E8 - 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.