07x37 - Ninja Soul
Posted: 09/23/22 13:28
Sho: I order you as shogun.
Sho: Take out the rebels!
Gai: C-Curse you!
Rap: I can't believe that one of Iga's three great ninjas
Rap: would so disgracefully attack his target instead of admitting defeat.
Rap: But it's all over.
Gai: Momochi, you set me up?!
Shin: Why is the shogun in the shogun assassination squad?
Shin: I mean, Zenzo-san k*lled the real one...
Sho: That wasn't me.
Sho: No...
Sho: The shogun you all probably met in the past few days wasn't me, either.
Sho: I was kidnapped by a certain someone
Sho: immediately after the incident in the palace.
Sho: And I was hiding in Iga, under the protection of Momochi here.
Shin: What?!
Shin: That shogun was a fake, too?
Kon: Kidnap the shogun from the palace?
Hij: That's not...
Sac: It is possible,
Sac: for him.
Gai: It can't be!
Gai: That brat?
Gai: It was all that Hattori brat's doing?!
Gai: Momochi, you...
Gai: Did the two of you conspire to fake the shogun's death?!
Gai: You outwitted your enemies, allies, and even us Iga ninjas?!
Warning,Sign: Watch the Shogun Assassination Arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!
Rap: You don't get to call yourself an Iga ninja, scumbag.
Rap: The only reason Iga fell so easily
Rap: must've been because you all were in cahoots with the enemy.
Rap: Unfortunately for you, that brat and I are ninjas through and through.
Rap: We choose our lords and our enemies ourselves—
Gai: Quit the bullshit, you senile blockhead.
Gai: It's all over.
Gai: Iga, the shogun, and everything!
Rap: You won't take the shogun's head with pathetic ninja arts like that.
Rap: Or, for that matter, Momochi Rappa's.
Rap: You lack training.
Rap: Now this is true ninja a*tillery.
Gin: That was her real body?!
Title : Shogun Assassination Arc Part Three
Title : Ninja Soul
Rap: The holy land of ninjas,
Rap: the hidden village of Shiranui.
Rap: This place is under the protection of Marici, the god of ninjas,
Rap: so the shogun will be safe here.
Rap: Have some tea and relax.
Rap: Drink up.
Rap: It's the village's special tea, nincha.
Shin: Uh, excuse me, Momochi-san.
Shin: That's a w*apon, isn't it?
Shin: Not a person, right?
Rap: Are you whelps too young for tea?
Rap: Have this, then.
Kag: Cocoa!
Shin: It's safe, right?
Shin: You're the real body, right?!
Rap: I'm a ninja who practices puppet arts,
Rap: one who controls a puppet and is controlled by one.
Rap: We are both the real Momochi Rappa.
Shin: Uh, I'm not sure I follow.
Shin: And you look more like a puppet, if you ask me.
Rap: Worry not.
Rap: Momo-chan can be a w*apon at some times,
Rap: and a teapot at others. She's an all-purpose puppet.
Kon: So it's safe, then.
Rap: And at times, she can also be a toilet.
Rap: Hey, there's a toilet right here.
Rap: You won't find a restroom if you go that way.
Rap: Nor will you survive.
Rap: This is a ninja fortress.
Rap: You'd best not run around carelessly.
Rap: Some have had their bodies twisted the moment they entered a restroom.
Shin: What is this, the Dark Continent?
Gin: I see.
Gin: Yeah, the shogun really might be safe here.
Shin: The shogun went and got himself twisted first!
Shin: Down there?!
Shin: So you get twisted down there?!
Rap: It should be clear to you now.
Rap: I shall guarantee the shogun's safety.
Rap: Leave the rest to me and withdraw.
Kag: Who'll protect the shogun, if not us?
Rap: The enemy is as powerful as an entire nation.
Rap: "Protect"?
Rap: Shallow thinking like that will only get the shogun k*lled again.
Rap: Could you k*ll the shogun, like the Hattori brat did?
