# E9 - Clash! The Last Samurai!
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**[00:02] Kondo**
* When the Tokugawa shogunate*
* was destroyed three years ago,*
**[00:05] Kondo**
*I had a choice to make.*
**[00:08] Kondo**
* Would the Shinsengumi be destroyed*
* along with the Tokugawa?*
**[00:12] Kondo**
*Or would we survive and serve a new master?*
**[00:17] Kondo**
*I chose to abandon Yoshinobu-sama.*
**[00:27] Okita**
Didn't that man look a bit like Yamazaki?
**[00:30] Kondo**
Couldn't be. I killed him myself.
**[00:34] Hijikata**
He was a traitor who refused to
serve the lord of the castle.
**[00:37] Hijikata**
Don't ever speak his name
in front of Kondo-san again.
***SIGN*** Clash! The Last Samurai!
**(Flashback) [02:30] Yamazaki**
Is it true that we're going
to serve the new shogunate?
**(Flashback) [02:33] Kondo**
Yes, it is.
**(Flashback) [02:34] Yamazaki**
Why?
**(Flashback) [02:37] Yamazaki**
We swore our loyalty to Tokugawa!
**(Flashback) [02:40] Kondo**
Times have changed.
**(Flashback) [02:41] Kondo**
The Shinsengumi will serve Mugensai-sama.
**(Flashback) [02:45] Yamazaki**
You can't expect me to be able to do that!
**(Flashback) [02:48] Kondo**
Then commit ritual suicide.
**(Flashback) [02:51] Kondo**
If you will not obey our master
**(Flashback) [02:52] Kondo**
and do not follow the samurai
code, you commit ritual suicide.
**(Flashback) [02:55] Kondo**
That is the code of the Shinsengumi.
**(Flashback) [02:57] Yamazaki**
Our master?
**(Flashback) [03:01] Yamazaki**
Our only master is Yoshinobu-sama!
**(Flashback) [03:05] Yamazaki**
You're the one who isn't following
the samurai code, Kondo-san!
**(Flashback) [03:09] Yamazaki**
I'm leaving the unit and
searching for Yoshinobu-sama.
**(Flashback) [03:13] Kondo**
Yoshinobu-sama is dead!
**(Flashback) [03:17] Kondo**
But even if he were alive,
**(Flashback) [03:20] Kondo**
we would kill him if Mugensai-sama
ordered us to do so!
**(Flashback) [03:25] Yamazaki**
Silence!
**(Flashback) [03:43] Kondo**
This ends now!
**[04:06] Kondo**
* Yamazaki, I'm entrusting*
* Yoshinobu-sama to you.*
**[04:12] Hijikata**
Kondo-san.
**[04:15] Hijikata**
You're still training?
**[04:17] Kondo**
Yes.
**[04:19] Hijikata**
Is there something on your mind?
**[04:21] Kondo**
No, I was just ruminating on the past.
**[04:31] Kondo**
Kondo Isami, commander of
the Shinsengumi, has arrived.
**[04:35] Mugensai**
I summoned you here because
**[04:37] Mugensai**
the man I've been looking for has
been found west of Lake Biwa.
**[04:45] Mugensai**
Bring him here immediately.
**[04:48] Kondo**
Who is it?
**[04:50] Mugensai**
His name is Seimei. You don't
need to know anything else.
**[04:55] Kondo**
Understood.
**[04:56] Mugensai**
Kondo, there are many people after this man.
**[05:00] Mugensai**
Take skilled men with you and
go after him immediately.
**[05:03] Kondo**
Yes, sir.
**[05:11] Mikado**
I see. So Seimei has been found.
**[05:14] Hyo**
Yes, he's apparently west of Lake Biwa.
**[05:17] Mikado**
Hyo, send word to Yoshinobu immediately.
**[05:20] Mikado**
Tell him where Seimei is and that the
Shinsengumi are on their way there.
**[05:26] Hyo**
Right away!
**[05:42] Susanoo Soldier**
Mugensai-sama.
**[05:44] Susanoo Soldier**
We have installed the motors
by copying this model.
**[05:48] Susanoo Soldier**
The airships are nearly complete now.
**[05:51] Mugensai**
I see.
**[05:53] Mugensai**
Now I can finally look down
on other countries from above.
**[06:04] Katsura**
Shinsaku, are you sure about this?
