01x10 - Yakudatazu

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Those who ceaselessly hone
their k*lling arts are known as "Masters."

After many generations,
they have gained lethal abilities

called "Modified Bloodlines."

This is the story of one such Master,
the Poison Master, Hikaru Gero,

and his attempts to get married.

♪Locked in Latata♪

♪Secrets in my veins Latata♪

♪I know you want it♪

♪And sure, I love it♪

♪So I stay behind the mask Latata♪

♪Run, run, run back to back Run♪

♪Fun, fun, fun unpredictable but fun♪

♪At the end of every mind game♪

♪sh**t through the darkened night♪

♪Poisoned in our bodies still♪

♪Laugh at us our reckless souls♪

♪TOXIC♪

♪For you I will♪

♪TOXIC♪

♪Rewrite my destiny♪

♪Losing it, falling for you♪

♪What’s tomorrow k*ll or Kiss♪

♪TOXIC♪

♪Tell me what you want♪

♪TOXIC♪

♪I’ll stay right here♪

♪Like a spell, I’ll be by your side♪

♪What you gonna do k*ll or Kiss♪

♪k*ll or Kiss♪

♪k*ll or Kiss♪

♪k*ll or Kiss♪

Hamster Master.

We'll kick the Beast Clan's a*s together.

Together?

Yeah. Arashiyama, I'd like your help.

Then, I guess I'd better show you
what I'm really made of.

Ham!

Hammies.

Modified Bloodline++:

Star Map.

That's a map of the island.

I got my hammies to split up
and scout it out.

This will seriously come in handy.

We won't get lost on our way
to the Beast Master.

Ham!

That's a piece of cake for me
when I get serious.

Thank your lucky stars, Hikaru Gero.
Just this once...

I'll treat you to my special home cooking!

No, thanks. I don't eat anything
I haven't made my—

Hammies, offer up nuts
and berries that look edible.

Wait. Hey!

Modified Bloodline++...

Ham!

...Black Hole!

Huh? What the...

Ham.

Ham!

Here you go.

The Arashiyama family's
secret dish: Anything Gruel.

H-Hey, wait a minute.

Just eat it.

You'll die without food.

Master Hikaru.

Everything another person
serves you is poison.

You must never let your guard down.

The slightest complacency
equals death.

H-Hikaru Gero?

Are you o—

Arashiyama.

This is good.

I know, right?

And don't worry, it's clean.
It's never upset my stomach.

Before my big bro up and vanished...

He made it for me all the time
when we ran out of money.

Is there some trick to cooking it?

Huh? No, I just make it like normal.

Though if anything was special...

It must've been thinking about you
a ton while making it.

Nutrient-packed nuts,
mild seasoning for an injured guy,

and I stewed it
till it was nice and tender.

That's about it.

Thanks, Arashiyama.

It's the best food I've ever tasted.

By the way, don't you think
those glasses look like mine?

Huh? T-T-Total coincidence!

H-H-Ham!

Well, aren't you a nice guy?

Taking us on all on your own.

Meet the vicious league
of Koala Masters.

Quiet.

She's worn out from doing stuff
she's not used to.

I want to let her rest.

You're awfully sure of yourself.

Worry about yourself, why don't you?

We got this power from
the Beast Master himself!

Bow down before—

Finally, some peace and quiet.

We're safe for now.

Arashiyama!

Gross.

I got my hopes up
'cause you seemed so into it.

But it's trash.

I'll have to give my mouth
a good rinse out when I get home.

What'd you do to Arashiya—

I can't quit watching
romantic reality shows.

You know, like when they get a mood going
and then some sleazebag butts in?

That's my jam.

So I went and offed her. Sorry, man.

Hang on. The hamster chick's glasses...

look just like yours.

Disgusting.

How our family pets have fallen.

Just kidding.

Sorry. My bad. It was a joke.

I didn't k*ll her.

Not yet, anyway.

as*h*le.

I want more. So much more, Hikaru Gero,

of your mind-blowing blood.

It's the last piece I need
to perfect Cross-Sanguination.

The closer you get to dying,

the more the Gero Modified Bloodline
shuts down any risky rejection.

It lets me combine bloodlines
that'd never mix otherwise, risk-free.

