Sengoku Youko (2024) s01e09 Episode Script
The Mountain Goddess (Part 1)
1
Well, where should I begin?
You said Elder Daigan told you about us.
Yeah, he's an old friend of mine.
We can talk through
that stone of communication.
You said you were on our side.
I want to be friends with you.
With pleasure.
Shut up!
Ouch.
I don't like beating around the bush.
If you need something, say it.
We already owe you
for hiding us from the dragon.
I do have something to ask of you.
What is it?
I want you to wake Taizan.
Taizan?
It's that castle.
Dangaishuu's research institute.
Like me, Taizan is
a descendant of a mountain god.
But he was brainwashed by the Dangaishuu,
and now he's their minion.
But how would we wake Taizan?
That's easy!
You give it your all and knock him down.
No way, no way!
This battle
was a little rough, but not bad.
Thank you very much.
They beat us!
We lost, so we'll tell you.
Are they
Right, the answer is right.
No, it's left.
The ones you're looking for,
they went left.
No, they'll end up
by the fork in the road.
No, they've got to go straight.
We've been had.
They cast a spell of confusion.
I am sorry.
No.
It is not a bad thing to feel
a sophisticated spell on your own body.
Lead the way?
Yes.
The Dangaishuu created a barrier
that keeps me from seeing where Taizan is.
So I want you to take me to him.
And then I will be the one
to knock him down.
You will?
It's not a bad deal for you.
I'm saying I will take over
one of your three
great battles against the Dangaishuu.
Three great battles?
So that castle, Taizan, is one of those?
If the dragon is another
what's the last one?
Kuzunoha.
Kuzunoha?
By Kuzunoha, do you mean the fox?
Of course.
Why is Kuzunoha
It's quite a long story.
You also want to hear about
Jinka's fairy eye too, don't you?
Well, I can wait.
Then I'll start with a certain boy
who lived some decades ago.
The boy was born as the son of a merchant,
but he possessed spiritual power
and joined the Dangaishuu.
He had an interest in spells and tools,
and enjoyed research more than practice.
Then one day,
the boy was forced to join a hunt
for a certain powerful being.
That powerful being
was the Youko, Kuzunoha.
She was beautiful
as she stood beneath the moonlight
and the boy fell in love at first sight.
And what's more,
Kuzunoha fell for him too.
Elder sister?
It's nothing.
And what happened next was incredible.
The boy joined Kuzunoha's side
and he slayed the entire force he was with
by using spiritual transformation.
That boy's name is Yazen.
He eventually became
the leader of Dangaishuu.
Yazen? That old man?
So what happened with Kuzunoha?
She
What?
She is my mother.
My mom
What?!
So Yazen is your father?!
He is not!
I am older than him!
I am more than 100 years old!
No, but, wait
That means the Dangaishuu
is hiding that Katawara, Kuzunoha?
Of course not.
Yazen reported that
they had taken down Kuzunoha,
and he is hiding her himself.
And to this day,
he continues his research.
Research on
how to make Katawara into human.
Turning Katawara into humans?
So enhanced humans are actually
By-products of his experiments.
To Yazen, they're basically
a lighthearted hobby.
That's all it is?
I can't let him live.
Right.
I do not care about
my mother's involvement.
She is a woman who lives for love,
with no regard for right or wrong.
A just man will make her
a goddess of justice,
but if she shows up as a wicked queen
then I will guide her to her end.
Oh yes, that's the spirit. Good luck.
What's going on?
Crows?
My lady!
My lady!
We have trouble!
Oh my.
Good job, Rinzu.
Let me make my report.
Currently, the dragon is
attempting to break the curse
by meditating in the mountains.
Oh, really?
You crows did well, too. You may rest.
-Our pleasure!
-We'll do anything for milady!
Wait.
Is a report all you have to say?!
I love you.
I have no clue who you are,
but I love you!
Oh, you're a human
Let go of me.
Complete rejection
Why is there a human here?
I picked her up.
