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E4 - The Gateway to the Past

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    She's got real sense for her age.
[00:05] ---
    Yeah, that's quite amazing.
[00:07] ---
    Her form is quite good, too.
[00:09] ---
    And since she's so young,
    she's a fast learner.
[00:12] ---
    BOUNTY HUNTER - MOROHA
[00:12] ---
    Yeah? You all keep saying I'm young,
[00:15] ---
    but in this era
    I'm way older than all of you!
[00:18] ---
    Well, that's impossible.
[00:18] ---
    HIGURASHI FAMILY'S CAT - BUYO
[00:20] ---
    But it's true.
[00:22] ---
    But it's true.
[00:22] ---
    I'm probably around 450 years older
    than everyone here.
[00:28] ---
    Everyone's looking so energetic.
[00:29] ---
    MEI'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER - GRANDPA
[00:31] ---
    Good morning, Grandpa.
[00:33] ---
    Looks like you're fitting in quite well.
[00:36] ---
    It's been a few days, after all.
[00:38] ---
    I see. Since you're doing so well,
    I have a gift for you.
[00:41] ---
    What? You're giving me something?
[00:44] ---
    It's a mummified foot of a Kappa
    that brings good fortune.
[00:47] ---
    Take good care of it, okay?
[00:49] ---
    But this is such a precious item!
[00:50] ---
    So you understand its value!
[00:52] ---
    Kagome has such a good daughter.
[00:57] ---
    Thank you, Kagome!
[01:00] ---
    I still have some life left in me!
[01:01] ---
    Oh? So it's finally noticed
    our presence, huh?

[02:48] ---
    THE GATEWAY TO THE PAST
[02:50] ---
    "The Gateway to the Past"
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    SAINT GABRIEL ACADEMY
[02:53] ---
    SAINT GABRIEL ACADEMY
[02:54] ---
    I've decided to return to
    the Feudal Era.

[02:57] ---
    If Setsuna and Moroha
    are from the Feudal Era,

[03:00] ---
    then the forest that I grew up in
    would also be there.

[03:06] ---
    That means I raised here,
    but was born in the Feudal Era.

[03:11] ---
    14 YEAR OLD GIRL - TOWA HIGURASHI
[03:12] ---
    I only have gratitude for Papa Sota
    for raising someone like me.

[03:16] ---
    But I can't...
[03:17] ---
    Miss Towa Higurashi.
[03:19] ---
    TOWA'S HOMEROOM TEACHER
    OSAMU KIRIN
[03:19] ---
    Stand up, please.
[03:21] ---
    Yes.
[03:22] ---
    Mr. Osamu Kirin.
[03:24] ---
    Daydreaming won't help you
     understand this context.
[03:28] ---
    Please read from line 23.
[03:32] ---
    "I'm going to visit Kyoto next year."
[03:35] ---
    But learning English probably won't be
     that useful in Feudal Japan...

[03:41] ---
    HIGURASHI
    SOTA, MOE, TOWA, MEI
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    DEMON SLAYER - SETSUNA
[03:53] ---
    DEMON SLAYER - SETSUNA
[03:56] ---
    What can I do so
    Setsuna can sleep again?

