# E8 - Student and Master
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**[00:27] Tenza**
* As far back as I could remember,*
* people always said the same things about me.*
**[00:33] (Flashback) Townie A**
Trash.
**[00:34] (Flashback) Townie B**
Good for nothing.
**[00:35] (Flashback) Townie C**
Useless.
**[00:39] Tenza**
*I was born and raised in the slums.*
**[00:42] Tenza**
* My parents had neither the*
* resources nor desire to feed me.*
**[00:53] Tenza**
*When I got hungry, I stole, and I took.*
**[00:57] Tenza**
*Aside from killing, I'd do anything.*
**[01:04] Tenza**
*I slept when I wanted to,*
**[01:07] Tenza**
*and woke when I wanted to.*
**[01:14] Tenza**
*I was free.*
**[01:18] (Flashback) Tenza**
Ow.
**[01:19] (Flashback) Tenza**
Hey, watch where you're going!
**[01:21] (Flashback) Samurai A**
A street urchin, huh?
**[01:22] (Flashback) Samurai A**
Trash.
**[01:32] (Flashback) Samurai A**
Please, no more.
**[01:40] (Flashback) Shion**
That's enough.
**[01:43] (Flashback) Tenza**
Who the hell are you?
***SIGN*** Student and Master
**[03:28] Nurugai**
We won't find a current leading off
the island wandering the beach aimlessly.
**[03:33] Nurugai**
The sun and sand will just exhaust us.
**[03:36] Tenza**
Stop being right all the time!
**[03:37] Tenza**
It's the best idea that an idiot
like me is gonna come up with.
**[03:40] Tenza**
There are bugs and monsters in the woods.
**[03:43] Nurugai**
We could defeat them by working together.
**[03:45] Tenza**
Now that I know you're a woman,
I'd like to avoid danger.
**[03:49] Nurugai**
You know what? I really
do want to marry you.
**[03:52] Tenza**
It's way too soon for
that in lots of ways.
**[03:53] Tenza**
We need to leave this place alive
before we start thinking about marriage.
**[03:57] Tenza**
Let's play it safe, even if it takes longer.
**[04:00] Tenza**
We'll avoid fighting as much as possible.
**[04:02] Nurugai**
Your prudence will make you a good husband.
**[04:06] Tenza**
Huh?
**[04:12] Tenza**
What? Who?
**[04:15] Tenza**
She just fell from the sky...
**[04:17] Zhu Jin (F)**
The forest was... noisy. It was unusual.
**[04:22] Zhu Jin (F)**
I saw the corpses of many Soshin.
**[04:25] Zhu Jin (F)**
Also unusual.
**[04:28] Zhu Jin (M)**
Did you do it?
**[04:30] Nurugai**
It turned into a man.
**[04:32] Tenza**
It's a monster. We should run.
**[04:35] Zhu Jin (M)**
Why do you flee?
**[04:40] Tenza**
Huh?
**[04:41] Zhu Jin (M)**
It's pointless.
**[04:52] Zhu Jin (M)**
Not that it matters,
**[04:54] Zhu Jin (M)**
but doesn't it bother you
when things aren't as they normally are?
**[04:58] Zhu Jin (M)**
I don't like it, myself.
**[05:09] Zhu Jin (M)**
Huh, you move well for a human.
**[05:26] Zhu Jin (M)**
You're fast for a human.
**[05:31] Tenza**
Nurugai-san!
**[05:34] Tenza**
We'll run on my signal.
**[05:36] Tenza**
Don't think about defeating it. Just run.
**[05:38] Nurugai**
Okay.
**[05:38] Tenza**
I don't have much stamina, but...
**[05:43] Tenza**
I take pride in the quickness of my blade.
**[05:57] Zhu Jin (M)**
Oh?
**[06:00] Tenza**
Now!
**[06:21] Zhu Jin (M)**
You tore my clothes.
**[06:27] Zhu Jin (M)**
How awful.
**[06:39] Nurugai**
Huh?
**[06:41] Tenza**
Ma...
**[06:42] Tenza**
Master!
**[06:43] Shion**
Run, Tenza!
**[06:45] Tenza**
Yes, Master!
**[06:52] Nurugai**
Who is he?
**[06:54] Tenza**
Yamada Asaemon Shion.
