E3 - Steel Blue Memories

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[01:36] Deku
    ...then across the river.
SIGN    Steel Blue Memories
[01:44] Hotaru
    What the heck is that song?
[01:45] Mago
    Just a nonsense song.
[01:47] Mago
    I'm just singing whatever comes to mind.
[01:52] Mago
    Don't you just get the urge to
    sing when you're in the bath?
[01:57] Hotaru
    Can't say I do, to be honest.
[01:59] Mago
    Okay. Well, I sure do.
[02:04] Tsuru
    Magoichi.
[02:05] Tsuru
    Is this really all right?
[02:07] Tsuru
    You have no idea who we are.
    Why welcome us into the village?
[02:10] Mago
    What're you talking about?
[02:11] Mago
    We already ate together,
    and we're sharing a bath together.
[02:14] Hotaru
    Hey, Tsuru-nii, check it out!
[02:16] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii, you try!
[02:17] Mago
    I can pretty much tell that
    you two aren't bad guys.
[02:19] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii!
[02:22] Mago
    That's good enough.
[02:24] Tsuru
    I see.
[02:25] Mago
    Yep.
[02:26] Tsuru
    How can this man trust people so easily?
[02:30] Mago
    I make it sound high-minded,
    but I drifted here, too.
[02:34] Mago
    I probably would've died if the people
    of the village didn't take me in.
[02:39] Tsuru
    Why doesn't he have any doubts?
[02:41] Mago
    Oh, that reminds me...
[02:42] Mago
    There's an empty house on the village outskirts,
     so you can sleep there when...
[02:47] Tsuru
    What is his deal?!
[02:52] Mago
    Why has he been staring at me like that?!
[02:58] Hotaru
    What are you being so quiet for, Tsuru-nii?!
[03:00] Tsuru
    Hotaru, stop it, you little—
[03:04] Hotaru
    Aw, come on!
[03:05] Tsuru
    What are you thinking?
[03:09] Mago
    These two are scary!
[03:13] Tsuru
    This village is protected by a group
    of mercenaries called the Saika.
[03:18] Tsuru
    No... they're more like local vigilantes.
[03:21] Tsuru
    They can repel attacks from random samurai,
[03:24] Tsuru
    but if the daimyo ever attack
    in force, they would be wiped out.
[03:29] Tsuru
    Even hidden away by the
    mountains and sea like it is,
[03:32] Tsuru
    it's only a matter of time before
    the chaos reaches here, too...
[03:38] Tsuru
    That said, it should be a
    suitable hiding place, for now.
[03:47] Tsuru
    Whose grave is that?
[03:49] Mago
    I don't know.
[03:51] Tsuru
    You don't know?
[03:52] Mago
    No.
[03:53] Mago
    These graves are for bandits who
    tried to attack the village.
[03:56] Tsuru
    Bandits?
[03:57] Mago
    I figured it couldn't hurt to give
    them a proper burial.
[04:02] Mago
    I'm sure they had family, too. There might
    be people waiting for them to return home.
[04:08] Mago
    So—
[04:11] Mago
    I-Is there something on my face?
[04:16] Tsuru
    Naïve.
[04:17] Mago
    Naïve?!
[04:19] Tsuru
    This man is too naïve to survive
    in these turbulent times.
[04:23] Mago
    Uh, Tsuru-san?
[04:24] Tsuru
    Sorry, um... It's nothing.
[04:29] Mago
    What is his deal?
[04:42] Tsuru
    He's asleep?
[04:49] Tsuru
    If nothing else, he has to survive.
[05:03] Hotaru
    Where are we going, Tsuru-nii?!
[05:04] Tsuru
    Just keep running!
[05:08] Hotaru
    I don't think anyone is on our trail.
[05:10] Hotaru
    Where are we running to, now?
[05:16] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii!
[05:18] Tsuru
    Hotaru... you're fast enough
    to escape on your own...
[05:21] Tsuru
    Once the sun is up, get as
    far away... as you can...
[05:36] (Flashback) Saburo
    If you've got something you care about,
    get strong enough to protect it!
[05:39] (Flashback) Saburo
    If the enemy is too big to face alone,
    rely on your comrades.
[05:47] Deku
    What're you drawing?
[05:49] Mago
    I figured some likenesses would
    help us track the others down.
[05:57] Deku
    How can you suck so bad?!
[05:59] Deku
    What even is this?!
[06:00] Deku
    Come on, this guy has three legs! Holy crap!
