07x36 - Ninja Village

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Title: Shogun Assassination Arc Part Two

Title: Ninja Village

Warning,Sign: Watch the Shogun Assassination Arc in a bright room and at a safe distance from your TV!

Hat: The Honnoji Incident.

Hat: Akechi Mitsuhide's betrayal sent Oda Nobunaga up in flames.

Hat: It is said that Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu, future shogun,

Hat: was isolated near Kyoto and found himself in his most severe crisis ever.

Hat: The ones who sided with him and escorted him safely to Mikawa

Hat: were us Iga ninjas, in what came to be known as the Crossing of Iga.

Hat: This led to Lord Ieyasu taking the Iga ninjas under his wing,

Hat: and to this day, we continue to guard the shogun family as the Oniwaban.

Hat: Zenzo! Go stand in the hallway!

Sac: Sensei, that moron's been out there for ages.

Zen: I'm sick of listening to that crap.

Zen: Who cares about loyalty?

Zen: Leave the lectures to the samurai.

Zen: We should just focus on reading Jump and refining our skills.

Hat: Your skills aren't good enough, either!

Hat: Zenzo!

Hat: Standing in the hallway won't cool your head, huh?

Hat: Go stand in the river Styx!

Zen: That's more like it. Ninjas need not lectures,

Zen: but practice!

Sac: Sensei...

Sac: We're tired of this routine.

Sac: How ironic.

Sac: The ninjas who escorted the shogun east in the past

Sac: are now heading back west, escorting the shogun out of Edo.

Kao: It'd be fine if it were the shogun.

Kao: But just look at the people we're guarding.

Dango,Sign: Dango

Gin: Hey, quit dawdling!

Gin: I said, bring out all the dango this shop has!

Shin: Don't anger us.

Kag: Keep looking down on me, and I'll have all you slaves beheaded!

Gin: Sheesh. Being a leader ain't easy, huh?

Gin: Tea!

Gin: Who'd want to pay these useless retainers yen per hour?

Hij: I make more than that!

Gin: I'm so damn irritated.

Gin: The irritation keeps coming at me in a three-shift rotation.

Gin: We're parading the shogun out in broad daylight,

Gin: but the enemy's not falling for the trap at all.

Hij: In what world would a shogun like you exist?!

Gin: Are they even trying to assassinate me?

Gin: If they're not up for it, I shall return home at once.

Gin: Show yourself already, assassin!

Gin: The shogun's right here!

Gin: Come at me whenever!

Hij: Cut it out!

Hij: You'll ruin the plan!

Kao: How far the Oniwaban have fallen.

Kao: Well, I guess we're not alone in that regard.

Kao: Even if Shigeshige-sama does escape safely to Kyo,

Kao: can he really hope to make a comeback after losing so much power?

Kao: Does this path even have a future?

Kao: Zenzo probably didn't come because he took that into account.

Kao: Remember how he always said

Kao: that the Iga ninjas simply sold out,

Kao: and we haven't changed since the time we switched allegiances at the drop of a hat.

Kao: That the shogun was merely the highest bidder for the Oniwaban's services,

Kao: and that we never had any notions of loyalty to begin with.

Sac: He's not like that.

Sac: Sure, he's not loyal in the least,

Sac: but he probably...

G: Sarutobi!

Sho: The duty of the Oniwaban isn't to protect the shogun,

Sho: but rather to protect the shogun's duty.

Sho: And the shogun's duty

Sho: is to protect the country and its people, even at the cost of his life.

Sho: If I become the shogun someday,

Sho: I hope we can fight together

Sho: for this country.

Mai: Sh...

Mai: Shigeshige-sama...

Zen: I'm sorry to say,

Zen: but you can't protect this nation as its shogun.

Zen: So give up your life to fulfill the shogun's duty,

Zen: and I'll fulfill mine.

Mai: Z-Zenzo!

Zen: Make sure to burn the events that transpired here into your memory

Zen: and tell future generations about it.

Zen: I'm the man who assassinated the shogun,

Zen: traitor to the nation, Hattori Zenzo.

Zen: I'm prepared to bear that cross for eternity.

Zen: Sheesh.

Zen: I can't say I like these rough jobs.

G: What the hell is this?

G: Where'd they come from?

G: I thought the radar wasn't picking anything up!

G: What are the escort vessels doing?!

G: We've lost contact!

G: Just who are they?

G: Wh-What's going on?!

G: The escort vessels in the rear suddenly fired.

G: No...

G: There's an unidentified fleet up ahead, too!

G: Were we betrayed? No way!

G: Only the best and most loyal retainers knew about this plan!

G: Y-You...

Sac: Really?

G: Yeah.

G: Two scouts and three patrolmen

G: were all taken out with one blow from behind.

Kao: How'd they slip through the Oniwaban's net?

Sac: Are you saying there are traitors among us?

G: That's highly likely.

G: Anyway, it's too risky to head west like this.

G: We should assemble the whole squad and investigate.

Sac: There's no need to go to such lengths.

Sac: There are no traitors here.

