E8 - The Kinkaji Incident! Izo Dies?

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[00:02] Katsura
    Mugensai was transporting arms
    and ammunition to the castle
[00:06] Katsura
    using a massive cart called
    a "steam locomotive."
[00:09] Takasugi
    And you got stuck in some trap and
    almost got killed by Hijikata.
[00:13] Katsura
    Yes, but you came to save me,
    and I made it out alive.
[00:16] Takasugi
    Sakamoto and Izo were there,
    but weapons and munitions
[00:20] Takasugi
    were more important to them than your life.
[00:23] Katsura
    Don't blame them. I'm sure
    they had their reasons.
[00:27] Takasugi
    After that, the locomotive crashed
    into the castle at high speed
[00:30] Takasugi
    because the brakes weren't working.
[00:33] Katsura
    It's probably in pieces now.
[00:34] Takasugi
    Yeah... I hope the shogunate loses
    some of its power after this.
[00:49] Ryoma
    Now, then, how are we going to use this?
[00:53] Ryoma
    Whaddya think, Izo?
[00:55] Izo
    I'll leave that up to you.
[00:57] Ryoma
    You're no help at all.
[00:59] Izo
    That's not my job.
[01:03] Ryoma
    Oh, that's right. I'm the
    one who does the thinking.
[01:08] Izo
    I'll kill whoever you tell me to kill.
[01:12] Izo
    That's the only thing I have to do.
SIGN    The Kinkaji Incident! Izo Dies?
[02:52] Mugensai
    You said your name was Sakamoto Ryoma?
[02:55] Ryoma
    Yes, sir.
[02:56] Mugensai
    I had heard that you were a traitor,
    and yet you summon me like this.
[03:03] Ryoma
    I am extremely delighted
    that a ronin such as myself
[03:08] Ryoma
    has been permitted to meet with you.
[03:12] Mugensai
    Look at me.
[03:14] Ryoma
    Yes, sir!
[03:15] Mugensai
    You said that you wished
    to make a deal with me.
[03:20] Ryoma
    That is correct.
[03:22] Mugensai
    The shogunate's steam locomotive was
    recently raided by an unknown party,
[03:27] Mugensai
    and a good deal of arms and
    ammunition have gone missing.
[03:31] Ryoma
    Hard to believe that there
    could be someone so reckless
[03:35] Ryoma
    as to steal arms and ammunition
    from the shogunate.
[03:40] Mugensai
    And now, it appears that
    someone is trying to sell
[03:43] Mugensai
    the stolen arms and ammunition
    back to the shogunate.
[03:47] Ryoma
    There seems to be some
    sort of misunderstanding.
[03:50] Ryoma
    I am not such a daring person as that.
[03:55] Mugensai
    Then tell me, just what is it
    that you're trying to sell me?
[04:02] Ryoma
    What I am selling...
[04:06] Ryoma
    is myself!
[04:13] Katsura
    Hey, Shinsaku, we managed
    to destroy that cart thing,
[04:17] Katsura
    but what are we going to do now?
[04:19] Takasugi
    Why ask this now?
[04:21] Katsura
    I was just wondering if you had
    anything in mind for the future.
[04:27] Takasugi
    Well, I think the world we're
    in now is pretty boring,
[04:33] Takasugi
    so I'd like to destroy the
    chronometer and do something
[04:36] Takasugi
    about Mugensai, since
    they're the primary cause.
[04:40] Katsura
    And after that?
[04:42] Takasugi
    I just want to make the world interesting.
[04:45] Katsura
    Interesting? Like how?
[04:48] Takasugi
    Like I said, just interesting!
[04:51] Katsura
    Specifically how?
[04:54] Takasugi
    You always want the details.
[04:57] Katsura
    It's my nature.
[04:58] Soldier
    Hurry up!
[05:03] Soldier
    Everyone is here.
[05:04] Okita
    We will be heading to Kinkakuji now
    on emergency orders from Mugensai-sama.
[05:11] Soldier A
    Emergency orders?
[05:13] Soldier B
    What happened?
[05:15] Saito
    Our mission today is to go and capture
    a traitor that appeared there.
[05:20] Soldier A
    A traitor?
[05:21] Soldier B
    Who is it?
[05:23] Okita
    Sakamoto Ryoma.
[05:26] Okita
    Though, if we can't capture him,
    I'm sure it's okay for us to kill him.
[05:32] Saito
    Okita.
[05:33] Okita
    I'm joking.
[05:34] Okita
    Well, let's go.
[05:38] Takasugi
    Sakamoto is in Kinkakuji?
    What is he going to do?
[05:43] Katsura
    Come to think of it, last time...
