# Season 1
# E1 - A Recurring Dream
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**[00:14] Naomune**
Sir Ranmaru, where is our lord?
**[00:16] Ranmaru**
He's in the inner temple.
***SIGN*** Oda Owari-no-Kami Nobunaga
**[01:05] Kousetsu**
Did you have that dream again?
**[01:15] Souza**
It's a terrible dream.
***SIGN*** Touken Ranbu -Kai-
***SIGN*** Azuchi Castle, Tensho 10 (1582)
***SIGN*** Episode One
The Return of the Incident
**[03:23] Vassal**
Please escape, Milord!
**[03:36] Kashuu**
Hup.
**[03:38] Kashuu**
You okay,
**[03:39] Kashuu**
Tokugawa Ieyasu-san?
**[03:47] Ieyasu**
Who are you people?
**[03:48] Fox**
Tokugawa Ieyasu was being wined and dined
here in Azuchi Castle at this time.
**[03:54] Fox**
I believe the Time Retrograde
Army seeks to assassinate him.
**[04:00] Nakigitsune**
Well, not on our watch.
**[04:02] Kashuu**
Now...
**[04:05] Kashuu**
Time to cut them down.
**[04:16] Yamabushi**
Are you unharmed, brother?
**[04:19] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah, no problems here.
**[04:23] Yamabushi**
That's good to hear.
**[04:25] Yamanbagiri**
Well, I'm glad you're having fun.
**[04:27] Yamabushi**
I wish to become strong enough
to laugh everything off.
**[04:32] Yamanbagiri**
And what will you do then?
**[04:34] Yamabushi**
When I do, this war will be over.
**[04:39] Yamabushi**
Maybe I'll go back to
being a museum exhibit.
**[04:43] Yamanbagiri**
Talk about carefree.
**[04:46] Horikawa**
There's no time for chit-chat.
**[04:48] Horikawa**
We're in the middle of a battle.
**[04:51] Yamabushi**
Right!
**[05:07] Urashima**
Hup!
**[05:20] Kogitsunemaru**
Looks like we're in for a fine day.
**[05:34] Yamanbagiri**
Sorry we're late.
**[05:37] Yamanbagiri**
The Second Division has returned.
**[05:39] Kashuu**
I'm glad we made it back
in time for breakfast.
**[05:42] Horikawa**
You mean back in time for
the morning meeting.
**[05:46] Mikazuki**
Good work completing your mission.
**[05:49] Mikazuki**
Now, let's begin another day
**[05:52] Mikazuki**
under the auspices of our master.
**[05:56] Aizen**
What's your task today?
**[06:01] Uguisumaru**
This is some good broth.
**[06:02] Hotarumaru**
Yeah.
**[06:22] Fudou**
Where am I?
**[06:24] Mikazuki**
Welcome to our Citadel.
**[06:26] Fudou**
"Citadel"?
**[06:28] Mikazuki**
You were awakened by the Saniwa
**[06:31] Mikazuki**
and have manifested as a Sword Warrior.
**[06:34] Fudou**
A Sword Warrior...
**[06:38] Fudou**
I see.
**[06:40] Fudou**
So you...
**[06:42] Fudou**
You're my new master.
**[06:48] Yagen**
A dream, huh?
**[06:51] Souza**
Yes. It's always the same one.
**[06:57] Souza**
A dream of back when I was a sword.
***SIGN*** Oda Owari-no-Kami Nobunaga
**[07:02] Yagen**
I dream at times, too.
**[07:04] Yagen**
But...
**[07:07] Yagen**
It's never the same one over and over again.
**[07:11] Yagen**
The Honnoji Incident, huh?
**[07:13] Yagen**
Maybe it's not a dream,
**[07:16] Yagen**
but your past memories.
**[07:18] Souza**
My memories?
**[07:20] Yagen**
But you're not the only sword
Nobunaga-san had, Souza.
**[07:26] Yagen**
Perhaps there's a reason you're
dreaming about that day.
**[07:33] Yagen**
Like maybe...
**[07:35] Yagen**
you feel intense regret about it?
**[07:38] Souza**
I couldn't say.
**[07:43] Yagen**
I'll give you some good sleep medicine.
**[07:46] Yagen**
Hopefully, it'll let you
sleep too soundly to dream.
**[07:52] Maeda**
He's not here, either.
**[07:54] Yagen**
What's the matter?
**[07:56] Midare**
Oh, Yagen. Did the newcomer show up here?
**[07:59] Yagen**
What newcomer?
**[08:01] Hirano**
A new Sword Warrior has manifested.
**[08:03] Midare**
Where did he go?
**[08:15] Yamabushi**
Brother! You won't win if you're
stuck on the receiving end!
**[08:30] Tsurumaru**
Wow. He had his back against the wall,
but he used that to his advantage.
**[08:34] Shokudaikiri**
Yeah. That was an impressive move.
**[08:38] Kashuu**
I've got lots left in the tank!
**[09:02] Horikawa**
This match is over!
**[09:04] Horikawa**
The result...
**[09:05] Horikawa**
is a draw!
**[09:07] Yamabushi**
That was spectacular, you two.
**[09:10] Kashuu**
No, we're not done yet.
**[09:12] Kashuu**
Yamanbagiri may have manifested first,
**[09:15] Kashuu**
but I'm not about to let him beat me.
**[09:18] Kashuu**
All right.
**[09:19] Kashuu**
Let's do another round.
**[09:21] Doudanuki**
Afraid not.
**[09:22] Doudanuki**
It's my turn now.
**[09:25] Shokudaikiri**
I could take you on.
**[09:27] Tsurumaru**
How about a free-for-all training session?
**[09:30] Horikawa**
You mean we all fight one another at once?
**[09:33] Tsurumaru**
You can't assume a real battle
will always be one-on-one.
**[09:36] Yamabushi**
That sounds like a great idea.
**[09:39] Yamabushi**
Oh, Souza-dono!
**[09:42] Tsurumaru**
Care to join us, Souza?
**[09:44] Shokudaikiri**
Daily sparring experience will
pay off in the long run.
**[09:48] Souza**
No, I must refuse.
**[09:50] Yamanbagiri**
Are you not feeling well?
**[09:53] Souza**
I'm a little sleep-deprived.
**[09:56] Tsurumaru**
That's not ideal.
**[09:58] Shokudaikiri**
Be it our battles to defend history
or our daily tasks at the Citadel,
**[10:01] Shokudaikiri**
we can only perform when we're healthy.
**[10:03] Fudou**
Hic!
**[10:06] Fudou**
Hic...
**[10:15] Fudou**
Goodnight.
**[10:20] Yamanbagiri**
H-Hey, wait. This area's not for sleeping.
**[10:24] Fudou**
Ugh, come on.
**[10:27] Yamanbagiri**
Who the heck are you?
**[10:28] Fudou**
Hey, that's rude!
**[10:30] Shokudaikiri**
Wait, are you a newcomer?
**[10:33] Fudou**
I'm Fudou Yukimitsu,
**[10:35] Fudou**
Oda Nobunaga's favorite sword!
**[10:40] Kashuu**
Nobunaga?
**[10:41] Fudou**
This Citadel's so damn big, I got lost.
**[10:45] Fudou**
That's when I found some
amazake in the kitchen.
**[10:48] Fudou**
I figured I could help myself to
some, but then I couldn't stop.
**[10:52] Shokudaikiri**
Someone's tipsy, I see.
**[10:55] Tsurumaru**
I wish that was me.
**[10:57] Doudanuki**
If you were one of Oda Nobunaga's swords...
**[11:00] Kashuu**
...then you and Souza must know each other.
**[11:03] Fudou**
Souza?
**[11:07] Souza**
H-How can I help you?
**[11:11] Fudou**
It's so strange.
**[11:12] Fudou**
We were only together as swords.
**[11:15] Fudou**
This is our first time
meeting in these forms.
**[11:20] Fudou**
But I can still tell who you are.
**[11:22] Fudou**
You're Yoshimoto Samonji,
Miyoshi Samonji, and finally Sousan Samonji!
**[11:27] Fudou**
You're called Souza now, huh?
**[11:30] Fudou**
Long time no see!
**[11:32] Souza**
I can't say I remember you.
**[11:34] Fudou**
What? That's kinda mean.
**[11:37] Fudou**
Not that I recall much
about the past, either.
**[11:42] Fudou**
But there is one thing I remember.
**[11:46] Fudou**
You and I were both swords
beloved by Lord Nobunaga!
**[11:58] Mikazuki**
Oh, Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[12:01] Mikazuki**
I've been looking for you.
**[12:03] Mikazuki**
Ah, it seems you have already
introduced yourself.
**[12:07] Fudou**
Yeah, and I also met an old friend.
**[12:10] Mikazuki**
An old friend, is it?
**[12:12] Tsurumaru**
He and Souza share the same
former master—Oda Nobunaga.
**[12:16] Shokudaikiri**
Which means he must know Yagen-kun
and Hasebe-kun, as well.
**[12:21] Fudou**
There are other Nobunaga swords here?
**[12:24] Yamabushi**
Aye. Oda Nobunaga was a famed
sword collector, after all.
**[12:30] Kashuu**
A lot of swords are linked to
him in some way or the other.
**[12:32] Mikazuki**
I wanted to show him around the Citadel
while introducing him to you all,
**[12:38] Mikazuki**
but our master asked me to
handle a different matter.
**[12:41] Mikazuki**
Souza Samonji.
**[12:43] Mikazuki**
Would you show him around for me?
**[12:46] Souza**
Who, me?
**[12:49] Mikazuki**
You two go way back. You must
have lots to catch up on.
**[12:54] Mikazuki**
I'm counting on you.
**[12:55] Horikawa**
Not waiting for an answer, huh?
**[12:58] Fudou**
I'm in your hands, Souza.
**[13:01] Fudou**
Hmm? What's wrong?
**[13:06] Yamanbagiri**
I'll join you on the tour of the Citadel.
**[13:09] Fudou**
Who the heck are you?
**[13:11] Yamanbagiri**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[13:13] Fudou**
"Yamanbagiri Kunihiro"? Then...
**[13:17] Fudou**
I'll call you Manba-chan!
**[13:19] Yamanbagiri**
Ma—
**[13:19] Fudou**
Say, why are you wearing this cloak?
**[13:22] Fudou**
It's none of your business.
**[13:25] Fudou**
What? C'mon, tell me! It won't kill you!
**[13:27] Souza**
Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[13:29] Souza**
You're still very new to our Citadel.
**[13:33] Souza**
Take it slow and steady.
**[13:40] Tsurumaru**
Even a journey of a thousand
miles begins with a single step.
**[13:45] Yamanbagiri**
A.D. 2205.
**[13:48] Yamanbagiri**
Historical revisionists,
who are plotting to alter history,
**[13:52] Yamanbagiri**
began their attacks on the past.
**[13:55] Yamanbagiri**
In order to defend history from
the attacks of the revisionists,
**[14:00] Yamanbagiri**
the Saniwa, our master, manifested us.
**[14:03] Yamanbagiri**
When we're not in battle, we spend
our time here in the Citadel.
**[14:07] Fudou**
What's with that?
**[14:08] Yamanbagiri**
We don't get to goof off just
because we're not fighting.
**[14:11] Yamanbagiri**
We still have vital tasks to
handle—internal affairs.
**[14:14] Fudou**
Internal affairs?
**[14:16] Yamanbagiri**
Maintaining the Citadel,
preparing for missions,
**[14:19] Yamanbagiri**
training for battle, and other daily tasks
**[14:22] Yamanbagiri**
are also a part of our job.
**[14:25] Yamanbagiri**
Upkeep of these bodies our
master has bestowed upon us
**[14:29] Yamanbagiri**
requires completing a whole
slew of regular tasks.
**[14:32] Yamanbagiri**
If our clothes get dirty, we wash them.
If they get frayed, we mend them.
**[14:36] Yamanbagiri**
It's also on us to procure our own food.
**[14:39] Yamanbagiri**
We harvest the vegetables we
grow on our farm every morning.
**[14:44] Yamanbagiri**
When we get hungry, we eat.
**[14:46] Yamanbagiri**
We can't function on an
empty stomach, after all.
**[14:50] Fudou**
Wow. So our bodies make
things a lot harder, huh?
**[14:56] Yamanbagiri**
Cooking meals is part of it, too.
**[14:59] Yamanbagiri**
We can't neglect our physical shape
when we have to go into battle.
**[15:03] Yamanbagiri**
And cooking requires firewood.
**[15:06] Yamanbagiri**
We procure what we need
daily from the nearby forest.
**[15:11] Yamanbagiri**
Chopping wood makes for good training.
**[15:15] Yamanbagiri**
We also need to look after the
horses we ride into battle.
**[15:19] Shishiou**
Here's the topography of
this area from back then.
**[15:19] Yamanbagiri**
The library houses historical
data and strategy manuals.
**[15:21] Maeda**
We've got to find a way through.
**[15:24] Fudou**
What are they doing?
**[15:27] Yamanbagiri**
We take turns handling internal affairs.
**[15:29] Yamanbagiri**
When we're not assigned any
tasks, we take the day off.
**[15:30] Kogitsunemaru**
So that's your game.
**[15:33] Yamanbagiri**
Getting sufficient rest
is part of our duties.
**[15:35] Uguisumaru**
Oh?
**[15:37] Uguisumaru**
Care to join me for a game, Yamanbagiri?
**[15:39] Yamanbagiri**
I'll pass. I'm showing the
newcomer around the Citadel.
**[15:44] Uguisumaru**
Appreciate you.
**[15:48] Fudou**
This place is huge.
**[15:51] Yamanbagiri**
Defending history calls
for many Sword Warriors.
**[15:55] Yamanbagiri**
We'll have to expand as our numbers grow.
**[15:59] Fudou**
I see. So this is my new home.
**[16:04] Fudou**
Manba-chan, Souza.
**[16:05] Fudou**
I'm a useless sword, but I'll do my best.
**[16:11] Yamanbagiri**
Useless?
**[16:13] Fudou**
My master—no, my *former* master—
**[16:18] Fudou**
Nobunaga gave me his love,
but I couldn't repay him.
**[16:23] Fudou**
That makes me a useless sword.
**[16:26] Jirou**
Huh?
**[16:28] Jirou**
Is that a newcomer?
**[16:29] Fudou**
Yeah!
**[16:31] Fudou**
I'm Fudou Yukimitsu, a sword
owned by Oda Nobunaga.
**[16:35] Tarou**
Nobunaga?
**[16:37] Jirou**
Then you're the same as Heshikiri Hasebe.
**[16:40] Jirou**
Great, you two can reminisce about the past.
**[16:44] Fudou**
Hasebe?
**[16:45] Hasebe**
What?
**[16:47] Fudou**
I don't remember seeing you with Nobunaga.
**[16:50] Fudou**
Oh, did we just miss each other?
**[16:55] Hasebe**
I don't care about Nobunaga.
**[16:57] Fudou**
Huh?
**[16:59] Hasebe**
Our current master is the only one I serve.
**[17:05] Fudou**
What's his problem?
**[17:28] Yagen**
I heard that our newest member was a
sword that belonged to Nobunaga-san.
**[17:33] Souza**
Yes.
**[17:35] Yagen**
I hope this doesn't make your dreams worse.
**[17:41] Yagen**
Nobunaga-san tried to take all
kinds of famed swords for himself.
**[17:45] Yagen**
It's almost like he wanted to
monopolize all the world's might.
**[17:52] Souza**
It was the Battle of Okehazama.
**[17:55] Souza**
Oda Nobunaga, Imagawa Yoshimoto,
**[17:58] Souza**
and the armies they led clashed
at Okehazama, in Owari.
**[18:04] Souza**
At the time, I was owned
by Imagawa Yoshimoto.
**[18:09] Souza**
The Oda army changed into Imagawa's camp
**[18:13] Souza**
and succeeded in killing their enemy
commander, Imagawa Yoshimoto.
**[18:18] Souza**
When he was killed,
**[18:21] Souza**
the demon king took me and branded
me, making me who I am today.
***SIGN*** Oda Owari-no-Kami Nobunaga
**[18:27] Souza**
After he died, I was passed
on to the Toyotomi clan,
**[18:31] Souza**
after which the Tokugawa
clan took possession of me.
**[18:35] Souza**
Did the demon king's modification
of me appeal to them so much?
**[18:42] Yagen**
I mean, Nobunaga-san personally branded you.
**[18:47] Yagen**
They must've wanted to preserve
a symbol of the great unifier.
**[18:51] Souza**
I'm nothing but a caged bird.
**[18:55] Souza**
Never to be used,
**[18:57] Souza**
all that was ever asked of me was to exist.
**[19:00] Souza**
Because of the demon king's branding,
**[19:05] Souza**
I am...
**[19:15] (Flashback) Fudou**
That makes me a useless sword.
**[19:20] Mutsunokami**
Oh, Yamanbagiri.
**[19:22] Mutsunokami**
There you are!
**[19:24] Mutsunokami**
Master's callin' for ya!
**[19:26] Yamanbagiri**
What for?
**[19:28] Mutsunokami**
Wants ta talk ta you before
dinner, apparently.
**[19:38] Mikazuki**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[19:40] Mikazuki**
Our master has been expecting you.
**[19:47] Yamanbagiri**
What is this about?
**[19:55] Yamanbagiri**
Wh-What do you mean?!
**[19:57] Mikazuki**
Exactly what you think.
**[19:59] Mikazuki**
Master believes that our Citadel is in
need of an organizational reshuffle.
**[20:05] Yamanbagiri**
Okay, but why me?
**[20:08] Mikazuki**
Master has deemed you suitable for
the job, Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[20:13] Mikazuki**
The one who will succeed me as the
Citadel's new Attendant Sword
**[20:17] Mikazuki**
is you.
**[20:19] Yamanbagiri**
I...
**[20:21] Mikazuki**
What's the matter?
**[20:24] Yamanbagiri**
I... I'm a copy.
**[20:28] Yamanbagiri**
What are you expecting from a mere copy?
**[20:31] Mikazuki**
The Attendant manages all the swords
in the Citadel for our master.
**[20:37] Mikazuki**
In other words, he's the Citadel's mainstay.
**[20:40] Mikazuki**
Master wants to entrust that duty to you.
**[20:45] Mikazuki**
It won't be your first time, will it?
**[20:48] Mikazuki**
You were this Citadel's very
first Attendant, after all.
**[20:53] Yamanbagiri**
Surely both our master and
you remember what happened.
**[20:57] Yamanbagiri**
I...
**[20:59] Yamanbagiri**
I...
**[21:07] Yamanbagiri**
I nearly got my squad wiped out.
**[21:10] Yamanbagiri**
There's no way I could be Attendant.
**[21:13] Saniwa**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[21:16] Saniwa**
You are not the same Sword
Warrior you were back then.
**[21:22] Mikazuki**
There you go. You can handle it.
**[21:56] Mikazuki**
Now...
**[21:58] Mikazuki**
I wonder how the story of the Honnoji
Incident will unfold this time.
**[22:06] Mikazuki**
I cannot wait to find out.
# E2 - The Stories That Tell
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUN2X4W/the-stories-that-tell)
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**[00:07] Fudou**
Huh?
**[00:10] Fudou**
What's this thing?
