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With reverence and awe I humbly declare

that here we establish Shogun's Mound,

where we will lay the effigy and the sword of our shogun

and pray that the wrathful spirit of Prince Sawara will quieten.

We make this a holy barrier guarded by the Seiryu on the East,

the Byakko on the West, the Suzaku on the South,

and the Genbu on the North.

- This is the most ideal orientation as the land of peace.

- This is the most ideal orientation as the land of peace. - In the era of Enryaku,

where we will lay the effigy and the sword of our shogun

in the reign of Emperor Kanmu,

Lady Aone his capital of Nagaoka was sealed by the curse of Prince Sawara.

To escape its powerful deep-seated grudge,

the Mikado, the emperor, and his subjects

sought peace in a new land.

With this ritual,

I declare that the protection of the new capital be in place.

150 years later

Heian Kyo (Capital of Heian Era)

Executive Producer: Banjiro UEMURA

Planning: Susumu KONDO

Producers: Tetsuji HAYASHI Kazuya HAMANA Nobuyuki TOHYA

Original Book: "The Onmyoji Series," by Baku YUMEMAKURA

Original Book: "The Onmyoji Series," by Baku YUMEMAKURA The Era of Heian.

The Era of Heian.

Screenplay: Yasushi FUKUDA Baku YUMEMAKURA Itaru ERA An era when man cohabitated with demons.

Demons, evil spirits and apparitions hiding in the dark

crept into the hearts of people who were fearful of them,

Music: Shigeru UMEBAYASHI crept into the hearts of people who were fearful of them,

Music: Shigeru UMEBAYASHI and breathed deeply.

Are you going to leave me behind again?

I don't know you!

You have the wrong person! Be gone!

Demons would appear occasionally and show their fangs to unsettle

and stir up the minds of those who saw them.

Mansai NOMURA and stir up the minds of those who saw them.

Mansai NOMURA

Hideaki ITO

Hideaki ITO There existed a group of people

Hideaki ITO

Hideaki ITO who suppressed these demons and apparitions.

Who suppressed these demons and apparitions.

Eriko IMAI who suppressed these demons and apparitions.

Eriko IMAI

Kyoko KOIZUMI They belonged to the Court,

and foretold the future with various arts of fortune-telling.

They performed prayers and incantations,

Hiroyuki SANADA observed the heavens,

Hiroyuki SANADA created calendars, calculated hours,

created calendars, calculated hours,

and knew the lore of all creation.

Director: Yojiro TAKITA and knew the lore of all creation.

Director: Yojiro TAKITA

Director: Yojiro TAKITA It was they who mediated

between this world and the other in the Age of Darkness.

They were the ones called Onmyoji.

Onmyoji

One of the court school buildings damaged by the storm

was standing in the inauspicious quadrant of the Imperial Palace.

This year, in addition to

the Northeast Direction being the inauspicious quarter,

the Great Golden God is there.

Therefore,

repairs should wait until the transition day,

on the 27th...

Left Minister,

what do you think?

As you wish.

...provided that the lumber for repairs

be transported west,

and brought in through the Upper West Gate.

Right Minister,

do you agree?

Absolutely.

If I may,

I would like to tell you

about my humble observation of the signs in the sky.

Lately His Majesty visits only Lady Toko.

I wonder if his heart...

...has turned away from me.

Seimei.

As for Mikado's heart...

Can't you turn it back to me?

I cannot.

A person's heart

is not a ball.

That is why I am asking you, Seimei.

Well...

Are you quite certain, Doson?

Calendar, I Ching, directions:

They all point to the same result.

It means that

the protector of the city is about to appear.

Doson,

do you suggest

that the prophecy indicates this unborn child?

I'm happy for you,

Morosuke.

Yes, sire!

Abe no Seimei!

Where have you been?

I was keeping Lady Ayako company.

It is a duty for all of us at Onmyo Ministry to attend the Royal Assembly.

How dare you do as you please.

