Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (刀剣乱舞-花丸-)

The year is 2205 A.D.

To annihilate the History Retrograde Army, who scheme to alter history...

...we, who were born from swords,

engage in mortal combat today as well!

"Touken Ranbu Hanamaru S2"

How about some after-breakfast tea?

"This anime is about the stories of the Hanamaru days

of a certain group of Sword Warriors in a certain citadel."

This is...?

That's... Osaka Castle...

Ichi-nii...

Brother...

Ichi-nii!

Brother!

I gathered some horse dung...

Huh? You don't need any?

Oh, are you a newly arrived friend?

Pleased to make your acquaintance.

"50 - Tachi, Juzumaru Tsunetsugu"

I am one of the Five Great Swords of Japan, called Juzumaru Tsunetsugu.

Ka, ka, ka, ka, ka!

I am called Yamabushi Kunihiro.

Nice to meet you!

Oh, are you copying sutras?

How pious of you to follow the way of the Buddha.

Do you also?

Yes, but one that is different from yours.

There is not just one way of the Buddha.

That is true.

I want to be so strong that I can blow everything away with a smile.

I train day and night to that end.

That sounds quite interesting.

Today, I also intend to seclude myself in the mountains and fields to train.

May I join you in your training?

Ka, ka, ka!

Of course.

Sounds interesting.

Can I go, too?

Yes! There are paths that can only be seen with many people.

Huh? Why am I here, too?!

Well, you are responsible for the new Sword Warriors, aren't you?

Then, why is Doudanuki here?

I heard you guys were doing some bodybuilding, so I came along.

Ka, ka, ka!

Then first, let us aim for the top of this mountain!

What? We're gonna climb the mountain?

Jeez, all right already!

Kashuu, we are not going that way.

Huh?

This is the way of the Buddha!

What?!

Let us go!

Let us apply ourselves to our training.

This is a worthy opponent!

Wait...

You've gotta be kidding me!

It has gotten a bit warmer, hasn't it, Uguisumaru-sama?

You're right. It is a good season to drink tea now.

You two.

Have you seen Yamabushi?

I wanted to ask him to help with the chores...

He said something about training in the mountains.

He went off to train again?

Yes, along with the others...

"Ka, ka, ka, ka! It's time to train!"

he said, and left with Juzumaru-san and Doudanuki-san--

Oh, Nikkari-san and Kashuu-san were there, too.

Yamabushi's training, huh?

Is something the matter?

I joined Yamabushi for training before...

Ka, ka, ka, ka, ka...

...but it was a state of madness.

If things don't go well, lives could even be lost!

To talk about losing lives during training is not very peaceful.

I wonder if Kashuu-san and the others will be okay?

You... aren't going to say we're climbing this, are you?

Come, let us go!

Ka, ka, ka!

What's that?

I can't lose either!

I'll climb and train and the same time!

What?!

Anyway, it'll be hard to go further with these sandals.

I have tabi here. Do you want to use them?

T-Tabi?

They have a grip on the bottom, so it'll be easier to climb.

I guess I'll borrow them, then.

Is what you want...

...these regular tabi?

Or these golden tabi, rather, these gold-tabi?

Time to go, I guess...

I'm finally here...

Good work.

Huh? How were you so fast, Nikkari?

I took the easier alternate route to get here.

"Alternate Route"

What? No fair!

Next is the conclusion of our training!

Don't tell me we'll be training under a waterfall?

This is a splendid waterfall.

But I don't like getting wet...

I have clothes for you.

Well then, is what you want...

...this white garment,

or this golden kimono, I mean, gold--

All right!

Time to go, I guess...

Who will go first?

I will go.

Juzumaru Tsunetsugu, as my waterfall training is slightly different from the usual,

make sure to prepare yourself.

Here I go.

Then I will, too.

Namu myouhou renge kyou... Namu myouhou renge kyou...

Here I go!

Roar,

my muscles!

Haja kenshou!

As expected of one of the Five Great Swords of Japan.

That was excellent, Juzumaru Tsunetsugu!

I was a little surprised.

Next, Kashuu! How about it?

Huh?

If you can overcome this training,

then you may receive strength to allow you to face any crisis!

Strength, huh?

Okay already, I'll do it!

Strength to face any crisis!

To face... any crisis...

I can't do this!

I'm so cold...

I warmed this up for you.

No thanks, I'm fine.

You can't fight or train if you're hungry.

Let's eat.

It was my first time undergoing such intense training.

Ka, ka, ka!

There may also be a way of the Buddha

where you see, feel, and do things differently from what you normally would.

Yes, I feel like new teachings have opened up.

Challenging everything to continuously better oneself.

We are weapons, so it's fine as long as we become stronger.

Stronger, huh?

Come, will you have some of this rice porridge?

Yamabushi-dono.

Will you allow me to join in your training again?

Of course!

Now that our stomachs are full,

let us run back to the citadel!

Training doesn't end until you're home, huh?

Just what I wished for.

I'm looking forward to the way back, too.

Enough with the training already!

Honebami, you look sleepy.

Yeah.

You have to make sure you sleep properly.

It's because you were snoring on top of me, Brother.

Sorry, sorry.

But this room is getting kind of cramped, huh?

I'm going first.