# E16 - The War God's Mantle
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**[00:01] Yataro**
I-I've located the Obsidian Goddess.
**[00:04] Seiroku**
After all this time!
**[00:06] Seiroku**
So, where is she?
**[00:08] Yataro**
Th-That's the bad news...
She's in the middle of the Uesugi fortress.
**[00:13] Yataro**
I-If I try to retrieve her,
it'll mean engaging with them.
**[00:19] Seiroku**
Then let's divide the job
among the brotherhood.
**[00:22] Seiroku**
Shiro and I will hit the Uesugi Bushi.
**[00:25] Seiroku**
You focus on securing the goddess, Yataro.
**[00:28] Yataro**
U-Understood.
**[00:30] Seiroku**
Gotta admit... I'm impressed you found her.
**[00:33] Seiroku**
How'd you manage it?
**[00:34] Yataro**
I-I had one of my talented
daughters take care of it.
**[00:39] Musashi**
Michiru!
**[00:54] Musashi**
Michiru?
***SIGN*** The War God's Mantle
**[02:35] Musashi**
Thanks for letting me loose, Michiru.
**[02:39] Musashi**
* She's such a sweetheart. Can't believe*
* she came 'cause she was worried...*
**[02:43] Musashi**
*She even brought me clothes!*
**[02:46] Musashi**
Now, when those black
crystals swallowed us up...
**[02:50] Musashi**
What exactly *was* that?
**[02:57] Musashi**
Huh? The Shimazu guy...
**[03:00] Musashi**
What're you doing here?
**[03:01] Musashi**
Don't tell me you were worried
and came to help, too?
**[03:05] Musashi**
Yeah, right!
**[03:08] Michiru**
Musashi!
**[03:10] Akihiro**
You're gonna tell the top
brass every last thing
**[03:13] Akihiro**
about who you are and where you came from.
**[03:16] Akihiro**
Prove that you have nothing
to do with the Shimazu.
**[03:19] Musashi**
You just wanna question me?
**[03:21] Musashi**
And you'd turn your blade on an ally Bushi?
**[03:24] Akihiro**
Ally? Wrong. All you are is in the way.
**[03:29] Akihiro**
I'll leave your mouth and throat untouched.
**[03:32] Akihiro**
That way you can still talk.
**[03:36] Musashi**
*This guy... He's actually serious.*
**[03:39] Musashi**
Are you crazy, man?
**[03:41] Akihiro**
It's to take to the battlefield.
**[03:43] Akihiro**
I need to make it there in order
to ascend to a position of authority.
**[03:47] Akihiro**
That's what I'm after.
**[03:50] Musashi**
Then why do you look so hollow?
**[03:53] Musashi**
For someone talking big about
promotions and glory, you sure don't
**[03:57] Musashi**
look like you even care.
**[03:59] Musashi**
What happened to all that brass from before?
**[04:04] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
Father has been talking
about making the son
**[04:06] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
of his newest concubine his successor.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
The kid can't even use a Kitetsu Blade.
**[04:10] (Flashback) Natsuki**
What? Has the old bastard finally gone senile?
**[04:14] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
That's not even the real issue.
**[04:16] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
If he wants an adopted child
at the head of the house,
**[04:18] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
*we* become a problem.
**[04:20] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
The idea is probably to kill us all off
during the Awaji Island operation.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Tokisame**
He's kept us at arm's length
ever since the sword trial,
**[04:27] (Flashback) Tokisame**
and now this is what we get?
**[04:28] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
I won't let it happen.
**[04:30] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
We need to break Yamata no Orochi's horn.
**[04:33] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
If we manage that, they won't
be able to ignore us anymore.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Haruhisa**
If we want to survive in the Shimazu clan,
we're gonna have to fight.
**[04:49] Musashi**
*I don't get it.*
**[04:51] Musashi**
*What is he thinking?*
**[04:54] Michiru**
What?
**[04:59] Minami**
Hey, Sis!
**[05:00] Iwanami**
We're here to help!
**[05:04] Musashi**
Who are they?!
**[05:06] Shimazu**
Oni...?
