# 12 - The Best You Can Do
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***SIGN*** Episode 12: The Best You Can Do
**[00:16] Gu**
*What? Are you all done?*
**[00:22] Gu**
* Then you never need*
* to rise to the surface again.*
**[00:26] Gu**
*Come with me... Let go of everything...*
**[00:29] Gu**
*Your war is over.*
**[00:32] Gu**
*Now slowly sink into the depths.*
**[02:11] Gi**
No... Jinzaburou!
**[02:15] Gu**
Mister...
**[02:18] Gu**
Help us, Tendou-sama!
**[02:21] Gu**
All the rest are worthless.
**[02:23] Gu**
Murder them all!
**[02:27] Gu**
Damn it!
**[02:28] Gu**
Avenge him!
**[03:02] Gi**
*It's over...*
**[03:06] Gi**
*Oh, heavens...*
**[03:08] Gi**
*Why have you...*
**[03:13] Gu**
Princess, stand up!
**[03:17] Gi**
It's finished.
**[03:19] Gi**
It doesn't matter now.
**[03:20] Gu**
What are you saying?
**[03:22] Gu**
Remember the emperor's words!
**[03:24] Gu**
If even one of us survives, we win!
**[03:27] Gi**
None of us will survive.
**[03:29] Gi**
Jinzaburou is dead.
**[03:32] Gi**
What can we do on our own?
**[03:34] Gu**
He... Kuchii Jinzaburou...
**[03:36] Gu**
wouldn't die from such a thing.
**[03:39] Gi**
He died in an explosion!
There's nothing left!
**[03:43] Gu**
No, I saw him fall into the sea.
**[03:46] Gi**
Is that true?
**[03:47] Gi**
Is that true, Gontarou?
**[03:49] Gu**
Yes...
**[03:51] Gu**
Gontarou, there's a way out.
**[03:54] Gu**
This way, everyone!
**[03:59] Gu**
There's a small cave
past this plain of ferns.
**[04:03] Gu**
It's too small for grown-ups to enter.
**[04:05] Gu**
We can rest there.
**[04:09] Gu**
Nice and easy.
**[04:13] Gu**
They're coming this way, searching
the ground beneath their feet.
**[04:15] Gi**
Do we turn back?
**[04:18] Gu**
Impossible.
**[04:19] Gu**
They're behind us, as well.
**[04:22] Gu**
I'll just fling this at them...
**[04:25] Gu**
But I need a fire!
**[04:31] Gu**
Listen carefully, Sana.
**[04:33] Gu**
I'm going to stick
this explosive inside the fire.
**[04:36] Gu**
When it blows up,
it will distract the Mongols.
**[04:40] Gu**
When that happens, run straight ahead.
**[04:42] Gu**
I'll jump into the sea to escape
**[04:44] Gu**
and meet up with you when it's dark.
**[04:46] Gi**
Amushi...
**[04:49] Gi**
Do you regret not leaving
the island last night on that ship?
**[04:55] Gu**
Is now the time?
**[04:56] Gi**
Now is the only time!
**[04:58] Gi**
I want to know because of
everything that's going on.
**[05:01] Gu**
Nobody's left for me
in the capital city of Kyoto.
**[05:06] Gu**
Maybe this will be my new capital.
**[05:12] Gu**
Okay, off I go.
**[05:14] Gu**
Stay sharp.
**[05:22] Gu**
Japanese!
**[05:24] Gu**
Idiot!
**[05:25] Gu**
Stupid brat...
**[05:28] Gu**
Amushi!
**[05:30] Gu**
Get off me!
**[05:34] Gu**
Don't underestimate me.
**[05:36] Gu**
Would they send a normal kid
into the middle of nowhere like this?
**[05:39] Gu**
After him!
**[05:40] Gu**
Don't let him get away!
**[05:41] Gu**
Where's Sana?
**[05:44] Gi**
Amushi!
**[05:52] Gu**
*Is that you, Sana?*
**[05:55] Gu**
*She's like a fish...*
**[05:57] Gu**
*She's so... pretty...*
**[06:04] Gi**
Amushi!
**[06:12] Gu**
We're fine. Let's keep going.
**[06:14] Gu**
The Mongols won't come
this far to smoke us out.
**[06:20] Gu**
Is someone there?
**[06:25] Gu**
Gontarou!
**[06:27] Gu**
Mongols!
**[06:29] Gu**
Damn you!
**[06:33] Gu**
Open a path!
**[06:35] Gu**
The princess is coming through!
**[06:38] Gu**
Kaitani-dono!
**[06:41] Gu**
Wha—
**[06:49] Gu**
I can still fight!
**[06:57] Gi**
Gontarou!
**[07:03] Gu**
Kano...
**[07:06] Gu**
Protect...
**[07:08] Gu**
the princess...
**[07:14] Gi**
I will...
**[07:19] Gu**
Gontarou!
**[07:22] Gi**
Princess, this way!
**[07:25] Gu**
Wait!
**[07:26] Gu**
Gontarou is still...
**[07:38] Gu**
Kano...?
**[07:40] Gu**
What's wrong?
**[07:42] Gu**
Princess...
