Blue Miburo
The Black Ships arrive in Kyoto as the shogunate stumbles toward ruin. Living amidst the chaos is Nio, a kindhearted boy on the verge of discovering his destiny. He meets two “Miburo,” Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Soji, members of the band of Mibu ronin who will later become the famous Shinsengumi. With dreams of a better world, Nio joins their fight to defend the city.

Season 1

1 - The Wolves of Mibu and a Boy
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[00:00] Boy A
    Hey!
[00:02] Tsuru
    Sensei! Nagakura-sensei!
[00:04] Boy B
    Old Man Shinpachi, tell us
     more of that story already!
[00:08] Nagakura
    Yeah, yeah. Hold your horses.
[00:11] Nagakura
    You're on odd bunch, wanting
    to hear about the Shinsengumi.
[00:15] Boy A
    Please! Tell us about Commander
    Kondo Isami, the master swordsman!
[00:19] Tsuru
    Hijikata Toshizo's better!
[00:20] Boy B
    No, Okita Soji! Okita the Prodigy!
[00:23] Nagakura
    You want to hear me reminisce?
[00:26] Nagakura
    In that case, have I got a story for you.
    One I've never told before.
[00:32] Boy A
    Whoa!
[00:34] Tsuru
    I can't wait!
[00:34] Boy B
    Yeah! All right!
[00:36] Nagakura
    Oh, don't get me wrong.
    These lads won't go down in history.
[00:42] Nagakura
    But I remember them all the better for it.
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[00:53] Nagakura
    Those three wolves.
[00:56] Nagakura
    The white-haired one most of all.
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SIGN    March
    Bunkyu 3 (1863)
SIGN    Kyoto
SIGN    Chirinuya
[02:55] Okita
    Hey, this place is bustling.
[02:57] Hijikata
    Excuse us.
[02:59] Woman A
    Wow.
[03:00] Woman B
    What a handsome pair.
[03:01] Woman C
    And so manly.
[03:03] Hijikata
    I like the look of this place, Soji.
[03:05] Okita
    What did I tell you, Hijikata-san?
[03:08] Okita
    You can trust my instincts.
[03:10] Granny
    Inside's already full up!
[03:12] Granny
    Wait out front!
[03:20] Iroha
    Welcome.
[03:21] Iroha
    Careful. It's hot.
[03:24] Okita
    My, what a charming young lady.
[03:28] Iroha
    Why, thank you.
[03:31] Okita
    Hijikata-san. You're making that face again.
[03:34] Hijikata
    Oh. Kids and me—
[03:36] Okita
    Don't get along.
    I know you can't stand them.
[03:39] Hijikata
    No, they can't stand me.
[03:43] Hijikata
    Kids can tell when someone's no good.
[03:48] Granny
    Iroha!
[03:50] Iroha
    C-Coming!
[03:53] Okita
    Still, did you notice?
[03:55] Okita
    Another old lady works at this place.
[03:59] Hijikata
    That's a kid.
[04:00] Okita
    What?
[04:03] Nio
    Thank you for waiting.
[04:07] Nio
    Your dango, sirs.
[04:09] Okita
    Wow, you're right.
[04:11] Okita
    And look at that fierce face.
[04:14] Okita
    Are you a boy?
[04:16] Nio
    Oh, um, yes. You see—
[04:18] Okita
    You look great.
[04:20] Okita
    I love it. It's as white as new-fallen snow.
[04:25] Nio
    Thank you for saying so.
[04:26] Okita
    Maybe I should do my hair like that?
[04:28] Hijikata
    Forget it.
[04:30] Passerby A
    Kidnappers?
[04:33] Passerby B
    Yes, kidnappers.
    They're everywhere these days.
[04:37] Passerby B
    I hear they only go after real young kids.
[04:39] Passerby A
    My, how dreadful.
    What's the world coming to?
[04:43] Granny
    Seats have opened up! Come on in!
[04:47] Okita
    Really...
[04:49] Okita
    Kyoto folks just don't like me.
     I can't imagine why.
[04:52] Okita
    My big sister told me to
    write her once I got here,
[04:56] Okita
    but I just can't seem to find the time.
[04:59] Nio
    How were your dango?
[05:01] Hijikata
    Oh, they were great.
[05:03] Nio
    Glad to hear it.
[05:07] Hijikata
    What's your name, boy?
[05:08] Nio
    Nio. I'm called Nio.
[05:11] Okita
    "Nio"? Now there's a funny name.
[05:13] Iroha
    I'm Iroha!
[05:15] Okita
    Iroha! What a lovely name.
[05:21] Okita
    It's nice to see siblings
    getting along so well.
[05:23] Hijikata
    So that's it.
[05:25] Hijikata
    Check please, ma'am.
[05:27] Granny
    Hmph. Kept it to five
    dango skewers, did you?
[05:30] Hijikata
    Sorry. They were delicious.
[05:34] Hijikata
    Hm?
[05:35] Hijikata
    That's a stylish kimono.
    Did you make it yourself?
[05:39] Granny
    Oh, my! I'm impressed you can tell.
[05:42] Nio
    If you don't like sweet things,
    we do boiled tofu, too.
SIGN    Chirinuya
[05:48] Hijikata
    You have a good eye.
[05:52] Okita
    I think I'll try the
    red-bean soup next time.
SIGN    Chirinuya
[05:56] Iroha
    Thank you! Come again!
[05:59] Man A
    Better think twice about that.
[06:01] Nio; Iroha
    Huh?
[06:02] Man A
    Their eastern accents gave them away.
    They're the guys everyone's talking about.
[06:08] Man A
    The Miburo.
[06:09] Man B
    A-Are you sure?
[06:11] Man A
    Yeah, that was them all right.
[06:13] Nio
    What's are Miburo?
SIGN      Wolves
    of Mibu
[06:16] Man A
    You write it "wolves of Mibu"
    'cause a pack of 'em settled in Mibu Village.
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    of Mibu
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    of Mibu
[06:21] Man B
    You know the Roshigumi?
    All those ronin from Edo?
[06:24] Nio
    Yes, I've heard them.
[06:26] Nio
    They came to guard the Shogun
    when he visited the city.
[06:31] Nio
    But I thought they'd left right away.
[06:33] Man A
    Most did. But a handful stuck around.
[06:38] Man B
    Those are the Miburo.
[06:40] Man B
    And word is they act
    like they own the place,
[06:44] Man B
    cutting folks down for no reason and
    breaking into shops to rob them.
[06:48] Nio
    Th-That does sound like trouble.
[06:51] Man A
    It wouldn't happen
    if the Shogunate had a spine.
[06:54] Man A
    Prices have gone up
    since the Black Ships came.
[06:58] Man A
    So guys swing swords around
    to "expel the barbarians."
[07:00] Man A
    Then, ruffians from out east join in,
     and suddenly, no one's safe.
[07:06] Man A
    Anyway, better to give 'em a wide berth.
[07:08] Granny
    Who cares?! They're damn good looking!
[07:10] Man A
    Huh?!
[07:11] Granny
    Okay, closing time! Get going!
[07:16] Granny
    Honestly. Who asked them?
[07:20] Iroha
    Are they dangerous? They didn't look it.
[07:35] Iroha
    Onii, do you think the Miburo
    are really that scary?
[07:40] Nio
    I wonder. What did you think of them, Iroha?
[07:43] Iroha
    Hm...
[07:44] Iroha
    They seemed like funny guys to me.
[07:48] Nio
    Iroha.
[07:52] Nio
    I think you should trust your
    own eyes and ears over rumors.
[07:58] Iroha
    That's my big brother!
[08:00] Nio
    Don't mention it.
[08:02] Iroha
    Ow!
[08:02] Nio
    Ow!
SIGN    Chirinuya
[08:04] Okita
    Hello there.
[08:06] Okita
    We're back.
[08:08] Nio; Iroha
    Come in.
[08:10] Okita
    Oh? The place is empty today.
SIGN    Chirinu
[08:15] Granny
    We're in a slump!
[08:19] Nio
    Wow, look at you go.
[08:21] Granny
    Our own red-bean soup and boiled tofu.
[08:24] Okita
    Hooray!
[08:25] Hijikata
    Ma'am, those two aren't
    brother and sister, are they?
[08:30] Okita
    Huh? What makes you say that?
[08:32] Nio; Iroha
    Maru, Take, Ebisu, Ni, Oshi, Oike!
[08:32] Hijikata
    They're called "Iroha" and "Nio."
    The order makes no sense.
[08:35] Hijikata
    "Nio" should come second.
[08:36] Nio; Iroha
    Ane, San, Rokkaku, Tako, Nishiki!
[08:37] Okita
    The order?
[08:39] Okita
    Oh, like the poem. "Iroha nihoheto."
    "Iroha" comes before "Nio."
[08:41] Nio; Iroha
    Shi, Aya, Buttake, Matsu, Man, Gojo!
[08:44] Granny
    No, they're siblings.
[08:45] Nio; Iroha
    Sekida, jingle-jangle, Uo-no-tana!
[08:47] Granny
    Iroha's folks passed away
    right after she was born.
[08:50] Nio; Iroha
    Rokujo, Santetsu, cross over every street!
[08:52] Granny
    Nio got left at a temple.
[08:54] Nio; Iroha
    Once you pass Hiccho, next come Hakkujo!
[08:55] Granny
    I took them both in.
[08:58] Nio; Iroha
    At Toji on Jujo, there you stop!
[08:58] Granny
    They're both orphans with
    no blood relatives to speak of.
[09:02] Granny
    But we've gotten by together
    for ten years now.
[09:05] Granny
    They may not share
    the same blood in their veins,
[09:09] Nio; Iroha
    Maru, Take, Ebisu, Ni, Oshi, Oike!
[09:10] Granny
    but they're still brother and sister.
[09:14] Okita
    I'm sure they are.
[09:14] Nio; Iroha
    Ane, San, Rokkaku, Tako, Nishiki!
[09:16] Hijikata
    They must be a big help around the shop.
[09:18] Nio; Iroha
    Shi, Aya, Buttake, Matsu, Man, Gojo!
[09:20] Hijikata
    Especially Nio. That boy's sharp.
[09:23] Nio; Iroha
    Sekida, jingle-jangle, Uo-no-tana!
[09:25] Granny
    He's a handy boy, and clever, too.
[09:27] Nio; Iroha
    Rokujo, Santetsu, cross over every street!
[09:29] Granny
    He hardly seems like a child sometimes.
[09:32] Nio; Iroha
    Once you pass Hiccho, next come Hakkujo!
[09:33] Granny
    Give him three more years,
    and he'll be able to get by without me.
[09:36] Nio; Iroha
    At Toji on Jujo, there you stop!
[09:39] Granny
    And as you can see,
    Iroha's as pretty as she is cheerful.
[09:43] Granny
    A noble family's agreed to take her in.
[09:47] Granny
    I couldn't be more pleased.
[09:52] Okita
    You sound like their real grandmother.
[09:56] Granny
    D-Don't talk nonsense!
[09:58] Granny
    Honestly!
[10:01] Granny
    Why couldn't you have just said "mother"?!
[10:08] Granny
    Iroha! Nio! Be home
    before it gets fully dark.
[10:13] Iroha
    We will!
[10:16] Hijikata
    Sorry.
[10:16] Iroha
    Oh, it's no big deal.
[10:19] Nio
    Go change inside, then let's go home.
[10:20] Iroha
    Okay!
[10:23] Nio
    It's pitch black out.
[10:26] Iroha
    I'm not worried. I've got you.
[10:28] Nio
    Yeah.
[10:32] Iroha
    You know, Onii, Granny says a
     great noble family's going to adopt me.
[10:38] Iroha
    That one we deliver dango
    to sometimes, you know?
[10:41] Nio
    Yeah, I heard.
[10:42] Iroha
    I'd really rather stay with
    you and Granny, though.
[10:48] Nio
    I'm glad.
[10:49] Iroha
    Huh?
[10:50] Nio
    That family will take
    good care of you, Iroha.
[10:56] Iroha
    But I know you put up with a lot, too.
[11:01] Iroha
    It doesn't feel fair.
[11:04] Nio
    Don't worry about me.
[11:06] Nio
    I'll make Chirinuya a huge success.
[11:08] Nio
    I don't really have any dreams
    or ambitions, anyway.
[11:12] Nio
    What's life for if not enjoying yourself?
[11:16] Nio
    Besides, Granny would cry
    if we left her all alone.
[11:19] Nio
    So come visit Chirinuya
    every now and then, okay?
[11:23] Iroha
    Okay.
[11:32] Iroha
    You've got a point.
    Granny would get lonely.
[11:36] Iroha
    I wish I was good at writing.
     I'd send you heaps of letters.
[11:41] Iroha
    Maybe I ought to practice.
[11:43] Nio
    Iroha... This way!
[11:45] Iroha
    Huh?!
[11:51] Nio
    We can't hide here. The moon's too bright.
[12:03] Iroha
    Wh-What's going on?
[12:06] (Flashback) Passerby B
    Yes, kidnappers.
     They're everywhere these days.
[12:10] (Flashback) Passerby B
    I hear they only go after real young kids.
[12:13] Nio
    Kidnappers?
[12:16] Iroha
    Onii!
[12:18] Nio
    Iroha! Get behind me!
[12:28] Nio
    Iroha!
[12:38] Hijikata
    So you've finally shown yourselves.
[12:42] Okita
    We were getting tired of waiting.
[12:48] Okita
    I already hit you, if you're wondering.
[12:54] Hijikata
    Stand back.
[12:56] Man-in-Black B
    Wh-Who are you?
[12:57] Okita
    Oh, haven't you heard?
[13:00] Okita
    Crying children cry harder...
[13:02] Hijikata
    You mean "fall silent."
[13:04] Okita
    ...when they see the dreaded Roshigumi.
[13:08] Man-in-Black B
    Don't let them spook you! Get 'em!
[13:14] Okay
    Now, who's next?
[13:18] Okita
    Oh, hey. It's Toshiro.
[13:20] Man-in-Black D
    Huh?
[13:21] Okita
    The way you draw your sword gives you away.
[13:25] Okita
    We won't draw.
    You'd only get our blades rusty.
[13:31] Iroha
    Th-They're so strong.
[13:39] Hijikata
    Where are the kids you snatched?
[13:41] Man-in-Black E
    Damn Miburo. No one likes you outsiders.
[13:49] Hijikata
    So what?
[13:52] Hijikata
    We don't do this to make friends.
[13:59] Hijikata
    Unlike Soji, I've got
    one hell of a short temper.
[14:11] Hijikata
    You drew steel,
    so you must be ready to die by it.
[14:17] Nio
    Hijikata-san, stop!
[14:30] Hijikata
    What is it?
[14:34] Nio
    They're threatening you
    with a hostage, aren't they?
[14:43] Okita
    A hostage like...
[14:45] Okita
    a child?
[14:48] Man-in-Black D
    My daughter.
[14:52] Hijikata
    Nio, how could you tell?
[14:55] Nio
    He never looked ready to kill
     while holding his sword.
[15:02] Okita
    Huh.
[15:04] Hijikata
    Do you know where they hide out?
[15:06] Man-in-Black D
    Next to a pawnshop on Shijo-dori.
[15:10] Nio
    How many of them are there?
[15:12] Man-in-Black D
    I don't know. At least ten.
[15:16] Nio
    Ten? That's way too many.
[15:18] Okita
    All right. Let's head straight there.
[15:22] Nio
    P-Please wait! Shouldn't we wait
    for morning and call for help?
[15:26] Hijikata
    Don't worry.
[15:30] Hijikata
    We'll take care of it before dawn.
[15:34] Hijikata
    I promise we'll save her.
[15:39] Hijikata
    Tell your daughter you're proud
    of her when she gets home.
[15:43] Hijikata
    I'm sure she'll be starving.
[15:45] Hijikata
    Feed her some rice balls or something.
[15:48] Hijikata
    Nio. Iroha. Can you get home alone?
[15:51] Nio
    Y-Yes.
[15:52] Nio
    U-Um...
[15:54] Hijikata
    We'll stop by again tomorrow.
SIGN    Chirinuya
[16:03] Granny
    I couldn't believe my ears!
[16:05] Granny
    To think that my Nio and Iroha
    got such a dreadful fright!
[16:10] Granny
    They tell me you samurai saved them.
    You're mighty handy with those swords.
[16:15] Granny
    And good looking to boot. The ideal men!
[16:18] Okita
    Oh, all the kids are fine,
    and the kidnappers ran to the hills.
[16:25] Okita
    I doubt they'll be making
     any more mischief.
[16:27] Iroha
    Thank you so much, Soji!
[16:30] Okita
    Isn't that nice?
[16:32] Nio
    Your tea, sir.
[16:33] Hijikata
    Thanks.
[16:35] Hijikata
    Hot!
[16:39] Okita
    He seems upset for some reason.
[16:44] Hijikata
    Nio.
[16:46] Hijikata
    Would you come to Mibu
    and join the Roshigumi?
[16:51] Hijikata
    You're still a child,
    but you can pull your weight.
[16:55] Okita
    We're not asking you
    to fight to the death.
[16:58] Okita
    Cooking, cleaning, laundry...
[17:01] Okita
    We have lots of jobs that need doing.
[17:02] Granny
    My!
[17:08] Okita
    Oh, dear.
[17:10] Hijikata
    I see.
[17:13] Hijikata
    Thank you. We'll be back.
[17:17] Nio
    May I ask you something?
[17:20] Hijikata
    What is it?
[17:23] Nio
    You used Iroha and me as bait, didn't you?
[17:28] Hijikata
    That's right.
[17:29] Hijikata
    We didn't know who they were,
    and time was running out.
[17:34] Hijikata
    Using children as bait saved time.
[17:38] Nio
    But Iroha might not be able to go out
    at night for a while because of it.
[17:45] Okita
    S-Sorry. It was my idea.
    I didn't think that far ahead.
[17:51] Hijikata
    What's the problem? She can just stay in.
[17:56] Hijikata
    For now.
[17:57] Okita
    Oh, what he means is, basically, um...
[18:02] Okita
    She'll be able to go out again someday,
[18:06] Okita
    because we'll make the world safe for her.
[18:18] Nio
    We're like dogs.
[18:22] Nio
    People take us in because we seem useful
    and kick us out "for our own good."
[18:29] Nio
    We might fall ill and die tomorrow!
[18:33] Nio
    We'll never even get to meet our parents.
[18:38] Nio
    People brawl in broad daylight!
    People attack you on the street at night!
[18:41] Nio
    They take land!
[18:42] Nio
    They take money!
[18:44] Nio
    They take lives!
[18:45] Nio
    They fight! Rape! Kill!
[18:49] Nio
    We've put up with it all this time.
[18:54] Nio
    We grinned and bore it!
[18:57] Nio
    Isn't that always the way?
[18:59] Nio
    Everyone knows who always gets sacrificed!
[19:03] Nio
    Who always gets hurt!
[19:07] Nio
    It's always the weakest! Always the kids!
[19:22] Nio
    But...
[19:25] Nio
    More than anything,
    I hate how powerless I am.
[19:34] Nio
    I want to get strong, too.
[19:43] Nio
    I want...
[19:46] Nio
    to change this world.
[20:08] Hijikata
    You have a deal.
[20:25] Nio
    Thank you for waiting.
[20:27] Nio
    Here. Granny told me
    to at least bring a gift.
[20:30] Nio
    Now, let's get going.
[20:33] Granny
    Don't forget to bow!
[20:35] Granny
    And what do you say?
    "Thank you, sirs! I'm your debt!"
[20:38] Nio
    Y-Yes.
[20:40] Granny
    And for the last time, Nio, I'm the
    closest thing to a parent you've got.
[20:45] Nio
    Granny.
[20:49] Granny
    Thank you, sirs. I'm in your debt.
[20:57] Hijikata
    Fine.
[20:59] Hijikata
    You'll be the third wolf
    to join us in Kyoto.
[21:10] Nio
    And that's how...
[21:13] Nio
    I joined the Miburo.
[21:17] Nio
    All the people I'd meet there...
[21:28] Nio
    and every single moment I'd experience...
[21:34] Nio
    would leave a huge mark on this world...
[21:39] Nio
    and on my life.
SIGN    The 
    Wolves 
    of Mibu
SIGN    and 
    a Boy
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Nagakura
    The boy became a Miburo
    as the cherry trees blossomed.
[23:26] Nagakura
    He and his comrades would witness
    a heartless world that reeked of blood.
[23:33] Nagakura
    Even as he felt the urge to run,
[23:37] Nagakura
    the young wolf kept searching
    for his own truth, his own justice.
[23:43] Nagakura
    Next time: "A World Where It's Okay to Cry."
SIGN    A World
    Where
SIGN    It's Okay
     to Cry
[23:47] Nagakura
    It won't disappoint.

2 - A World Where It's Okay to Cry
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[00:01] Nio
    So this is the Miburo's headquarters?
[00:05] Hijikata
    Yagi-san is putting us up in his compound.
[00:07] Hijikata
    You'll eat and sleep here, too.
[00:11] Okita
    Come to think of it, I heard the
     local kids talking about this place.
[00:15] Nio
    Huh? What did they say about it?
[00:20] Hijikata
    "Demons live there."
[00:23] Hijikata
    Meaning us.
[00:27] Okita
    Honestly, Hijikata-san.
    Don't scare him like that.
[00:31] Okita
    So, um, where is everyone?
[00:33] Hijikata
    I think Yagi-san's at a meeting.
[00:35] Hijikata
    Wait in the yard.
[00:38] Nio
    Granny. Iroha.
[00:42] Nio
    I think this place might be bad news.
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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[02:25] Nio
    What's that smell?
    I can't quite tell what it is.
[02:35] Nio
    A-Are you hurt?
[02:36] Nagakura
    Not good enough!
[02:38] Nagakura
    You'll have to do better, Sanosuke!
[02:40] Nagakura
    Parlor tricks won't work
    on Nagakura Shinpachi!
[02:44] Harada
    Wanna bet, jackass?
[02:46] Nagakura
    Hm? Who's the kid?
[02:48] Harada
    Huh?
[02:50] Harada
    Hey! Who're you?
    You can't just wander in here!
[02:54] Nio
    Oh, um, I'm...
[02:56] Hijikata
    He's a new recruit.
[02:58] Okita
    He's one of us.
[03:01] Harada; Nagakura
    A new recruit?
[03:02] Harada
    Are you screwing with us, Hijikata?
[03:05] Harada
    This ain't no game! I won't stand for it!
[03:09] Hijikata
    You're the one messing around, Sanosuke.
[03:11] Hijikata
    Go wash your face and cool your head, idiot.
[03:15] Nagakura
    Soji, I've had it with
    these pranks of yours.
[03:20] Okita
    Are you sure you want to do this?
    It doesn't pay to take me lightly, Nagakura-san.
[03:25] Harada
    You're the one getting cocky here!
[03:25] Hijikata
    Quit your yapping.
[03:27] Nio
    O-Oh no. This is turning into a brawl.
[03:31] Harada
    Fine! We'll sumo wrestle to settle it!
[03:34] Okita
    Fine by me.
[03:35] Nagakura
    Show me what you're made of!
[03:36] Todo
    Make it a best-of-three!
[03:38] Hijikata
    Now you're talking!
[03:40] Nio
    Huh? Sumo wrestle? Wh-Why that?
[03:45] Yamanami
    Sorry. You see how it is.
[03:48] Inoue
    I'll referee, then.
[03:50] Harada
    We're taking Hajime!
[03:53] Hajime
    Huh? Why me?
[03:54] Harada
    We need a kid to fight a kid.
[03:56] Hajime
    Don't treat me like a kid!
[03:57] Harada
    See what I mean? What a child.
[04:07] Nio
    Chirinu Nio accepts your challenge!
[04:09] Harada
    Now that's what I call maturity.
[04:13] Hajime
    I-I'll take you on!
[04:15] Hajime
    Loser has to run laps. Got that?
[04:17] Hijikata
    You'd better not lose, Nio!
[04:20] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[04:22] Okita
    All right. If you lose, I'll run with you.
[04:25] Crowd
    He's still in the ring!
[04:26] Crowd
    Loser doesn't get dinner!
[04:28] Crowd
    Crush 'em!
[04:29] Harada
    Whoa!
[04:30] Nagakura
    That boy's tougher than he looks!
[04:32] Hijikata
    Grab his belt, Nio!
[04:33] Todo
    Trip him, Hajime!
[04:38] Hijikata
    Who won?
[04:38] Nagakura
    Who won?
[04:42] Inoue
    A tie! It's a tie!
[04:44] Hajime
    Damn it.
[04:46] Nio
    One more round.
[04:50] Hajime
    Aw, crap.
[04:51] Nio
    Huh? What?
[04:57] Kondo
    How could you wrestle without me?
[05:02] Todo
    Whoa! Here he comes!
[05:03] Inoue
    Somebody stop him!
[05:04] Yamanami
    He'll throw us all!
[05:07] Nagakura
    I'll take you on!
[05:09] Nagakura
    Alas!
[05:11] Harada
    Hey, asshole! Don't underestimate me!
[05:16] Todo
    He even got Sano!
[05:18] Hajime
    It's hopeless.
[05:19] Nio
    H-He's too strong.
[05:24] Serizawa
    Sir Kondo!
[05:25] Serizawa
    I, Serizawa Kamo, shall be your opponent.
[05:41] Nio
    He has ten arms?!
[05:44] Serizawa
    Face the Serizawa Five!
[05:47] Okita
    They're just standing behind him!
[05:50] Serizawa
    We may have five faces,
    but our hearts beat as one!
[05:55] Serizawa
    You scared, Kondo?
[06:01] Serizawa
    All together now!
[06:19] Yamanami
    Look.
[06:20] Okita
    There he goes.
[06:21] Todo
    The kid went flying!
[06:27] Nio
    These are the Miburo?
[06:29] Nio**
    The band of ruffians all the
    townspeople are afraid of?
[06:37] Nio
    They don't scare me one bit.
[06:42] Harada
    H-Hey.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Nagakura Shinpachi
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SIGN    Harada Sanosuke
[06:43] Nagakura
    He's laughing.
[06:45] Todo
    Think he hit his head?
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Todo Heisuke
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SIGN    Yamanami Keisuke
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SIGN    Inoue Genzaburo
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Saito Hajime
[06:49] Hajime
    Guess he snapped.
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SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Okita Soji
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Hijikata Toshizo
SIGN    Hiryama Jusuke
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Hiryama Goro
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
[06:54] Hirayama
    Noguchi got caught again!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Noguchi Kenji
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Niimi Nishiki
[06:58] Niimi
    Noguchi.
[06:59] Serizawa
    Sir Kondo! What of our bout?
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SIGN    Serizawa Kamo
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SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Kondo Isami
[07:07] Tonoichi
    They got another one! At Sanjo Bridge!
[07:11] Nio
    Sanjo Bridge? Do they mean...
[07:12] Crowd
    Hurry!
[07:14] Crowd
    Get ready!
[07:16] Hijikata
    Nio.
[07:18] Hijikata
    Will you join us?
[07:20] Hijikata
    I shouldn't have to warn you,
    but it won't be pretty.
[07:26] Nio
    I know.
[07:29] Nio
    Everyone who lives in Kyoto does.
SIGN    Vindication
[07:39] Crowd A
    Another severed head?
[07:41] Crowd B
    Who is it this time?
[07:43] Crowd C
    What's the notice say?
[07:44] Crowd D
    A sinful priest, apparently.
[07:46] Nio
    Another one. It's been nonstop for a year now.
[07:51] Crowd A
    Says here he was a schemer.
[07:53] Crowd B
    Well, that's that, then.
[07:55] Crowd C
    He got his just deserts.
[07:58] Crowd D
    Must've done something awful.
[08:00] Crowd A
    What's the world coming to?
[08:04] Nio
    Hijikata-san.
[08:06] Nio
    I don't know much about these things,
[08:09] Nio
    but is it always bad people who get killed
    and good people who do the killing?
[08:14] Nio
    Do people who are trying to make the
     world better really do things like this?
[08:23] Hijikata
    Extremists have been
    frequenting a particular inn.
[08:27] Hijikata
    We raid it tonight.
[08:29] Hijikata
    See for yourself when we do.
[08:35] Nio
    He's right.
[08:37] Nio
    I need to see with my own eyes.
[08:39] Nio
    That's why I came here.
[08:51] Hijikata
    Are you really sure, Nio?
[08:53] Nio
    Y-Yes, sir. I want to know.
[08:57] Nio
    I want to find out
    what's happening in Kyoto.
[09:01] Hijikata
    All right. Stay behind us.
[09:05] Hijikata
    Let's move.
[09:08] Hijikata
    We're on patrol! No one move!
[09:15] Nio
    That's weird. What kind of inn has no lamps?
[09:29] Ronin A
    Die!
[09:39] Nio
    He killed him.
[09:40] Nio
    He actually killed him!
[09:45] Nio
    Okita-san.
[09:51] Ronin C
    Th-This wasn't the deal!
[09:53] Hijikata
    What deal?
[09:55] Ronin C
    W-We just had to off this one bad guy.
    Easy money, they said.
[09:59] Ronin C
    We were supposed to get
    our fill of wine and women.
[10:05] Okita
    It's refreshing to see
    such a shameless scumbag.
[10:08] Ronin C
    W-Wait!
[10:09] Ronin C
    I just tossed the dead guy's ear
    into the house they told me to!
[10:14] Hijikata
    I just learned something new.
[10:16] Hijikata
    So, without righteousness or conviction,
    people can end up like you, huh?
[10:36] Okita
    Ahem, Hijikata-san.
[10:39] Okita
    Think about where the blood's spattering.
[10:42] Hijikata
    Be quiet.
[10:47] Okita
    We'd better hurry home
    so you can have a bath.
[11:19] Hijikata
    Can't sleep?
[11:22] Hijikata
    Did you want them to live,
    however vile they were?
[11:25] Nio
    Huh? Oh, no.
[11:29] Nio
    Anyone who kills for money needs to pay.
[11:34] Hijikata
    So what's bothering you?
[11:36] Nio
    Nothing's bothering me, exactly.
    I was just thinking.
[11:39] Hijikata
    Oh? What about?
[11:41] Nio
    What if someone
    I'm supposed to kill is like me?
[11:45] Nio
    What if they also want to
    make the world a better place?
[11:48] Nio
    What should I do then?
[11:54] Nio
    Hijikata-san, I always thought there
    were bad people who steal and kill,
[12:00] Nio
    and good people who try to stop them,
[12:03] Nio
    and that was why Kyoto is such a mess.
[12:10] Nio
    But it's not really good versus evil, is it?
[12:15] Nio
    Good people are fighting
    each other until it rains blood.
[12:23] Hijikata
    No one's evil to start with.
[12:25] Hijikata
    At least, almost no one thinks
    that they could be the bad guy.
[12:32] Nio
    What should I do?
[12:35] Hijikata
    Huh?
[12:36] Nio
    How can I learn to act
    like you and Okita-san?
[12:42] Hijikata
    That's simple, Nio.
[12:45] Hijikata
    Have principles you'll never compromise on.
[12:49] Hijikata
    If nothing and no one can
    take them from you...
[12:56] Hijikata
    that's your idea of justice.
[12:59] Hijikata
    As long as you have that,
    you can cut down anyone you need to.
[13:06] Hijikata
    Damn, I'm sleepy. Time for some shut-eye.
[13:15] Nio
    I see. I get it now.
[13:18] Nio
    The faint smell that clings to this house...
[13:23] Nio
    is blood.
[13:24] Nio
    It smells like blood.
[13:28] Nio
    I don't know anything yet.
[13:31] Nio
    I need to see and think about many more things
    so that I can make up my own mind.
[13:38] Nio
    What is justice?
[13:40] Nio
    What's right? What can't I give up?
[13:45] Nio
    For as long as I live, I'll keep on wondering...
[13:48] Nio
    until I find what I think is right.
[13:58] Okita
    Something on your mind, Nio-kun?
[14:01] Nio
    Oh, Okita-san. Yeah, I guess.
    I was wondering what justice is.
[14:06] Okita
    Oh, justice, huh?
[14:08] Nio
    Do you know?
[14:10] Okita
    You have to figure it out for yourself.
[14:14] Nio
    R-Right.
[14:17] Okita
    It's not something someone can teach you.
[14:19] Nio
    Oh, that reminds me. I haven't paid
     my respects to the Yagi family.
[14:24] Okita
    Gennojo-san just stepped out.
    You'll run into him sooner or later.
[14:28] Nio
    You really don't stand on
    ceremony, do you, Okita-san?
[14:34] Okita
    That's my justice.
[14:36] Okita
    Good one, right?
[14:38] Hijikata
    Nio! Get over here now!
[14:40] Okita
    Oh, that reminds me.
    Hijikata-san wants to see you.
[14:44] Nio
    What?
[14:45] Nio
    O-On my way, sir!
[14:49] Hijikata
    The three of us are going on patrol.
[14:52] Nio
    Patrol, sir? You can count on me.
[14:56] Nio
    Wait, the three of us?
[15:00] Nio
    Kondo-san.
[15:02] Nio
    I-I don't think we've been
    properly introduced. I'm Nio.
[15:05] Nio
    It's a pleasure to serve with you.
[15:07] Kondo
    Indeed. Kondo Isami is my name.
[15:11] Kondo
    The pleasure's mine.
[15:12] Nio
    Th-Thank you, sir.
[15:24] Hijikata
    Give me a break. You won't last
    an hour like that. Try to relax.
[15:30] Nio
    Uh, yes, sir.
[15:32] Kondo
    I thought Kyoto would be
    full of simpering bluebloods,
[15:37] Kondo
    but I see plenty of samurai
    wearing proper sets of swords, too.
[15:41] Nio
    The lord of Aizu led a thousand troops
    to the city in the twelfth month last year.
[15:47] Nio
    It seems like there have been
    lots more samurai ever since.
[15:50] Kondo
    Oh? In that case, Kyoto is
    as fine a place as they say.
[15:53] Kondo
    I'm glad I came here, Toshi.
[15:57] Kondo
    It's good having you here, Nio.
[15:59] Kondo
    Three of you locals have joined up now.
    We can use your expertise.
[16:04] Nio
    Oh, no, I don't know anything that...
[16:07] Nio
    Wait, that reminds me.
    Who are the other two?
[16:09] Hijikata
    Look.
[16:13] Hijikata
    Follow him.
[16:14] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[16:19] Nio
    H-He's so fast. Well, he is an adult, I suppose.
[16:23] Nio
    Why's he so slow?
[16:24] Kondo
    Forget about me! Don't let him get away!
[16:27] Nio
    Y-Yes, sir.
[16:33] Nio
    He must have run down there.
[16:34] Nio
    This area is full of narrow alleys.
[16:38] Hijikata
    We'd better split up.
[16:40] Hijikata
    I'll go left.
[16:42] Hijikata
    Kondo-san, you go straight ahead.
[16:44] Hijikata
    Nio, take the right.
[16:46] Hijikata
    Shout your head off if you find him.
[16:47] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[16:51] Nio
    I don't know what that guy did,
    but cornered people can turn dangerous.
[16:59] Nio
    A kid?
[17:01] Nio
    But she's outside of our search area.
[17:12] Nio
    Are you okay?
[17:17] Nio
    Come here.
[17:22] Nio
    You don't have to say anything.
[17:27] Nio
    Here. For you.
[17:31] Nio
    You must really care about these sandals.
    Did your big sister give them to you?
[17:35] Child
    Yeah. Thanks.
[17:36] Nio
    You're welcome. Can you get home on your own?
[17:41] Crowd
    Murderer!
[17:43] Crowd
    He ran for it!
[17:53] Hijikata
    Nio!
[17:54] Killer
    Out of my way!
[18:07] Nio
    It'll be all right.
[18:10] Kondo
    Curse that man. No real samurai
    would turn and run like that.
[18:15] Kondo
    But he won't get far.
    Toshi can run like the devil.
[18:26] Hijikata
    Does no one in Kyoto know how to fight?
[18:47] Nio
    I'm sorry, sir.
[18:49] Kondo
    Huh? What for?
[18:52] Nio
    I ignored orders.
[18:54] Nio
    And then I ran away.
[18:56] Kondo
    Oh, right. You shielded that girl.
[19:00] Nio
    I saw a child crying.
    I couldn't just leave her.
[19:04] Nio
    I was so frantic to protect her.
[19:09] Nio
    I heard that both my parents were murdered.
[19:14] Kondo
    You "heard"?
[19:16] Nio
    Oh, a temple took me in when
    I was still too young to remember.
[19:21] Nio
    I think they had about ten kids like me.
[19:26] Nio
    We were taught to hold back
     our tears and smiles.
[19:30] Kondo
    Why?
[19:31] Hijikata
    Because they wouldn't get adopted otherwise.
[19:34] Nio
    Yes, sir. I think they were right about that.
[19:37] Nio
    Thanks to that advice,
    I got to live with Granny and my sister.
[19:42] Nio
    But I think, deep down, I wanted to cry.
[19:47] Nio
    I wanted someone to hold me tight
    while I cried my eyes out.
[19:55] Nio
    I left home spouting a lot of big talk
    about wanting to make the world better.
[20:02] Nio
    But in truth...
[20:05] Nio
    I just want a world
    where kids feel safe to cry.
[20:11] Nio
    And I'd like to be there
    for them when they do.
[20:15] Nio
    I want a world where that can happen.
[20:22] Nio
    I'm sorry. I didn't help at all. I'm a disgrace.
[20:29] Kondo
    Full marks.
[20:30] Nio
    Huh?
[20:32] Kondo
    You helped that girl.
    I couldn't have asked for more.
[20:35] Nio
    R-Really, sir?
[20:38] Kondo
    Yes.
[20:41] Nio
    That was the right thing to do?
[20:44] Kondo
    It was.
[20:49] Nio
    I'll never forget...
[20:53] Hijikata
    Looks like you do know 
    what justice means to you.
[20:57] Nio
    ...what Hijikata-san said to me,
    or how big Kondo-san seemed in that moment.
[21:05] Kondo
    Welcome to the Miburo.
[21:14] Nio
    But back then, I had no way of knowing...
[21:24] Tonoichi
    Y-You played me...
[21:32] Tonoichi
    Serizawa.
[21:37] Nio
    ...that the Miburo's first purge had begun.
SIGN    A World
    Where
SIGN    It's Okay
     to Cry
SIGN    Next time
[23:23] Nio
    I'm Chirinu Nio, and my life with
     the Miburo has only just begun.
[23:27] Nio
    I do get lonely living away
    from Granny and Iroha,
[23:31] Nio
    but everyone here is fun
     to be around, so I can handle it.
[23:34] Nio
    Something's been bothering me, though.
[23:38] Nio
    It's about another boy my age
    named Tanaka Taro-kun.
[23:43] Nio
    Next time: "Where the Soul Dwells."
[23:45] Nio
    It won't disappoint!
SIGN    Where 
    the
SIGN    Soul 
    Dwells

