find
something you want to protect,
[14:12] (Flashback) Shion
the sword skills you've developed
will definitely help you.
[14:16] (Flashback) Tenza
Something I want to protect...
[14:19] (Flashback) Shion
Look at that cherry blossom tree.
[14:21] (Flashback) Shion
Its trunk is lean,
and its flowers are still buds.
[14:24] (Flashback) Shion
But buds contain all manner of potential.
[14:29] (Flashback) Shion
So do you.
[14:30] (Flashback) Shion
The day will come when your
buds of potential blossom.
[14:35] Townie A
Trash.
[14:36] Townie B
Good for nothing.
[14:37] Townie C
Useless.
[14:37] Samurai A
A street urchin, huh?
[14:40] (Flashback) Shion
Now, continue.
[14:42] (Flashback) Tenza
I don't.
[14:44] (Flashback) Tenza
I don't have potential!
[14:47] (Flashback) Tenza
I don't have status or money.
[14:50] (Flashback) Tenza
Since the day I was born,
I've never had potential!
[14:56] (Flashback) Tenza
I'm quitting.
[14:57] (Flashback) Shion
What?
[14:58] (Flashback) Tenza
I said I'm quitting.
[14:59] (Flashback) Tenza
I've had enough of this strict lifestyle.
[15:02] (Flashback) Tenza
I wanna live how I want to live.
[15:05] (Flashback) Shion
Are you serious about that?
[15:06] (Flashback) Tenza
Yeah.
[15:07] (Flashback) Shion
Then I have a condition.
[15:10] (Flashback) Tenza
A condition?
[15:12] (Flashback) Shion
Just one blow.
[15:14] (Flashback) Shion
Anytime, anywhere. Land a single blow on me.
[15:19] (Flashback) Shion
If you can do that,
[15:20] (Flashback) Shion
then I'll allow you to quit.
[15:26] (Flashback) Tenza
I don't have time for this.
[15:30] (Flashback) Eizen
Where are you going?
The dojo is in the other direction.
[15:35] (Flashback) Eizen
Shion told me about your deal.
[15:37] (Flashback) Eizen
Have you already landed a blow on him?
[15:40] (Flashback) Tenza
Are you going to drag me back?
[15:42] (Flashback) Eizen
Do as you please.
[15:43] (Flashback) Tenza
Huh?
[15:44] (Flashback) Eizen
But before you go, accompany me on a walk.
[15:47] (Flashback) Eizen
I woke up too early and have nothing to do.
SIGN Namu Amida Butsu
[16:01] (Flashback) Eizen
Shion's former junior sleeps here.
[16:06] (Flashback) Eizen
His name was Tesshin.
[16:08] (Flashback) Tenza
His junior?
[16:09] (Flashback) Eizen
Like you, he was dissolute.
[16:12] (Flashback) Eizen
He had talent, but he lacked motivation.
[16:16] (Flashback) Tenza
Then Master must've put him
through the wringer, like me.
[16:22] (Flashback) Eizen
At the time, Shion focused
on improving his own skills.
[16:26] (Flashback) Eizen
He didn't have nearly the same passion
for teaching as he does now.
[16:29] (Flashback) Eizen
In the end, Tesshin said he'd live
how he pleased and left the dojo.
[16:34] (Flashback) Eizen
For a while, things stayed the same.
[16:38] (Flashback) Eizen
That day, Shion went out
to test his sword just like he always did
[16:42] (Flashback) Eizen
and stood before the criminal.
[16:48] (Flashback) Eizen
But Shion wouldn't lower
the sword he raised.
[16:53] (Flashback) Tenza
Could it be?
[16:54] (Flashback) Eizen
Yes.
[16:55] (Flashback) Eizen
Shion realized the criminal
before him was Tesshin.
[17:00] (Flashback) Eizen
After leaving the dojo,
[17:03] (Flashback) Eizen
Tesshin eventually struggled
to feed himself and turned to crime.
[17:07] (Flashback) Tenza
What did Master do?
[17:10] (Flashback) Eizen
Naturally, he killed him
as a Yamada Asaemon.
[17:14] (Flashback) Eizen
Shion clearly heard Tesshin's last words.
[17:18] (Flashback) Eizen
Apparently, he said this.
[17:22] (Flashback) Eizen
"Master, I'm sorry."
[17:25] (Flashback) Eizen
That's when Shion became passionate about
[17:29] (Flashback) Eizen
teaching his juniors
and began helping people.
[17:32] (Flashback) Eizen
If you live the life of a scoundrel,
you might eventually end up the same way.
[17:37] (Flashback) Eizen
He probably felt it would be
a waste for that to happen.
[17:40] Shion
So do you.
[17:42] Shion
The day will come when your
buds of potential blossom.
[17:46] (Flashback) Eizen
Well?
[17:48] (Flashback) Eizen
Will you run from this place
without landing a single blow on him?
[18:01] (Flashback) Shion
Ah, Tenza.
[18:03] (Flashback) Tenza
Master, please spar with me.
[18:16] (Flashback) Shion
You seem different than before.
[18:19] Tenza
I've never seriously devoted myself
to anything before, but...
[18:30] (Flashback) Shion
Your flanks are undefended.
[18:34] (Flashback) Tenza
Again.
[18:36] (Flashback) Tenza
Again.
[18:39] (Flashback) Tenza
Again.
[18:42] (Flashback) Tenza
Again.
[18:44] Tenza
I want to land a blow on him.
[18:51] Tenza
He's the first person
to believe in my potential.
[18:56] Tenza
Hey, Master.
[18:58] Tenza
Can I believe in my own potential?
[19:01] Tenza
And like you said, someday...
[19:06] Tenza
Someday, will I find
someone I want to protect?
[19:21] Tenza
My fingertips are growing cold.
[19:25] Tenza
But I'm burning from the chest up.
[19:31] Tenza
I see.
[19:33] Tenza
I'm dying.
[19:36] Tenza
We're all going to be
killed by this monster.
[19:50] Tenza
I won't let that happen!
[19:56] Tenza
Even if I die, I'll make sure they escape.
[19:59] Tenza
I don't care how I do it.
[20:02] Tenza
I'll do everything I can
to buy time for them.
[20:14] Tenza
Stay away.
[20:16] Tenza
Run. Please run.
[20:29] Tenza
Both of you, run.
[20:33] Tenza
Don't, Master.
[20:35] Tenza
You can't beat it.
[20:36] Tenza
You know that.
[20:39] Tenza
My throat's too damaged to speak.
[20:42] Tenza
Master, please run.
[20:44] Tenza
Just one word.
[20:46] Tenza
Let me speak.
[21:04] Nurugai
Tenza!
[21:21] Tenza
Master, I'm sorry.
[21:23] Tenza
You took care of me, but I...
[21:26] Tenza
Nurugai-san, please live.
[21:29] Tenza
You have potential.
[21:33] Tenza
Potential...
[21:35] Tenza
I wonder what potential I had.
[21:50] Zhu Jin (F)
He was pretty tough.
[22:03] Nurugai
Why are we abandoning him? I'm going back!
[22:06] Shion
Don't.
[22:08] Shion
This is what Tenza wanted.
[22:11] Nurugai
But still... you're his master, right?
[22:15] Nurugai
Isn't he your student?
[22:16] Shion
He's more than that!
[22:18] Shion
We're brothers who wanted the same thing.
[22:22] Shion
He risked his life for us.
I can't waste that.
[22:28] Shion
We can't beat that monster right now.
[22:30] Shion
If we hadn't run, we would've all died.
[22:32] Shion
We had to retreat.
[22:34] Shion
But I swear we'll make them pay.
[23:06] (Flashback) Tenza
All right! I hit you!
[23:10] (Flashback) Shion
That was impressive.
[23:11] (Flashback) Shion
Now you're free to do as you please.
[23:17] (Flashback) Tenza
Master, will you keep
teaching—no, I mean...
[23:22] (Flashback) Tenza
Master, I humbly request that you
continue teaching me to use a sword.
[23:28] (Flashback) Shion
Of course.
E9 - Gods and People
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[00:15] Senta
I searched the village,
but none of it makes any sense.
[00:20] Senta
The more I learn,
the less clear things become.
[00:25] Sagiri
Gabimaru.
[00:27] Sagiri
Is something the matter?
[00:29] Gabimaru
It's nothing. What were you saying?
[00:31] Sagiri
Well, Senta-dono says...
[00:33] Yuzuriha
His brain's about to explode.
[00:35] Senta
There are too many mysteries to solve.
[00:37] Senta
I need to cool my head and review the facts.
[00:41] Sagiri
Please rest, Senta-dono.
[00:44] Sagiri
I can keep watch by myself tonight.
[00:46] Senta
No, that's all right.
[00:48] Senta
I'll feel better once I've taken a bath.
[00:50] Sagiri
That will make you even sleepier.
[00:52] Senta
I'll be fine.
[01:02] (Flashback) Senta
There are too many mysteries.
[01:04] (Flashback) Senta
It's dangerous to act until we
figure things out to some degree.
[01:07] (Flashback) Gabimaru
How much is "some degree?"
[01:09] (Flashback) Senta
Well... I don't know.
[01:11] (Flashback) Senta
But if the Tensen guard the Elixir of Life,
[01:15] (Flashback) Senta
it'd be dangerous for us
to enter Horai without a plan.
[01:20] Gabimaru
Sorry, but I don't have time to wait
for you to solve those mysteries.
[01:23] Gabimaru
If they're coming to meet us,
then all the better.
SIGN Gods and People
[03:00] Gabimaru
The fog's so thick I can't see.
[03:03] Gabimaru
We reached the village after traveling
south through the woods from the beach.
[03:06] Gabimaru
If Hoko is to be believed,
[03:08] Gabimaru
I should approach Horai,
the central region, if I continue south.
[03:23] Gabimaru
What are these voices? Are they singing?
[03:28] Gabimaru
No...
[03:35] Gabimaru
They're chanting sutras?
[03:37] Gabimaru
Are they more of Hoko's kind?
[03:39] Gabimaru
They're not reacting to me approaching them.
[03:41] Gabimaru
Are they immobile?
[03:45] Gabimaru
They're praying to something?
[03:47] (Flashback) Senta
It's dangerous to act until we
figure things out to some degree.
[03:51] Gabimaru
Maybe that's how the Asaemon think,
but condemned criminals are different.
[03:55] Gabimaru
It's not like we'd turn back depending on
what the island is actually like.
[03:58] Gabimaru
This isn't that kind of expedition.
[04:01] Gabimaru
No matter how dangerous
we find this place to be,
[04:04] Gabimaru
I won't be pardoned
if I return without the elixir.
[04:07] Gabimaru
Moving forward is my only option,
[04:09] Gabimaru
even if I have to do it alone.
[04:15] (Flashback) Hoko
They say Horai is still
as beautiful as ever.
[04:20] (Flashback) Hoko
Unlike Hojo and Eishu,
which have fallen into decay,
[04:23] (Flashback) Hoko
it is the true Shinsenkyo
where gods and hermits reside.
[04:28] Gabimaru
The true Shinsenkyo?
[04:31] Gabimaru
But this is clearly man-made.
[04:36] Gabimaru
If this place is Horai,
then the Elixir must be...
[04:49] Gabimaru
Who is this person? No...
[04:51] Gabimaru
It looks human, but it's something else.
[04:56] Gabimaru
What are you?
[04:57] Zhu Jin (F)
Ugh, this sucks.
[05:00] Zhu Jin (F)
Why do they keep coming when it's my turn?
[05:02] Zhu Jin (F)
What a pain.
[05:04] Gabimaru
Okay...
[05:05] Zhu Jin (F)
Would you mind leaving?
[05:07] Zhu Jin (F)
I just fought some of you earlier.
[05:10] Zhu Jin (F)
We're supposed to capture
you humans when we find you.
[05:14] Zhu Jin (F)
And today, I—
[05:16] Gabimaru
So you can turn humans into the Elixir?
[05:34] Zhu Jin (F)
Huh?
[05:46] Gabimaru
It can regenerate, and it's stronger
and faster than its build suggests.
[05:50] Gabimaru
Is this one of the...?
[06:00] Zhu Jin (F)
You broke my neck again.
[06:02] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Ascetic Blaze.
[06:28] Zhu Jin (M)
Oops, killed another one.
[06:30] Zhu Jin (M)
He would've made good Elixir
if I'd brought him back alive.
[06:37] Gabimaru
It's a bit late to ask, but...
[06:40] Gabimaru
are you a Tensen?
[06:43] Zhu Jin (M)
Are you a human?
[07:07] Zhu Jin (M)
Why are you so tough?
[07:10] Zhu Jin (M)
I encountered a fairly
tough human earlier, too.
[07:14] Zhu Jin (M)
This is the first time I've seen
someone like you in centuries.
[07:18] Gabimaru
Where is the Elixir?
[07:27] Gabimaru
I should assume bludgeoning
and slashing attacks are ineffective.
[07:32] Gabimaru
Not only that, but it's
exceptionally physically strong, too.
[07:36] Gabimaru
Trading blows in a war
of attrition would be dangerous.
[07:38] Gabimaru
I need to come up with a plan of attack.
[07:41] Gabimaru
It's immortal. Ascetic Blaze
was ineffective.
[07:45] Gabimaru
What other options do I have?
[07:48] Gabimaru
What haven't I tried yet?
[07:53] Gabimaru
What is this feeling?
[08:01] Gabimaru
That reaction was clearly different
from how it's responded until now.
[08:05] Gabimaru
What was it? What worked?
[08:11] Gabimaru
It's back to being a woman again.
[08:13] Zhu Jin (F)
Your physical capabilities...
[08:15] Zhu Jin (F)
You probably don't realize it yourself,
but you're probably...
[08:19] Zhu Jin (F)
No, it doesn't matter.
[08:32] Zhu Jin (F)
You're annoying. Die.
[08:41] Gabimaru
What is this?
[08:49] Gabimaru
Wind pressure? No, that's not it.
[08:51] Gabimaru
It feels like the blast
is reverberating through my body.
[08:55] Gabimaru
It's something else. Some unknown power.
[08:57] Gabimaru
Guarding is pointless. I have to dodge—
[09:01] Gabimaru
Is there any way to defeat this creature?
