He told me that he'd met a master he would serve for life.
That's why he was going to leave the village.
He was my only friend.
He was strong.
He carried a strength I yearned endlessly for.
Despite this...
Not again... Hey.
Yeah.
A tool to be thrown away after use...
That's what it means to be a ninja.
If that's the case...
I will only kill to survive.
I don't expect anything from anyone.
As you chase a burning dream, you incidentally become wrapped up
きっと 熱い 夢を 追って 時に巻かれはじめる
kitto atsui yume wo otte tokini makare hajimeru
As memories are gently pursued, these emotions grow stronger
そっと 記憶 たどる はずだ 思い つのって
sotto kioku tadoru hazuda omoi tsunotte
As one becomes stronger, one is able to discern the path of time
もっと 強い 力 もって 時の 行方 見据える
motto tsuyoi chikara motte tokino yukue misueru
Now, as you gain momentum, swing your fist
いま 機運 上がる はずだ 拳 振り上げ
ima kiun agaru hazuda kobushi furiage
The speed of chaos
果断迅速
kadanjinsoku
Spirits rise. This body is
精霊飛来 この身が
seirei hirai kono miga
Aroused to action
感奮興起
kanpun kouki
As a brave figure
勇姿 えがく
yuushi egaku
Ascendancy of fervour
光風霽月
koufuu seigetsu
We are a band of brothers
金蘭之交 われらが
kinran nokou warera ga
Absolutely flawless
完全無欠
kanzen muketsu
Striving to be brave warriors
勇姿めざす
yuushi mezasu
THE FIFTH
BOSOM
THE
OF THE
DRAGON
You awake, Saizou?
I just made some medicine.
You should drink it.
What's wrong, Saizou?
I'll continue on my own from here.
I've had enough of this.
What did you say?
Are you serious?
It's just not worth it.
I'm not getting any compensation for this.
Fight me, then!
As payback!
It appears that I have overestimated you.
You took this job.
It's your final responsibility to report what happened,
regardless of whether the mission ended up a success or failure.
Does it frustrate you to have to report that Isanami was kidnapped?
Don't say unnecessary things, you matchlock-wielding old man!
If you want to run away, just do it.
I'll report it instead.
What good weather!
On days like this you just want to lie around staring at the sky.
You do that all the time anyway, young master.
I wonder how Saizou and the guys are doing.
I haven't heard from them at all...
That's probably because they have nothing to report.
Ana!
Good timing.
Let me sleep on your lap.
No.
I don't like kneeling.
No way!
It's an order.
Young master!
Akeha.
A message?
Good work.
What is it?
Do they need money?
Yukimura-sama!
Or did they find something?
So he intruded after all... that soldier of fortune.
What happened?
Sasuke, Anastasia.
Bring our friends back at all costs.
Acknowledged.
Hey.
Is it not to your taste?
Oh yeah.
I didn't get your name.
What's your name?
Haven't you been taught to look at someone when they're speaking to you?
Come!
Well then, what's your name?
Isanami...
All right then, Isanami!
If you need anything, tell me.
I'll do anything.
Well, other than returning you back to Ueda.
Ueda...
The hairpin is...
What the...
Let's go, Kojuurou.
My lord.
What?
Oh no!
Why?!
Saizou!
I can't go back...
That child... I am told she is a guest from Izumo.
What exactly is that hairpin?
Hmm... It's a treasure.
A treasure named Kushimitama.
And this Kushimitama is?
A long, long time ago, humans were given four spirits so they...
...could manage the earth themselves, instead of the gods.
The Kushimitama is one of them.
The Kushimitama has the power to restrain the chaos of the human world.
Then, my lord...
Tokugawa will not move against other countries without justification.
As such, I will take the laws of the gods and flip this world upside down!
The power to suppress... If I take hold of that,
I can call storms to sink things at will!
Please wait!
If you were to call a storm in this age...
You won't be able to prevent Japan from breaking into a war and splitting in two!
War?
That's fine.
My aim is for a great uprising which will change the world of men!
I will replace the gods!
I will rewrite the history of this nation from the beginning!
When the moon is hidden, I'll go.
I'll keep a lookout.
What are you discussing, intruders?
You won't escape!
Iga's Epigone Ice Technique: Distant Seas.
I'll leave it to you.
Acknowledged.
You shall not pass.
Let's have some fun.
If the treasure is the hairpin...
Then that girl is unnecessary.
That's true.
But that's too boring.
There has to be something special about her if they entrusted the Kushimitama to her.
There should be an interesting use for her.
What do you think?
If it's really a treasure, shouldn't there be someone looking for her?
