WEBVTT 00:06.900 --> 00:08.100 Still sleepy... 00:08.770 --> 00:13.020 Don'tcha think you oughta march over to your neighbor's place and give 'em a good talking to? 00:13.060 --> 00:16.270 Nobody can sleep with all their shouting so early in the morning. 00:16.900 --> 00:17.770 I suppose. 00:19.230 --> 00:22.600 Stupid bitch! You got a problem with us or what?! 00:22.600 --> 00:23.520 Not at all. 00:23.850 --> 00:26.230 H-hey, you two need to cut it out right now! 00:26.230 --> 00:27.100 T-take it easy. 00:27.100 --> 00:27.730 Huh?! 00:29.020 --> 00:31.020 It's awfully rowdy in here today. 00:31.350 --> 00:33.060 Oh, Jinya-kun! 00:33.060 --> 00:35.150 The hell do you want?! 00:35.850 --> 00:38.560 Just drunken fools? Or something worse? 00:38.810 --> 00:42.690 If ya ask me, the latter seems far more likely. 00:42.810 --> 00:43.690 I concur. 00:44.060 --> 00:47.650 What kinda stupid bullshit are you spewing, boy?! 00:47.650 --> 00:51.190 Hah. Actually, I'd bet this guy's more of an old fart than you. 00:51.560 --> 00:52.980 You goddamn jokers... 00:56.730 --> 00:59.190 Aw, jeez. Now you've done it. 01:02.480 --> 01:03.850 Would you like to be next? 01:05.600 --> 01:06.520 You bastar-! 01:12.650 --> 01:14.480 Talk about ruthless. 01:14.650 --> 01:16.350 I held myself back. 01:16.480 --> 01:18.060 Yeah, well, even so... 01:27.600 --> 01:30.060 Whoa! They're getting back up. 01:31.060 --> 01:34.600 That's it. Your ass is grass! 01:35.850 --> 01:37.350 Guess I've got no choice. 01:46.980 --> 01:47.560 Hey! 01:58.940 --> 02:01.600 Get back here, shithead! 02:04.690 --> 02:06.690 What just happened? 02:07.690 --> 02:08.940 What did you do? 02:09.600 --> 02:10.520 Hm? 02:12.730 --> 02:16.400 These decorative shells are tsukumogami that create mirages. 02:16.770 --> 02:21.060 And I can control it so that only people who I choose see them. Pretty useful, huh? 02:21.190 --> 02:22.980 What exactly did you show them? 02:23.480 --> 02:25.850 Don'tcha know that ignorance is bliss? 02:26.560 --> 02:30.190 Um, thanks, Jinya-kun. I'm glad you showed up. 02:30.520 --> 02:31.520 Sure. 02:31.650 --> 02:32.770 Same to you, Akitsu-san. 02:32.980 --> 02:35.940 Shucks, I didn't do much. 02:36.190 --> 02:37.850 Yeah, he literally just watched. 02:37.850 --> 02:38.520 Hm? 02:39.980 --> 02:42.270 I see you're still as snarky as ever, lil' missy. 02:42.810 --> 02:45.400 Ofuu-chan, can I get some tempura soba? 02:45.600 --> 02:46.350 Okay. 02:46.730 --> 02:48.850 I'm assuming you want kake-soba, Jinya-kun? 02:49.190 --> 02:49.940 Yeah. 04:23.270 --> 04:24.020 And so... 04:24.270 --> 04:30.310 Zenji's been working like a madman ever since my dad threatened to fire him from the head clerk position. 04:30.440 --> 04:32.940 Have you noticed anything strange about his behavior? 04:33.310 --> 04:34.060 Not really. 04:34.730 --> 04:38.440 Like I figured, it seems knocking back too many drinks is what drove him to act out yesterday. 04:40.690 --> 04:43.770 Sorry to worry you, but everything is okay now. 04:44.230 --> 04:45.230 I see. 04:45.690 --> 04:47.850 Well, I should get going. 04:48.150 --> 04:50.850 Maybe I can put my dad in a better mood if I pick him up a bottle of sake on the way ho- 04:50.850 --> 04:51.850 You'd better not. 04:53.690 --> 04:54.600 And why's that? 04:54.770 --> 04:58.060 He's been drinking Yuki-no-Nagori every night, hasn't he? 04:58.560 --> 05:00.100 There's something strange about it. 05:00.600 --> 05:03.810 Please tell Jyuuzou-dono that he should drink a different sake instead. 05:04.810 --> 05:06.560 A-all right. 