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The Emperor has sent me a sudden summons.

Choujou!

What is the meaning of this?

General Kashin...

No, traitor Kashin!

You are under arrest for treason!

Ch-Choujou, what did you-

Dear Hinari-chan...

Does this letter find you well?

I’m doing very well!

My friends in Touka Village are doing very well, too!

You haven’t met some of them yet, have you?

I hope I can introduce you to them soon.

By the way, I know I told you that Sei-san got lost in the fog, right?

She still hasn’t come back.

I wonder where she is and what she’s doing now.

She’s a strong person in lots of ways, so I’m sure she’ll be fine.

Oh! A little while ago, something wonderful happened!

I told you, in an earlier letter, how Ryuubi-san sacrificed her blade to save a village.

Some of those villagers came here to Touka Village.

You came to give me this sword?

Yes. After you left the village,

we searched the remains of the river, which flowed in front of the village.

We found this there.

According to those familiar with the local legends,

it is undoubtedly a gift from the Dragon God residing in the lake.

The village discussed the matter and decided that it would

only be proper to give this sword to you,

as you sacrificed your own ancestral blade to protect us.

You were a hero of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, right?

Everyone says that you must truly be of noble blood!

No, I was no hero...

It’s the truth. There’s no need to be embarrassed.

Having a descendant of Chuuzan Seiou here greatly bolsters our army’s reputation.

It was a great idea to make you our captain, Touka-oneechan!

I truly appreciate it,

but would it be right for one such as I to receive the gift of a god?

Yes. The most we could do would be to enshrine it as an object of worship.

I feel certain that the Dragon God would prefer it

in the hands of one who would use it to better the world.

But-

Why not accept it, Sister?

Surely, this is an offering from Heaven,

a blade to replace yours, bestowed as a sign of respect for your desire to save the people.

I think you should gratefully accept it.

That’s right!

You can’t turn down the gift of a God!

Use the sword to get the bad guys.

And once I grow up, I’ll be your retainer, OK?

Very well.

I, Ryuu Gentoku, am honored to accept this blade, given to me by the Dragon God!

maiagatteiku sajin

The huge sand storm,

karamaru unmei o sashishimesu ka no you ni

As if showing my way to my entwined destiny,

ookiku hirogaru

Opens wide

sono saki ni shinjiteta

I believed if

mirai ga aru naraba

There was a future beyond it,

kono mi o toshite made mo

There was a reason for me to fight

tatakau imi ga aru

Even if put myself on the line

yuruginai omoi o kasaneau

We share the same firm belief,

kono chikai shinjiteru

I trust in this vow

taemanai ame ni utare

Getting pounded by the unceasing rain,

shoujo wa namida o nagashita

A girl cries

ubawareta no wa dare no negai

Whose wish did it take away?

michibikidasu sono kotae wa

That answer leading the way,

dare ni mo furesase wa shinai

Won’t let anyone go near it.

hakanai hanabira no you ni

It wouldn’t be so bad if the answer

chiru no mo waruku nai to

Disperses like transient flower petals

Hinari-chan, good luck with your studies. Take care of yourself, and I shall write to you again soon.

Shuri-chan, let’s get lunch ready.

OK!

I’ll write a letter to Suikyou-sensei later.

Put this on!

OK, OK!

Chapter 01 Ryuubi Leaves on a New Journey

Thanks for lunch!

Tanpopo, it’s time for afternoon training!

Right...

Hey, Shion-san.

What is it, Shuri-chan?

Sei-san’s potted bamboo shoots are spoiled.

She’s quite particular about her bamboo. She’ll be upset if you get rid of it.

That’s right.

OK.

When the sun’s shining, you should nap, not study!

When you study, you nap anyway, right?

You really love naps, don’t you, Rin Rin-chan?

And I love sleeping on your knees.

Aisha-oneechan’s knees are nice, too. But yours are just special.

Special? How?

They’re so much softer, and they’re squishy!

Are they that squishy?

I think she’s right. While I was traveling, I was much less flabby...

OK, then! I’ll just eat less! Starting today, no seconds!

Here you go. A large.

You’re late, Sister.

Here you go.

Thanks!

Today, it’s your favorite, wolf steak stew.

Wolf steak!

That looks pretty good!

M-Maybe I can start tomorrow.

Oh, no. Due to all I ate, I think I got fatter!

Hey, the bath’s ready!

But it’s probably just temporary. Once I’ve finished digesting, I’ll go back to normal.

Hey! I’m opening it up.

Yes! That must be true!

