# 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.