3 - Where the Soul Dwells
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[00:01] Nagakura
    A ghost haunts the Yagi house at night?
[00:04] Nagakura
    Don't talk nonsense.
[00:11] Nio
    Nagakura-san.
[00:14] Nagakura
    The ghost!
[00:19] Kondo
    Bedhead begone.
[00:21] Nio
    Th-Thank you, Kondo-san.
[00:24] Nio
    Now I just need to shake it dry
    and run my hands through it.
[00:29] Harada; Nagakura
    What are you, a horse?!
[00:33] Nio
    Including myself,
    the Miburo are 15 men strong now.
[00:37] Nio
    I've just about got their names and faces down.
[00:45] Nio
    Huh? A kid?
[00:47] Taro
    Good morning! Did you have a good night's sleep?
[00:50] Nio
    Huh? Who's this?
[00:52] Nio
    Y-Yes, I did.
[00:56] Nio
    My name's Chirinu Nio. I joined
    the Miburo the day before yesterday.
[01:01] Taro
    I am called Tanaka Taro.
[01:04] Taro
    Like you, I belong to the Miburo.
[01:07] Nio
    You do? How old are you?
[01:10] Taro
    I count myself 13.
[01:12] Nio
    Really? I'm 13, too.
[01:14] Nio
    But wait, that's weird.
[01:17] Nio
    I made the rounds last night
    to learn everyone's faces,
[01:20] Nio
    but I didn't see you anywhere.
[01:22] Taro
    Oh, that's because...
[01:24] Taro
    I sleep in a closet.
[01:26] Nio
    Why?!
[01:27] Hijikata
    Nio!
[01:29] Hijikata
    Morning training time. What are you doing?
[01:32] Nio
    Oh, Hijikata-san.
    I was just asking Taro-kun about...
[01:36] Nio
    H-Huh?
[01:41] Hijikata
    That's the boy you were wondering about.
    Our first wolf from Kyoto.
[01:45] Nio
    He is? Then...
[01:47] Hijikata
    Give Taro a wide berth.
[01:50] Nio
    Huh? Why, sir?
[01:52] Hijikata
    Never mind why.
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[03:37] Nio
    Working hard, I see.
[03:42] Nio
    Mind if I try?
[03:45] Nio
    When you chop wood, stick the axe in,
[03:48] Nio
    then just swing down.
[03:52] Nio
    See? You get a cleaner split that way.
[03:55] Taro
    You're right.
[03:56] Nio
    Okay, then. I'll do the rest.
[03:58] Taro
    No, you've done enough!
[04:00] Nio
    Don't worry. I have time on my hands.
[04:03] Taro
    That's enough! Please, stop!
[04:07] Nio
    S-Sorry.
[04:19] Nio
    Wh-Why did you join the Miburo, Taro-kun?
[04:23] Taro
    Because I can't live anywhere else.
[04:27] Nio
    Huh?
[04:31] Nio
    Oh, I wanted to help everyone protect Kyoto
     and make the world a better place.
[04:46] Taro
    What a load of naïve crap.
[04:48] Nio
    Huh?
[04:50] Taro
    If you'll excuse me.
[04:58] Okita
    I saw everything.
[04:59] Nio
    O-Okita-san!
[05:01] Okita
    Didn't Hijikata-san warn you
    to steer clear of Taro-kun?
[05:06] Nio
    P-Please don't tell him.
[05:09] Okita
    Hm, I don't know.
[05:11] Okita
    But I would like more dango from Chirinuya.
[05:20] Okita
    Serizawa-san found Taro-kun who-knows-where
    the same day we got to Kyoto.
[05:26] Nio
    Serizawa-san? That funny guy
    from the sumo match?
[05:30] Okita
    That's him.
[05:32] Okita
    He can be funny, but he also has a wild side.
[05:37] Okita
    He's always punching and kicking Taro-kun.
[05:40] Nio
    That's awful.
[05:41] Okita
    But Taro-kun seems to like it that way.
[05:46] Nio
    Huh?
[05:48] Okita
    Hijikata-san told you to avoid Taro-kun
    because he's worried about you.
[05:55] Nio
    I see.
[05:58] Okita
    Is something wrong?
[06:00] Nio
    No.
[06:01] Nio
    I just wanted to talk with Taro-kun a bit more.
[06:04] Nio
    I'd like to know more about him.
[06:08] Okita
    Oh-ho. Sounds to me like
    you want to be friends with him.
[06:16] Nio
    Friends?
[06:18] Nio
    What kind of relationship is that?
[06:21] Okita
    Good question.
[06:24] Okita
    Take my hand.
[06:27] Nio
    Y-Your hand?
[06:34] Okita
    Close your eyes.
[06:36] Nio
    M-My eyes?
[06:38] Okita
    Whatever you do, don't open them.
[06:40] Okita
    Trust me no matter what.
[06:43] Nio
    Y-Yes, sir.
[06:46] Nio
    My eyes are shut.
[06:51] Okita
    Now, where should we go?
[06:54] Okita
    I know. How about we go
     to the river for some fishing?
[06:58] Nio
    What? But how can I...
[07:00] Okita
    Don't worry. You've got
    nothing to be afraid of.
[07:04] Nio
    B-But... But...
[07:06] Okita
    Oh, but let's stop by the privy first.
[07:08] Nio
    Huh?
[07:12] Okita
    Open your eyes.
[07:23] Okita
    People get suspicious.
[07:26] Okita
    It's in our nature.
[07:28] Okita
    But we want to believe.
[07:31] Okita
    That's in our nature, too. Isn't it strange?
[07:34] Okita
    You can trust me, even with your eyes closed.
[07:36] Okita
    I think that's what we call friendship.
[07:41] Harada
    Bring on the grub! I'm starving!
[07:44] Okita
    Oh, it must be dinnertime.
[07:49] Nio
    Huh?
[07:50] Nio
    Come to think of it, I don't see
     Serizawa-san or his friends.
[07:58] Hirayama
    Man, I'm smashed.
[08:00] Hirama
    I'm not done drinking yet!
[08:05] Serizawa
    I'm feeling a little tipsy.
[08:08] Taro
    Welcome back, sir.
[08:11] Hijikata
    He's gone and done it now.
[08:13] Hijikata
    Serizawa-san.
[08:15] Hijikata
    I don't see Tonoichi-dono.
    What's become of him?
[08:20] Serizawa
    Hm?
[08:22] Serizawa
    Oh, I killed him.
[08:24] Serizawa
    So much for my best white coat.
[08:28] Nio
    Y-You killed him?
[08:30] Nio
    A fellow Miburo?
[08:32] Serizawa
    Huh? Yeah.
[08:35] Serizawa
    A guy named Tonoichi.
[08:37] Hijikata
    He was a fellow ronin
    who came with us from Edo.
[08:40] Nio
    H-How could he?
[08:43] Hijikata
    But Serizawa-san, what if the
    Shogun's men find out we did it?
[08:49] Serizawa
    Good point.
[08:53] Serizawa
    Taro, go clean up.
[08:58] Serizawa
    The body's by the Shijo Bridge.
[09:02] Nio
    H-He couldn't possibly...
[09:06] Taro
    Yes, sir.
[09:13] Nio
    T-Taro-kun!
[09:14] Nio
    Wait!
[09:14] Hijikata
    Nio!
[09:17] Hijikata
    I hope you're prepared
     for the consequences.
[09:21] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[09:22] Hijikata
    All right, then. Get going.
[09:25] Nio
    Thank you, sir.
[09:36] Nio
    H-He really killed a comrade.
[09:39] Nio
    Stay calm. Stay calm.
[09:41] Nio
    It must have hurt.
[09:44] Nio
    Please... Please rest in peace.
[09:56] Nio
    Taro-kun! What are you doing?!
[09:59] Taro
    Shut up!
[10:00] Taro
    If I poke him full of holes, he won't
    float when I toss him in the river!
[10:03] Nio
    Y-You're talking madness—
[10:06] Taro
    Let go!
[10:09] Taro
    This isn't a person anymore!
    It's just a chunk of meat!
[10:12] Taro
    Who cares what I do to it?!
[10:13] Nio
    N-No! That's not the issue.
    He was alive just a little while ago.
[10:19] Nio
    This is about human dignity.
[10:21] Nio
    A soul lived in that body.
[10:25] Taro
    A soul?
[10:27] Taro
    Hah! You ever seen a soul?
[10:30] Taro
    If they're real, where are they?
[10:33] Nio
    W-Well...
[10:35] Taro
    That's why I called you naïve.
[10:36] Taro
    You'll "make the world a better place"?
    You want to "help"?
[10:39] Taro
    Utter bullshit.
[10:41] Taro
    You get food to eat, don't you?
[10:44] Taro
    And a futon to sleep on?
[10:46] Taro
    Ever eaten mud?
[10:48] Taro
    Or slept someplace that's
    covered in shit and piss?
[10:51] Taro
    I've been going from
    job to job since I was three.
[10:55] Taro
    Always just barely surviving.
[10:57] Taro
    When you die, that's it.
[10:59] Taro
    I can't stay alive anywhere but here.
[11:03] Taro
    Where's the soul in this body?
     Or in that one?
[11:07] Taro
    If it's there, prove it.
[11:09] Taro
    Only idiots believe in stuff they can't see!
[11:12] Taro
    I'm gonna survive! Even if I have
     to walk over corpses to do so!
[11:23] Nio
    I can't even imagine how hard
    his life must have been.
[11:30] Nio
    Even so...
[11:33] Nio
    I have to stop him.
[11:40] Okita
    Hijikata-san, don't you think
    it's about time to go after Nio?
[11:45] Hijikata
    We can't turn back time.
[11:47] Hijikata
    And Nio will figure something out.
[11:51] Hijikata
    He's a man of the soil.
[11:53] Okita
    Huh?
[11:54] Hijikata
    We have that in common.
[11:58] Hijikata
    If I'm being honest,
    I want to change things, too.
[12:02] Hijikata
    To change this world.
[12:08] Nio
    T-Taro-kun, look!
[12:12] Nio
    A topless dance!
[12:14] Taro
    D-Do you think this is funny?
[12:16] Nio
    Oh, you stopped.
[12:18] Nio
    I'm not joking around.
[12:20] Nio
    When you think about it with
    a cool head, doesn't it seem weird?
[12:24] Taro
    What?
[12:26] Nio
    No one would go for a
     drunken stroll around here.
[12:30] Nio
    This wasn't a row that got out of hand.
[12:33] Nio
    It was a murder, planned in advance.
[12:36] Hijikata
    Nio doesn't do what he's told.
[12:39] Hijikata
    He's a crybaby, and he has
    a hell of a long way to go.
[12:43] Nio
    Taro-kun, I'd like you to leave this to me.
[12:48] Hijikata
    But I want to put the future of the
    Miburo in the hands of people like him.
[12:55] Taro
    You want me to leave this to you?
[12:58] Nio
    Yes.
[12:59] Taro
    Are you nuts? Serizawa-san 
    will kill me if you screw up!
[13:04] Nio
    I know.
[13:07] Taro
    H-He's crazy.
[13:09] Taro
    I can't trust guys like him.
    It'll get me killed.
[13:14] Taro
    There's... There's no hint of doubt in him.
[13:17] Taro
    A-All right.
[13:19] Taro
    What do you want me to do?
[13:21] Nio
    Let's start by carrying Tonoichi-san.
[13:23] Taro
    Right.
[13:26] Taro
    H-He's too heavy. I can't do it.
[13:29] Nio
    Not like that, you can't.
[13:30] Nio
    When you carry something heavy,
    you've got to press right up against it.
[13:35] Nio
    Move him gently,
    so he doesn't get any more damaged.
[13:42] Nio
    Hold him steady.
[13:43] Taro
    It's hard.
[13:45] Nio
    Don't worry. We can do this.
[13:52] Taro
    Okay.
[13:55] Taro
    That should do it, right?
[13:56] Nio
    Yes.
[14:01] Hirayama
    S-Serizawa-sensei! We've got trouble!
[14:04] Serizawa
    Yeah?
[14:10] Hirama
    Move it! Come on, clear a path!
[14:12] Hirayama
    Make way for the great samurai,
     Serizawa-sensei!
[14:18] Townsman A
    How horrible.
[14:19] Townsman B
    They cut him to ribbons.
[14:20] Townsman C
    Who died?
[14:22] Townsman D
    Who killed him?
[14:23] Hirama
    D-Damn that Taro.
[14:25] Hirayama
    I'll kill that brat.
[14:29] Townsman A
    A hat, socks, a sword, and a sack.
[14:33] Townsman B
    The dead guy must've been a traveler.
[14:35] Townsman D
    How awful.
[14:36] Townsman D
    Do you think robbers got him?
[14:42] Serizawa
    So that's the game.
[14:44] Niimi
    Odds were somebody would find the body.
[14:47] Niimi
    Disguising it was the smarter choice.
[14:50] Niimi
    I bet Hijikata set this up.
[14:54] Hirayama
    Hijikata?
[14:55] Hirama
    That bastard.
[15:03] Serizawa
    Now, how to clear this up?
[15:13] Hijikata
    Perfect timing.
[15:15] Hijikata
    He wanted to ask you something, too.
[15:18] Nio
    I'm Chirinu Nio. We met two days ago.
[15:21] Serizawa
    Oh? A proper reintroduction?
     I like your attitude.
[15:29] Serizawa
    Taro, I hope you're ready for
    what you've got coming to you.
[15:37] Serizawa
    Well, that can wait.
[15:39] Serizawa
    What's your question?
[15:43] Nio
    We'd like to hear your reasons for
    murdering your comrade, Tonoichi-san.
[15:49] Serizawa
    What?
[15:51] Taro
    He's an idiot! Stupid, stupid, stupid,
    stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!
[15:59] Serizawa
    So it was you!
[16:00] Serizawa
    You pulled that damn stunt.
[16:03] Serizawa
    Why did I kill him, you ask? No real reason!
[16:06] Serizawa
    I cut him down in a drunken rage.
    End of story.
[16:10] Taro
    We're dead.
[16:16] Nio
    You killed Tonoichi-san
    for the Miburo, didn't you?
[16:22] Serizawa
    What?
[16:32] Serizawa
    Don't move a muscle.
[16:35] Serizawa
    I could snap your neck
    without breaking a sweat, boy.
[16:40] Serizawa
    Choose your next words with care.
[16:44] Nio
    You can't buy drinks
    anywhere near that bridge.
[16:47] Nio
    I find it hard to believe you
    passed through there by chance.
[16:50] Serizawa
    Oh, yeah?
[16:51] Nio
    Serizawa-san, you said
    you did it in a drunken rage,
[16:55] Nio
    but I think you lured him there...
    and cut him down in cold blood.
[17:00] Nio
    So if you had... a clear reason to kill him...
[17:13] Serizawa
    Continue.
[17:16] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[17:17] Nio
    You did it...
[17:20] Nio
    because Tonoichi-san was a traitor
    who planned to sell out the Miburo.
[17:28] Nio
    Hijikata-san looked through
    Tonoichi-san's things for me.
[17:32] Nio
    He found letters seeking solo work and
    offering information to extremists.
[17:39] Nio
    You couldn't let that pass.
[17:43] Nio
    So you killed him.
[17:45] Nio
    To protect the Miburo.
[17:54] Serizawa
    News to me.
[17:59] Serizawa
    Don't assume a bit player like you
    can guess what a great man is thinking.
[18:11] Nio
    I understand. I'm sorry for bothering you.
[18:19] Nio
    If you really did just kill
    Tonoichi-san in a drunken rage,
[18:25] Nio
    and forced Taro-kun to
    help you get away with it...
[18:29] Serizawa
    And what if I did? What would you do?
[18:36] Nio
    Nothing. Forget I said anything.
[18:44] Nio
    I don't know what I ought to do yet.
[18:49] Nio
    Everyone here has his own idea of justice.
[18:57] Taro
    A-Are you out of your mind?
[19:01] Nio
    I was so nervous.
[19:03] Taro
    Th-That was beyond reckless. 
    You almost got yourself killed back there.
[19:07] Nio
    No, he wouldn't have killed me on the spot.
[19:09] Taro
    Yes, he would. You're only alive because
     he happened to be in a good mood.
[19:17] Taro
    It's not funny. Not even a little.
[19:20] Hijikata
    Well then, if you'll excuse me.
[19:23] Serizawa
    Hijikata.
[19:25] Serizawa
    Tell me about that guy.
[19:29] Hijikata
    He's just a kid.
[19:31] Serizawa
    No, I don't think so.
    No normal kid has guts like that.
[19:39] Hijikata
    Serizawa-san, you keep trying
    to get things done too forcefully.
[19:46] Serizawa
    A good commander's not afraid to take blame.
[19:56] Taro
    Why a bonfire?
[19:57] Nio
    I would have liked to bury him,
    but we can't do even that much.
[20:03] Nio
    So even if his body returns to the earth,
    I want his soul to fly free through the sky.
[20:12] (Flashback) Taro
    Where's the soul?
[20:14] (Flashback) Taro
    If it's there, prove it.
[20:17] Taro
    Seriously? I don't get you.
[20:21] Nio
    No.
[20:22] Nio
    But I don't think it's fair to deny it...
[20:28] Nio
    if you can't prove it's not there.
[20:34] Taro
    I really don't get you at all.
[20:37] Nio
    Oh, I know! Taro-kun.
[20:40] Nio
    Take my hands.
[20:41] Taro
    Huh? N-No way.
[20:43] Nio
    Just do it.
[20:45] Nio
    Don't say anything. Just close your eyes.
[20:47] Taro
    Why should I?
[20:48] Nio
    Whatever you do, don't open them.
[20:50] Nio
    Not even a little.
[20:52] Taro
    O-Okay.
[20:55] Nio
    Trust me no matter what.
[20:58] Taro
    O-Okay.
[20:59] Nio
    Now, let's take a walk around the compound.
[21:03] Taro
    Huh? Like this?
[21:06] Nio
    I know you can find Serizawa-san's room,
     even with your eyes closed.
[21:09] Taro
    What? You've gotta be kidding me.
[21:12] Nio
    Don't worry. I'll come with you.
[21:14] Taro
    That only makes it worse!
[21:16] Nio
    Oh, but do you mind
    if we stop by the privy first?
[21:19] Taro
    Huh? Why should I?
[21:22] Nio
    Okay. Open your eyes.
[21:33] Nio
    Well? Not so scary, right?
[21:36] Taro
    No! It gave me the heebie-jeebies!
[21:38] Taro
    Stop messing with me!
[21:39] Nio
    What? Why?
[21:41] Nio
    Are we not friends yet?
SIGN    Where 
    the
SIGN    Soul 
    Dwells
SIGN    Next time
[23:22] Nio
    Chirinu Nio here.
[23:24] Nio
    It turns out Taro and I aren't
    the only kids in the Miburo.
[23:28] Nio
    There's one more: Saito Hajime-kun.
[23:31] Nio
    He acts gruff and he's got a mean glare,
    but he's as tough as any grown man.
[23:37] Nio
    Oh, I wonder if he'll yell at me
     for calling him a kid.
[23:43] Nio
    Next time: "The Name of the Enemy."
[23:45] Nio
    It won't disappoint.
SIGN    The
    Name
SIGN    of the
    Enemy

4 - The Name of the Enemy
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[00:02] Nio
    The Miburo rise early.
[00:07] Nio
    Our mornings start at the sixth hour,
    with the rising of the sun.
[00:11] Nio
    It's already my fourth day here.
[00:20] Kondo
    290!
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[00:24] Hijikata
    291!
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SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Hijikata Toshizo
SIGN    292!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Okita Soji
[00:32] Nagakura
    293!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Nagakura Shinpachi
[00:36] Harada
    294!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Harada Sanosuke
[00:40] Todo
    295!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Todo Heisuke
[00:44] Inoue; Hajime
    296!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Inoue Genzaburo
[00:48] Inoue; Hajime
    297!
SIGN    Saito Hajime
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
[00:51] Nio
    These guys... can't be human.
[00:52] Miburo
    298! 299!
[00:57] Miburo
    300!
[01:03] Nagakura
    Are you all right, boy?
[01:05] Nagakura
    Better take a breather.
[01:07] Nio
    No, I'm fine.
[01:10] Nio
    I can keep going.
[01:12] Nagakura
    Smile all you want,
    but you're white as a sheet.
[01:16] Nio
    I'm just having trouble raising my arms.
[01:20] Harada
    What a wimp.
[01:26] Okita
    Nice.
[01:27] Okita
    You're getting better.
[01:30] Hijikata
    Shove it!
[01:32] Nio
    W-Wow.
[01:34] Nio
    They just did all those practice swings,
    and they're already sparring.
[01:39] Nio
    I know I can't match them,
    but I have to at least try.
[01:43] Nio
    Who can I pair with?
[01:47] Nio
    H-Hajime-kun, would you
    mind sparring with me?
[01:51] Kondo
    Hold on, Nio. Hajime is—
[01:54] Hajime
    Old man.
[01:56] Hajime
    Bamboo swords. Protectors.
[01:57] Nio
    Huh?
[02:02] Nio
    Whoa! I look so cool!
[02:06] Kondo
    Okay. Best of three wins.
[02:10] Kondo
    Begin!
[02:15] Nio
    I can't see an opening.
[02:23] Nio
    But I won't get anywhere if I don't try.
[02:30] Nio
    Huh?
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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[04:07] Nio
    I...
[04:08] Nio
    Ow!
[04:09] Hijikata
    He landed a clean hit to your head.
[04:11] Nio
    Hijikata-san.
[04:15] Nio
    Oh, I see. He beat me.
[04:20] Hijikata
    Saito Hajime is the second wolf
     who joined us in Kyoto.
[04:26] Hijikata
    Kondo-san picked him up somewhere.
[04:29] Hijikata
    You can't beat him.
[04:32] Hijikata
    You don't need to try to catch up to him.
[04:36] Hijikata
    Nio, I didn't choose you
    for your skill with a sword.
[04:40] Nio
    I know. But that's why
     I need to work up a sweat.
[04:45] Hijikata
    Huh?
[04:46] Nio
    I've got to sweat up a storm!
[04:49] Hijikata
    Well, I don't really get it,
    but you want to keep training, right?
[04:54] Hijikata
    If you want to learn swordsmanship here,
[04:56] Hijikata
    speak to him.
[04:58] Kondo
    Start here.
[04:59] Kondo
    End here.
[05:00] Nio
    Whoa. Th-That was so fast.
    It even sounded different.
[05:05] Kondo
    In my youth, I did this a
     thousand times every day.
[05:09] Nio
    P-Please watch me try, sir.
[05:11] Kondo
    Very well.
[05:12] Nio
    One! Two! Three! Four!
[05:13] Kondo
    He's earnest. Motivated, too.
[05:17] Nio
    10! 11! 12! 13!
[05:17] Kondo
    But...
[05:22] Kondo
    He has no talent.
[05:23] Nio
    14! 15! 16!
[05:25] Kondo
    Not like that.
[05:27] Kondo
    Listen, the trick is...
[05:28] Nio
    17!
[05:30] Nio
    18! 19!
[05:33] Nio
    20! 21!
[05:37] Nio
    22! 23!
[05:41] Nio
    24! 25! 26!
[05:41] Nio
    I'm hopeless.
[05:43] Nio
    So, as a newcomer,
    I'll let my actions speak for me.
[05:46] Nio
    27! 28!
[05:49] Nio
    If I want to stay, I'll have to show it.
[05:50] Nio
    29!
[05:53] Nio
    30! 31!
[05:57] Nio
    If I can't measure up,
    I'll at least work up a sweat.
[05:57] Nio
    32! 33!
[06:00] Nio
    I'll keep plugging away
    at the things anyone can do.
[06:01] Nio
    34! 35!
[06:05] Nio
    36! 37!
[06:16] Harada
    Hold up. Is he still going at it?
[06:19] Todo
    He's hopeless. A real slow learner.
[06:23] Inoue
    Well, he is a kid.
[06:25] Harada
    And he hasn't got the knack.
[06:28] Yamanami
    Can you blame him? He only just started.
[06:36] Hijikata
    Out with it.
[06:37] Okita
    What's the matter, Nagakura-san?
[06:40] Nagakura
    Where's the harm?
[06:47] Nio
    895!
[06:49] Nio
    896! 897! 898!
[06:57] Kondo
    That's the spirit! Keep it up! Almost there!
[06:57] Nio
    899! 900! 901!
[07:02] Nagakura
    We are all swordsmen
    who fell behind the times.
[07:06] Nio
    902! 903!
[07:09] Nagakura
    Who belongs in the Miburo
    more than a bungler?
[07:15] Todo
    True.
[07:17] Harada
    Well said.
[07:18] Okita
    Right?
[07:23] Hajime
    I won't accept him.
[07:26] Miburo
    Yeah!
[07:27] Miburo
    Hang in there, Nio!
[07:29] Miburo
    One more swing!
[07:32] Hajime
    Damn it!
[07:36] Kondo
    Nio, did I misjudge you?
[07:41] Kondo
    Are you a fast learner?
[07:44] Kondo
    Or did you always have it
    in you, lying dormant?
[07:47] Harada; Todo
    He's still in the ring!
[07:49] Kondo
    This talent for sumo!
[07:53] Miburo
    It's a tie!
[07:54] Miburo
    Again?
[07:56] Miburo
    In sumo, they're equals!
[08:05] Hajime
    The hell are you looking at?
[08:07] Nio
    You're left-handed, huh, Hajime-kun?
[08:11] Hajime
    Don't talk to me!
[08:13] Harada
    Oh, a fight? Have at it!
[08:14] Hajime
    Don't get a big head
    just 'cause we tied at sumo!
[08:15] Nagakura
    What good friends.
[08:17] Nio
    Let go!
[08:24] Serizawa
    Rejoice. I bring good news.
[08:27] Serizawa
    Our petition has been heard.
[08:29] Serizawa
    I'm off to meet with officials from Aizu.
[08:33] Serizawa
    Our money troubles are over,
[08:36] Serizawa
    and the rest will sort itself out.
[08:38] Nio
    What? That's amazing. You mean
    they're actually going to pay us?
[08:43] Serizawa
    Yes. They even provided formalwear.
[08:47] Serizawa
    Sir Kondo, Sir Hijikata, join us.
[08:51] All (except Serizawa; Hijikata; Kondo)
    Something's fishy.
[08:59] All (except Serizawa; Hijikata; Kondo)
    He's actually going?
[09:01] Hijikata
    Count me out. I'm not interested.
[09:06] Hijikata
    Do what you like.
[09:10] Hijikata
    Nio. Hajime. We're going on patrol.
[09:13] Nio
    Yes, sir. Right behind you.
[09:19] Nio
    Oh, sorry. I forgot my wooden sword.
[09:22] Nio
    I'll go grab it.
[09:30] Hajime
    Hijikata, why'd you
    recruit a guy like him?
[09:34] Hajime
    Miburo are supposed to be tough.
[09:37] Hajime
    We don't need wimps.
[09:41] Hijikata
    He's a match for you in sumo.
[09:43] Hajime
    Sumo's got nothing to do with this!
[09:46] Nio
    Found it!
[09:48] Hijikata
    Hajime, spend some time with him
    and you'll understand.
[09:55] Hajime
    I sure hope so.
[09:56] Nio
    Huh?
[10:06] Nio
    Um...
[10:08] Nio
    Are you sure you shouldn't
    have gone, Hijikata-san?
[10:11] Nio
    It was your big chance
    to meet officials from Aizu.
[10:14] Hijikata
    I'm sure. We came here to
    keep Kyoto safe, and that's all.
[10:20] Hijikata
    Who we serve doesn't change that.
[10:23] Nio
    But this all costs money, doesn't it?
[10:28] Nio
    And hosting us must
    put a strain on the Yagi family.
[10:32] Hijikata
    Nio.
[10:33] Nio
    Yes, sir?
[10:35] Hijikata
    We guard this city with our lives.
[10:38] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[10:40] Hijikata
    I'd say we've earned three
    square meals and a place to sleep.
[10:44] Nio
    He's so cool!
[10:52] Nio
    Hajime-kun's swords look awfully old.
[10:59] Nio
    Are they antiques?
[11:05] Hajime
    Don't stand on my left.
[11:07] Nio
    Huh?
[11:09] Hajime
    Every samurai knows that.
[11:11] Nio
    Oh, right. I-I understand.
[11:18] Hijikata
    I have some business to take care of.
     Wait here for a bit.
[11:22] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[11:26] Nio
    355, 356, 357.
[11:32] Hajime
    Your median line is off-center.
[11:34] Nio
    M-My what line? Uh, what do you mean?
[11:41] Nio
    I, um, heard Kondo-san
    recruited you in Kyoto.
[11:47] Nio
    How do you know him?
[11:51] Nio
    No answer? I see how it is.
[11:55] Hajime
    Listen, you're technically
    my ally, so I'll warn you.
[12:00] Hajime
    I practice iai.
[12:02] Nio
    Iai!
[12:03] Nio
    Wh-What's "iai"?
[12:08] Nio
    I don't know anything about swordsmanship.
[12:11] Hajime
    Stand back.
[12:25] Hajime
    That's iai.
[12:27] Hajime
    Once I get in range, I kill.
[12:29] Nio
    W-Wow.
[12:32] Hajime
    Don't get the wrong idea.
[12:35] Hajime
    I'm saying, stay out of my range
     if you want to live.
[12:38] Nio
    That was awesome!
[12:39] Hajime
    Huh?
[12:41] Nio
    Maybe I'll try it once I finish
    my thousand practice swings.
[12:44] Nio
    Like this!
[12:46] Nio
    Or maybe this?
[12:46] Hajime
    Quit it. You'll hurt someone.
[12:50] Townspeople
    What is it?
[12:51] Townspeople
    Another attack?
[12:52] Townspeople
    Nowhere's safe lately.
[12:55] Nio
    Let's go see.
[12:55] Hajime
    H-Hey!
[12:57] Nio
    Excuse me. Coming through.
[13:01] Misaki
    It hurts! It hurts!
[13:11] Hajime
    Who's this guy?
[13:15] Townspeople
    That's enough.
[13:16] Townspeople
    Stop!
[13:17] Townspeople
    What're you doing?
[13:22] Misaki
    Stop! Stop it!
[13:25] Nio
    A child hostage? How could he?!
[13:26] Misaki
    It hurts!
[13:29] Funazo
    It's war, war, war.
[13:32] Misaki
    Stop it!
[13:33] Hajime
    We'd better not risk provoking him.
[13:36] Nio
    Let that girl go!
[13:40] Hajime
    This guy!
[13:43] Funazo
    Huh?
[13:47] Townsman A
    You kids stay back. It's not safe.
[13:50] Townsman A
    Funazo! Calm down!
[13:52] Nio
    "Funazo"? He knows him?
[13:55] Townsman A
    Violence won't bring Ofune-san back to life!
[13:58] Townswoman B
    That's right.
[13:59] Townswoman B
    Do you think she'd be happy
    seeing you like this—
[14:03] Misaki
    Stop! Stop it, Dad! I'm scared!
[14:07] Funazo
    Ah, Misaki.
[14:11] Nio
    He's her father?
[14:14] Funazo
    Misaki!
[14:16] Funazo
    I'll avenge your mom! Avenge her!
[14:20] Townsman A
    Avenge her? Ofune-san died of an illness.
[14:24] Funazo
    Excuse me?
[14:26] Funazo
    It's the times that did this to us!
[14:31] Funazo
    You all know what I mean!
[14:34] Funazo
    Ten years ago, the Black Ships came
    and the Shogun opened the port.
[14:38] Funazo
    But the unequal treaty he signed
    just bleeds our money away overseas!
[14:45] Funazo
    And who pays the cost?
[14:48] Funazo
    We do!
[14:50] Funazo
    Rice prices rise,
    and we can't afford medicine!
[14:54] Funazo
    Who's to blame?
[14:56] Funazo
    The bungling shogunate?
    The impotent emperor? Foreign invaders?
[15:02] Funazo
    Hey, you there. Brat!
[15:05] Funazo
    Do you know how things got this way?
[15:08] Funazo
    Do you know our enemy's name?!
[15:12] Nio
    Our enemy's... name?
[15:15] Funazo
    Answer me!
[15:17] Hajime
    Shut up.
[15:21] Hajime
    It doesn't matter who's to blame.
[15:24] Hajime
    Stop whining already.
    You're only making yourself more pathetic.
[15:28] Funazo
    Shut up! What would you know?!
[15:31] Misaki
    It hurts!
[15:33] Funazo
    I've got to cut them down.
[15:35] Townsman A
    Funazo—
[15:36] Funazo
    Get away!
[15:39] Nio
    We need to go after him!
    That girl's in danger!
[15:42] Funazo
    Don't follow me!
[15:46] Hajime
    Damn it!
[15:47] Nio
    Down there! An opening!
[15:52] Hajime
    He can't have gone far. Get looking.
[15:56] Nio
    Hajime-kun, I need a favor!
[15:58] Hajime
    Huh? Save it for later!
[16:01] Nio
    Could you please settle this
    without killing him?
[16:04] Hajime
    What? Are you crazy?
[16:06] Hajime
    That guy's better off dead!
[16:08] Hajime
    A wimp who blames anyone but himself
     will never learn his lesson!
[16:12] Nio
    But he hasn't hurt or killed anyone yet.
[16:16] Nio
    He can turn himself around.
[16:19] Hajime
    Once he kills, it'll be too late.
[16:22] Nio
    I know that...
[16:24] Nio
    but he's still that girl's father.
[16:27] Nio
    I don't know what having a father is like,
[16:31] Nio
    but I'm sure it's better than not having one.
[16:35] Hajime
    Fine. I'll do what I can.
[16:38] Hajime
    Happy now?
[16:40] Nio
    Yes. Thank you.
[16:42] Hajime
    I'll finish this in one strike.
    You save the kid.
[16:45] Nio
    Okay. Leave it to me.
[16:49] Misaki
    It hurts! It hurts!
[16:52] Nio
    There.
[16:53] Hajime
    What's the plan?
[16:56] Funazo
    First stop, the palace.
    I'll go to the palace and...
[17:00] Nio
    We run straight at him.
[17:01] Hajime
    Got it.
[17:05] Hajime
    He's spotted us.
[17:06] Nio
    Go!
[17:07] Funazo
    Y-You!
[17:09] Hajime
    Hey, this looks bad.
[17:11] Nio
    Hajime-kun, can you do your iai while running?
[17:13] Hajime
    Huh? No way in hell!
[17:16] Nio
    Okay. Thanks.
[17:17] Hajime
    I just told you I can't do it!
[17:19] Funazo
    S-S-Stay back!
[17:40] Hajime
    Where's the kid?
[17:46] Nio
    She's fine!
[17:48] Hajime
    Awe—
[17:49] Hajime
    All right. Well, that wasn't terrible.
[17:58] Hajime
    Sh-She must be all right
    if she can cry this much.
[18:01] Nio
    I'll say.
[18:02] Funazo
    Damn it all!
[18:04] Funazo
    I can at least end it all.
[18:07] Funazo
    That'll show them how I've suffered.
[18:13] Hajime
    That broken sword won't do the job.
[18:15] Funazo
    I don't want to hear it!
[18:22] Funazo
    Wh-Why stop me?
[18:25] Nio
    Don't do it.
[18:27] Funazo
    But why stop me?
[18:32] Nio
    I... I don't know my enemy's name.
[18:38] Nio
    I don't know what I should
    be fighting against, but...
[18:43] Misaki
    Dad...
[18:45] Misaki
    Don't. Don't do it.
[18:49] Nio
    I know you have a daughter.
[18:55] Townsman A
    Funazo!
[18:56] Nio
    And I know you have people
     who care about you.
[19:01] Nio
    I'm sorry.
[19:03] Nio
    I don't have the right answer,
[19:10] Nio
    but Funazo-san,
    I know dying is the wrong one.
[19:14] Nio
    I'm sure of that, if nothing else.
[19:17] Nio
    That's what I think.
[19:24] Funazo
    Damn it.
[19:27] Funazo
    Damn it.
[19:54] Hajime
    Softies.
[19:56] Hajime
    They should've tossed him in a jail cell.
[19:58] Nio
    Maybe.
[20:00] Nio
    But it's better to fix things
    the soft way if you can.
[20:08] Nio
    Oh! W-We might be in trouble!
[20:11] Hajime
    Why? What's wrong?
[20:12] Nio
    Hijikata-san told us to
    stay put and wait for him.
[20:25] Harada
    I hear you shrimps outdid yourselves.
[20:29] Nio
    Thank you, sir.
[20:30] Hajime
    I'm not a shrimp!
[20:34] Harada
    Cheeky brat.
[20:35] Hajime
    Jackass!
[20:35] Nio
    P-Please stop.
[20:38] Okita
    That's the spirit!
[20:41] Hijikata
    This will help the boys grow.
    All according to plan.
[20:45] Todo
    Seriously?
[20:50] Nio
    Oh no! I've only done 700 today!
[20:53] Hajime
    Wrong.
[20:55] Nio
    Hajime-kun?
[20:57] Hajime
    Your median line's off-center.
[20:59] Nio
    You said that earlier. What does it mean?
[21:03] Hajime
    There's a line through
    the center of your body.
[21:06] Hajime
    It runs straight from your head to your toes.
[21:13] Hajime
    Always keep your left hand in line
    with it when you swing down.
[21:20] Hajime
    You'll get a little less awful
    if you can manage that.
[21:25] Nio
    Thank you, Hajime-kun!
[21:29] Taro
    Ugh! Look at these leftover onigiri!
[21:33] Hajime
    I-I couldn't tell he was there.
[21:35] Nio
    Taro-kun?
[21:38] Taro
    Won't someone eat them for me?
SIGN    The
    Name
SIGN    of the
    Enemy
SIGN    Next time
[23:20] Nagakura
    Vicious killers stalk the streets as the
    storm of "sonno joi" rages through Kyoto.
[23:28] Nagakura
    Hoping to pit outlaw against outlaw,
    Aizu domain makes the Mibu Roshigumi an offer.
[23:37] Nagakura
    The time has come for the Miburo
    to go forth, prepared to do or die.
[23:44] Nagakura
    Next time: "United in Purpose."
SIGN    United
SIGN    in
    Purpose
[23:47] Nagakura
    It will not disappoint.

5 - United in Purpose
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[00:01] Fujita
    Bring him here! Call a doctor!
[00:04] Aizu Samurai A
    Don't bother. He's breathed his last.
[00:13] Hirosawa
    That makes four.
[00:15] Aizu Samurai B
    Kushibe was one of Aizu's finest,
    and they still got him.
[00:20] Aizu Samurai B
    What now? We can't keep
    ignoring this, Hirosawa.
[00:23] Aizu Samurai B
    Isn't there something we can do?
[00:25] Hirosawa
    I know a way.
[00:26] Aizu Samurai B
    What?
[00:27] Hirosawa
    We'll pit outlaw against outlaw. Bring me...
[00:33] Hirosawa
    the Miburo.
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
[02:15] Harada
    Nio sure is dedicated.
[02:21] Harada
    Hey, Isami-san! What're you up to?
[02:25] Kondo
    Filling my lungs with Kyoto air.
[02:28] Nio
    What for, sir?
[02:30] Kondo
    His Imperial Majesty resides in Kyoto.
[02:33] Kondo
    And now, the shogun,
    Lord Iemochi, is also here.
[02:36] Kondo
    I feel the air will enhance my samurai aura.
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SIGN    Samurai
    Aura
[02:41] Nio
    What's a samurai aura?
[02:44] Harada
    I like the way you think.
[02:48] Nio
    Taro-kun?
[02:49] Taro
    Serizawa-sensei has an important
     announcement to make.
[02:53] Nio
    Serizawa-san does?
[02:56] Okita
    Again? Do you think something went wrong?
[02:59] Nagakura
    I wonder.
[03:04] Okita
    Oh, there he is.
[03:11] Nio; Okita; Harada; Nagakura; Todo
    He's in a good mood?!
[03:13] Nio
    E-Excuse me, sir.
    Did something good happen?
[03:17] Serizawa
    Something good? As if you don't know.
[03:22] Serizawa
    As I'm sure Sir Kondo has already told you,
[03:26] Serizawa
    The Aizu Domain has extended a
    formal offer to enlist the Mibu Roshigumi.
[03:32] Serizawa
    Now, it's time we all paid
    the lord of Aizu our respects.
[03:36] Kondo
    Yes. That was the plan.
[03:39] Nagakura
    First I'm hearing of it!
[03:40] Todo
    You didn't tell us anything!
[03:41] Harada
    You always do this!
[03:43] Nagakura
    Aizu? That is good news.
[03:46] Todo
    But I wonder what the townsfolk will think.
[03:49] Nio
    Um, I'm pretty sure
    Aizu is well-liked in Kyoto.
[03:53] Todo
    Huh?
[03:54] Harada
    You mean it?
[03:55] Nio
    Everyone celebrated when an
    Aizu party came last year.
[04:00] Nio
    Granny, my sister, and I went out
     to the bridge to see them.
[04:03] Harada
    Oh! It's good to have a local!
[04:05] Todo
    You sure come in handy!
[04:08] Hirama
    And Serizawa-sensei made this all possible!
[04:11] Serizawa
    There you have it.
[04:18] Yamanami
    Excuse me, but please wait a moment.
[04:22] Serizawa
    Sir Yamanami? What's wrong?
[04:24] Yamanami
    I'd like to be clear. Do you mind?
[04:27] Serizawa
    Ask away.
[04:28] Yamanami
    Kyoto is still caught in a storm
     of sonno joi sentiment.
[04:33] Hirayama
    We all know that.
[04:35] Nio
    Um...
[04:36] Yamanami
    Hm?
[04:36] Nio
    Excuse me, Yamanami-san.
[04:38] Nio
    What is "sonno joi"?
[04:43] Hirama
    You mean you don't even know that?
[04:45] Nio
    I hear the words often,
    but I don't really understand them.
[04:49] Yamanami
    It's a good question.
[04:51] Yamanami
    "Sonno" is reverence of
    the Emperor here in Kyoto.
[04:55] Yamanami
    "Joi" expresses the sentiment that we should
     expel foreigners who disturb our country.
[05:00] Nio
    I see.
[05:02] Nio
    So "sonno joi" basically means "respect
    His Imperial Majesty and keep foreigners out."
[05:07] Nio
    But wait, doesn't that mean 
    most people want sonno joi?
[05:14] Hirayama
    What are you talking about?
[05:16] Yamanami
    Well spotted.
[05:17] Yamanami
    Yes. That's exactly the problem.
[05:19] Hirayama; Hirama
    Huh?
[05:20] Yamanami
    You see, sonno joi comes in many forms.
SIGN    Sonno joi
SIGN    Anti-shogunate
SIGN    Choshu
SIGN    Pro-shogunate
SIGN    Aizu
[05:25] Yamanami
    For example, Aizu is pro-shogunate.
[05:28] Yamanami
    They revere the Emperor and want to expel
    barbarians while siding with the Shogun.
[05:32] Yamanami
    We came here for the same reason.
SIGN    Sonno joi
SIGN    Anti-shogunate
SIGN    Choshu
SIGN    Pro-shogunate
SIGN    Aizu
[05:35] Yamanami
    The Choshu, meanwhile, advocates sonno joi
    while staying anti-shogunate to the core.
[05:41] Yamanami
    Their view has the strongest
    influence in Kyoto now.
[05:44] Nio
    Anti-shogunate? So some people
     don't want the Shogun in charge,
[05:47] Nio
    and that's their idea of justice?
[05:50] Nio
    I wish we could all just get along.
[05:53] Yamanami
    Yes, so do I.
[05:55] Yamanami
    But their beliefs aren't the issue.
[05:59] Yamanami
    The problem is that some will do anything,
    even kill, to bend the world to their vision.
[06:08] Nio
    The townspeople are honestly sick of them.
[06:12] Nio
    We have to bar our doors and windows
     in fear, even on hot summer nights.
[06:18] Nio
    We just want to walk
    where we like and be happy.
[06:22] Nio
    So why?
[06:23] Nio
    Why does only our city
    have to suffer like this?
[06:26] Yamanami
    The current emperor dislikes foreigners.
[06:30] Yamanami
    People want to take advantage of that.
[06:32] Nio
    Huh? That's the whole reason?
[06:35] Yamanami
    Lord Tokugawa Iemochi has already
    ensconced himself in Kyoto's Nijo Castle.
[06:40] Yamanami
    Rumor has it the extremists plotting
    his death number 500 or more.
[06:45] Nio
    W-Wait, 500?
[06:47] Hirayama
    Yeah? So what?
[06:50] Yamanami
    So my question is:
    are you prepared to risk your lives?
[06:54] Yamanami
    We're ronin! Easy to use and abuse!
    Aizu sees us as no more than sacrificial pawns!
[06:59] Yamanami
    And we won't like every job they give us!
[07:01] Yamanami
    Of course we'll get their dirty work!
[07:04] Yamanami
    Can you still put your lives
     on the line? Well?!
[07:07] Taro
    H-Has he got a split personality?
[07:10] Nio
    Am I ready to die? Really ready?
[07:15] Nio
    Can I say for sure that I won't
    lose my nerve in the face of death?
[07:24] Kondo
    I can!
[07:25] Nio
    Kondo-san!
[07:27] Okita
    Sounds like fun. I say we all join in.
[07:31] Nio
    Okita-san!
[07:34] Harada
    You waited till now to ask?
[07:36] Nagakura
    Yes. There's only one road ahead.
[07:39] Inoue
    We're with you.
[07:40] Todo
    Damn right we are.
[07:42] Hajime
    Anyone who can't say that wouldn't be here.
[07:47] Serizawa
    Men, follow me.
[07:54] Hijikata
    So much for trying to rattle them.
[07:56] Yamanami
    No. This is what I've been waiting for.
[08:00] Nio
    I knew these guys were cool!
[08:04] Nio
    I'm with you, too!
[08:06] Taro
    Huh? Then, um, so am I, if you'll have me.
[08:11] Kondo
    We, the Mibu Roshigumi,
    share one purpose: to defend Kyoto!
[08:18] Serizawa
    March.
[08:23] Harada
    All right! Let's go!
[08:33] Hijikata
    It itches. Why's it so scratchy?
[08:35] Okita
    Come on, Hijikata-san.
    We need you to walk tall like Kondo-san.
[08:38] Hijikata
    Quiet, Soji.
[08:40] Harada
    Think we'll get some choice grub?
[08:46] Nio
    Everyone's excited to meet a big shot
    like the lord of Aizu, huh, Hajime-kun?
[08:52] Hajime
    Idiots.
[08:52] Nio
    Huh?
[08:54] Hajime
    It doesn't matter who we serve
    as long as we live like samurai.
[08:58] Hajime
    Am I wrong?
SIGN    Commissioner of Kyoto
    Lord Matsudaira Higo-no-Kami of Aizu
[09:08] Nagakura
    So this is Aizu's headquarters
    in Kyoto? That's some mansion.
[09:15] Taro
    Enjoy yourselves, sirs.
[09:17] Nio
    Aren't you coming in, Taro?
[09:19] Taro
    Dressed like this? How could I?
[09:22] Hirayama
    Forget him. We don't want him
    pissing anyone off, anyway.
[09:26] Nio
    Hm...
[09:28] Nio
    Then I won't go, either.
     Let's wait out here together.
[09:33] Hajime
    Well, you are a kid.
[09:34] Nagakura
    He is a kid.
[09:36] Nagakura
    He sure is.
[09:37] Hajime
    Huh?
[09:39] Nio
    Wow. What pretty stones.
[09:42] Taro
    Are you nuts? Don't play with them.
[09:44] Nio
    Just look at them. I wish I could
    show these to Granny and Iroha.
[09:48] Taro
    Don't you dare take them!
[09:50] Hajime
    Why do I have to stay out here, too?!
[09:52] Seto
    Huh? What are kids doing here?
[09:57] Seto
    This compound belongs
    to Matsudaira Katamori.
[10:00] Seto
    You can't just wander in uninvited.
[10:05] Nio
    Look at his hair.
[10:07] Taro
    It's the Golden Pavilion!
[10:08] Seto
    Oh, this? My ma came from foreign parts.
[10:12] Seto
    I hear my pa got an Englishwoman with child.
[10:15] Seto
    She went back to her own country, though.
[10:17] Nio
    You must be lonely.
[10:20] Nio
    Don't you want to go visit your mother?
[10:22] Seto
    Not even a little.
[10:24] Seto
    My family are big-name fabric dealers.
[10:26] Seto
    Every day is bustling,
    and everyone's nice to me.
[10:30] Seto
    And above all, I like this city.
[10:33] Seto
    I've got everything I could want.
[10:36] Seto
    I've come to pay my respects because
     we received an order for a new kimono.
[10:41] Taro
    Bah! This rich kid hasn't suffered a day
     in his life. Who asked for his life story?
[10:46] Nio
    We're here at the
    invitation of the Aizu Domain.
[10:49] Nio
    We're the Miburo...
    members of the Mibu Roshigumi.
[10:52] Seto
    Oh, the Miburo? I've heard of you.
[10:55] Seto
    A bunch of rowdy ronin from Edo
    that nobody here can stand, right?
[11:01] Nio
    No, that's a bit of a misunderstanding.
[11:04] Nio
    We're really working
    to make Kyoto a safer place.
[11:08] Seto
    Really? I had no idea.
[11:11] Seto
    Still, if they've called in tough samurai,
    it must be because of you-know-what.
[11:17] Nio
    What do you mean?
[11:19] Seto
    Oh, never mind. Forget I said anything.
[11:22] Seto
    Anyway, it takes a special kind of person
    to come guard somebody else's city.
[11:26] Tsuruya Man
    Young master, we should be going.
[11:28] Seto
    Oh, you're right. We'd better head back.
[11:31] Seto
    My family runs Tsuruya on Nijo-dori.
    We get all sorts there.
[11:35] Nio
    Huh? Oh, okay.
[11:38] Seto
    My name's Seto. Come see me if you're
     ever in the market for information.
[11:43] Seto
    Bye.
[11:44] Nio
    My name's Nio. See you, Seto-kun.
[11:53] Nio
    He was pretty friendly, don't you think?
[11:55] Taro
    In what universe?
[11:57] Hajime
    He had a faint scent blood on him.
[12:07] Aizu Samurai B
    Raise your heads.
[12:11] Katamori
    I am Matsudaira Katamori,
    Commissioner of Kyoto and Lord of Aizu.
[12:16] Katamori
    By order of the Emperor and the Shogun,
[12:18] Katamori
    I have come from my domain
    to keep the peace here in our capital.
[12:23] Serizawa
    Sir.
[12:24] Katamori
    You did well to travel here
    from Edo to defend the Shogun.
[12:29] Serizawa
    Sir.
[12:30] Kondo
    We...
[12:32] Kondo
    We came from Edo with 234 brave men.
[12:36] Kondo
    Yet Kiyokawa Hachiro, who proposed the plan,
    contrived to turn most back to Edo.
[12:41] Kondo
    Only 15 of us remained.
[12:43] Kondo
    The storm of sonno joi has raged
    since the coming of the Black Ships.
[12:47] Kondo
    A foreigner was cut down
    at Namamugi last year,
[12:49] Kondo
    and here in Kyoto, assassins kill
    in the name of "heaven's justice."
[12:53] Kondo
    We wish only to defend
    Kyoto as you do, my lord.
[12:58] Kondo
    Yet we came with nothing
     but our conviction.
[13:02] Kondo
    To our shame, with no stipends of our own,
    we now presume on the Yagis' kindness.
[13:06] Kondo
    We hope to offer our utmost
    not in passing, but in perpetuity.
[13:10] Serizawa
    He wrote the whole speech on his hands.
[13:13] Kondo
    Thus, we have come to beg
    Your Lordship for support.
[13:22] Katamori
    If I had my way, I'd go home
    to a peaceful life in Aizu this instant!
[13:32] Katamori
    This is a temple, a place for Buddhas.
[13:35] Katamori
    I'll tell no lies here,
    so be frank with me as well.
[13:40] Kondo
    I want to become a samurai in body and soul!
[13:49] Okita
    I want to fight strong guys!
[13:51] Harada
    I want to laze around all day!
[13:53] Nagakura
    I wish to master the blade!
[13:56] Todo
    I want women to throw themselves at me!
[13:58] Kondo
    I want to get ahead!
[14:00] Hirayama; Hirama
    I want to eat the finest food!
[14:02] Yamanami
    I want to debate as many people as I can!
[14:02] Serizawa
    You all dream small!
[14:08] Katamori
    What delightful fellows!
[14:10] Aizu Samurai B
    My lord.
[14:13] Katamori
    Hm? You there.
[14:16] Katamori
    Tell me what you really want.
[14:19] Hijikata
    I have nothing to hide.
[14:22] Hijikata
    Kondo's speech summed up my thoughts.
[14:26] Hijikata
    I want to sweep the trash
    from this city, nothing more.
[14:34] Todo
    What a man!
[14:35] Okita
    That's our Hijikata-san.
[14:36] Hijikata
    Hey! Quit it!
[14:39] Katamori
    Very good. I like you.
[14:43] Todo
    What a funny lord.
[14:47] Hirosawa
    Gentlemen of the Roshigumi,
    I have something I'd like you to see.
[14:51] Hirosawa
    Follow me.
[14:57] Yamanami
    Who's this?
[14:59] Hirosawa
    The fourth Aizu man cut down on the street.
[15:06] Hirosawa
    Every victim had his eyes
    ripped out, as you see here.
[15:10] Harada
    Why would anyone do that?
[15:12] Fujita
    He relayed the killer's words
    to us just before he passed:
[15:18] Fujita
    "Are you Aizu dogs blind?
    The five of us will see heaven's justice done."
[15:24] Hirosawa
    I have a request.
[15:27] Hirosawa
    Please hunt down these five devils,
[15:30] Hirosawa
    and send them to their graves.
[15:35] Nio
    Their eyes?
[15:37] Nio
    How could anyone do
    something so awful? They'll pay.
[15:41] Hijikata
    First, we need information.
[15:43] Hijikata
    What they look like, when they strike,
    how they operate, anything.
[15:47] Nio
    Information...
[15:49] Yamanami
    Do you have an idea?
[15:51] Nio
    Oh, no, nothing definite.
[15:54] Yamanami
    Tell us.
[15:58] Todo
    The kid knows?
[16:00] Harada
    Are you serious?
[16:01] Okita
    A child?
[16:02] Taro
    Y-You can't trust that guy.
    Especially his looks.
[16:06] Nio
    No, we shouldn't judge him
     by his appearance.
[16:10] Yamanami
    Well then, Nio-kun,
    we'll leave that to you boys.
[16:13] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[16:13] Taro
    C-Count me out!
[16:17] Serizawa
    We're wasting time.
[16:21] Serizawa
    I know the enemy will target me.
[16:24] Serizawa
    All I need to do is take a walk,
    and they'll come to me.
[16:28] Nio
    H-How can you be so sure?
[16:30] Serizawa
    How?
[16:32] Serizawa
    Because anyone can see that I, Serizawa Kamo,
     am a force to be reckoned with!
[16:36] Serizawa
    They can't ignore me.
[16:47] Okita
    Taro-kun, do you have a moment?
[16:49] Taro
    Yes, sir.
[16:51] Nio
    What will you do, Hajime-kun?
[16:52] Hajime
    He said Tsuruya on Nijo-dori, right?
    What are we waiting for?
[17:01] Seto
    Wow, what a surprise.
[17:03] Seto
    I never imagined you'd
    come straight here today.
[17:07] Nio
    Sorry for barging in on you
     so suddenly, Seto-kun.
[17:10] Seto
    Oh, it's no trouble.
[17:11] Seto
    I can't offer you a
     quiet place to talk, though.
[17:14] Nio
    This is a nice shop.
[17:16] Seto
    Sure is, although
    it's getting long in the tooth.
[17:19] Seto
    The walls are plastered.
    Pretty color, don't you think?
[17:22] Nio
    No, I didn't mean that.
[17:25] Nio
    This is what you call
    "storefront sales," right?
[17:27] Nio
    You set out your wares in front of the shop
    and let your customers choose.
[17:32] Nio
    They're so colorful that
    they feel excited just coming here.
[17:36] Seto
    You sure know a lot.
[17:38] Nio
    I learned by helping out
    at my granny's dango shop.
[17:42] Nio
    It's called Chirinuya.
    Have you heard of it?
[17:44] Seto
    Yup, I know the place.
[17:47] Nio
    Every customer here
     looks genuinely happy.
[17:51] Nio
    They're all engrossed
    in picking what to buy.
[17:54] Nio
    So if you ask me,
    this really is a nice shop.
[17:59] Seto
    Thanks. I'm glad to hear you say so.
[18:04] Seto
    I thought all you Miburo came from Edo.
[18:07] Nio
    All the grownups did,
[18:09] Nio
    but we three kids were born in Kyoto.
[18:12] Seto
    Oh, so that's it.
    That makes us four of a kind.
[18:17] Seto
    Now, let me guess.
[18:19] Seto
    You're here about the
     murdered Aizu samurai.
[18:23] Nio
    Yes.
[18:25] Seto
    It started after the lord of Aizu moved in.
[18:28] Seto
    Someone killed a samurai on his way home
    from Shimabara and took his eyes.
[18:33] Seto
    There has to be a grudge behind it.
[18:35] Nio
    A grudge?
[18:37] Seto
    That's no excuse, though.
[18:39] Seto
    Whatever their reasons,
    they've gone too far.
[18:42] Nio
    Yes.
[18:45] Seto
    Huh. That's a surprise.
[18:47] Seto
    I figured you'd get angrier.
[18:50] Nio
    Really? I mean, I am angry, of course.
[18:52] Seto
    You don't look it.
[18:54] Hajime
    Is that all?
[18:55] Seto
    Oh, I know where the killings happened, too.
[19:02] Seto
    On this map... it'd be around here.
[19:05] Nio
    I see. They're mostly near the Kamo River.
[19:09] Hajime
    We're wasting time. I'm leaving.
[19:13] Seto
    Anyway, it's a real mess.
[19:15] Nio
    Huh?
[19:16] Seto
    I shouldn't have to tell you three,
    but this city's in bad shape.
[19:22] Seto
    People are flocking here from all over.
[19:25] Seto
    Choshu or Aizu, extremists
    or Miburo, it's all the same.
[19:30] Seto
    They're all outsiders.
[19:32] Seto
    Hey, what do you say we chase them off?
[19:35] Seto
    Cockroaches, every one of them.
[19:38] Seto
    I'll work with you to keep this city safe.
[19:43] Nio
    Thank you. But...
[19:47] Nio
    I only hope that's enough
    to bring peace to the city.
[19:55] Seto
    Yes.
[19:58] Seto
    So do I.
[20:02] Nio
    He said we'd better go this way,
    since it's getting dark.
[20:07] Nio
    What did you think, Hajime-kun?
[20:10] Hajime
    Hmph. What did you think?
[20:14] Nio
    Well, Seto-kun's pretty fishy.
[20:19] Hachiro
    When did you catch on?
[20:20] Nio
    Well, from the start.
[20:23] Nio
    The way he was talking,
    it felt like he was leading us along.
[20:29] Nio
    Seeing him again made me sure of it.
[20:33] Nio
    He's suspicious.
[20:34] Hajime
    Right.
[20:37] Hajime
    Should we kill him?
[20:38] Nio
    Hm...
[20:40] Nio
    No. I'd like to have
    one more honest talk with him.
[20:47] Hajime
    You never make any sense.
[20:50] Nio
    You think so?
[21:01] Nio
    An umbrella.
[21:10] Nio
    Will he strike?
[21:30] Nio
    It's a good thing we had our guards up.
[21:32] Hajime
    We may be kids, but we're not easy prey.
[21:38] Jutaro
    I pity you children.
SIGN    United
SIGN    in
    Purpose
SIGN    Next time
[23:22] Hajime
    Saito Hajime here.
[23:24] Hajime
    I was out with Nio when we ran
    into the guy behind the killings.
[23:28] Hajime
    Who the hell is he, anyway?
[23:32] Hajime
    His first strike proves he knows
    how to use a sword, but that's it.
[23:36] Hajime
    There's no backing out now.
    Our only choice is to fight.
[23:41] Hajime
    Let's get him, Nio!
[23:43] Hajime
    Next time: "To Each His Own Justice."
[23:46] Hajime
    Don't you dare miss it.
SIGN    To
    Each
SIGN    His Own
    Justice

