E15 - Equals

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[00:00] Naotora
    This castle sure takes me back.
[00:03] Tatsuomi
    Plenty of reason for that.
[00:05] Tatsuomi
    We spent a lot of time here as kids...
[00:10] Tatsuomi
    as the heirs of two of the five
     greatest bands in Hinomoto.
[00:13] Naotora
    All toward realizing our shared dream of peace.
[00:17] Tatsuomi
    It was regular old hostage diplomacy.
[00:19] Tatsuomi
    You always wrap everything
    in pretty ideals. So damn naive.
[00:23] Naotora
    No need to be so harsh.
[00:25] Naotora
    Now, how goes the plan to
    liberate Awaji Island?
[00:27] Tatsuomi
    Off to a good start.
[00:29] Tatsuomi
    Kanetatsu managed to get the second and
    third deployments onto the island.
[00:34] Tatsuomi
    We know what we're up against
     with Yamata no Orochi, too.
[00:38] Naotora
    So it sounds like you don't need my band.
[00:41] Tatsuomi
    I called you here for another reason.
[00:45] Tatsuomi
    The Obsidian Goddess has been found.
[00:49] Tatsuomi
    And if we can get our hands on her,
    it'll be the end of oni hunts.
[00:54] Tatsuomi
    We could make history here, Naotora.
[00:58] Tatsuomi
    But it seems the enemy has found her, as well.
[01:01] Naotora
    The black dogs?
[01:03] Tatsuomi
    Yeah. When Yamata no Orochi takes the field,
[01:07] Tatsuomi
    either the black dogs or one of their minions
     will move to take the Uesugi down.
[01:13] Tatsuomi
    Most likely from within.
[01:16] Naotora
    An infiltrator, huh?
[01:18] Naotora
    So what's the plan?
[01:19] Tatsuomi
    Kuroko's been looking into it.
[01:21] Tatsuomi
    Once she finds them, we strike.
[01:24] Naotora
    I'm gonna get out of here, then...
[01:26] Tatsuomi
    Naotora?
[01:29] Naotora
    We're gonna need more help.
SIGN    Equals
[03:01] Unit Commander
    The mission was a success thanks to you all!
[03:04] Unit Commander
    A toast to our comrades!
[03:05] Unit
    Yeah!
[03:07] Tsugumi/Kojiro
    Time to eat!
[03:09] Natsuki
    Shit... Akihiro always gets
     all the glory for slaying the oni.
[03:14] Natsuki
    So damn irritating!
[03:17] Sanae
    Watch what you're doing!
[03:18] Natsuki
    Tokisame, Tadayuki,
    let's go blow off some steam.
[03:22] Tokisame/Tadayuki
    Right.
[03:23] Morishika
    What's their problem?
[03:25] Yabunaka
    Honestly, it's revolting! We should—
[03:25] Sanae
    They think they can just—
[03:26] Amako
    People, we're in the middle of a debriefing.
[03:30] Fuyuie
    Master Haruhisa, should
    we really just let them go?
[03:34] Haruhisa
    They just need to de-stress.
[03:37] Kijinosuke
    Have you seen the good señor?
[03:39] Mamori
    We can't find Musashi anywhere.
[03:42] Haruhisa
    Maybe he ran off.
[03:44] Shige
    And whose fault would that be?
[03:46] Shige
    You raked him over the coals
    the entire trip back.
[03:48] Mamori
    I wonder where he's gone...
[04:00] (Flashback) Natsuki
    You mean to tell me you went off
     about how "we're all fellow Bushi"
[04:04] (Flashback) Natsuki
    when you didn't even know
    about Blade Energy circuits?
[04:08] (Flashback) Tadayuki
    Are you stupid?
[04:09] Musashi
    I was totally useless...
    I can't expect them to let me join.
[04:16] Musashi
    I can't even ask! It'd be super lame!
[04:19] Musashi
    But it's not like I can fight alone...
[04:24] (Flashback) Musashi
    C-Can I join you...?
