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Wait, wait!

Huh?

You must be the highwayman that has been rampaging in the capital!

Surrender peacefully!

Approach me, and you'll become the foundation for my karma.

Enough of your nonsense, fiend!

This Horror is called Hitobu.

A troublesome one, it'll call more Horrors if we leave it be.

Be careful!

Got it.

A Makai Knight...

A dark age, ruled by karma.

The demonic beasts known as Horrors come from Makai,

ever growing in numbers.

But there was he, the protector, who vanquished them.

Wreathed in golden Armour, his name was...

Garo, the Golden Knight!

Quit spacing out and run away already.

Raikou-sama! Leave the weaklings to me, Kintoki!

Okay!

What, he's still not done?

Seimei, you're late!

To think you can't even defeat measly Horrors like these without me.

Huh!? We just started!

We're just fine without you!

Don't try to sound tough.

Who!?

Hey,

stop talking and start working!

Ah, my apologies!

Hmph, leave it to me.

I'm feeling unusually motivated today.

Here I go, Raikou!

True enough, things are different with Seimei around.

As little as I want to admit it!

Whoa!

Is it still not enough?

Just...

How much...

Just how much karma must I accumulate?

No, it's here...

Now, at last...

I see.

It's over.

The wounds on these kebiishi weren't inflicted by a Horror. T/N: Kebiishi - law enforcement body of the Heian era.

Yeah, there was a bandit.

Seems like the person who became the Horror was also assaulted by him.

A bandit...

He's long gone by now.

Oh, that one?

I should've taken care of him before the Horrors.

Seimei!

Hm?

Passing judgment on humans is not our job.

Spare me that angry look, it's just a joke.

Even as a joke.

I can't be sure you wouldn't do it.

Can't be sure?

Raikou, you sure talk as if you know me.

Of course I do.

We've been together long enough.

Huh.

I guess.

Then just as you say,

I'll end that bandit if I happen to meet him again.

Why

Stop it!

And why?

Isn't it something I'd do?

Seimei!

It doesn't matter who they are,

We of the Makai can't touch humans.

You should be painfully aware of this.

You're the one that brought up touching them!

But that's-

Isn't it enough?

I'm sure the kebiishi will catch him.

Let's just hurry on home.

The nights are still cold.

I'm leaving.

Jeez, can't even take a joke.

What a boring man!

I don't remember raising you this way!

And I'm glad I wasn't brought up that way.

Seriously.

Said something?

Nope, nothing.

Stupid good ears.

Raikou-sama?

It's nothing.

Just my imagination.

A grudge...

Garo: Usuzumizakura Sakura of Pale Ink

Feel free to have some sleep.

We were busy last night, after all.

No, Raikou-sama, you should.

After I finish this fan.

I promised to deliver it today.

Then so will I.

A servant can't take a nap before his master.

Pardon the intrusion.

Allow me to inquire:

Did you two go to Aburakouji last night?

Huh?

Aburakouji?

That's where we took down the Horror last night.

And why do you ask?

I've heard that you are the makers of these fans.

Yes.

Certainly.

It was found next to my subordinates, who were murdered yesterday.

Damn it!

Back when they cut my bag!

With all due respect,

our fans are bought by plenty of others,

so it must be one of those.

Y-Yes!

We've been working through the entire night, right here!

See how red our eyes are because of that?

Worry not.

We know that the criminal is a bandit called Tokimaru, who's been rampaging in the area.

I was merely wondering if you happened to see him.

Ah, no.

Sorry for the trouble.

I am deeply sorry!

I was careless!

Don't worry.

But it seems they still haven't caught that bandit from last night.

Indeed.

We should've tied him up back there.

If we did that, he'd just get eaten by a Horror.

Well he should've got eaten.

You wouldn't complain if a Horror ate him, right?

You're still on about that!

Still, how unusual to see the kebiishi actually doing their jobs.

They came here with just one fan as a lead.

Yorinobu-sama said that it's gotten hard lately.

After the new kado-no-osa came

they started cracking down on both nobles and commoners,

and Yorinobu-sama is having a rough time, too.

