# E15 - Heartblade
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUG51Z4/heartblade)
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**[01:30] Ai**
You see... My family...
**[01:33] Ai**
is part of a long line of shinobi!
**[01:35] Tokimaru**
So this is where you've been, Ai-sama!
**[01:41] Ai**
Tokimaru!
**[01:43] Iko**
It's...
**[01:44] Teru**
It's...
**[01:45] Both**
It's a ninja!
***SIGN*** Hidden Sword Technique:
Cherry Blossom Blitz
**[01:52] Ai**
Hidden Sword Technique: Cherry Blossom Blitz!
**[02:01] Ai**
He's found out... where I am.
**[02:03] Ai**
Let's go, you two.
**[02:06] Teru**
Huh? But he just fell...
**[02:08] Ai**
That ain't enough to kill him.
***SIGN*** Episode 15
Heartblade
**[02:22] Ai**
Thanks a bunch.
**[02:26] Teru**
U-Um... So that person from earlier...
**[02:29] Ai**
Yes. He's the one who's after me.
**[02:34] Ai**
I didn't expect him to find me so quickly.
**[02:37] Iko**
Ai-san, are you okay?
**[02:40] Ai**
My body's super weak.
**[02:44] Ai**
Truly... it's difficult to even...
swing around a sword...
**[02:51] Teru**
Do you want to take a
little break before we go?
**[02:54] Ai**
Thank you for your concern,
but he'll find me soon...
**[02:58] Iko**
No, really, you okay?
**[03:01] Iko**
Want to lean on my shoulder?
**[03:02] Ai**
Oh, I'm totally fine.
**[03:04] Ai**
I told you.
**[03:06] Ai**
I'm a shinobi!
***SIGN*** Huff
***SIGN*** Huff
***SIGN*** Huff
***SIGN*** Huff
***SIGN*** Huff
***SIGN*** Huff
**[03:11] Teru**
What do you think about
the whole shinobi thing?
**[03:17] Ai**
But I'm really sorry...
**[03:23] Ai**
Because... I ended up involvin'... you two...
**[03:30] Teru**
*I have to Heart-shift!*
**[03:32] Teru**
*No! I won't make it in time!*
**[03:39] Tokimaru**
Honestly, you push yourself way too far.
**[03:43] Teru**
Huh?
**[03:44] Iko**
Hey, it's the weirdo from before.
**[03:47] Tokimaru**
I am not a weirdo.
**[03:49] Tokimaru**
My name is Tokimaru.
**[03:51] Tokimaru**
I've come to retrieve our
village's princess, Ai-sama.
**[03:55] Iko and Teru**
*Pri... Princess?!*
**[04:01] Ai**
Why are you followin' me?!
**[04:03] Tokimaru**
To protect you, Ai-sama!
**[04:05] Ai**
It's because everyone's
sheltered me my whole life
**[04:08] Ai**
that I ended up knowing nothing of the world!
**[04:11] Tokimaru**
You are not a normal person, Ai-sama.
**[04:13] Tokimaru**
There's no need for you
to know of the world.
**[04:15] Tokimaru**
We will protect you.
**[04:17] Ai**
Shut your mouth, you moron!
**[04:20] Iko**
Why are they arguing up there?
**[04:22] Ai**
Whatever!
**[04:24] Tokimaru**
Ai-sama!
**[04:26] Ai**
Ugh... After all the trouble I went
through to leave the village...
**[04:32] Teru**
Um... Why did you run away from home, Ai-san?
**[04:37] Teru**
I mean... from the shinobi village...
**[04:41] Ai**
From the moment I was born,
they never let me leave the village.
**[04:46] Ai**
Because I'm so sheltered,
I didn't know about anythin'.
**[04:51] Ai**
That's why...
**[04:52] Ai**
I've always longed to see this big world.
**[04:57] Tokimaru**
You're not sheltered.
**[04:59] Tokimaru**
We're just protecting you, Ai-sama.
**[05:01] Ai**
Quit eavesdroppin'!
**[05:04] Teru**
Er, calm down, Ai-san.
**[05:07] Teru**
What's this about shinobi, anyway?
**[05:12] Ai**
Shinobi have basically given their
lives for the sake of the world.
**[05:19] Ai**
Currently, we live quietly away from
civilization in the village of Soga.