[09:08] Gabimaru
No, I don't need a plan.
[09:10] Gabimaru
No matter what, I can't stop moving.
[09:14] Gabimaru
I need to get back to my wife.
[09:19] Gabimaru
No matter what happens,
I'll make it back alive.
[09:21] Gabimaru
Even if my eyes and nose are torn
from my face, I'll make it back alive.
[09:24] Gabimaru
Even if I die, I'll make it back alive.
[09:29] Gabimaru
If it can regenerate, then I'll
destroy it faster than it can heal.
[09:37] Zhu Jin (F)
Impossible. By a human?
[09:52] Gabimaru
I know you're not dead.
[09:54] Gabimaru
Tell me. Where is the Elixir?
[10:01] Zhu Jin (F)
What am I going to do?
[10:05] Zhu Jin (F)
I'm going to get in trouble with them again.
[10:42] Gabimaru
Calm down.
[10:44] Gabimaru
This isn't my first time fighting a monster.
[10:47] Gabimaru
I just have to do what I've always done.
[10:49] Gabimaru
Analyze and counter.
[10:51] Gabimaru
If I can do that...
[11:36] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Ascetic Blaze.
[11:41] Gabimaru
My body...
[11:42] Gabimaru
I'm finally paying for how
hard I've been pushing myself.
[11:49] Gabimaru
Strange spells, giant monsters...
[11:52] Gabimaru
Is this the real world?
[11:55] Gabimaru
No, have the events
of the past few days even been real?
[12:00] Gabimaru
It's like I'm in a nightmare.
[12:08] Yui
You're awake.
[12:12] Yui
You were groaning in your sleep.
[12:15] Yui
Were you having unpleasant dreams?
[12:18] Gabimaru
Yeah.
[12:23] Gabimaru
I see. It was a dream.
[12:31] Gabimaru
Good.
[12:32] Yui
So you were having a nightmare.
[12:36] Yui
You've been so busy lately.
[12:39] Yui
Why don't you rest today?
[12:58] Yui
This is chrysanthemum tea.
[13:00] Yui
I've heard it prevents nightmares.
[13:07] Yui
Oh, do you dislike chrysanthemum?
[13:10] Gabimaru
No, I'm just really glad.
[13:14] Gabimaru
Even if this is a dream,
I'm glad I got to talk to you.
[13:19] Yui
What are you talking about?
[13:24] Gabimaru
I'm sorry.
[13:26] Gabimaru
I might not make it back home.
[13:45] Chief
Shinobi Rule Number 20.
[13:48] (Flashback) Chief
If you are facing death,
[13:51] (Flashback) Chief
then draw on whatever life you have left
[13:53] (Flashback) Chief
to deal as much damage as possible
to the enemy before dying.
[13:58] Chief
You don't have to bother
remembering that one.
[14:00] Chief
I've trained you so
you'll do it instinctively.
[14:08] Chief
On the brink of death,
[14:10] Chief
you'll reflexively attempt
to take your opponent down with you,
[14:12] Chief
regardless of your own will.
[14:26] Gabimaru
I'm sorry. I might...
[14:58] Zhu Jin (F Old)
Mei, what do you think you're doing?
[15:10] Sagiri
Well, we can't help what's already happened.
[15:13] Senta
I'm s-s-s-sorry!
[15:15] Senta
I looked for him right away,
[15:18] Senta
but the mist got thicker
the farther I got from the village.
[15:21] Senta
It was a struggle getting back here.
[15:23] Hoko
It's impossible for an ordinary person
to make any real progress in that mist.
[15:28] Sagiri
If Gabimaru headed towards Horai,
then we must search for him immediately.
[15:32] Yuzuriha
What? No thanks.
[15:34] Sagiri
What?
[15:35] Yuruziha
I mean, we don't have time for that, right?
[15:38] Yuzuriha
Besides, he's the one who decided to go.
[15:41] Yuzuriha
He was an asset in combat,
but it's not like we can help it now.
[15:44] Yuzuriha
Plus, it's not like the Asaemon care
about the safety of the criminals, right?
[15:49] Sagiri
What?
[15:50] Yuzuriha
There's no reason to look for him.
[15:52] Sagiri
Actually—
[15:53] Hoko
If you're going to Horai,
I'll accompany you.
[15:56] Hoko
I haven't seen Mei.
She probably went after Gabimaru.
[16:02] Hoko
I must look for her.
[16:03] Hoko
I'd appreciate your help.
[16:05] Yuzuriha
Are you saying you can
get there through the fog?
[16:09] Hoko
It's possible.
[16:12] Yuzuriha
I'm actually starting to,
y'know, worry about Gabimaru.
[16:17] Yuzuriha
Let's go, Sagirin.
[16:20] Sagiri
Okay.
[16:21] Yuzuriha
Anyway, even if we make it to Horai,
[16:25] Yuzuriha
those troublesome Tensen
will be there, right?
[16:28] Hoko
Yes.
[16:29] Yuzuriha
Who exactly are the Tensen?
Tell us all about them.
[16:33] Senta
Yuzuriha-san, we'll get lost
if we don't focus.
[16:37] Yuzuriha
We won't get lost.
[16:38] Yuzuriha
Aren't you curious too, Sagirin?
[16:40] Sagiri
What?
[16:41] Yuzuriha
About the Tensen.
[16:43] Sagiri
Yes, I suppose I am.
[16:47] Sagiri
If the Tensen reside in Horai,
then we'll probably run into them somewhere.
[16:53] Hoko
The Tensen...
[16:56] Hoko
are seven hermits.
[16:59] Mu Dan (M)
I prefer being male.
[17:01] Mu Dan (M)
First, its construction is efficient.
[17:04] Mu Dan (M)
Utility is the essence of beauty.
[17:05] Tao Fa (F)
I definitely prefer being female.
[17:08] Tao Fa (F)
Just looking at women's bodies
makes you want to touch them.
[17:11] Gui Fa (F)
Silence.
[17:12] Ran (M)
Both are beautiful in their own way.
[17:15] Ju Fa (M)
Are we just talking about appearances?
[17:17] Ju Fa (M)
I prefer being male.
[17:19] Ju Fa (M)
The way this form feels and
operates suits me better.
[17:22] Tao Fa (F)
What? But we screwed the other day as women...
[17:25] Ju Fa (M)
I was just curious.
[17:27] Tao Fa (F)
No way. You really seemed to enjoy yourself.
[17:31] Mu Dan (M)
I'm surprised you can
tolerate someone so fussy.
[17:34] Tao Fa (F)
That's my favorite part.
[17:36] Ran (M)
It is good to be energetic.
[17:38] Gui Fa (F)
Oh, shut up.
[17:41] Ran (M)
Enough chit-chat. Let us make our reports.
[17:46] Ran (M)
Some humans arrived several days ago.
[17:50] Ran (M)
They seem different from previous humans.
[17:53] Ran (M)
There aren't many of them,
but they're fierce.
[17:55] Ran (M)
Many Soshin have been killed.
[17:58] Ju Fa (M)
Zhu Jin, it's your fault
for keeping watch so sloppily.
[18:02] Ju Fa (M)
You allowed the humans you
found on the beach to escape.
[18:05] Ju Fa (M)
And last night, you struggled against
another human you met in front of the gates.
[18:08] Ju Fa (M)
You're pathetic.
[18:14] Ju Fa (M)
Not only that, but judging by your appearance,
you've been using too much Tao.
[18:18] Tao Fa (F)
Poor thing.
[18:20] Mu Dan (M)
You reap what you sow.
[18:22] Ju Fa (M)
I can't believe a human forced you
to use your Kishikai transformation.
[18:26] Mu Dan (M)
Enough, Ju Fa.
[18:27] Mu Dan (M)
We're a family. A family sticks together.
[18:31] Mu Dan (M)
And a family also obeys.
[18:33] Mu Dan (M)
I'm the only one allowed to harm Zhu Jin.
[18:41] Ju Fa (M)
Fine.
[18:42] Mu Dan (M)
Did you deal with the humans you
encountered in the woods properly?
[18:47] Ju Fa (M)
I brought them near death
and threw them in the pit.
[18:50] Ju Fa (M)
They should be flowers by now.
[18:52] Mu Dan (M)
Don't underestimate them.
[18:54] Mu Dan (M)
The corpse of a Monshin
was discovered as well.
[18:57] Mu Dan (M)
Anyone capable of killing them
is no ordinary human.
[19:00] Mu Dan (M)
Between them and the human Zhu Jin cornered
last night, something's different this time.
[19:08] Mu Dan (M)
If they make it out of the pit,
[19:11] Mu Dan (M)
you'll find injured beasts
can be terrifying creatures.
[19:13] Mu Dan (M)
If the humans who arrived
with them this time are just as capable,
[19:18] Mu Dan (M)
then this will be rather difficult.
[19:21] Mu Dan (M)
You killed the man who forced you to
use your Kishikai transformation, didn't you?
[19:27] Zhu Jin (F Old)
Yes.
[19:30] Mu Dan (M)
Well, no matter who comes our way,
there's only one thing we want.
[19:42] Mu Dan (M)
To eternity and our revered master.
[19:51] Sagiri
There are seven immortal beings?
[19:54] Hoko
They say that, originally, there was only one.
[19:57] Yuzuriha
What? What does that mean?
[19:59] Hoko
Shangdi Samantabhadra,
Dadi Aksho, Jiujun Amoghavajra,
[20:04] Hoko
Sagacious Dasheng Ratna, Yuanjun Tathātā,
Gonggong Manjusri, Deified Dijun Cundi...
[20:10] Hoko
A hermit who mastered their art
and became a god split into these seven parts.
[20:15] Hoko
They all look and sound the same,
[20:18] Hoko
but their personalities
and roles are different.
[20:21] Hoko
Together, the seven of them rule this island.
[20:24] Hoko
But that is only a legend from
when I was a child.
[20:28] Yuzuriha
A child? Like, back
when you were just a leaf?
[20:31] Hoko
No. I used to look like you.
[20:36] Hoko
Everyone who lives
on the island looked human once.
[20:40] Hoko
They were longer-lived
and more devout than your kind.
[20:44] Hoko
The villages prospered.
[20:46] Hoko
But...
[20:50] Senta
What is this?
[20:52] Hoko
The villages only prospered
until a thousand years ago.
[20:56] Hoko
Though our lives are long,
we transform before we die.
[21:00] Senta
Transform?
[21:01] Hoko
Our bodies slowly become trees.
[21:04] Hoko
Eventually we become a tree and
take root in the land, praying cross-legged.
[21:09] Hoko
The transformation progresses
regardless of our age,
[21:12] Hoko
and we lose awareness as well.
[21:14] Hoko
Just before we lose our
awareness, we gather here.
[21:17] Hoko
It's said that by doing so, we ensure our
souls are invited into Horai after death.
[21:23] Hoko
My awareness is fading as well.
[21:26] Hoko
I had a family, but they transformed.
[21:29] Hoko
This is my daughter.
[21:31] Hoko
Unfortunately, she was
the first in our family to transform.
[21:38] Sagiri
No wonder your village fell
into ruin, even after 1,000 years of prosperity.
[21:44] Hoko
Horai is the final resting place of souls.
[21:48] Hoko
The Tensen are gods
that choose who will enter Horai.
[21:52] Hoko
They mustn't be defied.
[21:55] Sagiri
He chose to leave on his own,
[21:58] Sagiri
and the safety of the criminals
doesn't fall under my jurisdiction.
[22:01] Sagiri
But...
[22:03] Sagiri
I hope he's all right.
[22:06] Gabimaru
Where am I?
[22:09] Gabimaru
Did this girl save me?
[22:14] Gabimaru
They're neither hermits nor gods.
They're true monsters.
[22:19] Gabimaru
I'll have to defeat them
to acquire the Elixir.
[22:25] Gabimaru
Good.
[22:28] Gabimaru
If they're monsters and not gods,
then there must be a way to kill them.
[22:32] Gabimaru
But I mustn't be reckless.
[22:34] Gabimaru
I need to come up with a plan to fight them.
[22:36] Gabimaru
It'll be difficult to do alone.
[22:38] Gabimaru
With two, three, or even more...
[22:44] Gantetsusai
I thought I'd found a moving rag,
but you're that shinobi.
[22:49] Gantetsusai
You're looking ragged.
Is it time for you to die?
E10 - Yin and Yang
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SIGN Yin and Yang
[01:47] Gantetsusai
I thought I'd found a moving rag,
but you're that shinobi.
[01:52] Gantetsusai
You're looking ragged.
Is it time for you to die?
[02:02] Gantetsusai
Oh?
[02:03] Gantetsusai
Didn't think you could trade blows
with me in your current state.
[02:07] Gantetsusai
You truly are exceptional.
[02:10] Gabimaru
It'll be difficult to defeat him
without suffering any injuries.
[02:12] Gantetsusai
You're more exhausted than you realize.
[02:15] Gantetsusai
Your movements are slow.
[02:17] Gabimaru
Your center of gravity on your left side...
[02:20] Gabimaru
I can tell by your posture
that you're not used to protecting it.
[02:24] Gabimaru
Your left arm's too badly
injured to use, isn't it?
[02:41] Fuchi
Okay, okay. No more.
[02:44] Fuchi
Let's not waste time
on pointless shows of force.
[02:46] Gantetsusai
It's not pointless.
[02:48] Gantetsusai
All fights begin with an assessment
of each other's preliminary movements.
[02:50] Fuchi
It's pointless.
[02:52] Fuchi
First of all, it's unscientific.
Second of all, this isn't the time for that.
[02:54] Fuchi
It's meaningless.
[02:56] Fuchi
What we should be doing right now
is gathering information.
[03:00] Fuchi
What has he experienced so far?
Where is the Asaemon assigned to him?
[03:03] Fuchi
Who is that girl over there?
[03:08] Fuchi
If you kill each other, we won't be
able to acquire any useful information.
[03:11] Fuchi
So...
[03:14] Fuchi
We'll take the information without killing.
[03:18] Fuchi
I know how to do
that without killing anyone.
[03:23] Fuchi
Oh?
[03:24] Fuchi
You intend to fight against the both of us?