Shin: What do you mean?
Rap: I met him a month after the Harusame overran Iga village.
Rap: Since he'd already been keeping tabs on the situation, he knew that
Rap: while the enemy had started as a group of radical Joi Rebels in the Hitotsubashi faction,
Rap: they had now grown into a massive, unstoppable force.
Rap: That they wouldn't stop attacking as long as the shogun stayed the shogun.
Rap: That if we wanted to protect the shogun, protect Iga,
Rap: and prevent further warfare,
Rap: there was only one way to do it:
Rap: k*ll Tokugawa Shigeshige, the shogun,
Rap: and return him to merely being Tokugawa Shigeshige.
Rap: What he lopped off was the position of shogun.
Rap: By taking him out of the political picture,
Rap: he tried to protect the life of Tokugawa Shigeshige, the man.
Rap: To that end, he chose to throw his life away
Rap: and go down in the history books as a traitor.
Zen: Take it.
Zen: I can't get curious about what happens next.
Zen: It'll make me waver.
Gin: That bastard was planning it all along?
Shin: Sacchan-san!
Rap: Don't tell anyone that the shogun is alive,
Rap: if you don't want anyone else to die.
Gin: Do you really think they'll be satisfied with taking the shogun's head?
Rap: Are you familiar with the enemy?
Gin: You bet I am.
Gin: Enough to make me sick.
G: Impossible!
G: That's the Harusame!
Shin: No way!
Shin: Why are they coming to Iga again?!
Shin: Did they find out that the shogun was hidden here?!
Rap: The Hattori brat wouldn't mess up like that.
Shin: Then why?
Gin: Take a good look, you guys.
Gin: This is who he is.
Gin: He won't stop, even if the shogun dies.
Gin: He won't stop, even if the entire political landscape changes.
Gin: If you want to stop him,
Gin: you'll have to k*ll him.
Kam: Hello?
Kam: Where are you right now, Abuto?
G: C-Commander!
G: Th-The vice commander is in the restroom right now.
Kam: That so?
Kam: Tell him that he'll get a pay cut if he's not back within three seconds.
Abu: Hey, Commander. I just got done.
Abu: That was one smooth dump. I probably didn't even need to wipe.
Kam: Where'd you run off to while I was off the ship?
Kam: I don't see you anywhere.
Abu: We're looking for you, too, but can't find you anywhere.
Kam: You're not off doing something fun while I'm gone, are you?
Abu: Of course not!
Kam: You're not headed to Iga with Shinsuke, are you?
Abu: Of course not!
Abu: Did you find who you were looking for?
Kam: Nope. I guess they must've died.
Kam: All of them.
Kam: Aww, what a waste.
Kam: And here I'd managed to find such an interesting rarity.
Kam: Anyway, I'll head over there. Tell me where you are.
Abu: Uh, you're wounded, so why don't you take it easy for a while?
Kam: Fine.
Kam: I'll come through here, then.
Abu: You can do that?!
Kam: Abuto...
Kam: You know what'll happen if you go and do anything fun without me, right—
Abu: Cut!
Abu: Cut the feed!
G: A-Are you sure about this?
Abu: As if I could bring along a guy who was looking for prey even when wounded.
Abu: Besides,
Abu: I can't help but feel there's trouble brewing.
Abu: Where'd that guy go? Where'd Hattori Zenzo go?
G: Stop the ships!
G: State your business!
Tak: Why don't you put them at ease?
Tak: Tell them we're only here to thank them for helping to assassinate the shogun.
Zen: If you want to thank someone, thank me.
Zen: Those idiots weren't very useful at all.
Tak: You don't seem the type to care much about achievements.
Zen: I was the one who took the shogun's head.
Zen: I don't want a medal or anything,
Zen: but I don't want anybody taking credit for the job I carried out with my skills.
Zen: Or taking the fall for it.
Zen: That was your plan all along, wasn't it?
Zen: You guys didn't get the Iga involved just to borrow their strength.
