Don't hate me...
I didn't have any other choice.
It has begun...
Episode 8 "Barrier"
Hey, did the barrier just...
I don't know why,
but the emission spell has been broken.
What in the world happened?
Sharak-sama!
This refugee knocked over the bell.
I didn't have a choice!
The demons took my daughter hostage!
They said they'd return her alive if I cooperated, so I...
No one will hold that against you.
However...
You just sit tight and see for yourself
just how heavy the burden you've placed on your own shoulders becomes.
Reporting!
The seven surrounding settlements are all in trouble.
It appears that each one is currently being ambushed by demons.
Everyone to your emergency positions!
Squads 2 through 8, head to the settlements you're in charge of!
Squad 1, close the gates!
Understood!
We'll go, too.
Thanks. Sorry for this.
Are there seven settlements in total?
Take Goku and Gojyo to the two biggest ones.
Hakkai, use Hakuryu to take a Kouten squad to the farthest settlement.
I'm terribly sorry, but please allow me to go with Gojyo.
Huh?
Why?
I'll explain everything later. Please.
I'll leave it to you, then.
Thank you. Let's go, Gojyo.
Huh? Hey...
Hang on, Hakkai!
I'll leave Mol Village to you, Eijin.
Roger.
Roshu, take squad 5 and the boy with you to Sisu Village.
Sanzo, are you going to stay here?
Yeah. The refugees and families of the squads are here in this temple.
Hurry!
Be careful!
That's my line.
Now then...
Are you planning on putting the barrier back up?
The spell covers a wide area.
No matter how much I hurry, it'll take over an hour to complete.
You're going to cast a barrier over all of the towns without the bell? That's impossible!
Is it possible just to put up a barrier around the temple first?
The spell goes into effect all at once.
In other words, this temple is completely unprotected until the spell is finished.
The demons' true motive should be your life and the Kouten Scripture.
I'm sure they're going to attack here
once most of your soldiers have been dispatched elsewhere.
Isn't that why you two are still here?
You can relax and focus on your spell, Sharak.
I won't let the demons lay a finger on you.
Hey, Hakkai. What the hell is going on?
It's nothing serious. You just didn't seem like you were feeling well, so I was worried.
If you think you can pull a fast one on me like that, I'm seriously gonna be pissed.
I didn't want to say anything if I could help it...
But ever since we entered the west a few weeks ago,
the negative aura we're facing is much stronger than we've ever experienced before.
If your not feeling well is due to being exposed to that...
You...
You actually thought that I might suddenly go berserk?
I was just a little worried,
but this is why I didn't want to say anything.
Well, now that you mention it, it's not completely impossible.
I'm just some halfass that wasn't born with a mark.
Even if I can feel demonic presence, I can't really feel the negative aura.
But really, you're way too worried about everything!
You're right. I'll be more mindful of that.
This is fine for now. As long as he hasn't realized it yet...
How many are still here at the temple?
Eight, including myself.
With Sharak, the villagers, and the refugees, we have around fifty people altogether.
We'll have to protect them all on our own somehow.
They're here!
There's no time or space to gather everyone together.
We have to protect them
for a little over an hour until Sharak finishes establishing the barrier.
Fire!
Don't falter! Keep going!
Just look at them all!
Despite dividing their forces to attack, there're still this many!
These aren't just the local demons.
Did they get reinforcements from the outside?
Spread out! Eliminate all intruders!
No! Stay away!
Huh?
Head for the main temple!
Sharak Sanzo should be in here!
Where they hell are they all coming from?
In order to make sure we don't invoke both scriptures at once,
and since Sharak is currently preparing the Kouten spell,
I won't be able to use Makai Tenjo inside the temple.
Genjo Sanzo!
Please leave this to us and head to the main temple!
Those robes...
Is that the Sanzo priest?
No, I'm pretty sure Sharak Sanzo is a woman.
I see.
You can use spells, too, huh?
Well, I was training to be a Sanzo priest at one point.
How dare you?!
Out of the way!
So that's how it is...
What?
I didn't have much luck with training, so I can't use spells like that, at all.
Then how the hell did you become a Sanzo priest?
I'd like to know that myself.
Over here, you bastards!
All right!
How's it going over there, Hakkai?
I've managed to take care of everyone that was severely injured for now.
The casualties here aren't so bad, so we should be able to leave the rest to them.
Man, it's hot...
But really, I wonder how Sharak and them are holding up.
Wasn't something bad supposed to happen if we left two Sanzo priests together?
Whoa, what the hell?
You probably shouldn't take off your jacket...
Why?
It'd be too sexy.
The hell are you talking about? You feeling okay?
Hakkai-dono, Gojyo-dono! Could we ask you for transport to the next village?
You heard him. You going to be okay using your qigong over and over like that?
Yes. I'll be fine for a while yet, but are you still getting dizzy?
Now that you mention it, I think that's completely gone away.
Actually, I even feel a lot lighter than usual.
That's good.
I guess that's all of them.
Why are there so many demons?
Squad 4 has asked for backup. Sorry, but could you help them out, too?
Yeah!
I wonder if Sanzo's okay...
For some reason...
I feel really uneasy.
It looks like we took care of most of them.
Are you all right? You're out of breath.
Back at you. Are you sure your head won't get too stuffy if you don't take off your hat?
Don't worry. It breathes well.
Wh-Who the hell are you?
I am Kougaiji.
Under the orders of Lady Gyokumen,
I've come for Sharak Sanzo's Kouten Scripture.
Kougaiji?!
You mean Gyumaou's son?!