[03:27] Gabimaru
Is now the time to move? But...
[03:30] Gabimaru
These two are undoubtedly strong.
[03:36] Gabimaru
I'll have to change my tactics.
[03:43] Gabimaru
After all, I'm not Gabimaru
the Hollow anymore.
[03:47] Gantetsusai
What do you think you're doing?
[03:48] Gabimaru
Given your strength, I have a suggestion.
[03:51] Gabimaru
Why don't we work together?
[04:03] Gantetsusai
You didn't move.
[04:05] Gantetsusai
So you're not trying to fool us.
[04:08] Gantetsusai
But I'm disappointed.
[04:10] Gantetsusai
I seek strong warriors,
[04:13] Gantetsusai
not cowards who easily bow
their heads to their enemies.
[04:16] Fuchi
Your thinking is simplistic.
[04:19] Fuchi
I'd like to know why
you're willing to do this.
[04:26] Gantetsusai
What?
[04:27] Gantetsusai
What are those Tensen monsters?
[04:30] Gantetsusai
I didn't run into anything
so powerful! Why not?
[04:34] Gabimaru
I don't know.
[04:35] Fuchi
They can regenerate?
[04:37] Fuchi
Breaking their necks
and burning them doesn't kill them?
[04:39] Fuchi
What about their organs?
What were they like?
[04:41] Gabimaru
I don't know.
[04:42] Gabimaru
I don't know any specifics.
[04:44] Gabimaru
I just want to earn
a pardon so I can see someone.
[04:47] Gabimaru
I'll do anything to achieve that.
[04:50] Gabimaru
Please help me.
[04:52] Fuchi
But what proof do you have
that any of that is true?
[04:56] Gantetsusai
All right, I'm in!
[04:58] Gantetsusai
If we can get to Horai and meet these Tensen,
then it's two birds with one stone.
[05:02] Gantetsusai
We just happened to be lost, too.
[05:04] Fuchi
You're not wrong,
but isn't he our competition?
[05:08] Gantetsusai
It's fine.
[05:09] Gantetsusai
After all, I'm not really
interested in the pardon.
[05:13] Fuchi
I thought you wanted to
improve your sword skills.
[05:16] Gantetsusai
That's just my method.
[05:17] Gantetsusai
I want to become immortal.
[05:22] Fuchi
Don't tell me you intend to consume
the Elixir of Life yourself.
[05:27] Gantetsusai
No.
[05:28] Gantetsusai
Being literally immortal would be boring.
[05:32] Gantetsusai
I'll achieve something grand that
will be talked about throughout the land.
[05:35] Gantetsusai
My name will be spoken endlessly across
generations, and I'll become a legend.
[05:39] Gantetsusai
The name Tamiya Gantetsusai will
never grow old and never die.
[05:44] Gantetsusai
This appearance and these words will survive
as pictures and words in the distant future.
[05:52] Gantetsusai
That's what it means to be truly immortal.
[05:56] Fuchi
What a truly preposterous goal.
[05:59] Gantetsusai
Whatever you say. I'm serious about it.
[06:02] Gantetsusai
So, what will you do, Whatever-emon?
[06:05] Gantetsusai
I've made my decision.
[06:07] Fuchi
It's "Asaemon."
[06:09] Fuchi
I'm not interested in your bombastic goals,
[06:12] Fuchi
but I am very interested in immortal beings.
[06:18] Gantetsusai
Allow me to defeat the Tensen.
[06:21] Fuchi
Allow me to dissect them
once you've killed them.
[06:25] Gabimaru
Then we have a deal.
[06:28] Fuchi
If you could provide us
with additional information...
[06:31] Gabimaru
First, concerning this girl...
[06:36] Fuchi
What's so surprising?
[06:39] Gabimaru
She was a young girl until a moment ago,
[06:42] Gabimaru
but she's grown.
[06:44] Gantetsusai
Don't worry about that.
[06:46] Gantetsusai
It's one of the mysteries
of female development.
[06:48] Gabimaru
That's not the issue here.
[06:50] Mei
Ga... Gabimaru.
[06:54] Gabimaru
You can talk now?
[06:58] Gabimaru
Who are you?
[07:00] Gabimaru
No, more importantly,
tell me what you know about the Elixir.
[07:06] Gabimaru
Sorry.
[07:12] Gabimaru
Thank you for saving me.
[07:16] Gabimaru
If you can speak, I'd like you to tell me.
[07:18] Gabimaru
That mysterious power...
[07:20] Gabimaru
Are you like the Tensen?
[07:26] Senta
No matter how you look at it, it's strange.
[07:29] Sagiri
Senta-dono?
[07:30] Senta
You said the Tensen are gods
who screen people's souls in Horai, correct?
[07:36] Hoko
Yes.
[07:37] Senta
After listening to you, I'm certain of it.
[07:41] Senta
It's simply not possible
for this place to be the real Shinsenkyo.
[07:46] Senta
It's clearly a man-made religious system.
[07:49] Yuzuriha
What do you mean?
[07:50] Senta
The terms "Horai," "Eishu,"
[07:53] Senta
and the Tensen's names are all originally
terms used by different religions.
[07:58] Yuzuriha
It's a mysterious island.
Who cares if they're all mixed up?
[08:03] Senta
That's the problem.
[08:05] Senta
All the mixed-up elements come
from culturally specific interpretations.
[08:10] Yuzuriha
Okay?
[08:11] Yuzuriha
He's in the zone now.
[08:11] Senta
Which means they were preceded
by human religious views.
[08:16] Senta
The elements are combined crudely, too.
[08:19] Senta
Specific eras and cultures
are combined in a superficial way.
[08:23] Senta
I recognize this type of distortion.
[08:26] Yuzuriha
Uh, wh-what?
[08:27] Senta
It's Moro Makiya.
[08:29] Senta
He was the founder of a new religion
plotting to overthrow the shogunate.
[08:33] Senta
The religion he founded was like this place.
[08:35] Senta
There was a certain distortion created
by his patchwork of various religions.
[08:39] Senta
That's why I previously felt
this place was defective.
[08:43] Senta
It's not just the faith, but the monsters
and configuration of the island as well.
[08:48] Senta
This island most likely has a creator.
[08:51] Senta
This is just a theory, but it's not
that no one returns from this place.
[08:55] Senta
From the start, the intention was that only
[08:58] Senta
humans who'd transformed
into flowers would return.
[09:01] Senta
However—no, precisely because of that—
[09:04] Senta
if someone's deliberate
intention is behind this,
[09:06] Senta
then it could also be our clue
to understanding this place.
[09:08] Senta
We should be able to find both
the Elixir and a way to escape.
[09:15] Senta
I-I'm s-s-sorry. I rambled on.
[09:17] Yuruziha
Don't worry about it.
[09:20] Sagiri
You're truly knowledgeable, Senta-dono.
[09:22] Sagiri
You enjoy this kind of thing, don't you?
[09:24] Senta
I w-wouldn't say I enjoy it, exactly...
[09:27] Sagiri
You've very dependable as long
as you're not keeping watch.
[09:30] Yuzuriha
If your theory's correct,
then we have a problem.
[09:34] Yuzuriha
That intention has continued on
for over a thousand years.
[09:36] Yuzuriha
Are we capable of beating it?
[09:39] Yuzuriha
It's possible Gabimaru
and the girl are already dead.
[09:46] Sagiri
No, I'm sure he's alive.
[09:48] Sagiri
And he hasn't given up.
[09:51] Sagiri
He's somewhere on this island formulating
a plan and carrying it out
[09:54] Sagiri
in order to see his beloved.
[09:57] Sagiri
That's the kind of man Gabimaru is.
[10:01] Gabimaru
If you know the Tensen's secrets
and how to defeat them,
[10:06] Gabimaru
please tell me.
[10:13] Gabimaru
If there's some power
that can be used to fight the Tensen,
[10:17] Gabimaru
then I'd like you to tell me what it is.
[10:21] Mei
Tao.
[10:22] Gabimaru
Tao?
[10:23] Gabimaru
Is that what the power is called?
[10:28] Mei
Tao. Strong, weak.
[10:31] Mei
Mind, body. Strong, weak.
[10:36] Mei
Tanden, turn.
[10:39] Mei
Strong, weak.
[10:43] Mei
Scary?
[10:46] Mei
Tao. Strong, weak.
[10:47] Gabimaru
I don't understand.
[10:49] Gantetsusai
Maybe by "tanden," she means what
the navel is called in martial arts.
[10:53] Fuchi
To be precise, it's just below the navel.
[10:56] Fuchi
It's what they call
the meridian in Chinese medicine.
[10:59] Gabimaru
So, what exactly is tao?
[11:02] Fuchi
No idea.
[11:05] Hoko
Tao is the power
that flows through all things.
[11:08] Yuzuriha
"The power that flows through all things?"
[11:11] Sagiri
And the Tensen control that?
[11:14] Hoko
Yes.
[11:15] Hoko
Everything in this world
is created by the flow of tao.
[11:19] Hoko
To touch tao is to touch
the origin of the universe.
[11:23] Yuzuriha
I don't get it.
[11:25] Sagiri
After all, it's rooted in a specific belief.
[11:28] Senta
It seems difficult to describe in
a way that we'd understand.
[11:33] Yuruziha
Aw, man.
[11:35] Yuruziha
Isn't there a hot teacher who's good
at explaining things around here?
[11:58] Shion
Do that all you want.
I still won't train you to use a sword.
[12:03] Nurugai
Please, Master. Teach me to use a sword.
[12:08] Nurugai
Didn't you swear that we'd avenge Tenza?
[12:15] Shion
You can't.
[12:18] Shion
I don't want to see any more
young lives end before my eyes.
[12:22] Shion
I'm the only one who needs to fight.
[12:25] Shion
I'll avenge him, but I won't wait
for your skills to improve.
[12:29] Nurugai
I want to fight too, Master.
[12:32] Shion
As I told you before, I am not your master.
[12:35] Shion
I haven't taught you anything.
[12:37] Nurugai
Well, I'm gonna call you that.
[12:39] Nurugai
You're no ordinary man.
[12:42] Nurugai
I attacked you from behind just now.
[12:44] Nurugai
Instincts alone don't explain that.
[12:49] Nurugai
Please.
[12:50] Nurugai
Please teach me.
[12:53] Nurugai
I don't want to see any more
people I love die before my eyes.
[13:00] Nurugai
I can't take it.
[13:05] Nurugai
Please be my master.
[13:10] Shion
This feeling can't be taught overnight.
[13:15] Shion
It's too difficult.
[13:17] Shion
Everything in this world
produces a unique wave.
[13:22] Nurugai
A wave?
[13:23] Shion
Yes.
[13:24] Shion
They're waves flowing around our bodies.
[13:27] Shion
I can sense those.
[13:30] Shion
Because of that, I know your height,
weight, and that your hair is tied up.
[13:35] Nurugai
Are you for real?
[13:37] Shion
Of course.
[13:38] Shion
Using the waves improves
not only one's senses,
[13:42] Shion
but their physical capabilities as well.
[13:44] Hoko
Mastering the use of tao grants
one godlike strength and body.
[13:49] Shion
You must order your thoughts
in order to sense them.
[13:52] Shion
Neither too fierce nor too quiet.
[13:56] Mei
Tao, mind. Strong, weak.
[14:00] Hoko
Stillness and motion, yin and yang.
[14:03] Hoko
That cycle, that flow, is the key
to drawing out the power of tao.
[14:09] Shion
Between rage and calmness,
or else both simultaneously.
[14:13] Shion
You must achieve that state of mind.
[14:17] Shion
That will make it easier
to detect the waves.
[14:20] Shion
In Buddhism, it's known as the middle way.
[14:23] Shion
That state of mind allows one
to exceed their normal capabilities.
[14:27] Hoko
For example,
[14:29] Hoko
it allows people to withstand
greater strength than their own
[14:32] Hoko
or survive what should be fatal injuries.
[14:36] Shion
The skill cannot be acquired
immediately, however.
[14:39] Shion
In the first place,
there is much I don't know.
[14:42] Nurugai
Then at least teach me to use a sword—
[14:43] Shion
You have more fundamental
problems than that.
[14:45] Shion
The way you wield a blade is all wrong.
[14:47] Nurugai
What?
[14:48] Nurugai
Then how am I supposed to do it?
[14:54] Shion
First, keep your left
hand on your center line.
[14:57] Shion
Your right shoulder and left foot
should face the same direction.
[15:00] Shion
You should only grip it tightly
in the moment you attack.
[15:03] Shion
The rest of the time, grip it loosely.
[15:06] Shion
Don't swing your left arm wildly.
Be aware of its position.
[15:07] Nurugai
Huh? Is he teaching me everything?
[15:10] Nurugai
Is he an idiot, or is this on purpose?
[15:14] Soshin
Killing is wrong.
[15:17] Soshin
All life is precious.
[15:20] Nurugai
Master!
[15:25] Shion
The speed of your sword
is important as well.
[15:27] Shion
If you keep it free of oils,
the blade will last longer.
[15:33] Shion
Everything in this world
produces a unique wave.
[15:37] Shion
I can sense those.
[15:45] Shion
Don't rely on brute force.
Use the weight of the sword.
[15:49] Shion
You won't get tired as easily.
[15:50] Shion
Only turn your hips at the last moment.
[15:53] Shion
Keep your knees low and chest high.
[15:59] Shion
I cannot be your master. I have a job to do.
[16:05] Shion
But you're free to study
and learn on your own.
[16:10] Nurugai
Yes, Master.
[16:12] Shion
But it's a fact that we don't stand
a chance against those monsters.
[16:16] Shion
I'll need to hone my skills.
[16:18] Shion
But on this island,
I don't have that kind of time.
[16:22] Gabimaru
Unbelievable.
[16:24] Gabimaru
We can't even have a nice long chat.
[16:29] Gantetsusai
Supposing tao is the way to kill the Tensen,
[16:33] Gantetsusai
it's not like we can take
our time learning about it.
[16:37] Gantetsusai
The best way to learn to fight
is in the middle of a battle.
[16:40] Gantetsusai
And fortunately, we've got plenty
of monsters to practice with.
[16:46] Gantetsusai
Now teach me the power of tao, miss.
