[suspenseful music playing]
KENGAN LIFE-OR-DEATH TOURNAMENT
[Hanafusa] Great, we're done with the exam.
While you may not be in the best condition,
you look good.
The treatment you're receiving from the Kure family
seems to really be getting the job done.
I see.
Thanks for the help, Hanafusa.
So, Ohma,
we've got some time before the next one.
Why don't you go to the dressing room? Try taking it easy.
I'm not a big fan of taking it easy. [grunts]
Uh… huh?
I'm going out.
I wanna take a walk to warm up.
Oh, okay, Ohma.
-In his case, that'd probably be better. -Huh?
[sighs]
Yamashita, I know I've warned you about this several times already.
Yes.
So you're absolutely certain about that?
Yes.
[tender music playing]
Ohma's a rare breed.
He's a real good man.
He knows what's going on,
what's happening to him.
I don't know what he thinks about any of it.
But I've decided I need to see this through until the very end.
[sighs]
After everything he's done for me, it's the least I can do for him.
[Nogi] There you are.
[gasps]
[Yamashita breathes shakily]
Chairman Nogi?!
["Feel My Pain" by Hey-Smith playing]
♪ 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! ♪
WAKATSUKI
[machine beeps]
TAKESHI WAKATSUKI FURUMI PHARMA REP. FIGHTER
-Huh? -Uh…
[Wakatsuki] Hey.
[Ohma] Hey.
[Wakatsuki] You know, I think this might be
the first time you and I have ever spoken.
[Ohma] Yeah.
Thanks, Takeshi Wakatsuki.
[can opens]
[gulping]
-[Ohma] Ah. -[Wakatsuki] Ah.
[Wakatsuki] Man, you're covered in injuries.
[Ohma] Speak for yourself, pal.
[Wakatsuki] It's possible that one of us could die in the next match.
I mean, that's just the risk.
It's gonna happen sometimes.
The match is fixed.
Huh?
It comes down to our bosses.
At the end of the day, they're still on Nogi's side.
Right now, the only smart move one of us has
is to let the other one win.
[Ohma sighs]
My boss made that decision.
And I'm not gonna push against it.
[can crushes]
I told him I would do this for him on one condition.
As long as the one advancing to the finals is… me.
[Yamashita] What brings you here, Chairman Nogi?
Is something wrong?
[Nogi] Mmm.
You know, Kazuo…
Yes?
I really must commend you. You made it to the semifinals.
Um… [chuckles]
And now that you're here, your role is over.
Huh?!
[mysterious music playing]
[Yamashita] You want me to have Ohma removed as my fighter?!
That's right.
Furumi Pharma and the Nogi Group are both in the same faction.
They are allies.
I've just received confirmation
that they will be nominating me as their chairman.
[whimpers] Uh…
What… what about you, Akiyama?
[Nogi] Well, after everything that occurred last night,
she has been fully apprised of the situation.
[Yamashita grunts]
[Nogi] The condition given by Furumi Pharma
was that if two factions who both support the Nogi Group
were ever to face off,
then the company that was sponsoring Takeshi Wakatsuki
would be given the win.
In other words,
if Furumi Pharma were to be victorious,
then I would have to admit that the results of the match were fixed.
Mm, it was a convenient condition, I admit.
[huffing softly]
[Yamashita] I refuse.
Wha…
Chairman,
that's so selfish of you.
You aren't the only one invested in to how this fight ends.
This is also another man's journey,
one who is risking his very life to overcome the past.
Yamashita Corporation's fighter
will always be Ohma!
That will be my final say on this matter!
[gasps]
Are you crazy?!
Why are you being so obstinate about this?
Why be so stubborn?
I implore you to reconsider!
Make Ohma leave the island immediately.
I promise he'll get the best medical care money can buy
at any hospital of his choice!
I'll even look the other way at that 5.1-billion-yen debt!
And I'm also interested in the possibility
of you even joining the Nogi Group as a board member!
I'm sorry, Chairman.
No.
I've already made my choice.
You need to understand this.
Ohma's winning,
no matter what happens!
[gasps]
Whatever your ambitions,
you'll figure it all out.
[groans]
-Those ambitions didn't belong only to me. -[Yamashita] Huh?
It was never my intent
to try and seriously pursue the position of chairman of the Kengan Association.
However, destiny got me in her clutches
and would not set me free.
And from then on, I decided I should set my sights higher
and take aim for the position.
-Yamashita… -Huh?
…it was on the day that I learned you existed.
[Yamashita] Me?
[Ohma] We got that in common.
You see, the thing is
I'm not interested in losing this either.
So I guess we're at an impasse.
We should find our own way of figuring out how to settle this.
Yeah.
Don't have much choice.
[both chuckle]
-[dramatic music playing] -[blows thudding]
KENGAN LIFE-OR-DEATH TOURNAMENT
Thank you very much for your patience leading up to this moment.