In the name of the Emperor, you're under arrest!

All of you, surrender peacefully!

So that's why Yorinobu hasn't been showing up lately.

Well, it's good to see them cracking down.

As long as they don't make trouble for us.

Like right now.

Truly, what a splendid garden this is.

Truly.

This feast too, the very definition of gorgeous!

All thanks to Michinaga-sama.

As expected of him.

Oh no,

this is but a mere diversion of a court official.

Please, enjoy yourselves.

A moment, please!

Hey!

Out of my way!

Please, come at a later-

You!

Michinaga!

Michinaga-dono.

My, my.

Being the Dainagon is no excuse for violence.

You set me up!

Just what might you be referring to?

And that is?

This was placed in my residence.

In order to curse His Imperial Highness!

To curse the Emperor!

The horror!

And this is all your doing, Michinaga-dono!

What are you doing, bastards!

Let go of me!

Let go, I said!

You curs!

This is...

I am kado-no-osa of the kebiishi,

Ono-no-Wakimizu!

Dainagon, Sakanoue-no-Takamura!

You are under arrest

under suspicion of plotting to curse His Imperial Highness!

You're wrong! You are misunderstanding!

All of this was set up by Fujiwara-no-Michinaga!

Enough of your futile excuses.

Confess to your crime,

and I shall see to it that no harm befalls your wife and children.

Give up.

Do you truly believe I would leave room for excuses?

Curse you, Michinaga!

Such mundane words for a man of your standing.

Michinaga!

Excuse me.

Thank you for your work.

No, it is my duty to remove any disturbance in the capital.

Good grief.

Straight-laced he might be, he is of use.

Hm?

But was sir Dainagon not supposed to be on good terms with the Emperor?

And that's why.

Then the kebiishi really are Michinaga-sama's...

Now, what exactly might you be thinking?

W-What is this fan?

Oh, so that's where you were.

Perfect timing,

Allow me to introduce her.

She's the onmyouji I hired for my residence the other day.

Ooh, I have heard of that.

That you hired one, Michinaga-sama.

Beautiful as the rumors say.

If you're an onmyouji, you must be Abe-no...

No.

She is of the Yuuge clan.

Her name is Akira.

I saw her pacify a hindrance on the Sanjoubashi Bridge,

and was deeply impressed with her powers.

After that, she's been my reliable employee here at the mansion.

Now,

let us start the banquet anew.

Jeez,

Raikou-sama, there was no need for you to deliver the fan yourself.

No, they're our valued customer, I have to greet them myself.

I don't care, just get it over with already.

You, on the other hand, didn't need to come.

That's right!

Don't complain when you're the one who decided to tag along.

I have somewhere I need to be after this.

I ran into a messenger from the Watchdogs in front of the house earlier.

They summoned me.

Wha-!?

Say that kind of stuff earlier!

My apologies!

Our important merchandise...

Don't worry, don't worry.

Quite a beautiful fan, this is.

Is it of your making, good sir?

No, it's hardly anything special.

I would love to have one.

Would you sell it to me?

Sure thing. Right, Raikou-sama??

Yeah.

Sorry, but we're selling those to a shop.

Buy it there if you want one.

It's just one fan. Here you are.

It's five mon.

Thanks for your purchase!

I'll use it with care.

Say, have we met somewhere before?

No.

Had we met, I wouldn't have been able to forget someone like you.

What was that blatant attempt to woo her just now?

Huh?

Even I could see that.

No!

I seriously remembered her!

Less the face, more the presence.

No, the eyes!

That's it!

The presence I thought I imagined last night, it was her!

Right, if you say so.

Hey!

I don't feel like going to the Watchdogs anymore.

You two go yourselves.

Huh.

Seimei!

If you need three people there, Inari will be there anyway.

She's way too fickle.

Makai Knight...

That reminds me, I've heard a peculiar rumor.

That the Usuzumizakura on Shishigayama bloomed.

It cannot be.

That tree withered up a hundred years ago.

But there was someone who saw it!

I desire to see that unusual sakura tree myself!

Wait, wait.

Are you referring to that withered sakura tree?

You know, the memento of Duke Kan...

Bloomed?

The Usuzumizakura?

If memory serves, Duke Kan...

Sugawara-no-Michizane is related to that tree, right?

That's right, that vengeful deity.

Wait. Shouldn't it be a plum tree if it's Duke Kan?

Ooh. Seems like you have some knowledge.

But there was both a plum and a sakura tree in Duke Kan's garden.

Few people remember now,

but he liked it enough to write a poem about it.

Sakura flowers.

If you will not forget your master,

Then unto the blowing winds

Impart your message.

Having been accused of treason,

Michizane was exiled to Dazaifu.

But he entrusted the sakura to a loyal servant before leaving.

The servant treated it with care,

but one year it suddenly withered.

Worried that something happened to Michizane, the servant headed to Dazaifu.

But found him safe.

Delighted by his loyalty, Michizane gave the servant a clay statue of himself.

The servant brought it back,

and enshrined it in a hollow in the sakura tree.

Unbelievably, the sakura bloomed again.

But when Duke Kan passed away,

a violent lightning set aflame it,

the city and even the palace.

And then,

starting with the ruling Emperor,

many officials passed away.

Indeed.

And one of them was of our Fujiwara clan.

The very man responsible for Duke Kan's demotion.

One cannot help but call it a curse.

The horror...

Then if Duke Kan's sakura bloomed anew...

Will harm befall the capital and the Emperor again?

And most of all, Michinaga-sama himself...

Because he begrudges my lineage the most?

Oh no, I did not mean it that way...

It's fine.

Someone foolish enough to make an enemy of Michinaga...

Would have to be a vengeful deity, for certain.

How lovely it would be if it was something as cute as a curse.

A Horror!?

What else could it be?

We're talking about a sakura tree Michizane begrudgingly left when he was sent to Dazaifu.

Of course it grew into a splendid Horror.

And, naturally, the Garo of the time,

renowned Knights and Priests joined together.

But it was so strong, it took a Priest

sacrificing their life to create a spear to seal it.

How insanely powerful...

Yes. And it might've awakened again.

Go and confirm that.

And if the seal was broken, seal it again.

Easy for her to say.

But we're talking about a Horror renowned Knights and Priests of the time struggled to seal, aren't we?

And right now we're the only ones in the capital.

Really?

Yeah.

Yasusuke-san left for the land of Kukoku at the Watchdogs' order.

We have Seimei.

Yes, but...

She's fickle, doing things depending on her mood.

Well sorry about that.

What, you should've just with us to the Watchdogs if you were just going to wait here.

There wasn't any need for me to go.

It's the Usuzumizakura, right?

Wake me up when it's night.

Have you heard of it?

Fujiwara-no-Michinaga's mansion

Tonight.

Office Huh.

You came in contact with the Golden Knight?

Yes.

For what purpose?

That is for you to decide, my lord.

As you command.

I see.

It really is blooming.

This is bad.

The seal is weakening.

This is the spear that was sealing it.

There's no power in it anymore.

Just a spear.

This is...

Last night's highwayman.

Raikou-sama!

What are you doing!?

Seimei!

It's still not fully back to life, right!?

Yeah, I can see why renowned Knights would struggle with it!

Behind you!

I apologise for intruding.

No, thank you.

But why are you-?

I see, so she's a Makai Priest.

Raikou, aim for that hollow!

Got it!

Please wait!

You mustn't.

A Makai Knight must not harm humans.

What?

No way!

Kintoki!

He's human.

What?

In that state!?

Please back down for a moment!

But!

Retreat!

Crap!

He is being drained of his blood and darkness alive by the Horror.

The sakura tree is the Horror's real body.

The bandit is nothing more than nourishment for it.

So that it can fully awaken.

Then we should pull that bandit out as soon as possible!

If we force him out, he'll die.

And where's the problem?

He's a murderer.

As expected of Seimei-sama, Makai Priest and the greatest onmyouji of our time.

A wise answer.

But the reason matters not.