Zen: You wanted them to take the blame for the shogun's assassination
Zen: and be destroyed in the name of Lord Hitotsubashi.
Zen: In other words,
Zen: you used us ninjas to give him a just cause to become the next shogun, didn't you?
Zen: Talk about looking down on me.
Zen: Are you saying the name Hattori Zenzo isn't enough to bear that cross?
Tak: This isn't the Crossing of Iga, but rather the Crossing of Styx,
Tak: and you don't have enough companions.
Tak: Go give the shogun's skull some company in hell,
Tak: Oniwaban.
Zen: Oh, I've already got enough people taking a trip to hell with me
Zen: right here.
G: What the?
G: What's this black fog?
Zen: Flame Mist.
Zen: An Iga-developed smokescreen that explodes when it detects high temperatures.
Zen: With this, your big dongs have been rendered useless.
Zen: The only thing you can believe in is your own skills.
Zen: Now, how many of you can I take to hell with me?
Zen: I'll show you what a traitor to the nation is capable of.
Zen: Welcome to ninja country.
Sac: You haven't changed one bit, have you?
Zen: That is my creed.
Sac: I see.
Sac: You've really forgotten, huh?
Rap: So it did end up like this after all.
Rap: Don't let the Hattori brat die alone.
Rap: Show them the skills we have honed.
Rap: Show them the ninja soul!
Gin: Where might you be headed?
Gin: You don't look like you're running for it.
Kag: Sho-chan,
Kag: we can't let you go any further.
Shin: Please leave this to us and take refuge.
Sho: Step aside.
Sho: I know that everyone's fighting for me.
Sho: But...
Sho: But I cannot bear to see any more people die for m—
Shin: Gin-san!
Gin: In that case, do you wanna abandon everything and die right here?
Gin: I'll help you cast aside the lives of everyone who's died for you,
Gin: and put you out of your misery.
Gin: Or will you live on, using countless corpses as stepping stones?
Gin: Pick whichever you like.
Gin: All I'll say is,
Gin: even if you run away from your battle,
Gin: we don't plan on running from ours.
Gin: Pachi-boy!
Gin: Shogun, you...
Sho: I was taught how to throw them long ago
Sho: by the Oniwaban.
Sho: To me, they're not merely retainers.
Sho: They're precious friends.
Sho: Please, let me go!
Sho: I don't want to let them...
Sho: To let Zenzo die!
Abu: Sheesh.
Abu: Yet another ship down the drain.
Abu: He's good, that Hattori Zenzo.
Abu: But it looks like my instinct was right on the money.
Abu: I thought he was fishy, and that he was hiding something.
Abu: And look, we found the real shogun's head.
Shin: S-So many Yato...
Kag: Gin-chan! Sho-chan!
Abu: I'm sorry, but once the rabbits of the night lock on to their prey,
Abu: they don't let it escape!
Abu: I see.
Abu: Ninja country's out for revenge, eh?
Abu: Interesting.
Abu: If the commander saw this, he'd jump for joy.
Abu: The nation's strongest warriors teamed up to challenge the universe's strongest?
Abu: Can you defend this country from us?!
Mat: Well done coming back from that disaster alive.
Mat: You have my gratitude for protecting the princess.
Mai: It was all thanks to Okita-dono.
Mai: He aided in our escape until right before the ship sank.
Mai: If it weren't for him, none of us would've survived.
Mat: That troublemaker did all that?
Mat: So we've been saved by a couple of punks, who're the farthest thing from loyal.
Mat: And that Zenzo...
Mat: Who would've thought he'd trick even us to save Sho-chan?
Mat: Are you sure?
Mai: Yes.
Mai: That wasn't Shigeshige-sama.
Mai: When I checked the body, I didn't find something that should've been there.
Mai: A scar.
Mat: A scar?
Mat: That's news to me.
Mai: It's a secret that only Shigeshige-sama, the Oniwaban, and I know.
Mai: No...