6 - To Each His Own Justice
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[00:00] Serizawa
    The Aizu Domain has extended a
    formal offer to enlist the Mibu Roshigumi.
[00:06] Hirosawa
    The fourth Aizu man cut down on the street.
[00:11] Fujita
    He relayed the killer's words
    to us just before he passed:
[00:17] Fujita
    "Are you Aizu dogs blind?
    The five of us will see heaven's justice done."
[00:23] Nio
    How could anyone do
    something so awful? They'll pay.
[00:26] Hijikata
    First, we need information.
[00:29] Seto
    You're here about the
     murdered Aizu samurai.
[00:42] Nio
    It's a good thing we had our guards up.
[00:44] Hajime
    We may be kids, but we're not easy prey.
[00:51] Jutaro
    I pity you children.
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[02:24] Jutaro
    I've always been a worrywart.
[02:27] Jutaro
    I tend to take the worst view of things.
[02:31] Nio
    He's the assassin who's been
    killing the Aizu men.
[02:39] Nio
    Hajime-kun!
[02:40] Nio
    That's not iai.
[02:43] Jutaro
    Oh?
[02:46] Jutaro
    That makes it all the more tragic.
[03:03] Nio
    This is a fight to the death.
[03:13] Hajime
    Bring it.
[03:21] Nio
    H-Hey! Wait!
[03:23] Nio
    Let's talk this out!
[03:25] Hajime
    Move, Nio. You're in my way.
[03:27] Nio
    I... I'm not going anywhere!
[03:29] Nio
    Look where I'm standing.
[03:31] Nio
    You can cut me down, but Hajime-kun's
    next strike will get you if you do.
[03:38] Nio
    Please. Just a few words.
[03:41] Hajime
    Idiot.
[03:42] Jutaro
    So you're not just any children.
[03:46] Jutaro
    One has strength beyond his years.
[03:50] Jutaro
    The other has courage and a brain.
[03:54] Jutaro
    You're being deceived.
[03:57] Jutaro
    Do you know why we must
    eliminate foreigners?
[04:00] Nio
    U-Um...
[04:02] Nio
    Because they come into
    our country and do bad things?
[04:06] Jutaro
    "Bad things"? Such as what?
[04:09] Nio
    Th-They threaten people with guns
     to take money and things.
[04:14] Nio
    They bring in awful diseases.
[04:16] Nio
    A-And they ride around
    on horses and... and, um...
[04:21] Jutaro
    Opium.
[04:23] Nio
    Wh-What's "opium"?
[04:25] Jutaro
    A drug.
[04:26] Jutaro
    An elixir of death.
    One dose rots both body and mind.
[04:32] Nio
    An elixir of death?
[04:34] Jutaro
    They start by trading with silver,
    but that's just bait.
[04:40] Jutaro
    They quickly switch to opium.
[04:43] Jutaro
    It leads to nothing but tragedy.
[04:46] Jutaro
    They corrupt countries
    from within, then take over.
[04:49] Jutaro
    It happened to our neighbors, the Qing.
[04:52] Jutaro
    Foreigners—the English—attacked them.
[04:57] Jutaro
    The war ended in defeat for the Qing,
    but the flow of opium hasn't stopped.
[05:03] Jutaro
    Has anyone told you of this?
[05:07] Nio
    N-No one.
[05:09] Nio
    Do all the Miburo know about this?
[05:11] Jutaro
    Yet the Shogunate still plans to open up
    the country, and Aizu supports it.
[05:16] Jutaro
    The Miburo will become their agents.
[05:19] Jutaro
    They're taking advantage of your ignorance.
[05:23] Jutaro
    Thoughtlessness. Failure to
    consider the consequences.
[05:26] Jutaro
    In my opinion, both are crimes.
[05:31] Jutaro
    The Shogunate has no idea.
    Thus, Choshu has risen up.
[05:39] Jutaro
    If you stand in our way, I have no choice...
[05:43] Jutaro
    but to kill you.
[05:45] Nio
    H-He's an anti-shogunate idealist.
[05:50] Nio
    Is that your idea of justice?
[05:53] Jutaro
    It is.
[05:55] Nio
    Do you call ripping out
    your victim's eyes justice, too?
[06:00] Jutaro
    I couldn't make my point otherwise.
[06:02] Jutaro
    In point of fact, it has rattled Aizu.
    That makes it necessary.
[06:09] Hajime
    Do you get it now? Fall back!
[06:11] Nio
    I will not.
[06:12] Hajime
    Why, you...
[06:17] Hajime
    So you do get it.
[06:19] Nio
    But we won't kill him.
[06:21] Nio
    We need him to tell us
    where to find the other four.
[06:25] Nio
    I need to fight. For...
[06:30] Nio
    For my own idea of justice.
[06:36] Jutaro
    You'll join the fray?
[06:39] Jutaro
    How sad.
[06:43] Nio
    He'll watch out for Hajime-kun more than me.
[06:45] Nio
    I'll use that to...
[06:53] Nio
    Someone's there!
[06:55] Nio
    Hajime-kun, behind you!
[06:58] Kyoshiro
    Aw, damn. I wanted to give you a scare.
[07:02] Hajime
    Unthinkable. I had no idea he was there.
[07:05] Nio
    What? Who is this guy?
[07:07] Jutaro
    What are you doing here, Kyoshiro?
[07:10] Kyoshiro
    I came to help, brother!
[07:12] Nio
    B-Brother?
[07:14] Jutaro
    Wait a moment.
[07:16] Jutaro
    I'm from Choshu. You're from Satsuma.
[07:19] Jutaro
    Our births and upbringings
    were nothing alike.
[07:22] Jutaro
    Since when are we "brothers"?
[07:24] Kyoshiro
    Huh? We shared cups, didn't we?
[07:27] Jutaro
    We drank together once and
     now you consider us family?
[07:31] Jutaro
    How sad.
[07:33] Jutaro
    I make sure I said to act
    independently to avoid attention.
[07:36] Kyoshiro
    Situations change, and so do tactics.
[07:39] Kyoshiro
    I take life as it comes.
[07:41] Kyoshiro
    Jutaro, you're too set in your ways.
[07:45] Nio
    Not good.
[07:46] Nio
    We're stuck here with
    two of the five assassins.
[07:50] Hajime
    He wears swords on both hips.
[07:53] Hajime
    Are they wakizashi? Or kodachi?
[07:56] Kyoshiro
    We've just gotta kill 'em all!
[07:58] Kyoshiro
    Listen up. The trick to this job
    is doing what needs doing.
[08:03] Kyoshiro
    Without whining, waiting,
    or leaving anything to chance!
[08:09] Hajime
    Is he a shinobi?
[08:13] Nio
    Hajime-kun!
[08:14] Jutaro
    Now...
[08:17] Jutaro
    So you will stand and fight.
[08:19] Nio
    What did I pick up a sword for?
[08:22] Nio
    For right now. For this moment!
[08:27] Nio
    Get closer.
[08:30] Nio
    Closer.
[08:36] Nio
    He's in range.
[08:42] Jutaro
    How futile.
[08:56] Jutaro
    Won't you join us?
[08:59] Nio
    I will not.
[09:05] Jutaro
    You're young and clever.
    You simply don't know anything.
[09:09] Jutaro
    To be honest, I'd rather not kill you.
[09:14] Jutaro
    Swear that you won't side
    with the Shogunate.
[09:17] Jutaro
    That you'll have no more to do with Aizu.
[09:19] Jutaro
    Tell me you'll leave
    the Miburo this instant.
[09:22] Nio
    No!
[09:30] Jutaro
    Last chance.
[09:31] Jutaro
    Don't throw your life away.
[09:34] Nio
    I am a Miburo!
[09:42] Nio
    I'll never say it! Never!
[09:46] Nio
    I may die, but I'll never sell my soul!
[09:51] (Flashback) Taro
    Where's the soul?
[09:52] (Flashback) Kondo
    I can!
[09:54] Nio
    I have one, and I'm gonna keep it!
[09:59] (Flashback) Jutaro
    If you stand in our way, I have no choice...
[10:03] (Flashback) Jutaro
    but to kill you.
[10:04] (Flashback) Hijikata
    If nothing and no one can
    take them from you...
[10:09] (Flashback) Hijikata
    that's your idea of justice.
[10:13] Nio
    I understand.
[10:14] (Flashback) Kondo
    We share one purpose: to defend Kyoto!
[10:18] Nio
    Now I'm sure. It's not about
    our ideas of justice.
[10:23] Nio
    Whatever happens,
    I can't let this guy run loose!
[10:28] Jutaro
    For the nation and for the future,
    I must sometimes sacrifice innocent souls.
[10:35] Nio
    Sacrifice?
[10:37] Nio
    What gives a murderer the right
    to talk about our country's future?!
[10:45] Nio
    Damn it.
[10:46] Nio
    Damn it!
[10:55] Hajime
    Nio!
[10:56] Hajime
    Nio! Say something!
[10:59] Jutaro
    How sad.
[11:06] Hajime
    O-Okita!
[11:29] Jutaro
    Hey.
[11:32] Okita
    Nio-kun. Nio-kun.
[11:34] Okita
    Hang in there. Can you do that?
[11:38] Kyoshiro
    Huh? Who's he?
[11:40] Hajime
    For a shinobi, he sure leaves himself open.
[11:47] Taro
    Nio!
[11:48] Taro
    Nio! Get up! Nio!
[11:53] Taro
    You're gonna regret this.
[11:55] Taro
    You're dead, asshole!
[11:59] Taro
    I'll take you down, even if it kills me.
[12:01] Taro
    I'll smash your bones to dust
    and stomp you into hell!
[12:06] Hajime
    Hey...
[12:13] Taro
    You're alive?
[12:15] Nio
    Huh? Taro-kun?
[12:17] Taro
    Bah! You couldn't just stay dead, could you?
[12:20] Okita
    I'm so glad.
[12:21] Nio
    And Okita-san, too?
[12:23] Jutaro
    You must be a Miburo.
[12:26] Jutaro
    You're in the wrong here.
[12:28] Jutaro
    Grown men tempt and
    incite with honeyed lies,
[12:32] Jutaro
    drawing children into bloody war.
[12:36] Jutaro
    You have much to answer for.
[12:39] Okita
    Someone always says something like that.
[12:42] Jutaro
    What?
[12:43] Okita
    "Children can't think things through.
    They need adults to guide them."
[12:49] Okita
    But I wonder.
[12:52] Okita
    These boys have lives of their own.
    They have their own worries and conflicts.
[12:58] Okita
    Child society is more complex
    than adults imagine.
[13:03] Okita
    So they lie and scheme
    without a second thought.
[13:07] Okita
    They have dreams.
[13:09] Okita
    They have pride.
[13:11] Okita
    They have their world.
[13:13] Okita
    You shouldn't look down on them.
[13:16] Okita
    They can think and act for themselves.
[13:20] Okita
    Conceited adults only tell themselves
    they can bend kids to their will.
[13:26] Jutaro
    You Shogunate dog.
[13:29] Okita
    A dog?
[13:31] Okita
    Is that supposed to be an insult?
[13:34] Okita
    What a silly thing to say.
[13:36] Okita
    Everyone is some kind of dog.
[13:39] Okita
    Some people just don't realize it.
[13:43] Jutaro
    I haven't met anyone so impossible
    to talk to since Kyoshiro.
[13:48] Jutaro
    Are you even listening to me?
[13:50] Okita
    I'm listening. I'm answering you, aren't I?
[13:53] Jutaro
    I'll bet you've been called
    a poor speaker all your life.
[13:57] Okita
    Not at all. Woman and children
    tell me I'm easy to talk to.
[14:03] Jutaro
    That's not what I mean!
[14:05] Okita
    Oh, but people do ask me to explain
     swordsmanship more clearly.
[14:10] Jutaro
    That's it!
[14:12] Jutaro
    The Shogunate is doomed.
[14:15] Jutaro
    Why don't you see that?
[14:16] Okita
    What? Really?
[14:19] Jutaro
    Stand your ground! Tell me your ideas.
[14:22] Okita
    I won't debate you.
[14:24] Okita
    That's not my job.
[14:26] Jutaro
    Wh-What?
[14:30] Okita
    Anyway...
[14:32] Okita
    If you're a swordsman,
    we should talk with these.
[14:39] Jutaro
    You witless oaf.
[14:41] Kyoshiro
    Oh, come on. You think you
    can beat Jutaro man-to-man?
[14:50] Kyoshiro
    He hasn't left any openings.
[14:53] Hajime
    Unlike you.
[14:56] Jutaro
    You might as well tell me your name.
[14:58] Okita
    Oh, I like that. Like a proper duel.
[15:02] Jutaro
    I am Kimura Jutaro, samurai of Choshu.
[15:06] Okita
    I'll remember that.
[15:08] Okita
    I'm Okita Soji.
[15:11] Nio
    Okita-san.
[15:12] Jutaro
    I feel so sad.
[15:15] Jutaro
    You're going to die.
[15:21] Okita
    The fight's started, right?
[15:26] (Flashback) Young Jutaro
    This sword is for me?
[15:29] (Flashback) Father
    A masterwork. It has been
    in our family for generations.
[15:32] (Flashback) Young Jutaro
    I can't accept such a treasure.
[15:35] (Flashback) Father
    Don't worry.
[15:39] (Flashback) Father
    Jutaro, work for others and the
    greater good, not for your own gain.
[15:45] (Flashback) Young Jutaro
    My sincerest gratitude.
[15:47] (Flashback) Young Jutaro
    I swear to serve society.
[15:58] Jutaro
    This cannot be.
[15:59] Jutaro
    I haven't done nearly enough...
    for the greater...
[16:09] Okita
    Oh!
[16:11] Okita
    I forgot.
[16:14] Okita
    I'm a Miburo!
[16:15] Okita
    Okita Soji of the Mibu Roshigumi!
[16:19] Nio
    H-He's so strong.
[16:22] Nio
    He never feels doubt or hesitates.
[16:25] Nio
    This is what it means to fight
    with your life on the line.
[16:29] Nio
    This is what Okita-san can really do.
[16:31] Kyoshiro
    You sack of shit!
[16:33] Kyoshiro
    You killed Jutaro!
[16:35] Kyoshiro
    I'll make you regret that!
[16:37] Kyoshiro
    You're dead, Miburo dog!
[16:41] Okita
    A shuriken?
[16:42] Hajime
    He's a ninja!
[16:44] Okita
    A ninja? That sounds so fun!
[16:50] Okita
    I'll go after him!
[16:51] Hajime
    Wait!
[16:52] Nio
    I-I'll go with you.
[16:54] Taro
    Give it a rest!
[16:58] Nio
    Huh?
[17:00] Taro
    H-Hey!
[17:02] Taro
    Hang in there, you big idiot!
[17:14] Nio
    Is this... the Yagi house?
[17:21] Nio
    Someone must have carried me back.
[17:33] Nio
    Hijikata-san.
[17:35] Nio
    I, um...
[17:38] Hijikata
    Taro saved you.
[17:40] Hijikata
    He showed Soji the way.
[17:43] Nio
    Taro-kun did?
[17:44] Hijikata
    Sanosuke carried you back, though.
[17:47] Hijikata
    He wants dango later.
[17:50] Nio
    I see.
[17:53] Nio
    I'll have to thank him.
[17:55] Nio
    So, um, what about everyone else?
[17:58] Hijikata
    They say they won't come back until
    they've killed the four other brutes.
[18:02] Nio
    Without sleeping? That's dedication.
[18:09] Nio
    Hijikata-san.
[18:11] Hijikata
    What is it?
[18:12] Nio
    Could I please have a real sword?
[18:19] Hijikata
    Why do you want one?
[18:21] Hijikata
    You'd better not be thinking of revenge
    for your brush with death.
[18:25] Nio
    N-No, nothing like that.
[18:27] Hijikata
    A sword is a weapon for killing.
    Do you understand that?
[18:32] Nio
    Yes, sir. I've seen that more
    than once since I came here.
[18:36] Hijikata
    What would you do with one?
    Could you draw it?
[18:40] Nio
    I... don't think I could.
[18:45] Nio
    B-But, um...
[18:48] Hijikata
    Hajime told me.
[18:50] Hijikata
    It wasn't just some
    crazed killer this time, was it?
[18:55] Nio
    Right.
[18:57] Nio
    He needed to pay for what he'd done,
[19:00] Nio
    but what he said made sense.
    It didn't sound wrong.
[19:05] Nio
    Were the Aizu people angry?
[19:07] Nio
    Their fellows were murdered.
[19:10] Hijikata
    I suppose. They seemed angry and sad.
[19:14] Nio
    So did Kyoshiro-san.
[19:17] Hijikata
    Who?
[19:19] Nio
    The man Okita-san killed was Jutaro-san.
[19:22] Nio
    Kyoshiro-san was the other one.
[19:25] Nio
    He sounded furious about losing a comrade.
[19:28] Hijikata
    I hear he turned tail and ran all the same.
[19:32] Hijikata
    He must be quick on his feet
    if he managed to lose Soji.
[19:35] Nio
    I think he weighed his anger against
    his chances of dying, and chose survival.
[19:41] Nio
    He must have been calm
    and smart enough for that.
[19:45] Nio
    Losing a comrade made him angry.
[19:47] Nio
    I understand that feeling.
[19:49] Nio
    They really are just like us.
[19:53] Hijikata
    As observant as ever.
[19:56] Hijikata
    His insight makes it easy to
    over-empathize with his opponents.
[20:01] Hijikata
    Here's your sword.
[20:03] Nio
    Huh?
[20:05] Hijikata
    I was already planning to give it to you.
    I woke up a shopkeeper to get it.
[20:10] Hijikata
    It's cheap, but it's sharp.
[20:15] Hijikata
    You won't run from a fight just because
    you understand the other side, will you?
[20:22] Nio
    Right.
[20:23] Hijikata
    Take it.
[20:24] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[20:27] Nio
    I-It's certainly heavy.
[20:30] Hijikata
    We all carry something
    that makes the weight worth it.
[20:36] Hijikata
    You shoulder something important, too.
[20:39] Hijikata
    Don't forget that.
[20:40] Hijikata
    Never stop feeling that weight.
[20:46] Hijikata
    Nio, what is your burden?
[20:49] Nio
    I want to make a world where
    townspeople feel safe to go out at night.
[20:53] Hijikata
    Good.
[20:54] Nio
    I want to make a world
    where kids feel safe to cry.
[20:57] Hijikata
    Good.
[20:58] Nio
    I want to make a world
    where the weak aren't abused.
[21:03] Hijikata
    Good.
[21:05] Nio
    I really do need to stop those people!
[21:08] Nio
    Killing people to change 
    the world has to be wrong.
[21:13] Nio
    Thank you for this sword, sir.
[21:15] Nio
    I promise I'll use it with care.
[21:16] Hijikata
    You're taking both? They'll get in the way.
[21:21] Nio
    I'll use this one.
[21:22] Nio
    This is my soul! I won't use it!
[21:25] Hijikata
    What sense does that make?
[21:28] Hijikata
    Well, all right.
[21:31] Hijikata
    Let's go.
[21:32] Nio
    Huh? Where to, sir?
[21:34] Hijikata
    Isn't that obvious?
[21:39] Hijikata
    To see that boy who set you up.
SIGN    To
    Each
SIGN    His Own
    Justice
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Taro
    T-Tanaka Taro here.
[23:24] Taro
    I'm glad Nio's all right, but now
    I'm stuck tagging along with patrols.
[23:30] Taro
    How am I supposed to track down shady guys?
[23:34] Taro
    Wait. Come to think of it,
    I do know one guy I don't trust.
[23:39] Taro
    I swear I'll dig up dirt on him.
[23:43] Taro
    Next time: "Pride."
[23:45] Taro
    Y-You will watch it, right?
SIGN    Pride

7 - Pride
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[00:09] Taro
    Ugh. I'm getting sleepy.
[00:12] Taro
    It's so cold at night.
[00:14] Taro
    And how am I supposed to spot
    suspicious people in this crowd?
[00:19] Taro
    Maybe I oughta give up.
[00:21] Taro
    I mean, they might k-kill me
    if they catch me.
[00:24] Nio
    Good work.
[00:28] Nio
    What was the point of hiding
    if you give us away now?
[00:30] Hijikata
    I'll wait outside.
[00:32] Hijikata
    You'll never get anything
    out of him with me there.
[00:35] Nio
    Yes, I agree.
[00:37] Taro
    Oh, hey. You've got a proper sword now.
[00:40] Hijikata
    I doubt he's gotten his own hands
     bloody with these murders,
[00:45] Hijikata
    but if you can, bring back proof.
[00:47] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[00:48] Taro
    What?
[00:51] Taro
    A-Are you sure about this?
[00:53] Taro
    I staked out the place all night and
    didn't see anyone shady go in or out.
[00:57] Taro
    Is he really mixed up in this mess?
[01:00] Nio
    Yes, he is. Now, let's get going.
[01:04] Taro
    Y-Yeah?
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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[02:38] Seto
    Welcome, Nio-kun, Taro-kun.
[02:41] Seto
    I'm glad you came. I've been waiting.
[02:45] Seto
    I have some nibbles ready. Please, come in.
[02:49] Taro
    Hey, this guy seems awfully sure of himself.
     You sure about this? Tread carefully.
[02:55] Nio
    I'll cut to the chase.
[02:57] Nio
    You had us attacked last night, didn't you?
[03:01] Taro
    Zero subtlety!
[03:02] Seto
    What? Someone attacked you?
[03:05] Seto
    Are you hurt?
[03:06] Nio
    Oh, don't bother putting on an act.
[03:09] Nio
    Hijikata-san gave me this earlier.
[03:12] Nio
    Our attacker, Jutaro-san,
    was carrying this paper.
SIGN    Two children
    going south along
    the canal
    
    Miburo
[03:15] Nio
    It says, "Two children going south
     along the canal. Miburo."
[03:23] Seto
    So it does. But what makes
     you think I wrote that?
[03:27] Nio
    Do we have to?
[03:28] Seto
    Don't be silly.
[03:30] Taro
    They just started bargaining
    way over my head!
[03:32] Seto
    Tell me. Were you attacked
    right after you left me here?
[03:38] Nio
    That's right.
[03:40] Seto
    Do you honestly think I ran ahead
    of you to deliver that message?
[03:44] Seto
    I'm not proud of it,
    but I'm an awfully slow runner.
[03:47] Nio
    Right.
[03:49] Nio
    But if you refold this paper
     along the creases...
[03:54] Nio
    Look how thin it ends up.
[03:57] Nio
    Almost like it was tied to something.
[04:00] Seto
    What do you mean?
[04:07] Nio
    You used a pigeon, didn't you?
[04:10] Taro
    Oh, of course! Carrier pigeons!
[04:12] Nio
    You could deliver the message
     without going anywhere.
[04:16] Nio
    And it's faster than a person.
[04:18] Seto
    Wow. How'd you figure it out?
[04:20] Taro
    He admitted it!
[04:22] Nio
    I saw pigeons on the roof
    across the street when I was last here.
[04:26] Nio
    It got me wondering.
[04:28] Seto
    Oh, so you noticed that.
[04:29] Taro
    Nothing gets past him!
[04:31] Taro
    Wait, b-but is he allowed
    to just send out carrier pigeons?
[04:35] Nio
    I doubt it. The Shogunate has a ban on them.
[04:39] Seto
    They'd haul me off to jail
    if they caught me.
[04:44] Taro
    You lose, Golden Pavilion Head.
[04:46] Seto
    So, where's your proof?
[04:50] Nio
    What do you get from it, Seto-kun?
[04:54] Nio
    I've been thinking about it,
    but I just can't figure it out.
[05:01] Seto
    Those people sincerely
    despise the Shogunate,
[05:04] Seto
    along with its Aizu supporters
    and their Miburo agents.
[05:09] Seto
    What's so wrong about passing
    information to people who want it?
[05:13] Seto
    They sounded grateful.
[05:14] Taro
    I... I get it! You must be
    making a fortune off all the info!
[05:18] Seto
    No, I don't take a single mon.
[05:22] Taro
    Wh-Why do you do it, then?
[05:25] Seto
    Is it wrong to hurt people?
[05:28] Seto
    Does loving people earn you praise?
[05:33] Seto
    Do you know the answer, Nio-kun?
[05:37] Nio
    No, I don't.
[05:40] Seto
    I'm sure you don't.
    This world is full of nonsense.
[05:43] Nio
    Such as?
[05:45] Seto
    Such as, let's see...
[05:47] Seto
    Think about a person's whole life.
[05:50] Seto
    Your family and the order
    you're born in determines your future.
[05:55] Seto
    Everyone knows that,
    but doesn't it seem strange?
[05:58] Seto
    If you're born to a farm family,
    you become a farmer.
[06:01] Seto
    Samurai children become samurai;
    merchants, merchants.
[06:04] Seto
    Eldest sons must succeed their fathers.
[06:06] Seto
    Younger sons spend
    their whole lives as dependents.
[06:09] Seto
    Only doctors, swordsmen,
    and scholars can ever break free.
[06:14] Seto
    But unfortunately, I have
    no interest in being any of those.
[06:19] Taro
    Gimme a break! What have you got to complain
     about when your family runs this huge shop?
[06:24] Seto
    I see you lack imagination.
[06:27] Seto
    Big or small, everyone has
    something to complain about.
[06:31] Seto
    What do I want to do?
[06:33] Seto
    Nothing, really.
[06:36] Seto
    It's all good fun. Just a little prank.
[06:43] Nio
    But it stops being "just a prank"
    when people get hurt.
[06:48] Nio
    I won't let you keep this up
    and get away with it.
[06:55] Seto
    I give up. How stubborn can you get?
[06:58] Taro
    Y-Yeah! I'll be watching those pigeons
    to make sure you don't try anything!
[07:04] Seto
    Fine, fine.
[07:06] Seto
    I'll drop the whole business.
[07:07] Taro
    R-Really?
[07:09] Seto
    Really. I'll prove it.
[07:12] Seto
    This is what you want, right?
[07:14] Seto
    It's a list of the inns
    those guys like to stay at.
[07:18] Taro
    All right! Way to go, Nio!
[07:20] Nio
    Keep it.
[07:21] Taro
    Why?!
[07:23] Nio
    It doesn't sit right.
[07:24] Taro
    Don't be a child!
[07:25] Seto
    Are you sure? They won't give up just
    because I've stopped working with them.
[07:32] Nio
    We'll find them without that paper.
[07:35] Nio
    Every Miburo is looking
    high and low as we speak.
[07:40] Seto
    Not exactly efficient.
[07:42] Nio
    That's fine!
[07:43] Nio
    Now that we've settled that,
    Taro-kun, let's go join them.
[07:47] Taro
    Why?! Are you stupid?!
[07:49] Hijikata
    Nio! Taro!
[07:51] Hijikata
    We just got a tip about
    the inn they're at. Wrap it up.
[07:54] Taro
    They found them already?
[07:59] Nio
    See? Aren't the Miburo something?
[08:02] Hijikata
    Get a move on!
[08:03] Nio
    Yes, sir. We'll be right there.
[08:05] Seto
    Nio-kun.
[08:07] Seto
    Have you changed a little since yesterday?
[08:11] Nio
    You're actually furious, aren't you?
[08:17] Nio
    Deep down, you just can't stand outsiders
    riding roughshod over your hometown.
[08:23] Nio
    So you leaked information,
    hoping we'd kill each other.
[08:27] Nio
    What you said earlier is just
    a front you put up for people.
[08:31] Seto
    As if. I don't know
    what you're talking about.
[08:35] Taro
    Nio! What's taking you? Let's go!
[08:37] Nio
    Oh, right.
[08:39] Nio
    Bye, Seto-kun. See you later.
[08:40] Taro
    Hurry up.
[08:41] Nio
    You're so impatient, Taro-kun.
[08:45] Seto
    Nio...
[08:50] Seto
    You're a funny one.
[08:56] Harada
    I hear they've been in and out of this inn.
[08:59] Yamanami
    It's broad daylight now. They may be out.
[09:03] Inoue
    There are four left.
[09:05] Todo
    Yeah.
[09:06] Todo
    There were five, but Soji already slit one open.
[09:11] Kondo
    We go in.
[09:11] Nio
    Hey!
[09:13] Nagakura
    Oh, it's Nio and the others.
[09:15] Nio
    We made it in time.
[09:16] Kondo
    Yes. We're all here now.
[09:18] Taro
    I'm gonna die.
[09:19] Hijikata
    Kondo-san.
[09:20] Kondo
    I know.
[09:22] Kondo
    We aren't here to kill.
[09:24] Kondo
    Take them alive if you can.
[09:26] Kondo
    We'll hear them out and
    make them pay for their crimes.
[09:30] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[09:32] Okita
    Hara-san and I will guard the back door.
[09:35] Kondo
    Good.
[09:36] Kondo
    Let's move.
[09:37] Miburo
    Yeah!
[09:39] Kondo
    Follow me.
[09:40] Harada
    That's the wrong way!
[09:41] Nagakura
    Turn around!
SIGN    Mizutaya Inn
[09:46] Kondo
    We have heard that outlaws
    have gone to ground in this inn.
[09:49] Kondo
    Please evacuate at once!
    They may be dangerous!
[09:52] Harada
    We'll search the first floor.
[09:55] Kondo
    I'll take the second.
[09:56] Innkeeper
    Oh, please have mercy!
[09:58] Innkeeper
    I can't have you waving
    swords around in my rooms.
[10:01] Innkeeper
    What if you hurt the other guests?
[10:06] Innkeeper
    Please, samurai.
[10:08] Nio
    Kondo-san.
[10:09] Kondo
    Very well, ma'am.
[10:11] Kondo
    We won't swing our swords. You have my word.
[10:17] Innkeeper
    I think the guests in the back room
     go in and out at night.
[10:22] Kondo
    So this is it!
[10:27] Gonzo
    Oh?
[10:31] Gonzo
    Are you looking for someone?
SIGN    Mizutaya Inn
[10:40] Gonzo
    I see. You've come all the way from Edo.
[10:44] Gonzo
    I'm an Aizu man myself.
[10:47] Kondo
    Aizu, you say? What a coincidence.
[10:49] Take
    Why are we sipping tea
    with some old geezer?!
[10:52] Gonzo
    By the way, samurai, have you had
     much practice with the sword?
[10:58] Kondo
    Yes. It's all I'm good at, so I swing
     my blade from dawn till dusk.
[11:04] Nio
    I guess swordsmanship
    really does take practice.
[11:07] Kondo
    Of course it does.
[11:09] Taro
    He's going along with it!
SIGN    Mizutaya Inn
[11:13] Gonzo
    What?
[11:14] Gonzo
    You ran a dojo in Edo?
    Did these lads train with you there?
[11:18] Kondo
    No, these boys joined us in Kyoto.
[11:23] Gonzo
    You must be quite a famous—
[11:25] Kondo
    Oh, no. It was only a small dojo.
[11:28] Kondo
    My wife struggled to make ends meet
    when we had a lot of mouths to feed.
[11:36] Nio; Taro
    He's married?!
[11:38] Kondo
    And our child is still a baby.
[11:40] Nio
    He even has a kid!
[11:42] Gonzo
    Dear, me. You certainly must have struggled.
[11:45] Kondo
    No, it never bothered me.
[11:50] Kondo
    It was the sandals.
[11:52] Kondo
    Seeing more and more sandals in our
    entry hall made me happy. I can't say why.
[11:58] Kondo
    I couldn't help grinning
    every time I looked at them.
[12:02] Kondo
    Well, in the end, my wife
    gave up on trying to convince me.
[12:07] Kondo
    I sweated my days away
    to prove who was the strongest,
[12:10] Kondo
    and talked my nights away
    on swordsmanship.
[12:14] Kondo
    Those were the days.
[12:16] Gonzo
    Then, don't you find
    your service in Kyoto a burden?
[12:21] Kondo
    No, I like it, too.
    Every day's a new experience.
[12:25] Kondo
    I can still devote myself to the sword,
[12:28] Kondo
    and getting to punish rascals
    makes life clear-cut.
[12:31] Kondo
    I want to make the townspeople happier,
    and to serve the Shogun and the Emperor.
[12:38] Kondo
    Right, Nio?
[12:40] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[12:42] Gonzo
    I think I understand
    why your men follow you.
[12:52] Kondo
    Why assassination?
[12:54] Taro
    A-Assassination? This old guy?
[12:57] Taro
    No way. He looks so weak.
[13:00] Taro
    N-Nio, did you know about this?
[13:05] Gonzo
    Vengeance for my son.
[13:08] Gonzo
    It started with talk of an officer's post,
    but that was a bald-faced lie.
[13:15] Gonzo
    They took our money for nothing,
    and my wife succumbed to disease.
[13:20] Gonzo
    My son slit his own belly.
[13:23] Gonzo
    Still, I've done terrible things.
[13:29] Kondo
    Come quietly.
[13:38] Kondo
    Don't.
[13:39] Kondo
    You'll only get hurt.
[13:43] Gonzo
    I knew at first sight
    that I couldn't best you.
[13:47] Kondo
    Yes.
[13:49] Gonzo
    But I haven't avenged my late son yet.
[13:54] Kondo
    I see.
[13:58] Nio
    Kondo-san, he's running away!
[14:00] Taro
    Huh?
[14:01] Nio
    Wait!
[14:02] Gonzo
    Out of my way!
[14:06] Hijikata
    I wondered why it was so quiet
    and what was taking so long.
[14:11] Nio
    Everyone!
SIGN    Mizutaya Inn
[14:14] Harada
    I've got you now!
[14:17] Gonzo
    Let go of me, damn you!
[14:19] Kondo
    You were lying?
[14:21] Gonzo
    What?
[14:23] Kondo
    Then, what about your son?
[14:24] Gonzo
    Another lie, of course! My idiot son's
    alive and well in the countryside!
[14:29] Kondo
    Is that so?
[14:32] Kondo
    I'm glad to hear it.
[14:36] Hijikata
    Kondo-san, you're forthright to a fault.
[14:40] Hijikata
    You trust too easily.
[14:48] Harada
    Let's get going.
[14:49] Harada
    Come on. Walk.
[14:51] Kondo
    Pardon the disturbance.
[14:54] Innkeeper
    Oh, no.
[14:55] Innkeeper
    Um...
[14:57] Innkeeper
    Thank you for keeping your word
    about not drawing your sword.
[15:04] Nio
    I knew Kondo-san was a great man.
[15:07] Nio
    That's what drew everyone to him.
SIGN    Sake
[15:18] Serizawa
    Guess it's about time I went hunting.
[15:23] Hijikata
    The sun's gone down.
[15:25] Kondo
    We won't allow any more victims.
[15:28] Kondo
    Three rogues who have attacked Aizu samurai
     remain. We'll deal with them tonight.
[15:33] Yamanami
    But they're a crafty bunch.
[15:36] Yamanami
    We don't know what they might do.
[15:38] Kondo
    True. Send word to
    Serizawa-san and his men.
[15:42] Kondo
    Taro.
[15:43] Kondo
    Tell him to keep his guard up and
    to take them alive if he can.
[15:47] Taro
    Y-Yes, sir!
[15:48] Nio
    We're counting on you, Taro-kun.
    You have an important job to do.
[15:52] Taro
    Shove it!
[15:54] Taro
    Why couldn't he have been at his usual bar?
[15:57] Taro
    How am I supposed to find him now?
    Man, why does this only happen to me?
[16:02] Taro
    Ah, I stepped in shit!
[16:09] (Flashback) Nio
    Hang in there, Taro-kun.
[16:11] Taro
    Damn it. Nothing good's
    happened since he showed up.
[16:14] Serizawa
    Outta my way!
[16:16] Taro
    I-I know that voice!
[16:18] Taro
    S-Serizawa-sensei!
[16:21] Serizawa
    Hm?
[16:23] Taro
    His eyes are totally unfocused?!
[16:25] Serizawa
    Where's that killer?
[16:27] Taro
    Shush! What'll you do if they really show up?
[16:27] Serizawa
    Serizawa Kamo's right here!
[16:30] Rokuhei
    You must be him.
[16:32] Rokuhei
    A big man over six shaku tall
     in a white coat.
[16:36] Rokuhei
    I hear you've been calling yourself
    the leader of the Miburo.
[16:40] Taro
    They found us!
[16:41] Rokuhei
    Allow me to deliver your just deserts.
[16:51] Serizawa
    I suppose I'll play the villain, then.
[16:56] Serizawa
    Whoa, there.
[16:58] Taro
    I-It's hopeless.
    He can't even stand up straight.
[17:02] Taro
    W-We're gonna be killed.
[17:06] Hijikata
    The shops will close soon.
[17:08] Hijikata
    Tell anyone out walking to get inside.
[17:11] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[17:12] Hijikata
    Warn every woman and child.
    Walk elders to their homes.
[17:17] Okita
    Hey! It's not safe out here after dark!
[17:20] Todo
    Go on, hurry home.
[17:22] Todo
    You've got some nerve,
    flirting where all the world can see.
[17:25] Harada
    As if you aren't just jealous.
[17:27] Yamanami
    Come now, hurry home before night falls.
[17:29] Kondo
    Go on. You're in danger out here, too.
[17:32] Nio
    I'm begging you!
    Please don't walk outside at night!
[17:36] Nio
    Kondo-san, I see more people over there.
[17:38] Nio
    Let's go.
[17:38] Kondo
    Right.
[17:50] Hajime
    Hey.
[17:54] Hajime
    You're out looking for a chance
    to kill us, aren't you?
[18:00] Kyoshiro
    Then you've come to your death
    and spared me the trouble.
[18:03] Hajime
    I'd figured you ran back home to the sticks.
[18:05] Kyoshiro
    When a shinobi takes a job,
    he always sees it through.
[18:16] Hajime
    The dead guy. Jutaro or whatever
    his name was. He had this purse on him.
[18:22] Hajime
    The design matches yours.
[18:24] Hajime
    Not that I noticed myself.
[18:27] Hajime
    You know Nio, that white-haired kid?
[18:32] Hajime
    He wondered if this linked you and Jutaro,
    and said he'd like to return it.
[18:40] Hajime
    He gave me a message for you:
     "I hope you'll agree to a deal now."
[18:50] Kyoshiro
    I bet you have trouble
    keeping your footing up here.
[18:53] Kyoshiro
    Unlike us Satsuma shinobi.
[18:56] Hajime
    I get why you're angry. Most people
    would assume we're taunting you.
[19:02] Hajime
    But I think he really
    means it as a kindness.
[19:07] Hajime
    Even though you're in league
    with a guy who tried to kill him.
[19:12] Kyoshiro
    "Angry"? Hah! Shinobi don't act on emotion.
[19:18] Hajime
    How like a shinobi.
    I bet you take pride in that.
[19:23] Hajime
    I get it. I was the same way.
[19:27] Hajime
    The guy who raised me
    was basically the ideal samurai,
[19:31] Hajime
    and he told me a samurai should be strong.
[19:35] Hajime
    Strength is the mark of a samurai.
[19:38] Hajime
    Living like a samurai
    means pursuing strength.
[19:43] Hajime
    He wouldn't shut up about rules, either.
[19:46] Hajime
    "Don't let anyone you can't
    trust stand on your left."
[19:49] Hajime
    "You can't draw and
    strike them in one motion."
[19:52] Kyoshiro
    What's your point?
[19:54] Hajime
    I'm saying, Nio's a troublemaker.
[19:59] Hajime
    He's hopeless with a sword.
[20:01] Hajime
    Just no good at all.
[20:03] Hajime
    He talks back. He's got
    a big head about sumo.
[20:05] Hajime
    He bosses people around,
    then ignores orders himself.
[20:08] Hajime
    "Help with the laundry." "Watch the fire."
    "Don't come in with dirty feet." "Mind this kid."
[20:14] Hajime
    Basically, he's a pain in the ass.
[20:16] Hajime
    Life has sucked ever since
    he joined the Miburo.
[20:20] Hajime
    But he's not tied down like you and I are.
[20:24] Hajime
    He's got no rules about
    how things ought to be.
[20:28] Hajime
    He's got no pride.
[20:31] Hajime
    Or maybe he does and
    I just can't make sense of it.
[20:36] Hajime
    All I know is that he tries to be there
    for the weak and the hurt.
[20:43] Hajime
    In other words, he's a hopeless softy. So—
[20:47] Kyoshiro
    That's enough!
[20:50] Kyoshiro
    No more talk.
[20:51] Kyoshiro
    Running your mouth won't help you beat me.
     You should've learned that yesterday.
[20:56] Hajime
    Yeah.
[20:58] Hajime
    Yesterday, you'd have been right.
[21:00] Kyoshiro
    Huh?
[21:02] Hajime
    "A samurai ought to wear
    his sword on the left."
[21:08] (Flashback) Nio
    You're left-handed, huh, Hajime-kun?
[21:12] Hajime
    Pride and rules can go to hell.
[21:16] Hajime
    You can't beat me anymore.
[21:20] Kyoshiro
    His left hand?
[21:24] Hajime
    Come quietly, or I'll chop your arms
    and legs off before tossing you in a cell.
[21:31] Hajime
    Choose now.
[21:34] Kyoshiro
    Not good.
[21:36] Kyoshiro
    This kid's bad news.
SIGN    Pride
SIGN    Next time
[23:22] Kondo
    I am Kondo Isami.
[23:24] Kondo
    Three assassins remain. Or was it two?
[23:28] Kondo
    Actually, something tells me
    there were four of them.
[23:33] Kondo
    But enough details.
[23:35] Kondo
    I won't allow any more victims.
[23:37] Kondo
    We Miburo will catch them all before long.
[23:41] Kondo
    Nio, I believe in your efforts.
[23:45] Kondo
    Next time: "Palm of the Hand."
[23:47] Kondo
    It's not to be missed.
SIGN    Palm of the Hand

