02x06 - New Cherry Blossoms

[bunniefuu]

That's it for the precautions.

If you have no issues,
then please sign the pledge,

and show me your license card.

TAIYO ASANO

APPLICATION FOR VISITATION
ENEMY

The procedure is now complete.

I'll show you the way,
so please wait over there.

Thank you very much.

You be careful, okay?

If anything happens,
let us know right away.

We'll all come running.

Please. Nothing's going to happen.

See you.

I'll be going now.

Will he be okay all by himself?

Taiyo's the one who said
he wanted to do this on his own.

That's why he got
his Silver rank license...

to talk to that guy.

Well, how odd.

MAKOTO KAWASHITA FORMER EXECUTIVE
OF CRIME SYNDICATE "TANPOPO"

I can sense her inside you.

She sent you here, didn't she?

I have a message from Tsubomi.

"I'm going to end it all."

"Please k*ll me."

YOZAKURA FAMILY

MISSION 33
NEW CHERRY BLOSSOMS

I can't remember any of it.

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The name of the mountain I was born on.

What color flowers I liked.

The scents that make me nostalgic.

Not even how I met the doctor.

Instead, all that keeps growing stronger
in me is my pain and anger.

The more I long for freedom,
the more I resent people.

The "normal" future
that you and I talked about, Doctor,

most likely, I'll never get to see it.

I won't be able to die, either.

I'm going to go on living
as the me who's no longer me, aren't I?

In this day and age,

we can no longer live, even if we want to.

It's really no different than not
being able to die even if one wants to.

But in the far-off future, if the research
on your body keeps advancing,

when you're nothing
but a shell of yourself,

I might be able
to let you rest in peace at last.

That's something to look forward to.

I'm counting on you, Dr. Kawashita.

Over the last couple of decades,

I thought that the memories that served
as her foundation had virtually vanished.

Who knew that some still remained?

So that woman was right, huh?

I'll grant Tsubomi her wish.

I'm going to tell you

how to destroy Tsubomi Yozakura.

You and I
were both enchanted by the Yozakuras.

Tsubomi's blood is our bond.

So let's wipe out this curse.

These flowers bloomed on you, too,
didn't they?

The someinine in Tsubomi's blood
is totally different

than that of her descendants,
and far more vicious.

In exchange for granting its host power,
it unfailingly drains it of life.

In the past,
when I dosed test subjects with it,

none of them lasted a week.

I've managed to fake it 'til now
using every available treatment,

but that can't continue
under the circumstances I'm in now.

Soon, I'll die.

The curse of this blood bared its fangs
even towards its progenitor.

Her body was able to maintain
a miraculous balance,

but once it crumbled, it was hell.

The power to eat away at her body
and the power to heal it.

These opposing forces clashed,
accelerated,

and warped her,
turning her into something else.

The Book of Buds...

you couldn't read it, could you?

It was written with colorless ink
made from Tsubomi's blood.

You need a special power to read it.

And that power is...

the Profuse Blooming of 10,000 Flowers...

an older and more potent awakening
than Blooming.

To conquer and use the power
of the blood that was consuming me...

in the end,
I was never able to master that skill.

Though indispensable
for destroying Tsubomi...

it's also a double-edged sword.

While Tsubomi's blood
does generate devastating power,

it also resonates with others.

Just as you and Tsubomi made a connection,

just as I was able to sense
the connection between you two...

those sharing the same blood
also share their emotions.

Most likely, he'll realize
that you and I are talking.

The one person other than us
who was given that blood...

No.

In his case, that's the least of it.

That's enough.

That's some superhuman hearing.

I don't have long to live,
yet you're here to silence me?

It's still too soon for him.

Where'd he come from?

Kawashita, is this
just your ego talking about her?

You're the one who's self-serving.

Good job, Taiyo. You've become quicker.

If you increase the speed
of your snap judgments,

you'll make even greater strides.

Father. There are so many things
I'd like to talk to you about.

But right now, I'm talking to him.

So if you don't mind...

I'll have to ask you to leave.

Yozakura Jujutsu, Cascading Kumite.

Spring Gale!

We'll buy time for you.

Keep doing your job.

Roger that.

Shall we continue our conversation?

What's going on out there?

There was an expl*si*n underground.
Access is cut off!

Father.

I just turned 100 Kengo dolls into police
and a SWAT team to evacuate the civilians.

I've reconfigured the police
and traffic networks

to designate this location
as a restricted area.

You can rampage to your heart's content.

Thanks, all of you.

The question is,
how long can we keep him at bay?

That depends.

If he's in shape,
maybe five minutes at most?

My children...

how you've all grown.

During the attack on the mansion,
it was all I could do to hold back.

The truth is, right now I want
to hug you all so hard you'll break.

Every time I heard about your exploits,
my heart would race with pride.

The fact that we've been reunited
must be--

Enough of this farce, Father.

We knew you were coming.

To stop Kawashita
from revealing the truth.

That's right.

The day that you, Mom,
and Mutsumi suddenly disappeared...

you'd k*lled them both.

Where are you now, Kyoichiro?

The three of them aren't at the villa
or our other residence.

I've found them.
- Huh?

All three of them are here,

right before my eyes.

All right. I'm heading over there now!

Are they all safe?

Yes.

It was Father...

...who took Mother?

Does Mutsumi know about this?

She just found out now.

Our parents died that day.

It's too late
for redemption or remorse from you.

