# E8 - The Obsidian Goddess
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**[00:01] Shiro**
I know where you belong...
**[00:03] Shiro**
And it's with us.
**[00:06] Musashi**
You're like me...
**[00:08] Musashi**
You have black rocks coming out of you.
**[00:11] Musashi**
You're the guy who lent me
a Kitetsu Blade this morning, right?
**[00:20] Musashi**
Are you crying?
**[00:22] Shiro**
Sorry... I'm just so happy I found you.
**[00:26] Shiro**
When we first met, I had a suspicion, but...
**[00:30] Shiro**
It was really you after all.
**[00:34] Shiro**
I've wanted to meet you
for the longest time!
**[00:36] Shiro**
Oh, don't mind me.
I'm talking to the one inside of you.
**[00:40] Musashi**
The one inside of me...?
**[00:41] Shiro**
I mean these black stones.
**[00:45] Shiro**
They're why you can't use
Kitetsu Blades, right?
**[00:48] Shiro**
I was the same way.
**[00:50] Shiro**
The people you share your dreams
with leave you in the dust.
**[00:54] Shiro**
But how could you argue?
**[00:57] Shiro**
Because you can't fight on your own.
**[01:01] Shiro**
You don't want that to be the end, right?
**[01:03] Shiro**
You want to get strong
and catch up to them, right?
**[01:06] Musashi**
Yeah.
**[01:07] Musashi**
You're exactly right.
**[01:09] Musashi**
So, is there a way for us to get stronger?
**[01:15] Shiro**
You bet.
***SIGN*** The
Obsidian
Goddess
**[02:49] Musashi**
What do I have to do to use a Kitetsu Blade?
**[02:53] Shiro**
You just need to accept the black stones.
**[02:55] Musashi**
I have to accept them?
**[02:58] Shiro**
Yep.
**[02:59] Shiro**
A haze came over you during your trial
and you blacked out, right?
**[03:04] Shiro**
You just need to surrender yourself
to that feeling and let it take you!
**[03:08] Shiro**
You'll become strong if you do!
**[03:11] Musashi**
How strong are we talking?
**[03:15] Shiro**
Strong enough...
**[03:18] Shiro**
to do *this*.
**[03:44] Musashi**
What the?!
**[03:51] Onlooker A**
Where'd that huge pit come from?
**[03:53] Onlooker B**
That guy in black cut it
open with a single sword!
**[03:56] Onlooker C**
What?! That can't be!
**[03:59] Musashi**
*This guy is crazy.*
**[04:04] Musashi**
Wait, did that power not come
from your Kitetsu Blade?
**[04:11] Shiro**
Go on, take the sword's trial.
**[04:14] Shiro**
Then you can become a
Kitetsu Blade yourself!
**[04:17] Musashi**
*Become* a Kitetsu Blade?
**[04:19] Musashi**
What are you talking about?
**[04:21] Musashi**
I thought I was gonna be able
to wield them like you!
**[04:24] Shiro**
Not what I meant!
**[04:25] Shiro**
You're going to *be* a Kitetsu Blade.
**[04:28] Shiro**
Didn't I just show you
how strong you'd become?
**[04:31] Musashi**
Then you meant... No way!
**[04:35] Shiro**
That's right! You're a rare find!
**[04:37] Shiro**
With those black stones, you could
become the ultimate Kitetsu Blade!
**[04:41] Musashi**
What's with you?
**[04:43] Musashi**
You think I can turn into a sword?
**[04:44] Musashi**
Are you serious?
**[04:46] Shiro**
Are you sure *you're* serious?
**[04:49] Shiro**
I thought you wanted to be the strongest.
**[04:51] Shiro**
And you can!
**[04:52] Shiro**
What difference does it make
if you're a human or a sword?!
**[04:59] Musashi**
The answer's obviously no.
**[05:00] Musashi**
I won't be able to fight alongside
Kojiro and Tsugumi if I do that!
**[05:04] Shiro**
I see.
**[05:05] Shiro**
Then what should we do?
**[05:10] Shiro**
Okay, we'll turn your friends
into material for my swords, too!
**[05:14] Shiro**
You won't be lonely then, right?!
**[05:18] Shiro**
The Bushi are heading up
that mountain, aren't they?
**[05:22] Musashi**
Hey! What do you think you're—
**[05:29] Shiro**
Into the forge go the raw materials.
**[05:38] Bushi G**
Keep moving up the mountain!
**[05:40] Bushi H**
The Kishin is at the peak!