**[05:25] Ai**
In the past, we mostly prevented wars,
**[05:29] Ai**
punished evildoers, and saved people...
**[05:33] Teru**
Saved people?
**[05:35] Teru**
*They sound like heroes.*
**[05:38] Ai**
Don't you think it's strange, though?!
**[05:40] Ai**
They keep sayin' it's for the
world and for the people,
**[05:43] Ai**
but we're livin' in secret away
from both the world and people.
**[05:47] Ai**
I don't wanna live like that anymore!
**[05:49] Ai**
I want to live more out in the open!
**[05:52] Ai**
So just stay outta my way!
**[05:54] Ai**
Tokimaru, hurry on home!
**[05:56] Tokimaru**
I will not go home.
**[05:58] Tokimaru**
If I leave you here, I'm the one
who's going to get yelled at.
**[06:03] Ai**
You're just doin' this for yourself!
**[06:05] Ai**
In the end, this is the
only one I can believe in.
**[06:09] Teru**
And who's that?
**[06:10] Ai**
My katana.
**[06:12] Ai**
This is what's led me this far so
I wouldn't be found or get lost.
**[06:18] Teru**
Your katana... guided you?
**[06:20] Ai**
I've ended up quite far from
home thanks to her, though.
**[06:28] Ai**
The Heart Blade, Purity.
**[06:32] Teru**
I-It's a real katana?
**[06:36] Iko**
I thought it was a wooden blade.
**[06:38] Teru**
It's so pretty...
**[06:39] Ai**
Right?!
**[06:41] Ai**
Purty's a real beauty, ain't she?
**[06:44] Ai**
P-Purty?
**[06:46] Ai**
You've got some nice eyes.
**[06:47] Ai**
Teru-san, try holdin' her.
**[06:49] Teru**
H-Huh?
**[06:52] Teru**
It's not heavy at all...
**[06:55] Teru**
It's like I'm holding nothing at all.
**[07:00] Ai**
Say, Teru-san.
**[07:01] Ai**
You know how you write "shinobi" using
the characters for "blade" and "heart"?
***SIGN*** Blade
***SIGN*** Heart
**[07:06] Ai**
Why do you think that is?
**[07:07] Teru**
Huh?
**[07:08] Ai**
You put your heart onto your
blade and turn it into strength.
**[07:12] Ai**
You also read the heart of
your blade and control it.
**[07:16] Ai**
That's what shinobi do.
**[07:20] Ai**
Even if I lack strength, if I give
my heart to my blade, I can fight.
**[07:27] Ai**
And... Let me see her for a sec.
**[07:29] Ai**
She also reads the hearts of the people
who touch her and tells me about them.
**[07:35] Teru**
Reads their hearts?
**[07:37] Ai**
Yes, yes... What's that?
**[07:40] Ai**
Let's see... Teru-san is...
**[07:44] Ai**
Fourteen and a second-year in middle school.
***SIGN*** 14 years old
***SIGN*** Second-year
in middle school
***SIGN*** Born on 4/2
**[07:47] Ai**
And her birthday's April 2nd.
**[07:50] Ai**
Her favorite thing is...
natto? That's surprisin'.
***SIGN*** Born on 4/2
**[07:55] Ai**
She's very introverted and shy.
**[07:59] Ai**
You had an older sister,
and you were really close.
**[08:03] Teru**
Huh?!
**[08:04] Ai**
What's currently troublin' you is the
fact that you have some bad bedhead.
**[08:08] Ai**
The thing you're happy about right now is
the fact that you've gotten closer with Iko-san.
**[08:12] Teru**
Huh?!
**[08:16] Teru**
U-Um, I think that's enough!
**[08:19] Teru**
P-P-Please don't say any more about me!
**[08:22] Ai**
Wow, she's right. You really are shy!
**[08:25] Ai**
How adorable.
**[08:27] Iko**
That's amazing! Are all shinobi like this?
**[08:31] Ai**
This power belongs to me alone.
**[08:34] Ai**
You know how they say objects
gain a heart over time?
**[08:37] Ai**
So I... hm?
**[08:40] Ai**
What's that, Purty?
**[08:42] Ai**
I see...
**[08:44] Ai**
Teru-san?
**[08:47] Ai**
Teru-san's the hero I've been lookin' for?
**[08:50] Teru**
Huh?!
**[08:58] Ai**
So you see... there's one other
reason I left my village.
