E7 - Birth of the Chronometer! Destined Siblings

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[00:05] Katsura
    So you're the one who took the chronometer
     when it appeared here, Sakamoto-kun?
[00:11] Sakamoto
    Well, now, I have no idea what you mean.
[00:15] Sakamoto
    And what about you, Katsura-san?
[00:18] Sakamoto
    It looks to me like you're
    trying to find the chronometer
[00:23] Sakamoto
    before Takasugi-san does.
[00:27] Katsura
    Fine. I'll tell you everything.
[00:30] Katsura
    If the chronometer is used to
    return time to its original course,
[00:36] Katsura
    then Shinsaku... will die.
[00:39] Sakamoto
    What?!
[00:41] Sakamoto
    Are you sure?
[00:43] Katsura
    Yes, I saw the proper flow of events myself.
[00:51] Katsura
    Which is why I can't let him get
    his hands on the chronometer.
[01:00] Sakamoto
    I completely understand how you feel.
[01:03] Sakamoto
    Unfortunately, though, I honestly
    don't have the chronometer.
[01:08] Sakamoto
    See ya, Katsura-san.
[01:22] Izo
    So, what are you going to do now?
[01:25] Sakamoto
    I always had a vague plan that
    when I got hold of the chronometer,
[01:30] Sakamoto
    I'd do big things with it.
[01:33] Sakamoto
    Now then, what should I do with this thing?
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[03:15] Takasugi
    What's the deal?
[03:17] Takasugi
    We haven't gotten any clues on where
    the chronometer is at all lately.
[03:21] Katsura
    No, we haven't.
[03:23] Takasugi
    And Seimei hasn't said anything, either.
[03:26] Takasugi
    So, what do you think?
[03:29] Takasugi
    Hey, are you listening?
[03:30] Katsura
    Sorry, I was just thinking.
[03:34] Takasugi
    Get it together. We have
    to get the chronometer
[03:37] Takasugi
    and restore the flow of time
    to its original course.
[03:41] Katsura
    I know that.
[03:42] Takasugi
    Sometimes I wonder if you do.
[03:46] Katsura
    Hey, Shinsaku, do you know what
    Sakamoto-kun's been up to?
[03:49] Katsura
    I haven't seen him these past few days.
[03:51] Takasugi
    Huh? Actually, I haven't seen him, either.
[03:54] Takasugi
    Izo isn't around, either. Maybe they're
    off buying weapons or something?
[04:01] Katsura
    Thanks for the food, sir.
[04:03] Shop Owner
    Thank you.
[04:04] Takasugi
    Hey, where you going?
[04:07] Katsura
    There's something I want to look into.
[04:14] Takasugi
    What's up with him?
[04:17] Seimei
    Good day.
[04:18] Shop Owner
    Welcome.
[04:20] Takasugi
    Seimei!
[04:22] Takasugi
    Has there been some sign of the chronometer?
[04:25] Seimei
    No, not really.
[04:27] Seimei
    Sir, one order of soba, please.
[04:28] Shop Owner
    Coming up!
[04:29] Takasugi
    You just came to eat soba?!
[04:38] Sakamoto
    I completely understand how you feel.
(Flashback) [04:41] Sakamoto
    Unfortunately, though, I honestly
    don't have the chronometer.
[04:46] Katsura
    That's what he said,
[04:48] Katsura
    but both Sakamoto-kun and Izo
    disappeared after that day.
[04:52] Katsura
    I'm certain he has the chronometer.
[04:58] Katsura
    I have to find him, and fast.
[05:02] Seimei
    The chronometer, huh?
[05:05] Seimei
    I haven't sensed it lately.
[05:07] Takasugi
    Didn't think so.
[05:09] Takasugi
    I don't think searching blindly
    is going to help, either.
[05:12] Takasugi
    But I actually don't know all that
    much about the chronometer.
[05:17] Seimei
    You know, it was a long time ago,
    but... I made the chronometer.
[05:20] ---
    What?!
[05:22] Takasugi
    Seriously? And you never said anything?!
[05:25] Seimei
    Do you want to see how
    the chronometer was created?
[05:28] Takasugi
    Can you do that?
[05:30] Seimei
    My powers are drained at the moment,
     so I can't use them to travel back in time,
[05:35] Seimei
    but I can send our thoughts back to my past.
