Original subtitles

This isn't it...

A real seiken punch isn't like this...

For decades, I've clenched my fists like this

and questioned myself every night

whether this seiken form really is how it should be...

I guess it was wrong after all...

The seiken punch is wrong, Director?!

There's no way to understand it with words.

I didn't even need to use it in my last match against Amanai...

But...

Huh?

Aren't you concerned? Orochi Doppo has already warmed quite a bit.

Warm up, indeed...

Well, he is a mere sportsman...

Kagome, Kagome, the bird in the cage... (children's song)

"Doppo Flies!"

Match #4 of Round #3! The D-Block finals!

In the Seiryu corner, Shibukawa Jujutsu master, Shibukawa Goki!

"Shibukawa-Style Jujutsu Shibukawa Goki" In the Seiryu corner, Shibukawa Jujutsu master, Shibukawa Goki!

"Shinshinkai Karate Orochi Doppo" In the Byakko corner, Orochi Karate's God of War, Orochi Doppo!

Master versus God of War! Softness versus strength!

This unbelievably illustrious match is now a reality!

Aside from the use of weapons, everything goes!

Shibukawa-sensei.

Beating you is the dream of all karate practitioners.

I'm delighted to be blessed with the fortune of having that chance.

Please treat me well.

The director ain't a martial artist?!

What the hell're you talkin' about?!

That old man has done no pre-fight warming up whatsoever.

Because he believes true martial artists are always ready for war.

Shibukawa Goki said it. No one can argue back...

The beliefs of a martial artist, huh...

Begin!

W-what's this?!

Fists and open hands! Strength and softness!

Oddly enough, both fighters take the exact same stance!

Neither fighter moves!

There it is!

You flew that far?

Just as I'd expect from Cannibal Orochi! Such incredible horsepower!

Aiki! The secret aiki technique of ancient jujutsu explodes

with the ultimate rules of this underground arena!

In the 100 years of modern martial arts history since the Meiji era,

probably fewer than 10 martial artists have mastered true aiki.

But Shibukawa Goki is likely the first to ever use it in actual combat!

There it is!

The God of War, Orochi Doppo, takes a Tenchi-jouge stance!

His opponent, Shibukawa Goki, maintains no stance at all!

Quit mockin' him, ya geezer!

They're all fakes...

Now, then!

A left body uppercut! That's his specialty!

A head-butt!

Since when does jujutsu use head-butts?!

W-what happened?!

Doppo's last-ditch hand chop stops just before it can connect!

H-he used that in actual combat?!

Hey! Whadya mean "that"?!

His foot!

H-his foot! With just one toe, he has immobilized Orochi Doppo!

One full point!

He's strong! Strong! Strong!

The master is incredible! Bravo to Japanese martial arts!

Director!

He's gonna need to devise a serious strategy against ancient jujutsu...

He perfected it...

He completely realized aiki theory once thought to be impossible...

It reflects the enemy's strength back, with the user's strength added.

The greater the attack, the greater the force that is reflected back.

A perfect technique... That old man could very well take the title...

A perfect technique, huh... In which case, there's only one choice...

I see...

The strength of my attack determines the level of your counterattack.

If I attack at a level of 10,

you can counter with 10 plus your own strength.

Pretty nice, huh?

But... what would you do if I were no longer an opponent, Master?

T-the God of War, Orochi Doppo, is back up!

But what more can he possibly do?!

The master's techniques are just too flawless!

I'm not gonna attack.

Neither moves!

Both fighters now remain motionless!

Smart thinking...

Now this is ideal.

There's no need to do anything against an opponent who does nothing,

and as a result, there will be no fight at all...

If there is no victory, there is no defeat.

An idyllic world.

However, this is a match.

Your techniques and mine...

I am far too young to say it doesn't matter whose are superior!

Your spinal cord is mine!

H-he connected!

I finally wound up using this...

When I was a boy...

I kept writing it, frantically...

Confident that it would become 1 eventually...

But...

In my trance, I finally realized that however close I got to it...

...it would still never become 1.

However close I get, it'll still never be a seiken punch...

W-what a sound...

