# TOUKEN RANBU KAI KYODEN
In 2205 A.D., evil forces attack the past, threatening to alter the course of history. The judge calls on four swordsmen, with blades blessed by a Shinto priest, to protect the past and save the future. Loyal to their former master, the demon king Oda Nobunaga, they travel back to the Honnoji Temple where he was murdered. Can they stop evil in its tracks and preserve the past? Only time will tell.
# Season 1
# E1 - A Recurring Dream
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U2JV0W/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.
# Special
# SP9 - TOUKEN RANBU KAI DOUDEN
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**[00:22] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro is supposed
to be the Attendant.
**[00:25] Hasebe**
I cannot usurp his position just like that.
**[00:29] Saniwa**
Surely you have realized by now.
**[00:31] Saniwa**
This is a request from Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
himself. He wants to resign as Attendant.
**[00:52] Midare**
Well? How's it going inside?
**[00:54] Atsushi**
Shh! Keep it down!
**[00:56] Mikazuki**
Oh, what's happening? Why are all of you here?
**[01:00] Kashuu**
Well, you see...
**[01:14] Yamanbagiri**
What are you doing?
**[01:17] Kashuu**
Uh, how do we explain this?
**[01:20] Mutsunokami**
What did Master say?
**[01:24] Hachisuka**
Hey!
**[01:26] Kasen**
Not looking good, huh?
**[01:27] Konnosuke**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro has offered
to resign from his post of Attendant.
**[01:32] Yamabushi**
Brother did?
**[01:34] Horikawa**
But why?
**[01:35] Konnosuke**
Master picked Heshikiri Hasebe
to be his successor.
**[01:40] Jiroutachi**
Hasebe as Attendant, huh?
**[01:42] Nakigitsune**
And? Did you accept?
**[01:46] Hasebe**
I needed time to think, so I asked
that I be allowed to sleep on it.
**[01:58] Shokudaikiri**
Hey, Hasebe-kun.
**[02:01] Shokudaikiri**
We heard that you were appointed Attendant.
**[02:04] Tsurumaru**
Congrats on the promotion...
is what I'd say, in other circumstances.
**[02:08] Doudanuki**
You don't seem too pleased about it.
**[02:12] Hasebe**
Obviously.
**[02:13] Yamabushi**
Normally, being appointed Attendant
should be cause for celebration...
**[02:18] Tsurumaru**
...but coming on the heels
of Yamanbagiri's resignation?
**[02:22] Shokudaikiri**
Your pride won't let you accept
being second choice?
**[02:25] Hasebe**
That's not the problem.
**[02:27] Hasebe**
I feel partly responsible for driving
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro into such a corner.
**[02:34] Hasebe**
Yamabushi Kunihiro, Doudanuki Masakuni.
You two must know where I'm coming from.
**[02:39] Doudanuki**
Yeah. We were with you guys when it happened.
***SIGN*** Tensho 18 (1590)
Odawara, Sagami Province
**[02:51] (Flashback) Honebami**
Slash!
**[03:07] Yamabushi**
That wasn't Brother's fault.
**[03:10] Doudanuki**
We were simply too weak, is all.
**[03:13] Doudanuki**
So we gotta get stronger.
**[03:16] Shokudaikiri**
All of us, together.
**[03:18] Tsurumaru**
That's right.
**[03:19] Tsurumaru**
Everyone here in this Citadel
needs to grow stronger as a group.
**[03:22] Yamabushi**
Yes.
**[03:24] Yamabushi**
We need to make sure Brother
doesn't feel solely responsible.
**[03:28] Ookurikara**
I don't know about that.
**[03:33] Tsurumaru**
Heya, Kara-boy. Not every day
you voluntarily join a conversation.
**[03:40] Ookurikara**
We're not here to make friends.
We exist to fight.
**[03:45] Ookurikara**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro made a tactical error
and nearly got his squad wiped out.
**[03:50] Ookurikara**
It's only natural that he resigned.
**[03:54] Ookurikara**
And you, Heshikiri Hasebe.
**[03:56] Ookurikara**
Master appointed you.
Isn't it your duty to fulfill their orders?
**[04:01] Hasebe**
I'm aware of that, of course.
**[04:03] Ookurikara**
Then what reason do you have to waver?
**[04:10] Tsurumaru**
Anyway, Hasebe is Attendant now.
That's happy news.
**[04:15] Shokudaikiri**
We need to celebrate.
**[04:18] Doudanuki**
Celebrate how?
**[04:25] Hasebe**
When did you build this?
**[04:27] Shokudaikiri**
I figured our Citadel needed
an oasis for the soul,
**[04:30] Shokudaikiri**
so I got permission from
Master and built this—
**[04:33] Shokudaikiri**
a Mitsutada-made bar counter!
**[04:37] Tsurumaru**
Oh, looks like you've got a whole
collection of rare booze.
**[04:52] Hasebe**
I get that being appointed Attendant is
a huge honor. I can't possibly turn it down.
**[04:59] Hasebe**
But I can't ignore
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro's state.
**[05:04] Hasebe**
I can't let him be a disgraced loser.
**[05:07] Tsurumaru**
So you're stuck between your loyalty to
Master and your bond with Yamanbagiri?
**[05:13] Doudanuki**
That's surprising, coming from you.
You always put Master first in everything.
**[05:18] Yamabushi**
Hasebe-dono...
**[05:20] Tsurumaru**
Well, it certainly is pointless to stay
upset about a lost battle forever.
**[05:24] Hasebe**
What am I supposed to do?
**[05:26] Yamabushi**
Oh, don't you worry. Brother will be fine.
**[05:30] Yamabushi**
No matter how many times he stumbles,
he will always get back on his feet.
**[06:01] Mikazuki**
I admit defeat.
**[06:04] Mikazuki**
As a sword, I am positively ancient,
but I have only recently manifested.
**[06:09] Mikazuki**
You have me handily beat
in real combat experience.
**[06:13] Mikazuki**
I must grow stronger.
I hope you will continue to spar with me.
**[06:20] Mikazuki**
Hm? What's the matter?
Is there something on my face?
**[06:25] Yamanbagiri**
What's the point of comparing one of
the Five Great Swords to a mere copy?
**[06:32] Maeda**
I wonder what happened to Yamanbagiri-san.
**[06:35] Honebami**
He must have a lot going on.
**[06:44] Hasebe**
So what if you're a copy?
**[06:46] Yamanbagiri**
You heard that?
**[06:48] Hasebe**
Why'd you resign as Attendant?
**[06:50] Yamanbagiri**
It's none of your concern.
**[06:52] Hasebe**
Of course it is!
**[06:55] Yamanbagiri**
Don't expect great things
from a copy, basically.
**[06:58] Hasebe**
If you say you're a copy,
**[07:00] Hasebe**
I was one that was handed down to
someone who wasn't even a direct retainer.
**[07:04] Hasebe**
But I don't intend to use that
as an excuse to run away!
**[07:08] Hasebe**
I'm going to gratefully accept Master's
appointment to Attendant, okay?!
**[07:14] Yamanbagiri**
Sure. I know you'll be up to the task.
**[07:20] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro...
**[07:22] Hasebe**
I will never accept your
abandoning the Attendant post!
