WEBVTT 01:36.990 --> 01:39.760 If you think this sign is an eyesore, then take it away by force. 01:40.160 --> 01:43.600 In the meantime, I'm going to take over this dojo with my own force! 01:43.660 --> 01:44.550 Those were the rules here, right? 01:49.570 --> 01:51.490 With the Preliminaries being next week... 01:51.790 --> 01:53.020 ...we need to figure out how we're gonna get... 01:53.090 --> 01:55.020 ...two more team members as soon as possible. 01:55.910 --> 01:59.090 Mitsuomi... What's up? Didn't you say that you had a lead? 01:59.210 --> 02:00.960 This is Scum. He's a little souvenir from my class. 02:01.080 --> 02:03.400 I brought him here to you guys because he mentioned something... 02:03.520 --> 02:04.940 ...about wanting to be in the Preliminaries. 02:19.200 --> 02:21.480 That was when I started seeing it... 02:22.900 --> 02:25.380 For eight years... 02:25.510 --> 02:28.760 ...I saw it over and over... 02:32.410 --> 02:34.560 Most likely... 02:36.380 --> 02:39.130 ...this is the last thing that I will see in my life. 02:42.290 --> 02:45.940 A messenger from the afterlife. 02:58.470 --> 03:00.650 Dad. 03:05.780 --> 03:10.390 You allowed yourself to turn us into such a state... 03:11.050 --> 03:16.870 ...and yet you are selfish enough to wish for your own survival... 03:20.090 --> 03:22.440 A pathetic little fool... 03:22.560 --> 03:24.910 Isn't that so, Shin? 03:25.030 --> 03:26.750 Mom... 03:26.870 --> 03:33.310 Your heart is just like a rusty katana... 03:33.440 --> 03:35.380 Brittle and ugly. 03:36.680 --> 03:40.030 In its sheath, you let the sheath rot away. 03:40.150 --> 03:43.660 The sound of the draw is a nuisance to one's ear. 03:43.780 --> 03:45.530 You cannot slay anything... 03:45.650 --> 03:48.570 ...but injure people as if you were pulling a prank on them... 03:48.690 --> 03:51.070 ...and you snap yourself and shatter in the end. 03:55.730 --> 03:56.650 Enough nonsense! 03:56.760 --> 03:58.150 I won't die! 03:58.270 --> 04:00.010 I can't afford to die right now! 04:13.350 --> 04:14.320 Big brother... 04:18.990 --> 04:21.170 What's wrong, Big brother? 04:22.190 --> 04:23.570 No. 04:23.690 --> 04:25.010 It's nothing... 04:25.130 --> 04:26.100 Where's Maya? 04:26.230 --> 04:28.300 She already left for school. 04:28.430 --> 04:31.350 A guy riding a motorcycle came and picked her up. 04:41.510 --> 04:42.590 I see... 04:44.310 --> 04:47.030 Then I guess I should be going soon as well. 04:47.150 --> 04:49.690 Big brother, who were you just talking to? 04:50.850 --> 04:53.240 Aya, you... 04:53.350 --> 04:56.240 ...heard it? That voice? 04:56.360 --> 04:58.370 Eh? Yeah... 05:02.600 --> 05:03.670 I see... 05:06.470 --> 05:08.580 Then, here goes... 05:08.700 --> 05:12.180 But is it all right to take this cast off? 05:12.310 --> 05:14.450 The wound hasn't healed completely, right? 05:14.580 --> 05:17.190 No, but I can't help but to take it off... 05:17.310 --> 05:19.490 Then, don't move...! 05:27.050 --> 05:29.300 W-W-W-What the hell do you think you're doing!? 05:29.420 --> 05:31.400 Oh, nothing at all... 05:31.530 --> 05:34.310 I just thought that if I defeated you right now, senpai... 05:34.430 --> 05:36.310 ...then the toughest guy in the Juken Club would be me... 05:36.430 --> 05:38.680 Stop that, Scum. 05:38.800 --> 05:41.310 Do you want us to be disqualified for the Preliminaries? 