Go back to being a memory, Father.

Ah...

My children, who've grown to become
so strong and beautiful...

are calling me "Father."

All the joy and love I'm feeling...

I don't think I can take it.

You're talking about that day, huh?

Good timing.

In telling Tsubomi's story,
I can't leave out Momo.

Let me tell you about it,
including what I can only guess at.

Four years ago, when I was working
on Tsubomi and managing Tanpopo,

he appeared before me
with his wife and daughter in his arms.

It's all right, Dr. Kawashita.

At last, my body is here now.

Thank you, Momo.

My child...

Why did the husband of the Yozakura head

show up carrying his wife and child?

Why did Tsubomi call this man "my child"?

Amidst my confusion, the abnormally
massive amount of someinine in his body...

resonated with Tsubomi's blood inside me,
telling me that it was true.

Mutsumi's father is Tsubomi's child?

No, it's not as cut and dried as that.

The only birth records that exist
for Tsubomi are for the second generation.

But Momo's DNA and his body,
made of someinine crystals

made me draw the following conclusion.

That biologically, Momo Yozakura is
one and the same as Tsubomi Yozakura.

Gender, age,

appearance, personality,

different in every respect.

But there's no question

that Momo Yozakura is another Tsubomi.

Whirlwind.

Water God.
- Water God.

Good teamwork.

Heavy...

hard...

profuse...

strong.

I'd expect no less from you.

It's not working.

The stats for his endurance data
and his biometrics are total trash.

Is this thing fried?

No, my receptors
are also detecting abnormalities.

And even my eyes can't capture any info.

He's not Father anymore.

He's something else.

Right. He's a monster.

When the someinine in Yozakura blood
stimulates the cells, that's Blooming.

But Tsubomi's blood converts the cells
themselves into crystallized someinine.

The entire body is transformed
into high-energy crystallized someinine

That's the Profuse Blooming
of 10,000 Flowers.

For a child,
their father is an absolute ally...

their peace of mind, their support.

The child's joy is shared,

and if tears are being shed,
I'd hold them close.

I wanted to stay by your sides
forever that way.

But...

if you're going to diverge
from the future I'm hoping for...

I'm going to have to stand in your way.

Right now is surely the time to do so.

No matter how much you hate me...

no matter how much you resent me...

I love you all.

Just shut the hell up!

Family get-togethers are so much fun.

How fun they are!

You guys!

Hold up.

He's not someone that you can stand up to.

Kawashita!

Talk about a late awakening.

Having no concern
about what will become of me.

Trying to eliminate me
once I've become a hindrance.

It just goes to show you
how little I'm worth.

Huh?

Blooming is an enhancement
based on the human body...

but the Profuse Blooming of 10,000 Flowers
rebuilds the body from its base,

turning it into power itself.

It's a tremendous power,
but you can't control it yourself.

No matter what, you'd need intervention
from the root's origin, Tsubomi.

If you want to master it,
there's just one way.

Increase the concentration
of Tsubomi's blood,

and get closer to Tsubomi.

Yes, for example...

I'm crystallized someinine
being taken over by Tsubomi.

You could perhaps absorb me.

If we combine the Tsubomi
existing inside us both,

we might be able to conquer
the Profuse Blooming of 10,000 Flowers.

That would open up the possibility
of fighting them.

But on the other hand, there's also
a good chance that she'd consume you.

Now, then, what will you do?

I don't even have to think about it

when it's for my family's sake.

So you'd join forces with the man
who k*lled the Asano family

to save the Yozakura family?

Just as I thought, you're no normal human.

I'm sensing absorption.

So they're using that risky method
that the fifth head informed me about.

I've got to stop it.

Father, surely that's enough.

Let's end this now.

I'm happy to see
that you've all become strong.

But you're still works in progress.

Let us meet again

when you've all Bloomed.

Another blast?

No, this is... a gust of wind.

You were just a tad late, Momo.

You allied yourself with him to thwart me?

Why the change of heart?

Oh, I haven't changed at all.

It's the times that have changed.

Your family is like a nightmare.

No, you people are the nightmare itself.

But that nightmare...

for me, it was a good dream.

My dream, Tsubomi's wish,
your intentions...

even a giant tree that's spread
its unsightly roots will decay one day.

And bathed in the sunlight
that the old tree once blocked,

new cherry blossoms will grow.

I loathe you from the bottom of my heart,

but I have sympathy for you,
not being able to awaken.

I'll be going on ahead.

We were born in this wretched world...

and can only die.

Someday, when people like you
become the norm...

It's so far in the future
that it makes my head spin.

I couldn't see the future with you,
but I was able to entrust it to someone.

That fleeting dream that I saw with you,
it was a pleasant dream.

Thank you very much, Mr. Kawashita.

Good night.

Yes.

♪ The fox cries out
Dancing in the frozen snow ♪

♪ As humans daydream ♪

♪ It leaps in the moonlit night ♪

The decayed cherry tree
turns into a sign of spring, eh?

The branches that Tsubomi planted
and Kawashita nurtured

will cause the surrounding trees to bloom.

I'll be watching over you, Taiyo.

KAWASHITA MEDICAL CLINIC

Makoto Kawashita.

Physician in the former Japanese Army.

After the w*r, he was involved
in tens of thousands of crimes

while working as an executive
of the crime syndicate Tanpopo.

Died while in the custody
of the Spy Association.

He was 108 years old.

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