Sac: There are only

Sac: fakes who disguised their faces but couldn't disguise their k*lling intent.

Gin: Jeez.

Gin: They finally fell for the trap, huh?

Gin: Or should I say, we fell for theirs?

Sac: It's a game of deception.

Sac: We'd prepared body doubles of the shogun,

Sac: but it seems they'd snuck in body doubles of our allies.

Sac: In other words,

Sac: the enemy's using ninjas, too.

Kam: Look at them go.

Kam: Ninjas sure are amazing.

Kam: Just by sneaking a few in, you can walk all over the enemy.

Kam: They're almost like termites.

Abu: What kind of analogy is that?

Kam: I never knew anyone other than samurai were that strong!

Kam: I'm getting all fired up!

Abu: Please don't. They're on our side.

Kam: I know, I know.

Kam: This time, I'm competing with Shinsuke

Kam: to see who can take the real shogun's head.

Abu: We won't get a chance to do anything.

Abu: Get a load of that kid.

Abu: Isn't she the shogun's little sister?

Abu: A VIP like that doesn't even have a bodyguard.

Abu: It'll soon be the end for the main keep, as well.

Oki: Look, Princess.

Oki: That's the offal.

Oki: That's the liver.

Oki: And that's—

Soyo: No! Stop it!

Oki: Now...

Oki: What's next? The heart, or the tripe?

Oki: Good grief. Hijikata-san's instinct was right on the money.

Oki: I've been made to sneak right into the maelstrom.

Oki: What an honor.

Oki: A country samurai like me, getting to play the last retainer defending the main keep.

Oki: Both the enemy's head and my lord's are riding on my sword.

Oki: Don't give me that look, Princess.

Oki: I'm on your side, you know.

Kam: Oops, my bad.

Kam: I thought I could fly if I opened my umbrella,

Kam: but it didn't work.

Oki: Hey...

Oki: What kind of punk-ass Sheeta are you?

Kam: Don't give me that look.

Kam: I'm one of your kind.

G: Using ninjas to tear us down from the inside was impressive.

G: But you guys have made a huge mistake!

Tak: I figured, because I feel like I'm slicing through butter here.

Tak: Apparently we picked the wrong option.

G: Y-You bastards won't be able to take the shogun's head.

Tak: I never cared about that to begin with.

Tak: What we're after isn't the head,

Tak: but you guys, the shogun's limbs.

G: T-Takasugi!

G: Don't tell me you guys...

Tak: It's not just here.

Tak: We're targeting every area the shogun faction scattered to.

G: No way...

G: How'd you assemble such a massive force?

G: Who's pulling your strings? Where's the mastermind?

Tak: In the same hell you're about to go to.

Kam: All right. I'm done cleaning.

Kam: Now I can fight without worry.

Kam: You should hurry up and get rid of that, too.

Kam: You can't go all-out with her in the way, right?

Oki: Tell me, are all of you guys carrying umbrellas around all day without a care in the world

Oki: out of your g*dd*mn minds?

Kam: Aren't you the same?

Kam: Takes one to know one, as they say.

Kam: You don't actually care about the shogun, do you?

Kam: You've got the eyes of someone who flocked here 'cause you smelled blood.

Kam: The eyes of a k*ller.

Kam: Relax.

Kam: Even if you only fight criminals...

Kam: I'm one very heinous criminal.

Oki: Then...

Oki: Give me your best sh*t.

Oki: Try hitting here next time.

Oki: Take careful aim,

Oki: 'cause if you miss, you'll be the one with the hole in his chest,

Oki: Mr. Self-Proclaimed Space Criminal.

Oki: Quit looking down on Earth's policemen.

: Was that

Kam: from a corpse?

Soyo: Okita-san!

Soyo: Okita-san!

Mai: Princess!

Soyo: Gramps!

Soyo: You're all right? Hurry and escape!

Soyo: Wait, Okita-san got caught up in an expl*si*n.

Soyo: And Brother still hasn't...

Soyo: Where is he?

Soyo: He's all right, isn't he? Tell me he's okay!

Soyo: Why won't you answe—

Mai: Princess...

Oki: Could you quit wasting time and take her away already?

Mai: O-Okita-dono!

Oki: Get going.

Oki: Just one of these monsters would be a handful, and there are ten.

Oki: I don't know how many minutes I can buy you.

Abu: Hey, Commander.

Abu: This is why I told you not to do anything stupid.

Kam: Talk about a fragile ship.

Kam: Things were just getting good, too.

Abu: Yeah, they were getting good.

Abu: A few inches over, and I could've bid farewell to a real pain in the ass.

Kam: Give me a sec. It'll be taken care of soon.

Abu: No can do. I'm not going down with this ship.

Abu: Besides, it's all taken care of already.

Zen: Give it a rest.

Zen: Haven't you had enough?

Zen: If it's a head you want...

Zen: If it's the shogun's head you want, it's right here.

Kag: Gin-chan, these guys...

Shin: Sacchan-san!

Sac: All the scouts have been taken out.

