# E8 - A War of Hide and Seek
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**[00:19] ---**
So that's our strategy.
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Ayako and I will round up
the backup troops
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from the village
at the foot of the mountain.
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And Genba, you are to immediately return
**[00:33] ---**
to Suwa Grand Shrine
and request reinforcements.
**[00:38] ---**
I'm leaving the front lines!
I don't have to die.
**[00:41] ---**
This guy…
**[00:42] ---**
Kids, I want your help too.
**[00:44] ---**
I want to set as many traps as possible
before the enemy advances.
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-Leave it to us.
-We'll need to gather materials too.
**[00:51] ---**
-When battle starts…
-First we should check the traps…
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-…we'll safely relocate the children.
-Oh, yeah. We can reuse some of the traps.
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-They'll need a guard. I can do it.
-So we'll use what we have already
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and make the rest that we need?
**[01:01] ---**
Fubuki.
**[01:02] ---**
We'll need more traps this time,
so let's increase the amount.
**[01:05] ---**
Do you have a minute to spare?
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I see.
**[01:29] ---**
Your elusiveness is splendid.
**[01:31] ---**
Now attack me!
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FLAIL
**[01:44] ---**
Now I understand.
**[01:45] ---**
Your attacks are utter trash.
**[01:48] ---**
So you want me
to teach you a sword technique
**[01:51] ---**
that even someone like you
could use to kill an enemy.
**[01:55] ---**
It's really hurtful that you've summed
me up and finished your meal in one swing!
**[02:01] ---**
You're an excellent teacher.
**[02:04] ---**
The war council just now was
very easy to understand,
**[02:07] ---**
and you seem to know sword fighting well.
**[02:11] ---**
Please. I don't want to
just be protected all the time.
**[02:18] ---**
You said your name is Chojumaru.
**[02:21] ---**
Are you Shizuku's older brother?
**[02:25] ---**
That's more of a term of endearment.
**[02:29] ---**
The other retainers are fond of you,
and they're devoted to you too.
**[02:34] ---**
You must be
from an exceptionally noble family.
**[02:38] ---**
No. My parents were Suwa warriors,
but they passed in a fire.
**[02:42] ---**
I don't have any relatives,
so Suwa Grand Shrine took me in.
**[02:46] ---**
You see, I've never had
martial arts training or anything.
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FLOP - WHIP - BING - BOUNCE
**[02:52] ---**
*He's an orphan.*
**[02:54] ---**
*Perhaps he empathizes with the children*
*because he experienced similar hardships.*
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*He doesn't have much going for him*
*besides his elusiveness,*
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*but his unexpected warmth in*
*these turbulent times is a strong weapon.*
**[03:07] ---**
There is something.
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There's a secret sword technique
that suits you.
**[03:12] ---**
Are you serious?
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I didn't think anyone could
intentionally pull off this technique,
**[03:20] ---**
but you will master it quickly.
**[03:23] ---**
I believe it is the kindest,
most compassionate,
**[03:28] ---**
yet cruelest technique.
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DEMON-HEART BUDDHA BLADE
**[03:35] ---**
Let's call it
the Demon-heart Buddha Blade.
**[03:40] ---**
Demon-heart Buddha Blade?
**[03:43] ---**
However, this technique can
only be used in a one-on-one match.
**[03:49] ---**
Wait, that means…
**[03:51] ---**
I should…
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No, this way is better…
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MUMBLE MUMBLE
**[03:57] ---**
It's perfect.
**[03:59] ---**
-Chojumaru.
-Yes.
**[04:01] ---**
It looks like the enemy's main forces
might invade as soon as tomorrow.
**[04:06] ---**
As for you,
you'll fight the enemy general.
**[04:10] ---**
Understood!
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With the reinforcements Shizuku will bring
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and your elusiveness,
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it's a heaven-sent chance at victory!
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SQUISH
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THE ELUSIVE
SAMURAI
**[05:49] ---**
THE ELUSIVE
SAMURAI
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Right. We've surrounded them
on both fronts.
**[06:15] ---**
Sir. Why do we gotta invade
from the mountains
**[06:19] ---**
instead of goin' through the entrance?
**[06:25] ---**
The fact that our vanguard didn't
come back three separate times means
**[06:28] ---**
there are plenty of ambushes or traps
on the most accessible path.
**[06:35] ---**
An ambush on difficult terrain may be
more trouble, but it's more secure.