[16:51] Fuchi
What a fiery old man.
[16:58] Gabimaru
Who... is that?
[17:03] Mu Dan (M)
If you throw humans into the pit,
they'll eventually merge with the flowers.
[17:09] Tao Fa (F)
You made something amazing, Mu Dan.
[17:12] Tao Fa (F)
Now we'll be able to
harvest tan more efficiently.
[17:16] Mu Dan (M)
Don't kill the humans
you throw into the pit.
[17:20] Tao Fa (F)
What happens if they try to get out?
[17:23] Mu Dan (M)
Once they're weakened,
it's too deep for humans to climb out.
[17:27] Mu Dan (M)
Besides, the walls will block their escape.
[17:31] Mu Dan (M)
They want everyone
to join them on their side.
[17:36] Mu Dan (M)
They grab on and don't let go.
[18:08] Toma
We won't be able to overwhelm them by force.
[18:11] Toma
We need to assess the situation.
[18:14] Toma
B-Brother?
[18:15] Chobe
We're gonna kill those shitheads, Toma.
[18:20] Toma
No, we should leave the island
immediately and tend our—
[18:23] Chobe
We're killing those shitheads, Toma.
[18:25] Toma
But—
[18:26] Chobe
We're killing those shitheads, Toma.
[18:29] Toma
Okay.
[18:31] Toma
Then let's come up with a plan of attack.
[18:33] Chobe
We don't need a plan.
[18:35] Tome
But how...
[18:37] Chobe
Their weakness is their lower body.
[18:42] Chobe
When I chopped its body in two,
[18:45] Chobe
that monster started regenerating
from its lower body,
[18:48] Chobe
not the half with its head and heart.
[18:51] Chobe
Which means its weakness
is the groin or navel.
[18:55] Chobe
It was kind of plant-like,
[18:57] Chobe
so it makes sense that its weakness is the
bottom half with the roots and not its top.
[19:01] Toma
I'm impressed, Brother.
[19:03] Toma
That's what you call assessing a situation
and coming up with a plan.
[19:06] Chobe
What?
[19:07] Toma
Nothing. I'm just taking that in.
[19:10] Chobe
Taking in what? Oh, right...
[19:17] Chobe
You finally feel like
eating monster flesh, too?
[19:21] Toma
No. Wait, that's not a monster—
[19:23] Chobe
Just eat.
[19:25] Chobe
You won't last long unless
you build up your strength.
[19:27] Toma
Brother!
[19:28] Doshi B
Ah, you're alive.
[19:34] Doshi B
Forgive me for not
announcing my presence first.
[19:38] Doshi B
Don't be afraid.
[19:42] Toma
Who are you?
[19:43] Chobe
Doesn't matter.
[19:44] Chobe
You're a monster. We'll kill it.
[19:47] Doshi B
Oh, no. I'm capable of reason.
[19:51] Doshi B
Let's talk.
[19:53] Doshi B
I simply came to investigate
on orders from the Tensen.
[19:58] Chobe
The Tensen?
[20:00] Chobe
You mean those things
that are neither man nor woman?
[20:03] Doshi B
Indeed. They are our masters.
[20:06] Doshi B
My colleagues have gone to scout out
the other humans who arrived on the island.
[20:14] Doshi B
The other doshi.
[20:17] Chobe
Doshi? That monster mentioned Soshin...
[20:21] Doshi B
That's a misunderstanding.
[20:23] Doshi B
The Soshin lack intellect.
They are defective.
[20:26] Doshi B
They are scum not even
permitted to enter Horai.
[20:30] Doshi B
The doshi serve the Tensen directly.
We are their right hand.
[20:35] Doshi B
Within the palace we study under the Tensen
[20:37] Doshi B
while looking after them
and handling troublesome tasks.
[20:41] Doshi B
That is our responsibility.
[20:43] Chobe
Horai... Palace...
[20:46] Doshi B
So, please.
[20:48] Doshi B
Go back into the hole
and allow yourselves to become tan.
[20:55] Doshi B
Barbarous.
[20:57] Toma
Brother.
[21:03] Doshi B
How is he so strong?
[21:09] Doshi B
You're superhuman. Did you consume the tao?
[21:12] Chobe
Shut up.
[21:13] Chobe
If you work for those Tensen,
[21:17] Chobe
then beating you is
the shortest route to them.
[21:22] Chobe
How convenient.
[21:25] Chobe
I'll force answers out of you.
[21:28] Doshi B
Very well.
[21:29] Doshi B
If you don't seek a peaceful resolution,
[21:32] Doshi B
then I am prepared
to handle you accordingly.
[21:35] Doshi B
You deeply sinful and foolish human.
[21:39] Doshi B
You'll realize you would have been happier
if you'd just allowed yourself to become tan.
[21:44] Toma
Brother—
[21:44] Chobe
Toma.
[21:46] Chobe
Kill the nobodies.
[21:48] Chobe
I'm counting on you.
[21:51] Toma
Got it.
[21:57] Toma
You focus on him.
[22:00] Doshi B
This man is strong.
[22:02] Doshi B
But he is exhausted.
[22:05] Doshi B
One look at the flow
of his tao, and it's obvious.
[22:15] Doshi B
He moves well despite
his injuries. It's astounding.
[22:19] Doshi B
But it's pointless.
[22:20] Doshi B
Attacks from one
who cannot use tao are trivial.
[22:24] Doshi B
He has predisposition
for it, but that's all.
[22:27] Doshi B
Attacks weak in tao
aren't merely ineffective.
[22:29] Doshi B
I can regenerate from them instantly.
[22:35] Doshi B
He is astounding, but...
[22:38] Doshi B
The disturbance in his tao reflects
a blind spot in his awareness.
[22:41] Doshi B
It is an opening.
[22:51] Toma
Brother!
E11 - Weak and Strong
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SIGN Weak and Strong
[01:55] Toma
Brother!
[01:56] Doshi B
He had potential, but he was merely human.
[02:00] Doshi B
They break so easily.
[02:02] Toma
Move, damn it!
[02:03] Toma
You're in the way! Brother! Brother!
[02:03] Doshi B
I should return him to the hole
while he's still alive.
[02:08] Doshi B
After all, I'm capable of reason.
[02:11] Toma
Brother!
[02:16] Chobe
Why'd you let your guard down, monster?
[02:19] Chobe
Toma.
[02:20] Chobe
What are you doing over here?
[02:23] Chobe
I told you to handle all the nobodies.
[02:26] Toma
Right. Sorry, Brother.
[02:29] Doshi B
His throat regenerated.
[02:31] Doshi B
How?
[02:32] Doshi B
He should be an ordinary human.
[02:34] Doshi B
No...
[02:36] Doshi B
While he was in the hole,
did he merge with them?
[02:40] Chobe
Hey, monster.
[02:41] Chobe
What's that strange vibe
I sensed coming from you earlier?
[02:45] Doshi B
Is he talking about tao?
[02:46] Doshi B
Ordinary humans shouldn't
be able to detect it.
[02:49] Chobe
Hey, you quit your stupid yapping.
[02:52] Chobe
Could it be that that's the monster's power?
[02:58] Chobe
Is that the key to killing the Tensen?
[03:01] Doshi B
This man's tao is larger than before.
[03:06] Doshi B
I can feel it.
[03:08] Doshi B
This man is dangerous.
[03:10] Doshi B
I should kill him now.
[03:14] Chobe
I can't see it.
[03:17] Chobe
He's so small, but so strong.
[03:19] Chobe
Is what I sensed his secret?
[03:30] Doshi B
His tao is continuing to grow.
[03:32] Doshi B
Is it the vines' influence?
[03:34] Doshi B
He's exceeded human capabilities.
[03:36] Toma
My brother is a master of adaptation.
[03:39] Toma
But at this rate...
[03:42] Toma
If he keeps going...
[03:44] Chobe
I'm not sure what's happening,
[03:46] Chobe
but my body's become awfully convenient.
[03:49] Doshi B
You're quite courageous.
[03:51] Doshi B
Do you not fear your body changing
and no longer being human?
[03:55] Chobe
Nah.
[03:57] Chobe
Nothing in this world is static.
[04:00] Chobe
I know that well.
[04:01] Chobe
There's only one thing
that doesn't need to change.
[04:05] Doshi B
One? You mean your sense of self?
[04:08] Chobe
No.
[04:11] Young Chobe
What are you doing?
[04:12] Young Toma
Brother...
[04:13] (Flashback) Bandit
Your privileged upbringing
is written all over your face.
[04:16] (Flashback) Bandit
You're so classy, it makes
people disrespect us.
[04:20] (Flashback) Bandit
I'll turn you two into real bandits.
[04:23] (Flashback) Bandit
Let's start with the younger one.
[04:32] (Flashback) Bandit
Are you out of your mind?
[04:34] (Flashback) Bandit
What are you doing?
[04:35] (Flashback) Young Chobe
You still think we're classy?
[04:38] (Flashback) Young Chobe
Anyone who's still got a problem
with it can add more.
[04:42] Chobe
A monster wouldn't understand.
[04:45] Chobe
Nobody understands.
[04:48] Chobe
Show me more of your ability.
[04:57] Chobe
You—no, it's all of you.
[05:01] Chobe
Your navel is your weakness after all.
[05:05] Doshi B
It keeps getting bigger.
[05:07] Doshi B
What is this man?
[05:16] Chobe
I'm starting to see it.
[05:17] Chobe
I knew you were emanating something,
[05:20] Chobe
but you've got it wrapped
all around your body.
[05:23] Doshi B
Soshin, to me—
[05:25] Toma
They can't.
[05:28] Toma
I killed them all.
[05:33] Chobe
Come on.
[05:34] Chobe
Show me more of your ability. Your secret!
[05:43] Chobe
I see. So that's how you gather it.
[05:46] Chobe
Does simply shrouding yourself
in it not affect your defense?
[05:50] Chobe
It breaks so easily.
[05:52] Doshi B
Impossible.
[05:54] Chobe
My attacks were practically
ineffective against the other one.
[05:57] Chobe
Is it because I didn't wrap myself in it?
[05:59] Doshi B
Impossible.
[06:00] Chobe
Seems like there's more to it,
but I'll just have to practice.
[06:06] Chobe
So this is tao...
[06:08] Doshi B
Impossible.
[06:15] Chobe
Wow, so they can be killed.
[06:19] Chobe
I can see your tao as you're
on the brink of death.
[06:26] Chobe
Get up, monster.
[06:27] Chobe
I've got a lot of questions for you.
[06:31] Chobe
First, where are the Tensen?
[06:35] Toma
I could be wrong, but it looks
like the scars are growing.
[06:39] Chobe
Huh? What is it?
[06:43] Chobe
Hey, you seem out of it.
[06:45] Toma
Sorry.
[06:47] Chobe
Help me tie him up.
[06:49] Toma
Am I wrong?
[06:51] Toma
I'm glad my brother is alive,
but is he all right?
[06:56] Toma
And these scars...
[06:58] Toma
They look less like lacerations
and more like vines.
[07:05] Gantetsusai
What do you think, miss?
[07:07] Gantetsusai
I'm pretty impressive with a sword, right?
[07:09] Mei
Strong.
[07:10] Gantetsusai
I should be able to master
the use of tao quickly.
[07:15] Gantetsusai
Huh?
[07:15] Mei
Tao, strong, weak.
[07:19] Mei
Strong, strong, no.
[07:22] Gantetsusai
I don't get it.
[07:24] Gantetsusai
Like this?
[07:25] Mei
Strong, strong, no.
[07:27] Gantetsusai
How about this?
[07:28] Mei
Strong, strong.
[07:30] Mei
Tao. Strong, weak.
[07:33] Gantetsusai
It's like we're playing
some kind of word game.
[07:35] Gantetsusai
So I can't brute force it.
[07:41] Gantetsusai
He's pretty strong for a small guy.
[07:43] Gantetsusai
Miss, how about that?
[07:45] Mei
Strong, strong. No, no.
[07:48] Fuchi
The Hollow and the Blade Dragon.
[07:49] Fuchi
They're so dependable, it makes me laugh.
[07:52] Gabimaru
What are you doing?
[07:54] Fuchi
Analyzing the monsters.
[07:56] Fuchi
Each monster's internal
structure is different.
[07:59] Fuchi
Though they look similar,
[08:01] Fuchi
this one's internal
structure resembles a fish,
[08:03] Fuchi
and this one's resembles a human.
[08:05] Gabimaru
In other words?
[08:06] Fuchi
Each one has different weak points.
[08:09] Fuchi
Speaking of biological mysteries...
[08:13] Fuchi
She's a mystery as well.
[08:15] Fuchi
Who exactly is she, anyway?
[08:19] Gabimaru
In that moment,
[08:21] Gabimaru
it looked like she used a mysterious power
to carve away the cliff so we could escape.
[08:25] Gabimaru
An ordinary human couldn't do that.
[08:29] Gabimaru
Not an ordinary human...
[08:34] Gabimaru
I made her cry again.
[08:36] Gabimaru
She's still just a child on the inside.
[08:38] Gantetsusai
Hey, shinobi.
[08:40] Gantetsusai
Don't make the young lady cry.
[08:42] Gantetsusai
Girls won't like you
if you keep glaring like that.
[08:45] Gabimaru
That's fine with me. I'm married.
[08:48] Fuchi
What?
[08:50] Gantetsusai
That's not what I meant.
[08:52] Gantetsusai
You're my underling now.
Don't make girls cry.
[08:55] Gabimaru
I'm nobody's underling.
[08:57] Fuchi
The Hollow is more human than they say.
[09:01] Mei
Strong, strong, strong, no.
[09:05] Gabimaru
Do you have a wife?
[09:07] Doshi A
That's...
[09:08] Gantetsusai
From coast to coast, I—
[09:23] Doshi A
I have been secretly searching
for you, Mei-sama.
[09:26] Gabimaru
Mei-sama?
[09:28] Doshi A
It's been centuries since Mei-sama
was banished from the palace.
[09:32] Doshi A
She disappeared from Horai,
and we were at a loss.
[09:37] Doshi A
We were forbidden from looking
for her by Rien-sama.
[09:40] Doshi A
But as luck would have it,
we've been reunited.