Sac: Judging from their techniques, they're most definitely Iga people.

Shin: Iga people?

Sac: People from the ninja village that gave birth to us Oniwaban.

Shin: Then your brethren are doing this?

Sac: Within the Iga-style ninjas,

Sac: the Oniwaban is a branch of sorts that was hired by Lord Ieyasu.

Sac: But those who stayed behind in Iga hold no loyalty toward the shogun family.

Sac: They're a band of mercenaries that only look out for themselves.

Sac: And now they've moved out to take the shogun's head.

Sac: No, this is more like...

Sac: The ninja village itself has turned into the shogun's enemy.

Sac: Who could be mobilizing such a huge force?

Sac: The only ones capable are the three great ninjas who rule over Iga!

Sac: Head of the Fujibayashi Clan, Fujibayashi Gaimon.

Sac: Head of the Momochi Clan, Momochi Rappa.

Sac: And the head of the Hattori Clan,

Sac: Hattori Zenzo.

Zen: This is the end.

Zen: Your lord is already dead.

Zen: Whatever you were supposed to protect is now gone.

Kam: Who's that?

Abu: He works fast, all right.

Abu: Hattori Zenzo, the cornerstone of the Shogun assassination plot,

Abu: and one of the leaders of Iga.

Zen: I don't recall ever leading such an unruly mob.

Zen: I could've handled this myself, but now you've made a mess of things.

Abu: Well, aren't you a confident one?

Zen: Yeah.

Zen: Feel free to examine it.

Zen: It's most definitely Tokugawa Shigeshige's head.

Abu: So you really could k*ll your former lord.

Zen: He was the one who said he would protect the country and its people.

Zen: If his head could put an end to pointless conflict, I'm sure he was glad to give it.

Oki: Pointless conflict?

Oki: That's rich, coming from a guy who didn't fight to protect a thing.

Zen: Send word to all the units.

Zen: Tell them this little ruckus is over,

Zen: and that they ought to work smart.

Oki: Hold it!

Abu: I guess it's about time.

Abu: Let's go.

G: What about him?

Abu: Leave him.

Abu: They don't even have a reason to fight anymore.

Abu: Hey, Commander!

Abu: Good grief.

Abu: Both these morons still have their game faces on.

Oki: Know that Earth has a custom known as battles for revenge,

Oki: Criminal.

Kam: I'll keep that in mind,

Kam: Policeman.

Sac: I can't believe you were on their side.

Sac: Just what are you plotting?

Rap: Ninjas carry out their missions in silence.

Rap: Hand over the shogun or these whelps will die.

Rap: That's all you're getting from me.

Gai: Momochi, you should spell it out.

Gai: Tell them that they stand in the way of our success.

Rap: Silence, Fujibayashi.

Gai: So you really don't know what state the ninja homeland is in right now.

Gai: Six months ago, cannonballs rained down from the sky above Iga.

Gai: The village was att*cked by a strangely-dressed mob carrying umbrellas.

Gai: If we defied them, they would burn down the village.

Gai: But if we helped assassinate the shogun,

Gai: we'd be hired as the new Oniwaban for the reformed government.

Gai: That was the deal they offered us.

Sac: You actually took that cheap bait?

Gai: Didn't you people do the same before?

Gai: We lagged behind you during the Crossing of Iga,

Gai: but it's our turn this time.

Rap: It appears we were too late.

Rap: The Hattori brat has already taken the shogun's head.

Rap: Too bad, Fujibayashi.

Rap: The Hattori Clan will hog all the glory again.

Gai: No.

Gai: There's still plenty of glory to go around.

Gai: Men!

Gai: We don't need this trash anymore!

Gai: k*ll as many as you can and cover yourself in glor—

Hij: I know you went out of your way to give that order,

Hij: but we don't take orders from you.

Kag: Toshi!

Hij: Don't call me that.

Kon: True that. There's only one man in this entire country who can order us around.

Gai: When did you bastards...

Gai: Quit standing around and k*ll them!

Gai: Momochi, you too—

Rap: I'm sorry.

Rap: I'm not obligated to take orders from a traitor who was in cahoots with the enemy, either.

Gai: Momochi, you couldn't have!

Rap: I'd already accepted a request, you see.

Rap: How about this for an idea?

Rap: Let's have the highest-ranked person here take charge.

Gai: N-No way...

Gai: You can't be...

Sho: I order you as shogun.

Sho: Take out the rebels.

Gai: I-It's the shogun?!

Preview Red,Sign: Preview

Zen: Welcome to ninja country.

Sho: They're precious friends.

Kag: Gin-chan! Sho-chan!

Abu: Can you protect this country?!

Title : Shogun Assassination Arc Part Three

Zen: Hey, Shigeshige.

Title : Ninja Soul

Side Bar Top Bl,text r: It's the shogun?!

Side Bar Bottom Bl,text l: He was alive?!

Side Bar Top Bl,text r: Who did Zenzo k*ll, then?

Side Bar Bottom Bl,text l: And the Harusame Space Pirates descend upon Iga once again!