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!
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