Marriagetoxin (2026) s01e09 Episode Script

Those who ceaselessly hone
their killing arts are known as "Masters."
After many generations,
they have gained lethal abilities
called "Modified Bloodlines."
This is the story of one such Master,
the Poison Master, Hikaru Gero,
and his attempts to get married.
♪Locked in Latata♪
♪Secrets in my veins Latata♪
♪I know you want it♪
♪And sure, I love it♪
♪So I stay behind the mask Latata♪
♪Run, run, run back to back Run♪
♪Fun, fun, fun unpredictable but fun♪
♪At the end of every mind game♪
♪Shoot through the darkened night♪
♪Poisoned in our bodies still♪
♪Laugh at us our reckless souls♪
♪TOXIC♪
♪For you I will♪
♪TOXIC♪
♪Rewrite my destiny♪
♪Losing it, falling for you♪
♪What’s tomorrow Kill or Kiss♪
♪TOXIC♪
♪Tell me what you want♪
♪TOXIC♪
♪I’ll stay right here♪
♪Like a spell, I’ll be by your side♪
♪What you gonna do Kill or Kiss♪
♪Kill or Kiss♪
♪Kill or Kiss♪
♪Kill or Kiss♪
Hey, Kinosaki. Why do you have
a first-class boating license?
It goes over well
with middle-aged rich guys.
I've got all kinds of
other qualifications, too.
I'm a certified IT engineer,
secretary, sommelier,
color designer, drone operator,
[cosmetician, soup-stock sommelier,
night tour guide,]
You weren't a marriage swindler for nothing. -
[cosmetician, soup-stock sommelier, night tour guide,]
[bookkeeper, real-estate broker, financial
planner, social insurance consultant,]
It looks like it's settled down for now, - [bookkeeper,
real-estate broker, financial planner, social insurance consultant,]
but we still don't know how to get that thing
off her. - [notary, nurse, care assistant,]
but we still don't know how to get that thing off
her. - [childcare worker, radiology technician]
I'll use truth serum or whatever it takes
to make the Beast Masters
give up the secret.
Okay!
- Ham!
This is goodbye. Thanks for the lift.
You did the job
I hired you for, remember?
You protected me
from the Hitman Hunter.
Now I'll talk to the main family myself
and get them to let me leave.
In other words
I'm done with you guys.
[Ham?]
I'm done with you guys.
I'm done with you guys.
Arashiyama, I know you're trying
to be considerate, but—
Oh, for the love of Listen to me!
This is 100% a trap for sure!
They're out to kill Hikaru Gero
from the Five Great Families.
I can't take it.
I can't take you risking your life for me.
I want to risk it.
Something's telling me
if I leave you in the lurch now,
I'll never be able to make anyone happy.
Ham.
I'm good as long as I get
to clean up the Beast Clan.
Kinosaki, thanks for the ride.
Wait at the harbor we left from
until we call you.
We can't take you with us
beyond this point.
I'll be waiting with the next date plan,
so you'd better come back.
Sure.
I bet the Beast Clan's
using Arashiyama as bait
to take out Piichi and me
at the same time.
You've been out hunting them,
but I don't know what I did
to piss them off.
Maybe they see me
as a business rival, but
A squid and an eagle? A Beast Clan ambush?
Anyway, Arashiyama comes first.
(Toxin: Step Up)
(Toxin: Step Up)
Toxin: Step Up!
Whoa.
Ultra simple:
(Even a giant squid) everything about
chopping squid you're in too deep to ask.
(Ultra simple! Anyone can prep a squid like this!)
everything about chopping squid you're in too deep to ask.
Um
Sorry.
You're in the way, so I'll cook you up.
Now that's a surprise.
Since when could Poison Masters
walk on water?
Step one: removing the entrails
from the body of the squid.
(Removing the entrails
from the body of the squid!)
Start by placing your squid
on a cutting board.
Remove the tentacles
and pull out the entrails.
All of your tentacles are in the way.
So, uh, I remove the entrails, and then—
(Removing
the squid's ink!)
Slit the de-tentacled squid's body
open vertically,
grab the ink sack, and pull it out.
Finally, cut the squid
into bite-size pieces.
So this
is what Gero meant.
This is what somebody
who is good at fighting can do.
We could serve squid-ink pasta
in our café.
Looks like I'm first up to bat.
No surprises there.