**[05:09] Musashi**
They're huge!
**[05:11] Minami**
So this is a Bushi castle, huh?
**[05:13] Iwanami**
Ugh, quit acting like a kid. It's so lame.
**[05:16] Mishima**
Well, we've seen everything
Awaji has to offer by now.
**[05:19] Musashi**
They're talking! So they're not oni?!
**[05:22] Shimazu**
The questions can wait.
**[05:24] Shimazu**
We're outnumbered here.
We'll need to fight our way to safety.
**[05:28] Musashi**
*He's keeping a cool head...*
**[05:30] Musashi**
*But he's right.*
**[05:33] Musashi**
* We'll have to keep our eyes peeled*
* for a chance to...*
**[05:36] Musashi**
Michiru?
**[05:37] Minami**
Big Sis Michiru? Hello?
**[05:39] Minami**
We're here to help you with your mission
to retrieve the Obsidian Goddess!
**[05:44] Musashi**
"Big Sis Michiru"?
**[05:47] Iwanami**
What do you think's gotten
into our elder sister?
**[05:50] Minami**
Maybe her brain froze up?
**[05:52] Mishima**
Well, she is an older model than us...
**[05:56] Minami**
Why's this dope get special
treatment from Daddy?
**[06:00] Minami**
No fair!
**[06:01] Iwanami**
Don't get jealous!
**[06:03] Musashi**
Do you know them, Michiru?
**[06:05] Musashi**
What's this mission they're talking about?
**[06:07] Minami**
Wow, they actually get along pretty well!
**[06:09] Minami**
I guess Michiru's quite an actress!
**[06:12] Musashi**
Actress? What are you talking about?
**[06:16] Michiru**
Don't...
**[06:17] Minami**
The thing is, Red...
**[06:19] Minami**
That girl might've acted all
sweet and kind to you...
**[06:23] Michiru**
Please.
**[06:25] Minami**
But it was *all* an act
**[06:27] Minami**
so she could do her job of
retrieving the Obsidian Goddess!
**[06:34] Minami**
The truth is, deep down...
**[06:37] Michiru**
Don't say it.
**[06:38] Minami**
She's been thinking about when and how
to kill you this whole time!
**[06:45] Minami**
Isn't that awful?!
**[06:48] Shimazu**
So she's the spy who's working with the oni?
**[06:52] Musashi**
Nah, there's no way.
**[06:54] Musashi**
Michiru? A spy?
**[06:56] Musashi**
And she's gonna kill me?
**[06:58] Musashi**
I mean, she's really nice.
And she's taken good care of me.
**[07:04] Musashi**
Something like that has
happened to me before...
**[07:08] Musashi**
I admit, he acted nice enough
when he first approached me.
**[07:13] Musashi**
But they're lying... right, Michiru?
**[07:21] Michiru**
I'm sorry.
**[07:26] Michiru**
It's all... completely true.
**[07:43] Iwanami**
Why is Michiru's body leaking like that?
**[07:47] Minami**
I bet it's because she loves him!
**[07:49] Iwanami**
What's love?
**[07:51] Mishima**
I'm not sure.
**[07:52] Mishima**
Father described it as a pretense that
humans use for reproduction, though.
**[07:58] Minami**
She's not going to betray Daddy, is she?
**[08:02] Musashi**
*Michiru knows these oni?*
**[08:06] Musashi**
*Wait, but she looks totally normal...*
**[08:10] Shimazu**
She just grew horns...
**[08:15] Musashi**
Who the hell is that?!
**[08:17] Iwanami**
It's Father!
**[08:19] Minami**
Daddy's here to talk to us!
**[08:21] Musashi**
"Father"?
**[08:23] Michiru**
Yes. This is my father.
**[08:28] Musashi**
*Michiru's dad?*
**[08:31] Yataro**
You've done excellent work, Michiru.
**[08:36] Michiru**
Listen, Musashi...
**[08:40] Michiru**
I wanted to win my father's trust.
**[08:45] Michiru**
I was going to hurt you.
**[08:49] Michiru**
I knew that I shouldn't...