She's like my maid or apprentice.
Her name is Rinzu.
What is that?
I can see what goes on close to the cave.
Should we tease him a little?
Hello, Tanukichirou?
Hey, you, handsome man over there.
Would you like to play with me?
Senya.
Yes.
Tan-Tan-Tanuki
Oh.
I can't see, Master Jinun.
You're eight years too young.
Hey, look here.
It's a naughty lady!
It's all out in the open,
you can see everything.
It's fun to
tease someone so straight-laced.
Everyone on this mountain.
Distract the dragon to buy time.
In the meantime, I will train you three.
We don't have that much time.
I unraveled space and time
and bent your subjective time
until dawn tomorrow.
By then, we will unseal that fairy eye,
elevate your spiritual power,
and loosen
the strings of your consciousness.
-What?
-The strings of consciousness?
It's the power to shape your fate.
No matter how strong the dragon,
the fox, or the castle are,
you have no limit.
Where am I?
Now, we'll start with you
with the fairy eye.
Jinka, the apprentice of Kokugetsusai.
Do you know my master?
I know him well.
He's a pervy old man
who tried to bed me numerous times.
I scolded him every time,
which seemed to have made him stronger.
And he began to be called both
"Invincible" and "The Phoenix Killer."
In some way, one could say
I am your master's master.
Though, you really resemble Kokugetsusai.
You distance yourself from humans
but actually,
you're a very human-like human yourself.
Rinzu.
Yes, milady.
You and Jinka will fight each other now.
What?
If you win,
I'll curse him to fall in love with you.
R-Really?!
Of course!
Do your best then.
Death does not exist in this space.
Careful not to break your heart.
I may still be inexperienced,
but please be mine.
My arm
How?
Death does not exist in this space.
-Careful not to
-Here I come!
This axe and this space
is an illusion.
But an illusion
couldn't possibly make me stronger.
Goodness. Being too logical
will make things difficult.
Looks like Jinka will be
the biggest challenge among you three.
Cut it down, Arabuki!
This thing
So if I cut through and escape,
then the training will be over, huh?
Hey, you. Put more effort into this.
Don't be stupid. It's your lack of skills.
Is that so?
Guess I'll just have to
use the blade directly, then.
What? Don't tell me you'll
Hey! Stop! Wait!
Ouch.
It's pretty strong.
The rock or me?!
Both.
How's it going? Can you escape?
Are you the mountain goddess's
little sister or something?
I am a part of her that she cut off.
Katawara are able to do
so many strange things.
Well, I'll mostly just be watching,
so don't mind me.
I'm afraid that's distracting enough.
Could you go away a little?
If your concentration is that bad,
are you sure you can walk across the pond?
Look, over here.
My kimono's heavy
from soaking up so much water
Why do you keep getting in the way?
Because that's what training is.
So your distractions are a part of this.
That says a lot about you.
I'm pretty sure
I'm the nicest one out there.
This is what I meant.
Kah!
There's no end to them.
Senya.
Yes.
You may act on your own.
If you find Jinka Yamato,
you can take him down.
Show us that you,
the first enhanced human to have
1000 Katawara implanted in you,
can control your body well.
How old are you?
I'll give you this if you let me go.
It's a completely normal toy,
I haven't cursed it or anything.
Bye then!
Here!
A hammer?
A paw pad!
I told you not to go easy on him.
I am sorry.
This is going easy?
Please give up soon, okay?
Talismans?
Oh, right!
I forgot to tell you about your fairy eye.
Do your best to listen well
while I tell you about your eye.
W-Wait! You're doing it now?
Fairy eyes are
what we call eyes with special abilities
and strong spiritual power.
Carriers are
always born as a set of twins.
Twins?
There's one more beauty like him?!
Hah!
Why are you getting worked up?
M-My apologies
But you didn't even blink.
Could it be that you already knew?
So you've gone to see him.
At the Yamato house.
So you saw him, did you?
A boy with a face identical to yours
living happily with his parents.
It's so sad.
