Blade of the Immortal

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MANJI:
Machi!

Big brother...

A rice ball.

Machi

that's a horse turd.

Put it down.

Machi:
Big brother!

YAOBIKUNI:
It's like

you're staring at your own sin.

Was it your fault?

You're on a wanted poster.

A constable

who killed his own Master,

a bannerman to the shogun.

And six other constables

who happened to be there.

You're ferocious.

Husband!

Unfortunately...

The sixth man was her husband.

I wanted to cut open my stomach

like a samurai should...

But if I did that, she'd be left

to die in the dirt.

It's hell.

It's easier...

When someone else decides life

or death for you.

Me...

I've been alive for 800 years.

I understand

how you feel.

Machi?

Machi, wait!

I've found you at last...

Manji.

Big brother!

I'm hishiyasu shido. I lead...

No one's asked your name.

Let machi go...

And I'll let you go.

Oh, you will?

Gee, thanks!

Like I'm going to let you go

with a reward on your head?

So drop your swords.

HISHIYASU:
Let her go.

Let the poor girl go.

Big brother...

I let her go.

She's dead, though.

I'll kill all of you!

Come and get me!

Not bad!

Put me down.

Put me down.

Go get him.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Time for you

to go find your sister.

You bastard!

Machi!

I'm sorry!

Crone...

Take one of these swords...

And kill me with it.

Machi's dead.

Life has no meaning now.

After you've killed

all these men?

How very self-centered.

MANJI:
Just do it, will you!

Ow!

What are you doing, damn it?

I said just stab me

and get it over with.

My name is yaobikuni.

And these are sacred bloodworms

born of the holy lama.

They will live inside you.

Blade of the immortal

50 years later

rin?

I do wish you'd take more

interest in cooking and sewing.

Our Mutenichi-Ryu school

licenses only one a generation.

If I want to be that one,

I can't miss even a day

of training.

Rin!

Can't you be more ladylike

when you eat?

I'm going as slow as I can.

Where did I go wrong?

I'd hoped

you would grow up graceful,

ready to partake of all the joys

of womanhood.

Just write me off as a failure.

Seconds.

Who the hell are you?

The Itto-Ryu.

We care nothing for schools

or styles,

and we use any kind of weapon.

Our only aim is to win.

So you're the ones

wrecking dojos all over edo?

We will destroy all the schools

and unite them in one.

Master asano...

You will either join with us,

or be destroyed.

Which will it be?

Nonsense!

Are you out of your mind?

Just so you know,

we've killed all your disciples.

You're the only one left.

What?

We believe

in fighting one against one.

If you wish...

I will stand against you.

Lightweight.

Master Anotsu...

What about those two?

Do as you like.

Don't touch the girl, though.

Sporting

with children is vulgar.

LADY TOKI:
No!

Mother!

Close your eyes.

Block your ears.

What happens now

will drive you mad.

YAOBIKUNI:
Girl...

Who is it that sleeps there?

RIN:
My father.

YAOBIKUNI:

Why isn't your mother here?

The day my father was killed...

She disappeared.

Ah!

And what do you intend

to do now, girl?

Find my mother...

And kill those men.

RIN:
Leave me alone!

That's why I train every day.

YAOBIKUNI:
Girl...

Hire a bodyguard.

There is a man somewhere

in edo who will never die.

Find that man.

RIN:
Would he be

in a place like that?

Man

are you manji?

Machi!

RIN:

Please! I saw you use a sword.

Help me avenge my father.

Who told you about me?

An old lady named yaobikuni.

She said you will never die.

She'll say anything.

I don't know where to find

the Itto-Ryu

but they attack other dojos,

so they're sure

to reveal themselves.

Please!

Go home before it gets dark.

There are bandits around here.

I'll pay you...

It's not about money.

If I kill just because you ask,

I'm nothing but a murderer.

How do I decide who to kill?

The Itto-Ryu...

Killed my father,

and took my mother away.

So...

In your mind this 'Anotsu'

is evil...

And you're good?

Uh?

MANJI:
How convenient!

Think.

If they're Master Swordsmen...

They won't kill without reason.

This isn't about logic!

Or good or evil!

I want you to kill them!

I'm desolate.

There were so many of them...

So...

Would you give anything?

Then show me.

If you're that desolate..

Then show me

how determined you are.

But...

MANJI:
What's wrong?

So it's all talk?

Don't get me wrong.

You're just a kid.

Wait!

There are bandits, I said.

I'm not doing anything.

I'll walk you back to town.

It's been a while.

Maybe on the way I'll find

someone to practice on.

SABATO:
"Like sand,

like long black hair..."

Like the brief flutter

of a butterfly o'er the sea...

Weeping in desolation,

I look at the sky.

All I am now,

homesick and dreaming.

"Kuroi sabato."

You've been leaving me

love letters

every month for two years now.

You're driving me crazy.

SABATO:
Ever since that night...

When you trembled,

weeping in my arms...

I have burned with love for you.

With these hands I will kill you

and make you forever mine.

For me, this is...

Love at its ultimate.

RIN:
What's that?

SABATO:
A lock of the hair

of lady toki, your mother.

The sport of my companions

left her wretched

in the extreme,

so I took the Liberty.

LADY TOKI:
Rin?

LADY TOKI:
Rin?

I'm here.

I'll kill you.

Kuroi sabato!

If I have to fall into hell

to do it, I will kill you!

Doesn't that send shivers

down the spine!

Against a girl young enough

to be your daughter?

SABATO:
Keep out of it.

This is our magic moment.

Don't you walk away from me!

Where is Anotsu Kagehisa?

Tell me or you die.

RIN:
Manji!

SABATO:
You were careless.

I've trained myself

to twist my shoulders

all the way around.

So let's have

no more foolishness.

Get your dirty hands off her!

What are you?

A monster?

You're lucky. You can die.

Manji! You healed up!

MANJI:
Bloodworms.

That old cow put them in me.

They keep me alive.

I find it

pretty disgusting myself.

MANJI:

This isn't the time to cry.

If you want revenge...

You need to beat these.

Tomorrow you start training.

All right?

Yes.

But if you want a shoulder

to cry on,

borrow mine for a bit.

Why is the man who leads

the Itto-Ryu...

Hiding out away from town

like this?

I went to

great pains to find you.

I'm told many men seek my head.

Master Anotsu...

Why have you brought

the Itto-Ryu to this?

In a time of peace,

fencing schools are only a way

of making a living.

I believe that

only those dedicated

to making themselves powerful...

Deserve the name "swordsman".

I wish to break down...

The barriers between schools.

I see.

My judgment seems

to have been correct.

As it happens, Master Anotsu...

We wish to start

a fencing school

for officials of the shogunate.

We would very much like you and

the Swordsmen of the Itto-Ryu...

To serve as instructors

in this academy.

On certain conditions.

"Conditions?"

That the academy

will be named "Itto-Ryu"...

And that I am appointed head

of the academy.

If I were not sure

of my abilities...

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