[04:00] ---
    What do we do to get
    Setsuna's dreams back?
[04:03] ---
    It goes without saying, Towa.
    We gotta capture the Dream Butterfly.
[04:08] ---
    And where is this butterfly?
[04:10] ---
    Who knows?
    But it's definitely not here.
[04:15] ---
    We must hurry back to
     the other world.
[04:17] ---
    Yep. Get back there,
    get the butterfly. Easy-peasy.
[04:22] ---
    Easy?! Just how are we supposed to
    get to the other world?!
[04:26] ---
    Oh, right.
[04:27] ---
    But don't sweat it.
    It'll turn out okay somehow.
[04:32] ---
    It doesn't matter if I dream or not.
[04:35] ---
    It's not like I have ever suffered from it.
[04:41] ---
    Bravo!
[04:43] ---
    To master this in such a short time!
[04:43] ---
    TOWA'S ADOPTIVE MOTHER - MOE HIGURASHI
[04:46] ---
    It's only thanks to the teacher...
[04:48] ---
    You're a prodigy that comes once in a hundred,
    no, once in five hundred years!
[04:53] ---
    You can probably become
    a worldwide violinist like me some day.
[04:57] ---
    Setsuna.
[04:59] ---
    What is it?
[05:01] ---
    Moroha is calling for you.
[05:03] ---
    Oh, really?
[05:04] ---
    TOWA'S STEPSISTER - MEI HIGURASHI
[05:05] ---
    She said she found a way back home.
[05:08] ---
    There we go.
[05:13] ---
    Yo, Setsuna! Rejoice.
    I found a way to get back to...
[05:16] ---
    Hey, what's with the clothes?
[05:19] ---
    You actually look pretty good!
[05:22] ---
    I'll kill you.
[05:23] ---
    So you found a means to get back?
[05:26] ---
    I sure did.
[05:27] ---
    The thing that stole our demon energy
    back in the rainbow corridor
[05:33] ---
    is a demon named Root Head.
[05:35] ---
    Root Head?
[05:37] ---
    It got tangled with the roots
    of the Tree of Ages,
[05:40] ---
    and created a time-traveling corridor.
[05:43] ---
    I see. You researched well.
[05:45] ---
    I didn't research it. I asked it myself.
[05:49] ---
    The root looked pretty bored,
    so I asked it some questions
[05:52] ---
    and then it wouldn't stop talking.
[05:55] ---
    Anyway, we can get back to the other world
    by negotiating with Root Head.
[06:00] ---
    I see. I suppose we can try it.
[06:03] ---
    So, what is this?
[06:05] ---
    Oh, this?
[06:07] ---
    Just a few things that
    we'll be able to use over there.
[06:12] ---
    NEW SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY
[06:12] ---
    Whoops.
[06:14] ---
    NEW SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY
[06:14] ---
    What the heck is this? Oh well.
[06:16] ---
    Into the bag it goes!
[06:18] ---
    Oh, and take a look at this!
[06:21] ---
    This is the bounty that'll buy me lunch.
[06:25] ---
    Let's see, what else is there?
[06:27] ---
    How did this all fit in?
[06:29] ---
    Who knows?
[06:30] ---
    What's everyone up to?
[06:33] ---
    Welcome home.
[06:34] ---
    Thank you.
[06:35] ---
    I'm home, Mei.
[06:37] ---
    Guess what?
    Moroha found a way back home.
[06:41] ---
    TOWA'S ADOPTIVE FATHER
    SOTA HIGURASHI
[06:41] ---
    That's amazing.
[06:42] ---
    Did you really?
[06:43] ---
    That backpack!
    It looks just like Kagome's.
[06:49] ---
    Wouldn't all of that stuff
     risk changing history?
[06:52] ---
    Don't worry. We can just say
    it's demon magic or ninjutsu or something.
[06:56] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[06:59] ---
    Please take care of this!
[07:02] ---
    What?!
[07:02] ---
    RECEIPT
[07:03] ---
    RECEIPT
     W-When did she...
[07:05] ---
    It's just some modest shopping
    for your cute niece.
[07:10] ---
    Yeah, real cute...
[07:12] ---
    All right. Preparations complete.
[07:15] ---
    Time to make our grand return
    to the feudal age!
[07:29] ---
    Papa Sota.
[07:30] ---
    Towa.
[07:31] ---
    Grammy said you were here.
