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During a war, a handful of warriors nearly obliterated the Imperial Army.

They were called the Ninku Unit.

The empire was barely able to defeat them,

so they set out to subdue the unit in fear of their powers.

Few even know about the real Ninku anymore.

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If all we did was goof off every day,

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The waves of happiness and sadness flow back and forth.

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I'm just starting to understand the mysteries of the heart.

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I won't run away. I will find the truth with my own two hands.

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Whether laughing or crying, I've gotta let my own colors shine.

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ZIG ZAG as we stumble along.

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But if all we ever do is have fun, we lose sight of our happiness.

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When I can't reach you even though I'm being frank,

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Fuusuke found himself at the Imperial Army's capital on their Victory Day

and ended up befriending a boy named Alec.

Fuusuke took Alec to the town square to join the festivities,

and as brief as their time together was, they had a blast.

However, the castle's retainers found Alec and took him back.

Meanwhile, Mekira suddenly descended on the Imperial Capital along with her troops,

holding up the parade while demanding that the gate be opened.

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How much longer are you gonna keep me waiting?

Hurry up and stand aside!

Such insolence! Where do you think you are?

Insolence?

I'm under orders from the Army to escort Alec, or rather General Daion, to Edo Castle.

If you do not comply,

you'll be committing treason.

I still can't believe that Alec is General Daion.

He didn't say a thing about that.

Maybe he doesn't yet know that he's General Daion.

Honestly! To think they'd stoop so low as to name an innocent kid as the General.

Damn that Kouchin.

Hey, Fuusuke.

Where are you going?

I'm gonna rescue Alec.

I promised him we'd soar in the sky together.

Soukan-dono, what's the occasion for requesting a video call?

Don't play innocent with me.

Not only did you send troops here without notice

and brought General Daion's first official ceremony to a halt,

but you're also demanding we hand over the General.

What is the meaning of this?

Edo Castle is the seat of the Imperial Government and thus the most suitable place for the General.

Or am I mistaken?

But we had an agreement!

Agreement?

Don't tell me you forgot about the agreement we made back then.

Seven years ago, the country had been embroiled in a lengthy civil war.

You appeared out of nowhere,

and abhorred the incompetence of the Democratic Forces

and advocated for the restoration of power to us, the General's court.

With our powers and your military forces, we will achieve unification.

Only General Daion can bring true peace to this land.

Our country has been without a king for far too long.

It needs the legitimacy of Imperial rule.

But the General is bedridden from an illness, and his heir, Alec-sama, is only three.

He's too young for the position.

I'm well aware. I'll manage the military government on his behalf until he is of age.

Once he turns ten years old,

I'll proclaim Alec-sama to the people as General Daion.

When that day comes, I'll return all powers to the General's court.

Four years later, you defeated the Democratic Forces in the name of the General.

However, the campaign against the Ninku remnants is still ongoing.

That's merely an excuse on your part to retain power!

If you intend to cling on to power,

you should first return the troops we lent you!

Soukan-dono, I think you misunderstand.

The General's troops fell apart long ago.

Incompetent soldiers are useless.

Even the most capable of the bunch, Colonel Ajirada with his Thunder Fist,

was defeated in a fight with the Ninku.

He promptly fled to save face.

Bastard, how dare you keep belittling the General's court?!

You should watch your mouth!

As things stand now, which of us is committing treason against the Army?

I have no qualms about reducing the castle to rubble in order to retrieve the General.

I won't give in to your empty threats!

I expected as much from the court's chief of staff.

However, let me make one thing very clear.

There may be people who won't give in to mere threats,

but there's no one who won't give in to force.

Bad news!

Colonel Mekira is forcing her way to the castle grounds demanding the General!

What?! Where is Alec-sama?

Sir! He's in the secret room!

D-Did they just...

I'm through playing the waiting game.

From this point forth, I'll start using force.

The General's castle is defying the Imperial Army!

There's no need to hold back!

Retrieve General Daion even if you have to reduce this castle to rubble!

This is bad.

Mekira's begun her assault on the castle.

Fuusuke, don't tell us we're lost again?

We're not!

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Not the discipline room!

That way!

Let me out! I've never been kept here for this long!

Please stay put. It's too dangerous in the castle right now.

This is for your own good.

The kid who escaped earlier may have been after your life as well.

