Ashi Girl (アシガール)

This is the story of the tumultuous life of one particular foot soldier.

That person single-mindedly charged through the Sengoku wilderness

so they could continue to protect the person they held dear in their heart.

But that person had a secret.

That foot soldier was actually a high school girl born in the Heisei era.

Take this.

My younger brother is on the other side. And my mother is a doctor.

They will definitely save you, without fail!

Your real name...?

Hayakawa Yui.

- Who's that? - More like, what's going on?!

He's injured!

This is odd...

According to the time machine's rules, he's supposed to return to this world after 3 minutes.

But it's already been an hour and he hasn't come back at all.

Why not?

Could it be that he just died like that in the Heisei era?

Wakagimi~ Your Gramps is back!

- W-What is this? Wakagimi! - What happened here?

- Soan! - Yes, sir!

- What have you been doing! - Well, I...

Wakagimi...Where did Wakagimi go!

We searched all over the castle but there's no sight of Wakagimi anywhere.

What a load of twaddle and tripe!

A single person can't just disappear into thin air!

Then, as we thought, he was abducted by Koyama?

The attack on Wakagimi was most likely Koyama's work as well...

What should I do? This is getting more and more out of hand.

This is why I told him we shouldn't do peace talks!

And now things have turned out like this...

Apparently, Koyama's side is saying they know nothing about Wakagimi's whereabouts either.

Isn't this Koyama's doing?

Sa...Sakaguchi-dono...

That guy...

We at Koyama do not make careless mistakes.

At Yoshida Castle Tadakiyo will be...

I heard about Tadakiyo-sama's injury and came to offer my sympathies.

Well, how is his condition?

As if you don't already know

How insulting.

This castle is in Hagi territory.

You think we would dare stage an attack on Tadakiyo-sama in a place like this?

I really want to say that he's the culprit!

But it will be bad if a battle breaks out while Wakagimi isn't here.

If you have any doubts about us, then, by all means, you're welcome to confine us here

so that you may scrutinize us until you're completely satisfied.

Grandfather. why are you letting them just simply leave?

The defenses of the castle tonight were flawless. Which means...

someone from our side must have helped the assassin get in.

Until we figure out who it was,

we can't recklessly start a fight with Koyama!

Nice, Gramps!

Anyhow, confirming whether or not Wakagimi is safe and sound is our first priority!

Wakagimi is surely somewhere! He must be alive!

- Find him! - Yes, sir!

- Go! Find him! - Yes, sir!

- Find him! - Yes, sir!

Fin- Wakagimi!

That's right. I'm sure Wakagimi is still alive.

Just one month...I just need to hang in there for another month and wait for him.

But what could have happened?

When he disappeared he definitely should've been transported to the Heisei era by the time machine.

Wakagimi-sama!

Isn't he bleeding really bad? And why is he in a kimono? Just...why??

For now, let's hurry and move him to the treatment room. Give me a hand.

- Dad! - Right, right.

Takeru, Take care of Wakagimi for me. Yui

Now that Wakagimi's dying, she's shirking him off on me?!

Are you awake now?

Everything's okay now. Take your time and rest.

- Take care of the rest for me. - Yes, Ma'am.

Um...Can I help you?

What is your name?

- Well...It's Yoshie... - And I'm Eri.

Lady Yoshie and Lady Eri, I've caused you great trouble.

We're not worthy.

An arrowhead that was stuck in a body.

A kimono that a teenage boy was wearing.

And a letter from Onee-chan.

And the conclusion that can be derived from these possessions is...?

Yui time-traveled to the Sengoku era and then sent an injured military general to us in the present

so that we could heal him!

Amazing.

You came up with the truth using just your intuition.

As if that could actually be true! Answer us seriously.

I'm sorry.

- He guessed right. - What?!

Onee-chan wound up going to the Sengoku era using a time machine that I built.

She won't be able to come back here until a month has passed.

Did you understand that?

Explain. Preferably in Japanese this time.

Then allow me to give you the full explanation.

And that's how it is.

Then what about Yuinosuke? What happened to Yuinosuke?

Ahh! Don't do that! You can't get up yet.

My sister is fine.

She's waiting in the other timeline for you to come back.