    Can I talk to you?
[07:35] ---
    Of course. What is it?
[07:39] ---
    What a pretty person.
    Is she your older sister?
[07:43] ---
    Yes, her name's Kagome.
[07:46] ---
    What kind of person was she?
[07:47] ---
    Let's see.
[07:48] ---
    She was always causing a ruckus,
    but for different reasons than yours.
[07:53] ---
    I'm sorry for troubling you all the time.
    I'm always so selfish...
[08:00] ---
    You're just like her.
    And she also went to the Feudal Era...
[08:05] ---
    How did you...
[08:06] ---
    You want to go with them, don't you?
[08:10] ---
    But you raised me until now, and...
[08:13] ---
    Don't worry about it.
[08:15] ---
    I knew this day would come
    sooner or later.
[08:19] ---
    Ever since I found you barefoot
    in front of the Sacred Tree.
[08:24] ---
    Even if I'm here,
    I'll cause nothing but trouble for you.
[08:30] ---
    I'm telling you,
    you don't have to worry about it.
[08:34] ---
    Be safe, okay, Towa?
[08:39] ---
    Thank you.
[08:41] ---
    I'll be off then... Dad.
[08:47] ---
    Moroha, the Elder's Association
    would like to give you a parting gift.
[08:52] ---
    That's awesome.
    Tell them I said thanks!
[08:56] ---
    Moroha.
[08:57] ---
    MEI'S GRANDMOTHER
    GRAMMY
[08:58] ---
    Give my regards to Kagome
    if you see her.
[09:01] ---
    Uh, sure.
    Even though I don't really know her.
[09:05] ---
    To send off a once-in-five-hundred-year prodigy
    to the Feudal Era...
[09:10] ---
    Take care of the violin, okay?
[09:13] ---
    Oh, this. I'll play it on nights
    when I can't fall asleep.
[09:16] ---
    I'm leaving then.
[09:17] ---
    Be careful.
[09:19] ---
    Sis, please come back, okay?
[09:22] ---
    You have to come back!
[09:24] ---
    You too, Setsuna and Moroha.
    Everyone has to come home here.
[09:35] ---
    Hup!
[09:36] ---
    Thank you, Mei.
[09:38] ---
    I can't make any promises,
    but I'll do my best.
[09:41] ---
    Just promise me!
[09:44] ---
    All right. I'll come home once
    we get Setsuna's dreams back.
[09:48] ---
    Come on, promise her,
    both of you!
[09:51] ---
    The feudal age isn't
    some fairy-tale world.
[09:54] ---
    If you're not prepared to die...
[09:55] ---
    I am prepared.
    But it's not for death.
[09:59] ---
    I can keep my head
     and come back here safe.
[10:05] ---
    All right, let's get going already.
[10:11] ---
    Hey, Root Head! We have
    something you can't get from this era.
[10:15] ---
    Three coveted Rainbow Pearls
    stuffed with demon power!
[10:24] ---
    If you let us pass through
    to the Feudal Era,
[10:26] ---
    we'll give you the
    Gold, Silver, and Red Rainbow Pearls.
[10:31] ---
    How's that, Root Head?
[10:39] ---
    All right. I shall allow you to pass.
[10:47] ---
    Lady Kaede, that light!
[10:50] ---
    Indeed.
[10:51] ---
    That's the light from the Sacred Tree.
[10:53] ---
    Could Setsuna be returning here?
[10:53] ---
    VILLAGE
    ELDER PRIESTESS
    KAEDE
[10:53] ---
    MASTER OF HIRAIKOTSU
    HISUI
[10:56] ---
    That may be so.
[10:58] ---
    Kirara.
[10:59] ---
    CAT DEMON
    KIRARA
[11:00] ---
    I'll go notify Uncle.
[11:06] ---
    There it is!
[11:07] ---
    It's the same as back then.
[11:12] ---
    Hey, that's mine!
[11:14] ---
    - Wait!
    - Hey!
[11:16] ---
    Give it back!
[11:17] ---
    Hey!
[11:24] ---
    Thank you, everyone.
[11:27] ---
    I'm heading out now.
[11:29] ---
    It's a promise, okay?
[11:31] ---
    I love all of my sisters, okay?
[11:39] ---
    I'm sure they'll come home.
[11:41] ---
    Because all of them are family, after all.
[11:44] ---
    They're all my adorable
     great-grandchildren.
[11:46] ---
    Yes.
[11:48] ---
    They really are.
[11:52] ---
    That's right.
[11:54] ---
    I must've passed through
    this corridor when I was four.