(Flashback) [05:46] Ryoma
    Takasugi-san, Katsura-san,
(Flashback) [05:48] Ryoma
    were there any signs of changes in
    time after the trouble on the train?
(Flashback) [05:53] Takasugi
    No, I didn't sense anything.
(Flashback) [05:56] Katsura
    Me, either.
(Flashback) [05:58] Katsura
    As of now, it seems that the
    chronometer hasn't been used.
(Flashback) [06:02] Ryoma
    Which means that Mugensai's
    chronometer is still unusable.
(Flashback) [06:09] Ryoma
    That's all I wanted to ask you.
(Flashback) [06:12] Ryoma
    Sorry to bother you.
(Flashback) [06:13] Takasugi
    Hey, Sakamoto! You're up to
    something again, aren't you?
(Flashback) [06:17] Ryoma
    Not at all. I'm just doing
    some business negotiations.
(Flashback) [06:21] Ryoma
    If all goes well, we might get
    our hands on the chronometer.
(Flashback) [06:24] Takasugi
    What?!
(Flashback) [06:26] Izo
    Ryoma...
(Flashback) [06:27] Ryoma
    Oops, it appears I've said too much.
[06:40] Katsura
    He said he was doing some
    business negotiations.
[06:43] Katsura
    Shinsaku, do you think Sakamoto-kun plans
    to meet with Mugensai at Kinkakuji
[06:47] Katsura
    and steal the chronometer?
[06:50] Takasugi
    But how?
[06:51] Katsura
    I don't know, but what I can be sure about
[06:55] Katsura
    is that it looks like Mugensai has
    already figured out Sakamoto-kun's plan.
[07:04] Mugensai
    You're selling yourself?
[07:07] Mugensai
    So are you saying you will serve me?
[07:11] Ryoma
    That certainly doesn't sound like a bad deal.
[07:15] Ryoma
    However, even if you used
    all of the shogunate's assets,
[07:20] Ryoma
    you couldn't pay for one day of my service.
[07:25] Mugensai
    That is quite an exorbitant price.
[07:27] Ryoma
    I'm only saying that that's what I'm worth.
[07:33] Ryoma
    Especially now, considering that you
    are unable to use the chronometer.
[07:41] Ryoma
    It's all right, Izo.
[07:44] Mugensai
    Go on.
[07:45] Ryoma
    I'm sure you'd like to be able to use
    the chronometer as soon as possible.
[07:53] Ryoma
    But rest assured, I happened
    upon something recently...
[08:00] Ryoma
    A way to revive the chronometer once more.
[08:04] Ryoma
    That must be something you're
    desperately eager to know.
[08:09] Mugensai
    So you're willing to sell
    me that information?
[08:13] Ryoma
    As I said before, I am selling myself.
[08:20] Ryoma
    I would like to assist you with this
    new world that you are creating.
[08:28] Mugensai
    Then you wish to join me?
[08:34] Ryoma
    What is it?
[08:36] Izo
    Someone's coming.
[08:37] Mugensai
    Do not worry. There is no one here but us.
[08:46] Ryoma
    He's so stubborn.
[08:49] Ryoma
    I apologize for him.
[08:50] Ryoma
    He's not really good in formal settings.
[09:13] Izo
    The Shinsengumi!
[09:17] Okita
    That's enough, Okada Izo.
[09:22] Izo
    You tricked us, Mugensai!
[09:25] Mugensai
    A contract?
[09:27] Mugensai
    I see. You've thought this through.
[09:29] Mugensai
    If this gets the chronometer working again...
[09:32] Ryoma
    Yes, any amount of money I would
    get from you would be meaningless,
[09:37] Ryoma
    since I would be right back where I
    started once you turned back time.
[09:42] Ryoma
    Which is why I'm saying that
    it's best for us to join forces.
[09:46] Mugensai
    But is that truly what you want?
[09:49] Ryoma
    Huh?
[09:49] Mugensai
    You have continued your resistance
    against me as a traitor
[09:52] Mugensai
    out of dissatisfaction for my rule, just
    like Takasugi Shinsaku and his friend.
[09:59] Ryoma
    You give me too much credit.
[10:03] Ryoma
    Takasugi-san and I never really
    saw eye-to-eye to begin with.
[10:09] Ryoma
    Let's just say that his principles, well...
[10:12] Ryoma
    They place too much emphasis on reason.
[10:15] Ryoma
    That kind of logic just doesn't
    align with my own interests.
[10:19] Mugensai
    Then what are you after, beyond using the
    chronometer and crossing through time?
[10:26] Ryoma
    Well, there are far more amazing things
    one can do with the chronometer.