8 - Palm of the Hand
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[00:05] Serizawa
    What's the matter, hero?
[00:24] Rokuhei
    M-Monster!
[00:25] Serizawa
    Weren't you gonna give me
    my "just deserts"?
[00:31] Serizawa
    Maybe you'd like a demonstration.
[00:34] Rokuhei
    W-Wait! Don't—
[00:36] Taro
    N-No, sir! We need him alive!
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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[02:13] Fujita
    We can't leave this matter to ronin alone.
[02:16] Fujita
    Three enemies of Aizu remain,
    and I'll capture them myself.
[02:34] Taro
    C-Culprit secured!
[02:36] Serizawa
    I missed.
[02:38] Serizawa
    Must be drunker than I thought.
[02:47] Kyoshiro
    Every opening he had vanished when
    he switched to a left-handed stance.
[02:54] Kyoshiro
    That said, I can't just up
    and abandon a job.
[03:05] Hajime
    You sure one's enough?
[03:07] Kyoshiro
    This'll be over in one clash either way.
[03:10] Kyoshiro
    Drawing both wouldn't make a difference.
[03:15] Kyoshiro
    I'll make it!
[03:25] Kyoshiro
    Kill me.
[03:26] Kyoshiro
    Screwups die.
[03:29] Kyoshiro
    That's shinobi law.
[03:37] Hajime
    "Shinobi law," my ass.
[03:39] Hajime
    You're not cut out for this.
[03:45] Sosuke
    No one came to our meeting spot.
[03:47] Sosuke
    No pigeons bringing info, either,
    and the inn's staked out.
[03:51] Sosuke
    Don't tell me they got Kyoshiro,
    Old Man Gonzo, and Rokuhei, too?
[03:57] Sosuke
    Jutaro's been killed.
[03:59] Sosuke
    I need to flee the city before—
[04:09] Kondo
    Ah. The old man who served us tea
     mentioned a man missing his right eye.
[04:14] Sosuke
    They found me!
[04:17] Sosuke
    But he's alone. Maybe I can...
[04:25] Sosuke
    There's no way in hell I can take that freak!
[04:27] Harada
    Whoa there.
[04:30] Harada
    That's as far as you go.
[04:38] Okita
    What a letdown.
[04:40] Okita
    I wish he'd at least had
    the spine to fight it out.
[04:44] Hijikata
    Don't grumble, Soji. Few men amount to more.
[04:48] Todo
    This is it for you.
[04:51] Todo
    We're gonna make you pay
    for all the evil you've done.
[05:00] Serizawa
    What'll it be? Cut him down
     and get it over with?
[05:05] Sosuke
    Wh-What's wrong with these guys?
     These are the Miburo?
[05:10] Hajime
    You've got nowhere left to run.
[05:11] Taro
    I wouldn't want any part
    of what you've got coming.
[05:15] Sosuke
    They brought kids with them?!
[05:17] Hijikata
    Surrender. You've lost.
[05:22] Sosuke
    Ganging up on me's a dirty trick!
[05:26] Sosuke
    Not one of you could beat me man-to-man!
[05:30] Hijikata
    Pathetic.
[05:32] Sosuke
    What was that?
[05:33] Hijikata
    You won't even risk your life
    to stand by what you've done.
[05:40] Sosuke
    And you expect me 
    to believe all of you would?
[05:44] Serizawa
    'Course we would.
[05:49] Kondo
    You wouldn't even best this pup.
[05:54] Sosuke
    What?
[05:56] Sosuke
    Gimme a break!
[05:57] Sosuke
    Like I'd ever seriously duel a little kid—
[05:59] Nio
    I'll fight you.
[06:02] Nio
    If you don't mind.
[06:04] Sosuke
    A wooden sword?
[06:07] Sosuke
    What a riot! Wanna play swordsman, huh?
[06:10] Nio
    I have a suggestion.
[06:12] Nio
    If I win, you'll come with us quietly.
[06:15] Nio
    If you win, we'll let you go.
[06:21] Sosuke
    Are you serious?
[06:22] Sosuke
    Your buddies will never go along with that.
[06:26] Okita
    One bet on Nio to win.
[06:27] Sosuke
    What?
[06:28] Nagakura
    Make that two.
[06:30] Harada
    I'm in.
[06:30] Yamanami
    So am I.
[06:33] Sosuke
    I've killed two men already.
[06:35] Sosuke
    And I've only got a real sword.
    If you come at me...
[06:39] Sosuke
    you'd better not whine when I kill you.
[06:44] Nio
    Fine by me.
[06:55] Sosuke
    You had me going for a second there,
    but you're all bark, no bite.
[06:58] Hajime
    No. That wasn't bad.
[07:11] Sosuke
    What's with this kid?
[07:15] Sosuke
    Whoa, wait a—
[07:17] Nio
    You won't whine when
    I crack your skull, will you?
[07:21] Sosuke
    W-Wait! Hold on!
[07:28] Okita
    There. We've got you now.
[07:30] Hirayama; Hirama
    Culprit secured!
[07:35] Sosuke
    So they're all fearless? Even the kids?
[07:41] Hijikata
    Luck wasn't on your side.
[07:43] Hijikata
    The city of Kyoto has the Miburo.
[07:46] Okita
    Nicely done, Nio-kun!
[07:48] Nagakura
    Splendid work.
[07:49] Nio
    Th-Thank you.
[07:51] Taro
    Y-You did it.
[07:53] Taro
    You did it!
[07:55] Taro
    Wait, did you go weak at the knees?
    After all that tough talk?
[08:01] Hajime
    He probably figured showing weakness
    would get him killed. That's just like him.
[08:05] Nio
    No, I'm just not good enough
    to have won any other way.
[08:10] Taro
    I-I don't believe you.
[08:12] Taro
    By the way, how long are you
    gonna hold onto that sword?
[08:15] Nio
    Oh, right. I'm so stiff that I can't let go.
[08:19] Nio
    Kondo-san.
[08:20] Kondo
    You froze up because you're too tense.
[08:25] Nio
    Um, why did you trust me, sir?
[08:29] Kondo
    You've done your sword swings every day.
[08:33] Kondo
    I set great store by spirit, attitude,
     and other things that can't be seen.
[08:38] Kondo
    But not today.
[08:40] Kondo
    I trusted these hands of yours.
[08:43] Kondo
    They prove you've been working hard.
[08:50] Kondo
    Keep at it.
[08:52] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[08:53] Harada
    That makes all of 'em!
[08:53] Hirayama
    Taro, go buy some dried squid!
[08:54] Todo
    Time to cut loose!
[08:55] Hajime
    As if any place is open now!
SIGN    Commissioner of Kyoto
    Lord Matsudaira Higo-no-Kami of Aizu
     Konkai-Komyoji Head Temple
[09:03] Aizu Samurai A
    They're here!
[09:03] Gatekeeper A
    What? Again?
[09:05] Aizu Samurai A
    Right. They're all coming
    because they caught the last killer.
[09:10] Gatekeeper
    I don't believe it.
[09:11] Gatekeeper
    We've been hunting those men for
    three months with nothing to show for it,
[09:16] Gatekeeper
    and it only took them two days?
[09:24] Serizawa
    Working hard, I see.
[09:29] Taro
    I'm so damn tired.
    Why's it gotta be up in the mountains?
[09:32] Nio
    Hang in there, Taro-kun. We're almost there.
[09:36] Hajime
    What a wimp.
[09:37] Gatekeeper
    They have kids with them?
[09:43] Gatekeeper
    Fujita?
[09:44] Aizu Samurai A
    Sorry. They beat you to it.
[09:50] Fujita
    Those are the Miburo.
[09:59] Katamori
    I commend you on your magnificent service.
[10:01] Katamori
    I am most pleased.
[10:03] Miburo
    Thank you, sir.
[10:05] Nio
    So this is the lord of Aizu.
[10:08] Nio
    Doesn't he seem a bit weird to you?
[10:09] Taro
    Shh!
[10:09] Hajime
    Very.
[10:11] Hirosawa
    My lord.
[10:12] Katamori
    Right.
[10:16] Katamori
    I wish you to continue doing
    your utmost for the people.
[10:21] Katamori
    I promise to formally enlist the Mibu
    Roshigumi and provide further support.
[10:30] Todo
    All right!
[10:32] Nagakura
    Oh, happy day!
[10:34] Aizu Samurai B
    M-Mind your manners!
    His Lordship is watching!
[10:39] Katamori
    Let them be.
[10:40] Katamori
    Still, you fellows must be awfully strong.
[10:44] Serizawa
    To show you just how strong,
    let us demonstrate our swordsmanship.
[10:48] Serizawa
    Hirama. Hirayama.
[10:50] Hirama; Hirayama
    Yes, sir.
[10:56] Hajime
    Why are you more excited than they are?
[10:59] Nagakura
    All right, I'm ready.
[11:01] Okita
    Let's do this.
[11:02] Harada
    We'll show 'em what we can do.
[11:04] Todo
    Let's blow His Lordship's mind.
[11:07] Hajime
    Haven't you had enough?
[11:08] Hijikata
    Kondo-san!
[11:09] Okita
    What a nice garden!
[11:09] Aizu Samurai B
    Fujita. Don't just stand there. Earn your pay.
[11:11] Harada
    We can really go at it here!
[11:12] Nagakura
    A sword! Bring me a sword!
[11:14] Hirama
    Hey, I oughta go first!
[11:31] Fujita
    Miburo, I take it?
[11:33] Fujita
    What are you doing?
[11:35] Nio
    I asked where the men who died are buried.
[11:38] Nio
    I'm saying a prayer for them.
[11:41] Nio
    Um, what's your name, sir?
[11:43] Fujita
    I'm called Fujita.
[11:44] Nio
    Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Nio.
[11:47] Nio
    What were the names of
     the deceased gentlemen?
[11:52] Fujita
    Why do you want to know?
[11:53] Nio
    Oh, no real reason. I just thought it'd be nice
    to know a little about the men I'm praying for.
[12:01] Nio
    I-Is that strange?
[12:04] Fujita
    No.
[12:07] Fujita
    One of the murdered men, Kushibe,
    grew up in the same village as me.
[12:13] Nio
    Kushibe-san.
[12:15] Fujita
    We often trained together.
    I loved the way he used a blade.
[12:21] Fujita
    We came to serve in Kyoto together,
[12:24] Fujita
    but he died before
    he could achieve anything.
[12:27] Nio
    Did Kushibe-san have, um, a favorite food?
[12:32] Fujita
    I'm not sure.
[12:33] Fujita
    Thinking about it, he did love
    the sea bream at his sister's wedding.
[12:39] Nio
    Sea bream? Thank you very much.
[12:52] Fujita
    We should get back soon.
[12:54] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[12:58] Nio
    What a gorgeous view. I didn't realize.
[13:02] Fujita
    His Lordship wanted their graves
    to command a view of the city.
[13:07] Fujita
    He may act above it all,
    but our lord knows how to show he cares.
[13:13] Fujita
    Don't misunderstand him.
[13:19] Nio
    Is Kushibe-san up in heaven
    with the Buddhas now?
[13:23] Fujita
    No. He was a sore loser
    with a jealous streak.
[13:26] Fujita
    He gave as good as he got.
[13:29] Fujita
    Kushibe is walking the streets
    of Kyoto as we speak,
[13:32] Fujita
    even if only his grudges live on.
[13:37] Fujita
    I made up my mind to do
    enough work for the both of us.
[13:43] Nio
    That makes one more thing
    I know about Kushibe-san.
[13:47] Fujita
    Oh, I left out the most important thing.
[13:52] Fujita
    You have my sincere
    gratitude for this matter.
[13:56] Nio
    O-Oh, no, I barely did anything.
[14:00] Nio
    The men down below did it all—
[14:01] Fujita
    No.
[14:02] Fujita
    I'm truly glad that his avengers
    were not merely strong,
[14:06] Fujita
    but willing to show compassion
    to us men of Aizu like you have.
[14:12] Fujita
    I was wrong to view
    the Miburo as mere outlaws.
[14:22] Nio
    N-No...
[14:26] Nio
    Thank you very much.
[14:28] Nio
    Now I'm certain we did the right thing.
[14:35] Nio
    Next time, I'll bring a sea bream this big, 
    with the head and tail and all.
[14:41] Fujita
    I'll ask around about the other three
    before your next visit.
[14:44] Nio
    Please do.
[14:59] Todo
    Nio! Show off your swordsmanship, too!
[15:02] Nio
    I can only do practice swings.
[15:04] Hijikata
    It doesn't matter! Just do it!
[15:06] Hijikata
    His Lordship won't let us stop 
    until he sees all of us!
[15:08] Nio
    I-In that case, I'll show my practice swings.
[15:14] Nio
    One, two, three, four, five...
[15:26] Nio
    The Miburo serve Aizu now.
[15:29] Nio
    I asked what would change, but...
[15:31] (Flashback) Kondo
    What's more samurai than serving a lord?
[15:34] Nio
    I didn't get a very clear answer.
[15:37] Nio
    Still, our hosts, the Yagis,
    were all overjoyed,
[15:40] Nio
    and some of us never stopped partying,
[15:43] Nio
    so I'm sure it'll be great for us.
[15:47] Todo
    I'm back.
[15:49] Nio
    You must be tired from patrolling, Todo-san—
[15:54] Todo
    All the cherry blossoms have fallen.
[15:58] Nio
    Those are autumn leaves.
[16:00] Nio
    Anyway, what's the matter?
[16:01] Nio
    You seem awfully blue.
[16:05] Todo
    Nio! You've got to help me!
[16:12] Soba Waitress
    Welcome.
[16:13] Todo
    What do you think, Nio?
[16:15] Nio
    You're right. She seems wonderful.
[16:17] Nio
    She's cheerful, considerate,
    and she livens up the whole restaurant.
[16:21] Todo
    You know that's not what I mean!
[16:23] Nio
    Ow!
[16:24] Nagakura
    What he wants to know is,
    would she make a good wife?
[16:27] Harada
    Like Heisuke has a chance.
[16:29] Hijikata
    He's got no sex appeal.
[16:30] Okita
    Compared to my collection
    of erotic prints...
[16:34] Todo
    Shut up!
[16:36] Todo
    What are you even doing here?
[16:39] Harada
    We can read you like a book!
[16:42] Todo
    Man, the nerve of those idiots.
[16:45] Nio
    So what do you want my help with?
[16:49] Todo
    I'm in love.
[16:50] Nio
    Really? I'm rooting for you.
[16:53] Todo
    They say you can charm anyone
    with a pulse, so I came to you.
[16:58] Nio
    I'm not sure I like how you put that.
[17:01] Soba Waitress
    Thank you for waiting.
[17:03] Soba Waitress
    You must really love soba.
[17:06] Soba Waitress
    This is your fifth visit today.
[17:09] Nio
    What?
[17:10] Todo
    Oh, yes. Absolutely.
[17:13] Todo
    I-I can never get enough soba.
[17:20] Todo
    It just tastes so good!
[17:24] Nio
    Stop torturing yourself, Todo-san!
[17:28] Todo
    What else can I do?
[17:30] Townsperson A
    Those're Miburo.
[17:31] Townsperson B
    Don't make eye contact.
[17:33] Todo
    We do serve Aizu now, right?
[17:36] Nio
    It seems the townsfolk
    haven't heard the news.
[17:39] Todo
    Oh, of course! Clothes!
[17:41] Nio
    Yes, I see. People might trust us more
    if we all wore matching coats.
[17:47] Todo
    No! Nice clothes and fine swords will
    make her look at me like a whole new man!
[17:52] Nio
    Seriously?
[18:01] Todo
    He'd never just lend me some, would he?
[18:04] Serizawa
    A sword is a samurai's soul.
[18:07] Serizawa
    Out of the question.
[18:08] Todo
    Right you are, sir.
[18:10] Nio
    Serizawa-san.
[18:12] Nio
    This is an affair of the heart.
[18:17] Serizawa
    Borrow away.
[18:18] Serizawa
    And take my coat, too!
[18:21] Nio
    Thank you so much, sir.
[18:23] Soba Waitress
    Welcome.
[18:26] Todo
    Sh-She laughed at me.
[18:30] Nio
    It is a little too big for you.
[18:32] Todo
    Damn it. I'm down to my last resort.
[18:35] Todo
    Come with us!
[18:41] Todo
    When she rounds the next corner,
    Sanosuke will start hassling her.
[18:45] Todo
    Then I'll come to the rescue.
[18:47] Todo
    It's the perfect plan.
[18:48] Nio
    It's the scummiest plan.
[18:57] Nio
    Um, why did you join the Miburo, Todo-san?
[19:01] Todo
    Huh?
[19:02] Nio
    I heard you trained at
    Kondo-san's dojo in Edo.
[19:09] Nio
    But not all of his students
    followed him here, right?
[19:11] Todo
    I was on the fence. You see...
[19:14] Todo
    I'm actually pretty tough.
[19:17] Nio
    I know.
[19:18] Todo
    And I figured I'd get more women
    if I got even tougher.
[19:22] Todo
    Not much of a motive, huh?
[19:24] Nio
    No, I think it's natural
    for any living creature.
[19:28] Todo
    You're one weird kid.
[19:31] Todo
    When no one was listening,
    my mom used to tell me,
[19:35] Todo
    "You're Lord Izumi-no-kami's bastard son,
    so live up to that legacy."
[19:41] Nio
    That's amazing.
[19:43] Nio
    Your father's an important man.
[19:45] Todo
    I don't believe a word of it.
[19:47] Todo
    Still, I want to do something
    to make a name for myself.
[19:50] Todo
    It'll make my mom happy.
[19:54] Soba Waitress
    Shinsuke-san!
[19:56] Shinsuke
    Hey. Been waiting long?
[20:00] Soba Waitress
    Oh, you.
[20:06] Todo
    Let's go home, Nio.
[20:08] Nio
    Th-That might be a good idea.
[20:10] Ruffian A
    What have we here? You're gettin'
    awful frisky out here on a public street.
[20:15] Ruffian B
    Let us get in on the fun.
[20:17] Ruffian C
    Or hand over your money.
[20:19] Nio
    What? That's not Sanosuke-san.
[20:22] Nio
    Todo-san, we've got trouble.
[20:23] Nio
    Huh?
[20:25] Ruffian B
    Ow, ow, ow!
[20:27] Nio
    Huh?
[20:28] Todo
    Okay, give it a rest.
     The lady's not interested.
[20:31] Ruffian B
    Stop! You're gonna break my arm!
[20:35] Ruffian B
    Damn it.
[20:36] Ruffian A
    Who the hell are you?
[20:38] Todo
    A Miburo. And don't you forget it.
[20:42] Ruffian A
    Damn it!
[20:43] Soba Waitress
    Th-Thank you so much.
[20:51] Nio
    Todo-san!
[20:52] Todo
    What a drag.
[20:54] Nio
    Todo-san. Todo-san!
[20:56] Todo
    What?
[20:58] Nio
    You were incredible!
[21:02] Todo
    Nio, I like you!
SIGN    Barber
SIGN    Open
[21:08] Todo
    Nio, my mind's made up.
[21:14] Nio
    I'm gonna turn over a new leaf.
[21:16] Nio
    From this day on,
    I live for the people of Kyoto!
[21:20] Nio
    Right!
[21:22] Nio
    What will serving Aizu change?
[21:25] Nio
    We'll work harder than ever
    for the people of this city.
[21:30] Nio
    That's good enough.
[21:32] Townswoman
    Come on. Let's go.
[21:33] Townswoman
    I guess.
[21:35] Todo
    There's plenty more girls out there!
[21:38] Nio
    L-Let's try harder next time.
[21:40] Todo
    I want to meet more of 'em.
[21:42] Nio
    You will.
SIGN    Palm of the Hand
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Old Nagakura
    The Lord of Aizu's offer turns
    the Miburo from just a pack of ronin
[23:27] Old Nagakura
    into agents carrying out the will of
    Aizu Domain, and through it, the Shogunate.
[23:34] Old Nagakura
    And so, little by little,
    the times start changing.
[23:39] Old Nagakura
    But the Miburo themselves
    spend their days in youthful fervor.
[23:46] Old Nagakura
    Next time: "Treasure."
SIGN    Treasure
[23:48] Old Nagakura
    It won't disappoint.

9 - Treasure
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[00:00] Old Nagakura
    And so, we Miburo became
    agents of the Aizu Domain.
[00:06] Boy A
    Whoa! The Shinsengumi were tough!
[00:08] Boy B
    You caught all the bad guys!
[00:11] Tsuru
    Hey, Nagakura-sensei...
[00:14] Old Nagakura
    Yes, Tsuru?
[00:15] Tsuru
    Who was the strongest guy
    in the Shinsengumi?
[00:19] Old Nagakura
    The strongest, huh?
[00:24] Old Nagakura
    That reminds me...
[00:28] Todo
    Who among us is truly strong?
[00:32] Todo
    When the dust settles,
    who will be left standing?
[00:35] Todo
    We'll find out with the first ever
    Grand Miburo Drinking Contest!
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
[02:15] Nio
    It's late! Keep your voices down!
[02:20] Nio
    Our hosts, the Yagis, gave us sake
    to celebrate our new status,
[02:26] Nio
    but the party turned into a ruckus.
[02:29] Todo
    Now, Serizawa-sensei will close us out.
[02:32] Serizawa
    Very well.
[02:33] Todo
    Kondo-sensei will lead the toast.
[02:36] Kondo
    Very well.
[02:39] Kondo
    To our grand new patron—
[02:43] Nio
    K-Kondo-san?!
[02:45] Todo
    Who will be the last man standing?
[02:47] Harada
    Me!
[02:48] Serizawa
    I will!
[02:50] Hijikata
    He has no tolerance whatsoever.
[02:52] Nio
    Why didn't you stop him?!
[02:57] Harada
    Toss the corpses to one side.
[03:01] Todo
    Anyway, time to party!
[03:02] Harada
    Drink up!
[03:06] Nagakura
    My father was always a happy drunk.
[03:10] Nio
    I see.
[03:11] Harada
    Look, Nio.
[03:13] Harada
    This here's a seppuku scar.
[03:16] Harada
    Cool, right?
[03:17] Nio
    Why'd you take your clothes off?!
[03:19] Hirayama
    What cheap sake.
[03:22] Hirama
    Who cares? As long as it gets us drunk.
[03:24] Yamanami
    You heard me!
[03:25] Yamanami
    Is that good enough for you?!
[03:27] Yamanami
    I'm asking if you're ready to die!
[03:29] Yamanami
    Well?!
[03:30] Nio
    Yamanami-san, what are you
    yelling at that wall about?!
[03:34] Okita
    I'm still in the game!
[03:36] Yamanami
    Hang in there.
[03:41] Hajime
    What a waste of time.
[03:47] Nio
    He got drunk just sniffing it?!
[04:01] Nio
    It's almost over.
[04:03] Nio
    I hope none of them get back up.
[04:05] Nio
    It's now a duel.
[04:07] Nio
    Hijikata-san versus Serizawa-san.
[04:12] Nio
    Here, sir.
[04:17] Serizawa
    Hijikata, maybe we oughta
    sit down and talk, man-to-man.
[04:23] Hijikata
    Oh?
[04:25] Hijikata
    And what would we discuss?
[04:28] Serizawa
    The Miburo's future.
[04:32] Hijikata
    What do you mean by that?
[04:36] Serizawa
    You don't seem to think too highly
     of our answering to Aizu.
[04:45] Hijikata
    I don't mind it.
[04:46] Hijikata
    I just wonder if it's really necessary.
[04:50] Serizawa
    We need a patron to vouch for us.
[04:53] Hijikata
    Why?
[04:54] Serizawa
    It gives us some leeway to go wild.
[05:00] Hijikata
    Serizawa-san.
[05:02] Hijikata
    We didn't come here to throw our
    weight around for our own benefit.
[05:07] Serizawa
    What?!
[05:09] Serizawa
    I was born to throw my weight around!
[05:12] Serizawa
    Weren't you?
[05:15] Hijikata
    What drives you to act this way?
[05:19] Serizawa
    You want to know?
[05:26] Serizawa
    My turtle.
[05:28] Nio
    Huh?
[05:30] Serizawa
    My older brother stomped my turtle dead.
[05:34] Nio
    What? Why?
[05:36] Serizawa
    How should I know?
[05:39] Serizawa
    I let him have it! Punched his
     lights out! You should've seen it.
[05:43] Serizawa
    His face puffed up to twice its size.
[05:49] Nio
    Well, I can't blame you.
[05:52] Nio
    I realize how you must have felt, sir.
[05:57] Serizawa
    I got ordered to my room
    without food for three days. He didn't.
[06:02] Serizawa
    I was the fourth son, you see.
[06:05] Serizawa
    I thought that was wrong.
    I thought it made no sense.
[06:11] Serizawa
    But I had brawn,
    so I decided to take it all.
[06:18] Serizawa
    I want the finest women!
    I want to build a castle!
[06:22] Serizawa
    I want my own domain!
[06:27] Serizawa
    Does that sound crazy?
[06:30] Nio
    No.
[06:33] Hijikata
    About that castle.
    Do you care where you build it?
[06:37] Serizawa
    Hm? What do you mean?
[06:40] Hijikata
    I'd build mine in Hino,
    in the countryside outside Edo.
[06:47] Hijikata
    I grew up in Tama,
    the Shogun's personal domain.
[06:51] Hijikata
    We didn't exactly want
    for nothing, but it wasn't bad.
[06:56] Nio
    I get it.
[06:57] Nio
    I totally get that hometown feeling.
[07:00] Serizawa
    Pathetic!
[07:01] Serizawa
    Leaving my hometown set me free.
[07:04] Serizawa
    I don't owe it squat.
[07:07] Serizawa
    Don't let where you were born tie you down.
[07:10] Serizawa
    Fight on wherever you end up!
[07:14] Serizawa
    Keep screaming, "Here I am!"
[07:17] Serizawa
    That's what it means to be a man.
[07:23] Serizawa
    Am I right, Nio?
[07:30] Nio
    Well...
[07:32] Nio
    I want to protect this city I grew up in.
[07:37] Serizawa
    You want to protect the city?!
[07:39] Serizawa
    As if any one person could!
[07:41] Serizawa
    Don't get conceited!
[07:44] Serizawa
    You haven't got a clue.
[07:48] Serizawa
    I'm going to sleep.
[07:55] Hijikata
    He means, "Use your imagination."
[07:58] Hijikata
    We know you care about this city.
[08:02] Hijikata
    But what if you were driven out of it?
[08:05] Hijikata
    Would you just die?
[08:08] Hijikata
    I think that's the point
    Serizawa was trying to make.
[08:13] Hijikata
    Anyway, think on it.
[08:15] Hijikata
    I'm turning in, too.
[08:24] Nio
    What would I do if I left Kyoto?
    I have no idea.
[08:30] Taro
    Are they finally all asleep?
[08:33] Taro
    It's nearly dawn.
[08:35] Nio
    Do you like this city, Taro-kun?
[08:37] Taro
    Why would I?! Do you know how 
    many times I've nearly died here?!
[08:41] Nio
    Oh, right.
[08:43] Nio
    Why do I like this city?
[08:47] Nio
    Granny. Iroha.
[08:50] Nio
    I miss you so much now,
    and I don't know why.
[08:56] Nio
    Hey! Someone's still up!
[09:01] Nio
    Inoue-san!
[09:02] Inoue-san
    I... win.
[09:07] Old Nagakura
    The Grand Drinking Contest ended with
    Inoue Genzaburo emerging triumphant,
[09:12] Old Nagakura
    but history took no notice.
[09:19] Okita
    Talk about a slow day, huh?
[09:22] Hijikata
    That's the best we can hope for.
[09:24] Okita
    I know, but—
[09:26] Okita
    Hey.
[09:29] Okita
    Isn't this your grandma's
    dango place, Nio-kun?
[09:33] Nio
    Yes, it is.
[09:34] Okita
    Guess I shouldn't be surprised
    it's closed at this hour.
[09:44] Hijikata
    Come along, Nio.
[09:45] Nio
    Y-Yes, sir.
[09:48] Okita
    I sure am hungry for dango now.
[09:52] Kondo
    Let us make a banner for the Miburo.
[09:56] Hijikata
    Where did this come from?
[09:58] Yamanami
    That may be a good idea.
[10:00] Yamanami
    The sight of a military banner
    should discourage wrongdoers.
[10:04] Kondo
    No, it will look grand.
[10:06] Kondo
    I've always admired the 47 Ronin of Ako.
[10:11] Harada
    A banner?
[10:12] Nio
    I think it'd be nice if we all
     wore matching coats, too.
[10:17] Okita; Nagakura; Harada; Todo
    That's it!
[10:20] Todo
    What kind of coat do we want?
[10:21] Harada
    Something stylish and dashing.
[10:23] Kondo
    No, first the banner—
[10:25] Hijikata
    Wait.
[10:27] Hijikata
    I know an old dango seller
    with an eye for fancy clothes.
[10:32] Okita
    You mean Nio-kun's grandma, right?
[10:35] Okita
    She'd be perfect for the job.
[10:38] Nio
    Hijikata-san.
[10:43] Serizawa
    What's this about?
[10:45] Nio
    Serizawa-san.
[10:46] Hijikata
    We were discussing
    matching coats for our uniforms.
[10:51] Serizawa
    Uniforms?
[10:52] Kondo
    And a banner.
[10:53] Hijikata
    Would you mind leaving it in my hands?
[10:57] Kondo
    Make it pale blue-green.
[10:58] Nio
    Ah, Inoue-san did win the 
    Grand Drinking Contest yesterday.
[11:04] Hirama
    That's a dirty trick!
[11:06] Hirayama
    What does that have to do with this?
[11:09] Serizawa
    Very well.
[11:11] Serizawa
    But make sure mine stands out from the rest.
[11:18] Hijikata
    Nio, get going.
[11:20] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[11:21] Serizawa
    Taro, go with him.
[11:23] Taro
    Y-Yes, sir!
[11:25] Harada
    You, too, Hajime.
[11:26] Hajime
    What for?!
[11:27] Okita
    Good idea. Send the whole boy brigade.
[11:30] Hajime
    Don't treat me like a kid!
[11:34] Customer 1
    Three glazed!
[11:35] Granny
    You got it!
[11:36] Customer 2
    Hey, lady, where's my zenzai soup?
    I've been waiting half an hour—
[11:41] Granny
    Pipe down.
[11:42] Granny
    Stop whining and lend a hand, why don't you?
[11:45] Nio
    Granny!
[11:46] Nio
    Hi. I'm home.
[11:54] Granny
    If it isn't...
[11:55] Nio
    Granny!
[11:57] Granny
    Who're you?
[11:58] Nio
    It's me, Nio!
[12:00] Nio
    Did you forget me?! Have you gone senile?!
[12:02] Granny
    Who're you calling "senile"?
    I recognize you all right, Nio.
[12:06] Granny
    But your eyes...
[12:09] Granny
    Hm?
[12:10] Granny
    Who're you?
[12:11] Nio
    This is Taro-kun and Hajime-kun.
     They're in the Miburo, too.
[12:18] Granny
    I've got new help!
[12:21] Hajime
    What?
[12:22] Hajime
    W-Welcome to the Chirinuya.
[12:26] Granny
    Speak up, Hajime!
[12:28] Hajime
    I-I'm a samurai! You can't expect me to do this!
[12:31] Granny
    What's that got to do with it?
[12:34] Granny
    Look at him.
[12:36] Taro
    Another order of dango? Coming right up.
[12:39] Customer 1
    Thanks.
[12:40] Taro
    No, thank you!
[12:42] Taro
    That'll be 60 mon.
[12:44] Granny
    Good work, Taro. You've got
    a good head on your shoulders.
[12:47] Taro
    This is kind of fun!
[12:50] Hajime
    Fine, I'll do it. Happy now?
[12:52] Customer 3
    Excuse me, I'd like some dango—
[12:54] Hajime
    You want dango?
    You'd better eat every last one.
[12:57] Granny
    Why are you threatening him?
[12:59] Granny
    Follow Taro's example.
[13:02] Taro
    This is where I really belong!
[13:04] Customer
    Thanks.
[13:06] Granny; Nio
    Don't mention it!
[13:07] Granny
    Okay, time to close up shop for the day.
[13:10] Hajime
    I-I'm dead tired.
[13:12] Nio
    Thanks for the help.
[13:13] Granny
    Taro, you're so cut out for this business.
[13:16] Taro
    I can't stop crying and I don't know why.
[13:19] Granny
    Now, clean up.
[13:21] Granny
    And make it snappy.
[13:23] Taro
    Yes, ma'am!
[13:29] Granny
    Yowch.
[13:29] Nio
    Granny looks a little shorter than before.
[13:34] Hajime
    She's tough.
[13:35] Nio
    Huh? You mean Granny?
[13:37] Hajime
    Yeah. I guess you'd call her a master.
[13:41] Hajime
    No ordinary lady her age
    could run this place alone.
[13:45] Hajime
    It's a pretty big shop.
[13:47] Nio
    Yes, you've got a point.
[13:49] Hajime
    That takes toughness.
[13:51] Hajime
    I guess the sword isn't
    the only way to be strong.
[13:55] Hajime
    She guards her livelihood
    day after day without complaint.
[13:58] Hajime
    I could never do that.
[14:03] Nio
    I hear this whole place burned down once,
[14:08] Nio
    but she borrowed money
    from all over to rebuild it.
[14:11] Hajime
    Is that so?
[14:13] Nio
    Then she took in my sister,
    Iroha, and me, and raised us.
[14:19] Nio
    I wonder where she gets
    that kind of strength from.
[14:23] Hajime
    Don't ask me.
[14:25] Nio
    I've always wanted to become a
    strong person who can protect people,
[14:31] Nio
    like Granny does.
[14:34] Nio
    I left home so I could
     learn how from the Miburo.
[14:39] Hajime
    So you get it from her.
[14:41] Nio
    Huh?
[14:42] Hajime
    I think I figured out
    what makes you so shameless.
[14:46] Granny
    Nio! Hajime! Get in here and lend a hand!
[14:50] Hajime
    Let's go.
[14:50] Nio
    Right.
[14:53] Granny
    Nio, I almost forgot.
[14:56] Granny
    Welcome home.
[14:58] Granny
    You came back looking a lot
    more grown-up than when you left.
[15:05] Nio
    Oh, thank goodness.
[15:07] Nio
    Yup! It's good to be home!
[15:10] Nio
    I got to come home and
    see Granny's face again.
[15:14] Granny
    Now, get moving.
[15:15] Granny
    Come spend the night, you three.
[15:19] Nio
    Thanks. We'd love to.
[15:21] Hajime
    Excuse me?
[15:22] Hajime
    You'd better not be thinking
    of working us again tomorrow!
[15:25] Taro
    Sleepover! Sleepover!
[15:29] Taro
    Lucky me!
[15:29] Granny
    Matching jackets for the Miburo?
[15:31] Nio
    Yeah. Hijikata-san wants you
     to think up a design for us.
[15:31] Taro
    We're all sleeping over, happy as can be!
[15:35] Taro
    We're not going home;
    we're sleeping over, all smiley!
[15:36] Granny
    Well, I can't turn down such a handsome man.
[15:40] Taro
    We're all sleeping over at Granny's place!
[15:46] Hajime
    Would you shut up already?
[15:48] Nio
    I can see Taro-kun's eyes sparkling!
[15:52] Granny
    Those Miburo are a funny bunch.
[15:54] Nio
    I couldn't believe how much they drank.
[15:58] Hajime
    They're a bunch of idiots.
[16:00] Taro
    This is great! I can't get enough, Granny!
[16:02] Granny
    How good could dried sardines be?
[16:06] granny
    Still, the Miburo's job is nabbing rascals
     and chopping 'em up, isn't it?
[16:11] Granny
    Are you boys really safe with them?
[16:14] Nio
    We don't use swords without good reason.
[16:17] Nio
    Our job is to make sure the people of Kyoto
     can live in peace. We keep the city safe.
[16:24] Granny
    Keep the city safe?
[16:26] Hajime
    Our first duty is guarding the
    Tokugawa Shogun who came here from Edo.
[16:30] Nio
    Yup. That's important, too.
[16:32] Granny
    Keeping the city safe?
    That's good. A mighty fine job.
[16:38] Nio
    Yeah.
[16:39] Nio
    By the way, how's Iroha?
[16:42] Grand
    Oh, I'm sure she's fine.
    She sends me letters sometimes.
[16:46] Nio
    Iroha always hated writing.
[16:49] Nio
    She must be working hard.
[16:54] Granny
    Right.
[16:55] Granny
    After dinner, it's time for a bath.
[16:57] Taro
    What? I hate baths.
[16:59] Granny
    Yes, yes. I'll take mine later,
    so hurry up and take your turns.
[17:06] Granny
    Don't peek now.
[17:08] Hajime
    As if!
[17:12] Granny
    I borrowed bedding from the neighbors,
     but it'll be a tight fit.
[17:17] Taro
    All right!
[17:20] Hajime
    I'd rather sleep here.
[17:22] Granny
    You'll never get a good night's sleep that way.
[17:24] Hajime
    Samurai don't sleep deeply.
[17:26] Taro
    I know just what you mean, Hajime!
[17:29] Taro
    You're so excited that
    you can't sleep a wink, right?
[17:31] Hajime
    Get to bed, you.
[17:37] Nio
    Granny.
[17:38] Granny
    Yes?
[17:40] Nio
    Sorry we dropped in so suddenly.
     Was it a bother?
[17:44] Granny
    Of course not.
[17:46] Granny
    Don't say things like that.
[17:49] Nio
    Okay.
[17:55] (Flashback) Hijikata
    But what if you were driven out of it?
[17:57] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Would you just die?
[18:00] Nio
    What would you do if you couldn't
    live here in Kyoto anymore?
[18:06] Granny
    What do you mean?
    Is that supposed to be funny?
[18:09] Nio
    No. I'm serious.
[18:15] Granny
    I'd die. This old woman will die here.
[18:19] Granny
    If I couldn't stay in Kyoto, I'd die here
    on the spot. You ought to know that.
[18:27] Nio
    Yeah. I thought you'd say that.
[18:31] Nio
    I like it here, so I feel the same way.
[18:34] Nio
    But why?
[18:36] Nio
    Why does this place mean so much to you?
[18:39] Granny
    Why? Well...
[18:42] Granny
    I had a real stroke of luck here.
[18:45] Nio
    Luck?
[18:47] Granny
    I got to live here with you and Iroha, Nio.
[18:54] Granny
    I feel that even more now that I'm on my own.
[18:59] Nio
    Granny, I want to apologize.
[19:03] Granny
    What for?
[19:05] Nio
    When I first came here, you invited me
    to New Year's shrine visits and festivals,
[19:10] Nio
    but I always said no.
[19:13] Granny
    Oh, right. You did at first.
[19:16] Nio
    To tell you the truth—
[19:18] Granny
    You thought you'd get praised for it, right?
     "Oh, how patient. How thoughtful."
[19:23] Nio
    You knew?
[19:24] Granny
    Of course I did.
[19:26] Granny
    How many years do you think
    I've been a granny for?
[19:30] Granny
    I can remember it all with my eyes closed.
[19:34] Granny
    You're too young to understand,
[19:38] Granny
    but raising kids is a funny thing.
[19:42] Granny
    If feels like living life over again.
[19:49] Granny
    You and Iroha gave me a new lease on life.
[19:54] Granny
    Even if you don't share blood...
[19:58] Granny
    the people you meet are treasures.
[20:06] Granny
    Living for someone who wasn't me...
[20:10] Granny
    Well, it was a world of fun.
[20:18] Granny
    That's the kind of place this is.
[20:22] Granny
    Nio, meet lots of people
    and learn lots of things.
[20:31] Granny
    That's what makes a person.
[20:34] Granny
    Your granny will die here
     with her memories.
[20:38] Granny
    I've set my mind on that.
[20:40] Granny
    I can't go off and live somewhere else now.
[20:46] Nio
    I knew it. My reason for
    fighting in Kyoto is clear as day.
[20:53] Granny
    'Course, I'm not dying anytime soon!
[20:55] Granny
    Now, go to sleep.
[20:57] Nio
    Okay. Good night.
[21:02] Nio
    The people I care about are here.
[21:08] Granny
    All right, we've got a full day
     of work ahead of us!
[21:11] Taro
    Your extra dango.
    And your apricot-seed jelly.
[21:15] Hajime
    Th-Thank you for waiting!
[21:18] Nio
    If Granny's right...
[21:23] Nio
    and the people I meet are my treasures...
[21:26] Nio
    Welcome!
[21:29] Nio
    then that meeting must have been...
[21:38] Nio
    the greatest treasure of my life.
SIGN    Treasure
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Nio
    Chirinu Nio here.
[23:23] Nio
    Man, it sure feels good to be home.
[23:27] Nio
    The smell of cooking dango,
    the well-worn tatami,
[23:30] Nio
    and most importantly,
    Granny being her same old self.
[23:34] Nio
    I've realized all over again that they
     mean more to me than any treasure.
[23:39] Nio
    I guess I'll keep finding more and
    more treasures to care about, huh?
[23:45] Nio
    Next time: "The Weakest Shogun."
SIGN    The
    Weakest
SIGN    Shogun
[23:47] Nio
    I won't let you down.