Taking a human life with those hands is not something

the Golden Knight, most esteemed of Makai Knights, and more importantly,

somebody as kind as you could do, is it?

Uh, wha-

Hey!

You seem to be quite knowledgeable about us.

And we don't even know your name.

Pardon my delayed introduction.

My name is Akira.

You seem to be a Makai Priest, have we met anywhere?

No, I am assigned to no Watchdogs right now.

And as an onmyouji,

I serve at the mansion of Fujiwara-no-Michizane, Minister of the Left.

You!

Akira-dono!

Are those the conspirators?

Yes.

Eh?

What do you mean?

Don't pretend.

We already know that you held a ceremony to unleash a vengeful deity upon the Royal Court!

We found this fan by the Usuzumizakura!

She...

If you understand, then surrender peacefully!

How foolish!

What does that prove?

What does that prove? Stop!

If Michizane sent them, they don't need any proof.

We're already guilty to them.

It's because you got all sappy and sold her the fan!

I didn't!

You were at Aburakouji during the incident last night, too.

So you were related, after all!

Let's run!

Raikou, Kintoki!

Kintoki!

Surrender peacefully!

Raikou!

Stay out!

You might end up killing them!

There's too many!

So stop, we won't resist!

Seimei, after Akira!

Ready!

She's gone? Shoot!

Shoot!

Where is she?

Hurry up!

Shit!

Dear father!

These accusations...

This humiliation...

I swear you'll pay for them one day.

No, I'll make you pay.

Just you wait until then.

Shoot!

What are you doing!?

Stop it!

Stop it!

I will pull you out with the roots.

Curse you...

Curse you!

Curse you, Michinaga!

My, I never expected to have the Golden Knight in my hands.

I'll have to think hard about how to use him.

But I must say, Akira.

There are just no limits to your talents.

You were a truly great find.

I am undeserving of those words.

This seems odd.

That bandit, Tokimaru, ought to have carried plenty of karma.

So why is it in such an unfinished state after taking it in?

It wouldn't have been surprising for it to have already fully removed the seal and awakened.

Are we missing something?

Or is something happening inside the sakura?

How could this happen?

I can't believe brother dearest was...

Seimei-dono!

So you're back, Yorinobu.

Yes.

But I heard that brother dearest and Kintoki were captured.

Just what happened?

I don't know.

No,

what happened is extremely simple,

but I don't know why.

Eh!?

A Horror of Duke Kan?

Strictly speaking, a Horror of his sakura.

And quite a nasty one, apparently.

If it fully revives, we're looking at certain struggle.

Then we need the two of them even more...

Why did that Priest, Akira, do that to them in such a situation?

I don't know.

She talked about how we can't kill him because he's still human,

but who knows if that was her real reason.

Does she think she could manage it on her own?

She was skilled enough to capture brother dearest.

That's because Raikou was ogling that woman.

Nothing.

Anyway, it doesn't look like Michinaga is planning to kill them off right away.

Usuzumizakura comes first.

Will you be fine?

Without him?

It's better without him.

Because Akira will probably interfere again.

Then Raikou would become useless.

Uh,

Brother dearest isn't the kind of man to be led astray by women...

He's way too kind.

That's his weak point.

But it sounds like a compliment.

I said it's a weak point!

Okay.

I leave the two of them to you.

We don't know when Michinaga will change his mind.

Understood.

Raikou-sama.

Are you okay?

My deepest apologies!

This is all my fault.

You should've abandoned me and ran.

I truly have no excuses.

I'm a failure of a servant.

So you're going to quit?

What use is a servant that only drags you down?

I see.

But!

Until I get you out of here, Raikou-sama,

I won't quit!

Then,

once we're out of here,

I'll have to

hire you once again.

Raikou-sama!

Raikou-sama?

Raikou-sama!

Shit!

Something feels wrong.

What is it?

Planning to stop me, after all.

You should've just quietly let yourself get captured.

What are you planning?

You're not just Michinaga's pet onmyouji, are you?

As unlikely as that might be, did you awaken the Usuzumizakura?

Will you assist me if I tell you?

Depends on what you say.

