E1 - Black Ship Invasion and Mugensai's Return!

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[00:05] Katsura
    Time to bid farewell to our
    hometown of Hagi again.
[00:09] Takasugi
    I would've liked to stick
    around a bit longer,
[00:11] Takasugi
    but we only came back to
    erect Master Shoin's grave.
[00:15] Takasugi
    We still have things we need to do.
[00:19] Katsura
    Right.
[00:20] Takasugi
    Return the flow of time that was
    corrupted by the chronometer
[00:24] Takasugi
    to its original and rightful course.
[00:28] Katsura
    To its original and rightful course...
[00:32] Katsura
    Were the events I saw then
    part of the original course?
[00:37] Katsura
    If so, it means that in
    that timeline, Shinsaku will...
[00:43] Katsura
    Hey, Shinsaku...
[00:46] Katsura
    Huh?!
[00:46] Takasugi
    What're you standing around for?
[00:48] Takasugi
    You're gonna get left behind, Katsura!
[00:50] Katsura
    Hey! Wait for me, Shinsaku!
[00:52] Takasugi
    We'll get through Suo today
    and make it to Bizen!
[00:55] Katsura
    Huh? That's an impossible distance!
[00:57] Takasugi
    And I say we can do it!
[01:06] Takasugi
    It's been so long since we've
    walked around Kyoto like this.
[01:09] Takasugi
    And the townspeople have been freed
    from Mugensai's oppression...
[01:13] Takasugi
    Wait! There's still no one
    around! What's the deal?
[01:18] Katsura
    And it appears that Susanoo Castle,
[01:21] Katsura
    which should have burned
    down, has been rebuilt.
[01:25] Takasugi
    Really? I feel like it hasn't changed much.
[01:29] Takasugi
    What the...
[01:36] ---
    Wha...
[01:37] Takasugi
    What the heck are those?!
[01:39] Katsura
    Holes in the sky?
[01:41] Takasugi
    What on earth.... It's like there's
    another space inside them.
[01:48] Katsura
    Look there, Shinsaku!
[01:53] Takasugi
    That's...
[01:55] Takasugi
    The chronometer?!
[01:57] Takasugi
    No way!
[01:59] Takasugi
    I'm positive I destroyed it myself that time!
[02:09] Katsura
    Does that mean it can repair itself?
[02:13] Okita
    Oh, so you two are here, too.
[02:18] Takasugi
    The Shinsengumi!
[02:19] Katsura
    Kondo Isami.
[02:22] Takasugi
    Saito Hajime.
[02:24] Katsura
    Okita Soji.
[02:26] Kondo
    It's been a while, Takasugi
    Shinsaku, Katsura Kogoro.
[02:31] Kondo
    I didn't expect to encounter you
    while in pursuit of the chronometer.
[02:38] Okita
    The chronometer is...
[02:40] Kondo
    Well, no matter.
[02:42] Kondo
    Capture these two!
[02:48] Saito
    You're outnumbered. Stand down.
[02:50] Okita
    Too bad for you.
[02:54] Takasugi
    Mugensai is long gone.
    What good is capturing us gonna do?
[02:58] Takasugi
    Or are you gonna tell me this is
    an order from your new master?
[03:04] Kondo
    Our master is Mugensai-sama.
[03:07] Takasugi
    Huh?
[03:09] Kondo
    Our master is Mugensai-sama the Second.
[03:15] Takasugi
    What?!
SIGN    CRISIS
SIGN    CRISIS
SIGN    Black Ship Invasion and Mugensai's Return!
[05:01] Takasugi
    So, who are you?
[05:06] Ranmaru
    I am one of the twelve commanders
    of Susanoo, Mori Ranmaru.
[05:11] Takasugi
    Not you. I was asking
    about the guy in the mask.
[05:16] Mugensai
    I am one who has inherited the
    will of Mugensai, Mugensai II.
[05:20] Takasugi
    Inherited Mugensai's will?