**[08:54] Musashi**
Michiru?
**[08:56] Michiru**
Just because I want to be valued...
**[08:59] Michiru**
isn't an excuse to do something awful!
**[09:04] Yataro**
Michiru, complete your
mission and return to me.
**[09:09] Yataro**
Go on. Kill the redhead.
**[09:12] Iwanami**
Get it over with!
**[09:13] Minami**
Do it or we won't let you rejoin the family!
**[09:17] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it. Do it. Do it.
**[09:22] Musashi**
*This is like what happened to me...*
**[09:24] (Flashback) Auntie**
Do it!
**[09:27] Minami**
Enough! Quit standing around and do it!
**[09:29] Michiru**
Musashi, run!
**[09:41] Minami**
Yeowch!
**[09:43] Iwanami**
Sucks to be you, Minami!
**[09:47] Musashi**
Let's go, Michiru!
**[09:50] Musashi**
It's not wrong to want your
family to care about you!
**[09:53] Musashi**
It's not wrong at all!
**[10:03] Michiru**
*Please...*
**[10:05] Michiru**
*Won't you tell me....*
**[10:09] Michiru**
*How should I avoid falling in love with you?*
**[10:16] Minami**
You stupid piece of trash!
**[10:18] Iwanami**
She's betrayed Father!
**[10:19] Iwanami**
Devour that embarrassment to our family!
**[10:24] Musashi**
Damn!
**[10:29] Musashi**
Michiru!
**[10:30] Michiru**
I... I'm going to protect...
**[10:34] Michiru**
the person I care about!
**[10:37] Musashi**
Michiru?!
**[10:39] Iwanami**
Hey, Michiru's pretty tasty!
**[10:41] Minami**
This is your own fault, Big Sis.
**[10:43] Minami**
Stones that can't get the job done...
might as well be dust.
**[10:48] Musashi**
Stop! Michiru...
**[10:50] Musashi**
Michiru!
**[10:55] Musashi**
Michiru?!
**[10:59] Musashi**
Master Naoe?!
**[11:00] Naoe**
Any who disrupt Uesugi order will die.
**[11:05] Iwanami**
Who the hell are they?
**[11:06] Minami**
A bunch of Uesugi Bushi.
**[11:08] Kuroko**
Well, this is peculiar.
**[11:10] Naoe**
Abominations that can speak like humans?
**[11:13] Naoe**
Are they oni?
**[11:14] Minami**
Ugh, we're not any old oni!
**[11:18] Akihiro**
The severed parts are regenerating...
**[11:21] Minami**
All right, Uesugi scum!
Hand over the Obsidian Goddess!
**[11:24] Minami**
Don't expect any mercy otherwise!
**[11:27] Kuroko**
What?
**[11:28] Naoe**
The Obsidian Goddess?!
**[11:31] Naoe**
I think she means one of them.
**[11:34] Musashi**
Michiru?
**[11:36] Musashi**
Michiru!
**[11:37] Musashi**
She's not responding...
And her stones are bleeding...
**[11:40] Musashi**
Or are they horns?
**[11:42] Musashi**
But if they're horns, then she's...
**[11:44] Minami**
* That girl might've acted all*
* sweet and kind to you...*
**[11:49] Minami**
*But it was* all *an act*
**[11:51] Minami**
* so she could do her job of*
* retrieving the Obsidian Goddess!*
**[11:55] Musashi**
No, I don't care about all that...
**[11:58] Musashi**
I know who Michiru really is!
**[12:05] Kuroko**
Let me see her.
**[12:06] Musashi**
Wait a sec! She's not—
**[12:10] Musashi**
What'd you do?!
**[12:11] Kuroko**
I used blade energy to bind her
wounds and stop the bleeding, boy.
**[12:16] Kuroko**
She'll be fine now.
**[12:18] Musashi**
Is that what that is...?
**[12:22] Musashi**
Thank you so much!
**[12:23] Musashi**
But why'd you help us?
**[12:26] Kuroko**
Because one of you is the Obsidian—
**[12:30] Kuroko**
Forget I said anything!