**[06:41] ---**
My boss is so smart!
**[06:44] ---**
BUDDHA
**[06:48] ---**
*The scoundrels causing a commotion*
*in this era were warriors who,*
**[06:51] ---**
*after losing their land, became bandits*
*and formed their own independent paradise.*
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*Rich in combat experience,*
*their war tactics*
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*and organizational capabilities*
*didn't compare to ordinary thieves.*
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Put the mind and body
you've honed as a samurai to use,
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and pillage mercilessly.
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What a sweet feast for a scoundrel.
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Kill the adults and enslave the children.
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We shall taste the sweet sake of plunder.
**[07:23] ---**
Let's go.
**[07:29] ---**
What--
**[07:31] ---**
An ambush from the summit?
**[07:33] ---**
You bastards!
I'll climb up there and kill you!
**[07:36] ---**
Stop. That's what they want.
**[07:39] ---**
VILLAGE
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They'll shoot us down while we reverse
the army and climb back up.
**[07:43] ---**
It's a strategic move to suppress the
enemy when completely outnumbered.
**[07:46] ---**
No matter. Advance forward.
**[07:48] ---**
With this strategy, they might as well
have admitted that they're outnumbered.
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The enemy are few in number.
**[07:55] ---**
The battle is over
if we can just occupy the village.
**[07:59] ---**
Now…
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It's time for war.
**[08:07] ---**
*Ice?*
**[08:08] ---**
*From a distance it just looks like*
*flatlands, but the whole field is frozen.*
**[08:14] ---**
*We dammed up the waterway and flooded*
*the outer edges of the village.*
**[08:18] ---**
*This winter is so extremely cold*
*that Lake Suwa froze over.*
**[08:21] ---**
*The ice trap is ready in just one night.*
**[08:24] ---**
What are you doing?
**[08:25] ---**
Hurry up!
**[08:27] ---**
It's not that easy!
**[08:33] ---**
The archers at the summit are descending!
**[08:34] ---**
This is bad.
They're sniping us off in a cross fire!
**[08:42] ---**
-There's your path. Go.
-Yes, sir!
**[08:51] ---**
Now a pitfall…
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The traps just keep coming
one after the other.
**[08:56] ---**
*The children's traps are*
*also functioning according to plan.*
**[09:00] ---**
Damn thieves!
**[09:02] ---**
They dare desecrate the Suwa Sect's land
that Myojin has gifted.
**[09:06] ---**
*-The Suwa Warriors Shizuku gathered…*
-Fujimori, Komatsu!
**[09:08] ---**
*-…are few in number, but they're reliable.*
-The enemy is coming from the right!
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Go around and be on the defense!
**[09:14] ---**
*We're able to stop the enemy attacks*
*from both sides, all according to plan.*
**[09:19] ---**
*It's not impossible*
*to wipe them out at this rate…*
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*as long as they're*
*solely average soldiers.*
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FURAN - SHIRO - BYAKKOTSU
SEIGI PARTY CORE MEMBERS
**[09:36] ---**
Don't bother with
your fellow men behind you.
**[09:39] ---**
The archers can't annihilate us
in the dark.
**[09:43] ---**
Rather, we can keep
the entire enemy army's attention on us.
**[09:46] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[09:50] ---**
First, we'll go kill the archers
that are guiding the opposing army.
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Their entire defense will totally crumble
if they lose their leader.
**[09:58] ---**
I won't let you!
**[10:11] ---**
*They pass through the ice*
*and the pitfall traps*
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*without panicking one bit,*
*and easily overwhelm the guards.*
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*Those four are exceptionally strong.*
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*Especially that man that can see*
*the entire state of the battle.*
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*He must be the general.*
**[10:27] ---**
Hey, what should we do, Fubuki?
**[10:30] ---**
We have to stop those four.
**[10:32] ---**
No. You guys already have your hands full.
**[10:35] ---**
If we divide our forces,
the line of defense will collapse.
**[10:38] ---**
Then what shall we do?
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Leave it…
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to us children.
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My eye!
**[10:51] ---**
*Let's get that bald general!*
**[10:54] ---**
*I'll stop his sword,*
*and you will deal the final blow!*
**[10:58] ---**
*No, that's a foolish strategy!*
**[11:09] ---**
You…
**[11:16] ---**
Oh, no, kids.