She insisted.

Is that how you act in front of Head Onmyoji?

Don't be frivolous.

What matters most for an Onmyoji are his skills.

That's right.

Ranking is not that important.

What is necessary are the skills.

Whoever is more skilled is superior.

Seimei.

We've heard a great deal about you lately.

I hear you have quite impressive skills.

Ah!

Ah!

Seimei.

Take the life of that butterfly without touching it.

I'd like to see your skill in action, for once.

Lord Tadamasa.

That's so cruel.

Looking at it closely,

it's an unusually beautiful butterfly.

Why does that matter?

It's past the season for butterflies, anyway.

What you're saying is sinful.

Can't you do it?

I have done a terrible thing.

The morning after I saw a demon,

this happens! It's creepy!

A gourd in a pine tree.

Please, Sir Hiromasa!

Could you send for Abe no Seimei?

But, Lord Kane-ie,

I'm not very comfortable with Onmyoji's.

They say that Abe no Seimei

is not even human.

They say that his mother was a fox,

and that he could see demons as a child.

People probably talk about him because he is an excellent Onmyoji.

Perhaps.

Sir Hiromasa!

Please! Please!

Why do I have to go?

Lord Hiromasa.

I know.

Don't be afraid.

He's just an Onmyoji.

- We've been waiting for you.

- We've been waiting for you. - Huh?

Welcome, Sir Hiromasa!

Why do you know my name?

Besides,

who told you I was coming here?

You've been muttering to yourself

all the way from the other side of Ichijo-Modori Bridge.

You said, "Why do I have to go?"

Y-you mean you heard me?

Do you really think...

I look that much like a fox?

Sir Seimei.

May I have a word with you in private?

I see.

What?

They're called "servant-gods."

It's convenient to have them around

for my personal needs.

Servant-gods?

Don't tell me

that girl is a servant-god, too.

Oh, her?

You've already met her before.

Huh?

I've already met her?

Yes.

Mitsumushi.

So, you didn't kill it!

Supposedly,

Priest Kukai brought back this precious butterfly from Xi'an

a long time ago.

I wouldn't dare kill it.

I see.

Would you like some sake?

Hmm? Ah. Thanks.

I'm not here to drink sake.

I've come to ask a favor of you.

- I know.

- I know. - Huh?

It is a splendid gourd.

But a spell is cast on this gourd.

- A spell? - A spell?

Yes.

Spell

It's a spell.

A spell.

Sir Hiromasa.

This is the embodiment of the spell.

Someone used a spell

to hide a snake in the gourd.

Then if I tried to eat the gourd...

This snake would have dined

on your innards, Lord Kane-ie.

So...

This is the work of a demon.

- Lord Kane-ie. - Huh?

Do you have any idea why?

Don't be ridiculous!

Why would anyone curse me?

This snake will tell us why.

Huh?

This "spell" you were talking about...

What is it exactly?

Well, I'd say, for example,

that the shortest spell in this world

is a name.

A name?

You mean names like Seimei or Hiromasa?

Yes.

A spell is something

that binds something, or someone's heart.

Binds something, or someone's heart?

You are bound

by the name Minamoto no Hiromasa.

Without that name.

Does it mean I will disappear?

No.

Even without a name,

you won't disappear from this world.

I don't understand you.

There.

Probably dumped by a man,

and killed herself.

Feeling bitter toward others

is a form of a spell.

So, that is...

the true identity of the demon?

One's own heart can

turn a person into a demon or a saint.

So that was this woman...

What do you mean by that?

Don't you understand?

Hmm? Understand what?

Someone!

Isn't someone here?

Someone!

Yayoi! It's been so long!

She's happy just to be by his side.

Give the dead body in the river a funeral,

and that woman will vanish.

I see.

There is much turmoil coming.

What's the matter?

It might be my imagination,

but until yesterday,

two stars seemed to be right next to each other.

Maybe...

one star's admiration was acknowledged,

and the two stars became one.