10 - The Weakest Shogun
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[00:01] Taro
    Your extra dango.
    And your apricot-seed jelly.
[00:05] Hajime
    Th-Thank you for waiting!
[00:07] Nio
    If Granny's right...
[00:08] Nio
    and the people I meet are my treasures...
[00:11] Nio
    Welcome!
[00:14] Nio
    then that meeting must have been...
[00:19] Nio
    the greatest treasure of my life.
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
[02:01] Kikuchiyo
    Water.
[02:03] Kikuchiyo
    Please, water.
[02:04] Nio
    A-Are you all right?
[02:06] Nio
    You need water? Coming right up.
[02:15] Kikuchiyo
    Another!
[02:17] Hajime
    He wants another.
[02:18] Taro
    Gimme a break!
[02:20] Nio
    Here you go.
[02:31] Kikuchiyo
    Is this a dango shop?
[02:33] Nio
    Yes, and a good one.
[02:35] Taro
    You came in here not knowing that?
[02:38] Kikuchiyo
    I suddenly feel peckish.
[02:41] Taro
    Okay. There's your seat.
[02:45] Kikuchiyo
    No, I want to sit in the back.
[02:47] Taro
    Hey, don't be so picky.
[02:50] Nio
    I'm sorry.
[02:51] Nio
    We haven't cleared that table yet.
[02:53] Kikuchiyo
    No, no, no! I only want to sit there!
[02:57] Taro
    Who the hell do you think you are?
    You rich kids are all spoiled brats.
[03:01] Granny
    Taro! That's a customer!
[03:03] Taro
    Yes, ma'am!
[03:05] Kikuchiyo
    Taro!
[03:07] Kikuchiyo
    Bring me tea.
[03:09] Taro
    You don't get to call me "Taro"!
SIGN    Anko
SIGN    Isobe
SIGN    Mitarashi
SIGN    Kinako
[03:12] Nio
    We serve four types of dango,
    as well as tricolor dango.
[03:16] Kikuchiyo
    Really? I'll take them all.
[03:18] Nio
    Huh?
[03:19] Kikuchiyo
    I've got quite a sweet tooth.
     I'll eat the lot.
[03:25] Kikuchiyo
    It hurts! My tooth hurts!
[03:27] Kikuchiyo
    I forgot about my cavity!
[03:30] Nio
    Have some tea.
[03:31] Taro
    Nio! Don't humor him!
[03:33] Taro
    Hey, just so we're clear, 
    you do have money, right?
[03:37] Kikuchiyo
    Money?
[03:43] Kikuchiyo
    Nope. Put it on my tab.
[03:45] Taro
    What?
[03:46] Taro
    We've got a runner!
[03:48] Taro
    You're not going anywhere.
[03:50] Okita; Todo; Nio; Taro; Hajime; Granny
    Hajime, guard that door!
[03:53] Hajime
    I don't take orders from you.
[03:58] Nio
    Um, excuse me for asking,
    but did you hurt your left hand?
[04:04] Kikuchiyo
    I merely bumped it. No need to fuss.
[04:13] Taro
    W-Welcome to the Chirinuya. Please come in.
[04:22] Kikuchiyo
    "Nio," was it? Flee.
[04:25] Nio
    Huh?
[04:32] Nio
    Who is this guy? He's dressed all in white.
[04:36] Kikuchiyo
    Leave this place at once.
[04:50] Nio
    No way. Is he going to
    swing that thing in here?
[04:54] Nio
    He's serious.
[04:56] Hajime
    Nio!
[05:14] Naozumi
    Brat.
[05:18] Granny
    Run for it, everybody!
[05:20] Granny
    Hajime!
[05:28] Taro
    I've got his sword!
[05:31] Hajime
    You lose.
[05:33] Naozumi
    Who are you?
[05:37] Nio
    We're Miburo.
[05:38] Nio
    We keep this city safe.
[05:42] Naozumi
    I see.
[05:50] Naozumi
    I see.
[05:55] Granny
    Y-You want some more?
[05:59] Taro
    H-He left?
[06:01] Granny
    Who does he think he is,
    making a mess of my restaurant?
[06:05] Nio
    Are you all right?
[06:07] Kikuchiyo
    Miburo?
[06:09] Kikuchiyo
    I see. I had no idea they had
    children like you in their ranks.
[06:14] Kikuchiyo
    This may be fate.
[06:19] Hajime
    What was that about?
[06:27] Hajime
    Taro! Shut that door, too!
[06:29] Hajime
    Hurry!
[06:30] Taro
    Huh? You're not the boss of me!
[06:32] Hajime
    He's still sitting out there!
[06:34] Granny
    What did you say?
[06:38] Nio
    Excuse me. What's your name?
[06:42] Kikuchiyo
    Kikuchiyo.
[06:43] Hajime
    Who are you? Who is that guy?
[06:47] Hajime
    Why is he after you?
[06:55] Naozumi
    Now, let the festivities begin.
[07:01] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san.
[07:04] Taro
    What are you clamming up for?
[07:06] Taro
    Tell us already! What are you, slow?
[07:09] Nio
    Please, Kikuchiyo-san. I'd like to
    get through this situation somehow.
[07:14] Nio
    So please, tell us what you know.
[07:20] Kikuchiyo
    It happened suddenly.
    On the street in broad daylight.
[07:25] Kikuchiyo
    He came at me head-on.
[07:27] Kikuchiyo
    My attendants fought back,
    but it devolved into a brawl.
[07:31] Kikuchiyo
    I fled for my life and took refuge
     in this dango restaurant.
[07:36] Nio
    He attacked you in public?
[07:39] Nio
    Who is he?
[07:41] Taro
    He's crazy. What more do you need to know?
    We can't talk it out with a nutcase.
[07:47] Kikuchiyo
    I wonder how those I left behind fared.
[07:51] Hajime
    Do you know who he is?
[07:54] Kikuchiyo
    No, I have no idea.
[07:58] Kikuchiyo
    But I can think of any number of reasons
    why someone might want me dead.
[08:03] Hajime
    What?
[08:04] Nio
    Why?
[08:05] Taro
    Wh-What kind of crap did you pull?
[08:10] Taro
    Stay out!
[08:12] Hijikata
    What's going on? Let us in!
[08:17] Hijikata
    Stop horsing around.
[08:19] Okita
    What game are we playing?
[08:21] Todo
    Tell us if you're gonna stay over.
    We were worried about you.
[08:25] Nio
    Hijikata-san. Okita-san. And Todo-san, too.
[08:28] Granny
    My!
[08:29] Hijikata
    It's been too long, ma'am.
[08:32] Granny
    You haven't gotten any less handsome.
[08:34] Okita
    Seems a little early in the day
     to close up shop.
[08:37] Taro
    Just shut the door already.
[08:39] Taro
    Some wacko in white
    is sitting right outside.
[08:42] Okita
    Really?
[08:44] Okita
    I don't see anyone.
[08:46] Taro
    Huh? Where'd he go?
[08:50] Okita
    I didn't see anyone wearing white,
[08:54] Okita
    but some shady characters are
    keeping an eye on this place.
[09:01] Hajime
    So he's not alone?
[09:03] Okita
    Six in total, I think.
[09:05] Okita
    I could tell at a glance that
    they knew their business.
[09:08] Hijikata
    Make that seven. I spotted one around back.
[09:12] Todo
    We noticed them on the way in,
    but we couldn't just rush them, you know?
[09:17] Okita
    So would you care to fill us in?
[09:20] Okita
    I get the feeling
    something fun is going on here.
[09:23] Nio
    Oh, this is Kikuchiyo-san.
[09:26] Nio
    The scary man in white
    attacked him out of the blue.
[09:31] Okita
    "Scary"? What was he like?
[09:34] Taro
    He had a sword this long!
[09:37] Taro
    And he tried to swing it one-handed!
[09:39] Okita
    What? This thing?
[09:42] Okita
    How would you even swing it?
[09:44] Todo
    Whoa. That's gotta be six shaku long.
[09:47] Hijikata
    Kikuchiyo.
[09:49] Nio
    What's bothering you, Hijikata-san?
[09:52] Hijikata
    Well, I've never seen the man myself,
[09:55] Hijikata
    but I've heard that was his childhood name.
[09:58] Taro
    Wh-What do you mean?
[10:01] Hijikata
    Could you be...
[10:03] Hijikata
    Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi?
[10:05] Okita; Todo; Nio; Taro; Hajime; Granny
    Th-The Shogun?!
[10:09] Nio
    Wh-What about the Shogun?
[10:12] Todo
    The Shogun's the Shogun,
    genius. Japan's top dog.
[10:16] Kikuchiyo
    I wouldn't say that.
[10:19] Kikuchiyo
    I am the Seii Taishogun, charged to govern
     by command of His Imperial Majesty.
[10:25] Kikuchiyo
    Tokugawa or no, I'm the lord
    of a domain like any other.
[10:28] Nio
    Um, I see.
[10:30] Okita
    Then, you're really him?
[10:32] Todo
    You're Lord Tokugawa Iemochi,
    currently visiting Kyoto?
[10:36] Kikuchiyo
    Indeed.
[10:37] Nio
    What?!
[10:38] Todo
    For real?! The biggest of big shots?!
[10:41] Hijikata
    But why? You should be in Nijo Castle!
[10:44] Hajime
    Are you kidding me?
[10:47] Taro
    I... I figured that was it!
[10:51] Taro
    Mr. Top Dog, sir, I'm yours to the bitter end.
[10:54] Taro
    Your wish is my command.
[10:56] Nio
    Wow, talk about street smarts.
    He changed his tune quick.
[11:00] Okita
    He sure knows how to get by.
[11:01] Hajime
    No, pretty sure he sucks at it.
[11:04] Granny
    So what do we do now?
[11:05] Granny
    Doesn't this just make things worse?
[11:08] Okita
    Good point. Time is of the essence.
[11:12] Todo
    True. The way things are now,
    loads of people want the Shogun dead.
[11:17] Taro
    L-Let's call more Miburo.
    One of us should run for help.
[11:21] Hajime
    If we can get out of here.
[11:23] Hajime
    We'll be done for if they strike first.
[11:27] Nio
    We're closer to Nijo Castle here.
[11:30] Nio
    We could walk there in under an hour.
[11:35] Kikuchiyo
    We'd never make it.
[11:37] Hijikata
    The answer is obvious.
[11:39] Hijikata
    We'll escort the Shogun to the safety of
    Nijo Castle with only the forces we have here.
[11:44] Todo
    That's the only way.
[11:45] Kikuchiyo
    But I can't put you all at risk.
[11:48] Okita
    Don't worry.
[11:50] Okita
    We Miburo only came from Edo
    in the first place to guard you.
[11:56] Hijikata
    Now, let's talk specifics.
[11:59] Nio
    We ought to wait for evening.
[12:02] Nio
    I have an idea.
[12:05] Kikuchiyo
    A child? I hardly think—
[12:06] Hijikata
    Good. Let's hear it.
[12:07] Nio
    Here's the plan.
[12:09] Nio
    First, we split into two groups...
[12:19] Hijikata
    Right. It's time. I hope you're ready.
[12:22] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[12:23] Hijikata
    Failure is not an option.
[12:25] Todo
    Be ready for anything.
[12:26] Okita
    I'm all fired up.
[12:30] Taro
    Oh, please, please let us 
    make it in one piece.
SIGN    Conquer
[12:37] Kikuchiyo
    Ma'am, I beg your pardon.
[12:40] Kikuchiyo
    I've brought my troubles
    to your establishment.
[12:43] Granny
    Hmph. I don't like you.
[12:45] Nio
    G-Granny, that's the Shogun!
[12:49] Granny
    I don't care if he's the Shogun
    or the Emperor himself.
[12:52] Granny
    Wrong is wrong.
[12:54] Granny
    You didn't lift a finger
    to save yourself from that attack.
[12:58] Granny
    Anyone would think you were waiting to die.
SIGN    Conquer
[13:01] Granny
    The people on top shouldn't be careless with
    their lives. It makes trouble for us lowly folk.
[13:08] Granny
    And leave commoners to commoners.
SIGN    Conquer
[13:12] Granny
    That's not your lookout.
[13:14] Granny
    You're a lord, so do a lord's work.
[13:17] Granny
    We've all got our own stations
    to stand our ground in.
[13:20] Granny
    That's what work's all about.
[13:26] Granny
    Look smart, Shogun!
[13:31] Kikuchiyo
    Thank you.
[13:33] Kikuchiyo
    Japan has been cursed with
    a youth like me for a shogun.
[13:38] Taro
    Way to go, Granny.
[13:40] Kikuchiyo
    But maybe I'm blessed...
[13:41] Nio
    You scared me, Granny!
[13:43] Granny
    I'm always putting my life on the line.
[13:45] Kikuchiyo
    to have subjects like these.
[13:54] Assassin A
    Lights.
[13:55] Assassin B
    Here they come.
[13:57] Naozumi
    Take Iemochi's head.
[14:01] Kikuchiyo
    Will I survive?
[14:05] Hijikata
    Let's move.
[14:08] Assassin A
    There they are.
[14:09] Assassin B
    It's Iemochi.
[14:13] Assassin C
    Huh? They split up.
[14:15] Assassin C
    Which way did Iemochi go?
[14:16] Assassin A
    Don't let anyone escape! After them!
[14:26] Nio
    There they go.
[14:27] Kikuchiyo
    I see. Quite the stratagem.
[14:30] Kikuchiyo
    But will they be safe? I wouldn't
    want them to die in my place.
[14:34] Nio
    Oh, no need to worry about that.
[14:37] Nio
    They're as tough as demons.
[14:42] Granny
    I'm the Shogun!
[14:43] Granny
    The Shogun! The Shogun!
[14:44] Hijikata
    Quiet, you old bat.
[14:48] Okita
    Well played, Heisuke.
[14:50] Okita
    I love the courtly laugh.
[14:52] Taro
    Run for it!
[14:53] Nio
    We'll count to 30, then take
    the backstreets to Nijo Castle.
[14:58] Kikuchiyo
    Right.
[15:04] Naozumi
    Well, now. What have we here?
[15:07] Nio
    H-How did he know?
[15:12] Naozumi
    So both groups were decoys? 
    The numbers added up, though.
[15:17] Naozumi
    Oh, I get it. The old woman.
[15:21] Naozumi
    You planned to sneak Iemochi out after
    we'd left and the hubbub had died down.
[15:27] Naozumi
    Interesting. You thought this through.
[15:32] Naozumi
    Luck really wasn't on your side.
[15:36] Naozumi
    You see...
[15:38] Naozumi
    I only came back for this.
[15:41] Nio
    This couldn't be worse.
    It was all for nothing.
[15:47] Naozumi
    Get going.
[15:50] Naozumi
    I'll give you to the count of 10.
[15:58] Nio
    He's toying with us. This is a hunt to him.
[16:02] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san!
[16:04] Nio
    Let's go.
[16:05] Naozumi
    One.
[16:07] Naozumi
    Two.
[16:09] Naozumi
    Three.
[16:21] Naozumi
    Go on. Run.
[16:26] Kikuchiyo
    Where are we going?
     Are we making for Nijo Castle?
[16:30] Nio
    With a slight detour.
[16:32] Nio
    We need to lose that guy first.
[16:35] Kikuchiyo
    Right.
[16:37] Nio
    Down here.
[16:51] Nio
    We'll slip through here.
[16:52] Kikuchiyo
    My, I'm impressed you
    know such narrow alleys.
[16:57] Nio
    I was born in this city.
[16:58] Kikuchiyo
    Must be your backyard.
[17:04] Nio
    Let's hide here and watch for a bit.
[17:06] Kikuchiyo
    No! I'm dead tired!
[17:09] Kikuchiyo
    Call a palanquin, I say!
[17:10] Nio
    Please be reasonable.
[17:14] Kikuchiyo
    What are you doing?
[17:15] Nio
    I doubt I can take him in a fair fight,
    so I hope this will come in handy.
[17:23] Kikuchiyo
    I'm a passable swordsman myself,
    but I don't fancy my odds, either.
[17:28] Nio
    Excuse me, Kikuchiyo-san...
[17:31] Nio
    Oh, I mean, my lord Shogun.
[17:34] Kikuchiyo
    "Kikuchiyo" will do.
[17:36] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san, why did you leave Nijo Castle
    when people are out to get you?
[17:43] Nio
    Did you have important business?
[17:45] Kikuchiyo
    My people were reluctant to let me go.
[17:48] Kikuchiyo
    I suppose the outcome has proven them right.
[17:59] Nio
    A horse? What's it doing here?
[18:06] Kikuchiyo
    There, there. So you made it.
[18:10] Nio
    W-Were you riding this horse, by any chance?
[18:14] Kikuchiyo
    I was.
[18:15] Kikuchiyo
    You must have been terrified.
[18:18] Kikuchiyo
    What's wrong? Do horses frighten you?
[18:21] Nio
    N-No, they just make quite
    an impression up close.
[18:25] Kikuchiyo
    To be frank, I'd rather spend
    my life caring for birds and fish.
[18:29] Nio
    Huh?
[18:30] Kikuchiyo
    I never expected to become shogun.
[18:32] Kikuchiyo
    Can I do my duty? It doesn't feel real.
[18:36] Kikuchiyo
    I wanted to see people like yourselves.
[18:39] Kikuchiyo
    Commoners, to be blunt.
[18:44] Kikuchiyo
    I wanted to see what sort of people
    I rule over and have a duty to protect.
[18:51] Kikuchiyo
    Can you wait here?
    I'll send someone for you soon.
[18:57] Nio
    Um...
[18:59] Nio
    I heard you came from Edo to promise the
    Emperor that you'll drive out the foreigners.
[19:05] Kikuchiyo
    That's right.
[19:07] Kikuchiyo
    At least, that's what my entourage thinks.
[19:09] Nio
    What? Do you have other ideas, then?
[19:14] Kikuchiyo
    I cannot expel the barbarians.
[19:16] Nio
    What?
[19:18] Nio
    Y-You can't?
[19:20] Kikuchiyo
    I cannot.
[19:22] Nio
    I-I'm sorry. I just...
[19:24] Kikuchiyo
    The ports are already open.
[19:28] Kikuchiyo
    I cannot drive out the foreigners there
    and bar any more from entering.
[19:34] Kikuchiyo
    If I close off our land, the world
    will only pull further ahead of us.
[19:38] Kikuchiyo
    We haven't a moment more to waste.
[19:40] Nio
    What should we do, then?
[19:42] Kikuchiyo
    I don't know.
[19:44] Nio
    Won't opening up the country be disastrous?
[19:47] Nio
    I heard we'd be occupied or
     flooded with awful drugs.
[19:52] Kikuchiyo
    The country will open up,
[19:54] Kikuchiyo
    but I won't let the foreigners
    have it all their own way.
[19:57] Kikuchiyo
    We must all think of how to stop them.
[20:01] Kikuchiyo
    The time has come to pool our wisdom.
[20:03] Kikuchiyo
    At least, that's how it seems to me.
[20:08] Kikuchiyo
    I only hope I can convince
    our land to work in concert.
[20:11] Kikuchiyo
    Not everyone will prove receptive.
[20:14] Kikuchiyo
    Japan may split between anti-barbarian
    and pro-trade factions,
[20:18] Kikuchiyo
    although those aren't mutually exclusive.
[20:22] Kikuchiyo
    But I believe there are steps only a
     powerless, incompetent shogun can take.
[20:34] Kikuchiyo
    I won't let it come to civil war.
    Not while I live and breathe.
[20:39] Kikuchiyo
    Some may wish me dead...
[20:43] Kikuchiyo
    but my duty remains.
[20:46] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san.
[20:49] Kikuchiyo
    But, oh, how I hate it!
[20:52] Kikuchiyo
    I wish I could just frolic with my horses.
[20:55] Kikuchiyo
    Being slashed or stabbed must hurt.
[20:57] Kikuchiyo
    I want no part of it.
[20:59] Kikuchiyo
    I'm exhausted. I don't want to walk.
[21:02] Nio
    Will you ride back, then?
[21:04] Kikuchiyo
    No. Never.
[21:07] Kikuchiyo
    I can't handle the reins with
     my left hand in this state.
[21:10] Kikuchiyo
    What if I injure the horse?
[21:12] Nio
    You're worried about the horse?
[21:15] Kikuchiyo
    Well, of course I am.
[21:21] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san.
[21:23] Nio
    Don't worry.
[21:26] Nio
    We Miburo...
[21:33] Nio
    will keep you safe.
[21:37] Kikuchiyo
    Yes. I'm depending on it.
SIGN    The
    Weakest
SIGN    Shogun
SIGN    Next time
[23:23] Okita
    Okita Soji here.
[23:24] Okita
    Man, I never thought I'd meet the Shogun,
[23:28] Okita
    much less save him
    from some tough customers.
[23:31] Okita
    It seems like so much fun.
[23:33] Okita
    This really was worth leaving Edo for.
[23:38] Okita
    Maybe I ought to break out
    my specialty. It's been a while.
[23:44] Okita
    Next time: "True Strength."
[23:46] Okita
    You won't want to miss it.
SIGN    True Strength

11 - True Strength
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[00:02] Hijikata
    Could you be...
[00:04] Hijikata
    Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi?
[00:06] Okita; Todo; Nio; Taro; Hajime; Granny
    Th-The Shogun?!
[00:10] Hijikata
    We'll escort the Shogun to the safety of
    Nijo Castle with only the forces we have here.
[00:16] Nio
    I have an idea.
[00:26] Assassin C
    Huh? They split up.
[00:28] Assassin C
    Which way did Iemochi go?
[00:29] Assassin A
    Don't let anyone escape! After them!
[00:38] Nio
    There they go.
[00:39] Kikuchiyo
    I see. Quite the stratagem.
[00:42] Granny
    The Shogun! The Shogun!
[00:44] Okita
    I love the courtly laugh.
[00:47] Nio
    We'll count to 30, then take
    the backstreets to Nijo Castle.
[00:52] Kikuchiyo
    Right.
[00:55] Naozumi
    So both groups were decoys?
[01:00] Naozumi
    Luck really wasn't on your side.
[01:03] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san!
[01:05] Nio
    Let's go.
[01:06] Naozumi
    One.
[01:08] Naozumi
    Two.
[01:10] Naozumi
    Three.
[01:18] Naozumi
    Go on. Run.
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[02:55] Assassin A
    Halt!
[03:11] Assassin B
    Hold it!
[03:12] Assassin A
    Go inside! Circle ahead!
[03:13] Assassin B
    Don't let 'em escape!
[03:21] Assassin B
    Perfect. We've got 'em boxed in.
[03:23] Assassin C
    Say your prayers, Iemochi!
[03:26] Hajime
    Haven't we bought enough time, Hijikata?
[03:28] Hijikata
    No.
[03:30] Hijikata
    I hate to disappoint you,
    but we can't surrender the Shogun.
SIGN    Conquer
[03:35] Granny
    The Shogun. That's me.
[03:36] Hijikata
    Damn it, old woman.
[03:38] Assassin A
    Damn. He's not here.
[03:41] Assassin A
    Go after the other group!
[03:42] Hajime
    Not so fast.
[03:46] Hajime
    I'll take you on.
[03:48] Hajime
    This farce was never my style.
[03:51] Assassin B
    Little shit.
[03:52] Assassin A
    Have it your way. I'll teach you
     how a grown man uses a sword.
[03:57] Assassin A
    First, you wear it on your left side.
[04:01] Assassin A
    Come on, draw. I ain't got all day.
[04:15] Assassin C
    You...
[04:16] Assassin C
    You'll pay for that!
[04:25] Hajime
    Remind me. Who's teaching whom about what?
[04:30] Hajime
    When I draw, it's already over. That's iai.
[04:35] Assassin A
    C-Cocky brat.
[04:36] Assassin A
    Retreat! Retreat!
[04:38] Hajime
    What? You're turning tail already?
[04:40] Hajime
    Try with your short swords! Well?
[04:42] Hijikata
    Wait, Hajime.
[04:44] Hajime
    What's your problem, Hijikata?
[04:46] Hijikata
    Was that man there?
[04:50] Hajime
    No. Why?
[04:51] Hijikata
    Then, as we speak—
[04:55] Hijikata
    What is it now, old woman?
[04:56] Granny
    I was scared stiff!
[04:58] Hijikata
    Get off! Enough, you old bat!
[05:04] Okita
    Hey, he dodged it!
[05:08] Taro
    O-Okita! Get these guys!
[05:11] Okita
    We promised to buy all the time we could
     so that Nio's group could get to Nijo Castle.
[05:17] Todo
    That we did.
[05:18] Taro
    We've already done plenty!
[05:20] Todo
    I am your Shogun.
[05:22] Taro
    When are you gonna drop that act?
[05:26] Assassin E
    This guy's a fake!
[05:27] Assassin F
    He's not Iemochi!
[05:29] Todo
    They caught on.
[05:30] Taro
    H-Hurry up and clobber these guys.
[05:34] Todo
    I am your Shogun. I do not brawl.
[05:36] Taro
    Give it a rest. You're plenty tough!
[05:40] Okita
    Guess I've got no choice.
[05:42] Okita
    I'll make them talk.
[05:44] Taro
    Hey, at least put down your lantern.
[05:46] Assassin E
    You think you're hot shit? Die!
[06:03] Okita
    I cut your tendon,
    so you're not going anywhere.
[06:06] Okita
    You see, a guy I knew in Edo
    always went for the lower legs.
[06:11] Okita
    I put my own spin on his style.
[06:13] Okita
    Yamanami-san told me
    they used to punish criminals this way.
[06:18] Okita
    I call it Ashigiri: "Leg Cutter."
[06:22] Taro
    He's a demon.
[06:25] Okita
    Oh, dear. Your friends ran off without you.
[06:28] Okita
    Not very nice of them.
[06:30] Assassin E
    Damn it all.
[06:31] Okita
    Oh, well. I'll get you to tell me
     all about who you guys are.
[06:39] Taro
    He just bit through his tongue.
[06:42] Todo
    Staunch it somehow.
[06:44] Taro
    It's no good. It's too late.
[06:45] Okita
    Wh-Who in the world are these people?
[06:50] Taro
    This crap's not normal.
[06:52] Taro
    They're all crazy. They have to be.
[06:57] Nio
    We're almost at Nijo Castle.
[07:00] Kikuchiyo
    Indeed.
[07:03] Kikuchiyo
    No! No more! I'm exhausted!
[07:05] Kikuchiyo
    I demand a palanquin!
[07:06] Nio
    Didn't you just say, "Indeed"?!
[07:10] Kikuchiyo
    Wh-What is it?
[07:12] Kikuchiyo
    What's wrong?
[07:13] Nio
    I hear voices.
[07:15] Kikuchiyo
    What?
[07:16] Underling H
    Where's His Lordship?
[07:18] Underling I
    Leave no stone unturned!
[07:19] Underling H
    Yes, sir!
[07:20] Kikuchiyo
    They're from the castle.
[07:21] Nio
    Thank goodness. They're here to save you.
[07:24] Nio
    Hey! Over here!
[07:29] Underling H
    Is that you, My Lord?
[07:30] Underling I
    Is Your Lordship hurt?
[07:33] Kikuchiyo
    I am unharmed.
[07:35] Nio
    He's right as rain!
[07:55] Nio
    I don't believe it.
[07:59] Naozumi
    I'm here for your head, Iemochi.
[08:03] Nio
    Run for it, Kikuchiyo-san.
[08:08] Kikuchiyo
    I do not understand.
[08:11] Kikuchiyo
    What do you call yourself?
[08:16] Naozumi
    Naozumi.
[08:18] Kikuchiyo
    Naozumi, what drives you to do such things?
[08:22] Kikuchiyo
    To "expel the barbarians"?
[08:24] Kikuchiyo
    Taking my head will not
    change our land's predicament.
[08:31] Naozumi
    "Expel the barbarians"?
[08:33] Naozumi
    "Expel the barbarians," he says.
[08:37] Kikuchiyo
    Am I wrong?
[08:40] Naozumi
    I couldn't care less about them.
[08:43] Nio
    He doesn't want to expel the foreigners?
[08:46] Kikuchiyo
    I do not understand.
[08:48] Kikuchiyo
    I ask you, then: what is it that you desire?
[08:58] Naozumi
    To bring back the age of the samurai.
[09:01] Nio
    Bring it back?
[09:04] Naozumi
    You lot stole it from us.
[09:08] Naozumi
    You Tokugawa.
[09:12] Kikuchiyo
    What are you talking about?
[09:14] Kikuchiyo
    You claim the Tokugawa robbed you?
[09:17] Naozumi
    That's right.
[09:19] Kikuchiyo
    And what did we steal?
[09:22] Naozumi
    A place to do battle.
[09:27] Naozumi
    The founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate,
    Ieyasu, ended the Age of Warring States.
[09:32] Naozumi
    He robbed us samurai of a place to fight.
[09:36] Kikuchiyo
    You mean peace displeases you?
[09:51] Naozumi
    Stay still.
[09:56] Naozumi
    It does displease me.
[10:00] Kikuchiyo
    Why shed blood if it can be avoided?
[10:09] Naozumi
    Why keep samurai around, then?
[10:13] Naozumi
    I'm strong as hell.
[10:15] Naozumi
    I was born strong.
[10:17] Naozumi
    Daily training made me stronger.
[10:19] Naozumi
    I toured the provinces, honing my skills.
[10:24] Naozumi
    What did we work ourselves to the bone
     strengthening body and spirit for?
[10:30] Kikuchiyo
    To defend the people in times of crisis.
[10:36] Naozumi
    And when will that be?
[10:38] Naozumi
    I come from a long line of samurai.
[10:40] Naozumi
    My granddad and his granddad
     before him died
[10:43] Naozumi
    between threadbare sheets without
    ever getting to show what samurai are for.
[10:49] Naozumi
    For 260 years, you Tokugawa have lorded
    over the samurai and kept us useless.
[10:58] Naozumi
    Tell me, boy...
[11:00] Naozumi
    What's the way of the sword?
[11:04] Nio
    I... I don't know.
[11:09] Naozumi
    Tell me, Iemochi. What's the sword to you?
[11:15] Kikuchiyo
    The sword...
[11:19] Kikuchiyo
    is mere decoration.
[11:22] Nio
    He won't like that answer.
[11:25] Kikuchiyo
    The sword is insurance
    lest the worst should happen.
[11:34] Naozumi
    The way of the sword is blood.
[11:36] Naozumi
    An unbroken lineage,
    passed down since Genji fought Heike.
[11:42] Naozumi
    Why don't you try to fight?
[11:44] Naozumi
    Why don't you try to show off your strength?
[11:50] Kikuchiyo
    Fighting is synonymous with dying.
[11:54] Kikuchiyo
    I suggest you mistrust any who urge battle,
[11:57] Kikuchiyo
    no matter what pretty phrases
     they dress it up in.
[12:04] Naozumi
    This is the lord of all samurai? What a joke.
[12:08] Naozumi
    When the great rot, the lesser go hungry.
[12:13] Naozumi
    There's a big war coming.
[12:15] Naozumi
    We, the Blood Risshidan,
    are going to start it.
[12:19] Nio
    "The Blood Risshidan"?
[12:22] Naozumi
    Iemochi, your head will do nicely.
[12:26] Naozumi
    It will make the perfect centerpiece
    for the coming festival.
[12:30] Naozumi
    Your death will throw the city into chaos
    and the country into violence.
[12:34] Naozumi
    The Warring States will come again.
[12:37] Naozumi
    That's when we'll find the
     place where we belong.
[12:41] Nio
    Damn it. It's hopeless.
    He really means it.
[12:45] Kikuchiyo
    Listen, Naozumi.
[12:48] Kikuchiyo
    Even so, I will not allow you to make war.
[12:51] Kikuchiyo
    That is my verdict as
    leader of the samurai clans.
[12:56] Kikuchiyo
    I will not die.
[12:58] Kikuchiyo
    I cannot die now.
[13:01] Naozumi
    No.
[13:03] Naozumi
    You're gonna die.
[13:06] Naozumi
    Right here. Right now.
[13:12] Kikuchiyo
    Nio?
[13:17] Nio
    We need to escape, Kikuchiyo-san.
[13:18] Nio
    Please run!
[13:24] Naozumi
    How feeble.
[13:27] Naozumi
    Playtime is over.
[13:31] Kikuchiyo
    What's your plan?
[13:32] Nio
    I have an idea.
[13:55] Naozumi
    So you've dropped your sword in surrender?
[14:12] Nio
    Naozumi-san...
[14:16] Nio
    You're weak.
[14:19] Naozumi
    Where's Iemochi?
[14:21] Nio
    I won't...
[14:23] Nio
    give him up!
[14:32] Hijikata
    The man in white wasn't with
    the group that chased you, either?
[14:36] Taro
    Not a chance.
[14:38] Taro
    I was so relieved we didn't have
     to deal with that nightmare.
[14:42] Taro
    But nobody scares me more than Okita.
[14:47] Okita
    In that case, I'm worried about
    Nio-kun and the Shogun.
[14:51] Todo
    What now?
[14:53] Todo
    Do we head back to the dango shop?
[14:54] Taro
    C-Can I leave now?
[14:57] Granny
    Taro! You should be ashamed of yourself!
[15:00] Taro
    But you said I was
    more cut out for business!
[15:03] Granny
    Even shopkeepers have to
    stand their ground sometimes.
[15:13] Hijikata
    We'll go to Nijo Castle.
[15:16] Hijikata
    The man in white may have rallied
    the men who fled to beat us there.
[15:22] Okita
    That seems likely.
[15:24] Okita
    I mean, the Shogun has
    to go there eventually.
[15:29] Hijikata
    We'll check every likely spot
    for an ambush near the castle.
[15:34] Todo
    That's more like it!
[15:35] Granny
    I'll lend you a hand!
[15:38] Granny
    Come along, Taro. Shape up, will you?
[15:41] Taro
    Seriously?
[15:43] Hijikata
    Hurry.
[15:43] Todo
    You got it.
[15:51] Taro
    Sure, I'm worried about Nio, 
    but what can I do?
[15:55] Taro
    Can't I just go home?
[15:58] Taro
    What do you say, Hijikata?
[16:00] Taro
    Huh? What?
[16:03] Taro
    Hey! Hijikata's gone!
[16:05] Todo
    Well, yeah. He ran on ahead.
    We'd better catch up.
[16:10] Taro
    Huh?
[16:11] Taro
    Ah, of all the...
[16:16] Okita
    No fair, Hijikata-san.
[16:25] Naozumi
    So Iemochi's through here?
[16:31] Naozumi
    By the way, unless my ears are playing tricks,
    I think you just called me weak.
[16:37] Nio
    I did.
[16:38] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san is stronger than you.
[16:43] Naozumi
    A mighty man like me?
[16:47] Nio
    Calm down.
[16:48] Nio
    Don't let him see you feeling hopeless.
[16:51] Naozumi
    Did I scare you out of your wits?
[16:54] Nio
    I've watched the Miburo enough to tell...
[16:59] Nio
    just how terribly strong
    and dangerous he is.
[17:03] Nio
    I came into this with only one goal:
[17:06] Nio
    to fight with the weapons I have!
[17:10] Nio
    You say you want to fight a war.
[17:13] Nio
    You say that's what samurai do.
[17:15] Naozumi
    That's right. Samurai fight
    and die on the battlefield.
[17:20] Nio
    That's why you're weak.
[17:22] Naozumi
    I don't follow.
[17:25] Nio
    Don't you think it's selfish? What about
    the people who get dragged into your war?
[17:30] Nio
    The women? The elderly? The invalids?
[17:36] Nio
    The children?
[17:40] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san is putting himself
     in all of their shoes,
[17:43] Nio
    and wondering what he can do
    to make things better.
[17:47] Nio
    He's looking at the bigger picture.
[17:50] Nio
    Clinging to your samurai status
    makes you weaker than he is.
[17:55] Nio
    You can't beat him!
[17:58] Naozumi
    That's enough chitchat.
[18:01] Naozumi
    A counterweight? Don't tell me
    he has a chain and sickle.
[18:05] Naozumi
    He's bluffing.
    No kid could handle one of those.
[18:10] Naozumi
    Still, he did throw away his sword.
[18:12] Naozumi
    It makes sense to assume
    he has a better weapon.
[18:18] Naozumi
    He has been hiding his left side 
    ever since I caught up to him.
[18:24] Naozumi
    And it's too dark to get a good look.
[18:29] Naozumi
    Of course, none of that matters.
[18:32] Naozumi
    My sword can reach him.
[18:36] Naozumi
    And kill him.
[18:37] Nio
    Now!
[18:40] Naozumi
    A rock?
[18:45] Naozumi
    A rock? A rock, huh?
[18:48] Naozumi
    Bluffing to buy time, are you?
[18:50] Naozumi
    I admire your guts.
[18:53] Naozumi
    And you know, it's not so easy to swing
     my long sword in this narrow alley.
[18:59] Naozumi
    You've really thought this through.
[19:04] Naozumi
    But I don't have to swing it.
[19:09] Naozumi
    How do you like this?
[19:19] Nio
    I've been waiting for this!
[19:21] Nio
    I've got you!
[19:23] Nio
    Now you can't use your sword!
[19:28] Naozumi
    What's your game?
[19:30] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san is stronger than you!
[19:34] Naozumi
    What'd you say?
[19:38] Nio
    I barely felt that.
[19:43] Nio
    It... It won't work.
[19:45] Naozumi
    Looks like it's working to me.
[19:56] Naozumi
    Will you die by my fist?
    Or let go and die by my sword?
[20:01] Nio
    I'll never let go. Never.
[20:09] Naozumi
    I'll knock you out for good.
[20:18] Nio
    I'll never let go.
[20:21] Nio
    I'll never let go!
[20:23] Nio
    You'll never beat me!
[20:26] Naozumi
    You're still saying that?
[20:29] Nio
    You really...
[20:33] Nio
    are strong.
[20:37] Nio
    I could never beat you.
[20:42] Nio
    But...
[20:45] Nio
    If I let go now,
[20:49] Nio
    I won't be able to prove...
[20:52] (Flashback) Hajime
    She's tough.
[20:54] (Flashback) Hajime
    I guess the sword isn't
    the only way to be strong.
[21:00] Nio
    I know, right?
[21:02] Nio
    Hajime-kun, I feel the same way.
[21:07] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    But I believe there are steps only a
     powerless, incompetent Shogun can take.
[21:17] Nio
    Something tells me...
[21:19] Nio
    that deep down, Kikuchiyo-san's
    strength is a lot like Granny's.
[21:25] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    Even so, I will not allow you to make war.
[21:27] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    That is my verdict as 
    leader of the samurai clans.
[21:32] Nio
    I have to prove that.
[21:37] Nio
    Prove the truly strong one...
[21:42] Nio
    is Kikuchiyo-san!
SIGN    True Strength
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Hijikata
    Hijikata Toshizo here.
[23:23] Hijikata
    We managed to drive off
    the assassins on our tails,
[23:27] Hijikata
    but that man in white wasn't with them.
[23:31] Hijikata
    I don't like leaving
    Lord Iemochi in Nio's charge.
[23:34] Hijikata
    Making for Nijo Castle is our best move now.
[23:38] Hijikata
    That said...
[23:40] Hijikata
    Sorry, Soji. My mind's made up.
[23:44] Hijikata
    Next time: "Eight Heads."
[23:46] Hijikata
    Watch. That's all.
SIGN    Eight Heads

12 - Eight Heads
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[00:06] Nio
    I'll never let go. Never.
[00:09] Nio
    I'll never let go.
[00:11] Nio
    I'll never let go!
[00:14] Naozumi
    You're still saying that?
[00:26] Kikuchiyo
    There.
[00:27] Kikuchiyo
    Around that corner...
[00:33] Kikuchiyo
    There it is. Nijo Castle.
[00:50] (Flashback) Nio
    Follow this street, then take the first right
    and you'll be on Oike-dori Street.
[00:55] (Flashback) Nio
    Follow that street to the canal,
    and you'll see Nijo Castle on your right.
[00:59] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    Right.
[01:00] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    And what will you do, Nio?
[01:03] (Flashback) Nio
    I'll stall Naozumi-san to buy you time.
[01:06] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    No, I won't have that.
    He's simply too dangerous.
[01:09] (Flashback) Nio
    I'll be fine.
[01:11] (Flashback) Nio
    Whatever else I am, I'm a Miburo.
[01:16] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    No, no! I'm scared to go alone!
[01:18] (Flashback) Nio
    Please be reasonable! If he gets you, 
    this will all have been for nothing!
[01:24] Kikuchiyo
    I ought to summon reinforcements and
    rush to his aid, even if it takes some time.
[01:30] Kikuchiyo
    I know that as well as anyone.
[01:32] Kikuchiyo
    I know it, and yet...
[01:38] Kikuchiyo
    This will not do.
[01:40] Kikuchiyo
    It simply will not.
[01:41] Kikuchiyo
    Forgive me, Nio.
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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[03:16] Naozumi
    Enough!
[03:19] Naozumi
    Let go already, brat!
[03:21] Nio
    Never!
[03:23] Kikuchiyo
    Naozumi!
[03:29] Kikuchiyo
    I insist that you stop this.
[03:33] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san!
[03:35] Naozumi
    Oh?
[03:37] Kikuchiyo
    Sorry, Nio.
[03:39] Kikuchiyo
    I cannot be the only one to flee.
[03:42] Kikuchiyo
    In that sense, I suppose
    I'm not cut out to rule.
[03:49] Nio
    You really are...
[03:52] Nio
    the Shogun.
[03:55] Naozumi
    You came back here to die?
    Saves me the trouble of coming to find you.
[04:04] Kikuchiyo
    I may not look it,
    but I am the Seii Taishogun.
[04:08] Kikuchiyo
    I have d-dabbled in swordplay myself.
[04:16] Naozumi
    You're quaking! You're the
    very picture of cowardice!
[04:23] Nio
    R-Run, Kikuchiyo-san.
[04:27] Kikuchiyo
    I... I cannot.
[04:30] Kikuchiyo
    D-D-Do your worst.
[04:33] Hijikata
    No.
[04:35] Hijikata
    Your Lordship has done enough.
[04:40] Kikuchiyo
    You are...
[04:46] Nio
    Hijikata-san!
[04:54] Naozumi
    Now you look like you can 
    give me a little entertainment.
[04:58] Naozumi
    Let go.
[04:59] Nio
    No!
[05:00] Naozumi
    Please let go of me!
[05:01] Nio
    No!
[05:02] Nio
    No!
[05:05] Naozumi
    Oh, give it a rest already!
[05:08] Naozumi
    You must be a Miburo.
[05:16] Naozumi
    No warning? You're as wild as the rumors say.
[05:23] Naozumi
    Whoa there.
[05:27] Naozumi
    Where are you from?
[05:29] Naozumi
    How old are you?
[05:30] Naozumi
    Well?
[05:32] Naozumi
    What, are you angry?
[05:34] Naozumi
    What style do you practice?
[05:52] Kikuchiyo
    What awesome strength.
[05:55] Nio
    Th-That's Hijikata-san for you.
[05:58] Hijikata
    Do you ever stop yapping?
[06:01] Hijikata
    I've got nothing to say to you.
[06:14] Naozumi
    Sorry. Bad habit of mine.
[06:17] Naozumi
    I haven't met a man worth fighting
    in a while, and I got carried away.
[06:23] Hijikata
    Nio, can you move?
[06:26] Hijikata
    Escort His Lordship to Nijo Castle.
[06:29] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[06:31] Nio
    Ow, ouch.
[06:34] Kikuchiyo
    Let me help you.
[06:35] Nio
    S-Sorry.
[06:38] Kikuchiyo
    Can you walk?
[06:40] Nio
    I'm fine.
[06:47] Nio
    Let's take this way around.
[06:49] Kikuchiyo
    Sure.
[06:50] Kikuchiyo
    Will that fellow be all right?
[06:52] Kikuchiyo
    Should we not call for help?
[06:55] Nio
    Don't worry about him.
[06:57] Nio
    We'd catch hell for it later
    if we called for help instead of escaping.
[07:02] Nio
    And I can't imagine Hijikata-san losing.
[07:12] Naozumi
    There's more to come!
[07:19] Naozumi
    Deftly struck.
[07:22] Naozumi
    I see you've got skill as well as strength.
[07:26] Hijikata
    Your strikes are too direct.
[07:28] Hijikata
    Although between that funny sword
    and this narrow alley, I can't blame you.
[07:32] Naozumi
    I've found it. I knew you were no ordinary man.
[07:37] Hijikata
    Huh?
[07:39] Hijikata
    Anyway, are you sure you want
     to let them go that easily?
[07:42] Naozumi
    Trivialities.
[07:45] Naozumi
    We really ought to talk. I'm sure of it.
[07:49] Hijikata
    What?
[07:50] Naozumi
    You said you've got nothing to say.
    But don't be like that. Tell me about yourself.
[07:58] Naozumi
    How about a little story
    about me to break the ice?
[08:04] Hijikata
    Shut up.
[08:09] Hijikata
    I don't care about your backstory.
[08:13] Naozumi
    That stings.
[08:15] Hijikata
    You seem to be enjoying this.
[08:17] Naozumi
    I really am. I hear you Miburo are a pack of
    ronin from Edo who settled in Mibu Village.
[08:25] Hijikata
    You heard right.
[08:27] Naozumi
    Then you must understand.
[08:29] Hijikata
    Understand what?
[08:34] Naozumi
    Didn't you come here to make your names?
[08:38] Naozumi
    To live by the sword? To prove your worth?
[08:43] Hijikata
    Well, maybe some of us did.
[08:47] Hijikata
    But not me.
[08:49] Naozumi
    What?
[08:51] Naozumi
    Then why did you come?
[08:57] Hijikata
    Ever heard the saying, "We all repay a lifetime
     of debt to our parents by the age of three"?
[09:02] Naozumi
    News to me.
[09:03] Hijikata
    It means babies are so lovable,
    you can forget about what comes after.
[09:09] Hijikata
    As it happens, I'm an exception.
[09:14] Hijikata
    I was the youngest of ten,
    so I got a lot of affection.
[09:18] Hijikata
    And not just from my parents.
[09:33] Hijikata
    My brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles,
    and everyone in the village loved me.
[09:42] Naozumi
    L-Loved you?
[09:45] Hijikata
    So you see, I owed too much.
[09:49] Hijikata
    I just want to pay my debts.
[09:53] Hijikata
    When I heard there were guys
    like you running wild in Kyoto,
[09:57] Hijikata
    I figured people must be in trouble.
    Possibly crying their eyes out.
[10:02] Hijikata
    Whoever they are, I want to do
    something for them. That's all.
[10:10] Hijikata
    Of course, no matter how many times I say it,
     none of the other Miburo believe me.
[10:16] Hijikata
    Do you know why?
[10:19] Hijikata
    Because I've got a mean face like you.
[10:24] Naozumi
    I see.
[10:27] Naozumi
    I get it. I know just what you mean.
[10:30] Naozumi
    Fighting for the weak
    is one aspect of a samurai.
[10:34] Naozumi
    So that's your bushido, huh?
[10:37] Hijikata
    Bushido?
[10:39] Naozumi
    Tell me, brother.
[10:42] Naozumi
    You should be able to answer me.
[10:45] Naozumi
    What is the way of the sword to you? Tell me.
[10:49] Hijikata
    The sword? You mean the way of the samurai?
[10:52] Naozumi
    Yes! The ideal we strive for.
[11:04] Hijikata
    It's a delusion.
[11:12] Guard A
    Is His Lordship still missing?
[11:15] Guard A
    Whatever it takes, find him!
[11:16] Guard B; Guard C
    Yes, sir!
[11:18] Nio
    W-We made it. There's Nijo Castle.
[11:21] Kikuchiyo
    W-We survived.
[11:28] Todo
    They say Nio and the Shogun
     haven't arrived yet.
[11:31] Todo
    What now?
[11:32] Okita
    That's a tricky question.
[11:35] Hajime
    And who knows where Hijikata went!
[11:37] Taro
    They're dead! It's all over!
[11:40] Granny
    Quit your whining, Taro.
[11:42] Nio
    Hey!
[11:45] Nio
    We're over here, guys!
[11:48] Kikuchiyo
    It is I. I have returned.
[11:50] Todo
    It's Nio. And the Shogun, too.
[11:52] Okita
    You're all right.
[11:53] Taro
    You're alive?
[11:55] Hajime
    Took you long enough.
[11:57] Taro
    I, uh, wasn't worried. Not one bit.
[12:01] Hajime
    Seriously?
[12:02] Okita
    Still, I'm glad. You both made
    it here in one piece—
[12:07] Nio
    Yes. Thank goodness
    we got through that safely.
[12:11] Kikuchiyo
    Indeed. We faced
    no trouble worth mentioning.
[12:13] Todo
    Whoa! You got beat to hell and back!
[12:17] Hajime
    Someone got you good.
[12:19] Hajime
    Was it that guy?
[12:20] Nio
    Yeah. Naozumi-san found us and—
[12:23] Taro
    Don't use "san" for the enemy!
[12:27] Taro
    How happy-go-lucky can you get?
[12:30] Guard B
    Lord Iemochi!
[12:31] Guard C
    You've returned.
[12:32] Guard A
    My lord, are you hurt?
[12:34] Kikuchiyo
    Merely a few scratches. Do not fuss.
[12:38] Guard A
    You're covered in blood!
[12:40] Guard B
    Damn those scoundrels!
[12:41] Guard C
    We'll make them pay!
[12:44] Granny
    Shogun.
[12:44] Guard B
    What? You dare—
[12:46] Kikuchiyo
    Madam.
[12:47] Granny
    Did Nio work hard?
[12:49] Kikuchiyo
    Yes. He did indeed.
    He is a splendid worker.
[12:56] Granny
    You did good, Nio.
    Well done. What a man.
[13:00] Nio
    Ow. That hurts, Granny.
[13:02] Todo
    I knew you'd come through when it counted.
[13:06] Hajime
    That's the bare minimum.
[13:07] Okita
    Still, they would've had all our heads 
    if he'd let the Shogun die.
[13:14] Taro
    Nio, you're a hero!
[13:18] Nio
    You're all exaggerating.
[13:20] Taro
    No, I mean it.
[13:22] Todo
    By the way, did you see Hijikata?
[13:24] Todo
    He went looking for you.
[13:27] Nio
    Oh, don't worry.
    Hijikata-san is fighting Naozumi-san.
[13:31] Todo
    Where?
[13:32] Nio
    By now, he should be...
[13:36] Todo
    Hey! Where are they fighting?
[13:39] Okita
    At least name the place
    before passing out on us.
[13:42] Kikuchiyo
    The battlefield is on
     Oike-dori Street. Go, Miburo.
[13:46] Todo
    Got it.
[13:47] Okita
    I wonder if they're still going at it.
[13:49] Hajime
    Guess we'd better go see.
[13:52] Kikuchiyo
    I will take Nio inside. Open the gates.
[13:55] Kikuchiyo
    Two of my guards were cut down
    in the street. Send someone for them.
[13:59] Guard
    Yes, my lord.
[13:59] Kikuchiyo
    And summon a doctor at once.
[14:02] Guard
    Yes, my lord.
[14:03] Taro
    O-Okay, guys, good luck!
[14:05] Taro
    Don't get beat—
[14:06] Taro
    Ouch, ouch, ouch!
[14:07] Granny
    You're going with them, Taro!
[14:10] Granny
    Your friends are fighting, so do your part.
[14:15] Todo
    Let's go. Those guys are nuts.
[14:20] Naozumi
    The way of the sword is a delusion?
[14:22] Hijikata
    You heard me.
[14:36] Hijikata
    Cheap piece of junk.
[14:37] Naozumi
    The fight's over. Back to our talk.
[14:41] Naozumi
    Why? Why would a samurai
    like you say such a thing?
[14:48] Hijikata
    It sounds like there is
    some misunderstanding.
[14:51] Hijikata
    I am no samurai.
[14:52] Naozumi
    What?
[14:57] Naozumi
    Then what are you?
[14:59] Hijikata
    Just a farmer's son.
[15:02] Naozumi
    Impossible!
[15:03] Naozumi
    A p-peasant? You? Lies!
[15:07] Naozumi
    Stop lying!
[15:12] Naozumi
    A wakizashi? You wish to continue?
[15:15] Naozumi
    What can you do with that toy?
[15:25] Naozumi
    A test of strength, is it?
[15:27] Naozumi
    Did you think you could
    cross blades with me and win?
[15:31] Naozumi
    What?
[15:39] Naozumi
    You punched me?
[15:40] Naozumi
    Is that any way to fight?
[15:43] Hijikata
    Don't act like this is some exhibition duel.
[15:46] Hijikata
    We're brawling, plain and simple.
[15:49] Naozumi
    You want a brawl?
[16:06] Naozumi
    Let go!
[16:08] Hijikata
    No, you let go!
[16:10] Naozumi; Hijikata
    I'll murder you!
[16:10] Naozumi; Hijikata
    I'll murder you!
[16:12] Ayame
    You want to keep going?
[16:17] Hijikata
    When did that guy get here?
[16:29] Ayame
    That's hardly beautiful.
[16:32] Ayame
    Not beautiful in the least.
[16:35] Hijikata
    Who are you?
[16:37] Ayame
    Good evening.
[16:40] Ayame
    Naozumi, that sword of yours
    won't do any good here.
[16:44] Ayame
    You must know that.
[16:45] Hijikata
    A new enemy?
[16:47] Naozumi
    Damn you, Ayame.
[16:50] Ayame
    I'll be the one to kill you.
[16:54] Naozumi
    Why aren't you wearing your Risshi uniform?
[16:57] Ayame
    Oh, come on. I'd stick out like a
    sore thumb walking around in that.
[17:01] Ayame
    How stupid can you be?
[17:04] Ayame
    Do you recognize this flower?
[17:06] Ayame
    It's called a "rose,"
    and I hear it has thorns.
[17:10] Ayame
    Just like me.
[17:11] Naozumi
    You'll stand out even more in that!
[17:16] Ayame
    You have potential,
    but unfortunately, you lack polish.
[17:20] Hijikata
    Who are you people?
[17:23] Hijikata
    How many are you?
[17:25] Naozumi
    According to the Nihon Shoki, the great serpent,
     Yamata no Orochi, had eight heads.
[17:33] Naozumi
    Eight heads.
[17:35] Naozumi
    Namely, the Lily...
[17:38] Naozumi
    the Pure, the Agitator, the Hound, the Quiet,
     the Fiend, the Firework Maker, and...
[17:49] Naozumi
    the Samurai.
[17:52] Hijikata
    What are you after?
[17:53] Naozumi
    I'm glad you asked.
[17:55] Naozumi
    We, the Blood Risshidan, will—
[17:57] Todo
    Hey! There they are!
[18:00] Okita
    Hijikata-san!
[18:04] Hijikata
    What rotten timing.
[18:07] Ayame
    Oh, my.
[18:10] Okita
    Huh?
[18:11] Okita
    Oh, my. What's this?
[18:13] Okita
    Are you in trouble, by any chance?
[18:16] Todo
    Seriously? Come on, man.
[18:18] Hajime
    Whoa.
[18:19] Taro
    Why don't you just finish them off already?
[18:24] Naozumi
    They're Miburo.
[18:26] Todo
    Hijikata, we're ready to join in anytime.
[18:29] Hajime
    This proves you still need to train more.
[18:33] Taro
    There's more of them now.
[18:35] Taro
    Do something, Hijikata!
[18:38] Hijikata
    Quiet!
[18:39] Todo
    Uh-oh. He's getting beat. Lame.
[18:43] Ayame
    Well, well. All your friends
    are here to watch.
[18:51] Ayame
    If you cross this line, the fighting starts.
[18:54] Ayame
    Do you want to settle this here or not?
[18:57] Todo
    What?
[19:04] Taro
    G-Go on, Hajime. Get 'em.
[19:09] Okita
    No, I think we'll pass for today.
[19:14] Ayame
    I see.
[19:16] Okita
    Yes. The light just isn't right today.
[19:23] Ayame
    Let's go, Naozumi.
[19:25] Naozumi
    Huh?
[19:26] Ayame
    That's how it goes.
[19:28] Naozumi
    Don't make decisions for me.
[19:31] Ayame
    Your sword's bent.
[19:33] Naozumi
    What?
[19:38] Hijikata
    Hey.
[19:41] Hijikata
    This fight's not over.
[19:46] Naozumi
    What do you call yourself?
[19:50] Hijikata
    Hijikata Toshizo.
[19:53] Naozumi
    Kyohachi Naozumi.
[19:56] Naozumi
    Till we meet again.
[19:59] Naozumi
    Ask the white-haired kid what we want.
[20:03] Todo
    Shouldn't we have taken them on
     while we had the chance?
[20:07] Taro
    Y-Yeah.
[20:08] Taro
    You sure we wanna let them go?
[20:10] Hajime
    Pipe down.
[20:12] Okita
    Wow, though. That Naozumi guy seemed tough.
[20:17] Hijikata
    I'll settle the score sooner or later.
[20:20] Hijikata
    More importantly, Soji...
[20:22] Hijikata
    Don't give too much thought
    to what doesn't concern you.
[20:25] Okita
    Whatever do you mean?
[20:30] Ayame
    That Hijikata guy must
    be awfully important.
[20:35] Naozumi
    Huh?
[20:36] Ayame
    I didn't really care whether
     we went at it or not,
[20:41] Ayame
    but given where he was standing,
    he would have died for certain if we had.
[20:46] Ayame
    That pretty boy weighed up the benefits
    of capturing us and decided not to fight.
[20:53] Ayame
    It looked like the rest of them
     wanted to fight, though.
[20:57] Naozumi
    Hijikata is my prey.
[20:59] Naozumi
    If you touch him, I'll kill you.
[21:02] Ayame
    Oh, I'm so scared.
[21:13] (Flashback) Nio
    Naozumi-san...
[21:15] (Flashback) Nio
    You're weak.
[21:20] Ayame
    What is it?
[21:23] Naozumi
    Still, I liked that white-haired kid.
[21:26] Naozumi
    They're an interesting bunch.
[21:29] Ayame
    Really?
[21:31] Ayame
    The Miburo, is it?
[21:35] Naozumi
    Yeah.
[21:39] Naozumi
    That settles it.
    They'll be the stars of the festival.
SIGN    Eight Heads
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Old Nagakura
    A clash between the Miburo
    and the Blood Risshidan seems inevitable.
[23:27] Old Nagakura
    Meanwhile, having successfully
     protected Lord Iemochi,
[23:30] Old Nagakura
    Nio is carried into Nijo Castle
    and gains unlooked-for experience.
[23:36] Old Nagakura
    For the Miburo, it would become
    a newfound cause for unity.
[23:44] Old Nagakura
    Next time: "Sharing the Same Dream."
SIGN    Sharing
SIGN    the 
    Same 
    Dream
[23:47] Old Nagakura
    It won't disappoint.

