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...
Anotsu Kagehisa...
You're no longer part of the Mutenichi-ryu.
You're on your way to becoming just like us.
Wind
Tea's ready.
That's not it...
I'm gonna leave it here.
Something's not right.
That's unusual, you handing off a job to someone else.
What a messed up kid.
Don't underestimate him.
He's the only kid who went up against the Hundred-man Slayer...
...and lived to talk about it.
Tai?
This is for you.
You take care then, Oren.
I'll come visit once in a while.
Okay!
Oren, you have a customer!
Okay!
Itto-ryu
There you are, sir.
What is it?
A courier was here, and he brought this...
The Shingyoto-ryu...
What is that?
If you'll excuse me...
I never suspected there was a school in this land...
...that walked the same path as our ltto-ryu.
What's the matter?
I'll play a song for you. Come here.
The flow...
Where you descend after being swept away.
This is the other side of the River Styx.
It really is unusual.
That you would hand a job off to anyone, that is, much less Shira.
Do you remember the girl?
Pardon?
You know.
Oh, that one!
The girl who pigged out on zenzai and got heartburn.
What, is something going on with her?
It's just that when I see someone like her...
...I start questioning what I'm doing.
Oh, I see.
You're totally clueless, aren't you?
Yeah.
That's just as well.
But you handed off the job...
...so why are we still out here dressed like this?
Because of the person I handed it off to.
You're late.
How'd it go?
I missed him.
He'd already left.
Even if we want to go after him, we don't know which way to go.
Oh, well...
It's not a rush job...
...so let's just relax and take our time with it, Hyakurin.
You killed her?
Yeah.
Shira, you swine...
The prostitute I first called on wouldn't talk, so... you know.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Why should you care about a leg-spreader or two?
We aren't amateurs...
...and aren't we supposed to keep the job first and foremost in our minds?
There's no need to quibble over how each of our jobs is done.
I-I want...
...to see Tai.
You cry easily enough as it is.
Why not just get some sleep at night?
Let's just stay like this for a while.
Otherwise, I feel like my heart's going to fall apart.
What Makie said to me is stuck somewhere in my heart.
Indeed, to the uninvolved...
...revenge is just pointless, unproductive murder.
It's not that I don't understand what he's trying to do.
But even after he said what he said to me...
Where am I supposed to go with these feelings?
You ran into Anotsu?
Well...
I've said this to you before...
Are the lives of your parents that cheap in your eyes?
I don't know what he said, but can a kid who's got her hands full with herself...
...afford to be swayed by her enemy's arguments?
I know that.
I'm ashamed of myself.
When I was fourteen, I wouldn't have hesitated at all.
It's been two years since then.
I've been careless these two years...
...and I've become such a coward.
That I'm comparing the lives of my parents with what he said to me...
I can't believe it.
No kidding. I'm shocked.
Are you awake?
Maybe it's about the right time to call it quits.
Kuroi Sabato, who killed your father...
...and Kawakami Araya and Shizuma Eiku, who tormented your mother...
...are all dead.
Manji...
There's always the choice to end it here.
Well, I'm not the one who decides that.
It's up to you, Rin.
Infinity.
What's this?
The guy who killed Oren was wearing a kimono with that design.
It's yours. Do what you want with it.
Hey, why lay her body out here of all places?
Don't you feel bad for her?
I chose the coldest place.
Because I didn't know when a certain idiot was coming back.
I didn't want to show you her body once it was rotting away.
This probably wouldn't have happened if you hadn't left.
Oren just wanted to be with you forever.
It really was just that simple.
Was that dream so extravagant? Was it asking too much?
So what if you're a swordsman? What did all that skill do for her?
In the end, all people with swords know how to do is walk over others.
I thought you knew that better than anyone!
You son of a bitch...
Never come here again!
Manji?
It's been a while.
I've decided to go on a journey.
But there's no actual destination.
I'm a priestess, so it's a journey of training to save the souls of the lost.
I thought I would bring him along with me in my travels...
But I guess Manji isn't here.
You're going to take Manji with you?