Yes, it is sad.
If twins with fairy eyes are together,
they easily attract bad Katawara.
That's why you were separated.
On Kokugetsusai's advice and guidance.
So that's why I was sent to him
Don't hate them.
Your parents, your master, and your twin.
Why?
Why did it have to be me?
Why me?!
While I was exhausted from training,
my brother played.
The mountain hut was freezing,
but the Yamato lived in a big manor.
They seemed so happy.
Why me?!
You are so young.
And so human.
You can't accept your circumstances
so you want to become a Katawara.
It is so human of you.
Don't stop, Rinzu.
Yes, milady!
Let me tell you this.
Twins with fairy eyes share a life.
If one twin dies, so does the other.
You attract Sawari and share a life.
What you get in return for those negatives
is a few special abilities
and spiritual power.
And they're sealed away,
so you can't even use them.
You are unfortunate.
Unfortunate
Think back on your life.
There's been nothing good in it.
Nothing but hardships.
Abandoned, killed,
and you lost everything.
But I had friends.
I got a sister.
I met dimwits and optimists.
They died and were born.
Yes, it was hard.
All of it was hard.
But it was hard
because I was not unfortunate!
It's
Yes.
Only you can decide
if you are fortunate or not.
Whether you laugh or cry, hate or love,
you should do what you want.
The key to unsealing them
is for you to forgive
and accept your own existence.
What do you see?
What do you want to see?
With your eye that is not unfortunate.
What I
I can tell.
Those talismans are powerless.
And because I know
What do you think?
This is the power of your fairy eye.
This
This light.
The source of these lights is the same.
Humans and Katawara are the same.
I can't cut it.
Hey, mountain goddess.
What is it?
The training is for me to escape, right?
If that's the case,
then we can fly, right, Arabuki?
Does it count if I go over this way?
Spiritual power is created by
your consciousness and your imagination.
You're incredible.
You're the first to complete the training!
And here I thought you were the dumbest!
Shut up! Where are we?
The regular world.
Now the rest is up to luck.
Arabuki!
Well, where should I begin?
You said Elder Daigan told you about us.
Yeah, he's an old friend of mine.
We can talk through
that stone of communication.
You said you were on our side.
I want to be friends with you.
With pleasure.
Shut up!
Ouch.
I don't like beating around the bush.
If you need something, say it.
We already owe you
for hiding us from the dragon.
I do have something to ask of you.
What is it?
I want you to wake Taizan.
Taizan?
It's that castle.
Dangaishuu's research institute.
Like me, Taizan is
a descendant of a mountain god.
But he was brainwashed by the Dangaishuu,
and now he's their minion.
But how would we wake Taizan?
That's easy!
You give it your all and knock him down.
No way, no way!
This battle
was a little rough, but not bad.
Thank you very much.
They beat us!
We lost, so we'll tell you.
Are they
Right, the answer is right.
No, it's left.
The ones you're looking for,
they went left.
No, they'll end up
by the fork in the road.
No, they've got to go straight.
We've been had.
They cast a spell of confusion.
I am sorry.
No.
It is not a bad thing to feel
a sophisticated spell on your own body.
Lead the way?
Yes.
The Dangaishuu created a barrier
that keeps me from seeing where Taizan is.
So I want you to take me to him.
And then I will be the one
to knock him down.
You will?
It's not a bad deal for you.
I'm saying I will take over
one of your three
great battles against the Dangaishuu.
Three great battles?
So that castle, Taizan, is one of those?
If the dragon is another
what's the last one?
Kuzunoha.
Kuzunoha?
By Kuzunoha, do you mean the fox?
Of course.
Why is Kuzunoha
It's quite a long story.
You also want to hear about
Jinka's fairy eye too, don't you?
Well, I can wait.
Then I'll start with a certain boy
who lived some decades ago.
The boy was born as the son of a merchant,
but he possessed spiritual power
and joined the Dangaishuu.
He had an interest in spells and tools,
and enjoyed research more than practice.
