Life Advance,
a move wherein the fighter uses the sheer force of their heart and will
to tap into a level of power that they couldn't previously reach.
However, this move has the potential to cause brain damage
and has left users with memory issues.
Because of this, it was forbidden in the Niko Style.
Ohma has become a god again!
I… I finally beat down Niko Tokita!
TEN YEARS AGO
Oh!
Ah! Ah! Ah!
♪ Now it's been a while ♪
♪ And your kisses, they got even better ♪
♪ You think I don't know You're flaunting smiles ♪
♪ My love is what counts ♪
♪ But your face just clouds my honest feelings ♪
♪ I can only look at you with doubt ♪
♪ Don't forget, no connect ♪
♪ Maybe no because you're in my head ♪
♪ The love in me went away ♪
♪ I see the beauty ♪
♪ Beauty ♪
♪ Nothing can be in vain ♪
♪ You are the only ♪
♪ Only ♪
♪ You feel my pain ♪
♪ I can't wait ♪
♪ Don't be too late ♪
♪ Feel my pain out loud! ♪
DEMON
OHMA TOKITA
SETSUNA KIRYU
He was right after all.
The real you was still buried deep in there.
What a success.
Ohma, this is amazing.
Oh, please kill me now.
I want you to kill me so bad.
Ohma!
Why are you using that move?
Drop him! You need to stop!
Ohma!
Shut up your damn mouth, old man.
Who the hell are you?
He's already experiencing memory loss.
Got no choice.
Time for things to get a little rough.
Stop! Stay out of this!
Went through me.
Why are you getting in my way?!
Ohma!
I can't hear what he's saying anymore.
Oh. That's right.
Niko got injured when he tried to stop me.
Yeah.
That's why he ended up losing that fight.
What the heck is Life Advance?
I thought his teacher had forbidden him from using that.
Why is he trying to do something so dangerous?
Life Advance causes memory loss and confusion.
I was the one who ended up killing Niko Tokita.
Oh, really?
So you do remember it then?
Unfortunately, I can't say it really matters.
Are you talking about the inner me?
Yeah, I don't acknowledge him as a part of me anymore.
Hmm.
Huh?!
Self-reflection is just another fool's errand
run by the weak and desperate.
I refuse to believe you'd deliberately weaken yourself
by holding back like that.
But oh well.
I suppose I'll just need to remind you of a few things
since your memory has been so obviously compromised.
I'm going to make you remember who pushed you to lose control that day.
The person who taught you Life Advance was another Niko.
You and I,
our story started 13 years ago.
TENTH AVENUE
Tenth Avenue. Tokita Ward.
I never knew.
I can feel it.
Ohma is here somewhere!
Nah, come on. What is that?
Whatever this is, it's all wrong.
I want you standing like you can feel gravity
pressing straight down into your shoulders.
You got that, Ohma?
Yeah, I don't think anybody could understand that.
That's what my god became.
How could he?
What happened to change him so much?
Hey, stop! Did I say you could touch me?
It was him.
He must've done something to defile my god.
I'm going to kill him.
I said stop!
Knock it off, kid.
No reason to run out there and get yourself killed.
Ah!
Real nice.
Not bad, little boy.
You got potential.
And that was how I came to meet
the man who would become my first teacher.
He taught me everything he knew about the truth.
Many years before,
my master and the demon who called himself Niko Tokita
were both students who wanted to study the same style of fighting.
That guy you saw, we were learning from the same teacher.
There used to be a ton of us back in the day,
but it's dwindled down to me and him.
Now why do you think that is?
Because over the years, he tracked him down and murdered them all.
Truth is, the weak can rot in hell for all I care.
But that doesn't mean I wanna get killed in my sleep.
My first assumption had been right.
That man was a living demon.
My deity had been enchanted and lured astray by it.
Sounds like the two of us have some mutual goals to discuss.
I can give you the power to put an end to him.
The ability to hold your own against that monster.
What's wrong? You wanna win against that beast, right?
The training I went through was grueling,
but I eventually became strong enough to hold my own against him,
just like he promised.