Time for
the final matches of the Kengan Tournament!
Let the semifinals officially commence!
[rock music playing]
[Sayaka] Fighters, enter the arena!
[action music playing]
Oh, Asura!
The time for you to stand on the battlefield has come again today!
Oh, Asura!
Have you truly become immortal?
Come!
We are gathered here to witness!
And all of us know you've still got a lot of the Niko Style left to show us.
At 182 centimeters and 85 kilograms,
with five wins and zero losses in the Kengan matches…
with winnings of
154,230,000,000 yen…
Affiliated with Yamashita Corporation,
The Asura,
Ohma Tokita!
[crowd clamoring]
-[crowd chanting] Tokita! Tokita! Tokita! -[man] Yeah, Tokita!
I can't believe it's really him!
Yeah!
That's the spirit!
Now I feel like I'm on fire!
Tokita, don't you lose now.
Whoa, you're looking shaggy.
Are you a Tokita fan too?
Shaggy?
I'm surprised.
Yamashita Corporation didn't swap out their fighter.
It means their spirit isn't broken just yet!
They've got guts, I tell you!
Yeah!
He's an idiot!
He's body's falling apart.
What is he doing?
[crowd chanting] Tokita! Tokita! Tokita!
VERSUS
[Sayaka] He's blessed with a strong body,
dedicating years to honing his technique,
and finally a thirst and instinct for battle that remains unmatched.
The heavens love him.
He has been given everything he needs to win today
because even the gods want to see a match that will bring the house down!
At 193 centimeters and 193 kilograms,
with 309 wins and two losses in the Kengan matches,
with winnings of
3,277,395,000,000…
Furumi Pharma is his sponsor!
It's the Wild Tiger,
Takeshi Wakatsuki!
[rock music playing]
[crowd chanting] Wakatsuki! Wakatsuki! Wakatsuki! Wakatsuki!
Wow! The first match of the semifinals.
Yamashita Corporation's fighter, Ohma Tokita,
versus Furumi Pharma's own Takeshi Wakatsuki.
These colossal giants have fought their way tooth and nail
through three rounds to make it here.
[Jerry] And with only one day between each round
to try to get back into shape.
Have they really had time to recover?
Oh, I very much doubt that.
The body would need more time to heal.
Oh shit!
My thought exactly.
However, they look like they're completely unaffected by all this.
Which of them will move on to the finals,
the Wild Tiger
or The Asura?
Either way,
the action is about to start.
[man] You can win this!
[man 2] Wakatsuki!
-[man 3] The Fang's no match for you! -[man 4] I know you got this, man!
[thinking] I'm sure President Yamashita has already had the news broken to him.
But I'm nervous.
You're sure about this, right, Wakatsuki?
[crowd chanting] Wakatsuki!
You really are something else.
You hear all that noise they're making for you?
Sounds like they all think you're gonna win today.
[crowd chanting] Wakatsuki!
[Ohma thinking] Something's different.
This pressure doesn't feel the same as when I fought against Raian Kure.
It wasn't like this when I fought Kiryu either.
I know what it feels like.
Niko.
Pure pressure from a strong man
who has fought hard to perfect his craft.
And to be honest, this feeling is the worst.
[yells]
[crowd cheering]
So, you know the drill!
All right, fighters, here we go!
Get ready!
[thinking] No doubt about it.
There's something wrong with Takeshi Wakatsuki's eye.
He changed his stance to try and cover up whatever's wrong.
My guess is he wanted to expand the field of vision in his good eye
by keeping it farther back.
I'll get him with a hit-and-run move first.
My last attack will make him close his left eye.
Then it's over.
Begin!
-[grunts] -[thinking] He got the jump on me!
He's fast, even in that shape.
[gasps] A traditional karate jab!
He can use moves outside of full-contact karate?!
Go! Wakatsuki!
[grunting]
-[all gasp] -[Wakatsuki grunts]
[all] Oh!
-[Wakatsuki grunts] -[Ohma groans]
[heavy metal music playing]
[grunts]
[heavy metal music playing]
[Wakatsuki grunts]
-[Wakatsuki grunts] -[Ohma groans]
[thinking] He's so close!
[both grunting]
[Sayaka shrieks] Ah!
Look at him go!
This is an onslaught!
He's using full-contact karate now!
[thinking] It's too much!
Indestructible isn't enough to block them all!
I heard full-contact bans bare-fisted hits to the face.
Is that why he's decided to go for this style of attack instead?
Yes.
The attacker keeps pushing forward again and again.
I've heard it occasionally referred to as sumo karate.
But I guess something that extreme is a good fit
for Wakatsuki's superhuman strength.
[both grunting]
[thinking] He's got so much power!
He hits harder than Raian Kure!
If I were to rank Indestructible's strength at ten,
then I'd rate these hits at 50!
[Ryo grunts] No, Tokita!