[04:26] (Flashback) Haruhisa
    Ignore that trash.
[04:29] (Flashback) Haruhisa
    He'll be of no help in battle.
[04:33] (Flashback) Natsuki
    You can say that again!
[04:35] (Flashback) Tadayuki
    Bushi aren't social circles, dumbass.
[04:38] (Flashback) Natsuki
    See you around, Mr. Delusional!
[04:41] Musashi
    Maybe they're right.
[04:43] Musashi
    And I went and said something like...
[04:46] Musashi
    We fellow Bushi are in this together!
[04:50] Musashi
    Huh?
[04:51] Mamori
    Is he seriously that confused?
[04:53] Sanae
    He's got rainbows and flowers for brains.
[04:55] Amako
    Just the idiocy I'd expect from a brat.
[04:57] Hikaru
    Get a clue, man.
[04:59] Yabunaka
    He probably thinks he has one.
[05:04] Musashi
    Michiru, you get me, right?
[05:07] Michiru
    Uh, could you not touch me, please?
[05:09] Michiru
    You suck, Musashi.
[05:11] Michiru
    You clueless loser.
[05:16] Musashi
    I'm a total screwup.
[05:26] Musashi
    I'm just gonna be a nuisance
    if I stick around.
[05:31] Musashi
    Might as well find Kojiro and
     Tsugumi, and then run...
[05:34] Musashi
    Run...?
[05:40] Amako
    Planning to run off?
[05:48] Amako
    Desertion is a crime, you know.
[05:51] Musashi
    It's none of your business.
[05:53] Amako
    True as that may be...
[05:57] Amako
    For some reason,
    I felt compelled to speak up.
[06:00] Amako
    I think I understand how you must feel.
[06:04] Amako
    For all your big talk, you couldn't back
    it up and got embarrassed, right?
[06:09] Amako
    I was humiliated in a similar fashion
    in front of my subordinates.
[06:14] Amako
    And yet you continued to speak up for us.
[06:17] Amako
    That was genuine, wasn't it?
[06:21] Amako
    You might be ignorant about Kitetsu Blades,
[06:24] Amako
    but what difference does it make?
[06:26] Amako
    Viewed another way,
[06:27] Amako
    it means you've yet
     to tap into your true potential.
[06:31] Amako
    You can become strong.
[06:33] Amako
    You were able to block my iai strikes,
     so I'm sure of that.
[06:37] Musashi
    You...
[06:38] Musashi
    You're actually super nice, four-eyes!
[06:41] Amako
    My name is Amako Katsumi.
[06:43] Musashi
    Katsumi... You went out of
    your way to cheer me up.
[06:47] Musashi
    Just how swell can one guy be?
[06:48] Amako
    Well, I'm an eldest son.
[06:50] Amako
    The heir to a house needs
    to know how to look after people.
[06:55] Musashi
    You're a real lifesaver!
[06:56] Musashi
    This dude's the same age as me,
    but he's way more mature!
[07:02] Amako
    Why are you praying?
[07:04] Amako
    But the fact that said heir couldn't make
    unit commander is a problem.
[07:08] Musashi
    Why do you wanna be commander
    so bad, Katsumi?
[07:12] Amako
    That's none of your business.
[07:14] Musashi
    Maybe, but even so...
[07:16] Musashi
    I'm just curious.
[07:19] Amako
    Awaji Island is my homeland.
[07:23] Musashi
    It is?
[07:24] Amako
    The Amako made a meager living
     on Awaji Island.
[07:29] Amako
    We're a small band.
[07:31] Amako
    But...
[07:35] Amako
    When the oni took the island,
     we lost our home.
[07:39] Musashi
    They overran your home?
[07:41] Amako
    That's why we want it back.
[07:43] Amako
    I was hoping to lead the unit
    toward that end...
[07:47] Amako
    It's not that impressive, though.
[07:49] Amako
    I'm sure everyone here
    has a reason for fighting.
[07:55] Musashi
    A reason for fighting...?
