Yuuhi.
Hey! Yuuhi!
Oh, sorry. I was concentrating.
How many are you planning to dig?
We don't know where the battle will take place, so the more the better.
What happens if an ally falls into one?
That might be a concern if they were small enough to get your foot stuck in,
but we can use these to dodge attacks, you know.
You think so?
Still, I'm not sure about the idea of using pit traps.
This probably suits me better than fighting head-on with Shinonome-san's skills.
Hmm?
What's this?
A box?
Amamiya Yuuhi
What's this?
To Yuuhi?
Why is there a letter to me buried in a place like this?
Read it, Yuuhi.
"To the Lizard Knight, Amamiya Yuuhi-kun."
I saw you digging holes in this mountain during July of the year of my death.
That was the last thing I saw with my clairvoyance.
Clairvoyance?
My name is Akitani Inatika, the Swordfish Knight.
People call me
Master!
Everyone was crying
Like a star burning blue
Where will we go? What will we see?
We're all going to change, though.
I don't need it, don't want it.
I've already given up on it
After so many sad farewells
And "take cares"
I want to like the present more than the past, the future more than the present.
Gradually my values have changed
I felt more grown up the more they wore away
Lies and betrayals are practically civilities
Everyone ages
But what about the star burning blue?
Our likes and dislikes
They'll all change at some point
A worn-out savior
A medal in a dirty ditch
I don't want to overlook their faint glimmers of light
I hear the sound still ringing from them
Let's move on a bit
Bargain Sale
Hey!
Huh? Where's the other half of your shrimp pair?
Episode 9: Akitani Inatika
I'm not a shrimp.
Yuki's at home, I think.
What are you doing wandering around, Mikazuki-san?
I'm looking around, hoping to find the mage.
You wouldn't find him near the train station.
You think?
Oh?
I'll look, too!
I want to avenge my Master!
I don't mind you searching with me,
but I'll be the one to fight him!
I'll be the one to defeat the mage!
Shall we grab something to eat before we go looking?
The Furious Ocean, a Biography Akitani Inatika
This book recounts the dramatic tale of my eventful life.
Be sure to kneel as you read it.
"The Furious Ocean... a Biography"?
Akitani Inatika...
He's the one Hoshikawa Subaru and Tsukishiro Yukimachi hold in high esteem.
Guess I'll give it a read.
What about kneeling?
I was born in Hamamatsu, on the founding year of Meiou.
Meiou? Is that an era?
I've seen it in novels before.
It would be about 500 years ago, in 1492.
Impossible! Are humans even capable of living that long?
When I was five years old,
a tsunami swept through and connected Lake Hamana to the open seas.
I was swept away by those waves and carried off into the Pacific Ocean.
By the time I swam back and returned alive,
I realized I possessed supernatural powers.
A sage who heard the rumors about me came to welcome me as his apprentice.
After that, I trained with him in the mountains.
Then one day, after training for over ten years,
I felt a connection between myself and something vast.
When I asked what it was,
it told me it was an omniscient being.
It answered everything I asked.
How many trees were on the mountain.
What tomorrow's weather would be.
The past, present, and future.
I was able to learn everything I wanted to know.
I sensed that I had reached the realm of the gods.
Master, who is this child?
A child who lost his family in the war.
Take him as your apprentice.
My apprentice?
I'm counting on you.
What's your name?
How old are you?
Let's go back to the hut for now.
Ev...
Everyone died.
A samurai killed them.
Teach me how to kill samurai!
I will.
Teaching another was harder than just learning.
He had no talent for the sword.
Master, thank you for all you've done!
I've trained long enough!
I'm off to kill samurai!
I see.
I knew that day would come.
I also...
It's been a long time. Sit down and join me for a meal.
Master.
You don't have to say a thing.
...knew that he would return defeated.
Master, you've gotten better at cooking.
It's no different than usual.
Take
My first apprentice died.
Of course, I knew that day would come, as well.
Take
Gon
Afterward I taught many people many things over several centuries,
Take
Gon
Rin
Ryou
Take
Gon
Rin
Ryou
Shinza
Shichiji
Kyou
but they all died before me.
Kichijirou
Ichizou
Takeji
Ichiko
Shirou
Take
Gon
Rin
Ryou
Shinza
Shichiji
Kyou
My omniscience was a paltry thing
compared to all that I had learned from my disciples.
