E15 - Heartblade Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [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.