[05:23] Takasugi
    Mugensai—Master Shoin—died
    regretting his mistakes
[05:28] Takasugi
    and entrusted us to return time
    to its original and rightful flow.
[05:38] Mugensai
    Yes, my predecessor failed at the very end
[05:41] Mugensai
    because of his attachment to the two of you.
[05:45] Mugensai
    But I am different.
[05:47] Mugensai
    I will make this country a
    mighty one forged by warriors
[05:50] Mugensai
    that will never yield to other countries.
[05:53] Mugensai
    This objective remains unclouded.
[05:56] Mugensai
    I will obtain the resurrected chronometer
[05:58] Mugensai
    and mercilessly eliminate
    any who stand in my way.
[06:02] Mugensai
    Shinsengumi, I command you
    to behead these two at once!
[06:11] Okita
    Too bad for you guys.
[06:12] Okita
    This Mugensai-sama is a lot
    stricter than the last one.
[06:15] Saito
    Might as well just accept
    that this is your fate.
[06:18] Okita
    Well, we'll be back to get you as
    soon as the execution site is ready.
[06:23] Takasugi
    Damn it! What the hell is going on?
[06:26] Takasugi
    I mean, at least we can be sure that
    Mugensai II isn't Master Shoin.
[06:32] Katsura
    Yeah.
[06:33] Katsura
    For now, we just need to
    think of a way out of here.
SIGN    Annoyed Annoyed
[06:37] Takasugi
    Damn, this is so depressing!
[06:39] Takasugi
    Who the hell is that guy?!
[06:41] Katsura
    Calm down, Shinsaku!
[06:42] Takasugi
    I don't get it!
[06:50] Katsura
    Kasumi! Hyo!
[06:52] Kasumi
    Long time no see.
[06:53] Hyo
    We've come to rescue you.
[06:59] Takasugi
    Thanks a bunch.
[07:00] Takasugi
    I should've guessed you shinobi
    would know a way out of there.
[07:05] Kasumi
    Haha, indeed!
[07:07] Yamazaki
    This way, quickly.
[07:10] Takasugi
    Yamazaki!
[07:11] Yamazaki
    Hurry up. Yoshinobu-sama is waiting.
[07:15] Katsura
    Lord Yoshinobu?
[07:20] Takasugi
    This is a pretty spacious
    hideout you've got here.
[07:22] Yamazaki
    We're making use of a
    wealthy merchant's mansion.
[07:26] Yoshinobu
    I see you made it out unharmed,
    Takasugi-kun, Katsura-kun.
[07:30] Katsura
    Lord Yoshinobu!
[07:32] Yoshinobu
    Good work, Susumu, Kasumi, and Hyo.
[07:37] Seimei
    We're here, too.
[07:40] Takasugi
    Seimei! And the emperor, too!
[07:43] Mikado
    You've been through a lot so soon
    after getting back from Hagi.
[07:46] Takasugi
    This is perfect! There's
    something I wanted to ask you.
[07:49] Yoshinobu
    Yes, and we have some things
    we want you to know, as well...
[07:54] Yoshinobu
    about what's going on here
    in Kyoto at the moment.
SIGN    CRISIS
[08:08] Mugensai
    So Takasugi and Katsura escaped.
[08:11] Kondo
    I am truly sorry.
[08:13] Mugensai
    Curse that Takasugi Shinsaku.
[08:15] Mugensai
    Next time you see them,
    kill them without hesitation.
[08:18] Kondo
    Yes, sir.
[08:21] Takasugi
    Okay, then...
[08:22] Takasugi
    So essentially, you guys haven't figured
    out who this Mugensai II is, either.
[08:28] Yoshinobu
    Right. He appeared unexpectedly around
    the time you both headed to Hagi.
[08:34] Yoshinobu
    Then, just like that, he had the remaining
    soldiers and Shinsengumi under his control.
[08:38] Yamazaki
    And now, he's carrying out repairs
    on the giant castle Susanoo.