**[05:45] Tsugumi**
Kojiro! Kojiro, we don't have to rush!
**[05:49] Kojiro**
If we're not fast,
the Bushi bands will slay the Kishin.
**[05:53] Tsumugi**
Ugh! Why are you suddenly
so fired up about this?
**[05:58] Tsumugi**
And are you sure it was a good idea to
leave Musashi when he's feeling down?
**[06:04] Tsumugi**
Isn't that kind of cold?
**[06:07] Kojiro**
It's fine.
**[06:08] Kojiro**
What could we do for him
right now if we'd stayed?
**[06:12] Kojiro**
Try and cheer him up by saying,
**[06:14] Kojiro**
"I can use Kitetsu Blades,
and I'm sure you can too someday"?
**[06:17] Kojiro**
That'd only make it harder for him.
**[06:21] Kojiro**
So I'm going to go on ahead,
**[06:24] Kojiro**
figure out this Kishin's weakness,
**[06:26] Kojiro**
and wait for Musashi to get back on his feet!
**[06:31] Tsumugi**
Will he be able to, though?
**[06:35] Kojiro**
What?
**[06:36] Tsumugi**
Remember what the lady said?
**[06:37] Tsumugi**
That black aura means he
can't use Kitetsu Blades...
**[06:40] Tsumugi**
And it's really rare.
**[06:42] Tsumugi**
Just who is Musashi really?
**[06:45] Tsumugi**
I mean, if he's really one of
these legendary forsaken...
**[06:49] Tsumugi**
He can't be normal.
**[06:51] Tsumugi**
That got me thinking...
**[06:55] Tsumugi**
Musashi's probably inherited some
kind of amazing power, right?
**[06:59] Tsumugi**
Maybe he's from a special family.
**[07:04] Tsumugi**
You've gotta tell me!
We're friends, aren't we?
**[07:09] Kojiro**
I guess you're right.
**[07:12] Kojiro**
Where do I begin?
**[07:17] Kojiro**
When it comes to Musashi's family...
**[07:23] Kojiro**
There was a massive mountain
with a mine in Tatsuyama.
**[07:29] Kojiro**
And at the foot of it were
homes, shops, and schools.
**[07:35] Kojiro**
And beyond that, there was
an incredibly massive...
**[07:41] Kojiro**
...field. They were farmers.
**[07:48] Tsumugi**
Farmers?
**[07:49] Kojiro**
Farmers.
**[07:50] Tsumugi**
Are you messing with me?!
**[07:53] Kojiro**
I wasn't trying to!
**[07:54] Kojiro**
He's from a family of farmers,
like most everyone in Tatsuyama.
**[07:59] Tsumugi**
Is that all? Disappointing.
**[08:02] Kojiro**
As for me, I was the child
of the last Bushi in Tatsuyama.
**[08:08] Kojiro**
We lived in a bamboo grove
on the edge of town.
**[08:13] Kojiro**
Being Bushi, the descendants of criminals,
**[08:16] Kojiro**
meant everybody kept their distance.
**[08:26] Kojiro**
But Musashi was a weird kid.
**[08:37] Kojiro**
A katana made you a target
for prejudice in town.
**[08:40] Kojiro**
But he...
**[08:43] (Flashback) Young Muashi**
That...
**[08:45] (Flashback) Young Muashi**
was super cool!
**[08:48] (Flashback) Young Muashi**
How'd you cut that leaf?!
**[08:51] (Flashback) Young Muashi**
Come on, how'd you do it?!
You gotta tell me!
**[08:54] (Flashback) Young Kojiro**
Uh... l-like this!
**[09:01] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
Like this?
**[09:04] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
Huh, didn't work.
**[09:07] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
It was so awesome, though! I wanna do it!
**[09:10] Young Kojiro**
*He said it was awesome...*
**[09:14] Kojiro**
I'd never been praised like that before.
**[09:18] Kojiro**
Musashi didn't treat me differently.
**[09:22] Kojiro**
Just having a real friend like him
made me happier than I ever imagined.
**[09:29] (Flashback) Young Kojiro**
Hey!
**[09:30] Kojiro**
And thanks to that weirdo of a friend,
**[09:33] Kojiro**
my life wasn't a total nightmare.
**[09:37] Tsumugi**
I'm glad.
**[09:38] Kojiro**
Yeah.
**[09:40] Tsumugi**
But if everyone in your town
hated Bushi, why didn't Musashi?
**[09:46] Kojiro**
Probably because of his parents.
**[09:49] Kojiro**
They were pretty odd, too.
