E9 - Hidden Feelings! A Masked Confession!

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[00:02] Okita
    You know where Sakamoto Ryoma is hiding?
[00:05] Soldier C
    Yes, sir! And it appears
    that Okada Izo is with him.
[00:10] Soldier A
    What should we do?
[00:11] Soldier B
    We should report to the commander first.
[00:13] Okita
    No, we'll go make sure ourselves.
[00:17] Okita
    Sakamoto Ryoma and the assassin Izo
[00:20] Okita
    are both opponents I'm
    closely linked to, after all.
SIGN    CRISIS
SIGN    CRISIS
SIGN    Hidden Feelings! A Masked Confession!
[02:03] Ranmaru
    Kondo Isami will be returning
    with the emperor shortly.
[02:08] Mugensai
    I see. Make sure he's treated with respect.
[02:11] Ranmaru
    Yes, sir.
[02:13] Mugensai
    Now I have the imperial standard.
[02:17] Ranmaru
    What's the matter, sir?
[02:27] Mugensai
    It's calling to me?
[02:33] Mugensai
    We're leaving immediately, Ranmaru.
[02:36] Ranmaru
    Y-Yes, sir, but where are we going?
[02:40] Mugensai
    That should be obvious.
[02:43] Mugensai
    To where the chronometer is.
[02:53] Yoshinobu
    How is he?
[02:54] Kasumi
    His life isn't in any danger...
[02:58] Hyo
    But he won't be able to move for a while.
[03:02] Yoshinobu
    I see...
[03:09] Yoshinobu
    I'm sorry, Susumu. It's all my fault.
[03:19] Okita
    Hiding out in an abandoned place like
    this... He's thought this through.
[03:24] Okita
    Let's check around back first.
[03:28] Soldier B
    M-Mugensai-sama?
[03:30] Okita
    How unusual for you to show up yourself.
    What inspired this turn of events?
[03:35] Okita
    And why are you here?
[03:37] Mugensai
    The chronometer.
[03:39] Okita
    Huh?
[03:41] Mugensai
    Sakamoto most likely has the chronometer.
[03:44] Soldier A
    What?
[03:46] Mugensai
    Take care of this at once.
[03:49] Soldiers
    Yes, sir!
[03:58] Izo
    Be careful.
[04:00] Izo
    The Shinsengumi are here.
[04:02] Sakamoto
    Whatever. They're not a problem.
[04:06] Sakamoto
    As long as I've got this...
[04:16] Sakamoto
    On second thought, let's not.
[04:18] Izo
    What will you do?
[04:20] Sakamoto
    Gonna have to use this.
[04:24] Izo
    What? There are two chronometers?
[04:26] Izo
    How...
[04:28] Sakamoto
    Do you remember, Izo?
[04:30] Sakamoto
    When we clashed with the
    previous Mugensai at Kinkakuji?
(Flashback) [04:38] Takasugi
    Let me see.
(Flashback) [04:41] Takasugi
    This isn't the chronometer.
(Flashback) [04:45] Katsura
    It's fake?
(Flashback) [04:46] Takasugi
    Yeah...
(Flashback) [04:47] Sakamoto
    What?!
(Flashback) [04:49] Sakamoto
    Damn it!
[04:52] Izo
    The fake one from then?
[04:54] Sakamoto
    That's right.
[04:56] Izo
    You didn't get rid of it?
[05:01] Sakamoto
    I always hold on to my
    trump card until the end.
[05:08] Soldier A
    Where are they?
[05:10] Soldier B
    Upstairs?
[05:17] Sakamoto
    Got 'em!
[05:26] Sakamoto
    Even Mugensai is with them!
[05:28] Sakamoto
    En garde!
[05:32] Sakamoto
    What the heck? It clashed
    with another bullet?
[05:37] Ranmaru
    Don't assume you're the
    only one who uses a gun.
[05:51] Ranmaru
    They escaped?