13 - Sharing the Same Dream
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[00:26] Nio
    Oh, right.
[00:29] Nio
    I escorting Kikuchiyo-san
    to Nijo Castle, and then...
[00:49] Nio
    Huh?
[00:51] Nio
    What?
[00:53] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san?
[00:55] Nio
    Wh-What's wrong? Why so formal?
[01:00] Nio
    Wait, who are you?
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[02:35] Kagemaru
    Pardon me for disturbing you
    at this late hour.
[02:38] Kagemaru
    My family has long served the line
    of shoguns as their shadows.
[02:45] Nio
    Sh-Shadows?
[02:47] Nio
    Does he mean as body double?
[02:49] Nio
    I've heard of them,
    but I didn't know they really existed.
[02:53] Kagemaru
    The member of my family who most
    closely resembles the Shogun gets chosen.
[02:59] Kagemaru
    And, well, that was my humble self.
[03:02] Nio
    Forgive me, but you look
    almost nothing alike!
[03:05] Nio
    U-Um, what's your name?
[03:08] Kagemaru
    A shadow has no name.
[03:10] Nio
    This guy's kind of a pain!
[03:13] Kagemaru
    For saving my lord in his time of need,
[03:17] Kagemaru
    you have my sincerest gratitude.
[03:21] Nio
    O-Oh, please. So many people
    have thanked me already.
[03:25] Nio
    I don't deserve more.
[03:26] Nio
    Um, please raise your head.
[03:29] Kagemaru
    Unworthy though I am, this is how I feel.
     Please permit me to show it to my satisfaction.
[03:38] Kagemaru
    Now...
[03:41] Nio
    He acts like the real thing!
[03:43] Kagemaru
    Accompanying His Lordship
    must have been eye-opening.
[03:45] Nio
    Huh?
[03:46] Kagemaru
    His Lordship prizes the lives
     of others above his own.
[03:52] Nio
    Yes, that did surprise me.
[03:56] Nio
    I mean, he's the Shogun.
[03:58] Kagemaru
    Yes, he is. And yet...
[04:01] Nio
    That's no courtly laugh!
[04:05] Nio
    U-Um, is Kikuchiyo-san...
[04:09] Nio
    He's gone.
[04:11] Kagemaru
    Master Nio, I promise to rush
    to your aid in your hour of need.
[04:17] Nio
    Th-Thank you.
[04:26] Nio
    Huh? What's going on?
[04:29] Nio
    I hear voices in the distance.
[04:31] Crowd B
    Expel the barbarians!
[04:32] Crowd A
    Foreigners out!
[04:33] Crowd B
    Expel the barbarians!
[04:35] Crowd A
    Foreigners out!
[04:36] Nio
    "Expel the barbarians"? It can't be!
    Inside Nijo Castle? But why?
[04:37] Crowd B
    Expel the barbarians!
[04:39] Crowd A
    Foreigners out!
[04:40] Crowd B
    Expel the barbarians!
[04:42] Crowd A
    Foreigners out!
[04:42] Nio
    I-I'm tired. Time to sleep.
[04:51] Nio
    Where am I? The fog's so thick.
[04:57] Nio
    I can hear water.
[05:00] Nio
    Is this a river, maybe?
[05:03] Nio
    Here goes.
[05:05] Nio
    Wait, could this be...
[05:08] Kikuchiyo
    Ow.
[05:13] Kikuchiyo
    Is a headbutt any way to repay me for
    my concern over your tossing and turning?
[05:18] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san! It's really you this time!
[05:23] Kikuchiyo
    You saw the River Sanzu?
[05:25] Nio
    Y-Yes, I did.
[05:28] Nio
    I nearly crossed over
    to the land of the dead.
[05:31] Kikuchiyo
    That's strange.
[05:33] Kikuchiyo
    Your wounds aren't life-threatening.
[05:36] Nio
    Huh?
[05:37] Nio
    I, uh, guess you're right.
[05:42] Nio
    What was that river, then?
[05:45] Kikuchiyo
    That aside, I'm astonished
    Kagemaru showed himself.
[05:50] Nio
    So that man is called Kagemaru?
[05:52] Kikuchiyo
    Yes. That was truly unusual.
[05:55] Kikuchiyo
    I suppose it shows how much
    gratitude he feels toward you.
[05:59] Nio
    What?
[06:01] Kikuchiyo
    Still...
[06:03] Kikuchiyo
    I'm glad we both made it here safely.
[06:05] Nio
    Same.
[06:07] Kikuchiyo
    I hurt my left hand falling off my horse,
    but ultimately suffered no worse.
[06:11] Nio
    I got the stuffing beaten out of me.
[06:14] Kikuchiyo
    I hear the three men
    Naozumi slashed will live.
[06:18] Kikuchiyo
    My horse is fine as well.
[06:19] Nio
    Really? Thank goodness!
[06:22] Kikuchiyo
    And I retrieved your wooden sword.
[06:25] Nio
    Oh, thank you.
[06:32] Kikuchiyo
    How funny.
[06:33] Kikuchiyo
    Tell me more of the Miburo.
[06:35] Nio
    Okay. Remember I mentioned Kondo-san?
[06:38] Nio
    One sip of sake knocks him out cold,
    but he's untouchable at sumo wrestling.
[06:42] Nio
    He tosses everyone else
    around like rag dolls.
[06:47] Kikuchiyo
    I would love to meet these other Miburo.
[06:53] Kikuchiyo
    Quite the view, isn't it?
[06:55] Nio
    Yes. It's like another world.
[07:00] Nio
    So, um, I thought I was just hearing things,
[07:04] Nio
    but there was shouting in the night.
[07:06] Kikuchiyo
    Hm?
[07:07] Nio
    The voices reached
    all the way to the castle.
[07:11] Kikuchiyo
    Oh, so you heard that.
[07:14] Nio
    They chanted "Expel the barbarians."
    Were they shouting at you, Kikuchiyo-san?
[07:19] Kikuchiyo
    It's so wearisome.
[07:21] Kikuchiyo
    They never tire of fussing
    in front of the gates every night.
[07:25] Nio
    I guess you have it rough, too, huh?
[07:28] Nio
    Here you are, trying so hard to avoid a war.
[07:34] Kikuchiyo
    Anyone would. That's what I'm here for.
[07:38] Nio
    What do you mean?
[07:39] Kikuchiyo
    The decision to "expel the
    barbarians" has been made.
[07:43] Kikuchiyo
    The Emperor, the court, and recently,
     my guardian, Yoshinobu,
[07:49] Kikuchiyo
    have all been pressuring me
    to pick a date to enact the policy.
[07:54] Kikuchiyo
    It won't be easy to stop this momentum.
[07:57] Kikuchiyo
    No human effort can make a difference.
[08:00] Kikuchiyo
    It's as though the river of history
    is sweeping us along.
[08:04] Nio
    A river?
[08:05] Kikuchiyo
    That's what I mean by "Anyone would."
[08:09] Kikuchiyo
    A single person is next to meaningless
    before the river's flow.
[08:14] Kikuchiyo
    I need only be a marionette.
    A puppet of the times.
[08:19] Nio
    But you won't become a puppet,
    will you, Kikuchiyo-san?
[08:26] Nio
    I mean, you fought back.
[08:29] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    Even so, I will not allow you to make war.
[08:32] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    That is my verdict as 
    leader of the samurai clans.
[08:36] Nio
    Even when your life was in danger,
     you made up your mind not to fight.
[08:42] Nio
    Even if you're a toy boat in the current,
    you still struggle, and you'll keep struggling.
[08:48] Nio
    You're our Shogun, Kikuchiyo-san.
[08:51] Nio
    And I'm glad of that.
[08:56] Kikuchiyo
    And who are you to judge?
[08:58] Nio
    Oh, I'm so sorry! I said more than I should!
[09:01] Nio
    I beg your pardon!
[09:04] Nio
    Wait, a river?
[09:07] Nio
    Could that have been the river of time?
[09:11] Nio
    No, that's ridiculous.
    That was just a dream.
[09:16] Kikuchiyo
    You must not have eaten.
     I'll have a meal prepared.
[09:20] Nio
    No! Don't!
[09:22] Nio
    I couldn't bear it if you
    fed me and no one else.
[09:26] Kikuchiyo
    True. Taro would make
     a nuisance of himself.
[09:29] Kikuchiyo
    Do you want anything else, then?
[09:31] Nio
    D-Do I want anything?
[09:34] Kikuchiyo
    Anything at all.
[09:38] Nio
    Can I really ask for anything?
[09:48] Kikuchiyo
    Her name is Black Daikon.
[09:50] Nio
    B-Black Daikon?
[09:51] Nio
    Th-That's an unusual name.
[09:53] Kikuchiyo
    She's black, and she likes daikon radishes.
[09:56] Kikuchiyo
    I named her.
[09:57] Vassal A
    My lord! You must not!
[09:59] Vassal B
    Leading a horse is beneath Your Lordship.
[10:01] Kikuchiyo
    Oh, be quiet.
[10:02] Kikuchiyo
    I owe Nio a great debt.
[10:04] Kikuchiyo
    Make way, or go without dinner.
[10:07] Nio
    Our Shogun's kind of pushy.
[10:12] Nio
    I-I'm scared!
[10:13] Kikuchiyo
    You mustn't tense up like that.
[10:15] Kikuchiyo
    Hang loose and let the horse take control.
[10:17] Nio
    "H-Hang loose"?
[10:18] Kikuchiyo
    Keep hold of the reins!
[10:25] Kikuchiyo
    Very good. You have a knack for this.
[10:30] Nio
    Good girl, Black Daikon.
[10:33] Kikuchiyo
    Aren't horses grand?
[10:35] Kikuchiyo
    I would have loved to show her to my wife,
    but I can hardly lead her back to Edo.
[10:40] Kikuchiyo
    I will have to find some
    other souvenir for Princess Kazu.
[10:45] Nio
    You're married, Kikuchiyo-san?
[10:48] Kikuchiyo
    Yes.
[10:49] Kikuchiyo
    And to a charming lady.
[10:51] Kikuchiyo
    But she puffs up like this
    when she's in a temper.
[10:56] Nio
    That's adorable.
[11:00] Kikuchiyo
    Nio, would you leave the Miburo
    and come serve me?
[11:05] Nio
    Huh?
[11:06] Kikuchiyo
    I wish to bring you home to Edo as well.
[11:10] Nio
    I-I mean, this is so sudden.
[11:12] Kikuchiyo
    Oh, just say yes! Say it, or I'll make
    the horse buck and throw you off!
[11:15] Nio
    Hey! Don't do that, Kikuchiyo-san!
[11:18] Kikuchiyo
    I was only joking.
[11:20] Nio
    Y-You scared me.
[11:22] Nio
    That wasn't funny.
[11:25] Kikuchiyo
    Forgive me.
[11:27] Kikuchiyo
    I really felt that way until last night.
[11:31] Kikuchiyo
    Then I recalled something
    your grandmother said.
[11:34] (Flashback) Granny
    You're a lord, so do a lord's work.
[11:37] (Flashback) Granny
    We've all got our own stations
    to stand our ground in.
[11:40] (Flashback) Granny
    That's what work's all about.
[11:43] Kikuchiyo
    We all have our own stations and duties,
    and we should each do them as best we can.
[11:49] Kikuchiyo
    So long as we share the same goal.
[11:51] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san.
[11:54] Kikuchiyo
    Myself, in this world.
[11:56] Kikuchiyo
    And you, in the world outside.
[11:58] Kikuchiyo
    Let us strive together for an age of peace.
[12:03] Vassal A
    My Lord. The boy's companions have arrived.
[12:07] Kikuchiyo
    Our time is up.
[12:15] Kikuchiyo
    What is the way of the sword?
[12:17] Kikuchiyo
    When Naozumi posed that question,
    you couldn't answer him.
[12:22] Nio
    You're right.
[12:24] Kikuchiyo
    I don't fault you for that.
[12:27] Nio
    But how should I know something like that?
[12:31] Nio
    I'm not really even a samurai.
    I was adopted by a dango seller.
[12:36] Kikuchiyo
    You're wrong.
[12:38] Kikuchiyo
    Money can buy samurai status these days.
[12:40] Kikuchiyo
    It's no longer a question of birth.
[12:42] Nio
    Wh-What do you think it is, then?
[12:47] Kikuchiyo
    A state of mind.
[12:49] Nio
    A-A state of mind?
[12:52] Kikuchiyo
    Naozumi claimed it was a matter of blood,
    but such questions have no real answers.
[12:57] Kikuchiyo
    If you consider it a state of mind,
    a perspective, the answers are endless.
[13:02] Kikuchiyo
    Samurai, peasant, or shogun,
    man or woman, it makes no difference.
[13:12] Kikuchiyo
    What is the way of the sword to you?
[13:18] Kikuchiyo
    Tell me your answer when we meet again.
[13:24] Todo
    There he is.
[13:25] Okita
    Nio-kun!
[13:27] Hijikata
    You're late.
[13:28] Taro
    Whoa. He really came out of Nijo Castle.
[13:34] Nio
    Guys! Thanks for coming to get me!
[13:39] Nio
    Hijikata-san, are you all right?
[13:41] Hijikata
    Of course I am.
[13:42] Taro
    I bet you had a feast in there.
[13:44] Nio
    I haven't eaten a thing.
[13:46] Okita
    You've sure gone up in the world.
[13:48] Nio
    Please don't.
[13:49] Todo
    Were there pretty ladies? Well?
[13:51] Nio
    No!
[13:52] Hijikata
    Wine and women aside,
    you must have gotten something.
[13:55] Nio
    No, not a thing.
[13:56] Nio
    Oh, but he did let me ride a horse.
[14:00] Hajime
    A horse? You rode a horse?
[14:02] Nio
    Yup. It was a lot of fun.
[14:04] Hajime
    Huh. A horse. A horse, huh?
[14:07] Todo
    Horses poop a lot, don't they?
[14:09] Taro
    Yeah, they're a pain to clean up after.
[14:13] Nio
    Kikuchiyo-san!
[14:16] Nio
    Maybe it's not proper to say this...
[14:21] Nio
    But between last night and today,
    I had an amazing time!
[14:29] Kikuchiyo
    So did I!
[14:34] Kikuchiyo
    Farewell! Till we meet again!
[14:37] Nio
    Yes! That's a promise!
[14:46] Kagemaru
    My lord, your features seem to
    have changed in the course of a day.
[14:53] Kikuchiyo
    Kagemaru.
[14:55] Kikuchiyo
    For a shadow, you're an awful busybody!
[15:03] Kikuchiyo
    There's still hope for
    this land and its people.
[15:06] Kagemaru
    What makes you say that?
[15:09] Kikuchiyo
    Nothing really.
[15:12] Kikuchiyo
    Now, let us get to work.
[15:20] Nio
    I'd like to make a detour on the way.
[15:22] Nio
    I'll catch up.
[15:24] Taro
    What?
[15:26] Taro
    What's the big idea?
[15:27] Taro
    We trekked out here just to get you!
[15:30] Okita
    Where do you want to go?
[15:32] Nio
    A bunch of places.
[15:34] Nio
    I have some things I want
    and some things to check on.
[15:36] Hijikata
    Nio, going back to the compound and
    giving us all an explanation comes first.
[15:41] Nio
    No. This comes first.
[15:44] Nio
    Away I go!
[15:47] Todo
    What was that about?
[15:48] Okita
    Beats me.
[15:49] Taro
    I'm not doing anything
    if those guys jump him again.
[15:53] Nio
    I'm back!
[15:55] Nio
    Please gather round, everybody!
    I have something to tell you!
[16:04] Kondo
    Strip down, Nio. It's your turn.
[16:07] Nio
    Huh? But I've got something important to...
[16:17] Nio
    Hey, this is Serizawa-san!
[16:20] Nio
    I don't stand a chance!
[16:21] Nio
    Just say he wins by default!
[16:24] Serizawa
    Nio, I heard the whole story.
[16:26] Nio
    Huh?
[16:28] Serizawa
    You saved the Tokugawa Shogun's life, huh?
[16:32] Nio
    N-No. I mean, you could say that, 
    but I basically got saved, too, so...
[16:37] Nio
    Fooled you! Now's my chance!
[16:42] Serizawa
    Nio, you rascal.
[16:46] Serizawa
    Well done!
[16:48] Todo
    An underhand throw!
[16:50] Yamanami
    Oh, my. Nio-kun lost in the first round.
[16:53] Serizawa
    I'm impressed!
[16:55] Serizawa
    Have a manju as your prize.
[16:57] Nio
    Th-Thank you, sir.
[16:59] Todo
    Where'd he pull that from?!
[17:00] Taro
    No fair! Why only Nio?
[17:02] Hajime
    Damn it. We got wiped out again?
[17:05] Kondo
    By the by, Nio...
[17:07] Kondo
    I hear you stayed at Nijo Castle,
    where Lord Iemochi dwells.
[17:10] Nio
    Yes. Kikuchiyo-san was so welcoming.
     He's an amazing person.
[17:16] Kondo
    This is the Shogun's majesty!
[17:18] Kondo
    Let me smell you. I must know his scent.
[17:21] Kondo
    Ah, the fragrance of our Shogun.
[17:26] Nagakura
    Tell me, were the fellows
    who attacked you strong?
[17:30] Harada
    A bunch of pushovers, I'll bet.
[17:33] Okita
    No, Hijikata-san took a real beating.
[17:35] Harada
    Hijikata did?
[17:36] Hijikata
    They didn't beat me.
[17:38] Nio
    But the Risshidan's goals, or maybe
    their motives, were a bit unusual.
[17:46] Miburo
    Bring back the age of the samurai?
[17:48] Nio
    Yes. That's what they said they wanted.
[17:51] Hirayama
    What the hell?
[17:52] Noguchi
    What does that even mean?
[17:54] Hirama
    Maybe they're out to start a war.
[17:56] Taro
    That's why we should have
    finished them off there and then!
[18:01] Serizawa
    What's so bad about bringing back
    the age of the samurai?
[18:04] Kondo
    Could we become samurai?
[18:06] Todo
    Uh-oh. They're getting on board with it.
[18:10] Serizawa
    You, too, Sir Kondo?
[18:13] Hijikata
    A load of bull. Who could
    stand an age like that?
[18:17] Hijikata
    If they cut loose,
    we'll do all we can to stop them.
[18:20] Hijikata
    It's as simple as that.
[18:22] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[18:26] Nio
    And so, everyone...
[18:28] Nio
    Let's make those Miburo coats.
[18:30] Nio
    There's not a moment to waste.
[18:35] Taro
    C-Coats?
[18:37] Taro
    Who cares about that crap now?
[18:39] Nio
    I do. We're gonna make them.
[18:41] Todo
    A-ha. Let me guess. You fell for a girl?
[18:45] Okita
    And you want to show off,
    right? I've been there.
[18:48] Nio
    Nothing like that.
[18:50] Todo; Okita
    No?
[18:51] Nio
    Last night, when I stayed in Nijo Castle,
    I heard people cry, "Expel the barbarians."
[18:56] Nio
    They were threatening Kikuchiyo-san...
    I mean, the Shogun.
[19:02] Nio
    And Naozumi-san and the rest
    of the Risshidan want to start a war.
[19:10] Nio
    Those two facts spell danger
    for Kyoto all on their own.
[19:15] Nio
    The townspeople are afraid.
[19:17] Nio
    I want to show them the Miburo are here.
[19:23] Nio
    We all form a single living creature.
[19:26] Nio
    We don't tolerate evil deeds.
[19:28] Nio
    Our uniforms will be a sign
    to the people of Kyoto.
[19:32] Nio
    A sign of relief. A sign of safety.
    A sign they can relax.
[19:38] Nio
    I think that's work
    we should be doing as Miburo.
[19:42] Nio
    As those who serve.
[19:49] Hijikata
    I knew I made the right call
    when I recruited him.
[19:56] Hijikata
    So what did you want in such
    a hurry for making those coats?
[20:02] Hijikata
    What did you go check on?
[20:04] Nio
    Right. This is what I wanted.
[20:09] Nio
    I went to Chirinuya and
    got Granny to design our coats.
[20:14] Todo
    Oh! Black, huh?
[20:15] Okita
    So stodgy.
[20:16] Nagakura
    What's wrong with it?
[20:18] Harada
    Black's cool.
[20:19] Nio
    She said we should put
    one character on the back.
[20:22] Nio
    Something that symbolizes the Miburo.
[20:27] Yamanami
    That's a good idea.
    Let's pool our wits to choose one.
[20:30] Nagakura
    Mhmm.
[20:32] Serizawa
    "Seri."
SIGN    Seri (parsley)
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
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SIGN    Kamo (duck)
[20:33] Serizawa
    "Kamo."
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
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[20:34] Serizawa
    "Zawa."
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Zawa (swamp)
[20:35] Todo
    Making it about you?!
[20:36] Hijikata
    And what did you check on?
[20:39] Nio
    Oh, right. I went to the drapers
    to check how much it'd cost, sir.
[20:45] Nio
    Five ryo a coat.
[20:47] Nio
    Planning ahead for more recruits,
    50 coats comes to 250 ryo.
[20:55] All
    Wait, 250 ryo?!
[20:58] Nio
    Come on, everybody.
    It's time to start earning.
[21:02] Nio
    Let's get going!
[21:04] Nio
    Come on! All together now!
[21:08] Todo
    Are you nuts?! Where will we get that much?!
[21:10] Nio
    From hard work! Together!
[21:12] Taro
    He's not listening.
[21:13] Hajime
    Damn it. I guess we've got no choice.
[21:15] Miburo
    Listen to us, Nio.
[21:18] Hijikata
    I know, Kondo-san.
[21:21] Hijikata
    Nio doesn't realize how
    frightening uniformity can be.
[21:24] Hijikata
    It intimidates people
    on top of everything else.
[21:24] Taro
    There's no way! We'll never make 250 ryo!
[21:27] Todo
    Do you realize how much
    we'd each have to earn?!
[21:27] Kondo
    No, let him be.
[21:29] Todo
    Wait, how much would it be?
[21:30] Kondo
    Our actions will show the townspeople
     that we're on their side.
[21:32] Todo
    Besides...
[21:37] Hijikata
    Yeah, you're right.
[21:40] Hijikata
    Maybe that's our work as adults.
SIGN    Sharing
SIGN    the 
    Same 
    Dream
SIGN    Next time
[23:23] Nio
    Chirinu Nio here.
[23:25] Nio
    We Miburo need to raise funds.
[23:29] Nio
    Funds to buy matching coats, so we can help
     the townsfolk to breathe more easily.
[23:35] Nio
    But it seems like everyone's
    running into trouble.
[23:40] Nio
    Making money sure is tough.
[23:44] Nio
    Next time: "The Race to Raise Money."
[23:47] Nio
    Don't miss it!
SIGN    The
    Race
SIGN    to
    Raise
    Money

14 - The Race to Raise Money
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[00:00] Todo
    We need 250 ryo for matching coats?
[00:04] Todo
    How much is that each?
[00:06] Okita
    I have no idea.
[00:07] Nagakura
    There's only one thing to do:
    go into town and make money.
[00:12] Harada
    So which one of us do you think...
[00:16] Harada
    will earn the most?
[00:18] Todo
    Hey! Wait up!
[00:21] Serizawa
    It'll be me, of course.
[00:25] Kondo
    Money. Money.
[00:28] Hijikata
    All right. Let's get going.
[00:30] Taro
    H-Hang on, Hijikata.
[00:32] Taro
    What if we run into the Risshidan?
[00:38] Hijikata
    Kill them.
[00:39] Taro
    As if we can!
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[02:15] Nio
    Okay. What should we do?
[02:16] Taro
    You mean you've got no idea, either?
[02:19] Taro
    Where could we even work
    except at Chirinuya?
[02:22] Nio
    My place?
[02:23] Taro
    We can have fun, get praised, and get paid.
[02:27] Taro
    What's not to like?
[02:30] Nio
    I don't know. Granny isn't really—
[02:32] Nio
    Huh?
[02:32] Taro
    Come on already.
[02:34] Hajime
    Me, too?
[02:37] Granny
    Don't act so spoiled.
[02:38] Taro
    Huh?
[02:39] Nio
    See?
[02:40] Granny
    You want money?
[02:42] Granny
    Well, too bad. You'll work for free.
[02:44] Taro
    Aw, come on! We'll work our butts off.
[02:48] Taro
    We just need a little pocket money.
[02:50] Granny
    You can work if you want,
    but I'm not paying you.
[02:53] Granny
    Not one lousy copper mon!
    That's what family's for.
[02:58] Taro
    How do you figure that?
[02:59] Granny
    Don't expect the world to hand you things!
SIGN    Chirinuya
[03:02] Granny
    If you want money, go someplace else!
[03:09] Taro
    Granny!
[03:12] Nio
    She's got some real old-fashioned ideas.
[03:15] Hajime
    I'm not even related to her.
[03:16] Taro
    Wh-What are we gonna do, Nio?
[03:19] Taro
    Serizawa-sensei will kill me
    if I go back empty-handed.
[03:22] Nio
    That's why we need to look for work.
[03:24] Taro
    We're doomed! Doomed!
[03:28] Nio
    Don't worry.
[03:30] Nio
    Together, the three of us
    will figure something out.
[03:33] Sales Girl
    Welcome! Step right in!
[03:36] Hajime
    A hopeless optimist.
[03:38] Taro
    That smells tasty.
[03:40] Taro
    Come to think of it, I haven't had breakfast.
[03:42] Nio
    Taro-kun! You're gonna get left behind!
[03:50] Hajime
    What? If you've got
    something to say, say it.
[03:53] Nio
    Oh, right.
[03:56] Nio
    What do you think about
    "bringing back the age of the samurai"?
[04:00] Hajime
    Huh? You mean the Risshidan?
[04:04] Hajime
    Are they seriously trying to roll
    things back to the Warring States?
[04:08] Hajime
    In their dreams.
[04:11] Hajime
    It's just not realistic.
[04:13] Nio
    Yeah.
[04:14] Nio
    And one other thing.
[04:16] Nio
    They asked me what the "way of the sword" is.
     What do you think, Hajime-kun?
[04:23] (Flashback) Hajime
    How can I become a samurai like you?
[04:28] (Flashback) Saito
    Be strong.
[04:35] Hajime
    Isn't that obvious? Strength.
[04:38] Nio
    Strength?
[04:39] Nio
    I-I see. That's a very "you" answer.
[04:42] Taro
    Hey! I found a kashiwa mochi on the ground!
[04:46] Taro
    Huh? Where're you going, Hajime?
[04:48] Hajime
    Don't follow me, either of you.
[04:51] Taro
    Oh, I get it! You want mochi, too, right?
[04:55] Taro
    Oh, fine. I'll split mine in half.
[04:58] Hajime
    Nio, I'm glad I got to meet you.
[05:01] Nio
    What?
[05:03] Nio
    Hajime-kun?
[05:06] Hajime
    Don't follow me.
[05:08] Taro
    What's your problem? Don't you want any?
[05:16] Hirayama
    Serizawa-sensei.
[05:17] Hirayama
    Let's "borrow" some cash from
    one of these places and go drinking.
[05:21] Hirama
    Good idea. Making money's a breeze.
[05:24] Serizawa
    You dolts.
[05:26] Serizawa
    How do samurai earn their keep?
[05:30] Serizawa
    By the sword.
[05:36] Serizawa
    We'll just challenge dojos
    and make them pay up.
[05:46] Harada
    Shinpachi, how much have you got?
[05:49] Nagakura
    Let me see...
[05:52] Nagakura
    Enough to buy us both some hot soba.
[05:55] Nagakura
    What now?
[05:58] Harada
    That's what.
SIGN    Pawnbroker
[06:03] Pawnbroker
    Come again.
[06:05] Nagakura
    You pawned your sword for ten ryo?
[06:09] Harada
    I'll buy it back when I strike it rich.
[06:11] Nagakura
    What will you do?
    A samurai's sword is his life.
[06:16] Harada
    Samurai don't sweat the small stuff.
[06:21] Harada
    We'll knock their socks off
    when we make all 250 ryo in one night!
[06:27] Nagakura
    You're no samurai.
[06:32] Harada
    Huh?
[06:37] Harada
    What did you say?
[06:52] Nagakura
    I beg your pardon. I misspoke.
[06:54] Nagakura
    Forgive me.
[07:00] Harada
    I don't mind.
[07:02] Harada
    You're never too proud to say sorry.
[07:04] Harada
    I like that about you, Shinpachi.
[07:09] Nagakura
    No, I'm truly sorry.
[07:12] Nagakura
    So what's your plan?
[07:14] Nagakura
    What did you stake your sword on?
[07:17] Harada
    Isn't it obvious? I've got funds.
    Now I'll go multiply 'em.
[07:21] Nagakura
    Excuse me?
[07:24] Dealer
    The dice are cast!
[07:25] Gamblers
    Odd!
[07:26] Gamblers
    Even!
[07:26] Gamblers
    Even!
[07:27] Gamblers
    Odd!
[07:27] Nagakura; Harada
    Even!
[07:30] Harada
    Come on.
[07:31] Nagakura
    Which is it?
[07:38] Dealer
    One and two! Odd!
[07:40] Nagakura
    It was odd?
[07:41] Harada
    We blew it!
[07:43] Dealer's Aide A
    A couple of suckers.
[07:44] Dealer
    Easy marks.
[07:45] Dealer's Aide B
    Time to clean 'em out.
[07:48] Harada
    Just you watch.
[07:50] Nagakura
    Sanosuke, we ought to stop now.
[07:53] Harada
    What?
[07:54] Nagakura
    Forget buying back your sword.
    We'll lose everything if this continues.
[08:01] Nagakura
    It's a shame, but needs must.
[08:02] Harada
    Damn. So this is how it ends.
[08:05] Hound
    Young men.
[08:06] Hound
    You shouldn't back down
    once you enter the fray.
[08:12] Hound
    A man fights until he wins.
[08:15] Hound
    The battle isn't over
    unless you admit defeat.
[08:20] Harada
    Gramps, you...
[08:23] Harada
    You've already lost everything you have!
[08:26] Hound
    No!
[08:27] Hound
    Victory is always within reach!
[08:31] Nagakura; Harada
    You crazy old geezer!
[08:35] Todo
    Soji, are you sure about this?
[08:38] Okita
    It's fine.
[08:39] Okita
    We need to get everyone coats,
    and beggars can't be choosers.
[08:44] Todo
    But still...
[08:45] Todo
    That's precious to you, isn't it?
[08:47] Todo
    You brought it all the way from Edo.
[08:49] Todo
    Do you really want to sell it?
[08:52] Okita
    Heisuke.
[08:53] Okita
    I know it's wrong, but deep down,
    a part of me may still be longing...
[09:00] Okita
    for the age of the samurai.
[09:03] Todo
    You mean...
SIGN    Illustrated
    Books
SIGN    This is no good, mister.
SIGN    Illustrated
    Books
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    Books
SIGN    Illustrated
    Books
[09:08] Okita
    Huh?
[09:09] Okita
    What are you talking about?
SIGN    It's no good. I can't give you much for it.
[09:14] Okita
    Are you mad, sir?
[09:16] Okita
    Do you have any idea
    how I felt bringing it here?
SIGN    You ought to be grateful  I'll buy it off you at all.
[09:23] Okita
    Why can't you appreciate its quality?
[09:26] Okita
    Are you blind?!
SIGN    Oh, come on. No one's going  to buy smut like this.
SIGN    Octopuses? Squids? It's ridiculous.
[09:36] Okita
    I'm not talking about realism!
[09:38] Okita
    Appreciating erotic art takes imagination!
    You use your mind's eye!
[09:42] Okita
    Now I'm angry!
[09:44] Okita
    I won't sell to this two-bit shop!
[09:47] Todo
    You won't?
[09:49] Kondo
    I'll earn money doing good.
[09:52] Konod
    Or so I say. But how should I go about it?
[09:55] Passerby A
    You're in the way.
[09:57] Passerby A
    Don't just stand there.
[09:58] Kondo
    Pardon me.
[10:03] Kondo
    Is anyone here in distress?
[10:06] Kondo
    I'd like to do someone
    a good turn while I'm here.
SIGN    Reward: 2 ryo     Tama
    Please look for this cat
                                 Iroriya
SIGN    Reward: 2 ryo     Tama
    Please look for this cat
                                 Iroriya
[10:15] Kondo
    A lost cat?
SIGN    Reward: 2 ryo     Tama
    Please look for this cat
                                 Iroriya
SIGN    Reward: 2 ryo     Tama
    Please look for this cat
                                 Iroriya
[10:18] Kondo
    This will do nicely.
[10:19] Kondo
    Or rather, it must be quite distressing.
[10:23] Kondo
    Still, a single cat in a city this vast?
[10:27] Kondo
    I doubt it will prove easy to find.
SIGN    Reward: 2 ryo     Tama
    Please look for this cat
                                 Iroriya
[10:37] Kondo
    Tama!
[10:42] Kondo
    Wait!
[10:43] Kondo
    Make way!
[10:45] Kondo
    Tama!
[10:51] Hijikata
    I managed to sheathe it somehow,
[10:54] Hijikata
    but there's no saving it.
[10:57] Hijikata
    It's bent all to hell.
[10:59] Hijikata
    Still, my sister had it made
    for me when I left Tama.
[11:10] Hijikata
    Damn that wretched Naozumi.
[11:13] Hijikata
    Before I worry about money,
[11:15] Hijikata
    I need a new sword.
SIGN    Sword God
     Emporium
[11:18] Sword Seller
    You want ten ryo for this?!
     Y-You've got to be kidding.
SIGN    Sword God
     Emporium
SIGN    Sword God
     Emporium
SIGN    Sword God
     Emporium
SIGN    Sword God
     Emporium
SIGN    Sword God
     Emporium
[11:22] Sword Seller
    Just look at it. It's bent out of shape.
SIGN    Sword God
     Emporium
[11:25] Hijikata
    Fair enough.
[11:27] Hijikata
    I asked for too much.
[11:30] Hijikata
    Trade me for it, then.
[11:32] Hijikata
    How about that one?
[11:35] Sword Seller
    What?
[11:35] Sword Seller
    That's a Yukihira from Bungo!
[11:38] Sword Seller
    I wouldn't sell that for any money!
[11:45] Sword Seller
    B-By the by, what is your budget?
[11:48] Hijikata
    Money?
[11:49] Hijikata
    Sorry, I don't have much on me.
[11:57] Sword Seller
    If you're just looking, go somewhere else!
[12:00] Hijikata
    What was that about?
[12:02] Hijikata
    I won't get anywhere here. They charge
    for signature and reputation, not quality.
[12:06] Sakura
    Hey, you there.
[12:12] Hijikata
    Who's this? He looks shabby.
[12:18] Hijikata
    Keep your distance.
[12:23] Hijikata
    Show me your face.
[12:28] Hijikata
    A woman?
[12:30] Sakura
    You're a Miburo, right?
    Hijikata-san the Miburo.
[12:34] Hijikata
    That's right. How did you know?
[12:36] Sakura
    I've got a good sword.
[12:38] Sakura
    And I want you to use it.
[12:40] Hijikata
    R-Really?
[12:43] Hijikata
    You have a sword you want me to use?
[12:45] Sakura
    That's right, Hijikata-san the Miburo.
[12:47] Sakura
    You.
[12:49] Hijikata
    Wait. Give me space.
[12:52] Hijikata
    First, tell me how you know about me.
[12:55] Sakura
    How? You're famous.
[12:56] Sakura
    Hijikata the Miburo: grouchy as a demon,
[12:59] Sakura
    with old indigo clothes and
    a handsome face that's wasted on him.
[13:02] Sakura
    You scowl all the time,
    which drives people off.
[13:05] Sakura
    You walk like a ruffian, you mutter
    to yourself, and children don't like you.
[13:09] Hijikata
    All right. You can stop now.
[13:12] Hijikata
    So what's this about a sword?
[13:14] Sakura
    Right, the sword.
[13:16] Sakura
    It's my teacher's.
[13:18] Sakura
    The master is the best swordsmith in Japan.
[13:21] Hijikata
    Oh? Is he now?
[13:26] Hijikata
    It's a dump!
[13:28] Hijikata
    Do you even get any traffic 
    this far back from the street?
[13:33] Sakura
    We used to get people coming here nonstop.
[13:36] Hijikata
    Hah. That's hard to believe.
[13:40] Sakura
    It's my fault.
[13:43] Hijikata
    Well, whatever.
[13:45] Hijikata
    The best swordsmith in Japan lives here?
[13:47] Sakura
    The best in the world!
[13:49] Hijikata
    You just called him "the best in Japan"!
[13:51] Master
    Keep it down, Sakura!
[13:53] Master
    You'll spoil my concentration, dimwit!
    Get inside! You're bothering the neighbors!
[13:59] Sakura
    Sorry, Master.
[14:02] Sakura
    I brought a loudmouthed customer.
[14:04] Hijikata
    Hey.
[14:18] Master
    Close the door behind you.
[14:20] Hijikata
    What?
[14:21] Master
    I'm talking to you, Sakura.
[14:22] Master
    You useless lump.
[14:24] Sakura
    Y-Yes, sir!
[14:32] Hijikata
    Look at all these swords.
[14:34] Master
    Those are leftovers that didn't sell.
[14:37] Hijikata
    Didn't sell?
[14:39] Hijikata
    Aren't you the best swordsmith in Japan?
[14:41] Sakura
    I... I made those swords.
[14:45] Hijikata
    What?
[14:46] Sakura
    I... I'm an apprentice.
[14:53] Master
    A woman using the forge
    has ruined my reputation.
[15:00] Master
    She's a nuisance.
[15:03] Master
    Go home to your parents already.
[15:05] Sakura
    I won't leave!
[15:07] Master
    Her family's known for flower arranging.
    Good enough for the Honganji Temple every year.
[15:13] Sakura
    This again?
[15:15] Hijikata
    Really? That's quite something.
[15:17] Master
    She got kicked out for being dense,
    and before I knew it, she settled in here.
[15:22] Sakura
    I left on my own.
[15:24] Hijikata
    An odd duck who left a
     good family to make swords,
[15:28] Hijikata
    and a stubborn smith who
     gripes while he teaches her.
[15:32] Hijikata
    I can't think of a stranger pair.
[15:36] Master
    I haven't taught her much of anything.
[15:39] Master
    She's free to watch me work
    and steal any know-how she can.
[15:43] Master
    Then she takes over the forge
    when I'm not using it.
[15:47] Sakura
    But I know my stuff. After all, I watch the
     master every hour, day and night.
[15:52] Master
    Idiot. What kind of craftsman 
    declares themself qualified?
[15:56] Master
    This is why I say you're still green.
[15:58] Sakura
    S-Sorry.
[16:01] Master
    You see?
[16:02] Master
    No wonder we get no buyers.
[16:06] Master
    In what world would any samurai
    trust his life to a sword made by a woman?
[16:12] Master
    You can't blame a single one of them.
[16:17] Hijikata
    I see. So that's how it is.
[16:22] Hijikata
    Word of a female swordsmith
    drove people away from this smithy.
[16:28] Hijikata
    But if I make a name for myself with one of
    these swords, the customers will come back.
[16:34] Hijikata
    Is that the idea?
[16:42] Hijikata
    A hitatsura pattern with yubashiri markings.
[16:52] Sakura
    I-I'm still in training, so...
[16:55] Hijikata
    It sits well in the hand.
[16:59] Hijikata
    I'll take it.
[17:00] Sakura
    Huh?
[17:01] Sakura
    N-No, Hijikata-san, I want you
    to carry one of the master's—
[17:06] Hijikata
    I judge by quality, not reputation.
[17:10] Hijikata
    I'll take this one.
[17:13] Sakura
    No, listen, you—
[17:14] Hijikata
    Sakura.
[17:17] Hijikata
    A sheath.
[17:19] Hijikata
    Make it quick.
[17:20] Sakura
    R-Right.
[17:29] Hijikata
    Good.
[17:54] (Flashback) Sakura's Father
    You're becoming a smith?
[17:57] (Flashback) Sakura's Father
    Get out! Never darken our door again!
[18:03] (Flashback) Master
    Don't mock me, woman! Go home!
[18:07] (Flashback) Sakura
    I'm not leaving!
[18:09] (Flashback) Sakura
    I've got nowhere else to go!
SIGN    Swordsmith
SIGN    Swordsmith
SIGN    Swordsmith
SIGN    Swordsmith
SIGN    Swordsmith
SIGN    Swordsmith
[18:14] (Flashback) Customer A
    Sorry, but I'm not doing business
    with a forge worked by a woman.
[18:24] (Flashback) Sakura
    I'm sorry. It's all my fault.
[18:27] (Flashback) Master
    Don't you worry about it.
[18:29] (Flashback) Master
    Sooner or later, they'll realize
    craft is all about results.
[18:33] (Flashback) Master
    Everyone will.
[19:28] Hijikata
    What are you crying for?!
[19:30] Master
    What'd I tell you? Keep at it,
    and they'll come around eventually.
[19:36] Sakura
    Master.
[19:40] Master
    Hijikata-san, was it?
    I don't need your money.
[19:44] Master
    Instead, I've got a request.
[19:48] Master
    From now on, take your
    business to her, not me.
[19:52] Master
    She knows her craft, if nothing else.
[19:56] Master
    You bow, too!
[19:58] Sakura
    R-Right!
[20:01] Hijikata
    All right.
[20:06] Hijikata
    I'll be back.
[20:07] Sakura
    Y-You mean it?
[20:09] Sakura
    You'll get a bad name, too,
    if you carry swords made by a woman.
[20:14] Hijikata
    A bad name?
[20:17] Hijikata
    I'm used to it.
[20:21] Passerby 1
    That place really does make good dango.
[20:24] Passerby 2
    This again? Now I've got to try it.
[20:40] Hajime
    Mountain.
[20:41] Vagabond
    River.
[20:43] Vagabond
    What's today's catch?
[20:46] Hajime
    Sweetfish.
[20:50] Vagabond
    The Snake's on the second floor.
[20:52] Hajime
    I know.
[21:08] Snake
    Well, well. Long time no see.
[21:12] Snake
    I didn't think you'd ever be back.
[21:15] Hajime
    You got bigger again. A snake in name only.
[21:21] Snake
    I can't even wipe my own ass anymore.
[21:26] Snake
    So? Since you came to me,
    I'm guessing you want money?
[21:33] Snake
    Who will you kill, Jiro?
[21:38] Snake
    Or is it Saito Hajime II now?
SIGN    The
    Race
SIGN    to
    Raise
    Money
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Old Nagakura
    Each in his own way,
    the Miburo race to raise funds.
[23:27] Old Nagakura
    While Hajime acts alone,
    Nio and Taro come across a woman.
[23:34] Old Nagakura
    With the exception of
     meeting Shogun Iemochi,
[23:38] Old Nagakura
    this encounter changes Nio's destiny
    and the Miburo's more than any other.
[23:44] Old Nagakura
    Next time: "Like a River's Flow."
SIGN    Like
SIGN    a
    River's
    Flow
[23:47] Old Nagakura
    It won't disappoint.