[06:03] Deku
    It's so awful it almost
    circles around to being good!
[06:07] Deku
    Here comes Magoichi, the master artist!
[06:09] Mago
    You draw the damn pictures, then!
[06:12] Deku
    You realize who you're talking to?
[06:14] Deku
    Glance... Suggestive glance.
[06:16] Mago
    What now?
SIGN    Kabuki Girl Okuni-chan
[06:18] Mago
    "Kabuki Girl Okuni-chan"?
[06:20] Mago
    You made this?
[06:21] Deku
    I wasn't exactly keeping it a secret, y'know?
[06:23] Deku
    It's the story of Okuni-chan,
[06:25] Deku
    a kabuki actress, and her battles
    against the evil Koga ninja.
[06:29] Deku
    Whoa, there! Gotta pay to read more.
[06:32] Mago
    Pay to read it?!
[06:34] Deku
    Damn right! This is a business,
    and I don't intend to go bankrupt!
[06:39] Mago
    How much is it?
[06:40] Deku
    Whisper whisper whisper...
[06:41] Mago
    That much?!
[06:42] Deku
    What a shame!
[06:44] Deku
    The next scene is one where Okuni-chan
    gets captured by the ninjas,
[06:47] Deku
    and then all kinds of stuff happens...
[06:50] Deku
    I can't believe that just happened!
[06:52] Deku
    Man, anyone who doesn't read this is gonna
    regret it for the rest of their lives!
[06:56] Deku
    Ah, the bitter sorrows of the impoverished.
[06:59] Mago
    I'll buy it!
[07:01] Mago
    I'll pay your price...
[07:02] Deku
    Thanks for your patronage, pal!
[07:08] Mago
    Why is he so good...?
[07:10] Deku
    This should give us a lead.
    Let's start searching.
[07:13] Mago
    You're really kicking ass today, man.
[07:15] Deku
    Oh, you finally noticed how awesome I am?
[07:18] Deku
    A talented hawk doesn't hide its claws,
[07:20] Deku
    and you can judge some people by appearances!
[07:22] Deku
    Let's get a move on.
[07:24] Deku
    Man, even the sun's shining
    a spotlight on me!
[07:32] Hotaru
    Save me...
[07:33] Tsuru
    Where are you, Hotaru?!
[07:36] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii, please help...
[07:37] Tsuru
    Hotaru! Where have you gone?!
[07:40] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii...
[07:41] Tsuru
    H-Hotaru?
[07:43] Hotaru
    Are you there?
[07:54] Tsuru
    Hotaru?!
[07:56] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii!
[07:58] Hotaru
    I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die yet!
[08:02] Hotaru
    Don't wanna... die...
[08:17] Hotaru
    You're awake! Thank goodness!
[08:20] Tsuru
    Hotaru?
[08:23] Hotaru
    Want some water?
[08:24] Tsuru
    Yeah...
[08:26] Tsuru
    You carried me to this cave?
[08:29] Hotaru
    Yep. And it wasn't easy,
    because you're heavy!
[08:33] Tsuru
    I see. I'm sorry.
[08:36] Hotaru
    It's okay. And there's no
    sign of anyone following us.
[08:39] Hotaru
    You can rest easy.
[08:41] Tsuru
    Listen, Hotaru...
[08:43] Hotaru
    Yeah?
[08:44] Tsuru
    You need to go. You're going
    to be on your own from now on.
[08:50] Hotaru
    What are you talking about? No way.
[08:53] Hotaru
    I am not doing that!
[08:55] Hotaru
    You promised me, remember?!
    That you'd stay with me!
[09:06] Deku
    Magoichi!
[09:09] Deku
    Magoichi!
[09:14] Deku
    Hold up... I'm not really a runner!
[09:19] Mago
    What are you whining about?
    You wanna be left behind?
[09:21] Deku
    Can we take a break?
    We've been running for two hours...
[09:28] Mago
    Okay. I guess we can rest a bit.
[09:31] Deku
    No good... I'm gonna die before
    we find Tsurukubi and Hotarubi...
[09:35] Deku
    Think I'm gonna barf.
[09:39] Mago
    Tsuru-san will take crazy risks for
    Hotarubi's sake. We'd better find them fast.
[09:44] Deku
    You're right...
[09:45] Deku
    But why does Tsurukubi go so far
     for him in the first place?
[09:51] Mago
    I heard the story once.