As far as I see,

you seem like a person who would put important matters over trivial.

Out with it already.

My aim is Fujiwara-no-Michinaga's head.

What?

I rarely introduce myself,

but my surname is Haji.

Haji?

I've heard that somewhere-

Haji could only mean one Haji.

Ever impressive, elder Watchdog.

What do you mean?

Long ago,

that clan managed the funerals and grave-making in the capital.

And I believe Duke Kan was part of it.

Yes.

Sir Sugawara was a descendant of the Haji clan, too.

We are of the same lineage.

My father,

full of rage and resentment, stopped eating whatsoever,

and starved to death, cursing Michinaga.

It drove my mother insane, so she took the young me and my brother

to an abandoned temple, and until her last moment

she cursed Michinaga.

Michinaga, I'll never forgive you!

You will go to hell for certain!

To hell!

Had one Makai Priest not taken me in,

I would not be standing here today.

I gained the means to live, and to take revenge.

And that's the Horror of Usuzumizakura, then.

They say that those eaten by a Horror experience an eternity of incredible suffering.

It will hardly be a match for the pain my clan experienced,

but I must make Michinaga taste even a little bit of it.

I see then.

What an elaborate revenge.

But I doubt you'll be able to control a Horror as you wish.

Sister...

Sister...

Dearest...

Sister dearest...

Sister dearest?

Did he just say "sister dearest"?

I was wondering what happened to the brother from the story just now.

No way.

Soon...

It will live...

I see.

Then endure just a little longer.

Think of the suffering our father and mother endured, and it will be trivial.

Let's achieve our long-cherished desire!

You...

Fed your own brother to a Horror?

We both chose to do so.

Being fed on alive by a Horror is suffering beyond hellish.

And Michinaga will suffer even worse hell.

True, it's hard to control a Horror.

But the grudge passed down in our blood since Duke Kan

will guide us towards the accursed Michinaga, even if we become a Horror's flesh and blood!

Karma, huh.

As long as Michinaga breathes, more karma will be born.

Even if some casualties arise,

I ask that you don't interfere.

Sorry, I can't oblige.

I don't want to protect Michinaga,

but I won't let you cause even "some" casualties in the capital.

Then you leave me no choice.

This is strange.

The presence of the Horror is unstable.

The clay doll!

That's it.

What happened to that doll Duke Kan made and gave to his servant?

It was supposed to be enshrined in the sakura.

A messenger from the Watchdogs from the land of Kukoku?

What is it?

It's about the Horror you sent us reinforcements for.

I'm here to inform you that something peculiar has occurred.

The Horror was defeated without trouble,

but the gate turned out to be an old clay doll.

What?

And the one who made it, according to the sayings,

is that Sugawara-no-Michizane.

I believe that the capital

should have a doll of his making as well.

Be careful.

So that's how it is.

That's what felt so wrong.

Hiding behind the Usuzumizakura's revival,

there was a gate trying to open!

There will be one more Horror.

It's a gate!

Is it here?

We were careless.

We were tricked by how Horror-like the Usuzumizakura seemed,

but the clay doll Duke Kan gave to his servant was what we really should've looked out for.

You know that Sugawara's ancestors were of the Haji clan, right?

Yeah.

They managed the funerals and grave-making in the capital.

That's right.

But they're also known for making haniwas in place of human sacrifices.

What Duke Kan made was more than just a clay doll.

Using techniques passed down from his ancestors, he made a vessel to house himself.

He returned to the capital through that clay doll.

The clay doll, brimming with karma, became a gate.

And the Horror it summons from the Makai

Michinaga!

Oh, Tokimaru!

The suffering you felt will be repaid by Michinaga's!

Sakura flowers.

If you will not forget your master,

Then unto the blowing winds

Impart your message.

This is...

Duke Kan's poem!

Could it be!?

Duke Michizane!

The path you should walk is yonder!

Our only aim is Fujiwara-no-Michinaga alone!

It is only right that geese

Cry out in Autumn.

Are you trying to get to the capital!?

Yet hearing them in Spring...

Someone incredible has appeared.

This is far more than just the Usuzumizakura.

