Hell's Paradise (地獄楽)

I can't see anything, but...

I can sense it. The little guy's in trouble.

I was able to sense her tao then...

because my blood blurred my vision in one eye.

Because I couldn't see, I relied on my senses.

I gouged out one. The other's blurry.

Well... I can't see a thing.

But I can sense it clearly now.

You really are an incredible woman.

You have my thanks.

This is starting to get interesting!

Hell's Paradise

A faint flower was blooming unnoticed by anyone

Not a burning red, but flickering serenely in red

I've been pausing for a long time dragging my past at my feet

If I break free from this ambivalence,

will I be able to bloom by its side?

The future is slipping away between my fingers

What mistake did I make to pay this price?

Always hurting myself

and hesitant even to a small joy

I want to stop now

The flower just bloomed in dignity

and that was all I needed to be happy

I just wanted to protect this one flower

Wishing to be strong, I

picked up the vulnerability I had once cast away

Can't break free from the ambivalence

In ambivalence, I become myself

Like rooting strongly into the soil

like swaying ephemerally to the wind

I'm slowly loosening myself to bloom

Hell's Paradise

Chrysanthemum and Peach

In a world without war, conquering it with a sword is a pipe dream.

But that didn't stop me.

I sought to become the fastest, sharpest, and strongest swordsman.

I wanted only one thing.

To cut down every powerful warrior...

and live forever by carving my name into history.

How are you so strong, old man?

You're skinnier and slower than me, so how?

Tetsunosuke, you're too greedy.

You want to be everything because you're young.

Thicker, harder, hotter, faster.

You've lost focus.

Not everything a person eats becomes part of them.

Eat too much, and it'll pass right through you.

It's fine while you're young, but cut back once you get older.

Cast off everything you can and look closely at what's left.

You'll find everything within that.

Don't go wider. Go deeper.

Flip it on its side, and it's the same.

I never get what you're saying.

Sakataya Rice

Back then, I didn't understand my master's words.

You bastard!

You'll pay for this!

Are you okay?

So I traveled around the country.

But I understand now.

The more you accumulate, the harder it becomes to see yourself.

The less you have...

the better you can see.

You've made me even stronger.

Wow!

But...

that won't kill me!

Then I'll spend my whole life!

An eternity!

Forever and ever!

Cutting you again and again!

How romantic!

He's determined.

But if this becomes a battle of attrition...

we'll lose.

Even if he can see her tao, he can't kill her without the hindering effect.

Wood

Fire

Earth

Metal

Water

Tao Fa's attribute is wood.

My metal attribute could kill her,

but I can't use tao well enough to be effective.

If we wait too long, Gantetsusai will die of blood loss.

What should we do?

Restoration is a flow that supports yours.

Hindrance is one that halts it.

What are you doing? Move, Little-emon!

Is this what you're into?

Hindrance kills Tensen because it prevents their tanden from regenerating!

In other words,

as long as I'm touching her tanden immediately after it's destroyed,

the effect is the same!

Cut her, Tamiya Gantetsusai!

What?

Naturally, you must cut as close as possible without cutting me.

It would be child's play for an Asaemon.

Is it too difficult for you, Blade Dragon?

I'll do it!

Honestly, it's nearly impossible to be precise with these eyes.

At this rate, I'll cut the little guy, too.

Cast off everything you can and look closely at what's left.

You'll find everything within that.

Wow.

There you go, Little-emon. Child's play.

Ju Fa...

Without hindrance, this never ends.

But we don't have time for this.

I'll have to use that.

Don't do it, Brother.

Let's kill them together.

You're right.

Did you really think you'd survive turning against us?

You fools don't consider consequences.

Consequences?

No matter the riff-raff ahead or behind me,

I just crush whoever gets in my way.

I count on him to stand at my side.

That's all I need.

You may be livestock, but I can agree with that.

Two is enough.

Ju Fa, help me!

I'm sorry, Tao Fa.

I got heated and left you by yourself.

You and I belong together.

We'll crush them together.

Hell's Paradise

Ju Fa and Tao Fa, you are two as one.

We're all family,

but you're special.

I more or less understood.

Nobody else fears the Soshin or doshi.

They take their studies seriously, too.

But Tao Fa fears the Soshin, and I don't really like studying.

Nobody really cares if one of us gets hurt,

probably because they don't die.

But I don't like seeing Tao Fa get hurt at all.

That's probably because you have someone you care about.

We feel our own pain, but we can only imagine the pain of another.

And you imagine it because you care about them.

Imagination is the source of anxiety and kindness.

It's just harder to notice with bodies like ours.

Ju Fa, we're all playing over here.

Tao Fa.

Shall we go?

We have plenty of time.

We can take our time studying together.

The first change was Rien.

They are Hoko. Prototype Tensen.

They were sent to live outside the castle.

Use them to replenish your lost tao.

Replenish?

You will begin your proper training now.

It's the reason you were created.

Ran will study doin.

Mu Dan will study shuten.

Gui Fa will study shuitsu.

Zhu Jin will study taisoku.

And...

Ju Fa and Tao Fa will study bochu jutsu.

This is the reason I raised you together.

I know this is sudden, but it can't be helped.

You'll focus on your studies and teach each other.

The kindness disappeared from Rien.

I don't want to use the Hoko.