01x13 - Episode 13

[bunniefuu]

You will grow strong. As I am.

These are... the Three Sacred Treasures!

To complete the Armor
of the Supreme Emperor,

I will claim your lives.

Ramaga.

I will not allow you to do as you please.

Sagume!

Don't think that this is the end!

I'll destroy you...

I'll destroy everything!

Gai...

You will lead me, Ramaga,
to the Supreme Emperor.

I swear I will rise again.

I will destroy all that there is
and rule this world.

I swear it... I swear it!

After a 35 year absence,
demons invaded Tokyo once again.

The Defense Special Cases Task Force,
or DST, assembled new Samurai Troopers

who fought valiantly
and restored peace to the city.

The Samurai Troopers
protect your tomorrow!

RISING SUN PARTY

The Rising Sun Party
protects Japan's future!

Don't you think my character's kinda ugly?

"The worst day ever"? Again?

He is, right? Ugly, I mean!

"Your lucky item is an unusual pet."

What's that about?

Hey! Listen when people
are talking to you!

Ow, ow, ow!

He looks just like you!
He's the closest of any of us!

What'd you say?!
He looks nothing like me!

- SAMURAI TROOPERS MANJU

- Do we really want
to go with this for a gift?

What's on your mind?

I was just thinking how much
things have bounced back.

Hard to believe it's been
three months since then.

- EPISODE XIII
A NEW CHAPTER

- Thank you for coming just to see me.

- Honestly, we wanted
to visit you sooner.

You vanished without a word, Commander.

I'm sorry.

I thought seeing everyone
would make it worse.

So, how is the DST adjusting
to its new normal?

How do you think?

They replaced you with
the woman in the iron mask!

I am Narumi, newly appointed
commander of the DST.

I didn't come here to hero-worship you.

I'm here to build a stronger organization
to face the next emergency.

My orders are absolute.

Follow them without fail.

"Disobey, and I'll punish you
before the demons do!"

She didn't say that.

And how is everyone else?

Jun set out on a spiritual
training journey.

Of course, given the world we live in,

I guess he couldn't exactly
take White Blaze along.

Of the original Samurai Troopers,
Mr. Sanada has stayed on as an instructor.

The others have gone back
to their old lives.

What about you, Commander?

You don't regret quitting the DST, do you?

Of course not.

What'd you have to go
and quit for, anyway?

I aided the demons.

Only because of the Jewel of Conquest.

Yeah, he's right. Plus, the people
the demons got have come back to life.

But not all of them.

Lives were lost.

It's hopeless. I still can't
figure out how I feel.

It is still weird...

How come people like
Ryu and Mirei didn't come back?

I wonder.

But you had nothing to do
with their deaths, Commander.

No, I'm responsible
for failing to save them.

If Gai were here now, I'm sure he'd be
yelling for us to quit our whining.

I haven't heard anyone
say his name in a while.

H-He never really stood out, you know?

I forgot all about him.

Yeah, right.

You bug me about him nearly every day.
"Gai's gotta be alive, right?"

You shut your mouth!

I'm telling you, that hurts!

See that guy?

I'm pretty sure Gai k*lled him
back when he was a monster.

Yeah.

He showed up in Gai's training
to get over the trauma.

Guess he came back.

Say, back to what we were talking about...

Maybe only people turned
into Puppets came back.

True. Ryusei and Mirei turned
into monsters, not Puppets.

So people who got magicked
into monsters died for real?

Excellent!

If we hypothesize that swords made
of the Demon Element create Puppets,

then when Ramaga used his
Demon Castle to transform everyone...

- He was using the effects
of a Demon Sword, not Sorcery.

- Oh, man. He's off in his own world.

- Hang on. That implies the Sorcery
that Ramaga and his Ten Warriors use

Gai...

- It looks like the humans
you k*lled came back.

- isn't connected to the Demon Element.

- Sorry. Wait long?

Hey.

- Which would mean Sorcery
isn't a demonic power.

- You don't need to feel guilty anymore.

In which case...

So hurry up and visit already, hero.

What's going on there?

Hey, does the sky look weird to you?

Doesn't it remind you
of the Demon Outbreak?

No way.

Another invasion?!

Today at 16:02,

a white membrane we believe to be
a barrier covered all 23 wards of Tokyo.

This phenomenon resembles
the Demon Outbreak three months ago,

and the DST is inundated with questions!

Ow!

You have some nerve,
napping through an emergency!

I mean, nobody's gotten hurt yet, right?

We can't wait for that!

But we've still got signal,
and no demons are showing up.

And we're going to mount a response
before they do, you incompetent!

"Incompetent"?

By the way, where's Shion?

Upgrading our Armor-Gear.

Have you figured out what's causing this?

Mr. Sanada!

No, we're still waiting on specifics.

Seriously? She's like a different person.

She gets all demure around Mr. Sanada.

Talk about a textbook tsundere.

Musashi, enough chitchat!

Why just me?

No back talk!

Sorry, ma'am.

Could this be the Demon World's doing?

Well, I'd like to have them
investigate that possibility.

Investigate? Where, exactly?

In the Demon World, of course!

How are we supposed to get there?

We can just use the staff.

If we're using the staff,

I guess this is a job for him...

That scared me!

Jun! Long time no see!

How's Jun's Jaunts going?

Don't make my training journey
sound like some walking show!

We rendezvoused with Jun.
How's the Armor-Gear coming?

It's shaped up pretty well.

The more I study these five elements,
the less I understand them.

I can't even be sure the Supreme Emperor
we made was really complete.

You mean it could come out differently?

Beats me.

But this is the best I can do for now.

Okay, this is it.

Thank you very much.

