"There were people who loathed one another." "Their corpses withered in the fields, their souls soaked in blood..." "And their bonds were broken by blades..." "Collapsed in the darkness, their sincerity walls..." ""My beloved, please die... "" ""My beloved, please die..."" "Clouds shroud a night with a waning moon quivering in the haze" "A cruel trap involving a pair of crucified fledglings" "Oh, since smoldering feelings lie firmly in their hearts destruction!" "Gently as the water, severely as a flower pierced with a trembling blade" "Even when I shut the fated tears deep within my eyes my eyelids still remember you" ""Utmost Sorrow, Prolonged Rain"" "So Okoi is dead as well?" "Gyobu..." "Saemon..." "Let us return to Manjidani..." "How cruel!" "Oboro-sama..." "You deceived me too, didn't you?" "!" "You killed Udono-sama too!" "Yes." "Oboro-sama!" "Gennosuke-sama..." "Gennosuke-sama!" "Why is he hesitating at this stage?" "!" "Open the path, you insipid Iga monkeys!" "Or maybe you're so afraid of us that you can't move?" "Attack!" "Wait!" "Tenzen!" "Tenzen!" "Tenzen-sama..." "Tenzen-sama..." "Do not be hasty!" "There is still something vital we do not know..." "Kouga Gennosuke's abilities..." "It would seem the Iga aren't monolithic!" "I thought the anti-war truce was nullified?" "Was torturing one woman to death enough for you, you monkey's uncle?" "You killed Yashamaru-dono!" "Yashamaru?" "Oh..." "Damn you!" "Damn you!" "You're unsightly, Hotarubi." "Don't call me that in those clothes!" "You sicken me!" "You certainly were happy to say you dispatched Kazamachi Shogen..." "W-what about that Okoi or whatever girl?" "!" "She" "Stop, Amayo!" "Do not let them provoke you!" "Attack!" "In the name of the Iga, kill them all!" "Nenki!" "Gennosuke-sama!" "I cannot allow Gennosuke to leave like this!" "But who is there?" "!" "There are no ninpou techniques that can rival his Dojutsu!" "No one can possibly stand up to" "Koshiro!" "K" " Koshiro!" "Oboro-sama." "Please resolve yourself to this." "Stop!" "Kouga Gennosuke!" "In the name of the Iga I will slay you!" "You would brandish scythes with those hands?" "You're an impudent fool, Tenzen flunky..." "Gennosuke's Dojutsu..." "A dazzling technique which forces only those who intend to harm him to destroy themselves..." "The only Iga member here who can possibly slay him is Chikuma Koshiro!" "You may be able to shoot down sickles and knives but when it comes to deflecting Koshiro's Whirlwind Kamaitachi..." "Once he unleashes it, there is no defense!" "Not even Gennosuke's Dojutsu can stop it!" "Chikuma Koshiro's vacuum whirlwind!" "Nothing in this world can defend against it!" "Stop it!" "Please stop this, Koshiro!" "Oboro-sama!" "Akeginu!" "Why did you not stop her?" "!" "M-my apologies!" "Oboro-sama!" "Please step aside!" "Please stop, Koshiro!" "You and Gennosuke-sama can't fight!" "Are you trying to kill Koshiro?" "!" "Oboro-sama!" "Gennosuke!" "Look at Gennosuke!" "Look at Gennosuke's eyes, Oboro-sama!" "It is his Dojutsu that must be stopped!" "Oboro-sama!" "Get behind Koshiro!" "Stand behind him and look at Gennosuke's eyes!" "Your Piercing Eyes and the Whirlwind Kamaitachi!" "This is the ultimate combination!" "I beg you, Koshiro!" "Please don't kill Gennosuke-sama!" "K" " Koshiro?" "!" "W-what has she done?" "!" "Gennosuke-sama!" "Gennosuke-sama!" "He left..." "Gennosuke-sama left!" "He has escaped death..." "However... he has lost the use of his eyes." "I see." "Tend to him for a while." "Understood." "Oboro-sama!" "Your actions earlier..." "were absolutely inexcusable!" "If you were not your grandmother's successor..." "Please forgive me, Tenzen..." "Apologize to your grandmother and the 400-year old spirits of your Iga ancestors!" "Those were truly the actions of a traitor!" "Of our ten, Ogen-sama, Rosai, and Yashamaru have been slain and Koshiro has been severely wounded." "What's more, the roster has been stolen." "We must retrieve it, even at the expense of lives!" "But our clan has been living for this very day!" "We should actually be celebrating!" "Those Kouga swine..." "Let's drive every last one of them into a hellish lake of blood!" "For that we need Oboro-sama to stand at the forefront of this fierce war!" "Swear it, Oboro-sama!" "Swear that you will slay Kouga Gennosuke by your own hand!" "Oboro-sama!" "I..." "I cannot slay Gennosuke-sama!" "Unacceptable!" "The lives of Tsubagakure's old and young rest in those eyes of yours!" "I do not understand..." "Why do you bear such hatred for the Kouga?" "!" "I cannot blame you." "You know nothing." "Not even about the Kouga's actions when Oda invaded Iga..." "The Kouga's actions?" "Ogen-sama strictly forbade us from discussing it in your presence." "Yes, though we do not know why..." "What does the Tenshou battle have to do with the Kouga?" "Very much." "The Kouga gladly used Oda's surprise attack to hunt down and kill the fleeing Iga..." "They claim they were framed, though..." "An ever deeper grudge between the clans has existed ever since." "If it were not for the first Hanzo-dono's truce, they'd long be dead..." "B-but Gennosuke-sama and the others aren't to blame for that!" "Now we have" "Oboro-sama!" "What kind of descendant- what kind of leader- doesn't settle an ancestor's grudge?" "!" "On that day, Ogen-sama was nearly killed by Kouga Danjo, who had conned the Iga." "And this time she was killed by Gennosuke's grandfather" " Danjo!" "That is the truth." "This grudge cannot be wiped away!" "And there is no backing down now!" "Casting yourself into this bloody war of your own volition would be the best memorial for those who died sad, violent deaths." "Your grandmother would be elated!" "Give me... some time." "Hey now, Tenzen..." "Grandmother!" "H-hey, look at Saemon's clothing!" "I don't see Okoi..." "Where's Josuke-dono?" "Please tell us your decision." "W-what is that jar?" "Pardon me!" "Melting away in the melody you whisper in the twilight" "I sense eternity in our attracting eyes and life sprouts silently" "The dew of emotions that dances and flutters about in the spring wind is a crumbling butterfly dream that wildly disturbs the path of the stars" ""Next Episode"" "The struggling demons are eminent warriors filled with bizarreness." "The calmly-seated almighty wants only the resulting spots on the die." "A kaleidoscope of hellish images revolves around." "Innocent blood and tears are needed for the foundation of the 300 years of the Tokugawa." "On the next Basilisk~ Kouga Ninpouchou" ""Divine Ancestral Mandate""