# 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