Then one day,
the boy was forced to join a hunt
for a certain powerful being.
That powerful being
was the Youko, Kuzunoha.
She was beautiful
as she stood beneath the moonlight
and the boy fell in love at first sight.
And what's more,
Kuzunoha fell for him too.
Elder sister?
It's nothing.
And what happened next was incredible.
The boy joined Kuzunoha's side
and he slayed the entire force he was with
by using spiritual transformation.
That boy's name is Yazen.
He eventually became
the leader of Dangaishuu.
Yazen? That old man?
So what happened with Kuzunoha?
She
What?
She is my mother.
My mom
What?!
So Yazen is your father?!
He is not!
I am older than him!
I am more than 100 years old!
No, but, wait
That means the Dangaishuu
is hiding that Katawara, Kuzunoha?
Of course not.
Yazen reported that
they had taken down Kuzunoha,
and he is hiding her himself.
And to this day,
he continues his research.
Research on
how to make Katawara into human.
Turning Katawara into humans?
So enhanced humans are actually
By-products of his experiments.
To Yazen, they're basically
a lighthearted hobby.
That's all it is?
I can't let him live.
Right.
I do not care about
my mother's involvement.
She is a woman who lives for love,
with no regard for right or wrong.
A just man will make her
a goddess of justice,
but if she shows up as a wicked queen
then I will guide her to her end.
Oh yes, that's the spirit. Good luck.
What's going on?
Crows?
My lady!
My lady!
We have trouble!
Oh my.
Good job, Rinzu.
Let me make my report.
Currently, the dragon is
attempting to break the curse
by meditating in the mountains.
Oh, really?
You crows did well, too. You may rest.
-Our pleasure!
-We'll do anything for milady!
Wait.
Is a report all you have to say?!
I love you.
I have no clue who you are,
but I love you!
Oh, you're a human
Let go of me.
Complete rejection
Why is there a human here?
I picked her up.
She's like my maid or apprentice.
Her name is Rinzu.
What is that?
I can see what goes on close to the cave.
Should we tease him a little?
Hello, Tanukichirou?
Hey, you, handsome man over there.
Would you like to play with me?
Senya.
Yes.
Tan-Tan-Tanuki
Oh.
I can't see, Master Jinun.
You're eight years too young.
Hey, look here.
It's a naughty lady!
It's all out in the open,
you can see everything.
It's fun to
tease someone so straight-laced.
Everyone on this mountain.
Distract the dragon to buy time.
In the meantime, I will train you three.
We don't have that much time.
I unraveled space and time
and bent your subjective time
until dawn tomorrow.
By then, we will unseal that fairy eye,
elevate your spiritual power,
and loosen
the strings of your consciousness.
-What?
-The strings of consciousness?
It's the power to shape your fate.
No matter how strong the dragon,
the fox, or the castle are,
you have no limit.
Where am I?
Now, we'll start with you
with the fairy eye.
Jinka, the apprentice of Kokugetsusai.
Do you know my master?
I know him well.
He's a pervy old man
who tried to bed me numerous times.
I scolded him every time,
which seemed to have made him stronger.
And he began to be called both
"Invincible" and "The Phoenix Killer."
In some way, one could say
I am your master's master.
Though, you really resemble Kokugetsusai.
You distance yourself from humans
but actually,
you're a very human-like human yourself.
Rinzu.
Yes, milady.
You and Jinka will fight each other now.
What?
If you win,
I'll curse him to fall in love with you.
R-Really?!
Of course!
Do your best then.
Death does not exist in this space.
Careful not to break your heart.
I may still be inexperienced,
but please be mine.
My arm
How?
Death does not exist in this space.
-Careful not to
-Here I come!
This axe and this space
is an illusion.
But an illusion
couldn't possibly make me stronger.
Goodness. Being too logical
will make things difficult.
Looks like Jinka will be
the biggest challenge among you three.
Cut it down, Arabuki!
This thing
So if I cut through and escape,
then the training will be over, huh?