**[00:13] Tsurumaru**
That's an earthworm.
**[00:15] Tsurumaru**
They work wonders for soil.
**[00:18] Fudou**
Wow, even though they're so tiny?
**[00:21] (Flashback) Fudou**
You and I were both swords
beloved by Lord Nobunaga!
**[00:27] Yagen**
He's having fun.
**[00:29] Yagen**
Fudou Yukimitsu, I mean.
**[00:31] Souza**
Yes.
**[00:32] Fudou**
Works wonders, apparently!
**[00:35] Souza**
We both served the same master,
**[00:38] Souza**
and yet we are so different.
**[00:42] Yagen**
That's how it goes.
***SIGN*** Touken Ranbu -Kai-
***SIGN*** Episode Two
The Stories that Tell
**[02:15] Fudou**
Whoa, awesome!
**[02:18] Fudou**
Is this all gonna be dinner?
**[02:20] Kasen**
Fudou Yukimitsu. This is your first time
on kitchen duty, is it not?
**[02:24] Fudou**
Yeah, I never cooked when I was a sword.
**[02:30] Kasen**
Start by learning how to peel the vegetables.
**[02:33] Kasen**
Have Sayo teach you the basics.
**[02:37] Fudou**
Help me out, Sayo Samonji.
**[02:48] Yamabushi**
Muscles!
**[02:50] Yamabushi**
More muscles!
**[03:00] Yamabushi**
You need to build muscle if you wish
to serve as Attendant, brother!
**[03:08] Yamabushi**
Hasebe-dono.
**[03:11] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[03:13] Hasebe**
I hear our master appointed you Attendant.
**[03:17] Hasebe**
First, let me congratulate you.
**[03:20] Hasebe**
But being Attendant is a big responsibility...
**[03:23] Yamanbagiri**
What do you think, Hasebe?
**[03:25] Hasebe**
About what?
**[03:27] Yamanbagiri**
I really don't think I'm fit
to be Attendant Sword.
**[03:32] Yamanbagiri**
I'm sure you guys feel the same way.
**[03:38] Hasebe**
We'll comply with Master's decisions.
**[03:44] Hasebe**
Follow your orders. So long as Master
has appointed you Attendant,
**[03:49] Hasebe**
living up to expectations
is the least you can do.
**[03:54] Yamabushi**
Aye, this too is training.
**[03:56] Yamabushi**
You can do this, brother. I guarantee it.
**[04:00] Doudanuki**
Complaining right off the bat isn't gonna help.
**[04:02] Doudanuki**
If you've got time to think,
you've got time to train.
**[04:08] Yamabushi**
Why don't you join us, Hasebe-dono?
**[04:12] Hasebe**
Huh? Uh...
**[04:13] Yamabushi**
Let us go!
**[04:15] Yamabushi**
Come, come! Come on, now!
**[04:15] Hasebe**
Hang on! I never said I'd join!
**[04:24] Midare**
Let's eat!
**[04:29] Jirou**
This is some good broth.
**[04:30] Tarou**
I believe Kasen Kanesada's team
was on kitchen duty today.
**[04:35] Fudou**
I made the miso soup. Isn't it delicious?
**[04:38] Sayo**
I did most of the work, though.
**[04:40] Aizen**
Well, it doesn't matter
as long as it fills me up.
**[04:56] Tsurumaru**
Oh, someone's already here.
**[05:07] Tsurumaru**
Beautiful moon tonight.
It'd be a waste to sleep through it.
**[05:14] Tsurumaru**
If you'd told me I'd be sitting here
drinking under the night sky,
**[05:18] Tsurumaru**
I never would've believed it back then.
**[05:21] Tsurumaru**
This world is full of surprises.
**[05:29] Ookurikara**
I'm not here to make friends.
**[05:57] Souza**
What's happening?
**[06:22] Sayo**
What's the matter?
**[06:23] Souza**
Oh, it's nothing.
**[06:40] Yagen**
From the looks of it,
**[06:41] Yagen**
you had another bad dream?
**[06:44] Souza**
Yes...
**[06:46] Yagen**
Are you okay?
**[06:48] Souza**
I don't know...
**[06:51] Ichigo**
You seem pale.
**[06:54] Ichigo**
Is something bothering you?
**[06:59] Ichigo**
A dream?
**[07:01] Ichigo**
I'm just guessing,
**[07:04] Ichigo**
but that dream may be based on your story.
**[07:07] Souza**
My... story?
**[07:09] Ichigo**
Yes. Your story as a sword.
**[07:12] Ichigo**
Our past memories, and our foundation.
**[07:17] Ichigo**
Everyone in this Citadel has their own story.
**[07:24] Yagen**
Hey, what's up?
**[07:26] Gokotai**
S-Sorry!
**[07:27] Gokotai**
You were having a serious discussion.
**[07:29] Ichigo**
It's fine.
**[07:34] Ichigo**
These tigers are important to Gokotai.
**[07:36] Ichigo**
And I'm sure they're a part of his story.
**[07:40] Ichigo**
Just as Gokotai needs his tigers, Souza,
**[07:45] Ichigo**
your dream may be something
necessary for you.
**[07:49] Namezuo**
Ichi-nii. We're ready to go.
**[07:53] Ichigo**
Thank you, Namazuo.
**[07:55] Yagen**
A mission?
**[07:56] Ichigo**
Master's orders. We'll be going now.
**[08:00] Tsurumaru**
Leave this to me.
I'll take point and set the table.
**[08:07] Fudou**
You going somewhere, Sayo?
**[08:10] Fudou**
I thought we were going
fishing together today.
**[08:13] Sayo**
We have a mission.
**[08:16] Fudou**
A mission?
**[08:17] Fudou**
Oh, the defending history thing?
**[08:20] Fudou**
Take me with you.
**[08:22] Yamanbagiri**
You sober up first.
**[08:25] Fudou**
Come on, what's the big deal?
**[08:28] Yamanbagiri**
This isn't fun and games.
**[08:31] Yamanbagiri**
They're setting off for battle.
***SIGN*** Battle of Okehazama, 1560
**[08:36] Yamanbagiri**
We Sword Warriors...
**[08:37] Urashima**
I'm cutting you down!
**[08:39] Yamanbagiri**
...jump to various places and eras
and fight to defend history.
***SIGN*** Battle of Toba-Fushimi, 1868
**[08:44] Yamanbagiri**
The historical revisionists
are plotting to alter history.
**[08:46] Jirou**
Take that!
**[08:48] Yamanbagiri**
The Time Retrograde Army they control
can appear anytime, anywhere.
**[08:52] Aoe**
There!
**[08:53] Kashu**
Come on!
**[08:54] Yamanbagiri**
We have no idea why they
want to change history.
***SIGN*** Battle of Atsukashiyama, 1189
**[08:58] Yamanbagiri**
But our master manifested us
to defend that history.
***SIGN*** Ikedaya Incident, 1864
**[09:11] Yamangbagiri**
As such, defending history
is what makes us who we are.
**[09:19] Yamangbagiri**
Never forget that.
**[09:28] Midare**
What's wrong?
**[09:30] Fudou**
Oh, Midare.
**[09:32] Midare**
Are you feeling down because
Yamanbagiri-san scolded you?
**[09:36] Fudou**
That's not it. It's just...
**[09:40] Fudou**
I still don't really understand
what it means to defend history.
**[09:45] Midare**
Don't worry.
**[09:48] Midare**
You'll figure it out eventually.
***SIGN*** The Winter Siege of Osaka, 1614
**[09:55] Tokugawasoldier**
Good. That hit the main keep.
**[09:58] Tokugawasoldier**
The Toyotomis must be trembling in fear now.
**[10:02] Tokugawasoldier**
Who are they?!
**[10:09] Shokudaikiri**
How's the Time Retrograde Army looking?
**[10:12] Tsurumaru**
They appear to be attacking
the Tokugawa base camp.
**[10:14] Namazuo**
Attacking the great Tokugawa Ieyasu?
**[10:18] Namazuo**
Our enemy sure has some bold ideas.
**[10:20] Sayo**
It doesn't matter. We'll simply
kill whoever we're up against.
**[10:27] Ichigo**
Let's go.
**[10:31] Namazuo**
Say, Ichi-nii.
**[10:33] Namazuo**
This castle has significant ties
to our former master, right?
**[10:39] Ichigo**
Yes. We once belonged to
the Toyotomi clan, after all.
**[10:44] Namazuo**
We were burned to a crisp here.
If we can stop that...
**[10:48] Ichigo**
Stop it.
**[10:50] Ichigo**
That would make us the same as the enemy.
**[10:59] Namazuo**
I get it. I won't look back on the past.
**[11:09] Shokudaikiri**
It's our moment to shine.
**[11:12] Shokudaikiri**
Let's make it cool!
**[11:14] Sayo**
Who do I need to kill?
**[11:16] Namazuo**
Entering combat.
**[11:19] Tsurumaru**
The stage is set!
**[11:23] Ichigo**
I am Ichigo Hitofuri.
**[11:25] Ichigo**
Here I come!
**[11:29] Kousetsu**
Is there no path to peace?
**[11:38] Kousetsu**
Itabeoka Kousetsusai...
**[11:41] Kousetsu**
I really cannot bring myself to fight here.
**[11:47] Sayo**
Kousetsu-niisama!
**[11:47] Kousetsu**
Sayo!
**[11:57] Shokudaikiri**
Is everyone all right?
**[11:59] Ichigo**
Yes.
**[12:00] Tsurumaru**
I'm fine, too.
**[12:02] Namazuo**
Huh? Where are Kousetsu-san and Sayo-chan?
**[12:08] Namazuo**
Sayo-chan!
**[12:10] Kousetsu**
Sayo was wounded trying to protect me.
**[12:13] Namazuo**
That cut looks deep.
**[12:16] Ichigo**
Shokudaikiri-san, please tend to Sayo!
**[12:28] Ichigo**
No need to worry. Sayo will be all right.
**[12:40] Ichigo**
I reported this to Master.
**[12:45] Namazuo**
I'm glad the injuries weren't too serious.
**[12:49] Kousetsu**
Sayo... All because
I wasn't thinking straight...
**[12:53] Yamanbagiri**
What happened?
**[12:56] Kousetsu**
That place was where my former
master, Itabeoka Kousetsusai,
**[13:00] Kousetsu**
worked on peace negotiations
as a retainer of the Toyotomi clan.
**[13:05] Kousetsu**
I wasn't sure if I could
stain that place with blood.
**[13:08] Kousetsu**
The Time Retrograde Army
took advantage of my hesitation...
**[13:12] Yagen**
But Sayo saved you?
**[13:15] Kousetsu**
Yes. But...
**[13:18] Kousetsu**
I wish I could've been wounded instead.
**[13:24] Hasebe**
The more you blame yourself,
the sadder it'll make Sayo.
**[13:28] Ichigo**
This is my responsibility as captain.
I didn't make the right decisions.
**[13:32] Hasebe**
No need to apologize.
Our master manifested us to fight.
**[13:38] Hasebe**
In battle, neither victory
nor safety is guaranteed.
**[13:55] Sayo**
Revenge... I must have my revenge...
**[14:04] Kousetsu**
From time to time, the stories
of our past return to torment us.
**[14:09] Kousetsu**
My former master tried to bring
peace in an era of conflict.
**[14:15] Kousetsu**
My soul has inherited his will.
**[14:21] Kousetsu**
Sayo's former owner lost his mother
to bandits as a young child.
**[14:31] Kousetsu**
He spent years looking for
his mother's killer, found him,
**[14:35] Kousetsu**
and exacted his revenge.
**[14:39] Kousetsu**
That thirst for revenge now resides
in Sayo's tiny body with nowhere to go.
**[14:45] Souza**
I understand that.
**[14:47] Souza**
But, regardless of our past,
**[14:50] Souza**
we must fight in order to defend history.
**[14:56] Souza**
Although it might not sound very convincing
coming from me, a mere decoration.
**[15:02] Kousetsu**
We are all struggling
with something, aren't we?
**[15:06] Kousetsu**
You look so agonized.
**[15:09] Kousetsu**
I won't ask you to smile, but please,
**[15:12] Kousetsu**
let us try to look like respectful
older brothers, at least in front of Sayo.
**[15:21] Fudou**
Stories, huh?
**[15:30] Yamanbagiri**
We will hereby begin our council of war.
**[15:34] Yamanbagiri**
Or so I'd like to say, but...
**[15:36] Yamanbagiri**
You!
**[15:37] Yamanbagiri**
And you!
**[15:39] Yamanbagiri**
Shape up, will you?
This is an important strategy meeting.
**[15:45] Mikazuki**
Oh, my tea stalk stood up.
**[15:48] Mikazuki**
A good omen.
**[15:50] Tsurumaru**
Nah, when that happens,
**[15:52] Tsurumaru**
you need to drink the tea without anyone
finding out about it for good luck.
**[15:57] Yamanbagiri**
Can you take this a bit more seriously?
**[15:59] Tsurumaru**
I'm as serious as can be.
**[16:02] Tsurumaru**
But calm and composure is just as important.
**[16:06] Hasebe**
Please move on.
**[16:08] Tsurumaru**
First, let's hear about the other day's battle.
**[16:12] Ichigo**
Sure.
**[16:14] Ichigo**
When we deployed at the Winter Siege of Osaka,
**[16:17] Ichigo**
the enemy's main force led a
concentrated attack on Kousetsu.
**[16:20] Ichigo**
When they cornered him,
Sayo was wounded trying to protect him.
**[16:24] Hasebe**
That makes no sense.
**[16:25] Hasebe**
You should've been able to handle the
enemies of that era with no problem.
**[16:29] Tsurumaru**
We're growing in strength.
The enemy must be responding in kind.
**[16:36] Ichigo**
So the Time Retrograde Army is growing
stronger through battle, as well?
**[16:40] Tsurumaru**
From their standpoint, we get in their way
every time they try to alter history.
**[16:46] Hasebe**
It wouldn't be strange if they started
taking measures to counter us.
**[16:51] Doudanuki**
That's fine by us.
We'll just grow even stronger.
**[16:58] Mikazuki**
What do you say, Attendant?
**[17:07] Yamanbagiri**
We need to investigate the change
in the enemy's capabilities.
**[17:12] Yamanbagiri**
We'll send expedition teams to various eras—
**[17:15] Shokudaikiri**
Kept you waiting!
**[17:17] Shokudaikiri**
I figured tea alone wouldn't be enough,
so I prepared some snacks.
**[17:23] Shokudaikiri**
Mitsutada's special ohagi, made by yours truly.
**[17:27] Shokudaikiri**
Now...
**[17:28] Shokudaikiri**
Eat up.
**[17:35] Mikazuki**
Yes, this is pretty good.
**[17:38] Tsurumaru**
That's my Mitsu-boy. He gets hospitality.
**[17:42] Hasebe**
Take this seriously, you guys.
**[17:44] Mikazuki**
What's the problem?
**[17:46] Mikazuki**
Looking all serious isn't going to
help us find a solution right away.
**[17:51] Tsurumaru**
You really speak my language, Mikazuki.
**[17:53] Mikazuki**
Why don't you have one?
**[17:56] Tsurumaru**
If you don't want it,
**[17:57] Tsurumaru**
I'll take it.
**[18:07] Hasebe**
Eavesdropping isn't very nice.
**[18:12] Fudou**
Hic.
**[18:14] Yamanbagiri**
Are you drunk again?
**[18:16] Fudou**
Listen.
**[18:18] Fudou**
If you're going on an expedition,
take me with you.
**[18:21] Yamanbagiri**
What?
**[18:22] Fudou**
We can go to any time period we want, right?
**[18:24] Fudou**
That means I can see Nobunaga again!
**[18:31] Shokudaikiri**
I don't know about that.
**[18:33] Fudou**
Come on! Take me with you!
**[18:36] Tsurumaru**
You'll see Oda Nobunaga, and then what?
**[18:40] Fudou**
That man treated me very well.
**[18:43] Fudou**
And yet I couldn't protect him
in his final moments.
**[18:49] Fudou**
So I...
**[18:51] Hasebe**
You still don't seem to
understand why we're here.
**[18:55] Fudou**
Yeah, I don't.
**[18:57] Fudou**
Why do we need to defend
history in the first place?
**[19:01] Fudou**
Why did Sayo have to fight and end up hurt?
**[19:05] Fudou**
I still don't get it.
**[19:07] Fudou**
And I get the feeling
I won't until I see Nobunaga.
**[19:13] Hasebe**
What?
**[19:15] Fudou**
I used to be Oda Nobunaga's sword.
**[19:19] Fudou**
After his death, I belonged to Mori Ranmaru.
**[19:22] Fudou**
How will I feel when I see
their history play out?
**[19:27] Fudou**
Until I know that,
**[19:29] Fudou**
I don't have the confidence to live
here and fight alongside you all.
**[19:34] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[19:36] Hasebe**
Give this newcomer a lesson on what it
means to be a member of this Citadel.
**[19:42] Hasebe**
You know that's part of your job as Attendant.
**[19:45] Yamanbagiri**
My apologies.
**[19:47] Hasebe**
I'll be leaving now.
**[19:53] Fudou**
Nobunaga took care of you, too, didn't he?!
**[19:57] Fudou**
Hey, get back here!
**[20:03] Mikazuki**
So much for a strategy meeting.
**[20:14] Yamanbagiri**
Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[20:19] Fudou**
What, here to lecture me?
**[20:29] Fudou**
Want a drink, Manba-chan?
**[20:31] Yamanbagiri**
No, I'll pass.
**[20:39] Fudou**
Look, I'm just grateful to Nobunaga
for all the love he gave me.
**[20:45] Yamanbagiri**
Even if you do see Oda Nobunaga,
you won't get to save him.
**[20:49] Yamanbagiri**
Because that's a part of history.
**[20:52] Fudou**
Tell me.
**[20:53] Fudou**
Why do we need to keep history the way it is?
**[20:57] Fudou**
Why is that?
**[20:59] Mikazuki**
Perhaps because we are mere objects.
**[21:05] Yamanbagiri**
Mikazuki...
**[21:07] Mikazuki**
Objects exist to be used.
**[21:10] Mikazuki**
And our master puts us to use.
**[21:13] Mikazuki**
It just happens to be
that it's to defend history.
**[21:17] Fudou**
Then what happens if I don't do that?
**[21:24] Mikazuki**
Well...
**[21:26] Mikazuki**
In that case...
**[21:33] Mikazuki**
We'll have to cut you down.
**[21:40] Mikazuki**
It is only natural that an object that
doesn't fulfill its purpose is disposed of.
**[21:52] Mikazuki**
But our master doesn't wish for any
of us in this Citadel to meet that fate.
**[22:01] Mikazuki**
So why don't we spend another
cheerful day defending history?
# E3 - A Worthy Man
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZ7QKQ/a-worthy-man)
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**[00:09] Kasen**
We've come a long way.
**[00:12] Mikazuki**
We have.
**[00:12] Mikazuki**
We can't leave our horses
to rot in the stables forever,
**[00:16] Mikazuki**
lest they prove useless
when needed most in battle.
**[00:20] Yamanbagiri**
Still, I don't see why we had to
do this so early in the morning.
**[00:26] Mikazuki**
So long as we were traveling anyway,
there was something I wanted to see.
**[00:35] Mutsunokami**
Wow, this is quite the view.
**[00:38] Kasen**
The very definition of scenic beauty.
**[00:41] Kashu**
How many times do you think this sunrise
has happened since the start of history?
**[00:46] Hachisuka**
I've never kept count.
Though I guess nobody has.
**[00:51] Mikazuki**
It doesn't matter,
because it's still beautiful.
**[00:55] Mikazuki**
I won't ask for more.
***SIGN*** Touken Ranbu -Kai-
***SIGN*** Episode Three
A Worthy Man
**[02:53] Shokudaikiri**
Are you okay, Hasebe-kun?
**[02:55] Tsurumaru**
You don't seem to be at your best.
**[02:57] Hasebe**
There's no problem. I'm the same as ever.
**[03:02] Tsurumaru**
It's not good to push yourself too hard.
**[03:05] Shokudaikiri**
Yeah. Overwork can have the opposite effect.
**[03:08] Hasebe**
I said there's no problem. Here I come!
**[03:19] (Flashback) Fudou**
I don't remember seeing you with Nobunaga.
**[03:23] (Flashback) Fudou**
Oh, did we just miss each other?
**[03:29] (Flashback) Fudou**
That man treated me very well.
**[03:33] (Flashback) Fudou**
And yet I couldn't protect him
in his final moments.
**[03:38] Hasebe**
Screw Oda Nobunaga!
**[03:48] Hasebe**
Sorry, but I'm going to have to call it a day.
**[03:52] Souza**
Oh...
**[03:53] Souza**
Hasebe.
**[03:55] Shokudaikiri**
I see.
**[03:57] Tsurumaru**
Yeah, not at his best.
***SIGN*** Nakatsu Castle, Tensho Era (1573-1592)
**[04:15] (Flashback) Nagamasa**
Is this it?
**[04:17] (Flashback) Kanbei**
Yes.
**[04:18] (Flashback) Kanbei**
Lord Nobunaga gifted it to me as a reward
for my contributions in the Mori conflict.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Nagamasa**
But Father, you aren't his retainer.
And yet he gave you this treasure?
**[04:28] (Flashback) Kanbei**
The Heshikiri Blade...
**[04:30] (Flashback) Kanbei**
When one of Lord Nobunaga's pages insulted him,
**[04:33] (Flashback) Kanbei**
it's said that it cut him through
the cupboard he was hiding under.
**[04:37] (Flashback) Kanbei**
For its master, it cuts even
that which cannot be cut.
**[04:40] (Flashback) Kanbei**
A fiercely loyal partner.
***SIGN*** Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle, Tensho Era (1573-1592)
**[04:49] (Flashback) Kurodaretainer**
Akechi Hyuga-no-Kami Mitsuhide
has rebelled at Honnoji Temple!
**[04:52] (Flashback) Kurodaretainer**
Lord Oda Nobunaga has been killed!
**[04:55] (Flashback) Kanbei**
What?!
**[05:08] Fudou**
"Fudou Yukimitsu, Tsukumogami the tea caddy,
**[05:11] Fudou**
and Niwa Nagahide, all three are mine!"
**[05:14] Fudou**
Oda Nobunaga once sang that poem while
clapping his knees all drunk and happy.
**[05:20] Atsushi**
Oh?
**[05:22] Akita**
Your name's in that poem, huh?
**[05:25] Fudou**
Yeah. He must've really
wanted to brag about me.
**[05:30] Fudou**
And later, he bestowed me to Mori Ranmaru.
**[05:36] Maeda**
They say Ranmaru-san was
a close aide of Oda-san's.
**[05:40] Fudou**
Yeah. Ranmaru was one of Nobunaga's
dearest and most trusted retainers.
**[05:47] Fudou**
You there, quit yawning.
**[05:49] Fudou**
I'm telling you about my most
precious memories here.
**[05:51] Namazuo**
Not like anyone really asked you to.
**[05:56] Fudou**
You know, I'm still very new to this Citadel.
**[06:00] Fudou**
I just want you all to get to know me better.
**[06:04] Sayo**
Are you done? Can we go now?
**[06:07] Fudou**
You guys...
**[06:12] Hasebe**
Sayo Samonji. Are you healthy
enough to be out here?
**[06:15] Sayo**
Yes. I'd just rot away
if I stayed in bed all day.
**[06:18] Hasebe**
I see. Glad to hear it.
**[06:20] Fudou**
Wow, you're a nice guy, Heshikiri.
**[06:23] Hasebe**
Fudou Yukimitsu. What're you doing,
getting drunk during the day?
**[06:27] Hasebe**
How do you expect to carry
out your duties like that?
**[06:30] Hasebe**
Also, "Heshikiri" originates from one of
my former master's violent outbursts.
**[06:34] Hasebe**
Please refrain from calling me that.
**[06:37] Fudou**
Former master?
**[06:39] Fudou**
You mean Nobunaga?
**[06:41] Hasebe**
Do we have to talk about him again?
**[06:44] Namazuo**
Uh... You know, Oda Nobunaga
handed Hasebe down to Kuroda Kanbei,
**[06:50] Namazuo**
so he probably has more
memories of the Kuroda clan!
**[06:54] Fudou**
Huh?
**[06:55] Maeda**
Namazuo-san...
**[06:56] Atsushi**
Adding fuel to the fire?
**[06:58] Namazuo**
Huh?
**[06:59] Namazuo**
O-Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to!
**[07:02] Fudou**
So you were given away to someone
who wasn't even his retainer?
**[07:08] Hasebe**
Fudou Yukimitsu. Oda Nobunaga
isn't our master now.
**[07:13] Hasebe**
Let the past go already.
**[07:17] Hasebe**
What?
**[07:18] Fudou**
It seems to me that you're the one
who's not able to let it go.
**[07:23] Atsushi**
Hey, Fudou...
**[07:26] Fudou**
Serving a new master doesn't mean I'm
gonna pretend my former master didn't exist.
**[07:30] Fudou**
In my eyes,
**[07:32] Fudou**
both Nobunaga and our current
master are equally important.
**[07:35] Hasebe**
Don't put our master in
the same boat as Nobunaga.
**[07:38] Hasebe**
Nobunaga was a loser who couldn't
see his ambitions to fruition.
**[07:45] Fudou**
Hey, what did you just say?
**[07:47] Hasebe**
Did you not hear me?
**[07:49] Fudou**
I did, which is why I'm asking again.
**[07:51] Fudou**
How dare you speak of Nobunaga that way?!
**[07:54] Namazuo**
Hey, cut it out!
**[07:56] Fudou**
You spent time with Nobunaga too, didn't you?!
**[07:59] Fudou**
He took such good care of us!
I won't stand for this!
**[08:04] Hasebe**
What the hell would you know?
**[08:08] Souza**
You two...
**[08:10] Souza**
What are you doing?
**[08:11] Maeda**
Souza-san.
**[08:12] Souza**
What's happening here?
**[08:14] Fudou**
Souza! This guy just insulted Nobunaga!
**[08:17] Fudou**
The very same Nobunaga
who showered us with love!
**[08:20] Hasebe**
Nobunaga this, Nobunaga that!
I'm sick and tired of hearing his name!
**[08:25] Hasebe**
He wasn't a man worthy of being
the great unifier! That is all!
**[08:30] Fudou**
I told you, knock it off!
**[08:32] Namazuo**
Stop fighting!
**[08:33] Sayo**
Help us stop them, Souza-niisama.
**[08:36] Fudou**
How dare you?!
**[08:38] Hasebe**
What good will clinging to
past memories forever do?
**[08:42] Fudou**
Hey, Souza! Doesn't it make you mad,
having your former master insulted?!
**[08:48] Souza**
I...
**[08:49] Fudou**
You take that back right now! Or else!
**[08:57] Akita**
Souza-san?
**[09:05] Souza**
Why?
**[09:07] Fudou**
Souza?
**[09:08] Souza**
Oh, uh, excuse me.
**[09:11] Fudou**
Hey, Souza!
**[09:12] Sayo**
Nii-sama!
**[09:20] Yamanbagiri**
What's up?
**[09:21] Yamanbagiri**
Is something wrong?
**[09:23] Gokotai**
Y-Yamanbagiri-san... Well...
**[09:26] Hasebe**
Nothing.
**[09:27] Hasebe**
It's not worth thinking about.
**[09:32] Yamanbagiri**
What happened?
**[09:34] Atsushi**
Where do we even begin?
**[09:45] Sayo**
Nii-sama.
**[09:46] Fudou**
Souza, hey...
**[09:50] Souza**
How can I help you?
**[09:52] Fudou**
I just got mad when he insulted
Nobunaga. I lost my head.
**[09:58] Souza**
It's not your fault.
**[10:00] Fudou**
But...
**[10:02] Souza**
This is my problem, and mine alone.
**[10:07] Sayo**
Kousetsu-niisama?
**[10:11] Kousetsu**
Souza, can I ask for your help
tending to the horses?
**[10:16] Souza**
Huh?
**[10:18] Kousetsu**
Would you be willing to do that for me?
**[10:21] Souza**
Sure.
**[10:22] Kousetsu**
Sayo, Fudou Yukimitsu.
I'd like you two to join, as well.
**[10:26] Fudou**
Huh? Okay.
**[10:28] Sayo**
Yeah.
**[10:29] Kousetsu**
Let's go, then.
**[10:34] Yagen**
You're not acting like yourself ever since
Fudou Yukimitsu manifested, Hasebe.
**[10:43] Yagen**
Well, I see where you're coming from.
I once belonged to Oda, too.
**[10:48] Yagen**
Everything he—Fudou Yukimitsu—says reminds
me of Nobunaga-san, whether I like it or not.
**[10:55] Hasebe**
That man held us down when alive,
**[10:59] Hasebe**
and even in death, he refuses to let us go.
**[11:05] Hasebe**
To this day, Oda Nobunaga
continues to haunt us.
**[11:14] Tsurumaru**
I see.
**[11:15] Tsurumaru**
So Hasebe and Fudou Yukimitsu
butted heads over that?
**[11:19] Atsushi**
Yeah. Ever since Fudou Yukimitsu manifested,
Hasebe hasn't been able to control himself.
**[11:24] Shokudaikiri**
Neither has Souza-kun.
**[11:26] Ichigo**
Is Oda Nobunaga the cause?
**[11:30] Tsurumaru**
Can't think of anything else that could be.
**[11:32] Ichigo**
Oda Nobunaga...
**[11:34] Ichigo**
A man who was a huge presence in the
Sengoku period, along with my former masters.
**[11:38] Ichigo**
Generals nationwide fought for supremacy
in a bid to unite the nation.
**[11:44] Ichigo**
Meanwhile, we swords came to
be used as more than weapons.
**[11:47] Ichigo**
We also became symbols
of power and authority.
**[11:52] Ichigo**
Due to that, many of us have experienced
being passed around from owner to owner.
**[11:58] Ichigo**
In particular, Souza Samonji, who was
personally branded by Oda Nobunaga,
**[12:03] Ichigo**
became a symbol of the great unifier
***SIGN*** Oda Owari-no-Kami Nobunaga
**[12:05] Ichigo**
and was passed down to Toyotomi
Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
**[12:09] Ichigo**
That proves how much influence
Oda Nobunaga held over the country.
**[12:14] Ichigo**
It's not ideal that his influence
is still being felt in our Citadel.
**[12:19] Shokudaikiri**
It looks like they all have complicated
feelings about Oda Nobunaga.
**[12:24] Atsushi**
Can't we do something, Ichi-nii?
**[12:27] Atsushi**
If this keeps up, things will stay
awkward between those three.
**[12:31] Ichigo**
If only there was a good way to
help the Oda swords break the ice...
**[12:36] Tsurumaru**
Oho? "Break the ice," huh?
**[12:41] Shokudaikiri**
That look tells me Tsuru-san
has bad intentions in mind.
**[13:01] Souza**
You're free, I see.
**[13:03] Souza**
On the other hand, I am but a caged bird.
**[13:10] Souza**
I suppose I have no right to talk.
**[13:13] Souza**
I'm one of the people
keeping you locked in here,
**[13:17] Souza**
when surely you would prefer
to run freely in the wild, too.
**[13:21] Kousetsu**
I'm done. How about you?
**[13:25] Souza**
I just finished, too.
**[13:28] Kousetsu**
Souza, why don't we go
for a ride while we're here?
**[13:33] Souza**
Huh?
**[13:34] Kousetsu**
I'm sure the horses would like to
run around a spacious field for once.
**[13:38] Kousetsu**
What do you say?
**[13:41] Souza**
Sure.
**[13:51] Yamabushi**
One more push, all of you!
**[13:58] Iwatooshi**
This... is nothing!
**[14:04] Yamabushi**
Iwatooshi-dono.
**[14:06] Yamabushi**
I refuse to be outdone!
**[14:22] Yamabushi**
We worked up a good sweat
again today, huh, brother?
**[14:26] Yamanbagiri**
Right.
**[14:28] Yamabushi**
If something's bothering you,
I can lend you an ear.
**[14:33] Yamanbagiri**
Nah, I'm fine.
**[14:35] Doudanuki**
You certainly don't look like it.
**[14:39] Horikawa**
Is something wrong, brother?
**[14:42] Yamabushi**
Is this about the Oda swords?
**[14:46] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah.
**[14:47] Yamabushi**
I thought so.
**[14:50] Doudanuki**
So, what exactly happened?
**[14:59] Honebami**
Hasebe and Fudou Yukimitsu fought?
**[15:02] Horikawa**
But over what?
**[15:04] Doudanuki**
Oda Nobunaga, huh?
**[15:06] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah.
**[15:08] Doudanuki**
Things have been awkward with the Oda
swords since Fudou Yukimitsu manifested.
**[15:14] Yamanbagiri**
I'm sorry.
**[15:15] Doudanuki**
Huh?
**[15:16] Yamabushi**
Why do you apologize, brother?
**[15:18] Yamanbagiri**
This shouldn't have happened on my watch.
**[15:21] Honebami**
It's not your fault, Yamanbagiri.
**[15:23] Yamanbagiri**
It is.
**[15:25] Yamanbagiri**
It shows that I, the Attendant,
haven't managed you as well as I should.
**[15:30] Yamabushi**
I think you're doing your job just fine.
**[15:36] Yamanbagiri**
Why did our master make me Attendant?
**[15:39] Yamanbagiri**
Surely there were other options
far more worthy than me.
**[15:43] Doudanuki**
No point in thinking about it.
**[15:46] Yamanbagiri**
I...
**[15:49] Yamanbagiri**
I failed once already.
**[15:52] Yamanbagiri**
I nearly got my squad
wiped out on that mission.
***SIGN*** Siege of Odawara, Tensho 18 (1590)
**[16:09] (Flashback) Doudanuki**
Manba!
**[16:11] (Flashback) Yamanbagiri**
Is it my fault?
**[16:13] (Flashback) Sayo**
Yamanbagiri-san!
**[16:15] (Flashback) Yamanbagiri**
A copy like me never should have
become Attendant. I made this happen.
**[16:22] (Flashback) Yamanbagiri**
You guys...
**[16:24] (Flashback) Hasebe**
Time to turn the tables.
**[16:28] (Flashback) Yamanbagiri**
Move.
**[16:30] (Flashback) Doudanuki**
Heshi, Manba... That's enough.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Doudanuki**
This ends here.
**[16:34] (Flashback) Hasebe**
What are you talking about?
We haven't wiped out the enemy!
**[16:38] (Flashback) Yamanbagiri**
Yeah! I'm not letting them get
away with hurting my brother!
**[16:43] (Flashback) Doudanuki**
We've lost.
**[16:44] (Flashback) Doudanuki**
We lost this battle! Accept that!
**[16:47] (Flashback) Honebami**
What's more important is that we survive.
**[16:49] (Flashback) Honebami**
Let's get through this and
return to the Citadel.
**[17:06] Yamanbagiri**
I... I made a bad decision
and put you all in danger.
**[17:13] Yamanbagiri**
If Doudanuki hadn't talked sense into me,
I would've led you all to your deaths.
**[17:18] Yamanbagiri**
I'm not leadership material.
**[17:21] Yamanbagiri**
That's why I resigned as Attendant.
**[17:25] Yamabushi**
Brother...
**[17:26] Yamanbagiri**
So why did our master make me
Attendant Sword once again?
**[17:33] Yamabushi**
Brother.
**[17:35] Yamabushi**
Who do you see here in front of you right now?
**[17:39] Yamabushi**
I am right here, can't you see?
**[17:43] Yamabushi**
Doudanuki and Honebami are here, too.
**[17:47] Yamabushi**
So is Hasebe.
**[17:50] Yamabushi**
Everyone who went into battle
that day is here, alive and well.
**[17:54] Yamabushi**
And I believe we have you
to thank for that, brother.
**[18:00] Iwatooshi**
Hold up. It's not just you guys.
**[18:03] Imanotsurugi**
We're here with you.
**[18:05] Shishiou**
Nobody in our Citadel thinks you're
not fit to be Attendant, Yamanbagiri.
**[18:13] Iwatooshi**
We'll support whoever Master
chooses as Attendant as best we can.
**[18:18] Doudanuki**
Quit trying to carry the load alone.
**[18:21] Doudanuki**
Or what, do you not trust us, Manba?
**[18:25] Honebami**
As if, right?
**[18:27] Horikawa**
Right!
**[18:31] Mikazuki**
Looks like it's time to come
to terms with it, Yamanbagiri.
**[18:34] Yamanbagiri**
Mikazuki?
**[18:36] Mikazuki**
You heard what our master said.
**[18:38] Mikazuki**
"You are not the same Sword Warrior
you were back then."
**[18:43] Mikazuki**
That is exactly why you have been
chosen to be Attendant once again.
**[18:48] Mikazuki**
Don't you think your job now is to prove
that our master made the right decision?
**[19:08] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah, you're right.
**[19:11] Yamanbagiri**
Guys, what do you think we should do
about the Oda swords situation?
**[19:16] Horikawa**
There's gotta be a way.
**[19:19] Doudanuki**
I doubt just talking it out will fix it, though.
**[19:24] Shokudaikiri**
Yeah, we've got to help them out somehow.
**[19:27] Horikawa**
Shokudaikiri-san!
**[19:29] Ichigo**
We've been trying to come up
with a good solution, too.
**[19:34] Shishiou**
Figure anything out?
**[19:36] Tsurumaru**
Of course we did.
**[19:38] Tsurumaru**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro,
**[19:41] Tsurumaru**
I have a proposal for you.
**[19:44] Yamanbagiri**
A proposal?
**[19:52] Souza**
Beautiful.
**[19:53] Kousetsu**
It is.
**[19:56] Kousetsu**
Do you feel a little better now?
**[19:59] Souza**
Kousetsu-niisama.
**[20:02] Souza**
I'm sorry you had to do all this for me.
**[20:05] Kousetsu**
There's no need to apologize.
**[20:08] Kousetsu**
For now, let's allow this view to
heal our hearts for a little while.
**[20:16] Nakigitsune**
Oh, dear! Oh, my!
**[20:18] Shishiou**
This is gonna be great. Just watch.
**[20:21] Yamatonokami**
Say, Izuminokami.
**[20:22] Yamatonokami**
Do you know why we've been summoned here?
