# E2 - 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?