No one who could invade that place anyway.
Isanami.
Sasuke?
Are you all right?
Yeah.
I'll save you now.
Where are Saizou and Kakei-san?
We received a message from them.
They're on their way back.
Sasuke, I won't go back to Ueda.
It's better that I don't go back.
Tell everyone.
Yes, it's better that way.
Everything that has happened until now,
everything that has happened in Izumo and Ueda... it's all my fault.
All mine...
One of Sanada's female ninjas has been caught?
Hey, Ichimaru, Niko.
It's a European!
TL Note: Nanban, meaning Southern Barbarian, was the Japanese term for Europeans.
She was quite troublesome.
How outrageous.
She's really outrageous!
Hm?
So you like this kind of chick?
I prefer the shrine maiden...
No one asked you!
All right then, nobody stop me-
What are you doing?!
You're the sly one!
Then let's play Rock, Paper, Scissors.
All right!
Rock, paper, scissors!
It's a draw!
It's a draw! It's a draw!
Isanami isn't going back?
Then why did I stop them in the first place?
I'm going first!
Dammit.
Be a good girl.
Heave-ho!
Iga's Epigone Ice Technique: Blooming Ice Spears.
Wait!
I haven't screwed you yet!
Screwed me?
Ah... That's right.
I'll do you, then.
Why?
I won't go back to Ueda.
I can't force her to come back with me.
She wouldn't like that.
But Yukimura-sama ordered me to bring her back.
Completely...
TL Note: A pun on definitely (zettai) and embarrassing (shittai).
...embarrassing.
Sasuke isn't reliable, huh?
Ana.
Men are so simple.
Well then, let's go home.
Ana, you're hurt...
Again, for my sake...
I'm definitely not going back!
Everyone is worried.
If I go back, I'll cause trouble for everyone.
Isanami...
Do you think you're the main character of some kind of sob story?
You don't want to see people get hurt,
so you cover your eyes and ears.
Using your grief to hide the suffering is the easiest path to take.
But I won't forgive you if you do.
You're a Brave aren't you?
Do you intend to live as someone who's always protected by others?!
Fight!
What will you solve by running away?
You tell me to fight, but I'm not that strong...
Why do you think Yukimura-sama accepted you?
He picked you as one of his Braves!
Do you intend to run from this as well?
But the things I can do...
Physical strength is not all there is to it!
The ability to keep going forward is strength as well!
I am...
It's all right.
Inside your heart, too, lies a Brave's strength.
You are a Brave!
I am a Brave.
Ana, Isanami.
Can you stand?
Yes.
That's right, this is my problem.
If I don't want to cry, I have to stand.
Sasuke, I'm sorry about before.
Thank you for coming to rescue me.
Isanami, everyone is afraid of getting hurt.
Me, Saizou, even Yukimura-sama.
I'm scared as well.
But I'm a Brave!
I'll face it together...
...with everyone!
They're back.
Looks like you guys got owned!
Yukimura-sama,
I'd like to give you a complete report immediately, but...
Go get some rest for now; we can talk later.
Saizou!
Kakei-san!
There's another reason too.
Don't let her stay worried.
Oh, Isanami!
It's great to see you well!
You too!
I'm sorry for making you worry.
Saizou, are your injuries healed too? I-
Old man, I'll be taking a bath.
Saizou?
So, you're the skilled one who stuck with Saizou?
Yep.
I'm sorry, but Saizou is working for me now.
I won't be able to fulfil your wish of fighting with Saizou.
Heh.
If you're planning to get into my way, I'll kill you.
Just like this.
Such a bore.
What is?
Attacking calmly, waiting, enduring,
cornering your opponent at the brink of defeat,
and taking joy in all of it.
Wouldn't that feel better?
Old man, you're awesome!
Until then, you may stay.
Don't get bored.
Saizou, have your injuries healed?
If you need anything, just tell me.
I want to be helpful.
Up to now, I've always been protected by Saizou.
But I've become just a bit stronger-
You're annoying.
Saizou...
I believe in you.
Weird.
What is it?
What the hell are you doing, bastard?!
I should ask what you're doing.
Disappointment, dejection... You're spiritless.
You sure say a lot.
Are you as strong as you boast you are?
Fine.
You have no motivation.
I give up on you.
You cannot protect her.
Protect?
I hate people who pride themselves on this kind of shit.
Hate?
Fine.
You can't do it.
You can't recognise your weak self.
Stop...
I know my own weakness.
As such, I polish my skills.
However, you don't recognise it, you just can't recognise it.
As such, you can't do it.
Stop it!