**[12:32] Kuroko**
Let's be friends, young man!
**[12:34] Musashi**
* Her smile is freaking me out,*
* but she's a nice lady!*
**[12:45] Iwanami**
We're getting wiped out!
**[12:47] Naoe**
You're finished.
**[12:48] Musashi**
Wow, there's only three of them left!
**[12:52] Akihiro**
Glad we could impress you.
**[12:54] Musashi**
Look, I don't have my Kitetsu Blade!
**[12:56] Iwanami**
At times like this...
**[12:58] Minami**
Can we, Big Sis Mishima?
**[12:59] Mishima**
Of course.
**[13:01] Mishima**
I'm the oldest model among us, after all.
**[13:05] Mishima**
Go right ahead.
**[13:06] Iwanami/Minami**
In that case, goodbye, Big Sis Mishima!
**[13:14] Musashi**
They're...
**[13:17] Musashi**
Their friend...
**[13:18] Musashi**
No, their sister...
**[13:21] Musashi**
They're eating her!
**[13:23] Minami**
It's so the whole family can be stronger!
**[13:26] Yataro**
That's right.
**[13:27] Yataro**
Failures will become fodder
for the more capable children,
**[13:33] Yataro**
and that blood is then passed on...
**[13:36] Yataro**
That is the law of natural propagation.
**[13:39] Yataro**
That is family!
**[13:41] Kuroko**
He's...
**[13:43] Naoe**
One of the black dogs?
**[13:44] Masaki**
Black dogs?
**[13:45] Musashi**
They were just chatting with each other...
**[13:48] Musashi**
Does this not bother them?
**[13:50] Musashi**
And their father ordered it
without flinching...
**[13:54] Musashi**
What... what the hell are they?!
**[13:58] Minami**
I can feel the power surging!
**[14:05] Musashi**
She blocked Master Naoe's attack?!
**[14:07] Masaki**
A reflective shield!
**[14:08] Subordinate B**
That's...
**[14:10] Subordinate B**
the technique Yamata no Orochi uses!
**[14:11] Minami**
Obviously!
**[14:13] Minami**
Daddy made sure the bodies
he gave us were awesome!
**[14:16] Minami**
We've got Yamata no Orochi's
blood running in our veins, too!
**[14:20] Naoe**
What? Just who are these people?
**[14:28] Musashi**
There's so many now!
**[14:29] Minami**
Devour all the delicacies in the castle!
**[14:31] Minami**
Then we'll be even stronger!
**[14:35] Kuroko**
This is bad. They're headed toward town.
**[14:37] Naoe**
Let's move!
**[14:37] Masaki+Others**
Right!
**[14:39] Musashi**
Is everyone gonna be okay?
Kojiro! Tsugumi!
**[14:50] Musashi**
They're wrecking the place...
**[14:51] Naoe**
Attacking the castle town...
**[14:53] Naoe**
They're gonna pay!
**[14:54] Naoe**
After me, men!
**[14:55] Naoe Subordinates**
Right!
**[14:59] Kuroko**
I shall protect you and this girl.
**[15:02] Musashi**
But why?
**[15:03] Kuroko**
The details can wait.
**[15:05] Kuroko**
For now, you should watch
how the Uesugi fight.
**[15:14] Bushi 1-16**
What?!
**[15:17] Minami**
Daddy, these guys are totally weak!
**[15:20] Yataro**
This should allow me to both retrieve the
Obsidian Goddess and defeat the Uesugi.
**[15:26] Yataro**
Strike hard and become strong, my children.
**[15:29] Minami**
Okay, Daddy!
**[15:40] Musashi**
It's like every time they eat
their own kind, they get bigger!
**[15:44] Yataro**
And thus only the most
capable children survive.
**[15:47] Yataro**
The others are unnecessary.
**[15:49] Yataro**
I want one of you to get rid of Michiru.
**[15:51] Musashi**
G-Get rid of her?
**[15:53] Yataro**
She's a traitor and she's defective.
**[15:55] Yataro**
Maybe something inside her head broke.
**[15:58] Yataro**
I don't need her anymore.