He taught me the techniques they call the Niko Style.
All right, kid.
I'd say you're a real master now.
Is that how this is supposed to work?
For someone as skinny as you, I think this is a good as we're gonna get.
Hmm.
But you're gonna need more than that if you wanna win.
The rest of it, you'll have to figure out on your own.
Mm-hmm.
Hey.
Hang on a sec.
We should celebrate.
Maybe it's about time for me to teach you a neat little trick
to get that kid back into his god form.
So I can change Ohma back to how he was?
I'm going to lay the groundwork for you first,
so listen up.
The groundwork?
Whether or not you can make any use of it,
that's all gonna be on you.
I don't understand.
Why did you teach me how to fight?
Well, I wanted to test something out.
I needed to perfect my version of Niko Style.
If he dies, he dies.
In fact, I don't care if you die either.
This is it.
This is how you perfect Inner Tactics.
-Hmm. -There was another Niko?
I knew you wouldn't remember anything.
No wonder we've been going around in circles.
He was the one who gifted me with all the secrets of Genzan Taira.
Hmm. Genzan continued to remain completely unaware
of his existence, however.
With the moves I learned from him
and the solitary Shadow Style I learned from Genzan,
I became a master of those two styles.
I was just 16 years old.
Didn't think I'd see you again.
Not after you were caught by that beast.
The hell? Who are you?
Oh.
Maybe this is fate.
Huh?
You know,
I really want to see the old version of you,
the one who brings along a world of destruction!
I feel like the old you
would've found a way by now to track me down and kill me!
Those techniques you learned from Tokita
have done nothing but make you soft and weak.
So you're saying you know Niko?
Much better than you.
What the hell?
Did he just disappear?
No! He moved when I blinked!
I don't have time to deal with this crap!
RAGING FIRE
That was Raging Fire!
He knows how to use Niko Style too?!
Are you making a strategic retreat?
You, of all people?
That demon, Niko,
he keeps hurting you over and over.
Let me bring you back with this!
RAKSHASA'S PALM
You're really starting to piss me the hell off.
Everyone pisses me off.
The groundwork!
I can't believe he was so right!
It's so good to see you!
Ohma!
Niko, I beat you!
Shut your ugly mouth already.
I'll kill you.
Ah. I'm so close.
I'm so close to receiving my forgiveness.
Ohma!
Who the hell are you?
Niko, it's you.
You can't! Don't get in my way!
He's already experiencing memory loss.
I got no choice.
Time for things to get a little rough.
Ohma, don't let it take over!
If you let yourself drowned in your power, you'll lose your way from Inner Tactics!
Stop!
Huh?
Oh good, it looks like you've finally remembered.
Oh!
Memory is such a tricky thing, even for a god like you.
That's right.
After I went down,
he showed up.
No.
You bastard. Ah.
You killed my only god!
Well, shit.
Looks like possessed by a god wasn't enough to get you killed.
Yeah, I knew this was you.
It doesn't matter.
At least I was able to get him to injure you.
Hmm?
Time to end the debate.
Who's the real Niko Tokita?
What's wrong? You look like you're pretty beat, old man.
These two are so ferocious.
Don't be like that. I was only just starting to have fun.
No reason to spoil it, right, brother?
Was it you who taught him that?
Did he learn Possessed by a God from you?
I just made sure that your student learned all there is know about Inner Tactics.
You're too soft on these kids.
Always have been if you asked me.
Is he…
Oh yeah.
I forgot.
He was there as well.
The person who taught me Life Advance was him.
Yes, confusion and memory loss.
After performing it, Ohma forgot the man who taught him
such a forbidden move.
It could be a coping mechanism.
The brain instinctually reacting out of self-preservation.
Perhaps in his grief, after Ohma had used the technique,
he sealed away all memories he had of Life Advance
deep within his heart
and left it dormant for years until this moment.
Was it because those memories
were connected to the loss of his teacher, Niko?
Yeah.
I remember it was just a few days after I had learned the technique.
Nice.
Looks like my strength is coming back.
Hey.
Are you Ohma?
What the hell? He snuck up on me.
