# E9 - The One Who Controls the Demons
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**[00:11] Sakuna**
Hup.
**[00:15] Kokorowa**
So this is rice planting?
**[00:17] Tama**
Indeed it is.
**[00:19] Tama**
The seedlings we grow are
carefully planted one by one.
**[00:24] Sakuna**
Hey, Kinta.
**[00:26] Sakuna**
It's crooked.
**[00:27] Kinta**
What are you talking about?
**[00:29] Kinta**
Yours are crooked.
**[00:31] Sakuna**
What do you mean? Mine are nice and...
**[00:39] Tama**
As you can see,
**[00:41] Tama**
planting the seedlings the
right distance apart is difficult.
**[00:46] Kokorowa**
I see.
**[01:01] Myrthe**
This is much easier.
**[01:03] Yui**
We know exactly where to plant.
**[01:08] Sakuna**
What a beautiful field.
**[01:10] Kinta**
She's not the goddess
of invention for nothing.
**[01:13] Kinta**
Nothing like the goddess who lounges around
despite calling herself a harvest goddess.
**[01:18] Sakuna**
You didn't have to say that last part.
**[01:22] Yui**
We appreciate your continued support,
Princess Kokorowa.
**[01:31] Sakuna**
What was that?
**[01:38] Sakuna**
What's this?
***SIGN*** Episode 9
The One Who Controls the Demons
**[03:11] Sakuna**
Absolutely not! Demons are demons!
**[03:14] Tama**
Her Highness is correct.
**[03:17] Tama**
Demons are demons because
they are wicked and evil.
**[03:21] Tama**
There's no telling what might happen
later if we don't finish it off now.
**[03:25] Tauemon**
But what could it possibly do
when it's so badly injured?
**[03:30] Sakuna**
You've butchered and eaten
plenty of demon rabbits before now.
**[03:36] Tauemon**
You're not wrong, but...
**[03:41] Myrthe**
I will bring medicine.
**[03:43] Sakuna**
Myrthe.
**[03:45] Myrthe**
I think you are right,
but I cannot do nothing.
**[03:57] Yui**
Just look at these wounds.
**[04:00] Tauemon**
They seem to have been inflicted by a blade.
**[04:03] Tauemon**
Perhaps it was driven away
after a falling out.
**[04:06] Yui**
If it was driven away, that means
it's different from ordinary demons.
**[04:11] Yui**
Please. Say something, Kinta.
**[04:18] Yui**
Kinta?
**[04:20] Myrthe**
I made medicine.
**[04:24] Kinta**
We should kill it.
**[04:26] Yui**
Kinta...
**[04:28] Kinta**
Don't be naive.
**[04:30] Kinta**
What if it heals and attacks someone?
**[04:34] Myrthe**
Well...
**[04:36] Tauemon**
Kinta is right, but
if we kill it so it can't kill us,
**[04:44] Tauemon**
then we're no different from Ishimaru.
**[04:48] Kinta**
But...
**[04:53] Sakuna**
We'll kick it out as soon as it can walk.
**[04:56] Sakuna**
It can stay until then.
**[04:58] Yui**
Goddess...
**[05:03] Yui**
Yeah.
**[05:04] Yui**
We'll go thank her later.
**[05:13] Sakuna**
Honestly, they're all so demanding.
**[05:19] Sakuna**
Kokorowa.
**[05:20] Kokorowa**
I'm surprised.
**[05:23] Sakuna**
About what?
**[05:24] Kokorowa**
I doubt you would've heeded
the requests of humans before.
**[05:30] Sakuna**
It can't be helped.
**[05:33] Sakuna**
I had to say that to settle the matter.
**[05:35] Sakuna**
Honestly, they require
so much looking after.
**[05:40] Kokorowa**
Do they?
**[05:44] Sakuna**
Since coming to this island,
**[05:46] Sakuna**
I've done all the hunting,
exploring, and rice cultivating myself.
**[05:51] Sakuna**
I was at my wit's end.
**[05:54] Kokorowa**
All by yourself?
**[05:56] Sakuna**
Well...
**[05:59] Sakuna**
Tauemon may be clumsy, but he reads
that book so we can make better rice.
**[06:05] Sakuna**
Myrthe has done her best to learn
to cook unfamiliar Yanato dishes.
**[06:09] Sakuna**
Yui and Kinta are still
foul-mouthed children,
**[06:12] Sakuna**
but despite how they seem,
they're dexterous.