Mai: It's proof of the bonds between Shigeshige-sama and the Oniwaban.
Mai: Shigeshige-sama met them before he became the shogun, and they the Oniwaban.
Mai: He was deeply shocked to learn
Mai: that kids his age were laying down their lives to protect him
Mai: as his body doubles.
Sad: What? The double got kidnapped?
Mai: It's probably the Mito faction's doing.
Mai: Their demands—
Sad: Ignore them.
Sad: The Oniwaban's duty is to protect the shogun.
Sad: While there's only one shogun in this world,
Sad: there are plenty of doubles to go around.
Sac: Where do you think you're going,
Sac: Zenzo?
Sac: Are you going to defy the shogun?
Sac: Are you going to save Kagemaru all by yourself?
Zen: What shogun?
Zen: I learned during the lectures
Zen: that the Oniwaban's duty isn't to protect the shogun,
Zen: but rather to protect the shogun's duty.
Zen: That's why he became a double.
Zen: In my eyes, a shogun who'd abandon him is no shogun at all,
Zen: so I'm gonna do as I pl—
Sho: Oh, so that's what being a shogun is all about.
Sho: Then would you help me fulfill my duty?
Sho: I want to save the double.
Mai: I only found out about it after it was all over,
Mai: when Shigeshige-sama came back covered in blood.
Mai: Would you believe it,
Mai: not only did he charge into the rebel base,
Mai: he also protected the double in that fracas
Mai: and ended up with a deep wound on his chest.
Mai: The real shogun got gravely injured to help the double.
Mai: If this had come to light, the entire clan would've been beheaded.
Mai: But...
Sho: Fret not.
Sho: Isn't this what doubles are for?
Sho: I'm sorry to ask this of you after you went through a harrowing experience,
Sho: but could you take my place for a little longer?
Mai: To cover up the incident, Shigeshige-sama switched places with his double.
Mai: For the little over six months it took for the wound to heal,
Mai: he hid among the Oniwaban as the double, protecting them.
Zen: Hey, Shogun.
Zen: This is how you throw these knives.
Zen: Hey, Shogun. A ninja shouldn't be crying over such a minor wound.
Zen: Hey, Shogun.
Zen: Jump is most fun to read during class.
Zen: Hey...
Zen: Shigeshige.
Sho: You finally called me by name.
Zen: Well, I probably won't get another chance.
Zen: The next time we meet, will I have to call you Shogun-sama?
Sho: Address me however you like.
Sho: But no matter what I come to be called,
Sho: I shall never forget the time I spent here with you all.
Sho: I shall never forget what you all taught me.
Sho: The duty of the Oniwaban isn't to protect the shogun,
Sho: but rather to protect the shogun's duty.
Sho: And the shogun's duty
Sho: is to protect the country and its people, even at the cost of his life.
Sho: If you become the Oniwaban someday...
Sho: If I become the shogun someday,
Sho: I hope we can fight together
Sho: for this country.
Zen: Apparently loyalty and fidelity will forever be beyond me.
Zen: That day has finally come, and I've finally become one of your Oniwaban,
Zen: so why does this have to be my first and last mission?
KM: I, Kagemaru, wouldn't be here if he hadn't saved my life back then.
KM: Use it for his sake.
KM: Why did it have to involve sacrificing a comrade
KM: and putting you—the shogun to death?
KM: But I guess it's not that bad.
KM: I have to admit it's very like me.
KM: Only fools die for their lords or kings,
KM: but, Shigeshige,
KM: anyone who lays down his life for just a buddy must be an even bigger fool.
Sac: Don't lay a finger on him.
Sac: Don't you dare lay a finger on our boss!
Title : Shogun Assassination Arc Part Four
All: Dying with you guys is the last thing I want!
Title : And Then There Were Five
text r: Zenzo put his life on the line for this plan,
text l: and Sacchan and the rest of the Oniwaban join in!
text r: The Yato's onslaught, and the impending showdown...
text l: As the new year quickly approaches, the story speeds up!!