[11:59] ---
    The Feudal Era is just ahead...
[12:01] ---
    That's where Setsuna's
    dreams were stolen.

[12:04] ---
    I'll definitely get them back for her!
[12:07] ---
    Moroha, was it really okay
    to make such a promise to Root Head?
[12:11] ---
    It's fine.
[12:12] ---
    If it comes to it,
    I could just slay Root Head.
[12:16] ---
    Huh?
[12:17] ---
    Setsuna, did you just call me
    by my name?
[12:22] ---
    What of it?
[12:25] ---
    Nothing at all! This isn't so bad.
[12:27] ---
    It is bad!
    You need to keep your promises.
[12:30] ---
    Lies are bad.
[12:31] ---
    It wasn't a lie, it was a means to an end.
[12:45] ---
    A decade's worth of time has passed.
[12:47] ---
    The Half-Demon Princesses
    travel under my feet.
[12:51] ---
    If my predictions are correct,
    those three will save the world.
[12:58] ---
    For now, I shall let Root Head dream.
[13:05] ---
    This is the Feudal Era?
[13:07] ---
    No, something's not right.
[13:09] ---
    Stay alert.
[13:10] ---
    Moroha, I bet you had us
    take the wrong path.
[13:13] ---
    There is no wrong path
    because it's only one path!
[13:16] ---
    Towa, now is a good time to warn you.
[13:19] ---
    In the feudal age,
    there is no room for "hesitation."
[13:22] ---
    R-Right...
[13:23] ---
    If you don't kill your enemy,
    they will kill you.
[13:27] ---
    If it's just you, then it's fine.
[13:29] ---
    But we can't have you
    dragging us down with you!
[13:34] ---
    Geez, all right.
[13:35] ---
    Both of you.
[13:38] ---
    What is this place?
[13:47] ---
    You've done well to come here,
    Half-Demon Princesses.
[13:51] ---
    You've done well to come here,
    Half-Demon Princesses.
[13:54] ---
    Half-Demon Princesses?
    Are you referring to us?
[13:57] ---
    Is this Root Head?
[13:59] ---
    No, it's not.
    I don't sense any demon energy.
[14:02] ---
    Who are you?
[14:03] ---
    SPIRIT OF THE TREE OF AGES
[14:03] ---
    SPIRIT OF THE TREE OF AGES
[14:04] ---
    SPIRIT OF THE TREE OF AGES
    I am the Tree of Ages.
[14:07] ---
    Is the Tree of Ages
    supposed to look like a priestess?
[14:10] ---
    No, this is a borrowed appearance.
[14:13] ---
    It appears this form was created
[14:15] ---
    from the spirit of the Arrow of Sealing
    that was stuck on my trunk.
[14:22] ---
    I believe the priestess' name was Kikyo.
[14:27] ---
    Kikyo?
[14:28] ---
    Are you the one who summoned us here?
[14:31] ---
    Yes. Daughters of Sesshomaru,
    I have a request for you.
[14:36] ---
    Ah-ha! So you are Sesshomaru's...
[14:39] ---
    But hey, wait a second.
[14:41] ---
    Sorry, but I'm not Sesshomaru's daughter.
[14:44] ---
    Listen to my tale until the end, Moroha.
[14:48] ---
    H-How did she know my name?
[14:51] ---
    So what's this request?
[14:53] ---
    I would like you to slay a certain demon.
[14:56] ---
    You got it! It's Root Head, right?
[14:58] ---
    No. Root Head means nothing to me.
[15:02] ---
    The demon I would like you to slay
    is the Beast King Kirinmaru.
[15:06] ---
    Kirinmaru?
[15:07] ---
    He is attempting to twist time,
[15:09] ---
    swallow this world
    into the degenerate age,
[15:12] ---
    and return it to nothingness.
[15:15] ---
    Kirinmaru is a king who,
    alongside the Great Dog-Demon,
[15:18] ---
    had long reigned over the demon beasts.