Silence!

Fuusuke is my friend! He's not suspicious!

He promised me a plane ride!

Fuusuke's my friend!

Hey!

Fuusuke's here to play!

Fuusuke!

Alec, let's get out of here.

Soukan-sama, I hear other voices inside!

Heave-ho!

Ruffians! Show no mercy!

Shoot them down!

Fuusuke!

Fuusuke!

There's nothing to cry about, Alec.

Fuusuke!

S-Substitution Technique?!

That means you're a Ninku!

Alec-sama, get away from them!

They're Ninku! They're our sworn enemy!

Silence!

You shot my friend. I won't believe a word you say!

Alec-sama!

Whether he's a Ninku or not, Fuusuke is still my friend!

Alec...

Anyhow, we should probably get the hell out of Dodge before Mekira finds us.

Let's get out of the here!

Right!

I won't let those blasted Ninku-

Alec-sama!

Take a right!

This path leads straight outside!

All right!

Fuusuke, Aichou, Touji.

Are my eyes deceiving me?

Talk about unexpected.

Alec-sama, as a representative of the Imperial Army, I'm here to escort you.

I'll be taking you to Edo Castle.

Fuusuke?

I still hold a grudge against you Ninku.

I figured that out the other day.

But I have no reason to fight you today.

I'm just carrying out my orders.

We won't let you take Alec!

Camus!

Crap!

Air Pressure Fist!

What?!

Why? Why do you never attack me?!

Why would you save me?!

Ninku is a martial art meant to save people.

Like we already told you, it's not the Ninku that attacked your home country!

Fuusuke! Hurry! This way!

Right!

I saw them!

This way!

Mekira-sama, don't let them deceive you!

The Ninku fool others into thinking they stand for justice with their hollow compassion.

That's their M.O.

Please hurry this way. This castle could go at any moment!

Mekira-sama, hurry!

Why?

Why did they...

I can't believe it.

The castle of the most powerful man in the country is being reduced to bits!

Damn you, Kouchin!

Soukan-sama, please follow me to safety!

You aren't going anywhere!

You'll be coming with us.

We need your cooperation to convince General Daion to come with us.

What's so funny?

Do you honestly think I would comply?

And even if you do find Alec-sama,

we won't be able to convince him.

We kept him locked up here without so much as an explanation for far too long.

He won't listen to us anymore.

Soukan-dono!

If you refuse to cooperate, we'll kill every last inhabitant of this castle.

D-Don't!

Then you'd better promise to bring the General back here.

But I...

Leave it to me!

Old man!

I believe I can convince Master Alec.

But if you do that...

the General, Alec-sama, will be taken into Kouchin's custody!

There's no doubt he'll manipulate Alec-sama to rule the country as he pleases!

We must stop that from happening, even if it costs us our very lives!

Let me do it!

Old man!

I finally made it to the town square again,

but everyone's gone now.

I wanted more of those balloons from the parade.

The castle's in flames.

You've got no place to go back to.

It's all right.

The people there treated you like a criminal, so I'm not going back.

But I don't know where I should go now.

Then just travel with us!

Remember our promise? I owe you a plane ride in the sky together!

We're really going up in the sky like the balloons we saw?

Yeah!

Just remember to hang on tight!

All right! Let's take to the big blue skies!

What's wrong, Alec?

Gramps...

Are you here to take me back?

I won't go back to the castle. I'm not going to listen to them anymore!

I'm not going to force you to come back.

Huh?

But there's one thing I must tell you, Master Alec.

Old man, are you going to tell Alec the truth?

Don't do it! What's the point of telling him now?

I'm afraid I have to.

Alec-sama may be young, but he's still the heir to a distinguished lineage.

The fate of the court rests on Alec-sama's shoulders.

Please hear me out.

Master Alec, I've kept it a secret all these years, but you are actually...

I know. I'm the General, right?

So you already knew.

I was never allowed to step outside.

And whenever I tried to, they put me in the discipline room.

That always made me wonder...

How come people let me do anything I want

but won't let me go outside?

That must be because I am General Daion!

This is the crown you were meant to receive at the ceremony today

as the symbol of the General.

Please take it.

Useless!

Alec-sama!

That nonsense is the reason I could never go outside!

Alec-sama, Colonel Mekira has captured many of the retainers as traitors.