**[06:15] Sakuna**
They've made farming tools and clothes.
**[06:18] Sakuna**
Kaimaru is young, but he's doing his best.
**[06:22] Sakuna**
They stumbled into the Lofty Realm,
but none of them have given up.
**[06:28] Sakuna**
Not a single one of them is bad at heart.
**[06:35] Kokorowa**
What's this?
**[06:36] Sakuna**
A senbakoki.
**[06:38] Sakuna**
It's for removing the
unhulled rice from the plant.
**[06:42] Kokorowa**
I see.
**[06:47] Kokorowa**
What is that?
**[06:48] Sakuna**
Don't worry about it.
**[06:49] Sakuna**
It happens all the time on this island.
**[06:52] Sakuna**
Though, lately, I feel like it's
been happening too frequently.
**[07:02] Sakuna**
Okay. Let's go down to the field below.
**[07:08] Sakuna**
Tama? What's the matter?
**[07:11] Tama**
Your Highness...
**[07:12] Tama**
I was just wondering why
that demon wandered in here.
**[07:17] Kokorowa**
What do you mean?
**[07:20] Tama**
Lord Takeribi's illusion magic
is cast over the entire pass.
**[07:26] Tama**
Normally, a demon shouldn't be
able to wander in here so easily.
**[07:31] Kokorowa**
In other words, the spell is weakening?
**[07:34] Tama**
I considered that possibility,
**[07:37] Tama**
but I believe it's not that
the spell is getting weaker.
**[07:40] Tama**
It's the evil energy
that's getting stronger.
**[07:43] Sakuna**
Then demons will show up here eventually.
**[07:46] Tama**
If the evil energy continues
to get stronger...
**[07:50] Kokorowa**
But if the evil energy is getting stronger,
**[07:54] Kokorowa**
doesn't that make it easier
to find the source?
**[07:58] Kokorowa**
Isn't it easier to determine
where the demons are coming from
**[08:04] Kokorowa**
and where the center of it is now?
**[08:07] Sakuna**
You're right.
**[08:08] Tama**
So we should use this
opportunity to strike first.
**[08:12] Tama**
That may not be a bad idea.
**[08:22] Sakuna**
Looks like we can track it.
**[08:25] Sakuna**
Kinta.
**[08:26] Kinta**
Huh?
**[08:27] Sakuna**
I'm telling you this because
I see you as an adult.
**[08:31] Sakuna**
Keep an eye on the demon.
**[08:33] Sakuna**
If it does anything suspicious,
kill it right away.
**[08:38] Kinta**
Got it.
**[08:46] Kokorowa**
Thank you for waiting.
**[08:49] Sakuna**
Where did you get that?
**[08:52] Kokorowa**
Lady Kamuhitsuki allowed me to bring it.
**[08:56] Kokorowa**
Let's go.
**[08:59] Sakuna**
Do you think I could ride
on its other shoulder?
**[09:04] Tama**
It's important to walk
on your own two legs.
**[09:09] Sakuna**
Says the guy who floats around!
**[09:18] Sakuna**
It's this way.
**[09:19] Tama**
That's not where the Homusubi
Specter's volcano was.
**[09:25] Kokorowa**
Let's go.
**[09:50] Tama**
This place...
**[09:52] Sakuna**
Ashigumo.
**[09:55] Ashigumo**
What is it?
**[09:58] Ashigumo**
Who are you?
**[09:59] Kokorowa**
My name is Kokorowa.
**[10:03] Tama**
We followed the scent of a demon
who wandered into the pass here.
**[10:12] Kokorowa**
Look.
**[10:14] Kokorowa**
That's the only place
the mist isn't moving.
**[10:17] Kokorowa**
It's frozen in place.
**[10:26] Sakuna**
This must be it.
**[10:32] Sakuna**
Mother...
**[10:37] Tama**
The mist...
**[10:42] Ashigumo**
There's a castle here?
**[10:44] Tama**
It was hidden by a barrier, like our pass.
**[10:50] Sakuna**
But do demons know how to do that?
**[10:53] Tama**
There must be someone leading the demons.
**[10:57] Tama**
They probably grew the number of demons
on the island and attacked the Ashigumo.
**[11:08] Sakuna**
What is it?
**[11:10] Ashigumo**
We're surrounded.
**[11:18] Sakuna**
So many...
**[11:19] Ashigumo**
It's an ambush.
**[11:20] Ashigumo**
Looks like they knew we would come here.
**[11:23] Sakuna**
Here?
