# Season 1
# E1 - The Death Row Convict and the Executioner
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQZ1PP/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQ8KEJ/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U4GQWD/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU2EN5Z/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UDVXP4/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3DV5D/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GMKUXG98Q/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GVWU04NQ7/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UXZK0N/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUKDN4N/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU0DXW1/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUN038P/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UV1Q8V/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.