02x12 - Kazoku ni Narou

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[♪ opening theme music playing]

MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY

MISSION 39
LET'S BE A FAMILY AGAIN

Taiyo...

[Taiyo] Flowers?

Taiyo, thanks for coming.

The first order of business
is to stop him, but try not to touch him.

Big Sis Futaba.

[Futaba]
Those flowers are a contagious toxin.

Not even Nanao could neutralize them.

Kyoichiro is trying to leave us
while suffering from that poison,

so that he won't infect us.

[gasps]

[Taiyo] Poison?

Big Bro, why?

Calm down. Either way,
you have just one job to do.

Big Bro, I won't let you leave.

You're going to stop me?

Can't wait to see that.

[all grunting]

Go after him, Taiyo! We've got your back!

Copy that!

[♪ rock music playing]

[grunts]

Even if I use Hardening,
he's still pulling away.

[Futaba] You're not getting away!

He blocked it!

Let me show you one last thing.

This is how you stop someone.

[all gasp]

[Futaba] For crying out loud.

You really are an utter fool. Seriously.

[loud rumbling]

Defensive formation!

[Taiyo] Amaterasu!

Empty Sword!

You can't stop me with just that hilt.

[grunts]

[♪ music stops]

[groans]

Those are the someinine threads
that brought down the heads.

One move, and they'll slash even you.

- [Taiyo grunts]
- [Kyoichiro] But...

for you, that wasn't a bad move.

I see you've made some progress,
mediocre as you are.

You're still extremely green.

But it seems like we're past the stage
where I need to protect you.

[grunts]

[Taiyo] Protect me?

[gasps]

[Kyoichiro]
I'm going to let you in on something.

In this world,
where you should doubt even yourself,

there is just one thing
that you can trust.

And that's us, the family.

I would love to k*ll you,

but even if I have to sacrifice myself,
I'll never let you die.

So work hard,
as if your life is on the line.

For the sake of our beloved Mutsumi.

[Taiyo] That's right.

Me, Mutsumi, and the other siblings...

all this time...

he's been protecting us!

[♪ gentle music playing]

I can't let it end like this,
with us under his protection. No way!

I won't let you leave!

[threads straining]

[Taiyo grunting]

Big Bro Kyoichiro.

[♪ music stops]

[Taiyo panting]

[grunting]

You're a fool.

[♪ ominous music plays]

Big Bro!

[gasps]

[both gasping]

Huh?

My cherry blossoms...
are covering the black flowers?!

They're gone.

[Kyoichiro] From the spot he grabbed...?

[gasps]

[Kai] Take the Profuse Blooming
of 10,000 Flowers...

and confront Kyoichiro.

Do that, and the path will open up.

The only one who can save Kyoichiro,
is you, Taiyo.

[Taiyo grunts]

Big Bro Kyoichiro.

Stay away.

I know what you're thinking.

But I won't let you lay a finger on me.

[♪ frantic piano music playing]

[Taiyo grunts]

[Taiyo] The threads are so weak,
I can't believe they're Big Bro's.

Even now that his threads are so feeble,
he's still trying to protect us.

I'm absolutely clueless here...

but he's thinking miles and miles...

ahead of the rest of us.

And that's why I have no intention
of backing down, either!

[♪ music stops]

[Kyoichiro]
The poison isn't the only issue.

[♪ melancholic music playing]

I was aware that they'd be coming
after me, the Yozakuras' greatest asset.

I also realized that
they were deliberately gathering

in a conspicuous way to lure me in.

Trap or not,
I knew that I could defeat them.

The one thing that I'd misread...

was that I wasn't the one being targeted.

It was everything...

the current Yozakuras
as well as the past heads...

There's something that bears hostility
towards everything Yozakura.

I know that if I told you any of this,

it would make you even more determined
to try and save me.

Or perhaps you might be able
to heal me with that power.

But so long as we have no idea
what may be lurking ahead,

there's no letting our guard down.

That's why...

the ailing branch must be severed

in order to save the family.

[♪ music fades]

[both grunting]

[Futaba] Kyoichiro?

Taiyo?

[Futaba]
The black flowers are disappearing?

[Shion] With every spike
in Taiyo's someinine activity,

Kyoichiro's vitals start to stabilize.

The poison from the flowers
isn't spreading at all.

They're clearly dispersing!

I don't know how this mechanism works.

But there's no doubt that Taiyo...

is purifying him!

[digital beeps]

They're completely gone.

[Nanao] Wow. But just how did he do that?

[Taiyo panting]

Big Bro Kyoichiro.

Big Sis Futaba.

Futaba... I'm sorry.

It's not me
that you should be apologizing to.

The truth is,
I'm dying to beat you to a pulp,

but I'm not the one
you should be talking to now.

[helicopter whirring]

Mutsumi.

[♪ gentle music playing]

[Mutsumi] You're an idiot, Big Bro.

I won't forgive you for this.

Not ever.

Right.

In trying to protect the family,
I treated you all with contempt.

I came this close
to inflicting the same pain onto you.

Forgive me...

all of you.

Well, it's not like being jerked around
by you is anything new.

[chuckling] That's for sure.

Yeah!

You got that right.

[chuckles softly]

For starters,
you'll be my aiki sandbag for a month!

I have these new drugs
that I want to test out, see.

I just ran out of mannequins
for my gunpowder experiments!

