Samurai Reincarnation (魔界転生)

"A SWORD BRINGS FORTH THOUSANDS OF LIVES."

"A SWORD KILLS THOUSANDS OF LIVES."

"WHEN DEVILS ARE BROUGHT FROM HELL,

THE SOULS OF THE DEAD COME BACK TO LIFE."

SAMURAI REINCARNATION

HELL EPISODE 1

SHIMABARA, PROVINCE OF HIZEN

About 350 years ago...

as the Tokugawa Shogunate banned Christianity,

the Christians in SHIMABARA revolted.

Led by Shiro Amakusa, they fought for over 90 days and lost.

The Shogun's 120,000 soldiers annihilated 37,000 Christians.

To exaggerate their achievements,

the soldiers split the rebels' heads and announced that they took 45,000 heads.

The soldiers celebrated their victory.

SHIRO AMAKUSA

SHIRO AMAKUSA

God!

Almighty God! Creator of all nature!

Behold. Look at the bodies of your believers!

Why did you remain silent?

They prayed desperately.

Why did you refuse to answer, seeing this terrible battle?

We fought for over 90 days.

We kept fighting for God's kingdom and God's law.

We praised you day after day in vain.

Men and women, young and old, even little children prayed.

As we suffered from unimaginable hunger,

we still prayed under our weakened breaths.

The souls of my poor brothers!

I Pray for you.

May you peacefully reach the Heaven's gate!

But I no longer...

want to knock at the Heaven's gate.

We shall part here tonight.

I bid you farewell.

Listen, God! From now on, I forsake my faith in you!

In your teaching and mercy! Leaving everything behind...

I shall take a journey of vengeance for my brothers!

You, in the darkness of evil! Poisonous snakes! Devils from Hell!

Emerge here and lend me your evil hands! Appear before me, this instant!

Vengeance is mine. Help me and you will be rewarded!

"Elohim, Essaim... i implore you...!"

Welcome, devils from Hell!

Come into my body and give me your power!

I, Shiro Amakusa...

shall burn this country with the fire of anguish and hatred!

I shall make this scene of carnage,

reappear in the eyes of the Shogun who massacred us!

HELL EPISODE 2

KUMAMOTO, PROVINCE OF HIGO (KYUSHU)

LORD HOSOKAWA'S GRAVEYARD

I am addressing myself to the spirit of Lady Hosokawa.

Please come out and show yourself from the darkness of your grave.

Please possess the body of this young woman for a while.

Decayed body, wake up from your sleep.

And answer my prayer, made under the name of God.

"Elohim, Essaim, I implore you." "Elohim, Essaim, I implore you."

Who is disturbing my peaceful sleep?

Are you the spirit of Lady Hosokawa?

My name is Shiro Amakusa.

-Why did you call me? -I want to make your wish come true.

To live in this world again.

Stop the nonsense.

I have no interest in living in the mundane world again.

But Your Highness... that is not true.

What?

Holding a bitter grudge, you must be still wondering in Hell.

What?

Despite your reputation for chastity and piety,

your married life was in shambles as an estranged wife.

How dare you!

Also, you had to die, completely against your own will.

Silence! How could you speak such nonsense!

Damn you... Let me rip your mouth off!

Damn you!

Calm down, Lady Hosokawa!

No wondering spirit can cross this Ring of Solomon.

You cannot even take a single step in.

Be honest with yourself!

How vexing!

So you know the secret regret in my heart.

Yes, it's true that I cherished my life in this world.

Not to mention the beautiful flowers, and singing birds.

I even looked at the mirror all day, admiring my own face.

I enjoyed every moment of my life as a woman.

Until my husband...

until my husband began to love other women!

Come here!

-Please let me go! -Come here.

You're praying again.

To my sacred wife, here is my humble offering.

Your god forbids having concubines, right?

Then, even though I like this woman,

I'll let my Virgin Mary release or kill her as she likes.