Is Zanga still over there?

The land of Kukoku

Yeah, I'm here.

You're the one who told me to go here.

Jeez.

That Horror was a pain.

We've got an even worse one here,

but I doubt you can return immediately.

Obviously!

It'd take three days even on a Makai horse.

Then I'm afraid the capital will be gone by the time you return.

Garo is injured, there's no way he can handle it alone.

Say what?

Now that I have become

Drifting flotsam,

Will you not become a weir

To hold me back?

Everything was for the sake of this day.

Journeying ever onward, I looked back...

Who goes there?

Yorinobu-san!

Damn you!

Get brother dearest!

Okay!

Hands up! Hands up!

I'm your opponent!

A Horror?

A monster!

Crap, get brother dearest!

Numerous as the roads

Numerous as the roads This one's-

This one's-

In the mountains may be,

There are none who would

What?

Call me back to the capital.

Sakura... That means

It's the Horror of the Usuzumizakura?

But if memory serves, that poem is...

It's Duke Kan!

If you will not forget your master,

Then unto the blowing wind

Impart your message.

What's wrong?

Raikou-sama!

Brother dearest!

Kintoki.

Yorinobu.

Shit...

Bring water, quickly!

The fire mustn't spread further!

What's this?

Fall back!

Close the gate!

Line up the troops!

We'll stop and defeat it here!

Akira-dono?

Shit!

Daddy!

Daddy!

Dear!

Michinaga-sama.

Pardon my rudeness.

This is urgent.

Fine.

What happened?

Duke Kan's vengeful spirit arrived through the main gate.

What?

Plenty of men have already-

Soldiers are gathered at the Imperial Palace. But...

But the spirit seems to be heading towards this mansion.

And, for some reason,

Akira-dono is together with it.

So it got through!

You won't be able to stop something like this alone.

Yeah.

But I'm not alone.

Hm? And who else is there?

Isn't it obvious?

Raikou!

What are you saying, Raikou is-

He'll come!

He's soft on people,

and pathetically weak to women,

but when he's against an Horror, it's a different story.

Raikou will come!

For certain!

You're late, Raikou.

Sorry.

Let's go.

Seimei!

Why is Akira with the Horror?

There's no time to talk.

The gist is, she was the one who undid the seal on Usuzumizakura!

Why

And Tokimaru, the sacrifice, was her own younger brother!

What?

Either way, just stop the Horror!

Or the capital is done for!

Got it!

Akira!

You made a Horror!

I won't let you interfere!

Shit!

Raikou-sama!

Brother dearest!

Don't push yourselves, you two!

Have you forgotten?

You promised to hire me as your servant again!

Got it!

Seimei!

Raikou!

Raikou!

Why?

Why is Akira doing this?

For revenge.

Right now, it's all she has.

Please wait!

It's dangerous! You mustn't go!

I want to see it.

If it really is Duke Kan's vengeful spirit,

then I must see it with my eyes

Michinaga-sama!

Move!

You mustn't approach it!

So this is it.

I see.

My, I didn't think you would prepare something like that,

Akira.

So you noticed?

You knew, and yet you still...

Why!?

It was getting boring as of late.

And as I thought, this was entertaining.

Your eyes when you looked at me

always made me excited.

I see.

And this is exactly why

it will be worth seeing your face twist in pain and fear!

Stop!

Don't kill people!

Oh?

Must be hard work, Golden Knight.

Raikou-sama, please move out of the way!

Raikou-sama.

Will you protect even someone like him?

If he lives, he'll only produce more suffering!

Yeah.

But why?

Because that's what a Makai Knight does.

Just because of that?

Because he's an idiot.

Idiotically serious and true to his words.

Only someone who can do that unconditionally can be a Makai Knight.

And he's strong.

If you're smart, you become a Makai Priest.

Hey!

This is it.

This is why I want one of you Makai people for myself.

Akira!

I understand that you hate this man.

But look!

Is this the revenge you wanted?

Aren't you the same as Michinaga?

You're just making more people like you and your brother!

Sister dearest!

It seems your brother understands.