[10:31] Ryoma
    I honestly haven't thought
    about anything beyond that.
[10:35] Mugensai
    You're an interesting fellow.
[10:38] Mugensai
    All right, then. Your proposal
    seems to have some merit.
[10:43] Ryoma
    Thank you, Mugensai-sama! I knew
    you'd understand what I was after.
[10:49] Mugensai
    But first, I must have proof that this
    method you speak of is the real thing.
[11:03] Mugensai
    Look down there.
[11:17] Takasugi
    That's...
[11:27] Ryoma
    Izo!
[11:28] Mugensai
    He will be shoved into the water.
[11:31] Ryoma
    What?!
[11:32] Mugensai
    He will undoubtedly die
    if that happens, of course.
[11:37] Ryoma
    Obviously!
[11:38] Mugensai
    But there is clearly no reason to worry,
[11:41] Mugensai
    if your method to restore
    the chronometer truly works.
[11:49] Mugensai
    Even if he dies here and now,
[11:52] Mugensai
    we can just activate the chronometer
    and use it to turn back time,
[11:55] Mugensai
    making it so that it never happened.
[11:59] Ryoma
    That's insane!
[12:02] Katsura
    What's going on?
[12:03] Takasugi
    What is Sakamoto trying to do?
[12:08] Mugensai
    Well? This will prove that
    what you told me is the truth.
[12:13] Mugensai
    It's very simple.
[12:16] Ryoma
    You can test the chronometer
    without doing all this!
[12:20] Mugensai
    I'm telling you to show me your resolve,
[12:24] Mugensai
    if you truly wish to join forces with me.
[12:48] Ryoma
    I'm sorry, Izo.
[12:55] Takasugi
    Izo!
(Flashback) [13:21] Samurai
    Wh-Who are you?
(Flashback) [13:24] Izo
    I am only an assassin.
(Flashback) [13:26] Samurai
    So you're... Izo the Mansla—
(Flashback) [13:41] Izo
    Ryoma?
(Flashback) [13:44] Ryoma
    Long time no see, Izo.
(Flashback) [13:46] Ryoma
    I heard a rumor about some mad dog
(Flashback) [13:48] Ryoma
    that was going around killing
    people indiscriminately in Kyoto,
(Flashback) [13:52] Ryoma
    but I didn't think it'd be you.
(Flashback) [13:55] Ryoma
    Izo!
(Flashback) [13:57] Ryoma
    If you keep doing this, one day—
(Flashback) [13:58] Izo
    Save your speeches. My only
    purpose in life is to kill.
(Flashback) [14:02] Izo
    Nothing more.
(Flashback) [14:11] Samurai A
    What a sad state for one
    such as Izo the Manslayer.
(Flashback) [14:16] Samurai B
    Give it up. It's time for
    you to pay the piper.
(Flashback) [14:44] Ryoma
    You still alive, Izo?
(Flashback) [14:47] Ryoma
    You're seriously a pain in the ass.
(Flashback) [14:50] Izo
    I didn't ask you to save me...
(Flashback) [14:59] Ryoma
    A sword is something that should only be used
(Flashback) [15:03] Ryoma
    when it is absolutely
    necessary to kill someone.
(Flashback) [15:06] Ryoma
    That is its purpose.
(Flashback) [15:11] Ryoma
    Hey, Izo, why don't you work for me?
(Flashback) [15:16] Ryoma
    I'll be the one to decide who
    you should kill from now on.
[15:33] Takasugi
    Why isn't Sakamoto helping him?!
[15:37] Katsura
    He's going to die at this rate!
[15:43] Saito
    Takasugi Shinsaku!
[15:45] Okita
    I thought someone might
    have been following us.
[15:49] Okita
    And even Katsura-san is here.
[16:01] Katsura
    Shinsaku!
[16:03] Okita
    I will be your opponent, Katsura-san!
[16:07] Takasugi
    Damn it! Katsura, we have to get Izo fast!
[16:11] Katsura
    But against this many...
[16:13] Takasugi
    Hey, Sakamoto!
[16:14] Takasugi
    I don't know what you've got planned,
[16:17] Takasugi
    but Mugensai has already
    seen through your schemes!
[16:21] Takasugi
    It's a trap!
[16:28] Ryoma
    Mugensai, you knew all along?
[16:31] Mugensai
    Did you honestly think I
    would believe your bluff?
[16:38] Ryoma
    I wonder about that.
[16:42] Ryoma
    You may have thought my story was a lie,
[16:45] Ryoma
    but I evoked your interest
    just a little bit, didn't I?
[16:50] Ryoma
    There's no way someone like you would've
    been taken in by my bluff so easily.