[05:45] Takasugi
    Wh-What the heck?!
[05:48] Seimei
    Here we go.
[05:56] Takasugi
    What the hell is going on?!
[06:03] Seimei
    We're here.
[06:05] Takasugi
    Where is "here"?
[06:08] Seimei
    The old imperial palace, 25 years ago.
[06:12] Young Mikado
    Confucius says, "At fifteen,
    my heart was set on learning;
[06:18] Young Mikado
    at thirty, I stood firm;
[06:20] Young Mikado
    at forty, I had no more doubts;
[06:22] Takasugi
    Who's that?
[06:23] Young Mikado
    at fifty, I knew the will of heaven."
[06:23] Seimei
    The emperor, when he was 5 years old.
[06:26] Instructor
    All right, that's enough for today.
[06:29] Instructor
    You are destined to become
    the leader of this nation.
[06:33] Instructor
    Always bear that in mind,
    and spare no effort in all you do.
[06:37] Young Mikado
    I know.
[06:49] Instructor
    What is it?
[06:59] Instructor
    Why did you let it go?
[07:04] Young Mikado
    Being stuck in a cage is suffocating.
[07:07] Young Mikado
    I figured it wanted to fly.
[07:16] Takasugi
    He seems to have it pretty
    rough, even as a kid.
[07:23] Young Mikado
    Who's there?
[07:24] Takasugi
    Huh?
[07:25] Takasugi
    Can he see us?
[07:26] Seimei
    No.
[07:33] Young Mikado
    I've never seen you before.
    Where'd you come from?
[07:38] Young Seimei
    Over there.
[07:40] Young Mikado
    The shrine? I've been told
    not to go near there.
[07:46] Young Seimei
    I saw a pretty bird nearby.
[08:00] Young Mikado
    You came back?
[08:03] Young Seimei
    He seems to like it here.
[08:08] Young Seimei
    Don't you?
[08:12] Young Mikado
    I guess he does.
[08:17] Takasugi
    That's you, isn't it? What are you
    doing in the imperial palace?
[08:21] Seimei
    The emperor and I are brothers.
[08:23] Takasugi
    What?!
[08:25] Seimei
    Oh, you didn't know that?
[08:26] Takasugi
    I had no idea!
[08:29] Seimei
    Well, we were both isolated and raised apart,
[08:33] Seimei
    so we didn't even know of
    each other's existence.
[08:38] Takasugi
    What does that mean?
[08:40] Seimei
    Let's go to a month later.
[08:45] Seimei
    I've always had unusual powers,
    ever since I was a child.
[08:50] Seimei
    There was a factional dispute behind
    the scenes at the imperial palace
[08:53] Seimei
    between those who supported me and were
    trying to use my powers for political gain,
[08:58] Seimei
    and those who supported my
    brother and hated my powers.
[09:01] Takasugi
    I get it. So you were basically enemies.
[09:04] Seimei
    Yes, which is why we rarely saw each other.
[09:21] Young Mikado
    Where the heck have you been?
[09:26] Young Mikado
    What was that?!
[09:28] Young Seimei
    I learned a new spell.
[09:30] Young Mikado
    You're amazing!
[09:33] Young Mikado
    Come with me! There's something
    I want to show you.
[09:38] Takasugi
    You totally just disappeared!
[09:40] Seimei
    I jumped to the future for a brief moment.
[09:44] Seimei
    I wasn't fully able to
    travel in time yet, though.
[09:49] Young Mikado
    Look. They're all rare items.
[09:54] Young Mikado
    You're the first person
    I've ever shown these to.
[09:57] Young Seimei
    What's this?
[09:59] Young Mikado
    You mean the pocket watch?
[10:01] Young Seimei
    It doesn't work.
[10:03] Young Mikado
    No, but it's still neat, right?
[10:06] Young Seimei
    Yeah.
[10:08] Young Mikado
    Do you like it?
[10:11] Young Mikado
    Then you can have it.
[10:12] Young Seimei
    Huh?
[10:13] Young Mikado
    Don't you want it?
[10:16] Young Seimei
    I'd feel bad taking it.
[10:18] Young Mikado
    You can just borrow it, then.
[10:21] Young Mikado
    Give it back to me later, okay?