[09:54] Mago
    Tsuru-san was an assassin,
    sent to kill Hotarubi.
[10:03] Tsuru
    Thanks to my marksmanship, when I was young...
[10:07] Tsuru
    it became my job to kill anyone
[10:09] Tsuru
    who threatened the shogunate.
[10:13] Tsuru
    I believed that the lives I took
    would save countless others.
[10:25] Tsuru
    And I just... kept killing.
[10:33] (Flashback) Assassin
    The next target has a bar sinister.
[10:36] (Flashback) Tsuru
    A bar sinister?
[10:38] (Flashback) Tsuru
    So it's some noble's bastard child.
     One that needs to stay secret.
[10:41] (Flashback) Assassin
    Right. An opposing faction
    has taken the child
[10:45] (Flashback) Assassin
    and forged an alliance with Spain.
[10:48] (Flashback) Assassin
    The objective is to nip any rebellion
     in the bud as quickly as possible.
[10:52] (Flashback) Assassin
    We're counting on you.
[10:53] (Flashback) Tsuru
    This job's no different than the others.
[10:56] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Who's the target?
[10:57] (Flashback) Assassin
    That boy.
[11:00] (Flashback) Assassin
    The one in the field is your target.
[11:02] (Flashback) Tsuru
    He's just a kid...
[11:04] (Flashback) Assassin
    I wouldn't underestimate him if I were you.
[11:07] (Flashback) Assassin
    He's more than capable.
     He killed all the owls we sent in advance.
[11:30] Tsuru
    For the next few days, I continued
    to observe the target.
[11:47] Tsuru
    I had no shortage of opportunities to shoot.
[11:49] Tsuru
    But in the end... I never did.
[12:04] (Flashback) Assassins
    The brat's inside! Let's go!
[12:21] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Hey, it was you, right?
[12:23] (Flashback) Hotaru
    The one who's been aiming at me
    from the roof for a while now.
[12:26] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Why didn't you shoot?
    You could have killed me whenever.
[12:33] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Tell me.
[12:35] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Because I couldn't tell what you were after.
[12:41] (Flashback) Tsuru
    You intentionally left your guard down.
[12:43] (Flashback) Tsuru
    It was like you wanted me to shoot you.
[12:54] (Flashback) Hotaru
    I've been waiting for you to show up, y'know?
[12:59] (Flashback) Hotaru
    All the servants have been killed.
[13:02] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Just because they were near me.
[13:05] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Everyone around me ends up dying horribly.
[13:12] (Flashback) Hotaru
    You're here to kill me, right?
    I wouldn't mind it, if it's you.
[13:16] (Flashback) Hotaru
    I can't take much pain, though,
    so make it quick, okay?
[13:20] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Why?
[13:22] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Why let me do it?
[13:24] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Because you smell like I do.
[13:28] (Flashback) Tsuru
    I smell?
[13:29] (Flashback) Hotaru
    It's the smell of someone used
    and then abandoned...
[13:31] (Flashback) Hotaru
    The smell of a hired killer.
[13:33] (Flashback) Hotaru
    You probably killed a bunch of people
    for some big cause before, right?
[13:37] (Flashback) Tsuru
    And what cause have you been killing for?
[13:40] (Flashback) Hotaru
    What was it for? I don't even remember.
[13:44] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Don't you have an alliance with the Spanish
     to overthrow the shogunate?
[13:49] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Say what now?
[13:52] (Flashback) Tsuru
    It seems the owls were lying to me all along.
[13:56] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Let me ask you, then.
    Why were you killing people?
[14:00] (Flashback) Tsuru
    To make the world safe.
[14:03] (Flashback) Hotaru
    And you think that's justice?
[14:05] (Flashback) Hotaru
    But from my perspective,
    your justice is evil.
[14:09] (Flashback) Hotaru
    You realize that, right?
[14:11] (Flashback) Hotaru
    You know it's true but don't want
    to admit it, because if you did...
[14:15] (Flashback) Hotaru
    That would mean you're just a killer.
[14:18] (Flashback) Owls
    What are you doing?!
    Hurry up and kill him! Now!
[14:22] (Flashback) Tsuru
    This boy is right. I've been ignoring
    the truth this entire time.
[14:37] Tsuru
    I realized how I was being manipulated,
[14:39] Tsuru
    but told myself it was
    for the greater good...
[14:41] Tsuru
    and kept killing.
[14:43] Tsuru
    I looked into the abyss with
    clouded, monstrous eyes...