**[07:38] Uguisumaru**
Those aren't quite ready to harvest yet.
**[07:41] Yamanbagiri**
Is that so? Sorry about that.
**[07:48] Hirano**
Why do you call yourself
a geezer, Mikazuki-san?
**[07:54] Mikazuki**
No special reason. I was a sword
forged in the Heian period, is all.
**[08:00] Mikazuki**
In this Citadel, though, I am still a newcomer.
**[08:03] Midare**
So we're your senpai, huh?
**[08:05] Midare**
Then we'll protect you when we sortie together.
**[08:11] Mikazuki**
Yes, please do.
**[08:14] Mikazuki**
That aside, Hotarumaru
sure is taking his sweet time.
**[08:17] Akita**
Hotarumaru-san?
**[08:18] Mikazuki**
Yes. I invited him to have some tea together.
**[08:24] Tonbokiri**
If you're looking for Hotarumaru-dono,
he was sent on an expedition.
**[08:28] Mikazuki**
Oh, an expedition?
**[08:30] Otegine**
Yeah. Apparently we detected some
suspicious movements in one time period.
**[08:35] Otegine**
Master ordered him to go
scout it out with Nikkari Aoe.
***SIGN*** Tensho 10 (1582)
Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle
**[08:46] Hotarumaru**
The Hashiba forces have the castle surrounded.
**[08:49] Hotarumaru**
There's no way out.
**[08:51] Aoe**
With Takeda dead after the Invasion of Koshu,
**[08:54] Aoe**
Nobunaga was one step away from
uniting the nation under his rule.
**[08:58] Aoe**
He then ordered Hideyoshi to attack the
Chugoku region, ruled by Mori Terumoto.
**[09:05] Aoe**
And Bitchu-Takamatsu, under the command
of Shimizu Muneharu—a Mori retainer—
**[09:10] Aoe**
is a stronghold of note.
**[09:12] Aoe**
But, surrounded by the Hashiba army
**[09:15] Aoe**
and forced to defend a siege,
it's only a matter of time until it falls.
**[09:18] Aoe**
So far, everything's going
according to history.
**[09:21] Aoe**
What's the matter?
**[09:23] Hotarumaru**
Is that...
**[09:26] Hotarumaru**
Yep, it's them. The Time Retrograde Army.
**[09:29] Hotarumaru**
They're scouting out the Hashiba army.
**[09:33] Aoe**
Let's go.
**[09:34] Hotarumaru**
Yep.
**[09:41] Hotarumaru**
There.
**[09:44] Aoe**
Smile... the Nikkari way.
**[10:05] Hotarumaru**
Ta-da!
**[10:07] Hotarumaru**
My sure-kill move!
**[10:11] Aoe**
Just two enemies?
**[10:13] Hotarumaru**
They must've been a recon unit,
not a proper squad.
**[10:18] Aoe**
We should report in to the Citadel.
**[10:25] Shokudaikiri**
Kept you waiting!
**[10:27] Shokudaikiri**
I've brought you Mitsutada's special ohagi!
**[10:29] Shokudaikiri**
Nothing better for a war council.
**[10:32] Doudanuki**
Not ohagi again.
**[10:33] Shokudaikiri**
I tried sprinkling soy flour on today's.
**[10:36] Mikazuki**
Now this looks quite enticing.
**[10:39] Ichigo**
Yeah, this is great.
**[10:41] Tsurumaru**
Well, Hasebe? Want to try some?
**[10:44] Hasebe**
I'm good.
**[10:46] Shokudaikiri**
Would you have preferred just bean paste?
**[10:49] Hasebe**
We're here for a war council.
I'll have the snacks later.
**[10:53] Mikazuki**
Is that so? Then let us get back on topic.
**[10:59] Tsurumaru**
Basically...
**[11:01] Tsurumaru**
It's likely the enemy isn't targeting
Shimizu Muneharu in Bitchu-Takamatsu,
**[11:07] Tsurumaru**
but rather Hashiba Hideyoshi?
**[11:10] Aoe**
Yeah. They were scouting
the Hashiba camp, after all.
**[11:15] Ishikirimaru**
Considering his historical importance,
**[11:18] Ishikirimaru**
it would make sense for them
to go after Hashiba Hideyoshi.
**[11:22] Doudanuki**
Then we'll just sortie and cut them down.
**[11:25] Doudanuki**
Manba, report to Master right away.
**[11:28] Doudanuki**
Oh, right. You're not the Attendant anymore.
**[11:33] Yamabushi**
What do you say, Hasebe-dono?
**[11:36] Hasebe**
I haven't accepted the position yet.
**[11:40] Mikazuki**
I would not mind taking over for you.
**[11:45] Mikazuki**
That is, if you won't do it, Heshikiri Hasebe.
**[11:52] Tsurumaru**
What's up? Bathroom break?
**[11:54] Hasebe**
No. I'm going to see Master.
**[11:59] Tsurumaru**
Looks like he's finally up to doing it.
**[12:03] Mikazuki**
Excellent, excellent.
**[12:07] Saniwa**
I see. I understand the report
from Nikkari Aoe's squad.
**[12:13] Saniwa**
That aside, have you thought about my offer?
**[12:18] Hasebe**
I have. Thanks to that, I couldn't
get a moment of sleep last night.
**[12:22] Saniwa**
Then tell me how you feel.
**[12:28] Hasebe**
I appreciate your gracious offer
to make me your Attendant.
**[12:41] Saniwa**
Then, Heshikiri Hasebe,
**[12:43] Saniwa**
do you have any problems with
becoming Attendant at this Citadel?
**[12:47] Hasebe**
No. How could I ever?
**[12:51] Hasebe**
Should you wish it,
**[12:53] Hasebe**
I will gladly accept the role.
**[12:56] Saniwa**
Now, I'm sorry this is so sudden, but I want
you to take charge of the next mission.
**[13:01] Hasebe**
Yes.
**[13:02] Saniwa**
Squad 1, led by Attendant Heshikiri Hasebe,
will be comprised of:
**[13:08] Saniwa**
Tsurumaru Kuninaga.
**[13:11] Saniwa**
Shokudaikiri Mitsutada.
**[13:14] Saniwa**
Doudanuki Masakuni.
**[13:17] Saniwa**
Ookurikara.
**[13:20] Saniwa**
And lastly...
**[13:21] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[13:24] Hasebe**
I request that you include Yamanbagiri
Kunihiro in the squad for this mission.
**[13:33] Saniwa**
Heshikiri Hasebe...
**[13:35] Saniwa**
I see you are a kind sword.
**[13:38] Hasebe**
I realize this is a selfish request.
**[13:41] Hasebe**
And I apologize for it.
**[13:42] Saniwa**
No need to apologize.
**[13:44] Saniwa**
I'm sure you're up to the task.
**[13:47] Hasebe**
Your words honor me.
**[13:51] Hasebe**
And? Where are we deploying this time?
***SIGN*** TOUKEN RANBU KAI DOUDEN
***SIGN*** Tensho 10 (1582)
Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle
**[14:20] Ookurikara**
When will the enemy make their move?
**[14:23] Yamanbagiri**
Probably in the middle of the
Battle of Bitchu-Takamatsu.
