Wh-What are you...?
I won't let you get in the way.
Orochi-sama will rise again.
Why do you want the Orochi to be reborn?
The arrangements with Kagami for the prison escape are complete.
Only wardens who are loyal to us are left inside.
The rest are addicted to opium.
Whatever's next is up to you.
Poor things...
What do you think would happen if all those prisoners escaped now?
So you're behind this?
More precisely, I'm the one who made it happen.
If there are agents, both inside and out, it's much easier.
Why...? Aren't you a Kumoh ninja?
The Fuma have been Orochi-sama's retainers for generations.
The law of the clan is absolute.
Laughing Under the Clouds
ikon no uzu maku kugai ni sasuraedo
Even though wandering through the suffering world
full of swirling grudges
kowarenu kizuna wa kienai hikari
The unbreakable bond is an unfading light
hyakki datote yarusa
Even if I conceive a hundred demons
ikinuite mamoran
I must survive to protect you
aa kumori naki kokoro no houtou
Ah! With the unclouded treasure, the sword of hearts,
ten kazase
I hold it up to heaven
sho tte tateyo sekai wo
Stand up and support the world on your back
korogare yo jidai wo
Roll on to the new era
taiyou no gotoku kakugo moyasu
My resolution burns like the sun
asu no hai te de warau
I only wish that
omae dake negau
you laugh at tomorrow's end
ware koso atsuki yume tsugu mono
Only I can succeed in this passionate dream
Episode 10
White Darkness Returning
Comrades, why should we be the only ones who suffer?
We'll take back our freedom with our own hands.
This is the time to change our lives.
We'll make our suffering known with our revenge!
But you protected the Kumohs zealously!
Yeah, I did.
I protected Orochi-sama's precious vessel.
What do you mean?
Kumoh Tenka was not the vessel...
It's Kumoh Soramaru.
That's... How long have you known?
From the beginning.
Shirasu!
That symbol... You're an Abe familiar, huh?
No wonder you wouldn't die even when I stabbed your heart.
Hirari...
Are you all right?
I don't know who you are, but that's not how you treat a lady.
Bastard!
Please, run!
It's fine. I'll—
Run!
Like I'll do that! Now that I've finally found you,
I won't let you go.
Kill them. Don't let them escape.
Sorry, Tenka.
Enough. Let me go!
No. I'm not letting go.
Argh—!
I am not human.
Minions like them cannot hurt me.
Am I frightening?
No, you're beautiful.
What's wrong? Are you all right?
Shut up! Saying things like that so casually again.
Again? You know who I am?
I wonder...
Please, tell me. I've been dreaming of you my whole life.
What in the world are you?
Poor Hirari-dono.
Led by cursed memories of a past life
to search for me unconsciously...
As long as the Orochi exists...
As long as I exist... forever...
No matter where I am, you'll always find me.
Well, let's go.
We cannot let the Fuma have the Kumoh family swords.
Master!
What is it?
I'm busy right now. I need to find Takamine's attacker.
It was me.
Please, kill me.
Recently, things have been happening that I don't remember.
Things I've done that I don't remember at all.
Clothes splattered with someone's blood were in the closet.
That's why the one who attacked Takamine was...
I'm the vessel.
As Commander of the Yamainu, you can easily cut off my head, right?
I don't like this. Your smile is annoying.
I wouldn't ask you to do this if I had any other choice!
But...
Like I'll let you take over!
Why...?
You won't let your vessel die?
You think everything will be resolved if you die?
Do you want to die?
You said you'd take over everything. Didn't you, Soramaru?
Every time you came here, you smiled.
Even though you lost your brother, you never shed a single tear.
You fulfilled you duty as a Kumoh.
Everyone was impressed with your strength.
I'm sure there were those who were encouraged by you.
Have you allowed yourself to grieve, since your brother died?
I'm not the only one who's suffering...
Everyone... Chutaro... We've all just been depending on Shirasu.
I have to stand strong. I don't want to become weaker than this.
Rubbish.
Who decided that if you cry, you're weak?
There are moments that only you know.
Hold onto those memories and weep.
You can be strong after that.
Big Bro. You've always walked in front of me.
You protected me by being a guidepost so I wouldn't get lost.
I wanted to be like you.
Well said.
Commander! We're surrounded by Fuma ninjas!
Fuma?
I see. They're finally showing their true colours.
What do you mean?
Takeda, defend him to the death.
To think that I'd let the vessel live...
We finally agree, Tenka.
Commander, why did the Fuma appear suddenly?
Stay calm.
But—
You can kill them. You have my permission.
You're from the police, right?
Did something happen?
It's terrible! All the prisoners from Gokumonjo have escaped!
So we thought we'd ask Soramaru for help, but he's nowhere to be found!
He's not there...?
Where are you going?
I'm going to get help. What will you do?
I'll wait here in case Soramaru-kun returns.
Who's there?!
Shirasu?
Why are you here?
We meet again.
Huh?
What are you doing, Shirasu?
Unfortunately, I'm not Shirasu.
Though people often confuse us.
You're from Gokumonjo! Why do you have Shirasu's face?!
