# E3 - 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!