**[14:28] Ookurikara**
That castle is going to be flooded, right?
We'll have to fight on water.
**[14:33] Yamanbagiri**
Worried?
**[14:35] Ookurikara**
I'll just cut down any enemies in my way.
You're the same, Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[14:40] Ookurikara**
You may not be Attendant anymore,
but surely you can still fight.
**[14:44] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah.
**[14:51] Doudanuki**
Man...
**[14:53] Doudanuki**
Damming the river to flood the
castle itself is a real daring move.
**[14:59] Tsurumaru**
There are many ways to fight a war.
**[15:02] Tsurumaru**
We should be taking notes ourselves.
**[15:04] Laborer**
Hey, newbies! Quit standing
around and get to work!
**[15:07] Doudanuki**
Shut up! Yeah, we'll get to it! Happy now?
**[15:11] Tsurumaru**
First, we infiltrate the locals
and gather information.
**[15:24] Kanbei**
After Bessho Nagaharu at Miki Castle
and Yoshikawa Tsuneie at Tottori Castle,
**[15:29] Kanbei**
it is time to take Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle,
ruled by Shimizu Muneharu.
**[15:35] Hasebe**
*That voice... It must be Kuroda Kanbei.*
**[15:37] Kanbei**
If we fell this castle,
we'll be one step away from Mori.
**[15:42] Hideyoshi**
Five years since I was
ordered to take Chugoku...
**[15:45] Hideyoshi**
This long battle with Mori will soon be over.
**[15:48] Hideyoshi**
And once we conquer Shikoku and Kyushu,
**[15:51] Hideyoshi**
Nobunaga-sama will finally unite
the nation under his rule.
**[15:57] Nagamasa**
Hashiba-sama?
**[15:58] Hideyoshi**
I was a mere foot soldier,
but Nobunaga-sama helped me get this far!
**[16:04] Hideyoshi**
I'll be able to witness his unification
of the nation while I'm still alive!
**[16:09] Hideyoshi**
How blessed am I!
**[16:12] Kanbei**
Yes, Tensho 10 will go down as the year
Oda Nobunaga-sama unified the nation.
**[16:18] Kanbei**
It will be spoken of in history books
for generations to come.
**[16:22] Shokudaikiri**
Are you okay, Hasebe-kun?
**[16:26] Hasebe**
Given that we know what'll happen in
the near future, this is all very ironic.
**[16:43] Retainer A**
Gah! Have we not found Nobunaga's body yet?!
**[16:46] Retainer B**
Yes. Perhaps it burned together
with the inner temple.
**[16:51] Retainer A**
We don't need your guesses right now.
**[16:53] Retainer A**
We must find Nobunaga's corpse
and take his head at all costs!
**[16:57] Retainer B**
Sir!
**[16:59] Retainer C**
My lord.
**[17:00] Mitsuhide**
What is it?
**[17:01] Retainer C**
One of our men spotted a few of Oda's
people escaping Honnoji in the chaos.
**[17:06] Mitsuhide**
Was Nobunaga one of them?
**[17:08] Retainer C**
No. They were women and children,
and a foreign man.
**[17:11] Mitsuhide**
Ignore them. We don't have time
to deal with the riff-raff.
**[17:15] Mitsuhide**
There is no turning back.
**[17:17] Mitsuhide**
I, Akechi Mitsuhide, will rule the nation now.
**[17:46] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[17:48] Yamanbagiri**
Look.
**[17:56] Hasebe**
Rain?
**[17:57] Tsurumaru**
Oh, the perfect day to flood a castle.
**[18:00] Doudanuki**
Will the Time Retrograde Army make their move?
**[18:03] Yamanbagiri**
Probably.
**[18:04] Shokudaikiri**
So it begins.
**[18:09] Hasebe**
Yes.
**[18:10] Hasebe**
It's the Battle of Bitchu-Takamatsu.
**[18:20] Soldier**
Hurry!
**[18:21] Soldier**
This is our golden chance!
The river has risen thanks to the rain!
**[18:24] Soldier**
Make sure we finish in time!
**[18:30] Kanbei**
Normally, Bitchu-Takamatsu
is an impregnable fortress
**[18:32] Kanbei**
due to its location by the Ashimori River
and being surrounded by marshes.
**[18:37] Hideyoshi**
We flip the script by flooding it
to isolate it from land completely.
**[18:43] Hideyoshi**
Not to mention building an embankment
in a mere twelve days.
**[18:48] Hideyoshi**
Kanbei, such an ingenious strategy
could only come from your brilliant mind.
**[18:52] Kanbei**
A strategy only exists on paper
until it is successfully executed.
**[18:56] Kanbei**
It was you, Hideyoshi-sama,
who helped propel it to completion.
**[19:00] Hideyoshi**
The Shimizu army can do nothing anymore.
**[19:03] Hideyoshi**
This long siege is finally coming to an end.
**[19:08] Nagamasa**
Father!
**[19:09] Kanbei**
What is it?
**[19:11] Nagamasa**
One of the scaffoldings used
to build the dam has collapsed.
**[19:15] Kanbei**
What?
**[19:16] Nagamasa**
Several of our laborers are
being swept away by the river!
**[19:25] Labourer**
Help!
**[19:30] Hasebe**
Konnosuke.
**[19:33] Hasebe**
Give me the historical impact of the
construction workers being swept away.
**[19:37] Konnosuke**
One moment.
**[19:40] Konnosuke**
It seems those men wield very
little influence over history.
**[19:44] Tsurumaru**
That means it won't be a
problem if we save them.
**[19:47] Shokudaikiri**
Let's get going, then!
**[20:16] Shokudaikiri**
Are you okay?
**[20:18] Labourer A**
Thanks. You saved my life.
**[20:20] Labourer B**
We would've drowned if you hadn't shown up.
**[20:23] Tsurumaru**
Oh, no need to thank us.
**[20:26] Doudanuki**
Yeah. It served as a good workout, too.
**[20:30] Ookurikara**
Hey.
**[20:38] Doudanuki**
Not very welcoming, eh?
We just saved these guys, too.
**[20:43] Kanbei**
Haven't seen you men around before.
**[20:45] Nagamasa**
Are you with the enemy?
**[20:48] Yamanbagiri**
These two...
**[20:49] Tsurumaru**
Yeah, it's Kuroda Kanbei and his son Nagamasa.
**[20:53] Shokudaikiri**
I see.
**[20:55] Doudanuki**
What do you want with us?
**[20:57] Kanbei**
That's what we want to ask you.
**[21:00] Kanbei**
What were you doing in our camp?
**[21:02] Kanbei**
Were you trying to delay the operation
by destroying the embankment?
**[21:07] Doudanuki**
Huh? Why would we do something like that?
**[21:10] Labourer B**
Please, samurai!
**[21:11] Labourer B**
These men saved our lives!
**[21:14] Labourer C**
They threw themselves into
that dangerous current for us!
**[21:17] Labourer A**
If they really are with the enemy,
why would they save us?
**[21:20] Kanbei**
They could've caused the collapse themselves
and saved you to gain our trust.
**[21:25] Kanbei**
That way they can catch us unawares.
**[21:28] Kanbei**
If it were me, I would at least
consider pulling the strings to do that.