What do you think?

One of the stars

must have reached the end of its days.

If that's the case, it's too sad for the remaining star.

At any rate,

your flute sounds very beautiful,

Lord Hiromasa.

Today,

I saw the skeleton of a poor, abandoned woman.

Tonight I was playing the flute to mourn for her.

Your compassion will certainly reach for her, Lord Hiromasa.

Please!

On this of all nights, may I have your name?

A Prince is born.

Is that so?

Is that so?

Congratulations.

Yes.

"Even the full moon,

As its time passes away,

Declines to nothing.

Together let us journey."

Poor Hirohira!

When you were born, they said you would eventually be the next Mikado.

Why is that?

Sukehime,

Morosuke's daughter gave birth to a son.

Why, Sukehime?

Wasn't it you who had Mikado's affection entirely?

What good is this now?

Damn that Morosuke!

Who's there?

Doson?

Lord Motokata.

Ahh...

Now there is a face I like to see.

On behalf of the subjects of the realm,

I pray for health

and eternal prosperity

for the Mikado and Prince Atsuhira.

Atsuhira!

Atsuhira!

Atsuhira!

Sir Seimei!

Is Seimei here?

You don't have to disappear today.

Sir Seimei! I have a favor to ask. Could you come with me now?

Who's making all that noise?

Sir Seimei!

That was a bad joke!

What happened?

Something is wrong with Prince Atsuhira.

Prince Atsuhira

has the head Onmyoji to look after him.

But nothing is working.

Sir Seimei, you're the only one who can save him.

Why is that?

I don't know why, but I know.

Sir Seimei, why are we here?

Don't be impatient.

Can I listen to your famous flute?

Sure.

What a beautiful sound.

She seems to have arrived.

It's been a long time, Sir Seimei.

Yes. It's been 30 years, hasn't it?

30 years?

You've grown into a fine man.

I heard a flute.

This is Sir Minamoto no Hiromasa. He was playing.

This is Lady Aone.

Sir Hiromasa,

it was a beautiful melody.

Thank you very much.

- Now, shall we?

- Now, shall we? - Yes, let's.

A powerful spell has been cast upon Prince Atsuhira.

Could you prepare a writing brush?

Lady Aone!

Are you finished?

No.

There is still work to do.

Bring Lady Aone to my house.

Lady Aone.

Sir Hiromasa.

Draw your sword.

All right.

What for?

I will expose the true identity of the spell.

Spell?

Hey!

Here it comes!

Huh?

Now! Strike!

Quickly!

Strike, Hiromasa!

Hiromasa?

Hiromasa! Strike!

Yes.

Seimei.

Was that the spell?

Yes.

Lady Aone.

Did you find out the true identity of the spell?

No.

I see.

Please rest your body.

Doson, what do we do now?

Prince Atsuhira is still alive.

Well...

What shall we do with this interloper?

You mean Seimei?

To hell with Seimei!

Ah!

You're looking better and better.

Well, Seimei.

Does a spell sometimes bind someone's heart, too?

A heart?

You must have fallen in love.

Did I hit the nail on the head?

Don't!

Don't look at me, Seimei!

Don't look into my heart!

In love?

A woman becomes dear to a man.

A man becomes dear to a woman.

If we name that feeling and bind it, it's called "love."

Is that how it works?

That's how it is.

Hiromasa.

With a spell,

you could pluck the moon from the sky

and give it to the woman you love.

The moon?

How?

You point at the moon, and say this:

"Oh, my beloved,

I will give you the moon."

If she says "yes,"

the moon becomes hers.

How could I say something so embarrassing?

You couldn't?

You couldn't?

No, I couldn't. No matter what.

Tonight again,

your flute sounded beautiful.

Well...

Yes?

Look in the sky.

The beautiful moon is shining.

I, Hiromasa,

to cheer you up,

will give you tonight's moon.

That beautiful moon

is now yours.

What's the matter?

