Are you serious about what you've just said?
Yes.
To let them do penance for their sins?
And that you'll encourage them to submit to us?
How troublesome...
Humans lose focus of the big picture when they're drunken in the midst of their feelings.
Leader...
地を這うように進んでは
chi wo hau you ni susunde wa
As if they were crawling on the ground, the same mediocre days repeat themselves over again.
平凡な上昇繰り返す
heibon na joushou kurikaesu
刻まれた運命だって ただ深呼吸
kizamareta unmei datte tada shinkokyuu
Even though my destiny is carved in stone, I just take a deep breath.
足りないのは分かっていた
tarinai no wa wakatteita
I knew it wasn't enough when the passing days were crushed by thunderous roars.
轟音に積されそうな日々
gouon ni tsubusaresou na hibi
針のような雨も止んで君が来た
hari no you na ame mo yande kimi ga kita
When the needle-like rain stopped pouring, you came.
SHA LA LA
I SING FOR YOU
SHA LA LA
FIGHT FOR MYSELF
SHA LA LA
I SING FOR YOU
SHA LA LA
「退屈」 はもう限界です。
taikutsu wa mou genkai desu.
I can't stand this boredom anymore.
立ち尽くしたステージで殴り返す勇気
tachitsukushita sutēji de naguri kaesu yuuki
Standing exhausted on this stage, I'll find the courage to strike back.
I DON'T CARE
「存在」 さえも君は笑うかな…
sonzai sae mo kimi wa warau kana...
Will you laugh at my very existence?
走り出したペースで流れてった風景
hashiridashita pēsu de nagaretetta fuukei
Running at my pace the scenery passes me by.
I DON'T CARE
正しいかどうかを確かめに行くのですか
tadashii ka douka wo tashikame ni yuku no desu ka
Would you come with me to find out whether it's right or wrong?
Episode 23
Invoke
We have absolutely no idea who is in the Kairoushuu.
And Gau-san will get recognized immediately... We have to act carefully.
How far are we away from the Kairoushuu headquarter?
There's still some distance left from here.
I wonder if Raikou-san is alright...
Let's just believe in him. What's important now is to save Miharu and Yoite first.
Well then, let's hurry up.
Yeah.
It seems like her fever has settled down.
Does your head still hurt?
I'm fine now.
I'm worried about Miharu and the rest, let's hurry up!
Oda-san!
And also, that Kairoushuu named Raikou, who let us off...
Raikou!?
I think he's pretty interesting.
What did you see in him?
Where's the leader?
He left, just a moment ago.
His past and sorrows...
...and determination...
I'm afraid he's going to...
Yoi-
This is someone who shouldn't have existed at all.
Denied by his own parents...
...Not giving him the reason and space to live on and treating him as he would have never existed at all.
Yoite, do you still remember it?
Once you've said that you wanted to disappear without a trace.
In order to erase your very own existence...
I took a pity on you and decided to fulfill your wish by giving you Kira.
Oh well, he's the same as those kids living there... Just like a beast...
How pitiful...
Oh my, you're already here?
Yeah, it's alright anyway, isn't it?
How are his injuries?
He recovered basically.
Alright then, what do you want to do from now on?
I've already issued a search warrant.
Do you wish to go home, Koudou-kun?
I've never existed right from the beginning...
I don't have a place to go back, too...
It's meaningless for me to go back anyway...
Well then, what do you wish to do?
What do you wish for?
I can be of help to you.
Why don't you tell me about it?
I want you to make me disappear...
Hm?
Someone who doesn't exist... right from the beginning...
Someone who doesn't exist?
Why?
That's because not a single person took notice of me...
If so, I have a pretty good suggestion.
Hattori-han...
If we use this way, you'll be reduced to dust and disappear at the very end.
If you join us as a Kairoushuu, you'll be able to disappear completely from the real world.
This is your wish, right?
Known as the Kira...
It's the Kinjutsu which has been passed on for centuries in the village of Iga.
I'll give this to you.
As an exchange for this, you must promise that you'll help me to the very end, until you disappear completely.
Does Rokujou-kun know about this, too?
About how you became a Kira user...
You took advantage of Yoite's wish, right?
Leader!
Took advantage?
If you say so, then that applies to Yoite, too.
Yoite was still a kid at that time!
Well then, so what?
It doesn't matter if he's a kid or whatever, considering the persistency of pursuiting one's dream...
He's just the same as me.
That's why the two of us got into a partnership-like contract.
However, due to the revival of the Shinrabanshou...
...your original wish got distressed.
That's because you've realized that the Shinrabanshou is able to fulfill your wish, to make yourself disappear completely, way better than the Kira.
You're only concerned with your own trouble.
I got it, I'll arrange it immediately.
They've found that woman from Togakushi.
Hou, Shigure, go bring her back.
Eh? What about Kagerou?
We have to leave someone here to guard this place. Hurry up and go.
Yes.
I was just about to fight the last boss...
You're pretty good.
I have to get people worked up a little somehow.
Uhm, you're Oda-san, right?
You won't escape.
Also, the two of you are Fuuma Ninjas, right?
All those who interfere shall die, too.
