E11 - What's in a Katana

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[00:01] Goddess
    This is goodbye, Musashi.
[00:04] Goddess
    I'm going to resume my rest within you.
SIGN    What's in a Katana
[00:08] Goddess
    Listen well.
[00:10] Goddess
    No matter what foes you face,
    you must not die.
[00:16] Goddess
    Because you are my vessel.
[00:20] Goddess
    And because Jisai was killed before
    we could finish what we started.
[00:27] Musashi
    Jisai? You mean Pops?
[00:30] Musashi
    What's he got to do with this?
[00:32] Goddess
    There's no time.
[00:34] Goddess
    I shall borrow your body.
[00:36] Musashi
    What are you gonna do?
[00:38] Goddess
    Witness my last fight in the material world.
[00:43] Goddess
    I'm going to dispose of the
    enemy with a single blow!
[02:22] Nanao
    It's drawing energy from
     every Kitetsu Blade here...
[02:27] Nanao
    There's only one person who could do that!
[02:30] Shiro
    See?! My goddess is the real deal!
[02:33] Goddess
    I will never be yours.
[02:36] Shiro
    Aw, you're gonna hurt my feelings!
[02:38] Goddess
    This is goodbye.
[02:40] Shiro
    Until we meet again.
[03:09] Bushi A
    What happened?
[03:22] Mitsuru Apprentice B
    Amazing!
[03:23] Mitsuru Apprentice A
    It was over in an instant...
[03:24] Bushi A
    Where's the enemy?
[03:25] Bushi B
    Gone.
[03:27] Bushi C
    Did we really manage to survive...?
[03:31] Mitsuru
    All thanks to that boy.
[03:37] Musashi
    I can still feel the sensation
    throughout my body...
[03:43] Musashi
    My heart is pounding.
[03:48] Musashi
    She was incredible.
[03:51] Musashi
    And we were able to survive with her help!
[03:53] Kojiro/Tsugumi
    Musashi!
[03:56] Musashi
    You two are okay! What a relief!
[03:59] Kojiro
    How are you? Anything feel funny?
[04:02] Tsugumi
    Musashi, you were awesome!
[04:04] Tsugumi
    What even was that?!
    It was crazy strong!
[04:06] Tsugumi
    You beat the enemy with one attack!
[04:08] Musashi
    Well, to be honest, that wasn't really me.
[04:11] Kojiro
    I could tell.
[04:12] Kojiro
    You seemed like a totally different person.
[04:14] Tsugumi
    Yeah! It was so weird!
[04:16] Tsugumi
    Were you possessed by a ghost or
    something? Like an evil spirit?
[04:19] Kojiro
    Hey! Don't talk about her like that.
[04:22] Kojiro
    She seemed really nice,
    and she was worried about Musashi.
[04:27] Kojiro
    What is it, Tsugumi?
[04:28] Tsugumi
    Kojiro... are you the type to trust
    any girl who's a little nice to you?
[04:36] Tsugumi
    You didn't learn your lesson after I
    kicked your butt when we first met?
[04:40] Tsugumi
    I'm worried about your future...
[04:42] Kojiro
    Wh-What's wrong with my future?!
[04:45] Kojiro
    Shut up! And what's so bad about it?!
[04:46] Musashi
    She did save us, but...
[04:49] Goddess
    Jisai was killed before we
    could finish what we started.
[04:54] Musashi
    What was she talking about?
[04:58] Musashi
    Does that lady know Pops somehow?
[05:02] Tsugumi
    Hey, Musashi, what's up with that sword?
[05:06] Musashi
    This sword?
[05:07] Musashi
    It broke!
[05:08] Musashi
    Seriously?! Again?!
[05:09] Mitsuru
    A Kitetsu Blade shatters if it channels
    more power than it can contain.
[05:14] Musashi
    The blacksmith!
[05:15] Mitsuru
    In other words, that katana breaking
    is a sign of your potential.
[05:21] Apprentice A
    Your last attack was really something!
[05:23] Mitsuru
    You saved all our tails.
[05:29] Mitsuru
    If there's anything you'd like as thanks,
     just let us know.
[05:32] Apprentice A
    We could choose a new katana for you!
[05:34] Apprentice A
    I'll even hone it!
[05:36] Apprentice B
    Why do you get to do that?
[05:37] Apprentice A
    Gotta get in early with
     someone this promising!
[05:39] Apprentice A
    Imagine what it'd do for
    your rep and your blades!
[05:43] Bushi C
    What in the world?!
[05:45] Bushi C
    This giant hole wasn't here before, was it?