Sho: Take out the rebels!
Gai: C-Curse you!
Rap: I can't believe that one of Iga's three great ninjas
Rap: would so disgracefully attack his target instead of admitting defeat.
Rap: But it's all over.
Gai: Momochi, you set me up?!
Shin: Why is the shogun in the shogun assassination squad?
Shin: I mean, Zenzo-san k*lled the real one...
Sho: That wasn't me.
Sho: No...
Sho: The shogun you all probably met in the past few days wasn't me, either.
Sho: I was kidnapped by a certain someone
Sho: immediately after the incident in the palace.
Sho: And I was hiding in Iga, under the protection of Momochi here.
Shin: What?!
Shin: That shogun was a fake, too?
Kon: Kidnap the shogun from the palace?
Hij: That's not...
Sac: It is possible,
Sac: for him.
Gai: It can't be!
Gai: That brat?
Gai: It was all that Hattori brat's doing?!
Gai: Momochi, you...
Gai: Did the two of you conspire to fake the shogun's death?!
Gai: You outwitted your enemies, allies, and even us Iga ninjas?!
Warning,Sign: Watch the Shogun Assassination Arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!
Rap: You don't get to call yourself an Iga ninja, scumbag.
Rap: The only reason Iga fell so easily
Rap: must've been because you all were in cahoots with the enemy.
Rap: Unfortunately for you, that brat and I are ninjas through and through.
Rap: We choose our lords and our enemies ourselves—
Gai: Quit the bullshit, you senile blockhead.
Gai: It's all over.
Gai: Iga, the shogun, and everything!
Rap: You won't take the shogun's head with pathetic ninja arts like that.
Rap: Or, for that matter, Momochi Rappa's.
Rap: You lack training.
Rap: Now this is true ninja a*tillery.
Gin: That was her real body?!
Title : Shogun Assassination Arc Part Three
Title : Ninja Soul
Rap: The holy land of ninjas,
Rap: the hidden village of Shiranui.
Rap: This place is under the protection of Marici, the god of ninjas,
Rap: so the shogun will be safe here.
Rap: Have some tea and relax.
Rap: Drink up.
Rap: It's the village's special tea, nincha.
Shin: Uh, excuse me, Momochi-san.
Shin: That's a w*apon, isn't it?
Shin: Not a person, right?
Rap: Are you whelps too young for tea?
Rap: Have this, then.
Kag: Cocoa!
Shin: It's safe, right?
Shin: You're the real body, right?!
Rap: I'm a ninja who practices puppet arts,
Rap: one who controls a puppet and is controlled by one.
Rap: We are both the real Momochi Rappa.
Shin: Uh, I'm not sure I follow.
Shin: And you look more like a puppet, if you ask me.
Rap: Worry not.
Rap: Momo-chan can be a w*apon at some times,
Rap: and a teapot at others. She's an all-purpose puppet.
Kon: So it's safe, then.
Rap: And at times, she can also be a toilet.
Rap: Hey, there's a toilet right here.
Rap: You won't find a restroom if you go that way.
Rap: Nor will you survive.
Rap: This is a ninja fortress.
Rap: You'd best not run around carelessly.
Rap: Some have had their bodies twisted the moment they entered a restroom.
Shin: What is this, the Dark Continent?
Gin: I see.
Gin: Yeah, the shogun really might be safe here.
Shin: The shogun went and got himself twisted first!
Shin: Down there?!
Shin: So you get twisted down there?!
Rap: It should be clear to you now.
Rap: I shall guarantee the shogun's safety.
Rap: Leave the rest to me and withdraw.
Kag: Who'll protect the shogun, if not us?
Rap: The enemy is as powerful as an entire nation.
Rap: "Protect"?
Rap: Shallow thinking like that will only get the shogun k*lled again.
Rap: Could you k*ll the shogun, like the Hattori brat did?
Shin: What do you mean?
