01x11 - Light of Forgiveness

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Ishimaru?

The more I see your face
the more hatred I feel.

And now, once again,

you'll help me find a reason to k*ll you!

This man... When did he get here?

I'd prefer if you left this matter to me.

It's been a while.

I'm surprised you were able
to survive for this long.

I'll give you that, Katsura.

It sounds like you aren't
a bad rice farmer either.

You understand, don't you?

Eating is the most important
aspect of survival.

If it's rice you want...

Don't get it twisted.

Warriors don't need to eat.

We don't fawn over such trivial things.

You...

You're no warrior!

Where'd they go? Find them!

Eliminate the mountain bandits!

Damn it. We'll show them.

Stop.

Don't you get it?
We have to get them before they get us.

We have to k*ll to survive.

In a world such as that,
there comes a time when one must escape.

To survive.

It looks to me as if
you're rushing towards death.

What were you doing before
you became a mountain bandit?

A farmer?
No, you look more like a fisherman.

No. A carpenter, perhaps?

A stone mason?

Quiet! I hate all you samurai!

This world has become hell
thanks to all your violent battles!

You might be right.

However, I was never able
to draw my sword on the b*ttlefield.

I'm the samurai who became
a mere mountain bandit.

My life has no purpose.

Then just die already!

Or shall I k*ll you myself instead?

That might be for the best.

I've thought it myself many times.

"I'm better off dead."

But I want to keep living.

When death comes to me,
I want to say that I enjoyed life.

That's how I want to die.

Are you not the same?

To say that you enjoyed life.

Are you not searching for
a reason to live?

No. You're wrong.

That's not what this is about.

You know, you really do

send shivers down my spine!

Do it.

Ishimaru.

Let us go back to what we're meant to be.

You, a samurai.

Me, a peasant.

Stop talking like that.

What good will come from your hatred?

All this hate won't cure
the grudge you hold in your heart!

I discovered that fact long ago.

-Kaimaru!
-No!

Long time no see, little Kaimaru.

Remember me?

It's me, Ishimaru.
The man who k*lled your father!

Damn, was he ever stubborn.

Refusing to steal from the weak.

That's no way for a bandit leader to act.

Don't you worry.

I'm not going to k*ll you.

No. I'm going to show you a world of pain.

A world of pain
created by the man who k*lled your father.

I'll fill you with a grudge
you'll hold until the day you die.

Ishimaru!

That's how you'll live from now on.

A life filled with hate and hopelessness.

As long as you continue to
eat, sleep and live,

you will live in a world
of perpetual hate!

What's that?

Stop!

Stop! Don't speak!

Get out of my head!

What the?

What is that light?

If I am not mistaken...

A god?

Kaimaru has become a god?

Not yet.

Rather, he is becoming one.

You're right.

He's slowly learning to use magic,
the power of the gods.

Goodness me.

And not only him.

All of you, as well.

All of us, too?

You mean we'll become like Sakuna?

Yes.

Sakuna's mother, Lady Toyohana,

was also once a human of the Lowly Realm.

They say she came to the Lofty Realm

with the Divine Raiment
and became a goddess.

Have you not witnessed something similar?

Come to think of it,

there are times when the hammer
striking iron seems to shine.

I sometimes feel
like the loom is singing to me.

And I know of medical conditions
that can't be explained by medicine.

I can eat twenty bowls of rice.

That's different.

Regardless, it would seem
that all of you are slowly gaining

god-like magic powers.

You must learn to control them.

A god?

Your actions from here forth

will determine if you become
a god as grand as Lady Toyohana,

or something else.

This house is still unfinished.

Let's get outside, it's dangerous!

This is a big one.

They've been occurring almost daily
since the mountain started spewing fire.

It must be Omizuchi.

We must warn Lady Kamuhitsuki.

Lady Kamuhitsuki?

Omizuchi is an evil god
not even Lord Takeribi could defeat.

Even Lady Kamuhitsuki
can't afford to stand back and watch.

Yes. You're exactly right.

However...

What is it?

Getting Lady Kamuhitsuki involved

will mean the beginning of a great battle.

Not only for the island,
but for the capital as well.

And if the Lofty Realm is laid to waste...

There will be an even bigger
disturbance in the Lowly Realm.

That's correct.

Even more unrest?

If that happens, no one will be able
to live in the Lofty Realm!

Kokorowa.

You're getting good
at using the Divine Raiment.

Not yet.

We didn't have food for a while,

so I might even be
weaker than I once was before.

Do you plan on facing Omizuchi?

If there's a chance I can defeat him, yes.

But if I were to lose, all our effort
will have been for nothing.

My father's effort to drive off Omizuchi,

my mother's effort
to grow rice on this island...

