"In this world..." "Is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law?" "Is it like the hand of God hovering above?" "At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own will." "Now you are mine." "I don't give a damn about you." "The rear guard will be..." "Guts..." "I want you to do it." "Now it's my job to take care of the rest!" "Feel no shame about shape." "Weather changes their phrase." "Even mother will show you another way." "So put your glasses on." "Nothing will be wrong." "There's no blame." "There's no fame." "It's up to you." "The first words should be found." "Whatever holds you back." "I can..." "I can get it off." "Tell me what..." "Tell me what..." "Tell me what you want." "I don't know why..." "Don't know why..." "Don't know why you're afraid." "Tell me what..." "Tell me what..." "Tell me what you'd say." "I don't know why..." "Don't know why..." "Too late..." "It's too late." "The Hand of God" "Hey, you're up early." "You really like high places, don't you?" "So?" "What's your take on us?" "What do you mean?" "You think it's the place for you?" "I don't know yet." "It's different here..." "Everybody's the same in ordinary mercenary bands." "It's easy to see their ranks are full of hoodlums and men with shady pasts." "But I think something's different here..." "I wonder if that's true..." "If I had to explain why, I would say it's Griffith." "Everyone sincerely admires Griffith..." "Everyone expects great things to come from staying with Griffith..." "To sum up, these men have gathered because of Griffith's charisma." "Of course, it's kill or be killed..." "We fight in bloody battles every day but strange as it sounds, we can live like normal people here." "What kind of guy is Griffith really?" "I don't know." "Now, now, listen..." "I can't really describe it, but..." "I think Griffith believes in something beyond swordsmanship and tactics." "It's probably beyond his reach to turn his belief into reality in one lifetime." "That's what he has." "His belief?" "In what?" "In everything." "Hey, rookie!" "Griffith's calling you!" "See ya." "Guts!" "I bet you'll find it right here the place where you belong." "Hey!" "What do you say?" "Join me!" "There's nothing better for a hangover." "I'm fine." "Oh, come on, don't be shy." "Cut it out!" "We're not kids, for crying out loud!" "What a funny face!" "Nice try!" "Awfully feisty for so early in the day." "That was some good morning exercise." "Guts, you..." "Now we're even." "All right, I surrender." "You are entirely too thickheaded." "Oh, this?" "I got this from an old fortune-teller woman long ago." "The behelit..." "This is also known as the Egg of the King for once you possess this, you are destined to rule the world in exchange for your flesh and blood." "Rule the world?" "Catch!" "I don't know how it works though..." "It looks alive, doesn't it?" "It's creepy..." "Isn't it fascinating?" "I didn't hear your answer yet." "Why did you come back to help me during that battle?" "I didn't want to lose an outstanding warrior like you in such trivial battle." "I put in so much work to get you." "Guts..." "You should come along with me." "Now we've taken only a step..." "The Band of the Hawk itself..." "Victory in several battles..." "It's merely the first step, just the beginning." "The real fun for us has yet to come and we're ready to risk our lives for it." "I will have my own kingdom." "You must fight for me because you belong to me." "I will choose the place where you will die for me." "Have his own kingdom?" "He's not nobility or royalty, much less a knight..." "He's no more than the leader of a mercenary band of 500 or so..." "But he talks as if all that is his right..." "The enemy numbers about a thousand." "The first unit leads, while the second and third cover the flanks!" "First unit, charge!" "What have I really been doing for the past four years?" "Guts!" "Guts!" "Give me my spear!" "Be quick about it!" "Don't be so damn slow!" "Do you want to get me killed?" "Gambino..." "Come on, what are you doing?" "Hey, Guts, why not use a smaller sword, one right for your size?" "Never!" "You thickheaded brat!" "We don't carry any swords for kids here anyway!" "Is it true the kid was born from a corpse?" "Yeah, Gambino's wife, Shisu, found him." "That's a sign of bad luck..." "Then it was probably his fault Shisu died, right?" "It's only when I wielded this that I didn't have to think about anything else." "To the victor go all the spoils!" "Hey, Guts!" "It's your first real battle." "Work hard." "Charge!" "Gambino!" "Watch your ass!" "This is not a swordplay lesson!" "Don't act like an idiot just because you took one down!" "Next!" "Gambino!" "What's up?" "Look!" "Here you go." "Well, keep it up." "Yeah!" "Go!" "We're close!" "Charge!" "Gambino!" "Gambino, look at this!" "I got the enemy commander!" "I won the whole reward!" "What about meat?" "Meat to feed him." "O-Okay..." "What is it?" "Just bring me the meat..." "Bring it right now!" "I'll go get it." "He's got it good, our Gambino!" "We should all follow his example." "Hey, what did you say?" "What the hell did you say?" "J-Just