**[06:56] Tenza**
My master.
**[06:58] Nurugai**
He's blind.
**[07:00] Nurugai**
But he's running through
the forest regardless.
**[07:03] Tenza**
He apparently "sees" using smells and sounds.
**[07:14] Shion**
We made it pretty far.
**[07:16] Tenza**
Nurugai-ku—I mean,
**[07:18] Tenza**
Nurugai-san, now that this
guy's here, we'll be okay.
**[07:21] Tenza**
After all, I owe Shion-san my life,
and he taught me to use a sword.
***SIGN*** Tameshi-itto-ryu Rank 4
Yamada Asaemon
Shion
**[07:25] Tenza**
He's incredible—ow!
**[07:27] Shion**
You were relying too much on your speed,
and your movements were sloppy.
**[07:31] Shion**
Go for the head or feet first against
an opponent like that.
**[07:34] Shion**
I could hear how lukewarm
your lunges were, too.
**[07:35] Tenza**
Ow!
**[07:37] Shion**
Each strike should be executed carefully.
**[07:38] Tenza**
Ow!
**[07:39] Tenza**
Not even these circumstances can stop
you from acting like my teacher.
**[07:42] Tenza**
I'm actually kind of relieved.
**[07:45] Shion**
You still finish as weakly as ever, too.
**[07:47] Shion**
Unbelievable. I'm glad you're all right.
**[07:50] Shion**
I thought the last time
I saw you would be on the ship.
**[07:54] Tenza**
Do you want me to say something?
**[07:56] Tenza**
Wait a minute, Master. What have
you been doing all by yourself?
**[08:02] Shion**
I completed my duty and was on my way home.
**[08:13] Shion**
Unable to find a current
leading away from the island,
**[08:16] Shion**
I kept searching for one.
**[08:18] Nurugai**
Just like us.
**[08:19] Shion**
I found what seemed to be a current
leading out in just one place, but...
**[08:25] Shion**
I heard a noise and detected a presence
like nothing I'd experienced before.
**[08:29] Shion**
Realizing there were limits to what
a blind man could accomplish alone,
**[08:32] Shion**
I searched for others
who were also heading home.
**[08:35] Tenza**
Please take us there.
**[08:38] Tenza**
Together, the three of us
can figure something out.
**[08:40] Shion**
Maybe.
**[08:42] Shion**
But first...
**[08:48] Tenza**
What are you doing, Master?
**[08:51] Shion**
It's your turn to explain.
**[08:54] Shion**
Why are you protecting a criminal?
**[08:55] Shion**
You were told to execute
criminals immediately
**[08:58] Shion**
if they violated the rules
or the unexpected occurred.
**[09:02] Shion**
That's what I did.
**[09:06] Shion**
She tried to seduce me.
**[09:12] Shion**
So I executed her,
**[09:13] Shion**
as painlessly as possible.
**[09:17] Shion**
You seem to be assisting
that criminal. Explain.
**[09:22] Shion**
Depending on your answer,
an execution may be in order.
**[09:25] Tenza**
This child has committed no crime.
**[09:28] Shion**
I've memorized most
of the contents of the roster.
**[09:32] Shion**
I know the circumstances of the criminals.
**[09:35] Shion**
But the times we live in dictate
what is a crime, Tenza.
**[09:40] Shion**
The Yamada Asaemon are
the blade swung down by the times.
**[09:44] Shion**
It would be illogical
for a sword to choose who it cuts.
**[09:48] Shion**
Above all else, you violating
the rules could be
**[09:50] Shion**
interpreted as treason committed
by the entire Yamada clan.
**[09:53] Shion**
The actions of a single man
could threaten the entire clan.
**[09:57] Tenza**
But you taught me how to use a sword.
**[10:01] Tenza**
When I was a homeless scoundrel,
**[10:04] Tenza**
you took me in, even though you
weren't obligated to.
**[10:09] Shion**
Because I sensed resourcefulness
and potential in you.
**[10:13] Tenza**
Then it's the same for me.
**[10:15] Tenza**
I sense there's potential in a world
where this child can live freely.
**[10:20] Shion**
You've come to speak like a grown man.
**[10:22] Tenza**
Because of you.
**[10:25] Tenza**
Besides, I know you're a kind man.