[09:44] Doshi A
I am overjoyed.
[09:46] Doshi A
Let us return together.
[09:48] Doshi A
We need your help.
[09:52] Gabimaru
What's going on here?
[09:54] Doshi A
I could ask you the same thing.
[09:56] Doshi A
I don't know how it happened,
[09:58] Doshi A
but she does not belong with you humans.
[10:02] Doshi A
Like the Tensen, she feeds off of humans.
[10:07] Gantetsusai
Tensen? You mean those Tensen?
[10:09] Fuchi
She's one of them?
[10:11] Gabimaru
So she's not human after all.
[10:14] Doshi A
Please return to Horai and lead us.
[10:18] Doshi A
Without your help, we...
[10:21] Gabimaru
If I get involved in any
more trouble, I could lose my way.
[10:26] Gabimaru
Lose sight of my true goal.
[10:28] Gabimaru
The real reason I joined this expedition.
[10:30] Gabimaru
What should I be doing right now?
[10:40] Doshi A
What are you doing, human?
[10:43] Gabimaru
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
[10:45] Doshi A
If you're trying to help her,
then you're making a mistake.
[10:48] Doshi A
This matter does not concern you.
[10:50] Gabimaru
Yeah, I guess you're right.
[10:53] Gabimaru
I don't know the circumstances,
and I might be overreaching.
[10:57] Gabimaru
Besides, it's not something I do.
Plus, it's a hassle.
[11:00] Gabimaru
Even I'm surprised I acted impulsively.
[11:03] Gabimaru
But I can't make her cry again.
[11:08] Gabimaru
That's good enough for me.
[11:11] Doshi A
What a nuisance.
[11:13] Doshi A
But either way, we came
to turn you into tan.
[11:18] Fuchi
When did they get there?
[11:22] Doshi A
We're taking Mei-sama back with us.
[11:24] Gantetsusai
Is he the boss of those butterflies?
[11:28] Gantetsusai
I'm gonna kill him.
[11:36] Gabimaru
Judging by their appearance,
they're insect-users.
[11:40] Gabimaru
Or are they their boss?
[11:42] Gabimaru
Approaching them carelessly
would be dangerous.
[11:46] Gantetsusai
I lost my left hand because of these things.
[11:50] Gantetsusai
I owe them a big thank you.
[11:52] Fuchi
Then you should thank me as well.
[11:54] Fuchi
I'm the one who modif—
healed your left hand.
[11:58] Gabimaru
I'm not sure "thank you" is the right word.
[12:01] Gantetsusai
No, I'm serious.
[12:02] Gantetsusai
Everything is improved by loss.
[12:06] Gantetsusai
My skill with a blade
has gotten even stronger!
[12:12] Gantetsusai
What was that?
[12:13] Gabimaru
It's those invisible attacks.
[12:15] Gabimaru
These things use them, too?
[12:17] Gabimaru
Don't charge in recklessly.
[12:18] Gabimaru
They use invisible abilities.
[12:20] Gantetsusai
I see. So this is tao.
[12:23] Gabimaru
What?
[12:26] Gantetsusai
Damn pests, scurrying around.
[12:32] Gantetsusai
Stay out of my way, underling.
[12:35] Gabimaru
I'm not your underling.
[12:36] Gabimaru
You're getting in my way.
[12:37] Gantetsusai
I wanna kill those butterflies.
[12:40] Doshi A
You are no match for us.
[12:43] Doshi A
You're not even someone who should
concern themselves with Mei-sama.
[12:46] Doshi A
So why do you protect her?
[12:48] Gabimaru
You're right.
[12:49] Gabimaru
The old me might've abandoned her.
[12:53] Gabimaru
Since we arrived, I haven't
been acting like myself.
[12:57] Gabimaru
But I don't feel bad about it.
[13:01] Gabimaru
Helping someone who helped you
is common sense, right?
[13:05] Gabimaru
Why are you so obsessed with the girl?
[13:09] Gabimaru
She doesn't seem to like it.
[13:12] Doshi A
The doshi study tao and train in its use.
[13:15] Doshi A
Mei-sama is essential to that training.
[13:19] Gantetsusai
Train? But you're monsters.
[13:23] Doshi A
Tao exists within all things.
[13:25] Doshi A
Foolish and pathetic humans,
[13:27] Doshi A
I shall teach you before you become tan.
[13:30] Doshi A
There are five steps to mastering tao.
[13:33] Doshi A
Doin, taisoku, shuitsu, shuten...
[13:37] Doshi A
And finally, most important
of all, bochu jutsu.
[13:42] Doshi A
Bochu jutsu requires a partner,
[13:44] Doshi A
as it involves the circulation of yin
and yang, or congress.
[13:48] Gantetsusai
What does "congress" mean?
[13:51] Fuchi
In plain terms, he means sexual intercourse.
[13:54] Gantetsusai
What?
[13:55] Gantetsusai
Screwing for training? That's ridiculous.
[13:58] Doshi A
It is a noble type of training.
[14:01] Doshi A
All things possess either yin or yang qi.
[14:05] Doshi A
One must grow their tao
to the point that both circulate.
[14:09] Doshi A
The mind and body are prepared through
training such as doin and taisoku,
[14:12] Doshi A
and both parties' yin and yang are joined
and made to circulate.
[14:16] Doshi A
This is bochu jutsu.
[14:18] Doshi A
Tao heightened in this way is said to possess
the power to change the laws of nature.
[14:25] Doshi A
It was our masters, the Tensen,
who developed this technique.
[14:31] Doshi A
The Tensen are transcendent
beings who can circulate yin
[14:33] Doshi A
and yang on their own in addition
to performing bochu jutsu.
[14:38] Doshi A
Through repeated circulations
and conversions of yin and yang,
[14:40] Doshi A
they heighten their tao.
[14:42] Doshi A
They have trained
for a thousand years in order
[14:45] Doshi A
to achieve the greatest
level of tao possible.
[14:49] Doshi A
Yin and yang are expressed as the sexes.
[14:51] Doshi A
In the case of the Tensen, each one is both.
[14:54] Gabimaru
The circulation of yin and yang...
[14:57] Gabimaru
That must be when they
swap between male and female.
[15:00] Doshi A
But ordinary creatures only
possess one or the other.
[15:04] Doshi A
Therefore, they require a partner
for yin-yang circulation.
[15:07] Doshi A
We are male. We possess yang qi.
[15:10] Doshi A
Mei-sama is yin, and her qi
is of the highest quality.
[15:14] Doshi A
Joining and circulating Mei-sama's yin with
our yang allows us to perform bochu jutsu.
[15:21] Fuchi
In other words...
[15:22] Gantetsusai
Don't say it. It makes me want to puke.
[15:25] Doshi A
Though Mei-sama and
the Tensen share the same origins,
[15:28] Doshi A
she is an inferior being
who possesses only yin qi.
[15:31] Doshi A
It's the reason she was
banished from the palace.
[15:34] Doshi A
Rien-sama gave Mei-sama two choices.
[15:38] Doshi A
Die like a dog,
[15:40] Doshi A
or remain in Horai as our training partner.
[15:44] Doshi A
Rien-sama inflicted those scars
on her body as a mark of that.
[15:51] Doshi A
However, Mei-sama disappeared from Horai.
[15:55] Doshi A
Please return so that we
can conduct our training.
[15:59] Gantetsusai
I see now why she's afraid of you.
[16:02] Gantetsusai
You're totally disgusting.
[16:05] Doshi A
A human wouldn't understand.
[16:07] Gantetsusai
Ninja, I'm gonna kill that centi—
[16:13] Gabimaru
Since we arrived, I haven't
been acting like myself.
[16:16] Gabimaru
No,
[16:17] Gabimaru
I've been seeing sides of myself
that not even I knew about.
[16:20] Gabimaru
I'm a little surprised.
[16:23] Gabimaru
Apparently I find that kind of
behavior unforgivable.
[16:29] Gabimaru
Marked?
[16:31] Gabimaru
Don't talk about her like she's an object.
[16:33] Doshi A
I see.
[16:35] Doshi A
It will be difficult to turn you into tan.
[16:42] Oni Doshi A
Senjutsu: False Kishikai.
[16:44] Oni Doshi A
I'll kill you all here.
[16:46] Both
I'd like to see you try.
[16:48] Gantetsusai
Hermit? More like a transformed monster.
[16:52] Gabimaru
That Tensen transformed
into a monster as well.
[16:54] Gabimaru
Is this the same ability?
[16:57] Gabimaru
We can't afford to lose this time.
[17:04] Gantetsusai
Whoops.
[17:05] Gantetsusai
Their attacks are easier
to dodge now that they've merged.
[17:09] Gantetsusai
I feel dizzy. Did I inhale
the insects' scales?
[17:12] Gantetsusai
They're tough opponents.
[17:14] Gantetsusai
Underling, assist me!
[17:16] Gabimaru
I can't!
[17:18] Gabimaru
It's hard.
[17:19] Gabimaru
But it'll burn.
[17:25] Oni Doshi A
Senjutsu: Tin Splinter.
[17:29] Gabimaru
They're not as strong as the Tensen,
but I still can't see it.
[17:34] Gantetsusai
Those butterflies
are dangerous, Shortymaru.
[17:37] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Pyro Bridge.
[17:44] Oni Doshi A
Stop.
[17:46] Oni Doshi A
You'll hit Mei-sama.
[17:48] Gabimaru
Tao, the invisible power.
[17:51] Gabimaru
I can sense it vaguely,
[17:53] Gabimaru
but I need to be able to detect it
more precisely in order to fight.
[17:56] Gabimaru
I don't have time to stumble
over this opponent.
[17:59] Gabimaru
My real opponents are them.
[18:01] Gabimaru
If only I could understand
what the girl said.
[18:03] Fuchi
You're straining yourself
too much, apparently.
[18:07] Fuchi
In order to see tao, your mind
must be both strong and weak.
[18:12] Gantetsusai
How do you know that?
[18:14] Fuchi
It's essentially the same way Sugita Genpaku
translated the Tafel Anatomie.
[18:19] Fuchi
I deciphered her words
and had her demonstrate.
[18:23] Fuchi
I had her assist me in sensing my own
tao by having her touch it directly.
[18:29] Gabimaru
I sense something, but that's all.
[18:31] Gabimaru
I don't see anything.
[18:38] Fuchi
Seeing tao requires training
and a specific state of mind.
[18:43] Fuchi
Gabimaru, in your case,
you need to weaken your mind.
[18:48] Gabimaru
Weaken it? We're in the middle of battle.
[18:51] Fuchi
Regardless, you must.
[18:52] Fuchi
Tao is like a visible
expression of life force.
[18:55] Fuchi
Without both strength
and weakness, it can't be detected.
[18:59] Gabimaru
Weaken my mind?
[19:02] Mei
Strong, fruit of weak.
[19:05] Mei
Weak, seed of strong.
[19:08] (Flashback) Sagiri
That's not weakness.
[19:10] (Flashback) Sagiri
It's the seed of strength.
[19:12] Mei
Strong and weak.
[19:14] Mei
All important.
[19:18] Fuchi
I doubt it can be learned overnight, though.
[19:22] Gabimaru
No, I'm good. I mostly get it.
[19:26] Fuchi
What?
[19:27] Fuchi
Mostly? Wait a minute.
[19:29] Mei
Big.
[19:30] Fuchi
Huh?
[19:32] Mei
Gabimaru tao big.
[19:37] Gabimaru
That feeling.
[19:42] Oni Doshi A
Senjutsu: Tin Splinter...
[19:45] Fuchi
He's dodging them.
[19:46] Fuchi
He understood from just that explanation?
[19:48] Gantetsusai
He's an Iwagakure shinobi, isn't he?
[19:51] Gantetsusai
I've heard some of them
use superhuman abilities.
[19:54] Gantetsusai
He may not know the term tao,
[19:56] Gantetsusai
but it wouldn't surprise me
if he's mastered similar techniques.
[20:00] Gantetsusai
This is Gabimaru the Hollow's true nature.
[20:03] Gantetsusai
It's the result of training
to the point of losing one's humanity.
[20:15] Gabimaru
I can predict the intention and direction
of his attacks from the movement of his tao.
[20:19] Gabimaru
I can clearly sense
the monsters behind me, too.
[20:22] Gabimaru
I trained endlessly at Iwagakure,
[20:26] Gabimaru
but none of them taught me this feeling.
[20:29] Gabimaru
It's not just strong presences.
[20:31] Gabimaru
I sense weak ones as well,
everything around me.
[20:35] Gabimaru
By accepting my own weakness,
[20:37] Gabimaru
I can finally sense the weakness in others.
[20:42] Gabimaru
The space between a tough heart
and a delicate one, or both.
[20:47] Gabimaru
It's like I'm deep in the waves of conflict.
[20:51] Gabimaru
I understand her strength now.
[20:53] Gabimaru
The way she moves forward while wavering.
[20:59] Gabimaru
Both stronger and weaker.
[21:02] Gabimaru
I know the intention and direction of
each and every insect on its arms.
[21:07] Gabimaru
It's like knowing
the large waves that are created
[21:10] Gabimaru
when a single drop of water collides
with its surroundings.
[21:17] Doshi A
Ninjutsu? No...
[21:20] Doshi A
I can't believe a human
is capable of such a feat.
[21:22] Doshi A
He's like... like the Tensen.
[21:27] Gabimaru
You can't win now.
[21:37] Gabimaru
Now I'm finally
on the same level as the Tensen.
[21:40] Doshi A
He learned to detect tao
in such a short amount of time?
[21:44] Doshi A
The precision of his technique is...
[21:46] Gabimaru
Tell me.
[21:48] Gabimaru
Do you have other allies?
Where are the Tensen?
[21:52] Doshi A
This is the end for me.
I shall answer your questions.
[21:54] Doshi A
Including me, three doshi were instructed
by the Tensen to spy on the humans.
[22:00] Doshi A
They said there was something different
about the ones who arrived this time.
[22:04] Doshi A
That if we didn't do something about them,
they could become a threat to us.
[22:08] Doshi A
It would seem they were right.
[22:11] Gantetsusai
Hey, wait!
