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| Their Oath | |
| Kanji |
二つの誓い |
| Rōmaji |
Futatsu no Chikai |
| Japanese Air Date |
2 September 2019 |
| Opening Song |
Sacrifice |
| Ending Song |
「 HHOOWWLL」 |
| Chapters |
Chapter 19 (1-16), Chapter 20 (19-32), Chapter 21, Chapter 22 (1-31) |
| Previous Episode | |
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"Their Oath" is the 10th episode of the To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts anime.
Summary[]
Incarnate Garmr remembers being a human youth named Roy. At the time, he was an infantryman attached to Infantry Combat who rushed towards the enemy camp but was seriously injured and fell to the ground during the gun battle. He was sent to an unknown "medical facility" and Becoming an Incarnate under "treatment" under Elaine's supervision. He fights alongside Hank against the Confederates, when Garmr is proud to remember the trust he placed in Hank and fight alongside him. Back in the present day, Garm fled from the cliff into the woods and was continuously shot by Coup de Grace, because Coup de Grace's soldiers relied on night vision goggles to find out where Garmr was hiding. However, Garmr still launched a counterattack, killing half of the team members, and then reinforcements from the Muzzle Peak Lookout (including Liza and Claude) also set out to support the surviving team.
Hank, who has fall over the edge of the cliff and saw Elaine when he was unconscious in his illusion . When he woke up, he found Schaal beside him. Hank was surprised by Schaal's appearance, but he felt relieved after he knew the details of the reason. Schaal tells Hank that her father was suddenly resurrected and transformed into a beast shortly after the Whitechurch incident. No one knew the reason at the time, but she shot her father with a shotgun as an extradition to him and told how her father regained consciousness at the last moment and said goodbye to her. Schaal fully understands how Hank felt when he killed her father and understands that he did so to prevent her father from turning into a beast and causing destruction. Schaal believes that before her father died, he wanted to say thank for Hank to save him before he was terrified of turning into a beast. Hank is surprised and confused that Schaal would understand and forgive him. He doesn't understand what he is doing or the reason for his oath. Hank told Schaal that he wanted to know if he had actually saved many of his comrades. He also wants to know whether the comrades he killed sincerely forgive his actions and receive true redemption.
Hank told Schaal that Elaine had not found an antidote or method to turn all Incarnates back into humans at the time. Hank discovered that in the incarnate army, whether it was Schaal's father or others or the comrades who stood with him, they were undoubtedly human beings. It was precisely because of this idea that he was able to regard many Incarnates as Humanity comes to bury. At that time, he only remembered that they had to make an oath to keep the heart of humanity. He knew that in order to fulfill this oath, he killed many of the friends who wanted to live. Hank knew that the more he used the power of his Incarnate power, sooner or later he would face the cruel fate of turning into a beast like his friends. He could not imagine the destruction he would do by becoming the King of Beasts. Looking desperate, Hank asked Schaal if she could kill him before it was too late if he suddenly turned into a beast that couldn't control himself and couldn't turn back into a human again. More importantly, he wished to die now while he still had sense and remembered his friends. But Schaal was overwhelmed and regretfully rejected his request. Hank apologizes to Schaal for deciding to fight Garmr again and asking Schaal to remember them when it's all over.
When dealing with Coup de Grace, Garmr believed that as long as he killed the leader of the team, he could destory the army. However, Gerald already knew Garmr's purpose and used him as a bait and set up traps to counterattack. Soon after Garmr captured Gerald, he found that he was surrounded by Coup de Grace with wires. Garmr warned Gerald that he would be implicated if he allowed the Coup de Grace team to shoot directly. But Gerald said that even if their human army would face the risk of losing their commander, they must kill all the Incarnates who turned into a beast. Although the Coup de Grace team fired multiple shots at Garmr, they were unable to give him a fatal blow. Fortunately, Claude appears and hits Garmr with a grenade launcher, forcing him to escape and save Gerald. While he was still recovering, Claude managed to hold himself together with Lisa's help and scolded Gerald for his dangerous plan. Schaal understood that even though she was in despair about Hank asking her to kill him, she still held on to the hope and idea that Hank could survive as a human being. Schaal thought about what she was going to say to Hank and walked out the cave.