05:41.440 --> 05:42.850 Oh, hey there, m'lady. 05:42.970 --> 05:44.440 That's not the point here!! 05:44.570 --> 05:45.280 Hey. 05:45.410 --> 05:46.320 Oh, hi. 05:46.440 --> 05:47.650 Yo. 05:47.780 --> 05:48.490 Yeah. 05:48.610 --> 05:49.490 Hey. 05:49.610 --> 05:50.790 Maya. 05:50.910 --> 05:54.020 You might be thinking that I owe you one for this... 05:54.150 --> 05:56.430 ...but if you end up pulling my leg, I'll cut you off the team immediately. 05:56.550 --> 05:57.520 Got that? 05:57.650 --> 05:59.030 That's fine. 05:59.150 --> 06:00.230 Same for you, Big Brother... 06:00.350 --> 06:02.640 If you let your guard down, I'd take the opportunity to ambush you... 06:02.760 --> 06:05.010 ...so be on your guard. 06:05.130 --> 06:06.870 Those two siblings sure don't get along well. 06:06.990 --> 06:07.740 Huh? 06:07.860 --> 06:09.940 No, it's not like that... 06:10.060 --> 06:12.040 It's more of a demented way of showing affection for each other. 06:12.170 --> 06:16.640 If you worry about it too much, you'll end up really dumb, like me. 06:16.770 --> 06:18.750 Then, let's go! 06:18.870 --> 06:19.350 Yah. 06:19.470 --> 06:19.820 Sure! 06:29.380 --> 06:31.490 Oh, this is amazing! 06:31.620 --> 06:35.630 Todo had such modern equipment as well!? 06:35.760 --> 06:37.470 Are we going to be fighting there? 06:37.590 --> 06:39.010 Of course not, stupid. 06:39.130 --> 06:42.070 Only the five matches of the Finals are held there. 06:42.200 --> 06:44.770 Then where are all the other matches held? 06:47.230 --> 06:48.150 Quiet! 06:50.340 --> 06:52.350 Before we start the tournament... 06:52.470 --> 06:56.020 ...Master Todo, the leader of the Operations Committee... 06:56.140 --> 06:58.190 ...will be explaining the rules to you. 06:59.810 --> 07:02.230 Well, as you know... 07:02.350 --> 07:04.490 ...our academy started as a conglomerate... 07:04.620 --> 07:07.590 ...of various martial arts styles in the early Meiji period... 07:07.720 --> 07:11.400 ...the number of styles counted were in the hundreds... 07:11.530 --> 07:13.810 ...maybe even thousands. 07:13.930 --> 07:15.210 The various styles evolved into sects... 07:15.330 --> 07:17.540 ...and have further evolved into the various clubs we have today. 07:17.670 --> 07:20.980 Currently, we have 96 clubs on record. 07:21.100 --> 07:25.510 The Executive Council was created to round up all the various sects... 07:25.640 --> 07:28.460 ...and to guide the academy as a whole. 07:28.580 --> 07:30.120 The winning club is immediately named the Executive Council... 07:30.240 --> 07:31.350 ...and one member selected from that club... 07:31.480 --> 07:32.550 ...becomes the President of the Executive Council. 07:32.680 --> 07:34.150 You know, Big Brother... 07:34.280 --> 07:35.320 What is it? 07:35.450 --> 07:38.200 Why did you enter this tournament, Big Brother? 07:38.320 --> 07:40.830 You even made a new club just for this tournament... 07:40.960 --> 07:44.070 I take it that the president's seat is awfully comfortable. 07:44.190 --> 07:49.100 Idiot, it's nothing like that... it's hard and tight... 07:49.230 --> 07:50.550 Then, why? 07:51.700 --> 07:54.810 The five chosen warriors from each club... 07:54.940 --> 07:59.690 ...should fight for their honor embracing their beliefs! 