[05:49] Bushi D
    Isn't this where the Kishin's body was?
    Where'd it go?
[06:27] Nanao
    Well, that was dangerous.
[06:31] Nanao
    We managed to escape thanks
    to your technique, Master.
[06:34] Nanao
    But we finally found the obsidian goddess.
[06:40] Shiro
    She's not getting away next time.
[07:03] Musashi
    What a sight...
[07:05] Tsugumi
    A lot of Bushi did die yesterday.
[07:08] Kojiro
    Is this... like a funeral?
[07:31] Musashi
    This is how Bushi pay their respects, huh?
[07:39] Kid
    Father... Mother...
[07:41] Kid
    Father! Mother!
[07:50] Kojiro
    No one wants to walk away from the swords.
[07:53] Tsugumi
    Yeah. They're mementos, after all.
[07:57] Tsugumi
    Kitetsu Blades are kinda special, y'know?
[08:00] Tsugumi
    The feelings of their wielders
    linger inside of them.
[08:06] Tsugumi
    Some people treat them
    like the symbol of a Bushi's life.
[08:13] Kojiro
    Our katanas...
[08:19] Kojiro
    My dad said something similar once.
[08:23] Tsugumi
    Well, I can't say I really agree with it.
[08:28] Musashi
    What do you mean, Tsugumi?
[08:31] Tsugumi
    My blades belonged to my late sister.
[08:37] Tsugumi
    But they're just objects.
[08:40] Tsugumi
    They're no replacement for her.
[08:43] Tsugumi
    When someone dies, it's all over.
[08:46] Tsugumi
    They're gone and won't be coming back.
[08:49] Musashi
    Tsugumi...
[09:02] Tsugumi
    Or whatever!
[09:03] Kojiro
    Ow!
[09:04] Kojiro
    What was that for?!
[09:05] Kojiro
    And here I thought you had a little depth!
SIGN    Ryuzoji
    Band
SIGN    Ryuzoji
    Band
[09:27] Tsugumi
    Hooray! First futon in ages!
[09:30] Musashi
    So you'll be taking off tomorrow?
[09:31] Tsugumi
    Roll-a-roll-a-roll-a-roll!
[09:33] Tsugumi
    So fluffy!
[09:33] Mitsuru
    Right.
[09:34] Mitsuru
    The Kishin's gone, after all.
[09:34] Tsugumi
    I can't believe how fluffy these are!
[09:36] Kojiro
    Thanks for putting us up for the night.
[09:37] Tsugumi
    We're not sleeping outside for once!
[09:40] Mitsuru
    Thanks for saving our lives.
[09:42] Mitsuru
    See you.
[09:43] Musashi
    Hang on!
[09:44] Musashi
    There's something I wanted to ask you.
[09:48] Tsugumi
    What's this all about?
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[10:03] Mitsuru
    This young man will now attempt
    his sword trial again.
[10:08] Crowd
    He's trying again!
[10:16] Kojiro
    This is what he asked for?
[10:18] Onlooker B
    It's that redhead.
    I hope it goes well for him this time!
[10:22] Onlooker A
    He failed his first try, right?
[10:25] Onlooker C
    Is this gonna work? Didn't he give
    off that black shine last time?
[10:32] Goddess
    I need to return to sleep soon.
[10:36] Goddess
    When I do, Musashi will
    lose the obsidian power...
[10:42] Kojiro
    He's not gonna have that dark glow again.
[10:46] Tsugumi
    It's gotta be okay this time!
[10:50] Tsugumi
    Huh?
[10:55] Tsugumi
    That sword...
[10:57] Tsugumi
    It's the same red blade
    he failed with the first time!
[11:01] Tsugumi
    Why would he choose that?!
[11:03] Tsugumi
    Talk about bad luck!
[11:05] Mitsuru
    It's the best one we have
    on hand at the moment.
[11:09] Mitsuru
    Listen up. The trial is the same as before.
[11:12] Mitsuru
    If the Kitetsu Blade glows, you pass.
     If it doesn't, you fail.
[11:16] Mitsuru
    You get one shot at this.
    There are no do-overs.
[11:19] Mitsuru
    Understood?
[11:20] Musashi
    Yeah!
[11:30] Musashi
    Hey, Tsugumi.
[11:31] Tsugumi
    Huh? What is it?
[11:32] Musashi
    Remember what you said about katana
    being the symbols of a Bushi's life?
[11:40] Musashi
    To be honest, I don't know
    what to believe either.
[12:00] Tsugumi
    This is bad! Why's he bringing that up now?
[12:05] Musashi
    But y'know...