05:07.190 --> 05:08.310 I'm counting on you. 05:09.190 --> 05:11.810 Be careful on your way home. It's dicey out there. 05:12.350 --> 05:16.560 Funny. I didn't know you could give dad speeches, too. 05:16.900 --> 05:19.900 But I'll be okay. Thank you. 05:22.600 --> 05:25.730 Looks like the sparrow is still just a sparrow, huh? 05:26.600 --> 05:29.520 Yes. A long way from becoming a clam. 05:38.100 --> 05:41.480 Why hello, ronin. Did you bring a friend along today? 05:41.480 --> 05:43.520 Don't mind him. He's not important. 05:43.520 --> 05:46.600 Ouch. Do you always hafta be so mean to me? 05:47.270 --> 05:49.310 Well, not that I really care. 05:49.900 --> 05:52.440 I did some digging into that liquor you asked me about. 05:52.810 --> 05:54.020 Have you learned anything? 05:55.060 --> 05:57.650 I couldn't get any clear answers about where Yuki-no-Nagori is made, 05:57.940 --> 06:01.440 or even how it got brought into Edo. 06:02.060 --> 06:04.940 But I learned that a sake shop in Kuramae was responsible for ordering 06:04.940 --> 06:07.310 a huge stock and wholesaling it throughout town. 06:07.810 --> 06:09.850 Do you remember "Mizukiya"? 06:10.900 --> 06:15.560 The owner there hired you a while back to slay a demon that was hiding in his warehouse. 06:17.060 --> 06:20.480 Some of my customers told me they tried to ask where the sake was brewed, 06:20.730 --> 06:25.600 but the owner dodged their questions with nonsense like, "It's divine liquor that flows from a sacred spring." 06:26.150 --> 06:31.230 Hah! Is he just ripping off the myth of the woodcutter who found a fountain of youth that tastes like sake or what? 06:31.230 --> 06:32.940 Talk about pathetic. 06:33.150 --> 06:34.440 You said it. 06:35.270 --> 06:40.310 The owner has gone out today to procure more stock, but word is that he'll be back tomorrow night. 06:40.310 --> 06:42.230 Why don't you pay him a visit? 06:42.480 --> 06:44.400 I will. Thank you. 06:47.020 --> 06:48.230 One more thing. 06:48.810 --> 06:53.600 There are rumors of a beautiful woman with golden hair going in and out of Mizukiya on occasion. 06:54.440 --> 06:59.060 This is just a hunch, but it's possible that Yuki-no-Nagori may be a sake made overseas. 06:59.060 --> 06:59.810 No! 07:00.520 --> 07:02.980 What's your problem? Don't jump at me like that. 07:05.150 --> 07:05.900 Sorry. 07:06.730 --> 07:10.690 Does this golden-haired beauty give you a clue or something? 07:21.060 --> 07:23.770 Please, Dad. I'm begging you to stop. 07:23.770 --> 07:25.520 And I keep telling you to shut the hell up! 07:25.520 --> 07:29.690 Ugh, not again! What a noisy pair. 07:29.940 --> 07:30.940 Yeah. 07:33.270 --> 07:34.810 D-Dad, no! 07:35.770 --> 07:36.230 Jinya! 07:46.150 --> 07:48.060 He's turned into a demon! 08:33.350 --> 08:35.190 Wow! Nicely done. 08:41.190 --> 08:44.440 Guess we've got more questions for that sake-selling geezer now. 08:51.650 --> 08:52.810 Father? 08:53.020 --> 08:53.900 Yes? 08:54.350 --> 08:55.850 Pardon me. 09:04.230 --> 09:06.810 Um, I wanted to talk about Zenji... 09:07.310 --> 09:08.100 What about him? 09:09.100 --> 09:10.100 Are you upset? 09:11.600 --> 09:15.900 More like disappointed. After all I've done to look out for him. 09:18.520 --> 09:21.060 Still, he is quite young... 09:21.980 --> 09:28.600 As long as he buckles down to work hard and live proper, there's nothing that he can't bounce back from. 09:29.060 --> 09:31.520 So, you'll forgive Zenji? For what he did? 09:32.400 --> 09:34.060 It depends on him. 09:34.230 --> 09:39.730 Mistakes are complicated. We can't easily measure the full impact they have. 09:40.520 --> 09:46.310 Sometimes it's not until much later when you realize the scale. And it can leave you frozen in fear. 09:47.060 --> 09:50.520 It sounds like... you might be speaking from personal experience. 