E23 - Greatsword of the Black Goddess

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[00:09] Aoshi
    Looks like it's mission accomplished.
[00:12] Naoe
    Have we received word from
    the white-clad rescue forces yet?
[00:16] Black-clad Soldier 23-1
    Not yet, sir.
[00:23] Amako
    Something's not right.
    The Kitetsu isn't gathering at our blades.
[00:26] Natsuki
    Hey, you're right.
     It's going right past them!
[00:29] Musashi
    So where is it gathering?
[00:33] Yataro
    Come along now, Michiru.
SIGN    Greatsword of
    the Black Goddess
[02:20] Tsumugi
    Whoa, there's even more!
[02:22] Kojiro
    They're serious about defending this place.
[02:24] Tsumugi
    Know what that means?
[02:25] Kojiro
    Lord Tatsuomi has got to be down here!
[02:28] Kojiro
    Let's go!
[02:45] White-clad Soldier 23-1
    The shaking stopped.
[02:46] White-clad Soldier 23-2
    Everyone all right?!
[02:47] White-clad Soldier 23-3
    What about you?!
[02:48] Natsuki
    Wh-What the heck is going on?
[02:50] Tokisame
    Yamata no Orochi's already dead.
[02:52] Tokisame
    So why is this happening?
[02:55] Haruhisa
    There's gotta be something else to it.
[02:58] Naoe
    My lord...
[03:00] Ponytail Bushi
    Master Naoe, where are you going?
[03:02] Naoe
    I have to save him.
[03:03] Masaki
    You're too injured!
[03:06] Naoe
    But he...
[03:09] Naoe
    He's so important.
[03:12] Naoe
    If we lose him...
[03:14] Masaki
    Master Kanetatsu...
[03:17] Naoe
    Then what meaning would
    this victory even have?
[03:23] Musashi
    That's right. Winning will be meaningless...
[03:27] Musashi
    if they don't make it back.
[03:31] Musashi
    I'm gonna look for them!
[03:32] Amako
    M-Musashi?
[03:33] Naoe
    Musashi?
[03:35] Amako
    Let's go with him. The Kitetsu seems
    to be drawn to that mountain.
[03:42] Amako
    We need to see what's going on.
[03:47] Musashi
    Kojiro! Tsugumi!
[03:50] Musashi
    Michiru!
[03:52] Musashi
    This feeling...
[03:54] Musashi
    It's like before.
[04:07] Tsugumi
    The rescue was a success!
[04:10] Musashi
    Kojiro! Tsugumi!
[04:19] Tatsuomi
    Kanetatsu...
[04:22] Tatsuomi
    I knew you all would win.
[04:26] Naoe
    My lord!
[04:34] Musashi
    Boy is it good to see you alive and well!
[04:37] Kojiro
    Did you think we were dead?
[04:38] Tsugumi
    Kojiro really kicked butt! Didn't you?
[04:41] Tatsuomi
    Musashi.
[04:42] Tatsuomi
    That girl was talking about you.
[04:48] (Flashback) Michiru
    Do you know Musashi?
[04:51] (Flashback) Tatsuomi
    You do, too, remember?
[04:53] (Flashback) Tatsuomi
    You covered for him when he
    was suspected of being a spy.
[04:56] (Flashback) Michiru
    I don't remember. I've forgotten.
[05:00] (Flashback) Michiru
    But...
[05:01] (Flashback) Michiru
    When I call his name, my chest feels warm.
[05:07] (Flashback) Michiru
    Musashi.
[05:09] (Flashback) Michiru
    I get the feeling he was very important to me.
[05:16] (Flashback) Michiru
    But Father told me to forget all about it
[05:20] (Flashback) Michiru
    because it gets in the way of our work.
[05:22] (Flashback) Michiru
    He thinks I should go away.
[05:27] (Flashback) Michiru
    My own father wants me gone.
[05:32] (Flashback) Michiru
    I bet the whole world, including Musashi...
[05:39] (Flashback) Michiru
    They all think
[05:42] (Flashback) Michiru
    I'm just a worthless pebble.
[05:47] Kojiro
    Musashi?!
[05:48] Tsugumi
    Where are you going?!
[05:49] Musashi
    Like hell that's true!
[05:51] Musashi
    You've always had my back, Michiru.
[05:56] Musashi
    You even risked your life to protect me.
[05:59] Musashi
    So I don't care who says they don't need you!
[06:03] Musashi
    I swear I'll find you!
[06:07] Musashi
    Because I want to see you again, Michiru!
[06:16] Tsugumi
    The inside of the mountain
    is completely gone!
[06:20] Amako
    That damned Kishin...
[06:22] Amako
    It made a mess of Awaji Island.
[06:25] Musashi
    She's here.
[06:31] Musashi
    What is that?
[06:33] Haruhisa
    A black sword?
[06:35] Musashi
    And it's floating? What in the world?
[06:43] Musashi
    What the—?!
[06:43] Kojiro
    Who is that?
[06:45] Servant(male)
    How rude.
[06:48] Servant(male)
    That's Lady Michiru's father, Lord Yataro.
[06:53] Musashi
    Michiru's dad is gone! Along with the Kishin!
[06:57] Servant(male)
    Lord Yataro has become one with the Kishin!
[07:00] Servant(male)
    You were all so proud to have
    defeated Yamata no Orochi
[07:04] Servant(male)
    after Lord Yataro had already
    stolen its strength...
[07:06] Servant(male)
    'Twas but an empty shell!
[07:15] New Yataro
    Now, let's strike down our foes, Michiru.
[07:19] Musashi
    Michiru? Where is she?
[07:23] New Yataro
    Why, she's right here.
[07:25] New Yataro
    Of my many daughters, only she
    has successfully taken this form
[07:30] New Yataro
    via my experiments to turn
    a human into a Kitetsu Blade.
[07:34] Musahi
    You...
[07:36] Musahi
    What are you talking about?
[07:39] New Yataro
    For the longest time, our dark brotherhood
    searched for the Obsidian Goddess.
[07:46] New Yataro
    But we never found her.
[07:48] New Yataro
    So...
[07:50] New Yataro
    why not simply create something
    of equivalent power instead?
[07:54] New Yataro
    Shiro attempted as much, but I outdid him.
[07:59] New Yataro
    Behold! This is the Greatsword
    of the Black Goddess!
[08:04] New Yataro
    Michiru, you have become a weapon
    that fights for my sake!
[08:09] New Yataro
    No longer capable of responding?
    It matters not.
[08:13] New Yataro
    You were a truly excellent daughter, Michiru.
[08:22] Musashi
    You bastard...
[08:23] Natsuki
    Why the hell would you turn
    someone into a Kitetsu Blade?!
[08:28] Musashi
    I don't understand this either.
[08:31] Musashi
    But I can tell...
[08:33] Musashi
    that really is Michiru!
[08:35] New Yataro
    Oh? So you recognize her, do you?
[08:37] New Yataro
    I suppose it's the resonance
     of the obsidian inside you both.
[08:41] Akihiro
    Natsuki, don't get too far ahead.
[08:44] Natsuki
    Don't sweat it! This is that
    enemy Bushi from before, right?
[08:48] Natsuki
    We already beat him once!
    This'll be a breeze.
[08:51] New Yataro
    Is that what you think?
[08:53] Natsuki
    All right, ugly, where did you put the
    Kitetsu from beating Yamata no—
[09:00] Akihiro
    Natsuki!
[09:04] Tadayuki
    Holy crap...
[09:06] New Yataro
    I have evolved beyond all of you.
[09:09] Tatsuomi
    This one's strong!
[09:11] Tatsuomi
    Hit him with all you've got!
[09:12] Black-clad forces
    Yes, sir!
[09:14] New Yataro
    You arrogant Bushi fools!
[09:16] New Yataro
    Oh, how I envied you...
[09:19] New Yataro
    And Shiro! And Seiroku! It seemed as though
    everyone had so much more than me!
[09:22] Sign
    LACERATE
[09:26] New Yataro
    But no longer!
[09:37] New Yataro
    Michiru, my dear, we have become supreme!
[09:41] New Yataro
    I applaud you for making my ideals reality!
[09:44] New Yataro
    Your father could not be prouder!
[09:47] New Yataro
    You are me, and I am you!
[09:58] Musashi
    You're nothing like Michiru, man.
[10:01] Kojiro
    Musashi!
[10:02] Musashi
    What the heck?
[10:06] Musashi
    I can feel my strength draining...
[10:09] Amako
    The blade energy is leaving Musashi's sword!
[10:12] New Yataro
    As I said, this blade is like the goddess.
[10:16] New Yataro
    Michiru has become a sword with the
    same powers as the Obsidian Goddess!
[10:23] Amako
    What is this? My blade energy...!
[10:31] Akihiro
    He's stealing it!
[10:32] Tsugumi
    Uh, Kojiro? Is it just me, or is this...
[10:36] Tsugumi
    like what happened that one time?
[10:39] Musashi
    That's...
[10:41] New Yataro
    She is the master of blade energy
     who can manipulate it at will...
[10:48] Kojiro
    The Obsidian Goddess!
[10:51] Musashi
    Michiru?
[10:54] New Yataro
    Now, then... Goodbye.
[11:19] Black-clad Soldier 23-2
    There's no way...
[11:21] Naoe
    Is Shiryu Castle intact?
[11:24] Tatsuomi
    If we don't stop him, it won't even matter.
[11:28] New Yataro
    More! We must have more power!
[11:31] New Yataro
    We're going to kill even more of
    the fools who looked down on me!
[11:35] New Yataro
    Shiro, Seiroku, the Bushi...
    They all need to die!
[11:42] Kakizaki
    But how are we supposed to stop him?
[11:45] Natsuki
    He can strip our blade energy the second
    we raise Kitetsu Blades against him...
[11:49] Natsuki
    Is there any way we can fight?
[11:51] Tokisame
    We've come so far...
[11:54] Tokisame
    and we were finally reunited!
[11:57] Sanae
    I thought we could all
    return to the island...
[12:00] Musashi
    Damn it!
[12:01] Tsugumi
    Wait, this is weird.
[12:03] Tsugumi
    The real Obsidian Goddess is
    inside of Musashi, right?
[12:07] Kojiro
    That's right.
[12:08] Kojiro
    And she's not the kind of psycho who would
    slaughter people for no good reason!
[12:14] Kojiro
    This goddess is a fake!
[12:17] New Yataro
    The real Obsidian Goddess, eh?
[12:20] New Yataro
    How contemptible.
[12:21] New Yataro
    In the end, you were nothing more than a
    failed vessel who could not tap her power.
[12:27] New Yataro
    Once you are dead,
    I will become the true arms deity.
[12:32] New Yataro
    We strike now, Michiru!
[12:46] Musashi
    Is that really Michiru?
[12:49] Musashi
    She looks completely different.
[12:52] Musashi
    Have you forgotten everything?!
[12:54] New Yataro
    That's right! Michiru has been perfectly
    reborn as the ultimate weapon!
[13:02] New Yataro
    What is this? It feels as if my sword
    dulls when trying to cut him down.
[13:08] Musashi
    What in the world?
[13:09] Goddess Michiru
    I am the ultimate sword.
[13:12] Goddess Michiru
    I am overjoyed to be Father's tool.
[13:16] Goddess Michiru
    For his sake, I would gladly strike
     anyone he asks me to.
[13:23] (Flashback) Michiru
    Just because I want to be valued...
[13:26] (Flashback) Michiru
    isn't an excuse to do something awful!
[13:30] Musashi
    You really aren't the same Michiru anymore...
[13:35] Goddess Michiru
    But when I look at you, I can hear
    something inside me start to cry.
[13:42] Goddess Michiru
    Visions that I should have forgotten,
    visions I hate, flit through my mind.
[13:48] Goddess Michiru
    I am my father's blade...
[13:50] Michiru
    No!
[13:52] Goddess Michiru
    I have to help him.
[13:55] Michiru
    Stop it!
[13:56] Goddess Michiru
    I won't stop.
[13:58] Goddess Michiru
    I have to be of more use.
    I must become the perfect tool.
[14:03] Goddess Michiru
    If I do...
[14:05] Goddess Michiru
    then maybe Father will finally love me!
[14:11] Goddess Michiru
    Wait, what was that?
    I don't feel that way! I don't!
[14:14] Goddess Michiru
    I don't want to remember!
[14:16] New Yataro
    Oh? What's the matter, Michiru?
[14:19] New Yataro
    Tools have no tears to shed.
[14:24] New Yataro
    You've already become the perfect sword...
[14:28] New Yataro
    Have you not, Michiru?
[14:30] Musashi
    No.
[14:32] Musashi
    You're still in there, aren't you?
[14:35] New Yataro
    Stop trying to lead my daughter astray!
[14:37] Musashi
    Whoa!
[14:40] Musashi
    What the—?!
[14:43] Naotora
    You all right, Musashi?
[14:45] Musashi
    Naotora!
[14:49] Naotora
    Tatsuomi! Take up your sword
     and defend Musashi!
[14:52] Naotora
    The Obsidian Goddess is inside him!
[14:56] Naoe
    It's true. I've given him
    the goddess's blood already.
[15:03] Tatsuomi
    I'm giving everything I have
    left to the two of you.
[15:10] Tatsuomi
    War God's Mantle!
[15:16] Naotora
    I'll go straight at him. You come in high.
[15:18] Naoe
    Right.
[15:20] Yataro
    So fast!
[15:21] Naoe
    Strike!
[15:24] Tatsuomi
    Naotora!
[15:27] Tatsuomi
    Kanetatsu!
[15:28] Kakizaki
    Th-This can't be...
[15:30] Tatsuomi
    We can't hold here.
[15:33] Tatsuomi
    I'll buy some time.
[15:34] Tatsuomi
    Retreat with the wounded
     and the Obsidian Goddess!
[15:37] Yataro
    No one is leaving here alive.
[15:42] Shiro
    Being weak must be tough.
[15:48] Seiroku
    Being weak isn't your fault.
[15:53] Yataro
    Do you see, Shiro?! Seiroku?!
[15:56] Yataro
    I've succeeded where you failed!
[16:03] Kojiro
    No way! We're all gonna die!
[16:05] Yataro
    Die!
[16:06] Musashi
    Kojiro—
[16:08] Musashi
    What is this?
[16:09] Musashi
    Everything stopped.
[16:11] Musashi
    The people... and the surroundings...
[16:17] Little Michiru
    I am Father's blade.
[16:20] Little Michiru
    That's what makes me happy.
[16:23] Musashi
    Michiru?
[16:25] Musashi
    That's you, isn't it?
[16:28] Little Michiru
    I don't know you, Musashi!
[16:30] Little Michiru
    I mean...
[16:31] Little Michiru
    I've forgotten about that red-haired boy!
[16:35] Musashi
    Uh-huh...
[16:38] Musashi
    You remember me, don't you?
[16:41] Musashi
    Isn't that right...
[16:42] Young Musashi
    Michiru?
[16:44] Young Musashi
    C'mon, Michiru. What gives?
[16:47] Young Musashi
    Why are you pretending you forgot me?
[16:52] Young Michiru
    Because... remembering the past hurts.
[16:57] Young Musashi
    The past?
[17:02] (Flashback) Yataro
    Yes! She's finally here!
[17:04] (Flashback) Yataro
    My 3,000th child!
[17:07] Young Musashi
    What is this?
[17:08] Young Michiru
    My memories from before I met you.
[17:12] Michiru
    I've been... born?
[17:16] Michiru
    He's happy I was born?
[17:19] Michiru
    This person must be my father.
[17:22] (Flashback) Michiru
    It's nice to meet you, Father.
[17:25] (Flashback) Yataro
    Curses!
[17:27] (Flashback) Yataro
    This one isn't the Obsidian Goddess, either.
[17:29] (Flashback) Yataro
    Another failure!