**[21:32] Doudanuki**
What, you wanna say we should've let them die?!
**[21:36] Tsurumaru**
Now, calm down, Doudanuki.
**[21:39] Kanbei**
Allow me to thank you for saving our workers.
**[21:42] Kanbei**
However, I cannot let you leave just like that.
**[21:47] Kanbei**
The Battle of Bitchu-Takamatsu
is reaching its most crucial stage.
**[21:50] Kanbei**
I cannot let us be fooled by
the enemy's strategy right now.
**[21:53] Nagamasa**
Apprehend them.
**[21:54] Soldiers**
Sir.
**[21:57] Hasebe**
Hey, Ookurikara!
**[21:58] Shokudaikiri**
Not now, Kara-chan.
**[22:00] Ookurikara**
If they're going to impede our mission,
we must get rid of them.
**[22:04] Yamanbagiri**
We can't take out Kuroda Kanbei
and Nagamasa here.
**[22:07] Ookurikara**
But that doesn't mean we
have to let them capture us.
**[22:13] Soldier**
He's running!
**[22:18] Hasebe**
Ookurikara!
**[22:19] Hasebe**
What is he doing?
**[22:21] Tsurumaru**
Mitsu-boy, get him!
**[22:22] Shokudaikiri**
Got it, Tsuru-san. Leave Kara-chan to me.
**[22:27] Soldier**
Don't let them escape! After them!
**[22:28] Hasebe**
No need to go after them.
**[22:31] Hasebe**
Two men won't hurt you.
You can capture the rest of us.
**[22:34] Doudanuki**
Yeah, we won't run or hide.
If you're gonna apprehend us, do it already.
**[22:39] Nagamasa**
Father... What do we do?
**[22:42] Kanbei**
Throw them in the jail for now.
**[22:51] Doudanuki**
We'll have to wait and see, huh?
**[22:54] Tsurumaru**
The enemy hasn't made their move yet.
Let's take our time and scope things out.
**[23:08] Soldiers**
Whoa!
**[23:09] Soldiers**
Help!
**[23:10] Soldiers**
I'm drowning!
**[23:11] Soldiers**
Somebody... Please help!
**[23:13] Kanbei**
Like a palace on the water, eh?
**[23:17] Hideyoshi**
If we weren't at war, I would want to
have a drink with this beautiful backdrop.
**[23:24] Kanbei**
Build a dam on the Ashimori River,
and direct the water to the castle...
**[23:29] Kanbei**
The plan seems to have worked.
**[23:31] Hideyoshi**
Kanbei, you brilliant strategist.
You made this happen.
**[23:35] Kanbei**
We were lucky that the continuous
rain raised the river's level.
**[23:41] Kanbei**
Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle is
basically on its own island now.
**[23:44] Kanbei**
It won't be easy for them
to fight or flee like that.
**[23:49] Hideyoshi**
The Chugoku invasion that Nobunaga-sama
ordered has taken me five years,
**[23:54] Hideyoshi**
and it will soon be over. You have my thanks.
**[23:57] Kanbei**
What are you saying, Hashiba Hideyoshi-sama?
**[24:01] Kanbei**
The valor belongs to you alone.
**[24:03] Kanbei**
If I were serving any other lord, I couldn't have
put such a daring strategy into motion.
**[24:08] Kanbei**
When Nobunaga-sama unites
the country for good,
**[24:12] Kanbei**
the long-lasting strife of the
Sengoku Period will finally end.
**[24:15] Kanbei**
But it makes me sad.
**[24:18] Kanbei**
Sad?
**[24:19] Hideyoshi**
I've faced many a battle together with
Nobunaga-sama, dreaming of uniting the nation.
**[24:24] Hideyoshi**
That dreamlike time will soon come to an end.
**[24:28] Hideyoshi**
One is happiest when chasing
the dream, don't you think?
**[24:32] Kanbei**
Don't you wish to take
the country for yourself?
**[24:37] Hideyoshi**
What?
**[24:39] Kanbei**
The thought that you too would make
for a fine ruler refuses to leave my mind.
**[24:43] Hideyoshi**
Kanbei, remember that we were born
in the time of the great Oda Nobunaga.
**[24:49] Hideyoshi**
His dream is my dream, too.
**[24:53] Kanbei**
My apologies. Pay no heed to my words just now.
**[24:57] Kanbei**
Please forget them.
**[24:58] Hideyoshi**
That aside, I heard that you captured some
suspicious men at the construction site.
**[25:05] Kanbei**
Yes. I had them confined so
that they wouldn't get away.
**[25:11] Hideyoshi**
Are they with Mori?
**[25:13] Kanbei**
I hope to find out by
interrogating them shortly.
**[25:15] Hideyoshi**
How will the Mori forces react
now that they've been cornered?
**[25:19] Hideyoshi**
Victory is within sight. All the more
reason for us to exercise utmost caution.
**[25:23] Hideyoshi**
See to it.
**[25:24] Kanbei**
Sir.
**[25:28] Tsurumaru**
We just made it to this time period.
**[25:32] Tsurumaru**
Who woulda thought we'd immediately
get captured and thrown in jail?
**[25:35] Doudanuki**
We could break out of here in no time, though.
**[25:39] Doudanuki**
So? What's the plan, Captain?
**[25:43] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, what would you do?
**[25:47] Yamanbagiri**
Why ask me?
**[25:49] Yamanbagiri**
You make the call.
**[25:51] Yamanbagiri**
We'll just follow your orders.
**[25:55] Hasebe**
How long are you going to
keep moping like this?!
**[25:59] Yamanbagiri**
What do you mean?
**[26:02] Hasebe**
Remember...
**[26:04] Hasebe**
I will not accept this!
**[26:16] Ookurikara**
Look.
**[26:21] Shokudaikiri**
Oh, boy...
**[26:23] Shokudaikiri**
Looks like the enemy's making their move, too.
**[26:25] Shokudaikiri**
Are you planning on fighting them alone?
**[26:29] Ookurikara**
Heshikiri Hasebe and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[26:33] Ookurikara**
Heshikiri Hasebe is trying to use this mission
**[26:36] Ookurikara**
to get Yamanbagiri Kunihiro back
on his feet after his last defeat.
**[26:40] Shokudaikiri**
Yeah...
**[26:42] Shokudaikiri**
You may be right.
**[26:44] Ookurikara**
But we fight to defend history, nothing else.
**[26:48] Ookurikara**
The Citadel's not a place for friendship.
**[26:51] Shokudaikiri**
It's not like Hasebe-kun and
Yamanbagiri-kun don't understand that.
**[26:56] Ookurikara**
Then what are they doing?
**[26:58] Shokudaikiri**
They're fighting frantically to grow
stronger than they are now.
**[27:04] Shokudaikiri**
You don't seem convinced.
But you're fine that way, Kara-chan.
**[27:09] Shokudaikiri**
I can't let you go alone.
We can't afford to lose you.
**[27:13] Shokudaikiri**
Let's regroup with Hasebe-kun's
squad and report this.
**[27:17] Shokudaikiri**
This isn't friendship. It's teamwork.
**[27:20] Shokudaikiri**
That's essential in battle, don't you think?