**[11:19] ---**
Is it your first time fighting
a warrior in full armor?
**[11:24] ---**
Shut up!
**[11:28] ---**
*An armored warrior's swordsmanship*
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*is completely different from*
*what we'd expect in the present day.*
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*This is because they can guard their face*
*with their helmet,*
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*their torso with their breastplate,*
*and forearms with gauntlets.*
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*The only body parts to vigilantly guard*
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*are the slight openings*
*between their armor.*
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Right here!
**[11:52] ---**
Are you done yet, kids?
**[11:55] ---**
Don't worry. I don't kill children.
**[12:00] ---**
All that we'll do is take
your teeth and tongue out nicely,
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gently slice the tendon in your right leg,
and make you slaves.
**[12:08] ---**
I won't do anything other than that.
**[12:10] ---**
*This guy.*
**[12:12] ---**
*He's an irredeemable demon.*
**[12:19] ---**
Don't be scared!
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You kids will be worth
a total of three kanmon.
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You don't want to become three kanmon?
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*Once you've gotten a sense of the enemy*
*general's swordsmanship, please run away.*
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*If you think you can outsmart him,*
*lure him into that house.*
**[12:44] ---**
What's this?
**[13:12] ---**
My lord, we're leaving,
but you better not die!
**[13:15] ---**
Okay. Thank you.
**[13:21] ---**
I wonder if our lord will be okay
by himself.
**[13:24] ---**
Maybe the three of us should take him on.
**[13:27] ---**
Considering the current situation,
**[13:29] ---**
we don't have the luxury
of fighting three-on-one.
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Plus, with the plan
that Fubuki has devised,
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it'll be easier for the Young Lord
to defeat him on his own.
**[13:37] ---**
Everything Fubuki says
and does is convincing.
**[13:41] ---**
The battle is going
almost exactly as he predicted.
**[13:45] ---**
He's a great teacher,
and his swordsmanship is excellent too.
**[13:51] ---**
He's overflowing with talent.
**[13:55] ---**
That Fubuki.
**[14:00] ---**
I guess it's time
for me to join the fight.
**[14:05] ---**
Which one of you should I kill first?
**[14:08] ---**
Today's war is so fun.
**[14:41] ---**
Impressive! I've been trapped!
**[14:45] ---**
And all those traps outside the village…
**[14:47] ---**
Even Kusunoki would be thrilled
by this defense tactic!
**[14:51] ---**
Kusunoki?
**[14:52] ---**
By the way, two kanmon (boy),
**[14:53] ---**
you're not planning
on facing me by yourself, are you?
**[14:56] ---**
-What are you saying--
-Yes.
**[14:58] ---**
Your quality is higher
than the two kids from earlier.
**[15:02] ---**
You will fetch two kanmon on your own.
**[15:05] ---**
Wait. If I teach you a skill,
you could go up to three kanmon.
**[15:10] ---**
What is a cheap and easy trick I can teach
in a short amount of time?
**[15:14] ---**
*This man…*
**[15:15] ---**
*Even though he's been trapped,*
*it doesn't seem to bother him at all.*
**[15:19] ---**
*In fact, he's started to appraise me.*
**[15:25] ---**
I want to ask one thing.
**[15:28] ---**
Were you the one who gave the order
**[15:29] ---**
to slaughter the parents
of the village children?
**[15:32] ---**
Certainly, it was me.
**[15:33] ---**
Why would you do something so cruel?
**[15:36] ---**
Even slave-handling brutes spare
the mother, don't they?
**[15:42] ---**
That's a good question.
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Four kanmon. (Boy.)
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When I slaughter the parents,
I feel elated for that moment.
**[15:50] ---**
When I kill the parents and sell off
the kid, the elation lasts much longer.
**[15:56] ---**
These children have to suffer hell
for the rest of their lives.
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The peace and freedom they enjoyed
under their parents will never return.
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How I pity them.
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A pitiful life of despair.
**[16:14] ---**
When I think about these things
as I sell kids off,
**[16:17] ---**
buy sake with that money and get drunk,
**[16:20] ---**
it slowly fills my heart with joy,
and I enjoy the most pleasant drunkenness.
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I understand well.
**[16:31] ---**
You're a demon to the core.
**[16:34] ---**
I can kill you with no remorse.
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It's a duel.
**[16:39] ---**
The winner takes the loser's future.
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It's what you're good at, right?
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You're a brave child.
