Dororo (どろろ)

Hey, Dororo.

Long time no see.

Oh, Itachi.

I've been looking everywhere for you.

Ta-da. Now show me the other half that you have.

That map...

Listen now, Dororo. Remember this well.

This is your papa's lifelong ambition.

Carry it on with you. And protect it.

Why do you have that, Itachi?

I know you have something like this on your back, too.

Hey.

Don't touch me.

You wanna see my back? Here.

See? No map anywhere.

Boss.

If it's not on his back, it's in his head.

He's our only clue. We're taking him.

Let me go, dammit!

You'll pay for this.

You don't stand a chance against my bro, you jerks!

Still a chatty little brat, eh?

Bro...

Betrayed this world

And it simmers within

Rupturing my innards

Swelling a reddish black

Until the sun burnt skin ruptures

There is a light in the depths of the seething darkness

Confirming each other's voices in the distance

As if to stroke with wet fingertips

I'd like to touch you one day

There is a light in the depths of the darkness

Confirming each other's voices in the distance

As if to stroke with wet fingertips

I'd like to touch you one day

#16 The story of Shiranui

Almost there.

Itachi.

Get to sleep. I got a job for you tomorrow.

You're going to fill in the other half of this.

The place you're headed for, is it...?

Yeah, the place old man Hibukuro hid the money.

What are you so surprised about?

I had an idea of what was going on even when I was under him.

The goods we stole from the samurai went missing now and then.

All good stuff worth money.

And I thought.

That may be the thief was actually Boss.

I kept my eye on him, waiting for him to slip up.

But you gotta hand it to him. That man never slips up.

After a while, I gave up.

I figured I was being paranoid and stopped thinking about it.

Then why...?

I became desperate for money.

That's when I remembered it. I decided to just give it a shot.

But Boss was long dead by then.

You two were the only ones who'd know.

I was heading for that temple where we last met.

No...

Yeah, I dug her grave up.

And I turned her over and saw this on her back.

How could you...

That's my mama...

You dirty bastard!

Dammit...

The dead can't use it anyway.

Feelings won't get you any money.

See that cape, Dororo?

That's Hakkotsu Cape.

It's where your papa hid the money.

Now it's time for you to do your part.

I'll give you a cut if you help out.

Don't you want some money?

You could eat all you want then.

Don't need it.

Your belly sure does.

That wasn't me, that was the horse!

Stop laughing.

Boss, how do we get there?

We can't get there by land.

We'll need a boat to cross over.

Whoa...

Must've been raided by brigands.

Boss!

The boats...

They've all been wrecked. Darn ruthless.

What do we do now?

Want some boats?

I got some. Where you going?

That cape.

Sure. But it's gonna cost you.

Just you? Where are the rest of the villagers?

All dead. The brigands got them.

Something's not right about him. We better not.

I'll pay when we get there.

Sure thing. Come on.

Itachi!

There ain't no other boats.

If he tries anything funny, I'll just kill him.

Get on in.

There.

Where are the oarsmen?

Who said we needed any oars?

What's going on?

What's that?

Sharks! They're pulling the boat.

Jiromaru and Saburomaru.

You named them?

Yeah, they're my family.

Sharks are your family?

That's right. See how powerful they are?

Crazy guy.

Curious about my arm?

Uh, yeah.

I fed it to Jiromaru and Saburomaru.

The poor things were so hungry.

He fed them his own arm? He really is crazy.

I don't regret it.

These two mean the world to me.

But now they've got a taste for human flesh.

They won't eat anything else.

I fed them dead bodies at first.

But I wanted to give them something fresh, so I snatched and fed them women and kids.

They grew bigger the more they ate.

They can devour a whole village now.

A whole village? You mean...

Yeah, there were no brigands.

I fed them all to my babies.

No...

We're getting further away.

So now you notice.

You fool.

Turn the boat around, now.

Jiromaru, Saburomaru. You two hungry?

Time to eat!

You...

B-Boss!

Help us!

They're no normal sharks.

Taste good?

I'll eat later.