Rap: I met him a month after the Harusame overran Iga village.
Rap: Since he'd already been keeping tabs on the situation, he knew that
Rap: while the enemy had started as a group of radical Joi Rebels in the Hitotsubashi faction,
Rap: they had now grown into a massive, unstoppable force.
Rap: That they wouldn't stop attacking as long as the shogun stayed the shogun.
Rap: That if we wanted to protect the shogun, protect Iga,
Rap: and prevent further warfare,
Rap: there was only one way to do it:
Rap: k*ll Tokugawa Shigeshige, the shogun,
Rap: and return him to merely being Tokugawa Shigeshige.
Rap: What he lopped off was the position of shogun.
Rap: By taking him out of the political picture,
Rap: he tried to protect the life of Tokugawa Shigeshige, the man.
Rap: To that end, he chose to throw his life away
Rap: and go down in the history books as a traitor.
Zen: Take it.
Zen: I can't get curious about what happens next.
Zen: It'll make me waver.
Gin: That bastard was planning it all along?
Shin: Sacchan-san!
Rap: Don't tell anyone that the shogun is alive,
Rap: if you don't want anyone else to die.
Gin: Do you really think they'll be satisfied with taking the shogun's head?
Rap: Are you familiar with the enemy?
Gin: You bet I am.
Gin: Enough to make me sick.
G: Impossible!
G: That's the Harusame!
Shin: No way!
Shin: Why are they coming to Iga again?!
Shin: Did they find out that the shogun was hidden here?!
Rap: The Hattori brat wouldn't mess up like that.
Shin: Then why?
Gin: Take a good look, you guys.
Gin: This is who he is.
Gin: He won't stop, even if the shogun dies.
Gin: He won't stop, even if the entire political landscape changes.
Gin: If you want to stop him,
Gin: you'll have to k*ll him.
Kam: Hello?
Kam: Where are you right now, Abuto?
G: C-Commander!
G: Th-The vice commander is in the restroom right now.
Kam: That so?
Kam: Tell him that he'll get a pay cut if he's not back within three seconds.
Abu: Hey, Commander. I just got done.
Abu: That was one smooth dump. I probably didn't even need to wipe.
Kam: Where'd you run off to while I was off the ship?
Kam: I don't see you anywhere.
Abu: We're looking for you, too, but can't find you anywhere.
Kam: You're not off doing something fun while I'm gone, are you?
Abu: Of course not!
Kam: You're not headed to Iga with Shinsuke, are you?
Abu: Of course not!
Abu: Did you find who you were looking for?
Kam: Nope. I guess they must've died.
Kam: All of them.
Kam: Aww, what a waste.
Kam: And here I'd managed to find such an interesting rarity.
Kam: Anyway, I'll head over there. Tell me where you are.
Abu: Uh, you're wounded, so why don't you take it easy for a while?
Kam: Fine.
Kam: I'll come through here, then.
Abu: You can do that?!
Kam: Abuto...
Kam: You know what'll happen if you go and do anything fun without me, right—
Abu: Cut!
Abu: Cut the feed!
G: A-Are you sure about this?
Abu: As if I could bring along a guy who was looking for prey even when wounded.
Abu: Besides,
Abu: I can't help but feel there's trouble brewing.
Abu: Where'd that guy go? Where'd Hattori Zenzo go?
G: Stop the ships!
G: State your business!
Tak: Why don't you put them at ease?
Tak: Tell them we're only here to thank them for helping to assassinate the shogun.
Zen: If you want to thank someone, thank me.
Zen: Those idiots weren't very useful at all.
Tak: You don't seem the type to care much about achievements.
Zen: I was the one who took the shogun's head.
Zen: I don't want a medal or anything,
Zen: but I don't want anybody taking credit for the job I carried out with my skills.
Zen: Or taking the fall for it.
Zen: That was your plan all along, wasn't it?
Zen: You guys didn't get the Iga involved just to borrow their strength.