Meanwhile, Garmr is standing limping by the river due to blood loss as Hank approaches from the other side of the river. Hank deliberately held the grenade to keep Garmr close to him. Just as he was about to let himself and Garmr die together, Schaal suddenly rushed out and shot Garmr in the knee with a shotgun. Schaal told Hank that he was human in her eyes, and she promised to kill him if he suddenly transformed into a beast that couldn't control himself and couldn't turn back into a human again. Schaal asked Hank to continue his mission to kill the many dehumanized Incarnate comrades and save their human souls. She also asked Hank to fulfill his oath and fight to the last moment.
Schaal's words gave Hank a glimmer of hope and cheered him up again. Hank understood that perhaps what his heart really wanted to hear was someone's sympathy, words of hope that he could survive as a human being, and companions who would be willing to work with him to alleviate his sins. Hank immediately dropped the grenade, Garmr dodged Schaal's shot and rushed towards her, Hank transformed into a werewolf again and fought Garmr under Schaal's watchful eyes. The coup de grace approaches, but Cloud tells his team to wait. Hank delivers the fatal blow to Garmr. Garmr praises Hank's performance and briefly restores Roy to his human form, and the two briefly reminisce about their time on the battlefield. Hank shoots Roy shortly after his death, and Schaal asks Hank about Roy's past because she wants to remember what kind of person he was. Hank describes Roy to Schaal and says that if they could go back in time, they might be friends. Soon after, Coup de Grace troop aims their gun at Hank and Schaal, and Claude tells Hank that they can finally talk.
Characters[]
- Hank Henriette
- Nancy Schaal Bancroft
- Elaine Bluelake (illusion and flashback, only anime)
- Liza Renecastle
- Claude Withers
- Gerald Corlani
- Roy
- Daniel Price (in his human form, flashback)
- Theodore Sherman (in his human form, flashback)
- Edgar Beckford (in his human form, flashback)
- Arthur Allston (in his human form, flashback)
- Christopher Keynes (in her human form, flashback)
- Elizabeth Weezer (in his human form, flashback)
- Abi (in his human form, flashback)
- John William Bancroft (flashback)
- Beatrice (in human form, flashback)
- Miles Byron (in her human form, flashback)
- Vic ((possibly in human form) flashback)
- Karkinos ((possibly in human form) flashback)
- Hraesvelgr ((possibly in human form) flashback)
- Other Incarnates members ((possibly in human form) flashback)
Anime Differences[]
- The cut Roy backstory was moved to this episode, except with noticeable changes.
- Cain did not appear with Hank and Roy in the flashback.
- Some extra narration and scenes from the flashback was omitted and change.
- Roy fighting the Coup de Grace was changed. Instead of fighting Coup de Grace head on, Roy runs and hides from them and starts attack them one by one.
- Added awareness of Hank talking to Elaine in his illusion . This scene does not appear in the manga.
- the anime didn't increase in Schaal running to the bottom of the cliff find Hank who was seriously injured.
- the manga and anime didn't not added Schaal take Hank to the cave and care for him.
- In the manga, Schaal is making tea before Hank wakes up. In the anime, Schaal is by Hank's side before he wakes up.
- the anime didn't add Hank received the teacup handed to him by Schaal and talk to her.
- In the anime,Wires used to trap Roy was added. The wires was not used in the manga.
- In the anime, Claude attacks Roy to saves Gerald, whereas in the manga, Liza uses her three-barreled shotgun (which did not appear in the anime) to save Gerald.
- In the manga, When Roy and Hank faced off again, it was in the forest, but In the anime, it was in the river.
- In the manga, Schaal shoots Roy in the chest with her gun, In the anime was changed to the arms and legs.
- In the manga, Hank use his grenade to fight with Roy without to transforms incarnate, In the anime, Hank not use grenade and transforms incarnate and fight with Roy.
- Hank and Schaal whispering their tactics into each other's ears only appears in the manga.
- In the manga, Hank used a grenade to blow open Roy's chest after Schaal used her gun as cover.In the anime,it was changed to Hank using his claws to pierce Roy's chest as the key to deciding the winner.
- in the anime, Roy transforms to his human from ,whereas in the manga, his stays as an incarnate from.
- Roy's real name is Rex Brock. His name was never touched nor talked about in the manga.
- In the manga, Hank almost fell to the ground due to exhaustion shortly after shooting Roy. This scene was changed to not exist in the anime.