# 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.