# E1 - The Golden Age
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQX0ZW/the-golden-age)
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**[00:00] ---**
The following series contains graphic material including violent imagery,
nudity and depictions of sexual assault,
and may not be suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.
**[01:16] soldier**
FIRE!
**[01:29] soldier 1-1**
Hurry it up!
**[01:47] commanding officer**
Okay! Let 'em have it!
**[02:35] general**
Good! Push on through!
**[02:37] general**
Whoever takes the leader's
head will be well rewarded!
**[02:58] soldier 1-2**
See you later!
**[02:59] soldier 1-3**
Wait up, damn it!
**[03:10] soldier 1-4**
It's Bazuso!
**[03:11] soldier 1-5**
You mean the Thirty-Men Killer?!
**[03:13] soldier 1-6**
The guy they say defeated a bear barehanded?!
**[03:16] Bazuso**
What's the matter? Whoever wants
to get their head smashed in, step right up!
**[03:21] general**
What are you all doing?!
Slay him and make a name for yourself!
**[03:25] soldier 1-7**
Go.
**[03:27] soldier 1-8**
No, *you* go.
**[03:28] soldier 1-9**
We're way outclassed here...
**[03:32] general**
Blasted mercenaries!
**[03:36] Bazuso**
You buncha cowards!
**[03:38] Bazuso**
None of you have any balls!
**[03:40] Bazuso**
Show them no mercy, men!
**[03:43] Bazuso**
Gouge out their eyes and drag
their guts from their bellies!
**[03:46] Bazuso**
Then we'll feed 'em to the pigs!
**[04:03] soldier 1-10**
Who's that?
**[04:04] soldier 1-11**
He's still just a kid.
**[04:06] soldier 1-12**
What group's he with?
**[04:07] soldier 1-13**
Check out that sword.
**[04:09] soldier 1-14**
Friggin' showoff.
**[04:10] soldier 1-15**
He's gonna get his head split open.
**[04:12] soldier 1-16**
Up against Bazuso, yeah.
**[04:16] Guts**
Ten coins.
**[04:17] general**
What?
**[04:22] Guts**
The price for Mr. Scrap Iron here.
**[04:24] Guts**
Unlike knights, we mercenaries
can't subsist off glory alone.
**[04:28] soldier 1-17**
You dare mock the great Bazuso?!
**[04:29] general**
Oho, you *do* sound promising.
**[04:32] general**
Very well. Assuming you can bring him down,
I'll give you seven silver coins.
**[04:38] Guts**
Stingy bastard.
**[04:41] Guts**
Have it your way.
**[04:56] Bazuso**
You'll regret this, kid.
**[04:59] Bazuso**
Losing your head over seven silver c—
**[05:08] soldier 1-18**
He's fast!
**[05:12] soldier 1-19**
Hey! Bazuso's getting pushed back!
**[05:15] soldier 1-20**
What the hell?!
**[05:16] soldier 1-21**
I've never seen Bazuso like this...
**[05:17] soldier 1-22**
Who *is* that guy?
**[05:21] Bazuso**
Damn it! That's enough from you!
**[06:01] Bazuso**
H-Hold! I am most impressed by your skills!
**[06:05] Bazuso**
I, Bazuso—
**[06:08] soldier 1-23**
B-Bazuso is...
**[06:36] general**
Now's our chance!
The enemy falters! Charge!
**[06:45] Judeau**
Wow, they've got a real hotshot.
**[06:48] Judeau**
Wonder what unit he's with.
**[06:49] Corkus**
This ain't the time to be impressed.
He beat us to the punch.
**[06:53] Judeau**
You can complain to the moron general.
That's not our fault.
**[06:56] Corkus**
Hey, Griffith!
Who's stronger, you or that guy?
**[07:00] Casca**
Don't ask silly questions.
Griffith is, of course.
***SIGN*** The Golden Age Arc
***SIGN*** The Golden Age
**[07:51] Louis**
Okay, next!
**[07:55] commander**
Two months' pay...
and the bonus for this battle.
**[08:02] commander**
Say, are you sure you won't reconsider?
**[08:06] commander**
For you, it'd mean triple the pay
and even a promotion to squire.
**[08:13] commander**
That's like a dream for a mercenary, right?
**[08:22] Guts**
A dream?
**[08:23] Guts**
Can you eat those?
**[08:30] commander**
W-Wait!
**[08:31] commander**
I'm talking guaranteed rank and money!
**[08:35] commander**
What more could you want?
**[08:37] Guts**
I hate being tied down.
**[08:47] Louis**
Next!