[08:44] Katsura
    But we were only away
    from Kyoto for a month.
[08:48] Katsura
    It's hard to believe he's reorganized
    and rebuilt everything in so little time.
[08:54] Mikado
    By the way, did you see the holes in the sky?
[08:58] Katsura
    Yes.
[08:59] Katsura
    What on earth were those?
[09:01] Seimei
    I will be the one to explain that.
[09:04] Seimei
    Those holes are rifts in space-time
    that were created by the chronometer
[09:08] Seimei
    when it went out of control.
[09:10] Katsura
    Rifts in space-time?
[09:12] Takasugi
    The chronometer went out of control?
[09:14] Takasugi
    But I split the thing in half.
    Why is it still hanging around?
[09:20] Seimei
    After the chronometer
    absorbed all of my power,
[09:23] Seimei
    it took on a will of its own.
[09:26] Seimei
    Because of that, even if
    it is physically destroyed,
[09:30] Seimei
    its will won't disappear,
    and it is self-repairing.
[09:34] Takasugi
    No way...
[09:35] Yoshinobu
    And, without a master,
[09:39] Yoshinobu
    the chronometer cannot
    contain its stored power.
[09:42] Mikado
    It appears suddenly while
    creating rifts in space-time,
[09:44] Mikado
    but then it quickly disappears again.
[09:48] Seimei
    All while bringing along
    some unknown disaster
[09:50] Seimei
    from the other side of space-time.
[09:56] Takasugi
    So because of that chronometer,
[09:58] Takasugi
    things could go wrong
    anywhere at any time, huh?
[10:02] Takasugi
    So that's why the town's still
    as deserted as it's always been.
[10:06] Yoshinobu
    Which is why we would like your
    help in finding the chronometer.
[10:11] Katsura
    But how are we supposed to find it?
[10:14] Katsura
    We won't get anywhere by
    wandering around haphazardly.
[10:17] Yoshinobu
    Seimei-dono, why don't you explain?
[10:20] Seimei
    Right. In exchange for having
    my powers absorbed,
[10:24] Seimei
    I have become able to sense the
    chronometer, though just barely.
[10:28] Katsura
    You can sense it?
[10:30] Yamazaki
    Yeah.
[10:31] Yamazaki
    Which is why, when we went to
    the place where Seimei-dono
[10:34] Yamazaki
    said he could sense the chronometer,
[10:37] Yamazaki
    we saw that you had been
    captured by the Shinsengumi.
[10:41] Katsura
    I see. So you brought Kasumi and
    Hyo to help get us out of there.
[10:46] Takasugi
    Man, thanks for that.
[10:48] Katsura
    But the Shinsengumi seemed
    to have also gone there
[10:51] Katsura
    because they sensed the chronometer.
[10:54] Takasugi
    Yeah, you have a point.
[10:55] Mikado
    We're still pretty unclear
    on that bit ourselves.
[11:00] Katsura
    Could there be someone
    within the Shinsengumi
[11:02] Katsura
    who can sense the chronometer,
    like Seimei can?
[11:07] Takasugi
    Nah, I don't think they
    have anyone like that.
[11:11] Yamazaki
    But if they did...
[11:13] Seimei
    It would be Mugensai II.
[11:17] Seimei
    He said that he had inherited
    the will of his predecessor.
[11:22] Seimei
    Which means he must have come in
    contact with the former Mugensai
[11:26] Seimei
    and the sentient chronometer at some point.
[11:31] Seimei
    That is likely when he was bathed
    in the chronometer's aura
[11:34] Seimei
    and gained the ability to sense it.
[11:38] Takasugi
    The chronometer's...
[11:40] Takasugi
    Wasn't that what happened to Hijikata?
[11:52] Takasugi
    But Hijikata was...
[11:57] Katsura
    What is it, Shinsaku?
[11:59] Takasugi
    Huh? Oh, it's nothing.
