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Right, looks like I got through the barrier at least...

Now what the heck do I do?

Get control of your power, they said, but...

We've got a human!

A real, live human!

What happened to the barrier?

What'll we do?

What's a human doing in here? - Those are the animals talking...

Be gone! Get lost! - Get out, get out, get out...

Hello out there!!

My name's Jiro Azuma!

I'm gonna be hanging out here for a while, so...

Sorry to scare ya, I mean you no harm!

And well, if you got a problem, I say, bring it!

'Kay, thanks!

One by one, around the bonfire

Higher and higher, led by desire

One by one, around the bonfire

More and more of these liars

The black Mononoke is breathing inside me

We ain't down with your noble conspiracy

Under the torch, feel the blood heat

Unheard, unseen, yet here we are in bloom

Reeling, reeling, turning upside down

Clap! Clap! Bow to the altar

I'm sick of this world and their pure spite

You're gonna die from a thousand small bites

Need no reason to walk along

Or linger here to hear her song

Split the dream

and paint the silence apart

Just please tie me to your heart

Now freeze me up, freeze me up...

Freeze me up deep inside of sleep

(#10 Deadly Skillz)

All right.

Guess this is good a place as any.

Got me some water.

Some firewood.

Only problem is...

These guys.

They kinda look like the ones I had 'round

here camping with Gramps way back when.

There're other plants,

but I'd still need something to cook 'em in.

Whoa!

What the...?!

Oh!

So our first challenger is an albino snake!

Hey, calm down!

I'm not gonna eat ya, okay?

Oh, the humanity! And by a mere mortal...

Lucky for you, I'm no mere mortal!

You can understand what I'm saying?

Yeah, I was born with it... kinda like my quirk.

Born with it?!

That's just creep...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

I was kidding!

Hmmm.

So then you came in here all by your lonesome?

Pretty much.

I must ask...

Are you just dumb, or really dumb?

You know, everyone says snake tastes like chicken.

Okay, okay, okay!

You have to admit, it's a little odd, no?

Clearly that guy you mentioned is still after Rago's power.

Wouldn't it make sense to let

the Bureau take you into custody for a bit?

Not just for humanity's sake...

For you too.

Yeah, well, I just didn't want to.

And why the heck not?

It's just... I dunno.

Everyone, the Bureau, Amagi,

all they ever talk 'bout is power.

No one bothers to think for one second 'bout Rago.

To be honest, I couldn't care less about this power.

Don't you think they probably've already killed Rago?

To those ruffians, he's useless.

Oh, he's alive.

What makes you so certain?

My gut. - Your gut?!

Anyway, I miss the furball.

Once I see the little guy, I'm giving 'im back his power,

along with the lecture of a lifetime!

I'll say...

I'm done being the only one dealing with this shit!

You are one weird kid.

Hey, I can still grill you up!

Shit...

I feel like I'm burning up!

Could it...?

Is Rago's energy 'bout to blow again?

Um... I think that's the food talking.

Oh yeah, must be that...

Oh no, this's bad.

Think I'm gonna puke...

Oh...

Careful now.

Crap...

It's day one, and I already feel like death.

You were...

...warned.

I can only assume you've arrived prepared.

Human.

Shit...

I have to deal with this guy now?

That's gotta be Ibuki.

Great... Now my eyes're all blurry.

I could use a little of Rago's power...

That's quite the rugged attire.

Alas, it is but a product of human inferiority.

Compared with mononoke ability, it is nothing.

I need to see.

Show me your true ability.

But if you cannot,

then by my next blow, you shall perish.

If I could, I would've a long time ago!

Besides...

This power doesn't belong to me.

It's Rago's!

I'm just borrowing it for a...

You blasted...

Dammit...

Listen...

Listen to me!

Dammit...

I said... listen...

It's simply too much.

Such a pity...

The end has come!

Jiro Azuma!

Huh?

Where the hell am I?

This what they mean having life flash before your eyes?

Silly boy.

Then wouldn't you be seeing visions of your past?

You...?!

You did all this?!

I think you've more important things to worry about now.

And at this rate...

Your life as you know it will be over.

So this isn't some illusion?

You gotta be joking...

I can't die here like this!

Dammit, if I could just tap into this power...

So you are really dumb.

That spectral power is Rago's energy.

No mere human could hope to wield it!

Then what the hell am I supposed to do?

Good question.

What have you done till this point?

Till now?

Did you have Rago surrender to you?

Or did you surrender to him?

Who or what is Rago to you?

A dangerous weapon?

A frightful demon?

An enemy to humanity?

No.

He's not any of that.

He's...

Rago is...

Enough!!

Get ahold of yourself!

The more you lose your cool, the more enraged it'll become!

What?!

You are witnessing a spectral mass,

a swelling of power orphaned from its master, Rago.

In this moment, your mind holds the steering wheel.

If you deny it, it will deny you!

