E11 - Weak and Strong

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SIGN    Weak and Strong
[01:55] Toma
    Brother!
[01:56] Doshi B
    He had potential, but he was merely human.
[02:00] Doshi B
    They break so easily.
[02:02] Toma
    Move, damn it!
[02:03] Toma
    You're in the way! Brother! Brother!
[02:03] Doshi B
    I should return him to the hole
    while he's still alive.
[02:08] Doshi B
    After all, I'm capable of reason.
[02:11] Toma
    Brother!
[02:16] Chobe
    Why'd you let your guard down, monster?
[02:19] Chobe
    Toma.
[02:20] Chobe
    What are you doing over here?
[02:23] Chobe
    I told you to handle all the nobodies.
[02:26] Toma
    Right. Sorry, Brother.
[02:29] Doshi B
    His throat regenerated.
[02:31] Doshi B
    How?
[02:32] Doshi B
    He should be an ordinary human.
[02:34] Doshi B
    No...
[02:36] Doshi B
    While he was in the hole,
    did he merge with them?
[02:40] Chobe
    Hey, monster.
[02:41] Chobe
    What's that strange vibe
    I sensed coming from you earlier?
[02:45] Doshi B
    Is he talking about tao?
[02:46] Doshi B
    Ordinary humans shouldn't
    be able to detect it.
[02:49] Chobe
    Hey, you quit your stupid yapping.
[02:52] Chobe
    Could it be that that's the monster's power?
[02:58] Chobe
    Is that the key to killing the Tensen?
[03:01] Doshi B
    This man's tao is larger than before.
[03:06] Doshi B
    I can feel it.
[03:08] Doshi B
    This man is dangerous.
[03:10] Doshi B
    I should kill him now.
[03:14] Chobe
    I can't see it.
[03:17] Chobe
    He's so small, but so strong.
[03:19] Chobe
    Is what I sensed his secret?
[03:30] Doshi B
    His tao is continuing to grow.
[03:32] Doshi B
    Is it the vines' influence?
[03:34] Doshi B
    He's exceeded human capabilities.
[03:36] Toma
    My brother is a master of adaptation.
[03:39] Toma
    But at this rate...
[03:42] Toma
    If he keeps going...
[03:44] Chobe
    I'm not sure what's happening,
[03:46] Chobe
    but my body's become awfully convenient.
[03:49] Doshi B
    You're quite courageous.
[03:51] Doshi B
    Do you not fear your body changing
    and no longer being human?
[03:55] Chobe
    Nah.
[03:57] Chobe
    Nothing in this world is static.
[04:00] Chobe
    I know that well.
[04:01] Chobe
    There's only one thing
    that doesn't need to change.
[04:05] Doshi B
    One? You mean your sense of self?
[04:08] Chobe
    No.
[04:11] Young Chobe
    What are you doing?
[04:12] Young Toma
    Brother...
[04:13] (Flashback) Bandit
    Your privileged upbringing
    is written all over your face.
[04:16] (Flashback) Bandit
    You're so classy, it makes
     people disrespect us.
[04:20] (Flashback) Bandit
    I'll turn you two into real bandits.
[04:23] (Flashback) Bandit
    Let's start with the younger one.
[04:32] (Flashback) Bandit
    Are you out of your mind?
[04:34] (Flashback) Bandit
    What are you doing?
[04:35] (Flashback) Young Chobe
    You still think we're classy?
[04:38] (Flashback) Young Chobe
    Anyone who's still got a problem
    with it can add more.
[04:42] Chobe
    A monster wouldn't understand.
[04:45] Chobe
    Nobody understands.
[04:48] Chobe
    Show me more of your ability.
[04:57] Chobe
    You—no, it's all of you.
[05:01] Chobe
    Your navel is your weakness after all.
[05:05] Doshi B
    It keeps getting bigger.
[05:07] Doshi B
    What is this man?
[05:16] Chobe
    I'm starting to see it.
[05:17] Chobe
    I knew you were emanating something,
[05:20] Chobe
    but you've got it wrapped
    all around your body.
[05:23] Doshi B
    Soshin, to me—
[05:25] Toma
    They can't.