[05:54] Ranmaru
    Such underhanded tactics...
[05:59] Sakamoto
    That worked out well.
[06:04] Okita
    I would disagree.
[06:07] Sakamoto
    Okita Soji!
[06:09] Sakamoto
    You're here, too?
[06:11] Ranmaru
    You won't get away.
[06:14] Ranmaru
    Give it up already.
[06:16] Sakamoto
    Oh, come on! They caught up already?
[06:20] Okita
    Well, what's it going to be?
[06:24] Sakamoto
    Good point.
[06:26] Sakamoto
    I should probably just give you the
    chronometer and beg for my life...
[06:31] Sakamoto
    Or not.
[06:39] Okita
    I'll go after Sakamoto!
[06:40] Mugensai
    Wait.
[06:42] Mugensai
    We're going after...
[06:54] Izo
    So you're the only one who came after me?
[06:58] Ranmaru
    No.
[07:02] Izo
    What?!
[07:05] Izo
    All three of them came after me?
[07:08] Okita
    Izo the assassin, let's do this.
[07:13] Mugensai
    Since I'm here, I'll handle him myself.
[07:16] Okita
    Mugensai-sama?
[07:31] Okita
    Mugensai-sama!
[07:32] Mugensai
    Don't interfere!
[07:47] Okita
    This...
[07:49] Okita
    This fighting style...
[07:51] Okita
    It's like an ordinary brawl.
[08:16] Mugensai
    Izo the assassin, is that all you've got?!
[08:28] Mugensai
    I knew you had it.
[08:32] Izo
    Unfortunately for you, that's a fake.
[08:36] Mugensai
    What?
(Flashback) [08:42] Sakamoto
    Here.
(Flashback) [08:44] Izo
    I'm going to be the decoy?
[08:51] Izo
    The real one is safe with Ryoma.
[08:57] Mugensai
    I can feel it! Its heartbeat! Its pulse!
[09:03] Mugensai
    This chronometer is
[09:05] Mugensai
    the real one!
[09:09] Ranmaru
    Mugensai-sama, this means...
[09:11] Mugensai
    Yes.
[09:12] Mugensai
    I have both the imperial standard
    and the chronometer now.
[09:28] Mugensai
    Let's head back.
[09:29] Ranmaru
    Yes, sir. What should I do with Izo?
[09:32] Mugensai
    I'm done with him. Do as you wish.
[09:37] Ranmaru
    You heard the man.
[09:52] Izo
    Ryoma...
[09:54] Izo
    Why did you give me the real one?
[09:59] Izo
    I was just supposed to be...
[10:07] Izo
    Ryoma...
SIGN    CRISIS
[10:18] Takasugi
    What?
[10:20] Takasugi
    The emperor was taken away?
[10:22] Katsura
    By Kondo-san...
[10:25] Yoshinobu
    I brought all this upon us
    through my ineptitude.
[10:29] Yoshinobu
    That's why I called you all here with
    the hope of going to save the emperor.
[10:36] Yoshinobu
    Is something wrong? You two are
    sitting awfully far apart today.
[10:39] Katsura
    A-Are we?
[10:41] Takasugi
    You're just imagining it.
[10:44] Kasumi
    Are you two still fighting?
[10:46] Hyo
    Give it a rest and make amends already.
[10:49] Yoshinobu
    Fighting?
[10:50] Takasugi
    We're not exactly fighting.
[10:53] Katsura
    R-Right. Everything's totally fine, as usual.
[10:57] Kasumi
    Hyo and I have to look after Susumu,
    so we can't go save the emperor.
[11:02] Hyo
    We're counting on you to do it.
[11:06] Katsura
    Right, got it.
[11:06] Takasugi
    Leave it to us!
[11:17] Kondo
    Pardon the interruption.
[11:21] Kondo
    Is there anything you find unsatisfactory?
[11:23] Mikado
    Let's see...