[07:57] Amako
    You must have one, too, right?
[08:04] Musashi
    Why... Why am I hunting oni?
[08:08] Musashi
    To learn about Pops?
[08:11] Musashi
    Because I was forcibly conscripted?
[08:14] Musashi
    That's not it.
[08:15] Musashi
    Let's form the strongest band ever!
[08:18] Musashi
    Should I really walk away like this?
[08:20] Musashi
    After losing. Being humiliated.
[08:22] Musashi
    Being disparaged.
[08:25] Musashi
    I've been totally useless...
[08:28] Musashi
    Can I really walk away without
    contributing a damn thing?
[08:32] Inspector
    Place all the Kitetsu on the scales!
[08:35] Inspector
    Don't think you can get
    away with swiping any!
[08:39] Inspector
    Next! With the Naoe company in the
    first deployment, the Shimazu unit.
[08:45] Inspector
    You're short one member.
[08:47] Natsuki
    That Musashi kid is missing, sir.
[08:50] Tokisame
    Did he run off?
[08:52] Natsuki
    Yeah. His stuff was missing, so...
[08:55] Michiru
    Musashi...
[09:00] Musashi
    Shimazu unit, all present and accounted for!
[09:02] Shige
    Musashi!
[09:03] Mamori
    Thank goodness!
[09:05] Musashi
    I'll be fighting alongside
    them again someday...
[09:10] Musashi
    So I better get stronger now!
[09:12] Musashi
    No matter how pathetic
    or embarrassing or lame I look!
[09:16] Musashi
    I've made up my mind.
[09:18] Musashi
    I'm all in!
[09:21] Musashi
    All thanks to you, Katsumi!
[09:23] Sanae
    "K-Katsumi"?!
[09:25] Sanae
    How dare you be so familiar
    with my prince! Skree!
[09:30] Amako
    No! Not like that!
[09:32] Amako
    When blocking Blade Energy,
    block perpendicular to the strike!
[09:35] Amako
    How many times must I say it?!
[09:38] Musashi
    S-Scary!
[09:40] Musashi
    This isn't the nice guy I talked to yesterday!
[09:43] Musashi
    What the heck's gotten into him?!
[09:46] Musashi
    Oh, I bet you're all fired up in
    front of your crew, huh, Katsumi?
[09:50] Sanae
    This again?!
[09:51] Sanae
    He acts so familiar with my prince!
[09:54] Sanae
    Skree!
[10:18] Yataro
    It should be another five days before
    Lord Orochi finishes his delicacies.
[10:23] Yataro
    I must retrieve the Obsidian
    Goddess in the meantime.
[10:29] Yataro
    This is the likeness that
    Shiro's stones captured...
[10:33] Yataro
    Whyever would our goddess choose such
    a fragile-looking child as her vessel?
[10:40] Yataro
    I just can't understand!
[10:45] Yataro
    Here we are.
[10:50] Michiru
    I'm reporting in, Father.
[10:53] Yataro
    Your reporting on internal Uesugi affairs
     is a great help, Michiru.
[10:58] Michiru
    My pleasure, Father.
[11:00] Yataro
    That said, you remember your true duty,
[11:04] Yataro
    don't you?
[11:05] Michiru
    Yes.
[11:06] Yataro
    Find the Obsidian Goddess
[11:09] Yataro
    and kill her host.
[11:13] Michiru
    Right.
[11:14] Yataro
    Have you found the host?
[11:17] Yataro
    The Bushi of interest?
[11:20] Michiru
    I'm sorry. I haven't located him yet.
[11:23] Yataro
    I see.
[11:24] Yataro
    Still, you'll know him once you meet him.
[11:29] Yataro
    Your stones will reach out to each other.
[11:33] Yataro
    I expect great things from you, Michiru.
[11:35] Yataro
    You are my most capable daughter, after all.
[11:41] (Flashback) Yataro
    Another failure!
[11:44] (Flashback) Yataro
    Why am I only capable of creating garbage?!