07:59.810 --> 08:01.780 Huh? What's up with that? 08:01.910 --> 08:04.290 I don't understand the rules too well here... 08:04.410 --> 08:06.450 Take it at face value. 08:06.580 --> 08:07.550 In other words... 08:07.680 --> 08:10.690 ...other than the fact that there are five members on each team... 08:10.820 --> 08:13.900 ...there are no rules to begin with. 08:14.920 --> 08:18.170 Weapons are allowed. Attacking vital points are allowed. 08:18.290 --> 08:19.830 You can choose to fight anywhere you want. 08:19.960 --> 08:22.040 And you're free to choose what type of showdown to fight in. 08:22.730 --> 08:23.170 That's... 08:23.300 --> 08:25.010 That's totally insane! 08:25.130 --> 08:26.280 We live in Japan. 08:26.400 --> 08:28.340 And we're only in high school! 08:30.370 --> 08:33.050 The opponents and the order we fight in are already set. 08:33.170 --> 08:35.920 You got a copy of the breakdowns the other day, right? 08:36.040 --> 08:37.860 Oh, that's boring. 08:37.980 --> 08:40.830 It's not that we can fight anyone we want to...? 08:40.950 --> 08:46.860 I-If that was so, then it would just be a deathmatch, m'lady. 08:48.360 --> 08:50.900 It was really tough last year. 08:51.030 --> 08:54.810 The guys from the archery club were trying to snipe us from the roof! 08:54.930 --> 08:56.350 That's right... 08:56.460 --> 08:58.640 And Seaweed-lunch-brows couldn't get away in time... 08:58.770 --> 09:00.810 ...and turned into a hornet's nest. 09:00.940 --> 09:01.940 Right! 09:02.700 --> 09:04.680 I-I suddenly remembered something urgent... 09:04.810 --> 09:06.350 Hey! Where do you think you're going? 09:06.470 --> 09:08.790 G-Gimme a break... 09:08.910 --> 09:10.880 Who's gonna let you run now? 09:11.010 --> 09:12.120 If you flake out... 09:12.250 --> 09:14.320 ...l'll make sure to harass you until you stress out and go bald. 09:14.450 --> 09:15.960 So brace yourself, Scum! 09:17.420 --> 09:21.930 More so, it doesn't look like those guys will let you get away in a hurry. 09:22.060 --> 09:22.700 Look. 09:33.130 --> 09:33.570 Hmm? 09:36.440 --> 09:38.360 It looks like the battle has already begun... 09:38.470 --> 09:41.260 ...with all of them as our enemies... 09:41.380 --> 09:42.620 Correct. 09:44.010 --> 09:46.090 We are the Five Devils of the Akutagawa Ninja Army. 09:48.320 --> 09:50.790 And you're our opponent for round one. 09:51.290 --> 09:53.000 First, we have the head of one of 'em! 10:05.570 --> 10:07.040 This time, she's down for sure! 10:07.900 --> 10:09.880 Idiot, don't let your guard down! 10:36.460 --> 10:39.210 Well, how about we let the young ones fight this time... 10:39.330 --> 10:41.910 ...and let us old fogies take it easy. 10:42.040 --> 10:42.650 Hmm? 10:42.770 --> 10:43.980 Who you calling an old fogy? 10:46.010 --> 10:48.950 I see, so this is the Preliminaries... 10:49.350 --> 10:50.160 Amusing! 10:49.350 --> 10:50.160 Amusing! 10:55.320 --> 10:57.500 And so it begins... 11:27.350 --> 11:29.290 This is destiny. 11:29.420 --> 11:33.800 Shin, you were longing so much for this... 11:33.920 --> 11:40.210 The man who would put you and your powers all back to nothing... 11:52.040 --> 11:54.820 What's wrong? Don'tjust stand there. 11:54.940 --> 11:58.330 You never know when someone's gonna backstab you. 12:00.410 --> 12:01.920 Oh, sorry about that. 12:02.050 --> 12:03.260 I know that well enough. 