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Those are mine!

Hyakkimaru!

Give them back.

Give them back?

You make me laugh!

These were never yours.

We are the ones here to reclaim what is ours.

What?

Hey, easy now!

Don't worry, we'll find a place to run away to.

There, there.

I've never seen him act so wildly.

I guess...

Must be the demon.

We don't know yet.

But we should get the women and children away from the border just in case.

There will be a war anyway.

I'm sick of this.

Being moved here and there.

It's the same wherever we go.

Hey, wait!

Something's not right.

I'll go check. We can run later.

I'll go with you.

Bro...

Those are mine!

No, they aren't.

These are Daigo's eyes now.

And Daigo's limbs.

The land will crumble if they're taken away.

It's already on the verge of collapsing.

Because you broke the contract with the demons.

We have no time left.

We must take all of you for the sake of the people.

We will devour you for Daigo!

This is my body!

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They betrayed this world

kono sekai wo uragitte

and now there's something crawling inside me,

hara no naka de ugometeiru

tearing my innards apart

harawata kuiyabutte

and filling me with this crimson pain

akaguroku minagitteiru

Until I break this burned skin

yaketa hifu wo yaburu made

You're my light in this welled up darkness

tagiru yami no onpu ni hikari ga atte

As if I wanted to caress

tooku koe wo tashikameatte

your distant voice with my soaked fingertips

nureta yubisaki de naderu you ni

One day, I'll reach you

itsuka kimi ni sawatte

You're my light in this flowing darkness

yami no oku ni hikari ga atte

As if I wanted to embrace

tooku koe wo tashikameatte

your distant voice with my soaked fingertips

nureta yubisaki de naderu you ni

One day, I'll try to reach you

itsuka kimi ni sawatte miseru yo

The Story of the Demons

Episode 23

The story of the demons.

Tahomaru! Mutsu and Hyogo, too...

Bro!

Stop.

You wouldn't last a second out there.

I gotta stop them.

I'm not sure Hyakkimaru would even be able to recognize you now.

The other three are not themselves either.

I know this feeling.

I'm positive of it.

I felt it at the Hall of Hell.

Hall of Hell...

What's that?

It's where the statues of the twelve demons that ate Hyakkimaru are.

Yet...

one of the twelve failed to devour him.

I see. It all makes sense now.

That's why Hyakkimaru lived.

And is now being chased by demons.

They're trying to get back what they failed to eat.

Then why hasn't bro gotten his body parts back for a while now?

What parts are still missing?

His arms and his eyes.

Your answer may lie with those three out there.

The power of demons resides within them now.

It's a terrible struggle over body parts now.

Between Hyakkimaru and the 12th demon.

All because of the contract made by my husband, Daigo Kagemitsu.

This land cannot prosper without Hyakkimaru's sacrifice.

That's why Tahomaru...

But...

Hey!

Somebody catch that horse!

Hold on!

Stop!

Hyogo!

Hyogo...!

Mutsu! Hyogo!

Out of my way!

Was this horse your...?

Hyogo! Mutsu!

Young Master...

You will create... a land of peace...

No, you mustn't go, no!

Mutsu, Hyogo!

You must be joking, sir.

We would follow you even into the depths of hell.

Bro

Hyakkimaru!

Hyakkimaru!

Bro...

Hyakkimaru...

I...

Mother, please stand back.

Tahomaru.

Do you still pity that thing, even now?

It is a curse upon our land.

Stop!

Bro...

A beast it may be, but the bond of mother and child is likewise strong.

Bro...

These are my hands. Mine.

Why does everyone get in my way?

...the body you regain will be stained with human blood.

Will you still be human then?

Human? What is human?

I'm...

A curse upon our land.

No, it's mine! I'm getting it back!

What's so wrong about that?

You won't escape.

He's gotten his arms back, so his reach is longer than before.

Hyakkimaru.

The body you regain will be stained...

But still, I will...!

How can I stop bro?

Well, it may be impossible to stop them until one or the other dies.

Hey, from what I overheard...

this Hyakkimaru guy got his body parts back from the demons, right?

And that's causing disasters in this land.

So what?

Well, you know...

If he gives his body back to the demons...

Say that again!

So now you want to live on eating bro up?

Do you realize what he went through to get his body back?

You've all gone through a lot of tough stuff, too.

But you're fine with making another human go through worse?

You're just like the samurai and the demons, you jerk!

Stop it, we're not saying it's right or anything.

But consider it this way. It's your bro or a whole domain...

You little...!

Stop it.

But they said that the land is more important than bro.

And it must be true.

How could you...

You don't care about...

But.

That kind of prosperity.

Peace built upon the sacrifice of one is but fragile.

I understand that painfully well now.

The years of prosperity in our land.

It was thanks to the sacrifice of just one, Hyakkimaru.

We were but chicks being fed by the hen.

We stood here, mouths open, just devouring what was fed to us.

What we do not obtain with our own hands, we cannot protect.

I cannot...

I have not the power to stop my own children.

With our own hands, huh.

We've always had things taken from us by samurai and wars.