**[09:06] Guts**
Bandits, huh?
**[09:18] Corkus**
Okay, go!
**[09:35] Corkus**
God damn it!
**[09:37] Corkus**
Just you wait!
**[10:01] Corkus**
Th-This guy's really good...
**[10:06] band member C**
Hey, he's pickin' us off.
**[10:08] band member D**
What do we do now?
**[10:09] band member A**
Look at Corkus. He's totally frozen up.
**[10:13] band member B**
That guy really is strong, though.
**[10:15] band member C**
Yeah. No wonder he beat Bazuso.
**[10:19] band member D**
What should we do?
**[10:21] Casca**
I warned him.
**[10:22] Griffith**
Casca, get in there.
**[10:25] Casca**
What for? Corkus started this!
**[10:31] Casca**
Fine.
**[10:34] Corkus**
Hey! You go get him!
**[10:36] Riguel**
Wh-Why me?!
This was your idea in the first place!
**[10:40] Corkus**
Shit!
**[10:41] Corkus**
H-Hey, stupid!
**[10:43] Corkus**
Oh, no!
**[10:50] Casca**
Fall back!
**[10:51] Corkus**
Thanks!
**[11:01] Casca**
Talk about long.
**[11:25] Guts**
A woman?
**[11:26] Casca**
DIE!
**[11:35] band member A**
Even Casca's getting pushed around!
**[11:37] band member B**
Whoa. You've gotta be kidding...
**[11:48] Casca**
*I'm dead!*
**[11:57] Casca**
Griffith!
**[11:59] Casca**
Be careful! This guy's a beast!
**[12:03] Guts**
"Griffith"?
**[12:04] Corkus**
You're done for now!
**[12:06] band member A**
Kill 'im, Griffith!
**[12:14] Griffith**
Won't you lower your sword?
**[12:20] Griffith**
I guess not.
**[12:34] Guts**
So... fast...
**[12:42] Guts**
Damn...
**[12:47] Corkus**
Wow! With just one blow!
**[12:57] Guts**
Griffith...
**[14:31] Guts**
Ow...
**[14:49] Guts**
H-Hey!
**[14:50] Guts**
What the hell's goin' on?
**[14:57] Guts**
Where am I?
**[14:58] Guts**
Why're *you* here?!
**[15:08] Casca**
Griffith should've just killed you back there!
**[15:14] Guts**
Y-You...
**[15:17] Casca**
That one's for my horse!
**[15:26] Guts**
Damn that bitch...
**[15:39] band member e**
Okay, here.
**[15:47] Judeau**
You owe Casca one.
**[15:50] Judeau**
You were freezing after losing so much blood,
**[15:53] Judeau**
so she slept with you for two days
and nights to warm you up.
**[15:55] Guts**
Wh-What?
**[15:59] Judeau**
On Griffith's orders.
**[16:01] Judeau**
"It's a woman's duty to warm a man," he said.
**[16:07] soldier**
Judeau, you rat!
**[16:10] Judeau**
Sorry, sorry.
**[16:11] Griffith**
Looks like you're fully awake now.
**[16:15] band member f**
Griffith! Good morning!
**[16:33] Griffith**
I'm Griffith. What's your name?
**[16:39] Guts**
Guts.
**[16:45] Griffith**
This is an amazing sword.
**[16:50] Griffith**
I could never wield it.
**[16:55] Griffith**
Why don't you come with me?
**[17:03] band member G**
Hi, Griffith!
**[17:07] band member H**
Hey.
**[17:08] band member I**
Griffith!
**[17:12] band member J**
Feh!
**[17:14] band member K**
Hey.
**[17:17] Guts**
Well, aren't you popular?
**[17:20] band member L**
Hey, look.
**[17:25] Corkus**
That's good stuff.
**[17:28] Corkus**
That prick...
**[17:29] Corkus**
Already back on his damn feet, huh?
**[17:34] Casca**
Griffith?
**[17:36] Guts**
What a weird place.
Who are you guys?
**[17:39] Griffith**
The Band of the Hawk.
**[17:42] Griffith**
You've heard of us?
**[17:44] Guts**
Yeah. They're one mercenary band
you never want to face on the battlefield.
**[17:50] Guts**
You bastards must be why
that last campaign gave us such a hard time.
**[17:56] Griffith**
That's right. We're *that* Band of the Hawk.
**[18:11] Griffith**
What a great view.
**[18:13] Guts**
What gives?
**[18:16] Guts**
Why'd you miss my vitals?
**[18:21] Guts**
I know you could've hit 'em.