What punch could've done that?!

This form!

It's a Buddha statue!

This fist form is said to be the very first that people ever make!

T-this is it!

That Buddha-like fist is-

Incredible! The completely flawless Shibukawa Jujutsu

just gave up a clean hit to the tenacity of Orochi-Style Karate!

He managed to hit him!

That was a true seiken punch!

Kagome... Kagome... the bird in the cage...

"Mikoshiba Kihei"

We concede!

We are too inexperienced to strike at you!

It's obvious that we'll be struck back at!

Let your ability be known before you attack.

Thus the enemy loses his will to fight and conflict is averted.

That is martial arts.

The crane and the turtle slipped...

Who stands right behind you now?

"Shibukawa Goki, Age 39"

"Shibukawa Goki, Age 39" Shibukawa!

I just can't imagine it.

My superiors seem to revere you as a great, invincible martial artist,

but I just can't see it that way.

How dare you insult our great master?!

We've staked our lives on jujutsu!

Cowards who can't fight their master have nothin' to act big about!

Step back.

Facing him will end this.

S- Shibukawa is-

-closing in!

M- Master is backing off!

Forgive me!

Here I come!

What on earth?!

Master...

I now have full mastery!

From this day forth, this will be the Shibukawa-Style dojo!

The God of War now approaches to deliver the final blow!

H-he's up!

Don't you dare mock me, karate boy!

In my 70-odd years, I've thought only about kicking people's asses!

A youngster like you...

Youngster?

...is nothing compared to me!

Not done yet!

Director!

He slams him down!

In this master's hands, the ground is truly a lethal weapon!

That took its toll...

Techniques with hostility and bloodlust count for nothing,

no matter how fast they are, but...

...when an opponent's mind becomes that silent...

He can't lose! He can't!

Get up, Director!

They've taken equal damage! Both titans face each other once more!

I have no strategy...

Calculations amount to crap. I'll leave everything up to my body.

I have faith in you; you've made not so much as a peep

in the 55 years you've been with me!

Bring it on, if you dare, Orochi Doppo.

The answer will be very simple.

Which is greater- your karate or my jujutsu?!

Shibukawa-sensei is the first to move!

The distance between them is slowly closing!

Slowly... Slowly... Both are clearly within special-attack range now!

What a terrifying sight!

An attack at this distance will finish their opponent!

T-they're good!

Director!

The next one... The next one'll decide it!

You did well to show restraint at this range...

...Orochi...

...Doppo!

I guess my extra years placed me 0.1 mm above you...

Match over!

It's over!

Shibukawa Goki versus Orochi Doppo!

The battle between flawless masters has just reached its conclusion!

The old jujutsu fighter, Shibukawa Goki-sensei, is victorious!

For the first time in my life...

I was terrified of a fight... Of karate... Of an opponent...

I was truly frightened by the warrior known as Orochi Doppo.

Shibukawa-san...

Had the days of our births been reversed,

my face would probably be slammed into the seats right about now.

Our time spent in the martial arts decided the outcome. That is all.

How weak...

You not gonna finish me off, old man?

W-what are you saying, Doppo?!

I don't give a damn what the referees declare.

A true fight between martial artists only ends when one loses his life!

Isn't that what a real fight is, old man?!

--S-stop, Doppo! --Director!

Don't take away my reason for living.

I'll still be fighting for 10 more years.

Come challenge me again, Doppo.

Fool...

Guess I should get going...

Director! Are you serious?!

Yes. I only started it because the neighborhood kids begged me to.

As promised, I'm closing down the Shinshinkai school!

Sorry, but let me be free.

What about us?!

You said you'd make us strong! You said you would!

I wanna be strong...

I wanna be strong!

Don't be silly.

--Miss! --Miss!

Natsue...

I enjoyed myself, Doppo-chan!

Let's go home. I'll make you some soba noodles.

Okay...

The pinnacle of Chinese Kenpo... Kaio.

The strongest being on Earth... Hanma Yujiro.

The two men fight with their inherited names, histories, and genes.

Their hidden power now awakens!

Next Episode- "Successors"