01x22 - Episode 22

[bunniefuu]

That had no effect at all?!

Magnificent! It's all I could ask for!

Sagume.

I've come to take your life.

Four presences vanished at once.

You mean...?

Probably the Troopers.

Huh? Uh... what?

Where are we now?

Could this be... the afterlife?

For real?!

Don't go k*lling me off.

Is this a new checkpoint
in the Divine World?

No, none of them look like this.

Hey!

What's that?

Gai?

Huh? No way!

Gai! Gai!

Gai!

Where have you sent
the Samurai Troopers' souls?

Or so I would ask,

but I assume you flung them inside me.

Not you. Into Gai's mental world.

It's the same thing.

You must plan to use them
to bring Gai back.

If they guide him into the light, you
shall be entombed in darkness once more.

You think it will be that easy?

Now that I wield
the Shield of Domination,

I have no weaknesses.

That was Ramaga and
Sagume talking, right?

If they're telling the truth,
we're inside Gai's mind.

For real?

Anyway, if we rescue Gai,
he and Ramaga will swap places.

Let's hurry and—

Gai!

EPISODE XXII
LOVE

Take me to the ravine realm!

Sagume's doing, I suppose.

Imagine leaving me out in the cold...

All your efforts are futile

as long as I have this shield!

I draw my strength
from Lord Yatogojin now.

So you stole human
life force to gain power!

I will defend the Divine World,

and I will make any
sacrifice necessary do so.

We're not gonna end up
trapped here, are we?

Lady Sagume led us here.
There has to be a way through.

Can we really trust Sagume Yashima?

I mean, she did try to wreck
the Human World to make a new one.

Doesn't that make her our enemy?

No. She's on our side.

She's been fighting alone all this time.

We will remake the world anew.

Won't you lend me your aid?

Of course not! Get real!

You would defy us?

No matter.

Four Beast Warriors, leave us.

I expected that answer from you.

It is not the Human World
I wish to remake.

It is this Divine World.

One of the Four Beast Warriors you
just met schemes to seize control.

If the Divine World suffers a usurpation,
this planet is doomed.

I wish to prevent that.

But when you exposed Inmei's plot,

Sagume tried to punish
you for it, remember?

That was all part of the plan.

Inmei is truly cunning.

It is possible that I may force you
to make sacrifices as well.

I cannot do battle with Inmei now.

You see—

Lady Sagume!

You see... I am in no state to face him.

For many years, I have run my body
ragged to wield Lord Yatogojin's power.

I haven't much time left.

No matter what,
I will keep this planet safe.

She cares more about our future
than anyone else.

How quickly you tire.

Is that all you can do?

Whatever becomes of me, I will never
surrender the true Supreme Emperor to you!

Heavenly Art:

Extremity!

If you thought that Gai's body
was all you needed

to claim the true Supreme Emperor,
you made a grave mistake.

You can never become Gai.

Is your son so precious to you?

Huh?!

Did he just say her son?!

For real?!

That means Gai is Sagume
and Ramaga's child.

Where's this?

This is... the upper reaches
of the Divine World.

Hey, look there.

Gai.

That's Lord Yatogojin.

That's baby Gai?

Then we must be in Gai's memories.

To think that Yatogojin
would be reduced to a dragon...

It falls to us to sustain
the Divine World from now on.

Until the day this child inherits
the mantle of the Supreme Emperor.

I will raise Gai.

I will make a man of him.

What's wrong?!

You can't even k*ll a fly,
fighting like that!

We're seeing Gai's memories
play out in front of us.

Was Ramaga training Gai so he could
steal his body, even back then?

I don't know. It looks to me like he
has complicated feelings about Gai.

Where did you hide the Armor
of the Supreme Emperor?!

You're wasting your time.

Even if you do find it, you'd need
several initiates to lift the seal.

Why do this?! We need a god
to succeed Yatogojin!

You must know that you couldn't wield the
true Supreme Emperor even if you had it.

It would be a different story
if I had Gai's body!

You couldn't remain in the Divine World
if you broke that taboo.

What of it?!

I will surpass Yatogojin.

Something seems off.

How come Gai can invoke the Supreme
Emperor if his dad, Ramaga, can't?

How ridiculous it is to see you
act like his mother

after you drove us into the Demon World!

It would never have come to this

if you hadn't foolishly sought
to revive the Supreme Emperor.

Don't think that this is the end!

- I will not allow you
to do as you please.

- I'll destroy you...

I'll destroy everything!

If you cared for Gai, you
would have come after him.

But you remained in the Divine World!

You chose this land's
stability over your own son!

You're wrong!