I need more than I got
with Birdbrain, so...

Go risk it all, Gero!

Get it together!

Your potential bride-to-be
just got snatched!

And she's about to get busy dying!

Do you get that?!

Well? You motivated now?

Huh? Gero?

Hey. Are you listening?

Mr. Gero?

Sweet. That's 100% pure,
stomach-turning bloodlust.

Glad to see you're a good sport.

You made it worth traipsing
all the way out here, Gero.

Hurry it up,
or the hamster chick's dead meat.

I ain't kidding.

Why me, damn it?

All these guys are from minor branches
of the Beast Clan like me.

I'd heard rumors about strange
disappearances at association meetings.

This explains it.

Sirius.

I'm counting on you.

Toxin: Double Dose.

Yeah! That's it!

That's what I'm talking about!

Whatever anyone says,

you're still a prodigy and one of
the top Masters of our generation.

Even the Cross-Sanguination
I poured my all into making

is trash from where you're standing.

But...

How about a hundred of them?

One prodigy versus
a hundred pieces of trash.

This isn't about skill.

Damn it.

Damn it.

I'm so close.

I can't let it end here.

I could triple dose.

But it'll probably k*ll me on the spot.

Master Hikaru,

you must never take risks
beyond your ability.

You may be fit to inherit the Poison Clan,
but an overdose will still k*ll you.

You must accustom yourself
to toxins gradually.

A future clan leader may not die

before achieving the quintessence
of the Poison Master's art.

Your goal is that pinnacle:

an utterly lethal, incurable poison.

Great family or not,
that Gero sure is a pushover.

Sure, I buffed those guys
with Cross-Sanguination,

but they're small fry who oughta be
ashamed to call themselves Masters,

and they've got him dead to rights.

I see...

you still work like an amateur.

Mr. Beast Master, are you watching?

Why employ 100 of these people...

...when entrusting your business to me
is far more cost-efficient?

Isn't that right, Mr. Gero?

I have no intention of befriending you.

I merely received a job offer
from that marriage swindler.

I hired her.

I make it a policy of mine
not to incur business debts.

Water Master, what—

Let me guess: you took another job
with terrible cost-performance, right?

It's 10,000 a day.



Don't you realize
you're an industry leader?

That attitude of yours
will crash prices across the...

I don't believe it.

This couldn't be any less cost-effective.

I plan to crush the Beast Clan for
the sake of my café's future customers,

but why are you two so dead set
on helping that woman?

- It's not about me, so much as
it's about finding Gero a wife.

- [Hold it right there!]

If he helps people out by doing jobs,
he'll eventually meet the one for him.

You know?

If his goal's to get married,
there must be better ways.

Like matchmaking parties
and apps and stuff.

Do you really need
to make it life-or-death?

You're right there.

In terms of efficiency,
we could obviously be more direct.

But this is the best fit for Gero.

Save girls when they're in a bind
and get them to fall for you.

I call it Operation White Knight.

He didn't think he was cut out
for helping people,

but once he got started,
he blew my expectations out of the water.

I can't be sure,

but I think part of him
has always wanted

to use his strength
to create scenes like these.

Well, that's only a guess.

But I'm sure Operation White Knight
is the best thing for Gero.

Finding the perfect marriage for him
means picking the best way to look.

I guess no one knows people
like a marriage swindler.

We're the Mitsuyubi Six, Sloth Masters.

Still, do you think Mr. Gero is all right?

Hitman Hunter! You'll be just
another stain on our claws!

I'm sure other Masters
are attacking him as we speak.

Close combat doesn't seem
like his thing,

and won't it all be for nothing if he dies
before he finds someone to marry?

Don't worry.

I called in some backup, just in case.

Crap. My estimate was too optimistic.

These guys are all nobodies,

but their instincts at CQC
are off the charts,

and the groundwater
will run out before they do.

I can only fight
while conserving water for so long.

Water Master.

Lend me a hand.

I have no reason to take orders from—

I need your help.

Here it comes! Poison gas!

Everybody, clear out!

Don't lose sight of the target!

Keep your distance, and it's no big deal.

It'll clear up if we wait long enough.

We already planned for
the Poison Master to counter with this.