[11:25] Mikado
    I can't see the sky, so I don't
    know when it's night or day.
[11:29] Kondo
    My apologies.
[11:31] Mikado
    I'm kidding.
[11:33] Mikado
    So? When will I meet with Mugensai?
[11:37] Kondo
    I will look into it and return to let you know.
[11:41] Kondo
    Until then.
[11:47] Mikado
    Kondo...
[11:50] Mikado
    You...
[11:52] Okita
    Kondo-san!
[11:55] Kondo
    Soji. I hear you succeeded
    in getting the chronometer.
[11:59] Okita
    We did.
[12:00] Kondo
    Mugensai-sama must be pleased.
[12:04] Okita
    Actually, about Mugensai-sama...
[12:09] Kondo
    What is it?
[12:10] Okita
    The truth is...
[12:15] Kondo
    I see.
[12:16] Okita
    That fighting style... There's no mistaking it.
[12:25] Okita
    Mugensai-sama is...
[12:30] Kondo
    I thought as much.
[12:32] Okita
    You did? You noticed it, Kondo-san?
[12:36] Kondo
    Calm down. I'll try speaking with him myself.
[12:48] Kondo
    So this is where you've been.
[12:53] Mugensai
    Perfect timing. I have
    something I want to show you.
[13:02] Mugensai
    It's finally in my possession.
[13:05] Mugensai
    Getting it was a lot of trouble...
[13:08] Mugensai
    But now I can create a nation of
    warriors that will endure forever!
[13:17] Kondo
    I'm happy for you, Toshi.
[13:39] Kondo
    So it is you.
[13:42] Hijikata
    I can never hide anything from you.
[13:45] Kondo
    Why, Toshi?
[13:47] Kondo
    Why did you don a fake mask and
    become the lord of this castle?
[13:54] Hijikata
    It's simple, really.
[13:56] Hijikata
    I seized control of this castle and
    everything in it on behalf of Mugensai,
[14:00] Hijikata
    and made it so that the Shinsengumi
    was at the center of the Susanoo army.
[14:05] Kondo
    Us?
[14:06] Hijikata
    Yes. I did it all to create
    a nation of true warriors.
[14:13] Hijikata
    I saw it.
[14:15] Hijikata
    No, I was shown it.
[14:17] Hijikata
    The proper timeline where
    the age of the warrior ends.
[14:35] Kondo
    The age of the warrior will end?
[14:37] Hijikata
    No, that's irrelevant now.
[14:42] Hijikata
    Because I have the chronometer.
[14:46] Hijikata
    The emperor is also in my grasp,
    which means the stage is set.
[14:50] Hijikata
    All that remains is for me to hand it over.
[14:52] Kondo
    Hand it over? What do you mean?
[14:55] Hijikata
    The whole of this castle and the
    warriors spread throughout Japan.
[15:00] Hijikata
    Kondo-san...
[15:02] Hijikata
    I want you to become the shogun of it all.
[15:08] Hijikata
    If you become the shogun,
[15:11] Hijikata
    my role as the fake Mugensai will be over.
[15:14] Hijikata
    Then all that's left is to make a
    nation of true warriors by your side.
[15:22] Kondo
    I understand how you feel.
[15:25] Hijikata
    Does that mean you'll do it, then?
[15:28] Kondo
    No.
[15:31] Kondo
    Tell me, Toshi.
[15:34] Kondo
    What will you do in order
    to create this nation
[15:38] Kondo
    of true warriors that you speak of?
[15:42] Hijikata
    It's quite straightforward.
[15:44] Hijikata
    War!
[15:46] Hijikata
    We'll just keep fighting
    incessantly here in Japan!
[15:51] Hijikata
    And if that's not enough,
    then we'll attack other countries!
[15:55] Kondo
    Is that what you really want to do, Toshi?
[15:57] Kondo
    I thought a warrior was someone
    who protected his country...