12:04.850 --> 12:07.200 It's not that I'm afraid to die. 12:09.920 --> 12:11.240 I just can't forgive myself... 12:11.360 --> 12:13.210 ...for allowing everything about me to be taken by him... 12:13.330 --> 12:16.580 and in the end disappearing to nothing. 12:22.340 --> 12:24.980 Um, Mr. Bunshichi? 12:25.110 --> 12:26.520 What's up? 12:26.640 --> 12:29.460 I want to go to the bathroom... 12:29.580 --> 12:31.820 ...can you come with me? 12:31.950 --> 12:32.660 Huh? 12:32.780 --> 12:34.490 Are you a little boy? 12:34.620 --> 12:36.620 Why don't you go by yourself? 12:36.750 --> 12:40.360 I-I mean, I'm sure to be assaulted... 12:40.490 --> 12:42.300 What are you talking about? 12:42.420 --> 12:44.840 There's no good coming out of someone... 12:44.960 --> 12:47.210 ...focusing their attacks on just you, fool! 12:47.330 --> 12:48.180 But... 12:48.300 --> 12:49.940 Man... What was that? 12:51.200 --> 12:55.140 All right, I hear you! Sheesh! 12:55.740 --> 12:59.820 While you're at it, go buy some chow mein bread and coffee. 13:18.190 --> 13:19.010 Maya! 13:19.130 --> 13:21.870 I am your opponent! 13:22.000 --> 13:22.810 Out of the way! 13:26.030 --> 13:28.010 If I can close in, he has no defenses... 13:33.240 --> 13:35.120 You monstrous cockroach!! 13:39.480 --> 13:41.520 Oh, welcome back. 13:41.650 --> 13:45.760 I-Is it all right for us to be lounging around here? 13:45.890 --> 13:47.060 It's all right. 13:47.190 --> 13:49.830 Let the guys that want to go at it, go at it. 13:49.960 --> 13:51.500 If we lost, we can go home early... 13:51.630 --> 13:53.600 ...and I'd consider that to be a stroke of luck. 13:54.560 --> 13:57.410 This guy really doesn't want to do this at all... 13:57.530 --> 13:59.010 Well, they've all gotten so strong... 13:59.130 --> 14:00.780 ...they seem like different people... 14:00.900 --> 14:03.650 ...from when they first entered this academy... 14:03.770 --> 14:04.950 ...those guys. 14:05.070 --> 14:08.120 There aren't that many people on campus that can win... 14:08.240 --> 14:10.660 ...fighting against both of them together. 14:10.780 --> 14:14.860 I guess I can take that as a declaration that you will be the winner? 14:14.980 --> 14:15.900 Kuzunoha? 14:17.280 --> 14:18.330 Oh, hello. 14:18.450 --> 14:20.300 So you're done already? 14:20.420 --> 14:22.170 I should be expecting nothing less from you... 14:22.290 --> 14:24.900 Miss Kuzunoha, which club do you belong in? 14:25.030 --> 14:28.780 I'm on the medic team... I didn't enter to win. 14:28.900 --> 14:30.010 There are so many people... 14:30.130 --> 14:32.640 ...that get wounded in this tournament every year... 14:32.770 --> 14:34.210 See, here's another one. 14:37.170 --> 14:38.210 This pressure point... 14:38.710 --> 14:42.110 If this was the point... 14:42.240 --> 14:43.820 ...that makes your right arm completely useless... 14:43.940 --> 14:44.990 ...for the rest of your life... 14:48.050 --> 14:49.300 ...what would you do? 14:52.450 --> 14:54.560 Do as you wish. 14:54.690 --> 14:55.940 Of course, following that... 14:56.060 --> 14:59.030 ...l'll have my way with you, Miss Kuzunoha... 