-This is not funny. -Why the hell are you calm?

Because you believe in a foreign god, you cannot even be jealous?

Why don't you show me your true sadness and anger like you used to?

-What are you waiting for? -My Lady.

Don't be considerate of me. Go there and comfort His Lordship.

What a virtuous woman! You are too good for me to even go near you.

Why don't you marry Jesus?

Please forgive me.

Please tell me.

Why is this world full of hardship?

I vowed to love only my husband for this life and the next.

But now...

Please rid me of the jealousy that is tormenting me.

If that's not possible...

at least, please let us die on the same day.

So that we will be able to go to Heaven together.

That's all I wish.

However, God ignored my only wish.

For the Battle of Sekigahara, my husband joined Tokugawa's army.

I was left in Osaka among the enemy, as a hostage.

We are losing. Please prepare to kill yourself.

Suicide is against God's will.

Then, as the lord ordered me, let me kill you.

What? What did you just say? When did he order that?

Was it when he left me in Osaka as a hostage?

Did he intend to leave me here to die?

-What are you saying? -Silence!

As the wife of a samurai, I've been ready to die.

But I didn't expect him to desert me... Who was my chastity for?

What was my perseverance for?

Kill me.

Go ahead and kill me. Hurry and stab me in the heart!

-Behead me! -Pardon me!

I do not believe Tadaoki, my husband, wished for my death.

He did it for the House of Hosokawa and his retainers.

Even so, I am still sad.

My life, that was cruelly cut short, cannot be returned to me.

That is why... i still cannot rest in peace,

and continue to wonder in Hell in this horrendous appearance.

I miss my husband so much.

I want to passionately make love to him once again...

to feel the sensation we shared when we swore our true love.

Shiro, did you say you could make my wish come true?

I'll keep my word.

Now, go in the circle.

-Shiro... have I returned to life? -Yes, my lady.

Tell me...

Tell me one more thing.

-Am I still beautiful? -Yes, my lady. Beyond comparison.

HELL EPISODE 3

ASO, PROVINCE OF HIGO (KUMAMOTO, KYUSHU)

I am Musashi Miyamoto.

I have walked the path of a swordsman since childhood,

founded the School of Two Swords, and fought over 60 times.

I've never been defeated.

But I am 62 years old.

My life's work is complete, now I am going to die.

Is this the rule of Heaven?

Otsu...

You were pretty and innocent.

I did nothing to earn your love for me.

But you never complained, and kept waiting for me.

I heard you died alone.

Forgive me.

Your love was a hindrance to my training.

I have fought.

If I beat one enemy, I looked for another.

Today, no one stands in my way.

Even the famous Lord Yagyu evaded my challenge...

saying that he was prohibited to fight as the Shogun's sword instructor.

I became the country's strongest swordsman...

Wait. Is that really so?

Did Yagyu really run from me?

Or could it be...

that he avoided me, because my two-sword fighting is provincial...

and I'm not worth fighting?

Ridiculous! Why worry when your life is about to end?

God knows that I have no regrets.

Even if I die right now, I have no regrets in my life...

No. No, no... Do not deceive yourself.

I realized just now.

Deep in my heart, I believe Yagyu is the best swordsman in the country.

Along with his son, Jubei.

Without fighting them, how can I be the best?

How can the School of Two Swords be the best?

"Praise Hachiman, the god of archery and war."

Please give me strength to fight again!"

The great warrior, Musashi,

true to your reputation as the strongest man.

Who are you? My name is Shiro Amakusa.

This is Lady Gracia Hosokawa.

We came from hell to take you there.

You came from hell to take me?

I've heard your wish to live once again.

I can aid your demonic reincarnation.

My demonic reincarnation?

Your strong regret is the key to be reborn as a devil.

Now, let us take you...

to the world of devils.

Mr. Musashi...

I understand your deep regrets.

Say it now...

that you regret dying without fighting the Yagyus.

Then... you can have another life.

Say it now...