With Life Advance, the fighter intentionally stimulates their heart
to unleash a power magnitudes greater than that of a normal human.
However, the move also causes severe brain damage and memory issues,
which is why the Niko Style forbade it.
Ohma has turned back into a god!
I've defeated Niko Tokita!
TEN YEARS AGO
DEMON
OHMA TOKITA
SETSUNA KIRYU
He was right!
The real you is inside your heart!
It worked…
Ohma, this is amazing.
Please kill me, just like this!
Ohma! Why are you using that move?!
Stop! Don't use it!
Ohma!
Shut up. Who the hell are you, anyway?
His memory confusion has started…
I've got no choice.
Things are going to get rough.
Stop! Don't get in my way!
Why do you stand in my way?!
Ohma!
I can't hear what he's saying…
Oh, that's right…
Niko got injured when he tried to stop me.
That's why he lost to him in that fight…
What the heck is "Life Advance"?
Didn't his master forbid it?
Why did he use such a dangerous move?
Life Advance causes memory confusion.
Because of it, I essentially killed Niko.
Oh, I see. So you do remember?
It doesn't matter anymore, though.
Are you talking about the inner me?
I'm not about to acknowledge that now.
Oh?
Self-reflection? That's only for weak demons.
I can't believe you'd make yourself weaker by imprisoning yourself like this.
But if that's how it is,
I'll help you remember another important detail you've forgotten.
About the person who made you lose control that day.
About the Other Niko who taught you Life Advance.
It's a very important story to both you and me.
THIRTEEN YEARS AGO THE INSIDE, TOKITA WARD
TENTH AVENUE
Tenth Avenue. So this must be Tokita Ward.
I learned something new.
This is where Ohma is!
No, that's no good.
You're doing it all wrong.
You're supposed to stand like gravity is pressing down on you from above.
Got it, Ohma?
How could anyone "get" an explanation like that?
Is that my god?
Why? What changed him?
I see. He's the one who defiled my god.
I'm going to kill that man.
Stop that!
I wouldn't do that, kid.
With your current strength, you'll just end up dead.
Nice. Not a bad reaction.
THE OTHER NIKO
You've got potential.
That was how I met him, my first master.
He taught me the truth.
That man and the demon who called himself Niko Tokita
were once fellow students studying the same fighting style.
We were under the same master.
There used to be more like us, but now it's only me and him.
Wanna know why?
It's because he killed them all.
Not that I care if the weak die off.
But I wouldn't enjoy being killed in my sleep.
It was just as I thought.
That man was a demon.
My god had been possessed by a demon.
You and I have the same goal.
I'll give you the power to kill him,
the power to fight against that demon.
What's wrong?! You want to fight that demon, don't you?!
The training was brutal.
But he gave me the power to defeat that demon, just like he promised.
He taught me the techniques you call the Niko Style.
Well, kid. You've got full mastery now.
Is that all?
For someone skinny like you, this is as good as it gets.
But you're still not good enough to go up against that demon.
Go figure out how to get there on your own.
Hey. Wait.
To celebrate,
I'll teach you how to turn that kid back into a god.
I can turn Ohma back to the way he used to be?
I'll lay the groundwork for you. The first major step.
Groundwork?
Though it's up to you whether you can make use of it.
I don't understand.
Why did you teach me how to fight?
I'm testing something.
To perfect my version of Niko Style.
Be ready to die
and for him to die too.
That is how you perfect Inner Tactics.
The Other Niko?
I knew you wouldn't remember.
No wonder we've been going in circles.
He's the one who told me about the existence of Genzan Taira.
Genzan didn't know anything about him though.
The style I learned from him and Genzan's Solitary Shadow Style…
I was 16 years old when I mastered both.
I didn't think I'd get to see you before I went to defeat that demon…
Who are you?
Perhaps this is fate.
Huh?
But the person I want to see is the old you.
The god of destruction who transcends everything.
The old you would have come to kill me, no questions asked.
Those techniques you learned from Niko Tokita have made you weak.
You know Niko?
More than you do.
What?! This guy…
Did he just disappear?! No, it can't be.
He timed his movement to my blinks!
I don't have time for this!
RAGING FIRE
He performed Raging Fire.
He can use Niko Style too?
A strategic retreat?
You?
Niko, that demon…
He's put you in so much pain…
I'll bring you back with this!
RAKSHASA'S PALM
You're pissing me off.
Every last one of you…
It's the groundwork! He was right!
You've come back!
Ohma!
I've defeated Niko Tokita!
Shut the hell up already.
I'll kill you.
I'm so close… to forgiveness…
Ohma!
Who the hell are you?