Hey, you. Put more effort into this.
Don't be stupid. It's your lack of skills.
Is that so?
Guess I'll just have to
use the blade directly, then.
What? Don't tell me you'll
Hey! Stop! Wait!
Ouch.
It's pretty strong.
The rock or me?!
Both.
How's it going? Can you escape?
Are you the mountain goddess's
little sister or something?
I am a part of her that she cut off.
Katawara are able to do
so many strange things.
Well, I'll mostly just be watching,
so don't mind me.
I'm afraid that's distracting enough.
Could you go away a little?
If your concentration is that bad,
are you sure you can walk across the pond?
Look, over here.
My kimono's heavy
from soaking up so much water
Why do you keep getting in the way?
Because that's what training is.
So your distractions are a part of this.
That says a lot about you.
I'm pretty sure
I'm the nicest one out there.
This is what I meant.
Kah!
There's no end to them.
Senya.
Yes.
You may act on your own.
If you find Jinka Yamato,
you can take him down.
Show us that you,
the first enhanced human to have
1000 Katawara implanted in you,
can control your body well.
How old are you?
I'll give you this if you let me go.
It's a completely normal toy,
I haven't cursed it or anything.
Bye then!
Here!
A hammer?
A paw pad!
I told you not to go easy on him.
I am sorry.
This is going easy?
Please give up soon, okay?
Talismans?
Oh, right!
I forgot to tell you about your fairy eye.
Do your best to listen well
while I tell you about your eye.
W-Wait! You're doing it now?
Fairy eyes are
what we call eyes with special abilities
and strong spiritual power.
Carriers are
always born as a set of twins.
Twins?
There's one more beauty like him?!
Hah!
Why are you getting worked up?
M-My apologies
But you didn't even blink.
Could it be that you already knew?
So you've gone to see him.
At the Yamato house.
So you saw him, did you?
A boy with a face identical to yours
living happily with his parents.
It's so sad.
Yes, it is sad.
If twins with fairy eyes are together,
they easily attract bad Katawara.
That's why you were separated.
On Kokugetsusai's advice and guidance.
So that's why I was sent to him
Don't hate them.
Your parents, your master, and your twin.
Why?
Why did it have to be me?
Why me?!
While I was exhausted from training,
my brother played.
The mountain hut was freezing,
but the Yamato lived in a big manor.
They seemed so happy.
Why me?!
You are so young.
And so human.
You can't accept your circumstances
so you want to become a Katawara.
It is so human of you.
Don't stop, Rinzu.
Yes, milady!
Let me tell you this.
Twins with fairy eyes share a life.
If one twin dies, so does the other.
You attract Sawari and share a life.
What you get in return for those negatives
is a few special abilities
and spiritual power.
And they're sealed away,
so you can't even use them.
You are unfortunate.
Unfortunate
Think back on your life.
There's been nothing good in it.
Nothing but hardships.
Abandoned, killed,
and you lost everything.
But I had friends.
I got a sister.
I met dimwits and optimists.
They died and were born.
Yes, it was hard.
All of it was hard.
But it was hard
because I was not unfortunate!
It's
Yes.
Only you can decide
if you are fortunate or not.
Whether you laugh or cry, hate or love,
you should do what you want.
The key to unsealing them
is for you to forgive
and accept your own existence.
What do you see?
What do you want to see?
With your eye that is not unfortunate.
What I
I can tell.
Those talismans are powerless.
And because I know
What do you think?
This is the power of your fairy eye.
This
This light.
The source of these lights is the same.
Humans and Katawara are the same.
I can't cut it.
Hey, mountain goddess.
What is it?
The training is for me to escape, right?
If that's the case,
then we can fly, right, Arabuki?
Does it count if I go over this way?
Spiritual power is created by
your consciousness and your imagination.
You're incredible.
You're the first to complete the training!
And here I thought you were the dumbest!
Shut up! Where are we?
The regular world.
Now the rest is up to luck.
Arabuki!