The more you try to have it submit to you,

the more it will try to force you into submission.

Do not aim to be its master.

But do not allow it to hold you captive.

It's not about the power of one over the other.

This's totally crazy...

Your "crazy" behavior's gotten you this far.

Why stop now?

See it through.

Let that "crazy" shine.

My scythe broke!

Well, wouldja look at that.

Guess I had it in me... the whole time.

The lad's impressive.

At the eleventh hour, he discovers the key.

Still...

I don't care what people say...

You've still got a heart of gold.

Oh, so you finally decided to wake up.

Morning.

Seems you found my thighs to be a suitable pillow.

Wh-Who are you?

That's no way to speak to a guardian angel.

And not only that,

I caressed you all night on my lap.

A guardian angel...?

Wait, that voice...

No way, are you...

Are you that white snake?

The one and only.

I am the mononoke ruler of the Avidya Forest.

The beauteous Demon God Ibuki.

So you're Ibuki...

Then who was that guy with the skull?

Aha! You used some kinda wizardry on...

Marvelous! You're even more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed than I'd imagined!

Hi.

What is all this?

I brought some dried herbs, shall I make us some tea?

Excellent. - Somebody listen to me!

This is Monjumaru.

He is my husband,

and despite his appearance,

he was once human.

Huh?

I suppose it's been, what, some two hundred years now?

Two hundred years?!

I'd been ordered as a member of the Oniwaban

to eliminate Ibuki.

You were a secret agent?

Yep.

If you must end my life, then I request that it be swift!

Or else...

Or else what?

I, Monjumaru, shall devote my life to challenging thee unceasingly...

Till the day victory is mine!

So there!

Can you imagine anything more vexing?

W-Why are you laughing?

Because...

Such devotion sounds an awful lot like a marriage proposal to me.

Marri...?! I-I-I didn't mean anything of the sort!

I figured.

Well, regardless, I suggest otherwise.

Such devotion to a mononoke like myself...

...can only spell trouble for a human like you.

Worry not, I have no plans of leaving these woods.

So long as you humans can stay out of my business as well.

So off you go...

Find a comely...

I'm warning you!

I am a man of principle!

I mean wholeheartedly what I say!

I shall...

I will...

...devote my life to thee!!

Prepare yourself!

Well, one thing led to another,

some of Ibuki's spectral powers went to me,

I became her spouse as a half-mononoke,

and the rest is history!

In other words, I gave in.

You guys are so weird...

I admit we're an unconventional pair...

But romance isn't always logical.

In friendship and in love,

the tribe from which one hails is but a minor detail.

I have a feeling you may know what I mean.

That makes sense.

You had a lot to look back on to learn what you did.

That's right.

But your situation is very different from Monjumaru's.

Monjumaru had the benefit of decades to

gradually acclimate himself to his new powers.

You, unfortunately, do not have such a luxury.

Therefore, in your case, we will force it through.

Monjumaru shall be your sparring partner.

Sharpen your senses as if your life depends it!

That is all!

Could I ask one thing?

Hm?

Why do all this for me?

For a human... a member of the Bureau.

Frankly, I didn't think last night was going to work.

Hey, hey.

But somehow you survived.

I should at least then take you under my wing.

Besides, we can't just leave Amagi to his own devices.

You know Amagi?

More or less...

He never fit in with other mononoke.

Never revealed any emotion.

His frigid visage, those horns... It was as if he was solitude incarnate.

He clashed with other mononoke often.

Perhaps in part due to his peculiar capacity for...

Cannibalism.

By feasting on the flesh of his fellow mononoke,

he would absorb their power.

Such was Amagi's vileness.

The weak are meat, as they say.

But once he became content with his power,

he turned away from cannibalism.

And toward bolstering his collection of comrades.

All so he could subjugate hordes of humans.

He made humans worship him as a god,

turning the slightest of infringements...

...into an opportunity to demonstrate his authority.

Eventually, as the Warring States period

gave way to peace and a new capital in Edo...

I have no desire to join forces with you.

Why?

Become my compatriot and enjoy the kind of...

I said no.

You know I hate cold, heartless men like you.

Forget compatriots.

Try making friends first, then we can talk.

I see.

So just like that you're going to go home?

I'm fully aware of your power.

I estimate a battle with you now

would give me a 70% chance at victory.

Of course, that means I have a 30% chance of losing.

There is still much I must do.

To lose to you now is a risk I'm not willing to take.

Humanity is only going to grow.

What then should the outnumbered mononoke do?

I would sooner die than live in disgraceful submission...

...under the shadow of an inferior species.

Soon, you shall understand who is superior.

I shall enlighten the masses to the true order of life.

I swore it 250 years ago.

And my first attempt ended in failure.

I was entirely naive.

I underestimated humans.

I put too much faith in mononoke.

But I won't make the same mistakes twice.

My deficiencies must not be remedied by others...

...but by self-cultivation alone.