**[07:46] Gu**
What are you—
**[07:47] Gu**
This is the end!
**[07:51] Gu**
Please forgive me, Princess!
**[07:55] ---**
Ka...no...
**[08:01] Gu**
Wait...
**[08:02] Gu**
Jinzaburou may still be alive!
**[08:06] Gu**
At least... at least let me
see him again, one more time!
**[08:27] Gu**
Search this area for Japanese!
**[08:30] Gi**
Over here!
**[08:32] Gu**
A woman!
**[08:33] Gu**
Don't hurt her!
**[08:41] Gu**
Damn you!
***SIGN*** —Kamakura, four years ago
***SIGN*** Kuchii Household
**[09:01] (Flashback) Gi**
Mother, will it bear fruit next year?
**[09:05] (Flashback) Gi**
Maybe. I hope it does soon.
**[09:08] (Flashback) Gi**
Give me a whole basket full, okay?
**[09:12] (Flashback) Gu**
Do not plant trees
in the mansion of the Kuchii!
**[09:18] (Flashback) Gu**
Don't let a girl play with the soil.
**[09:20] (Flashback) Gi**
I'm sorry.
**[09:22] (Flashback) Gi**
Goodbye.
**[09:30] (Flashback) Gu**
You would disobey your father, then?
**[09:32] (Flashback) Gi**
I-I'll do the best I can...
**[09:36] (Flashback) Gi**
Th-That's what you always say!
**[09:38] (Flashback) Gi**
You say that's how a samurai must be!
**[09:43] (Flashback) Gi**
This persimmon tree is my dear friend!
**[09:47] (Flashback) Gi**
I'll do the best I can to protect it!
**[09:52] (Flashback) Gu**
So you'll do the best you can
to protect that one spot?
**[09:58] (Flashback) Gu**
It won't be easy.
**[09:59] (Flashback) Gu**
You won't be able to complain,
even if I strike you down where you stand!
**[10:06] (Flashback) Gi**
I understand...
**[10:08] (Flashback) Gi**
I won't move until the persimmon blossoms!
**[10:12] (Flashback) Gu**
Very well.
**[10:13] (Flashback) Gu**
You won't take that back, will you?
**[10:15] (Flashback) Gu**
If you can do it, that spot will be yours.
**[10:24] (Flashback) Gi**
I'm not scared...
**[10:30] (Flashback) Gu**
There's someone there.
**[10:32] (Flashback) Gu**
What? A kid?
**[10:36] (Flashback) Gi**
Intruders!
**[10:38] (Flashback) Gu**
Damn it! Shut her up!
**[10:47] (Flashback) Gu**
Did you know this was the mansion
of Kuchii Jinzaburou when you came in?
**[10:51] (Flashback) Gu**
Be careful.
**[10:52] (Flashback) Gu**
He's a master of the Gikei-style sword.
**[10:54] (Flashback) Gu**
Sword?
**[10:56] (Flashback) Gu**
All I need is this bamboo to defeat you!
**[11:03] (Flashback) Gu**
If they're thieves,
take them to the garrison.
**[11:05] (Flashback) Gu**
If they're assassins,
kill them where they stand.
**[11:06] (Flashback) Gu**
Yes, sir.
**[11:11] (Flashback) Gu**
Do you understand now?
**[11:13] (Flashback) Gu**
Sometimes, we get intruders like that.
**[11:15] (Flashback) Gu**
Trees give them a place to hide.
**[11:19] (Flashback) Gi**
I understand...
**[11:21] (Flashback) Gi**
But...
**[11:22] (Flashback) Gi**
This persimmon... You promised!
**[11:29] (Flashback) Gu**
That's right...
**[11:30] (Flashback) Gu**
You protected it to the end.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Gu**
Keep protecting that one place.
**[11:41] (Flashback) Gu**
But for today, come inside and rest.
**[11:48] (Flashback) Gu**
You kept that up every day, huh?
**[11:51] (Flashback) Gi**
Yes, Father.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Gi**
I did my best!
**[12:25] Gu**
*Foolish child of man...*
**[12:48] Gu**
*I'm alive...*
**[12:49] Gu**
*I survived?*
**[12:53] Gu**
*I didn't die...*
**[12:56] Gu**
*I can still fight!*
**[14:04] Gu**
You're that...
**[14:07] Gu**
You survived?
**[14:10] Gu**
I found you...
**[14:12] Gu**
You killed my father!
**[14:14] Gu**
This time, I'll kill you in a fair fight,
**[14:19] Gu**
like my father tried to do!
**[14:31] Gu**
That's right.
**[14:33] Gu**
That's what you should do.
**[14:34] Gu**
Avenge your father.
**[14:36] Gu**
That is the war you chose.
**[14:39] Gu**
And it's up to you and no one else
when your war is over.
**[14:44] Gu**
Even if it's the end of the world.
**[14:49] Gu**
If you don't know how to use your sword,
you can't even cut a shirt.
**[14:54] Gu**
Watch this, kid.
**[14:58] Gu**
I'll show you how it's done.
**[15:03] Gu**
We didn't get much for all that effort.
**[15:07] Gu**
We weren't expecting to.