**[06:07] Katsura**
If this fails, the cannonballs
will land exactly on this spot.
**[06:11] Takasugi**
Don't be such a baby, Katsura.
**[06:13] Takasugi**
We won't know if something's
going to work unless we try it.
**[06:16] Katsura**
That's true, but still...
**[06:20] Katsura**
How do you plan to try it?
**[06:23] Takasugi**
Like this!
**[06:27] Katsura**
You've had that all this time?!
**[06:31] Takasugi**
I'm telling you, we'll be fine as long
as we don't insult Mugensai-sama.
**[06:35] Takasugi**
Okay, here we go.
**[06:39] Takasugi**
I'm going to march into Susanoo
Castle, wreck the place,
**[06:42] Takasugi**
and chop Mugensai to bits!
**[06:45] Takasugi**
Try and stop me if you can!
**[06:57] Katsura**
We're doomed!
**[07:16] Takasugi**
That was a successful test.
**[07:17] Katsura**
Seriously, I think my heart stopped.
**[07:20] Takasugi**
You're such a worrywart.
**[07:27] Okita**
Kondo-san's running late.
**[07:30] Saito**
He's probably getting an earful.
**[07:32] Okita**
The train was broken, and Sakamoto
has managed to slip away.
**[07:36] Okita**
Nothing good has been going on lately.
**[07:39] Okita**
Just what does the lord of the
castle think of the Shinsengumi?
**[07:43] Saito**
Forget about Mugensai.
**[07:46] Okita**
Wow, bold words, Saito-san.
**[07:51] Kondo**
Sorry for the wait.
**[07:54] Kondo**
We're bringing this man back to the castle.
**[07:57] Okita**
Who is he?
**[07:58] Kondo**
I don't know, but this mission was given
to me directly by the lord of the castle.
**[08:03] Kondo**
I will be taking command.
**[08:06] Kondo**
Soji, Saito, you will join me.
**[08:09] Okita**
It's just the three of us?
**[08:10] Kondo**
I can't bring the other men with me and
have them swarming all over the mountains.
**[08:14] Okita**
I don't really mind if
that's what you want to do.
**[08:20] Okita**
You're not going, Hijikata-san?
**[08:22] Hijikata**
I have some things to attend to.
**[08:24] Kondo**
Toshi, make sure it's all taken care of.
**[08:28] Hijikata**
Right.
**[08:35] Kasumi**
They've finally figured out where Seimei is!
**[08:38] Yoshinobu**
Really?
**[08:40] Yamazaki**
It's the spot indicated on this map.
**[08:43] Yamazaki**
What's the matter, Kasumi?
**[08:45] Kasumi**
It says that there are others who
are trying to capture Seimei.
**[08:49] Yoshinobu**
Who is it?
**[08:52] Kasumi**
The Shinsengumi.
**[09:14] Takasugi**
Katsura!
**[09:15] Katsura**
Hang on a minute. I'm almost done.
**[09:18] Takasugi**
Did you put one in the hideout?
**[09:19] Katsura**
I haven't had a chance yet.
**[09:21] Takasugi**
I'll go do it, then.
**[09:23] Katsura**
Yeah, please do.
**[09:28] Katsura**
Shinsaku?
**[09:36] Takasugi**
There, that should do it.
**[09:41] Shinsengumi Soldier**
We are the Shinsengumi!
**[09:42] Shinsengumi Soldier**
We're here on official business!
**[09:58] Takasugi**
Piece of cake.
**[10:07] Hijikata**
Don't interfere.
**[10:09] Hijikata**
You're my prey.
**[10:11] Takasugi**
You're awfully persistent.
You wanna kill me that badly?
**[10:15] Hijikata**
I will kill anyone who defies my master.
**[10:18] Takasugi**
Just what are you Mibu ronin
trying to put on airs for?
**[10:21] Takasugi**
Do you have any idea what
kind of person Mugensai is?
**[10:25] Hijikata**
What?
**[10:26] Takasugi**
Mugensai is making the people suffer and
plans to start a war with other countries.
**[10:31] Takasugi**
It isn't even his own power. He's using
some cowardly tool called a chronometer.
**[10:37] Hijikata**
Chronometer?
**[10:39] Takasugi**
It grants riches, manipulates time,
and allows one to rule the world.