Zen: You wanted them to take the blame for the shogun's assassination
Zen: and be destroyed in the name of Lord Hitotsubashi.
Zen: In other words,
Zen: you used us ninjas to give him a just cause to become the next shogun, didn't you?
Zen: Talk about looking down on me.
Zen: Are you saying the name Hattori Zenzo isn't enough to bear that cross?
Tak: This isn't the Crossing of Iga, but rather the Crossing of Styx,
Tak: and you don't have enough companions.
Tak: Go give the shogun's skull some company in hell,
Tak: Oniwaban.
Zen: Oh, I've already got enough people taking a trip to hell with me
Zen: right here.
G: What the?
G: What's this black fog?
Zen: Flame Mist.
Zen: An Iga-developed smokescreen that explodes when it detects high temperatures.
Zen: With this, your big dongs have been rendered useless.
Zen: The only thing you can believe in is your own skills.
Zen: Now, how many of you can I take to hell with me?
Zen: I'll show you what a traitor to the nation is capable of.
Zen: Welcome to ninja country.
Sac: You haven't changed one bit, have you?
Zen: That is my creed.
Sac: I see.
Sac: You've really forgotten, huh?
Rap: So it did end up like this after all.
Rap: Don't let the Hattori brat die alone.
Rap: Show them the skills we have honed.
Rap: Show them the ninja soul!
Gin: Where might you be headed?
Gin: You don't look like you're running for it.
Kag: Sho-chan,
Kag: we can't let you go any further.
Shin: Please leave this to us and take refuge.
Sho: Step aside.
Sho: I know that everyone's fighting for me.
Sho: But...
Sho: But I cannot bear to see any more people die for m—
Shin: Gin-san!
Gin: In that case, do you wanna abandon everything and die right here?
Gin: I'll help you cast aside the lives of everyone who's died for you,
Gin: and put you out of your misery.
Gin: Or will you live on, using countless corpses as stepping stones?
Gin: Pick whichever you like.
Gin: All I'll say is,
Gin: even if you run away from your battle,
Gin: we don't plan on running from ours.
Gin: Pachi-boy!
Gin: Shogun, you...
Sho: I was taught how to throw them long ago
Sho: by the Oniwaban.
Sho: To me, they're not merely retainers.
Sho: They're precious friends.
Sho: Please, let me go!
Sho: I don't want to let them...
Sho: To let Zenzo die!
Abu: Sheesh.
Abu: Yet another ship down the drain.
Abu: He's good, that Hattori Zenzo.
Abu: But it looks like my instinct was right on the money.
Abu: I thought he was fishy, and that he was hiding something.
Abu: And look, we found the real shogun's head.
Shin: S-So many Yato...
Kag: Gin-chan! Sho-chan!
Abu: I'm sorry, but once the rabbits of the night lock on to their prey,
Abu: they don't let it escape!
Abu: I see.
Abu: Ninja country's out for revenge, eh?
Abu: Interesting.
Abu: If the commander saw this, he'd jump for joy.
Abu: The nation's strongest warriors teamed up to challenge the universe's strongest?
Abu: Can you defend this country from us?!
Mat: Well done coming back from that disaster alive.
Mat: You have my gratitude for protecting the princess.
Mai: It was all thanks to Okita-dono.
Mai: He aided in our escape until right before the ship sank.
Mai: If it weren't for him, none of us would've survived.
Mat: That troublemaker did all that?
Mat: So we've been saved by a couple of punks, who're the farthest thing from loyal.
Mat: And that Zenzo...
Mat: Who would've thought he'd trick even us to save Sho-chan?
Mat: Are you sure?
Mai: Yes.
Mai: That wasn't Shigeshige-sama.
Mai: When I checked the body, I didn't find something that should've been there.
Mai: A scar.
Mat: A scar?
Mat: That's news to me.
Mai: It's a secret that only Shigeshige-sama, the Oniwaban, and I know.
Mai: No...
Mai: It's proof of the bonds between Shigeshige-sama and the Oniwaban.