**[27:25] Shokudaikiri**
I knew you would understand, Kara-chan.
**[27:28] Ookurikara**
Tch. Let's get going already.
***SIGN*** Main Keep
Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle
**[27:34] Muneharu**
I never imagined they would use
the Ashimori River to flood us.
**[27:39] Muneharu**
Only Kuroda Kanbei could have
come up with such a plan.
**[27:43] Retainer 1**
The flooding has completely
broken our supply lines.
**[27:47] Retainer 1**
If the castle runs out of
weaponry or provisions,
**[27:50] Retainer 1**
we stand no chance of victory!
**[27:53] Muneharu**
You think I would lose to
Nobunaga's little lap monkey?!
**[27:58] Retainer 2**
But my lord, our hands are tied.
**[28:02] Retainer 3**
At this rate, our men will
simply be waiting to die!
**[28:06] Muneharu**
Curse you, Hideyoshi. Curse you, Kanbei.
**[28:10] Muneharu**
What do I do? What can I do to fight back?
**[28:15] Retainer 1**
Who's there?!
**[28:19] Retainer 2**
A-A monster?!
**[28:22] Retainer 1**
W... We... We are on your side.
**[28:28] Retainer 1**
We help you.
**[28:30] Retainer 1**
We help you... survive.
**[28:34] Retainer 3**
What the hell is this?!
**[28:36] Retainer 2**
Is the monster making him speak?!
**[28:42] Muneharu**
If all I can do is wait for
my death, I might as well.
**[28:46] Muneharu**
I don't care if you're monsters or whatever.
**[28:48] Muneharu**
If you're offering to side with me,
I accept your offer.
**[28:53] Retainer 1**
We will help you win.
**[28:58] Munharu**
Then I order you...
**[29:00] Munharu**
Kill Hashiba Hideyoshi.
**[29:06] Hasebe**
We deployed in the
Battle of Odawara before.
**[29:10] Hasebe**
We were soundly defeated that time.
**[29:15] Hasebe**
The one who was controlling the Time
Retrograde Army from the shadows back then
**[29:21] Hasebe**
was Kuroda Kanbei.
**[29:23] Hasebe**
And this Battle of Bitchu-Takamatsu
takes place before the one at Odawara.
**[29:28] Hasebe**
If we handle this right,
we may be able to cancel that defeat.
**[29:32] Tsurumaru**
Needless meddling will only mess
up the complex web of timelines.
**[29:38] Tsurumaru**
I'm pretty sure you're
fully aware of that, though.
**[29:42] Hasebe**
Yeah. Just wanted to put it out there.
**[29:48] Tsurumaru**
Hey, if it isn't Kuroda Kanbei.
**[29:52] Doudanuki**
How long are you gonna
keep us locked up in here?
**[29:56] Doudanuki**
My body's growing rusty.
**[30:01] Doudanuki**
Out. I need to talk to you.
**[30:07] Doudanuki**
Is this how you treat guests here?
**[30:11] Tsurumaru**
Looks like we're still under suspicion.
**[30:14] Hasebe**
So what did you want to talk about?
**[30:17] Kanbei**
Unifying the nation was said to be an
impossible dream, but can it really be done?
**[30:24] Kanbei**
Every man living in this era
must've asked himself that once.
**[30:28] Kanbei**
One particular man, however,
is attempting to make it reality.
**[30:32] Hasebe**
Oda Nobunaga.
**[30:34] Kanbei**
Indeed. He exiled even the Shogun,
**[30:37] Kanbei**
took down the opposition including
the likes of Takeda Shingen,
**[30:42] Kanbei**
and is one step away from
ruling the entire nation.
**[30:47] Kanbei**
But it doesn't look like it will be easy.
**[30:50] Tsurumaru**
Mori Terumoto sided with the Shogun, right?
**[30:54] Kanbei**
You know a lot about this.
**[30:56] Kanbei**
In order to take down Mori,
Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle here must be felled.
**[31:02] Kanbei**
We can't have anyone getting
in our way, not right now.
**[31:07] Kanbei**
Who are you people?
**[31:09] Kanbei**
Are you with Shimizu Muneharu?
Or are you direct retainers of the Mori?
**[31:13] Doudanuki**
We're not like that.
**[31:16] Kanbei**
Then who are you?
**[31:17] Kanbei**
You can't tell me that you passed by and
just happened to help the drowning workers.
**[31:22] Tsurumaru**
Actually, yeah, we just happened
to help the drowning workers.
**[31:26] Kanbei**
This is one battle we cannot afford to lose.
**[31:30] Kanbei**
Everything we do is for
Nobunaga-sama's ambition.
**[31:32] Kanbei**
Should you stand in its way,
**[31:34] Kanbei**
I will cut you down right here and now,
no matter who you might be.
**[31:39] Hasebe**
You seem enamored with Nobunaga.
**[31:42] Kanbei**
Of course I am. Have you all met him?
**[31:47] Hasebe**
Nah. I don't know or care about Nobunaga.
**[31:50] Kanbei**
That's unfortunate.
You'd understand if you'd met him.
**[31:54] Kanbei**
Understand how lucky
you are to live in his era.
**[31:58] Kanbei**
Behold. This is a famed sword
he gave to me—Heshikiri.
**[32:04] Kanbei**
It is my pride and joy.
**[32:07] Hasebe**
You're not even his direct retainer.
It can't be anything special.
**[32:13] Kanbei**
No. It must have torn his heart apart
to give one of his swords to another.
**[32:19] Kanbei**
And yet, he bestowed me with one.
**[32:22] Kanbei**
That is why I must display
my unending loyalty to him,
**[32:27] Kanbei**
in the name of this sword.
**[32:30] Nagamasa**
Father!
**[32:32] Kanbei**
What is it?
**[32:33] Nagamasa**
Our patrol apprehended a
messenger headed for Mori.
**[32:38] Kanbei**
A messenger?
**[32:40] Nagamasa**
This is the letter he was carrying.
**[32:53] Kanbei**
Nobunaga-sama... was killed in Honnoji
in an act of rebellion by Akechi Mitsuhide?
**[32:59] Kanbei**
It can't be...
**[33:01] Kanbei**
This cannot be happening!
**[33:05] Doudanuki**
Ow!
**[33:07] Doudanuki**
You could treat us with a
bit more care, you know!
**[33:10] Tsurumaru**
They received word of
Nobunaga's death in Honnoji, huh?
**[33:14] Hasebe**
Yeah. If it goes according to history,
**[33:16] Hasebe**
the Battle of Bitchu-Takamatsu will be
brought to a swift conclusion from here.
**[33:21] Doudanuki**
And Hideyoshi will retreat from Chugoku
to take down Akechi Mitsuhide.
**[33:32] Hideyoshi**
Nobunaga-sama is dead?
**[33:34] Hideyoshi**
Lies. This has to be some kind of mistake!
**[33:38] Kanbei**
We have no way of confirming
this news as of now.
**[33:42] Kanbei**
But if it reaches Mori's ears,
it may change the course of this war.
**[33:48] Hideyoshi**
What do you want me to do?
**[33:51] Kanbei**
Now is the time to make
Nobunaga-sama's dream your own.
**[33:55] Hideyoshi**
Are you telling me to betray Nobunaga-sama?!
