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.
Fifty years of a man's life
are like a dream,
compared to the heavens.
Once a man is born,
must he not die?
Hachirou... Hibiki...
We can't let the demon king live!
The Cherry Blossoms Scatter
Who are you?
Don't you know that you point your blades at Nobunaga?
Nobunaga-sama,
you have returned from the land of the dead.
The land of the dead?
You say I died?
Nonsense...
I shall never die.
Nobunaga-sama...
Get back, Hibiki!
Stop this, Nobunaga-sama!
Begone!
Nobunaga-sama...
Who are you people?
Do you work for Mitsuhide... that kumquat head?
Burn the monks of Mount Hiei!
I shall conquer China...
And Goa and Malacca, too!
They shall all belong to the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven!
What are you doing, Hachirou?!
That isn't Nobunaga!
It's just a monster!
Indeed... Right now, he's a monster.
But before long,
he will revive and become the true Demon King of the Sixth Heaven.
Hachirou!
Nobunaga-sama!
Die!
Forgive me, Nobunaga-sama.
The dead must remain dead.
What was that?
Some monster's trick?
Disgusting...
There's no blood within Nobunaga's body.
He's... a puppet. Just a puppet!
Get back, Hachirou! Hibiki!
Namenba!
That's...
The Lotus Root Gun.
Namenba...
We're getting out of here now.
Get back, Hibiki!
That is as far as you go, Nobunaga-sama.
It's time
for you to return my body.
Right now, I have no mouth.
So I am borrowing yours to speak.
Who is there?
Kouga Hachirou, Suruga-sama.
Kouga Hachirou?
Where is Joujin?
He is gone from this world.
Joujin is... dead?
You laugh, too, Kouga Hachirou!
Suruga-sama?
Laugh at me,
at the destiny which led me to be the toy of mere ninjas!
Out of the way, loser!
I am Oda Nobunaga!
I say unto you, Nobunaga-sama...
That, up until the end, I refuse to be controlled.
Oda Nobunaga,
return to the hell where Joujin waits!
Mother...
Tadanaga is coming to you now.
The ninjas were nothing but toys, as well.
Let's hurry, Hibiki!
Yeah.
So that is what's left of our dream?
What?
Let's go back...
Master.
To how things were...
Forever... and ever.
Let's just go back...
The corridors of time!
Fool...
If you do that...
Where am I?
This is Rinne Magoroku's technique, the Adamantite Tower.
My technique, the Inverted Halberd of Time,
can make time's gears spin backward.
If I scatter all these sands of time,
there's no knowing how far back we can go.
Enough! Stop!
Everything is over, Kujaku!
Enough! Stop!
Everything is over, Kujaku!
I'll just have to try!
Your corridor of time flows backward,
but it must be sealed within my Adamantite Tower!
What is this?
I don't know.
What's going on?
Let's just find another path.
Yeah...
Give up.
Rinne Magoroku!
Is this your doing?!
Half of it.
The real blame lies with Kujaku's Inverted Halberd of Time.
And without limit...
Time is flowing backward?
Perhaps that is why my wounds healed.
But it isn't only time that has gone mad.
I used my Adamantite Tower to stop the Inverted Halberd of Time,
and it seems the two clashed with one another.
And this is the result, then?
At this point, there is nothing I can do.
We have been trapped in a place where time and space have gone mad.
Impossible!
Thus, there is only one thing left for me to do.
Defeat you.
You would still fight us?!
Joujin is dead,
and Nobunaga has returned to hell.
Our blood and tears have no meaning to you now!
No, there is no meaning to this.
But I can have my revenge.
You are angry at the loss of your comrades, too.
And if you defeat me,
this mad space may return to normal.
Well... I can't guarantee that.
What did you seek when you joined Joujin?
Perhaps I merely wanted a place to fight.
Now, draw your sword!
Or are you afraid?
You don't know if your eyes will work in a place like this.
I never had any intention of using them.
I am Kouga Hachirou. Here I come.
Stand back, Hibiki.
Let's hurry and get out of here.
Right!
Saizou!
Let's go. Follow him.
Hibiki!
Shikibu!
Hachirou...
Yes, they're no longer a part of our world.
No...
Shichigen!
Looks like we have to go, too.
Yeah. I believe in everyone.
Yes, no matter where this leads us,
it's where they want us to be.
Let's go, Hachirou.
Right.
Truly... hell.
The hell Joujin-sama desired truly is in front of us now.
The fire spreads and the castle burns, until there's nothing left...
Always a beautiful thing to see.
The daily doings of mankind are truly fragile things.
It isn't enough.
It isn't enough yet.
We must turn this world into a true hell,
starting with Edo.
The town is burning... Edo?
The Joujinshuu...
You know our name?
The Murakumo reached Edo?
Interesting.
What do you know of us?
Hachirou, is this...
Yes. Saizou, Shikibu, and Shichigen
were no longer a part of our world.
In a place where the Adamantite Tower
and the Inverted Halberd of Time intersect,
perhaps anything can happen.
Then what is this place?
I don't know.
I don't know, but perhaps it's a different "now"
than the "now" where we fought the Joujinshuu and lost our companions.
No matter what world this is,
we can't let Joujin destroy it!
Fortunately, they don't know us.
But we know them.
We can win!
Preview
Saizou, Shikibu, Shichigen,
Hachisu, Rui, Utsutsu, Hadaebou,
Tokugawa Tadanaga, Namenba, Gorone,
The Cherry Blossoms Bloom
Iga Hibiki, and Kouga Hachirou...