The weak ought always be sustenance for the strong.

Come, my comrades, join me.

Join me at the throne of mononoke!

They all came here because they believed in you,

and you snuff 'em out like bunch of gnats.

Not that it matters to me much.

You're the child with the Hell Tempest...

The name's Kirihara.

I don't have time for the likes of you.

What, you're not gonna eat me?

What's one measly human now?

And this doesn't interest you?

Consuming a mononoke while it possesses an object

provides no sustenance.

Ah, I get it.

That's why you went to all that trouble to separate Rago

from the death obsidian and that punk.

You're catching on.

You bastard...

Amagi...

You dirty trait...

See, you must eat the mononoke's heart

before the spectral energy fizzles to dust.

Each life is precious and must not be wasted.

And each morsel shall serve as a stepping stone to my ambition.

Understand?

Then be gone from my sight!

I'll show myself to the exit, not to worry.

We may've had similar goals, but...

I see I'm talking to myself.

Hey!

What's going on?

Must be Amagi.

Huh?

This space is a product of Amagi's spectral power.

Anything happens to him, we'll see the effects here.

Hey!

Didn't he say something about meeting up

with all his comrades?

Yeah.

He mentioned preparations, that it'd take some time.

That bastard...

You're Koga, right?

Grab the girl and get the hell outta here!

Huh?! Why do I have to do that?

Listen, dumbshit!

Because he's gonna eat you and that chick!

Ea... eat us?

What're you talking about?

Oh, uh... Amagi...

Damn, I was right.

What's with the change in spectral...

Oww... you're hurting me...

Ko... ga...

Hel...

Not half bad, I must say.

Murderer!

What do you think you're doing?

Stop taking my lines, asswipe!!

You're mistaken, I'm not talking to you.

Again, what do you think you're doing, Rago?

I owe this kid one, 'member?

You seek to repay him for having saved your life?

But what can you do now?

All you really care about is the power I left in Jiro, no?

I think you've got a use for me still yet.

Oh?

Show Jiro I'm here alive and kickin'.

I guarantee the kid'll come running like greased lightning!

Would make your life easier, right?

You certainly have a great deal of confidence.

What proof do you have he will?

Can't offer you any of that.

But...

I just know that's who the guy is.

So I see.

You heard that, right, Koga?

Huh?

Just get your ass going,

and report everything to the Bureau!

B-But why me?!

What else you gonna do?

Be this freakin' freak's lunch?

Your eyes've been open, right?

As things stand now,

you don't have a snowball's chance in hell of beating Amagi!

This isn't the time to put your life on the line...

Do I make myself clear?

Amagi.

You're no longer a mononoke, or much else for that matter.

You're a dirty monster!

Dirty monster, huh?

I don't think he likes you very much.

Beings who transcend common understanding

tend to be difficult for the ordinary to accept.

Now...

We wait for the Bureau to make their next move.

A beautiful flower to my right...

And a gorgeous blossom to my left...

Who knew being in custody'd be so alluring!

You've got some nerve!

You're positive this's the place?

I've told you over and over!

Why would I lie now?

Director Kusumi, do you read me?

Find anything?

Yes, we've located the gate, exactly where we predicted.

But it appears to be already closed.

Understood.

So... now.

Ready, sweet-talker?

Hey, hey, hey!

The gate's right where I said it'd be, right?!

How'm I supposed to know if it's open!

You're disgusting, you know that?

What would be the point

He outthought us... - in tricking you?

Amagi must've predicted we'd go this route.

I see.

No, Jiro's still not out.

Yeah, that sounds good.

So no surprise attack on 'em, eh?

Yeah, the guy's too good to make it that easy on us.

Been practically three days since he went in.

And he hasn't so much as moved an inch...

Mr. Azuma, why don't you get some rest.

Why'd this have to happen?

Is it because of the mononoke like Rago and Amagi?

Or is it Jiro's fault for getting involved?

He's always been that way.

If he's not protecting animals from the neighborhood bullies,

he's out saving mononoke.

He's always getting into trouble.

Always facing things head on like a dummy.

No matter how beat up he gets, he never turns back.

Why does my grandson have to be such a fool?

And why?

Why is it that he has to be the one to bear all this?

Tell me, Shiba.

What am I going to do with him?

Hey, guys, they're here!

Even a single word isn't coming from her

A sudden downpour soaked up the weekend

Life is crazy for living peace

It makes us dizzy, you know?

Kicking away these negative vibes into a plus

City boy, get loud and let it all out

Living young and wild and free

We're beautiful because we're not perfect

City girl, just dance, super fresh

That is how it's supposed to be

The future we imagined is gonna be groooovy, groooovy

Us human beings

And this world that we live in

It's not too bad afterall

City boy, get loud and let it all out

Living young and wild and free

We're beautiful because we're not perfect

City girl, just dance, super fresh

That is how it's supposed to be

The future we imagined is gonna be groooovy, groooovy