[12:06] Musashi
    Pops cared a lot about swords
    and the Bushi way.
[12:13] Jisai
    You swear loyalty to whatever you
    cherish and gives you strength,
[12:17] Jisai
    then live without ever betraying that.
[12:20] Jisai
    That's the Bushi way of life.
[12:23] Musashi
    So I want to learn more about them.
[12:28] Musashi
    Where will the road lead me
    once I take up my katana?
[12:31] Musashi
    What's the world of Bushi like?
[12:42] Musashi
    It's true that the dead are gone forever.
[12:47] Musashi
    But the things that they cared about...
[12:49] Musashi
    If I'm still here and
     able to cherish them too...
[12:57] Musashi
    Then isn't there still something to symbolize
[13:01] Musashi
    that they were once alive?
[13:21] Musashi
    And so...
[13:39] Kid
    It lit up!
[13:50] Mitsuru
    The sword trial for
     Enma's Oodachi is a success!
[14:01] Kojiro
    You did it, Musashi!
[14:10] Kojiro
    Musashi! You can finally use one, too!
[14:14] Musashi
    Kojiro!
[14:16] Kojiro
    Now we can finally fight side-by-side—
[14:20] Bushi E
    This is great, Red! You did it!
[14:25] Kojiro
    What gives?
[14:27] Kojiro
    Making a big fuss, aren't we?
[14:29] Kojiro
    Nobody seemed to care when I passed.
[14:34] Tsumugi
    That's just how it is.
[14:36] Tsumugi
    Your soul was blue, remember?
[14:39] Kojiro
    Yeah, and?
[14:41] Tsumugi
    Get a load of Musashi's color.
[14:44] Kojiro
    His color?
[14:46] Kojiro
    Looks red.
[14:48] Tsumugi
    Yep. A burning bright red.
[14:52] Tsumugi
    Remember what we learned?
[14:54] Tsumugi
    About the color of a Bushi's soul?
[14:57] Mitsuru
    There are five colors in total.
[14:59] Mitsuru
    And depending on the color,
    a Kitetsu Blade can use different powers.
[15:02] Kojiro
    So blue is average?
[15:04] Tsumugi
    Yep! Blue's a totally normal color that
    about half all Bushi are born with.
[15:09] Tsumugi
    Compared to that, only a few Bushi are red!
[15:13] Tsumugi
    It's rare and powerful.
[15:15] Kojiro
    He got the rare and powerful one?!
[15:19] Mitsuru
    That's a great color
    you've got there, Musashi!
[15:22] Musashi
    Aw...
[15:23] Apprentice A
    This is worth celebrating, Red!
[15:24] Mitsuru
    Nicely done.
[15:27] Kojiro
    Everyone's fawning over Musashi...
[15:30] Kojiro
    I completed my trial
    two days sooner than he did!
[15:33] Tsumugi
    I can tell Kojiro's sulking because
    he feels outdone by Musashi.
[15:38] Tsumugi
    It's not like being blue means he's weak.
[15:43] Musashi
    Hey, Kojiro.
[15:45] Musashi
    I need to talk to you about something.
[15:47] Kojiro
    What is it?!
[15:52] Kojiro
    What's got you so tense?
[16:07] Kojiro
    What did you want to talk about?
[16:09] Musashi
    Listen...
[16:11] Musashi
    During your sword trial,
[16:14] Musashi
    did you see anything?
[16:16] Kojiro
    See anything?
[16:18] Kojiro
    Like what?
[16:20] Musashi
    Stuff from your past, maybe.
[16:21] Kojiro
    No, but it happened so fast
    that I'm not really sure.
[16:25] Musashi
    I see...
[16:26] Kojiro
    What are you getting at?
[16:31] Musashi
    During mine... I saw Pops.
[16:36] Musashi
    That dark lady showed me something.
[16:40] Musashi
    I think she might know your dad.
[16:47] Kojiro
    What are you saying?
[16:50] Musashi
    I'm not really sure.
[16:52] Musashi
    But she talked like they knew each other.
[16:55] Musashi
    Did Pops ever mention her?
[16:58] Kojiro
    No, never.
[17:00] Kojiro
    All he left for me were the
    legends in those scrolls,
[17:06] Kojiro
    this katana,
[17:08] Kojiro
    and the steel horse.
[17:10] Musashi
    The steel horse...
[17:15] Musashi
    These are the vehicles that people...
     that Bushi hands use, right?
[17:20] Musashi
    We never saw them back in our town,
     but there're a bunch here.
[17:26] Musashi
    I wonder why Pops had one.
[17:30] Kojiro
    Could it be?
