Dororo (どろろ)

Please, no!

Please don't eat me!

Party is over

But I still wanna dance

I can't even sleep

Someday, one day my passion's fire will

From the beginning I knew

One day the flames would die out

Hey, I thought I didn't need anything

But even now, I'm so serious

Ah... I still have time to make it

Ah... but I'm gonna burn it up, baby

Sorry darling, it's not that easy

But surely it's not that bad either

Give me fire

Light it up, baby. I'm gonna burn it up, yeah

Party is over

Sorry darling Hurry up Ah... I still have time to make it

Sorry darling Hurry up Ah... I still have time to make it

Give me fire

Light it up, baby. I'm gonna burn it up, yeah

#10 The story of Tahomaru

There hasn't been any rain for 2 months now.

If this drought continues, it will affect the harvest.

The neighboring Asakura clan is getting restless.

We've gotten news that they've been quietly gathering an army at the border.

We should take action before they start a war.

That grave face...

It must be related to the secret Father is keeping from me.

Mutsu, Hyogo.

I need you to do something.

Don't let anyone from my family know.

"HALL OF HELL"

It must be that baby.

He's still alive and is trying to take his body back from you.

Answer me!

Just as I thought...

You done?

You okay?

Oh, jeez.

Anyways, that merchant says that the land is really rich there.

The people eat all the white rice they want even in these times.

Amazing, huh?

Let's go there next. We'll make loads of money and stuff ourselves silly.

Whole sea breams, dried abalones, manju steamed buns...

Manju?

They're soft, sweet, and so delicious.

You'll love them, just you wait.

I'd been wanting to ask you.

It's a family seal on that amulet, right? Is it your family's?

I've drugged him.

He'll answer anything you ask him.

My father has given you special orders, hasn't he?

What were those orders?

To find a baby that disappeared 16 years ago...

and the midwife.

Why is my father looking for a baby?

Because...

Answer me.

He tried to bite his tongue off.

Will he die?

No, the cut is not deep.

The drug must've weakened him.

Father, what is on your mind?

The Asakura clan is getting restless.

Is that all?

Father, why are you searching for a baby?

A baby from over a decade ago.

That headless Goddess of Mercy that Mother worships,

does it have anything to do with it?

Please answer me, Father!

It is none of your concern.

-Yet... -End of story.

How can you still be alive?

I'm surprised you found me here.

You always came here as a child whenever anything happened.

And we came for you each time.

Every time.

Young Master.

Let's go home.

When I was a child, huh.

I must still seem like a child to my father.

That's why he won't take me to war and keeps secrets.

I've never seen my father looking like that.

The matter with the baby must mean that much to him.

What's going on?

Please, have mercy on us.

Don't just leave us here to die!

Let go of me! Let go, or I'll...

What's going on?

Sir Tahomaru.

We were passing through this village on our way back.

They suddenly stopped us.

Please, save us!

The whole village is going to be eaten up by the monster.

Monster, you say?

A whirling current?

Ripples in the water suddenly turn into a whirling current.

The current pulls you in, and there's a huge mouth waiting here.

And it eats up our people, boat and all.

Many of our villagers have fallen victim to it.

A whirling current with a mouth...

It does sound like the supernatural.