A month here is a mere 3 minutes over there.

It only takes up a very short period of time.

So you can just relax and take your time recovering here until the next full moon.

450 years. This is unimaginable.

I ended up becoming mesmerized by him.

Dear Onee-sama, You always did have a big thing for pretty boys, didn't you?

But as for this castle and those women in white that keep wondering about,

if they're not part of the afterlife, then this may indeed be 450 years in the future.

Have I successfully gotten it to make sense to you?

It doesn't make sense.

Really? Then how can you be so calm like that?

When I don't understand anything, I make a face like I understand everything and say nothing.

And when I can't see something, I keep silent until I can.

Making a big scene over it would be foolish.

I see. Spoken like a true Sengoku military general.

By the way, what is your name?

He switched to using a word for "I" used by samurai I'm...I am Yuinosuke's younger brother. My name is Takeru.

You're Yuinosuke's....

Takeru...

That's a good name.

Live up to it.

Yes, sir!

Wakagimi's wound was closed up without a hitch.

I tried putting it on just as you told me to.

Not bad~ Could you look over here real quick?

You understood how to put it on surprisingly well.

You even did the jean zipper.

This person helped me with that part.

The taxi is here. Just to be on the safe side, let's get an MRI done for you, okay?

I am much obliged to you all for your care.

With that being said, let us commence departure.

Yes, sir!

Well, we tried going but,

- to no surprise, it looks like the cars were a little much for him... - I bet...

Wakagimi was stiff as a board the whole time in the taxi.

So we ended up just coming right back home.

He's lying down in Yui's room right now.

I guess it's so much for going all out and making fried stuffed lotus roots tonight...

He's looking at all the katakana words/slang that he can't understand.

- Cheers big time, man... - Whatevs

Straight up, this guy's no joke.

BOOM!

Don't you be dissin' me!

You royal pain in the ass!

What a precarious book.

Hoi!

How is it that that weird T-shirt that Onee-chan gave me for my birthday

actually looks good when Wakagimi's the one wearing it?

Mm. It's good.

I'm glad.

Hoo boy, the satisfaction you get when he's pleased by something...

I feel like I can somewhat understand how his retainers must feel now.

By the way, Takeru.

Since my wound is mostly healed now, I'm thinking I'd like to be on my way back to the castle soon.

...Pardon?

Is Kuroha Castle far from here?

He didn't understand the situation at all, did he?

There's no helping it. Telling someone that they traveled 450 years in the future using a time machine,

even I can't really get my head around it.

That's indeed true.

About Yui...

Since it's her, I'm sure she must be fine...

but I can't help worrying.

What should we do?

For starters, I'm going to take Wakagimi to the castle ruins tomorrow.

I think there's nothing that's going to convince Wakagimi other than showing him the reality in person.

And what are you going to do if he asks about all the people that lived in the castle?

If you tell him that his whole family is going to die out soon...

If it were me, I wouldn't be able to handle it.

You can show him the castle,

but you mustn't tell him that he and the entire Hagi clan will be wiped out within this year.

Okay.

Oh my~

How can it be so perfect on you?

Is that my school uniform?

It's not like you ever wear it.

I knew it would look good on you!

You just wanted him to wear it for your own viewing pleasure.

Listen up. You're in charge of protecting Wakagimi. You got that?

I keep becoming indebted to you.

Well, then. Let us commence departure.

Yes, sir!

- Who's that? - He's super hot!

Aneue-sama is a very formal and dated way of saying "older sister" Aneue-sama, Wakagimi's cosplay

is making the high school girls fall for him one by one.

Say, Takeru. Is that okay?

Huh? The high school girls?

I've decided I want one. Give me one.

W-What? That's a bit...

I can't just get one for you.

I know.

But they really are quite fast.

Ahh. You were talking about the cars.

At first, I was so bewildered by what they were that I couldn't even ask about it.

But they're actually really great. I wonder how they're able to run so fast like that.

C'mere! What're you tryna fight it for, huh?!

Please stop...

What's that?

Ah. You shouldn't get too close.

- Let's just go. - We can't do that.

If that continues, that person will..

It's too dangerous.

Stop, please! Someone, help!