[05:28] Toma
    I killed them all.
[05:33] Chobe
    Come on.
[05:34] Chobe
    Show me more of your ability. Your secret!
[05:43] Chobe
    I see. So that's how you gather it.
[05:46] Chobe
    Does simply shrouding yourself
    in it not affect your defense?
[05:50] Chobe
    It breaks so easily.
[05:52] Doshi B
    Impossible.
[05:54] Chobe
    My attacks were practically
    ineffective against the other one.
[05:57] Chobe
    Is it because I didn't wrap myself in it?
[05:59] Doshi B
    Impossible.
[06:00] Chobe
    Seems like there's more to it,
    but I'll just have to practice.
[06:06] Chobe
    So this is tao...
[06:08] Doshi B
    Impossible.
[06:15] Chobe
    Wow, so they can be killed.
[06:19] Chobe
    I can see your tao as you're
    on the brink of death.
[06:26] Chobe
    Get up, monster.
[06:27] Chobe
    I've got a lot of questions for you.
[06:31] Chobe
    First, where are the Tensen?
[06:35] Toma
    I could be wrong, but it looks
    like the scars are growing.
[06:39] Chobe
    Huh? What is it?
[06:43] Chobe
    Hey, you seem out of it.
[06:45] Toma
    Sorry.
[06:47] Chobe
    Help me tie him up.
[06:49] Toma
    Am I wrong?
[06:51] Toma
    I'm glad my brother is alive,
    but is he all right?
[06:56] Toma
    And these scars...
[06:58] Toma
    They look less like lacerations
    and more like vines.
[07:05] Gantetsusai
    What do you think, miss?
[07:07] Gantetsusai
    I'm pretty impressive with a sword, right?
[07:09] Mei
    Strong.
[07:10] Gantetsusai
    I should be able to master
    the use of tao quickly.
[07:15] Gantetsusai
    Huh?
[07:15] Mei
    Tao, strong, weak.
[07:19] Mei
    Strong, strong, no.
[07:22] Gantetsusai
    I don't get it.
[07:24] Gantetsusai
    Like this?
[07:25] Mei
    Strong, strong, no.
[07:27] Gantetsusai
    How about this?
[07:28] Mei
    Strong, strong.
[07:30] Mei
    Tao. Strong, weak.
[07:33] Gantetsusai
    It's like we're playing
    some kind of word game.
[07:35] Gantetsusai
    So I can't brute force it.
[07:41] Gantetsusai
    He's pretty strong for a small guy.
[07:43] Gantetsusai
    Miss, how about that?
[07:45] Mei
    Strong, strong. No, no.
[07:48] Fuchi
    The Hollow and the Blade Dragon.
[07:49] Fuchi
    They're so dependable, it makes me laugh.
[07:52] Gabimaru
    What are you doing?
[07:54] Fuchi
    Analyzing the monsters.
[07:56] Fuchi
    Each monster's internal
    structure is different.
[07:59] Fuchi
    Though they look similar,
[08:01] Fuchi
    this one's internal
    structure resembles a fish,
[08:03] Fuchi
    and this one's resembles a human.
[08:05] Gabimaru
    In other words?
[08:06] Fuchi
    Each one has different weak points.
[08:09] Fuchi
    Speaking of biological mysteries...
[08:13] Fuchi
    She's a mystery as well.
[08:15] Fuchi
    Who exactly is she, anyway?
[08:19] Gabimaru
    In that moment,
[08:21] Gabimaru
    it looked like she used a mysterious power
    to carve away the cliff so we could escape.
[08:25] Gabimaru
    An ordinary human couldn't do that.
[08:29] Gabimaru
    Not an ordinary human...
[08:34] Gabimaru
    I made her cry again.
[08:36] Gabimaru
    She's still just a child on the inside.
[08:38] Gantetsusai
    Hey, shinobi.
[08:40] Gantetsusai
    Don't make the young lady cry.
[08:42] Gantetsusai
    Girls won't like you
    if you keep glaring like that.
[08:45] Gabimaru
    That's fine with me. I'm married.
[08:48] Fuchi
    What?
[08:50] Gantetsusai
    That's not what I meant.
[08:52] Gantetsusai
    You're my underling now.
    Don't make girls cry.
[08:55] Gabimaru
    I'm nobody's underling.
[08:57] Fuchi
    The Hollow is more human than they say.
[09:01] Mei
    Strong, strong, strong, no.
[09:05] Gabimaru
    Do you have a wife?
[09:07] Doshi A
    That's...
[09:08] Gantetsusai
    From coast to coast, I—
[09:23] Doshi A
    I have been secretly searching
    for you, Mei-sama.
[09:26] Gabimaru
    Mei-sama?
[09:28] Doshi A
    It's been centuries since Mei-sama
    was banished from the palace.
[09:32] Doshi A
    She disappeared from Horai,
    and we were at a loss.
[09:37] Doshi A
    We were forbidden from looking
    for her by Rien-sama.
[09:40] Doshi A
    But as luck would have it,
    we've been reunited.
[09:44] Doshi A
    I am overjoyed.
[09:46] Doshi A
    Let us return together.
[09:48] Doshi A
    We need your help.
[09:52] Gabimaru
    What's going on here?
[09:54] Doshi A
    I could ask you the same thing.
[09:56] Doshi A
    I don't know how it happened,
[09:58] Doshi A
    but she does not belong with you humans.
[10:02] Doshi A
    Like the Tensen, she feeds off of humans.
[10:07] Gantetsusai
    Tensen? You mean those Tensen?
[10:09] Fuchi
    She's one of them?
[10:11] Gabimaru
    So she's not human after all.
[10:14] Doshi A
    Please return to Horai and lead us.
[10:18] Doshi A
    Without your help, we...
[10:21] Gabimaru
    If I get involved in any
    more trouble, I could lose my way.
[10:26] Gabimaru
    Lose sight of my true goal.
[10:28] Gabimaru
    The real reason I joined this expedition.
[10:30] Gabimaru
    What should I be doing right now?
[10:40] Doshi A
    What are you doing, human?
[10:43] Gabimaru
    Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
[10:45] Doshi A
    If you're trying to help her,
    then you're making a mistake.
[10:48] Doshi A
    This matter does not concern you.
[10:50] Gabimaru
    Yeah, I guess you're right.
[10:53] Gabimaru
    I don't know the circumstances,
    and I might be overreaching.
[10:57] Gabimaru
    Besides, it's not something I do.
    Plus, it's a hassle.
[11:00] Gabimaru
    Even I'm surprised I acted impulsively.
[11:03] Gabimaru
    But I can't make her cry again.
[11:08] Gabimaru
    That's good enough for me.
[11:11] Doshi A
    What a nuisance.
[11:13] Doshi A
    But either way, we came
    to turn you into tan.
[11:18] Fuchi
    When did they get there?
[11:22] Doshi A
    We're taking Mei-sama back with us.
[11:24] Gantetsusai
    Is he the boss of those butterflies?
[11:28] Gantetsusai
    I'm gonna kill him.
[11:36] Gabimaru
    Judging by their appearance,
    they're insect-users.
[11:40] Gabimaru
    Or are they their boss?
[11:42] Gabimaru
    Approaching them carelessly
    would be dangerous.
[11:46] Gantetsusai
    I lost my left hand because of these things.
[11:50] Gantetsusai
    I owe them a big thank you.
[11:52] Fuchi
    Then you should thank me as well.
[11:54] Fuchi
    I'm the one who modif—
    healed your left hand.
[11:58] Gabimaru
    I'm not sure "thank you" is the right word.
[12:01] Gantetsusai
    No, I'm serious.
[12:02] Gantetsusai
    Everything is improved by loss.
[12:06] Gantetsusai
    My skill with a blade
    has gotten even stronger!
[12:12] Gantetsusai
    What was that?
[12:13] Gabimaru
    It's those invisible attacks.
[12:15] Gabimaru
    These things use them, too?
[12:17] Gabimaru
    Don't charge in recklessly.
[12:18] Gabimaru
    They use invisible abilities.
[12:20] Gantetsusai
    I see. So this is tao.
[12:23] Gabimaru
    What?