[16:02] Kondo
    no, those who are weak.
[16:05] Kondo
    Now I finally understand
    what he was trying to say.
(Flashback) [16:09] Yoshinobu
    In the coming world, there will
    be no way for one's standing
(Flashback) [16:13] Yoshinobu
    to determine the life one lives.
(Flashback) [16:16] Yoshinobu
    Everyone will be born equal,
    and anyone can be involved in politics.
(Flashback) [16:21] Yoshinobu
    All will determine how the country should be
    and bear responsibility for their decisions.
(Flashback) [16:25] Yoshinobu
    These are the kinds of ideas
    that are needed in a new world.
(Flashback) [16:29] Yoshinobu
    And only with that sort of system
(Flashback) [16:32] Yoshinobu
    will the world be eternally at peace.
(Flashback) [16:36] Yoshinobu
    Don't you agree?
[16:39] Kondo
    Should the age of the warrior really
    continue as it has for hundreds of years?
[16:45] Hijikata
    That man, huh?
[16:49] Hijikata
    Foolishness! Complete and utter foolishness!
[16:52] Hijikata
    Then we should just continue
    fighting for hundreds...
[16:56] Hijikata
    no, thousands... tens of thousands of years!
[16:59] Hijikata
    Isn't that right, Kondo-san?
[17:05] Kondo
    That's...
[17:07] Kondo
    Don't let the chronometer absorb you, Toshi!
[17:10] Kondo
    Open your eyes!
[17:12] Kondo
    A warrior values purity!
[17:14] Kondo
    You can no longer call yourself
    a warrior if you forget
[17:17] Kondo
    your long-held desire
    to protect this country!
[17:20] Hijikata
    What?
[17:22] Kondo
    If it is our destiny to perish,
[17:25] Kondo
    then a noble death is also a warrior's pride!
[17:29] Kondo
    Isn't that right, Toshi?
[17:36] Hijikata
    I...
[17:38] Kondo
    I know you understand that!
[17:41] Hijikata
    I... I...
[17:46] Kondo
    Come to your senses, Toshi!
[17:49] Hijikata
    Kondo-san...
(Flashback) [17:53] Hijikata
    Kondo-san, I'm going to become a
    warrior and make a name for myself.
(Flashback) [17:58] Hijikata
    And I will make you a warrior general.
(Flashback) [18:02] Hijikata
    I swear it.
[18:05] Hijikata
    I...!
[18:18] Kondo
    Toshi...
[18:20] Kondo
    You...
[18:23] Hijikata
    Do not call me by that name.
[18:28] Hijikata
    I am a pure, eternal being who wanders
    through the infinity of time:
[18:35] Hijikata
    I am Mugensai!
[18:39] Kondo
    Toshi!
[18:43] Kondo
    Stop, Toshi!
[18:45] Hijikata
    I told you not to call me by that name!
[18:54] Kondo
    Does this mean the chronometer
    desires war and bloodshed?
[19:01] Mugensai
    Kondo.
[19:04] Kondo
    Toshi...
[19:09] Mugensai
    If you will refuse my wish,
[19:15] Mugensai
    then you can die here and now!
[19:18] Mugensai
    And Kondo Isami will live on for
    all eternity as a part of me!
[19:23] Mugensai
    Along with the name of the Shinsengumi!
[21:00] Yamazaki
    Well, we're all here because you told
    us to be, but what on earth for?
[21:04] Takasugi
    It's about the townspeople.
[21:06] Katsura
    Ever since Mugensai showed up,
[21:08] Katsura
    the atmosphere in Kyoto
    has been rather severe.
[21:11] Yoshinobu
    That's been bothering me, too.
[21:13] Mikado
    Now that you mention it, the people's
    expressions haven't been very lively.
[21:17] Takasugi
    Exactly!
[21:18] Takasugi
    So we were thinking we should do
    something grand to cheer them up.