**[20:24] Izuminokami**
Nah, I haven't heard anything.
**[20:27] Fox**
What have they gathered us all in the dojo for?
**[20:35] Mikazuki**
Sorry to keep you all waiting.
**[20:39] Izuminokami**
What's happening here?
**[20:42] Mikazuki**
All yours, Attendant.
**[20:44] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah.
**[20:56] Yamanbagiri**
We will hereby hold a session
of combat training.
**[20:59] Mutsunokami**
Combat?
**[21:00] Kasen**
Well, I don't think we could have
sparring matches with these numbers.
**[21:05] Yamanbagiri**
We're not going to spar.
**[21:07] All**
What?
**[21:09] Yamabushi**
They all sound surprised.
**[21:12] Tsurumaru**
Well, the big surprise is still to come.
**[21:19] Hasebe**
*I can't believe our master would agree to this.*
**[21:22] Hasebe**
* No, stay focused. I have to*
* carry out my master's will.*
**[21:39] Hasebe**
You need to be quicker with your ambushes.
You won't defeat me like that.
**[21:44] Ichigo**
That was just our way of saying hello.
**[21:46] Shokudaikiri**
Now, Hasebe-kun, get ready to go full-tilt!
**[21:50] Hasebe**
Who even came up with this idea?
**[21:52] Hasebe**
Actual battle training, fighting
fellow Citadel members? Ridiculous!
**[21:58] (Flashback) Tsurumaru**
That's right.
**[22:00] (Flashback) Tsurumaru**
I propose a free-for-all
combat training exercise
**[22:02] (Flashback) Tsurumaru**
pitting four teams against one another.
**[22:05] (Flashback) Yamanbagiri**
In other words... a no-holds-barred battle!
# E4 - Steel Forges Steel
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UVGM84/steel-forges-steel)
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**[00:01] Namazuo**
A combat training exercise with four teams?
**[00:04] Tonbokiri**
Why four teams?
**[00:06] Otegine**
What does that mean?
**[00:08] Maeda**
Um, is this going to be different
from our usual sparring sessions?
**[00:13] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah.
**[00:14] Yamanbagiri**
Our usual sparring sessions are one-on-one,
**[00:18] Yamanbagiri**
but this four-team session will be
held under real battle conditions.
**[00:22] Hachisuka**
Real battle conditions?
**[00:25] Mutsunokami**
Hey, that sounds fun.
**[00:27] Yamanbagiri**
You'll be split into four teams of six
**[00:31] Yamanbagiri**
and fight one another all at the same time.
**[00:33] Kashu**
Do you have Master's permission for this?
**[00:36] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah. We got approval.
**[00:39] Hasebe**
If you wanted to run a combat exercise,
**[00:41] Hasebe**
you could've easily asked another
Citadel to have a mock battle with us.
**[00:48] Yamanbagiri**
That wouldn't serve our purpose.
**[00:50] Yamanbagiri**
By competing in battle,
you'll get to know your teammates,
**[00:54] Yamanbagiri**
get to know yourself, improve one another,
**[00:57] Yamanbagiri**
and strengthen your bonds.
**[00:58] Yamanbagiri**
That's what this exercise aims to do.
**[01:00] Yagen**
That makes sense. Okay, understood.
**[01:03] Yagen**
Now, what are the teams?
**[01:05] Yamanbagiri**
I will now announce the team lineups.
**[01:09] Tsurumaru**
This is where the big surprises start.
***SIGN*** Touken Ranbu -Kai-
**[02:44] Yamanbagiri**
Team One...
***SIGN*** Team One
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, Yagen Toushirou,
Souza Samonji, Fudou Yukimitsu, Heshikiri Hasebe
**[02:46] Yamanbagiri**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro,
**[02:48] Yamanbagiri**
Tsurumaru Kuninaga,
***SIGN*** Episode Four
Steel Hardens Steel
**[02:50] Yamanbagiri**
Yagen Toushirou,
**[02:51] Yamanbagiri**
Souza Samonji,
**[02:53] Yamanbagiri**
Fudou Yukimitsu,
**[02:55] Yamanbagiri**
and Heshikiri Hasebe.
**[02:57] Hasebe**
Wha—
***SIGN*** Team Two
Mikazuki Munechika, Namazuo Toushirou, Kousetsu Samonji,
Sayo Samonji, Shokudaikiri Mitsutada, Ichigo Hitofuri
**[02:58] Yamanbagiri**
Team Two...
**[02:59] Yamanbagiri**
Mikazuki Munechika,
**[03:01] Yamanbagiri**
Namazuo Toushirou,
**[03:04] Yamanbagiri**
Kousetsu Samonji, Sayo Samonji,
**[03:07] Yamanbagiri**
Shokudaikiri Mitsutada,
**[03:09] Yamanbagiri**
and Ichigo Hitofuri.
**[03:10] Ichigo**
Oh? That's an unexpected lineup.
***SIGN*** Team Three
Kasen Kanesada, Honebami Toushirou, Yamabushi Kunihiro,
Horikawa Kunihiro, Kashuu Kiyomitsu, Doudanuki Masakuni
**[03:14] Yamanbagiri**
Team Three...
**[03:15] Yamanbagiri**
Kasen Kanesada,
**[03:17] Yamanbagiri**
Honebami Toushirou,
**[03:19] Yamanbagiri**
Yamabushi Kunihiro,
**[03:20] Yamanbagiri**
Horikawa Kunihiro,
**[03:22] Yamanbagiri**
Kashuu Kiyomitsu,
**[03:24] Yamanbagiri**
and Doudanuki Masakuni.
**[03:25] Doudanuki**
Okay, I can fight with that.
**[03:27] Kashuu**
Hold back, okay? This is training, after all.
***SIGN*** Team Four
Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, Izuminokami Kanesada,
Yamatonokami Yasusada, Hachisuka Kotetsu, Jiroutachi, Taroutachi
**[03:31] Yamanbagiri**
Team Four...
**[03:32] Yamanbagiri**
Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki,
**[03:34] Yamanbagiri**
Izuminokami Kanesada,
**[03:36] Yamanbagiri**
Yamatonokami Yasusada,
**[03:38] Yamanbagiri**
Hachisuka Kotetsu,
**[03:41] Yamanbagiri**
Jiroutachi, and Taroutachi.
**[03:43] Jiroutachi**
So I just gotta go wild, right?
**[03:45] Hasebe**
I object!
**[03:47] Yamanbagiri**
What's the problem?
**[03:48] Hasebe**
What is with these lineups?!
**[03:51] Yamanbagiri**
They were decided
with a fair drawing of lots.
**[03:53] Hasebe**
How am I supposed to fight with that team?!
**[03:57] Mikazuki**
Oh? So, Heshikiri Hasebe, do you mean to say
you won't follow our master's orders?
**[04:01] Hasebe**
What?
**[04:03] Mikazuki**
Master has approved these team lineups, too.
**[04:07] Mikazuki**
Do you have an issue with that?
**[04:09] Hasebe**
I-I don't.
**[04:13] Mikazuki**
I'm glad you understand.
**[04:16] Yamanbagiri**
This exercise will begin at noon tomorrow.
**[04:20] Yamanbagiri**
Dismissed.
**[04:26] Yagen**
Well, looks like we have
to go through with this.
**[04:36] Kashuu**
Someone's motivated.
**[04:38] Mutsunokami**
An exercise under real battle conditions?
It's just what we need!
**[04:42] Kasen**
I hope tomorrow's exercise patches
things up between the Oda swords.
**[04:48] Mutsunokami**
Oh! So that really is
the reason behind all this.
**[04:53] Kashuu**
Sure hope it works out.
**[04:55] Hachisuka**
Anyway, it's big news that Yamanbagiri
Kunihiro's been appointed Attendant again.
**[05:01] Kashuu**
Well, he was the first sword
to manifest in this Citadel.
**[05:05] Kashuu**
We can't have him sulking forever.
**[05:07] Mutsunokami**
Okay! Time ta do some swings
and prepare for t'morrow!
**[05:10] Kashuu**
Have fun. We're going to bed.
**[05:12] Mutsunokami**
H-Hey!
**[05:19] Otegine**
Looking forward to how this goes.
**[05:20] Tonbokiri**
Yeah.
**[05:24] Midare**
All right, it's time for the four-team,
free-for-all combat training exercise!
**[05:29] Midare**
Here at this special stage
in the Citadel's courtyard,
**[05:32] Midare**
we hope to bring you this
heated battle, live and up next.
**[05:35] Midare**
I'm Midare Toushirou, and I'll
be handling the play-by-play.
**[05:38] Midare**
And...
**[05:40] Midare**
On color commentary, we have
Ishikirimaru-san and Nikkari Aoe-san!
**[05:44] Aoe**
Glad to be here.
**[05:45] Ishikirimaru**
Are you sure you want me doing this?
**[05:46] Midare**
Very sure! Glad to have you here!
**[05:49] Aizen**
They're really pumped up for this.
**[05:51] Akita**
Right?
**[05:53] Gokotai**
I don't know which team to cheer for...
**[05:57] Maeda**
Just root for all of them to do their best.
**[05:59] Midare**
Konnosuke, you're up!
**[06:09] Midare**
We have placed a few dozen Konnosukes
in various locations across the forest.
**[06:13] Midare**
We'll be bringing you the battles
they see live and in color.
**[06:20] Midare**
It looks like Yamanbagiri-san is explaining
this exercise to the participants.
**[06:26] Yamanbagiri**
You'll disperse into the forest,
**[06:28] Yamanbagiri**
and the moment you run into an
opponent, you'll engage in combat.
**[06:31] Yamanbagiri**
You win if you render your opponent immobile
**[06:33] Yamanbagiri**
or make them surrender.
**[06:35] Yamanbagiri**
You have until sunset.
**[06:38] Yamanbagiri**
The team with the most surviving
members will win this exercise.
**[06:41] Midare**
What do you think the highlight will be?
**[06:44] Ishikirimaru**
I would say the tag-team battles,
which will call for perfect teamwork.
**[06:47] Aoe**
I'm looking forward to seeing
how they use the terrain, as well.
**[06:50] Midare**
All right, everyone!
**[06:52] Midare**
Are you excited for the heated battles to come?
**[06:56] Yamabushi**
This is a chance to test ourselves, brother!
**[06:58] Horikawa**
Yeah, let's do our best.
**[07:00] Shokudaikiri**
Tsuru-san, you look like you're having fun.
**[07:03] Tsurumaru**
Well, duh. I'm going to
enjoy this to the fullest.
**[07:08] Hasebe**
I want you to know this.
**[07:09] Fudou**
What?
**[07:11] Hasebe**
Don't hold us back.
**[07:13] Fudou**
Huh?
**[07:14] Yagen**
Hey, stop that.
**[07:16] Midare**
The time has come!
**[07:18] Midare**
The curtains are about
to open on the battle!
**[07:25] Fudou**
"Don't hold us back"? Right back at you.
**[07:29] Yagen**
This is not the time to be squabbling, you two.
**[07:32] Yamanbagiri**
What are you doing?
The exercise is already underway.
**[07:37] Fudou**
Hmph!
**[07:44] Midare**
Can you believe it?
**[07:45] Midare**
They're so fast,
Konnosuke's eyes can't keep up!
**[07:51] Namazuo**
Yeah, you really are fast.
**[07:53] Honebami**
No holding back from either of us, brother.
**[07:57] Namazuo**
Of course!
**[07:59] Aizen**
Yeah!
**[08:01] Ishikirimaru**
This is a battle of speed.
**[08:04] Aoe**
The forest has lots of footholds,
**[08:06] Aoe**
so it favors multidimensional attacks.
**[08:09] Ishikirmaru**
Yeah. I couldn't hope to fight like that.
**[08:11] Midare**
Right, right.
**[08:14] Midare**
Oh, there's another encounter!
**[08:17] Midare**
They're about to enter battle!
**[08:19] Yamatonokami**
It's hard to go all-out when
we're fighting our friends.
**[08:22] Izuminokami**
Come on. This exercise
takes that into account.
**[08:26] Izuminokami**
We just gotta do what we can!
**[08:28] Yamabushi**
How do we attack Izuminokami-dono, brother?
**[08:32] Horikawa**
I'll engage Kane-san in close quarters.
**[08:34] Yamabushi**
So you plan to take away his reach advantage.
**[08:37] Horikawa**
Here I go!
**[08:39] Yamatonokami**
Come on, come on!
**[08:48] Ishikirimaru**
We can clearly see the difference in
fighting style between these two teams.
**[08:52] Ishikirimaru**
Izuminokami and Yamatonokami
are both attackers.
**[08:57] Ishikirimaru**
But with Yamabushi and Horikawa,
one attacks while the other intercepts.
**[09:02] Ishikirimaru**
They're opposites,
which makes this so interesting.
**[09:05] Midare**
Whoa, we have another fierce battle unfolding!
**[09:12] Doudakuni**
If I'd been slower to react,
my head would've gone flying.
**[09:15] Jiroutachi**
Don't be silly.
**[09:16] Jiroutachi**
This is training. I wouldn't do that to you.
**[09:19] Jiroutachi**
But I'm still gonna go wild!
**[09:25] Jiroutachi**
There!
**[09:26] Doudanuki**
Tch, your blade's too big!
**[09:29] Aoe**
A wise choice.
**[09:31] Aoe**
Taking those blows head-on would
put too much stress on his blade.
**[09:34] Ishikirimaru**
Yeah, he's deflecting them well.
**[09:41] Jiroutachi**
Well, here's an even bigger blade.
**[09:44] Taroutachi**
Here I come.
**[09:46] Doudanuki**
Bring it on!
**[09:56] Jiroutachi**
Whew, scary.
**[09:59] Doudanuki**
Don't underestimate the toughness
of a sword forged in battle!
**[10:03] All**
Way to go!
**[10:06] Midare**
Oh, boy!
**[10:08] Midare**
We've got two more encounters!
At the same time!
**[10:11] Midare**
Who is it this time?
**[10:13] Midare**
Now this is one exciting pair!
**[10:18] Kashu**
I didn't expect to come up against you.
**[10:21] Mutsunokami**
A worthy opponent!
**[10:24] Kasen**
We're both proud art pieces.
Come at me with all you've got.
**[10:29] Hachisuka**
Yes. This will be an all-out battle.
**[11:17] Aizen**
Hey, what's going on?
**[11:21] Midare**
No! Konnosuke!
**[11:25] Mikazuka**
Oho? Are you by yourself?
**[11:28] Yamanbagiri**
Mikazuki.
**[11:30] Yamanbagiri**
Will this really work out?
**[11:33] Yamanbagiri**
Putting them on the same team...
**[11:38] Yamanbagiri**
Hey, what was that for?
**[11:40] Mikazuki**
I thought we were to engage in battle
the moment we encountered a foe.
**[11:45] Yamanbagiri**
Stop it, Mikazuki!
**[11:48] Mikazuki**
This is a battle.
**[11:49] Mikazuki**
The Oda swords will have to find
their own path through combat.
**[11:57] Mikazuki**
And that goes for you and me, as well.
**[12:03] Tsurumaru**
So you're my opponent, Sayo-boy.
**[12:09] Sayo**
Do you have anyone you want to get revenge on?
**[12:13] Tsurumaru**
Not revenge, no.
**[12:15] Tsurumaru**
But I do have a target I want to surprise.
**[12:19] Tsurumaru**
It's the heavens.
**[12:20] Tsurumaru**
Now that I've taken this form,
**[12:22] Tsurumaru**
I want to do something that shocks the heavens.
**[12:35] Tsurumaru**
Take this!
**[12:40] Tsurumaru**
One-on-two, eh?
**[12:42] Kousetsu**
I hate fighting, but I will fight to protect.
**[12:47] Tsurumaru**
Well, this isn't ideal.
**[13:01] Hasebe**
I apologize for the other day.
**[13:06] Souza**
Hasebe.
**[13:07] Souza**
I want to ask you something...
**[13:11] Souza**
about the Nobunaga within you.
**[13:14] Hasebe**
The Nobunaga within me?
**[13:18] Souza**
Who do you think Oda Nobunaga really was?
**[13:28] Ichigo**
Stay on your toes, you two.
**[13:31] Ichigo**
Training or not, we're in the middle of a battle!
**[13:44] Hasebe**
Shokudaikiri!
**[13:46] Shokudaikiri**
Am I interrupting?
**[13:50] Namazuo**
That's...
**[13:51] Honebami**
Brother.
**[13:52] Honebami**
Temporary ceasefire. We're helping Ichi-nii.
**[13:56] Namazuo**
Aren't you on a different team?
**[13:59] Honebami**
Hasebe and Souza come first.
**[14:01] Namazuo**
Okay, got it!
**[14:06] Hasebe**
This is getting complicated.
**[14:08] Souza**
Hasebe, I leave those two to you.
**[14:12] Hasebe**
Sure.
**[14:29] Hasebe**
You need to be quicker with your ambushes.
You won't defeat me like that.
**[14:33] Ichigo**
That was just our way of saying hello.
**[14:36] Shokudaikiri**
Now, Hasebe-kun, get ready to go full-tilt!
**[14:40] Hasebe**
Who even came up with this idea?
**[14:43] Hasebe**
Actual battle training, fighting fellow
Citadel members? Ridiculous!
**[14:57] Ichigo**
You're good.
**[14:59] Shokudaikiri**
But we still have the numerical advantage.
**[15:03] Yagen**
How about I make it three-on-four, then?
**[15:06] Souza**
Yagen.
**[15:07] Yagen**
Well...
**[15:09] Yagen**
We're still at a disadvantage, though.
**[15:11] Hasebe**
Let's go!
**[15:15] Mikazuki**
What's the matter, Yamanbagiri?
Why aren't you attacking?
**[15:20] Yamanbagiri**
Wasn't this exercise for patching
things up between the Oda swords?!
**[15:24] Mikazuki**
Then you can simply cut
me down and go do that.
**[15:27] Yamanbagiri**
What?
**[15:29] Mikazuki**
Feel free to attack as you please.
**[15:41] Hachisuka**
Aww, he dodged it.
**[15:43] Kasen**
I told you not to bother
with a surprise attack.
**[15:46] Yamanbagiri**
Fighting together with
members of other teams?
**[15:48] Kasen**
This tactic improves our chances of victory.
**[15:51] Hachisuka**
In a free-for-all, it's standard practice
to defeat the strongest foes first.
**[15:56] Hachisuka**
Care to join us, Mikazuki Munechika?
**[16:00] Hachisuka**
No, I shall team up with Yamanbagiri.
**[16:03] Yamanbagiri**
Huh?
**[16:05] Mikazuki**
"In a free-for-all, it's standard practice
to defeat the strongest foes first," no?
**[16:10] Mikazuki**
Kasen Kanesada and Hachisuka Kotetsu
are both formidable opponents.
**[16:15] Kasen**
What an honor.
**[16:16] Hachisuka**
All right. Let's do this.
**[16:21] Shokudaikiri**
I know you've got more than this, Hasebe-kun!
**[16:24] Hasebe**
Of course I do!
**[16:30] Fudou**
Crap, I missed.
**[16:32] Hasebe**
Stay out of this!
**[16:33] Fudou**
I'll help you out!
**[16:34] Fudou**
Now it's four-on-four!