[12:26] Gantetsusai
    Damn pests, scurrying around.
[12:32] Gantetsusai
    Stay out of my way, underling.
[12:35] Gabimaru
    I'm not your underling.
[12:36] Gabimaru
    You're getting in my way.
[12:37] Gantetsusai
    I wanna kill those butterflies.
[12:40] Doshi A
    You are no match for us.
[12:43] Doshi A
    You're not even someone who should
    concern themselves with Mei-sama.
[12:46] Doshi A
    So why do you protect her?
[12:48] Gabimaru
    You're right.
[12:49] Gabimaru
    The old me might've abandoned her.
[12:53] Gabimaru
    Since we arrived, I haven't
    been acting like myself.
[12:57] Gabimaru
    But I don't feel bad about it.
[13:01] Gabimaru
    Helping someone who helped you
    is common sense, right?
[13:05] Gabimaru
    Why are you so obsessed with the girl?
[13:09] Gabimaru
    She doesn't seem to like it.
[13:12] Doshi A
    The doshi study tao and train in its use.
[13:15] Doshi A
    Mei-sama is essential to that training.
[13:19] Gantetsusai
    Train? But you're monsters.
[13:23] Doshi A
    Tao exists within all things.
[13:25] Doshi A
    Foolish and pathetic humans,
[13:27] Doshi A
    I shall teach you before you become tan.
[13:30] Doshi A
    There are five steps to mastering tao.
[13:33] Doshi A
    Doin, taisoku, shuitsu, shuten...
[13:37] Doshi A
    And finally, most important
    of all, bochu jutsu.
[13:42] Doshi A
    Bochu jutsu requires a partner,
[13:44] Doshi A
    as it involves the circulation of yin
    and yang, or congress.
[13:48] Gantetsusai
    What does "congress" mean?
[13:51] Fuchi
    In plain terms, he means sexual intercourse.
[13:54] Gantetsusai
    What?
[13:55] Gantetsusai
    Screwing for training? That's ridiculous.
[13:58] Doshi A
    It is a noble type of training.
[14:01] Doshi A
    All things possess either yin or yang qi.
[14:05] Doshi A
    One must grow their tao
    to the point that both circulate.
[14:09] Doshi A
    The mind and body are prepared through
    training such as doin and taisoku,
[14:12] Doshi A
    and both parties' yin and yang are joined
    and made to circulate.
[14:16] Doshi A
    This is bochu jutsu.
[14:18] Doshi A
    Tao heightened in this way is said to possess
    the power to change the laws of nature.
[14:25] Doshi A
    It was our masters, the Tensen,
    who developed this technique.
[14:31] Doshi A
    The Tensen are transcendent
    beings who can circulate yin
[14:33] Doshi A
    and yang on their own in addition
    to performing bochu jutsu.
[14:38] Doshi A
    Through repeated circulations
    and conversions of yin and yang,
[14:40] Doshi A
    they heighten their tao.
[14:42] Doshi A
    They have trained
    for a thousand years in order
[14:45] Doshi A
    to achieve the greatest
    level of tao possible.
[14:49] Doshi A
    Yin and yang are expressed as the sexes.
[14:51] Doshi A
    In the case of the Tensen, each one is both.
[14:54] Gabimaru
    The circulation of yin and yang...
[14:57] Gabimaru
    That must be when they
    swap between male and female.
[15:00] Doshi A
    But ordinary creatures only
    possess one or the other.
[15:04] Doshi A
    Therefore, they require a partner
    for yin-yang circulation.
[15:07] Doshi A
    We are male. We possess yang qi.
[15:10] Doshi A
    Mei-sama is yin, and her qi
    is of the highest quality.
[15:14] Doshi A
    Joining and circulating Mei-sama's yin with
    our yang allows us to perform bochu jutsu.
[15:21] Fuchi
    In other words...
[15:22] Gantetsusai
    Don't say it. It makes me want to puke.
[15:25] Doshi A
    Though Mei-sama and
    the Tensen share the same origins,
[15:28] Doshi A
    she is an inferior being
    who possesses only yin qi.
[15:31] Doshi A
    It's the reason she was
    banished from the palace.
