Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (刀剣乱舞-花丸-)

The year is 2205 A.D.

To annihilate the History Retrograde Army, who scheme to alter history,

we, who were born from swords,

engage in mortal combat today as well!

Hey, are you listening?

Touken Ranbu Hanamaru

"This anime is about the stories of the Hanamaru days

of a certain group of Sword Warriors in a certain citadel."

Evening of June 5th, 1864 - Kyoto

Hurry, Souji!

This is a Shinsengumi raid!

Souji!

Souji!

Souji!

Souji!

1 - Uchigatana Kashuu Kiyomitsu

Kiyomitsu?

So I was dreaming?

Dreaming?

It was when Okita-kun wielded me at the Ikeda Inn.

Hey, don't go selfishly changing history!

I, Kashuu Kiyomitsu, was the sword he took with him to the Ikeda Inn.

Yeah, I know.

But why did I have a dream like that, then?

Jeez. It's your first morning since coming to the citadel,

17 - Uchigatana Yamatonokami Yasusada

so hurry up and get ready. We're going for a walk.

You're right.

Hang on, I'll go wash my face.

It's so cold!

What?

I'm sorry!

13 - Tantou Gokotai

4 - Tantou Maeda Toushirou

11 - Tantou Yagen Toushirou

8 - Wakizashi Namazuo Toushirou

3 - Tantou Imanotsurugi

I'm sorry.

I-I'm sorry.

At least now you won't have to wash your face.

Your reaction speed is surprisingly slow.

Kiyomitsu?

Wh-Why you!

16 - Ootachi Ishikirimaru

You should run, too, Ishikirimaru-sama!

Spirited as usual, Imanotsurugi-san, but it's dangerous to be running right now.

It's fine, just hurry up!

Eh?

Hold it!

9 - Uchigatana Kasen Kanesada

What a wonderful smell.

You handle a kitchen knife beautifully.

Thank you.

It's because my former master,

12 - Tachi Shokudaikiri Mitsutada

Lord Date Masamune, did a lot of cooking.

Despite being a daimyo,

when guests would visit, he'd entertain them by cooking for them himself.

Shokudaiki—

Wait!

6 - Uchigatana Hachisuka Kotetsu

What a wonderful morning.

14 - Uchigatana Yamanbagiri Kunihiro

You're up early, Hachisuka.

Going somewhere?

Ah, Yamanbagiri?

Well, the splendor of a Kotetsu shines most brilliantly in the mornings.

Hey!

Our eyes!

What is the point of that?

My old man—oh, when I say "old man" I mean Minamoto no Yorihisa,

anyway, he brought down a nue!

10 - Uchigatana Souza Samonji

15 - Tachi Shishiou

Do you know what a "nue" is?

It's basically a monster.

Found you!

Gracefully!

Is he a monster, too?!

Did you think you could touch me?

The age of the sword is over.

My former master, Sakamoto Ryouma, used to say so, too.

7 - Uchigatana Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki

The future is guns!

Practicing with guns rather than swords is way more useful for actual combat.

Close one!

If I'd shot someone outside, I'd be pretty screwed.

I, Hasebe, will care for these crops

entrusted to me by our master with utter devotion and complete responsibility.

2 - Uchigatana Heshikiri Hasebe

I will care for them with complete responsibility—

Wait!

You brats!

I won't stop at just killing you!

Purify and cleanse.

Assemble!

Why are you so tired?

There's a number of things I want to say,

but you can't vandalize the field.

What on earth were you doing?

Having a snowball fight.

It's cold, and Yagen said we won't get enough

exercise lazing around during New Years'.

What?

This is my fault?

That's not fair, Namazuo-oniisan!

Honestly, since Yamatonokami-san joined us last night,

we've wanted to play with him.

Is that so?

It is.

I-It was a snowball fight.

While it's commendable that you told the truth...

Who cares?!

Have you all forgotten your duty?!

Listen, we are all swords in the first place.

Here he goes again...

The duty of a sword is to fulfill the responsibilities given to us—

Why don't we make a snow hut next time?

Hey, you guys!

Okay, okay!

We know what you're trying to say, Hasebe-san!

I am the sword that protected Lord Yoshitsune.

Please don't underestimate me.

I'm Sakamoto Ryouma's sword!

Yasusada and I are Okita Souji's swords.

Yes, Okita-kun's.

Ah, when you talk like that...

Talking about our former masters, huh?

No matter how many conquerors' hands I pass through,

I am just a bird in a cage.

Okay! Enough talk of the past!

Do you understand why our master, the Sage, gave us human form?

To protect history, right?

That's right.

The Historical Revisionists formed the History Retrograde Army

and began carrying out attacks in order to alter history.

Our purpose here is to suppress this army.

In other words...

In other words?

There's no time to play around in the morning!

We never know when our master will order us out to battle,

and we must always be perfectly prepared

How unseemly.

to execute those orders at a moment's notice at any time!

All we can do is leave him be when he gets like that.

Oh, Aoe-san.

I was hoping to play and throw some snowballs, too.

Damn you!

Don't just show up out of nowhere and complicate things!

You'll get more wrinkles if you keep getting angry like that.

5 - Wakizashi Nikkari Aoe

Smile with Nikkari.

As if!

And why are you late, anyway?!

Did you not hear the assembly bell?!

He's completely unaware of his surroundings.

Those History Retrograde Army guys...

Don't they get that there's no point in changing history?

It'd just cause other problems, right?

True, but we were just swords in the past.

But hey, now we have hands and legs, and eyes and mouths, too.

Plus, our memories from when we were swords.

That being the case...

That being the case?

I'd want to go see my old man.

If that was all, that'd be fine.

But then, you'd want to give your owner

one or two pointers on the best way to go.

You mustn't do that.

How long have you been there?!

That sort of thing is forbidden,

since there's the possibility that you could alter history.

That would be bad.

But, what would happen in the unlikely event that we do change something?

What would happen if we changed history?

I can't picture it.

I, too, only just arrived recently,

but that is the fifth time I've heard that speech of Hasebe-san's.

I've been here since the start, and I've heard it dozens of times.

We must keep in mind the reason we are here.

Ah, Ishikirimaru-san!

Namazuo-san, what is this?

Horse manure!

Now you've got good luck!

B-Big news!

It's the History Retrograde Army!

Touken Ranbu Hanamaru

Ah, you've messed up the room again.

Right... What?!

An emergency message from the government?!

The Retrograde Army is going to the Ikeda Inn?!

According to what Konnosuke told me, a formidable enemy is gathering.

Obviously, there's no choice in an emergency.

We must cut down any enemy if you order us to.

The names of the six swords who will be dispatched are written in here, right?

We should choose the strongest line-up, since we'll be going to the Ikeda Inn.

My name is written inside here, righ—ah, no, never mind.

Please excuse me.

Please summon me again any time.

I am my master's attendant.