[10:23] Young Mikado
    Here.
[10:24] Young Seimei
    Okay... Thanks.
[10:27] Young Seimei
    I'll bring it back tomorrow.
[10:28] Young Mikado
    Let's swear on it.
[10:31] Young Seimei
    Sure.
[10:35] Takasugi
    Well, that's nice. You two
    got along well as kids.
[10:40] Takasugi
    What about that pocket watch?
[10:42] Seimei
    Right, on to the next memory.
[10:48] Takasugi
    Where are we now?
[10:53] Takasugi
    That's...
[10:57] Takasugi
    Wh-What's going on?!
[10:59] Seimei
    I was abducted by the faction that
    favored my brother after that.
[11:03] Takasugi
    That's really bad!
[11:04] Seimei
    Pretty much.
[11:05] Takasugi
    "Pretty much"? How are you so...
[11:11] Man A
    Sorry, but you must die.
[11:19] Man B
    He disappeared?!
[11:21] Seimei
    This was the moment my ability
    to travel through time awakened,
[11:25] Seimei
    and I leapt into the future.
[11:28] Takasugi
    The future?
[11:29] Seimei
    About 150 years.
[11:32] Seimei
    Now, let's jump to ten
    years after this moment.
[11:37] Takasugi
    The imperial palace again?
[11:39] Seimei
    This is just after the emperor's
    coronation ceremony.
[11:50] Young Seimei
    Ow...
[11:53] Man A
    Intruder!
[11:54] Man B
    Who are you?!
[11:57] Young Mikado
    Hold it.
[12:05] Young Mikado
    Y-You're...
[12:09] Young Seimei
    I came to give this back.
[12:14] Young Mikado
    Seimei, is that you?
[12:16] Young Seimei
    Yes.
[12:19] Young Mikado
    You're late.
[12:25] Seimei
    I had just returned from being
    150 years in the future.
[12:29] Takasugi
    You seriously overdid it.
[12:33] Seimei
    I was granted amnesty by my brother
[12:36] Seimei
    and began living in the palace again.
[12:45] Young Mikado
    I can't believe you traveled to the future.
[12:49] Young Mikado
    Seimei, you're really something.
[12:53] Young Mikado
    You're free like a bird.
[12:56] Young Mikado
    If only I could live my life like that...
[13:00] Young Mikado
    But that's just a pipe dream.
[13:04] Young Seimei
    Then I'll make your dream come true.
[13:36] Young Seimei
    It's done.
[13:38] Young Mikado
    Hey!
[13:40] Young Seimei
    I used a little too much of my power.
[13:43] Young Mikado
    Are you okay?
[13:44] Young Seimei
    Yeah.
[13:46] Young Seimei
    Now you can fly free, too.
[13:49] Young Mikado
    What is it?
[13:52] Young Seimei
    A watch with the power to
    control time—the chronometer.
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[14:12] Katsura
    He's not here, either.
[14:14] Katsura
    It hasn't been that long since
    Sakamoto-kun disappeared.
[14:19] Katsura
    He should still be nearby.
[14:27] Hyo
    We came to check on you since
    you hadn't come back yet...
[14:32] Kasumi
    And here you are, napping with Takasugi.
[14:35] Hyo
    Come on, wake up. It's time to go home!
[14:38] Kasumi
    You too, Takasugi! Are you
    going to sleep all day?
[14:47] Hyo
    Wake up, wake up, wake up!
[14:50] Kasumi
    Wake up, wake up, wake up!
[15:00] Hyo
    Does this mean...
[15:02] Kasumi
    Could it be...
[15:04] Kasumi & Hyo
    They're both dead?!
[15:10] Takasugi
    I get it now. You made the
    chronometer for the emperor.
[15:15] Seimei
    Yes, but it might have been a mistake.
[15:21] Takasugi
    Where are we going next?
[15:23] Takasugi
    The palace again?
[15:25] Seimei
    Yes, a year after the earlier moment.
[15:27] Guard A
    Intruder!
[15:28] Guard B
    Get him!
[15:30] Takasugi
    What's all the ruckus?
[15:32] Seimei
    The emperor was attacked by assassins.
[15:34] Takasugi
    What?! That's definitely not good!
[15:46] Young Seimei
    Emperor...