[11:47] (Flashback) Yataro
    Damnation!
[11:50] Michiru
    I was but an unremarkable pebble cast aside.
[11:58] Michiru
    I had no name.
[12:00] Michiru
    And no worth.
[12:04] Michiru
    But...
[12:07] (Flashback) Yataro
    Well done!
[12:09] (Flashback) Yataro
    You're a special one. Let's give you a name.
[12:12] (Flashback) Yataro
    Let's see...
[12:14] (Flashback) Yataro
    Michiru!
[12:15] (Flashback) Yataro
    It's got the characters for three and thousand,
     and you're my 3,000th daughter!
[12:19] Michiru
    Michiru. That became my name.
[12:23] Michiru
    I went from being a lone unremarkable
    pebble to someone special.
[12:28] Michiru
    Someone of value.
[12:33] Michiru
    I can be of use to Father. I'm so glad.
[12:37] Michiru
    But I have to fulfill my duty...
[12:42] Michiru
    Or else I'll go back to being
    a worthless pebble.
[12:46] Michiru
    I don't want that.
[12:48] Michiru
    As soon as I find him...
[12:58] Musashi
    For now, I've gotta figure
    how to connect Blade Energy!
[13:03] Servant(Female)
    How long do you intend
    to keep watching him?
[13:06] Servant(Female)
    The sooner he's dead, the better.
[13:11] Servant(Male)
    If the Uesugi discover he
    houses the Obsidian Goddess,
[13:15] Servant(Male)
    we'll lose her to the Bushi.
[13:18] Michiru
    I understand. I'll end
    it before that happens.
[13:25] Amako
    I keep telling you not to dodge!
[13:27] Musashi
    But if that hit me, I'd be fried!
[13:30] Amako
    You need to treat Blade Energy
    the same as you would a sword!
[13:33] Amako
    And you know swordplay!
[13:35] Amako
    Use everything you've learned up until now.
[13:39] Musashi
    Everything I've learned...
[13:44] Musashi
    Kojiro... Pops...
[13:53] Amako
    You were too tense.
[13:55] Amako
    It made your Blade Energy disperse.
[13:57] Amako
    That was a failure.
[13:59] Musashi
    But I wasn't scared that time.
[14:01] Musashi
    The Blade Energy feels like a regular sword.
[14:03] Amako
    That's a good outlook.
    Don't be fooled by appearances.
[14:08] Amako
    Just think of the Blade Energy
     as a longer sword.
[14:12] Musashi
    I get it...
[14:16] Musashi
    Okay, one more time! Come on!
[14:20] Michiru
    No one else has noticed the
    Obsidian Goddess inside Musashi yet.
[14:28] Michiru
    We can still be together...
[14:32] Musashi
    It's not working! I can't pull it off!
[14:36] Michiru
    Musashi... must you die?
[14:40] Michiru
    Do I have to kill you?
[14:44] Michiru
    I don't want to.
[14:46] Michiru
    The second we met, I knew...
[14:49] Michiru
    that yours was the life I was meant to take.
[14:53] (Flashback) Musashi
    Oh, this?
[14:55] (Flashback) Musashi
    It's from when I saved you.
[14:58] (Flashback) Michiru
    You saved me?
[15:02] Michiru
    But why...? Why shed his own blood for me?
[15:06] (Flashback) Musashi
    I'm trying to talk to Michiru!
[15:10] (Flashback) Michiru
    You remembered my name...?
[15:15] Michiru
    It's so strange.
[15:16] Michiru
    Even though I'm of no value to him
[15:21] Michiru
    and I've done nothing for him,
    he still calls my name.
[15:27] (Flashback) Michiru
    You're laughing!
[15:28] (Flashback) Musashi
    I'm just relieved you weren't mad.
[15:31] Michiru
    Did you know you were the first person
    to smile at me and expect nothing in return?
[15:38] Michiru
    So, please, tell me...
[15:42] Michiru
    How should I avoid falling in love with you?