**[10:29] Tenza**
I know you'll listen to me
if I speak from the heart.
**[10:41] (Flashback) Tenza**
I don't get why you'd help people.
**[10:46] Shion**
If you insist.
**[10:48] Tenza**
All right!
**[10:49] Tenza**
See? He's a good person.
**[10:52] Nurugai**
Uh, yeah.
**[10:53] Shion**
But the matter has simply been tabled.
**[10:56] Shion**
If protecting her would threaten
the Yamada clan or you...
**[11:02] Shion**
Then...
**[11:04] Shion**
What is it?
**[11:05] Tenza**
Her? I'm impressed you figured it out.
**[11:08] Shion**
Of course I did.
**[11:10] Shion**
I've got a good *eye* for evaluating people.
**[11:11] Tenza**
You sure do love making jokes like that.
**[11:15] Nurugai**
Nice to meet you, Master.
**[11:18] Shion**
Nice to meet you, Nurugai.
**[11:20] Shion**
But you needn't call me "Master."
**[11:23] Shion**
I haven't taught you anything.
**[11:28] Tenza**
Let's not waste any time checking
out this current you found.
**[11:31] Shion**
Keep your voice down.
**[11:33] Shion**
We'll take our time and be careful.
**[11:35] Shion**
The greatest threat we face
currently is that monster.
**[11:38] Shion**
It can't possibly be human.
**[11:40] Shion**
We should consider how we'll
respond if we encounter it.
**[11:43] Tenza**
If we just intend to flee, then we
should be able to do what we did earlier.
**[11:48] Zhu Jin (F)**
You underestimate me.
**[11:57] Tenza**
You saved us, Master.
**[11:58] Nurugai**
Thank you.
**[12:01] Tenza**
Master!
**[12:02] Zhu Jin (F)**
Huh?
**[12:03] Zhu Jin (F)**
I thought I'd taken off his head. Not bad.
**[12:15] Zhu Jin (F)**
I've gotten used to that.
**[12:18] Zhu Jin (F)**
You have to be alive to become Tan,
**[12:23] Zhu Jin (F)**
but because you're so
annoying, I'll kill you.
**[12:25] Tenza**
*What should I do? I should run, but...*
**[12:30] Tenza**
*No, I have to kill it now.*
**[12:38] Tenza**
Tameshi-itto-ryu Ultimate...
**[12:41] Shion**
Wait, Ten—
**[12:44] Tenza**
*Pounding Torrent!*
**[12:52] Zhu Jin (F)**
I told you, I'm used to that.
**[13:04] Nurugai**
Tenza!
**[13:15] (Flashback) Tenza**
Hey, Master.
**[13:16] (Flashback) Tenza**
Why'd you take in a guy like me?
**[13:19] (Flashback) Shion**
Mind your language.
**[13:21] (Flashback) Tenza**
Why did you take me in, Master?
**[13:25] (Flashback) Shion**
Taking lives is our job.
**[13:28] (Flashback) Shion**
I wish to spend the rest
of my time helping people.
**[13:31] (Flashback) Shion**
It's true that you're
a bit rough around the edges...
**[13:36] (Flashback) Shion**
but I sense potential in you.
**[13:38] (Flashback) Tenza**
Well, aren't you great?
**[13:41] (Flashback) Tenza**
I don't get why you'd help people.
**[13:49] (Flashback) Tenza**
Damn it.
**[13:51] (Flashback) Shion**
You're sloppy with your sword.
**[13:53] (Flashback) Shion**
You're allowing your
emotions to control you.
**[13:55] (Flashback) Shion**
Your rage, and your doubt.
**[13:59] (Flashback) Tenza**
It's not like I want to be a samurai.
**[14:02] (Flashback) Tenza**
This is pointless.
**[14:04] (Flashback) Shion**
I'm not asking you to follow
the samurai code from the start.
**[14:07] (Flashback) Shion**
But someday, if you find
something you want to protect,
**[14:12] (Flashback) Shion**
the sword skills you've developed
will definitely help you.
**[14:16] (Flashback) Tenza**
Something I want to protect...
**[14:19] (Flashback) Shion**
Look at that cherry blossom tree.
**[14:21] (Flashback) Shion**
Its trunk is lean,
and its flowers are still buds.