And...

Old man, you're not telling him to go to Kouchin, are you?

When he's already suffered so much because of adults playing politics?!

No, it's quite the opposite.

Please run away from Kouchin!

Huh?

And I beseech you, warriors of the Ninku, please lend General Daion your strength.

Alec-sama, as the General, please make the decision to escape!

Old man, you're okay with that?

Absolutely.

Kouchin's ambitions must be stopped!

That'd be a problem for me, though.

Mekira!

No way!

Will something happen to the people from the castle if I just leave?

Damn, they're using hostages! That's dirty!

Alec-sama, please don't hesitate and just leave!

The noble lineage of the General must be carried on!

Gramps...

As the General, if I turn myself to Kouchin, you'll all be spared.

Right?

I'll go to Edo Castle!

Alec!

Are you okay with that, Alec?

You never wanted to become the General, right?

Then what, Fuusuke? Should I just stand back and watch my people get slaughtered?

But...

Thank you, Fuusuke.

Gramps!

As the General, I cannot heed your request!

Everyone, you must value your own life!

That's an order!

Master...

I will now head to the Capital

and do what I have to do as the General!

Alec-sama...

Not quite, Soukan.

From this day forth, I'm no longer Alec. I'm General Daion!

Sir.

Now! Release my people in exchange for me, as promised!

I'm counting on you all to protect the town.

Yes, sir, General Daion!

Looks like our work here is done.

Not yet, there's one more thing.

If we threaten them with the General as a hostage,

we can capture the three Ninku as well.

Mekira-sama, state your orders.

Mekira-sama!

Our mission is complete.

Why?

Silence! My orders are absolute.

Mekira, you...

Don't get the wrong idea here, Ninku.

I'm merely returning the favor.

Next time we cross paths, I will kill you!

Back to the capital!

Alec...

Alec!

You love balloons, don't you? Take this with you!

Fuusuke!

Fuusuke!

Alec!

Alec...

One day, I'll bring peace to this land and save you from Kouchin's clutches!

When that happens, we can ride in a plane together.

Ah, nakushita chizu ni wa kaite nakatta

Ah, the map I lost didn't tell me

Ah,

na

ku

shi

ta

chi

zu

ni

wa

ka

i

te

na

ka

t

ta

sou, ashita ni aeru basho ga

where I can meet tomorrow.

so

u,

a

shi

ta

ni

a

e

ru

ba

sho

ga

Ah, zenbu tebanashite miageta sora de

Ah, when I let everything go and looked up into the sky,

Ah,

ze

n

bu

te

ba

na

shi

te

mi

a

ge

ta

so

ra

de

ima taiyou ga unazuita

the sun gave me a nod.

i

ma

ta

i

yo

u

ga

u

na

zu

i

ta

kokoro dake wa itsumo hadashi de itai

If nothing else, I want my heart to stay barefoot.

ko

ko

ro

da

ke

wa

i

tsu

mo

ha

da

shi

de

i

ta

i

ame wa kitto niji wo tsurete kuru

Rains always bring with them a rainbow.

a

me

wa

ki

t

to

ni

ji

wo

tsu

re

te

ku

ru

sora no namae omoidashite

Let's remember the name of the sky

so

ra

no

na

ma

e

o

mo

i

da

shi

te

ude wo hiroge yonde miyou

then open our arms and call it out.

u

de

wo

hi

ro

ge

yo

n

de

mi

yo

u

tsubasa hoshigaru koto wa mou shinai yo

I'm not going to wish for wings anymore.

tsu

ba

sa

ho

shi

ga

ru

ko

to

wa

mo

u

shi

na

i

yo

kaze wa kokoro de umareru

I'll find wind within my heart.

ka

ze

wa

ko

ko

ro

de

u

ma

re

ru

Fansub Credits

Translation: E_B & convexity

Translation Check: convexity

Timing, Typeset, Encode: Eternal_Blizzard

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Karaoke: Shujin0

Special Thanks: CP, chichiri, ronahn

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I hear the familiar sound of a piano inside a wrecked ship.

Could it be that Kisumi is there?

Is he here to fight us?

Don't do it, Kisumi!

Why do we have to fight one another to the death when we're comrades?!

I don't wanna do that!

Next episode: The Cape of Feng Shui!

Looks like we're in for another tough ride!