I wonder what it's gonna be like.

I've got the jitters.

Everybody ready to go?

You bet! We'll nip this demon
invasion in the bud! Like bam!

Guide the Samurai Troopers
to the Demon World!

Where are we...?

The border between
the Human World and the others.

What they call the Sanzu River,
more or less.

Oh, right. You've been
to the Demon World before.

The Demon World is through that gate.

Man, talk about a wasteland.

Probably because we took down Ramaga.

I guess the Demon World
has its own mess to sort out.

That must be the Demon Castle.

I know you!

The Samurai Troopers!

Yikes!

Close one!

Anyway, since when do
Demon Soldiers talk?

According to Jun, the stronger their
hatred, the closer they get to human.

We're asking for trouble
looking like this.

What do you know?
It's homier than I expected.

I pictured something eerier.

- "Zabiru"?

- ZABIRU

Where have I heard that before?

Hey, you're no better than
a baby Zabiru like that.

ZABIRU

I reminded him of this thing?

Hang on! What'd you grab the Zabiru for?!

It was free.

I've gotten kind of attached to it.

Hey, pal! How about a Salty Merubi?

Yuck! What's up with this flavor?

Hey! Don't talk like
I'm some Salty Merubi!

I guess he was about as hard to stomach.

Bad news!

The Samurai Troopers showed up!

- WANTED

- Are these...

- Did the soldiers from before report us?

This drawing makes me look ugly, too!

These are the guys who beat
Emperor Ramaga, right?

Now they want to take more from us?
They can't get away with this!

They're talking like
we're the invaders here.

Goes to show how what's right
depends on your point of view.

What's right can change...
I never thought about that.

H-Hey! That tickles!

Not there! Come on, stop!

It's the Samurai Troopers!

Hold it!

After them!

What are we running away for?!

Like we stand a chance
against this many of them!

What? You'll help us?

This way, guys!

I'm beat. That was a hell of a run.

We wouldn't have made it without you.

Oh, my lucky item! An unusual pet!

The Demon Gate is in the other direction.

I guess we'll have to wait here
tonight and see what happens.

Gimme a break.
The big reopening's tomorrow!

Like I care.

What's up?

Gai...

For real?

Gai turned to stone?

Gai! It's me!

What's going on?

Is he alive? Is he dead?

Who knows?!

You!

What's the meaning of this?!

When you fall into
the Fountain of Annihilation,

the magma melts you, body and soul,
and you vanish without a trace.

Except this time, for some reason.

We have tried every means at our disposal,

but we cannot put so much
as a crack in him.

So we've got no clue
whether he's alive or dead.

Did you come to the Demon World
to rescue the prince?

No! We came to stop your invasion!

What invasion?

Don't play dumb!

You put a barrier over Tokyo again!

I don't follow you.

Like I said—

You mean you aren't behind the barrier?

We're too busy rebuilding
the Demon World to pull that crap!

Yeah! Yeah!

Then, who did?

How should we know?

Still, you came all the way here,
so we'd better welcome you in style!

We haven't forgotten how
you k*lled our buddies.

Fine by me.

Oath of Justice, emissary of Earth!

JUSTICE

Armor of Wilderness!

I guess they're not letting us
go home empty-handed.

That's more like it!

JUSTICE

Secret Art: Geo Morph!

Without the prince,
you Samurai Troopers don't scare us!

Do you think...

you've reached our level
in so short a time?!

We wouldn't have come here if we didn't!

What?!

You couldn't possibly have
gained such strength so quickly!

I overhauled our Armor-Gear!

And I managed to maximize
what makes us each unique.

You're all talk!

My Armor of Light moves
faster than the eye can follow.

I keep missing?!

The Armor of Wilderness
packs a punch like nature's fury.

The Armor of Water features
agility and jumping power.

The Armor of Sky can instantly
detect the enemy's every move.

We're a lot tougher than we used to be!

Interesting. Then I guess
we'd better get serious!

What the—?! What just happened?!

You're from the Divine World.

I am Inmei.

I am here on behalf of Lady Sagume.

So you're here to help?

Unfortunately not.

In order to rebuild this planet,

we of the Divine World have resolved
to destroy the Human and Demon Worlds.

What do you mean?!

We have lost patience with humanity,

which persists in defiling this planet
and learns nothing from its mistakes.

Oh, yeah?

Then the ones who put up
that white barrier—

It was us.

To remake this world anew.

Demon Soldiers,

rise again as our loyal servants.

Go forth, Divine Warriors!

Divine Warriors?

What happened to you guys?!
Are you nuts?!

Guys!

Snap out of it!

It appears they've used
the Demon Soldiers' hatred

to refashion them into new weapons.

Like hell they did!

Why would the Divine World do this?

I don't get it!

They're a lot tougher than
they were as Demon Soldiers.

You hold them off here!

Hey!

To be honest,

I hoped I'd never have to hold...

the sword that ran you through again.

A waste of effort.

Not on my watch.

When I taught you about this song,
you told me,

"Just finding that out
makes my life worth it."

You can't be satisfied with just that!

What's wrong with you?

This is no time to go dying in this dump.

Everybody's waiting for you.

So wake up already, hero!

Gai...

I'm back.

Welcome back, Gai!

That's not Gai!

At last, I have returned.

That's Ramaga!

How have you brats been?

How dare you betray me.

I'll pay you back for that in full later.

But first...

The Divine World has turned on the humans?

What an amusing time to be alive!

Who do you think you're dealing with?

I, Ramaga, am not to be taken lightly!

Inmei!

Come down and face me!

Leave this to me.

Ryusei...


- EPISODE XIV
MIRACLE

- Armor races through your heart.