I'll never be easily loved...
Am I just too clumsy?
That girl who looks good in pink...
Is that who you want?
Is red not good enough?
The rabbit with red eyes runs away.
Even though I loved you so much...
If I'm sad, I'm going to die.
The rabbit that you like...
...isn't on the moon. It's just a rabbit...
Manji...
Manji!
Manji, take this.
It's an antidote I learned from my mother.
It's made from pipevine and forsythia.
It's not going to work.
We don't even know what poison Shizuma used...
Just take it, okay?
Where do you think you're going?
I'm going to get a doctor.
Wait! Don't go wandering around alone!
I'll be right back!
Rin!
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At Arima hot springs for the month. No patients. - Kakushin, Town Doctor
A doctor wouldn't be any help, would he?
That's right.
Manji doesn't have a normal body.
A doctor can't do anything for him.
If there's anyone who could, it'd be someone the same way.
Like Shizuma Eiku...
But he's our enemy.
Young lady.
I figured it was you.
It's been a while.
Do you remember me?
What are you crying about out here this late?
Your light's just so bright...
There's no way this is going to work.
I'm aware of your situation. Come to my hideout.
I'll mix an antidote for you.
All right.
You're barefoot...
I was in a hurry... Guess it looks dumb...
Thanks for the sandals.
Not at all. This way's easier for me.
Now, let's hurry there and then hurry back...
...before ol' Kanji bites the dust.
You call Manji Kanji?
Oh, right, I sure do.
Your laugh sounds different.
Didn't it go, "Hyohohohoho" ?
Big Brother...
Machi.
Don't die...
Don't die.
Manji!
Do you know why Manji and I are immortal?
I heard it from Manji.
Yaobikuni put some bloodworms called Kessenchu inside you.
They are the Buddhist monks' ultimate means of prolonging life.
They can halt bleeding...
...and act in the place of destroyed tissue when their host is injured.
My body and his...
...are just barely held together by the patchwork of these vermin.
Bloodworm killer.
When I was wandering western China long ago...
...I happened to get a hold of this poison.
Its role is to undo the patches made by the bloodworms.
Then Manji is...
That medicine that looked like boogers worked...
I missed my chance to die again.
You're late...
I'll be waiting by the outer moat in Yotsuya.
Shizuma Eiku.
That idiot! This is why I tried to warn her!
U-Um, I left the letter there.
Yeah, thanks.
U-Um...
Who's the baby?
My grandchild. My son and his wife died before me.
I'm the only family he has...
I'm so sorry, miss.
He threatened to kill him, so I had to do this...
You don't have to apologize.
I'm sorry to get you wrapped up in this mess.
Miss...
I'm sorry, miss.
Just wait.
I'll go call for help.
W-Wait a second!
What are you trying to do?
Stop!
What are you doing, killing them?
Damn it, you're no samurai!
Die, you piece of shit!
What do you have to cry about? They were complete strangers.
It's not like that!
Why does someone with no blade...
Why did they have to be killed?
If you want to know...
...I will tell you.
Two hundred years ago, still during the Warring States Period...
...I served under a military commander.
My wife and friends all lost their lives because of him.
I was so devoted to him that I made my body immortal.
I killed at least one thousand opponents in battle.
But all that remained at the end of those long battles...
...was the Toyotomi clan's conquest subjugating society...
...and my lord's head rolling around in his fallen castle.
Now that Toyotomi has also perished, a thought occurred to me.
What exactly were the people who died in that war?
Only a handful get to win a war and leave their mark on history.
The losers, even the commanders, are nothing more than vermin.
And those who couldn't become commanders...
...were just pawns from birth.
Enemies. Allies.
We're all the same in the end.
You and I...
All of us are born as bugs and will die like bugs.
Sip it.
If fresh wounds come in contact, the blood will mingle...
...and in rare cases the worms can be transmitted.
Earn the right to be able to say life is precious.
I want you to gamble.
Live endlessly and witness endless death.
Then in time...
...you'll come to see that one woman's death isn't worth a second glance.
And if you're immortal, carrying out your revenge...
...will probably become simplicity itself.
Afraid?