[21:22] Yamazaki
    Cheer them up?
[21:23] Yamazaki
    Like, tell them funny
    stories or something?
[21:25] Takasugi
    We considered that, but it needs
    to be something more exciting.
[21:29] Katsura
    So we thought perhaps something musical
    that would be easy for anyone to get into.
[21:33] Yoshinobu
    Like nursery songs or ballads?
[21:35] Takasugi
    No, it needs to be much grander than that!
[21:37] Takasugi
    How about a festival loaded
    with music that's fun to listen to?
[21:41] Mikado
    That makes sense. Cheer up the people
    living in Kyoto with a festival.
[21:45] Yoshinobu
    "Music" is written with the kanji
    meaning "sound" and "enjoyment."
[21:47] Yoshinobu
    A festival filled with music
    sounds like a wonderful idea.
[21:50] Takasugi
    All right, it's settled!
    We're gonna have a festival!
[21:53] Others
    Yeah!
[21:56] Takasugi
    Okay, did you all bring your instruments?
[21:59] Yoshinobu
    Yes.
[21:59] Takasugi
    Okay, let's start playing them, then!
[22:02] Takasugi
    First up is Yoshinobu!
[22:03] Yoshinobu
    I, Tokugawa Yoshinobu,
    will be playing the temple block.
[22:07] Mikado
    I will be playing the bell.
[22:11] Takasugi
    Um, look...
[22:13] Katsura
    Let me handle this.
[22:14] Katsura
    I, Katsura Kogoro, with be
    playing the shakuhachi flute.
[22:17] Takasugi
    Finally, something that actually resembles
    a musical instrument. Take it away!
[22:22] Katsura
    Huh? That's weird... What?
[22:24] Takasugi
    That's enough! Next!
[22:26] Yamazaki
    I, Yamazaki Susumu,
    will be playing the hand drum.
[22:30] Takasugi
    Is that all it does?
[22:31] Yamazaki
    What other sounds do you expect it to make?
[22:32] Takasugi
    Just look at all of you!
[22:34] Takasugi
    Don't make light of festivals!
[22:36] Yamazaki
    Isn't that a bit harsh? What are
    you going to be doing, then?
[22:40] Takasugi
    What?
[22:41] Yamazaki
    I'm talking about your instrument.
[22:43] Takasugi
    Try not to be too surprised!
    I'll be playing this!
[22:46] Takasugi
    Watch out for fire!
[22:50] Takasugi
    Watch out for fire!
[22:54] Yamazaki
    That won't work.
[22:55] Takasugi
    Don't make light of festivals!
[22:57] Takasugi
    A festival is primarily a ritual for
    offering prayers to the gods!
[23:00] Takasugi
    As long as we're full of gratitude,
[23:01] Takasugi
    any instrument will strike
    a chord with the people!
[23:06] Mikado
    That is indeed true.
[23:07] Yoshinobu
    These things can't be explained with logic.
[23:09] Yamazaki
    Not you too, Yoshinobu-sama!
[23:11] Katsura
    Well, then, let's try playing together
[23:14] Katsura
    with our hearts full of
    gratitude to the gods.
[23:16] Mikado
    Right. Even if our individual
    melodies aren't very appealing,
[23:19] Mikado
    the music might be pleasant
    if we play together.
[23:23] Takasugi
    All right, let's do our best to make
    this festival a grand show!
[23:37] Kasumi
    Wh-Wh-What happened?!
[23:40] Hyo
    Who's the funeral music for?
[23:46] Takasugi
    That's it for the festival! See ya later!
[23:51] Takasugi
    What the heck happened to Mugensai?
[23:54] Katsura
    Next time on episode 10 of Bakumatsu Crisis:
SIGN    Vanished! Giant Castle Susanoo!
[23:57] Katsura
    "Vanished! Giant Castle Susanoo!"
[24:00] Sakamoto
    The giant castle Susanoo has vanished?