**[09:04] Ai**
A little while back, I felt a pitch-black
heart seething somewhere far away.
**[09:10] Teru**
A pitch-black heart seething?
**[09:14] Teru**
*Could she mean... from back then?*
**[09:18] Ai**
And then she told me that
I have somethin' I need to do.
**[09:28] Ai**
I need to talk to a hero.
**[09:33] Teru**
Wh-What's that scar?
**[09:37] Ai**
It's a scar I got when I was little.
**[09:40] Ai**
Because of it, my heart's grown weak,
so it's a bit hard gettin' around in this body.
**[09:46] Ai**
There's been a shadow upon
my heart this whole time.
**[09:51] Ai**
That seething pitch-black
heart reminded me of my scar.
**[09:56] Ai**
My katana also tells me that this is fate.
**[10:00] Ai**
Teru-san, there's someone out there
threatenin' everyone's peace, isn't there?
**[10:08] Ai**
I want you to let me help you.
**[10:10] Ai**
So that the evil consumin' people's
hearts will cease to exist.
**[10:14] Tokimaru**
Ai-sama!
**[10:17] Tokimaru**
I can't stand by any longer!
**[10:19] Tokimaru**
You'll be in danger!
**[10:21] Ai**
Just go home, Tokimaru!
**[10:23] Ai**
I don't plan on goin' back
until I've fulfilled my goal!
**[10:27] Tokimaru**
Please don't be unreasonable!
**[10:29] Tokimaru**
It's not just me.
**[10:30] Tokimaru**
Everyone is worried about you, Ai-sama!
**[10:35] Tokimaru**
Besides, there are no shinobi villages nearby.
**[10:39] Tokimaru**
Where do you plan on living?
**[10:41] Ai**
W-Well...
**[10:48] Ai**
You're a hero, right, Teru-san?
**[10:51] Teru**
Huh?
**[10:52] Ai**
And heroes help those in need, right?
**[10:56] Teru**
U-Um...
**[10:59] Ai**
And I'm in need right now. So...
**[11:03] Ai**
I guess I'll just be in Teru-san's care.
**[11:07] Tokimaru**
Huh?
**[11:08] Iko; Teru**
Huh?
**[11:09] Teru**
*She's coming to my place?!*
**[11:16] Teru**
Shy.
***SIGN*** Ai Tennoji
Nationality: Japanese
Likes: Ninja training
The princess of the Soga Ninja Village.
Is a ninjutsu expert.
**[11:24] Ai**
Wow...
**[11:25] Ai**
So this is where you live, Teru-san...
**[11:28] Teru**
Er, um... Are you really
going to stay at my place?
**[11:32] Ai**
Too bad Iko-san didn't join us.
**[11:35] Teru**
Um, well... I-Iko-san had to go home
to make her little brother dinner, so...
**[11:41] Ai**
I see.
**[11:43] Tokimaru**
Ai-sama—
**[11:43] Ai**
You can't come in, Tokimaru!
**[11:46] Ai**
Let's go, Teru-san!
**[11:52] TV**
*This time on* 3-Minute Cooking*...*
**[11:54] TV**
*We're featuring seafood pizza with shrimp!*
***SIGN*** 3-Minute
***SIGN*** Seafo
***SIGN*** Plenty of
Shrimp!
**[11:57] Shrimpy**
You're back, Teru.
**[12:07] Teru**
*O-Oh, right! I have Shrimpy-san at home!*
**[12:10] Teru**
U-Um...
**[12:12] Teru**
Th-Th-This is, um...
**[12:14] Ai**
Shrimpy-san, right?
**[12:17] Teru**
Huh?
**[12:18] Ai**
Purty told me that you had a roommate.
**[12:22] Ai**
But I had no idea he was so adorable.
**[12:26] Teru**
Huh?
**[12:27] Teru**
*A-Adorable?*
**[12:30] Shrimpy**
Hm?
**[12:42] Teru**
Ai-san, I'll leave a change
of clothes for you here.
**[12:47] Ai**
Thanks, Teru-san.
**[12:49] Teru**
* She ended up sort of forcing*
* her way into my house...*
**[12:54] Teru**
* Maybe that's the part*
* of her that's princess-like.*
**[12:58] Ai**
Teru-san.
**[13:00] Ai**
Did you wanna join me?