**[15:10] Gu**
The goal was to get experience
for our soldiers.
**[15:13] Gu**
We're returning to Sasu. Hurry.
**[15:17] Gu**
Everyone, board the ships!
**[15:19] Gu**
Start boarding!
**[15:20] Gu**
Hurry!
**[15:21] Gu**
Hurry it up!
**[15:21] Gu**
We're boarding the ships, they said.
**[15:24] Gu**
We're back to that hell below decks, huh?
**[15:27] Gu**
I wish they'd just leave us here.
**[15:31] Gu**
Hey. You're going to pay
a price before you go.
**[15:34] Gu**
J-Japanese!
**[15:36] Gu**
One survived!
**[15:54] Gu**
Run! Hurry!
**[16:07] Gu**
Damn!
**[16:11] Gu**
Cowards.
**[16:13] Gu**
What is it that scares so you?
**[16:15] Gu**
It's just a filthy wolf...
**[16:19] Gu**
It's Ryuu Fukukou-sama!
**[16:21] Gu**
Look. In just four days
since that night assault,
**[16:25] Gu**
the wolf has turned
into a pathetic wild dog.
**[16:29] Gu**
Losing a war is a sad thing.
**[16:35] Gu**
Do you understand what this is?
**[16:36] Gu**
It's what's left of a weapon.
**[16:39] Gu**
It belonged to the man who was with you,
the one with the face of an ogre...
**[16:48] Gu**
*Onitakemaru...*
**[16:50] Gu**
His blood was a brilliant red.
**[16:53] Gu**
What will yours look like?
**[16:55] Gu**
Is it worthy enough
for my blade to drain it?
**[16:58] Gu**
You look like a stray dog,
but are you still a wolf inside?
**[17:02] Gu**
He doesn't understand you.
**[17:04] Gu**
I don't care.
**[17:06] Gu**
Words mean nothing.
**[17:09] Gu**
What better way to understand someone
than through lethal combat?
**[17:15] Gu**
Yeah...
**[17:19] Gu**
You're right...
**[17:20] Gu**
This will be the last battle
**[17:24] Gu**
on this island!
**[17:42] Gu**
It's a sad thing.
**[17:44] Gu**
The battle is already won!
**[17:47] Gu**
No matter what you do with that sword,
**[17:49] Gu**
it will never point toward victory!
**[17:55] Gu**
You don't understand?
**[17:57] Gu**
What are those sad swings of your blade for?
**[18:02] Gu**
Who are they for?
**[18:04] Gu**
There's nobody left!
**[18:08] Gu**
Or will you tell me that this is
some feeble way of getting revenge?
**[18:16] Gu**
Revenge?
**[18:18] Gu**
Don't make me laugh!
**[18:40] Gu**
Damn you!
**[18:47] Gu**
Protect General Ryuu!
**[19:21] Gu**
It's not a war fought for a reason,
**[19:23] Gu**
or for someone else's sake.
**[19:26] Gu**
I'm fighting my own war.
**[19:32] Gu**
Just like everyone else...
**[19:37] Gu**
A war I can be proud of!
**[19:41] Gu**
Even you, a man possessed by battle,
can understand that, right?
**[19:56] Gu**
*The Battle of Tsushima Island ended that day,*
**[19:59] Gu**
* with an overwhelming victory*
* by the Mongol forces.*
**[20:08] Gu**
Kudoun-sama,
**[20:10] Gu**
General Kouchakyuu and General
Ryuu Fukukou seem to be delayed.
**[20:16] Gu**
They should return soon.
**[20:19] Gu**
I heard this island was
of no consequence at all.
**[20:22] Gu**
It seems we took longer than we thought.
**[20:25] Gu**
But that is how all battles
with a new people are.
**[20:30] Gu**
Use the lessons you've learned here
to fight even harder in Kyushu.
**[20:35] Gu**
*Kyushu Island, huh?*
**[20:37] Gu**
*If there are lots more like him...*
**[20:41] Gu**
*There's not a lot of reason for optimism.*
**[20:43] Gu**
Now, men, make these
Japanese kneel before us.
**[20:49] Gu**
I'll be watching you!
**[21:16] Gi**
Where are the Mongols?
**[21:17] Gi**
Where is everyone?
**[21:19] Gi**
I was hidden by leaves?
**[21:26] Gi**
Kano!
**[21:48] Gi**
Jinzaburou?
**[21:53] Gu**
So you survived?
**[21:56] Gi**
Yes... I did.
**[22:00] Gi**
Just me...
**[22:02] Gi**
I was the only survivor...
**[22:05] Gu**
Surviving means winning.
**[22:13] Gu**
You...
**[22:16] Gu**
Princess!
**[22:17] Gu**
I'm so glad you're safe!
**[22:22] Gu**
You survived, too?
**[22:29] Gu**
Jinzaburou,
**[22:31] Gu**
Tsushima isn't finished yet!
**[22:35] Gu**
Yes...
**[22:40] Gu**
We can still fight!
**[23:26] Gu**
* There were exiles at Tsushima*
* who fought the Mongols.*
**[23:32] Gu**
* The records of the Hachiman*
* temples say this, but no more.*