I see... I thought there were a lot of demons, but it turns out you're behind this.
It's been a while, Kougaiji.
G-Genjo Sanzo?!
What are you doing here?
Talk about a delayed reaction.
By the look of things, this was just a plan to take the Kouten Scripture.
But this is a pretty big, underhanded operation for you guys.
He's still got quite a mouth, it seems.
But I don't see the other three who are usually with you.
Did they go with Sharak's subordinates to the other settlements?
With those three out there, you'll end up with heavy casualties,
and Sharak's squads should be back faster than planned.
You guys are sure unlucky, as usual.
Is he seriously trying to provoke us?
Actually, you're the one who's just run out of luck, Genjo Sanzo.
I'm sure this is all a ruse. You're trying to buy time by distracting us,
but we know that Sharak Sanzo is over there.
With your followers gone, do you really think that a handful of humans can take all of is?
You're right. Let me revise that.
What?
I'm telling you that with Goku and the others gone, if you kill me,
you'll be able to get two scriptures at once.
It's your chance to kill two birds with one stone.
Looks like you lucked out this time, Your Highness.
You little...
Come at me. If you can't kill a single human on your own,
your title as the great demon's son will be tarnished.
Dokugaku...
I'll leave the Kouten Scripture to you.
Kou!
I'm not going to let him get to me!
Our quarrel with the Sanzo party is nothing new.
If their boss is challenging me, then I'm going to accept.
Yeah, but Kou...
There's no time! Go!
All forces, charge!
Listen up! Hold back on unnecessarily harming or killing civilians.
We're only here for Sharak Sanzo's scripture!
Not going to happen!
He's not like the other small fries. Don't let your guard down!
You'd better not die, either, Genjo Sanzo!
To think I'd be able to face you like this...
You don't care if I go all out?
Are you mocking me?
I cannot fall back this time... No matter what.
I'm going to have to find a chance to land a good shot...
So this is the high-ranking priest, Genjo Sanzo...
Shit!
Wait.
The plan you're suggesting will end up taking the lives of innocent villagers.
We're only after the Kouten Scripture.
That kind of nice-guy talk isn't going to get you their headquarters, Your Highness.
You guys are the ones who wanted manpower and information from us local demons.
Even so...
Why don't we make this a win-win situation?
We can't be satisfied with the ideals of a sheltered little prince.
Why don't you think about who you really are?
If you fail again, let's see...
Perhaps I'll reduce this moldy statue to rubble.
So you're telling me this is the only plan that'll work?
I can't fall back anymore... even if it means walking the wrong path.
You must be Sharak Sanzo.
I am Dokugakuji.
This isn't personal, but I've come for your Kouten Scripture.
You're regretting this plan, aren't you, Kou?
I don't have any other choice anymore.
If I'm going to regret this, then after I save my mother,
I'll take responsibility for it.
If that's what you've decided...
Attacking a defenseless woman from behind is truly a wicked deed,
but don't take this personally...
You just said it yourself,
yet you still choose the way of the wicked?
Talk about strange.
You're telling me.
I chose for myself to walk this wicked path...
over a decade ago!
It was my way to escape reality,
long ago when I was called Jien.
That sad reality...
Mom... Hey, mom, look at this.
The man at the flower shop gave me these to give to you.
I see. They're so lovely...
Like the color of blood!
Ow!
The color of blood! The color of blood! The color of blood!
Stop! That hurts, mom!
How unsightly! It's just as bad as the blood that came spilling out of that woman...
Mother! Stop it, mother!
Jien!
Bro...
Gojyo, go back to your room.
Oh, Jien... You're the only one that I truly love, Jien.
My father, a demon, committed a double suicide with his human lover,
leaving behind my little brother, who was still very young.
My little brother was of mixed blood, born to a demon father and a human mother.
Put simply, he was a taboo child.
Hey, don't cry, Gojyo.
I'm not crying.
Besides, we're lost because you took us so deep into the forest!
How was I supposed to know it'd get this foggy?
But it could get pretty dangerous if we don't head back home before nightfall.
Gojyo!
Don't look down! Just think about climbing up.
Hey, are you hurt?
Bro, your arm...
What? This is nothing.
Don't cry.
I'm not crying!
All right, all right.
Jien! Jien!
Mother...
Where were you, Jien?
Don't leave me, Jien!
Sorry, mother. It's all right.
Don't leave me alone anymore!
It's all right.
My tiny little brother was hated by my mother. She abused him...
And the more I tried to defend him,
the more she grew to hate him.
It eventually turned into insanity.
If only... If only you were gone...
I ended killing my own mother and abandoning my young brother.
As though that was my atonement...
The one who saved me after I became wicked was...
Kou...
If this is the path you chose, I'll...
I'll fall with you, as many times as it takes...
What's the matter? Why won't you use Makai Tenjo?
Defeating you without your followers or the power of your scripture
will just leave a bad taste in my mouth.
I just don't need to use it if you're the only one I'm facing.
You're going to regret...
that your enemy was not in a position to go easy on you!
Don't hold back... This is a one-in-a-million chance...
Engokuki!
Episode 9 "A Chance Encounter"
Episode 9, "A Chance Encounter."
Watch without fail.
Lettering: Hirata Hiroaki
H.H.
Sai Rau
Sai Rau.
Sanzo, can you come to the register?
I refuse.
Then could you clean the floors instead of Gojyo?
Can I get a smile, please?
Nuggets French Fries
Smile
She's laughing her ass off.
What in the world did you do?
Do it again, Sanzo!
I refuse.