Once...

I was given a moon song.

"Even the full moon,

as its time passes away,

declines to nothing.

Together let us journey,

O dew of the early dawn."

Are you still in grief

because you cannot forget the man

who sent you that song?

Lady of the Full Moon,

I want to free you from that grief.

I want to hear you laugh.

No, Sir Hiromasa.

I cannot tell you how much the sound of your flute...

has comforted me.

Then forget the past.

I will make you

Lady of the Full Moon!

Sir Hiromasa.

I wish I could have met you...

much sooner.

Two stars.

Now I understand!

"Oh, demons, new and ancient,

sink in a sea of blood and tears

and accept this offering of my bones."

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity."

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity."

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity." "I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity."

Lady Aone.

Is something the matter?

Sir Seimei,

Sir Hiromasa is a very good man, isn't he?

Yes.

His presence alone is heart-warming to the surroundings.

Treasure him.

He is very precious to you, Sir Seimei.

I will.

Abe no Seimei!

You are an Onmyoji of this court.

Yet, in order to advance yourself,

you tried to curse Prince Atsuhira to death.

Lord Motokata!

That is not so!

Sir Seimei simply saved Prince Atsuhira.

He can easily undo his own arts to save the Prince.

I can see through his scheme.

What?

Seimei.

This woman you manipulate, by the name of Aone,

doesn't seem human.

She probably belongs to a demon family.

- What? - A demon?

Someone saw that woman exhale a demon from her mouth!

Oh?

Might I ask who it is?

Well, well...

This capital city is indeed a strange place.

There is no basis for this charge.

Lord Motokata.

If I stand in your way, rest assured that I,

Seimei, will leave the capital whenever it pleases you.

Now, shall we?

Ukon! Cut him down! Hurry up and kill him!

Yes, sir.

Wait!

Lord Motokata.

What do you think you are doing?

Without Mikado's approval,

would you kill a Court Onmyoji?

Seimei.

I apologize for the trouble.

Left Minister.

Sir Seimei!

Lady Aone!

Lady Aone!

Lady Aone!

Lady Aone!

Lady Aone!

Indeed,

this capital is a strange place...

I'm sorry.

I was there,

but I couldn't save her.

Seimei.

Why do you laugh?

Look.

Are you all right?

Thanks to you, I was unharmed.

I'm happy to hear that.

Seimei.

Is this a spell, too?

No. It's not a spell.

Lady Aone has a body which will not age or die.

No aging or dying?

It was right here at this location,

on the order of Emperor Kanmu,

I ate the flesh of the merman,

which is said to bring immortality.

150 years ago.

It was when the capital of Heian had just been founded.

It was a ritual to placate the spirit of Prince Sawara.

Prince Sawara?

Wasn't he the man who destroyed the old capital of Nagaoka?

No.

He was falsely accused of treason.

And his death was an injustice.

He became a vengeful spirit,

laying curses of death on people around Mikado,

I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity

I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity spreading plague, causing the Yodo River to flood,

and bringing lightning down all over the capital.

That forced the Mikado to...

abandon the capital of Nagaoka in only 10 years.

As he was so fearful of the vengeful spirit of Prince Sawara,

he entombed a statue and sword of General Sakanoue no Tamura Maro

to calm the Prince's spirit

and to protect the new capital.

Why did you have to eat the flesh of a merman?

To guard this mound,

lest it be violated,

and lest the spirit of Prince Sawara rise again.

Lest the spirit of the Prince rise again?

Yes.

In such a case,

I am instructed to search for

and assist the person who can protect the city.

But...

150 years?

Nothing is more painful than meeting people.

Meeting people always means

being present at their death, too.

What a sad fate.

Lady Aone,

was there someone your heart yearned for?

Capturing Abe no Seimei and attempting to kill him?

Lord Motokata.

It was an act of great rashness.

It was very foolish.

Then why did you approach me, Doson?

Why me?