Tokimaru!

Raikou-sama!

What I'm doing here is neither just nor moral.

It's simply revenge!

And I have no interest in anything else.

People take revenge in order to dispel the regrets of the dead.

Or that's what I thought.

But that's wrong.

What I tasted on my way here

was intoxicating delight!

Hatred that piled up from the time of my parents!

The ecstasy of letting it loose!

In comparison to it,

the guilt of taking a human life is nothing!

I won't let you interfere!

My greatest pleasure is still there!

MICHINAGA!

We can't stop her anymore.

You take the Horror, I'll take Akira.

No, I will!

Michinaga-sama, please run!

I-It's a curse.

Truly a curse from Duke Kan!

If you want to curse me, so be it.

What it means is that you've lost.

What can I accomplish if I fear the grudge of some beaten dogs?

How will I take the throne?

I, Michinaga,

will accept however much hatred I have to!

You won't hit me.

You will not!

Duke Kan!

He's a monster, too.

Mi-

Michinaga-sama...

Tokimaru?

How...

Regrettable...

This sacrificial...

Body of mine...

Can go no further...

The rest...

I leave to...

Tokimaru...

Our foe is right in front of us.

Endure!

Tokimaru!

What's wrong?

Over already?

Over?

Over!? You still haven't tasted any suffering at all!

Don't get cocky, Michinaga!

My revenge hasn't even begun!

Duke Kan!

Duke Kan, take my flesh and blood as your powers too!

Akira!

Stop!

Jeez.

Tokimaru...

I'm coming too...

Golden Knight.

Protect the capital.

Let's go!

I'm beginning to feel that humans are a lot worse than Horrors or curses.

Shit!

It broke the barrier?

This thing is crazy.

We have to finish this quickly.

Yeah.

This can't be!

Garo's sword isn't working!?

Shit!

That's-

Yasusuke!?

Yo.

How did you appear from there?

Weren't you supposed to be in the land of Kukoku?

Well apparently a gate for some insane Horror opened.

So I had to run through the Makai on my horse, little as I liked it.

No way!

If you screwed up, you'd be stuck there!

Jeez, thought I was a goner.

You...

I guess it sounds like him.

Most impressive!

It's coming!

So that's the insane Horror?

I came all the way here, so I'll take you on!

Let's go!

Yeah!

Not working, after all.

That spear!

What Garo and the Priests of the past used to seal the sakura Horror

was a spear full of a Priest's magic!

If an ancient Priest could do this, there's no way I can't!

Seimei-san!

Wait. The last time that spear was used,

didn't one of the Priests die?

We're up against someone who was willing to get consumed.

We won't win without something like this!

Are you two going to let me die? Help out!

Let's go!

Kintoki!

I'm counting on you!

Yeah!

Raikou-sama!

Catch this!

Give me a spear too!

Don't have one!

Yasusuke!

Let's stab this spear right through it.

Lend me a hand!

Guess I have to!

Oh no!

One more time!

Hey!

If we don't run, we'll burn!

What's wrong?

This is bad.

I can't pull it out!

What is he doing?

That flame can burn even Garo's Armour!

This is bad!

If it's like this,

we have to cut my arm off!

Say what?

Hurry up!

Brother dearest!

Here I go!

Raikou-sama!

Raikou kept saying "cut off my arm",

but I felt bad, it's too valuable of an arm.

So I gave him a nice kick with my Makai Horse.

Raikou-sama...

Well, it might've been a bit too strong.

Are you stupid? He could die!

Hey, Raikou!

Brother dearest!

Don't die!

I won't forgive you if you do!

I'll never forgive you, you hear!?

Say something!

Seimei.

It hurts.

Raikou.

Notice faster!

Notice faster! He'll die for real!

He'll die for real!

Sister

dearest.

Sister dearest.

Tokimaru.

Sister dearest...

I wanted to save you.

Always, ever since I was young.

To do something...

And end your suffering.

I thought it could happen if I built up enough karma...

With that hope in mind,

I killed people.

Tokimaru...

You...

I couldn't even stop you.

Please forgive me...