[12:02] Takasugi
    Okay! So we just need to get
    our hands on the chronometer
[12:05] Takasugi
    before any of those guys do, right?
[12:07] Mikado
    Right.
[12:09] Takasugi
    By the way, I have to ask...
[12:12] Takasugi
    Can we use the chronometer to
    restore this distorted flow of time
[12:16] Takasugi
    back to what it's supposed to be?
[12:20] Katsura
    Shinsaku...
[12:27] Seimei
    As I mentioned earlier,
[12:29] Seimei
    the chronometer is currently out of control.
[12:32] Seimei
    But if I can manage to repair it myself,
[12:36] Seimei
    it would be possible to
    restore the flow of time.
[12:42] Takasugi
    Did you hear that, Katsura?!
[12:44] Takasugi
    If we can get a hold of the chronometer,
[12:46] Takasugi
    we'll be able to honor
    Master Shoin's last request!
[12:49] Takasugi
    We'll be able to restore
    time to its proper flow!
[12:52] Katsura
    Y-Yeah...
[12:54] Takasugi
    What's wrong? You don't
    seem too happy about it.
[12:57] Katsura
    N-No, I am happy, really.
[13:00] Katsura
    But if we restore time, Shinsaku, you'll...
[13:11] Kasumi
    Are you all done talking?
[13:13] Hyo
    We've finished preparing your meal!
[13:16] Takasugi
    Nice! I was just starting to get hungry.
[13:21] Kasumi
    We made our specialty, herring soba!
[13:23] Hyo
    So dig in and enjoy!
[13:26] Takasugi
    Man, this looks so good. Let's dig in!
[13:29] Katsura
    I shall.
[13:29] Seimei
    Takasugi, Katsura, I'm sorry to
    disturb you while you're eating...
[13:35] Katsura
    Is it...
[13:37] Seimei
    Yes. I sense the chronometer.
[13:48] Mugensai
    Tell the Shinsengumi that I have detected
    the presence of the chronometer.
[13:52] Ranmaru
    Yes, sir.
[13:53] Mugensai
    No, wait.
[13:55] Mugensai
    We will have him go this time.
[13:58] Ranmaru
    Whom do you mean?
[14:02] Mugensai
    One of the twelve commanders of Susanoo,
[14:04] Mugensai
    the dual-blade wielder.
[14:12] Takasugi
    Was the place Seimei mentioned around here?
[14:16] Yamazaki
    It is.
[14:17] Katsura
    Doesn't really seem like
    anything is amiss right n—
[14:22] Takasugi
    Where are the space-time rifts?
    Where's the chronometer?
[14:27] Katsura
    Sh-Shinsaku!
[14:29] Takasugi
    You guys look for 'em, too.
[14:30] Yamazaki
    Takasugi, b-behind you...
[14:33] Takasugi
    Huh? What?
[14:37] Katsura
    R-Run away!
[14:42] Takasugi
    That was close.
[14:44] Takasugi
    What the heck is that?
[14:46] Katsura
    Is that a black ship?
[14:48] Katsura
    As in Commodore Perry's black ship?
[14:51] Takasugi
    Those space-time rifts sure
    produced something huge...
[14:56] Yamazaki
    Up there!
[14:57] Katsura
    The chronometer! It's all the way up there?
[14:59] Takasugi
    After it!
[15:00] Yamazaki & Katsura
    Right!
[15:03] Musashi
    So that's where the chronometer is.
[15:07] Takasugi
    Who are you?
[15:09] Musashi
    One of the twelve commanders of Susanoo,
[15:12] Musashi
    Miyamoto Musashi.
[15:14] Katsura
    Did he just say Miyamoto Musashi?
[15:16] Musashi
    I hold no ill will toward any of you,
[15:19] Musashi
    but you're gonna die here!
[15:22] Takasugi
    Katsura, Yamazaki and I will handle this guy.
[15:26] Takasugi
    Seize this chance to go
    after the chronometer.
[15:28] Katsura
    Got it.