**[13:03] Teru**
Huh?! N-No, I'm fine!
**[13:06] Ai**
Aw...
***SIGN*** Ba-dump Ba-dump
**[13:10] Teru**
*Wh-Why am I the one who's so embarrassed?*
**[13:15] Teru**
What am I going to do about dinner?
**[13:18] Teru**
I guess I can't just make
whatever like I usually do...
***SIGN*** Seafood
Pizza
**[13:23] Shrimpy**
Why don't you order some pizza?
**[13:25] Teru**
Delivery...
**[13:28] Teru**
But... that leaves us with
a very difficult problem...
**[13:32] Teru**
*Yes... Talking on the phone!*
**[13:35] Teru**
* There are two things that can*
* happen when calling for delivery!*
**[13:38] Teru**
U-Um, cwan I gwet a m-margwarita...
**[13:42] Employee**
*Huh?*
**[13:43] Teru**
I-I said a margherita...
**[13:46] Employee**
*Huh?!*
**[13:48] Employee**
*This...*
**[13:51] Teru**
U-Um, cwan I get a medium margherita...
**[13:54] Employee**
*A small mentaiko pizza, you got it!*
**[13:57] Teru**
Yes, exactly...
**[14:01] Teru**
*...or that.*
***SIGN*** Nanohana
Pizza
**[14:04] Teru**
* And then I'm forced to taste my self-loathing*
* over the fact that I couldn't even order pizza.*
**[14:12] Teru**
Delivery... What a truly terrifying thing...
**[14:16] Shrimpy**
Teru...
**[14:18] Ai**
Whatcha doin', Teru-san?
**[14:21] Ai**
Ai-san...
**[14:23] Ai**
Um... I was trying to figure
out what to do for dinner.
**[14:27] Ai**
Oh, is that all?
**[14:29] Ai**
In that case, I'll make some for you.
**[14:33] Ai**
Katanas aren't the only
types of blades, you know.
**[14:47] Ai**
What do you think? I hope it's to your likin'.
**[14:51] Ai**
Thanks for helpin' with
the dishes, Shrimpy-san.
**[14:54] Shrimpy**
I don't mind.
**[14:55] Shrimpy**
Don't mind me. Go ahead and eat.
**[14:58] Teru**
L-Let's eat...
**[15:00] Ai**
I hope you like it.
**[15:06] Teru**
It's good.
**[15:08] Ai**
Really?
**[15:09] Teru**
Y-Yes. The seasoning is mild, too.
**[15:12] Ai**
I'm glad to hear it.
**[15:15] Ai**
Everyone always thinks that blades
are just for hurtin' people,
**[15:20] Ai**
but dependin' on the heart that goes into it,
**[15:22] Ai**
it can be a tool used to kill people
or a tool to make delicious food.
**[15:27] Teru**
The heart...
**[15:29] Ai**
Yup. And we shinobi train our hearts.
**[15:35] Ai**
Just like a blade, hearts
don't start out good or bad.
**[15:43] Ai**
It's just... depending
on how people use them,
**[15:46] Ai**
they end up angels or demons.
**[15:53] Ai**
Tokimaru, you still around?
**[15:56] Tokimaru**
Yes. I'm right here.
**[15:59] Ai**
Ah, so you didn't go home.
**[16:01] Tokimaru**
Of course not. It is my duty to protect—
**[16:04] Ai**
Oh, whatever. I get it already.
**[16:07] Ai**
Here.
**[16:09] Ai**
It ain't much, but I made extra.
**[16:12] Tokimaru**
O-Oh, Ai-sama! How can I ever thank—
**[16:18] Ai**
Good grief! Okay, already! Just whatever!
**[16:23] Ai**
Honestly... I keep tellin'
him to go home already.
**[16:27] Teru**
I honestly don't mind if
you both spend the night...
**[16:31] Ai**
It's fine.
**[16:32] Ai**
Tokimaru's always trainin'
for times like this.
**[16:39] Ai**
What, Tokimaru? You give up already?
**[16:44] Ai**
Oh, my.
**[16:45] Teru**
Iko-san?!
**[16:47] Iko**
Um... You know. I just got worried.
**[16:52] Iko**
Wait, I mean...
**[16:54] Iko**
No fair! You two are having
a sleepover without me!
**[16:57] Iko**
Let me join, too!