09:50.770 --> 09:51.520 Maybe. 09:52.350 --> 09:56.650 In any case, regardless of how deeply youngsters may regret their choices later on, 09:56.900 --> 10:02.480 I believe it's important for them to live their life as they please. Whole-heartedly. 10:03.560 --> 10:05.690 And when they inevitably take a tumble, 10:05.690 --> 10:10.480 it's the adults in their lives who have a duty to provide them a place to return to. 10:11.480 --> 10:15.060 Natsu. You should do the same and live freely. 10:15.440 --> 10:18.190 Freely? Even me? 10:20.690 --> 10:24.350 Bear in mind there's nothing that you can't bounce back from. 10:25.400 --> 10:26.060 Right. 10:27.520 --> 10:31.480 Father, you really should cut down on the sake. 10:31.600 --> 10:36.270 I'm in a drinking mood right now. Thanks to good company. 10:37.690 --> 10:41.190 Oh, right. I brought you a gift. They're teacakes. 10:41.310 --> 10:44.400 YUKI-NO-NAGORI 10:41.600 --> 10:43.600 Wonderful. I'll have some later. 10:44.600 --> 10:46.900 Wh-who are you?! 10:47.270 --> 10:51.560 Might I interest you in a sake so superb that it could ruin a man? 10:52.060 --> 10:54.770 Ruin? What do you mean? 10:55.350 --> 11:00.690 Everyone, regardless of who they are, has a soul clouded with filth. 11:01.770 --> 11:06.520 Try as they might, there is no way to hide or avoid it. 11:06.900 --> 11:08.600 I don't understand... 11:09.150 --> 11:11.850 All you must do is dredge it to the surface. 11:12.060 --> 11:15.900 Jealousy, carnality, pride. 11:16.810 --> 11:20.270 Shatter the calm facades that people wear by stirring up every dark feeling hidden 11:20.270 --> 11:22.230 in the far recesses of their hearts. 11:22.810 --> 11:24.230 And taint them! 11:24.980 --> 11:26.690 Until finally... 11:27.440 --> 11:33.400 ...hatred piles up like snow and colors their true heart white. 11:34.270 --> 11:38.100 Thus I dub it Yuki-no-Nagori or "snowy remains." 11:38.770 --> 11:41.150 When all of the human's hearts are steeped in rage, 11:41.560 --> 11:43.560 perhaps he will notice. 11:45.270 --> 11:48.150 I'm right here. Waiting for you. 12:14.060 --> 12:18.560 This is more than enough for me to become the richest merchant in all of Edo! 12:22.150 --> 12:24.600 Looks like business is booming for you, merchant. 12:25.940 --> 12:27.230 Who goes there? 12:27.440 --> 12:31.020 We met once about two years ago. Do you remember? 12:31.230 --> 12:33.310 Why, of course! 12:33.850 --> 12:37.150 You're the gentleman who killed the demon plaguing our storehouse. 12:37.310 --> 12:42.770 Although I greatly appreciated your help, I cannot condone you trespassing on my property... 12:43.060 --> 12:46.770 I have business with you. I'll gladly leave once its finished. 12:47.150 --> 12:49.480 Wh-what kind of business? 12:49.770 --> 12:51.520 I'm looking for a certain sake. 12:52.600 --> 12:55.020 Yuki-no-Nagori. You have some, no? 12:56.060 --> 12:57.230 Well, I... 12:57.230 --> 12:59.600 Wow! Now that's an impressive haul. 12:59.810 --> 13:00.810 Who are you?! 13:00.810 --> 13:02.600 This is all Yuki-no-Nagori. 13:02.600 --> 13:03.310 Hey! 13:03.400 --> 13:05.150 It certainly is impressive. 13:06.770 --> 13:11.440 This sake is hugely popular and sold out in every store. Finding it has been a hassle. 