kidding..." "Gambino?" "G-Gambino..." "It's unlike me to be so careless..." "I expected you to drop dead long ago." "You should be dead, bastard..." "And what happened?" "Shisu, who found you, dropped dead instead..." "And now I'm in this miserable condition..." "This is like a joke!" "What do you have against me?" "You return good with evil!" "Gambino, I..." "You're a son of the devil." "A doomed child raised under an evil sign..." "You were the one who deserved to die on that day eleven years ago beneath your mother's body..." "You should have died!" "You were never more than a pest." "I hated you, following me around like a dog after you killed Shisu." "You should have died!" "Y-You killed..." "Shisu..." "G-Gambino..." "Gam..." "What's wrong?" "Night raid?" "Guts!" "What the hell is going on here?" "Don't tell me you did this..." "You, answer me!" "You did it..." "Wait!" "This isn't..." "You'll pay for this!" "Get him!" "What happened?" "What the..." "It's Guts!" "That kid just killed Gambino!" "You've got to be kidding!" "It's true!" "The kid just bit the hand that fed him for more than ten years!" "It's no different than murdering his father!" "Why?" "Why did this happen?" "Wait!" "You murderer!" "Did we get him?" "Yeah, I think so." "Falling from this height would mean certain death anyway." "Either way, Gambino will never be able to rest in the afterlife." "I can't move..." "My body is frozen..." "Will I die here..." "Will I..." "Where am I going?" "If I had stayed back there, I'd be better off..." "If I were dead back there..." "There would be nothing more..." "But now bad things are waiting..." "Where..." "It's the end..." "The end..." "Yes, this is..." "I have not changed at all from back then..." "Just killing enemies only to survive..." "Where do I want to go?" "Where..." "Hey, are you still alive?" "Yeah, I think so." "You have the devil's own luck, no matter what you do." "Here..." "On the battlefield, a soldier's life is worth no more than a silver coin." "As if it were nothing most men's lives are controlled by a handful of nobles and royalty." "Well, even a king is really unable to live his life as he pleases..." "We're all just surrendering to the flow that is known as fate..." "Then we fade away." "Our lives are squandered, and we don't know who we are." "There must be a man who's born with the leverage to change the world regardless of social status or class." "That man would be part of this world's true privileged class." "That man could have the absolute power of a god!" "I must know what my status really is in this world!" "What has been preordained for me in this life?" "It's strange..." "I've never told this to anyone else before, only you." "Mr. Guts!" "Mr. Guts!" "What's your problem?" "I just wanted to congratulate you." "Mr. Guts, I heard you were promoted to raider commander." "It's amazing." "You only have two weeks of experience." "It's no big deal at all." "Anyway..." "You've become one of us for real!" "Congratulations!" "Just call me Guts." "Pippin!" "Look, we fell!" "You should be careful!" "What the hell do you think you're doing?" "In days long past, beyond one's distant memories man has shielded the tiny wounds in his heart by picking up a sword." "In days yet to come, beyond one's distant hopes man will wield a sword so that he may smile upon his journey." "A kingdom in the west and an empire in the east." "The war between Midland and Tudor has lasted one hundred years." "During the war, the Grim Reapers of the Battlefield the Band of the Hawk increased their power greatly, fighting on the side of Midland." "Three years have passed..." "Charge, charge!" "Tear them apart!" "We, the Black Ram Heavy Cavalry must lend our courage to the entire empire!" "Kill them all!" "Crush them to pieces!" "I can barely watch my men!" "They are thrown into confusion by an army of only three thousand men!" "Due to our foes' onslaught, we've endured immense damage!" "We'll be cut off from the castle!" "I ask for anyone's help..." "I beseech anyone who can stop the march of Tudor's black devils..." "Charge, charge!" "What nonsense!" "Fighting against us all by himself?" "All right!" "We'll shatter your bones!" "D-Don't break up your formation!" "Only one soldier is against us!" "Encircle him!" "Cut off his movements!" "T-They are..." "Your Majesty, look!" "T-The Band of the Hawk!" "The Grim Reapers of the Battlefield led by the White Hawk, Griffith!" "Looking back, the morning comes." "Don't find your face in your glass." "Take the moonlight by the tail." "It's a rainy sight." "You're shading." "What is that?" "It's just the same." "What is trying your crown?" "I'm spending my glass, walking back." "So wear my glass." "You're fading." "I'm waiting so long." "I'm waiting so long." "I'm waiting so long." "I'm waiting so long." "I'm waiting so long." "I'm waiting..." "Next Episode" "People gaze upon others for different reasons." "To protect one's own happiness..." "To fulfill one's own dream..." "And..." "To simply survive." "Is there ever a time where one can live his own dream without inflicting a wound on someone else's heart?" "A Wind of Swords"