**[09:52] Kojiro**
They never cared what other people said.
**[09:55] Kojiro**
They treated my dad and I well.
**[09:58] Kojiro**
It was a shame when they got sick and died.
**[10:01] Kojiro**
They were really nice.
**[10:04] Kojiro**
What is it?
**[10:06] Tsumugi**
This just makes it harder to understand.
**[10:09] Tsumugi**
You're saying Musashi and his parents
were all totally normal people, right?
**[10:13] Kojiro**
What of it?
**[10:14] Tsumugi**
So why do Kitetsu Blades
scorn him the way they do?
**[10:19] Tsumugi**
If we don't understand that,
we can't help him find a way around it.
**[10:26] Kojiro**
Well...
**[10:29] Tsumugi**
Is he really going to make his way back to us?
**[10:40] Shiro**
Now then, let's see how this goes.
**[10:42] Nanao**
Master.
**[10:44] Shiro**
Hey, Nanao.
***SIGN*** Inukai
Shiro
of the
???
Band
**[10:49] Nanao**
I brought lunch.
**[10:51] Nanao**
Please be grateful.
***SIGN*** Inukai
Nanao
of the
???
Band
**[10:55] Shiro**
Hey, great job!
This is gonna be a real feast.
**[10:59] Nanao**
Huh. What happened to the redhead?
**[11:02] Shiro**
Oh, I threw him in the pit.
**[11:04] Nanao**
I see.
**[11:06] Shiro**
Huh? Why do you look so sad?
**[11:10] Nanao**
He was kind to me.
**[11:13] Nanao**
I was hoping to talk to him.
**[11:17] Shiro**
That's a real shame.
**[11:19] Nanao**
I'm not sure you know
the meaning of the word "shame."
**[11:23] Nanao**
You probably fed him what he wanted
to hear to get close to him, didn't you?
**[11:28] Nanao**
"I'm also a black-stone forsaken.
I understand how you feel."
**[11:34] Nanao**
Which is all a lie, isn't it?
**[11:37] Shiro**
You're the one person I'd never lie to.
**[11:41] Nanao**
You really are a sophist devil.
**[11:43] Nanao**
The only thing you're earnest
about is Kitetsu Blades...
**[11:47] Nanao**
And you've finally found her
inside of that redhead, right?
**[11:50] Nanao**
Your goddess.
**[11:52] Shiro**
I have.
**[11:54] Shiro**
The Obsidian Goddess that
I've been searching for.
**[11:59] Nanao**
Are you sure it's really her?
**[12:01] Nanao**
Not another fake?
**[12:03] Shiro**
This time I'm sure it's really her.
**[12:05] Nanao**
Then why not just collect her already?
**[12:08] Nanao**
This all seems rather circuitous, Master.
**[12:11] Shiro**
Nanao, my dear, wasted time
is what makes for a fulfilling life.
**[12:15] Nanao**
I prefer to do things efficiently.
**[12:18] Shiro**
I'm after some black stone.
**[12:22] Shiro**
Gonna head out for a bit.
**[12:24] Shiro**
Keep an eye on things here, Nanao.
**[12:29] Nanao**
I see... Master intends on using
that boy as material for a sword.
**[12:35] Nanao**
In that case, I feel sorry for him.
**[12:39] Nanao**
He'll be forced to make a terrible
decision at the bottom of the abyss.
**[12:46] Musashi**
*I keep falling.*
**[12:48] Musashi**
*And I've lost track of time.*
**[12:51] Musashi**
*But I'm not...*
**[12:53] Musashi**
*gonna hit rock bottom without a fight!*
**[13:03] Musashi**
*I've gotta do* something*!
There has to be a way!*
**[13:08] Musashi**
*That's it!*
**[13:18] Musashi**
I've stopped. What a relief.
**[13:23] Musashi**
But what's this blade doing down here?
**[13:38] Nanao**
He can let go of the sword
and be burned alive.
**[13:41] Nanao**
Or he can let go of his consciousness
and turn into black stone.
**[13:45] Nanao**
Either way, he's not making it back alive.
**[13:50] Musashi**
Dammit, my body feels so heavy...
My head's foggy too...
**[13:56] Musashi**
It's just like during my sword trial.
**[13:59] Musashi**
What do I do?
**[14:06] Musashi**
Ow!
**[14:08] Musashi**
That was close. I almost passed out.
**[14:11] Musashi**
But I just have to stay awake, right?
**[14:15] Musashi**
And these black stones are perfect
for getting out of this hole.