Lord Motokata, in your heart swirled envy

and hatred for Lord Morosuke,

stronger than anyone else possessed.

Of all human powers,

you have the greatest power to destroy.

Doson.

What is it that you want? A position as a minister?

Or to replace the Mikado as ruler?

Mikado?

What the Mikado can do is very limited.

I've had enough of this.

- I don't care anymore.

- I don't care anymore. - Don't be absurd.

The next move has already been arranged.

The guardian of the city...

must be eliminated as soon as possible.

"Even the full moon,

as its time passes away,

declines to nothing.

Together let us journey,

O dew of the early dawn."

Lord Hiromasa, what's the matter?

Well, Seimei...

you said that the sound of my flute was beautiful.

Yes.

The sound of Sir Hiromasa's flute is beautiful.

I'm glad to hear that,

but it's nothing more than that.

A flute is not good for anything.

You are a good man.

A good man.

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Lord Seimei, someone is coming.

Help me, Seimei.

The Mikado and Prince Atsuhira are once again targeted.

The Mikado and Prince Atsuhira?

Last night, when Toko was putting the prince to sleep...

Give him to me!

Give me that child!

Give me Atsuhira!

I won't give you the Mikado.

There we found a woman's head and these eerie straw dolls.

Is this a demon's doing?

Those who saw

said it was both a demon and a woman.

It's a Namanari.

Namanari?

A living woman who turns into a demon.

What should we do?

The only solution is to have that man welcome the woman.

That man?

The man whom the woman said she would not give up.

Wait. You can't call the Mikado "that man."

Let's go, Hiromasa.

Welcome the woman?

To protect Mikado and Prince Atsuhira.

I don't want to.

No one bears a grudge against me.

Mikado,

she is not human.

To make ourselves invisible to the woman,

I will set up a holy barrier.

But if you utter a sound, it will break the spell,

and it may put us in danger.

Please bear in mind that you are to utter no sounds.

Sire, may I take a lock of your hair?

Yes.

I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity

Tell me.

Where is he?

Tell me.

Where is he?

Tell me.

Where is he?

How nice!

There you are!

I feel hatred.

I haven't seen you in a long time.

Why did you leave me?

Why?

Why?

Will you never,

kiss my lips with these lips of yours?

Will you never caress me again?

And here is the odious child, Atsuhira!

Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?

"Even the full moon,

as its time passes away,

declines to nothing.

Together let us journey,

O dew of the early dawn."

Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?

"Together let us journey,

O dew of the early dawn."

Sukehime.

Is it Sukehime?

That is the voice of the Mikado.

This is not the Mikado.

It's an effigy!

You bastard! You deceived me!

Hiromasa!

Did you say Hiromasa?

Go back,

Lady of the Full Moon.

You may go no farther.

Ah, here is no one,

but Minamoto no Hiromasa!

Die! Hiromasa!

Wait, Lady of the Full Moon! Wait!

"Kill Minamoto No Hiromasa by spell."

Sir Hiromasa.

Why are you here?

What have I done?

I'm so ashamed!

I'm so ashamed!

Lady of the Full Moon,

the man in your heart was the Mikado, wasn't he?

Forgive me, Sukehime.

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity!"

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity!"

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity!"

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity!"

She'll turn into Namanari.

Seimei! Seimei!

You bastard! I'll never forgive you!

Seimei!

Please stop!

Lady of the Full Moon! Please stop!

Mikado! This way! Hurry!

If you must, eat me!

Lady of the Full Moon.

I do not mind if it is you who eats me.

Lady of the Full Moon!

Lady of the Full Moon!

Why?

Sir Hiromasa.

You are the only man...

I didn't want...

to see me this way.

Why are you weeping, Sir Hiromasa?

I myself do not know

why tears are falling.

Lady of the Full Moon,

you are so dear to me.

I couldn't see...

how much you were suffering.

I could not save you.

No...

Thanks to you,

I...

die with a human heart.

