02x09 - Mayonaka no hômonsha

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HEAD ELDER OF THE MAMIDAIRA FAMILY -
SHOGEN MAMIANA

Time to return the favor
from all those years ago!

BOUNTY HUNTER - MOROHA

So you've finally appeared...

Full Moon Raccoon Dog!

With this rouge...

I become Beniyasha, Destroyer of Lands.

Hold on, Moroha!

If you use your rouge now,
you won't wake up for an entire day!

I won't let that happen anymore!

Now bear witness to the power
of the new and improved Beniyasha!

Crimson Backlash Wave!

How foolish.

World Reversal!

Huh?

Oh, dear!

Master Takechiyo!

"Mayonaka the Visitor."

KIRINMARU'S INCARNATION - RIKU

Well?

It seems Kirinmaru
won't be able to see what we're up to.

I see.

Don't worry.

Lady Towa, I can sense your presence

through that sweet fragrance
of an early summer flower.

The fragrance of flowers?

Yes, I've noticed it too.

This fragrance, I remember smelling it
somewhere while traveling the world.

-That's right! Lavender!
-Oh!

ULTRA-SMOOTH LAVENDER HAND CREAM

That's the smell of my hand cream.

It helps restore your dry skin.

May I?

Ah!

-I can sense you clearly now, Lady Towa!
-Really?

Yes. You're the only one I can see now.

Wha...

Riku! It isn't nice to tease young ladies.

Apologies.
But I wasn't teasing at all, really.

DEMON SLAYER - SETSUNA

No matter how much bamboo I cut,
I still cannot sever the threads of fate.

I won't be able
to save my mother like this.

What should I do?

I just don't know.

Setsuna.

I know, sir.

I should focus more
on strengthening my bond

with the Yukari no Tachikiri, right?

No, that's not it.

-You've cut more than enough bamboo.
-Oh. R-Right.

Do you need more?

No, this is plenty.

No matter how many Flame Bulls come,

we can round them all up with these.

The problem is their master, Mayonaka.

We've placed a demon-god sealing barrier
around the center of the village.

Mayonaka won't be able to get in.

But please, Mr. Demon Slayer,
don't do anything to Mayonaka!

We don't want him to invite
more trouble to this village later on.

Yes, I'm aware of that.

Is that how this works?

HISUI

I heard that spirits and demon gods

will curse you
if you challenge them foolishly.

Oh, really?

"New and improved," my foot!

She was taken down in an instant!

How long will she remain in this state?

Will we make it in time

for Master Kikunosuke's
coming-of-age ceremony?

She needs to sleep for an entire day,

so she's gonna be like this
until tomorrow evening.

That's cutting it quite close.

She really is a useless helper!

Ready? And...

CAT DEMON - KIRARA

Kirara!

Whose grave is this?

It's the grave
of the Flame Bull you took down.

The Flame Bull?

Yeah. I felt bad for it.

I had no idea that anyone
aside from Towa did things like this.

Are you from around here?

Yeah.

Though I left the village
when I was a child.

-Hey... you smell nice.
-It's lavender.

It's an ointment
that keeps your hands from getting dry.

LOCAL DEITY OF GOKOKU VILLAGE - MAYONAKA

Villagers! It is not too late yet!

Hand over the divine treasure,
the Blessing of the Five Grains

as well as this year's yield
which you have been storing away.

Do so, and I'll spare your lives!

You two...

try and draw their attention.

You can count on us.

We'll try to draw away
as many Flame Bulls as we can.

I'm counting on you.

No response, huh?

CATTLE DEMON - FLAME BULLS

Over here!

They're luring them towards us.

Everyone! Are you ready?

-Yeah!
-Yeah!

-Yes, sir!
-Yeah!

-Yes, sir!
-Three...

two... one...

-Now!
-On it!

Hisui!

Hiraikotsu!

All right, it worked.

What was that?

Oh, no. The demon-god sealing barrier!

I'm glad it worked out.

Hmm?