Mai: Shigeshige-sama met them before he became the shogun, and they the Oniwaban.
Mai: He was deeply shocked to learn
Mai: that kids his age were laying down their lives to protect him
Mai: as his body doubles.
Sad: What? The double got kidnapped?
Mai: It's probably the Mito faction's doing.
Mai: Their demands—
Sad: Ignore them.
Sad: The Oniwaban's duty is to protect the shogun.
Sad: While there's only one shogun in this world,
Sad: there are plenty of doubles to go around.
Sac: Where do you think you're going,
Sac: Zenzo?
Sac: Are you going to defy the shogun?
Sac: Are you going to save Kagemaru all by yourself?
Zen: What shogun?
Zen: I learned during the lectures
Zen: that the Oniwaban's duty isn't to protect the shogun,
Zen: but rather to protect the shogun's duty.
Zen: That's why he became a double.
Zen: In my eyes, a shogun who'd abandon him is no shogun at all,
Zen: so I'm gonna do as I pl—
Sho: Oh, so that's what being a shogun is all about.
Sho: Then would you help me fulfill my duty?
Sho: I want to save the double.
Mai: I only found out about it after it was all over,
Mai: when Shigeshige-sama came back covered in blood.
Mai: Would you believe it,
Mai: not only did he charge into the rebel base,
Mai: he also protected the double in that fracas
Mai: and ended up with a deep wound on his chest.
Mai: The real shogun got gravely injured to help the double.
Mai: If this had come to light, the entire clan would've been beheaded.
Mai: But...
Sho: Fret not.
Sho: Isn't this what doubles are for?
Sho: I'm sorry to ask this of you after you went through a harrowing experience,
Sho: but could you take my place for a little longer?
Mai: To cover up the incident, Shigeshige-sama switched places with his double.
Mai: For the little over six months it took for the wound to heal,
Mai: he hid among the Oniwaban as the double, protecting them.
Zen: Hey, Shogun.
Zen: This is how you throw these knives.
Zen: Hey, Shogun. A ninja shouldn't be crying over such a minor wound.
Zen: Hey, Shogun.
Zen: Jump is most fun to read during class.
Zen: Hey...
Zen: Shigeshige.
Sho: You finally called me by name.
Zen: Well, I probably won't get another chance.
Zen: The next time we meet, will I have to call you Shogun-sama?
Sho: Address me however you like.
Sho: But no matter what I come to be called,
Sho: I shall never forget the time I spent here with you all.
Sho: I shall never forget what you all taught me.
Sho: The duty of the Oniwaban isn't to protect the shogun,
Sho: but rather to protect the shogun's duty.
Sho: And the shogun's duty
Sho: is to protect the country and its people, even at the cost of his life.
Sho: If you become the Oniwaban someday...
Sho: If I become the shogun someday,
Sho: I hope we can fight together
Sho: for this country.
Zen: Apparently loyalty and fidelity will forever be beyond me.
Zen: That day has finally come, and I've finally become one of your Oniwaban,
Zen: so why does this have to be my first and last mission?
KM: I, Kagemaru, wouldn't be here if he hadn't saved my life back then.
KM: Use it for his sake.
KM: Why did it have to involve sacrificing a comrade
KM: and putting you—the shogun to death?
KM: But I guess it's not that bad.
KM: I have to admit it's very like me.
KM: Only fools die for their lords or kings,
KM: but, Shigeshige,
KM: anyone who lays down his life for just a buddy must be an even bigger fool.
Sac: Don't lay a finger on him.
Sac: Don't you dare lay a finger on our boss!
Title : Shogun Assassination Arc Part Four
All: Dying with you guys is the last thing I want!
Title : And Then There Were Five
text r: Zenzo put his life on the line for this plan,
text l: and Sacchan and the rest of the Oniwaban join in!
text r: The Yato's onslaught, and the impending showdown...
text l: As the new year quickly approaches, the story speeds up!!