Arata, my new Shinsho.
Please, hear my request.
Request?
Your words during the deliberation made me very happy.
That was when I knew
that your heart would open the path.
Open the path?
Until now, I have used the Amatsuriki
to keep the Hayagami together as one
and to control their Kamui.
However, now that I have fallen,
the Hayagami have been freed.
If the Sho who wield the Hayagami begin to use the Kamui freely,
that power will take control over the world, distorting justice,
and the people will cry out in agony.
This body, this life, is somehow still alive,
but for how long, I do not know.
No...
Arata.
Yes?
I want you to lead Amawakuni in my place.
And I want you to bring your Hayagami to me before my life runs out.
I can't.
I don't have any power.
I can't do that.
Please...
I can only
trust you.
Trust me?
The Reckoning
Lead a nation...
Can I really do that?
Of course you can!
Princess Kikuri trusts you.
I trust you, too.
And, I think you should keep the Hayagami carefully put away.
Put away? Where?
Let's see...
How about here?
People who have become Sho
can house the Hayagami within their bodies.
I-I see...
This is so freaky.
I can see the island!
So that's Gatoya?
Is something wrong?
No... Maybe I was imagining it.
Get moving!
So the new sinner is here...
with his tainted soul...
Don't leave my side.
Right.
Princess killer.
Him?
He's just a kid.
He brought a woman?
Killer.
He killed her.
He killed the princess.
He killed her.
That kid?
So you're the newbie I've heard about?
Heard about?
You're gonna give me your clothes and all your stuff.
All your stuff!
Bro, a hot girl! There's a hot girl with him!
Y-Yeah!
What should we do, Bro?
What do you mean, what?
Now's our chance.
First,
we take off the princess killer's head!
Master Arata!
That's it! Get him, Bro!
Hold on! Hey!
Master Arata!
That's my Bro!
So you're just a coward who does nothing but run?
I'm impressed someone like you was able to kill the princess!
No! I didn't...
Uh oh, it's starting!
The Reckoning!
It's the Hour of Reckoning! Run!
Hour of Reckoning?
Bro, hurry!
We'll finish this fight later!
Are you all right, Master Arata?
It ate them.
What was that?
That was The Reckoning.
Warden Tsutsuga's, that is.
Reckoning? Warden Tsutsuga?
What, were you sent here without being told what you'd be up against?
Warden Tsutsuga is the warden of this penal colony, Gatoya.
Once a day, he chooses two criminals from among us
and, as you just saw, "eats" them.
What happens to them?
My, now that I look closer, you're a good-looking boy.
That's the end of them, of course.
Well, there you have it.
Hey!
This is my fee for that information.
Well, good luck.
Just what is this place?
The Twelve Shinsho are returning to their own lands.
With the princess gone...
What's going to happen to us?
So there really is no record of that sword or its Kamui.
Akachi, you haven't left yet?
There's something I want to know first.
Why did you send that boy, Arata, to Gatoya?
I should've known I couldn't deceive you.
There's something I want to find out.
Once I know more details, I'll report to you.
I see. Well, I'll look forward to it.
But don't act on your own too much.
Yes, I know.
What's going to happen now?
Appear!
It still won't work.
Who's there?!
I found a great place!
Oh, it's you, Kotoha.
Ah, I feel alive again.
It looks like the pipes are connected to an underground water vein.
Oh, really?
Shall I wash your back?
That's all right! When did you come in, anyway?!
Ow...
What's wrong?
When we were attacked earlier, I sort of...
Leave that to me.
It's healed! How?!
You still don't have your memories back.
Women of the Uneme Clan are endowed with this power
to protect the Hime Clan masters they serve.
Please relax.
It feels warm.
I feel calmer.
It kind of feels like Mom.
Have you calmed down?
The Uneme power isn't just for healing wounds.
I was only thinking of myself.
She came with me because she trusted me.
Kotoha.
Yes?
Um, thank you for everyth—
That sound...
The Hour of Reckoning?!
Master Arata!
Kotoha! Kotoha!
Master Arata...
Kotoha...
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Excuse me, I'm looking for a girl who fell down here!
A girl with long hair.
Did anyone see her?!
Princess killer.
If we take off his head...
...we can get out of here.
Princess killer.
No! I didn't...
Damn it! Where'd he run to?!
That's one quick kid!
I couldn't save Kotoha.
My legs froze, and I couldn't move.