Don't keep your distance!
[growls softly]
-[grunting] -[Jerry] What?!
He followed up with a devastating jab punch!
-[gasps] -Follow through!
[gasps] You have the perfect chance!
[Sayaka] Whoa! Hang on, Jerry!
Can you tell us what we're seeing right now?
[Jerry] Oh yes!
He doesn't wanna give in to a ground fight.
He wants to win this battle with those hasty strikes we all know him for.
Understandable.
We all remember that Tokita demonstrated
a high level of skill with ground fighting in the third round.
You can't take Wakatsuki here.
He just wants to keep the match on his feet.
He does not want to have a grapple match.
He saw the fight Tokita had against Cosmo.
He was so injured, but he's still thinking straight.
Impressive!
He hasn't made it through 500 Kengan matches for nothing!
[exhales slowly]
[thinking] How can your jabs reach from that kind of distance?
You're 200 kilograms.
How are you so fast?
Even if you do keep us off the ground, I don't care.
Getting any chance to rest is all I need.
[grunts]
How did he injure me?
So he's gonna end up destroying my arm while I keep going after his eye.
[crowd clamoring]
[thinking] Wakatsuki,
just get through this fight.
Then you can face off with the Fang!
[panting]
-[man] Let's do it! -[grunts softly]
[crowd cheering]
[panting]
[thinking] What is this? He's up to something.
Trying something new this late, huh?
[breathing rhythmically]
[crowd clamoring]
[Yamashita] Huh?
That stance!
Demon Slaughterer?!
[grunts] Resistance is futile.
Huh?!
Even if Ohma wins, he's badly injured.
He won't be able to follow through and fight in the finals.
So, Yamashita,
you must realize Ohma will die at this rate.
Withdraw at once.
Withdraw?! [grunts]
Could you stop being self-centered for one second?
You're the one who initiated this tournament!
How could you say that?!
I made up my mind long ago.
I will sacrifice anything that it takes
in order to ensure my victory in this.
But you… shouldn't do the same.
Huh?!
I'm trying to be a friend enough to warn you away.
Don't repeat the Nogi family's mistakes.
I… I…
What are you talking about, Chairman?
You said "mistakes."
I don't get it.
What do the Kengan matches have to do with me?
The time is finally here.
I will share everything with you.
It all began 300 years ago,
going back to the beginning of the Kengan Association.
Huh?
In the Edo Period?
[Nogi] Yes, in the Edo Period.
In those days, there was one fighter
who became known as the strongest.
His weapon was his eyes.
EYES
[mysterious music playing]
[Nogi] He had the ability to see through any attack.
If he were studied in modern terms,
he would be known as having a superhuman level of dynamic vision.
He was employed by Eikichi Nogiya, one of my ancestors.
Eikichi paid him for his services as a fighter
in exchange for supporting his family,
who had once been known as great samurai.
EIKICHI NOGIYA
That man's name was
"Kengan" Ichinoshin Yamashita.
That capable man was one of your ancestors.
What?!
One of my ancestors was a skilled fighter?!
While you may have some small imperfections,
you've inherited some of Ichinoshin's other powers.
[chuckles]
You know what I'm talking about, right?
Huh?
Huh…
[thinking] Does he mean
what happened at the lottery?
That?!
[gasps]
Huh? No way.
[Nogi] Now that the future of his family was secure,
Ichinoshin pledged his undying loyalty to Eikichi Nogiya,
my ancestor.
And with that promise,
Eikichi placed his absolute trust in Ichinoshin.
Eventually, a bond of friendship grew,
one that went beyond their relationship as employer and employee.
Hmm. However…
[gulps]
EDO PERIOD YAMASHITA FAMILY
[grunting softly]
[somber music playing]
[footsteps approaching quickly].
[Eikichi] You should be happy, Ichinoshin!
Hmm? Eikichi.
The Kengan Association finally gave in!
They're going to hold a tournament to decide who's gonna be the new chairman!
This is our chance to make our dreams come true!
The Kengan Association will be reborn!
Uh…
Uh, Ichinoshin…
Are…
are you…
That injury…
Uh…
W… wait. Is it from the match last month?
[Ichinoshin] Don't worry, Eikichi.
[gasps]
Let's build a new association.
And let's do it together!
[breathing shakily]
That story was just the beginning of their tragedy.
[Ohma breathing rhythmically]
[somber music fades]
♪ Like this, biatch… ♪
[rap music in Japanese playing]
♪ Say what? ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ You say you running the city… ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ Say what? ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ Hey, when I snap ♪
♪ Put damage on your cap… ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ Say what? ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ You say you running the city… ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
[music fades]
[narrator] Who would've imagined?
The formidable and robust bloodline of Kazuo Yamashita is revealed!
The hopes and dreams of men
from both past and present come face to face.
I hope I can reach you!
Next Episode, "Wholehearted."