[15:34] Takasugi
    Pay attention!
[15:39] Musashi
    I'll just go after him once
    I'm finished with you two.
[15:42] Takasugi
    Quit your yapping.
[15:44] Takasugi
    Give me your best shot.
[15:46] Takasugi
    I'll show you something interesting!
[15:48] Musashi
    Nonsense!
[15:56] Katsura
    Get the chronometer and
    correct the flow of time...
[16:01] Katsura
    But is that really the right thing to do?
[16:04] Katsura
    No! This isn't the time to be hesitating.
[16:07] Katsura
    We can't let Mugensai get a hold of it.
[16:16] Katsura
    No! The space-time rifts
    are opening up again!
[16:19] Katsura
    I have to hurry!
[16:24] Takasugi
    Yamazaki!
[16:25] Musashi
    Now there's just one of you.
    Whatcha gonna do?
[16:29] Takasugi
    One is more than enough to deal with you!
[16:31] Musashi
    So impudent!
[16:37] Musashi
    Playtime is over.
[16:39] Musashi
    Die!
[16:42] Musashi
    Good job avoiding that, but...
[16:53] Takasugi
    Sakamoto!
[16:55] Ryoma
    We're here to help, Takasugi-san.
[16:57] Musashi
    Only cowards use projectile weapons.
[17:01] Ryoma
    Then how about this
    projectile weapon instead?
[17:09] ---
    Wha—
[17:12] Takasugi
    Izo!
[17:14] Ryoma
    Now, Takasugi-san!
[17:21] Takasugi
    Sorry, but you need to go
    back to your own time!
[17:29] Takasugi
    You guys saved my hide, Sakamoto, Izo!
[17:32] Izo
    Never mind that. We must
    get the chronometer.
[17:35] Ryoma
    You're right.
[17:41] Takasugi
    Katsura!
[17:48] Yamazaki
    All right! He's so close!
[17:54] Yamazaki
    A space-time rift!
[17:56] Takasugi
    Crap! Get outta there, Katsura!
[17:59] Takasugi
    Katsura!
[18:02] Katsura
    I've made it this far.
[18:07] Katsura
    But if we restore the flow
    of time, Shinsaku will...
[18:17] Takasugi
    Katsura!
[18:30] Izo
    It's gone.
[18:32] Ryoma
    Who knows when it'll appear again?
[18:39] Takasugi
    Katsura!
[18:41] Takasugi
    Are you okay?
[18:42] Katsura
    I'm sorry, Shinsaku.
[18:44] Takasugi
    No, all that matters is that you're safe.
[18:47] Katsura
    Shinsaku...
[18:50] Takasugi
    Come on, let's head back.
[18:51] Takasugi
    We didn't finish our soba.
[18:54] Katsura
    Uh, I'm pretty sure it'll be soggy by now.
[18:57] Takasugi
    We'll just have Kasumi and
    Hyo make some more, then.
[18:59] Takasugi
    Sakamoto, Izo! You guys coming, too?
[19:03] Ryoma
    Count me in!
[19:04] Izo
    I guess I'll go if he's going.
[19:10] Mugensai
    I see... So he failed.
[19:14] Mugensai
    The chronometer...
[19:19] Hijikata
    I will secure the chronometer
[19:21] Hijikata
    and make this country a
    strong one forged by warriors.
[19:26] Hijikata
    Without fail.
[21:02] Takasugi
    Yo, I'm Takasugi Shinsaku.
[21:04] Katsura
    And I'm Katsura Kogoro.
[21:06] Takasugi
    A new battle has begun, but I think
    there may be some people out there
[21:09] Takasugi
    who are confused as to
    how we're all connected.
[21:12] Katsura
    So let's clear all that up today!
[21:15] Takasugi
    Let's start with Kondo Isami and
    the men of the Shinsengumi.
[21:19] Takasugi
    These guys are...
[21:21] Takasugi
    pretty nasty, so they get an X!