**[15:59] Yataro**
She can serve as nutrition
for her siblings now.
**[16:02] Musashi**
* Michiru was so desperate*
* for this guy's approval...*
**[16:06] Musashi**
*And now he says they should just eat her?*
**[16:10] Yataro**
You seem upset.
**[16:12] Yataro**
Does cannibalism upset you,
despite its ubiquity throughout nature?
**[16:16] Musashi**
No one is like you monsters!
**[16:18] Yataro**
Really? Have you never seen a mother
cat eat one of her infirm offspring?
**[16:23] Yataro**
All life is subject to selection.
**[16:25] Yataro**
The most capable children monopolize
the love and resources of their parents.
**[16:29] Yataro**
There are the valuable
who can contribute to the herd,
**[16:32] Yataro**
and the worthless who serve no purpose.
**[16:35] Yataro**
Have you never tried to prove your worth
to prevent yourself from being outcast?
**[16:40] Yataro**
It's nothing to be ashamed about.
You knew on an instinctual level...
**[16:45] Yataro**
Only a handful of privileged individuals are
allowed to deprive others of resources!
**[16:50] Yataro**
That is the truth of prosperity!
**[16:53] Musashi**
This guy's ticking me off...
**[16:56] Yataro**
Isn't the way Bushi do battle
yet another example of this?
**[17:01] Villager 1-16**
It's our lord!
**[17:02] Villager 1-16**
He's come to save us!
**[17:07] Tatsuomi**
Channel all of your blade energy to me!
**[17:10] Yataro**
The way you connect blade energy...
**[17:13] Yataro**
Ultimately, one individual deprives others,
monopolizing it for himself.
**[17:17] Musashi**
You're wrong!
**[17:18] Kuroko**
No. That's the truth of how Bushi do battle.
**[17:22] Musashi**
But...
**[17:28] Yataro**
A duel between two individuals
carrying the fate of their factions...
**[17:33] Minami**
Bring it on!
**[17:38] Minami**
What?! He attacked his comrades!
**[17:44] Musashi**
Did the lord just flip his lid?!
**[17:46] Kuroko**
Really?
**[17:47] Kuroko**
Do you not know what properties
yellow Kitetsu Blades have?
**[17:50] Musashi**
Yellow Kitetsu Blades...?
**[17:53] Musashi**
Yellow Blade users are able to change
the properties of the energy,
**[17:56] Musashi**
and our lord specializes in
enhancing physical traits.
**[18:01] Musashi**
Harder than the hardest armor.
**[18:04] Musashi**
Sharper than the sharpest blade.
**[18:06] Musashi**
He can even grant legs faster
than the swiftest runner's.
**[18:09] Musashi**
And he can grant these gifts to
his allies, not just himself.
**[18:14] Tatsuomi**
Hear me, black dog!
**[18:16] Tatsuomi**
I think we agree, to an extent.
**[18:18] Tatsuomi**
Disparity in life leads to a desire to
oppress others and prove your superiority.
**[18:23] Tatsuomi**
There is limitless joy in proving
your strength. Your worth.
**[18:28] Tatsuomi**
But, contradictory as it might seem,
**[18:30] Tatsuomi**
we still feel joy when sharing
and being shared with...
**[18:34] Tatsuomi**
Just as much as we do when
proving our strength and worth.
**[18:39] (Flashback) Jisai**
I want you to live.
**[18:42] (Flashback) Jisai**
So don't ever think that you're worthless!
**[18:47] Musashi**
Pops...
**[18:48] Kuroko**
Encouraging, supporting,
and sharing among comrades.
**[18:52] Kuroko**
That is the power of a yellow Bushi...
***SIGN*** Yellow-Bladed Uesugi Bushi,
First Class
Uesugi Tatsuomi
**[18:54] Kuroko**
The power of our lord.
**[18:55] Uesugi**
Are you ready to begin, my beloved family?
**[18:59] Uesugi**
My guardian dragons,
cloaked in the mantle of the war god!
**[19:06] Uesugi**
Behold! Who stands before you?
