Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu (活撃 刀剣乱舞)

Tell me, how sharp is my Honebami Toushirou?

I did it. I really did it!

I've taken down Ashikaga Yoshiteru!

My sword...

Episode 7 The First Unit

To us siblings, this is just a walk in the park, right, Brother?

You got that right, uh... Higekiri!

My name is Hizamaru! Higekiri is your name, Big Brother!

I'm only kidding.

Anyway, names don't really matter.

Hey, you two.

We're in combat now. Enough of the inane chatter!

Wow.

You're as violent as ever, Oodenta.

The newbie is taking this seriously.

I see.

Quite impressive.

Ootachi.

That's some fine swordsmanship.

But you've still got a long way to go. Yamanbagiri!

Hey, Mikazuki.

This is something you could've defeated by yourself.

Oh, I'm an old geezer, remember.

I should concede the stage to the youngsters.

An ootachi, with a single strike...

So this is the First Unit.

Everybody!

Everybody! Could you come this way, please?

This is...

Still giving off faint heat.

So it hasn't been too long since they were killed.

Wonder if they were killed by the Time Retrograde Army?

Ridiculous. We vanquished the Retrograde Army the second they showed up.

You never know. Some of them might've come before we got here.

Or maybe it was a battle between humans.

Either way, there's a pile of massacred corpses here,

and the Time Retrograde Army showed up nearby.

It's too soon to decide that as unrelated.

Why don't we recap our mission?

Roger that.

This is the directive we received from the master.

"An unprecedented amount of noise,

capable of breaking the wall of time, has been detected in Kyoto in 1565."

"You're to investigate it,

and protect history from being altered by the Time Retrograde Army."

I wonder what they mean by unprecedented?

Maybe a hundred or so will show up.

Hey, don't joke about it, Brother.

So, what should we do?

For now, let's head to the capital.

We'll gather some intel there, and come up with a plan.

The situation in Kyoto in this era...

Yes, the Eiroku Incident just happened.

After being manifested, have you come back to Kyo?

Actually, hardly ever.

Is that so? Then this should be nostalgic for you.

Since you and I both existed in Kyo at one time as the Ashikaga clan's treasured swords.

I already told you. I have no memories of anything before it burned down.

All I remember are the flames.

Oh, that's fine.

We'll just learn to get along again.

I see, so you were one of the Ashikaga clan's treasured swords, too?

So is Oodenta. And I'm somewhat related, too.

You exaggerate. I was locked up in the storehouse, that's all.

What about you, Yamanbagiri?

Treasured swords of the Ashikaga clan, treasured swords of the Genji clan,

the Five Great Swords of Japan. All prestigious swords of repute.

And yet, here I am.

Well, the captain has a lot on his mind. So don't worry about it too much.

Everyone!

I can see it. Kyo, the capital! Brother, it's Kyo!

Brother!

No good. I looked around, but no one else is walking outside.

Yeah. Seems a little abnormal for Kyo.

Could it be because of the war?

No, the war ended a month ago. And yet, it's so quiet. Pretty odd, isn't it?

Sorry to impose on you like this.

I should be thanking you!

Kyo is too dangerous now for me to go sell there.

But I thought the war had ended?

Now, there's a street slasher at large.

A street slasher?

Why is he still on the loose?

The thing is, even if you were to capture him, this street slasher...

The street slasher is the Shogun Yoshiteru?

Apparently, he hides his face behind a demon mask.

And he's the talk of the town in Kyo.

We heard about that, too.

When we finally got hold of someone,

we were told that he's been showing up night and day to slash people.

Those victims we saw this morning might've been the work of that slasher.

Wait a second, but that shogun was...

Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

By rights, he should've perished in the Eiroku Incident one month ago.

If those rumors in the capital are true, then history must've been altered somewhere.

But even if he really is alive, would he become a street slasher?

Well, it's not that far-fetched.

After all, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was a bloodthirsty man.

There are documents that say so.

Well, it's true that he was an oddball, but you wouldn't think he'd do something like that.

Hey, Mikazuki.

Unlike me, you remember, right? What kind of person was Ashikaga Yoshiteru?

I wonder.

Mikazuki.

So you're curious about your former master?

But listen, a person's true face is like the waxing and waning of the moon.

He'll turn into someone different depending on how you look at him.

The face I know probably doesn't tell the whole story about Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Right now, it doesn't matter what kind of guy Ashikaga Yoshiteru is.

But it's possible that this street slasher holds the key to the change in history.

We'll find out who this street slasher is!

Easier said than done.

It's not like there's anyone out and about this late at night.

It's no good. I don't see a single person.

It's almost time to meet up.

So nobody's back yet, huh?

Iron rust.

No, the smell of blood?

Are you the street slasher?