I am the world's fastest man,
Kota Hanezawa!
This guy's no Beast Master.
I'm guessing he's from a branch family.
A Bird Master, maybe.
A subcontractor for the main clan.
What do you guys want?
You took a hostage to lure us here.
Why do you want us dead?
Hell if I know.
Figures. He wouldn't tell me
even if he knew.
But
Hunting you will make me enough money
to live like a king for the rest of my days.
I can't say how much.
Confidentiality, you know?
But it's in the tens of billions.
Why go after Arashiyama?
Word is, if I take her hostage,
I can bring you down easy.
I don't like it, but I'm a Master.
I keep my feelings out of my work.
Still, I'm nicer than I look.
I compromised on my principles only once.
Yup. It was a snowy night,
which was unusual for March.
I was on my way to the store
and practicing stealing bases
[when a crane I formed a last-minute battery
with said it was quitting the team.]
This guy - [when a crane I formed a last-minute
battery with said it was quitting the team.]
doesn't know when to shut up!
And that's how I met this guy.
How do I get rid of
the Bonda Constrictor?
Well, I mean
Just trying to find that out is a crime.
Play ball!
Come on, teammates!
Let's give him a game to remember!
Birdsball!
He's ridiculously fast.
His branch must be pretty close
to the main clan.
What's wrong, pitcher?
Chicken? Hey, hey, hey!
If I can make him fight on my terms,
I know I can take him out.
I don't want to get on
the Poison Clan's bad side,
but the money's
too good to pass up.
The Five Great Families
may be the best at killing,
but they're not the top five
in a straight-up fight.
How could I pass up the chance
to turn my life around with one home run?
I'll finish this job and get America,
home of baseball,
to break free of the rule book
and embrace Birdsball!
(Birdsball)
(Fish egg monitor)
Absolutely delicious.
Ah, Gero blood.
Will the Poison Master fall to the Bird Master?
It's a poor match-up for him.
You've got no taste, Byakko.
It's the birdbrain who's in over his head.
Oh, be still my heart.
It's obvious when you think it through.
The Poison Clan has lived by traps
and foul play this whole time.
Of course he has something up his sleeve.
His venomous fangs gnaw away at you
before you even know it.
By the time you realize, it's too late.
I'm so worked up,
I can barely contain myself!
Poison Master, Hikaru Gero.
Show me what foul play
is really all about.
Entrance me.
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
This game's over, Poison Master!
(Birdsball Modified Bloodline++: Increment)
Birdsball: Winning Shot!
Fowl Stadium Farewell!
(Fowl Stadium Farewell)
Fowl Stadium Farewell!
You can't get away on these rocks!
A smoke screen?
It smells like he's made his move.
Poison gas?
He's buying himself time to set a trap.
Luckily, we're on the coast.
I'll just wait for it to blow away,
and I'm safe.
Still
Just to be sure
(Birdsball: Reverse Swing)
Just to be sure
(Birdsball: Reverse Swing)
Birdsball: Reverse Swing!
Birdsball: Reverse Swing!
Avian Iron—
(Avian Iron)
Avian Iron—
He slugged me? Where's the trap?
Moron.
Sure, Bird Master,
you're the fastest guy around.
But that won't get you very far
against guys who don't fight fair.
Traps pack the punch they do
because they catch you off guard.
The fact he telegraphed it like that
means telegraphing it was the real trap.
(Puff Puff Extra smoke!) I spooked him with
scented smoke and strained his resources,
I spooked him with scented smoke
and strained his resources,
so that brief opening
when he looked away
was all I needed to accelerate with
Toxin: Step Up, jump, and take him down.
Hanezawa, I've still got questions for—
The main Beast Clan
is up on that mountain peak.
Of course, knowing that won't make
getting there any less impossible.
How many enemies are—
Like I'd ever tell you!
The main clan mobilized all the major
and minor branches to hunt you down.
[I guess the Koala Master
and the Rhino Master]
Don't tell me
- [I guess the Koala Master and the Rhino Master]
He's so desperate, he's spilling secrets?
- [are the ones to watch out for.]
You want to get a Bonda Constrictor off?
You're nuts. It's never been done.
But I have heard this one rumor.
The Beast Clan—
Testing, testing. Okay.
Yo, Hikaru Gero!
Here at Dogo Animal Kingdom
we welcome you. I'm the king,
Beast Master, Toshiro Dogo.
