Ishura (異修羅)

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This way! Hurry!

- - Over here!

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- What's going on? - Are you all right?

W-What...

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Nagan Labyrinth City

This is the story of the first one.

Episode 1 Soujirou the Willow-Sword

However, for Yuno the Distant Talon,

it begins with a memory, of a classmate named Lucelles.

Minia Yuno the Distant Talon

Huh?

Word Arts.

A general term for techniques

that use the force of will ingrained in language

to distort natural phenomena,

functioning without regard to the speaker's race

or native linguistic system.

Word Arts can only be used in this world.

In the world of those we call...

- - ...visitors, there is no such power.

Yuno!

Hey, are you busy today?

Well... No, not really, I guess.

Uh...

I need your help. Can you teach me Force Arts?

Huh?

My help?

Yeah. You're really good at it.

Well, I guess out of all the arts that we've studied, they're my best.

- Then I'm counting on you. -

Yeah?

Uh... Okay.

We lived in Nagan Labyrinth City.

A city full of scholars and explorers

that was built around the Great Labyrinth of Kiyazuna,

the self-proclaimed Demon King.

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- - We got it!

I can't believe it came out of the Great Labyrinth.

It was probably chasing one of those bandits.

The seal! Shoot it! Find its life seal!

Like this, you mean?

From Lucelles to the stone of Nagan.

Scales of the sky. Waves of red grain. Dance.

- - You're a natural already.

You do know that's poisonous?

Huh?

And that's how Sephite of the United Western Kingdom

became Queen of the Central Kingdom too, creating Aureatia.

Ah.

Yuno, do you have a crush on anyone?

W-What?

Hmm.

The Great Labyrinth.

They say it holds so many secrets and relics,

that even if we search all our lives, we'll never unearth it all.

Right.

No matter who you are or what you've been through,

the path to glory is open to everyone.

There's no need to be scared anymore.

The True Demon King is dead.

The age of fear is over.

Now, the two of us can dream of a future filled with glory.

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But the future that came was this.

Lucelles...

It hurts...

No. No...

Stop.

Please help--

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No...

No!

We should be together.

I should have...

I should have died too.

Nobody understood.

None of us had any idea.

The True Demon King had died but...

it wasn't the end.

No! Just make it stop!

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From Yuno to the Arrowhead of Fipike.

Index finger axis. Lattice star.

Exploding sparks. Spin!

- - Huh?

What?

How did something like that kill you?

If that worked, then Lucelles-- I could...

I could have saved her!

I could... I could have saved her.

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From Yuno to the Arrowhead of Fipike.

Index finger axis. Lattice star. Exploding sparks. Spin!

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Go ahead and kill me...

Come on.

You'll kill me no matter what I say, right?

Well, that's fine with me! Kill me! I wanna die!

You hear me? I Want to--

Gotcha.

- So, you're trying to die, are ya? -

- Hey. -

I asked you a question. Do you wanna die?

Y-Yes.

No.

What is your deal? You know, you're gonna miss out.

For humans like us, this is right when things get fun.

Uh... Did you say fun?

Yup. Once you've lost absolutely everything.

There's no more baggage telling you what to do, or where to go.

Sounds fun, right?

All of this...

It shouldn't be possible with a beaten up practice sword.

Wait...

Are you a visitor?

So you call us that here too?

Well, call us whatever you want.

Whole thing's boring.

It can't be...

You destroyed them all?

So this world's got machines too, huh?

What'd they call 'em? Golems?

Well, they're no match for my sword.

- No match for your sword? -

I guess these leaves here aren't edible?

That's right.

Bundleroot grass is poisonous.

Yeah, sure seems like it.

You gotta have some food on you, right?

You should run away from here while you still can. You have to go.

It doesn't matter how strong you are, this place is doomed.

- There's nothing you can do! - All right, take it easy.

Why would you say this place is doomed?

You're asking "why"?

Are you blind? Look at that!

Do you think you can kill that thing with a single sword?

The Great Labyrinth itself turned out to be one massive golem.

Someone must have built that monster as a weapon to defeat the True Demon King.

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You really got nothing to eat?

I'm fine with grass, bugs, whatever.

I still haven't had my breakfast today.

I... I have some rations.

But they don't really taste like anything.

You know, talking to you kinda sucks.

All right, calm down. Just gimme whatever you've got

and we can call it a trade.

A trade?

I'm gonna take care of that huge pile of metal for you.

I was just gettin' around to it anyway.

Looks fun, right?

Very fun.

Who...

Who the hell are you anyway?

Soujirou Yagyuu, of the Yagyuu Shinkage-ryu.

I'm the last one. The last Yagyuu on planet Earth.