**[16:37] Yagen**
Hey!
**[16:38] Fudou**
You guys used to be Toyotomi
and Date swords, right?
**[16:42] Fudou**
That means we can't lose.
**[16:44] Fudou**
Mitsuhide ruined his dream,
**[16:47] Fudou**
but I'll prove that Nobunaga
was the real great unifier!
**[16:52] Yagen**
What are you doing? Work as a team!
**[16:54] Fudou**
I can handle these scrubs myself—
**[16:57] Hasebe**
Who could ever work together with this punk?
**[17:01] Fudou**
You're just jealous because
you weren't Nobunaga's favorite.
**[17:06] Ichigo**
Stop that, newcomer.
We're in the middle of an exercise.
**[17:10] Fudou**
But I'm not like you.
**[17:12] Fudou**
I bet our current master will
come to love me just as much.
**[17:16] Hasebe**
Nobunaga was a terrible judge
if he chose to call you his favorite.
**[17:22] Shokudaikiri**
Calm down, Hasebe-kun.
**[17:25] Hasebe**
It was the same with Mitsuhide!
**[17:27] Hasebe**
Nobunaga employed the kind of man
who would rebel against his lord.
**[17:30] Hasebe**
And look what happened!
He was betrayed and killed!
**[17:34] Fudou**
I don't care what you say about me! But...
**[17:37] Fudou**
Don't insult Nobunaga!
**[17:39] Fudou**
I love him with all my heart.
**[17:43] Fudou**
Is it so wrong to feel that way?!
**[17:47] Fudou**
What did he do to deserve this?!
**[17:48] Fudou**
What the hell were you guys looking at
when you were with Oda Nobunaga?!
**[17:59] Souza**
Nobunaga...
**[18:06] Yagen**
Souza?! Hey!
**[18:08] Yagen**
Souza!
**[18:14] Tsurumaru**
So the operation to patch things up failed.
**[18:17] Mikazuki**
Indeed. It seems their conflict runs deep.
**[18:27] Sayo**
How's Souza-niisama?
**[18:29] Yagen**
Don't worry. He wasn't injured.
**[18:32] Yagen**
He'll be fine with time.
**[18:35] Kousetsu**
Let him have his rest for now.
**[18:48] Mikazuka**
Care for a drink?
**[18:57] Yamanbagiri**
I thought things might change
if they fought together,
**[19:04] Yamanbagiri**
but it's not so easy.
**[19:07] Mikazuki**
Indeed.
**[19:08] Yamanbagiri**
Emotions are truly a nuisance.
**[19:12] Yamanbagiri**
Seeing the Oda swords
really drove it home for me.
**[19:16] Yamanbagiri**
If we didn't have emotions,
we wouldn't be so easily swayed by them.
**[19:21] Mikazuki**
Well, I believe that perhaps we have
emotions because we are objects.
**[19:29] Yamanbagiri**
What do you mean?
**[19:32] Mikazuki**
What do you feel when you look up at the moon?
**[19:38] Yamanbagiri**
It's beautiful.
**[19:42] Mikazuki**
That feeling will take root in the moon.
**[19:46] Mikazuki**
Your emotion has traveled from your heart
**[19:50] Mikazuki**
all the way to the moon there, you see?
**[19:54] Mikazuki**
And it may come back to you one day.
**[19:59] Yamanbagiri**
Come back?
**[20:02] Mikazuki**
Emotions traverse through all creation.
**[20:05] Mikazuki**
The Oda swords and you have
inherited wills and emotions,
**[20:10] Mikazuki**
and those emotions are
what link everything together.
**[20:15] Mikazuki**
Should the moon ever manifest here,
**[20:18] Mikazuki**
I'm sure it would be truly beautiful.
**[20:24] Yamanbagiri**
Say, Mikazuki.
**[20:26] Yamanbagiri**
What should I do as Attendant?
**[20:29] Yamanbagiri**
What can I do?
**[20:32] Mikazuki**
In actuality, the moon has a rocky,
mountainous surface.
**[20:35] Mikazuki**
It does not, and cannot,
look like that of its own free will.
**[20:40] Mikazuki**
Only when the rays of the sun shine
upon it does it gain such beauty.
**[20:46] Mikazuki**
All you need do is trust yourself
**[20:48] Mikazuki**
and shine upon our rocky Citadel
with the rays of your heart.
**[20:54] Mikazuki**
Just as the sun shines upon the moon.
**[21:04] Mikazuki**
What did our master say?
**[21:05] Yamanbagiri**
We have orders to sortie.
**[21:07] Tsurumaru**
Figures.
**[21:09] Yamanbagiri**
I'll lead a squad including myself, Mikazuki,
**[21:13] Yamanbagiri**
Heshikiri Hasebe,
**[21:14] Yamanbagiri**
Souza Samonji,
**[21:16] Yamanbagiri**
Yagen Toushirou,
**[21:18] Yamanbagiri**
and Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[21:20] Tsurumaru**
Oho? And where are you going?
**[21:24] Yamanbagiri**
The Honnoji Incident.
**[21:26] Mikazuki**
Oda Nobunaga, who was one step
away from unifying the nation,
**[21:30] Mikazuki**
was killed by his retainer, Akechi Mitsuhide,
in an event of huge historical magnitude.
**[21:34] Tsurumaru**
I can't believe we're sending them on
a mission involving their former master.
**[21:39] Mikazuki**
Master must have deemed it unavoidable.
**[21:45] Mikazuki**
If they are to grow,
**[21:48] Mikazuki**
they must face up to Oda Nobunaga's story.
**[21:58] Yamanbagiri**
Our master has ordered us to sortie.
**[22:02] Yamanbagiri**
Our destination...
**[22:04] Yamanbagiri**
Honnoji Temple in Taisho 10, 1582.
# E5 - Reunions and Conflicts
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVMGJ8/reunions-and-conflicts)
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***SIGN*** Azuchi Castle, Tensho 8 (1580)
**[00:06] Mitsuhide**
What's the matter, Ranmaru-dono?
**[00:10] Ranmaru**
Mitsuhide-sama.
**[00:12] Mitsuhide**
Forgive me. I had to ask,
since you seemed so forlorn.
**[00:18] Ranmaru**
Oh, dear. It appears you
caught me lost in thought.
**[00:21] Mitsuhide**
Is there something worrying you?
**[00:25] Ranmaru**
Well...
**[00:26] Mitsuhide**
Hmm?
**[00:27] Ranmaru**
Milord bestowed this sword to me.
**[00:33] Mitsuhide**
Is that... Fudou Yukimitsu?
**[00:46] Ranmaru**
What's the matter?
**[00:50] Mitsuhide**
"Fudou Yukimitsu, Tsukumogami the tea caddy,
**[00:53] Mitsuhide**
and Niwa Nagahide, all three are mine!"
**[00:57] Mitsuhide**
When our lord is drinking in a jolly mood,
**[01:00] Mitsuhide**
he often smacks his knees
**[01:02] Mitsuhide**
and recites that poem out loud.
**[01:04] Mitsuhide**
That sword is a treasure equal to any land.
**[01:08] Toshimitsu**
But why would our lord give it to Ranmaru-dono?
**[01:13] Yukimasa**
It is far too valuable for a mere boy to wield.
**[01:16] Mitsuhide**
It simply means our lord treasures
Mori Ranmaru above all.
**[01:24] Mitsuhide**
What's wrong?
**[01:25] Mitsuhide**
Are you displeased?
**[01:27] Ranmaru**
It just feels almost like milord
is giving me a keepsake.
**[01:31] Ranmaru**
I'm getting a bad feeling in my stomach.
**[01:35] Mitsuhide**
What are you saying?
Our lord is alive and well.
**[01:39] Mitsuhide**
That sword is no keepsake.
Cherish it for the rest of your life.
**[01:44] Mitsuhide**
Now, we have matters to attend to. Farewell.
**[01:55] Ranmaru**
"Fudou Yukimitsu, Tsukumogami the tea caddy,
**[01:58] Ranmaru**
and Niwa Nagahide, all three are mine!"
***SIGN*** Touken Ranbu -Kai- Kyoden
***SIGN*** Honnoji Temple, June 20th, Tensho 10 (1582)
***SIGN*** Episode Five
Reunions and Conflicts
**[03:50] Yamanbagiri**
Nobunaga's holding a tea party
the day before the Honnoji Incident,
**[03:55] Yamanbagiri**
not knowing that he is fated to die tomorrow.
**[03:58] Yamanbagiri**
How carefree.
**[04:00] Mikazuki**
Nobunaga was a famed collector of the arts.
**[04:04] Mikazuki**
There are stories that say he was lured
to Honnoji using a famous tea instrument.
**[04:09] Mikazuki**
These are but theories, though.
**[04:13] Yamanbagiri**
This tea party lines up with historical fact.
**[04:15] Yamanbagiri**
We haven't confirmed any
Time Retrograde Army interference.
**[04:19] Mikazuki**
Perhaps they are targeting
Akechi Mitsuhide, then.
**[04:23] Yamanbagiri**
It's too early to say.
**[04:25] Yamanbagiri**
I hope Hasebe and the others
can give us more information.
***SIGN*** Tanba-Kameyama Castle
**[04:33] Yagen**
Looks like the Akechi troops
are gathered in Kameyama Castle.
**[04:37] Yagen**
They seem ready to fight at any moment.
**[04:41] Hasebe**
Most of the men here
**[04:43] Hasebe**
believe they're headed to provide
backup at Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle.
**[04:47] Hasebe**
They don't have the faintest idea that
they're about to go kill Oda Nobunaga.
**[04:52] Yagen**
That's how secretive the
whole operation was, I guess.
**[04:56] Hasebe**
No signs of the Time Retrograde Army
targeting this place.
**[04:59] Yagen**
In that case, we should regroup
with Yamanbagiri and the others.
**[05:04] Fudou**
Are we really gonna find any enemies
by searching around here?
**[05:08] Souza**
We aren't only on the lookout
for the Time Retrograde Army.
**[05:11] Souza**
Signs of altered history can show
up in various shapes and sizes.
**[05:15] Fudou**
Listen...
**[05:16] Fudou**
I think I probably passed through Kyoto
here back when I was a sword.
**[05:22] Fudou**
With Nobunaga and Ranmaru, I mean.
**[05:25] Fudou**
What is this feeling?
**[05:27] Souza**
Is it nostalgia?
**[05:30] Fudou**
Yes, that's it!
**[05:32] Fudou**
I'm filled with nostalgia right now.
**[05:36] Fudou**
Are you feeling nostalgic, too?
**[05:38] Souza**
Huh?
**[05:39] Fudou**
I'm sure you spent time in
the Kyoto of this era, too.
**[05:44] Souza**
So what if I did?
**[05:47] Fudou**
It's just... nostalgia is a strange feeling.
**[05:52] Fudou**
It comes with both joy and
sorrow at the same time.
**[05:57] Fudou**
Say, Souza.
**[05:59] Fudou**
Could we go meet him?
**[06:01] Souza**
Meet whom?
**[06:03] Fudou**
Nobunaga.
**[06:05] Fudou**
All I want is to get a good look at his face...
**[06:07] Souza**
You mustn't.
**[06:08] Fudou**
Please! All I need is one moment!
**[06:11] Souza**
We're on a mission right now.
**[06:13] Souza**
Mixing work and private matters
is simply unacceptable.
**[06:17] Townsfolk1**
What's going on?
**[06:18] Townsfolk2**
A fight's broken out!
**[06:24] Townsfolk3**
Damn it... How dare you?!
**[06:25] Souza**
Just focus on our mission right... now...
**[06:33] Souza**
Fudou Yukimitsu...
**[06:38] Hasebe**
They're late.
**[06:39] Hasebe**
It's long past the appointed time.
**[06:42] Yamanbagiri**
I understand a slight delay,
but this is strange.
**[06:44] Yagen**
Do you think they encountered
the enemy during their search?
**[06:48] Mikazuki**
Don't worry. Souza Samonji
won't go down that easily.
**[06:54] Hasebe**
At this point, an enemy
encounter might be better.
**[06:56] Hasebe**
I just hope Fudou Yukimitsu
isn't causing trouble again.
**[07:00] Yamanbagiri**
Change of plans.
**[07:02] Yamanbagiri**
We are now going to search for
Souza Samonji and Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[07:09] Fudou**
Huh?
**[07:10] Fudou**
Where the heck is Honnoji Temple?
**[07:12] Souza**
Fudou Yukimitsu!
**[07:14] Fudou**
Souza!
**[07:16] Souza**
Letting me catch you proves that
you still have a long way to go.
**[07:20] Fudou**
Perfect timing.
**[07:21] Fudou**
I don't know the way to Honnoji Temple.
**[07:24] Fudou**
Could you come with—
**[07:25] Souza**
Enough is enough!
**[07:28] Souza**
Even if you meet Oda Nobunaga,
you will not be allowed to alter history.
**[07:33] Fudou**
I wasn't planning on it.
**[07:36] Souza**
Then why do you want to see him?
**[07:38] Fudou**
Again, like I said... you know...
**[07:42] Souza**
Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[07:44] Souza**
We are here to defend history.
**[07:47] Souza**
And that's...
**[07:49] Souza**
a history where Oda Nobunaga
is killed at Honnoji.
**[07:55] Fudou**
You're lucky, Souza.
**[07:57] Souza**
Huh?
**[07:59] Fudou**
I was bestowed to Ranmaru,
**[08:01] Fudou**
but you got to stay by Nobunaga's
side until the very end.
**[08:04] Fudou**
He even branded you,
**[08:06] Fudou**
which goes to show how much
he loved you, right?
**[08:09] Fudou**
He gave you so much love,
and you were with him the entire time...
**[08:13] Fudou**
So why couldn't you help Nobunaga?
**[08:17] Fudou**
Why couldn't you keep him safe?!
**[08:21] Souza**
I...
**[08:22] Souza**
I don't remember if I saw
any battle in Honnoji that day.
**[08:29] Fudou**
Huh?
**[08:31] Souza**
Swords are objects.
**[08:32] Souza**
And objects only serve their purpose
when they are put to use.
**[08:37] Souza**
But I...
**[08:39] Souza**
I was forever a caged bird.
**[08:43] Fudou**
Souza...
**[08:46] Souza**
What's the matter?
**[08:49] Souza**
What is it?
**[08:51] Fudou**
Souza Samonji was a beautiful sword.
**[08:54] Souza**
Huh?
**[08:56] Fudou**
Maybe Nobunaga...
**[08:58] Fudou**
Maybe he didn't use you because he didn't
want to stain your beauty with blood.
**[09:05] Fudou**
Meanwhile, I'm just a useless sword.
**[09:08] Fudou**
And it makes me feel even more useless
when I see amazing swords like you.
**[09:14] Fudou**
That's why I...
**[09:16] Fudou**
Wh-What was that for? I don't think
I said anything to make you that mad!
**[09:19] Souza**
That isn't why.
**[09:23] Fudou**
What's that?
**[09:24] Souza**
The Time Retrograde Army!
**[09:32] Souza**
Fudou Yukimitsu!
**[09:40] Hasebe**
So you really did encounter the enemy.
**[09:42] Fudou**
I didn't ask for your help!
**[09:44] Hasebe**
Don't get the wrong idea.
I'm not doing this for you.
**[09:46] Hasebe**
I'm merely following Master's orders
and taking out our enemy.
**[09:50] Yagen**
Really gets the blood boiling.
**[10:01] Fudou**
Not so fast!
**[10:02] Hasebe**
Don't chase them!
**[10:04] Hasebe**
Damn it.
**[10:06] Hasebe**
Souza and I will handle this.
**[10:08] Hasebe**
Yagen, you go after Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[10:10] Yagen**
Okay, I've got you!
**[10:16] Fudou**
Hold it!
**[10:18] Fudou**
There you are!
**[10:31] Fudou**
Crap!
**[10:40] Fudou**
Yagen!
**[10:43] Yagen**
I'm not done yet!
**[10:54] Yagen**
There's no end to them.
**[10:58] Ranmaru**
Halt!
**[10:59] Ranmaru**
It is the height of cowardice
to gang up on someone!
**[11:02] Ranmaru**
I, Mori Ranmaru, shall put an end to this!
**[11:05] Fudou**
Ranmaru?!
**[11:15] Yagen**
Why here? Why now?
**[11:17] Yagen**
Why Mori Ranmaru?
**[11:21] Ranmaru**
What's wrong? I'll take you on.
**[11:24] Ranmaru**
Come at me!
**[11:27] Fudou**
What the...
**[11:34] Hasebe**
That is weird.
**[11:35] Hasebe**
They just retreated without
fulfilling their objective.
**[11:38] Souza**
That said, I'm glad you're all right.
**[11:41] Yagen**
Yeah, somehow.
**[11:45] Ranmaru**
Are you unhurt?
**[11:52] Ranmaru**
Who were those strange-looking fellows?
**[11:56] Ranmaru**
That said, you all are dressed
quite peculiarly yourselves.
**[12:02] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[12:08] Ranmaru**
What is it?
**[12:10] Fudou**
It's been too long!
**[12:11] Ranmaru**
Huh?
**[12:12] Fudou**
It's me, can't you tell?
**[12:14] Fudou**
Nobunaga handed me over to you! I'm Fudou—
**[12:18] Yagen**
That's enough.
**[12:22] Yagen**
I apologize for my friend's behavior.
**[12:25] Hasebe**
We'll take our leave now.
**[12:27] Souza**
Thank you.
**[12:29] Fudou**
Hey, wait! What are you doing?!
**[12:29] Hasebe**
All right, off we go. Stop struggling.
**[12:32] Fudou**
Lemme go! Let me go!
**[12:34] Ranmaru**
One moment, please!
**[12:38] Ranmaru**
You there.
**[12:40] Ranmaru**
You appear to be wounded.
**[12:42] Yagen**
Oh, this?
**[12:44] Yagen**
It's fine. This doesn't count as an injury.
**[12:47] Ranmaru**
No, you mustn't make light of a sword cut.
**[12:50] Ranmaru**
Should it worsen,
it may even put your life at risk.
**[12:54] Yagen**
Again, it's not that big a deal.
**[12:57] Ranmaru**
It is.
**[12:58] Ranmaru**
I am not so cruel as to
abandon a wounded fellow.
**[13:02] Yagen**
No, but...
**[13:04] Ranmaru**
I have a room in Honnoji Temple,
where we are stationed.
**[13:08] Ranmaru**
I shall tend to you there.
**[13:17] Yamanbagiri**
Find them?
**[13:19] Mikazuki**
No, there's no sign of them,
so I was enjoying the sights of Kyoto.
**[13:24] Yamanbagiri**
Souza's better than this.
**[13:28] Yamanbagiri**
Fudou Yukimitsu must've
done something stupid.
**[13:31] Mikazuki**
That was accounted for
when this squad was chosen.
**[13:35] Mikazuki**
Unless they reconcile
with Fudou Yukimitsu,
**[13:38] Mikazuki**
the Oda swords cannot fight to defend
history alongside him in our Citadel.
**[13:44] Mikazuki**
That must be the conclusion
our master has reached.
**[13:47] Yamanbagiri**
Talk about ripping the bandages off.
**[13:54] Mikazuki**
Who is that?
