Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- (火喰鳥 羽州ぼろ鳶組)

Gengo!

It's Shinnosuke.

He's dead!

Shinnosuke is dead?

How? When?

What happened?!

It was just a little while ago...

Okay, off I go.

Okay. Work hard today.

Right.

TORIGOE FAMILY GRAVE

It's been a long time, father.

I read your diary yesterday.

What you did each day. The fires you put out. What you ate.

You wrote everything down, which I thought was just like you.

You took your firefighting work so seriously.

But parts of it made me cry, too.

Good grief. You should've said what you were feeling.

If you'd talked a lot like me, we might've understood each other better.

I wanted to hear more from you directly.

About what was important to you as a firefighter.

That you really wanted me to be a firefighter.

If we'd only talked more...

Still, when it's important, I can't say what matters to me, either.

Maybe I got that from you?

I need to go.

I'll come back. And I'll bring Mother with me next time.

I'll tell the boss about what you said.

A fire?

It's not that far away. Shinagawa?

No, maybe Meguro?

That's...

Hidesuke!

For now, I guess I don't have a choice.

The smoke's too black.

It's not like a normal fire.

Oh, excuse me. Do you know where the fire started?

Daienji Temple on Gyouninzaka Hill.

And it was arson, they say.

Arson?

Gyouninzaka Hill is filled with visitors to Meguro Fudou Temple.

So many people could die.

C-Can I go now?

Oh, sure.

But first...

I'm Torigoe Shinnosuke with Shinjou Province.

Here's money. Can you go to our mansion and tell them to send all firefighters?

Y-You're with the Shabby Kites?

You set this fire, too, didn't you?

We have never set any fires!

Please.

Please tell them to bring everyone.

But... Wait! Hey!

The Niwa firefighters?

Ootani-dono!

Oh, Torigoe-dono.

I'll help, too.

Thank you. I know things are hard for you now.

Our men have headed to the temple,

so can you come with me to another spot?

Of course.

We've been told black smoke is rising from a camphor-wood tree,

next to a storehouse in Kamioozaki.

But we can't find the source.

The area around the storehouse is extremely hot, too.

Something's odd about it.

I'll go immediately.

OEDO FIRE SLAYER THE LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX

There are so many people around it.

Everyone! Move away from the tree!

We don't know what's wrong!

Who are you to tell us what to do?

Oh, I'm, uh...

He's one of our firefighters. Make way!

Something inside it is burning?

If we don't put the fire out, it'll spread to the buildings around here.

Bring water!

But what's going on?

What are you doing here?

What's wrong? Is there something inside?

It's hot!

Is this a backdraft building up?

A backdraft?

Yes. The door's been sealed with miso and mud.

Oh no.

Is this Foxfire's doing?

This barking... Dogs?

You want us to save your friends?

There are dogs inside?

So it seems.

Everyone! It's dangerous here!

Please leave the area!

Torigoe-dono, we've put out the fire in the tree.

We should get away ourselves.

No, we can't leave those dogs.

But what about the backdraft?

We have to wait until it burns out.

But the dogs will die if we wait.

You aren't seriously going to open it, are you?

Yes.

I'll save them, okay?

Are you insane? They're just dogs.

If you open that door, you'll die.

So what?

Even this dog is trying to face the fire to save his comrades.

I can't abandon someone like that.

And it's a firefighter's job to save lives.

Every life. Even if it costs you your own.

That's what the boss taught me.

But this is clearly a trap!

It's fine.

I've dealt with backdrafts before.

So I'll do it myself.

You guys evacuate the area

and get ready to save the dogs once the backdraft has dissipated.

Same to you. Get away from here.

Torigoe-dono.

If I open the door, both the dogs and I are dead.

I've learned enough to know that.

I can't break the roof open.

Is there another place the fire can spew from?