While we're getting to know each other,
tell me about these stories I'm hearing.
They say the future head
of the Gero family keeps taking jobs
that don't pay squat.
(Hikaru Gero)
Starting a new business?
Why bodyguard work?
Marriage.
Huh?
I'm trying to get married.
And I'm using Operation White Kni—
um, helping people to meet women.
I know I used her as bait,
but I couldn't figure out
for the life of me
why the heir to the clan
would bite at this useless woman.
That's one mystery solved.
You're considering taking her as a bride.
But word to the wise:
forget it.
The Poison Clan has spent centuries
refining their bloodline.
It's an SSR work of art.
You'd be costing the whole industry.
You have money and power, so you can't be
hurting for chicks with good bloodlines—
It's a good thing she's asleep for this.
Listening to you would make anyone sick.
What could that be?
A spear?
Bird Master meets Spear Master.
The perfect pairing.
He who collects blood, gains power.
It's the dawn of a new era.
Thrilling, right?
(The Animal Kingdom)
(Spear Master, Nagihiko Kushima)
Spear Master, Nagihiko Kushima.
Aged 72 at time of death.
(Aged 72, at time of death)
Aged 72 at time of death.
(Kill count:)
Aged 72 at time of death.
(Kill count:)
Kill count: 887 people.
(men and women of all ages)
Kill count: 887 people.
(The secret of his arts)
(The secret of his arts)
The secret of his arts
lies in the blood of his clan,
which devoted all they had to the spear.
(the spear) lies in the blood of his clan,
which devoted all they had to the spear.
In a single second,
he unleashes 88 silent thrusts.
(strikes/second) In a single second,
he unleashes 88 silent thrusts.
In a single second,
he unleashes 88 silent thrusts.
(Thrusts) In a single second,
he unleashes 88 silent thrusts.
In a single second,
he unleashes 88 silent thrusts.
Take this and this and this and this
and this and this and this!
Overwhelming power!
It feels incredible!
This rules. I'm so glad I pledged
my allegiance to the Beast Clan.
Birdsball is going to the next level:
the Bird-Spear Master!
(Bird-Spear Master) Birdsball is going to
the next level: the Bird-Spear Master!
These have to be Spear Master moves.
How's a Bird Master doing them?
Does it have something to do
with the lead Piichi's following?
I heard they were planning "something
dangerous that'll kill a lot of people."
You're finished.
My Bird-Spear's blazing speed will end
every attempt to steal a base
with a hit by pitch
from this Avian Alloy Bat.
(Avian Alloy Bat)
Cross-Sanguination combines Master
bloodlines to create all-new Masters.
In this era of
all-you-can-eat possibilities,
mastering only one bloodline's
just dull, you know? Now
What's your move, Gero?
Another sneaky trick
won't get you out of this one.
Hey, Byakko! Get over here
and watch with me!
What?
She went to collect the other one?
Talk about rotten timing.
Piichi took a beating shielding me.
Never thought I'd use the sea rescue
training I got to impress rich surfers.
Somehow, we made it past the octopus bombs
that popped up out of nowhere,
but the currents tossed us up on
the opposite side of the island from Gero.
(Probably around here) (Animal Kingdom) but the currents
tossed us up on the opposite side of the island from Gero.
I'm just a regular marriage swindler.
What did I do to deserve this?
A white bear?
Martial arts?
That's some gorgeous form.
And now I'm taking a closer look
Is that a black belt? Oh, wow!
Thank you. That was amazing.
Well, we'd better be going.
Give me blood.
Of course it wouldn't be that easy!
Your extra innings are over, Gero.
I'll knock you out of the park!
Here comes a walk-off grand slam!
My teammates' hearts
are splintering?
When did he What did he do?
Don't underestimate a Poison Master.
Pulling tricks without you noticing
is a piece of cake for me.
No Don't tell me
He let us peck him on purpose?
He mixed something into his own blood?
It's a muscle-relaxant poison.
I'm resistant to it,
but what about you guys?
Damn it! I can't lose to this kind
of unsportsmanlike conduct!
Teammates!
You're all up!
We'll beat him with numbers!
Out!
(Out!)
Out!
(Out!)
Hikaru Gero, I want yours.
I have to have it.
Arashiyama. Arashiyama.
Arashiyama, are you okay?
Y-Yeah.
Why help me?