I’ll be right back to where I started!

Hey, the bath’s ready for you.

What are you doing?

Uh...

Is there something stuck to my stomach or what?

No, just the opposite. There’s nothing.

What?

Her skin is so tight.

There’s no extra fat at all!

Hey, stop that... It tickles!

What’s wrong?

I heard something crash...

Huh?

Ah, I didn’t mean to intrude!

Uh, well, I’m sorry!

Sorry! Sorry!

Hey!

Sui-neesama, here I go!

OK! I’ll break a bone or two!

Right!

Her aura is calm, like water. There is no opening.

OK, what to do...

Oh, wow! A pigeon’s giving birth to an eagle over there!

Wide open!

I lose.

Listen, Tanpopo.

The martial arts are about honesty.

If there is wickedness in your heart, it will appear in your ki.

You can try to cheat, but it won’t get past me!

I know that!

Then don’t pull that stuff! This isn’t a game!

OK...

Let’s eat!

I cut these carrots!

Yup!

Bachou-san eats so much, but she doesn’t get fat.

Is it because she exercises so much?

You want to train with us?

Please!

I don’t mind, but it’s pretty rough.

Can you keep up with us?

Yes! I’ll do my best!

First, rabbit hops!

Sit-ups!

Push-ups!

OK, that’s enough warm-up.

OK!

That was all warm-up...

Time to eat! Time to eat!

What will the snack be today?

That was really hard. But with that much exercise, I must’ve lost weight, right?

If I just eat my normal amount...

I made everyone’s favorite, mutton!

It tastes like that other meat. I love it!

It’s so juicy!

Normal amount...

And we’ve got carp that Shion-san caught!

I deep-fried it until the scales were crispy, and then I added a special red bean sauce.

Wow, that smells so good.

Normal amount...

We’ve got sesame dumplings for dessert.

I love those!

So do I! So do I!

Normal amount...

So full!

Food tastes so good after exercise...

And then a nice, hot, steamy bath.

I can’t just sit here and relax!

I think it’s worse than yesterday...

Exercising makes me eat even more,

so I just won’t eat, won’t move, and won’t get fat!

Let’s get started!

My sister said she didn’t want dinner, either?

Yes, that’s what she said.

Maybe her stomach’s upset.

She was sighing, with her hand on her stomach,

but when I asked about it, she just waved me off...

I asked her if she wanted me to make her some medicine,

but she said she wasn’t sick...

I can’t imagine not eating for a whole day if you’re not sick.

If she’s worried about her stomach, even though she’s not sick...

Is she pregnant?

N-No way. She can’t be pregnant!

When I was carrying Riri,

there were times when I had bad morning sickness and didn’t want to eat anything.

Th-Then she really is...

That doesn’t necessarily mean she’s pregnant.

Is she going to have a baby?

It looks that way!

Then I’ll be its sister!

No, if Ryuubi-san has a child, you and Aisha-san will be aunts.

Wait a second!

What do you mean, I’ll be an aunt?

Uh, well, you will...

I’m not old enough for that!

Even if my sister has a baby, I won’t let it call me that!

Aisha-san worries about stuff like that a lot...

I can’t take it anymore.

Food... I need food...

Anything...

Here we go!

Big trouble!

Onee-chan... Touka-oneechan!

What?

She’s gonna have a baby!

Sister, get a hold of yourself!

Boiling water!

We need lots of boiling water!

And clean cloth!

And a doctor, quickly!

Boiling water... Got it!

Clean cloth!

Who... Who’s the father?

Sui-san, you’ve got a responsibility to stand by her.

Why me?

Sui! Are you the one who got her pregnant?

What are you talking about?

But you and she were all tangled up on the floor yesterday.

That was just a misunderstanding.

For one thing, I’m a woman!

But I saw something bigger than a horse between your legs!

A Horse

Bigger Than

That was-

Enough, Sui!

How can you make excuses now?!

You’re a man, and you need to take responsibility!

I’m not a man!

Deliberately getting lost, to reappear as Butterfly Mask,

seemed like a good idea at the time.

But I’ve come all this way without finding a chance.

If I don’t go back, they really may forget about me.

But I am Chou Shiryuu of Jouzan! I can’t just return without doing anything.

No! It’s easy to try too hard and finish by screwing up.

That cannot happen here.

I should go back normally...

No, they say that a crisis can be an opportunity, too.

I’ll never forgive myself if I don’t take advantage of this long lead-in!

I should go and give it my all...

Oh, hey! Chou’un-dono!