15:00.860 --> 15:01.840 It's just a joke. 15:03.660 --> 15:06.080 How is it? Does it still hurt? 15:06.200 --> 15:07.010 No. 15:07.130 --> 15:11.080 I... I decided that I won't be fighting you for now. 15:12.410 --> 15:15.050 I mean, no matter how I think it out... 15:15.180 --> 15:17.530 ...there's no way that I can win. 15:17.640 --> 15:19.890 I don't want to lose any more than I have. 15:20.810 --> 15:24.860 Someday, when I see a chance of winning, I'll go all out... 15:24.990 --> 15:27.130 So you can rest assured until that time comes. 15:27.250 --> 15:28.570 I see... 15:28.690 --> 15:30.570 Anyway, where's Shin? 15:30.690 --> 15:34.980 Old man Todo took Shin aside a few minutes ago. 15:35.100 --> 15:37.410 Apparently, there's some really important guy coming over. 15:42.140 --> 15:44.490 Kuzunoha... you... 15:44.600 --> 15:46.390 I-I know nothing about it! 15:46.510 --> 15:48.790 It's true. I didn't hear anything about this! 15:51.040 --> 15:55.260 The case of which I spoke with you about at the bus stop the other day... 15:55.380 --> 15:57.730 There was a sudden interruption... 15:57.850 --> 16:00.430 ...which caused me to not hear your answer... 16:01.760 --> 16:03.570 I take it that you have not forgotten? 16:06.930 --> 16:08.740 Emi! Where are you!? 16:08.860 --> 16:10.370 You're somewhere around here, right!? 16:10.500 --> 16:11.810 If you're here, answer me! 16:11.930 --> 16:16.250 We can handle things just fine, even without Shin being here... 16:18.410 --> 16:21.850 Somehow... I have a bad feeling about this. 16:21.980 --> 16:23.760 Something is not sitting right in my stomach... 16:25.210 --> 16:31.070 This is the blade that Mana Kuzunoha had taken away from you. 16:31.180 --> 16:32.100 I will return it to you. 16:35.660 --> 16:36.590 Emi! 16:40.190 --> 16:41.870 F-Foo... 16:42.000 --> 16:43.640 Foo Cheng!? 16:43.760 --> 16:47.120 Come to think it's been eight years... 16:47.230 --> 16:49.620 ...from when you used that blade. 16:49.740 --> 16:51.180 How time flies. 16:53.140 --> 16:58.150 Did it feel good to slay another human with it? 17:05.490 --> 17:08.370 You can slay as much as you want today! 17:09.760 --> 17:11.170 I will allow it! 17:12.260 --> 17:14.140 W-What did you say!? 17:14.260 --> 17:19.650 Master Dougen gave Shin such an order...!? 17:19.770 --> 17:22.510 Y-You've got to be joking! 17:22.640 --> 17:26.020 If he used his powers in an area like this... 17:26.140 --> 17:29.490 Screw the Preliminaries, the entire campus will panic! 17:29.610 --> 17:33.360 That is exactly what our master wants, Miss Kuzunoha... 17:34.210 --> 17:39.530 Justice is born from the chaos of shadows and violence... 17:40.720 --> 17:43.640 In order to complete the creation of the true martial artist... 17:43.760 --> 17:47.440 ...a symbol of absolute justice... 17:47.560 --> 17:49.100 ...there is the need for an absolute evil... 17:49.230 --> 17:53.280 ...a being that must be annihilated. 17:55.240 --> 17:56.850 Round four. 17:56.970 --> 17:58.350 I would like to settle the final score with you... 17:58.470 --> 18:00.320 ...in the most complete form possible. 18:01.240 --> 18:04.060 I wish for five one-on-one battles... 18:04.180 --> 18:07.760 ...using the five classrooms in this building. 18:07.880 --> 18:08.860 What do you think? 18:08.980 --> 18:11.730 I don't care how we do it, let's just get on with it. 18:11.850 --> 18:15.240 It looks like your captain is not here at present...? 