A fire? Everyone! A fire has broken out
in the center of the village!

Impossible!

How did they get in?

It's the Flame Bull that was buried
in that grave! That has to be it!

You mean that girl didn't finish it off?

Is she a spy for Mayonaka?

No! Setsuna would never betray us!

More importantly,
we have to put out the fire first!

Let's head back to the village!

We've got trouble!

A Flame Bull is running wild
in the village!

Get it from both sides!

Let's put out the fires!

-My body...
-It won't move.

Hmph. Without your barrier,
this is child's play.

Mayonaka!

Curse you!

Are you... a half-demon?

That's none of your business!

Something's wrong.

Normally, I can't
be surprised from behind.

Could it be?

Lord Mahiruma... I am aware
that it is out of line for a human

such as myself to say this to you...
but I... Lord Mahiruma...

I'm going to abandon this village!

Please run away with me!

You're awake.

You're... not going to k*ll me?

What a strange naginata.

It's as if it has its own will
and can't be separated from you.

If I slay you with this naginata,
what will happen to this village?

Nothing will happen.

If you want my head,
you're free to take it.

Why are you attacking this village?

I wonder why.

I bear no grudge
nor have any interest in it.

However, I am unable to leave this place.

Do you want to get your hands on that?

The truth is, it's of no importance to me.

But that divine treasure
originally belonged to me.

Belonged to you?

Then the local deity Mahiruma
that used to live here...

That would be me.

It sounds like
there is more to your story.

You're willing to hear me out?

A FEUDAL FAIRYTALE -
YASHAHIME: PRINCESS HALF-DEMON

A FEUDAL FAIRYTALE -
YASHAHIME: PRINCESS HALF-DEMON

We've dealt with the Flame Bulls!

You're the only one left, Mayonaka!

Kuzu, Yamata, stop!

Lord Mayonaka used to be
the local deity Lord Mahiruma!

Goro, that woman is deceiving you!

I knew from the start
that she couldn't be trusted!

No! I'm the only traitor here!
This woman has nothing to do with this!

It's Mayonaka!

Mayonaka has come all the way here!

We're doomed!

It's okay, everyone!

The shaman will drive him away!

Quit your yapping!

Setsuna!

Hisui, Chief, I'll be fine!

Just leave us be!

-But-
-Understood!

We'll go put out the fires.

I'm leaving this place to you!

Uncle?

Let's have faith in Setsuna.

These people better be unharmed.

Of course. Once they dry out,
they'll return to normal.

Then tell me your story.

Humans, demons, neither can be trusted.

But a half-demon
might understand how I feel.

They call me a demon god,
but I am neither god nor demon.

We both live between two worlds,

so bear with my rant for a bit.

The villagers who originally lived here
were good people.

I was quite fond of them,

so I blessed them
with fertile fields and abundant crops.

However, a certain man
and his daughter came to this village.

The man was in the employment
of the local daimyo,

and his job was to collect taxes
from the villagers.

Before I knew it,
he became the village headman

and took control of the village.

At some point, the daughter
of the village headman

started visiting my shrine every day.

Lord Mahiruma, please improve our lives.

I'm begging you.

Your lives should already
be prosperous enough.

No! There are still people in the village
who do not have enough to eat.

I'm begging you.

I listened to her wish...

and lent her my divine treasure,
the Blessing of the Five Grains.

However...

that greedy village headman
hid it in a secret location.

I had been deceived.

I took the form of a human and
appeared before the young woman.

You're Lord Mahiruma, aren't you?

Young woman...
recover the Blessing of the Five Grains.

Without the divine treasure,
the local deity

will soon be unable
to protect these lands.

I understand.

The young woman returned shortly...

but failed to bring
the Blessing of the Five Grains.

Forgive me. My pa has hidden it.

It's nowhere to be found!

If that's so, who knows what sort
of calamities will befall the village?

Next time, I will find it for sure.

This continued many more times.

Lord Mahiruma...
I'm going to abandon this village.

Please run away with me!

I took her at her word.