[16:56] Ryoma
    Do you really think I wouldn't have
    considered such a possibility?
[17:03] Takasugi
    Hey, Sakamoto!
[17:05] Katsura
    Izo's going to die at this rate!
[17:09] Mugensai
    Just what are you up to?
[17:15] Mugensai
    Is this all part of your plan?
[17:40] Ryoma
    You know, Mugensai, a trump card
    is better saved until the end.
[17:46] Okita
    What was that?
[17:48] Katsura
    My eyes!
[17:50] Takasugi
    He couldn't have...
[17:53] Ryoma
    Oh, that reminds me.
[17:56] Ryoma
    There's another way to cross time
    other than the chronometer.
[18:01] Mugensai
    You mean Seimei?
[18:06] Mugensai
    Did you find Seimei?
[18:10] Mugensai
    Which means you used Seimei's power
[18:13] Mugensai
    to turn back time and save
    Okada from certain death.
[18:17] Ryoma
    That is correct.
[18:22] Ryoma
    Or that's what I'd like to say, but
    we haven't actually found Seimei yet.
[18:28] Ryoma
    I heard from Takasugi-san
[18:31] Ryoma
    that there's light and shaking when you
    turn back time, like there was just now.
[18:36] Ryoma
    But what just happened
[18:39] Ryoma
    was the explosion of the gunpowder
    that we stole from your own train.
[18:58] Ryoma
    Looks like it's time to go.
[19:00] Izo
    Ryoma, what about him?
[19:02] Ryoma
    Naturally, I don't care if you kill him.
[19:23] Takasugi
    Hey, Sakamoto!
[19:24] Takasugi
    What the hell was that about?! Tell me!
[19:29] Ryoma
    It's not a big deal. I was just
    thinking about what we were
[19:32] Ryoma
    going to do with the massive
    amount of ammunition we stole,
[19:38] Ryoma
    and I knew it wouldn't put up much
    of a challenge to the shogunate,
[19:42] Ryoma
    but I figured it might
    make a great distraction.
[19:46] Ryoma
    Since Mugensai was going to
    pretend to be on board with
[19:49] Ryoma
    my proposal before
    turning the tables on me,
[19:52] Ryoma
    I was going to use his
    own methods against him.
[19:56] Ryoma
    Since I'd gathered information beforehand
    as to how Mugensai would turn on me,
[20:01] Ryoma
    it was easy to make it
    seem like Izo was dead.
[20:07] Ryoma
    And thanks to you guys drawing
    the attention of the Shinsengumi,
[20:11] Ryoma
    it all worked out perfectly!
[20:15] Takasugi
    You bastard! So you just used us?!
[20:18] Katsura
    Back off, Shinsaku.
[20:19] Katsura
    Regardless of how he did it, he
    managed to steal the chronometer.
[20:28] Ryoma
    Something the matter?
[20:29] Katsura
    Shinsaku, the chronometer
    wasn't reversed, was it?
[20:35] Takasugi
    Let me see.
[20:38] Takasugi
    This isn't the chronometer.
[20:42] Katsura
    It's fake?
[20:43] Takasugi
    Yeah...
[20:44] Ryoma
    What?!
[20:46] Ryoma
    Damn it, Mugensai duped me!
[20:52] Takasugi
    He totally tricked you!
[20:55] Katsura
    Which means he's still one step ahead of us.
[21:00] Ryoma
    At least we were able to clarify one thing.
[21:04] Ryoma
    Mugensai is also looking
    for Seimei right now.
[21:17] Izo
    Ryoma.
[21:20] Izo
    If that townsman we hired hadn't
    saved me from drowning in that lake,
[21:26] Izo
    what would you have done?
[21:28] Ryoma
    That wouldn't have happened.
[21:30] Izo
    However, there is the possibility that
    something unexpected could happen.
[21:35] Ryoma
    Oh, come on. The Okada Izo I know
[21:39] Ryoma
    would be able to survive any
    crisis he might encounter.
[21:44] Izo
    Is that so?
(Flashback) [21:51] Ryoma
    I'm sorry, Izo.
[23:50] Katsura
    Sakamoto-kun made a pretty bold move.
[23:52] Takasugi
    Don't worry. He can't hold a candle to you
    joining the Shinsengumi under a false name.
[23:56] Katsura
    I wasn't trying to compare myself to him.
[23:57] Katsura
    Next time on episode 9 of Bakumatsu:
SIGN    Clash! The Last Samurai!
[23:58] Katsura
    Are you even listening to me?
[23:59] Katsura
    "Clash! The Last Samurai!"
[24:01] Takasugi
    We'll show you something
    interesting next week, too!