[15:22] ---
    Kirinmaru ruled in the East,
[15:24] ---
    while the one who held the West
    was your grandfather,
[15:28] ---
    the Great Dog-Demon.
[15:30] ---
    The Great Dog-Demon, huh?
    I see, it's a name that I've heard of.
[15:36] ---
    Equal in strength,
    the two warriors ruled their lands
[15:39] ---
    while keeping watch over the other
    to maintain the balance in power.
[15:44] ---
    However, your father Sesshomaru
[15:47] ---
    renounced his Great Dog-Demon title
    and walked his own path.
[15:53] ---
    Taking that as an opportunity,
[15:56] ---
    Kirinmaru plots to plunge
    this world into devastation.
[15:59] ---
    The power to travel across time
     would be necessary to fight him.
[16:04] ---
    So that's where we come in.
[16:06] ---
    Yes.
[16:08] ---
    As ones with deep ties to
     the Great Dog-Demon,
[16:11] ---
    you three must slay Kirinmaru.
[16:14] ---
    You will agree to this, won't you,
    Half-Demon Princesses?
[16:17] ---
    I'm all for it!
[16:19] ---
    But when I succeed,
    I'll be collecting a worthy bounty.
[16:23] ---
    And you, daughters of Sesshomaru?
[16:26] ---
    I refuse.
[16:28] ---
    Huh?!
[16:29] ---
    You will not do it?
[16:31] ---
    I will not.
[16:32] ---
    I decline to accept.
[16:34] ---
    For what reason?
[16:35] ---
    First, I do not know this Sesshomaru
    who you claim is my father.
[16:40] ---
    Why in the world must we atone for
    such a demon's failure?
[16:45] ---
    If Kirinmaru must be defeated,
    then have that Sesshomaru deal with it.
[16:51] ---
    Tree of Ages,
    you're asking the wrong people.
[16:57] ---
    I was right to place confidence in you.
[17:01] ---
    Sesshomaru cannot defeat Kirinmaru.
[17:04] ---
    That is because these two Beast Kings
    currently walk the same path.
[17:09] ---
    If you defeat Kirinmaru,
    Sesshomaru will emerge.
[17:12] ---
    Similarly, if you defeat Sesshomaru...
[17:15] ---
    In other words, you must defeat them
    at the same time.
[17:19] ---
    At the same time?
[17:21] ---
    You are not atoning for
    Sesshomaru's failure.
[17:25] ---
    I'm telling you to defeat two demons
    who have taken the wrong path.
[17:29] ---
    Then that's more reason we can't accept
    what you're asking us to do.
[17:34] ---
    Even if we've never met him,
    Sesshomaru is our father, right?
[17:39] ---
    Don't ask his daughters
    to do something like that!
[17:42] ---
    So the two daughters of Sesshomaru
    will not accept my request?
[17:49] ---
    Yes, that's exactly it.
    We do not accept!
[17:52] ---
    Oh, man.
[17:54] ---
    It seems you do not understand
    what will happen...
[17:57] ---
    if you disobey the Tree of Ages.
[18:00] ---
    I won't let anyone stop us
    from our own mission.
[18:03] ---
    Yes, we will do as we please.
[18:06] ---
    I ask one last time.
    Will you not slay him?
[18:10] ---
    I will not repeat myself.
[18:11] ---
    I have no doubts, either.
[18:12] ---
    Let us pass, or we'll cut you down.
[18:14] ---
    Wait, are we really doing this?
[18:17] ---
    Very well.
    Fate is a continuously spinning wheel.
[18:21] ---
    We shall meet again.
[18:23] ---
    What?
[18:24] ---
    What's going on?
[18:26] ---
    Awaken, Root Head.
[18:28] ---
    The Rainbow Pearls you desire
    are getting away.
