Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers (鎧真伝サムライトルーパー)

Temperatures are spiking in the city center!

GRACE

We're getting unusual infrared readings as well!

Look! Unidentified microwaves!

You sure kept me waiting, little demons.

Ryusei...

Excellent!

They don't count as people anymore if they're dead, do they?

I'm impressed, my prince.

You know Emperor Ramaga well.

Shion...

You know him?

Shion Ishida. He used to be a Samurai Trooper.

EPISODE IV COMBAT

What's Shion doing there?

Hey.

Remember me?

I don't know. Have we met?

Excellent!

You picked the perfect answer to piss me off!

What?!

This guy's not half bad!

Now's our chance! We're going in, too!

Stay back, wimps!

Huh? He's the only wimp here!

Who're you calling a wimp?!

You gotta be kidding!

He split into five!

They all act independently!

All of Saizo's copies are the real thing!

Then his power must be divided between them!

They all seem pretty damn tough to me!

Crap!

Hurry up and grab your weapon!

Is it me, or is he herding us together?

Like hell I'll fall for such tricks!

Kamanosuke! So you're still alive and kicking.

You know little old me would never go down that easy!

Humans sure are weaklings! Absolute garbage!

Okay, adding fuel to the fire!

Now this gets my blood boiling!

I can't move!

Nezu's paralysis?

It appears we'd best withdraw for now.

Those chickens got scared of me and ran.

Your legs are shaking.

Wait. Did you wet yourself?

'Course not!

This is just... sweat!

We're saved!

Thank you so much.

No prob! As long as us Samurai Troopers are around—

We only did what anyone would have!

Well? How's it feel to help people?

It's nothing special.

What's this all about?! Who asked you to butt in?!

Hey, what's the big idea?!

You couldn't have beaten them alone.

So we all teamed up, and—

You teamed up? That's rich, coming from the guy who abandoned his teammates!

Either way, if you'd finished off Chains, I could've taken the other one.

But no, you had to get sloppy!

I wasn't slacking! I just—

Ryu!

I can't believe that was enough to wear him out.

Give Ryusei this message:

Never get in my way again.

What's that black stuff on his neck?

When did this happen?

It's demon poison.

And it's not a fresh case.

Mirei, were you against letting Ryu join us as a Trooper

because you knew about this?

Yeah. There's no cure.

It just keeps getting worse.

Gai said he must have been poisoned a long time ago.

But how could that be?

The barrier kept the Demon World out of ours for over thirty years.

The barrier's been broken longer than you think.

Five years ago, demonic energy intensified,

and a Demon Gate reappeared.

The original Samurai Troopers assembled in response.

They sortied to slay the demons, and the gate closed.

What happened to the original Samurai Troopers?

We lost track of them in the Demon World.

What? You mean they're still there?

If they're still alive.

Two years later, we breached the barrier ourselves to look for them.

Ryusei and Shion Ishida were chosen for the expedition.

However, they failed to so much as set foot in the castle.

Shun! Tadayoshi! Seiun!

Shion! Fall back for now!

Are you nuts?!

You expect me to abandon them?!

Ryusei!

Just shut up and go!

So that's when he was poisoned.

But why's this Shion guy hate Ryu's guts?

I don't think he ever forgave Ryusei for leaving their teammates and saving him.

Putting Shion's life first at the time was the right call.

He developed the Weapon-Gear on top of being a Samurai Trooper.

What are you after?!

I already told you. I tried to beat the prince,

but how was I supposed to know he could use Nezu's paralysis? So I—

I'm asking Saizo!

Fine.

What is it, Sasuke? What has you riled up?

He's on secret orders from Emperor Ramaga

to pursue a different objective from the rest of us!

A-Are you hiding something from us?

Why did you steal the prince's demon powers?

How can the prince use Nezu's Sorcery?!

Why did you leave the prince free to run off and become a Samurai Trooper?!

That's enough, children.

Emperor Ramaga!

So be it.

I shall tell you my true goal.

Taro had an argument with Hanako and ended up killing her.

Did Taro do the right thing or the wrong thing?

He did the right thing, obviously.

Oh, come on! Talk about a trick question.

How do you figure?

Anybody would get that one right.

What do you want?

Doesn't fighting against the Ten Warriors bother you?

"All you see is your enemy. Destruction reigns supreme."

That's what we were taught.

It doesn't matter who I'm up against.

You must have started to rethink that, then.

Huh?

You helped me earlier.

I'd be dead if not for you.

I only did it 'cause we need all five of us to beat my dad.

You really do suck at lying.

And you really do piss me off.

Is there any way to cure what's wrong with Ryu?

The only chance would be killing whoever poisoned him.

The curse should die with them.

In that case, if we beat the Ten Warriors...

Assuming one of them did it.

Then we'll flatten the whole lot of 'em! Splat!

Tell us next time you do extra training.

I'm happy to sit it out if you'll let me.

Mirei gave me the schedule for the rest of our boot camp.

I figured I wouldn't get off so easily...

Mirei's handwriting! Mirei's scent!

Yama!

What?

What's that freaky thing?!

Bear!

"Join forces and defeat the monster." That's what the note said.

And is there any guarantee we won't die?

It'd sure be nice if there was.

Bear!

Oh, man! I wanted to **** a girl at least once before I died!

Quit yer gripin', virgin!

Hey! We're all virgins here!

Armor!

Wait. We are, right?

Right?!

What are we supposed to do now?

Commander Nasti.

They've returned to virtual space and resumed training.

I see.

I knew things would come to this sooner or later, yet I couldn't avert it.

How about some coffee?

Shion!

I see the coffee here still sucks.

Long time no see.

You've gotten prettier since I saw you last, Mirei.

This place is off-limits to unauthorized personnel.

Have a heart. I developed the Weapon-Gear, remember?

And I updated it!

Yes, yes. But if they're the ones using it...

Did you come here just to annoy me?!

No. In fact, I thought I'd help myself to the Jewel of Conquest today.