The poison gas is targeting
our noses and mouths?

Mr. Gero.

I am a Water Master.
Mist is part of my toolkit.

But please refrain from
making unreasonable demands,

like "mix it with gas and control it."

Discussing plans in advance
is a basic rule of business.

Sorry.

Time is money. Let's pick up the pace.

Hey, Water Master.

Thanks. You're a real lifesaver.

A cute girl who's tough as nails
and knows her job.

They should be meeting up around now.

With Ms. Arashiyama there?
Won't that just cause more problems?

I'll clear my mind.

I'll abandon all hope
of leaving here alive.

That's the only way to die peacefully.

The test subject they just locked
in the case in front of me...

is already at death's door.

If I stay quiet and obey,
I can avoid any more suffering.

I will clear my mind.

Either I keep my sanity and die a man
or I lose my sanity and die an animal.

That's the only freedom I have left
now that I find myself in here.

That woman's got three days to live, tops.

In a few more hours, I'm gonna...

To think they'd send women
and children to spy on us.

What cruel adults there are
out in the public square.

We can't have a rat girl
scampering about underfoot.

Mega addictive and cleanses the organs.
A two-birds-with-one-stone wonder drug:

Hashaku Senzo.

Your organs will be ours.

I couldn't turn down this job
after my brother disappeared,

but I knew I couldn't handle it.

I don't wanna die like this.

I wish I'd turned the association down,
even when they insisted.

No, even more than that...

I wish I'd never been born
into a Master clan in the first—

H-How did you find us here?

Now that we're exposed,
you leave us no choice.

Bring him death!

T-To think the guardians of order
would send the Five Great Families!

How is that playing fair?

U-Um, thank—

I just carried out the job
they told me to.

H-He's so cool!

There and then, I swore an oath.

My prince swooped in and saved me,
so I'd be his biggest fan for life.

I said that...

But deep down, I knew.

Back then, Hikaru Gero was a mess inside.

I was just some jerk who projected
my fantasies onto him.

I want to risk it.

But he reached out to help me again.

Not because someone had told him to
like before, but of his own free will.

He became more wonderful than ever.

But I'm still useless.

Hamster Master.

We'll kick the Beast Clan's a*s together.

This time, I want to give something back.

I'll put everything I am on the line!

Rat. Ratty-rat.

Rat!

Rat.

All you hammies and ratties
in position around the cages...

Here we go.

Modified Bloodline++: Hammy-Rat Network!

Nice to meet you.

I am the Hamster Master, Kimie Arashiyama.

What would you all say...

to smashing up the place?

♪Ah! Something smells fishy!♪

♪I'm shocked, startled,
it’s adding insult to injury♪

♪I'm completely obsessed♪

♪Ah! Something smells off!♪

♪You're all bluff,
I'm sick and tired, so disappointed♪

♪Bye-bye, mwah!♪

♪It seems like I'm only good at♪

♪workbooks for a child♪

♪Even through infectious disease,
I want to love with you♪

♪No! No! Love's in gridlock!♪

♪Forever and ever, I love you,
Shake Na Baby♪

♪Darling, heading toward
a twisted signpost♪

♪Heart fluttering, I love you,
Shake Na Baby♪

♪Just the two of us, consolation prize♪

♪Ah, the scent of dance♪

♪I'm completely obsessed♪

♪with you as you flutter down♪

♪Ah, something smells off♪

♪I'm blown away by you♪

♪Bye-bye, mwah!♪

♪It seems like I'm only good at♪

♪workbooks for a child♪

♪I want us to share
even our growing pains♪

♪No! No! Love's in gridlock!♪

♪Forever and ever, I love you,
Shake Na Baby♪

♪Darling, heading toward
a stagnant signpost♪

♪Heart fluttering, I love you,
Shake Na Baby♪

♪Singing a grand chorus cheekily♪

Cross, Cross, Cross-Sanguination.

It's almost time
to get our party started...

Hyakko.

Why? Why can't I k*ll you?
- Sorry I kept you waiting, Kinosaki.

- [I'm just your average,
everyday marriage swindler.]

- I wanna get married.
- You're nothing special.

- [Maybe we should serve
wild game at our café.]

Next time: "Offering."