**[33:58] Kanbei**
That is not what I mean.
**[34:00] Kanbei**
But we cannot let Akechi or Mori take
over his dream to unite the nation.
**[34:06] Kanbei**
In that case, Hashiba Hideyoshi-sama...
**[34:08] Kanbei**
It has to be you.
**[34:11] Kanbei**
If you are unwilling, then I,
Kuroda Kanbei, will inherit his dream.
**[34:16] Hideyoshi**
Kanbei, you...
**[34:19] Kanbei**
What will you do?
**[34:21] Hideyoshi**
What will *you* do after I unify the country?
**[34:25] Hideyoshi**
Will you pry it from my hands?
**[34:28] Kanbei**
If that's what you believe,
then cut me down right here and now.
**[34:33] Hideyoshi**
Fine. Kanbei... lend me your strength.
**[34:38] Hideyoshi**
We'll fell Bitchu-Takamatsu
at once and return to Kyoto.
**[34:42] Hideyoshi**
We must kill the traitor Akechi Mitsuhide.
**[34:46] Kanbei**
As you wish.
**[34:49] Hideyoshi**
What?!
**[34:52] Kanbei**
What is it? Did the Mori attack?
**[34:55] Soldier**
M-Monsters...
**[34:56] Kanbei**
Monsters?
**[35:03] Kanbei**
What is all this?
**[35:07] Doudanuki**
It's getting noisy out there.
**[35:10] Tsurumaru**
Yeah. Looks like it's begun.
**[35:15] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro!
**[35:19] Shokudaikiri**
It'd be ideal if we could surprise the
enemy and go wild, don't you think?
**[35:27] Ookurikara**
I'll fight solo. You guys do whatever you want.
**[35:31] Doudanuki**
Doesn't feel right without this.
**[35:33] Tsurumaru**
We might as well set up an ambush.
**[35:39] Hasebe**
I know you can still fight.
**[35:53] Tsurumaru**
Okay, the stage is set.
**[35:56] Tsurumaru**
Let's get started!
**[36:01] Shokudaikiri**
We've got a chance to shine,
so let's steal the show!
**[36:07] Doudanuki**
Sure.
**[36:09] Doudanuki**
No matter how sturdy,
nothing can withstand me!
**[36:14] Ookurikara**
Here I go.
**[36:36] Hasebe**
I'll handle this. You guys go
defend Hideyoshi and Kanbei!
**[36:40] Kanbei**
Thank you!
**[36:50] Hasebe**
Crap!
**[36:53] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro!
**[37:22] Yamanbagiri**
We're on the back foot.
**[37:24] Hasebe**
What would you do?
**[37:27] Hasebe**
How do you see this situation?
**[37:33] Yamanbagiri**
We may be outnumbered,
but we're about equal in strength.
**[37:38] Yamanbagiri**
I'd choose to fight through this.
**[37:40] Hasebe**
We'll do just that, then!
**[37:50] Kanbei**
Oh, no! An ambush?
**[38:06] Tsurumaru**
Not much of a surprise, I must say.
**[38:09] Shokudaikiri**
Glad you're okay.
**[38:26] Doudanuki**
That should take care of them.
**[38:29] Ookurikara**
I could've handled this myself.
**[38:32] Doudanuki**
Don't say that. I'm glad you were with me.
**[38:42] Muneharu**
What are you doing? Hideyoshi is still alive!
**[38:46] Muneharu**
Send more reinforcements!
**[38:48] Retrograde Tachi**
This is over. There are
other places to alter history.
**[38:55] Muneharu**
Wait! Where are you going?
**[38:57] Muneharu**
Are you going to abandon me?!
**[39:09] Shokudaikiri**
The Hashiba side sent a messenger
to Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle after that,
**[39:13] Shokudaikiri**
and the two sides signed a peace deal.
**[39:16] Doudanuki**
But the condition was that the castle lord,
Shimizu Muneharu, commit seppuku.
**[39:22] Doudanuki**
The Sengoku Period was brutal.
**[39:25] Tsurumaru**
Muneharu left the castle on a boat,
wrote his final haiku, and cut himself open.
**[39:33] Tsurumaru**
The way samurai live and die
is always eye-opening.
**[39:38] Hasebe**
With this, the Battle of Bitchu-Takamatsu
concluded as it did in history.
**[39:43] Doudanuki**
So that's mission complete.
**[39:47] Shokudaikiri**
Let's return to the Citadel
and report in to Master.
**[39:53] Kanbei**
Oh, there you are.
**[39:57] Hasebe**
Lord... I mean, Kuroda Kanbei.
**[40:03] Doudanuki**
What do you want?
You gonna throw us in jail again?
**[40:08] Kanbei**
Allow me to first apologize.
**[40:11] Kanbei**
I'm sorry for suspecting you all.
**[40:14] Hasebe**
No need for apologies.
You didn't know who we might be.
**[40:19] Hasebe**
In your position,
what you did was the right choice.
**[40:22] Doudanuki**
So is that all you wanted?
**[40:27] Kanbei**
Actually, I have a request to make of you, too.
**[40:30] Tsurumaru**
Oh? What kind of request?
**[40:33] Kanbei**
The Hashiba army will leave here
at once and head to Kyoto.
**[40:40] Kanbei**
Hideyoshi-sama seeks to avenge
the death of our lord.
**[40:44] Shokudaikiri**
Avenge your lord...
**[40:46] Hasebe**
Kill Akechi Mitsuhide, huh?
**[40:51] Kanbei**
Yes. And in light of your skills,
I want you to be his bodyguards.
**[40:57] Doudanuki**
Us? Hideyoshi's bodyguards?
**[40:59] Kanbei**
With Nobunaga-sama gone,
we cannot afford to lose him, too.
**[41:06] Shokudaikiri**
But we're here on our own master's orders.
**[41:10] Shokudaikiri**
We can't accept another mission
without their permission.
**[41:16] Ookurikara**
Hey.
**[41:18] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah. Looks like they were trying
to figure out what we're doing.
**[41:22] Yamanbagiri**
Hasebe.
**[41:24] Hasebe**
I know. This isn't over yet.
**[41:27] Hasebe**
So we'll continue our mission,
as Master ordered.
**[41:46] Doudanuki**
They're not attacking yet.
**[41:48] Tsurumaru**
Yeah.
**[41:49] Shokudai**
But they are keeping an eye on us.
**[41:53] Ookurikara**
We're wasting time as bodyguards.
**[41:55] Ookurikara**
We can just go on the attack ourselves.
**[41:57] Hasebe**
Wait. It'd be risky to act when we
don't know what the enemy is planning.
**[42:02] Hasebe**
Who knows what kind of trap
they might have set?
**[42:05] Shokudaikiri**
Either way, it's unlikely that this
will go down without incident.
**[42:23] Shokudaikiri**
What's the matter, Hasebe-kun?
**[42:25] Hasebe**
Nothing.
**[42:37] Doudanuki**
You see 'em?
**[42:41] Doudanuki**
They really are keeping an eye
on us, but with just scouts.
**[42:47] Doudanuki**
Which means they'll
probably make their move...
**[42:50] Ookurikara**
...in the Battle of Yamazaki, where Hashiba
Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
**[42:57] Doudanuki**
Either way, our job doesn't change. Right?