That's if he abandons the sword, shaves his head, and becomes a priest.
Of course, if he wishes to stay with you, I would not force him.
Manji might say he's going to go with you.
It's because I keep wavering.
I'll take you someplace special.
Here, Manji!
It looks great on you, Big Brother.
Y-Yeah...
His sister died because of him...
...and like a child, he said he'd kill a thousand villains as a tribute to her.
Somehow I understand the feeling underlying those words.
What is it?
Doubt.
Doubt?
He isn't sure what to do.
But that too is...
Rather, maybe that itself is the course the heavens have laid out for him.
Manji is just like me...
No, that's different.
Yours is not doubt. It's perplexity.
You lost the way you should go, and your heart is simply in vain disorder.
What divides doubt and perplexity is a firm strength.
Manji is a strong man.
Having that strength is what first allows you...
...to be in doubt over which path to follow.
You don't need a reason. Just live strong.
Then your path will open up on its own.
That idiot...
Where the hell did she go?
Manji!
Where the hell were you?
I was with Yaobikuni.
The old lady, huh?
She said to give you her regards.
Come on, let's eat quickly and get to training.
Did that old woman get inside your head?
Manju Dumplings
Food
The wind, eh? Looks like it's started to blow...
So a school that shares the motive of the ltto-ryu...
...would like to join you.
Indeed.
Therefore I intend to travel to Kaga soon.
During my absence, another would serve in my place. Is this acceptable?
It will have to be.
That is good news for myself as well.
The more who would reform the obsolescing way of the sword...
...in this time of peace the better.
If there are any good candidates at this Shingyoto-ryu...
...please recommend them as instructors for our Koukenjyo.
I will keep that in mind.
Continue surveillance.
Yes, sir.
What's wrong?
It looked like something's bothering you.
Just a little. I was thinking of my dead child.
No need to lie. If you don't want to tell me, don't say anything.
You're the one who asked.
Indeed I was.
Man, I can't stand guys who wear colored glasses.
You can't tell what they're thinking even if you look them in the eye.
He's here!
Hear me, you who left no corpse despite being given the death penalty.
The shogunate's enemy, the ltto-ryu...
...believes blindly in the power of the sword...
...and tries to create many warlike swordsmen in this era of peace.
A superb chance to eradicate them has finally arrived.
Soon, Anotsu Kagehisa will leave Edo to go to Kaga.
That is the time I shall move.
You...
...will go claim Anotsu's head.
The wind has blown.
Something occurred to me.
Even if the only one I hate is Anotsu Kagehisa...
...if someone gets in my way, I'll fight them too.
Even if they're someone's parent or sibling or husband.
If I think about selfish things, I start losing track of what I should do.
When I left the dojo...
...I had decided, "I can die so long as I get my revenge."
But you know, dying is such an easy thing to do.
If I just chose to die, what would the people I walked all over think?
If you can wake up every day, eat and sleep, have no desire or ambition...
...and keep smiling even when others trample you...
Unless you're that kind of person...
...I guess everyone has somebody hate them sometime.
If you really want to not be hated by anyone...
...you can't even fart on the side of the street.
All you're doing is trying to avenge your parents.
You should walk around with your head held high.
Yes, you're right.
My parents' lives are important to me.
Far more than the lives of complete strangers.
Maybe I shouldn't have said that.
Of course you should, stupid.
Okay, I made my decision!
Manji, I want to become at least a little closer to you...
...so I'll do my best to eat this grilled frog whole.
Manji, I want to become stronger, so don't go easy on me.
You said so yourself.
If it's not practice, you have to attack each other until you puke blood.
I'm really in the mood to make some bruises right now.
Idiot, if I don't go easy on you, you're gonna cry.
I won't .
I don't care if you beat me senseless.
But I'll attack you really hard too.
I see it!
Oren...
Miss Rin, are you able to defeat me?
You should die like a bug too.
Come, I'll destroy you.
Goodbye.
Let's go.
It's complete...
Dad, the Nagasaki store owner's here.
Okay, be right there.
Hey.
Rin.
Rin?
Not done yet...
Come on, let's eat.
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?