13:13.190 --> 13:17.440 Ah, but of course! Since I just went and procured this new stock today. 13:17.440 --> 13:19.310 Oh? Where exactly? 13:19.690 --> 13:24.190 I'm afraid I can't tell you that. This is how I make my living, after all. 13:25.020 --> 13:26.600 What a shame. 13:27.020 --> 13:30.900 In that case, let me try a slightly more coercive method... 13:37.900 --> 13:40.310 Natsu. Would you care for a drink? 13:40.310 --> 13:41.940 Huh? But I... 13:46.440 --> 13:48.060 Okay, just one sip. 13:53.480 --> 13:55.190 Would you pour me a cup? 13:55.560 --> 13:56.560 Sure. 14:08.900 --> 14:12.440 Tastes superb. Don't you think? 14:18.480 --> 14:21.310 Unusual incidents have been on the rise lately. 14:21.850 --> 14:24.440 Mostly drunkards going on violent rampages. 14:24.690 --> 14:27.980 Notably, all people who were drinking Yuki-no-Nagori. 14:28.520 --> 14:29.940 Ah, um, uh... 14:30.150 --> 14:34.190 That sake is clearly tainted. Where did you get it from? 14:34.690 --> 14:36.400 F-from Mount Oyama! 14:36.810 --> 14:41.900 There's a spring halfway up Mount Oyama in Sagami province, a-and that's where it flows from! 14:42.190 --> 14:44.440 All I've done is bottle it! 14:45.270 --> 14:47.650 Interesting. So, you prefer death, then? 14:48.270 --> 14:51.850 I applaud your fortitude. I'm sure it'll prove useful in Hell. 14:53.150 --> 14:58.100 I'm not lying! There really is a spring of pure sake! Please believe me! 14:58.520 --> 15:00.850 Fine, then what's the secret behind it? 15:01.060 --> 15:06.150 D-don't ask me! All I know is that woman said it could ruin people! 15:06.150 --> 15:07.150 Woman? 15:07.650 --> 15:11.900 A blonde one! She said the more people drank, the more they'd become slaves to hatred! 15:12.230 --> 15:14.310 But that's everything she told me! 15:14.940 --> 15:17.480 And you thought that was okay to sell?! 15:17.690 --> 15:23.230 So what if people act a little weird after they drink too much? That's just natural with booze! 15:23.400 --> 15:25.730 There's nothing wrong with a merchant selling his goods! 15:26.100 --> 15:28.690 So, you did it for the money, huh? 15:29.020 --> 15:32.440 Here I figured ya had some good reason, but you're just scum. 15:33.400 --> 15:37.230 Jinya. This fool is useless, he only sells the stuff. 15:37.440 --> 15:39.060 But we have a lead on the mastermind. 15:39.850 --> 15:43.400 And now we know for sure that all the violence going down was caused by Yuki-no-Nagori. 15:43.650 --> 15:46.810 Let's destroy this batch and head for Oyama. 15:47.150 --> 15:50.480 D-destroy?! You can't be serious! 15:50.730 --> 15:54.350 What else do you expect? That stuff is way too dangerous for us to leave behind! 15:55.100 --> 15:56.600 Screw that! 15:58.730 --> 16:01.060 I still want information from you. 16:01.060 --> 16:02.270 Whoa there! 16:03.100 --> 16:06.020 Tell me everything you know about that woman. 16:07.940 --> 16:10.730 L-let me... 16:11.400 --> 16:13.270 Start talking, now! 16:16.440 --> 16:17.480 Cut it out already! 16:22.600 --> 16:25.190 Yeowch! What are you, a brick wall? 16:25.480 --> 16:28.730 You better stop or else that geezer is seriously gonna croak! 16:29.900 --> 16:33.230 This blonde lady... is she some kinda problem? 16:33.980 --> 16:34.810 No. 16:35.770 --> 16:37.940 I won't press you to give me any details. 16:38.060 --> 16:42.940 But if you start killin' people over this, then I'm gonna have to put you down myself. 16:43.520 --> 16:46.900 You're right. Thanks for stopping me. 16:47.230 --> 16:51.730 Oh, quit it! What am I supposed to say when you thank me for punching you? 16:52.060 --> 16:53.350 You can't have it! 16:53.650 --> 16:56.520 Back off! This is MY sake! 16:59.400 --> 17:02.730 Hey, what are you doing?! That stuff is poison! 