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"Kouga Manjidani"

No, uhh...

Josuke!

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

"Ephemeral Portrait of Days Gone By"

Keep quiet! You'll scare the fish away!

I foresee an accident involving water, Shogen.

I'd think twice about fishing today if I were you...

That Jimushi. What a fool...

Well done, Shogen-dono.

See that, Jimushi?! Your astromancy finally missed its mark!

Josuke?!

Get back here!

There's no escape, Josuke!

Gyobu... Okoi!

No, I'm sorry, Okoi-dono...

But my hand has something to say about it...

Your hand?

It says that your bottom invited it!

It was like, "Come here! Come here!"

Shall we have some Josuke stew instead of boar stew, Okoi?

It'd probably be too heavy with all that fat,

but there'd definitely be a lot to go around...

Okoi-dono! Please don't do that!

If your rump were to grow even larger than it is now-

You just never learn, do you?

Okoi-dono doesn't know moderation. I was only joking around...

Just be thankful you didn't wind up in a stew.

I wanted Saemon-dono to be my substitute, but I forgot to ask...

Your substitute? I don't think even Saemon can copy your figure...

That's true...

You don't want to accompany Gennosuke-sama?

I'd really prefer not to, given where he's going...

To think he's going to meet with Ogen-ba's own successor...

The Iga princess's bottom, huh...

I can only imagine it's hard and not pleasing at all...

No one's gonna come, Hotarubi.

The men are out keeping watch along the road for the Kouga...

Shouldn't you go too, Yashamaru-dono?

Just to see the ugly Kouga? I think I'll pass.

Being here with you is much better.

Yashamaru-dono...

Never mind. Today just isn't my day...

Yashamaru-dono!

Please watch over me, Big Sister,

so that I won't make nervous mistakes or say what I shouldn't say...

Old woman.

I agree with showing Oboro-sama to the Hattori family, but...

Tenzen. What is this pointy thing?

But not if the Kouga will also be in attendance...

With the anti-war pact now in effect, your worries are unfounded.

--Tenzen! Tenzen! --But...

The palanquin is ready.

Big Sister!

I do not understand.

Why have you chosen that infant to be the Tsubagakure successor?

One of your own children would be better,

and surely there are many other skilled people within your bloodline!

Together with the Kouga successor, huh...

"Hattori Hanzo Compound"

"Second Hattori Hanzo"

Kouga Danjo, Iga-no-Ogen...

Both remained single, and instead chose successors from relatives...

But to think they're both children who harbor power in their eyes...

Kyohachiro.

Right.

You don't want to listen to boring grownup talk, do you?

Go ahead and play.

Someone will come to get you later.

U-umm...

U-uhh...

I heard that the Iga are cowardly and filthy.

Cowardly?

Iga is a bad place.

No! That's not true! Iga is a very nice place!

How so?

We have wild hares!

So does Kouga.

T-the hares in Iga come in all kinds of colors!

Gray and brown and-

Kouga even has white ones.

Uhh... Umm...

The Iga's sun is really shiny!

Shiny, huh?

Everyone in Iga is very nice to me...

Nenki tosses me high into the air with his beard!

Koshiro is very dexterous even though he's little.

Akeginu is-

I see...

You've made me want to visit Iga.

Okay!

Is she your daughter?

I'm not really sure if we're related in that way.

I can't remember anymore.

Oboro-sama. Wouldn't you prefer to be in the palanquin?

I wish to walk!

I hear that boy came from Kouga...

Is that so?

Do you think we can ever play again?

Yes, I'm certain of it.

Oboro-sama...

Oboro-sama? Oboro-sama?

Oboro-sama?

Oboro-sama!

I'm sorry!

Oh, you're sweating. Your face powder is coming off...

Oh no!

There is still time. Let us reapply it.

Here you are. You look very lovely, Oboro-sama.

Akeginu! Thank-

"Kouga Manjidani- Kouga Danjo's Compound"

Fine! Never mind!

Kagero?

So many visitors today...

What's wrong with Kagero?

I refused when she asked me to foresee

how Gennosuke-sama's marriage meeting will turn out.

I'm curious about that myself...

Gennosuke-sama's fortune is of no importance to you or Kagero.

I doubt any answer would change your concern for him.

Can't argue with that...

Incidentally, there is something these blind eyes seem to see...

Beyond the gaze of Gennosuke-sama's eyes

Iies the ever-reaching "future" of the Kouga...

Gennosuke. I won't say that your notions are misguided,

but this grudge has been frozen solid for 400 years.

Melting it will not be easy.

Grandfather...

Even so, I will not stop wishing that the chains of hatred

that bind the Kouga Manjidani and Iga Tsubagakure be broken at last,

and that together, as one clan, we can step into the outside world...

How young you are...

Urgh...

Here she comes! Don't screw up, Nenki!

Right! Leave it to me, Rosai-rou!

H-have your hiccups stopped?

How about we lop off Kouga Gennosuke's head while she watches?

No, Nenki! The Iga cannot afford to break the anti-war pact!

I jest. Not even I would go that far.

I wonder...

Now, then...

Drink it all slowly, in one breath.

Well?

I think they've stopped...

Kouga Danjo's party has arrived!

A- Akeginu!

Please calm yourself, Oboro-sama. I'll bring the tea, too.

I- I'll take it!

But, Oboro-sama...

No! Please let me carry the tea! I can do it!

Oboro-sama!

J- Jingoro-dono?

Looks like I wasn't needed, after all.

W-was he planning to surprise Oboro-sama?!

I see Tsubagakure hasn't changed...

Time has stopped in Iga since that day...

All that has changed is the number of wrinkles I have...

Likewise.

I've brought tea.

I- I'm so sorry!

O- Oboro-sama?!

Hey, what's all the fuss?

Sheesh. The Iga have one nasty dog for a pet...

Oboro...

I'm so sorry, Grandmother! I've shamed the Iga name!

He certainly is a peculiar one, that Kouga Gennosuke...

Eh?

He seems to be quite fond of you.

He says he would really like to see you again...

Grandfather. The eyes of that Oboro girl...

Oh, you noticed?

Oboro was born with "piercing eyes".

I'm told they can disperse any ninpou technique they gaze upon...

However, it appears she has not learned to control her power.

As she is, she could even ruin her allies.

It appears she was raised lovingly, and away from the real world.

To think their successor would not be informed about that day...

What do you suppose would happen if you used your Dojutsu

on the Iga princess, Gennosuke-sama?

Even if we did have to fight, there was no bloodlust in her eyes...

Ogen's hawk...

How I'd like the Kouga and Iga to finally clasp hands as one clan

and step into the world together!

And step into the world together...

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"

Bloody swords roar on the Chiryu plains along the Tokaido Road.

Deadly winds of hatred scatter the gathering clouds.

A mind's eye sees anguish in the forgiving of conflicting natures.

Standing at the brink of total darkness, the souls sob, pray,

and eventually become shaking blades.

On the next Basilisk~ Kouga Ninpouchou-

"Runoff in Darkness"