My disciples taught me
that I was merely an ignorant human, not some omniscient god.
Hey, what's the matter?
Yuki ate my candy!
Wasn't me. A crow stole it.
Now, now, hold hands, you two.
Now try talking about it once more.
I left to go use the bathroom,
and then my candy was gone.
I even asked Yuki to hold on to it.
Hmm.
A crow came by and ate it while Subaru-chan was gone.
Oh? Then look Subaru-chan in the eye and try saying that again.
I-I ate it.
Yuki, you jerk!
S-Sorry.
You should pay her back for the candy.
I don't have any money.
Then you should work to repay her.
If you pick up the litter in this park, then I'll pay you for your time.
Here.
Fwoo.
There.
In it goes.
You, too.
I'll do it, too.
What for?
She's doing this for you, right?
But I'll help.
I see.
Thank you, mister! I'm Hoshikawa Subaru!
I'm Tsukishiro Yukimachi. And you?
I'm Akitani Inatika.
People call me Master.
Until we meet again.
Later, Master!
I had already known for five hundred years
that those two would be the ones with me at the end.
So I appeared before them to make them my final apprentices.
It was at that point my powers rapidly began to wane.
By the time the Beast Knights finally appeared, eight years later,
I had already lost my connection to the omniscient being.
I've lived an awfully long time by myself.
Um, I won't do you any harm,
so please don't be frightened when you see me.
I've known you would be coming for five hundred years, Zan Qamar-kun.
Huh?
Nice to meet you.
I'm Akitani Inatika.
People call me—
Wah! What a bill!
S-Sorry! I'm a swordfish.
N-No, it's fine.
I already knew that. You're just a little intense in person.
No records could teach me just how overwhelming that bill is.
This is why I say omniscience is worthless!
You're a strange one, you know.
Yeah, I hear that on occasion.
On occasion?
Though you certainly leave a strong first impression.
I hear that on occasion.
On occasion?
You're an unlucky one, though.
Why's that?
You've come to me after I've lost most of my supernatural power,
leaving only a little telekinesis and clairvoyance left.
No, that's still precious power to have.
Especially clairvoyance.
To top it off, I'll be dead next month.
Wha?!
I didn't want to know that future!
So then the customer asked the merchant,
"What would happen if you struck that shield with that spear?"
I know this one, Master.
It's a contradiction.
That's right.
But if they were wielded by the strongest warrior, from whom no one could take them?
As long as the sword and spear never opposed each other,
he would remain the strongest, wouldn't he?
I don't think that's what it's about.
When the spear and shield become indistinguishable from the warrior,
Strong
he simply becomes one powerful man.
Master, would you teach them how to fight already?
Little stories like that aren't going to save the planet.
I am teaching them.
Now you two hold hands.
Like this?
Now there's the warrior.
When you two are in trouble, work together.
If you both work together,
then you can become both unbreakable shield and unstoppable spear.
Tomorrow is the day.
It's time for my five hundred years to come to an end.
I don't plan on keeping those girls out of the fight against the golems.
We may differ in age, but our souls are equal.
We will face it together, fight together,
and I will use my body to teach them about death.
It's my first time dying.
To think there would still be something that scares me after these five hundred years.
What did you do?
I swapped the box and the dirt.
Amamiya-kun, I'm entrusting this to you.
Ask your own soul what that means.
The answer can't be found in omniscience.
It's the truth within your heart.
A super-powered man who lived for five hundred years, huh?
I'm curious how his tale ends.
We already know.
The next day he fought a golem and died.
That's right...
Anima is betting on you.
Lunaire
Um, thanks for the meal.
Yeah! You sure packed it down.
By the way, I heard about your meeting with the Swordfish Master,
but what were his last moments like?
When we went to the park that day,
he was acting different than usual.
Today I have a special lesson for you two.
Look.
Wha?!
Wh-What is it?
Oh?
It's here. I sense a golem.
What's wrong, Master?
Oh, it's nothing.
Let's go.
So that's...
A golem?
It looks tougher than I expected, but also slow.
Doesn't look like it can attack with its legs.
Subaru-chan, what do you think?
We should keep our distance and observe it.
Let's do that.
My clairvoyance already showed me these two will be safe.