**[14:20] Musashi**
Okay. I'm gonna climb my way outta here.
**[14:23] Mysterious Goddess**
I'm afraid I can't allow that.
You must hide for now.
**[14:26] Musashi**
Wh-Who's there?!
**[14:45] Musashi**
This is...
**[14:50] Mysterious Goddess**
You should stay here with me forever.
**[14:55] Musashi**
No... You've gotta let me out.
**[14:59] Musashi**
My friends need my help!
**[15:01] Mysterious Goddess**
You won't be able to do
anything even if you go.
**[15:03] Mysterious Goddess**
You don't have the strength to fight.
**[15:06] Mysterious Goddess**
You would only get in the way.
**[15:11] Musashi**
I still have to go back, though.
**[15:21] Mysterious Giant**
I told you they don't need you.
**[15:24] Mysterious Giant**
It's the same as before, remember?
**[15:27] Mysterious Giant**
You do remember, don't you?
**[15:29] Mysterious Giant**
Remember.
**[15:31] Mysterious Giant**
Remember...
**[15:39] Musashi**
This is...
**[15:43] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
Mom, wake up...
**[15:45] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
Huh?
**[15:46] (Flashback) Townsperson C**
Even if it was an epidemic,
for so many to die...
**[15:50] (Flashback) Townsperson D**
It's because they didn't have
enough faith in our oni masters.
**[15:53] (Flashback) Townsperson D**
Divine punishment for
their blasphemous ways.
**[15:55] (Flashback) Townsperson D**
You know how that one couple used to act.
**[15:58] (Flashback) Townsperson E**
What's going to happen with their son now?
**[16:01] (Flashback) Townsperson C**
Good question. Town laws say that it's
up to his relatives to take him in.
**[16:05] (Flashback) Townsperson D**
No one wants a child like him.
**[16:09] (Flashback) Relative A**
I'm don't see why we have
to take care of you.
**[16:13] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
B-But... they... um...
**[16:15] (Flashback) Relative B**
Oh, would you shut up? And get lost!
**[16:19] (Flashback) Relative B**
Don't ever come back!
**[16:22] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
Uncle, Auntie, thank you
for letting me stay.
**[16:27] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
I'll help a whole bunch.
**[16:29] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
I'll chop wood, or clean the well, or—
**[16:31] (Flashback) Relative C**
There's one condition for you to
become a part of this family.
**[16:35] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
Anything you want!
**[16:36] (Flashback) Relative C**
Don't do anything.
**[16:39] (Flashback) Relative D**
Taking in the child of faithless parents
who showed mercy to Bushi
**[16:42] (Flashback) Relative D**
will look terrible to others.
**[16:44] (Flashback) Relative C**
You need to draw as little attention
as possible. Understood?
**[16:48] (Flashback) Musashi**
O-Okay...
**[16:50] (Flashback) Musashi**
But, um, what's so bad about being
friends with Kojiro and Pops?
**[17:02] (Flashback) Relative C**
This little idiot doesn't
understand a damn thing!
**[17:05] (Flashback) Relative D**
This is what you get
with blasphemers for parents!
**[17:07] Young Musashi**
* I better not keep talking about the*
* Kanemakis around other people.*
**[17:11] Young Musashi**
* Being friends with Bushi*
* will get me in trouble...*
**[17:14] (Flashback) Relative C**
Listen up. You don't leave the
house without permission.
**[17:17] (Flashback) Relative C**
In town, you don't talk to us at all.
**[17:19] (Flashback) Musashi**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[17:20] (Flashback) Relative C**
Don't talk!
**[17:21] (Flashback) Relative E**
You don't have to respond, either, okay?
**[17:29] (Flashback) Woman 1**
Good morning.
**[17:31] (Flashback) Woman 2**
Come on, get out of bed.
**[17:35] (Flashback) Girl**
What's for breakfast?
**[17:48] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
Uncle!
**[17:57] (Flashback) Townsperson G**
Hey, is that the boy you took in?
**[18:00] (Flashback) Townsperson H**
The son of the blasphemers?
**[18:03] (Flashback) Townsperson I**
I can't believe you're
actually taking care of him.
**[18:06] (Flashback) Relative C**
How many times did I tell you to stay
away from us around other people?!
**[18:11] (Flashback) Relative C**
He's wasted enough of our time.
Come on, let's enjoy our meal.
**[18:14] (Flashback) Relative C**
Come on, dear. I can't wait to dig in.
**[18:14] (Flashback) Relative D**
Let's eat while it's hot.