[17:31] (Flashback) Yataro
    Why am I only capable of creating garbage?!
[17:36] Michiru
    Garbage...?
[17:45] Michiru
    F-Father, wait... Don't go away.
[17:50] Michiru
    Please don't abandon me.
[17:52] Michiru
    I'll do whatever you want...
[17:55] Michiru
    So look my way. Look at me.
[18:01] Michiru
    Please...
[18:07] Young Musashi
    I get it. You were lonely, huh?
[18:15] Little Michiru
    That's it?
[18:17] Little Michiru
    I thought you were gonna
    say more to cheer me up!
[18:22] Young Musashi
    I don't really know what
    to do either. Sorry.
[18:27] Little Michiru
    You don't? Oh...
[18:30] Little Michiru
    I see. You've got a big
    hole in your heart, too.
[18:36] Young Musashi
    That's right.
[18:37] Young Musashi
    It's kind of a pain, huh?
[18:44] Little Michiru
    You're right. It really is.
[18:52] Little Michiru
    Listen, the truth is... I remember you.
[18:59] Little Michiru
    I like you!
[19:05] Little Michiru
    That's why I thought I could sate
    this sad longing with you...
[19:12] Little Michiru
    But it didn't work.
[19:16] Little Michiru
    When your family hates you,
    I don't think anyone else can fill that hole.
[19:22] Young Musashi
    I see. Does that mean you'd have
    been better off not meeting me?
[19:26] Little Michiru
    No.
[19:28] Little Michiru
    Meeting you helped me realize something.
[19:31] Little Michiru
    The world has so much sparkle to it
    that I never knew before.
[19:37] Little Michiru
    It might not be my father or family at all,
[19:43] Little Michiru
    but it can take the cold inside of me
     and make it feel hot.
[19:50] Little Michiru
    Liking you taught me that.
[19:55] Little Michiru
    I wish we could've been together more.
[19:58] Young Musashi
    Then come with me!
[20:00] Little Michiru
    With you?
[20:02] Young Musashi
    You can travel with me and find
    more stuff you care about!
[20:07] Young Musashi
    I know! You can join my band!
[20:10] Young Musashi
    I think the holes in our hearts might
    be bigger than most people's...
[20:17] Young Musashi
    But that just means we've got more
    room to fill with other stuff!
[20:26] Little Michiru
    Okay. I'll come.
[20:28] Little Michiru
    I'm coming with you, Musashi.
[20:32] Little Michiru
    Oh, this feeling...
[20:39] Musashi
    You're big!
[20:44] Michiru
    This is like when we first met.
[20:47] Musashi
    When we first met? Does that mean...
[20:50] Michiru
    I finally remember you!
[20:56] Musashi
    Michiru!
[21:02] Musashi
    Wh-What is this?!
[21:04] Michiru
    Time is flowing again.
[21:06] Michiru
    I've got to fight against Father!
[21:10] Michiru
    I don't want to stay
     a convenient tool for him!
[21:14] Musashi
    I'm all for that. Quit being a sword
     and change back to normal.
[21:19] Michiru
    But I can't.
[21:20] Michiru
    The black stone inside of Father
    is what turned me into a sword.
[21:26] Michiru
    Can you destroy that for me?
[21:28] Musashi
    Yeah, count on it!
[21:30] Musashi
    But do you think I can manage?
[21:33] Michiru
    The power's already awake
    inside you, Musashi.
[21:36] Michiru
    Look over there.
[21:39] Musashi
    These are...
[21:41] Musashi
    Five doors?
[21:44] Michiru
    Obsidian is made from the
    combination of all five colors.
[21:48] Michiru
    You drank the goddess' blood,
[21:51] Michiru
    so you should be able to master
    one of her powers completely.
[21:56] Musashi
    What is this? My body's heating up...
[21:59] Obsidian Goddess
    Are you prepared to wield the
    power of the goddess in battle?
[22:04] Musashi
    Yeah. You bet I am!
[22:05] Obsidian Goddess
    Well, then...
[22:07] Obsidian Goddess
    Get going.