Because our mother had twins.
Twins...?
He's the one who led this attack.
You're lying!
He's my older twin brother and head of the Fuma.
He'd do anything for the Fuma.
No! He's my older brother!
Right, right.
He's also the one who killed your parents.
Bastard!
I thought I told you not to touch him.
What will you do if something happens to the Orochi residing inside?
Shirasu...
I have come to meet you, Orochi-sama.
Huh?
I am the 10th chief of the Fuma Clan, Fuma Kotaro.
I am also the chief, Fuma Kotaro.
Everything we do is for the rebirth of Orochi-sama.
No! The Shirasu I know...
Isn't like this...
Please calm down.
Well, you were together for almost ten years. Can't expect anything else.
I don't want to hear it!
It was nice of the most problematic one, Tenka, to die so unexpectedly.
Please, stop it.
You and Chutaro were wonderfully trusting pawns.
They retreated?
Why?
Don't tell me...
Commander!
Where's Soramaru?!
I'm sorry. They have him...
Soramaru is the vessel?
Inukai, prepare a squad and go to Gokumonjo immediately.
It might already be to too late.
Yes, sir.
I heard that the Fuma were destroyed,
but they did it to themselves to get close to the Kumohs.
If that's the case, then what are they after?
The Orochi's rebirth.
Soramaru is in the Fuma's hands?
Yes, with the Kumoh family swords.
Oh no...
I'll return to headquarters now. It looks like things will be getting busy.
This weather's giving me the chills.
Um, I wonder if my mummy's okay?
Did she go somewhere?
She went to the mountains to pick some wild plants.
The sky looks strange. I've never seen it like this, sir.
Forget that. Hurry up and get us some food.
What's with you, sir?! You said we were going to Kyoto so we crossed the mountains.
Now we're back in Shiga, tying ropes here and there.
Do you really want to take revenge, sir?!
Huh?
I want to avenge Tenny soon, sir!
If you have family, I'm sure you'd understand, sir!
I never had any family, ya know.
No matter where I went, I was always alone.
Hurry! Capture him before anyone finds out!
What happened?
Oh, Hirari-san! He escaped.
Did being together, for almost ten years, create an attachment?
Of course not.
Apparently, these swords can cut Orochi-sama from the vessel.
Oh?
It was cramped inside Gokumonjo, wasn't it?
It was nothing. Everything went according to our plan.
One would unify Gokumonjo and create an army...
One would gather information from within the Kumoh family and protect Orochi-sama.
Everything was for this day, ten years later.
We have eliminated everyone who opposed the resurrection of Orochi-sama.
Tell the rest of the world that the Fuma have been destroyed.
How ironic,
that Orochi-sama's vessel is from the Kumoh family, who has always been an enemy.
However, it seems it will be some time before Orochi-sama rises again.
We should go underground until then, to save our strength.
But that man gave us some trouble.
Kumoh Taiko?
He was vaguely aware of the relationship between Orochi-sama and the Fuma.
He was a man who was great enough to instruct the Yamainu.
It was hard work killing him.
Daddy!
Mummy!
Where are you?!
But that made it easier to gain the trust of the Kumohs.
That's true.
Did the escape of the prisoners go smoothly?
Yeah.
The man named Kagami had a role in it.
Him, huh?
With you, me and Orochi-sama, the world will know the name of Fuma once more.
The age of the ninja will return.
Now, we've got a tough job ahead of us.
Goodbye, Kinjo Shirasu.
I couldn't catch it again, sir...
Ya must've been really spoiled growing' up.
Yer brothers must've carried ya and held ya, doin' everythin' for ya.
Well, yer brothers have failed in raisin' a child, ya know.
Don't say bad things about my brothers!
Stop playin' around, ya spoilt brat.
Listen carefully.
There's someone from town over there.
The greengrocer lady?
We're gonna attack.
Someone who can't kill here won't be able to take revenge.
Oh, are those bandits?
Ya took too long, they beat us to it.
I can go from the other side!
Oh, those are good eyes, ya know.
Once ya decide to live for revenge, ya gotta do it or die.
Ya can't be spoiled no more.
Fer'get 'bout hope.
Yer own strength is all ya have.
Wh—?! What's this, bastard?!
Go.
Drawing attention to yourself again.
Calm down, it's just me.
Geez, running off on your own like that...
It's a big problem if you don't do what you're told...
Kumoh Tenka-san.
dokomademo hirogaru haiiro no sora no shita
Below a gray sky extending to the farthest reaches,
unmei wo seotte kono mi wo sasageteyuku
I offer you this body burdened by fate.
wakitatsu womoi wo kono sora ni sarakedasu no sa
I'll expose these emotions welling up in me to the sky.
mamorinuku mono wa sou sa
For the things we protect till the end, it's true that
asu ni tsunaideyukou
we shall form a link to tomorrow.
tatoe ima tsuyu to kietemo
Even now, if you disappear with the morning dew,
kimi yo kesshite akiramenaide
never lose your faith.
owaranai kanashimi nado nai koto wo kimi wa shitteiru
You're well aware there's no such thing as eternal sadness.