**[43:02] Ookurikara**
We'll cut down the enemy.
**[43:04] Ookurikara**
That's all.
**[43:09] Shokudaikiri**
I can only watch in admiration.
**[43:12] Tsurumaru**
Yeah, same here.
**[43:14] Shokudaikiri**
They've been marching
without any breaks at all,
**[43:17] Shokudaikiri**
but neither Hashiba Hideyoshi nor
Kuroda Kanbei show any signs of fatigue.
**[43:23] Tsurumaru**
They moved such a large army across
a huge distance in just ten days.
**[43:26] Tsurumaru**
No wonder they're called the greatest
offensive force of the Sengoku Period.
**[43:31] Tsurumaru**
It goes to show why their names
went down in the history books.
**[43:39] Shokudaikiri**
We must keep them safe.
**[43:40] Tsurumaru**
Yeah, and we will.
**[43:46] Hasebe**
It's almost creepy how quiet it's been.
**[43:49] Yamanbagiri**
They are observing our movements, though.
**[43:52] Yamanbagiri**
But it seems they don't intend
to attack or make contact with us.
**[43:56] Hasebe**
There's no way it ends like this.
**[43:59] Yamanbagiri**
I know. This is your first mission as Attendant.
**[44:03] Yamanbagiri**
You must return to Master with news of victory.
**[44:07] Yamanbagiri**
That's for sure.
**[44:22] Yamanbagiri**
Once we cross that mountain,
we'll be at Mt. Tenno.
**[44:25] Yamanbagiri**
Mitsuhide is defeated there,
**[44:27] Yamanbagiri**
and Hideyoshi begins his march
to becoming the nation's ruler.
**[44:30] Yamanbagiri**
If the Time Retrograde Army
plans to move, it'll be there.
**[44:40] Hasebe**
About these latest appointments...
**[44:43] Hasebe**
At this rate, the frustration and regrets
from that defeat will remain unresolved.
**[44:50] Hasebe**
Not just for you, but also for me.
**[44:53] Hasebe**
To overcome that, you need to
return to the role of Attendant.
**[44:58] Hasebe**
You are the Attendant at our Citadel.
Fulfill your role, Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
**[45:06] Yamanbagiri**
I...
**[45:08] Yamanbagiri**
I lost sight of how an
Attendant is supposed to be.
**[45:11] Yamanbagiri**
If I'd stayed in the role,
I might've led us to another defeat.
**[45:17] Yamanbagiri**
That's why I made my decision.
**[45:20] Hasebe**
I don't have a solution to your problem.
**[45:24] Hasebe**
So you'll just have to find
it yourself... in battle.
***SIGN*** Shoryuji Castle
**[45:38] Soldier**
My lord!
**[45:40] Soldier**
The Hashiba army's march is not stopping.
The Saito squad has retreated from battle.
**[45:44] Soldier**
Matsuda Masachika-dono, Ito Sadaoki-dono,
and others have been killed, too!
**[45:49] Mitsuhide**
If this continues, morale will keep dropping.
**[45:53] Mitsuhide**
Well done, Hideyoshi-dono.
**[45:55] Mitsuhide**
I am impressed.
**[45:57] Mitsuhide**
But I'm not done.
**[45:59] Mitsuhide**
If I die here, I will have betrayed
Nobunaga-sama for naught.
**[46:06] Mitsuhide**
We'll abandon this castle and fall back to Omi.
**[46:10] Mitsuhide**
There, we will regroup
and prepare to fight again!
**[46:13] Retainers**
Sir!
**[46:29] Hideyoshi**
Their soldiers are falling back.
**[46:32] Hideyoshi**
Is Mitsuhide planning to abandon this battle?
**[46:36] Kanbei**
We cannot let him escape.
**[46:39] Kanbei**
Let's send a squad in pursuit right away.
**[46:41] Kanbei**
We must kill the traitor
Akechi Mitsuhide right here!
**[46:45] Hideyoshi**
Yes.
**[46:48] Hasebe**
Let's go.
**[46:49] Doudanuki**
Yeah.
**[46:50] Shokudai**
Are you all ready?
**[46:54] Tsurumaru**
The stage is set. It's showtime.
**[47:16] Samurai Hunter**
This guy's the Akechi lord.
**[47:20] Samurai Hunter**
His head will fetch a pretty price.
**[47:24] Mitsuhide**
Samurai hunters? Is this it?
**[47:30] Samurai Hunters**
Wh-What?!
**[47:34] Samurai Hunters**
The hell are you?!
**[47:47] Kanbei**
Halt!
**[48:02] Kanbei**
You guys...
**[48:04] Shokudaikiri**
Let us handle this.
**[48:07] Tsurumaru**
You go after Mitsuhide.
**[48:10] Kanbei**
Got it. I'm counting on you.
**[48:14] Doudanuki**
Great. We can finally fight the way we want.
**[48:19] Hasebe**
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro and I
will guard Kuroda Kanbei.
**[48:23] Hasebe**
Can you guys handle this?
**[48:26] Shokudaikiri**
Okay.
**[48:27] Tsurumaru**
I guess we could, yeah.
**[48:30] Ookurikara**
Go.
**[48:35] Doudanuki**
All right. Bring it already!
**[48:45] Kanbei**
Mitsuhide!
**[48:58] Mitsuhide**
None will stand in my way.
**[49:07] Hasebe**
Are you all right?!
**[49:08] Kanbei**
Mitsuhide!
**[49:09] Kanbei**
Why did you betray Nobunaga-sama?!
**[49:12] Mitsuhide**
Kuroda Kanbei...
You should be able to understand.
**[49:17] Mitsuhide**
When the nation is unified,
Nobunaga-sama's dream will be fulfilled.
**[49:22] Mitsuhide**
That would spell the end of my story
serving him as he chases his dream.
**[49:28] Mitsuhide**
I had no choice to take it from him!
I had to take the nation from Oda Nobunaga!
**[49:34] Kanbei**
Mitsuhide, some things
are beyond certain people.
**[49:38] Kanbei**
And for you, that is ruling the nation.
**[49:41] Mitsuhide**
You're the renowned genius strategist.
There may be truth to your words.
**[49:46] Mitsuhide**
However, I could not afford to sit still!
**[49:52] Kanbei**
It's not just you.
Ruling the nation is beyond me, as well.
**[49:56] Kanbei**
We're not built for it.
**[49:58] Kanbei**
And I have only met three men
in this world who can say they are.
**[50:05] Kanbei**
Oda Nobunaga, Hashiba Hideyoshi,
and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
**[50:10] Mitsuhide**
You have a keen eye.
**[50:14] Mitsuhide**
But even if my ambition is to die,
I don't want my life to end here!
**[50:26] Yamanbagiri**
That's a lot.
**[50:27] Hasebe**
Think you can take them?
**[50:28] Yamanbagiri**
Yeah. We can't let Kuroda Kanbei die here.
**[50:37] Hasebe**
What the...
**[50:44] Yamanbagiri**
What is this?
**[50:55] Hasebe**
A sight that would've surprised even
Tsurumaru Kuninaga if he were here.
**[50:59] Yamanbagiri**
Here it comes!
