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!

That's not that cool, is it?

Touken Ranbu Hanamaru

"This anime is about the stories of the Hanamaru days

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

Finally...

Please let me know the moment you need me.

You're being too noisy!

Hey!

Master!

I handled it myself.

In four hours, one of them will appear!

Wh-What?

Finished.

It looks pretty nice.

What do you think?

It's cute, isn't it?

Hey. You can compliment me more specifically, can't you?

Don't my nails look a little different than usual?

The color... is different!

Yes, that's right.

This kind of effort is necessary,

if Master is going to use me more.

Because you're making yourself cute?

Of course it is.

Even you must prefer cute things over non-cute things, right?

That's why I was the first one to step foot in this citadel.

I'm grateful to Master for that.

But,

I might not be loved by Master for much longer.

Why?

So, what did you want to discuss?

When you invite me to join you for a bath,

you usually want to talk about something, don't you?

The dinner menu? I think omelet rice—

That's not why.

I'm not worried about the dinner menu today.

It's about Kara-chan, who joined us last week.

Ookurikara?

33 - Tachi Ookurikara

I don't plan to make friends.

That's true.

No one's going to get near Kara-bou if he's got that attitude.

Hopefully something changes his mind.

It's raining?

It's really coming down.

It's a shame that we have to hang these up indoors, where they won't dry well.

It's because there's still a lot of unwashed clothes.

If anyone is dispatched today, they'll just have to go out in half-dried clothes.

Half-dried clothes would be troublesome.

Then why don't we all have some tea?

Well, should we just go borrow from someone?

Battle clothes?

Are you okay with wearing something that isn't yours?

I'd make it work if they fit.

All right, let's go search for someone with lots of battle clothes.

Hey, are you leaving without putting these up to dry?

My pride and joy!

I have tons of Aizen Myouou T-shirts!

You've made Aizen Myouou fat!

Who was that?

I heard a ripping sound just now!

My body is pretty big,

so I guess that might happen.

He can't fight like this.

He looks like a little kid.

I told them to stop.

I told them I wouldn't go along with it.

I'm sorry, Shokudaikiri.

Oh, there's so many, Nakigitsune.

Why are there so many?

You can feel his fastidiousness.

Ah, don't just go touching them!

I see now.

This makes us look exactly like male employees of a service restaurant.

Male employees of a service restaurant?

What's that?

It was written about in a book called a "magazine" that I received from Master once.

They were called hos-something-or-other.

But, I recall that they worked at a service restaurant.

Kasen-kun?

Please let me explain.

So, exactly what kind of shop is it?

I believe they specialize in hospitality.

Hospitality?

It was a friendly shop providing enjoyable hospitality for its guests.

Most likely.

A friendly shop?

I'd love to take him to a shop like that.

Who?

Kara-chan.

Ookurikara?

Ookurikara-dono?

Ookurikara?

That's a good idea.

He's being difficult, as you all have noticed.

I want him to get along with us.

That's a bit...

I'll be taking back my clothes, then.

D'oh...

Apparently they've become rather fond of those clothes...

Why don't we at least give it a shot?

We'll provide hospitality to Ookurikara as these

male employees at the service whatever.

Understood.

Fine.

Are tea and dumplings acceptable?

If Shokudaikiri insists.

I'm pretty confident in my hospitality abilities.

Thank you.

If that's settled, then it's time to get ready.

Hospitality.

What should I do?

Don't worry about me.

Come on now.

Welcome!

Is this torture?

We'll start with this.

What is this?

Just try to imagine what kind of flower is blooming.

Wha?

Uh...

Well, this is something that Sen no Rikyuu did, and it was praised as incredibly elegant.

Rikyuu-dono got a lot of praise for it...

Maybe this elegance was too soon for them.

I feel as though I've failed.

My former master was one of many disciples of Sen no Rikyuu.

Forget about what just happened.

I'd like for you to drink some genuine green tea.

Not you.

Lord Nobunaga was also a master of hospitality.

He would give his guests rare and unusual fruits.

Now, be sure to eat up.

It's so thin!

Now then, it's my turn.

I thought I'd provide hospitality with a lively conversation.

Lively Conversation

Hospitality

But what are they expecting from a copy like me?

Copy Like Me

Expecting

But I have to say something.

A lively conversation!

No, it wouldn't matter if I spoke.

Hey, what's the matter?

Providing hospitality is my responsibility.

Do you dislike foxes?

Foxes?

Animals have healing abilities, you know.

It's not bad.

This sound...

I'm sorry that it wasn't exactly a song.

Lord Date Masamune's wife, Mego-hime,

apparently used to play the koto quite often.

This sound...

I remember it.

It was a kind sound.

He smiled.

He did.

Lord... Masamune?

A person without knowledge of cooking is the owner of a poor heart.

Food that has been lovingly prepared by one's own hands

is the best form of hospitality.

I see.