**[13:56] Yamanbagiri**
One of Oda Nobunaga's retainers...
**[13:58] Yamanbagiri**
Yasuke.
**[14:00] Mikazuki**
Ah, so that's him.
**[14:03] Yamanbagiri**
On the mission during which my entire
squad was nearly wiped out...
**[14:07] Yamanbagiri**
The one who conspired with the
Time Retrograde Army to alter history
**[14:12] Yamanbagiri**
was Yasuke.
**[14:14] Yamanbagiri**
His goal was to avenge the Honnoji Incident.
**[14:18] Mikazuki**
I believe he went missing after the incident
and was later found serving the Kuroda.
**[14:25] Mikazuki**
So, in this time period,
he's blissfully unaware.
**[14:33] Yasuke**
Do you need me for something?
**[14:36] Yasuke**
You have been staring at me
with murder in your eyes.
**[14:42] Mikazuki**
Oh, he simply has a scary look
on his face all the time.
**[14:46] Mikazuki**
He's often misunderstood.
**[14:49] Mikazuki**
We apologize if he caused you displeasure.
**[14:55] Yamanbagiri**
Thanks.
**[14:57] Mikazuki**
No, I believe you would've stopped
yourself had I not stepped in.
**[15:02] Mikazuki**
After all, Yasuke is a part
of the Honnoji Incident.
**[15:08] Mikazuki**
If you killed him here,
you would alter history.
**[15:14] Mikazuki**
All that aside, we must
find Souza and Fudou at once.
**[15:18] Yamanbagiri**
Hasebe and the others may
have found them already.
**[15:21] Yamanbagiri**
Let's return to the meetup point.
**[15:28] Ranmaru**
That should take care of it for the time being.
**[15:31] Yagen**
I appreciate the first aid.
**[15:34] Yagen**
I'll have to undergo repairs
either way, though.
**[15:37] Ranmaru**
What?
**[15:38] Yagen**
Nothing, never mind.
**[15:40] Yagen**
Thanks, uh...
**[15:44] Ranmaru**
I'm Mori Ranmaru, retainer to the Oda.
**[15:49] Ranmaru**
I was in town to buy some things for milord
**[15:52] Ranmaru**
when I saw you being attacked by those
strange-looking fellows and joined the fray.
**[15:58] Hasebe**
We appreciate you helping out
total strangers like us.
**[16:02] Souza**
But why would you go so far for us?
**[16:05] Ranmaru**
As I said, it wouldn't be right
to abandon the wounded.
**[16:10] Yagen**
Did you not stop to consider
that we may be your enemies?
**[16:15] Ranmaru**
I don't quite understand it myself,
**[16:19] Ranmaru**
but I could not think of you as strangers.
**[16:23] Fudou**
Huh?
**[16:25] Ranmaru**
It's true. I felt as though it wasn't
my first time meeting you.
**[16:29] Ranmaru**
I felt a strange sense of familiarity with you.
**[16:33] Ranmaru**
Perhaps I simply did not want to
say goodbye in that manner.
**[16:37] Souza**
Familiarity, you say?
**[16:40] Ranmaru**
Yes. I've had that feeling before.
**[16:44] Ranmaru**
It was...
**[16:48] Ranmaru**
Right. It was with Mitsuhide-sama.
**[16:52] Ranmaru**
Akechi Hyuga-no-Kami Mitsuhide-sama.
You're the same as him.
**[16:56] Hasebe**
In what way?
**[16:59] Ranmaru**
Hmm... What, indeed?
**[17:01] Ranmaru**
Maybe your undying love for milord.
**[17:06] Hasebe**
Wha—
**[17:07] Ranmaru**
Do you happen to serve a retainer of the Oda?
**[17:13] Yagen**
No, uh, well...
**[17:15] Yagen**
We're simply traveling martial artists.
We have nothing to do with the Oda clan.
**[17:19] Hasebe**
We just happened to stop by Kyoto
in passing. Nothing more, nothing less.
**[17:25] Ranmaru**
Is that so? My apologies for presuming.
**[17:28] Yagen**
Don't worry about it.
**[17:30] Fudou**
Listen, Ranmaru. I...
**[17:32] Hasebe**
Well, the wound has been treated.
No reason for us to stay any longer.
**[17:36] Yagen**
Yeah, we should get going.
**[17:39] Fudou**
But we got to meet Ranmaru!
**[17:43] Hasebe**
You should thank him, too.
**[17:50] Fudou**
Thanks, Ranmaru. Be well.
**[17:53] Ranmaru**
Of course. I wish you all the best, too.
**[17:56] Hasebe**
Goodbye, then.
**[18:01] Souza**
Mori Ranmaru.
**[18:04] Souza**
What is Oda Nobunaga to you?
**[18:09] Ranmaru**
Huh?
**[18:11] Yagen**
Hey, Souza...
**[18:12] Hasebe**
Let's go.
**[18:18] Ranmaru**
Wait.
**[18:20] Ranmaru**
I feel as though we will meet again.
**[18:25] Fudou**
Yeah, let's meet again for sure.
**[18:32] Ranmaru**
"What is Oda Nobunaga," huh?
**[18:40] Yagen**
Never expected to run into
Mori Ranmaru, of all people.
**[18:44] Hasebe**
I hope our interaction doesn't
affect history in any way.
**[18:48] Souza**
I'm sorry. It's all because we
thoughtlessly engaged the enemy.
**[18:53] Fudou**
No, it's not Souza's fault.
**[18:56] Fudou**
It's all because I ran off on my own.
**[19:01] Yagen**
Well, what's done is done.
**[19:04] Yagen**
But man, it bothers me.
**[19:06] Souza**
What does?
**[19:08] Yagen**
The Time Retrograde Army's actions.
**[19:09] Yagen**
Once Ranmaru joined the fight,
they retreated without doing anything.
**[19:14] Yagen**
Something about that feels off to me.
**[19:17] Hasebe**
Mori Ranmaru is a vital player
in the Honnoji Incident.
**[19:21] Hasebe**
If they didn't plan on approaching him,
**[19:23] Hasebe**
that must mean their target
is on Akechi's side, not Oda's.
**[19:26] Yagen**
That, or they're planning something else.
**[19:33] Mikazuki**
Good. You're all safe.
**[19:35] Fudou**
Hey... Sorry, Manba-chan.
**[19:38] Fudou**
I acted alone and put everyone in danger.
**[19:43] Fudou**
I really am a useless sword.
**[19:48] Yamanbagiri**
You and I are alike.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Yamanbagiri**
What are you expecting from a mere copy?
**[20:13] Yamanbagiri**
I'm Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[20:16] Yamanbagiri**
The sword made at the order of
Nagao Akinaga, the lord of Ashikaga Castle.
**[20:20] Yamanbagiri**
As a copy of Yamanbagiri.
**[20:23] Yamanbagiri**
I'm not a fake, though.
**[20:27] Yamanbagiri**
I am the best masterpiece of Kunihiro,
and I'm proud to say it.
**[20:32] Yamanbagiri**
But I kept calling myself a mere copy,
maybe in a bid to escape my responsibilities.
**[20:40] Yamanbagiri**
I will do my job as the Attendant Sword.
**[20:44] Yamanbagiri**
So...
**[20:46] Yamanbagiri**
You try to get rid of your
"useless" label, too.
**[20:50] Fudou**
Manba-chan...
**[20:52] Yamanbagiri**
Let's go.
**[20:56] Hasebe**
We must figure out what is about
to happen in this time period.
**[21:01] Yagen**
Once this night is past,
the Honnoji Incident will commence.
**[21:04] Yagen**
No matter what the enemy does,
we have to defend that history.
**[21:09] Yamanbagiri**
At the break of dawn tomorrow,
**[21:12] Yamanbagiri**
Akechi Mitsuhide's army will
lay siege to Honnoji Temple.
**[21:16] Yamanbagiri**
Mori Ranmaru will be defeated,
**[21:19] Yamanbagiri**
and Oda Nobunaga will be driven to suicide.
**[21:22] Ranmaru**
"Fudou Yukimitsu, Tsukumogami the tea caddy..."
**[21:26] Ranmaru**
Milord.
**[21:31] Mikazuki**
Yes. An act of rebellion so great that
it went down in the history books
**[21:35] Mikazuki**
as the Honnoji Incident.
**[21:38] Mikazuki**
We must ensure that it happens as recorded.
**[21:45] Ranmaru**
Who's there?!
**[21:47] Ranmaru**
You're the ones from before...
**[21:49] Ranmaru**
You knaves!
**[21:56] Ranmaru**
What are you doing?
**[21:57] Ranmaru**
Let me go... Unhand me!
# E6 - The Honnoji Incident
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUG5Z1V/the-honnoji-incident)
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**[00:01] Ranmaru**
Who's there?!
**[00:04] Ranmaru**
You're the ones from before...
**[00:06] Ranmaru**
You knaves!
**[00:12] Ranmaru**
What are you doing?
**[00:14] Ranmaru**
Let me go... Unhand me!
**[00:37] General**
No wonder our lord chose them to put on a show.
**[00:40] General 2**
This is very impressive!
**[00:50] Ranmaru**
Mitsuhide-sama.
**[00:53] Mitsuhide**
Oh, if it isn't Ranmaru.
**[00:55] Ranmaru**
I didn't know you were here.
**[00:58] Mitsuhide**
Our lord summoned me
to entertain a court noble.
**[01:02] Ranmaru**
Is that so?
**[01:04] Mitsuhide**
How beautiful is the camellia in late bloom.
**[01:09] Mitsuhide**
Unlike you, I am old and
won't live for much longer.
**[01:14] Mitsuhide**
But I hope I can make
flowers bloom in the afterlife.
**[01:17] Ranmaru**
Camellia...
**[01:19] Ranmaru**
These flowers are said to be
a bad omen for warriors,
**[01:23] Ranmaru**
for the way they fall
reminds one of a beheading.
**[01:28] Ranmaru**
I can't say I'm too fond of them, either.
**[01:32] Mitsuhide**
A flower bears no sin.
**[01:35] Ranmaru**
Indeed. But they do put
bad thoughts in my mind.
**[01:40] Ranmaru**
Like something sad is about to happen...
**[01:44] Mitsuhide**
Is something the matter?
**[01:47] Ranmaru**
No, nothing. I shall take my leave now.
**[02:03] Mitsuhide**
*Oda Nobunaga, whose head will it be?*
**[02:07] Mitsuhide**
* Will it be my head that falls,*
* or will it be yours?*
***SIGN*** Touken Ranbu -Kai- Kyoden
***SIGN*** Episode Six
The Honnoji Incident
**[03:47] Mutsunokami**
Nothing beats coolin' down with
the evening breeze right after a bath.
**[03:50] Kasen**
Yes. It is truly tasteful.
**[03:53] Kashu**
It's not too bad, yeah.
**[03:55] Kasen**
The sky is so grand.
**[03:57] Kasen**
No matter how many eras came and went,
**[04:00] Kasen**
people could never change the form
the sky takes day after day.
**[04:05] Kashu**
Maybe the sky has watched history
being written from above.
**[04:09] Hachisuka**
I wonder if Hasebe's squad is all right.
**[04:12] Mutsunokami**
Ah, yeah. They've headed off on a
mission that's awfully cruel ta them.
**[04:19] Hachisuka**
The Honnoji Incident, huh?
**[04:21] Mutsunokami**
Gah! I haven't the foggiest idea
what Master was thinkin'!
**[04:26] Kashu**
Say...
**[04:27] Kashu**
You think we'll be sent on missions with
Sakamoto Ryoma or the Shinsengumi, too?
**[04:33] Mutsunokami**
Who knows? That's for our master ta decide.
**[04:38] Kasen**
We all bear our own stories.
**[04:42] Kasen**
As you have your stories with
Sakamoto Ryoma or the Shinsengumi,
**[04:47] Kasen**
Hachisuka has one with the Hachisukas,
**[04:50] Kasen**
and I have mine with the Hosokowas.
**[04:53] Kasen**
Shokudaikiri Mitsutada and Ookurikara
have theirs with Date Masamune.
**[05:00] Kasen**
Our stories are tied to the history books,
and we fight to defend that history.
**[05:07] Kasen**
If that's the case, then maybe
we can't avoid facing our stories.
**[05:13] Mutsunokami**
You may be right.
**[05:16] Hachisuka**
I'm sure a time will come when we all
have to face off with our own stories.
**[05:22] Hachisuka**
If that is what Master wants, it will happen.
**[05:25] Kashu**
Well, I'm ready for that to happen.
**[05:29] Kashu**
Always have been, always will be.
**[05:53] Yagen**
The Honnoji Incident is about to begin.
**[05:55] Hasebe**
The Akechi army has
Honnoji Temple surrounded.
**[05:58] Hasebe**
Oda and his followers have
nowhere to run now.
**[06:02] Hasebe**
Soon, a battle cry will sound out,
and the attack will begin.
**[06:07] Souza**
Yes.
**[06:08] Yagen**
Why do you think Master
sent us on this mission?
**[06:13] Hasebe**
It doesn't matter. They're Master's orders,
and we mustn't question them.
**[06:19] Hasebe**
We're here to carry out our mission,
and that's what we'll do.
**[06:24] Yagen**
I figured you'd say that.
**[06:28] Hasebe**
Probably as a message, telling us
to come to terms with it.
**[06:31] Souza**
Huh?
**[06:32] Hasebe**
We have to come to terms
with Oda Nobunaga's story.
**[06:39] Souza**
For me...
**[06:40] Souza**
When that so-called Demon King Oda Nobunaga
defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto at Okehazama,
**[06:46] Souza**
he took me as spoils of war.
**[06:48] Souza**
I stayed with him as
Oda Nobunaga's sword thereafter,
**[06:52] Souza**
and I burned here in Honnoji.
**[06:55] Souza**
If I close my eyes,
I see a nightmare of flames.
**[06:58] Souza**
So long as this brand remains on my chest,
I can never escape this nightmare.
**[07:02] Yagen**
You know, I don't feel too negatively
about Nobunaga-san.
**[07:07] Souza**
Yagen?
**[07:08] Yagen**
I can't say I hated him.
**[07:10] Yagen**
But I also don't know if I liked him.
**[07:13] Yagen**
What I do know is that
I want to understand him.
**[07:16] Souza**
Understand him, you say?
**[07:19] Yagen**
I want to understand what kind
of man Oda Nobunaga really was.
**[07:24] Yagen**
The Fool of Owari,
the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven,
**[07:28] Yagen**
the Conqueror, the Great Unifier...
**[07:30] Yagen**
People gave him all kinds of monikers.
**[07:34] Yagen**
He was respected, feared, loved, and despised.
**[07:40] Yagen**
Nothing about him gives us a glimpse
into who he was deep inside.
**[07:46] Yagen**
But you know what?
**[07:48] Yagen**
I think they were all part of what
made Oda Nobunaga who he was.
**[07:54] Yagen**
We all have different sides, too.
**[07:57] Yagen**
We do farm work, and we eat.
**[08:00] Yagen**
We fight battles, and we wrestle
with our thoughts, just like now.
**[08:03] Yagen**
I feel like he was probably the same.
**[08:06] Yagen**
There's no way we can sum
that all up in one sentence.
**[08:11] Souza**
To me, that man was...
**[08:19] Yamanbagiri**
What are you doing there?
**[08:22] Fudou**
Nothing, really.
**[08:25] Yamanbagiri**
If you have something to say,
go out there and say it.
**[08:28] Yamanbagiri**
You were an Oda sword just like them.
**[08:32] Fudou**
I'm not strong like Heshikiri and Yagen.
**[08:36] Fudou**
I was beloved as a sword,
but not as much as Souza.
**[08:40] Fudou**
I really am a useless sword.
**[08:43] Fudou**
That's why I can't stay this way.
**[08:47] Fudou**
Manba-chan, I'll fight to defend history, too.
**[08:52] Fudou**
I'll help make sure the Honnoji Incident
occurs just like it did in history.
**[08:56] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah, that's the way.
**[08:59] Mikazuki**
The time is upon us.
**[09:03] Hasebe**
So it's starting.
**[09:05] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah.
**[09:12] Yamanbagiri**
It's the Honnoji Incident.
**[09:43] Mitsuhide**
Our enemy lies in Honnoji! To battle!
**[09:48] Toshimitsu**
Inform all troops to commence battle!
**[09:50] Retainer**
Sir!
**[10:01] Ranmaru**
Is this...
**[10:06] Ranmaru**
Milord!
**[10:18] Akechisoldiers**
What the...
**[10:19] Akechisoldiers**
What's going on?
**[10:21] Akechisoldiers**
This almost seems to be an ayakashi's doing!
**[10:27] Akechisoldiers**
These fiends...
**[10:29] Akechisoldiers**
Monsters!
**[10:34] Hasebe**
Settle down. There's nothing we can do.
**[10:38] Yagen**
About historical fact, that is.
**[10:41] Hasebe**
But if anyone seeks to alter it,
we must move to defend it.
**[10:46] Fudou**
I decided to fight to defend history.
**[10:51] Fudou**
But... now that I see this
unfolding before me...
**[10:55] Fudou**
Heshikiri, don't you...
**[10:57] Fudou**
Don't you care what happens to Nobunaga?!
**[11:01] Hasebe**
I don't, no. Unlike you,
I was a sword he discarded.
**[11:05] Hasebe**
So I think this serves him right, even.
**[11:09] Hasebe**
A human life is but a flash
in the overall scale of history.
**[11:13] Hasebe**
All life is bound to die someday,
**[11:15] Hasebe**
and Oda Nobunaga was no exception. That's all.
**[11:18] Fudou**
Still, I...
**[11:19] Hasebe**
Don't get emotional.
**[11:21] Hasebe**
Oda Nobunaga will die here,
**[11:24] Hasebe**
and we have to ensure it happens.
**[11:33] Yamanbagiri**
This is no time to be standing around chatting.
**[11:36] Hasebe**
Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[11:37] Hasebe**
If you won't fulfill your duty
as a Sword Warrior,
**[11:42] Hasebe**
leave this place now.
**[11:46] Yamanbagiri**
Let's go.
**[11:47] Mikazuki**
Yes, let's. To put an end
to Oda Nobunaga's history.
**[11:57] Fudou**
The heck am I supposed to do?!
**[12:06] Akechisoldier**
You're mine!
**[12:10] Yasuke**
Ranmaru-sama!
**[12:14] Ranmaru**
Is Mitsuhide-sama staging a rebellion?
**[12:17] Yasuke**
Why would he do that?
**[12:20] Ranmaru**
I don't know. And...
**[12:23] Ranmaru**
This isn't the Honnoji Temple I know.
**[12:26] Yasuke**
What is happening?
**[12:28] Akechisoldier**
There they are!
**[12:29] Yasuke**
Ranmaru-sama.
**[12:30] Ranmaru**
I'll handle things here. You take on
the foes there, Yasuke-dono.
**[12:34] Yasuke**
Si, signore!
**[12:36] Ranmaru**
I am not letting you through to milord!
**[12:41] Ranmaru**
Curses!
**[12:43] Akechisoldier**
Prepare to die.
**[13:01] Ranmaru**
It's you...
**[13:10] Ranmaru**
Why do you help me?
**[13:13] Yasuda**
Oh? He has some terribly grotesque men.