Oh, Kada!

What are you doing here?

There’s something I wanted to ask Kan’u-dono about.

The villagers say that she lives in this mansion with her friends.

Is she home?

Yes, I think so... But it’s possible she might not be at home, or perhaps she’s absent...

Quickly! Quickly! Quickly!

Ow...

Doctor!

Is there a doctor?

I’m a doctor.

Is someone sick?

No!

My sister’s about to have a baby!

What?!

OK, it’s time to give birth.

H-Hang on!

That’s right, Sister.

They say it will end before you’ve counted all the tiles in the roof.

Do your best!

Be ready.

From the way her stomach is acting, it’s too early.

The baby might be in danger, and maybe Ryuubi-san, too...

Hang on, Sister!

I brought the hot water!

We brought cloth!

Brought cloth!

Put it there!

Where’s the doctor?

Is the doctor here yet?

I got a doctor!

Kada-dono!

Quickly... My sister...

Leave it to me.

Move your hands.

I’m going to take off your kimono, all right?

Relax.

Does it hurt here?

It hurts so much that you can’t talk?

H-How is my sister?

What about her child?

I don’t know what you guys are thinking, but she isn’t pregnant.

Then what is it?

Food poisoning, probably.

Did she eat something spoiled?

Here you are.

Your acupuncture really worked!

That’s right!

Kada-ojichan is the best doctor in the world!

You shouldn’t call people his age that...

But Koumei-dono, when we traveled together,

you seemed quite skilled in medicine.

But you were wrong this time.

Um... I just went along with everyone...

Sister, are you really OK now?

Yes.

It went pinch, pinch, waah!

And then it didn’t hurt at all.

I guess they are sisters.

She talks just like Rin Rin.

That’s right.

Sei, when did you get back?

Don’t worry about something that minor.

That minor...

Kada-dono, you had something to ask Aisha, right?

Who is that?

Yes, you see...

You’re...

Kashin-dono!

Then she’s the famous general who...

I-I don’t really care what people are into,

but aren’t you a little old to be wearing that...

Sei, it’s rude to laugh.

You, too...

Don’t laugh!

I don’t have these because I want them!

It was all Choujou’s trap.

Choujou, first of the Ten Constant Servants, who rules the court’s eunuchs.

That’s right.

She and I have been political enemies for years.

But one day, when I went to court, after the Emperor suddenly summoned me...

She accused me of a crime I hadn’t committed

and forced me to take some strange medicine. And next thing I knew,

I had these awful things...

I think they’re cute.

Shut up!

I hate cats almost as much as I hate the greedy and cowardly eunuchs!

And now, I’m just like the barbarians said to live in Nanban...

With these, I can’t appear in public!

It’s so embarrassing, it’s worse than death...

And so,

I encountered her as she wandered through the mountains, away from people’s eyes.

When she learned I was a doctor, she begged for aid.

My investigations revealed she was given a medicine known as “Nyanko-tan.”

Nyanko-tan...

Its effect is to gradually turn anyone taking it into a cat.

To change someone you hate into what they hate the most...

That’s rather cruel.

Indeed.

Three ingredients are needed for an antidote:

The first is the persistence herb,

which grows atop Mt. Taishan and remains forever, once it blooms;

P E R S I S T E N C E H E R B

the miraculous Koutou pill, held by Koutou’s Son family;

K O U T O U P I L L

and the belly button lint of a Nanban elephant, found only in Nanban, in the deep south.

N A N B A N E L E P H A N T 'S

B E L L Y B U T T O N L I N T

I should be responsible for seeking them myself, but I must find the Crucial Keys and seal the book away.

I’m told that you know Kashin-dono.

Would you be kind enough to gather the ingredients for me?

Very well.

We accept.

Right, Sister?

Yes.

You will?

You once saved Rin Rin.

And today, you saved my sister when we believed all hope lost.

We cannot refuse you!

Sorry to worry you.

Everyone, thanks for worrying.

I didn’t know you liked bamboo shoots enough to eat them spoiled.

But next time you eat them without asking, you will pay!

OK...

But while Mt. Taishan and Koutou are reasonable, Nanban is rather far away, Aisha.

Th-That’s true...

Nanban is farther south than the lands of Shoku, to the southwest.

I don’t know how long it would take to get there.

Um, Suikyou-sensei keeps a small supply of Nanban elephant belly button lint as a medicine.

So I’ll go see her and get some.

OK. We’ll leave the Nanban elephant belly button lint to you.

But I’d worry if you went alone.

I’ll go with you.