[21:23] Katsura
    Well, that's somewhat true.
[21:25] Takasugi
    Next, we don't know where this
    guy came from: Mugensai II!
[21:29] Takasugi
    This guy is seriously messed up in
    the head, so he gets a big ol' X!
[21:32] Katsura
    That's certainly true.
[21:34] Katsura
    The previous Mugensai was
    actually Master Shoin.
[21:37] Katsura
    It's absolutely reprehensible
    that he would imitate that.
[21:39] Takasugi
    Right?
[21:40] Katsura
    And who's next?
[21:42] Takasugi
    Sakamoto Ryoma and Okada Izo!
[21:44] Katsura
    These two are always helping us
    out, so they obviously get...
[21:49] Katsura
    Huh? Hey, Shinsaku, why
    did you give them an X?
[21:51] Takasugi
    They're both really obnoxious
    and super unfriendly.
[21:55] Takasugi
    They're hard to get along with.
[21:57] Katsura
    Okay, then...
[21:58] Takasugi
    Next up is Tokugawa Yoshinobu
    and Yamazaki Susumu.
[22:02] Katsura
    Well, say what you will,
[22:03] Katsura
    but Lord Yoshinobu is the last
    shogun of the Tokugawa clan.
[22:06] Katsura
    So out of respect for him...
[22:08] Katsura
    Again?! Really?!
[22:10] Takasugi
    Yoshinobu aside, that Yamazaki
    guy is ex-Shinsengumi.
[22:14] Katsura
    That's your problem?
[22:16] Takasugi
    All right! Next is the emperor and Seimei.
[22:19] Katsura
    You're going to give these
    two a circle, right?
[22:21] Katsura
    Give them a circle, Shinsaku!
[22:28] Takasugi
    I don't know about the emperor,
    but it's Seimei's fault
[22:30] Takasugi
    that we got thrown into the past and
    went through a lot of bad stuff.
[22:33] Katsura
    Okay...
[22:35] Takasugi
    Oh, right! I totally forgot
    about Shinobi 1 and Shinobi 2.
[22:38] Katsura
    Uh, I think you mean Kasumi and Hyo.
[22:40] Takasugi
    These two...
[22:43] Katsura
    Of course, you'll take into consideration
    that they're young girls, right? Right?
[22:48] Katsura
    Them, too?!
[22:50] Takasugi
    Well, I have the worst time keeping
    track of which one is which.
[22:56] Katsura
    It's not funny!
[22:57] Katsura
    What kind of relationship chart
    is this? It's all covered in Xs!
[23:00] Katsura
    Are we just surrounded
    by enemies or something?!
[23:03] Takasugi
    No, that's not the case.
[23:05] Katsura
    Uh, what?
[23:06] Takasugi
    I only need one ally that I can really trust.
[23:10] Katsura
    You don't mean...
[23:13] Katsura
    Shinsaku, you...
[23:15] Katsura
    You're usually so unreasonable,
    but you actually do care about me?
[23:23] Katsura
    Me, too?!
[23:25] Katsura
    Then who is it? Who is the only
    ally you say you can really trust?
[23:29] Takasugi
    That would be... this guy!
[23:32] Takasugi
    The one person that we can truly
    trust the most is Master Shoin!
[23:36] Katsura
    Ah, well, that's true.
[23:39] Takasugi
    So these are our relationships!
[23:41] Takasugi
    Once you understand them,
[23:43] Takasugi
    you'll be able to enjoy watching
    all future developments!
[23:46] Katsura
    Are... you sure about that, Shinsaku?
[23:50] Kasumi & Hyo
    Ghost lights!
[23:54] Takasugi
    I-I ain't scared.
[23:56] Katsura
    Next time on episode 2 of Bakumatsu Crisis:
SIGN    Kyoto on Fire! The Mysterious Ghost Light
[23:58] Katsura
    "Kyoto on Fire! The Mysterious Ghost Light."
[24:01] Seimei
    These ghost lights... Could they be...