[15:47] Amako
    Let's try with someone else.
[15:49] Musashi
    Michiru! Can you send your
    Blade Energy my way?
[15:54] Michiru
    Me?
[15:55] Musashi
    Yeah! I get the feeling
    we'll be able to connect.
[16:00] Musashi
    Please!
[16:02] Michiru
    Musashi wants my help...
[16:05] Michiru
    I'm glad.
[16:08] Michiru
    We're going to connect?
[16:10] Musashi
    Yeah!
[16:12] Michiru
    I wonder what it'll be like.
[16:16] Michiru
    I'd like to try.
[16:18] Musashi
    Right on!
[16:19] Amako
    It's not going to be simple.
[16:21] Yabunaka
    Quit flirting.
[16:22] Sanae
    It's indecent.
[16:25] Michiru
    Here I go, Musashi. Be sure to catch it.
[16:29] Musashi
    Okay, bring it on!
[16:33] Musashi
    I did it!
[16:34] Amako
    He actually managed it!
[16:39] Michiru
    I'm connected to Musashi...
[16:44] Michiru
    Huh? What's this feeling?
[16:53] Musashi
    Wha... Huh?
[16:57] Amako
    Wh-What's happening?!
[17:03] Michiru
    Father's going to find us...
[17:10] Unit Commander
    What's that flying crystal clump?
[17:12] Tsugumi
    Kojiro! Isn't that...?
[17:14] Kojiro
    Yeah.
[17:15] Kojiro
    This is just like his sword trial.
[17:18] Kojiro
    Did something happen to Musashi?
[17:23] Michiru
    So this is what he meant when he
    said the stones would reach out...
[17:28] Michiru
    Our stones are resonating.
[17:32] Michiru
    And Father's, too.
[17:36] Musashi
    Huh? Where am I?
[17:39] Michiru
    My father knows where we are.
[17:42] Michiru
    We need to run.
[17:44] Bushi 1-15
    Hold it in place!
[17:46] Bushi 2-15
    No good! Normal Blade Energy isn't enough!
[17:49] Naoe
    Hey, Kuroko...
[17:50] Kuroko
    I know, Kanetatsu.
[17:55] Kuroko
    Kitetsu Blade: Impregnable Prison Crest!
[18:04] Bushi 1-15
    A cage of Blade Energy!
[18:09] Bushi 2-15
    It's trapped!
[18:10] Bushi 1-15
    Our tactician is amazing!
[18:12] Bushi 1-15
    None of Uesugi can bind foes as tightly!
SIGN    Green-Bladed Uesugi Bushi,
    First Class
    Usami Kuroko
[18:25] Tatsuomi
    These two were inside the black crystals?
[18:29] Kuroko
    My lord, the girl is someone I'd marked
    as a possible spy for the black dogs.
[18:35] Kuroko
    There are doubts as to whether
    she's actually the Saruwatari princess.
[18:40] Kuroko
    Why not interrogate them?
[18:42] Michiru
    No! If they start looking into Musashi,
    they'll find the Obsidian Goddess!
[18:48] Kuroko
    I have an idea, my lord.
[18:50] Musashi
    Let her go! Stop!
[18:51] Soldier
    You need to settle down!
[18:54] Tatsuomi
    We've found an enemy spy.
[18:56] Tatsuomi
    I want him strung up!
[18:59] Musashi
    Wait, me?
[19:02] Michiru
    Musashi!
[19:06] Musashi
    Put me down!
[19:08] Musashi
    I don't know anything about the Kishin!
[19:11] Musashi
    I hate to admit it,
[19:12] Musashi
    but I barely even knew how to fight with
    a Kitetsu Blade before yesterday!
[19:13] Tsugumi
    Musashi's no spy!
[19:15] Kojiro
    He's our friend!
[19:17] Musashi
    Let me down! Come on!
[19:17] Kojiro
    Musashi!
[19:17] Guard
    Back away!
[19:19] Kojiro
    I swear we'll save you...