For being powerless.

It's...

Over...

The suffering...

Everything...

Forgive me...

Raikou-sama, please rest a little.

I'll do it instead.

No, it's just a bit more. Let's do it.

Jeez, I'm only worried about your body, Raikou-sama.

Please take some proper rest, okay?

Okay.

Sheesh.

Being too serious is a sickness too.

And you're too frivolous.

Oh yeah, have you heard?

The kebiishi got Michinaga, apparently.

Eh?

Seriously?

That kado-no-osa of the kebiishi, Ono Akimitsu

saw Michinaga that night

and deemed him a disturbance to the capital's peace.

Apparently he gave in without trouble and went to the kebiishi office.

Good grief, he's too straight-laced.

Who knows what you're bringing on yourself?

Well, the chief of the kebiishi is basically Michinaga's pawn.

He'll probably get released in no time.

But it's nice to see that uppity Michinaga get treated like a criminal, serves him right.

You're right!

Wish I could've seen his face!

Wish I could've shown it to Akira.

Hey!

What are you doing? Jeez.

She's jealous. Jealous.

Aaah! They turned out so well, too!

Alright, guess I'll go for a walk.

The weather's nice.

Twenty one, twenty two...

Oh come on, these too...

Okay, all here.

Let's go together.

I need to deliver these fans.

Really?

Well, it's fine.

Good grief.

Hm?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

A petal of a dream flutters in the night sky. Yozora ni maiagaru hitohira no yume

Next time we'll meet with a smile. Tsugi deau toki ni wa egao de

In a place with nobody around I leave my body to the wind. Dare mo inai Basho kaze ni mi wo makase

Wreathed in the scent of the spring I think of this body's last moments. Haru no nioi matoi nagara kono mi no matsuro omou

We carry bonds of our blood and desire squirms around. Seou chi no kizuna ugomeku yokubou

And in this world of ours that we can't go against Sakerarenu utsushiyo no ue

We all live out our respective fates. Sorezore sadame ikiru

All that remains from our days of youth is a smile that grows blurry. Osanaki koro no nagori egao ga nijinde yuku

I wished for this ridiculed life to come to a peaceful rest... Honrou sareta inochi yasuraka ni to negatta

A petal of a dream flutters in the night sky. Yozora ni maiagaru hitohira no yume

And until we meet again, say goodbye. Tsugi deau toki made SAY GOODBYE

The falling stars guide us to a revelation, Nagareru hoshitachi ga michibiita keiji ga

And the trails they left now become a single ray of light. Nokoshita ashiato ima ichiru no hikari ni naru

Far away, gently, flickers the flame. Tooku yurayura to yurameku honoo wa

And like an all-consuming inferno, it returns all to the heavens. Yakitsukusu gouka no you ni subete wo ten ni kaesu

A heavy door closes, and one loses their heart. Tozashita omoi tobira kokoro wo nakushita mono

And they've forgotten tears and even sorrow. Namida mo kanashimi sae wasurete shimatta nara

Amidst the petals scattered in the night sky. Yozora ni maichitta hanabira no naka

Resounds a requiem for the soul. Narihibiku tamashii no REQUIEM

Those who protect guided us to the future, Mamorishi monotachi ga michibiita mirai ga

And together with the the time, passing away, it now becomes a single ray of light. Sariyuku toki to tomo ni ichiru no hikari ni naru

A petal of a dream flutters in the night sky. Yozora ni maiagaru hitohira no yume

I'll draw the next future with a smile. Tsugi egaku mirai ni wa egao de

Those who protect guided us to the future, Mamorishi monotachi ga michibiita mirai ga

And a certain light leads to it. Tsunagu tashika na hikari

A petal of a dream flutters in the night sky. Yozora ni maiagaru hitohira no yume

And until we meet again, say goodbye. Tsugi deau toki made SAY GOODBYE

Tonight, again, in the place with a view of the dim moon, Koyoi mo oboroge na tsuki ga mieru basho de

Sakura flowers bloom, Mata usuzumi iro shita

Their colour like that of pale ink. Sakura no hana saku koro