**[18:28] Griffith**
Because it occurred to
me that I want you, Guts.
**[18:36] Guts**
What, you're into *that* or something?
**[18:40] Griffith**
I witnessed your duel
with Bazuso. It was superb.
**[18:46] Griffith**
But it was dangerous.
**[18:50] Griffith**
If his battle-axe hadn't cracked,
**[18:54] Griffith**
*you* would have ended up
with the splitting headache.
**[19:02] Guts**
I suppose.
**[19:04] Griffith**
You're honest.
**[19:07] Griffith**
The way you fight, it looks like you're
putting your own life to the test.
**[19:13] Griffith**
Like you're deliberately flirting with death,
**[19:17] Griffith**
and then struggling to
find a way to survive.
**[19:21] Griffith**
That's how it felt to me.
**[19:26] Griffith**
I find you appealing.
**[19:29] Griffith**
I want you, Guts.
**[19:39] Guts**
What if I refuse?
**[19:41] Griffith**
Do you?
**[19:43] Guts**
You bet I do. No thanks!
**[19:45] Guts**
You talk like you know so much about me!
**[19:50] Guts**
After carving a big hole in me...
**[19:53] Guts**
You'd best back off!
**[19:56] Guts**
I'll settle things with this.
**[19:58] Guts**
If I win, I'll put a hole
in your chest to match mine.
**[20:03] Griffith**
And if I win?
**[20:06] Guts**
Then make me your soldier,
your butt buddy, whatever.
**[20:15] Griffith**
All right.
**[20:20] Griffith**
I'm willing to resort to force.
**[20:24] Casca**
Griffith!
**[20:25] Griffith**
Stay out of this, Casca.
**[20:27] Casca**
But—
**[20:29] Griffith**
I always get the things I want.
**[20:32] Guts**
It's that condescending
bullshit that makes me sick!
**[20:52] Guts**
Damn it!
**[20:53] band member M**
Hey, check it out!
**[20:54] Corkus**
That punk didn't learn his lesson!
**[20:56] Casca**
Don't get involved! That's Griffith's order!
**[20:59] Griffith**
We can do this some other day.
**[21:01] Griffith**
You're not back to full health yet.
**[21:03] Guts**
Shove it!
**[21:06] Casca**
Griffith!
**[21:07] Corkus**
That's dirty!
**[21:20] Griffith**
You'll do anything to win.
**[21:22] Griffith**
I like you more and more.
**[21:24] Griffith**
But now you can't swing your sword.
**[21:28] Griffith**
So what'll it be?
You can give up at any time.
**[21:31] Guts**
You sure do like to talk.
**[21:33] Guts**
Let me show you how
to use your mouth in battle!
**[21:42] Corkus**
Griffith!
**[21:54] Guts**
You like how your own blood tastes?
**[21:56] Guts**
I bet nobody's ever hit that
pristine face of yours, huh?
**[22:02] band members**
Griffith!
**[22:06] Guts**
Sorry it's in front of your boys,
but you're goin' down!
**[22:18] Corkus**
Yeah! That got him!
**[22:19] band member N**
All right!
**[22:21] Griffith**
That hurt a lot.
**[22:23] Griffith**
But this ends now. Either admit you've lost,
or get ready for a dislocated shoulder.
**[22:31] Griffith**
Choose.
**[22:37] Guts**
Asshole!
**[22:41] band member O**
Oh, yeah!
**[22:42] band member P**
That's what I'm talkin' about!
**[22:55] Griffith**
And now, you belong to me.
**[23:06] Casca**
*This has never happened.*
**[23:08] Casca**
* Griffith never says*
* that kind of thing to anyone!*
**[23:22] Guts**
I guess now I'm part of
the Band of the Hawk too.
**[23:27] Griffith**
Guts, you're going to work toward
a dream I hold most dear.
**[23:37] Griffith**
I will get my own kingdom.
**[23:44] Griffith**
Guts, I'll decide for you
where you will die.
**[24:05] ---**
I thought we were holding hands
**[24:11] ---**
Down a path that had yet to end
**[24:17] ---**
I'm still looking for that figure
**[24:24] ---**
Who suddenly strayed away
**[24:31] ---**
Where have you gone,
**[24:34] ---**
Leaving everything behind?
**[24:42] ---**
I want to see you again
**[24:49] ---**
I'm so frustrated I can't move
**[24:55] ---**
I can't do anything and it hurts
**[25:01] ---**
Still not willing to believe it
**[25:08] ---**
Here I am, unable to find
**[25:12] ---**
Purpose in a world without you