15 - Like a River's Flow
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[00:00] Snake
    Well, well. Long time no see.
[00:04] Snake
    So? Since you came to me,
    I'm guessing you want money?
[00:10] Snake
    Who will you kill, Jiro?
[00:13] Snake
    Or is it Saito Hajime II now?
[00:20] Snake
    How does it feel to be called that name?
[00:24] Hajime
    Nothing special. I gave up
    my old one long ago.
[00:27] Hajime
    It means nothing to me.
[00:29] Snake
    Oh, really?
[00:31] Snake
    I don't believe that for a minute.
[00:33] Snake
    A name is the first thing
    parents give their child.
[00:39] Hajime
    You're awful chatty for a snake.
[00:42] Snake
    Temper, temper.
[00:44] Snake
    Your patience is a far cry
     from your namesake's.
[00:48] Snake
    The surliness hasn't changed, though.
[00:51] Snake
    You must have gotten that from him.
[00:57] Snake
    You want to talk work?
[01:00] Hajime
    That's right.
SIGN    5 ryo
SIGN    10
    ryo
SIGN    20 ryo
SIGN    30 ryo
[01:05] Snake
    Hook Nose: 10 ryo.
[01:07] Snake
    Red Eye: 5 ryo.
[01:08] Snake
    The Frog: 20 ryo.
[01:11] Snake
    The Lady Bandit: 30 ryo.
[01:13] Snake
    Scar: 100 ryo.
SIGN    100 ryo
[01:17] Hajime
    Can I assume the reward
    matches how well they fight?
[01:20] Snake
    Who knows?
[01:22] Snake
    Could be the strength of the target.
    Could be the depth of the grudge.
[01:25] Snake
    The client sets the rate.
[01:28] Snake
    Still, 100 ryo? That's something special.
[01:33] Snake
    Now, take your pick, successor.
[01:37] Snake
    Who will you kill?
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Blue Miburo
SIGN    Any work welcome
SIGN    Gimme money
[03:27] Nio
    We're sure not finding any jobs, huh?
[03:29] Taro
    Damn it. Why don't we just rob somebody?
[03:34] Funazo
    Huh? I know you, boy.
[03:40] Nio
    Funazo-san.
[03:41] Nio
    It's me, Nio. It's been a long time.
[03:44] Funazo
    I owe you for back then.
[03:46] Funazo
    My daughter and I are getting by now.
[03:49] Nio
    I'm glad to hear it.
[03:50] Taro
    Wh-Who's this?
[03:52] Taro
    You know this guy?
SIGN    Any work welcome
SIGN    Gimme money
[03:53] Nio
    Yup.
[03:54] Taro
    Huh...
[03:56] Funazo
    Are you looking for work, young Nio?
[03:58] Funazo
    I know just the thing.
[04:00] Nio
    What? Really?
[04:12] Nio
    F-Funazo-san, is this your new bride?
[04:16] Funazo
    P-Perish the thought.
    She's merely an acquaintance.
[04:20] Nio
    Forgive me.
[04:22] Nio
    I'm Nio.
[04:24] Nagi
    What pretty hair you have.
[04:26] Nagi
    Like somen noodles.
[04:28] Nio
    Thank you.
[04:30] Funazo
    This is Nagi-san, the lady
    of a proper samurai house.
[04:35] Taro
    What are you clapping for?
[04:37] Nio
    I see you're with child.
[04:38] Nio
    When is the baby due?
[04:40] Nagi
    I don't know, but it can't be long now.
[04:43] Taro
    Don't you care?
[04:44] Funazo
    Nagi-san wants to take a boat downriver.
[04:47] Funazo
    I'll give you some pocket money
    if you'll help me take her.
[04:50] Nio
    We'd love to help.
[04:52] Taro
    Don't make us work for cheap!
[04:59] Nio
    Please watch your step.
[05:00] Nagi
    Right.
[05:01] Nio
    So why do you want to go downriver?
[05:05] Nagi
    That's my secret.
[05:06] Nio
    Forgive me. I didn't mean to pry.
[05:10] Taro
    L-Like this?
[05:11] Funazo
    You've got a knack for it, young Taro.
[05:14] Taro
    Yes, praise me more.
[05:15] Nio
    Step right this way.
[05:16] Nagi
    Okay.
[05:20] Nio
    Nagi-san, that's the river!
[05:22] Nio
    This way! Over here!
[05:24] Nagi
    That gave me a fright.
[05:25] Nio
    You took the words out of my mouth!
[05:27] Nio
    P-Please try to be careful!
[05:29] Taro
    H-Hey, Nio. C'mere a sec.
[05:31] Nio
    What is it?
[05:32] Funazo
    You've got to watch your step, Nagi-san.
[05:33] Taro
    This lady's fishy.
[05:34] Nagi
    Yes, of course.
[05:35] Nio
    Y-You think so?
[05:37] Taro
    What pregnant woman wants to go downriver?
[05:40] Taro
    Are you sure she's not
    planning to drown herself?
[05:43] Nio
    Drown herself? Surely not.
[05:50] Nagi
    What a cool breeze.
[05:52] Nagi
    It feels lovely.
[05:53] Nio
    I-It sure does.
[05:55] Nagi
    Look, the water's sparkling.
[05:58] Nagi
    I feel like it could suck me in.
[05:58] Nio
    Please don't!
[06:03] Taro
    There's a boat coming the other way!
[06:04] Funazo
    We're fine. Stay on course.
[06:06] Funazo
    It's going to get a little bumpy.
[06:14] Nio
    P-Please hold on tight.
[06:16] Nagi
    Hold on?
[06:20] Nio
    T-To the boat. Like this.
[06:23] Nagi
    Oh, to the boat?
[06:27] Nio
    I might as well just ask her.
[06:30] Nio
    E-Excuse me, Nagi-san...
[06:33] Nio
    If something's troubling you,
    I'd be happy to listen.
[06:37] Nagi
    Troubling me?
[06:38] Nagi
    Let me see...
[06:40] Nagi
    I have so many worries,
    it's hard to pick just one.
[06:43] Nio
    W-Well, you have a baby on the way,
    so please don't do anything rash.
[06:48] Nagi
    When I was little,
    everyone called me "Ollow."
[06:53] Nagi
    I asked them, "What's that mean?"
[06:55] Nagi
    They said, "You're always in such a daze, 
    your head must be hollow."
[07:00] Nagi
    I thought that was a good one.
[07:03] Nio
    "Hollow"? As in "empty"?
[07:07] Taro
    A bridge!
[07:09] Nagi
    Isn't the river nice?
[07:19] Nio
    Does it bother you?
[07:21] Nagi
    No, not a bit.
[07:23] Nio
    Huh? Really?
[07:25] Nagi
    I lost my parents when I was young.
[07:28] Nagi
    I just happened to meet a good man.
[07:30] Nagi
    My family weren't samurai,
    and I'm so clumsy, I'm always a burden.
[07:37] Nagi
    But that makes me think.
[07:39] Nagi
    Look.
[07:41] Nio
    A crescent moon?
[07:43] Nagi
    Gorgeous, isn't it?
[07:46] Nagi
    Isn't it funny how everything
    beautiful is missing something?
[07:52] Nagi
    Maybe the same goes for us.
[07:56] Nagi
    Like this river.
[07:58] Nagi
    Even if it gets weak or rough
    or takes an unexpected turn,
[08:03] Nagi
    or if it gets silty sometimes,
[08:05] Nagi
    we have to show respect,
    deference, and humility.
[08:12] Nagi
    And live gracefully as the current takes us.
[08:19] Nio
    Um, aren't you scared to give birth?
[08:23] Nio
    It seems like it must hurt.
[08:25] Nagi
    Of course I'm scared.
[08:27] Nagi
    But I'm in no rush.
[08:29] Nio
    No rush?
[08:30] Nagi
    Well, tomorrow's me
    will figure something out.
[08:37] Nagi
    Huh? Is that funny?
[08:39] Nagi
    Did I say something funny?
[08:41] Nio
    This person is strong. I guess
    this is another kind of strength.
[08:45] Yotaro
    Hey!
[08:47] Yotaro
    Nagi-san!
[08:49] Yotaro
    I finally found you!
[08:52] Nagi
    My husband.
[08:56] Yotaro
    Sorry, Funazo-san. My wife made some
    more unreasonable demands, didn't she?
[09:00] Funazo
    Not at all.
[09:01] Nagi
    "Unreasonable demands"? I would never.
[09:04] Nagi
    These boys were good enough to help.
[09:07] Yotaro
    Oh, I see.
[09:08] Nio
    I'm Nio.
[09:09] Taro
    A-And I'm Taro.
[09:10] Yotaro
    I really appreciate it.
[09:13] Yotaro
    I'm Yotaro, and I run a dojo on
    the other side of Sanjo-oohashi.
[09:17] Yotaro
    Please stop by if you're
    ever in the neighborhood.
[09:21] Nio
    We'd love to.
[09:23] Yotaro
    Let's head home before it gets dark.
[09:24] Nagi
    Okay.
[09:27] Nio
    Excuse me.
[09:29] Nio
    How can I learn to be strong like you?
[09:35] Nagi
    You're plenty strong already.
[09:40] Nagi
    Oh, dear. I still need to buy tofu.
[09:43] Nagi
    Bye now.
[09:47] Yotaro
    Whoops. Watch your step.
[09:53] Taro
    You don't look even a little tough.
[09:56] Taro
    Whoa. Watch it.
[09:57] Nio
    Taro-kun, let's get strong.
[09:59] Taro
    What? No, stop. We're supposed
     to be making money.
[10:02] Nio
    I don't understand,
    but that's what makes me think.
[10:07] Nio
    Taro-kun, let's make money the strong way.
[10:09] Taro
    What even is the strong way?
[10:11] Nio
    So that I can keep getting closer.
[10:13] Nio
    Funazo-san!
[10:15] Nio
    I'll help you take your boat back.
[10:17] Funazo
    Will you help me hawk fish?
[10:19] Nio
    Not for nothing.
[10:21] Funazo
    Now you're talking.
[10:23] Taro
    He is strong.
[10:28] Taro
    I can't believe we walked
    all over town hawking fish.
[10:32] Nio
    But we made Funazo-san happy.
[10:34] Todo
    Oh! Hey!
[10:36] Todo
    Hey, Nio!
[10:38] Nio
    Guys!
[10:41] Hajime
    You're late.
[10:42] Nio
    Hajime-kun. You beat us home.
[10:47] Harada
    You smell funny.
    And you're all beat up, too.
[10:50] Hajime
    Shut up, monkey brains.
[10:52] Kondo
    I'm back.
[10:55] Harada
    He's beat up even worse than you!
[11:00] Serizawa
    I have returned.
[11:03] Hijikata
    And drunk.
[11:04] Nio
    Did you make a lot of money?
[11:06] Serizawa
    What a foolish question!
[11:10] Nio
    Good thing we've got adults we can count on!
[11:16] Okita
    All done.
[11:18] Okita
    We're all done gathering funds.
[11:22] Hijikata
    I see we're all here.
[11:23] Hijikata
    Let's count up our earnings.
[11:25] Hijikata
    How much do we need
    to have those coats made?
[11:28] Hijikata
    Nio!
[11:29] Nio
    We need 250 ryo, sir.
[11:31] Todo
    Now, put your earnings in the bowl!
[11:34] All
    Yeah!
[11:35] Hirayama
    At last.
[11:36] Hirama
    Leave it to me.
[11:37] Okita
    And me.
[11:38] Harada
    Count me in!
[11:39] Todo
    All right! Good work, men!
[11:40] Taro
    Whoa!
[11:41] Serizawa
    Keep it coming!
[11:42] Okita
    All done.
[11:44] Okita
    So how much did we make?
[11:55] Todo
    Eight mon?
[11:57] Todo
    Are you kidding me?!
[11:58] Hirayama
    You'd better not be holding out on us!
[12:01] Harada
    Same to you!
[12:02] Okita
    Okay, who put in these mon coins?
[12:05] Nio
    Me and Taro-kun.
[12:07] Nio
    We helped sell fish.
[12:09] Nio
    I'm sorry it's only a drop in the bucket.
[12:11] Taro
    D-Don't apologize, Nio.
[12:13] Taro
    What were you guys doing?
[12:15] Harada
    We lost everything gambling!
[12:17] Nagakura
    We pawned our swords
    and can't get them back.
[12:20] Nagakura
    We are samurai no more.
[12:22] Hijikata
    You reap what you sow.
[12:24] Nio
    What about you two?
[12:25] Todo
    We worked as bodyguards,
    secretly following this real cutie around.
[12:29] Nio
    Creepy.
[12:29] Okita
    She turned out to come from a good family.
[12:32] Okita
    Her father insisted we accept
    a token of his gratitude.
[12:35] Nio
    What? That's amazing.
[12:37] Okita
    This fine erotic print.
[12:39] Nio
    Wow.
[12:40] Taro
    Why?
[12:41] Nio
    And you, Kondo-san?
[12:43] Kondo
    Right.
[12:44] Kondo
    To my great shame, I failed to catch a cat.
[12:47] Harada
    Some help you are!
[12:49] Inoue
    I helped out in the fields.
[12:51] Nagakura
    Oh, Gen-san.
[12:52] Inoue
    Words of thanks were my reward.
[12:55] Harada
    Get money next time!
[12:56] Nio
    A-And your group, Serizawa-san?
[12:58] Serizawa
    We challenged dojos!
    Naturally, we won every bout.
[13:02] Serizawa
    Making money couldn't be simpler.
[13:05] Serizawa
    They paid us to return their signboards.
[13:09] Serizawa
    That put us in a grand mood.
[13:12] Serizawa
    So grand that we spent it all drinking.
[13:16] Nio
    Wh-What are we going to do?
[13:18] Nio
    We'll never make any money like this!
[13:25] Hajime
    There's 10 ryo.
[13:26] Hirayama
    What?! Did you say 10 ryo?!
[13:28] Taro
    Whoa.
[13:29] Harada
    I bet you won it gambling, you lucky devil.
[13:32] Hajime
    Don't lump me in with you.
[13:34] Harada
    I knew I smelled blood on you.
[13:36] Hajime
    Shut up.
[13:45] Kondo
    This still isn't nearly enough.
[13:47] Nagakura
    Only the children turned a profit.
[13:50] Todo
    We'll never...
[13:52] Okita
    ...get those coats made.
[13:54] Yamanami
    No.
[13:56] Yamanami
    We borrowed the full
    250 ryo from the Aizu Domain.
[13:59] Nio
    Yamanami-san! Niimi-san!
[14:05] Nio
    Which means...
[14:09] Nio
    We can make the coats!
[14:14] Hijikata
    Always a step ahead.
[14:16] Yamanami
    It's a loan with no interest or due date.
[14:19] Yamanami
    It seems the Shogun's influence
     worked in our favor.
[14:23] Hijikata
    I see. Then we owe Nio.
[14:26] Harada
    Still, I liked that old man
    we met at the gambling hall.
[14:29] Harada
    He even bought us a drink.
[14:31] Nagakura
    Yes, he was quite an agreeable fellow.
[14:34] Nagakura
    I hope our paths cross again.
[14:43] Agitator
    In any case, elder, have a seat.
[14:46] Hound
    No. Tonight, we celebrate our rising.
[14:49] Hound
    I ought to wait till we've all assembled.
[14:52] Ayame
    I'm sure the others will be late.
[14:55] Ayame
    Let's start without them.
[14:58] Naozumi
    Make merry. We'll drink this night away.
[15:01] Ayame
    Well, we're already drinking.
[15:03] Naozumi
    What do you say we wash down
    the wine with words?
[15:10] Naozumi
    We, the Blood Risshidan,
    have our target: the Miburo.
[15:15] Agitator
    Oh?
[15:16] Naozumi
    Listen, I've got an idea.
[15:19] Naozumi
    Here's the plan.
[15:21] Naozumi
    Who's there?
[15:26] Nagi
    Naozumi-niisan, it's me, Nagi.
[15:29] Naozumi
    Oh, Nagi.
[15:30] Naozumi
    You may have married my brother,
    but that's no excuse for eavesdropping.
[15:34] Nagi
    I bought some fine tofu.
    Don't you like tofu?
[15:39] Naozumi
    N-Now's not the time!
[15:41] Nagi
    My.
[15:43] Naozumi
    Women don't belong near the dojo.
[15:45] Nagi
    Yes, yes.
[15:49] Nagi
    What to do?
[15:50] Yotaro
    Nagi-san.
[15:53] Yotaro
    You shouldn't slip out of bed like that.
[15:55] Yotaro
    It's bad for the baby.
[15:58] Nagi
    Yotaro-san.
[16:00] Nagi
    Uh, your brother and
    his friends are in the dojo—
[16:02] Yotaro
    Don't worry. You can leave them to me.
[16:17] Nagi
    How was it?
[16:18] Yotaro
    Don't move, Nagi-san.
[16:20] Yotaro
    It's over. Everything's fine now.
[16:22] Nagi
    Is it really?
[16:23] Yotaro
    Yeah. Let's turn in. It's getting late.
[16:30] Nagi
    Something's been bothering me.
[16:32] Yotaro
    You startled me.
[16:34] Yotaro
    What's bothering you?
[16:35] Nagi
    It's been two months since
    your father left so suddenly.
[16:39] Yotaro
    Yes, it has.
[16:40] Nagi
    It's strange.
[16:42] Nagi
    He used to visit the dojo every day.
[16:45] Yotaro
    You know my father.
[16:47] Yotaro
    Maybe he went off on a training journey
    without telling anyone.
[16:51] Nagi
    That's not all.
[16:52] Nagi
    It's also the way the students
    in the dojo look at you.
[16:56] Yotaro
    At me?
[16:57] Nagi
    They, well... It's like they're mocking you.
[17:01] Nagi
    They act almost contemptuous, I suppose.
[17:03] Yotaro
    You can tell, Nagi-san?
[17:05] Nagi
    I can. And I don't just mean a handful.
[17:09] Nagi
    So many people from who-knows-where
    have started visiting, like those men in there.
[17:16] Yotaro
    True.
[17:17] Nagi
    It all started when Naozumi-san
    returned from his tour of the country.
[17:23] Yotaro
    True.
[17:24] (Flashback) Yotaro
    My brother seems to be enjoying himself.
     Maybe I should ask him to let me join in.
[17:29] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I have no business with you.
[17:31] (Flashback) Ayame
    Go away. You're killing the mood.
[17:35] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I... I guess I'll try another time.
[17:42] Yotaro
    Okay, my mind's made up.
    I'll talk things out with my brother.
[17:45] Yotaro
    So try to relax and focus on
    giving birth to a healthy child.
[17:52] Nagi
    All right.
[18:00] Yotaro
    Yes, good. Shout nice and loud.
[18:08] Yotaro
    Nishimura-san, did you hurt your wrist?
[18:12] Yotaro
    Did you get in a fight?
    You need to stop that.
[18:15] Yotaro
    You're a strong man. If you draw
    your sword in the heat of the moment—
[18:21] Yotaro
    D-Did I offend you? I'm sorry.
[18:31] Yotaro
    I certainly have a hard road ahead.
[18:35] Naozumi
    We'll make this city
    of Kyoto our battlefield.
[18:41] Naozumi
    That leaves one problem:
    how to talk Yotaro around.
[18:50] Nagi
    Mother, please protect me.
[18:54] Bunshichi
    M-Mistress!
[18:59] Bunshichi
    I thought I'd find you here on her deathday.
[19:03] Nagi
    What has you so flustered?
[19:05] Bunshichi
    The night before last, a man
    caused trouble near Nijo Castle,
[19:09] Bunshichi
    then bit through his tongue and died.
[19:12] Bunshichi
    The magistrate wants to know
    if he was one of our students.
[19:19] Bunshichi
    M-Mistress! You shouldn't run!
[19:29] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Our target: the Miburo.
[19:32] Nagi
    What are the "Miburo"?
[19:35] (Flashback) Mother-in-Law
    Nagi-san, look after this place.
[19:41] Nagi
    I know something's about to happen.
[19:44] Nagi
    Something dreadful.
[19:48] Nagi
    E-Excuse me. Let me see.
[19:51] Nio
    Thank you for yesterday, Yotaro-san.
[19:55] Yotaro
    It's so good to see you.
[19:57] Yotaro
    Thank you for coming, Nio-kun.
[19:59] Nio
    Is Nagi-san inside?
[20:01] Yotaro
    She's probably visiting the graveyard today,
    but I think she'll be home soon.
[20:06] Nagi
    Nio-kun.
[20:07] Yotaro
    He assisted my wife yesterday.
[20:10] Kondo
    Did he? I'm glad to hear it.
[20:12] Nio
    Sorry for dropping in so suddenly.
[20:15] Nio
    You see, we borrowed money
    from Aizu at the Konkai-Komyoji Temple,
[20:18] Nio
    and are on our way back
    from thanking them.
[20:20] Yotaro
    Oh, so you're men of Aizu?
[20:23] Nio
    Oh, no, we're not.
[20:25] Nio
    We're Miburo.
[20:28] Nagi
    Miburo?
[20:30] Kondo
    Still, it's always nice to be in a dojo.
[20:33] Yotaro
    You like dojos?
[20:34] Kondo
    Yes.
[20:36] Yotaro
    I should've introduced myself. I'm Kyohachi
    Yotaro, head of the Kyohachi School here.
[20:42] Kondo
    You run a dojo at your age?
[20:44] Yotaro
    I'm 29.
[20:45] Kondo
    So am I.
[20:47] Kondo
    I have my own dojo in Edo.
[20:49] Yotaro
    Really? You do?
[20:50] Kondo
    Would you care to spar?
[20:52] Yotaro
    That's a great idea.
    I'd love to learn from you.
[20:55] Ayame
    Naozumi, I know Yotaro's
    your little brother,
[20:58] Ayame
    but you don't need to put him 
    at the head of the Risshidan.
[21:02] Ayame
    He can't be honest with you or his wife.
    Not even his students respect him.
[21:09] Naozumi
    No, we need him.
[21:11] Naozumi
    You don't know the real Yotaro.
[21:14] Naozumi
    He's the only man fit to lead the Risshidan.
     He's a paragon of the sword.
[21:19] Naozumi
    He's a true martial god.
    No one could ever defeat him.
[21:23] Agitator
    And what if he loses?
[21:28] Naozumi
    If someone can pull that off,
[21:31] Naozumi
    he'll be more than any of us can handle.
SIGN    Like
SIGN    a
    River's
    Flow
SIGN    Next time
[23:24] Kondo
    It is I, Kondo Isami.
[23:26] Kondo
    I always like a dojo, and I like to match
    blades with skilled opponents even more.
[23:31] Kondo
    For my Shieikan in Edo,
    and for the Miburo, I must master the way.
[23:38] Kondo
    I shall hone my techniques,
    strengthen my body, and temper my spirit.
[23:43] Kondo
    Next time: "To Battle."
[23:45] Kondo
    It is not to be missed.
SIGN    To Battle

16 - To Battle
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[00:00] Ayame
    Naozumi, I know Yotaro's
    your little brother,
[00:03] Ayame
    but you don't need to put him 
    at the head of the Risshidan.
[00:07] Ayame
    He can't be honest with you or his wife.
    Not even his students respect him.
[00:14] Naozumi
    No, we need him.
[00:16] Naozumi
    You don't know the real Yotaro.
[00:19] Naozumi
    He's the only man fit to lead the Risshidan.
     He's a paragon of the sword.
[00:24] Naozumi
    He's a true martial god.
    No one could ever defeat him.
SIGN    Kyohachi School
[00:29] Student A
    Best of three!
[00:31] Student A
    Bow!
[00:33] Student A
    Kondo Isami of the Mibu Roshigumi
[00:36] Student A
    versus Kyohachi Yotaro,
    head of the Kyohachi School.
[00:41] Nio
    He doesn't always have it
    together, but even so...
[00:45] (Flashback) Hijikata
    If you want to learn swordsmanship here,
[00:48] (Flashback) Hijikata
    speak to him.
[00:49] (Flashback) Kondo
    Start here.
[00:51] (Flashback) Kondo
    End here.
[00:53] Student A
    Begin!
[00:59] Nio
    I finally get to see how Kondo-san fights.
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[02:37] Nio
    They've begun.
[02:38] Hajime
    Seigan.
[02:39] Nio
    "Say gone"?
[02:40] Hajime
    It's a basic stance.
[02:42] Hajime
    They watch to see what the other does first.
[02:44] Nio
    O-Oh, I see.
[02:46] Student B
    Don't you think this'll be tough
     on the young sensei?
[02:49] Student C
    I'm worried. That fellow looks strong.
[02:53] Nio
    Not even Yotaro-san's students
    have faith in him.
[03:01] Nio
    H-He changed stance.
[03:03] Nio
    Hajime-kun, what's that one?
[03:05] Hajime
    Stop bugging me. Shut up and watch.
[03:09] Nio
    Was that Kondo-san?
[03:14] Nio
    He attacking!
[03:15] Hajime
    He's fast.
[03:21] Nio
    H-He blocked it. Thank goodness.
[03:35] Naozumi
    Good luck trying to parry
    Yotaro's flurries of blows.
[03:39] Naozumi
    At first sight, it's virtually impossible.
[03:47] Nio
    He got him!
[03:49] Hajime
    No.
[03:51] Hajime
    Pops is parrying every blow.
[03:55] Nio
    What? That wasn't a clean hit?
[03:57] Hajime
    Be quiet.
[04:00] Nio
    K-Kondo-san has the edge. He's incredible.
[04:05] Hajime
    So Pops has the edge in strength.
[04:16] Student A
    Point to Kyohachi.
[04:18] Nio
    What? How?
[04:20] Hajime
    He hit his forearm. Shallow but clean.
[04:23] Student B
    Hey, now. Is that really the young sensei?
    He's like a different person.
[04:28] Student C
    Has he always been this good?
[04:33] Hajime
    He must be what they call a "natural."
[04:35] Hajime
    This guy's something special.
[04:37] Nio
    You mean he's a prodigy, like Okita-san?
[04:40] Hajime
    No, a little more serious.
[04:42] Nio
    Serious how?
[04:43] Student A
    Round two, begin!
[04:46] Nio
    The match is a best of three.
    It all hangs on this round.
[04:52] Nio
    It's one-sided again.
[04:55] Yotaro
    What's the matter, Kondo-san?
[04:56] Yotaro
    It's over for you if you don't strike back.
[05:07] Hajime
    Kami-ashi footwork.
[05:12] Nio
    He dodged it!
[05:13] Yotaro
    You're wide open!
[05:17] Student
    P-Point. Body strike!
[05:22] Nio
    Yes! Kondo-san took that round.
[05:26] Student B
    H-He pushed him with his arm.
[05:28] Student C
    What kind of swordsmanship
    is that? Is it even allowed?
[05:31] Hajime
    Idiots. There are no rules
     in a fight to the death.
[05:35] Hajime
    Still, Pops is nimbler than I thought.
[05:40] (Flashback) Young Hajime
    A friend?
[05:42] (Flashback) Young Hajime
    What's this Kondo guy like?
[05:45] (Flashback) Saito
    Good question. In short, he seeks...
[05:49] (Flashback) Saito
    the "way."
[05:53] Kondo
    Thank you for giving me round two.
[05:55] Yotaro
    Oh, um...
[05:56] Student D
    A courtesy?
[05:57] Student E
    I see.
[05:59] Student F
    That's our sensei. Always a gentleman.
[06:01] Yotaro
    But I was fighting seriously.
[06:05] Students
    Either way, this visitor is no slouch.
[06:08] Students
    He's the real deal.
[06:16] (Flashback) Child A
    Shogoro's the best!
[06:17] (Flashback) Child B
    He's never lost a fight!
[06:20] (Flashback) Crowd
    Did you hear he took down a boar this time?
[06:22] (Flashback) Crowd
    What is he, a tengu?
[06:23] (Flashback) Crowd
    A martial god?
[06:24] (Flashback) Crowd
    Bishamonten himself?
[06:28] (Flashback) Villager
    This is Kondo Shusuke-sensei.
[06:30] (Flashback) Villager
    He came all this way just to meet you.
[06:33] (Flashback) Villager
    He's strong.
[06:34] (Flashback) Shusuke
    What would you say to going
    a few rounds with me?
[06:45] (Flashback) Shusuke
    Did you think you could thrash my old bones?
SIGN    Shieikan
[06:49] (Flashback) Shusuke
    From now on, your name is Kondo Isami.
[06:52] (Flashback) Shusuke
    And the Shieikan is your dojo.
[06:56] (Flashback) Shusuke
    Accept all comers.
[06:58] (Flashback) Shusuke
    This is a gathering place for
    those who wish to master the way.
[07:03] (Flashback) Shusuke
    Hone your technique, strengthen
    your body, and temper your spirit.
[07:09] (Flashback) Shusuke
    And never forget, Isami:
[07:12] (Flashback) Shusuke
    You are weak.
[07:14] (Flashback) Shusuke
    Everything begins from there.
[07:23] Nio
    H-He's laughing?
[07:26] Student A
    Round three, begin!
[07:28] Kondo
    The world is vast.
[07:29] Kondo
    Many strong fighters still lie sleeping.
[07:35] Students
    D-Daijodan?
[07:37] Students
    What a daring stance.
[07:39] Nio
    What's "daijodan"?
[07:41] Hajime
    No stance lets you strike faster
    or land a hit easier.
[07:44] Hajime
    But it leaves your body wide open.
[07:47] Nio
    So it's all about offense then?
[07:52] Student C
    The young sensei has taken up a gedan stance!
[07:54] Student B
    Another bold choice.
[07:57] Nio
    A-And what's a "gedan" stance?
[08:01] Hajime
    Gedan keeps your arms low, so it's easier
    to bide your time, but strikes come out slow.
[08:08] Hajime
    Put simply, it's a defensive stance.
[08:10] Nio
    So Kondo-san will attack,
    and Yotaro-san will defend?
[08:14] Hajime
    Pretty much no one would use
    either stance in a real fight.
[08:20] Nio
    What next?
[08:46] Kondo
    You baited a blow to the face
    to counter with one of your own?
[08:51] Kondo
    Magnificent.
[08:53] Student A
    Point to Kyohachi. Contest over.
[08:57] Student D
    He won!
[08:58] Student E
    What a move.
[08:59] Students
    I've never seen a counter like that.
[09:06] Nio
    Th-They moved so fast,
    I couldn't follow it.
[09:09] Hajime
    That guy really is strong.
[09:12] Nio
    Kondo-san lost.
[09:17] Nio
    Huh?
[09:19] Kondo
    I learned a lot from you today.
[09:21] Yotaro
    Oh, no. Not as much as I learned from you.
[09:24] Kondo
    There's a big, wide world out there,
    full of swordsmen I've yet to meet.
[09:28] Kondo
    I am weak, and that's enough
    to make life worth living.
[09:32] Kondo
    Please teach me, all of you.
[09:34] Students
    Oh, no. We couldn't.
[09:38] Students
    I've never seen a guy so tough act so humble.
[09:41] Kondo
    No, I'm weak.
[09:42] Student F
    Sensei! I never knew
    you were hiding your strength.
[09:45] Yotaro
    No, I really haven't been.
[09:48] Student D
    I worried what would become of this dojo
    when the old sensei up and vanished.
[09:53] Student E
    Same. But it's in good hands.
[10:07] Yotaro
    I'm sorry Nagi's running late.
[10:09] Yotaro
    Maybe she went shopping.
[10:12] Nio
    No, that's all right. We'll come again.
[10:20] Kondo
    Well then, if you'll excuse us...
[10:22] Nio
    Thank you for everything.
[10:28] Yotaro
    What mighty blows.
    My hands are still trembling.
[10:36] Yotaro
    Kondo Isami. Things would have gone
    differently if we'd fought with steel.
[10:42] Nagi
    Nio-kun!
[10:46] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[10:47] Nagi
    I'm so sorry. I was out.
[10:49] Nio
    Oh, please don't run.
[10:51] Nio
    I'll come to you.
[10:54] Nio
    We were just leaving.
[10:56] Nagi
    Okay. I just got back.
[10:59] Nio
    I'm really glad I got to see you.
[11:02] Nagi
    Yes, so am I.
[11:05] Nagi
    So you're with the Miburo, Nio-kun?
[11:08] Nio
    Yes, we are.
[11:10] Nio
    It's our job to keep Kyoto safe.
[11:15] (Flashback) Naozumi
    We, the Blood Risshidan,
    have our target: the Miburo.
[11:24] Nagi
    What fine, upstanding work.
[11:26] Nio
    Excuse me.
[11:28] Nio
    Are you all right?
[11:29] Nagi
    Huh?
[11:30] Nio
    Oh, I just wondered
    because you look a little pale.
[11:35] Nagi
    No, I'm fine.
[11:37] Nagi
    Nothing's the matter.
[11:38] Nio
    What? Really?
[11:41] Nagi
    Really.
[11:43] Nio
    Sorry. My mistake.
[11:46] Nagi
    It's no problem.
[11:48] Nio
    Do you, um, mind if I come visit you again?
[11:53] Nagi
    Well, take care on your way home.
[11:56] Nio
    Oh, right.
[12:05] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[12:09] Nagi
    What's wrong? Did you forget something?
[12:11] Nio
    Oh, no.
[12:12] Nio
    You see, um, my granny's amazing.
[12:17] Nio
    She makes amazing dango,
    she's good at business,
[12:21] Nio
    she sews her own kimono, she's a great cook,
[12:24] Nio
    and she makes a good midwife, too,
     if you can believe it.
[12:30] Nio
    If you ever need help with anything,
    don't hesitate to ask.
[12:37] Nio
    Bye.
[12:40] Hajime
    Nio, what's taking you so long?
[12:42] Nio
    Ah, sorry.
[13:09] (Flashback) Customer A
    A samurai just jumped in!
[13:11] (Flashback) Customer B
    Into the freezing cold river?
[13:12] (Flashback) Customer C
    Is he nuts?
[13:19] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Here.
[13:21] (Flashback) Nagi
    E-Excuse me...
[13:22] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Ah, the water feels warmer
    than the air when it's this cold out.
[13:30] Nagi
    Sorry, Nio-kun.
[13:32] Nagi
    All I can do now is keep this house safe.
[13:38] Nagi
    I believe in Yotaro-san.
[13:49] Yotaro
    I don't believe it.
[13:52] Naozumi
    The authorities already know
    about the scuffle at Nijo Castle.
[13:58] Naozumi
    They know Kyohachi students were behind it.
[14:01] Naozumi
    As head of the dojo,
    don't you feel responsible?
[14:11] Naozumi
    So we're all here at last.
[14:14] Naozumi
    The Hound.
[14:16] Naozumi
    The Agitator.
[14:18] Naozumi
    The Lily.
[14:20] Naozumi
    The Firework Maker.
[14:22] Naozumi
    The Fiend.
[14:24] Naozumi
    The Quiet.
[14:26] Naozumi
    The Fool.
[14:28] Naozumi
    And the Samurai.
[14:31] Naozumi
    We strike in three days.
[14:33] Naozumi
    On the night of the new moon,
    we, the Blood Risshidan,
[14:37] Naozumi
    will take back the age of the samurai!
[14:48] Nio
    What's the right word
    to stand for the Miburo?
[14:52] Hajime
    You're the only one still
    thinking about it so seriously.
[14:56] Nio
    That's not true.
    I'm sure we're all using our heads.
[15:00] Nio
    But it sure is hard to settle on something.
SIGN    New
[15:03] Nio
    "New" might be nice.
[15:06] Nio
    Oh, it's a new moon tonight.
    The stars should be gorgeous.
[15:10] Hajime
    Like I care.
[15:11] Nio
    By the way, it's been three days
    since we visited Yotaro-san's dojo.
[15:15] Nio
    How do you think Nagi-san's doing?
[15:18] Nio
    I hope she's not in trouble.
[15:19] Hajime
    Nio.
[15:23] Hajime
    You might want to stop
    having that woman's back.
[15:28] Nio
    Why?
[15:29] Hajime
    Lots of reasons.
[15:31] Nio
    Like what? Tell me!
[15:32] Hajime
    Lots of reasons!
[15:34] Todo
    It's a woman. A woman came to visit.
[15:38] Nio
    Who is she?
[15:40] Nio
    Is it Nagi-san?
[15:41] Todo
    Beats me. I just heard it was a woman.
[15:44] Harada
    What's that? Hijikata's brought a woman home?!
[15:48] Harada
    Damn. When'd he get so smooth?
[15:51] Nagakura
    H-How indecent. I won't stand for it.
[15:54] Todo
    Is she a maiko? A geisha?
    A merchant's daughter?
[16:00] Okita
    Wow. She knows her stuff.
[16:05] Harada
    A sword grinder!
[16:08] Hijikata
    Yes, about that...
[16:10] Hijikata
    She may be a woman, but she knows her trade.
[16:13] Todo
    Who do you think you are,
    bringing a woman home, Hijikata?!
[16:17] Nagakura
    Th-That's right. We do men's
    work here. Have some decency.
[16:20] Harada
    What a letdown! When I hear "woman,"
     I expect sex appeal!
[16:27] Todo
    Wh-What a piercing glare.
[16:29] Nagakura
    Yes, a childhood friend's look
     of unabashed fury.
[16:34] Harada
    I... I know what you mean.
    Everyone's been through that.
[16:39] Todo
    Uh, while we're here,
    would you take a look at my sword, too?
[16:43] Harada
    Well, better safe than sorry.
[16:44] Nagakura
    Yes. I don't have a sword right now,
    but I'd like some advice.
[16:48] Hijikata
    What are you lining up for?
[16:50] Sakura
    I'll inspect anyone's sword.
    Business is business.
[16:54] Nio
    There aren't many woman
    swordsmiths, are there?
[16:58] Nio
    That's amazing.
[16:59] Sakura
    Oh, no. There's nothing amazing about me.
[17:02] Nio
    I'm Nio. It's a pleasure to meet you.
[17:05] Sakura
    I'm Sakura. The pleasure is mine.
[17:08] Todo
    Hey, Nio! No fair!
[17:10] Harada
    Get in line and wait your turn!
[17:13] Sakura
    When it comes to swords, I'm your woman.
[17:16] Todo; Harada; Nagakura
    Sakura-chan!
[17:21] Yamanami
    I'm astonished. It's as though
    you've breathed new life into it.
[17:27] Inoue
    My field work will go much smoother now.
[17:30] Harada
    A hoe? Why?
[17:32] Hajime
    I see. It does stick in its sheath sometimes.
[17:36] Kondo
    Give my weapon a look.
[17:38] Kondo
    I was entrusted with
    this Kotetsu when I left Edo.
[17:41] Sakura
    A Kotetsu?
[17:46] Sakura
    No, this is no Kotetsu. It's a forgery.
[17:55] Okita
    You can appraise swords, too?
     What a skill set.
[17:58] Sakura
    When it comes to swords, I'm your woman.
[18:00] Hirama
    What's this? A woman swordsmith?
[18:03] Hirayama
    Did you forget to pay your
    respects to Serizawa-sensei?
[18:13] Sakura
    Th-That blade! H-How is it signed?
[18:16] Serizawa
    Nagasone Okisato-nyudo Kotetsu.
    It was a gift from the lord of Mito.
[18:22] Sakura
    A Nabeshima Kotetsu!
[18:24] Sakura
    Amazing!
[18:25] Sakura
    I'm called Sakura.
    Please let me maintain this sword.
[18:32] Serizawa
    I like you!
[18:34] Serizawa
    Sakura, starting today,
    you're the Miburo's dedicated smith.
[18:39] Sakura
    Thank you, sir.
[18:41] Sakura
    Although I'll still charge you in full.
[18:45] Nio
    Wh-What a businesswoman.
[18:47] Hijikata
    She didn't waste any time
    winning over the top dog.
[18:50] Serizawa
    Meet our new comrade!
[18:52] Todo
    Way to go, Sakura-chan!
[18:53] Harada
    Glad to have you!
[18:58] Taro
    Look at them party.
    Do some work, why don'cha?
SIGN    Challenge
[19:13] Naozumi
    Give this to them.
SIGN    Challenge
SIGN    Challenge
SIGN    Challenge
[19:27] Taro
    W-W-W-W-We...
[19:30] Taro
    We've got an emergency!
[19:32] Hijikata
    What's wrong?
[19:35] Taro
    Th-That Naozumi guy just showed up
    and said to give you this letter.
[19:40] Nio
    Naozumi-san? Here?
[19:41] Okita
    That man we met?
[19:43] Hijikata
    Give it here.
[19:47] Serizawa
    What's the fuss?
[19:50] Nio
    Wh-What does it say?
[19:52] Hijikata
    "Tonight, at the hour of the boar, we will
    collapse the seven bridges on the Kamo River,"
[19:57] Hijikata
    "and set fire to Kyoto.
    Signed, the Blood Risshidan."
[20:02] Sakura
    Huh?
[20:03] Hajime
    Damn it. It's that dojo.
    They made the first move.
[20:07] Nio
    Dojo? Nagi-san's place? What do you mean?
[20:11] Hijikata
    That dojo, the Kyohachi School, is their base.
[20:15] Nio
    What?
[20:17] Hijikata
    The day you went there...
[20:23] Hijikata
    Hajime spotted their lackeys
    among the students and consulted me.
[20:29] Hijikata
    The two of us have spent
    the last three days investigating.
[20:33] Hijikata
    We found out Naozumi and his gang
     have been visiting the place.
[20:37] Nio
    Why didn't you tell me sooner?
[20:41] Hijikata
    Don't blame Hajime.
[20:43] Hijikata
    He was thinking of you, Nio.
[20:50] Nagakura
    Let's go!
[20:50] Harada
    Bring your swords!
[20:52] Nagakura
    No lanterns. They'll give us away.
[20:55] Nagakura
    Fire will spread swiftly in
    this wind. We must hurry!
[20:59] Nagakura
    Right!
[21:01] Kondo
    Nio.
[21:04] Kondo
    This is yours.
[21:06] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[21:08] Hijikata
    Sakura, you stay here.
[21:10] Sakura
    I'm going with you.
[21:11] Serizawa
    Hijikata!
[21:14] Nio
    A map?
[21:15] Serizawa
    You take command.
[21:20] Hijikata
    We'll assign men to each bridge.
    Don't let anyone across!
[21:24] Hijikata
    Nio! You hold the center!
     Can you handle it?
[21:27] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[21:31] Naozumi
    Now...
[21:34] Naozumi
    Let's get started.
[21:37] Hijikata
    Get moving! Run!
SIGN    To Battle
SIGN    Next time
[23:20] Serizawa
    I'm Serizawa Kamo.
[23:23] Serizawa
    The Blood Risshidan?
[23:24] Serizawa
    Only a bunch of scoundrels
    would set out to torch Kyoto.
[23:29] Serizawa
    I'll put them in their place.
[23:33] Serizawa
    Come on, men. Run! Run!
[23:36] Serizawa
    A hero's coming through!
[23:39] Serizawa
    Let's finish this quick and
     go on a drinking spree.
[23:44] Serizawa
    Next time: "A Place to Belong."
SIGN    A
    Place
SIGN    to 
    Belong