What are you crying over in this cramped little shack?
Let's play outside.
The moonlight's just right for killing.
Isn't it, Shizuma?
Infinity.
I never hoped for anything from you.
If it was this easy to infect others with the worms...
...I never would have lost a single one of them.
I figured it out. The only thing I ever needed...
...was a person just like myself.
No way am I gonna play the part of your wife, dumb ass.
You don't know how to hold back, do you, man?
Manji, outside...
The old woman's done for.
The kid's fine, so go.
You scared of seeing tons of blood even now?
If you stay, you'll end up seeing something worse.
Go!
How can you move?
I diluted the bloodworm killer's effects, but you shouldn't be mobile so soon.
So it's called bloodworm killer, huh?
That stuff sure did wonders for my mood.
I wanted to talk to you again.
And I still want to know how you recovered so well.
Traditional Chinese medicine, I guess.
You knew.
It was a coincidence.
Well, at the time I didn't mind dying like that.
But I changed my mind.
Dying wouldn't seem right if it was you who killed me.
I was impatient too.
If we're both immortal, there has to be a twist to this ending.
This is payback for the poison.
I'll make you taste a level of agony no normal human could ever reach.
I'm looking forward to that.
I'm sorry.
I'll dig a grave for you later.
I'm truly sorry.
This isn't swordplay.
Not even a fight to the death.
You'll have to do better than that.
Same to you, asshole.
How many times do I have to suffer the pain of having my heart stabbed?
In the end, the only thing I can share with you is this suffering.
Right, Shizuma?
I'll ask you once more.
You have no intention of defeating Anotsu with me?
I harbor no grudge against him.
But whatever genius he may be, he's limited by his own mortality.
We're better qualified to control the ltto-ryu than he is.
What do you think, Rin?
Of course not, and I agree.
It seems a man has to stick by what he says in today's world.
Why?
Why don't you try to grasp what I say?
We seem to come from the same mold.
Just like me...
...it's in your nature to enjoy killing people.
Guys like us turn up sometimes.
We only truly feel alive when we see blood.
It's nothing to be ashamed of.
But you should give up on trying to stand above others.
There's one thing guys like us do once we come into power.
We massacre.
Well, what do you know...
They call you the Hundred-man Slayer, yet you're surprisingly sensible.
It's amazing.
Hey, thanks.
I'm not praising you...
I thought we'd be able to understand each other better...
Such a shame.
Manji, watch out! That's ...
I know.
If I can't win you over, you're nothing but a threat to the ltto-ryu.
Soon it will be dawn. From here on you'll have to put your life on the line.
Life on the line, huh?
That's a very human condition.
Shizuma!
Please die already.
You've lived 200 years, and if you haven't stood above others once...
...then you'll be a bug till the very end.
Golden Wasps!
I'll hack you apart, old man!
Manji!
You pushed too hard... Are you okay?
Keep your voice down.
It's killin' my ears.
Look...
Look at these wonderful worms...
Manji, this body's just like yours...
I'll tell you one thing while I still live.
If you want to find Anotsu Kagehisa, go to Fukagawa.
You might run into him, if you're lucky.
How do you know where he is?
Wait, Shizuma.
Answer one question before you go to sleep.
Why didn't you dodge my final attack?
Girl...
What you said before was true.
But I've become tired of living...
...as a bug.
Don't worry.
I'll look out for him until some nice person shows up.
Thank you.
Why did you make a grave for him too?
To " pay my respects for 200 years of life," I guess.
You know, he told me he'd make my body undying.
I figured if I was immortal like you...
...revenge and other things would be easier to do.
But at the time, I was...
...I guess, completely terrified.
Not getting to die...
Having to live forever...
Just what does that mean...
Say, Manji?
Dying without reaching your goal...
...or living a long time and then finding out you can't reach it.
Which is worse?
You wouldn't find that out till you die.
Sadly, I awakened...
Overflowing reality is just...
...more of the empty lies.
To be honest, I have to get ready for the next one.
The morning slides in from the window.
Regardless of what I see, I remember.
I remember...
The unchanging wind always...
...just said this as it passed by...
"What's needed for this endless journey?"
Where should I go?
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