**[10:45] Hijikata**
The legendary treasure of the Murakami Navy?
**[10:48] Takasugi**
Mugensai destroyed your former master,
**[10:51] Takasugi**
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, using the
power of that legendary treasure.
**[10:55] Hijikata**
You're just making up wild stories.
**[10:58] Takasugi**
Your loss if you don't believe me.
**[11:00] Takasugi**
Serving some useless guy like Mugensai
just means you guys aren't true samurai.
**[11:09] Takasugi**
No matter how much you polish
a fake, it's still a fake!
**[11:13] Takasugi**
Remember that!
**[11:17] Hijikata**
Shut up!
**[11:27] Takasugi**
You're pretty good.
**[11:34] Takasugi**
Huh?
**[11:44] Hijikata**
Reporting in.
**[11:46] Hijikata**
I have captured Takasugi Shinsaku.
**[11:48] Mugensai**
What?
**[11:49] Hijikata**
He is currently being held
in the castle's prison.
**[11:52] Mugensai**
Bring him to me at once.
**[11:54] Hijikata**
Yes, sir.
**[12:00] Mugensai**
Hijikata...
**[12:02] Mugensai**
Well done.
**[12:14] Katsura**
Shinsaku...
**[12:25] Takasugi**
*Master Shoin.*
**[12:27] Takasugi**
*How have you been since we last met?*
**[12:30] Takasugi**
*I, Takasugi Shinsaku, will be sure to protect*
**[12:34] Takasugi**
* the Shoka Sonjuku Academy*
* until you are able to return,*
**[12:38] Takasugi**
*so please don't worry.*
**(Flashback) [12:50] Katsura**
Shinsaku!
**(Flashback) [12:52] Takasugi**
What's the matter, Katsura?
**(Flashback) [12:54] Katsura**
Master Shoin has been...
**(Flashback) [12:56] Takasugi**
What?
**(Flashback) [12:57] Katsura**
Master Shoin has been executed!
**(Flashback) [13:03] Takasugi**
That can't be...
**(Flashback) [13:10] Takasugi**
There must be some mistake.
**(Flashback) [13:15] Takasugi**
Right, Katsura?
**(Flashback) [13:20] Katsura**
This just arrived today.
**(Flashback) [13:23] Katsura**
It's the last thing he wrote.
**(Flashback) [13:28] Takasugi**
"Even if my life ends on the Musashi plain,
**(Flashback) [13:33] Takasugi**
the Japanese spirit will still remain."
**(Flashback) [13:38] Katsura**
It's his writing.
**(Flashback) [13:42] Takasugi**
It can't be...
**(Flashback) [13:45] Takasugi**
It can't be!
**[14:31] Mugensai**
Do you like it?
**[14:36] Takasugi**
This thing is a tool for attacking
other countries, right?
**[14:38] Takasugi**
Like hell I'd like it!
**[14:43] Mugensai**
Takasugi Shinsaku,
**[14:45] Mugensai**
you must be aware of the
position this country is in.
**[14:49] Mugensai**
You should just learn to accept it.
**[14:54] Mugensai**
Japan's military strength
during the Tokugawa period
**[14:57] Mugensai**
was practically nothing in
the face of other countries.
**[15:00] Mugensai**
Thus, we had unfair treaties thrust upon us,
**[15:03] Mugensai**
and dark clouds hung over
this country's future.
**[15:08] Mugensai**
That is why I have enforced such
cruel manual labor on the people
**[15:11] Mugensai**
and strengthened our
military forces this much.
**[15:14] Mugensai**
Power is necessary to
confront other countries.
**[15:19] Mugensai**
I will ask you again, Takasugi Shinsaku.
**[15:23] Mugensai**
Will you join me?
**[15:25] Mugensai**
I'd like you to lend me your strength.
**[15:28] Mugensai**
We can make an interesting world together.
**[15:33] Takasugi**
An interesting world?
**[15:35] Mugensai**
That's right.
**[15:36] Mugensai**
If we work together, an even
greater power will be born.
**[15:40] Takasugi**
Mugensai, what exactly is
your idea of "interesting"?
**[15:44] Mugensai**
Power!
**[15:46] Mugensai**
My interesting world is a strong Japan
that does not yield to any threat.
**[15:54] Mugensai**
I won't balk from that purpose,
even if it means sacrificing the people.
