Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers (鎧真伝サムライトルーパー)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday to you!

Okay, blow out the candles!

Happy birthday!

What's this about?

Ramaga told you, remember?

"Gai, you turn fifteen today."

We ignored it then, but it's a shame to waste a birthday.

Here. For you.

MISTER YAKISOBA NOODLES CREAM SODA FLAVOR, PINEAPPLE FLAVOR, CHOCOLATE BANANA FLAVOR, CHOCOLATE PARFAIT FLAVOR

Now this gets me all fired up!

I got you a retro game from the 80s.

Whoa!

I got you my favorite face massager!

You mean the one you've been using?

Yeah! Give your face a nice, good rub every day. Rub, rub, rub!

I'll pass.

What gives?!

It even cleans your pores!

Listen, nobody wants a massager some dude's been using.

Here. From me and Kaito.

"Rock Hara Junior College"?

But Kaito loves this!

Are you sure? He bit my head off when I tried to watch it.

Oh, really?

I just rummaged through his room and thought it looked good.

You don't mind, right?

Nah.

Seriously?

Hey, is it me, or has Kaito been acting weird since yesterday?

That bombshell Mr. Ujihara dropped hit him hard.

Oh.

It's no coincidence that you orphans were brought up here

nor that you've come together again after leaving.

It was all predetermined.

It's your destiny.

Ujihara...

This guy went through the same training I did.

For real?!

Samurai Troopers need righteous spirits and advanced combat skills to don armor.

You, in particular, were chosen to...

No! I'm losing control!

The mirror is about to possess me!

I'll record more when I'm myself again!

Yeah, that was a bombshell all right.

Who knew that Shion and Kaito were orphans, too?

We must now perform the ritual to invoke the Armor of the Supreme Emperor!

Now, Armor of the Supreme Emperor!

Rise again!

What's the holdup?

That's weird...

O Armor of the Supreme Emperor, awaken!

Come to us! Get over here! Pretty please?

Come on, little Supremy-wemy, what's the matter?

This is going nowhere.

Hey, why don't you ask that Sagume girl from before?

Don't call her "that Sagume girl"!

Still, I bet asking her would save time.

Y-You think so?

Oh, fine.

O Divine World! Reveal to me the path!

We have the Three Sacred Treasures,

yet the Armor of the Supreme Emperor eludes us.

Would you please deign to tell us why?

The Three Sacred Treasures you possess are not yet complete.

What do you mean by "not yet complete"?

The Sword of Domination remains little more than a Demon Sword.

To restore its rightful luster,

you require the aid of White Blaze.

White Blaze...

Go to its dwelling place.

There, the way will open to you.

What's White Blaze?

A sacred beast that saved Japan alongside the Samurai Troopers 35 years ago.

He was especially close with Jun.

Great. Where is he now?

He's gone.

White Blaze...

is dead.

I met White Blaze during the Demon Outbreak 35 years ago.

We overcame many trials together and strengthened our bond.

EPISODE VIII AGAIN

Even after the battle ended and peace was restored,

White Blaze and I were inseparable.

At home,

at school,

even at job interviews.

Were you nuts?!

Hence I could never land a job.

I'll bet not.

Then, on Nasti's advice,

I went on a spiritual training journey.

And again, White Blaze came with me.

I endured grueling ascetic practices

and gained a calling as a conduit between the Divine World and ours.

SENGOKU UNIVERSITY

But five years ago, while researching the Sacred Treasures at Sengoku University,

I heard a revelation from the Divine World, and...

What?!

What did you push him off for?!

That heartwarming story took a sharp turn into psychological horror.

I only did what the revelation told me to.

What exactly did it say?

No comment.

Whatever. You did it to save your own skin.

It wasn't like that!

Now, now. So, that's how White Blaze died?

No.

He came back in a second.

Wait, so he's alive?

Yup.

I ended up selling him to the head of a zoo for 30,000 yen.

Why did you say he was dead, then?!

I sold White Blaze!

I cut ties with him! He's dead to me!

Gimme a break!

But we need White Blaze to make the Sword of Domination count, right?

So we've gotta go anyway.

Well, when you put it like that...

Inmei, Gomei, Shimei, Gaimei.

I trust you know what must be done.

Please, allow me.

So, now Anayama has fallen...

Despite interference from the Divine World,

the plan is proceeding smoothly.

Emperor Ramaga, I beg your leave to ask a question.

Sasuke!

You commanded us to stand by

in order to obtain the Armor of the Supreme Emperor.

So tell me...

How was Anayama's death part of your plan?!

Because after the fact, I—

You be quiet!

The Armor of the Supreme Emperor will lead all the world to its doom.

However, Gai lacks the capacity to wield it as he is now.

So I shall use the Ten Warriors to discipline him

and create a Puppet worthy of me.

You would command us to sacrifice ourselves?

Not all of you.

You mean the Last Name Group?

If the Last Name Group were to defeat the prince...

I would abandon Gai.

I have no need of such a feeble Puppet.

Rock Hara Junior College rules.

Yeah, they get me all fired up!

Who said you could watch that?!

It's mine now, so what's the problem?

I already told you that was a mix-up!

What's your deal? I was just getting into it.

Lend me something else, then.

This is all I've got.

Rock Hara Junior College is a mystery idol group who could pop up anywhere.

They don't announce their shows, and they never archive anything.

It's a miracle a Commoner managed to record this one.

A "Commoner"?

It's what we call serious Rock Hara Junior College fans.

Then from today on, we're Commoners, too.

Don't you dare use that name lightly.

Damn it. Why now of all times?

Still not over being an orphan?

Doesn't it bother you?

I knew my parents and I weren't related by blood.