**[18:24] Young Musashi**
*It feels kind of like I'm a ghost...*
**[18:28] Young Musashi**
*No one calls my name.*
**[18:31] Young Musashi**
*Or pays me any attention. Or smiles at me.*
**[18:35] Young Musashi**
*I've figured something out.*
**[18:37] Young Musashi**
*If no one in the world cares about you...*
**[18:41] Young Musashi**
*it's no different from being dead.*
**[18:44] Young Musashi**
* I guess just breathing isn't*
* the same thing as being alive.*
**[18:54] Young Musashi**
*I want...*
**[18:55] Young Musashi**
*I want someone to see me.*
**[18:58] Young Musashi**
*I want to be of use to someone!*
**[19:00] Young Musashi**
*I want someone to like me!*
**[19:03] Young Musashi**
*But... But who...?*
**[19:07] Young Musashi**
*Kojiro... Pops...*
**[19:11] Young Musashi**
*I wish I could see them.*
**[19:13] (Flashback) Relative D**
Hey.
**[19:14] (Flashback) Relative D**
I have something for you to do.
**[19:18] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
I'll do anything!
**[19:19] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
I want to be useful to you and the others!
**[19:22] (Flashback) Relative D**
Throw this rock at him.
**[19:27] (Flashback) Relative D**
Everyone will think better of you.
**[19:30] (Flashback) Relative C**
Prove that you're not like your parents.
**[19:34] (Flashback) Relatives**
Go on. Do it.
**[19:36] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:37] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:38] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:38] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:39] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:40] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:40] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:41] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:41] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:42] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:42] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:43] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:43] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:43] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:44] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:45] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:46] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:46] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:47] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:47] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:48] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it.
**[19:50] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it!
**[19:52] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it!
**[19:53] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it!
**[19:55] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it!
**[19:57] (Flashback) Relatives**
Do it!
**[19:59] (Flashback) Relative D**
Do it!
**[20:09] (Flashback) Musashi**
The remaining Bushi... should just die.
**[20:15] (Flashback) Townsperson H**
That's right! Listen to the kid!
**[20:17] (Flashback) Townperson I**
Go to hell, Bushi!
**[20:21] (Flashback) Jisai**
Musashi...
**[20:23] Mysterious Giant**
You threw the rock in that moment.
**[20:29] Mysterious Giant**
Because no one needed you...
**[20:33] Mysterious Giant**
You were willing to do whatever
it took to feel wanted.
**[20:36] Mysterious Giant**
Anything at all.
**[20:38] Mysterious Giant**
That's who you are.
**[20:40] Mysterious Giant**
You say you want to be a Bushi,
**[20:42] Mysterious Giant**
but that's just an excuse to be
with your friend, isn't it?
**[20:47] (Flashback) Young Musashi**
Okay, we're gonna do it too, Kojiro!
**[20:49] (Flashback) Musashi**
I'm happy as long as we can
chase our dream together.
**[20:53] (Flashback) Musashi**
I wish I could have joined him.
**[20:58] Mysterious Giant**
To you, being a Bushi and wielding a
katana are simply a means to an end,
**[21:03] Mysterious Giant**
no different than the rock
you threw that day.
**[21:06] Mysterious Giant**
There's no way someone like
that can use a Kitetsu Blade.
**[21:10] Mysterious Giant**
And if you can't fight, then you're
of no value to your friends.
**[21:14] Mysterious Giant**
You'll have to forgive me.
**[21:16] Mysterious Giant**
The only way to break your will to fight was
to revisit these memories from your past.
**[21:21] Mysterious Giant**
If you were to leave this place and
start fighting, they could capture me.
**[21:27] Mysterious Giant**
Because you are I one, in body and soul.
**[21:30] Mysterious Giant**
So let's hide here forever.
**[21:34] Mysterious Giant**
You don't need to involve yourself
in the war between Bushi and oni.
**[21:50] Kojiro**
This thing is a Kishin?
**[23:25] Shiro**
Nanao!
**[23:26] Nanao**
What is it?
**[23:27] Shiro**
I wanted to show my gratitude for
your help in my Kitetsu Blade search.
**[23:30] Shiro**
This is for you!
**[23:31] Nanao**
Master...!
**[23:31] Sfx sign**
Beeeam
**[23:33] Shiro**
I stole it, by the way.
**[23:34] Nanao**
You just say whatever you want, don't you?!
**[23:36] Nanao**
Sophist devil!
***SIGN*** Next Time
A Bushi's Way of Life