Your bleeding will stop if you lie still.
You're just a chatty baseball nut
who lost his freedom to the Beast Clan—
It's Birdsball.
Birdsball is our avian sport
that transcends baseball.
Isn't that right, teammates?
I lost in a shutout, Gero.
But I'll beat you next time,
fair and square.
I'll beat you with Birdsball—
There won't be a next time.
Cross-Sanguination smashes together
different bloodlines.
Once I get them going,
they reject each other inside the body.
The end result is death.
Bastard.
Branch families are just playthings
for the main clan when you get down to it.
Birdbrain was my guinea pig.
The hamster chick is a shackle
to tie you down.
You said you wanted that Bonda
Constrictor off? I'll fill you in.
My blood's the master key.
So you'd better come to my place.
I'll have the whole clan
come out to greet you.
For now, the blood Birdbrain
pecked out is all I need.
But I'll wring every last drop out of you,
Poison Master.
I wanted to make Birdsball
the next big thing
Thanks. I'm okay now.
Piichi! Watch out!
Master Toshiro.
This is Byakko.
I collected the sample without difficulty.
I can't believe it's going this smoothly.
I've never felt better.
Here, Byakko. This one's yours.
I'm on duty.
What? You too good to play with my toys?
Damn it.
Well, whatever.
(Piichi) (Gero)
Bloodline collection complete.
(Piichi) (Gero)
"Bloplete" for short.
The trouble with Cross-Sanguination is
your body rejects the transplant so hard
it wrecks you.
But the Gero family's blood
has adapted to so many toxins,
it stops any kind of rejection.
So I can activate Cross-Sanguination
without dropping dead like Birdbrain.
(Piichi) (Gero) This Piichi guy's blood boosts
thinking speed and physical strength like nuts.
This Piichi guy's blood boosts thinking
speed and physical strength like nuts.
Just the two I wanted. And thanks to
a branch family, they fell into my lap.
I have what I need. Now to put it to use.
Byakko.
It's time to finish them off quick
and reach our goal.
Our situation keeps getting worse.
Who knows when the Beast Master will
change his mind and dispose of Arashiyama?
Okay. Let's go.
Hold it. I know you're not
at your best yet, Hikaru Gero.
But we haven't got a moment to—
Ham!
H-Hey!
Shut up and taste my thighs, injured man.
I don't think—
Please.
Let me do something, too.
I'm a Master
who's never been hired to kill someone,
much to the mirth of others.
Even then, I've never once wanted power.
But now
all I can do is hide and watch
other people get hurt.
If I'd been way, way stronger,
could things have turned out differently?
Why do I
have to be so useless?
As a Master, Arashiyama,
I just felt I wanted to save you,
without caring what you could do.
Ham.
Let me correct that, Hamster Master.
We'll kick the Beast Clan's ass together.
♪Ah! Something smells fishy!♪
♪I'm shocked, startled,
it’s adding insult to injury♪
♪I'm completely obsessed♪
♪Ah! Something smells off!♪
♪You're all bluff,
I'm sick and tired, so disappointed♪
♪Bye-bye, mwah!♪
♪It seems like I'm only good at♪
♪workbooks for a child♪
♪Even through infectious disease,
I want to love with you♪
♪No! No! Love's in gridlock!♪
♪Forever and ever, I love you,
Shake Na Baby♪
♪Darling, heading toward
a twisted signpost♪
♪Heart fluttering, I love you,
Shake Na Baby♪
♪Just the two of us, consolation prize♪
♪Ah, the scent of dance♪
♪I'm completely obsessed♪
♪with you as you flutter down♪
♪Ah, something smells off♪
♪I'm blown away by you♪
♪Bye-bye, mwah!♪
♪It seems like I'm only good at♪
♪workbooks for a child♪
♪I want us to share
even our growing pains♪
♪No! No! Love's in gridlock!♪
♪Forever and ever, I love you,
Shake Na Baby♪
♪Darling, heading toward
a stagnant signpost♪
♪Heart fluttering, I love you,
Shake Na Baby♪
♪Singing a grand chorus cheekily♪
Water Master, lend me a hand.
[Disgusting.]
- Water Master, lend me a hand.
[Just eat it.]
Water Master, lend me a hand.
You still work like an amateur.
It's the best fit for Gero.
Next time: "Good-for-Nothing."
(Good-for-Nothing)