18:15.360 --> 18:18.240 You can make his match your win by default. 18:18.360 --> 18:21.240 If you're not satisfied with that, I'll fight twice. 18:21.360 --> 18:22.370 All right! 18:22.500 --> 18:24.180 Who am I fighting against? 18:24.300 --> 18:25.210 Me. 18:26.800 --> 18:28.480 My regards! 18:28.600 --> 18:29.250 Then... 18:29.370 --> 18:32.580 Each pair can enter the classroom and begin the fights. 18:40.650 --> 18:45.090 Just as I thought... the old monster doesn't even blink once. 18:45.220 --> 18:46.330 Dammit! 18:46.450 --> 18:48.340 What nonsense do you speak, little brat! 18:48.460 --> 18:53.710 I like who I am now, and I like this school. 18:53.830 --> 18:59.580 And now, I no longer have a sense of duty to listen to your orders. 18:59.700 --> 19:00.620 See ya. 19:01.600 --> 19:02.920 Eight years ago... 19:03.040 --> 19:06.680 ...when you were scorched by the power and went insane... 19:06.810 --> 19:09.620 ...you were to be executed by the hands of the 12 clans... 19:09.740 --> 19:11.890 ...because you were so dangerous. 19:12.010 --> 19:17.460 I am the one that let you live on to this day. 19:17.580 --> 19:21.160 If you don't call that a sense of duty, what do you think is? 19:21.290 --> 19:23.470 Or are you so ungrateful that you'd bury something... 19:23.590 --> 19:26.700 ...that important in sand with those legs of yours? 19:26.830 --> 19:29.610 Everything you do is for your own good, isn't it? 19:32.770 --> 19:37.240 Master Dougen is an old-fashioned man... 19:37.370 --> 19:40.260 He still believes to this day that people can be moved... 19:40.370 --> 19:42.720 ...by power, sympathy, and gratitude... 19:49.250 --> 19:50.560 Oh, no! 19:58.660 --> 20:00.470 In the case of Shin Natsume... 20:00.590 --> 20:02.140 ...this method is several times more effective! 20:02.260 --> 20:05.770 The combination of the two of them as one enemy... 20:05.900 --> 20:09.510 How they move... they have trained quite a bit together... 20:09.640 --> 20:13.490 This is something that very few people know... 20:13.610 --> 20:15.390 But in this academy... 20:15.510 --> 20:17.430 ...there are slightly more than a dozen individuals... 20:17.540 --> 20:22.230 ...that the Takayanagi clan has gathered from all over the country... 20:22.350 --> 20:25.000 Individuals who latently possess supernatural powers. 20:25.120 --> 20:27.970 The activation of their powers is the rooster's call... 20:28.090 --> 20:30.730 ...which signals the dawn for us. 20:38.670 --> 20:42.610 That was the chi of earth, from the five elements. 20:42.740 --> 20:46.820 Scientifically, it's available anywhere in the world... 20:46.940 --> 20:48.690 ...the energy from the ground electricity. 20:50.640 --> 20:54.690 Don't make such a scary face at me, Miss Kuzunoha... 20:54.810 --> 20:56.930 Foo Cheng! What in the world... 20:58.080 --> 20:59.160 ...are you? 21:10.300 --> 21:12.680 This is a pretty good sight... 21:12.800 --> 21:15.180 But it lacks a bit of... impact. 21:17.700 --> 21:19.420 Her clothes are... in the way. 23:14.590 --> 23:18.040 A new ill omen brings on darkness once again. 23:18.160 --> 23:20.940 The shadow guides itself towards the end. 23:21.060 --> 23:24.100 Next episode of Tenjho Tenge, "Accidental Discharge". 23:24.230 --> 23:26.680 What are you saying lies ahead?