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What's your name?
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I'm Chojumaru of Suwa Grand Shrine.
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Chojumaru. (Boy.) (Four kanmon.)
**[16:57] ---**
You keep saying numbers.
**[17:01] ---**
Sorry, Chojumaru.
**[17:07] ---**
For this moment,
I will respect your bravery
**[17:10] ---**
and regard you as a warrior,
not a commodity.
**[17:16] ---**
What is your name?
**[17:18] ---**
I've changed my name many times,
but right now, I go by Shokan.
**[17:25] ---**
Surely it will be special…
**[17:30] ---**
The sake I'll buy
with the money I get for you!
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NANBOKUCHO GAME OF TAG
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DEMON OF DISBELIEF
SHOKAN THE HERETIC
**[17:38] ---**
Look here! This brat's got nothin' on us!
**[17:41] ---**
I can take him on by myself.
**[17:44] ---**
Hurry up and kill him
so we can find our boss.
**[17:55] ---**
Over here.
**[18:00] ---**
I guess the same trick won't work twice.
**[18:03] ---**
Pip-squeak. Where's our boss?
**[18:06] ---**
I saw him surrounded by our soldiers
and crying pathetically.
**[18:10] ---**
You could go see him if you beat us,
but I doubt you can.
**[18:20] ---**
You want people
to treat you like an adult?
**[18:23] ---**
You're ten years too early, brats.
Now die!
**[18:29] ---**
Reckless, so reckless.
You brats are too damn reckless!
**[18:32] ---**
My man Shiro is
the strongest in the Seigi Party!
**[18:39] ---**
Hey, where do you think you're going?
Are you gonna run away?
**[18:43] ---**
Chicken.
**[18:46] ---**
No, I realized something
while we were fighting.
**[18:50] ---**
It seems you don't want
your allies to see this,
**[18:52] ---**
so I thought we would go
somewhere more isolated.
**[18:54] ---**
What the hell are you talking about?
**[18:58] ---**
It's you, right?
**[19:00] ---**
The strongest person out of you thieves.
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BUDDHA
**[19:26] ---**
You sure are good at evading, Chojumaru.
**[19:29] ---**
Want me to guess your strategy?
**[19:32] ---**
You're running around this cramped room,
hoping my sword will get stuck somewhere.
**[19:38] ---**
You underestimate me.
**[19:39] ---**
An indoor fight is a specialty
for thieves who invade homes.
**[19:43] ---**
I won't make a mistake as long as I switch
out my long sword for this short one.
**[19:48] ---**
All in all, nothing threatens
my heavy armor in this small room.
**[19:56] ---**
Plus, there's no room for you to run.
**[19:59] ---**
Your strategy is half-assed.
**[20:02] ---**
You've backed yourself
into a corner, Chojumaru!
**[20:09] ---**
If at some point
you don't think you can win,
**[20:11] ---**
knock over the fire
and escape through the ceiling.
**[20:14] ---**
With your agility,
you should be able to just reach it.
**[20:18] ---**
There's oil on the floor,
**[20:20] ---**
so you may be able
to burn him alive if luck is on our side.
**[20:23] ---**
But this is a backup plan.
**[20:25] ---**
The best scenario is if you could
defeat him with your own skills.
**[20:33] ---**
Can I really slay him?
**[20:36] ---**
It feels like the harder I try,
the weaker my swings become.
**[20:42] ---**
You're misunderstanding
how to use a sword.
**[20:47] ---**
Your weapon is your kindness.
**[20:51] ---**
You're better at running than fighting.
**[20:53] ---**
Better at pulling than pushing.
**[20:55] ---**
Better at defending rather than attacking.
**[20:58] ---**
Those skills are all
because of your kindness.
**[21:02] ---**
That kindness is ideal
for slaying a person.
**[21:07] ---**
Here, take the stance like I told you.
**[21:14] ---**
Are you praying to Buddha for help?
**[21:18] ---**
It's useless, useless!
**[21:20] ---**
Let me tell you a shocking fact.
**[21:23] ---**
There is no such thing as Buddha!
**[21:28] ---**
*There's no need*
*to grip your sword in hatred.*
**[21:31] ---**
*Instead, be like the bodhisattva*
*and handle it with compassion.*
**[23:39] ---**
EPISODE 9 (YEAR OF 1334):
MY BUDDHA
**[23:39] ---**
Let's go!*