01x04 - Combat

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- Temperatures are spiking
in the city center!

- GRACE

We're getting unusual
infrared readings as well!

Look! Unidentified microwaves!

You sure kept me waiting, little demons.

Ryusei...

Excellent!

They don't count as people anymore
if they're dead, do they?

I'm impressed, my prince.

You know Emperor Ramaga well.

Shion...

You know him?

Shion Ishida. He used
to be a Samurai Trooper.

- EPISODE IV
COMBAT

- What's Shion doing there?

- Hey.

- Remember me?

I don't know. Have we met?

Excellent!

You picked the perfect answer
to piss me off!

What?!

This guy's not half bad!

Now's our chance! We're going in, too!

Stay back, wimps!

Who're you calling a wimp?!

You gotta be kidding!

He split into five!

They all act independently!

All of Saizo's copies are the real thing!

Then his power must be
divided between them!

They all seem pretty damn tough to me!

Crap!

Hurry up and grab your weapon!

Is it me, or is he herding us together?

Like hell I'll fall for such tricks!

Kamanosuke!
So you're still alive and kicking.

You know little old me would
never go down that easy!

Humans sure are weaklings!
Absolute garbage!

Okay, adding fuel to the fire!

Now this gets my blood boiling!

I can't move!

Nezu's paralysis?

It appears we'd best withdraw for now.

Those chickens got scared of me and ran.

Your legs are shaking.

Wait. Did you wet yourself?

'Course not!

This is just... sweat!

We're saved!

Thank you so much.

No prob! As long as us
Samurai Troopers are around—

We only did what anyone would have!

Well? How's it feel to help people?

It's nothing special.

What's this all about?!
Who asked you to butt in?!

Hey, what's the big idea?!

You couldn't have beaten them alone.

So we all teamed up, and—

Either way, if you'd finished off Chains,
I could've taken the other one.

But no, you had to get sloppy!

I wasn't slacking! I just—

Ryu!

I can't believe that
was enough to wear him out.

Give Ryusei this message:

What's that black stuff on his neck?

When did this happen?

It's demon poison.

And it's not a fresh case.

Mirei, were you against
letting Ryu join us as a Trooper

because you knew about this?

Yeah. There's no cure.

It just keeps getting worse.

Gai said he must have been
poisoned a long time ago.

But how could that be?

The barrier kept the Demon World
out of ours for over thirty years.

The barrier's been broken
longer than you think.

Five years ago,
demonic energy intensified,

and a Demon Gate reappeared.

The original Samurai Troopers
assembled in response.

They sortied to slay the demons,
and the gate closed.

What happened to
the original Samurai Troopers?

We lost track of them in the Demon World.

What? You mean they're still there?

If they're still alive.

Two years later, we breached
the barrier ourselves to look for them.

Ryusei and Shion Ishida were
chosen for the expedition.

However, they failed to so much
as set foot in the castle.

Shun! Tadayoshi! Seiun!

Shion! Fall back for now!

Are you nuts?!

You expect me to abandon them?!

Ryusei!

Just shut up and go!

So that's when he was poisoned.

But why's this Shion guy hate Ryu's guts?

I don't think he ever forgave Ryusei for
leaving their teammates and saving him.

Putting Shion's life first
at the time was the right call.

He developed the Weapon-Gear
on top of being a Samurai Trooper.

What are you after?!

but how was I supposed to know
he could use Nezu's paralysis? So I—

I'm asking Saizo!

Fine.

What is it, Sasuke?
What has you riled up?

He's on secret orders
from Emperor Ramaga

to pursue a different objective
from the rest of us!

A-Are you hiding something from us?

Why did you steal
the prince's demon powers?

How can the prince use Nezu's Sorcery?!

Why did you leave the prince free
to run off and become a Samurai Trooper?!

That's enough, children.

Emperor Ramaga!

So be it.

I shall tell you my true goal.

Taro had an argument with Hanako
and ended up k*lling her.

Did Taro do the right thing
or the wrong thing?

He did the right thing, obviously.

Oh, come on! Talk about a trick question.

How do you figure?

Anybody would get that one right.

Doesn't fighting against
the Ten Warriors bother you?

"All you see is your enemy.
Destruction reigns supreme."

That's what we were taught.

It doesn't matter who I'm up against.

You must have started
to rethink that, then.

Huh?

You helped me earlier.

I'd be dead if not for you.

I only did it 'cause we need
all five of us to beat my dad.

You really do suck at lying.

And you really do piss me off.

Is there any way to cure
what's wrong with Ryu?

The only chance would be
k*lling whoever poisoned him.

The curse should die with them.

In that case, if we beat
the Ten Warriors...

Assuming one of them did it.

Tell us next time you do extra training.

I'm happy to sit it out if you'll let me.

Mirei gave me the schedule
for the rest of our boot camp.

I figured I wouldn't get off so easily...

Mirei's handwriting! Mirei's scent!

Yama!

What?

- What's that freaky thing?!

- Bear!

"Join forces and defeat the monster."
That's what the note said.

And is there any guarantee we won't die?

It'd sure be nice if there was.

Bear!

Oh, man! I wanted to **** a girl
at least once before I died!

Quit yer gripin', virgin!

Hey! We're all virgins here!

Armor!

Wait. We are, right?

Right?!

What are we supposed to do now?

Commander Nasti.

They've returned to virtual space
and resumed training.

I see.

I knew things would come to this
sooner or later, yet I couldn't avert it.

How about some coffee?

Shion!

I see the coffee here still sucks.

Long time no see.

You've gotten prettier
since I saw you last, Mirei.

This place is off-limits
to unauthorized personnel.

Have a heart. I developed
the Weapon-Gear, remember?

Yes, yes. But if they're
the ones using it...