17:02.980 --> 17:06.520 Shut up! That's just an excuse for you to steal it! 17:07.520 --> 17:09.400 Stop! You'll cross a line you can't come back from. 17:23.270 --> 17:25.350 Everyone harbors some hatred inside. 17:25.900 --> 17:30.310 But this liquor propels that into becoming malice, ruining people's minds... 17:31.100 --> 17:33.310 and turning them into demons. 17:33.850 --> 17:37.980 Yuki-no-Nagori is a sake made to create demons. 17:38.270 --> 17:39.900 I remember that boy, Kikuo... 17:40.520 --> 17:43.900 He must have worked here at your shop. 17:44.650 --> 17:46.060 But you made him drink that sake, didn't you? 17:46.900 --> 17:50.520 Because you wanted to know exactly what would happen to anyone who drank it. 18:22.940 --> 18:25.270 Jeez. You're such a reckless fighter. 18:25.560 --> 18:26.850 A tsukumogami? 18:27.100 --> 18:31.900 It's a lucky sparrow that grants the power of protection. Cute, ain't it? 18:32.060 --> 18:33.940 Thanks. I appreciate the help. 18:34.100 --> 18:35.190 Here he comes. 18:49.520 --> 18:51.560 Go, my paper swallow! 19:08.270 --> 19:13.560 Yeesh, this demon is oddly strong for a newborn! Something ain't right here, ya know? 19:15.940 --> 19:17.690 This was all planned from the beginning... 19:18.270 --> 19:20.850 Or rather, it was set like a trap. 19:21.190 --> 19:21.980 Huh? 19:22.480 --> 19:28.400 Just imagine that the sake never came from a spring, but was actually something the woman created. 19:29.190 --> 19:35.350 Then it stands to reason this man was put in place to deter anyone from discovering the truth behind it. 19:36.100 --> 19:40.060 How is that even possible? Who is this lady? 19:46.650 --> 19:50.940 Dammit! How could you...?! 19:53.600 --> 19:55.940 Hey, what's got you so on edge? 19:56.190 --> 20:00.690 We're running out of time. Natsu's father has been drinking this liquor every night. 20:00.980 --> 20:02.190 Wait, really? 20:02.560 --> 20:04.940 Cripes, that's bad news. 20:05.350 --> 20:09.730 Then ya best get moving, Jinya. Let me handle this freak. 20:09.980 --> 20:11.440 Somegoro Akitsu. 20:11.770 --> 20:13.560 Why so serious? 20:13.810 --> 20:17.770 Let me guess, you don't think I got what it takes to beat this demon? 20:19.940 --> 20:21.650 Don't sell me short! 20:22.020 --> 20:27.520 Humans are stubborn creatures, ya know? More so than you can even imagine. 20:28.190 --> 20:30.690 Got it? So you hurry along to the lil' missy. 20:30.940 --> 20:31.850 But... 20:32.440 --> 20:38.440 Listen here, the Akitsu style packs a serious punch. I don't need your sorry butt frettin' about me. 20:38.770 --> 20:39.810 You have my thanks. 20:43.900 --> 20:48.060 That's better. I get the feeling he and I might have to throwdown someday, 20:48.310 --> 20:50.100 so I gotta keep my ace up my sleeve. 20:51.770 --> 20:52.980 Alrighty then. 20:55.730 --> 20:57.770 Come on out, Demon Queller! 21:04.230 --> 21:05.520 Surprised? 21:05.730 --> 21:09.480 When Emperor Xuanzong of China got struck by a bad illness, 21:09.480 --> 21:14.230 Master Zhong Kui here was the deity who wiped the floor with the evil spirits possessing him. 21:15.020 --> 21:17.690 He's on a whole different level from you demons. 21:18.060 --> 21:22.190 But if you still wanna have a clash of titans... then bring it on! 21:44.480 --> 21:45.310 Please! 21:49.100 --> 21:50.440 Let me make it in time! 22:05.650 --> 22:08.940 I'm right here. Waiting for you.