Hell's Paradise (地獄楽)

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

Hell's Paradise

I'm slowly loosening myself to bloom

Love and Karma

Everyone, support my brother.

Screw that. I'm taking the monster's head.

That won't kill the Tensen.

I know that! It's an expression!

Just do as my brother says!

Shut up, man-woman!

Idiots.

Stay back, idiots.

I'm stuck defending.

Brother!

I said stay back!

I can't block all the tentacles and spores.

Damn it.

When they're combined, they attack twice as much.

The runt and old guy suck at using tao.

Toma's tao won't hinder them.

But my tao hinders Tao Fa's, and I've got something in mind for Ju Fa.

I'm the only one who can kill the monster.

In the case of water tao,

objects containing it, such as chestnuts, soybeans, kidneys, or bladders,

can be gathered and fermented to produce tao-infused spirits.

Write the subject's name on a perfumed talisman.

Yamada Asaemon Toma

The tao-rich catalysts will resonate,

allowing you to see the target's fortune and current state.

Chobe.

Yamada Asaemon Toma

Your brother's future bears an ill omen.

I'll do it alone.

I always have. It's not a problem.

Livestock.

I'll kill you.

Are you all right, Brother?

What?

This had better work.

It will.

See?

By strengthening my metal with your earth, we can hinder Tao Fa's tao.

So even two males are effective together.

It seems that way. Let's press them.

I'm going to kill that monster!

Piece of shit!

You're the piece of shit!

I said I'd kill the monster!

Stay out of our way!

Your wounds will open if they get wet.

I'll be fine, idiot.

My brother told us to stay back, so stay back.

I never even saw him argue back when we were bandits.

All he ever did was copy me.

Look up, idiots.

Huh?

They turned inside out?

They're switching from attacking to defending.

They're letting their injured half rest.

Cutting that will get us nowhere.

We'll have to destroy Ju Fa and Tao Fa's tanden at the same time.

Come with me, old man.

What?

We'll split up. Together, we'll kill Ju Fa.

I have a plan.

You guys kill Tao Fa.

The method you used earlier should work.

Very well, Brother.

What exactly should we—

You ask too many questions.

Ow. That hurts, Brother.

I'm leaving it all up to you.

Use your own head.

You can do that now, can't you?

I don't need any direction.

I'm counting on you, you know.

My plan won't work without the skills of the man unparalleled in eight provinces.

W-Well, in that case...

That's the face my brother makes when he commands subordinates.

You're desperate to defend yourselves.

I have some sympathy for that.

But they've grown more than you realize.

If you remain in that embrace, you'll crush each other to death.

I'll cut you apart.

Isn't that what you want? To die together?

Brother!

They're reacting to all four of us at once.

There's no opportunity to attack their tanden.

Little guy and man-woman, back me up!

What?

I'll create an opening for you!

What do you intend to do?

I don't know, but let's trust him.

Gantetsusai!

I'm fine. Let's keep going!

There's no way he's fine.

He's just acting tough.

Countless lacerations and contusions. Organ damage.

The back-to-back fights have him nearing his limit.

Toma!

Your tao is the key to my brother's plan.

Get it together.

F-Forgive me.

Forget it. Let's go!

We're all covered in wounds.

But if we miss this chance...

We cannot win.

It's ready, brats.

Gatecleaver Strike!

They're regenerating! Don't miss this chance, Toma!

Where is Tao Fa's tanden?

Bottom right! Direction of the dog!

Ju Fa!

No more. Enough.

Tao Fa!

They're still not dead?

I can't hinder them.

To kill them, we have to stop their regeneration

after destroying their tanden.

Brother?!

My secret weapon.

I'd actually planned to use this to kill the little fire shinobi.

But you can have it.

It's the tao-infused spirits they use.

I figured I'd swipe their water tao.

And my gut's never wrong.

It's working immediately.

The hindering effect is preventing you from regenerating.

You spilled everything you knew about hindering and tao.

Did you really think I'd changed sides?

Serves you right.

You'll die regretting picking a fight with me and my brother.

How distasteful.

Distasteful?

My brother is a supremely wicked man.

Hey, don't kill them.

Did you feel sorry for them, old man?

I said I'd be the one to finish off the monster.

This isn't fun for me at all.

I had fun, miss.

I'm sorry, Tao Fa. I... I...