**[13:16] Yasuda**
I suppose he's not called
the demon king for nothing!
**[13:33] Ranmaru**
No!
**[13:36] Ranmaru**
I can't die yet!
**[13:40] Ranmaru**
I must protect milord...
I must protect Nobunaga-sama!
**[13:50] Yasuda**
How could this be?
**[13:58] Yasuda**
You walking corpse!
**[14:15] Yasuda**
Have you ceased to be human?
**[14:23] Ranmaru**
I will... keep milord safe.
**[14:40] Yagen**
Hey, you okay?
**[14:42] Akechisoldier**
Who are you people?
**[14:44] Hasebi**
Looks like Honnoji Temple has
turned into a cursed labyrinth.
**[14:49] Mikazuki**
Our foes are trying every trick in the book.
**[14:52] Yamanbagiri**
Stop being impressed. Let's hurry.
**[14:57] Akechisoldier**
Who were those guys?
**[15:03] Souza**
That's...
**[15:04] Akechisoldier**
Yasuda-sama!
**[15:06] Akechisoldier**
He's still breathing! Take him outside!
**[15:08] Akechisoldier**
Right!
**[15:10] Yamanbagiri**
One of Akechi's generals, Yasuda Kunitsugu.
**[15:13] Yagen**
The warrior who historically
killed Mori Ranmaru...
**[15:17] Yagen**
and yet he's down and out already.
**[15:19] Hasebe**
History is starting to get twisted.
**[15:22] Mikazuki**
Is the Time Retrograde Army counting on
Mori Ranmaru to save Oda Nobunaga?
**[15:30] Fudou**
Nobunaga!
**[15:32] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[15:33] Fudou**
Where are you?!
**[15:35] Fudou**
Hey, where are you?
**[15:39] Fudou**
Ranmaru... Ranmaru... I...
**[15:53] Fudou**
I finally found you.
**[15:57] Ranmaru**
Why are you here?
**[16:03] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[16:06] Hasebe**
Wait.
**[16:07] Fudou**
Heshikiri?
**[16:09] Souza**
Something's wrong.
**[16:11] Yagen**
Yeah.
**[16:23] Ranmaru**
Well, it doesn't matter.
**[16:27] Ranmaru**
Whoever comes after milord's
life has to go through me.
**[16:40] Souza**
That form...
**[16:42] Yagen**
He looks like one of the Time Retrograde Army.
**[16:48] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[16:52] Fudou**
Move, Souza!
**[16:54] Souza**
You mustn't! According to history,
**[16:57] Souza**
Mori Ranmaru should already be dead!
**[16:59] Souza**
What you see there is not Mori Ranmaru!
**[17:03] Fudou**
But...
**[17:04] Hasebe**
It's a monster possessed by
the Time Retrograde Army.
**[17:07] Fudou**
Stop it!
**[17:09] Yagen**
Hey, we don't have time to be arguing.
**[17:15] Yamanbagiri**
The Time Retrograde Army...
**[17:17] Ranmaru**
Oh, so you are our enemies.
**[17:21] Ranmaru**
In that case, in order to protect milord,
**[17:25] Ranmaru**
I must have your heads!
**[17:27] Yamanbagiri**
Don't bunch up. Disperse!
**[17:39] Yasuke**
Who are you?
**[17:41] Yasuke**
I see.
**[17:43] Yasuke**
You wish to protect Nobunaga-sama, too,
**[17:47] Yasuke**
our dark friends?
**[18:00] Fudou**
No! Stop it, Ranmaru!
**[18:03] Fudou**
I don't want to fight you!
**[18:15] Fudou**
Ranmaru?
**[18:16] Ranmaru**
I won't let milord die. I will protect him.
**[18:22] Fudou**
No, Ranmaru!
**[18:23] Fudou**
Tend to your wounds, or you'll die!
**[18:26] Ranmaru**
Out of my way!
**[18:28] Fudou**
Cut it out!
**[18:29] Fudou**
I don't want to fight you!
**[18:32] Ranmaru**
Quiet!
**[18:32] Fudou**
I don't want to see you die!
**[18:35] Fudou**
You and I are comrades,
both beloved by Nobunaga!
**[18:40] Fudou**
That's why I...
**[18:44] Ranmaru**
I must go to milord...
**[18:47] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[18:56] Yamanbagiri**
The enemy has possessed
Mori Ranmaru in a bid to alter history.
**[19:00] Hasebe**
They want him to kill Akechi Mitsuhide and
keep Oda Nobunaga alive beyond Honnoji?
**[19:06] Souza**
Then we must stop Mori Ranmaru.
**[19:09] Yagen**
Hey, check it out.
**[19:14] Yagen**
Looks like we hit the bullseye.
**[19:17] Mikazuki**
Then fight we shall.
**[19:23] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[19:24] Hasebe**
Fudou Yukimitsu!
**[19:26] Yagen**
When will he learn?
**[19:28] Yamanbagiri**
Souza, we'll take care of this.
**[19:31] Yamanbagiri**
Go after Fudou.
**[19:32] Souza**
Right!
**[19:37] Ranmaru**
Milord...
**[19:44] Akechiretainer**
Wh-What the?!
**[19:46] Akechiretainer**
Foul monster!
**[19:54] Mitsuhide**
Are you... Ranmaru-dono?
**[20:00] Ranmaru**
Mitsuhide-sama.
**[20:03] Ranmaru**
Why would you start a rebellion?
**[20:05] Mitsuhide**
To see my cause to fruition.
**[20:08] Ranmaru**
What cause could this
madness possibly serve?
**[20:11] Mitsuhide**
Ranmaru, why do you fight for
our lord in such a wretched state?
**[20:17] Ranmaru**
Because that is my duty.
**[20:22] Mitsuhide**
"Duty," eh?
**[20:24] Mitsuhide**
Just as you fight out of fealty,
I fight for my cause.
**[20:33] Mitsuhide**
Move, Ranmaru.
**[20:35] Mitsuhide**
I must have his head.
**[20:38] Ranmaru**
Why would you want to kill him?
What did he do to deserve this?
**[20:42] Mitsuhide**
Let me ask you, then.
**[20:44] Mitsuhide**
Why do you try to protect him with your life?
**[20:48] Mitsuhide**
What has you show such loyalty to him?!
**[20:53] Mitsuhide**
Ranmaru...
**[20:55] Mitsuhide**
I ask you, what kind of man
is Oda Nobunaga to you?
**[20:58] Mitsuhide**
Who is Oda Nobunaga?
**[21:08] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[21:18] Souza**
Mori Ranmaru.
**[21:20] Souza**
You were already meant
to be dead by this point.
**[21:24] Ranmaru**
And yet I still live!
**[21:27] Souza**
That isn't what the history books want!
**[21:34] Kasen**
Since we swords were part
of many historical events,
**[21:39] Kasen**
they form our stories, as well.
**[21:42] Kasen**
And part of that is always
our former masters' downfalls.
**[21:47] Hachisuka**
Yes. Some passed away peacefully,
**[21:50] Hachisuka**
while others died in the midst
of pursuing their dreams.
**[21:54] Mutsunokami**
And regardless, we were brought
here ta defend history.
**[21:59] Kashu**
Yeah, which is why we'll do just that.
**[22:03] Kashu**
Even if that history is
nothing but pain and misery.
# E7 - For Whom the Flower Blooms
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZ0D9V/for-whom-the-flower-blooms)
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**[00:20] Yasuke**
Our dark friends...
**[00:33] Yamanbagiri**
I forgot you were present
for the Honnoji Incident.
**[00:38] Yasuke**
Who are you people?
**[00:56] Yamanbagiri**
While it has already happened for me,
I suppose you'll only find out later.
**[01:02] Yamanbagiri**
Yasuke.
**[01:03] Yamanbagiri**
You are not meant to die here.
**[01:05] Yamanbagiri**
Go. Run away from this place and survive.
**[01:15] Yamanbagiri**
The Honnoji Incident...
**[01:17] Yamanbagiri**
Some are fated to die here,
while others must survive.
**[01:22] Yamanbagiri**
Oda Nobunaga is one who has to die.
**[01:26] Yamanbagiri**
That's what the history books say.
***SIGN*** Touken Ranbu -Kai- Kyoden
***SIGN*** Episode Seven
For Whom the Flower Blooms
**[03:07] Ranmaru**
You choose to aid Mitsuhide?
**[03:12] Ranmaru**
Then I deem you...
**[03:16] Ranmaru**
my enemies!
**[03:40] Ranmaru**
Why must you stop me?!
**[03:42] Souza**
We cannot let Akechi Mitsuhide die here,
**[03:47] Souza**
regardless of what lies in store.
**[03:52] Souza**
Let us handle this,
and go see your cause to fruition.
**[03:58] Mitsuhide**
I know not who you are, but you have my thanks.
**[04:15] Yagen**
What *is* he?
**[04:18] Ranmaru**
Out of my way.
**[04:22] Mikazuki**
According to history, Mori Ranmaru
should already have been killed in action.
**[04:28] Yagen**
Then this Ranmaru here...
**[04:31] Ranmaru**
Out of my way.
**[04:34] Hasebe**
...cannot be alive.
**[04:37] Ranmaru**
Begone!
**[04:47] Yagen**
Here they come in droves again.
**[04:51] Souza**
It doesn't matter how many there are.
**[04:54] Souza**
We must cut them all down!
**[05:20] Mikazuki**
Fudou?
**[05:21] Ranmaru**
I will rend all that stands in my way.
**[05:34] Ranmaru**
Mitsuhide...
**[05:36] Fudou**
Wait, Ranmaru!
**[05:38] Mikazuki**
Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[05:41] Mikazuki**
I see.
**[05:43] Mikazuki**
I suppose I will have to
deal with you all first.
**[05:58] Fudou**
Not now!
**[06:01] Fudou**
I don't have time to deal with you.
**[06:04] Fudou**
Not right now!
**[06:08] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[06:14] Mitsuhide**
Where is he?
**[06:16] Mitsuhide**
Where is he?
**[06:18] Mitsuhide**
Where is he?!
**[06:20] Mitsuhide**
Oda Nobunaga...
**[06:23] Mitsuhide**
Where could he be?
**[06:46] Ranmaru**
Milord...
**[06:50] Fudou**
Please wait!
**[07:02] Fudou**
Ranmaru...
**[07:06] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Oh, dear. It appears you
caught me lost in thought.
**[07:10] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Well...
**[07:11] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Milord bestowed this sword to me.
**[07:14] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
Is that... Fudou Yukimitsu?
**[07:18] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
That sword is no keepsake.
Cherish it for the rest of your life.
**[07:23] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
"Fudou Yukimitsu, Tsukumogami the tea caddy,
**[07:27] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
and Niwa Nagahide, all three are mine!"
**[07:32] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Milord...
**[07:35] Fudou**
Ranmaru...
**[07:38] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[07:47] Fudou**
I don't want to see you die!
**[07:51] Fudou**
You and I are comrades,
both beloved by Nobunaga!
**[07:58] Fudou**
That's why I'll... I will...
**[08:01] Ranmaru**
Quiet!
**[08:08] Fudou**
Ranmaru!
**[08:12] Fudou**
You need treatment.
**[08:14] Ranmaru**
I must go.
**[08:17] Ranmaru**
I must protect milord...
I must protect Oda Nobunaga-sama.
**[08:21] Fudou**
You need treatment, now!
**[08:24] Ranmaru**
Let me go!
**[08:36] Ranmaru**
Honnoji Temple... is in flames...
**[08:40] Ranmaru**
This can't be... It can't be happening.
**[08:45] Ranmaru**
Mitsuhide-sama would never start a rebellion.
**[08:50] Ranmaru**
Nobunaga-sama cannot die here.
**[08:55] Ranmaru**
No... this must be a bad dream. It has to be.
**[09:01] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Mitsuhide-sama.
**[09:02] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
Forgive me. I had to ask,
since you seemed so forlorn.
**[09:08] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
It simply means our lord treasures
Mori Ranmaru above all.
**[09:14] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
Unlike you, I am old and
won't live for much longer.
**[09:18] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
But I hope I can make
flowers bloom in the afterlife.
**[09:21] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Why would you start a rebellion?
**[09:23] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
What cause could this
madness possibly serve?
**[09:26] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
Let me ask you, then.
**[09:28] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
Why do you try to protect him with your life?
**[09:32] (Flashback) Mitsuhide**
What has you show such loyalty to him?!
**[09:37] Ranmaru**
I'm aware.
**[09:39] Ranmaru**
This is no bad dream. It's reality.
**[09:42] Ranmaru**
Mitsuhide-sama is rebelling,
and milord's life is in danger.
**[09:47] Ranmaru**
And yet, there is nothing I can do.
**[09:53] Ranmaru**
Do it.
**[09:56] Ranmaru**
Kill me. Is that not why you're here?
**[10:02] Fudou**
I could never do that!
**[10:05] Fudou**
I could never kill a man who
loved a sword as useless as me!
**[10:16] Ranmaru**
Then I shall kill you instead.
**[10:31] Ranmaru**
Die.
**[10:38] Ranmaru**
You stand in my way again?
**[10:53] Yamanbagiri**
Are you okay, Fudou Yukimitsu?
**[10:55] Fudou**
Manba-chan.
**[10:57] Ranmaru**
The numbers advantage, eh?
**[11:00] Ranmaru**
How unlike the time I fought alongside you.
**[11:03] Yagen**
Yeah. You treated me back then.
**[11:08] Yagen**
I appreciate it, I truly do.
**[11:10] Hasebe**
But this ends now.
**[11:16] Ranmaru**
No, not yet.
**[11:19] Ranmaru**
I have life in me yet.
**[11:24] Yagen**
Tch. He keeps coming.
**[11:27] Souza**
Wait one moment!
**[11:28] Hasebe**
Yeah, something's off.
**[11:39] Yamanbagiri**
What's this?
**[11:43] Mikazuki**
If Tsurumaru Kuninaga were here,
I believe this is what he would say...
**[11:47] Mikazuki**
"Now this is a surprise."
**[11:57] Fudou**
Ranmaru?
**[12:12] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
You knaves!
**[12:15] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Let me go... Unhand me!
**[12:40] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Milord...
**[12:49] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
No... No...
**[12:52] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
No, no, no, no!
**[12:54] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Oda Nobunaga cannot go out this way!
**[13:00] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
I must protect milord...
**[13:04] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
I don't care what happens to me
as long as I can save him.
**[13:11] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
I shall gladly offer up my own life.
**[13:15] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
So please...
**[13:20] Hasebe**
What is this?
**[13:22] Yagen**
Yeesh. They're pulling out all the stops.
**[13:26] Yamanbagiri**
Watch out!
**[13:40] Yamanbagiri**
Too shallow?
**[13:43] Yamanbagiri**
Crap!
**[13:52] Yamanbagiri**
Thanks.
**[13:52] Mikazuki**
Now, what do we do about this?
**[14:27] Hasebe**
Attack him all at once!
Fudou Yukimitsu, you fight, too!
**[14:32] Hasebe**
Hey! Are you listening?!
**[14:36] Fudou**
I decided to defend history as a Sword Warrior.
**[14:39] Fudou**
To do that, I thought I had
to come to terms with it...
**[14:44] Fudou**
Come to terms with Ranmaru
and Nobunaga's history. But...
**[14:48] Fudou**
Ranmaru's trying to protect Nobunaga,
no matter what it takes.
**[14:53] Fudou**
I can't cut him down just
because that's our mission.
**[14:57] Fudou**
I failed on that fateful day in Honnoji.
**[15:01] Fudou**
Souza, Hasebe, and Yagen, you guys failed, too.
**[15:04] Fudou**
But Ranmaru's trying to do what we couldn't!
**[15:08] Fudou**
He's trying to save Nobunaga!
**[15:14] Fudou**
Stop it! I don't want to fight you!
**[15:19] Ranmaru**
Shut up!
**[15:23] Souza**
Mori Ranmaru, you should already be dead.
**[15:29] Ranmaru**
What are you talking about? I still live...
**[15:34] Ranmaru**
I am alive and well right here!
**[15:37] Souza**
That isn't what the history books want!
**[15:44] Fudou**
Screw history!
**[15:47] Fudou**
Do you really think it's more important
than the people you love?!
**[15:50] Fudou**
Is it more important than Ranmaru and
Nobunaga, who treated us with love and care?!
**[15:56] Fudou**
Don't we have a choice that
isn't accepting this bullcrap?
**[16:01] Fudou**
That's just too cruel!
**[16:03] Hasebe**
Mori Ranmaru is not meant
to be alive at this point.
**[16:09] Hasebe**
He must die.
**[16:16] Fudou**
Ranmaru.
**[16:17] Fudou**
Let's get this over with
and go see Nobunaga, yeah?
**[16:27] Yamanbagiri**
Fudou!
**[16:29] Hasebe**
Not only is he no help,
he's actively working against us!
**[16:35] Ranmaru**
I must protect milord...
**[16:39] Yagen**
Take this!
**[16:46] Fudou**
No...
**[16:49] Fudou**
Don't!
**[16:51] Yamanbagiri**
Now, Souza!
**[16:55] Ranmaru**
Souza? Souza Samonji?
**[17:00] Ranmaru**
I see. You're milord's sword...
**[17:09] Ranmaru**
Why? You are his sword...
**[17:14] Ranmaru**
So why do you stop me?
**[17:16] Ranmaru**
I simply wish to keep our lord safe...
**[17:34] Yagen**
Souza...
**[17:42] Ranmaru**
You asked me a question when we last met.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
I wish you all the best, too.
**[17:49] (Flashback) Hasebe**
Goodbye, then.
**[17:54] (Flashback) Souza**
Mori Ranmaru.
**[17:57] (Flashback) Souza**
What is Oda Nobunaga to you?
**[18:02] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Huh?
**[18:09] Ranmaru**
What is Oda Nobunaga to me?
**[18:13] Ranmaru**
As one born to a family under his patronage,
**[18:17] Ranmaru**
he is my lord.
**[18:20] Ranmaru**
That is why... I must protect him...
**[18:28] Ranmaru**
But in truth, such formalities
never mattered to me.
**[18:32] Ranmaru**
My family and my duty were irrelevant.
**[18:36] Ranmaru**
I simply loved Oda Nobunaga as a person.
**[18:43] Ranmaru**
That is why... I wished to be his shield.
**[18:51] Ranmaru**
But I see now that my wish will not come true.
**[18:54] Ranmaru**
You all have come here with
a duty to fulfill, have you not?
**[19:01] Ranmaru**
Then forget me, and do as you must.
**[19:06] Ranmaru**
As we are all here for a purpose.
**[19:12] (Flashback) Fudou**
Yeah, let's meet again for sure.
**[19:19] Fudou**
Ranmaru...
**[19:27] Mitsuhide**
Oda's followers?
**[19:31] Mitsuhide**
Where is Oda Nobunaga?
**[19:33] Mitsuhide**
My army has Honnoji Temple surrounded.
There is nowhere to run.
**[19:39] Odaretainer**
I don't know.
**[19:40] Odaretainer**
Even if I did, I would never do you
the pleasure of telling you.
**[19:50] Mitsuhide**
Where is he?
**[19:51] Mitsuhide**
Where are you, Nobunaga?