Where did this guy even come from?
No need to have your guard up.
Ah, but you should know,
to be honest,
I've been keeping my eye on you for a long time now.
I thought it might put you at ease
if I acted like this was the first time I met you.
I guess it didn't work.
You went to that forest, right?
So then,
I guess that means he's done passing down those techniques.
What?
How did you know that?
Just forget about whatever crap you learned from that man.
The real Niko Tokita's right here.
You're who?
Do you know who you're messing with?
Was that
Niko Style?!
Yep, that's pathetic.
You're too weak.
I knew that idiot would never have what it took
to train a single student properly.
So I'll be the one that makes you stronger.
You bastard.
What's your connection to Niko?
Come on. Didn't you hear anything I just said?
I told you.
You're looking at the real Niko Tokita.
Stop saying crap I don't understand!
You son of a…
What did you do to me?
It's called the groundwork.
There's a god in you now, kid.
This is a different level from what that fraud taught you.
What are you saying?
Oh yes, you remember now?
Has all of it come flooding back into you, Ohma?
This was the moment he was waiting for,
the opportunity to strike with a demon that is knocked down!
HEAVENLY FIRE, WATER FORM ABSOLUTE DESTRUCTION
So there you have it.
Now you remember everything.
Congratulations on regaining your memories.
Of course, Niko's death was not on your hands.
Someone allowed you to continue believing that
because they wanted you to keep suffering.
It's a curse that's been given to you by Niko.
He is not a man
but a demon who is gleefully damned you,
all to see you hurt even more.
No! No!
Enough!
I've… heard enough!
Ohma has remembered something very painful.
I understand that you've been hurting
since the moment you were born
and that you're still hurting today.
But now it's your turn to try and snap out of this!
Yamashita, what did you just say to me?
That person…
This other Niko you keep talking about,
he doesn't exist!
It's just like Ohma said.
He died on the day of the duel.
Really?
That's right.
Come on, Setsuna.
It's time to wake up!
Hmm.
I can't make everything better immediately.
But I'll still do whatever I can, okay?
Okay?
Yamashita, you…
Mm-hmm?
Pathetic little Setsuna!
I see you, you animal!
And I'm definitely going to kill you this time, Niko Tokita!
Uh… uh… uh…
You should just give up already.
I've been watching you from afar for a long time.
I've seen what you're like when you're trying to fight for real.
What's going wrong with you?
I mean, if you ask me,
I'd say you're just trying to be a watered-down Ohma.
What did you say?!
Oh, look at you.
That didn't cross your mind, huh?
You must be completely hopeless.
You wanted to become a god. Am I right?
But you keep saying that you want to be killed by one!
Everyone sees you lying to yourself.
That's too bad.
Hmm, provoking me won't work anymore.
Hmm. You think I want to be a god?
Uh… huh?
That's completely ridiculous.
There's no hope of any human transforming into a deity.
Am I right, Ohma?
Is that what's going on?
What you're seeing,
I guarantee you it's not Niko's ghost.
You can't accept the fact that you're the cause of all this.
You're the root of your own pain.
He's giving off so much pressure.
What he's saying doesn't make sense to me.
But Setsuna's abilities are absolutely the real deal!
I've waited for this!
I have longed for this day to find you!
To compete with you!
To kill you!
I only live to fight you!
I feel nothing for you but pity.
His life got turned upside down the day that man came along,
calling himself the real Niko.
Setsuna Kiryu,
you were just another pawn that he decided to use.
-All right, boss. -Huh?
Just stay behind me.
Uh…
Niko was the one who saved me.
But now…
now it's my turn.
♪ Like this, biatch… ♪
♪ Say what? ♪
♪ You say you running the city… ♪
♪ Say what? ♪
♪ Hey, when I snap ♪
♪ Put damage on your cap… ♪
♪ Say what? ♪
♪ You say you running the city… ♪
Ohma Tokita is stronger than he was ten years ago.
But Setsuna's love has also grown.
Setsuna must be a fallen angel to bring out the god in Ohma.
Put an end to it all right now!
Next episode, "Farewell."