You're just the same as Kadowaki and all those guys.
Ganging up on one person...
Just lay off already!
Appear...
Hayagami Homura!
Say "appear!"
Appear!
This light is...
Kamui!
It can't be!
Lord Kannagi's Homura is...
Subside.
I don't believe it. You're a Sho.
Lord Kannagi! The place is collapsing!
Hayagami
I still can't reach Arata.
Don't worry, Mom.
I'm sure his battery just died.
But Arata is so careful about that.
I could understand that happening to you, but...
Naked from the waist up? Seriously?
I heard he looks like an idol! Maybe he's filming a drama!
Filming?
Come on, Nao!
You're just forgetting about Onii-chan?
There he is!
Whoa, he really is naked!
Onii-chan?!
Arata!
Did you call me?
I can't find them.
Where did they run to?
That Kamui...
I can't believe it nullified Homura's flames.
Does this mean a new Hayagami has appeared?
This is the Goshintai that has been handed down by our ancestors.
It is called a Hayagami.
Hayagami... It's a god?
All the gods of Amawakuni exist in the form of swords.
The sword wielded by Lord Kannagi is one of them as well.
His sword is the god of flames.
And the light you produced that sealed it was also a Kamui, a great divine power.
A divine power? But why do I...
You have been chosen as a Sho, one who wields the power of the gods.
Chosen? Me?
Master Arata.
Your meal is ready. It's all things you like.
If you eat this, you might recall the memories you lost in the forest.
In her eyes, I look like him.
That Arata guy with the same name as me.
You're not hungry?
N-Not really. Sorry.
Master Arata...
Hinohara Arata...
To think that our Hayagami has chosen not my grandson, Arata,
but this boy who came from an unknown world.
Akachi, what do you want?
I believe this matter has been entrusted to me.
Yes, but the plan has been changed.
Bring him back alive.
He will be convicted before the people
to remind them of our authority as the Twelve Shinsho.
A trial, eh?
I'll ask you again. Where are they hiding?
I-I don't know! It's the truth!
Stubborn fool!
This is Lord Kannagi of the Twelve Shinsho.
I'm just a high school kid.
I'm supposed to just go to school, hang out with my friends...
Hinohara and I were never friends.
I won't acknowledge you.
Master Arata...
This tastes good even when it's cold.
You'll get your memories back.
Even if a wave recedes, it will eventually return.
There's no telling when the wave that's breaking now will return,
but it most definitely will.
I'm sorry. I thought that would make a good example,
but it didn't really work.
But if you just be yourself and don't panic,
your memories will return.
You're wrong.
I'm not the Arata you know.
I'm Hinohara Arata, someone from a world you don't know.
Yes, that's right.
Uh... N-No, I'm saying...
You were able to wield the Hayagami,
but you're from another world, right?
That was just a fluke or some kind of mistake.
Yes, you managed to wield the Hayagami by mistake, right?
Don't worry. I know you will return to normal.
I'll always be by your side.
And I'll always believe...
But, to stop the Kamui of one of the Twelve Shinsho...
Could this Hayagami be...
Huh? It's not here...
H-Hold on a second!
It's not here!
Huh?
Master Arata, where's the Michihi-no-tama I gave you?
Wh-What?
The one that looks like this.
It was a precious gift from Princess Kikuri.
Did you lose it?
Uh, well...
I'm sorry, I guess. Probably.
I guess I have no choice.
Now, don't lose this one.
Okay...
Master Arata, when you saved me from Lord Kannagi,
you were very dashing.
This is good!
That looks tasty.
Mistress Makari!
You will come with me. If you resist, I will kill the old woman.
Or...
Would you rather pick up where we left off?
Draw your Hayagami.
Draw my...?
Arata!
You won't draw?
Bind him!
Lord Yorunami.
It's been a long time since I saw the moons over the capital, Hiruko.
I just received word.
Yes. It seems he's been captured.
You already knew? Then, pardon my intrusion.
Such oppressive darkness.... What a terrible omen...
This is the darkness we have created.
Our nation is about to change.
Don't you screw with me,
Hinohara.
We will formally decide what to do with you at tomorrow's trial.
Murdering the princess is a serious crime.
I didn't kill her! I'm innocent!
I was in the Kando Forest...
Where your memories were devoured and you became someone else?
Then, who are you?
If this goes on...
Hey! You're the guy from before!
My room?
Hey, are you okay?
Why...
Why are you in my room?!
Why? Because you're there?
So, it's true?
Why did you kill the princess?!
Idiot! I would never do that!
You didn't kill her?
Of course not!
It was Kannagi who killed her!
Kannagi?
It was him?
The rest of the Twelve Shinsho just stood by and watched.
They're all accomplices.
The princess trusted the Twelve Shinsho above all, and they betrayed her.