So I'd like to give them some combat experience.
Does that mean my role ends here?
No, not until I show them how to attack.
If possible, I'd like to watch over them without dying instantly.
Hm?
Can I stop them?
Is this how I die?
Master!
I went down too easily.
Are you okay?!
Master, hang in there!
I'll be fine, but I can't fight now.
So...
You two must fight.
You can do it, can't you?
N-No way! We can't!
G-Got it!
Master, take cover.
Yuki!
Think!
What should we do now?!
Huh? Oh...
We should use the trees for cover to get around it?
Making the two of them fight is reckless!
This is a fight for their future, so it's their fight.
Still!
To bring them to the battlefield, and then just abandon them...
Adults shouldn't let their egos keep children from facing reality.
It's their future, after all.
Even so...
Even so, what are you actually teaching those children?!
Are you just going to make them confront a corpse?!
That will teach them death.
No, it won't!
Show them they should use every moment they have until their life is gone!
Show them they should die with a smile and no regrets!
Teach them that!
I know you can stand!
You can still stand!
Good grief.
Is a gentle death really such a sin?
Watch me, Zan-kun.
I'll burn through the final dregs
of this old soul.
Teleportation?!
Master!
Take this! My five hundred years!
Heavenly Marsh Spear!
Master!
Subaru, Yukimachi.
Now it's your turn.
So long as spear and shield are united, there is no contradiction.
Join hands.
Become the spear, become the shield.
Together, you can win!
So much blood...
Subaru-chan, let's fight.
The golem's still alive.
But Master's...
Subaru! Pull yourself together!
Ah...
Yeah.
We'll block it, Subaru-chan!
Yeah!
Holding Field!
Unbreakable Shield!
They reflected it?!
So my power rapidly waned in recent years because it was going to them?
Yuki! Let's slam this shield into it!
Got it!
Unstoppable Spear!
Master!
D-Did you see?! We won!
So don't die!
I'll go find help.
Wait. Come here.
Yukimachi, you're a strong girl.
You must protect Subaru.
Yes.
Subaru, you're a clever girl.
You must understand Yukimachi's weakness.
Master...
I've lived five hundred years.
I knew everything, and I could do anything.
But I also had joy, sorrow, strength, and weakness.
I was an ordinary person.
The same as you two.
No matter how much supernatural power I possessed,
I was human.
Please tell that to the mage, as well.
Because he's probably the same.
Tell him, "We are human."
We're still human.
Human...
Talking's worn me out.
Go on now.
But...
Don't worry. Zan-kun will be watching over me.
We'll be right back!
Please use your wish from the pact.
You still have time.
My wish has already come true.
I've wanted nothing more than to die before my children.
My disciples taught me everything about joy and sorrow.
The omniscient being never once stirred my heart.
It's not enough to just know what's truly precious.
You have to spend time etching it into your soul.
Omniscience is meaningless.
Look, the children are leaving.
They're running toward a future without me.
What a reassuring sight.
Take, Gon, Rin, Ryou, Shinza,
Shichiji, Kyou, Kichijirou, Ichizou, Takeji,
Ichiko, Shirou.
I'm on my way now.
Subaru, Yukimachi,
I'll be waiting for you.
Afterwards, they said Master died in an accident,
but they couldn't identify him.
The people at city hall said there was no record of a man named Akitani Inatika.
Even though Master did exist...
Shinonome-san?
Your Master was super cool!
Man, I wish I could have met him!
Yeah.
He was!
He was super cool!
Our master was cool!
Yeah!
Excuse me a moment.
Hello?
Right now? I'm with Shinonome-san.
Yeah.
Yeah. Got it.
Is it okay if Yuki joins us?
Yeah!
Having three of us looking will make it more likely we find that bastard mage!
Thank you.
Hekatombaion.
Are you ready to go now?
Go give it your best shot.
Looking back to those times, I always thought
It was hard to live life true to myself.
I recall those times.
I wanted to forget, but now it's different.
Back then we stared at that same sky.
I'll never forget you, or our endless dreams
As we gazed at that sky after fate brought us together
I dream of us together, of those days I remember
But dreams end and I wake up
Seeking the future
I reach for the light,
Always thinking of you in
every little thing
Next Episode: Hekatombaion and the Beast Knights