Lady of the Full Moon.

Sir Hiromasa,

I am happy I met you.

Lady of the Full Moon!

You mustn't die!

Sir Hiromasa...

one more time...

I would like to hear...

the sound of your flute.

"Soundless,

invisible God of Curse...

return with what you brought."

Damn you, Seimei!

Lord Motokata!

Sir Motokata!

As suspected, Doson did this!

"Blood and tears turn into a sea and sink an old demon.

Accept this offering of my bones and bury them at rivers and cliffs."

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity!"

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity!"

The time has come, Prince Sawara!

Now I, Doson, will lift the spell that binds you!

Together we will sate...

the malice of your raging heart,

of which generations have spoken.

Well done, Generalissimo Shogun!

It's not that easy, is it?

"Accept this offering of my bones and bury them at rivers and cliffs."

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity!"

"I Will Curse Mikado for Eternity!"

Prince Sawara!

Return to Life!

My body and my soul,

I give all to you!

The Mikado is terrified of Doson, and extremely nervous.

Now he needs your power to help him.

What would you do if he ruins the city?

I don't care.

What?

Who cares if it's destroyed, Hiromasa?

What? Are you serious, Seimei?

I feel and think almost the same as Doson.

I don't care if the city is destroyed, or who the next Mikado is.

Seimei!

Rise from your sleep,

my clan in the ground.

Rise and avenge all the hatred

and regret you left in this world.

Lord Seimei!

Seimei, what happened?

The holy barrier is broken.

The Shogun's Mound must be destroyed.

Is it Doson's doing?

He probably summoned Prince Sawara.

What is Doson plotting?

Filling the city with evil spirits.

Why?

A new world and

the new city must be what he plans to create

with the demons and gods.

Seimei! You still won't defend it?

All right.

Seimei!

I'll go for you.

Good! Let's go!

Hiromasa, take this.

All right.

Sir Sadamasa!

Where is the Mikado?

And Prince Atsuhira?

- I don't know. - I don't know.

- Sir Ukon!

- Sir Ukon! - Yes.

- To the Suzaku Gate!

- To the Suzaku Gate! - Yes.

I don't think I can rebuild the holy barrier.

Then, Sir Seimei, hurry to the city.

Sir Hiromasa's life is in danger.

What do you mean?

You two.

You and Sir Hiromasa are the guardians of the city.

The two stars uniting beside the moon

symbolized the meeting of you and Sir Hiromasa.

If one of the stars is extinguished...

That's why Doson was after Hiromasa's life.

Hurry!

Wake up! Takatsuna!

Don't run away!

Guard the gate! Guard!

I will take the capital made by that man

and cast it into the world of Eternal Darkness!

Master Doson.

I beg of you, please wake up.

Nagamasa.

Don't worry about a thing.

Doson!

Ah, Sir Hiromasa.

You saved me the time of searching for you.

I'll send you to join Sukehime,

Sir Hiromasa.

You must hurry.

Soon the Mikado

will be after you.

Doson!

You turned Lady of the Full Moon into that awful thing?

Lady of the Full Moon?

Her own heart turned her into a demon.

Go ahead.

Hate me if you want to, Sir Hiromasa.

Turn yourself into a demon, too.

Mikado.

Doson!

It's not so easy, is it,

Sir Hiromasa?

Seimei!

Help!

It's no use! It's no use!

Doson!

Die!

Minamoto no Hiromasa,

I'm done fooling with you.

Seimei.

Mikado!

Mikado!

Mikado!

- Hiromasa! - Sir Hiromasa!

Hiromasa!

Hiromasa! Don't die!

Don't die, Hiromasa!

We have only just met! We've only just begun!

I...

I...

I can't bear to lose you!

Seimei,

I never thought

you'd ever shed tears.

Don't leave me, Hiromasa!

Open your eyes, Hiromasa! Wake up!

Sir Hiromasa is a good man.

Hiromasa!