[15:51] Takasugi
    Look out!
[16:04] Takasugi
    He turned back time?
[16:06] Seimei
    Yes, but this is what caused the rumors
[16:09] Seimei
    about the chronometer to spread.
[16:12] Seimei
    And after that, the chronometer
    was targeted countless times.
[16:17] Seimei
    Each time, we traveled back through
    time to catch the criminal,
[16:21] Seimei
    but there was just no end.
[16:23] Seimei
    Both he and I often ended
    up in dangerous situations,
[16:27] Seimei
    and there were even killings
    within the palace.
[16:30] Seimei
    People knew that the chronometer
    could also be used to control Japan.
[16:35] Seimei
    I realized that I had made
    something truly horrible.
[16:41] Takasugi
    Why didn't you just destroy—Oh.
[16:44] Seimei
    Yes, it's self-repairing.
[16:46] Seimei
    Even if you destroy it,
     it will just repair itself.
[16:49] Takasugi
    Then how...
[16:51] Seimei
    That's when I had an idea.
[16:53] Seimei
    I would travel back in time
    and get rid of the chronometer.
[16:57] Takasugi
    Back in time? How far back are we talking?
[17:00] Seimei
    About two thousand years.
[17:02] Takasugi
    Two thousand?!
[17:07] Takasugi
    So this is two thousand years ago?
[17:12] Seimei
    I traveled to the past and buried
    the chronometer deep in the ground.
[17:19] Seimei
    But the chronometer had already
    amassed so much evil energy
[17:23] Seimei
    that it began to attract
    those with evil intent.
[17:27] Seimei
    Its hiding spot was exposed,
    and it traveled through the ages,
[17:31] Seimei
    passing from person to person,
[17:34] Seimei
    becoming deeply stained by greed and malice,
[17:36] Seimei
    until it turned into a sinister object
    that amplified the wicked thoughts
[17:40] Seimei
    that lay hidden in the heart of its owner.
[17:43] Takasugi
    So that's what happened.
[17:47] Takasugi
    What's going on?
[17:49] Seimei
    Looks like I've hit my limit.
[17:57] Hyo
    What do you think?
[17:59] Yamazaki
    They both have a pulse, and they're
    breathing, so they're fine.
[18:03] Yamazaki
    They're just deep asleep.
[18:05] Kasumi
    Oh, thank goodness.
[18:07] Hyo
    What a relief.
[18:11] Kasumi & Hyo
    He's awake!
[18:13] Takasugi
    Where am I?
[18:14] Yamazaki
    Not quite awake yet, are you?
     This is your room.
[18:18] Takasugi
    I see. So I made it back.
[18:21] Takasugi
    I'm not see-through anymore, either.
[18:25] Yamazaki
    What does that mean?
[18:27] Takasugi
    Seimei's still asleep, huh?
[18:31] Takasugi
    I went back to the past with Seimei and
    saw some pretty interesting things.
[18:36] Yamazaki
    What?
[18:37] Kasumi
    What did you see?
[18:41] Takasugi
    The moment the chronometer was created.
[18:44] Takasugi
    Wanna hear about it?
[18:45] Yamazaki
    Of course.
[18:47] Takasugi
    Then buy me some soba.
[18:49] Yamazaki
    Huh?
[18:49] Takasugi
    And a large order of tempura.
[18:51] Takasugi
    Oh, and some inari sushi, too.
[18:53] Yamazaki
    Excuse me?
[19:04] Katsura
    I've been looking for you.
[19:06] Katsura
    You're going to take me
    to where Sakamoto-kun is.
[19:10] Katsura
    He's the one who has
    the chronometer, isn't he?
[19:16] Izo
    What are you talking about?
[21:01] Katsura
    Hi there. I'm Katsura Kogoro.
[21:03] Takasugi
    And I'm Takasugi Shinsaku.
[21:04] Katsura
    We were summoned by the emperor,
[21:06] Katsura
    who has far too much time on
    his hands, to play the king game.
[21:10] Mikado
    What are you two grumbling
    about? We're still playing.
[21:13] All
    Ready, set... Who will be king?
[21:16] Mikado
    It's me!
[21:17] Takasugi
    Oh, come on! You've been king
    several times in a row now.
[21:20] Mikado
    Number two, hit number one with a fan!