It's time I put an end to this.

Gai...

Gai! Are you all right?!

No way. Gai just...

He turned into a monster.

Gai will dispose of those
Samurai Troopers whelps.

What have you done?

I cast a Heavenly Art.

It transformed Gai into a monster.

Now the whelps' souls
will rot away within me...

and so will you!

Gai! What's gotten into you?!

Gai! Snap out of it!

Forget it. He's lost all reason.

I still can't sense what
I believe to be the Troopers.

No... You mean, they're all...

They're fine.
I know they'll make it back.

Hey, are you sure we can't
get to the Divine World?

Only chosen ones can make the journey.

So we're out of luck, even though
we're Samurai Troopers, too?

I've never cursed my own
powerlessness like I am right now.

You're right that we can't help them.

But there is one thing we can do...

Keep this world safe for their return home
once the battle is done.

I can't fall yet.

I must pass on the true Supreme
Emperor to Gai at any cost.

That's why I drained
the life force of so many humans.

Nothing can excuse that.

And that is why...

I will pay the price myself!

So you still had strength to spare?

You don't desire the true Supreme Emperor
to make yourself king of the world.

What?!

You only want to claim victory
over Lord Yatogojin.

You envied the god of destruction.

And so—

Silence!

The true Armor of the Supreme Emperor
will not go to Gai or to Inmei.

It will be mine!

Damn, he's hella tough...

What can we do to get Gai back?

Can you hear me, Samurai Troopers?

Ramaga!

Unleash your Supreme Arts on Gai.

That is how you can save him.

Do that, and he will
return to his original form.

You mean it?!

You mustn't.

Lady Sagume!

Ryusei Oda...

You must not use your Supreme Arts.

Ramaga means to subvert them
to invoke the Supreme Emperor.

The Shield of Domination will react
with the armor, completing the true—

Hold your tongue!

Now, what will you do?

Unless you use your Supreme Arts,
you have no hope of victory either way.

What will we do?

What are we gonna do?!

Use our Supreme Arts.

But—

Trust me.

Fine.

Supreme Art: Void of the Five Skandhas!

Supreme Art: Vigor and Vitality!

Supreme Art: Unparalleled!

Supreme Art: Light Beam Flash!

Very good.

Once I add the power of fire,

the true Supreme Emperor will be complete!

Supreme Art:

Mind Clea—

Damn you...!

I will bring those boys back!

No matter what,
I will keep this planet safe.

Henceforth, when I dissemble
and speak falsely to you,

I will call you by your
full name, "Ryusei Oda."

Ryusei Oda...

I deem you a rebel.

Ryusei Oda.

You must not use your Supreme Arts.

I hope I made the right call.

Gai!

Gai!

Gai...

You give my life purpose.

I wanted to protect you,
even if it cost me all else.

Hey, look!

I truly did try to rush
after you back then,

but my body was so ravaged that leaving
Lord Yatogojin meant instant death.

How I longed to touch you
with these hands again...

With that wish in my heart,
I chose to watch over you from afar.

Gai.

You did magnificently.

But...

I couldn't do a single
motherly thing for you.

So, now, at least...

This body belongs to me!

I will become a king
greater than Yatogojin.

You must realize by now.

You can never be Yatogojin!

Because... you are who you are.

Only by living true to yourself

could you ever surpass Yatogojin.

Spare me... your nonsense!

Aid Gai in my stead.

I will unlock my memories
with this Heavenly Art.

Farewell.

Gai...

Did you save me?

We're back.

We made it out, alive and well!

Gai's back, too!

Lady Sagume...

Ryusei, you divined
my intentions splendidly.

Gai.

How you've grown.

This flower...

You gave it to me.

I remember.

I finally remembered.

You were always with me as a child.

I've put you through a terrible ordeal.

It wasn't so bad.

I mean, I got to meet these guys.

I see. I'm glad to hear it.

I don't know what to say
at a time like this.

So I'll say the one thing
that just came to me.

Thanks for having me.

That's enough... to make me hap—

I couldn't see why she
should meet a touching end

after taking so many lives.

Is that Inmei?

He doesn't look like
the last time we saw him.

The foundation is complete.

That only leaves the true Supreme Emperor.

Is that the Shield of Domination?

Then all the conditions have been—

Quit your yapping.

Oh? You've learned to wield
Heavenly Arts like that, have you?

If you wanna see the Supreme Emperor
that bad, I'll show it to you.

Supreme Art: Mind Clear!

That's... the armor's true form.

Like scorching heat,
I'll incinerate your mortal shell!


- EPISODE XXIII
TRUE

- Armor races through your heart.