[18:35] ---
    Lady Kaede.
[18:36] ---
    LEADER OF THE DEMON SLAYERS
    KOHAKU
[18:37] ---
    Could this presence be...
[18:38] ---
    Root Head's demon power is increasing.
[18:40] ---
    Root Head's demon power is increasing.
[18:41] ---
    What?
[18:43] ---
    It's too dangerous here.
[18:50] ---
    Hey, is everyone okay?
[18:51] ---
    Where is this?
[18:53] ---
    Dang it.
[18:54] ---
    The Tree of Ages sent us
    to where Root Head is, of all places.
[18:56] ---
    PLANT DEMON
    ROOT HEAD
[18:58] ---
    A promise is a promise.
    Hand over the three Rainbow Pearls.
[19:03] ---
    So this is Root Head.
[19:04] ---
    Sorry! We can't give you
    the Rainbow Pearls anymore.
[19:07] ---
    Then perish where you stand.
[19:10] ---
    Cyclone Burst!
[19:17] ---
    Crimson Dragon Wave!
[19:21] ---
    It'll never end like this.
[19:22] ---
    Root Head should have a weak spot.
    If we can find it...
[19:31] ---
    What? My energy blade is fading!
[19:34] ---
    Shit! Your demon powers
    are being drained!
[19:36] ---
    Can't you do anything, Moroha?
[19:39] ---
    That's right, I had this.
[19:42] ---
    Here we go!
[19:43] ---
    Here! Have a taste of a
     lucky kappa's foot!
[19:51] ---
    My powers are back!
[19:54] ---
    Thanks Grandpa!
    It really did bring me good fortune.
[19:58] ---
    We'll hit it all at once.
[19:59] ---
    Scourge of Swallows!
[20:02] ---
    Heavenly Arrow Barrage!
[20:10] ---
    That light is...
[20:12] ---
    Towa! Aim for the spot
    under that big eye!
[20:15] ---
    That's its weak spot. Finish it off!
[20:17] ---
    I won't let you.
[20:19] ---
    There, huh?
[20:21] ---
    Don't hesitate, don't
    hesitate, don't hesitate!
[20:28] ---
    What?
[20:29] ---
    What's that blue dragon?
[20:50] ---
    A-All good, Moroha?
[20:54] ---
    So this is the Feudal Era...
[20:56] ---
    Setsuna.
[20:57] ---
    Setsuna!
[20:59] ---
    I'm glad you're safe.
[21:00] ---
    Yes. I have managed to return.
[21:02] ---
    Well, thank goodness.
[21:04] ---
    I can't sense Root Head's demon energy.
    What happened?
[21:08] ---
    We defeated it.
[21:10] ---
    What? I-Is that true?
[21:12] ---
    O-Oh, that's right.
[21:15] ---
    If we defeated Root Head, how are we
    geting back to the modern era?

[21:20] ---
    Maybe this wasn't a good idea.
[21:26] ---
    Those girls have such fighting spirit.
[21:30] ---
    I am the Tree of Ages,
    and yet they refused my wish.
[21:34] ---
    Are you sure about this?
[21:37] ---
    If you forsake this girl,
    she will never awaken.
[21:50] ---
    I suppose this is one path as well.
[21:55] ---
    Perhaps staying like this
    would be best in the end.
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    Setsuna and I accept jobs to slay demons.
[23:34] ---
    While following a boy who collects bones,
    we run into Moroha.
[23:39] ---
    Moroha, your prey is here as well?
[23:41] ---
    As one of the Four Perils,
    Tokotsu's bounty is not just a bag of gold.
[23:45] ---
    He's worth at least a gold ingot.
[23:48] ---
    Come on! Let's split the bounty three ways.
[23:51] ---
    Next time on Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon:
    "Jakotsumaru of the Red Bone Palace"
[23:54] ---
    Moroha the Demon Killer,
    the one who murdered my father!
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