[21:22] Takasugi
    But I'm number one!
[21:24] Katsura
    I can't hit Shinsaku with a fan!
[21:27] ---
    Ow!
[21:28] Katsura
    That was a pleasant sound.
[21:29] Takasugi
    You're enjoying this, aren't you?
[21:31] Katsura
    Of course not.
[21:32] Takasugi
    You're totally grinning, though!
[21:34] Takasugi
    How much longer are we going to play this?
[21:36] Mikado
    Until I'm tired of it!
[21:37] Takasugi
    Damn it! I'm definitely winning this round!
[21:40] All
    Ready, set... Who will be king?
[21:43] Mikado
    I knew it.
[21:44] Takasugi
    What the hell?!
[21:46] Mikado
    Number two, tell us a
    really embarrassing story.
[21:49] Takasugi
    I don't have any embarrassing stories!
[21:51] Katsura
    Oh, please. You have lots of them.
[21:53] Katsura
    What about the time you secretly ate
    my daifuku and got an upset stomach?
[21:57] Takasugi
    How do you—
[21:58] Katsura
    You mistook the wall for the toilet,
     turned to it, and—
[22:01] Takasugi
    But I managed to wake up
    just in time, so I didn't!
[22:04] Takasugi
    How do you know about that, anyway?!
[22:07] Katsura
    I know everything.
[22:09] Mikado
    You have some pretty
    embarrassing tales, all right.
[22:12] Takasugi
    Shaddup!
[22:14] Takasugi
    You two are gonna get it this time!
[22:16] All
    Ready, set... Who will be king?
[22:19] Mikado
    It's me!
[22:20] Takasugi
    Damn it!
[22:21] Mikado
    Number one, close your eyes.
[22:23] Takasugi
    Like this?
[22:24] Mikado
    Kiss number two.
[22:25] Takasugi
    Huh?!
[22:26] Katsura
    I refuse.
[22:27] Takasugi
    I don't want to, either!
[22:29] Mikado
    The king's orders are absolute.
[22:33] Katsura
    Wait! I know what to do!
[22:35] Katsura
    Shinsaku, close your eyes.
[22:36] Takasugi
    What?!
[22:37] Katsura
    It'll be fine. Just trust me.
[22:47] Katsura
    Whew. I made it through that.
[22:49] Takasugi
    Well, I didn't!
[22:51] Takasagi
    Man, is the king game always this exhausting?
[22:54] Mikado
    I'm getting tired of it, anyway.
    I guess we'll stop now.
[22:57] Takasugi
    I haven't gotten you back yet!
[23:00] Takasugi
    Hang on a sec...
[23:02] Takasugi
    Don't tell me... Seimei went into his spirit form
[23:05] Takasugi
    and told you which sticks to pick?
[23:07] Mikado
    Gulp.
[23:08] Seimei
    You figured it out.
[23:10] Takasugi
    I knew it!
[23:11] Takasugi
    Hey, Emperor, I see through
    all your little tricks!
[23:14] Mikado
    Looks like I've been found out.
[23:17] Takasugi
    I can be king now that you're
    not cheating anymore!
[23:20] Mikado
    Have you forgotten? I was chosen
    for this role before I was even born!
[23:24] Katsura
    Then let's have Seimei join us and go again.
[23:26] All
    Ready, set... Who will be king?
[23:29] Seimei
    It's me.
[23:31] Takasugi
    It's Seimei now?
[23:32] Mikado
    What is your command?
[23:34] Takasugi
    You're not going to make us kiss, are you?
[23:36] Katsura
    I refuse.
[23:37] Takasugi
    That's what I was going to say!
[23:38] Seimei
    The king would like...
[23:40] Seimei
    to take a nap with everyone.
[23:43] Others
    Huh?
[23:44] Takasugi
    A nap? But it's nighttime.
[23:46] Seimei
    Goodnight.
[23:50] Kondo
    I am a warrior wholly dedicated
    to serving my master.
[23:55] Katsura
    Next time on episode 8 of Bakumatsu Crisis:
SIGN    Yoshinobu's Thoughts and Kondo's Feelings
[23:58] Katsura
    "Yoshinobu's Thoughts and Kondo's Feelings."
[24:01] Yoshinobu
    Because I ordered you to survive.