**[19:09] Uesugi Bushi**
The enemy!
**[19:10] Uesugi Bushi**
The enemy of our clan,
who has attacked an Uesugi castle!
**[19:16] Tatsuomi**
Drive them away, my soldiers!
**[19:22] Minami**
They're so fast,
the protective shields aren't—
**[19:25] Iwanami**
What do we do, Minami?!
**[19:26] Minami**
I don't know either, Iwanami!
**[19:28] Iwanami**
Damn it! I thought humans were weak!
**[19:34] Minami**
Don't get so full of yourself, you insects!
**[19:37] Masaki**
I get it.
**[19:38] Masaki**
Who'd believe insects could do
all this with such tiny arms?
**[19:46] Iwanami**
Those bodies...
Humans shouldn't be this strong!
**[19:50] Naoe**
Stop your whining, trespasser.
**[19:53] Iwanami**
You runt...
**[19:54] Iwanami**
I'll tear you apart!
**[20:02] Naoe**
My lord granted me this war mantle...
**[20:05] Naoe**
Don't take it lightly!
**[20:11] Musashi**
This is crazy! They're so strong!
**[20:13] Kuroko**
Hardly. Our true power isn't
the physical enhancements.
**[20:19] Minami**
* If I can get rid of him,*
* they'll all go back to being wimps!*
**[20:23] Minami**
I'm good! I'm great!
I'm the best daughter of them all!
**[20:28] Minami**
Okay, here I come—
**[20:30] Minami**
What is this?!
**[20:33] Kuroko**
Linking blade energy takes both trust
and coordination to work properly.
**[20:39] Musashi**
Right...
**[20:39] Kuroko**
A typical Bushi is able to form four,
maybe five links at most.
**[20:43] Kuroko**
But not the Uesugi Band.
**[20:46] Kuroko**
The clan has spent over
a hundred years in this castle.
**[20:50] Kuroko**
Our blood bonds and our will create
unity without a flicker of discord.
**[20:54] Kuroko**
And more than anything,
**[20:55] Kuroko**
our lord's leadership is capable of
creating a chain unlike anyone else.
**[20:59] Tatsuomi**
Fourth unit, eight-star Pleiades formation!
Hold the enemy's head up!
**[21:06] Musashi**
*A dragon?!*
**[21:06] Kuroko**
This is the great blade energy circuit
that we Uesugi pride ourselves on...
**[21:10] Kuroko**
The strength of the Uesugi Bushi, boy!
**[21:22] Villager 2-16**
The Bushi won with ease!
**[21:24] Villager 1-16**
My lord! Thank you so much!
**[21:27] Musashi**
They're amazing!
**[21:29] Kuroko**
It's odd, though.
**[21:31] Kuroko**
There should be a special protective field
**[21:34] Kuroko**
around the castle to prevent
oni from getting inside.
**[21:37] Tatsuomi**
How the hell did they get in here?
**[21:40] Shiro**
I let them in!
**[21:44] Shiro**
With my Kitetsu Blade's power.
**[21:47] Shiro**
You've got a nice sword yourself...
**[21:50] Shiro**
But this is goodbye.
**[23:25] Shige**
Musashi, have you learned
everyone's names yet?
**[23:27] Musashi**
Nuh-uh.
**[23:28] Akihiro**
Shimazu Akihiro.
**[23:28] Akihiro**
Akihiro
**[23:29] Haruhisa**
Shimazu Haruhisa.
**[23:29] Haruhisa**
Haruhisa
**[23:30] Natsuki**
Shimazu Natsuki! Remember it.
**[23:30] Natsuki**
Natsuki
**[23:32] Fuyuie**
I'm Shimazu Fuyuie.
**[23:32] Fuyuie**
Fuyuie
**[23:33] Tadayuki**
Tadayuki
**[23:33] Tadayuki**
Shimazu Tadayuki.
And this is my twin brother...
**[23:35] Tokisame**
Shimazu Tokisame.
**[23:35] Tokisame**
Tokisame
**[23:36] Musashi**
You guys don't even look alike!
***SIGN*** Next Time
Memories of Stone