You bastard!!!
Let's finish them off quickly.
Miharu and Yoite are over there...
Let's go.
It's said that tense people won't get sick when traveling by vehicle. I guess this isn't true after all.
You are...?
There's not much time left.
Yoite's time, that is.
Do you know the place?
Yeah.
Well then, there's something I need to do now. Farewell.
Fuuma-dono...
I wish for your success, despite those tedious chit-chats.
Oh, how noisy it is...
Kairoushuu!
Oh my, it's you guys?
Raikou?
You're not here to slash your stomach, right?
Why?
Why are all of you not able to understand Hattori-han's feelings?
It's because there are so many people like you that Hattori-han is getting so tired with it.
It's not just the leader...
Everyone is suffering.
Why don't we draw a comparison? Between those two boys...
Hattori-han is looking at this world from a much higher place.
Even so, he still couldn't see through the hearts of everyone.
The real world is totally different from the ideality!
Forget it.
Having the likes of you around is poison to Hattori-han.
That's how far you can go.
I got all the advantage there is.
That's why I should retreat?
As a Shinobi, I can't do something like this!
You're an outsider after all! You have no hesitation to betray us, right?
How can there be loyalty when trust doesn't exist?
Trust? Don't think too much of yourself!
You're just a little Wakachi!
Well then, for which reasons are you fighting?
We gave our future to the leader!
That's all there is!
Raimei-san!
Gau-san, you have to stay with us!
Where is he?
Raimei-san!
Are you alright?
I'm fine.
You cunning bastard... Stop hiding and come out now!
Stop acting tough...
You look so pitiful, Yoite.
The weakening of your body has made you gone crazy.
I've always respected your will.
I'll let you an option.
To die as a betrayer or to help the Kairoushuu once again...
Yoite's will isn't for the Kairoushuu!
Well then, why is he here in the first place?
Yoite is... Yoite is doing it for himself!
Just the wish to disappear?
NO!!!
Yoite is...
No matter how well you rephrase it, you can never change the truth.
Rokujou-kun... Don't you think that what you've said is just fooling him instead?
For the Kairoushuu, Yoite will...
...die. Is that what you're trying to say?
Raikou...
Who gave you the permission to come in?
Leave now!
The leader of Kairoushuu, Hattori Toujuurou-sama...
I sincerely request you...
...not to kill Yoite and to give up your current thinking.
You're trying to teach me what I should do, huh?
Yukimi!
Finish him off!
Stop it, Yukimi-san!
Shut up!
Are you serious?
You and that noisy brat...
Why are the two of you... getting crazy?
Kairoushuu is an organization that exists to save those helpless people... Am I right?
Yukimi-senpai...
You can't live on in this world just by saying nice words!
Nice words...
Even so, don't the Kairoushuu desire them, too?
Nice words... If we were to throw away these nice words, for which reasons would we exist?
You're too naive!
RAIKOU!!!
RAIKOU!
Are you trying to kill the leader?
Killing the ignorance is also one of the destined jobs of a Samurai.
Samurai, huh?
This is what people mean by saying "Getting bitten by their own dogs".
Hattori-han, let's end this farce earlier, shall we?
Yeah.
Yoite...
I'll give you your last mission.
Raikou...
Shoot him!
What's wrong?
Miharu...
Hm?
Let go...of him...
Of course, but that is after you've finished your mission.
Don't do it! Yoite!!!
Yoi-
Kurogame is crying...?
What a pity...
I was about to change this irrational world!
It can never be used to save anyone.
Raimei... Gau...
Raimei-san! Gau-san! Go first!
I'll leave this place to you!
Gau-san, let's go!
Yes!
RAIKOU!!!!
RAIKOU-SAN!!!!
Yoite...
Everything happened because of you.
The wind is...
What's going on?
It's beginning.
Could it be...
It's the Shinrabanshou!
furi tsuzuku ame
降り続く雨
Under the pouring rain,
hitori de miushinatteta
一人で見失ってた
you began losing yourself.
kizukana kereba
気付かなければ
Even if you took notice,
mada munashisa ni amanjiteta
まだ空しさに甘んじてた
you would still feel content with being empty.
kono te wo nobasou
この手を伸ばそう
I will reach out with these hands.
furikaeranaide
振り返らないで
So please do not turn away.
kimi no soba ni itai
君のそばにいたい
I want to be by your side.
soba ni isasete hoshii
そばにいさせてほしい
So please let me be close to you.
aruga mama
あるがまま
That's how it is.
sono mama
そのまま
Just like that,
ikite yukeru nara
生きて行けるなら
this is how I will live my life.
kitto sono te wo totte
きっと その手を取って
I will grip firmly onto your hand.
doko made mo toberu darou
何処までも飛べるだろう
No matter where we are we can take flight.
kimi to nara kanata mapping
君となら 彼方マッピング
If we are together, we can map out the distance.
aruga mama de
あるがままで
And that's just how it is.
Next Episode
It's all because of me... The holder of the Shinrabanshou...
That everyone is suffering...
Next time: Engetsurin
Why are you telling me this, Kumohira-sensei...
Episode 24:
Engetsurin