They betrayed her?
I'll never forgive them.
They don't know how much they hurt her, how sad she felt.
Can I trust you?
Can I trust you and what you just said?
What's wrong with you?
I'm afraid to trust...
No, that's not it.
I'm afraid of my trust being betrayed.
So I'll never trust anyone again.
That so? Then, don't trust me.
It's like Gram said.
The more someone says "trust me," the less you can trust him.
So, you shouldn't trust me.
But it's gonna be a pain to both be named Arata...
Okay.
Call me Arata, and I'll call you Hinohara.
Let's go with that, okay?
You're...
Oh, also...
Are Gram and Kotoha okay?
Yeah, they have guards with them.
They haven't been taken.
I see...
Good...
Sorry all this is happening.
I don't know what I can do,
but I'll try to find a way to get us back to normal.
It's not your fault.
Whatever the circumstances, we're both worried
and alone.
You're right...
Oh, yeah...
Apparently, I've been chosen as a Sho.
What?
The Hayagami awoke.
It might be a fluke, though.
That's incredible! If you can use a Hayagami, you can fight them!
Fight them?
Yeah!
We can go back to normal, right?
Sure we can!
It's fading...
Arata!
Mom?!
Mom, I'm here! I'm right here!
Mom! Mom! Mom...
Is someone else in here?
J-Just talking to myself.
Mom, I'm here...
The trial for the assassination of the princess will now begin.
We, the Twelve Shinsho, as the faithful advisors to the princess,
will conduct the deliberations.
If any oppose, please raise your hand.
In that case, this court is now in session.
Master Arata...
This is a formal trial.
Even if he's sentenced, we have some time.
Kotoha, could I ask a favor of you?
Yes.
Arata of the Hime Clan is a heinous fiend who disguised himself as a woman
to succeed the throne,
and attempted to take the life of our august princess.
Using his privileged position in the Hime Clan
to commit murder is a very serious crime.
I didn't! Don't lie!
All of you, behold.
The princess used her Amatsuriki at the last moment to preserve her life,
and still roams the boundary between life and death.
Oh, she looks terrible...
That's
the princess?
It's a capital offense!
Kill him! Kill him now! Kill him!
There's no need for deliberations!
Kill him!
The death penalty for him!
Kill him! Kill him!
Silence!
We were present at the scene of the crime,
and we witnessed the whole tragedy.
We, the ones charged with protecting the princess,
deeply regret that we did not detect anything amiss and prevent the outcome.
So it's the same in any world.
Trust people, and you'll be betrayed.
Cut the crap... Just cut the crap!
You're the ones who plotted to murder the princess!
Are you saying that we, the ones who shared a deep
bond of trust with the princess, betrayed her?
It's true, isn't it?! What's this Twelve Shinsho crap?
I'll never forgive cowards like you!
You're all scum!
Did you ever consider the princess's feelings?!
How much do you think it hurt her
to be betrayed by people she trusted?!
How sad do you think she felt?!
You don't have the right to control the gods!
You're just traitors and murderers!
You little...
Are you so desperate to run from your sin?
So desperate you would say we betrayed her?
I'm so disgusted, I have no words.
Yes. Our grief knows no bounds.
You know nothing of how long we have served the princess.
Even our Hayagami weep.
How cowardly can he be?!
To call the Twelve Shinsho murderers is preposterous!
Execute him right now!
Kill him! Kill him!
What's with that?
We shouldn't get involved with him.
Poor thing.
What the hell? Stay away from him!
I will now deliver the verdict.
Arata of the Hime Clan,
you are hereby exiled to Gatoya.
How terrifying...
Gatoya, the ultimate hell...
Normally, you would receive the death penalty,
but that would not suffice for you.
Rather, you shall reflect upon your sin in your living hell.
Arata...
Arata, I will not kill you.
Not until I know what that Hayagami really is.
Mom...
Looks like she snuck in here hoping to see you.
Take her with you to Gatoya, just as she wished.
Kotoha!
Why would you do something so foolish?
I told you, I'll always be by your side.
But, thank goodness they didn't find this.
My bag?
And...
This.
The Hayagami?
A Hayagami is useless if not in the hands of its Sho.
Mistress Makari entrusted it to me.
If I have this, maybe I can break out!
Oh, that's right! Using the Kamui!
Appear!
Nothing's happening.
Why?
Damn it!
Arata...
What's going on?
Master Arata...
The light...
Princess Kikuri!
The princess?
So, we finally meet, Arata.
Arata, my new Shinsho...
Please, hear my request.
Request?
So you're the newbie I've heard about?
What was that?
Master Arata!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Will you betray them as well?
I will protect her!
Give Kotoha back to me!
The Reckoning
The Reckoning has begun...