**[17:00] Teru**
Huh?!
**[17:01] Iko**
Come on! Let's play!
**[17:04] Iko**
Tomorrow's Sunday anyway!
**[17:06] Teru**
Wh-What about your brother?
**[17:08] Iko**
He's fine! I told him to call
me if he needs anything.
***SIGN*** The Game of Life
4 extra areas so you can play even longer!
**[17:15] Iko**
I-I ended up bringing all sorts of things...
**[17:18] Iko**
Well? What do you guys wanna play?
**[17:21] Teru**
You seem way more excited
than usual, Iko-san.
**[17:25] Iko**
Huh?! Y-You think so?
**[17:28] Iko**
A lot happened today, and it was
really fun! Maybe that's why!
**[17:33] Iko**
And we became friends with Ai-san.
**[17:37] Ai**
Wh-What did you just say?
**[17:38] Iko**
Huh? I said it's been fun since
we became friends with you.
**[17:44] Iko**
Oh, sorry! Maybe I got
too friendly too quickly.
**[17:48] Ai**
No, it's not that! It's just...
**[17:52] Ai**
I've never had someone come out and
say that they were my friend before.
**[17:59] Teru**
Ai-san...
***SIGN*** The Game of Life
**[18:00] Iko**
All right! Then the three of us
are gonna play the night away!
**[18:06] Teru**
O-Okay!
**[18:26] Iko**
Should we hit the hay? It's almost eleven...
**[18:31] Teru**
Yeah.
**[18:33] Ai**
U-Um, you two...
**[18:37] Ai**
Thank you so, so much for today.
**[18:41] Ai**
We only just met, and you
did all this for me...
**[18:44] Teru**
Oh, it's no problem! I had a lot of fun, too.
**[18:48] Iko**
Yeah! Totally!
**[18:51] Ai**
And that's exactly why... I thought
I should tell you the truth.
**[18:57] Ai**
The real reason why
I left my village all alone.
**[19:03] Teru**
The real reason?
**[19:06] Ai**
The one I'm after is in Amarariruku.
**[19:12] Teru**
A-Amarariruku? You know about them, Ai-san?
**[19:18] Ai**
She told me Amarariruku's name.
**[19:22] Ai**
And the fact that the person
I'm lookin' for is there.
**[19:26] Teru**
A-And who is this person you're after?
**[19:32] Ai**
It's...
**[19:35] Utsuro**
My katana... is crying out.
**[19:43] Ai**
...the other...
**[19:47] Ai**
me.
**[19:52] Utsuro**
How sad...
**[19:53] Utsuro**
It's all empty.
**[19:55] Utsuro**
Both me... and this world.
**[20:01] Utsuro**
It's all an illusion... A fleeting dream.
**[20:11] Utsuro**
Even this nightmare...
**[20:16] Utsuro**
will all be over soon.
**[20:19] Utsuro**
Right, Ai-nee?
**[20:25] Utsuro**
You again, Stigma?
**[20:30] Stigma**
Utsuro-chan, can I talk to you?
**[20:35] Utsuro**
We're nothin' more than your pawns.
**[20:38] Utsuro**
Do as you please.
**[20:41] Stigma**
I can't say that's how I see it.
**[20:45] Stigma**
We're all one body and one soul.
**[20:47] Stigma**
We're all connected by our hearts.
**[20:51] Utsuro**
Connected?
**[20:53] Utsuro**
That's truly pointless.
**[20:55] Utsuro**
People are fated to die pitiful and alone.
**[20:59] Utsuro**
Connections are nothing
more than an illusion.
**[21:03] Stigma**
That's exactly what I like about you.
**[21:08] Stigma**
Your world belongs to you.
**[21:12] Stigma**
I'll grant your wish.
**[21:18] Stigma**
The place is here, the capital of the East.
**[21:25] Stigma**
I think it's a perfect place for your dream.
**[21:29] Stigma**
What do you think?
**[21:33] Utsuro**
I told you. We're your pawns.
**[21:37] Utsuro**
We're empty dolls only meant
to follow your bidding.
**[21:42] Utsuro**
How absolutely pitiful.
**[21:46] Stigma**
Say, Utsuro-chan.
**[21:49] Stigma**
Look up at the sky.
**[21:54] Stigma**
See? Soon...
**[22:01] Stigma**
the night will fall asleep.