Did you come here just to annoy me?!

No. In fact, I thought I'd help myself
to the Jewel of Conquest today.

I have the Sword of Domination.

You have the Jewel of Conquest.

With one more, that'd make
all three Sacred Treasures.

What "Three Sacred Treasures"?

You'll find out once they're united.

The hitch is there's no point having them
if you don't have the skill to use them.

And those kids never will.

You're wrong about that.

They're still growing.
They'll get stronger.

Ryusei!

Save it for someone you can bluff.

The red one's a demon, isn't he?

They k*ll our comrades, and you
team up with one. As mercenary as ever.

You're blaming the wrong person.
It was entirely my decision.

Oh? You always have put on a brave face.

But looking at this mess, anyone can see
if you made the right call or not.

That's enough out of you!

Ooh, scary!

This was your chance
to save Japan, but oh well.

I'll figure something out myself.

Shion.

Come back anytime you feel
like a cup of coffee.

I seriously can't stand
that mad scientist!

Time for some salt! Begone!

Wait, this is sugar.

How's your body holding up?

Fine.

I'm off to join in training.

In your dreams!
There's no way you're fit for that!

Hey!

What's everyone's problem?!

That attack went pretty well, huh?

You all leave so many openings
it's embarrassing.

What'd you say?!

I see you're putting in the work.

Ryu! Are you all right?

Yeah. More importantly,
it looks like you're making progress.

I'm not too sure.

But it's funny. After spending
three weeks with this jerk,

his unintelligible demon words
bother me more than all his crimes.

Hey! Don't talk like
I'm some Salty Merubi!

See?

Then you must be way madder that Yamato's
good at girly stuff, despite his looks.

What'd you say?!

Better than Musashi!
He sleeps with his eyes open!

Now we're on the subject,
Kaito's indie idol obsession is way—

W-W-Way... b-better adjusted.

Anyway, we need you guys to get a lot
stronger in the time we've got left.

So I'm going to teach you some
special moves. Your secret arts.

Why did you leave them for dead?!

I couldn't let you die,
no matter who else did.

We need your skills to make
stronger Samurai Troopers.

Don't give me that crap!

That's enough.

I gave the order. If you must
blame someone, blame me.

I'm putting in my resignation today.

We've shared how we really feel
and held nothing back.

No one but you can analyze
the Sword of Domination.

But never forget one thing:

Our enemy is the demons.

I'll put an end to this.

Those are the basics of secret arts.

Now keep practicing until—

Ryu!

I'm... fine...

In what universe?

You can barely even stand.

Don't sell me short.
I'm still more than a match for you kids.

Then let's duke it out.

If we win, you quit being
a Samurai Trooper.

We don't need an old fart slowing us down!

Those sound like fighting words.

We're closing in on forty hours.

They've gone a lot longer than we planned.

Has something gone wrong?

Ma'am, look at this!

Shion!

Why is he at the Demon Gate?

Boys.

We finished boot camp.

Is it me, or do you seem different?

Mirei!

I made it back in one piece!
Gimme a hug to cele—

I guess people don't change that quickly.

What's he doing there?

Who knows?

Perhaps he plans to travel
to the Demon World.

By the way, where's Ryusei?

We asked him to take a break.

Talk about a lucky break.

That's the Sword of Domination, right?
I was just looking for it.

What a coincidence.
I've been looking for you, too.

So our love is mutual.

Then, just for you, I'll make it painless
if you hand the sword over quietly.

Speaking as a masochist,
I don't care for the sound of that.

Yeah?

Then I'll k*ll you and make it messy!

Ryusei?

Ryusei!

They got me.

Those stupid brats!

It's not like that.

This is their way of showing kindness.

They just keep coming.

Whoa!

Look at all those Demon Soldiers.

Calm down. We've changed since last time.

Big talk for a loser.

Who's the loser here?!

Oh, okay. So that's how it's gonna be.

Let's make this quick!

- Oath of Righteousness, emissary of Fire!

- Oath of Wisdom, emissary of Air!

- Oath of Justice, emissary of Earth!

- Oath of Faith, emissary of Water!

Armor of...

Sky!

We didn't come to save your a*s.

We've got business with those guys.

Hey! Which one of you poisoned Ryu?!

Poison? What are you blabbing about?

So you wanna play dumb, huh?!

Then I'll wipe the floor with all of you
to get that poison out of Ryu!

Hey, what was that about poison?

You didn't know? Ryu got hit by demon
poison covering you three years ago.

He hasn't been able to bring out
his full power ever since.

What the...?

He never said—

You should know better than we do
that he'd keep it to himself.

Looks like our best bet is you-know-what!

Okay! Got it!

That jackass...

We've shared how we really feel
and held nothing back.

"Held nothing back"?

Who is he kidding?

Here they come again!

That's gotta be too many, right?!

This looks bad.

You were always like that!

- SAMURAI

- You dress like crap.

You're weaker than me.

Your taste buds are
irredeemably messed up.

And yet...

Come back anytime you feel
like a cup of coffee.

If I die from this, you win by default!

Humans sure have a hard time
being honest with themselves.

RIGHTEOUSNESS

Secret Art: Zealous Flash!

He can already pull off a secret art?

Not bad, I guess.

That was awesome, Gai!

I think I'm tearing up.

No chance.

Oh, you're right.
It was just dust in my eyes.

- That's our prince.

- Hey! Who asked you guys?!

- Who knew anyone could be
that strong without demon powers?

I guess Emperor Ramaga was right.

What are you on about now?

I'm more than a match
for any of you demons!

I see you've taken to life
as a lowly human, Gai.

Dad!

You mean that's...

The Demon Emperor...

Ramaga!

- EPISODE V
SADNESS

- Armor races through your heart.