[22:13] Gantetsusai
I'm the star here. You're stealing
my spotlight, underling.
[22:15] Gantetsusai
I'll deal the finishing blow.
[22:17] Gabimaru
I'm not your underling.
[22:25] Gabimaru
Ninpo: Stone Storm, Centipede Mode.
[22:40] Sagiri
So this is Horai...
E12 - Umbrella and Ink
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[00:26] Mu Dan (M)
I'm impressed.
[00:28] Mu Dan (M)
I think you're the first humans
to reach this place.
[00:31] Mu Dan (M)
The first in a thousand years.
[00:33] Senta
What? Who—
[00:34] Sagiri
A human?
[00:35] Yuzuriha
Definitely not. This is bad.
[00:40] Mu Dan (M)
Whoops.
[00:42] Mu Dan (M)
You don't have to run.
[00:44] Mu Dan (M)
I don't intend to kill you... yet.
[00:48] Yuzuriha
He's so strong.
[00:49] Senta
When did he get there?
[00:51] Sagiri
I understand why she fled.
[00:53] Sagiri
He's clearly stronger than any
of the monsters we've faced so far.
[01:01] Saigri
L-Let go of her.
[01:03] Yuzuriha
Sagirin...
[01:05] Mu Dan (M)
Don't glare at me. I just want to talk.
[01:10] Sagiri
Who are you?
[01:11] Hoko
A Tensen.
[01:14] Hoko
This is the peony spirit,
Jiujun Amoghavajra.
[02:51] Sagiri
He's one of those...?
[02:53] Senta
Hoko-san, you're alive?
SIGN Umbrella and Ink
[02:57] Mu Dan (M)
That's not enough to kill him.
[02:59] Mu Dan (M)
It'll simply accelerate his transformation,
turning him completely into a tree.
[03:03] Sagiri
But...
[03:04] Hoko
It is a shame, but this is my fate.
[03:07] Hoko
I pray my soul is
at least invited into Horai.
[03:11] Mu Dan (M)
Yeah, all that stuff about souls
and Jiujun Whatever is a lie.
[03:18] Hoko
What?
[03:19] Mu Dan (M)
It's a convenient lie invented by our master
to maintain order on the island.
[03:24] Mu Dan (M)
This island is a place
for conducting experiments on life.
[03:27] Mu Dan (M)
You and all the others are simply
prototypes produced as part of experiments.
[03:32] Hoko
But...
[03:34] Mu Dan (M)
And the humans who come
to this island are research materials.
[03:40] Mu Dan (M)
These are Kyoshi. I made them using humans.
[03:44] Sagiri
Made them... using humans?
[03:46] Mu Dan (M)
Yes.
[03:48] Mu Dan (M)
They were originally humans
who came to the island.
[03:50] Mu Dan (M)
I love toying with humans,
[03:52] Mu Dan (M)
so I always end up playing
with them like this.
[03:54] Mu Dan (M)
Funny, right?
[03:57] Mu Dan (M)
But this isn't how we typically use humans.
[04:01] Mu Dan (M)
High-quality humans are turned into tan.
[04:03] Senta
Tan... You mean the Elixir of Life?
[04:06] Mu Dan (M)
Elixir of Life?
[04:08] Mu Dan (M)
All the humans who come here
always say the same thing.
[04:12] Mu Dan (M)
The Elixir of Eternal Life and Youth,
[04:14] Mu Dan (M)
Ochimizu, Tokijiku-no-kagu-no-mi...
[04:18] Mu Dan (M)
Sorry, but there's nothing like that here.
[04:23] Mu Dan (M)
Tan is essential to us,
[04:26] Mu Dan (M)
but if an ordinary human consumes it,
they turn into a tree.
[04:29] Mu Dan (M)
Hoko and the flower people have sort of
achieved eternal life, but not eternal youth.
[04:33] Mu Dan (M)
My associates are researching that,
but they're not done yet.
[04:37] Mu Dan (M)
Either way, the item you're looking
for isn't on this island.
[04:41] Sagiri
There's no Elixir?
[04:44] Sagiri
Then what's going to happen to him?
[04:47] Sagiri
He won't receive a pardon
without the Elixir.
[04:51] Mu Dan (M)
Anyway, your journey has come to an end.
[04:54] Mu Dan (M)
Now be good and come with me.
[04:57] Mu Dan (M)
There are a bunch of things
I'd like to do with you.
[05:01] Yuzuriha
Ninpo: Substitution.
[05:11] Yuzuriha
That should be enough to kill any monster.
[05:14] Yuzuriha
That just leaves his underlings?
But they seem out of it.
[05:19] Yuzuriha
Let's get out of here while we can.
[05:21] Yuzuriha
Sagirin.
[05:22] Sagiri
What? Oh, right.
[05:27] Yuzuriha
Thanks for helping me earlier,
even though I ran.
[05:31] Yuzuriha
Are you shocked to learn about the Elixir?
[05:34] Yuzuriha
I get it.
[05:36] Yuzuriha
But our top priority is our survival.
[05:40] Yuzuriha
As long as we're alive,
we'll manage somehow.
[05:43] Yuzuriha
First, we need to make sure we stay alive.
[05:45] Yuzuriha
Switch gears. It's time to run.
[05:48] Sagiri
Right.
[05:51] Yuzuriha
You too, Senta. Hurry.
[05:53] Senta
Right.
[05:54] Mu Dan (M)
Such a nice woman. You've got potential.
[05:58] Mu Dan (M)
You were wrong about one thing, though.
[06:01] Mu Dan (M)
The Kyoshi aren't my underlings.
[06:08] Mu Dan (M)
They're my toys. Funny, right?
[06:13] Mu Dan (M)
You dodged it. You've got a good eye.
[06:16] Mu Dan (M)
Rather, you can see tao, can't you?
[06:19] Yuzuriha
That's the first time
I've heard the word tao.
[06:22] Yuzuriha
In my village, we called it qi.
[06:25] Mu Dan (M)
But you haven't mastered its use.
[06:28] Mu Dan (M)
Allow me to teach—
[06:30] Senta
Wait.
[06:32] Senta
If this will decide her life or death,
then you'll have to go through me first.
[06:36] Senta
It's my job.
SIGN Tameshi-itto-ryu Rank 5
Yamada Asaemon
Senta
[06:40] Mu Dan (M)
The other two seem
to have some aptitude for it,
[06:43] Mu Dan (M)
but if that's all they're
capable of, then forget it.
[06:45] Mu Dan (M)
Shinobi, I'll teach you to use tao.
[06:49] Mu Dan (M)
If you've got the talent for it,
then I could show you bochu jutsu,
[06:52] Mu Dan (M)
or turn you into high-quality tan.
[06:55] Senta
You're already his favorite.
[06:58] Yuzuriha
Shut up.
[06:59] Sagiri
I can't believe Senta-dono drew his sword.
[07:02] Sagiri
For a criminal, no less.
[07:05] Sagiri
Does he perhaps have
special feelings for her?
[07:10] Mu Dan (M)
I'm not interested in anyone
except the shinobi girl.
[07:12] Mu Dan (M)
Get out of the way.
[07:18] Yuzuriha
Sagirin!
[07:19] Mu Dan (M)
Forget about her.
[07:21] Mu Dan (M)
That was Distant Strike.
[07:23] Mu Dan (M)
It's performed by gathering
and launching one's tao.
[07:25] Mu Dan (M)
Since ordinary humans can't learn to use it,
[07:27] Mu Dan (M)
you can forget that one.
[07:29] Mu Dan (M)
You need to start with the basic—
[07:33] Mu Dan (M)
Huh?
[07:37] Mu Dan (M)
Stay out of my way, fat boy.
[07:39] Senta
I told you, you have to go through me.
[07:42] Senta
Besides—
[07:43] Yuzuriha
He's right. You're in the way.
[07:48] Yuzuriha
If nothing can kill him,
then I'm willing to try anything.
[07:54] Yuzuriha
Ninpo: Slime String.
[07:57] Yuzuriha
My ninjutsu allows me to metabolize
the medicines I swallow and secrete them.
[08:01] Yuzuriha
And this is soluble snake poison.
[08:05] Yuzuriha
Ninpo: Nectar Prison.
[08:07] Yuzuriha
And then...
[08:08] Yuzuriha
Ninpo: Grim Garrote.
[08:16] Mu Dan (M)
Your abilities are an
application of tao, aren't they?
[08:19] Mu Dan (M)
Metabolizing poisons
alone makes you superhuman.
[08:23] Mu Dan (M)
But you're not using it very specifically.
[08:26] Mu Dan (M)
You should learn to manipulate it better.
[08:29] Senta
If we can create the right opportunity,
we can look for a way to beat him.
[08:33] Mu Dan (M)
I see.
[08:34] Mu Dan (M)
Sure.
[08:35] Mu Dan (M)
Shall we try it right now?
[08:47] Yuzuriha
Senta, you're in the way.
[08:48] Senta
So are you, Yuzuriha-san.
[08:56] Mu Dan (M)
Tao is a feeling.
[08:59] Mu Dan (M)
By wearing it like clothing,
you can sense it coming from any direction.
[09:04] Mu Dan (M)
Unless you master it, you're merely human.
[09:07] Mu Dan (M)
You're no match for us.
[09:10] Mu Dan (M)
Welcome to Horai.
[09:15] Senta
How can we beat this monster?
[09:21] Sagiri
Hoko-san, do the Tensen have any weaknesses?
[09:25] Hoko
He's a god.
[09:27] Hoko
If this is divine punishment,
then I will accept it.
[09:31] Sagiri
I understand how you feel,
but at this rate, we'll all be killed.
[09:36] Sagiri
You won't get to see Mei-san again.
[09:40] Sagiri
It can be anything. Any hint will do.
[09:44] Mu Dan (M)
That substitution you used earlier
was an application of tao as well.
[09:48] Mu Dan (M)
Not only that, but the same type I use.
[09:50] Mu Dan (M)
Interesting.
[09:51] Mu Dan (M)
You can learn something resembling
our Hojutsu through your own training.
[09:55] Mu Dan (M)
Well, it's time to kill the fat boy.
[09:57] Mu Dan (M)
Whoops.
[09:58] Mu Dan (M)
You recovered quickly.
[10:00] Mu Dan (M)
But you can't do anything.
[10:02] Mu Dan (M)
You have an ordinary amount of tao.
[10:07] Senta
Our opponent can read our
movements and intentions.
[10:10] Sagiri
Yes, but not an intentionless path.
[10:15] Hoko
Now cut open his tanden.
[10:19] Hoko
The legends say tao comes from our tanden,
[10:23] Hoko
travels through the body,
and returns to the tanden once more.
[10:27] Hoko
If you sever his tanden...
[10:30] Mu Dan (M)
Sorry, but there's nothing you can do.
[10:33] Mu Dan (M)
First of all, you don't have enough tao.
[10:36] Mu Dan (M)
No matter where you cut me,
I'll just regenerate.
[10:39] Mu Dan (M)
In fact, including the shinobi girl,
[10:41] Mu Dan (M)
there isn't a human here who's
mastered tao enough to kill me.
[10:49] Sagiri
I realized something
after getting close to you.
[10:52] Sagiri
You're the same, after all.
[10:53] Mu Dan (M)
What?
[11:04] Sagiri
He can read my movements.
[11:07] Mu Dan (M)
What was that?
[11:09] Mu Dan (M)
The size of one's tao
is controlled by one's mind.
[11:12] Mu Dan (M)
Is she the type that
instantaneously manifests hers?
[11:15] Mu Dan (M)
But that's not what's important.
[11:17] Mu Dan (M)
This woman... Could it be...?
[11:20] Senta
Yuzuriha-san.
[11:21] Yuzuriha
I know. That wound...
[11:24] Yuzuriha
It's not regenerating.
[11:32] Sagiri
I detected a unique aura
when I approached him.
[11:37] Sagiri
If that's tao, then I know how to cut it.
[11:41] Sagiri
Sometimes Gabimaru produces the same aura.
[11:44] Sagiri
So did Rokurota, the Giant of Bizen.
[11:49] Senta
Did those two use tao?
[11:52] Sagiri
It's just a guess.
[11:53] Yuzuriha
Greater than a certain amount of tao
is required to injure our enemy.
[11:58] Yuzuriha
Sagirin can temporarily increase
her tao using breathing techniques.
[12:02] Yuzuriha
But that's not all.
[12:04] Yuzuriha
Why can't the Tensen regenerate?
[12:09] Sagiri
I'll handle this.
[12:11] Mu Dan (M)
Such an unusual type of tao.
[12:14] Mu Dan (M)
Not only that, but it's poison to me.
[12:18] Mu Dan (M)
Marvelous.
[12:20] Mu Dan (M)
I wonder what kind of tan you'll produce.
[12:22] Mu Dan (M)
Or will you kill me?
[12:27] Senta
Wait, Sagiri-san.
[12:30] Senta
Our enemy is powerful.
[12:31] Senta
The three of us should work together.
[12:36] Mu Dan (M)
Hojutsu: Earth Yin Night Pilgrim.
[12:41] Sagiri
He vanished.
[12:45] Yuzuriha
He didn't vanish.
[12:46] Yuzuriha
He diminished his tao as much
as possible so we couldn't detect him.
[12:50] Yuzuriha
It works the same way as my substitution.
[12:52] Yuzuriha
Cut him now.
[12:54] Sagiri
My mind must be both still and active.
[12:58] Mu Dan (M)
Kyoshi, kill the shinobi woman.
[13:06] Yuzuriha
Thanks, Senta.
[13:07] Senta
We're working together, remember?
[13:14] Yuzuriha
Nice teamwork. Thanks, Senta.
[13:17] Senta
You're welcome.
[13:21] Mu Dan (M)
I can read your swordsmanship,
[13:22] Mu Dan (M)
and the moment's delay makes
your attacks easy to dodge.
[13:25] Sagiri
The way I'm breathing is exhausting.
[13:27] Sagiri
I can't do it for long.
[13:33] Mu Dan (M)
Your teamwork isn't bad.
[13:42] Sagiri
Now's my chance.
[13:43] Mu Dan (M)
You underestimate me.
[13:46] Sagiri
He flew.