The Ashigumo and the kappa.

All the effort of those
who tried to protect this island.

Sakuna.

My mother left this raiment behind.

My father left behind Tama,
the Blade of Hoshidama.

A harvest goddess and w*r god.

I hold the relics of two deities,

and what do I have to show for it?

Trying to hide the sorrow
of not having my parents around,

I spent my days
playing, drinking and sleeping.

If I had realized it sooner,

I would have had more time
to get stronger.

Tama and Lady Kamuhitsuki
always told us, right?

"To become a splendid god,
one must change their attitude."

That's right.

"There's no use dwelling in the past"
is another saying I learned.

You taught me that.

Kokorowa.

You're right.

I have to have faith.

In myself,

and in the power
my mother and father left.

Lady Sakuna?

What's wrong? Is it Ishimaru?

Just as I thought,
I have no choice but to fight.

He'll k*ll you if you let your guard down.

He doesn't show
the slightest sign of holding back.

"Eat or be eaten."

"k*ll or be k*lled."

That's what he always said.

He showed no mercy, not even for the weak.

It's as if he was
taking it out on himself.

That's exactly why

I don't want to fight him.

By picking up my sword out of hatred,

I'm falling right into his trap.

However, he does not seem like
he will listen...

He did laugh once.

He did?

When Kaimaru was first
learning how to walk.

For you!

I'm not hungry.

No matter how far he falls,

Ishimaru still has that heart
somewhere inside of him.

I truly want to believe that.

Damn it.

What is this? Why am I so angry?

What was that voice?

The last of the Ashigumo?

Perfect timing.
Right when I'm feeling angry.

I may look beat up,

but I still have a sliver
of demon power left in me.

Some nerve, showing up alone at night.

It's already dead?

Very well.

I never believed in karma.

All we have is strength and weakness.

That's all!

ONIGIRI

A food eaten since ancient times.

They are said to bring good luck.

Ishimaru.

Look.

What's that?

-This is...
-Your Highness!

Ashigumo!

Sakuna!

Are you okay?

Yes. Thank you.

What's going on?

I don't know.

But our undead friends
have taken initiative.

Out of hate,

they are attacking
the demons that k*lled them.

Does this

have anything to do with Ishimaru?

The malice is growing stronger.

Ishimaru's grudge has spread widely

and has awoken the Specters once again.

Tauemon!

Tauemon!

I'm so ashamed.

I've come all this way and yet

I can't make a single resolve
as a samurai.

I have no reason to live!

Quiet, you incompetent samurai!

You, who used to devour
dozens of bowls of rice a day

don't want to live? Don't make me laugh!

Lady Sakuna.

You love growing rice, right?

Getting in the dirt and cultivating rice
is your favorite thing.

Isn't that enough?

But...

Just leave it to me.

I love this island.

Lady Sakuna.

Kokorowa, take it from here.

Understood.

I'll help you.

Ashigumo?

That voice. It must be...

Let's return to the mountain pass.

Princess Kokorowa?

Yes?

I have a favor to ask of you.

They're not here.

They're calling us. "Come here," they say.

This is it.

Look at the sky.

It's always nighttime here.

The malice is tremendous here.

Don't let your guard down.

Ishimaru?

He's been devoured
by the Homusubi Specter.

Hate... Hate...!

What was that?

He wasn't that powerful before.

The malice is extraordinary!

The Homusubi Specter and Ishimaru.

Their hatred has combined.

A fierce hatred is brewing inside!

I'll distract him.

-Ashigumo!
-Your Highness!

He's fast.

Your Highness!

He's too fast.

Much more than before.

It's too dangerous.

Let us retreat for now.

But...

If I can't defeat him,

defeating Omizuchi
will be nothing but a dream.

Mother...

Your Highness!

What is this? This light?

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Stop! Don't come any closer!

This is Princess Sakuna!

I am the Blade of Hoshidama!

Even with this body of mine,
I will protect her!

Ishimaru!

You?

What are you so afraid of?

You no longer need to be afraid.
There is nothing left to hate.

You're already dead.

Tauemon.

Oh. It's you, Katsura.

Don't tell me it was you that cut me down?

You still haven't noticed?

You've been dead for a long time.

Swallowed up by malice and hatred.

What's this?

It's the rabbit you cut down.

I saved him.

He says he forgives you.

Isn't this enough?

Let it go. The hatred.

Katsura.

You really do send shivers down my spine.

Sakuna, are you okay?

The raiment saved me?

-Tama.
-Yes?

I love this island

and everything that lives here.

I want to protect it.

That's why...

That's why I...

I'm going to fight Omizuchi!

Your Highness.