Without my divine treasure,
I was not worthy of existence...

so I decided to abandon everything.

However, the young woman didn't show up.

I went on a long, wandering journey.

Decades later,
when I returned to this land,

this once-impoverished village
had flourished.

It was now known as Gokoku Village
and had become very prosperous.

That young woman who deceived me
was no longer of this world.

I don't know why she tried to seduce me
and lure me away from this village,

even though she wasn't in love with me.

It's a Flame Bull!

Help!

You fools!

You used up hundreds of years' worth
of blessed power in only a few years.

This land will wither away
in a few more years!

I want to know who I am.

Until I do, I may have no choice
but to linger in this world.

What's this?

The Yukari no Tachikiri
is sensing something.

And what are your ties
to this demon slayer Goro?

He's apparently my son.

That young woman gave birth to him alone.

So you're a half-god
born between a deity and a human.

My mom said she went after you...

but you were nowhere to be found.

Right after I turned five,
Mom died apologizing to you.

How pathetic.

Really? Then why can't your heart
move on from this place?

I wonder why.

Perhaps it's because my fate is still tied
to that Blessing of the Five Grains.

The Yukari no Tachikiri...

can I use it to sever
Mayonaka's threads of fate?

What happens if we return
the Blessing of the Five Grains to you?

At this point, even if I reclaimed
the Blessing of the Five Grains,

I couldn't return to being a local deity.

But I also have no intention
of taking revenge on this village.

This place is already fated
to wither away.

Wither away?

This is the result of them keeping
their bountiful harvest for themselves.

The neighboring villages
in the areas about two ri from here

have been suffering from starvation.

When spring comes,
the fields here will become like that.

Once a land's vitality has been sapped,
it can no longer grow crops.

This is terrible!

Please do something!

-Local Deity!
-Local Deity!

I can't do anything.

It's too late. All of it.

Tell me one last time.

Why attack this village
when you knew it would wither away?

You already have all your answers.

Then why are you still Mayonaka?

Am I supposed to cut this?

No. I'm not supposed to cut it.

But to feel it...

Where am I?

Lord Mahiruma.

I am aware that it is
out of line for a human

such as myself
to say this to you, but I...

I have feelings for you, Lord Mahiruma.

I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry!

It's okay. It's okay, Oharu!

Lord Mahiruma!

I'm going to abandon this village!

Please run away with me!

Run away with you?

How tragic.

Is this... his thread of fate?

Can you do this for me, half-demon?

I'll give it a try.

Yukari no... Tachikiri!

What's going on?

No!

The shrine!

-That's...
-Mom!

Now I see.

She was being used as a yorishiro
for the Blessing of the Five Grains.

Ah... Oharu.

Lord Mahiruma.

Please rejoice.

I've retrieved
the Blessing of the Five Grains.

I understand now.

You were here this entire time.

Please rejoice, Lord Mahiruma.

Yes. Yes, well done, Oharu.

This was for the best, right?

Ma said that she loved Pa
until the very end!

When it comes to love,
there is nothing right or wrong about it.

Gokoku Village is back
to being impoverished again.

Naturally, we didn't get paid
or even thanked.

We did all that work for free?

Why did we come
to this remote area anyway?

I'm sorry, everyone.

My selfish action has cost you a lot.

There's no need to apologize.

D-Don't worry about it, Setsuna.

We couldn't slay the demon god,
but we slew something truly terrifying.

What's truly terrifying?

Tell them, Kohaku.

What we call human greed.

I see.

Kohaku, you really brought up
some great demon slayers.

Thank you.

Setsuna, let's slay demons again sometime.

What is... this feeling?

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

All right! Time to kick some butt!

Hold on. No way!

Dad and Mom were the ones

who sealed away the Full Moon Raccoon Dog?

In that case, hey, Takechiyo!

Leave this whole Mamidaira
family feud to yours truly!

Next time on Yashahime:
Princess Half-Demon:

"Battle on the New Moon, Part 1."

Wait. You mean there's also a Part 2?