Ninja vs. Gokudo (忍者と極道)

I dunno why, but... I have a bad feeling about this.

I don't want you to end up like Grandpa Kai, Nodo!

Let's make big bro Yuzawa happy and get these to him pronto.

'Kay!

- Ow! - Sorry.

You okay, kid?

If you misbehave in the underworld,

I'll exterminate you!

You guys...

Take it!

Yessir!

Kiwami...

Give power to the gokudo.

Kousei Yuzawa, a yakuza of great humanity and justice.

He's the most unremarkable of the Eight Gokudo of Destruction.

You could say he's the weakest.

But that's precisely the reason

that if he kills a ninja, hope will shine on the future of the gokudo.

This is a battle between the weak and the strong.

- Will the strong devour the weak? - Ah, Kiwami!

Or will the weak sink their teeth into the strong?

If you're going to eliminate someone, you boldly state your name.

That's underworld etiquette.

I'm Nodoka Matsumoto of the Eight Imperial Ninja.

To avenge my master and uncover the secret of the gokudo,

I will burn you gokudo alive!

Stop right there!

I am Kousei Yuzawa of the Eight Gokudo of Destruction.

To avenge those gokudo that have fallen,

I will take your life, ninja!

Here he comes, men!

Let's do this!

Yeahhh!

Shinobi Hand : Blade of Darkness.

Spectacular Bloom of Blistering Heat.

Die!

The lead slugs...

Like Valentine's Day chocolate...

The heat is simply too intense!

What? What the hell is this?!

Keisuke... Takashi... Butcha...

Did you get away safe?

You guys... you guys...

Live!

You guys coming outta that door means

you're gokudo, right?

Oh crap, oh crap!

This guy's a ninja!

Right?

Even I can tell he is.

He's a monster on a whole other level from regular punks.

Ah... I...

I'm dead.

You...

You've never killed anyone, have you?

I got no time for a novice like you.

H... Huh? He's letting me go?

A... Ah, thank good--

I heard your kumicho got whacked by the ninja.

You got a family to go to?

Dunno... I'm gokudo.

I live on the fringes of society, going nowhere fast.

Maybe I should just bow down and die.

You damn idiot!

Screw what society thinks.

The direction in which we face... That's forward for us gokudo.

Don't you dare hang your head, Keisuke!

Look up and live life head-on.

Big bro Yuzawa.

No!

Huh?

I... If I run from you, I won't be able to face big bro.

To face forward!

This is what facing forward means to me, ninja!

I won't let you pass, even if it kills me. No frickin' way.

I'll protect big bro Yuzawa!

You're a good guy.

Okay, then.

You die!

I wanna join up with my friend too.

I'm dead serious about that.

I'm Shinoha Tanaka of the Eight Imperial Ninja.

I'll show you my ultimate respect and resolve.

I'll kill you with love, gokudo!

I see. That's right.

I'm Keisuke Ikeda, apprentice to the second generation Takemoto family.

Being killed by love would be an honor.

Let's go all out, no holding back.

Come on, ninja!

Suck on this... Shinoha!

Nice punch there.

I felt your soul in it, Keisuke.

'Course you did, Shinoha.

Iron-hard punches and iron-hard defenses.

That's my gokudo skill.

Iron Arms of Manly Fortitude.

Praise me, big bro Yuzawa.

I'll beat this ninja.

I've got your back, big bro.

Blade of Darkness : Ora Ultimate Penetration.

When something's iron-hard...

you just smash through it.

His nonstop strikes hit dead center over and over.

My arms... My iron arms...

They can't take it.

Big bro...

Hey, big bro Yuzawa...

Thanks, for real.

Keisuke...

You were a tough opponent I came to love.

Eradicated.

Big bro Yuzawa.

Live.

I killed them, Grandpa Kai.

I'll kill the gokudo who killed you, too.

Count on it.

I... It's a good thing I made...

those severed heads.

The pool of blood helped douse the flames.

Don't underestimate the gokudo, ninja!

Until I avenge Takemoto kumicho,

and restore honor to the gokudo...

There's no frickin' way I'm going down!

No way...

The gokudo I just torched are still alive.

Impossible! Normal humans couldn't withstand this.

That's it!

That's the secret behind how a gokudo killed a ninja.

I see now.

I finally get it.

A tiny scrap of skin.

He shot out tiny scraps of superheated skin

and set us on fire.

The Flame Ninja's body is probably uniquely adapted to handle extreme heat.

And he floats in the air using updrafts from that heat.

So then... how do I kill this guy?

This is all I have left.

The Seki Dagger, a birthday present from Kiwami.

Talk about impressive.

The blade survived the intense heat.

This is all I need.

I have to let Shino and the others know about the gokudo's secret.

I have to kill this guy and tell them right away.

Kiwami. Takemoto kumicho.

I'm gonna kill this ninja.

I'm just gonna keep moving forward.

That's it.

Always forward... forward...

Forw--

So, this is it?

So be it.

Kiwami, give me strength.

Harakiri? Why?

That fired me up!

Now I can kill him!

Th... This gokudo...

He's a raging inferno.

The Takemoto Family specialty : Tower of Men.

Wh... No way!

Crap!

Big bro Yuzawa! Now!

Finish him!

Damn fools.

Thanks, you guys.

March of the Yakuza Liner.

Advance and attack!

So, this is... the gokudo...

I've had a good life.

Everyone!

A fitting way for a true man to go down.

Right, Kousei?

Takemoto kumicho.

I followed in your footsteps and did my best.

It was tough. Agonizing.

But I upheld your teachings and kept moving forward.

Kumicho.

Kumicho!

I can't...

die yet... not yet.

I have to tell Shino and the others the secret

of how the gokudo could kill a ninja.

Not yet!

There's no way I'm gonna die just yet.

"I want to die."

That's what I always thought. Until that day.

When I couldn't endure my family's abuse anymore.

When the director of the orphanage tried to kill me and sell my organs.

When my mind is in turmoil, my whole body burns.

And it sets everything on fire.

This body. This life. I've had enough of it!

Hey, you!

You sure you wanna die looking like that?

Man, that's hot.

L... Let go of me!

Even I can't stop these flames.

You'll get burnt.

This fire is nothing. I'm used to Grandpa Kai's special hellish training.

I heard some asshole gokudo

were using an orphanage as a front to sell kids' organs, so here I am.

What a pain in the ass.