    Just hang on, Musashi!
[19:23] Musashi
    I'm innocent!
[19:27] Michiru
    Please wait, Musashi. I'll save you.
[19:31] Michiru
    With the power of my stone...
[19:34] Yataro
    I expect great things from you, Michiru.
[19:36] Yataro
    You are my most capable daughter, after all.
[19:41] Michiru
    Father...
[19:48] Kuroko
    As I expected, the stone's been used, sir.
[19:52] Naoe
    And you've spotted the black dogs' lair?
[19:55] Kuroko
    On the south side of Awaji...
[19:57] Kuroko
    The summit of Mount Yuzuruha.
[19:59] Kuroko
    I've confirmed the same kind of stone
    reaction the Saruwatari princess had.
[20:03] Naoe
    Another successful Kuroko plan.
[20:06] Naoe
    Let the Saruwatari girl go
     so she'll lead us to their hideout.
[20:10] Naoe
    This is great, my lord.
[20:12] Tatsuomi
    We launch an all-out attack on Awaji tomorrow.
[20:15] Tatsuomi
    We'll bring back the carcass of a black dog.
[20:22] Tatsuomi
    Our aim is taking the nation
    black from the Black Kishin!
[20:26] Tatsuomi
    The battle against Yamata no Orochi will
    be our first big step toward that goal!
[20:32] Tatsuomi
    As you know, it's among
    the strongest handful of Kishin out there.
[20:37] Tatsuomi
    It's greatest weapon is a special defensive
    barrier that reflects all manner of attack.
[20:42] Tatsuomi
    The ultimate shield.
[20:44] Tatsuomi
    But once the horns on all eight of its heads
    are broken, Yamata no Orochi will perish!
[20:49] Tatsuomi
    The Uesugi will reward anyone who shatters
    a horn with a fortress of their own!
[20:54] Awako
    There couldn't be a greater reward...
[20:56] Tatsuomi
    Slay Orochi and become
     the lord of your own territory!
[21:03] Akihiro
    We're going to win that prize.
[21:06] Naoe
    Actually, Shimazu unit...
[21:09] Naoe
    Sorry, but you'll be on standby at the castle.
[21:12] Haruhisa
    What's the meaning of this, Master Naoe?
[21:14] Naoe
    Two of your troops are
    under certain suspicions.
[21:18] Naoe
    You can head into battle
    once that's cleared up.
[21:21] Amako
    Musashi and Saruwatari...
[21:23] Tadayuki
    Damn, how's that our fault?
[21:26] Natsuki
    We'll never win any glory at this rate!
[21:28] Haruhisa
    If we want onto that battlefield,
[21:30] Haruhisa
    we have to prove they've got
    nothing to do with the Shimazu.
[21:34] Fuyuie
    Where are you going, Master Akihiro?
[21:49] Musashi
    Michiru!
[23:24] Signs; right>left
    Tanegashima Shige
[23:24] Signs; right>left
    Tanegashima Mamori
[23:25] Shige
    You learn everyone's names yet, Mamori?
[23:27] Mamori
    No. How about you, Shige?
[23:28] Shige
    Me either.
[23:29] Amako
    Amako Katsumi.
[23:29] Sign
    Amako Katsumi
[23:30] Yamanaka
    Yamanaka Morishika.
[23:30] Sign
    Yamanaka Morishika
[23:31] Sanae
    Satsukigawa Sanae.
[23:31] Sign
    Satsukigawa Sanae
[23:31] Sign
    Yokomichi Hikaru
[23:31] Sign
    Teramoto Kiyohide
[23:32] Hikaru
    Yokomichi Hikaru.
[23:33] Teramoto
    Teramoto Kiyohide.
[23:34] Yabunaka
    Yabunaka Keiji. Fifteen years old.
[23:34] Sign
    Yabunaka Keiji
[23:36] Shige
    You're my age?! I was sure you were older!
SIGN    Next Time
    The War God's Mantle
[23:38] Yabunaka
    Likewise.