[15:34] Doshi A
    Rien-sama gave Mei-sama two choices.
[15:38] Doshi A
    Die like a dog,
[15:40] Doshi A
    or remain in Horai as our training partner.
[15:44] Doshi A
    Rien-sama inflicted those scars
    on her body as a mark of that.
[15:51] Doshi A
    However, Mei-sama disappeared from Horai.
[15:55] Doshi A
    Please return so that we
    can conduct our training.
[15:59] Gantetsusai
    I see now why she's afraid of you.
[16:02] Gantetsusai
    You're totally disgusting.
[16:05] Doshi A
    A human wouldn't understand.
[16:07] Gantetsusai
    Ninja, I'm gonna kill that centi—
[16:13] Gabimaru
    Since we arrived, I haven't
    been acting like myself.
[16:16] Gabimaru
    No,
[16:17] Gabimaru
    I've been seeing sides of myself
    that not even I knew about.
[16:20] Gabimaru
    I'm a little surprised.
[16:23] Gabimaru
    Apparently I find that kind of
    behavior unforgivable.
[16:29] Gabimaru
    Marked?
[16:31] Gabimaru
    Don't talk about her like she's an object.
[16:33] Doshi A
    I see.
[16:35] Doshi A
    It will be difficult to turn you into tan.
[16:42] Oni Doshi A
    Senjutsu: False Kishikai.
[16:44] Oni Doshi A
    I'll kill you all here.
[16:46] Both
    I'd like to see you try.
[16:48] Gantetsusai
    Hermit? More like a transformed monster.
[16:52] Gabimaru
    That Tensen transformed
    into a monster as well.
[16:54] Gabimaru
    Is this the same ability?
[16:57] Gabimaru
    We can't afford to lose this time.
[17:04] Gantetsusai
    Whoops.
[17:05] Gantetsusai
    Their attacks are easier
    to dodge now that they've merged.
[17:09] Gantetsusai
    I feel dizzy. Did I inhale
    the insects' scales?
[17:12] Gantetsusai
    They're tough opponents.
[17:14] Gantetsusai
    Underling, assist me!
[17:16] Gabimaru
    I can't!
[17:18] Gabimaru
    It's hard.
[17:19] Gabimaru
    But it'll burn.
[17:25] Oni Doshi A
    Senjutsu: Tin Splinter.
[17:29] Gabimaru
    They're not as strong as the Tensen,
    but I still can't see it.
[17:34] Gantetsusai
    Those butterflies
    are dangerous, Shortymaru.
[17:37] Gabimaru
    Ninpo: Pyro Bridge.
[17:44] Oni Doshi A
    Stop.
[17:46] Oni Doshi A
    You'll hit Mei-sama.
[17:48] Gabimaru
    Tao, the invisible power.
[17:51] Gabimaru
    I can sense it vaguely,
[17:53] Gabimaru
    but I need to be able to detect it
    more precisely in order to fight.
[17:56] Gabimaru
    I don't have time to stumble
    over this opponent.
[17:59] Gabimaru
    My real opponents are them.
[18:01] Gabimaru
    If only I could understand
    what the girl said.
[18:03] Fuchi
    You're straining yourself
    too much, apparently.
[18:07] Fuchi
    In order to see tao, your mind
    must be both strong and weak.
[18:12] Gantetsusai
    How do you know that?
[18:14] Fuchi
    It's essentially the same way Sugita Genpaku
    translated the Tafel Anatomie.
[18:19] Fuchi
    I deciphered her words
    and had her demonstrate.
[18:23] Fuchi
    I had her assist me in sensing my own
    tao by having her touch it directly.
[18:29] Gabimaru
    I sense something, but that's all.
[18:31] Gabimaru
    I don't see anything.
[18:38] Fuchi
    Seeing tao requires training
    and a specific state of mind.
[18:43] Fuchi
    Gabimaru, in your case,
    you need to weaken your mind.
[18:48] Gabimaru
    Weaken it? We're in the middle of battle.
[18:51] Fuchi
    Regardless, you must.
[18:52] Fuchi
    Tao is like a visible
    expression of life force.
