E4 - 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.