**[51:11] Doudanuki**
Bigger than the sum of its parts, eh?
**[51:24] Tsurumaru**
We should probably team up for this.
**[51:26] Shokudaikiri**
We'll keep it busy.
**[51:28] Shokudaikiri**
Hasebe-kun, you attack in the meantime!
**[51:33] Yamanbagiri**
Shokudaikiri!
**[51:35] Hasebe**
Help him!
**[51:51] Tsurumaru**
This is trouble.
**[51:58] Ookurikara**
I'll cut it.
**[51:59] Ookurikara**
Don't stop me.
**[52:01] Yamanbagiri**
If you don't want to be broken,
**[52:03] Yamanbagiri**
help me out.
**[52:05] Ookurikara**
What's your plan?
**[52:07] Yamanbagiri**
Inside that thing is Akechi Mitsuhide,
possessed by the Time Retrograde Army.
**[52:12] Yamanbagiri**
I'll be the decoy and create
an opening in that monster.
**[52:15] Yamanbagiri**
You find Akechi Mitsuhide
inside and drag him out.
**[52:20] Doudanuki**
No need to go it alone.
**[52:22] Shokudaikiri**
The more distractions, the better.
**[52:25] Tsurumaru**
Yeah.
**[52:26] Tsurumaru**
Let's give that monster a big old surprise.
**[52:29] Hasebe**
Ookurikara, can you do it?
**[52:32] Ookurikara**
Of course.
**[52:58] Hasebe**
Now!
**[53:12] Ookurikara**
There he is.
**[53:30] Hasebe**
Did we get it?!
**[53:41] Tsurumaru**
Looks like we need one last push.
**[53:45] Doudanuki**
All right! Let's finish this up!
**[53:49] Yamanbagiri**
Here I go!
**[54:26] Doudanuki**
Was that the last one?
**[54:30] Shokudaikiri**
Looks like it.
**[54:33] Tsurumaru**
We're out of steam, too.
**[55:02] Mitsuhide**
Kanbei-dono.
**[55:05] Kanbei**
Mitsuhide-dono.
**[55:09] Mitsuhide**
It was a most enjoyable time, following
Nobunaga-sama as he chased his dream.
**[55:16] Kanbei**
I must say I agree.
**[55:19] Mitsuhide**
My friends, who lived through
an age of war with me.
**[55:22] Mitsuhide**
I lived a wonderful life.
**[55:24] Mitsuhide**
You have my thanks.
**[56:01] Hasebe**
That concludes my report on this mission.
**[56:05] Hasebe**
After the Battle of Yamazaki,
Hashiba Hideyoshi aims to unify the nation.
**[56:11] Hasebe**
The series of events that started
with the Honnoji Incident
**[56:14] Hasebe**
have all gone according to history.
**[56:33] Mikazuki**
There!
**[56:39] Tsurumaru**
You got me.
**[56:40] Tsurumaru**
That's one of the Five Great Swords for you.
**[56:46] Mikazuki**
If you went all-out,
I doubt I could defeat you yet.
**[56:49] Mikazuki**
I have made progress, though,
and not just with sparring.
**[56:55] Mikazuki**
I've learned a lot about farm work and
tending to the horses from everyone here.
**[57:01] Mikazuki**
Each day since I manifested has
been full of new things to learn.
**[57:06] Maeda**
Hasebe-san.
**[57:09] Maeda**
Did you finish reporting to Master?
**[57:12] Hasebe**
Yeah.
**[57:13] Mikazuki**
Oh, Heshikiri Hasebe. Have you
gotten used to being Attendant yet?
**[57:22] Tsurumaru**
Why the long face?
**[57:25] Hasebe**
If it's what Master wants,
I'll even do my best as Attendant.
**[57:30] Hasebe**
But...
**[57:32] Mikazuki**
Everyone in this Citadel, me included,
is inexperienced as a Sword Warrior.
**[57:39] Mikazuki**
All of this is new to us,
and sometimes we will fail.
**[57:49] Maeda**
I wonder what's up with Hasebe-san.
**[57:51] Tsurumaru**
Oh, he just has a lot on his plate.
**[58:03] Saniwa**
I see. I may have made the wrong call.
**[58:10] Mikazuki**
Everyone makes mistakes.
**[58:13] Saniwa**
I understand where Heshikiri
Hasebe is coming from.
**[58:17] Saniwa**
But I felt it would be cruel to ask Yamanbagiri
Kunihiro to continue as Attendant.
**[58:24] Saniwa**
The role of Attendant may
end up vacant if this continues.
**[58:28] Saniwa**
If only there were
someone else up to the task...
**[58:33] Mikazuki**
That would not solve the matter at hand.
**[58:36] Mikazuki**
But going from Heshikiri Hasebe back to
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro would also cause issues.
**[58:44] Mikazuki**
In that case, Master,
**[58:47] Mikazuki**
how about I take on the role temporarily?
**[58:52] Saniwa**
Oh? You want to be Attendant,
Mikazuki Munechika?
**[58:56] Mikazuki**
Yes. Having only manifested recently,
my sword skills are not yet up to par.
**[59:03] Mikazuki**
But, old as I am, I may be able to pass down
my experiences to the younger swords.
**[59:08] Mikazuki**
It will look like I stole the role of
Attendant from Heshikiri Hasebe,
**[59:13] Mikazuki**
but I do not mind playing the villain
if it helps the Citadel as a whole.
**[59:19] Mikazuki**
When the time is right, you can just
reinstate Yamanbagiri Kunihiro as Attendant.
**[59:24] Mikazuki**
I'm sure that time is not too far away.
**[59:38] Hasebe**
Mikazuki Munechika as Attendant?
**[59:41] Mikazuki**
This was my idea, and Master agreed to it.
**[59:46] Mikazuki**
If you have any objections,
Master will gladly hear you out.
**[59:52] Hasebe**
I have none. I would've suggested
it to Master if you hadn't.
**[59:58] Hasebe**
Master, I thank you deeply for
taking my feelings into account.
**[1:00:04] Hasebe**
I'll make sure that this decision
benefits the Citadel in the long term.
**[1:00:09] Hasebe**
And I'll continue to do my best so I can
be Attendant fair and square someday.
**[1:01:10] Kanbei**
You...
**[1:01:12] Kanbei**
Are you the foreigner who
was with Nobunaga-sama?
**[1:01:15] Yasuke**
Nobunaga... sama...
**[1:01:18] Kanbei**
What happened?
**[1:01:19] Yasuke**
I don't know, but Ranmaru
fought to save Nobunaga-sama.
**[1:01:26] Yasuke**
We fought the dark ones to
try to save Nobunaga-sama.
**[1:02:46] Souza**
Is this...
**[1:03:03] Souza**
A dream...
**[1:03:05] Souza**
of Honnoji that day!
**[1:03:19] Fudou**
Where am I?
**[1:03:20] Mikazuki**
Welcome to our Citadel.
**[1:03:23] Fudou**
Citadel?
**[1:03:25] Mikazuki**
You were awakened by the Saniwa
and have manifested as a Sword Warrior.
**[1:03:31] Fudou**
A Sword Warrior... I see.
**[1:03:35] Fudou**
So you're my new master.