[14:47] Tsuru
    I must have the same eyes as this kid.
[14:50] (Flashback) Owls
    Hurry and kill him!
[15:03] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Sorry, but I don't think...
[15:11] (Flashback) Hotaru
    I'm going to let anyone but him kill me.
[15:15] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Well, there are some more dead bodies.
[15:18] (Flashback) Hotaru
    What're you gonna do now?
[15:19] (Flashback) Hotaru
    Mister? Hey!
[15:21] (Flashback) Hotaru
    You're gonna be a target now,
    too, because of me.
[15:27] (Flashback) Hotaru
    I'll go with you.
[15:31] (Flashback) Hotaru
    I get the feeling you'd die without me.
[15:40] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii? You okay?
[15:42] Tsuru
    How long was I out?
[15:44] Hotaru
    Two or three hours, I think.
[15:47] ---
    I see.
[15:49] Tsuru
    My wound is infected. I won't be able
    to get around well because of it.
[15:54] Tsuru
    Over the following years, I was able
    to kill the demon in Hotaru's heart.
[16:00] Tsuru
    He's different now. And he'll
    be able to survive without me.
[16:06] Tsuru
    Hotaru...
[16:07] Hotaru
    What is it?
[16:08] Tsuru
    I'm done with you.
[16:12] Tsuru
    I thought you might be more useful,
     but I guess I was wrong.
[16:18] Tsuru
    I only kept you around for
    protection against the owls.
[16:22] Tsuru
    I figured you'd at least make a decent shield,
     and look what happened to me...
[16:26] Hotaru
    What are you saying?
[16:28] Tsuru
    Go. Get out of here!
[16:32] Tsuru
    You're just in the way!
[16:33] Tsuru
    If I'd been alone when the village was attacked,
     I would've been able to escape!
[16:37] Tsuru
    But you jumped at the enemy
    without a thought in your head,
[16:39] Tsuru
    and look what happened to me!
[16:41] Tsuru
    I'm sick of babysitting.
[16:43] Hotaru
    No way. But... you said you'd stay with me!
[16:46] Tsuru
    I said that because I thought it'd
    make you easier to manipulate.
[16:49] Hotaru
    That's a lie! Tsuru-nii, you helped me—
[16:51] Tsuru
    Shut up! I'm sick of looking at you!
[16:55] Tsuru
    They're here...
[16:59] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii!
[17:04] Tsuru
    Hotaru, you don't need to
    live the kind of life I have.
[17:17] Tsuru
    That just leaves... four.
[17:20] Tsuru
    If I can kill them all...
[17:25] General
    Tsurukubi of the Saika...
[17:34] Tsuru
    So fast!
[17:37] Tsuru
    Who is this guy?! He's completely
    different from the others—
[17:50] Tsuru
    Damn it... I've lost too much blood.
[17:53] Hotaru
    Tsuru-nii!
[18:02] Tsuru
    Don't! He's got nothing to do with this!
[18:04] Tsuru
    You're fighting me!
[18:17] Tsuru
    Phoenix Crasher, drain my blood...
[18:20] Tsuru
    and make everything fall!
[18:29] Tsuru
    Phoenix Crasher...
[18:32] ---
    First secret:
[18:34] ---
    Eternity!
[18:41] ---
    What?!
[18:56] Tsuru
    Stop...
[19:03] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Kid, have you ever seen the sea before?
[19:05] (Flashback) Hotaru
    How could I have? They had me
    locked up in that manor all the time.
[19:11] (Flashback) Tsuru
    We're almost there.
[19:25] (Flashback) Hotaru
    This is the sea?
[19:27] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Yeah.
[19:37] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Mister!
[19:39] (Flashback) Tsuru
    Where are we going next?
[19:43] (Flashback) Tsuru
    You should take me to all kinds of places!
[19:51] Hotaru
    Let... go...
[19:54] Hotaru
    Get... off...
[19:58] Tsuru
    Stop—!
[21:35] Sato
    Magoichi and
[21:36] Spi
    Deku's
[21:37] Both
    Casual Kishu Travelogue!
SIGN    Magoichi Deku Casual Kishu Travelogue!
[21:41] Spi
    Yeah!
[21:42] Deku
    For this segment
[21:42] Sign
    Deku & Magoichi's Casual Kishu Travelogue: Satou Taiki and Spi
    travel areas in Kishu and Wakayama with connections to the Saika!