[13:49] Mu Dan (M)
Hojutsu: Earth Yang Sky Pilgrim.
[13:52] Mu Dan (M)
By manipulating the tao in the atmosphere,
[13:55] Mu Dan (M)
one can even stand in the air.
[13:58] Mu Dan (M->F)
Though to those who don't
understand how it works...
[14:01] Mu Dan (F)
I must seem like a god.
[14:04] Mu Dan (F)
This is another application of tao.
[14:06] Mu Dan (F)
Senjutsu: Tin Splinter.
[14:15] Senta
This is beyond our abilities.
[14:18] Sagiri
Senta-dono!
[14:24] Sagiri
My vision is becoming blurry.
[14:26] Sagiri
That breathing technique consumes
something other than my stamina.
[14:30] Sagiri
I can't keep going.
[14:32] Yuzuriha
Don't give up yet, Sagirin.
[14:35] Yuzuriha
I think this is a sign our
enemy's getting anxious.
[14:38] Yuzuriha
She's been making sure
to dodge all your attacks specifically.
[14:41] Yuzuriha
Tao probably has matchups,
and yours is her weakness.
[14:47] Sagiri
But that monster...
[14:49] Yuzuriha
That's right. It's a monster, not a god.
[14:52] Yuzuriha
Which means it can be killed.
[14:54] Yuzuriha
I'll stop her from moving, so you kill her.
[14:57] Sagiri
You're rather optimistic.
[15:00] Yuzuriha
This is normal.
[15:01] Yuzuriha
I don't intend to die here.
[15:04] Yuzuriha
Seriously, no way.
[15:07] Mu Dan (F)
This is pointless.
[15:11] Sagiri
Yuzuriha!
[15:14] Mu Dan (F)
You're not dodging it? You'll die.
[15:27] Yuzuriha
Get down here, you wannabe god.
[15:31] Yuzuriha
I'll kill everyone
who interferes with my life.
[15:35] Yuzuriha
I'd even kill a real god.
[15:39] Yuzuriha
Sagirin, now.
[15:42] Sagiri
Got it.
[15:46] Mu Dan (F->M)
Such an obnoxious woman.
[15:49] Senta
Impressive work, Yuzuriha-san.
[15:54] Senta
Now you can't move,
regardless of your regeneration.
[15:57] Mu Dan (M)
Do you intend to be cut down with me?
[16:00] Senta
Aim for a hair's breadth, Sagiri-san!
[16:03] Sagiri
You can count on me.
[16:20] Yuzuriha
He's not moving.
[16:22] Yuzuriha
Like we thought,
that must've been his weakness.
[16:25] Sagiri
It was a gamble.
[16:27] Yuzuriha
But the two of us won.
[16:29] Senta
What about me?
[16:33] Sagiri
Hoko-san, your transformation...
[16:36] Hoko
I still seem to be all right.
[16:39] Sagiri
Good.
[16:40] Senta
I can't believe there are
six more of these monsters.
[16:45] Sagiri
Tao, the mysterious power.
[16:47] Sagiri
It's even farther beyond human
understanding than Hoko-san described.
[16:52] Sagiri
What is this strange exhaustion?
[16:54] Sagiri
Did we really defeat a Tensen so easily?
[16:58] Sagiri
The biggest problem is
that the Elixir doesn't exist.
[17:04] Sagiri
What should we do now?
[17:07] Yuzuriha
We'll just have to figure something out.
[17:09] Yuzuriha
If it doesn't exist, then it doesn't exist.
[17:11] Yuzuriha
We'll have to come up with another way.
[17:13] Yuzuriha
Aw, man. My skin is so dry.
[17:16] Yuzuriha
Hey, this is all gold.
[17:19] Yuzuriha
This much should make up
for the lack of Elixir, right?
[17:21] Senta
Shall we rest a little?
[17:22] Yuzuriha
What a weird face. Is this a nose?
[17:24] Sagiri
Yes.
[17:29] Senta
Yuzuriha-san is so tenacious.
[17:33] Sagiri
Senta-dono, you seem
to have special feelings for her.
[17:38] Senta
What? Oh, no, I... um...
[17:42] Senta
I suppose I envy how free she is.
[17:47] Senta
It's a foreign concept to me.
[17:50] Sagiri
What do you mean?
[17:54] Senta
When I was young,
I wanted to become an artist.
[17:58] Senta
But in my family, boys study
under the Yamada family.
[18:03] Senta
I wasn't allowed to defy that tradition.
[18:07] Senta
I actually didn't like the Yamada
family or being a sword tester.
[18:11] Senta
I hated killing people.
[18:15] Senta
I spent a lot of time trying
to rationalize killing people.
[18:19] Senta
It's the reason I became so
knowledgeable about religions.
[18:23] Senta
Ironically, I was praised for being
a diligent student, and my rank kept rising.
[18:28] Senta
Eventually, I gave up
and closed off my heart.
[18:32] Senta
I began simply fulfilling my duties.
[18:36] Yuzuriha
You don't actually care about
this job or your clan, do you?
[18:41] Senta
Actually, I—
[18:42] Yuzuriha
You can try to hide it,
but I can tell, you raccoon dog.
[18:45] Senta
Since meeting her,
[18:47] Senta
I've been confounded numerous times by her cold,
[18:50] Senta
cruel behavior, and the way she seems
to see right through everything.
[18:55] Senta
But for some reason,
[18:57] Senta
as someone who's been lying to himself,
the way she only lies to others...
[19:05] Senta
She seems so amazingly free.
[19:07] Senta
I'm so jealous, it hurts.
[19:10] Senta
I must've fallen for her ninjutsu.
[19:13] Senta
I can hardly call myself an
Asaemon when I admire a criminal.
[19:19] Sagiri
Not at all.
[19:21] Sagiri
I kind of...
[19:24] Sagiri
It's really only a little,
but I kind of understand how you feel.
[19:28] Sagiri
Why don't we look for a way to
save everyone who came to the island?
[19:36] Senta
Sagiri-san...
[19:38] Senta
Yes.
[19:44] Gabimaru
I can sense tao now, but I don't
feel like I've mastered its use.
[19:50] Fuchi
We can't ask them about
the Elixir if you kill them.
[19:55] Fuchi
Though, judging by that conversation,
she probably knows something.
[19:58] Gantetsusai
It would be cruel
to make her show us the way,
[20:01] Gantetsusai
considering what those
monsters wanted to do to her.
[20:08] Gabimaru
But you followed me, didn't you?
[20:13] Gabimaru
If you have some purpose or request,
then tell me what it is.
[20:17] Gabimaru
I'd like to thank you
for saving me twice now.
[20:21] Fuchi
Sagi's records said...
[20:23] (Flashback) Sagiri
This man is not heartless after all.
[20:26] (Flashback) Sagiri
But his humanity only becomes apparent
when it comes to a particular person.
[20:32] Fuchi
In all other scenarios, he is heartless.
[20:36] Fuchi
But this is rather different
from her records.
[20:39] Fuchi
How will this soft side affect his job?
[20:45] Gantetsusai
Hey.
[20:47] Gabimaru
What is...
[20:51] Yuzuriha
Hey.
[20:53] Yuzuriha
Have there always been this many flowers?
[21:00] Sagiri
Yuzuriha!
[21:21] Senta
The fate of an imprudent,
cruel, and sinful killer.
[21:30] Setna
What I thought was common sense
was blown away by a powerful wind.
[21:37] Senta
I can't get any closer.
[21:39] Senta
I don't need to be any closer
[21:42] Senta
as long as I can keep watching by her side.
[21:50] Young Senta
Huh? Am I allowed to draw right now?
[21:53] Young Senta
I feel like I was in the
middle of doing something else.
[21:58] Young Senta
Well, whatever. I'll draw another one.
[22:03] Senta
Whatever... One... more...
[22:27] Kishikai Mu Dan
Kill me? Kill me.
[22:30] Sagiri
Yuzuriha, what should we do?
[22:34] Yuzuriha
We have to fight this
monster again right now?
[22:39] Yuzuriha
There's no way.
E13 - Dreams and Reality
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[00:20] Kishikai Mu Dan (M > F)
Kill me? Kill me.
[00:37] Sagiri
Sh-Sh-Shion-dono—
[00:38] Shion
Nurugai.
[00:39] Shion
Cut their flowers and roots with your sword.
[00:41] Shion
That may slow their transformation.
[00:44] Shion
Then take the others and get away from here.
[00:46] Nurugai
Got it.
[00:50] Sagiri
Shion-dono.
[00:51] Shion
We'll talk later. This will be over soon.
[00:54] Shion
The movement, smell,
and sound of these waves.
[00:59] Shion
No doubt about it.
[01:00] Shion
It's the same as the creature
that killed Tenza.
[01:03] Shion
On the way here, I took
the lives of various creatures
[01:06] Shion
to test the usage and nature of the waves.
[01:08] Shion
Now I will use you to demonstrate
how the immortal can be killed.
[01:14] Shion
Cutting the waves directly will kill a
creature, even if the vitals aren't struck,
[01:17] Shion
as it is akin to cutting the soul itself.
[01:20] Shion
I will release, circulate,
and envelop myself in my own waves.
SIGN Dreams and Reality
[03:09] Nurugai
The flowers have stopped growing,
but at this rate...
[03:14] Shion
Hoko-san, what should we do?
[03:16] Hoko
There is nothing I can do for him.
[03:19] Hoko
I did not even know what
the Tensen actually were.
[03:25] Yuzuriha
Move, both of you.
[03:27] Yuzuriha
It may be too late for him,
[03:28] Yuzuriha
but I have a salve
that will stop the bleeding.
[03:30] Senta
Yuzuriha-san...
[03:34] Senta
It's too late for me...
[03:38] Sagiri
Shion-dono!
[03:39] Nurugai
Don't worry about him.
[03:41] Nurugai
He's really strong. Besides,
[03:43] Nurugai
we followed a certain creature here.
[03:46] Nurugai
He won't die here.
[03:50] Shion
Tameshi Itto-ryu: Fiend's Flurry.
[03:55] Shion
Tameshi Itto-ryu: Autumn Rains.
[04:23] Yuzuriha
What's his deal? He's incredible.
[04:26] Nurugai
He's my master.
[04:28] Sagiri
It's not regenerating.
[04:30] Sagiri
Shion's tao is compatible with the enemy's.
[04:34] Sagiri
Perhaps...
[04:38] Shion
It's mostly consistent with my tests.
[04:42] Kishikai Mu Dan (M)
Incredible. Yours
is opposed to mine as well.
[04:45] Kishikai Mu Dan (F)
But...
[04:52] Kishikai Mu Dan (F)
Even scratches will produce flowers.
[04:55] Kishikai Mu Dan (F)
You'll make good tan.
[04:57] Nurugai
Master!
[05:05] Kishikai Mu Dan (M)
Do you want to die, too?
[05:11] Shion
I don't intend to die here.
[05:14] Shion
But if I can't progress without dying,
then I accept death.
[05:18] Yuzuriha
What's up with him? He's horrifying.
[05:21] Shion
He's losing too much blood.
[05:23] Nurugai
Master...
[05:25] Kishikai Mu Dan (F)
Kill! Kill me.
[05:29] Shion
I'm using my waves as I tested,
but it's still no simple task.
[05:34] Shion
Can my body withstand what it takes
to kill an immortal creature?
[05:38] Sagiri
I need to help him.
[05:41] Nurugai
Don't. You can barely stand.
[05:43] Sagiri
But at this rate...
[05:46] Sagiri
No, Shion-dono is already prepared to die.
[05:49] Sagiri
Fighting alone is too great a disadvantage.
[05:51] Sagiri
We should at least attack
from two sides to create an opening.
[05:55] Nurugai
Fine. In that case, let's all—
[05:58] Yuzuriha
What?
[05:59] Yuzuriha
No, thanks. I'm all out of steam.
[06:03] Nurugai
I see.
[06:09] Nurugai
Better now?
[06:10] Yuzuriha
What do you mean?
[06:12] Nurugai
That's odd.
[06:17] Nurugai
Better now?
[06:19] Sagiri
I feel... slightly more energized?
[06:23] Nurugai
Better now?
[06:24] Sagiri
Huh? Uh, I suppose.
[06:26] Sagiri
But how...?
[06:28] Nurugai
I used to do it to Grandpa all the time.
[06:30] Nurugai
When I did it to my master,
he said it energized him, too.
[06:35] (Flashback) Shion
I've clearly recovered some stamina.
[06:38] (Flashback) Shion
All creatures produce waves,
[06:40] (Flashback) Shion
but there must be various interactions,
like the elements of Wuxing philosophy.
[06:45] (Flashback) Shion
But I'd prefer you not
suddenly latch onto me.
[06:48] (Flashback) Shion
Simply touching me seems
to have some effect.
[06:50] (Flashback) Nurugai
Okay.
[06:51] Sagiri
Which means sometimes there are
positive interactions,
[06:54] Sagiri
such as increasing someone's tao.
[06:56] Sagiri
No, there's no time to think right now.
[07:00] Sagiri
As long as I can move, that's good enough.
[07:02] Sagiri
Let's go.
[07:03] Yuzuriha
Good luck.
[07:08] Shion
Sagiri, Nurugai. I told you to stay away.
[07:12] Shion
Wait, what are you wearing?
[07:15] Sagiri
We'll help you, Shion-dono.
[07:16] Sagiri
I know the creature's weakness.
[07:19] Shion
Its weakness?
[07:20] Sagiri
The source of its power. The tanden.
[07:23] Sagiri
If we can strike at its core,
we should be able to defeat it.
[07:28] Shion
But that monster has two tanden.
[07:31] Shion
Simply being scratched by it is fatal.
[07:34] Sagiri
That's what this is for.
[07:36] Sagiri
We've wrapped ourselves in bandages
and Yuzuriha's mucus.
[07:40] Sagiri
It should be able to prevent scratches
and keep flowers from growing.
[07:44] (Flashback) Sagiri
Is it really necessary to lick it?
[07:46] (Flashback) Yuzuriha
No.
[07:47] Sagiri
This child and I will act as decoys
and attack from the front.
[07:51] Sagiri
Use that opportunity to get behind it.
[07:53] Sagiri
With your speed, you should be
able to strike two places at once.
