Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko (刀使ノ巫女)

Today is the fourth day since a gigantic aradama

never seen before in recorded history has appeared.

The damage at the center of Sagami Bay has expanded.

According to the Special Religious Military Unit,

the death toll is currently at 1,089, while 864 remain missing,

and 15,246 are injured.

I repeat, the death toll is currently at 1,089,

while 864 remain missing, and 15,246 are injured.

It has been a approximately an hour since the

Special Religious Military Unit's special unit began their attack.

Nee-sama...

Katana Maidens

Episode 8 Day of Disaster

What should we do?

Yukari, behind you!

Th-Thank you.

Yukina-chan!

Yukina!

It's no good, she can't use her utsushi anymore.

Yukari-sama...

Yukina...

Minato, Yuzuki-senpai, Ema, Iroha-senpai, Sana,

you five take Yukina and retreat!

No, please!

You can't order a retreat because of me. Please just let me die here!

Yukina-chan!

I don't want anyone else to sacrifice themselves.

Kagari?

That may be, but it'll be a little difficult to retreat, don't you think?

She's right!

We have trouble ahead of us and trouble behind us. We might as well go forward!

We're so close to it, though.

No, we're not.

Huh?

The main body is likely deeper inside.

Then let's go and destroy it.

No, Yukari-sama and I will go on our own from here.

What? Why?

Wait, hey, what do you mean?

The aradama and Toji have been fighting each other for over 400 years.

In all that time, there have been three recorded

instances of massive disasters caused by the aradama.

Each time, a member of the Origami family, along with only one other person,

suppressed them using an inherited technique.

A way to suppress them?

There is one?

There is.

I just need Kagari's help.

This is the first we've heard of it.

Why didn't you tell us, too?

There's no time to explain. We will follow orders.

Yuzuki-san...

I will take command of the squad from here.

We will protect Yukina and retreat as quickly as possible.

No, Yukari-sama... Yukari-oneesama!

Kagari...

Minato, take the lead and secure an escape route.

Sorry, Yuzuki-san. I'm gonna go back them up.

Wait! There's nothing you can do if you go.

Ema, take care of things for me.

Minato!

Yukari and Kagari are both exhausted.

I can at least serve as the outrider.

Got it. Leave everyone to me!

Ema!

You know how Minato is, don't you, Yuzuki-senpai?

Exactly, it's a waste of time to try and stop her.

Then I'm going, too.

Sana-chan, things are pretty bad here, too.

Okay!

Are you okay?

Kagari, behind you!

Minato-senpai?

Why?

I don't understand how, but you can suppress that thing if you get to it, right?

Then...

I'll back you up until you do.

Are you crazy?

Do you have any idea why Yukari-sama had everyone go back?

If you have time to talk, save your breath.

Why are you always like this?

Kagari, Minato is right. Focus on the fight.

Frankly, you saved us.

But disobeying orders is a serious offense.

Aw, but it all worked out in the end, didn't it?

Across the bridge!

Minato...

The Great Disaster of Sagami Bay.

Twenty years have passed since that day.

It passed in a flash.

Hi, Sana-sensei!

President Maniwa from Osafune Girls' School?

You're Juujou Hiyori and you are Etou Kanami, correct?

Yes.

I can still remember that day as if it was yesterday.

I am here today because of both of your mothers.

Both of us?

That's right.

On the day of the disaster,

three members of our unit headed to Okutsumiya to suppress the great aradama.

One of them was my older sister, Yukari.

Another one was Hiyori-san's mother, Hiiragi Kagari.

And the third was Kanami-san's mother, Fujiwara Minato.

Eh?!

Oh!

Seriously?

Hiyoyon's mama was Kagarin, and...

Kanami-chan's mother was Minato-san?

Yes.

Why didn't you tell me?!

Well, you didn't ask me.

Besides, Fujiwara is her maiden name. She goes by Etou Minato now.

But she's your mother, right?

Didn't you ask her about her time as a Toji at all?

My mother never talked about those things.

But I get it now. My mother was a Toji.

Wasn't your mother your first sword instructor, Kanami-chan?

Yeah, she worked me hard every day, ever since I was little.

Minato-senpai was really strong.

She was the best I ever knew, and even stronger than Origami Yukari at the time.

Is that true?

Yes, Minato-senpai and Kagari-senpai were both incredible Toji.

The real heroes who suppressed the great aradama

at the Great Disaster of Sagami Bay were your mothers.

And we were never able to repay those heroes.

Kanami-chan...

There is something else I need to tell you all while we are here.

We have not yet completely vanquished the great aradama that appeared twenty years ago.

Furthermore, the great aradama has gained far more power since then,

and become much stronger.

We believe that it could cause a great disaster like it did twenty years ago

at any time.

Could that great aradama be the one that Kanami-chan saw?

Yes. Princess Tagitsu...

Who is now my older sister, Origami Yukari.

Nee-sama, you're all right!

Nee-sama, where are Kagari-san and Minato-san?

When the huge aradama that had possessed Enoshima disappeared,

the government and the Sword Administration declared the incident over.

They hid the existence of Prince Tagitsu, who was in Okutsumiya.

They concluded that the existence of an aradama

with such high intelligence would lead to confusion for the masses.

Of course, that was just the alleged reason.

Since one of the people making that decision

was none other than Origami Yukari herself.

That is why the tale of the vanquishing of the great disaster

that you all know is not the truth.

We were taught in school that it was vanquished by the six members

of the special unit consisting of the head of the Origami family, Yukari-sama,

and the current presidents of the five schools.

Yes, Hiiragi Kagari and Fujiwara Minato's names

were removed from the special unit's roster, which should have listed eight members.

Princess Tagitsu...

She never told us how she suppressed it.

Two years after the great disaster,

Yukari ascended to the head of the Origami family.

And those of us in the special unit

were installed as the presidents of the five schools,

since we were the heroes of the great aradama vanquishing.

Even then, Minato-senpai and Kagari-senpai weren't included.

They both had their lives, but they never returned to being Toji.

But they each made a family for themselves, and they lived their days in peace.

Shortly thereafter, the Sword Administration

and Special Religious Military Unit organizations grew much stronger

under Yukari's control.

As a result, damage by the aradama was minimized,

public opinion improved in polling, and new technologies were developed

one after another in cooperation with other countries.

But no one realized what was left behind twenty years ago.

Spirit Lantern

The significance of the situation...

It was seven years ago when Minato-san passed away that I realized the truth.

When she found out that Minato-san had passed,