**[15:57] Mugensai**
It is a small sacrifice for the
greater good, don't you think?
**[16:01] Takasugi**
No, I don't!
**[16:02] Takasugi**
Master Shoin also had a saying!
**[16:05] Takasugi**
"As the mountain is made lush by the trees,
a country is made prosperous by its people!"
**[16:09] Takasugi**
A country is made by its people!
**[16:11] Takasugi**
There's nothing interesting about a country
that's strong, but full of suffering people!
**[16:19] Mugensai**
What an idealistic argument.
**[16:30] Okita**
Aww, look. How cute!
**[16:36] Kondo**
We should probably rest here for today.
**[16:44] Kasumi**
The village is just ahead.
**[16:47] Yoshinobu**
Susumu, you should rest a bit, too.
**[16:49] Yamazaki**
No, I'll go collect our water for tomorrow.
**[16:53] Yamazaki**
Kasumi, take care of Yoshinobu-sama.
**[16:56] Kasumi**
Will do!
**[17:20] Kondo**
Yamazaki!
**[17:25] Yamazaki**
Kondo-san... I never thought
I would run into you here.
**[17:30] Kondo**
Tell me, Yamazaki, is
Yoshinobu-sama still alive?
**[17:36] Yamazaki**
Has Mugensai not said anything
to the Shinsengumi about it?
**[17:53] Okita**
Huh? Yamazaki?
**[17:56] Okita**
It was my understanding
that Kondo-san killed you.
**[18:01] Okita**
What should I do?
**[18:03] Okita**
Should I kill him?
**[18:10] Kondo**
Stand down, Soji.
**[18:15] Kondo**
I am the one at fault for letting
him get away when he left the unit.
**[18:20] Kondo**
I'll do it.
**[18:21] Okita**
Understood.
**[18:27] Kondo**
Yamazaki Susumu, you will be punished for
the sin of violating the code of ethics!
**[18:57] Yamazaki**
*I can't lose here.*
**[18:59] Yamazaki**
*I have someone I must protect!*
**[19:25] Kondo**
Yamazaki, take care of Yoshinobu-sama.
**[19:36] Yamazaki**
*He did something like this before...*
**[20:02] Yamazaki**
*Kondo-san let me live that time, as well.*
**[20:15] Kondo**
He won't survive this time.
Not with such a strong current.
**[20:20] Okita**
I guess not.
**[20:33] Okita**
What's that?!
**[20:35] Kondo**
That's the direction of
the village Seimei is in!
**[20:48] Okita**
Someone beat us here.
**[20:50] Saito**
Who would do this?
**[21:01] Old Man**
P-Please, I'm begging you!
Please, just spare me!
***SIGN*** Suspect Description
**[21:15] Okita**
Are you the one who gave us the information?
**[21:18] Old Man**
Are you with the shogunate?
**[21:21] Kondo**
Tell us what happened here.
**[21:24] Old Man**
B-Bandits suddenly showed
up and attacked the village.
**[21:29] Saito**
What happened to this man?
**[21:31] Old Man**
He was taken away by the bandits.
**[21:34] Kondo**
What?
**[21:35] Old Man**
They said the shogunate is looking for him,
so they should make a fortune off of him.
**[21:45] Takasugi**
Hey, when are you going to land this thing?
**[21:48] Mugensai**
We seem to have arrived.
**[21:52] Takasugi**
What?
**[21:53] Takasugi**
Has there always been an island in Lake Biwa?
**[21:57] Mugensai**
It is an island I made to
imprison rebels and criminals.
**[22:02] Takasugi**
You made it?
**[22:13] Mugensai**
Have a good look at Hell,
**[22:17] Mugensai**
Takasugi-kun.
**[23:50] Takasugi**
I am a snake.
**[23:52] Takasugi**
I will be a snake. I will be a snake.
**[23:54] Katsura**
What's the matter, Shinsaku?
**[23:56] Katsura**
Did you fall or hit your head or something?
**[23:56] Takasugi**
Next time on episode 10 of *Bakumatsu*:
***SIGN*** Rescue Seimei!
Escape from Prison Gate Island!
**[23:59] Takasugi**
"Rescue Seimei! Escape from Prison Gate Island!"
**[23:59] Katsura**
Hey, are you listening?
**[24:01] Takasugi**
We'll show you something
interesting next week, too!