Then me, too!

You’ll be as safe as if you were riding on a giant pig with me!

Aisha, wouldn’t it be better to have Shuri go alone than have those three go?

Indeed.

You come, too, Aisha.

No, I’m going to Koutou.

Why?!

You and I always stay together!

You, Shuri, and I are the only ones who know Sonsaku of Koutou.

If the two of you aren’t going, I have to.

Or will you come with me?

Don’t worry about us.

You want to be with her, right?

I’m not a kid anymore!

I can do it without her!

Fine, fine.

OK. Sei, will you go to Mt. Taishan?

Leave it to me.

Then I’ll go with you!

I’m done staying here!

Me, too!

No, you’re staying here!

But...

Of course you can’t come!

You’re still training. You stay here.

No way...

If you don’t like it, you can go back to Seiryou!

Let’s stay here together.

With Riri, too!

Looks like it’s settled, then.

Thank you very much!

I must hurry, so I’ll be leaving now.

But I’ve written the preparation method for the Nyanko-tan here.

Once you have the ingredients, it’s not that hard to make.

With Koumei-dono’s knowledge of herbs, you’ll be fine.

Very well.

Then I shall take it.

I’ll be at the gate.

I’ll be right there!

I haven’t been here in a while, but I guess I must leave this bed again.

Let us go.

Everyone, I appreciate this so much...

Kashin-dono, don’t worry about...

Don’t laugh!

I don’t see Batai...

She’s just mad that I won’t take her.

Jeez, what a kid...

Jeez, indeed.

Everyone, be well!

niihao

Hello

aiya aiya aiya iyaiya

It’s love, it’s love, It’s love no no

aiya aiya aiya iyaiya

It’s love, it’s love, It’s love no no

aiya aiya aiya iyaiya

It’s love, it’s love, It’s love no no

aiya aiya aiya iyaiya

It’s love, it’s love, It’s love no no

kita kita ran ran dai ran ran

When the large part of the war came,

kono kokoro mo choppiri midarechau

This heart also had immediate disorder

ichinan satte mata ichinan

It’s been one thing after another,

demo minna ga iru kara ganbareru

But everyone is standing firm!

hawawa hawawa hawawa hawahawa

Hawawa hawawa hawawa hawahawa

hawawa hawawa hawawa hawahawa

Hawawa hawawa hawahawa hawawa

otome to otome no ai kotoba

Don’t run away from a girl and her love speech,

sore nigenai megenai akiramenai~

Don’t be discouraged, and don’t give up

hai~

Yes!

wazawai tenjite fuku to nasu

Turn away from calamity,

kizutsuku hodo ni yasashiku nareruwa

And make good fortune, it will take tough love

hai~

Yes!

koi mo yuujou mo tatakaimo zenbu

Love and friendship and fighting and everything

「taisetsu sugite komacchau~！」

"Are excessively important"

shinjite yume mite koi shite ai shite

Believe in it, see the dream, and love, love

「koketsu ni irazunba 『koi』 o ezu！」

"Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die!"

「boketsu wa horazu ni koi youyou！」

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained!"

iza~! yuuki rinrin dakishimete

Come now! Embrace me with gusto.

iko~！ kokontouzai doko made mo

Let’s go! Everyone everywhere and of all ages

kakugo o kimete

Prepare yourself;

tsutae ni yuku wa

The legend is coming to life

「senrai no 『koi』 mo ippo kara！」

"Because love is a giant leap!"

hai~

Yes!

ima~！ dai dai dai suki ai narite

Now! A huge, good love is coming

aa~！ ishindenshin negawakuba

Yeah! I wish for telepathy

anata no egao

Your smile

mamoreru you ni

Protects me in that way

「koi suru otome ni nigon nashi！」

"Without going back on your word of love!"

「koi suru otome wa kokushimusou!!」

"Love me mister!!"

aiya aiya aiya iyaiya

It’s love, it’s love, It’s love no no

aiya aiya aiya iyaiya

It’s love, it’s love, it’s love no no

iyaiya

No no

iyaーn

Nooooo~

Sei, what does the “Otome Tairan” in Shin Koihime Musou Otome Tairan mean?

You see, Rin Rin, this may be a bit early for you,

but when you get older, you’ll have a visitor once a month...

That’s not “Otome Tairan.” That’s “Otome Hairan.”

Next time on Shin Koihime Musou Otome Tairan,

Chapter 02: Houtou Hides Something.

Chapter 02 Houtou Hides Something

This show’s previews are as screwed up as ever...