But just complaining about samurai and wars doesn't change a thing.

We still end up waiting for the samurai to do something for us.

If we want to protect something...

If there's something we want...

We have to get it like bro is doing.

We have to grab it with our own two hands.

We have to be strong to do that.

We have to become stronger.

I see.

But be careful.

You saw them fighting.

You could turn into a demon as you pursue strength.

Or you could let go of all power and not fight anymore.

That would be the path of Buddha and of mercy.

But either way,

you'll no longer be human.

Lord!

Another Asakura army has emerged in the east.

There are about 1,500 of them.

Bring men around from Mitsutoshi's regiment.

We mustn't let them pass, or they'll reach us in no time.

Tell the men to fend them off at whatever cost.

I cannot lose.

If I do, all that's happened this far will amount to a mere dream.

Everything...

I mustn't let that happen.

I, the lord, cannot have made the wrong decision.

Lord!

Young Master is fighting a demon-like boy at the two pines.

They say the fighting was abnormal.

What do you mean, abnormal?

I do not know, sir.

He only has Mutsu and Hyogo with him.

I have no troops I can send to him.

Worry not, Tahomaru is the heir of Daigo.

He will be victorious.

He won't lose to a demon's leftovers.

I shall fight, too.

I will go to defend the east.

Get ready to march!

That's right.

That is how it must be.

Y-Young Master...

Everybody, vacate the castle.

A demon will come any minute now.

Run if you value your lives!

Yes, sir!

No human either way, huh.

Humans can only struggle between the two extremes.

Or maybe that's what makes us human.

You don't know till you try.

You don't stop being human just cuz you're strong.

I know. I've watched bro all this time. It's not about strength. It's about heart.

If you have a good strong heart, you won't become a demon.

That's right. I'm sick of being tossed around by samurai and wars.

We gotta protect what's ours by ourselves.

Yeah.

But how do we obtain that power?

We can think about that later.

We just gotta start now.

So don't give up, bro...

Any last words?

Must be hard to fight indoors with your longer arms now.

Hyakkimaru.

Die in this castle where you were born.

Give them back.

My last missing parts!

Hey, look.

Is that the castle burning?

Has the enemy come?

No, it's probably...

Bro, right?

Hey, stop!

You're going?

I must go.

The ones that are fighting up there are my sons.

I may not be able to do anything,

but I am their mother.

Hyakkimaru.

It is time to do what I must do.

Bro, I think I kind of understand something now.

About what we need to do.

But I can't do it alone.

I need you with me. You have to be there with me.

Let them have your eyes, your arms, your legs, whatever.

If you want eyes, I'll be your eyes. I'll be your limbs.

So please...

Don't become a demon!

Don't die!

Bro!

No salvation can be found for those born into this world

sukui nado nai umareochite kita

Yet our hearts can't stop beating valiantly

ibitsu na kokoro no katachi ni isamashii kodou no sakebi

Yet our hearts can't stop beating valiantly

ibitsu na kokoro no katachi ni isamashii kodou no sakebi

It gives us the strength to continue seeking our own justice

furimuki wa shinai shura no michi datte

On this treacherous, demonic path

kareyuku kisetsu nado koete tashika na kotae wo sagashita

On this treacherous, demonic path

kareyuku kisetsu nado koete tashika na kotae wo sagashita

On this treacherous, demonic path

kareyuku kisetsu nado koete tashika na kotae wo sagashita

On this odyssey, our greed has even driven us

minikui sugata ni sono itami sae mo kizukenai mama

On this odyssey, our greed has even driven us

minikui sugata ni sono itami sae mo kizukenai mama

to sell our own remorse

bokutachi wa kono kawa mo hagashite shimatta no

to sell our own remorse

bokutachi wa kono kawa mo hagashite shimatta no

to sell our own remorse

bokutachi wa kono kawa mo hagashite shimatta no

to sell our own remorse

bokutachi wa kono kawa mo hagashite shimatta no

Ah, we still can't rid ourselves of our foolishness

a aitsu datte orokasa ni sainamareteiru no

Ah, we still can't rid ourselves of our foolishness

a aitsu datte orokasa ni sainamareteiru no

Ah, we still can't rid ourselves of our foolishness

a aitsu datte orokasa ni sainamareteiru no

Ah, we still can't rid ourselves of our foolishness

a aitsu datte orokasa ni sainamareteiru no

If this infernal night never ceases to end

demo sa tsuraku natte owaranai yoru naraba

If this infernal night never ceases to end

demo sa tsuraku natte owaranai yoru naraba

If this infernal night never ceases to end

demo sa tsuraku natte owaranai yoru naraba

Your pure soul will grow accustomed to it

kitto utagawanu anata norowareta sekai wo aiseru kara

Your pure soul will grow accustomed to it

kitto utagawanu anata norowareta sekai wo aiseru kara

Your pure soul will grow accustomed to it

kitto utagawanu anata norowareta sekai wo aiseru kara

So continue to carry this burden and regain your light

subete wo seotta ima torimodosu no

So continue to carry this burden and regain your light

subete wo seotta ima torimodosu no

Tahomaru

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