**[20:01] Mitsuhide**
How bizarre.
**[20:02] Mitsuhide**
Is this camellia?
**[20:05] Mitsuhide**
A flower disdained by warriors, for the way
they fall reminds one of a beheading.
**[20:13] Mitsuhide**
O Camellia... Who do you bloom for?
**[20:29] Yamanbagiri**
Hold it. Where are you going?
**[20:31] Fudou**
Sorry, Manba-chan. I don't think my
"useless" label is going anywhere.
**[20:39] Mikazuki**
I believe I warned you.
**[20:41] Mikazuki**
If you refuse to defend history,
**[20:44] Mikazuki**
we'll have to cut you down.
**[20:48] Mikazuki**
Will you still go?
**[20:50] Fudou**
Yeah, I'm going.
**[20:52] Hasebe**
Are you disobeying our master's orders?
**[20:56] Fudou**
Heshikiri... Apologize to our master for me.
**[21:00] Hasebe**
If you intend to alter history,
**[21:04] Hasebe**
you'll be turning against us, you know that?!
**[21:10] Yagen**
Fudou!
**[21:12] Yamanbagiri**
That idiot!
**[21:24] Hasebe**
Souza Samonji.
**[21:30] Yagen**
We should go, too.
**[21:36] Hasebe**
Where are you going?
**[21:38] Souza**
You were right, Hasebe.
**[21:40] Souza**
The Demon King continues
to haunt us to this day.
**[21:43] Souza**
His will still shackles me, you, Yagen...
**[21:48] Souza**
And Fudou.
**[21:50] Souza**
There is no escape for us.
**[21:53] Yagen**
So let's say there *is* no escape.
What can we do?
**[22:02] Souza**
If we can't escape it,
**[22:06] Souza**
then we have no choice but to face up to it!
# E8 - Honnoji In Flames
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU823W2/honnoji-in-flames)
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**[00:32] Mikazuki**
I suppose this is not the time for laughing.
**[00:39] Yamanbagiri**
Mikazuki!
**[00:43] Mikazuki**
That was some impressive skill.
**[00:46] Yamanbagiri**
"Just as the sun shines upon the moon," huh?
**[00:49] Yamanbagiri**
That's a tough ask.
**[00:51] Mikazuki**
Did I really say that, now?
**[00:54] Yamanbagiri**
Quit playing dumb, geezer.
**[00:58] Mikazuki**
Quite the sooty sun we have here.
**[01:01] Mikazuki**
Now, I suppose I should earn my keep.
**[01:05] Yamanbagiri**
Look down on me because
I'm a copy, and you'll regret it!
***SIGN*** Touken Ranbu -Kai- Kyoden
***SIGN*** Episode Eight
Honnoji in Flames
**[02:47] Yasuke**
Who are you people?
**[03:03] Fudou**
Ranmaru... I'll take your place
and finish what you started.
**[03:11] Fudou**
Stay out of my way!
**[03:14] Fudou**
Where are you, Mitsuhide?!
**[03:27] Souza**
I may not have much battle experience,
**[03:33] Souza**
but it seems I cannot keep calling myself
a caged bird and running away!
**[03:42] Souza**
At the end of the day,
am I only fit to be a decoration?
**[03:48] Souza**
Yagen! Hasebe!
**[03:51] Hasebe**
How long are you going to mope?
**[03:53] Hasebe**
Decoration or not,
a sword's a sword's, so fight.
**[03:56] Yagen**
We can watch your back for you.
**[04:02] Mikazuki**
We can handle things here.
**[04:05] Yamanbagiri**
We'll open a path for you.
**[04:07] Yamanbagiri**
Now go.
**[04:09] Souza**
Right!
**[04:19] Fudou**
What the...
**[04:30] Fudou**
Mitsuhide.
**[04:35] Mitsuhide**
You're terribly wounded.
**[04:43] Mitsuhide**
How dare you?
**[04:47] Fudou**
Nobunaga never would've died
if you hadn't pulled this crap!
**[04:54] Fudou**
Screw your cause! Screw your Honnoji Incident!
**[04:59] Fudou**
I'll erase it from the history books!
**[05:12] Fudou**
Souza?
**[05:25] Fudou**
Why would you go so far to stop me?
**[05:28] Souza**
You mustn't kill Mitsuhide.
**[05:33] Fudou**
He's trying to kill Nobunaga!
**[05:36] Fudou**
You're a Nobunaga sword, too!
**[05:39] Fudou**
I failed to protect him back then,
**[05:41] Fudou**
but now I have another chance!
I can save his life!
**[05:45] Fudou**
Don't you want to save him, Souza?
**[05:49] Fudou**
Did you forget all the love he gave you?!
**[05:56] Souza**
That's exactly why we
mustn't cut down Mitsuhide!
**[05:59] Souza**
This historical event is what makes
Nobunaga and Ranmaru who they are.
**[06:06] Souza**
Should you choose to cut Mitsuhide
down and alter history now,
**[06:11] Souza**
it would mean rejecting the lives
Ranmaru and Nobunaga led.
**[06:17] Hasebe**
Fudou Yukimitsu!
**[06:19] Souza**
Please wait!
**[06:21] Souza**
Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[06:23] Souza**
Just as Nobunaga means a lot to you
**[06:26] Souza**
and means a lot to me,
**[06:29] Souza**
he also means something to Mitsuhide.
**[06:33] Souza**
And that something...
is an entity he must kill here.
**[06:39] Souza**
The Honnoji Incident is the final page
in the story of Oda Nobunaga, our master!
**[06:48] Fudou**
Hey, tell me, Yagen.
**[06:52] Fudou**
Is your Nobunaga meant
to fall to Mitsuhide, too?
**[06:58] Fudou**
Tell me, Hasebe.
**[07:00] Fudou**
Does your Nobunaga have
to die in Honnoji, too?
**[07:06] Hasebe**
Don't ask us. Ask yourself.
**[07:13] Mitsuhide**
What's the matter? Kill me!
**[07:33] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
"Fudou Yukimitsu, Tsukumogami the tea caddy,
**[07:36] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
and Niwa Nagahide, all three are mine!"
**[07:40] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
You were a sword beloved by milord,
**[07:44] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
and now you belong to me.
**[07:47] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
Fulfill your purpose in my possession.
**[07:50] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
And should you ever leave my side
and belong to somebody else,
**[07:58] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
then do as you must and
fulfill your new purpose.
**[08:04] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
I know you will serve whoever your
master is well, Fudou Yukimitsu...
**[08:11] (Flashback) Ranmaru**
My treasure.
**[08:18] Fudou**
I'm a useless sword.
**[08:22] Fudou**
Never able to return the love I was shown,
**[08:27] Fudou**
I am a useless sword!
**[08:40] Hasebe**
Is that...
**[08:44] Yagen**
I could never forget him.
**[08:46] Souza**
The Demon King...
**[08:49] Fudou**
Nobunaga!
**[09:10] Mitsuhide**
Nobunaga!
**[09:31] Yagen**
And here they come.
**[09:33] Hasebe**
We can't afford to dilly-dally anymore.
**[09:36] Hasebe**
Not that we ever could, I guess.
**[09:39] Yagen**
They couldn't alter history
and prevent Nobunaga's suicide,
**[09:42] Yagen**
so now they're targeting Mitsuhide.
**[09:44] Yagen**
Get up, Fudou Yukimitsu.
**[09:46] Yagen**
You are a Sword Warrior,
and you will fight to defend history.
**[09:51] Yagen**
Isn't that right?
**[09:53] Fudou**
I don't need you to tell me that.
**[09:59] Yamanbagiri**
Here I come.
**[10:02] Yamanbagiri**
I don't like the look in your eyes.
**[10:05] Yamanbagiri**
I'll cut you down.
**[10:12] Yamanbagiri**
I...
**[10:15] Yamanbagiri**
I am no fake!
**[10:19] Mikazuki**
You want to fight?
**[10:22] Mikazuki**
There!
**[10:24] Mikazuki**
How do you like this?
**[10:30] Mikazuki**
And now, the finale.
**[10:32] Hasebe**
What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger!
**[10:36] Hasebe**
I'll cut down all who stand against my master!
**[10:42] Hasebe**
My blade will not be stopped!
**[10:48] Yagen**
It's do-or-die time.
**[10:49] Yagen**
I'll be piercing my way through!
**[11:00] Yagen**
All the way to the hilt.
**[11:10] Fudou**
Just how much is this bastard gonna mock me?
**[11:13] Fudou**
If I go down, it'll sully Nobunaga's name.
**[11:18] Fudou**
I may be a useless sword,
**[11:21] Fudou**
but you don't get to say it!
**[11:25] Souza**
I don't appreciate where you're looking.
**[11:29] Souza**
This is the brand of the Demon King,
which makes one and all crazy.
**[11:35] Souza**
There.
**[11:37] Souza**
Did you really think you
could lay a finger on me?
**[11:44] Akechisoldier**
Milord!
**[11:45] Akechisoldier**
Curse you, monsters!
**[12:06] Souza**
Once this ends, I'll be a caged bird once more.
**[12:16] Hasebe**
Looks like that's the last of them.
**[12:19] Yagen**
I can't fight anymore, either.
**[12:23] Fudou**
How long are you gonna stay on your knees?
**[12:26] Mitsuhide**
Why didn't you kill me? If you had,
**[12:30] Mitsuhide**
Nobunaga might still be alive.
**[12:35] Fudou**
Because you must rule the nation
**[12:37] Fudou**
and see your cause to fruition.
**[12:42] Mitsuhide**
My cause, eh?
**[12:43] Mitsuhide**
I wonder how future generations will
speak of the events in Honnoji today.
**[12:50] Mitsuhide**
Will they say, "Did Akechi Mitsuhide
wish to take the nation for himself?
**[12:54] Mitsuhide**
Or did he perhaps have some kind
of reason to hate Nobunaga?"
**[12:59] Mitsuhide**
They're both wrong.
**[13:00] Mitsuhide**
All I wanted was for him to deem me valuable.
**[13:05] Mitsuhide**
However, I no longer have
youth on my side like Ranmaru.
**[13:09] Mitsuhide**
The thought of him casting me
away scared me to death.
**[13:14] Mitsuhide**
I needed him to continue
to be my lord and master!
**[13:19] Fudou**
So?
**[13:21] Fudou**
So what?
**[13:24] Fudou**
Nobunaga fulfilled his role in history.
**[13:27] Fudou**
So you, Akechi Mitsuhide,
**[13:30] Fudou**
go and do your part in history, too!
**[13:33] Mitsuhide**
My part in history?
**[13:38] Fudou**
See it all the way through.
**[13:41] Fudou**
That is your purpose, and don't you forget it.
**[13:50] Yamanbagiri**
Honnoji Temple falls.
**[13:52] Mikazuki**
As the history books say.
**[13:58] Yagen**
Souza.
**[14:00] Souza**
Why, exactly, am I crying?
**[14:06] Yagen**
Don't worry. It's not a bad thing.
**[14:11] Souza**
Oda Nobunaga...
**[14:12] Souza**
Who in the world were you?
**[14:17] Souza**
Who were you to Ranmaru and Mitsuhide,
**[14:20] Souza**
and who were you to Fudou,
Yagen, and Hasebe, really?
**[14:28] Souza**
Bearing this brand as I do,
**[14:31] Souza**
I still can't see you as anything
but the Demon King.
**[14:41] Yamanbagiri**
The Honnoji Incident has gone down in history.
**[14:44] Yamanbagiri**
Mori Ranmaru was killed by Akechi's men,
**[14:47] Yamanbagiri**
and Oda Nobunaga set fire to Honnoji
Temple before ending his own life.
**[14:52] Yamanbagiri**
Mitsuhide searched for his
corpse but couldn't find it.
**[14:58] Yamanbagiri**
Maybe every bit of him was turned to ash,
or maybe he escaped and survived.
**[15:02] Yamanbagiri**
That part remains shrouded in mystery,
but nobody ever found out what became of him.
**[15:07] Yamanbagiri**
After putting an end to Nobunaga in
the Honnoji Incident, Akechi Mitsuhide,
**[15:11] Yamanbagiri**
a mere eleven days later...
**[15:14] Yamanbagiri**
fell to Hashiba Hideyoshi in the
Battle of Yamazaki and lost his life.
**[15:20] Yamanbagiri**
So everything went according to history,
at least on paper.
**[15:26] Yamanbagiri**
That's all for my report.
**[15:29] Fudou**
Aw, man.
**[15:31] Fudou**
I'm a sword, and here I am,
tending to the horses.
**[15:35] Hasebe**
We have to do everything Master orders,
even if it's tending to the horses.
**[15:43] Fudou**
Do you want some amazake, too?
**[15:46] Hasebe**
Hey, when did you get that?
**[15:48] Fudou**
I gotta drink to keep going.
**[15:51] Hasebe**
Quit slacking! This is an important job!
**[15:54] Fudou**
I'm not slacking, just taking a break.
**[15:56] Atsushi**
What's up, Yagen?
**[15:56] Hasebe**
Drinking during work is unacceptable.
**[15:58] Yagen**
I guess some people really do
get so close that they butt heads.
**[15:59] Hasebe**
I'll be taking this.
**[16:03] Hirano**
What does that mean?
**[16:05] Atsushi**
Beats me.
**[16:09] Yamanbagiri**
At first, I didn't know why our master
sent the Oda swords to Honnoji,
**[16:14] Yamanbagiri**
but I think I understand now.
**[16:16] Mikazuki**
Oh? And what do you think the reason was?
**[16:19] Yamanbagiri**
Because it gave birth to new stories.
**[16:23] Mikazuki**
Stories, you say?
**[16:25] Yamanbagiri**
Our stories make us stronger.
**[16:27] Yamanbagiri**
I don't like how high-handed the decision was,
**[16:31] Yamanbagiri**
but it just goes to show how
dire the situation is right now.
**[16:35] Yamanbagiri**
Master can't afford to sit around and wait
for us and the Citadel to grow stronger.
**[16:40] Yamanbagiri**
You're starting to get it, Yamanbagiri.
**[16:45] Yamanbagiri**
What do you mean?
**[16:46] Mikazuki**
Now I know the Citadel will be
in safe hands, even with me gone.
**[16:51] Yamanbagiri**
Gone? What are you talking about?
**[16:56] Mikazuki**
Just a hypothetical.
**[16:58] Yamanbagiri**
Don't be going senile now.
**[17:01] Yamanbagiri**
Mikazuki Munechika, we'll still be
needing your help for a while yet.
**[17:06] Mikazuki**
I'm happy you think so highly of me.
**[17:10] Yamanbagiri**
Hmm?
**[17:12] Yamanbagiri**
Where'd my tea go?
**[17:13] Mikazuki**
Where, indeed?
**[17:16] Tsurumaru**
You were wide open! Didn't expect me, did ya?
**[17:19] Yamanbagiri**
Tsurumaru!
**[17:21] Tsurumaru**
We all need surprises in
life to keep us on our toes.
**[17:23] Tsurumaru**
If everything goes as we expect,
our minds will rot away.
**[17:28] Shokudaikiri**
Kept you waiting, did I?
**[17:30] Shokudaikiri**
I made a new tea snack. Mind trying it for me?
**[17:35] Mikazuki**
Oho, this looks mighty appealing.
**[17:38] Ichigo**
You all seem to be having fun.
**[17:40] Namazuo**
Wow, those look so good!
**[17:43] Kousetsu**
New recipe?
**[17:45] Sayo**
Who are you trying to exact
revenge on with this snack?
**[17:47] Shokudaikiri**
I'm not out for revenge, no.
**[17:50] Tsurumaru**
Okay, we're throwing a Citadel
thank-you party today.
**[17:53] Tsurumaru**
It's not a bad idea to let off
steam every now and then.
**[17:56] Shokudaikiri**
I'll go let people know.
**[17:58] Tsurumaru**
Nah, let's have our Attendant,
Yamanbagiri, gather everyone.
**[18:03] Tsurumaru**
Off you go.
**[18:04] Kousetsu**
A fine thought.
**[18:06] Shokudaikiri**
I'd better prepare a feast.
**[18:08] Ichigo**
Allow me to help.
**[18:09] Namazuo**
I'll go grab the ingredients.
**[18:14] Mikazuki**
Yes, yes, very good.
**[18:23] Yagen**
Hey.
**[18:24] Souza**
Yagen.
**[18:26] Yagen**
I hear our master named you
MVP of our last battle.
**[18:30] Yagen**
Great job.
**[18:33] Yagen**
What's wrong?
**[18:35] Yagen**
Did you dream about Honnoji again?
**[18:38] Souza**
No. But even if I did stop dreaming about it,
**[18:42] Souza**
it doesn't mean that story
doesn't remain with me.
**[18:48] Yagen**
Yeah, you're right.
**[18:53] Souza**
If he hadn't wielded me, the Demon King
may not have been defeated.
**[19:00] Yagen**
Listen.
**[19:02] Yagen**
My eyes may have just been
playing tricks on me, but...
**[19:06] Souza**
What is it?
**[19:08] Yagen**
When we saw Nobunaga-san there in Honnoji,
it seemed to me like he was smiling.
**[19:13] Yagen**
"I'll play out my role in history,
true to myself.
**[19:18] Yagen**
So you guys walk your paths proudly, too.
**[19:21] Yagen**
Struggle, writhe, but keep moving forward."
**[19:26] Yagen**
I felt like that's what his back
was communicating to us.
**[19:32] Hasebe**
That's an awfully
convenient interpretation.
**[19:35] Yagen**
Long story short, that may have been
the kind of man I saw Oda Nobunaga as.
**[19:41] Hasebe**
Well, as long as it makes you happy,
I've got nothing to say.
**[19:45] Yagen**
I guess you could say that.
**[19:47] Hasebe**
Souza Samonji. Did you manage to
figure out who Oda Nobunaga was to you?
**[19:52] Souza**
Who can say?
**[19:55] Souza**
We wouldn't be going through all this
trouble if he were so simple to understand.
**[20:33] Yamanbagiri**
Now, let's begin another day
under the auspices of our master.
***SIGN*** Kurokawa Castle, Tensho 18 (1590)
**[21:01] Retainer1**
Eek!
**[21:02] Retainer2**
How horrible!
**[21:03] Yoshihime**
Kojiro...
**[21:17] Masamune**
The Toyotomi or the Hojo, huh?
**[21:20] Masamune**
To think I would be stuck
choosing between the two...
**[21:25] Masamune**
I feel pathetic, my armor.
**[21:28] Masamune**
Is our dream of ruling the nation
fated to never come true?
**[21:35] Yamanbagiri**
A.D. 2205.
**[21:37] Yamanbagiri**
Historical revisionists,
who are plotting to alter history,
**[21:41] Yamanbagiri**
began their attacks on the past.
**[21:44] Yamanbagiri**
In order to stop them, the Time Government
**[21:47] Yamanbagiri**
sent Saniwa to various time periods.
**[21:51] Yamanbagiri**
The Saniwa are sages who
can awaken dormant spirits
**[21:56] Yamanbagiri**
and grant them the power to fight.
**[22:00] Yamanbagiri**
The spirits they awaken
manifest as Sword Warriors.
**[22:05] Yamanbagiri**
And so,
**[22:06] Yamanbagiri**
we head into battle.