Why do you weep?
Who are you?
Are you not a Sho chosen by a Hayagami?
Why must a Sho weep?
How do you know that?!
Why do you weep?
Because I can't live up to the trust she had in me.
I couldn't save the one who trusted me.
Will you betray those who trusted you, as well?
Will you betray them, as well?
Will I betray them?
The people who trusted me...
That's... That's...
It's gone.
What are you doing?
If you're too loud, they'll find you.
Are you lost? Want me to show you the way?
Who are you?
I'm Osome. And you?
I-I'm Arata.
Hmm... Arata...
So if I take off your head, the big guy will approve,
and I can get out of here?
I'm kidding. That's just a stupid rumor.
Anyway, where's the girl who was with you?
I should've known. So she's the one who got lost.
Do you know something?
What if I do?
The information fee. Please, tell me!
They say Kanate took a girl who looked like her and went off somewhere.
Kanate?
The red-haired kid who attacked you.
He's a bad seed. You'd better hurry.
And...
You can have that for free this time.
Just get going.
Uh... Thank you!
I should know very well how painful it is
when you can't see the one who's precious to you.
Oh! So your name's Kotoha-chan!
Oh!
Kanate-san and Ginchi-san, thank you for saving me.
Hey, it was nothing.
But why did you save me?
Well, because...
Hey, Bro, I'm gonna get some food.
What're you talking about?
Be right back!
H-Hey, hold on! Ginchi!
Um... Where is Master Arata?
Go get 'er, Bro!
Kotoha...
Will Master Arata be all right alone?
I-I don't know what to do alone with a girl.
I'm gonna go check on Ginchi.
Don't you dare leave this room! Got it?
S-Sure...
I'm in over my head.
Ginchi!
You!
Hold on!
Shut up!
Is this your retaliation for before?!
No! I...
What did you do with Kotoha?!
I'm not giving the girl back to you!
A sword?! Where'd that come from?!
Are you in love with that girl, too?
No! It's not like that!
She's saved me so many times since I came to this world.
She's encouraged me so many times.
She trusted me.
So now it's my turn!
I will protect her!
Give Kotoha back to me!
Bro...
Are you okay, Ginchi?
You're... You're wrong, Bro.
Wrong? About what?!
We found you, Ginchi!
This is to thank you for before!
Damn, I hit him hard.
Is he okay?
Bluebeard Zanji's minion?
When I was in trouble, he got me out.
But then I blacked out and...
My ring...
They took it?
Sorry! Look after Ginchi!
Huh?
H-Hey...
When I was a kid, I was kidnapped by a gang of thieves.
That's where I met Bro.
But when the gang got into trouble,
I don't know why, but we were framed for what happened.
That's how we ended up in Gatoya.
My ring...
Mom gave it to me before we were separated.
It's my one and only treasure.
That's why he went to get the ring back.
Bro has always protected me.
We made a promise.
One day, we'll get out of here together.
Okay, all done.
Huh? Wow! It doesn't hurt!
Oh, good.
Thanks, Kotoha-neechan!
Not at all.
I'm glad you're okay.
I'm relieved that you're safe as well, Master Arata.
I wasn't sure at all if I could handle what the princess asked me to do.
But I'll try.
To live up to the trust that she had in me,
I'll definitely bring the Hayagami to her.
Okay! Let's see it through together!
Now that that's settled,
all that's left is to find a way to get out of here.
But to do that...
It's impossible.
If you're planning to do something to Warden Tsutsuga, it's impossible.
Warden Tsutsuga is a Sho who wields a Hayagami.
No way we can defy him.
A Sho?
Bro!
There.
Keep it stashed away from now on so nobody can take it.
Okay!
You took care of Ginchi for me. Thanks.
Kotoha says you saved her.
I should thank you.
That means...
We're even now!
Bro!
Do you really believe that you can get out of here
if you take off my head?
I have to get out of here!
For Ginchi, too!
That's enough! That's enough, Bro!
The Reckoning has begun.
This happens all the time. It'll be over in a—
Bro!
It can't be...
Bro!
Master Arata!
I'm going with you, Bro!
Master Arata, if we don't do something, they'll...
I couldn't move.
I couldn't move, again.
But he...
I'm going to save them!
I'll protect you, no matter what happens.
Bro, I don't want to! I don't want to!
You're not my little brother anymore!
But I have to go.
Please... Appear!
Awakening