⟐ 𝑴𝑰𝒀𝑨𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑨𝑺𝑯𝑰 ─ (二天一流)

More difficult than any duel he's ever fought...

He's really trying not to stare...

Ah... I should have gotten Shizuka and Murasaki something. I spent so much time with those two, it feels more like a deeper commitment than marriage itself.

I'll always be by your side, Shizuka. Through hell and back.

"Does he even know he's alive?"

"You are overqualified, Shizuka. You're strong, fair and kind... all qualities I'd look for in a leader. Throughout my life, Tokugawa Ieyasu was the only lord I fought under... besides you. And I wouldn't have followed him through hell... but I'd follow you."

Y-yeah... in between killin' Genma. Don't look at me like that, those little bubbly clouds are hard to find.

Hah! That's clearly a lie. I've been searching for your komainu for weeks noe and I've only found four. The little fluffballs know how to hide... How am I supposed to know!? I killed my first man when I was 14. Maybe he was an early bloomer with six or seven sword masters.

"You've been uncharacteristically quiet lately... what's on your mind?"

A child was performing strange hand gestures while saying these numbers to me. I wonder... was he bragging about the number of men he's killed?

"If you live by the sword... 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 is 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠." To put it simply.... I'm in. Because it 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏.