We look the same, but men call us monsters. If we shadows, which lurk between eras, are destined to die, then I shall fall with the cherry blossoms. Then, I shall fall with the cherry blossoms.
Joujin!
Let me inside the Murakumo.
Kouga Hachirou is here!
100 Eyes See Their Destiny
Kujaku Tsuibamu...
Namenba, hold a funeral for Gorone!
We're going inside, too.
I'll go see what's going on around him, again.
Saizou, watch from above.
Let's go, Shikibu.
Yeah.
We'll save Hachirou and Hibiki.
Then, I'll go around to the rear.
You, too!
It's too narrow.
That rubbery monk could probably get in, but...
Your guts will burst out and fall to the ground, and you will go to hell.
Yasha Itaru.
Is that...
It can't be. Destiny's Passage?
Let's hear all you know
about the Joujinshuu's techniques.
It shares its name with the power possessed by Gautama Buddha.
But the technique itself
shows its victim their whole life, making it seem to be a great evil.
The whole world comes down to the roll of the dice.
They roll and roll on the mat.
You dream and dream. And at the end,
you will eventually die.
Listen, to play Kachi Kachi, you add up the two cards.
Whoever has the higher first digit of the total, wins.
Okay, how many points is this?
I guess it's still too soon for this...
Six.
Five.
Eight.
Two sevens.
Dad... How long are we going to do this?
Dad.
I've never seen you before.
Yeah, I travel around...
You got any money?
Just a little...
Let us see.
Okay, next round!
I win.
Damn it!
I'm staying in.
What's wrong?
Give me just a second.
We don't have all night.
Six. Five.
Two sevens.
Sometimes, a man's gotta take a risk!
Six!
Five.
Two sevens...
Crap!
You guys are being played for fools.
Yeah, so am I, of course.
No...
I bet he was being played, too.
Tadanaga-sama...
Welcome, Kouga Hachirou.
Joujin...
Where's Hibiki?
I want her back.
Did you think you could get our Ouka by doing this?
No.
My wish was never for the Ouka.
Listen, Hachirou!
Do you think the world is at peace now?
You say nothing, eh?
Of course not.
Why did your mother and father die so horribly,
if the world is at peace?
It was because of the Tokugawas!
The Tokugawas?
That's just what I hoped you would say.
The temporary peace the Tokugawas created...
Hachirou, the civil wars never ended!
They aren't over.
There hasn't been enough killing!
What are you talking about?
Should that hell on Earth really be allowed to end in such a neat fashion?
Don't you understand Joujin-sama's compassion?
His compassion that equals the Buddha's.
Bullshit!
The Buddha wishes to save the world.
You are the evil passions of the civil wars.
The exact opposite!
You see, I want to bring true salvation.
And to do that,
the people of this world must experience a bit of hell.
The sinners... The innocent...
Both of them will burn.
And when none who long for war, even in the slightest, are left,
that will be true salvation, true peace.
And that is my real wish.
What?
The Tokugawas...
The Tokugawas, who would create a temporary peace
and then engage in that childish game to determine the next heir...
You think they can do that?
Thus, my desire...
My desire for a great demon king, who can wield the sword that summons demons!
Five. Sorry.
Cheater! You're cheating... I know it!
Hey, now...
Don't take it out on me, just because you keep losing.
But after all the money we've lost to an outsider,
I can understand how he feels.
Anyway, let's all have fun.
As long as Saizou's eye is on the ceiling,
you can never win.
Dad, it's cold...
Oh, I win again?
Today's my lucky day.
Saizou, this is the last round for today...
Don't screw it up.
Once we're done, I'll get you something warm to eat.
One more card.
I won't lose this time.
I'm in.
Yeah, I guess I'll get in, too.
A three and a six, huh? That's a good hand...
What's that idiot doing?!
Okay, in or out?
Add up your cards, and the first digit closest to nine wins.
But matching cards beat it.
I'm not letting some outsider beat me!
Look at this hand...
Lady Luck really is with me today.
I can win on my own!
It's the last round, so I'll bet everything I've got!
I'm in.
I'm out.
Me, too.
Okay, winner takes all, then.
Let's see 'em!
I've got a three and a six!
Doubles!
And that's matching tens, the strongest hand.
You win double!
Wow!
We took everything you had, huh?
What were you doing?!
The Moon...
What about the Moon?
You little shit...
I didn't mean to. I didn't...
I did it deliberately.
I wanted all this crap to end.
It was supposed to end here...
Right here.
It was supposed to end.
If the Kouga hadn't taken me in...
After you peer into the abyss of despair,
Yasha's words bring you to your doom.
My leader...
I didn't care about you, either.
Their destiny is to fall,
but the cherry blossoms always return.
So, everyone, like cherry blossoms,
I command you to fall!
Go to hell!
That was always the plan.
That's a perfect way to scatter my guts on the ground...
But...
I'm kind of an asshole, you see.
And I don't like doing things, just because I'm told to!
Saizou!
What are you doing, Saizou?!
I already see too much.
So as a rule,
I don't look at things I don't need to see.
I can't see what I want to see.
So my dreams have only been terrible.
This is probably the prettiest thing I've ever seen in this world.
Saizou!
It stopped.
Who cares if you stopped the Murakumo?
Did you think this was a palanquin to carry us to Edo?
The Murakumo is not simply a moving castle.
It is a barrier which enables the secret ritual to revive Lord Nobunaga.
Not only that,
but when he revives,
when he is born as a child... no, as a beast,
the Murakumo is the womb which will awaken the memories within him.
And his desire for glory!
That's a wonderful speech.
You should make this dream of yours into a Noh play.
But I have no intention of playing a part in it!
No, no.
You must play your role.
You...
And Hibiki!
And Hibiki?
Indeed.
She is a necessary aspect of the revival ritual.
What do Hibiki and I have to do with this?
You're an irreplaceable piece of the puzzle,
a young man and woman in love with each other.
Of course, not just any man and woman.
The two must be of a worthy bloodline,
masters of an art, with perfect bodies and strong souls!
For what?
The two of you must lie together.
The fluids of your coupling will pour into the skull,
becoming the blood connecting it to a body.
Only then will the great demon king be reborn!
And you think we'll agree to this?
Will you not?
You know the answer!
Then, you and Hibiki must kill each other.
You and she must try to kill the other!
What?
Know this, Hachirou.
The fluids born of love
are the same as the blood that flows in deadly combat!
If I cannot have those fluids, I shall need blood instead!
Nonsense...
We will not lie together.
Let alone kill each other!
You will have no choice.
Hibiki!
What? Hibiki?
Hibiki?
I am Oboro of Iga.
Have you forgotten me, Kouga Gennosuke-sama?
No, Kouga Gennosuke!
If only I'd never made the mistake of falling in love with you,
they wouldn't... They wouldn't have died!
I can never regret it enough.
I can never apologize enough.
I must, at least, offer my head before their graves!
No, that isn't enough... It isn't enough!
First, Gennosuke, I must offer them your head!
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No... You're the monster.
I'm about to change that disgusting fate of yours.
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