[07:58] Sagiri
Watch out!
[08:05] Sagiri
Such an athletic child...
[08:13] Nurugai
Wow.
[08:15] Shion
Incredible. Sagiri's sensing its waves, too.
[08:18] Shion
Like me, she's predicting its movements
from the flow of its waves,
[08:22] Shion
and doing it even faster
and more accurately than I can.
[08:26] Shion
You've become so strong.
[08:29] Shion
I'm sorry.
[08:30] Shion
We'll go with your plan, Sagiri.
[08:32] Shion
Let's play it by ear.
[08:34] Sagiri
Got it.
[08:37] Shion
Tameshi Itto-ryu: Harvest Shower.
[09:14] Yuzuriha
Wow, they're actually overpowering it.
[09:20] Yuzuriha
It's taking longer and longer to regenerate.
[09:25] Sagiri
I've never seen Shion-dono
fight so fiercely before.
[09:29] Sagiri
We could actually beat it.
[09:34] Shion
I'll keep this up...
[09:36] Shion
even if I die here.
[09:51] Shion
I'm sorry, Sagiri, Nurugai.
[09:54] Shion
I knew it would be dangerous.
[09:56] Shion
But I can't stop.
[10:00] Shion
My mind and body are being
swallowed by a pitch-black emotion.
[10:05] Shion
It's not resolve. It's hatred.
[10:08] Shion
My hatred and frustration will never forgive
[10:12] Shion
how all I could do
in that moment was run away.
[10:20] Shion
Never forgive. Never, never, never!
[10:24] Shion
Yamada Asaemon Shion,
you will never be forgiven.
[10:28] Shion
Not until the life of the enemy has ended.
[10:31] Shion
Not until your own life has ended.
[10:39] Sagiri
Shion-dono!
[10:42] Shion
I'll gather all the waves flowing
through my body in a single point.
[10:46] Shion
I'll temper them and
wrap them around my blade.
[10:50] Shion
Focusing one's waves is
the same as focusing one's soul.
[10:54] Shion
If you're not careful, you risk dying.
[10:57] Shion
But if you're immortal,
then allow me to teach you
[11:01] Shion
how fleeting and heavy life is.
[11:05] Shion
How terrifying it is!
[11:08] Shion
Wait. Is this truly its weakness?
[11:11] Shion
According to Sagiri,
it's the source of its power.
[11:15] Shion
But I don't sense strong
waves coming from here.
[11:20] Shion
There's no time to hesitate—
[11:21] Senta
Shion-san!
[11:23] Senta
The ovule!
[11:24] Shion
Senta!
[11:26] Senta
If it's a plant monster,
then its ovule is its tanden.
[11:34] Senta
Where the nutrients
for its flowers are concentrated.
[11:38] Senta
At the center of its petals.
[11:42] Senta
That's its weakness!
[11:58] Kishikai Mu Dan (M)
Beautiful.
[12:00] Kishikai Mu Dan (M)
A man prepared to die.
[12:02] Kishikai Mu Dan (M)
The space between life and death.
[12:04] Kishikai Mu Dan (M)
I could never attain such perfect yin-yang.
[12:09] Kishikai Mu Dan (M)
I wish I could've shown Rien.
[12:21] Kishikai Mu Dan (M)
I waited a thousand years. Thank you.
[12:55] Sagiri
Senta-dono!
[12:59] Yuzuriha
He'll live another half-hour at most.
[13:01] Yuzuriha
That took everything he had left.
[13:03] Sagiri
No...
[13:05] Shion
Senta!
[13:05] Nurugai
Don't move, Master.
[13:07] Sagiri
What about the salve?
[13:09] Yuzuriha
I still have one dose left.
[13:11] Sagiri
Th-Then...
[13:14] Yuzuriha
I think it'd be better used on him.
[13:18] Sagiri
If you split the dose, then...
[13:21] Yuzuriha
I need to keep some for myself.
[13:23] Yuzuriha
I'm not such a good person
that I'd give all of it away.
[13:26] Yuzuriha
Besides, the road ahead is too difficult
to bring an injured man with us.
[13:29] Yuzuriha
Give up.
[13:32] Sagiri
No... but...
[13:36] Sagiri
Didn't you say we'd manage
somehow as long as we were alive?
[13:40] Yuzuriha
Shinobi are realists.
[13:42] Yuzuriha
We can tell the difference between suffering
[13:44] Yuzuriha
that should be overcome
and suffering that's pointless to endure.
[13:50] Yuzuriha
I'm sure you know this,
but you're not going to make it.
[13:54] Yuzuriha
So you can let go.
[13:56] Yuzuriha
You don't need to hold onto
your job or pride anymore.
[14:01] Yuzuriha
You can relax now.
[14:04] Yuzuriha
You've always lied to yourself, right?
[14:07] Yuzuriha
At the very end, think about
whatever you want to think about.
[14:13] Yuzuriha
Your family? A pet cat?
[14:16] Yuzuriha
A sweetheart you left back home?
[14:18] Yuzuriha
Picture them in your heart as you
die beholding a beautiful sight.
[14:25] Yuzuriha
I can at least let you lean on me.
[14:29] Senta
The things I loved...
[14:30] Senta
My family back home. Konpeito.
[14:34] Senta
Kitao Shigemasa's illustrated books.
[14:37] Senta
Being in the arms of the one I admired.
[14:52] Shion
The situation has progressed too quickly.
[14:55] Shion
I'd like to take stock of things.
[14:57] Yuzuriha
I agree.
[14:58] Yuzuriha
Let's start with who the heck you two are.
[15:02] Shion
Let's get away from here first, Sagiri.
[15:12] Sagiri
Thank you for what you
said earlier, Yuzuriha-san.
[15:16] Sagiri
Your cool head saved me again.
[15:22] Sagiri
It no longer matters if we're criminals
or executioners anymore.
[15:26] Sagiri
We won't survive otherwise.
[15:28] Sagiri
Let's focus all our efforts
on making it back alive.
[15:35] Sagiri
I won't let anyone else die.
[15:38] Sagiri
I swear we'll all leave this island alive.
[15:41] Sagiri
I swear it.
[15:53] Gantetsusai
That's the first thing
you do upon waking up?
[15:55] Gantetsusai
Relax a little. What are you, a cat?
[15:58] Gabimaru
Where are we?
[16:00] Fuchi
A cave halfway up the valley wall.
[16:02] Gantetsusai
I carried you here.
[16:05] Gabimaru
I can't remember...
[16:32] Sagiri
This place should allow us
to hide for a while.
[16:36] Sagiri
Of course, we'll need to be careful.
[16:39] Sagiri
What are you doing?
[16:41] Yuzuriha
Changing.
[16:45] Yuzuriha
I bet this would look good on you, Sagirin.
[16:47] Nurugai
Me, too.
[16:48] Yuzuriha
Why would a guy wear this?
[16:50] Nurugai
Why, you...
[16:52] Sagiri
Keep your wits about you.
[16:52] Yuzuriha
What's your problem?
[16:53] Shion
Sagiri, I understand your eagerness,
[16:54] Nurugai
I wanna wear it, too.
[16:55] Yuzuriha
You do?
[16:56] Nurugai
Yeah.
[16:56] Shion
but you must be exhausted as well.
[16:56] Yuzuriha
Really? Which one?
[16:57] Nurugai
This one.
[16:58] Yuzuriha
That one?
[16:59] Nurugai
Yeah.
[16:59] Shion
Relaxing a little won't hurt you.
[16:59] Yuzuriha
Wouldn't this look better?
[17:00] Nurugai
No, I want this one.
[17:02] Yuzuriha
This one?
[17:02] Sagiri
Shion-dono.
[17:03] Nurugai
Yeah, this one.
[17:04] Yuzuriha
Well, try it on, then.
[17:04] Shion
Okay, everyone.
[17:06] Shion
Don't stop what you're doing,
but listen while you do that.
[17:09] Both
Okay.
[17:10] Shion
Let's focus on reviewing what information
we have that will help us return alive.
[17:15] Shion
First, let's discuss the waves needed
to defeat the Tensen.
[17:18] Shion
What you call tao.
[17:21] Shion
It's a power everyone possesses innately,
[17:23] Shion
but mastering it allows one
to achieve superhuman abilities.
[17:27] Shion
Isn't that what you do, Sagiri?
[17:30] Shion
Your experiences on the island
have strengthened your tao.
[17:34] Shion
It must've been hard.
[17:36] Sagiri
No worse than it was for you.
[17:39] Shion
But you must be careful how you use it.
[17:41] Shion
Tao is life itself.
[17:44] Shion
Use too much, and you'll exhaust
more than just your stamina.
[17:47] Shion
It's unclear exactly what the effects are,
[17:50] Shion
but it might cause mental
or physical changes.
[17:53] Shion
It might even affect one's
consciousness or memories.
[17:57] Shion
In the worst case,
overuse likely leads to death.
[17:59] Yuzuriha
If we're talking about life or death,
[18:02] Yuzuriha
then we've got a more serious problem.
[18:05] Yuzuriha
The Elixir of Life.
[18:07] Yuzuriha
Though there's something similar,
there's no Elixir of Life.
[18:11] Shion
The Shogunate won't accept
"we couldn't find it."
[18:15] Sagiri
Gabimaru said it exists.
[18:18] Sagiri
His village chief was immortal.
[18:20] Sagiri
It must exist somewhere.
[18:25] Yuzuriha
About that...
[18:27] Yuzuriha
Maybe that was an illusion.
[18:30] Sagiri
An... illusion?
[18:33] Yuzuriha
Yeah, the type shinobi use.
[18:36] Yuzuriha
Show someone a supernatural phenomenon
[18:39] Yuzuriha
when they're little to
achieve total control over them.
[18:42] Yuzuriha
You imprint on people
that they can never defy the chief.
[18:46] Yuzuriha
Only a few leaders know the truth.
[18:49] Yuzuriha
The same thing happened in my village.
[18:51] Sagiri
What?
[18:52] Yuzuriha
I've got other questions, too.
[18:55] Yuzuriha
Sagirin, you said Gabimaru's here
for the person he loves.
[19:00] Sagiri
Yes, his wife.
[19:02] Yuzuriha
Yeah, that. It doesn't make sense.
[19:05] Yuzuriha
Shinobi are merely pawns.
[19:07] Yuzuriha
It's different for women, but would they
really have such a young man get married?
[19:12] Yuzuriha
You can't control people using only fear.
[19:16] Yuzuriha
They need something stronger to motivate
them to complete suicidal missions.
[19:20] Yuzuriha
I'm just speculating, though.
[19:20] Sagiri
Wait a minute.
[19:22] Yuzuriha
His village could be different from mine.
[19:25] Yuzuriha
But...
[19:26] Gabimaru
I can't remember. Is it some
type of memory impairment?
[19:31] Yuzuriha
But Gabimaru's... wife, was it?
[19:34] Yuzuriha
Does she actually exist?
[19:36] Sagiri
Wait.
[19:38] Yuzuriha
What's her name?
[19:40] Yuzuriha
Have you actually seen her?
[19:41] Sagiri
Please...
[19:43] Yuzuriha
Maybe that's the chief's special illusion.
[19:46] Yuzuriha
Do you even remember what she looks like?
[19:51] Gabimaru
It's no use.
[19:52] Gabimaru
I can't even remember where I am.
[19:54] Gabimaru
Why am I here?
[19:56] Gabimaru
Who are these guys?
[19:57] Gabimaru
Enemies? Doesn't seem like it.
[20:00] Gabimaru
I know who I am.
[20:02] Gabimaru
I am...
[20:04] Gabimaru
Iwagakure's current greatest ninja,
Gabimaru the Hollow.
[20:08] Gabimaru
In any case, I'll have to gather
information while playing along.
[20:13] Gabimaru
Even if they figure me out...
[20:18] Mei
Gabimaru, okay?
[20:21] Gabimaru
Yeah, I'm fine.
[20:36] Shion
You're not going to sleep, Sagiri?
[20:39] Sagiri
Shion-dono.
[20:42] Sagiri
Why are you dressed like that?
[20:44] Shion
My clothes were bloody, so I changed.
[20:47] Shion
I looked an awful mess.
[20:50] Shion
What's this?
[20:51] Shion
Normally you appreciate my jokes.
[20:54] Shion
Was it not good?
[20:56] Sagiri
No, your wit is as sharp as ever.
[20:58] Sagiri
But right now, I simply can't...
[21:02] Sagiri
Eizen-dono, Genji-dono, Senta-dono,
Kisho-dono, and Tenza-dono...
[21:09] Sagiri
So much has happened, but it's
still only our third night here.
[21:15] Sagiri
Then there's Gabimaru.
[21:17] Sagiri
What is he doing now?
[21:19] Shion
Sagiri...
[21:21] Shion
Don't tell me you love—
[21:22] Sagiri
Not at all.
[21:23] Sagiri
The way you always assume things
are romantic is a bad habit of yours.
[21:26] Shion
Sorry.
[21:27] Shion
But it's clear that you
feel strongly about him.
[21:29] Shion
Beyond what's appropriate for your status.
[21:32] Shion
What are you to Gabimaru?
[21:37] Sagiri
Honestly, I don't know, but...
[21:41] Sagiri
Born in a village of killers,
he killed as he was told.
[21:46] Sagiri
He's experienced love,
but it makes his past self suffer.
[21:50] Sagiri
On top of that, like Yuzuriha-san said,
[21:53] Sagiri
if what motivates him is
a deception as well...
[21:56] Sagiri
That's simply too sad.
[22:00] Sagiri
He's a heinous killer.
[22:03] Sagiri
He's a killer, but I don't
believe he's a bad person.
[22:06] Sagiri
Which is why...
[22:09] Sagiri
I believe they'll be reunited.
[22:12] Sagiri
He'll never give up.
[22:16] Sagiri
He'll make it back alive.
[24:05] Official
I'll now read the message
the Shogun sent to us.
[24:08] Official
Listen carefully.
[24:10] Official
The Yamada clan shall head once more to
[24:13] Official
Shinsenkyo to monitor
the expedition members.
[24:17] Official
You are to select new monitors for this job,
[24:19] Official
Yamada Asaemon Shugen.