**[11:26] Tama**
That injured demon rabbit...
**[11:28] Tama**
Was it bait to lure you here?
**[11:38] Sakuna**
Kokorowa, stay here.
**[11:39] Sakuna**
Ashigumo, let's go.
**[11:41] Ashigumo**
Got it.
**[11:42] Kokorowa**
Automaton!
**[11:51] Sakuna**
What's this?
**[11:52] Kokorowa**
Have you forgotten?
**[11:54] Kokorowa**
Lady Kamuhitsuki gave me a mission, too.
**[11:59] Kokorowa**
The same as yours.
**[12:02] Sakuna**
Kokorowa...
**[12:07] Sakuna**
Ashigumo!
**[12:08] Tama**
Your Highness!
**[12:09] Sakuna**
What?
**[12:10] Tama**
This trap, the demon rabbit...
**[12:13] Tama**
I'm worried about the pass.
**[12:15] Sakuna**
But...
**[12:16] Kokorowa**
I'll go to the pass.
**[12:19] Sakuna**
Kokorowa... Will you be
all right on your own?
**[12:21] Kokorowa**
I've worked just as hard as you.
**[12:25] Kokorowa**
Don't worry about me.
**[12:30] Kokorowa**
Be careful.
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**[12:49] Sakuna**
What is this?
**[12:56] Sakuna**
Ashigumo.
**[12:58] Ashigumo**
That's an unbelievable number
of demons, even more than before.
**[13:01] Ashigumo**
The demons' leader is definitely in there.
**[13:09] Sakuna**
I'll handle this!
**[13:24] Sakuna**
Let's go.
**[13:27] Sakuna**
It's in here, huh?
**[13:32] Sakuna**
What is that?
**[13:45] Tama**
Your Highness!
**[13:54] Sakuna**
You...
**[14:02] Kokorowa/Id**
*Didn't I tell you?*
**[14:04] Kokorowa/Id**
*I don't want to lose to you.*
**[14:08] Sakuna**
Kokorowa...
**[14:23] Ashigumo**
Hurry!
**[14:34] Sakuna**
There's nothing here.
**[14:36] Sakuna**
That can't be possible, right?
**[14:42] Sakuna**
What?
**[14:43] Tomo**
The Homusubi Specter...
**[14:45] Sakuna**
But it sank into a sea of fire!
**[14:48] Tama**
The Homusubi Specter
**[14:50] Tama**
uses flames of undeath to weave
the hatred of the dead into new deaths.
**[14:54] Tama**
It must've been drawn to the powerful
evil energies here and reappeared.
**[15:00] Homusubi**
Hate... hate...
**[15:07] Ashigumo**
I'll handle this.
**[15:08] Sakuna**
Ashigumo.
**[15:10] Ashigumo**
Its hatred was originally the grudges
of the Ashigumo slain by demons.
**[15:16] Ashigumo**
I remained on the island to put that to rest.
**[15:22] Sakuna**
You're going to fight it alone?
**[15:30] Ashigumo**
It's time to end this.
**[15:33] Tama**
Your Highness.
**[15:41] Sakuna**
Who is that?
**[15:45] Sakuna**
Is he asleep?
**[15:47] Tama**
The evil energy is so strong,
my beard is bristling!
**[15:54] Ishimaru**
That voice...
**[15:55] Ishimaru**
I was wondering who you were.
**[15:58] Ishimaru**
You're the brat I met on the bridge.
**[16:02] Sakuna**
You're...
**[16:04] Sakuna**
You're the man I kicked off the bridge.
**[16:09] Ishimaru**
It's been a while.
**[16:12] Sakuna**
You've amassed a lot of energy
since I last saw you.
**[16:17] Ishimaru**
Well, yeah.
**[16:18] Ishimaru**
I arrived on the island long before you.
**[16:22] Sakuna**
What do you mean?
**[16:23] Sakuna**
What are you even doing here?
**[16:28] Ishimaru**
What happened to that fool Katsura?
**[16:31] Ishimaru**
Is he dead?
**[16:33] Tama**
Before us?
**[16:35] Tama**
The Bridge of Heaven!
**[16:38] Sakuna**
What do you mean?
**[16:39] Tama**
The Bridge of Heaven was created
by the first Lady Kamuhitsuki
**[16:43] Tama**
to connect various times and places.
**[16:46] Tama**
The mist around it
has no defined time or place.
**[16:50] Tama**
It is undefined and
the foundation of both worlds.