Hiromasa!

Sir Hiromasa is a good man.

I'm sorry, Hiromasa.

If you'd never met me...

Sir Seimei.

You two were destined to meet.

You must not regret that.

Even more grievous if you had not.

And the city would not be saved.

Then it would change nothing.

One of the guardians is no longer here.

Sir Seimei,

please give my life to Sir Hiromasa.

In the Art of Onmyo,

there must be the rite of Taizanfukun... to transfer life from one to another.

Lady Aone.

What are you saying?

Search for guardians of the city and assist them.

That is my task.

So...

Take my life and save Sir Hiromasa.

It is also

the only way I will ever be set free

from this eternal life.

Mikado!

Mikado!

Where did you go?

That is enough.

Give me over to him.

No! No!

I don't care.

- Never! Never! - Never! Never! Never!

At last I am able to complete my task.

Lady Aone.

Wait!

You are still alive, Hiromasa?

I performed the rite of Taizanfukun.

Why, Seimei?

He is just a court noble.

You wouldn't understand.

That...

The sound of those bells...

Have you forgotten?

That voice! Could it be?

Is it Aone?

Ah...

You remember me, Prince Sawara.

How could I forget?

How could I forget?

Nor have I, Prince.

It has been 150 years.

I have waited for the day we meet again.

150 years.

For so long,

you've waited for me?

Yes.

Your Highness.

Should you ever rise again,

the Mikado entrusted me a message to convey to you.

My brother did?

What is the message?

That he is sorry, and that it was wrong.

The Mikado was troubled for a long time

for letting you die for a false charge.

It's too late to ask for forgiveness.

How dare he!

I will not forgive him!

I'll never forgive!!

Then, Your Highness,

is it your true intention

to destroy this land and its people?

The nation you love so dearly.

Your Highness,

please come with me

to a new world.

Aone.

From now and forevermore, we'll be together.

I will never leave your side, even for a moment.

Forever together...

No, don't! Your Highness!

It is I, Doson, who will live on with you.

No.

Perhaps Aone is right.

I've had enough.

What are you saying?

Have you forgotten your long-held grudge?

I have not forgotten.

However,

I have grown tired of holding grudges.

That is foolish.

Don't say such a foolish thing!

Together we will rule this city.

My heart is with Aone.

Your Highness!

Do you mean to betray me?

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Lady Aone.

Now I understand.

Damn Prince Sawara.

He was more sentimental than I imagined.

He had no sense of vengeance!

I'm so disappointed!

Doson.

Leave the city.

At this point,

you won't be able to beat me.

Run, Mitsumushi!

You are annoying.

Doson, stop it!

Silence, Seimei!

Well, then. Let's have it out!

Now, come on!

Come on!

Seimei, how about this idea?

Why don't you join me to rule a new city?

Regardless, I have no interest.

If you have no interest in the city,

why do you try to guard it?

Seimei.

You must think the same as I do...

That what happens to this world is not important.

Seimei!

This world is...

not bad...

at all.

What a pity.

Then, Seimei...

It's either you or me.

Only one of us will remain.

You're in my way!

Mitsumushi!

Seimei.

Here is the final blow, Seimei!

Damn you, Seimei!

You locked me in the holy barrier!

So, you're the guardians of the city.

It was an interesting world.

Seimei.

From this point on,

I'll be watching how you live.

By the way, Seimei,

there is one thing I don't understand.

What is it?

How old are you really?

How old do you think I am?

I don't know. That's why I'm asking.

Forget it.

It doesn't matter how old you are.

You are still you.

Seimei, I remember.

- I didn't cry.

- I didn't cry. - Yes, you did cry.

I did not!

Mitsumushi. You remember, too, right?

Hiromasa!

Don't turn her back into a butterfly!

I won't.

Well, Seimei.

What is it?

A human heart can indeed

turn itself into a demon or a Buddha.

You are a very good man.

You are a very good man.

So are you.