Well, then...
Please allow Hanada and me to accompany you, Shibukawa-sensei!
Osu!
Thank you very much!
--No... --Thank you!
Well, let's go!
--Sensei?! --Is something wrong?!
Sorry about that.
Tripping like this, just before doing battle.
How pathetic...
Not at all! In fact, we actually got to see something most rare!
It's not everyday you get to see the Shibukawa-sensei trip...
Well, let's go win this thing!
"Master vs. Monster"
Shibukawa-rou?!
W-why? It's almost as if my legs don't want me to enter the ring...
You will be unable to meet with danger.
You will not reach it, even if you do not realize the danger yourself.
"Goshin Aiki Jujutsu Main Dojo" You will not reach it, even if you do not realize the danger yourself.
Sensei! Mikoshiba-sensei!
What is true fighting?! What is true self-defense?!
Please! Please give me your wisdom!
Please! Tell me what path I must follow!
Raise your head, Shibukawa-han...
True self-defense...
If perfected self-defense is likened to the peak of sacred Mt. Fuji...
...then I've probably just arrived at the foot of the mountain.
If someone as resourceful as you devoted his entire life to it,
he could possibly make it to the eighth station...
Now, what is true fighting?
"Dodge like this, block like that..."
If you are a prisoner to such trivial techniques, you are a poor fighter.
If you fully understand true fighting and true self-defense,
techniques are unnecessary, Shibukawa-han...
Techniques are unnecessary...
Yes. You will be unable to meet with danger.
You will not reach it, even if you do not realize the danger yourself.
Shibukawa-sensei?!
I'm sorry you had to see that.
Is it the damage from the Orochi fight?!
No, don't worry about me. Please go on ahead.
All right...
It's only now that I understand what you said then, Master...
I guess that means I've perfected self-defense...
Nothing but uncertainty lies ahead...
Kagome, Kagome, the bird in the cage...
When will you come out?
Now this is really something...
This is pretty authentic, having something like this show up...
If I were a monk, I could probably turn back now...
But this is the hard part of being a martial artist...
Who stands right behind you now?
Match #2 of the semifinals!
"Shibukawa-Style Jujutsu Shibukawa Goki" On one side, a master who has taken an ancient martial art to its limit,
"Shibukawa-Style Jujutsu Shibukawa Goki" Shibukawa Jujutsu's Shibukawa Goki!
"Pit Fighting Jack Hammer"
On the other side, a man with no tomorrow,
"Pit Fighting Jack Hammer" who has pushed danger to its limit, the monster, Jack Hammer!
Both fighters have stepped over piles of bodies to be here now!
As if they sense something unusual in the fight between these two,
the spectators remain silent amid the eerie tension in the air.
Who will face Hanma Baki in the final match?
Master or monster?!
Fighters, to your positions!
What's this? Jack seems to be taking something out...
It's a coconut! What exactly does he-
W-what is he going to do?!
I-incredible! He tore the coconut open with his bare teeth!
Coconuts have incredibly hard and complex fibers...
What biting strength! Jaw strength!
What a demonstration of the threat, "I'm gonna fill you with holes!"
Hanada-san. Could I have some water?
O-osu!
G-good luck!
Begin!
W-whoa!
He narrowly dodged that feint, and without losing his balance!
Those two have surpassed human abilities...
That's it...
Half a step more...
What do you have in store, old man?!
Is he planning to do that?!
Was that Retsu's eye-blinder?!
No, it's not. It's an even crueler technique...
Crueler?
He shot the water he drank before the fight right here at high speed.
Y-you don't mean...
This is one of the vital spots that exist on the face, the tear duct.
When water droplets are forced into here at high speed,
a tiny amount of water will enter the eye and nose simultaneously.
What do you think happens then?
You drown.
Are you literally a hammer now, Hammer-san?
Then I'll just have to rescue you!
Here you go...
Uppercut!
I'd like to tell you to stay down, boy...
But you're no ordinary person. You're a monster...
So here's some insurance!
He got him!
The master lets loose with a full course of special attacks!
Sorry, but fighting dirty is a part of fighting.
Shibukawa-sensei won?!
Oh!
I-incredible! Jack gets up! Despite falling victim to those techniques!
Damn you, Jack...
O-ouch! Jack Hammer bit through the master's left ankle!
What is this behavior from Jack?!
He bows deeply to the great master he just severely injured!
This truly is condescending!
Training that lets you live a long life...
...can only go so far!
A left punch from Jack!
The master narrowly escapes danger!
Shibukawa Goki draws back while protecting his bitten left leg!
No one can stop this hideously gruesome match!
Not even the sponsor, Tokugawa Mitsunari, can do so!
Only two people can stop this! Shibukawa-rou and Jack!
This fight will continue until one of the two men in the ring
admits defeat or can no longer move!
Here comes Jack!
Mom...
Is it all over for the master?!
The master has fallen!
Look out!
Fool...
There he goes! Despite his injuries, his techniques still remain sharp!
W-what's this?! A crouching start?!
What is he planning to do from this dash stance?!
Oh, crap...
A Spear Tackle!
T-that really made me woozy...
H-he let him bite him?!
A-at last! At last, Jack's fangs have caught the master!
The master throws him using aiki!
He fights jaw power with breathing power!
Bring it on, boy!
W-what is the master doing?!
He's sitting down, almost as if he's resigned his fate!
I-is that-
Yes. Most aiki techniques begin from that unique sitting position...
That old man is a complete, absolute master!
Kagome, Kagome, the bird in the cage...
I- I wanna go home...
A low kick to the face!
W-what the-?!
W-what is taking place here?!
Incredible! The master is incredible! He's outright toying with Jack!
He's as incredibly skilled as the legendary "Toyama no Kin-san"!
Jack rushes back at him!
H-he stops!
Jack unleashed rapid attacks earlier, but now he goes slowly...
Sensei! Don't do it!
W-what just happened?!
The same thing Orochi Doppo used in the last match, anti-aiki...
Anti-aiki...
Yes. Aiki redirects the power of an attack back at the attacker.
But if the opponent's power is zero, the attack sent back is also zero.
By using that, aiki's limitations can be realized...
W-where did he learn that?!
He most likely figured it out instinctually while fighting the old man.
Jack Hammer is truly fearsome!
M-match-
T-take this...
Who stands right behind you now?
The bastard responded with aiki!
M-match over!
So that's how you time it...
How regretful for master Shibukawa Goki!
He's defeated in the semifinals
by the overwhelming strength of the monstrous Jack Hammer!
Sensei! Sensei!
Say something!
Flexibility was not stronger than stiffness!
Stiffness broke flexibility instead!
You don't get it...
He's different...
I finally realize after having fought him...
He's not just brute strength...
He's different from us...
Sensei! You should save your energy!
No one can beat that... No one...
You're taking drugs, aren't you?!
Very concentrated drugs, and lots of them!
You gonna tell me not to defile these sacred fights with dirty tricks?
Jack. This is a warning. Withdraw from the final match!
Did you think you could beat me now that the drugs have worn off?!
Did you think you could beat my natural self if you used both hands,
Dr. Shinogi?!
Jack! I'm not stopping you because it's a dirty trick!
Your body is at its limit! At the brink of collapse!
That's why I'm warning you!
It's no lie! Your body will break down in the next fight!
Jack! Fight any further, and you'll never see tomorrow!
The world's strongest.
Is it the truth that lies at the end of the path sought?
Or the innate instincts of the beasts known as humans?
Two souls have longed to be world's strongest more than all others.
The final match now begins...
Next Episode- "Final"