**[16:55] Sakuna**
So, by entering it, he came
to this island in the distant past.
**[17:01] Ishimaru**
Many years have passed
since I first came to this island.
**[17:07] Ishimuar**
I had more than enough time
to hone my skills.
**[17:11] Sakuna**
Why didn't you attack us
when you learned we came to the island?
**[17:16] Ishimaru**
I've had my hands full with other things.
**[17:19] Ishimaru**
Besides, killing you isn't my goal.
**[17:23] Ishimaru**
It's destroying both the Lofty Realm
and the Lowly Realm with him.
**[17:30] Tama**
Him?
**[17:34] Tama**
He's coming.
**[17:39] Ishimaru**
You'll pay for what you did
to me on that bridge!
**[17:42] Ishimaru**
Then I'll kill Katsura,
that woman, and the kids!
**[17:52] Ishimaru**
You think you can cut me with that?
**[18:13] Tama**
Your Highness!
**[18:15] Sakuna**
Don't worry.
**[18:16] Sakuna**
Ashigumo and Kokorowa let me
conserve my strength.
**[18:22] Sakuna**
Kinta and Yui made tools for me.
**[18:29] Sakuna**
Myrthe cooked the rice that
granted me even more power.
**[18:33] Sakuna**
I won't lose!
**[18:37] Ishimaru**
Why, you...!
**[18:55] Sakuna**
Take this!
**[19:05] Tama**
Your Highness, finish him.
**[19:07] Sakuna**
Finish him?
**[19:08] Tama**
As long as he's around, the demons
will band together and attack again.
**[19:15] Tama**
You must end it.
**[19:26] Sakuna**
Leave this place.
**[19:27] Tama**
Your Highness!
**[19:29] Sakuna**
Remember what Tauemon said?
**[19:32] Sakuna**
If we kill him simply so he can't
kill us, we're no different.
**[19:38] Ishimaru**
Katsura, huh?
**[19:41] Ishimaru**
What an annoying bastard.
**[19:45] Sakuna**
Sounds like you share
a deep connection with Tauemon.
**[19:49] Sakuna**
You may not be able to right away,
**[19:51] Sakuna**
but someday you should have
a heart-to-heart.
**[19:55] Ishimaru**
You're naive.
**[19:56] Ishimaru**
I'd rather slice his throat open.
**[20:02] Sakuna**
What was that?
**[20:03] Tama**
Look
**[20:08] Sakuna**
The mountain is burning...
**[20:14] Ishimaru**
It's begun.
**[20:16] Ishimaru**
I'm sure you've heard of him.
**[20:19] Ishimaru**
The evil god Omizuchi has awakened!
**[20:22] Sakuna**
Omizuchi?
**[20:24] Tama**
Impossible!
**[20:25] Tama**
Lord Takeribi defeated Omizuchi with me,
the Blade of Hoshidama.
**[20:30] Ishimaru**
He was once defeated by the gods
of the capital and the Ashigumo,
**[20:37] Ishimaru**
but he's not dead.
**[20:40] Ishimaru**
He's been biding his
time deep within the land.
**[21:00] Ishimaru**
When I arrived on the island,
**[21:03] Ishimaru**
I was drawn to his evil
energy and encountered him.
**[21:07] Ishimaru**
Uncontrollable hatred and rage...
**[21:11] Ishimaru**
He smelled just like me.
**[21:16] Ishimaru**
In exchange for healing his wounds,
I was given this demonic power
**[21:22] Ishimaru**
so we could destroy the Lofty Realm
and invade the Lowly Realm.
**[21:28] Sakuna**
You bastard...
**[21:29] Ishimaru**
Tell Katsura that you'll
regret your naivety.
**[21:36] Sakuna**
Hey, wait!
**[21:43] Sakuna**
Damn him.
**[21:45] Tama**
Your Highness!
**[21:48] Sakuna**
The island...
**[21:50] Tama**
I see flames in the pass, too.
**[21:54] Tama**
We should return for now.
**[22:07] Sakuna**
What is this?
**[22:08] Tama**
Your Highness, look at this.
**[22:11] Sakuna**
They're demon footprints.
**[22:12] Tama**
A lot of them, too.
**[22:15] Tama**
Perhaps that demon rabbit guided them here.
**[22:19] Sakuna**
Kokorowa!
**[22:20] Sakuna**
Tauemon! Kinta! Yui!
**[22:23] Sakuna**
Myrthe! Kaimaru!
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