[18:55] Fuchi
    Without both strength
    and weakness, it can't be detected.
[18:59] Gabimaru
    Weaken my mind?
[19:02] Mei
    Strong, fruit of weak.
[19:05] Mei
    Weak, seed of strong.
[19:08] (Flashback) Sagiri
    That's not weakness.
[19:10] (Flashback) Sagiri
    It's the seed of strength.
[19:12] Mei
    Strong and weak.
[19:14] Mei
    All important.
[19:18] Fuchi
    I doubt it can be learned overnight, though.
[19:22] Gabimaru
    No, I'm good. I mostly get it.
[19:26] Fuchi
    What?
[19:27] Fuchi
    Mostly? Wait a minute.
[19:29] Mei
    Big.
[19:30] Fuchi
    Huh?
[19:32] Mei
    Gabimaru tao big.
[19:37] Gabimaru
    That feeling.
[19:42] Oni Doshi A
    Senjutsu: Tin Splinter...
[19:45] Fuchi
    He's dodging them.
[19:46] Fuchi
    He understood from just that explanation?
[19:48] Gantetsusai
    He's an Iwagakure shinobi, isn't he?
[19:51] Gantetsusai
    I've heard some of them
    use superhuman abilities.
[19:54] Gantetsusai
    He may not know the term tao,
[19:56] Gantetsusai
    but it wouldn't surprise me
    if he's mastered similar techniques.
[20:00] Gantetsusai
    This is Gabimaru the Hollow's true nature.
[20:03] Gantetsusai
    It's the result of training
    to the point of losing one's humanity.
[20:15] Gabimaru
    I can predict the intention and direction
    of his attacks from the movement of his tao.
[20:19] Gabimaru
    I can clearly sense
    the monsters behind me, too.
[20:22] Gabimaru
    I trained endlessly at Iwagakure,
[20:26] Gabimaru
    but none of them taught me this feeling.
[20:29] Gabimaru
    It's not just strong presences.
[20:31] Gabimaru
    I sense weak ones as well,
    everything around me.
[20:35] Gabimaru
    By accepting my own weakness,
[20:37] Gabimaru
    I can finally sense the weakness in others.
[20:42] Gabimaru
    The space between a tough heart
    and a delicate one, or both.
[20:47] Gabimaru
    It's like I'm deep in the waves of conflict.
[20:51] Gabimaru
    I understand her strength now.
[20:53] Gabimaru
    The way she moves forward while wavering.
[20:59] Gabimaru
    Both stronger and weaker.
[21:02] Gabimaru
    I know the intention and direction of
    each and every insect on its arms.
[21:07] Gabimaru
    It's like knowing
    the large waves that are created
[21:10] Gabimaru
    when a single drop of water collides
    with its surroundings.
[21:17] Doshi A
    Ninjutsu? No...
[21:20] Doshi A
    I can't believe a human
    is capable of such a feat.
[21:22] Doshi A
    He's like... like the Tensen.
[21:27] Gabimaru
    You can't win now.
[21:37] Gabimaru
    Now I'm finally
    on the same level as the Tensen.
[21:40] Doshi A
    He learned to detect tao
    in such a short amount of time?
[21:44] Doshi A
    The precision of his technique is...
[21:46] Gabimaru
    Tell me.
[21:48] Gabimaru
    Do you have other allies?
    Where are the Tensen?
[21:52] Doshi A
    This is the end for me.
    I shall answer your questions.
[21:54] Doshi A
    Including me, three doshi were instructed
    by the Tensen to spy on the humans.
[22:00] Doshi A
    They said there was something different
    about the ones who arrived this time.
[22:04] Doshi A
    That if we didn't do something about them,
    they could become a threat to us.
[22:08] Doshi A
    It would seem they were right.
[22:11] Gantetsusai
    Hey, wait!
[22:13] Gantetsusai
    I'm the star here. You're stealing
     my spotlight, underling.
[22:15] Gantetsusai
    I'll deal the finishing blow.
[22:17] Gabimaru
    I'm not your underling.
[22:25] Gabimaru
    Ninpo: Stone Storm, Centipede Mode.
[22:40] Sagiri
    So this is Horai...