[17:33] Kojiro
    Did Dad have some kind of connection
    to Bushi from outside of town?
[17:42] Nanao
    A middle-aged man with white hair
    and scars over his eye...
[17:47] Nanao
    Isn't that who we're supposed to be after?
[17:52] Nanao
    The great criminal...
[17:55] Nanao
    who spirited away with the obsidian
    goddess inside of his body.
[17:59] Shiro
    Yeah.
[18:00] Nanao
    But if that redheaded boy
     is the goddess's host,
[18:05] Nanao
    the description is all wrong.
[18:07] Shiro
    Except...
[18:08] Shiro
    it's been fifteen years
    since he went into hiding.
[18:13] Shiro
    Suppose the goddess picked a
    different vessel for some reason.
[18:20] Shiro
    His name was Musashi, right?
[18:23] Shiro
    He didn't seem to have any
    clue about the goddess.
[18:34] Tsugumi
    Kojiro?
[18:36] Tsugumi
    Let's get a move on.
[18:41] Tsugumi
    The other Bushi are already
    on their way out.
[18:46] Kojiro
    Dad... I always assumed he was like me
[18:50] Kojiro
    and spent his whole life in Tatsuyama.
[18:55] Jisai
    After everyone else in this country
    cast aside their pride
[18:58] Jisai
    and gave up on resisting the oni,
[19:01] Jisai
    the Bushi continued to fight
    for people's place in this world.
[19:08] Jisai
    It's their way of life.
[19:11] Jisai
    Kojiro... you're not trash.
[19:15] Jisai
    You're the descendant of a proud,
    courageous bloodline.
[19:19] Jisai
    Don't ever forget that.
[19:26] Kojiro
    I wish I could have talked to him more.
[19:36] Kojiro
    But... the Bushi world he always used
    to talk about is in front of me now.
[19:44] Kojiro
    Maybe if I walk the same path he did,
    I'll be able to figure something out.
[20:09] Musashi
    Kojiro sure is taking a while...
[20:14] Musashi
    I wonder what's up.
[20:16] Tsugumi
    He seemed lost in thought.
[20:19] Tsugumi
    Maybe he's sulking after seeing your sword.
[20:23] Tsugumi
    To be honest, he never seemed
    as motivated as you.
[20:29] Kojiro
    Who's unmotivated about what now?
[20:32] Musashi
    Kojiro!
[20:33] Tsugumi
    Where'd you go?
[20:35] Kojiro
    What do you mean?
    I was getting food and supplies.
[20:39] Kojiro
    You two need to get us a lead
    on the next Kishin, too.
[20:43] Tsumugi
    Well, looky there. He is motivated.
[20:45] Kojiro
    I bought a map, too.
[20:47] Tsumugi
    Hey, you really did!
[20:49] Musashi
    A map? Lemme see!
[20:53] Musashi
    So this is Hinomoto?
[20:56] Musashi
    Wow! I've never seen
    anything like it before!
[21:00] Musashi
    Man, Aki is tiny!
[21:02] Tsumugi
    Hey, where's Samidare Castle?!
[21:05] Musashi
    Where are we headed next?
[21:07] Tsumugi
    I'm not sure.
[21:09] Tsumugi
    I've never seen such a big map before.
[21:12] Tsumugi
    It's so big, I don't know where to start...
[21:16] Tsumugi
    What are we going to do?
[21:19] Kojiro
    The great eastern mine is here.
[21:21] Kojiro
    Which means we're right here.
[21:24] Kojiro
    There are mountains to the north.
[21:26] Kojiro
    That'll make the going tough.
[21:28] Kojiro
    But if we head west,
    we'll be right back where we started.
[21:32] Kojiro
    That being the case...
[21:33] Kojiro
    How about we head east?
[21:37] Tsumugi
    Makes sense!
[21:38] Musashi
    Sounds good!
[21:41] Musashi
    You feeling ready now, Kojiro?
[21:44] Kojiro
    Yeah.
[21:46] Kojiro
    I figured I needed to get my head straight
    if we're really gonna do this.
[22:07] Musashi
    That's right. We're finally
    getting started for real.
[22:11] Kojiro
    There's a whole lot we've never seen before.
[22:15] Kojiro
    But I don't mind. We can go check it out...
[22:19] Kojiro
    Our Bushi band of three!
[22:24] Musashi
    Yeah!
[22:26] Tsumugi
    You got it, Captain!
[22:51] Kojiro
    All right...
[22:52] Kojiro
    We're headed east!
[22:56] Musashi
    Time for the Kanemaki Band to move out!
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