**[14:24] (Flashback) Shion**
But buds contain all manner of potential.
**[14:29] (Flashback) Shion**
So do you.
**[14:30] (Flashback) Shion**
The day will come when your
buds of potential blossom.
**[14:35] Townie A**
Trash.
**[14:36] Townie B**
Good for nothing.
**[14:37] Townie C**
Useless.
**[14:37] Samurai A**
A street urchin, huh?
**[14:40] (Flashback) Shion**
Now, continue.
**[14:42] (Flashback) Tenza**
I don't.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Tenza**
I don't have potential!
**[14:47] (Flashback) Tenza**
I don't have status or money.
**[14:50] (Flashback) Tenza**
Since the day I was born,
I've never had potential!
**[14:56] (Flashback) Tenza**
I'm quitting.
**[14:57] (Flashback) Shion**
What?
**[14:58] (Flashback) Tenza**
I said I'm quitting.
**[14:59] (Flashback) Tenza**
I've had enough of this strict lifestyle.
**[15:02] (Flashback) Tenza**
I wanna live how I want to live.
**[15:05] (Flashback) Shion**
Are you serious about that?
**[15:06] (Flashback) Tenza**
Yeah.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Shion**
Then I have a condition.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Tenza**
A condition?
**[15:12] (Flashback) Shion**
Just one blow.
**[15:14] (Flashback) Shion**
Anytime, anywhere. Land a single blow on me.
**[15:19] (Flashback) Shion**
If you can do that,
**[15:20] (Flashback) Shion**
then I'll allow you to quit.
**[15:26] (Flashback) Tenza**
I don't have time for this.
**[15:30] (Flashback) Eizen**
Where are you going?
The dojo is in the other direction.
**[15:35] (Flashback) Eizen**
Shion told me about your deal.
**[15:37] (Flashback) Eizen**
Have you already landed a blow on him?
**[15:40] (Flashback) Tenza**
Are you going to drag me back?
**[15:42] (Flashback) Eizen**
Do as you please.
**[15:43] (Flashback) Tenza**
Huh?
**[15:44] (Flashback) Eizen**
But before you go, accompany me on a walk.
**[15:47] (Flashback) Eizen**
I woke up too early and have nothing to do.
***SIGN*** Namu Amida Butsu
**[16:01] (Flashback) Eizen**
Shion's former junior sleeps here.
**[16:06] (Flashback) Eizen**
His name was Tesshin.
**[16:08] (Flashback) Tenza**
His junior?
**[16:09] (Flashback) Eizen**
Like you, he was dissolute.
**[16:12] (Flashback) Eizen**
He had talent, but he lacked motivation.
**[16:16] (Flashback) Tenza**
Then Master must've put him
through the wringer, like me.
**[16:22] (Flashback) Eizen**
At the time, Shion focused
on improving his own skills.
**[16:26] (Flashback) Eizen**
He didn't have nearly the same passion
for teaching as he does now.
**[16:29] (Flashback) Eizen**
In the end, Tesshin said he'd live
how he pleased and left the dojo.
**[16:34] (Flashback) Eizen**
For a while, things stayed the same.
**[16:38] (Flashback) Eizen**
That day, Shion went out
to test his sword just like he always did
**[16:42] (Flashback) Eizen**
and stood before the criminal.
**[16:48] (Flashback) Eizen**
But Shion wouldn't lower
the sword he raised.
**[16:53] (Flashback) Tenza**
Could it be?
**[16:54] (Flashback) Eizen**
Yes.
**[16:55] (Flashback) Eizen**
Shion realized the criminal
before him was Tesshin.
**[17:00] (Flashback) Eizen**
After leaving the dojo,
**[17:03] (Flashback) Eizen**
Tesshin eventually struggled
to feed himself and turned to crime.
**[17:07] (Flashback) Tenza**
What did Master do?
**[17:10] (Flashback) Eizen**
Naturally, he killed him
as a Yamada Asaemon.
**[17:14] (Flashback) Eizen**
Shion clearly heard Tesshin's last words.
**[17:18] (Flashback) Eizen**
Apparently, he said this.
**[17:22] (Flashback) Eizen**
"Master, I'm sorry."
**[17:25] (Flashback) Eizen**
That's when Shion became passionate about
**[17:29] (Flashback) Eizen**
teaching his juniors
and began helping people.