A month-long
sleep-deprivation death match!

A cross-dressing show.

Mutsumi, you gotta save me!

Didn't I just tell you, Big Bro,
that I'd never forgive you?

How about we start limbering up now?

At least let me write my will first.

- [chuckles softly]
- [♪ music fades]

- [clapping ins distance]
- [Taiyo gasps]

[Momo] Wonderful.

[clapping continues]

I never doubted it, you know.

That you had what it takes
to get over this hump.

Dad?

- [gasping]
- [♪ ominous music playing]

[sighs]

[Momo] Finally.

I can finally say it.

I'm home, kids.

It's Dad...

and your mom!

TEST SUBJECT NAME:
REI YOZAKURA

Retrieved from Skeleton Island,

her heart had stopped,
and she was shriveled up.

But little by little,
she's been regaining strength.

Still so tiny,

but look how warm and powerful she is.

It's been so long, but we're almost there.

With the Yozakura head's core, her heart,
she can be awakened.

I can resurrect your mother.

I can get my family back.

I can go back to those days.

That day, I succumbed to my weakness

and offered my wife and child to Tsubomi.

Not a day went by
that I didn't regret that.

To obtain your forgiveness, my only option
was to mend what I had broken.

Towards that end, I waited in silence

for the moment
that I could recover my family.

Little by little,
I set the stage to make that happen.

Taiyo gained powers
worthy of a Yozakura...

that nuisance of a head
and Kawashita were eliminated,

and you siblings' bond grew even stronger.

And now that Tsubomi has failed
to take Mutsumi and the heads are no more,

she's continued to lose her vitality

and will soon wither away for good.

Unaware that the "root"
she used to gain sustenance

from the heads and other people

had been rerouted to the heart
of my wife, Rei, instead.

All I need now is fertilizer
to make Rei bloom.

Day in and day out,
I continued to gather lives.

I felt no remorse whatsoever.

Each time I feel Rei's heartbeat
growing stronger,

I can see it with even more clarity.

Our family together!

Each time I exposed you to danger,

the pain felt like
it was piercing my heart.

But I couldn't afford to cave in.

Because how could I?

[sobbing] You're not a parent
unless you believe in your children.

Just one more push, Rei.

Just tens of thousands more
or hundreds of thousands.

When that day arrives,
I want you to greet me.

Saying, "Welcome home."

[♪ ominous music continues playing]

What... What are you saying, Dad?

That to revive Mom, you've dragged us

and other innocent people into your plot?

For such a terrifying goal as that?

Don't look at me like that, Mutsumi.

A total stranger's sacrifice
is soon forgotten.

And your bewilderment and anger towards me

will also fade with time.

Give me a smile, Mutsumi.

That peaceful family life
that you've always wished for

is right there before you.

- [Mutsumi sobbing]
- [♪ music stops]

[gasps]

[Momo] Hmm.

Taiyo?

[Momo]
A husband who protects the head, eh?

How lovely!

It's like I'm looking at myself and Rei.

How often I went out with Rei
as her guard.

Do you two take Goliath
on walks together, too?

Goliath and I would have sumo matches,

and he'd shove me into the lake.

I'd buy clothes at Gaon Mall
on the way home,

but Rei's sense of style was too unique.

Come to think of it, we went out
the day before it happened, too.

An agonizing day,
but now it's a precious memory.

[Taiyo] Please stop now.

Mutsumi's suffering.

[Momo] Hmm?

I don't know you that well myself,

but I do understand
wanting to get your family back.

But...

if it were really a good thing,

then everyone would look
way happier about it.

They wouldn't be in pain like this.

[Kyoichiro]
No need to draw this out any further, Dad.

Our parents are dead.

You have no home to return to.

[♪ tense music plays]

[Momo] Why is it?

Why can't you understand?

All this time, I've been racked by guilt.

I've been caring about you all this time!

Yet you just can't seem
to let go of the past.

Consumed by your hate,

you have neither the initiative to move on

nor the benevolence to forgive others.

It's like you've completely forgotten how!

Ah, no good.

I really didn't want to do
something like this.

Forgive me,

but to ensure your sound growth...

I will punish my willful children

as your father!

[all gasp]

[all grunt]

[Mutsumi gasping]

[Momo] Don't do this! Settle down.

You love them.
Forgive them for their immaturity.

- [Taiyo gasps]
- [Momo] It's still too soon.

[panting]

You're fine. It's all right.

No need to panic.

The truth is, they all really love me.

Let's retreat for now.

I know that eventually
you'll come to forgive me.

So next time, for sure,
when that happens...

let's be a family again!

Farewell for now, then.

But don't be sad.

We'll see each other again soon.

[all yell] Cut the crap!

[♪ music intensifies]

Big Sis Futaba!

You cursed beast.
There's no "again" or "soon" about this.

We're going to end this right now!

[grunts, groans]

Taiyo!

Oh, please.

I just taught him the proper way
to see his father-in-law off.

Rest assured. Watch me go.

I've been holding out all this time.

I'm used to waiting.

I'm looking forward
to being reunited with you.

The heads are gone, Tsubomi's weakening,

and now he's free.

We need to get ready.

Or else that man's twisted love

will end up destroying
the Yozakuras yet again.

[♪ tense music continues playing]

So that's Momo Yozakura.

MISSION: SUBDUE MOMO YOZAKURA

BEGINS

[♪ closing theme music playing]

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