Niko Tokita?! Stop! Don't get in my way!
His memory confusion has started.
I've got no choice.
Things are going to get rough.
Ohma! Don't let Possessed by a God take you over!
-You've lost your way from Inner Tactics! -No… Stop…
Stop!
I see you remember everything now, Ohma.
Oh! Memory confusion is so sinful, is it not?
That's right.
After I went down,
he showed up.
No…
You bastard.
You killed God!
Oh, dear…
It looks like Possessed by a God wasn't enough to get you killed.
I knew it was you.
Doesn't matter. He was able to injure you.
Let's settle which one of us is the last Niko Tokita!
What's wrong? You seem pretty beat.
What a fierce fight…
Hey, things were just starting to get fun.
No need to spoil it now. Right, Brother?
Are you the one who taught Ohma Possessed by a God while I was gone?!
I just taught your student real Inner Tactics.
You've always been too soft.
He's…
That's right.
When it happened, he was there too.
The guy who taught me Life Advance.
That's right. Memory confusion.
Ohma had forgotten the man who had taught him the forbidden move.
His brain instinctively did this out of self-preservation.
Any memory connected to the loss of his master, Niko,
had been locked away
deep inside Ohma's heart.
That's right.
It happened a few days after I learned the technique.
All right. Most of my strength is back.
Hey.
Are you Ohma?
What the hell?
He was so stealthy, I didn't notice he'd gotten so close.
No need to have your guard up like that.
Ah, but you know,
to be honest, I've had my eye on you for a long time.
I thought that you'd feel more at ease if I acted like we'd never met.
Looks like it didn't help.
You went to that forest, right?
That means he's done passing down those techniques to you.
How did you know that?
Just forget about that guy's crappy techniques.
I'm the real Niko.
What? Stop spewing nonsense!
Was that Niko Style just now?
Yeah, you're weak.
Too weak.
Looks like that idiot couldn't even train a single student properly.
I'll be the one who makes you strong.
You bastard. How do you know Niko?
Come on. Weren't you listening to me?
I told you. I'm the real Niko.
You're not making sense!
You bastard! What did you do to me?!
This is the groundwork.
Huh?!
There's a god living in you now.
It's different from that fake stuff the other guy taught you.
What are you talking about?!
Yes, that's right!
You finally remember everything, Ohma!
This is the moment he was waiting for,
when the demon Niko is weakened and lets his guard down!
HEAVENLY FIRE, WATER FORM ABSOLUTE DESTRUCTION
That's right. That's what happened.
It looks like your memory is finally back.
Yes, it's not your fault that Niko died.
Someone made you believe that to keep you suffering.
That's the true nature of Niko's curse.
That demon placed a curse on you to bring you agony.
S-Stop!
That's enough!
Ohma has reclaimed his memories about his painful past.
I understand that you've been in pain ever since you were born
and that you're still hurting today.
But now it's your turn to snap back!
Yamashita. What are you talking about?
That person you speak of… The demon Niko doesn't exist anymore.
It's just like Ohma said. He died on the day of the duel.
He doesn't exist?
Yeah. He doesn't exist.
So, Setsuna.
Please wake up.
I can't make everything better immediately.
But I'll do whatever I can to help!
So…
Yamashita…
Setsuna!
There you are!
I'm going to kill you this time for sure, Niko Tokita!
Huh? What?
Just give up already.
I've been watching you for a long time.
What the hell goes on when you fight for real?
To me, it just looks like you're copying Ohma.
What did you say?!
Oh, you weren't even aware of what you were doing.
That makes you even more hopeless.
You want to become a god, don't you?
Forget being killed by one.
You're a huge fraud.
Too bad.
Provoking me isn't going to work.
You think I want to become a god?
Uh, what?
That's ridiculous.
There's no way a human can become a god.
Isn't that right, Ohma?
So that's what's going on.
That's not Niko's ghost you're seeing.
You can't accept that there are things beyond your control.
You're just afraid of yourself.
He's giving off so much power!
What he's saying doesn't make sense at all,
but Setsuna's abilities are the real deal!
I've been waiting for this!
For the day you and I crave each other!
When you and I take from each other! When we kill each other!
For the day we fight until we fall apart!
I pity him.
His life was turned upside down when he met the self-proclaimed "Real Niko."
Setsuna Kiryu was just being used by him.
Kazuo Yamashita, step back.
Okay.
I was saved by Niko.
Now… it's my turn.
Subtitle translation by: Arisa Nitta
Ohma Tokita is much stronger than ten years ago.
But Setsuna's love is even stronger!
Setsuna becomes a demon to turn his beloved Ohma back into a god!
Let's settle this!
Next episode: "Farewell."