**[17:32] (Flashback) Eizen**
If you live the life of a scoundrel,
you might eventually end up the same way.
**[17:37] (Flashback) Eizen**
He probably felt it would be
a waste for that to happen.
**[17:40] Shion**
*So do you.*
**[17:42] Shion**
* The day will come when your*
* buds of potential blossom.*
**[17:46] (Flashback) Eizen**
Well?
**[17:48] (Flashback) Eizen**
Will you run from this place
without landing a single blow on him?
**[18:01] (Flashback) Shion**
Ah, Tenza.
**[18:03] (Flashback) Tenza**
Master, please spar with me.
**[18:16] (Flashback) Shion**
You seem different than before.
**[18:19] Tenza**
* I've never seriously devoted myself*
* to anything before, but...*
**[18:30] (Flashback) Shion**
Your flanks are undefended.
**[18:34] (Flashback) Tenza**
Again.
**[18:36] (Flashback) Tenza**
Again.
**[18:39] (Flashback) Tenza**
Again.
**[18:42] (Flashback) Tenza**
Again.
**[18:44] Tenza**
*I want to land a blow on him.*
**[18:51] Tenza**
* He's the first person*
* to believe in my potential.*
**[18:56] Tenza**
*Hey, Master.*
**[18:58] Tenza**
*Can I believe in my own potential?*
**[19:01] Tenza**
*And like you said, someday...*
**[19:06] Tenza**
* Someday, will I find*
* someone I want to protect?*
**[19:21] Tenza**
*My fingertips are growing cold.*
**[19:25] Tenza**
*But I'm burning from the chest up.*
**[19:31] Tenza**
*I see.*
**[19:33] Tenza**
*I'm dying.*
**[19:36] Tenza**
* We're all going to be*
* killed by this monster.*
**[19:50] Tenza**
*I won't let that happen!*
**[19:56] Tenza**
*Even if I die, I'll make sure they escape.*
**[19:59] Tenza**
*I don't care how I do it.*
**[20:02] Tenza**
* I'll do everything I can*
* to buy time for them.*
**[20:14] Tenza**
*Stay away.*
**[20:16] Tenza**
*Run. Please run.*
**[20:29] Tenza**
*Both of you, run.*
**[20:33] Tenza**
*Don't, Master.*
**[20:35] Tenza**
*You can't beat it.*
**[20:36] Tenza**
*You know that.*
**[20:39] Tenza**
*My throat's too damaged to speak.*
**[20:42] Tenza**
*Master, please run.*
**[20:44] Tenza**
*Just one word.*
**[20:46] Tenza**
*Let me speak.*
**[21:04] Nurugai**
Tenza!
**[21:21] Tenza**
*Master, I'm sorry.*
**[21:23] Tenza**
*You took care of me, but I...*
**[21:26] Tenza**
*Nurugai-san, please live.*
**[21:29] Tenza**
*You have potential.*
**[21:33] Tenza**
*Potential...*
**[21:35] Tenza**
*I wonder what potential I had.*
**[21:50] Zhu Jin (F)**
He was pretty tough.
**[22:03] Nurugai**
Why are we abandoning him? I'm going back!
**[22:06] Shion**
Don't.
**[22:08] Shion**
This is what Tenza wanted.
**[22:11] Nurugai**
But still... you're his master, right?
**[22:15] Nurugai**
Isn't he your student?
**[22:16] Shion**
He's more than that!
**[22:18] Shion**
We're brothers who wanted the same thing.
**[22:22] Shion**
He risked his life for us.
I can't waste that.
**[22:28] Shion**
We can't beat that monster right now.
**[22:30] Shion**
If we hadn't run, we would've all died.
**[22:32] Shion**
We had to retreat.
**[22:34] Shion**
But I swear we'll make them pay.
**[23:06] (Flashback) Tenza**
All right! I hit you!
**[23:10] (Flashback) Shion**
That was impressive.
**[23:11] (Flashback) Shion**
Now you're free to do as you please.
**[23:17] (Flashback) Tenza**
Master, will you keep
teaching—no, I mean...
**[23:22] (Flashback) Tenza**
Master, I humbly request that you
continue teaching me to use a sword.
**[23:28] (Flashback) Shion**
Of course.