You don't understand.
About what?!
You piece of shit!
Dammit!
Crawl up to me... as many times as needed.
You are important.
You will become stronger.
For someone's sake.
For someone's sake?
This is the first time I've heard you talk that much.
Ah! Y-Yukimura-sama!
Well then, what will you do now?
Will you start crawling up to him?
Or will you look away from the girl like a dog which has lost its teeth?
Who's a dog?!
Don't screw with me!
Come out, Isanami.
Sai...
Saizou!
Hey-
That bastard!
Saizou, welcome back.
Yeah.
All right.
Where do you intend to go?
I'd like to know what my lord's intentions are.
Then you'll understand my agitation!
What a guy, to steal my treasure back from right under my nose.
It's that guy!
It's that guy, right?
He wants to mess with me as an equal.
Seems like I'll have to meet you, right, Sanada Yukimura?
Well then, let's hear your reports.
There was something carved on the rock,
but it was dark, so I couldn't see it.
I saw it, but I couldn't read it, so I don't remember.
Neither could I.
Geez...
What's this?
That's not a problem.
Rokurou.
I understand.
Huh?
What the...
Everyone, hold on a moment.
What's with your eye?
Quiet.
In his eye... Countless words?
What?
What are you doing, Saizou?
I don't know!
Oh?
What?
What's written there, Yukimura-sama?
Old man?
It says, "You won't be able to go any further than this point. Good job."
Huh?!
Are you kidding me?
It's too bad, but that's what it says.
Good job for getting that far.
Shall we retire then?
Fine, I get it.
Hey, hey.
What did he do to you just now?
Shut up.
What did you say?
You wouldn't have made it back if I hadn't caught that snake for you.
Saizou, you ate a snake?
What an ironic twist of fate.
Young master...
Don't say anything, Rokurou.
I will not return what I've already acquired.
Only you and I must know of this.
Don't let anyone touch that right eye of yours.
Understood.
However, if this is true, it's rather dangerous.
I know.
Isanami, who came voluntarily to Sanada, as well as Saizou,
and the rest of us...
If this is destiny, should we follow it or oppose it?
I'm betting on Saizou.
Hey!
Koga Monkey.
I'll definitely pay you back for what you did today.
自由に生きる事が何故難しいんだろう
jiyuu ni ikiru koto ga naze muzukashiin darou
Why is living freely so difficult?
思うままに身を預けりゃ後悔はない
omou mama ni mi wo azukerya koukai ha nai
If we could entrust our bodies to our thoughts, there would be no regrets
この世は儚き沙羅双樹
kono yo ha hakanaki sharasouju
This world is an ephemeral Shala tree
阿呆の様に乱れ咲いてゆけよ
ahou no you ni midare saite yuke yo
Blooming chaotically, like a fool
どうぞ行きましょう 人の縁を求め修羅の道へ
douzo ikimashou hito no enishi wo motome shura no michi he
Come on, let's go! Seeking the bonds of men, towards the path of carnage
自らが追い風になり光になる
mizukara ga oikaze ni nari hikari ni naru
Becoming the tailwind and the light of their wake
めざとい輩は思うツボさ
mezatoi yakara ha omoutsubo sa
Those who are discerning will get what they want
カリソメの安らぎで十分だ
karisome no yasuragi de juubun da
The fleeting tranquillity is sufficient
真綿で首を締める御方さ
mawata de kubi wo shimeru okatasa
The companion which strangles us slowly, with a silk cord
ヌるく見えるか？負ける気しねえよ
nuruku mieru ka? makeru kishinee yo
Does it look sympathetic? I don't feel like losing
自由に生きる事が何故難しいんだろう
jiyuu ni ikiru koto ga naze muzukashiin darou
Why is living freely so difficult?
思うままに身を預けりゃ後悔はない
omou mama ni mi wo azukerya koukai ha nai
If we could entrust our bodies to our thoughts, there wouldn't be regrets
この世は儚き沙羅双樹
kono yo ha hakanaki sharasouju
This world is an ephemeral Shala tree
阿呆の様に乱れ咲いてゆけよ
ahou no you ni midare saite yuke yo
Blooming chaotically, like a fool
Where are you going, my lord?
Ueda.
To see Sanada Yukimura?
He's the guy who took my stuff.
I have to go see his face.
No, you shall not.
This is an important time for my lord.
You should not be responding to Sanada's provocations.
What's this?
It seems like girls are gossiping about me again.
Old man, you're really naive.
Next time on Brave 10: Rumble in the Mountains.
Rumbling in the Mountains
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The Sixth
Come at me all at once!