[21:43] Deku
    we're gonna be checking out locations
    that have connections to Rusted Armors!
[21:47] Deku
    I wonder what kinda trip
     this is gonna be?
[21:50] Sato
    This looks like an ordinary park.
SIGN    Magoichi Taiki Satou
SIGN    Satou Deku
[21:52] Sato
    What's the deal?
[21:53] Spi
    This is Akibasan Park, and I've heard
    it has a major connection to the Saika.
SIGN    Akibasan Park
SIGN    This is where the Saika fought Oda Nobunaga's army
[22:03] Sato
    Against Nobunaga?!
SIGN    The location where the Saika fought Oda Nobunaga Akibasan Park
[22:06] Deku
    Let's mosey on over to
    the plaque at the peak.
SIGN    Exploring the battlefield where the Saika and Nobunaga fought!
[22:10] Spi
    Let's go.
SIGN    Like a foot soldier?!
[22:12] Spi
    That's crazy.
SIGN    Magoichi Deku Casual Kishu Travelogue!
[22:14] Spi
    Hey, that must be it.
SIGN    The location where the Saika fought Oda Nobunaga Akibasan Park
[22:15] Sato
    Yeah, there it is!
[22:16] Spi
    It's gotta be this, right?
[22:17] Sato
    "The remains of the old
    Mt. Akiba battlegrounds."
SIGN    They've found the explanatory plaque!
[22:20] Sato
    It says it was also called
    "The Saika Battle!"
[22:21] Spi
    The Saika battle...
SIGN    Plaque commemorating Mount Akiba's old battleground (For the Saika Battle)
[22:23] Sato
    Wow!
[22:24] Deku
    The gist of it is, the Saika were employed
    by the Honganji Temple monks at the time,
SIGN    Casual Memo Honganji Temple VS Oda Nobunaga
SIGN    The Saika were on the side of the Honganji Temple and engaged Oda's army here at Akibasan. They used the terrain to their advantage to force Oda's army to retreat.
[22:29] Deku
    and they fought off Oda's forces
    here at Mount Akiba.
[22:33] Deku
    Pretty slick, right?
[22:35] Spi
    I wonder what they were like.
SIGN    The place where the Saika fought Oda Nobunaga Akibasan Park
SIGN    The Saika were an independent force that didn't fall under the central government's control
SIGN    They fielded rifles earlier than most! And used a new method of warfare.
[22:47] Sato
    So, in terms of entertainers...
[22:48] Sato
    They're like Saraba
    Seishun no Hikari?
[22:50] Sato
    In spite of all
    these big agencies...
SIGN    Saraba Seishun no Hikari
SIGN    The Saika=Saraba Seishun no Hikari?
[22:53] Sato
    They still operate freelance.
[22:55] Sato
    I guess that's it.
[22:56] Spi
    .
[22:56] Spi
    ..
[22:57] Spi
    ...
[22:57] Spi
    Sure.
[22:59] Spi
    But in more recent terms,
    wouldn't it be like your team?
[23:01] Sato
    Like Fantastics?
[23:03] Spi
    The way you're aggressive
    about pursuing work...
[23:04] Sato
    I get it! Good comparison.
[23:06] Spi
    Aren't you basically
     part of the Saika?
[23:08] Sato
    Is that it? Am I a
     natural born Magoichi?
SIGN    The Saika =
[23:11] Spi
    Maybe you're
     his reincarnation?
[23:12] Sato
    I'm kind of dressed
    like him today, aren't I?
[23:15] Spi
    Y'know, I was thinking, "He's looking
    pretty Magoichi!" all day today.
SIGN    Their outfits look like Magoichi and Deku!
SIGN    Magoichi Deku
[23:17] Sato
    You look like Deku, too!
[23:18] Spi
    For real?!
[23:19] Sato
    Yeah!
SIGN    Magoichi Deku Casual Kishu Travelogue!
[23:20] Sato
    Do you think the Saika kept an eye
    on enemy movements from up here?
SIGN    The location where the Saika fought Oda Nobunaga Akibasan Park
[23:23] Sato
    Nice.
SIGN    A view that Magoichi might have once glanced out over!
[23:24] Sato
    I'm definitely feeling
     reinvigorated.
[23:25] Spi
    Are you?
[23:26] Sato
    I am!
[23:27] Spi
    Ready and...
SIGN    He didn't use the slide...
SIGN    The End
[23:33] Sato
    Too scary!
SIGN    Next Time: A Jasmine-Colored Lantern