17 - A Place to Belong
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[00:00] Old Nagakura
    And so, we Miburo set out to fight the Blood
     Risshidan, who wanted to set the city ablaze.
[00:10] Boy A
    Who does Kondo Isami fight?
[00:12] Boy B
    I wanna hear what Okita Soji does.
[00:14] Tsuru
    What about Hijikata Toshizo?
[00:17] Old Nagakura
    No one cares what I did?
[00:20] Boy A
    Wait, you fought, too, Old Man Shinpachi?
[00:23] Old Nagakura
    Yes. If not for the battle that night,
[00:27] Old Nagakura
    I might not be living
    as a samurai should now.
[00:33] Boy A
    Sounds awesome.
[00:35] Tsuru
    I can't wait to hear
    what happens next, Sensei!
[00:39] Old Nagakura
    It was a windy, moonless night.
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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SIGN    Blue Miburo
[02:23] Sakura
    So you're worried about this
    Nagi-san lady who has a bun in the oven,
[02:27] Sakura
    and you want to go check on her?
[02:29] Nio
    Well, purely in terms of how I feel,
    that's what it boils down to, yeah.
[02:33] Sakura
    Okay!
[02:34] Sakura
    Forget the nitty-gritty. Let's go, Nio-kun!
[02:36] Nio
    Th-Thank you.
[02:38] Taro
    Talk about simple. Is that lady okay?
[02:42] Harada
    Heisuke! Soji!
[02:44] Harada
    We ain't got swords.
[02:45] Harada
    Lend us something! We'll settle for daggers!
[02:48] Nagakura
    Please!
[02:49] Todo
    Wh-Why?
[02:51] Okita
    Oh, right. You pawned your swords
    and lost the money gambling.
[02:56] Okita
    Guess we have no choice.
[02:58] Harada
    I owe you one.
[03:00] Todo
    You'd better return it!
[03:01] Nagakura
    All right, all right.
[03:03] Hirama
    They wanna set Kyoto on fire?
    What a bunch of showoffs.
[03:07] Hirayama
    We'll show 'em what the Miburo are made of.
[03:10] Hijikata
    Stay on your toes, Yamanami.
[03:12] Yamanami
    I don't need you to tell me that.
[03:15] Taro
    I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die!
[03:18] Hajime
    Shut up.
[03:20] Niimi
    It's the second bridge after the corner.
[03:21] Hajime
    I know.
[03:23] Hijikata
    Noguchi, you're with me.
[03:25] Hijikata
    Don't fall behind.
[03:26] Noguchi
    Y-Yes, sir! Sorry!
[03:40] Yamanami
    This wind is a problem.
[03:42] Yamanami
    If they start a fire on this side of
    the bridges, it'll spread in a flash.
[03:48] Serizawa
    Look.
[03:49] Serizawa
    The Sanjo Bridge!
[03:52] Harada
    Smoke signals!
[03:53] Nagakura
    They're going up all over the place!
[03:55] Hijikata
    Here they come!
[03:56] Hijikata
    Spread out!
[03:57] Miburo
    Yeah!
[04:16] Old Nagakura
    And so, the Miburo split into seven teams,
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Gojo Bridge
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Matsubara Bridge
[04:19] Old Nagakura
    and raced to the seven bridges
    targeted by the Blood Risshidan.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Shijo Bridge
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Sanjo Bridge
[04:24] Old Nagakura
    Okita and Todo, both fast runners,
    went all the way to Kojin-bashi.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Nijo Bridge
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Marutamachi Bridge
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Kojin Bridge
[04:31] Old Nagakura
    Hijikata sent Nio's team
    across the Sanjo Bridge
[04:36] Old Nagakura
    to the enemy headquarters
    at the Kyohachi dojo.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Kyohachi Dojo
[04:41] Serizawa
    Follow me, men!
[04:44] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[04:46] Kondo
    To battle.
[04:47] Taro
    I don't even care anymore!
[04:53] Nio
    Fire! They're here!
[04:59] Serizawa
    The hero arrives!
[05:04] Serizawa
    Out of my way.
[05:10] Naozumi
    Congratulations. You hit the jackpot.
[05:14] Nio
    Naozumi-san!
[05:17] Serizawa
    So you're the boss of these rebels!
[05:19] Nio
    Serizawa-san, we're counting on you.
[05:25] Serizawa
    Who do you think you're talking to?
[05:28] Serizawa
    Go.
[05:32] Sakura
    That sword looks like...
[05:36] Kondo
    Don't stop! Run!
[05:40] Taro
    B-Break through! Break through!
[05:43] Student A
    Those little...
[05:44] Naozumi
    Who cares?
[05:46] Naozumi
    Ignore them.
[05:55] Sakura
    That scruffy guy could be bad news.
[05:58] Nio
    Huh?
[06:04] Naozumi
    I've got myself good steel.
[06:10] Sakura
    I'd know that silver sheath anywhere.
     My master made it.
[06:14] Sakura
    It's a one-of-a-kind long sword.
[06:17] Sakura
    The black blade, Tsugumori.
[06:33] Sakura
    It's hard to follow that blade with your eyes,
     and the new moon only makes it harder.
[06:38] Taro
    Wh-What the hell? How do you
    block something you can't see?
[06:43] Sakura
    I can't believe anyone
    can use that heavy thing.
[06:51] Student A
    F-Fall back!
[06:52] Student A
    He'll hit us, too!
[06:54] Naozumi
    Serizawa Kamo, right? You're famous.
[06:59] Serizawa
    Oh?
[07:03] Naozumi
    The toughest braggart in Mito.
    The Miburo's biggest star.
[07:07] Naozumi
    But you're a walking contradiction.
[07:11] Serizawa
    What?
[07:12] Naozumi
    You trampled anyone in your way.
    You crushed vested interests.
[07:17] Naozumi
    You were leading the anti-barbarian charge.
[07:23] Naozumi
    And look at you now. You're the
    polar opposite. A shogunate lapdog.
[07:34] Naozumi
    Clearing the way for your comrades?
[07:37] Naozumi
    Saving the weak?
[07:40] Naozumi
    What leg does your "justice"
     have to stand on?
[07:49] Student A
    He... He blocked it.
[07:51] Student B
    No way. Does that mean
    he can see that blade?
[07:54] Serizawa
    What does it stand on?
[07:57] Serizawa
    You've got it all wrong.
[08:00] Serizawa
    What's right changes whenever 
    I shift where I'm standing.
[08:13] Nio
    Don't worry.
[08:14] Sakura
    Huh?
[08:16] Kondo
    Serizawa-san will not fall.
[08:18] Serizawa
    Right now, Serizawa Kamo
    and his Mibu Roshigumi...
[08:23] Serizawa
    are the sole arbiters of justice.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Nijo Bridge
[08:33] Harada
    Hey, Shinpachi.
[08:34] Harada
    We hold Nijo Bridge, the first bridge.
[08:37] Harada
    Don't get it mixed up.
[08:39] Nagakura
    I know that.
[08:40] Nagakura
    You keep your eyes peeled, Sanosuke.
[08:44] Hirayama
    Can we really count on you guys?
[08:47] Nagakura
    Hirama and Hirayama!
[08:48] Hirayama
    Only a real blockhead loses his sword
    just before an emergency.
[08:52] Hirama
    You're the Miburo's resident nincompoops!
[08:54] Harada
    Shove it! You're just Serizawa's lackeys!
[08:59] Nagakura
    That's right! Mind your own business!
[09:07] Okita
    Excuse us. So sorry.
[09:07] Todo
    Excuse us!
[09:09] Todo
    Our bridge is farther ahead!
[09:11] Okita
    Best of luck!
[09:13] Harada
    Those guys can really move.
[09:15] Hirayama
    Don't screw up, you hear?
[09:17] Harada
    Shut up! Same to you!
[09:29] Nagakura
    This is it. Nijo Bridge.
[09:34] Student C
    You must be Miburo!
[09:36] Student D
    Stay out of our way!
[09:37] Harada
    One, two, three of 'em.
[09:41] Nagakura
    I expected more.
[09:43] Student D
    Hey, look. They don't have real swords.
[09:46] Student C
    You're right. They only have wakizashi.
[09:48] Student E
    I thought they were samurai.
[09:51] Harada
    Let's decide who handles this.
[09:54] Nagakura
    Yes, I agree.
[10:00] Nagakura
    Tails.
[10:02] Harada
    Too bad. It's heads.
[10:05] Nagakura
    I see.
[10:09] Harada
    Which one's heads?
[10:10] Nagakura
    How should I know? 
    Decide that before you flip it!
[10:13] Nagakura
    And isn't that the money Nio and Taro made?
[10:16] Harada
    I... I only borrowed it.
[10:17] Nagakura
    You never change. Always leaving
    things to chance and failing.
[10:22] Harada
    You didn't think so
    when you agreed to join me!
[10:25] Student C
    That's enough out of you clowns!
[10:32] Student D
    You'll pay for that!
[10:38] Nagakura
    Whoops.
[10:57] Harada
    All bark and no bite.
[10:58] Nagakura
    They should've trained harder.
[11:02] Nagakura
    Sanosuke! You're on fire!
[11:06] Harada
    Hurry up and put it out!
[11:11] Harada
    That was a close one.
[11:12] Nagakura
    You let your guard down too soon.
[11:15] Hound
    Well done.
[11:18] Harada
    Are you the boss here?
[11:20] Harada
    I know you!
[11:25] Hound
    I hoped you wouldn't come.
[11:29] Hound
    No, honestly, I hoped you would.
[11:32] Harada
    The old guy from the gambling hall!
[11:34] Hound
    This goes beyond bad luck. It's fate.
[11:38] Nagakura
    You're in the Risshidan?
[11:40] Harada
    I-I had no idea. You acted all buddy-buddy.
[11:44] Hound
    I'd heard you were Miburo,
[11:47] Hound
    but I didn't know we were
    to become enemies, either.
[11:51] Harada
    We had a great time chatting with you.
[11:54] Harada
    Why would you make us fight you now?
[11:57] Harada
    We even drank together!
[12:05] Hound
    Now, who wants to be first?
[12:08] Hound
    Or I can take you both at once, if you'd rather.
[12:12] Harada
    A spear?
[12:14] Hound
    This battle is inevitable.
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[12:17] Hound
    It is a battle in the all-out war
    between the Miburo and the Risshidan.
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[12:23] Hound
    If you lose even one bridge,
    it will spell your defeat.
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[12:29] Hound
    Formidable and devious fighters are
    meeting your comrades as we speak.
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[12:38] Kondo
    Hurry! Faster!
[12:43] Hound
    Samurai these days are a rotten bunch.
[12:47] Hound
    Sloth is human nature.
[12:49] Hound
    No one can control himself forever
    by virtue of his office alone.
[12:54] Hound
    Too many samurai strut around,
    trampling peasants underfoot.
[13:00] Nagakura
    Sounds like you have a bone
     to pick with samurai.
[13:03] Harada
    Just who are you, old man?
[13:12] Hound
    My ancestor was Kudo Suketsune,
    a Heian samurai.
[13:17] Hound
    I have a real warrior pedigree.
[13:21] Hound
    But I was nothing but a lesser samurai,
    growing rice in the northeast.
[13:34] Hound
    A samurai killed my son and grandson.
[13:39] Hound
    I assumed he'd be ordered to slit his belly,
[13:44] Hound
    but he got off with the slap on the wrist
    that is exile because he'd "avenged an insult."
[13:52] Hound
    I left my homeland to seek revenge.
[13:58] Hound
    And what did I see?
[14:01] Hound
    Scoundrels who pulled old priests
    off the road to test their blades.
[14:07] Hound
    Animals who'd stop at nothing
     to sate their lusts.
[14:13] Hound
    Vulgar grins.
[14:15] Hound
    The reality of samurai in name only.
[14:18] Hound
    The likes of them make the weak suffer.
[14:24] Hound
    So I decided to get rid of them all.
[14:27] Hound
    To exterminate them.
[14:34] Hound
    I honed my skills to send as many
    samurai to hell as I possibly could.
[14:41] Hound
    I was a bodyguard by day,
     an assassin by night.
[14:45] Hound
    I chose as best I could and
     killed more than twenty men.
[14:51] Hound
    I felt satisfied, but I didn't smile.
[14:56] Hound
    For each one I killed, a sliver of guilt
    built up in me like silt in a river.
[15:05] Hound
    And then, I met that man.
[15:09] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Don't blame yourself, old-timer.
[15:13] Hound
    I knew at a glance that he was different.
[15:16] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Blame the times.
[15:19] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Haven't you ever thought of changing them?
[15:24] Hound
    He speaks in anachronisms.
[15:28] Hound
    Maybe it's nothing but
    daydreams and crazy talk.
[15:33] Hound
    But if the alternative is wasting away
    without ever setting foot on a battlefield,
[15:39] Hound
    then there's something
    to be said for his ravings.
[15:44] Student C
    This old man's tough.
[15:46] Student C
    No one at our dojo could even—
[15:51] Hound
    I'm known as the Hound,
    and I hunt the beasts called samurai.
[15:56] Hound
    Now, draw your weapons!
[15:58] Hound
    Do it, if you're real samurai!
[16:04] Harada
    Old man.
[16:06] Harada
    Are you dead set on doing this?
[16:08] Hound
    Of course.
[16:10] Harada
    Oh, well.
[16:13] Nagakura
    I understand.
[16:17] Nagakura
    If you want my head, take it. It's yours.
[16:22] Harada
    Hey!
[16:23] Harada
    This is no time for jokes, Shinpachi!
[16:25] Nagakura
    It's no joke.
[16:27] Harada
    Whoa!
[16:28] Harada
    Watch out!
[16:31] Harada
    You almost ended up skewered!
[16:33] Nagakura
    I don't mind.
[16:34] Harada
    Well, I do!
[16:36] Hound
    What are you playing at?
[16:38] Nagakura
    You wish to avenge your son and grandson.
[16:42] Nagakura
    But the shogunate forbids parents
    from avenging their children.
[16:47] Hound
    Yes. That's why I left my domain and my home.
[16:52] Hound
    But that was 30 long years ago.
[16:56] Hound
    My target must be dead
     in some ditch by now.
[17:00] Nagakura
    You resent the samurai
    and wish to kill as many as you can.
[17:05] Hound
    I just told you that.
[17:07] Nagakura
    But there are no samurai in the Miburo.
[17:15] Nagakura
    Most of us are farmers or ronin.
    Some, I don't even know.
[17:20] Nagakura
    But only Serizawa Kamo and I come
    from proper samurai lineages.
[17:26] Nagakura
    I can bear your grudge.
[17:29] Nagakura
    I can't kill you.
[17:32] Nagakura
    What you're trying to do is wrong,
[17:36] Nagakura
    but I understand your frustration.
[17:39] Nagakura
    Would you take the head of
    Nagakura Shinpachi and leave it at that?
[17:44] Hound
    Then you die first!
[17:50] Nagakura
    What do you think you're doing, Sanosuke?
[17:55] Harada
    Shut up.
[17:59] Harada
    You've got rotten luck, old man.
[18:02] Hound
    What?
[18:03] Harada
    How many decades have you been at this?
[18:06] Harada
    You've got no talent for it.
[18:08] Hound
    You cocky brat!
[18:15] Hound
    What?
[18:17] Harada
    What did I tell you?
[18:19] Harada
    I can see it all.
[18:21] Harada
    People tell me I've got good eyes.
[18:34] Harada
    I'm not a softy like Shinpachi.
[18:36] Harada
    I don't care what your deal is.
[18:39] Harada
    When it comes to killing, I won't hold back.
[18:48] Harada
    Just kidding.
[18:50] Harada
    I'm not bad with a sword,
    but this comes so much more natural.
[18:59] Harada
    I've been rowdy since I was a kid.
[19:02] Harada
    I acted out. I brawled.
    Basically, I never got along anywhere.
[19:07] Harada
    But I've finally found...
[19:10] Harada
    a place I can belong.
[19:17] Hound
    What kind of group are you?
[19:21] Hound
    Why do you grow your beards
    and wear your hair loose?
[19:24] Hound
    Why not try to look the part of a samurai?
[19:31] Harada
    Tell him.
[19:33] Nagakura
    I don't like to share this,
[19:37] Nagakura
    but I felt sensitive about
    being a samurai in the Miburo.
[19:41] Nagakura
    Even when people don't mean
    to form cliques or put up walls,
[19:46] Nagakura
    those on the outside have a way
     of feeling them anyway.
[19:50] Nagakura
    I wanted to at least look
    the part of a ronin.
[19:55] Nagakura
    And, well...
[19:57] Nagakura
    I've started feeling like a fool 
    since he joined up.
[20:00] Hound
    "He"? Who?
[20:01] Harada
    Oh, this kid from a dango shop.
[20:05] Hound
    A child? From a dango shop?
[20:07] Nagakura
    Indeed. He's awfully soft, you see.
[20:11] Nagakura
    Not cut out for battle.
[20:14] Harada
    But he still shows off,
    and he cries all the time.
[20:17] Harada
    And he's stubborn, too,
    so he can be a real pain.
[20:21] Nagakura
    He's so green and reckless that
    you can't take your eyes off him.
[20:25] Kondo
    Taro, pick up the pace!
[20:25] Nagakura
    He's never at the center of things,
[20:26] Taro
    You're slower than me!
[20:28] Nio
    This way.
[20:28] Nagakura
    but somehow, he brings everyone together.
[20:34] Harada
    Yeah. And we've got an even brattier kid.
[20:37] Harada
    A mini samurai.
[20:39] Nagakura
    And a beggar boy we took in
     to help with odd jobs.
[20:44] Harada
    We're outcasts, but the Miburo
    make us feel like we belong.
[20:52] Harada
    Unlike you guys, we don't fuss
    over birth or breeding.
[20:59] Harada
    You should've come to us instead, old man.
[21:04] Harada
    I wish you had.
[21:09] Hound
    I see. You may be right.
[21:12] Harada
    Oh, hey! I know.
[21:15] Harada
    I'll put in a good word for you
    if you switch sides.
[21:18] Nagakura
    True. We're a gaggle of outdated swordsman.
[21:23] Nagakura
    Those skills you've honed won't go to waste.
SIGN    A
    Place
SIGN    to 
    Belong
SIGN    Next time
[23:22] Hijikata
    Hijikata Toshizo here.
[23:25] Hijikata
    Nagakura and Sanosuke are fighting
    a formidable foe on another bridge.
[23:29] Hijikata
    I can't afford to lose, either.
[23:31] Hijikata
    The sword Sakura made for me
    is holding up well.
[23:34] Hijikata
    No matter how skilled my enemies are,
    I'll do things my way,
[23:39] Hijikata
    and keep swinging my blade.
[23:42] Hijikata
    Next time: "Man of the Soil."
[23:45] Hijikata
    Watch. That is all.
SIGN    Man
    of
SIGN    the
    Soil

18 - Man of the Soil
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[00:00] Hound
    I'm known as the Hound,
    and I hunt the beasts called samurai.
[00:05] Hound
    Now, draw your weapons!
[00:07] Nagakura
    Would you take the head of
    Nagakura Shinpachi and leave it at that?
[00:13] Harada
    You've got rotten luck, old man.
[00:15] Hound
    You cocky brat!
[00:18] Harada
    I'm not a softy like Shinpachi.
[00:21] Harada
    I don't care what your deal is.
[00:23] Harada
    When it comes to killing, I won't hold back.
[00:27] Harada
    Just kidding.
[00:29] Harada
    I'm not bad with a sword,
    but this comes so much more natural.
[00:34] Harada
    We're outcasts, but the Miburo
    make us feel like we belong.
[00:39] Harada
    You should've come to us instead, old man.
[00:56] Fiend
    I knew you were showing your age.
[01:03] Fiend
    Useless trash.
[01:09] Harada
    Hang in there, old-timer!
[01:11] Hound
    Damn you, Fiend.
[01:19] Nagakura
    Sanosuke, stand aside!
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[02:57] Nio
    I see it!
[02:58] Nio
    That house with the gate!
[03:01] Kondo
    Good.
[03:02] Sakura
    The gate's open.
[03:04] Taro
    Y-You want me to run
    all the way to Kurotani, right?
[03:08] Nio
    Yup. Ask Aizu for reinforcements.
[03:11] Taro
    As if they'll believe anything I say.
[03:15] Nio
    Please, Taro-kun. It's all up to you.
[03:17] Taro
    Shut up!
[03:19] Taro
    To hell with it! I'll do what I can!
[03:26] Nio
    Nagi-san, please be safe.
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SIGN    Kojin Bridge
[03:52] Todo
    I hit them all with the back of my blade.
[03:55] Okita
    Nice work.
[03:56] Okita
    Then allow me to handle their boss.
[04:02] Okita
    Wait.
[04:05] Okita
    That's odd.
[04:07] Okita
    There are eight ringleaders
    and seven bridges.
[04:09] Okita
    One of them has to be here.
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[04:11] Todo
    Don't look at me.
    Maybe he went someplace else?
[04:15] Okita
    What?
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SIGN    Nijo Bridge
[04:23] Harada
    Are you okay, old man?
[04:27] Harada
    Hey, old man!
[04:28] Nagakura
    Sanosuke.
[04:32] Nagakura
    I told you to stand aside.
[04:40] Fiend
    Huh?
[04:44] Fiend
    A short sword?
[04:46] Fiend
    No, that's ridiculous.
    I should've been well out of reach.
[04:51] Fiend
    Even if it were a long sword,
    I should've be out of range.
[04:54] Nagakura
    Ah, this won't do.
[04:58] Nagakura
    You face Nagakura Shinpachi
    of the Mibu Roshigumi.
[05:05] Fiend
    Huh.
[05:07] Fiend
    Do you think we're fighting
    a duel or something?
[05:21] Fiend
    He's fast.
[05:22] Fiend
    And he hits hard.
[05:26] Fiend
    Not good.
[05:29] Fiend
    I need to keep him at a distance.
[05:32] Nagakura
    I had no doubts about living
    as a samurai. As a warrior.
[05:38] Nagakura
    Born to Nagakura Kanji,
    who served Matsumae Domain in Edo,
[05:44] Nagakura
    I grew up in Edo without a care in the world.
[05:47] (Flashback) Woman A
    Why, if it isn't young Lord Nagakura.
[05:50] (Flashback) Woman B
    What a handsome face he has.
[05:54] (Flashback) Townsmen
    You can count on him
     to cut a dashing figure.
[05:56] (Flashback) Townsmen
    He's always earnest and polite, I hear.
[05:59] (Flashback) Townsmen
    A model samurai.
[06:01] Nagakura
    I wasn't a terribly diligent student,
    except when it came to swordsmanship.
[06:07] Nagakura
    I became a master of the
    Shindo Munen School by the age of 18.
[06:13] Nagakura
    Then I went from one dojo to another,
    seeking strength and nothing more.
[06:20] Nagakura
    Up until I met Kondo at the Shieikan
    and my life took a detour.
[06:28] Nagakura
    You could say I was a classic swordsman.
[06:32] Nagakura
    Free of doubt or hesitation, I simply...
[06:38] Nagakura
    kept walking the path of the sword.
[06:50] Nagakura
    Utterly underhanded.
[06:53] Fiend
    Underhanded? I don't follow.
[06:57] Nagakura
    What need did you have to kill the old man?
[07:00] Nagakura
    Much less to stab him from behind
    and without warning.
[07:05] Fiend
    He's weak, so he'll die. The strong survive.
[07:09] Fiend
    That's samurai logic.
[07:13] Nagakura
    I see.
[07:14] Nagakura
    In that case, you'll die here.
    That's as it should be.
[07:19] Hound
    No!
[07:22] Harada
    Old man! You still with us?
[07:24] Hound
    H-His technique is—
[07:26] Harada
    Hey! Don't force yourself to talk!
[07:28] Hound
    His technique is an iai strike
    like a fiend's scythe.
[07:34] Hound
    Don't give him the room to use it.
[07:42] Fiend
    It's time you died.
[07:45] Harada
    Shinpachi!
[07:48] Harada
    I got this sword off
    one of the grunts! Use it!
[08:09] Hound
    A sword reflects its wielder's true nature.
[08:14] Hound
    Carefree.
[08:17] Hound
    And supple.
[08:21] Hound
    Serene and free like a bird in flight.
[08:27] Hound
    Almost like a...
[08:39] Harada
    A flying swallow.
[08:50] Fiend
    I see. What a shame.
[08:54] Fiend
    You win.
[09:02] Hound
    I never knew there were
    such samurai. Such warriors.
[09:15] Harada
    The old man's dead.
[09:23] Harada
    He said you were one hell of a samurai.
[09:29] Nagakura
    Let's give him a funeral later, Sanosuke.
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[09:40] Agitator
    Welcome. This is the bridge of fate.
[09:44] Hijikata
    Excuse me?
[09:47] Hijikata
    The bridge of fate?
[09:48] Agitator
    Yes. The bridge that will decide your fate.
[09:52] Agitator
    Will you join me? Or will you
    end your lives in obscurity?
[09:57] Hijikata
    Don't waste your breath.
[10:00] Agitator
    Go.
[10:01] Member D
    Huh?
[10:02] Agitator
    Go get him.
[10:15] Member D
    H-How's he so strong?
[10:26] Noguchi
    Hijikata Toshizo.
[10:28] Noguchi
    I never noticed because
    I'm always with Serizawa-sensei.
[10:34] Hijikata
    Out of my way, small fry.
[10:36] Hijikata
    Never touch a sword again.
[10:39] Noguchi
    H-He's good. And ruthless.
[10:47] Agitator
    Magnificent.
[10:50] Agitator
    But a sword's not a hatchet.
    You shouldn't swing it so wildly.
[10:54] Hijikata
    Huh?
[10:56] Agitator
    You'll chip or bend the blade
    and ruin it in no time.
[11:02] Agitator
    Recognize this? It's a Kanenaga.
[11:05] Agitator
    The shine, the brightness, the deep hamon...
     You can't help but admire it.
[11:11] Agitator
    It's a masterpiece,
    forged late in the Kamakura period.
[11:15] Agitator
    What's your sword?
[11:17] Agitator
    It looks unremarkable,
    but what is it called?
[11:23] Hijikata
    A woman no one's heard of made it.
[11:26] Hijikata
    As for a name...
[11:28] Hijikata
    I guess I'll call it "No-Name."
[11:34] Agitator
    Let's change the subject.
[11:36] Agitator
    Would you tell me about your connections?
[11:38] Hijikata
    My what?
[11:40] Agitator
    Who you know.
[11:42] Agitator
    How many notables you have ties to.
[11:45] Agitator
    Connections are the
    true measure of a man's worth.
[11:49] Agitator
    You must know of Dairaku Gentaro.
[11:52] Agitator
    I've drunk with him.
    You might call us sworn brothers.
[11:58] Hijikata
    Never heard of him.
[12:00] Agitator
    Never heard of him?! You've never heard 
    of Dairaku Gentaro of Choshu?!
[12:05] Agitator
    He's a great patriot. A man of renown.
[12:08] Agitator
    He ushered in this age of assassination
    in the name of divine punishment.
[12:13] Hijikata
    News to me. Who is he?
[12:16] Agitator
    Well, these things do happen.
[12:19] Agitator
    Let's try a different connection.
[12:21] Agitator
    Speaking of Choshu, does the name
    Katsura Kogoro ring any bells?
[12:26] Noguchi
    Katsura?
[12:27] Agitator
    I've debated with him.
[12:30] Agitator
    Or take Kusaka-dono.
[12:32] Agitator
    I've shared a bath with him.
[12:35] Agitator
    In Tosa, I passed the 
    Takechi Zuizan on the street.
[12:40] Agitator
    I've even seen the great Saigo of Satsuma.
[12:47] Hijikata
    Never heard of them!
[12:49] Agitator
    What?!
[12:50] Agitator
    Wh-What ignorance.
[12:52] Noguchi
    E-Everyone knows Katsura Kogoro,
    even at the Renpeikan dojo in Edo.
[12:56] Hijikata
    I don't, and I don't care to.
[13:01] Hijikata
    It itches.
[13:03] Hijikata
    This thing itches like hell.
[13:06] Hijikata
    The longer you talk, the itchier it gets.
[13:12] Hijikata
    I've had enough. Now die.
[13:17] Agitator
    Don't you care about
    making your mark on history?
[13:19] Agitator
    I can't fathom that attitude.
[13:22] Hijikata
    Shut up already.
[13:24] Agitator
    If our uprising succeeds—
    no, if it even makes a stir,
[13:29] Agitator
    the Risshidan's fame will skyrocket.
[13:32] Agitator
    And it won't end there. Once lit,
    the anti-shogunate flames will refuse to die.
[13:37] Agitator
    I'll incite Tosa, Satsuma, and Choshu
    and change the course of history.
[13:43] Agitator
    Yes, me! The man called—
[13:47] Hijikata
    Oh, excuse me.
[13:49] Hijikata
    I got sick of your bullshit.
[13:54] (Flashback) Samurai A
    What's this? Don't you even have a name?
[14:01] Hijikata
    You're all talk. Now, die.
[14:12] Hijikata
    That'll cost you.
[14:14] Agitator
    You thought I was all talk?
[14:17] Agitator
    It takes substance to gather a following.
[14:20] Agitator
    Shindo Munen-ryu, Hokushin Itto-ryu,
    Kyoshin Meichi-ryu...
[14:26] Agitator
    I've studied almost every school
     you've ever heard of.
[14:31] Noguchi
    O-Oh, no. This guy's good.
[14:34] Hijikata
    So why? If you're so capable,
    why obsess over reputation?
[14:40] Hijikata
    What drives you?
[14:43] Agitator
    Nothing. Nothing at all.
[14:46] Agitator
    Only shallow men like you assume
     every action has a motive.
[14:52] Hijikata
    Is that so?
[14:54] Agitator
    A word of warning.
[14:56] Agitator
    The way you stand and where you look
    make your strikes too obvious,
[15:01] Agitator
    even if they do stray a little to the right.
[15:08] Hijikata
    When was it? There were
    these rare swallowtail butterflies.
[15:13] Hijikata
    I'd cross a hill or two chasing them, 
    and my sister always let me have them.
[15:19] Hijikata
    I picked up a weird nickname from that.
[15:27] Hijikata
    "Demon Feet."
[15:29] Noguchi
    He's fast!
[15:30] Hijikata
    If you think dojos are all there
    is to sword fighting, think again.
[15:38] Noguchi
    Got him!
[15:41] Agitator
    That won't work on me.
[15:43] Noguchi
    Huh?
[15:47] Noguchi
    Ch-Chain mail?!
[16:00] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Damn it!
[16:01] (Flashback) Kondo
    Toshi, your swordsmanship
    is too predictable.
[16:07] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Oh, I give up!
[16:12] (Flashback) Hijikata
    I've got no talent. I can tell
    that much by watching you guys.
[16:17] Hijikata
    I can't change that easily.
[16:21] Hijikata
    Going back to peddling medicine
    and scrapping every now and then
[16:25] Hijikata
    will be the best thing for me.
[16:28] (Flashback) Kondo
    You have it wrong, Toshi.
[16:30] (Flashback) Kondo
    Grip it more like this.
[16:33] (Flashback) Kondo
    Cup it gently in your hands.
[16:35] (Flashback) Okita
    You sulk over everything.
[16:37] (Flashback) Okita
    You think it'll get you more attention.
[16:40] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Hey! Shut your trap, Soji!
[16:43] (Flashback) Kondo
    That's the spirit I want to see.
[16:45] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Shut up.
[16:46] (Flashback) Hijikata
    You win.
[16:48] (Flashback) Hijikata
    But gimme something to go on.
    What do I have to do to get stronger?
[16:52] (Flashback) Okita
    Always looking for help. You think
    people will tell you just because you ask.
[16:59] (Flashback) Kondo
    Toshi, you're already strong.
[17:02] (Flashback) Kondo
    You've never lost a
    man-to-man fight, have you?
[17:04] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Well, no.
[17:07] (Flashback) Kondo
    You're not here to inherit
    the Tennen Rishin School.
[17:10] (Flashback) Kondo
    Just study it as one more way to fight.
[17:14] (Flashback) Kondo
    You do things your own way.
    What's wrong with the Hijikata School?
[17:20] (Flashback) Okita
    So a no-name school then.
[17:24] Noguchi
    This looks bad, Hijikata-san!
[17:26] Noguchi
    We need to fall back and regroup before—
[17:29] Agitator
    It's too late for that. Sleep in obscurity.
[17:35] Agitator
    I told you, that won't work on me.
[17:39] (Flashback) Kondo
    Toshi, your first stroke
    is especially easy to read.
[17:45] (Flashback) Kondo
    You're practically asking
    your opponent to counter it.
[17:48] Agitator
    I told you, I can read you like a book.
[17:52] (Flashback) Hijikata
    So what should I do about it?
[17:54] (Flashback) Kondo
    Oh, that's simple.
[17:56] (Flashback) Kondo
    Strike again before they do.
[18:00] Agitator
    What?
[18:02] (Flashback) Hijikata
    And after that?
[18:03] (Flashback) Kondo
    A third blow, then a fourth.
[18:12] (Flashback) Kondo
    Just keep battering them.
[18:14] (Flashback) Kondo
    That's how a wild fellow
    like you ought to fight.
[18:17] (Flashback) Kondo
    That's your Hijikata School.
[18:26] Noguchi
    What the...
[18:28] Agitator
    Have you no plan? All you do is flail!
[18:32] Hijikata
    Kondo-san...
[18:36] (Flashback) Kondo
    Was that a kick just now?
    How'd you manage that?
[18:39] Hijikata
    Bottomless greed, dedication, and humility.
    In the old days, he'd have been a daimyo.
[18:46] Hijikata
    Even now, he might go down in history.
[18:52] (Flashback) Okita
    What a sorry sight.
[18:54] (Flashback) Okita
    Did you get beat again?
[18:56] Hijikata
    Soji just blossomed one day out of the blue.
[19:01] Hijikata
    Hell, he's a prodigy.
[19:02] (Flashback) Okita
    By the way, I came up
    with a new move. Wanna see?
[19:07] Hijikata
    He might found his own school,
    or maybe start something even bigger.
[19:14] Hijikata
    I don't let on, but I can't wait to see.
[19:17] Hijikata
    So what about me?
[19:21] Noguchi
    What ferocity.
[19:24] Agitator
    How long is he going to keep this up?
[19:30] Hijikata
    It's light, fits my hand,
    and can take a beating.
[19:35] Hijikata
    Chip it? Bend it?
[19:38] Hijikata
    Who cares?
[19:41] Hijikata
    Sakura...
[19:44] Hijikata
    You're a damn genius.
[19:56] Hijikata
    I don't know why, but I'm surrounded
     by folks who make my jaw drop.
[20:01] Agitator
    W-Wait! Let's talk! Yes, talk!
[20:05] Agitator
    First, tell me your name and...
[20:07] Hijikata
    All of you can go down in history.
[20:10] Hijikata
    Not me.
[20:13] Hijikata
    I'm a man of the soil.
[20:16] Hijikata
    I'm happy being a grain of wheat,
[20:20] Hijikata
    helping someone else grow
    on the land. In this dirt.
[20:28] Agitator
    My name is...
[20:30] Agitator
    My name is...
[20:35] Agitator
    Bide...
[20:44] Agitator
    Bidebu... zaburo...
[20:48] Hijikata
    A name?
[20:50] Hijikata
    What's that worth?
[20:53] Hijikata
    As for me, I threw my lot in
    with the guys who saved me.
[20:59] Hijikata
    Forget anyone else. That's all I need.
[21:03] Agitator
    Unbelievable.
[21:09] Noguchi
    I got chills.
[21:10] Hijikata
    Huh?
[21:12] Noguchi
    I want to be like you.
[21:14] Hijikata
    Noguchi! What're you crying for?
[21:16] Noguchi
    Hijikata Toshizo!
[21:19] Hijikata
    Keep it down.
[21:21] Hijikata
    Now, hurry it up.
    We've got more to send packing.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Matsubara Bridge
[21:36] Hajime
    That wasn't even a warm-up.
[21:42] Ayame
    So it's you.
SIGN    Man
    of
SIGN    the
    Soil
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Hajime
    This is Saito Hajime.
[23:23] Hajime
    So I'm fighting that Ayame guy, huh?
[23:27] Hajime
    Something about him gives me the creeps,
    but I must keep the city safe, no matter what.
[23:33] Hajime
    No, that's not right.
[23:36] Hajime
    I don't want to let anyone beat me.
[23:39] Hajime
    I just want to keep getting stronger.
[23:42] Hajime
    I promised I would.
[23:45] Hajime
    Next time: "Successor."
SIGN    Successor
[23:47] Hajime
    Don't you dare miss it.

19 - Successor
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SIGN    Matsubara Bridge
[00:07] Hajime
    You're next.
[00:09] Ayame
    I've met you before.
[00:11] Ayame
    What's your name?
[00:12] Hajime
    Hajime. Saito Hajime.
[00:16] Ayame
    I like you.
[00:17] Ayame
    Especially your spirit,
    full of fight and ready to kill.
[00:22] Ayame
    Hajime.
[00:23] Ayame
    The Risshidan has a place for—
[00:25] Hajime
    I refuse.
[00:27] Ayame
    Leave the Miburo—
[00:27] Hajime
    I refuse.
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[02:08] Ayame
    What's this? You didn't kill them?
[02:11] Hajime
    They're too far below my level.
[02:14] Hajime
    Not worth killing.
[02:17] Ayame
    What a letdown. You just
    want to play at being a samurai.
[02:21] Hajime
    Say what you like.
[02:23] Hajime
    You'll join them soon enough.
[02:32] Ayame
    What's wrong?
[02:38] Underling 1
    Damn. I thought he was just some kid.
[02:42] Niimi
    Don't move.
[02:44] Niimi
    Pretend you're out cold.
[02:47] Hajime
    Niimi.
[02:50] Hajime
    I don't know what he's thinking,
    but he'll do his job.
[02:54] Hajime
    Hijikata's been paying attention.
[02:58] Hajime
    He picked the perfect partner for me.
[03:02] Ayame
    You won't attack?
[03:04] Ayame
    Of course not. You know what you're doing.
[03:09] Hajime
    Where does he get his weird confidence from?
    I have a bad feeling about this.
[03:14] Hajime
    Something felt off then, too.
[03:18] Hajime
    His expression?
[03:20] Hajime
    His movements?
[03:22] Hajime
    His name?
[03:24] Hajime
    When we listed off their names,
    one didn't seem to fit.
[03:25] Hijikata
    The Fool. The Agitator.
    The Samurai. The Hound.
[03:31] Hajime
    I forgot.
[03:32] Hajime
    Nio might have picked up on something.
[03:35] Ayame
    Life's great on our side, Hajime.
[03:38] Ayame
    Join us, and you'll get to kill people.
[03:42] Ayame
    You can grow stronger.
[03:48] (Flashback) Snake
    A job other than killing, huh?
[03:53] (Flashback) Hajime
    Dissection?
[03:54] (Flashback) Snake
    Cutting up dead bodies
    to look at the bones and organs.
[03:59] (Flashback) Snake
    For medical research.
[04:02] (Flashback) Snake
    The shogunate must grant permission
    to use the corpses of criminals.
[04:06] (Flashback) Snake
    A doctor who can't get permission
     put in the request.
[04:10] (Flashback) Hajime
    So grave robbing, then.
[04:12] (Flashback) Snake
    It's 10 ryo to stand guard
    and help carry the bodies.
[04:16] (Flashback) Snake
    It's risky work.
[04:19] (Flashback) Snake
    You'll get jail time if you're caught.
[04:22] (Flashback) Hajime
    As long as it's not killing, I don't care.
[04:24] (Flashback) Hirayama
    What?! Did you say 10 ryo?!
[04:27] (Flashback) Harada
    I knew I smelled blood on you.
[04:29] (Flashback) Hajime
    Shut up.
[04:33] Hajime
    You didn't ask me anything.
    That means you trust me.
[04:39] Hajime
    I won't kill people.
[04:42] Hajime
    As long as I outclass my opponent,
    I'll take them alive.
[04:46] Hajime
    I'm a Miburo. I'll protect Kyoto.
[04:50] Hajime
    Those are my orders.
[04:53] Ayame
    How naïve.
[04:55] Ayame
    What a disappointment.
[04:58] Hajime
    I've got it.
[05:02] Hajime
    He used his right hand
    to loosen his sword before, too.
[05:09] Hajime
    He doesn't use his left hand.
[05:12] Hajime
    He's weirdly cocky.
[05:15] Hajime
    That settles it. He's got some kind
    of trump card in his left hand.
[05:19] Hajime
    Likely a small, hidden weapon.
[05:23] Ayame
    Taking lives is true strength.
[05:28] Ayame
    Hajime, you can't stop me
    without killing me.
[05:32] Hajime
    Fine by me.
[05:42] Ayame
    He didn't draw?
[05:43] Niimi
    He's good.
[05:45] Hajime
    Your left hand's wide open!
[05:51] Hajime
    He's got no arm.
[05:59] Ayame
    Oh? Running away?
[06:01] Hajime
    I don't believe it. He's only got one arm.
[06:05] Hajime
    That was close, but I won't
    make the same mistake again.
[06:09] Ayame
    No, Hajime, the fight's already over.
[06:12] Hajime
    What?
[06:18] Ayame
    You think I'm cowardly?
[06:20] Ayame
    So, so naïve.
[06:23] Hajime
    I remember now.
[06:26] Hajime
    That weird name...
[06:29] Ayame
    Anything that helps you win is fair game.
[06:33] Hajime
    Lily. Lily-of-the-valley.
    A poisonous flower.
[06:38] Hajime
    Damn it. Poison?
[06:42] Hajime
    Am I going to lose?
[06:45] Hajime
    Old man, am I...
[06:50] (Flashback) Saito
    Jiro, you're weak.
[06:53] (Flashback) Jiro
    Me? Weak?
[06:56] (Flashback) Saito
    Yes. Weak.
[07:00] (Flashback) Jiro
    I already know that! That's the reason
    my mom and dad were murdered by robbers!
[07:05] (Flashback) Jiro
    Because I'm weak!
[07:07] (Flashback) Saito
    That's right.
[07:09] (Flashback) Jiro
    That's why I said I wanted
    to get strong like you!
[07:13] (Flashback) Jiro
    Look! My hair's been
    snow-white since that day!
[07:16] (Flashback) Jiro
    Teach me to use a sword.
[07:18] (Flashback) Jiro
    I want to get strong like you.
[07:21] (Flashback) Saito
    No.
[07:22] (Flashback) Jiro
    Why not?
[07:24] (Flashback) Saito
    Jiro, I'll be frank.
[07:29] (Flashback) Saito
    The truth is that I'm weak, too.
[07:37] (Flashback) Jiro
    I really am a poor little orphan.
[07:40] (Flashback) Jiro
    Murdered parents. No relatives.
    All alone in this world.
[07:45] (Flashback) Jiro
    Hint, hint.
[07:51] (Flashback) Jiro
    What's wrong with teaching me how to fight?!
[07:54] (Flashback) Jiro
    Stop holding out on me!
[07:57] (Flashback) Jiro
    I know all about it.
[08:01] (Flashback) Jiro
    You really are strong.
[08:03] (Flashback) Jiro
    You cut down those robbers
    in the blink of an eye.
[08:06] (Flashback) Saito
    No, I'm weak. All people are.
[08:10] (Flashback) Saito
    What matters is—
[08:11] Jiro
    I've had it!
[08:14] (Flashback) Jiro
    What's your problem? Damn it.
[08:19] (Flashback) Saito
    Time for a meal.
[08:25] (Flashback) Saito
    Now, let's eat.
[08:29] (Flashback) Jiro
    Pickled daikon radish again?
[08:36] (Flashback) Saito
    First, eat. It is the basis of life.
[08:44] (Flashback) Saito
    Don't forget to put your hands together.
[08:56] Jiro
    I want to get strong.
[08:58] Jiro
    Strong like him.
[09:02] Jiro
    He really was strong.
[09:05] Jiro
    No way is he weak.
[09:08] (Flashback) Jiro
    Teach me to use a sword!
[09:10] (Flashback) Saito
    No.
[09:13] (Flashback) Jiro
    Fine. I'll teach myself.
[09:22] (Flashback) Saito
    I'm going for a swim.
[09:35] (Flashback) Jiro
    I can't draw it. Why not?
[09:43] (Flashback) Man
    Come back! Thief!
[09:50] (Flashback) Saito
    Forgive us.
[09:53] (Flashback) Saito
    Never do that again.
[09:56] (Flashback) Jiro
    Yes, sir.
[09:58] (Flashback) Saito
    Your hair's grown out.
[10:02] (Flashback) Saito
    Time for a cut.
[10:02] (Flashback) Jiro
    Yikes!
[10:08] Saito
    The color's starting to
    come back at the roots.
[10:16] (Flashback) Vagrant
    Saito, sir.
[10:18] (Flashback) Saito
    Sweetfish.
[10:23] (Flashback) Saito
    Do you have work?
[10:25] (Flashback) Snake
    I do.
[10:27] (Flashback) Snake
    Oh?
[10:33] (Flashback) Jiro
    Assassination?
[10:35] (Flashback) Saito
    I killed someone and fled Edo.
[10:38] (Flashback) Saito
    I only saved you by chance.
[10:42] (Flashback) Saito
    Killing is all I'm good for.
[10:47] (Flashback) Saito
    Jiro, you ought to go elsewhere.
[10:51] (Flashback) Saito
    Nothing good will come of staying with me.
[10:57] (Flashback) Jiro
    I don't want to lose anyone again.
[11:05] (Flashback) Jiro
    I don't.
[11:17] (Flashback) Saito
    A starling.
[11:19] (Flashback) Jiro
    Huh?
[11:20] (Flashback) Saito
    The way a starling moves its tail.
[11:24] (Flashback) Jiro
    The way its tail moves?
[11:26] (Flashback) Saito
    No.
[11:28] (Flashback) Saito
    Here. With the scabbard.
[11:31] (Flashback) Saito
    Move your scabbard with your
    left hand as your sword leaves it.
[11:36] (Flashback) Saito
    Watch.
[11:50] (Flashback) Saito
    There. That's the motion.
[11:53] (Flashback) Saito
    And the same when you sheath
    your blade. The starling cries twice.
[11:57] (Flashback) Saito
    I guess you're still too young.
[11:59] (Flashback) Jiro
    Like a starling.
[12:00] (Flashback) Jiro
    Like a starling. Like a starling.
[12:13] (Flashback) Saito
    Only draw it in the yard.
[12:18] Hajime
    "How can I become a warrior like him?"
    That was the only thought in my mind.
[12:23] (Flashback) Saito
    No, "ah." That's "nu."
[12:37] Hajime
    I'll get strong.
[12:39] Hajime
    I'll be a samurai like the old man.
[13:06] (Flashback) Saito
    It won't be long now.
[13:15] (Flashback) Saito
    I'm going to work.
[13:16] (Flashback) Jiro
    Take me with you.
[13:18] (Flashback) Jiro
    I've gotten stronger.
[13:19] (Flashback) Jiro
    I can help.
[13:21] (Flashback) Saito
    Don't follow me.
[13:22] (Flashback) Jiro
    Why not?
[13:24] (Flashback) Saito
    Jiro, you're weak.
[13:35] Jiro
    Can he even do this job?
    He looks ready to collapse.
[13:39] (Flashback) Saito
    I told you not to follow me.
[13:44] (Flashback) Jiro
    I'm not leaving. I'll prove I can help—
[13:47] (Flashback) Saito
    I'm not telling you to go.
[13:49] (Flashback) Saito
    Hold this.
[13:52] (Flashback) Saito
    It looks like this job was a trap.
[13:55] (Flashback) Saito
    We're already surrounded.
[13:58] (Flashback) Jiro
    No way. There's way too many of them.
[14:01] (Flashback) Boss
    Saito Hajime, you've made too much of a
     name for yourself. It made you easy to find.
[14:08] (Flashback) Saito
    So you survived, huh?
[14:10] (Flashback) Boss
    You gave me these scars.
[14:12] (Flashback) Boss
    Now I get even.
[14:14] (Flashback) Saito
    Jiro, stay close to me.
[14:23] (Flashback) Saito
    Do your worst, vermin.
[14:25] (Flashback) Boss
    Get him!
[14:29] (Flashback) Assassin B
    Go for the kid first!
[14:32] (Flashback) Jiro
    The "kid" is tougher than you think.
[14:34] (Flashback) Assassin C
    Die!
[14:36] Jiro
    Crap.
[14:39] (Flashback) Saito
    I won't let you lay a finger on him.
[14:43] Jiro
    Old man.
[14:48] (Flashback) Boss
    You damn freak!
[14:53] (Flashback) Saito
    Won't you call this off?
[14:55] (Flashback) Saito
    You nearly lost your life before.
    Why throw it away now?
[15:05] (Flashback) Younger Brother
    B-Bro.
[15:08] (Flashback) Saito
    A shallow cut.
[15:09] (Flashback) Younger Brother
    I k-killed Saito Hajime!
[15:13] (Flashback) Jiro
    Old man! Old man!
[15:16] (Flashback) Boss
    That's enough!
[15:17] (Flashback) Boss
    Retreat! Retreat!
[15:22] (Flashback) Jiro
    Why didn't you draw, dumbass?
[15:26] (Flashback) Jiro
    Tough it out till I get you to a doctor.
[15:28] (Flashback) Saito
    No need.
[15:29] (Flashback) Saito
    I wasn't long for this world anyway.
[15:33] (Flashback) Jiro
    What are you talking about?
[15:35] (Flashback) Saito
    Forget me. Go to Mibu.
[15:39] (Flashback) Jiro
    Mibu? What for?
[15:41] (Flashback) Saito
    No questions. Just go.
[15:48] (Flashback) Kondo
    Saito-san.
[15:50] (Flashback) Kondo
    What happened?
[15:51] (Flashback) Saito
    Kondo-kun. Thank goodness.
[15:54] (Flashback) Jiro
    Help him! He's gonna die!
[15:57] (Flashback) Saito
    Tell me, Kondo-kun.
[16:01] (Flashback) Saito
    What did you men come to Kyoto for?
[16:05] (Flashback) Kondo
    To right wrongs.
[16:11] (Flashback) Jiro
    Old man!
[16:12] (Flashback) Jiro
    Stop trying to talk!
[16:13] (Flashback) Saito
    Listen.
[16:15] (Flashback) Saito
    I won't die.
[16:17] Saito
    Not until I place you in his care.
[16:22] (Flashback) Saito
    This is my son.
[16:24] Saito
    I've learned people grow strong when
    they value something more than themselves.
[16:30] (Flashback) Saito
    I took a long road to get there, though.
[16:33] Saito
    I won't die as long as you live.
[16:38] (Flashback) Saito
    Jiro, be strong.
[16:47] (Flashback) Kondo
    I'll look after him.
[16:55] (Flashback) Kondo
    Beside your parents, then.
[16:58] (Flashback) Kondo
    Boy, what are you called?
[17:01] (Flashback) Jiro
    Hajime.
[17:04] (Flashback) Jiro
    I'm Saito Hajime.
[17:06] (Flashback) Jiro
    The old man's not weak.
[17:09] (Flashback) Jiro
    I'll prove it.
[17:11] (Flashback) Jiro
    I'll carry his sword and continue his legacy.
[17:16] (Flashback) Kondo
    You could be a wolf.
[17:27] Hajime
    I'm the second Saito Hajime.
[17:32] Ayame
    Impossible. That was deadly poison.
[17:34] Hajime
    He's not weak.
[17:37] Hajime
    He won't die.
[17:38] Hajime
    Not while I'm alive.
[17:42] Hajime
    The old man died.
[17:44] Hajime
    He went into his last fight
    racked with illness.
[17:48] Hajime
    Because he was weak?
[17:51] Hajime
    No, he said he took the long way round.
[17:56] Hajime
    He always called himself weak.
[18:00] Hajime
    But that day, he was different.
[18:04] Hajime
    Because I was there, I bet.
[18:06] Hajime
    He didn't want me to see him kill,
    so he didn't draw his sword.
[18:12] Hajime
    Maybe he found the meaning of strength in that
    moment because he had something to protect.
[18:21] Hajime
    If I let this guy go, people will die.
[18:24] Hajime
    I've got no reason to help strangers.
    Or so I thought.
[18:29] Hajime
    But you can't live somewhere
    without getting a little attached to it.
[18:38] Hajime
    So...
[18:42] Hajime
    I can't afford to lose.
[18:45] Ayame
    You can't pull off an iai strike.
[18:48] Ayame
    Look. You'll pass out and die in no time.
[18:52] Ayame
    You can't muster up the strength.
[18:55] Hajime
    Iai's not about strength. It's about skill.
[18:59] Hajime
    Like a starling's tail.
[19:02] Hajime
    I've done it like he taught me thousands,
    if not tens of thousands of times.
[19:05] Hajime
    It's etched into my body.
[19:08] Hajime
    I've got no reason
    to start doubting it now.
[19:14] Ayame
    Like I'd let you try.
[19:16] Ayame
    What are you waiting for?
[19:17] Underling 5
    Huh?
[19:18] Ayame
    Get him!
[19:23] Hajime
    I will beat you.
[19:26] Ayame
    You can't do it. There's no way!
[19:33] Hajime
    I'm done for. I can't move.
[19:44] Niimi
    Get lost.
[19:53] Niimi
    Good. Found it.
[19:55] Niimi
    This is the antidote. I hope.
[20:00] Niimi
    Drink.
[20:05] Niimi
    Sorry. I spoiled your fight.
[20:10] Hajime
    No, I owe you one.
[20:13] Hajime
    I screwed up. I didn't expect poison.
[20:16] Niimi
    That reaction isn't like you.
[20:19] Hajime
    Shut up.
[20:21] Hajime
    It's fine. I still have a ways to go.
[20:25] Hajime
    I'm weak. I'm lacking in mind and body.
[20:31] Hajime
    Old man, I see that now.
[20:35] Hajime
    Will you laugh at me?
[20:37] (Flashback) Saito
    All people are weak. What matters is...
[20:42] Hajime
    What would he have said next?
[20:50] Hajime
    I feel like I've finally
    made it to the entrance.
[21:00] Hajime
    I'm sure you have your own reasons.
[21:03] Hajime
    Everyone does. That's life.
[21:06] Hajime
    But don't make it everyone else's problem.
[21:14] Hajime
    The city's not burning.
[21:16] Niimi
    You made sure it didn't.
[21:22] Hajime
    What a joke.
[21:24] Niimi
    Rest up.
[21:28] Hajime
    You'd better take it from here...
SIGN    Kyohachi School
[21:32] Hajime
    Nio.
[21:34] Yotaro
    I had a feeling you'd come here.
SIGN    Successor
SIGN    Next time
SIGN    Kyohachi School
[23:24] Nio
    Chirinu Nio here.
[23:26] Nio
    I know Nagi-san is with child, so I rushed
    to the Kyohachi School to check on her.
[23:30] Nio
    But why, Yotaro-san?
[23:34] Nio
    You should be at Nagi-san's side.
[23:38] Nio
    And Kondo-san, please calm down.
[23:40] Nio
    I'm begging both of you:
    don't draw your swords.
[23:45] Nio
    Next time: "Prepared for What Comes."
SIGN    Prepared
    for
SIGN    What
    Comes

20 - Prepared for What Comes
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SIGN    Kyohachi School
[00:10] Yotaro
    I had a feeling you'd come here.
[00:27] Yotaro
    Whenever you're ready.
[00:30] Kondo
    Right.
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[02:12] Sakura
    H-Huh?
[02:14] Sakura
    A d-duel?
[02:16] Sakura
    Th-That's weird. I thought we came here
    to check up on a lady who's expecting.
[02:24] Sakura
    So, uh, anyway, would you mind
    cooling it with the blood and violence?
[02:33] Sakura
    I'll be quiet now.
[02:38] Nio
    If I may.
[02:39] Kondo
    Nio.
[02:40] Nio
    Please be quiet for a moment.
[02:44] Yotaro
    Nio-kun.
[02:47] Nio
    Yotaro-san, why are you doing this?
[02:51] Nio
    Nagi-san's with child.
    Shouldn't you be at her side?
[02:56] Yotaro
    Nagi...
[02:58] Yotaro
    isn't here.
[03:01] Nio
    What?
[03:02] Yotaro
    She's not even in the city.
[03:05] Yotaro
    I sent her to stay
    with relatives last night.
[03:09] Yotaro
    She'll be safe there.
[03:12] Nio
    Yotaro-san, I don't think you understand
    the seriousness of what's happening,
[03:17] Nio
    and what might happen in this city.
[03:20] Nio
    That's a Risshidan coat, isn't it?
[03:23] Nio
    Naozumi-san, a man who's been
    in and out of this dojo, is—
[03:26] Yotaro
    Naozumi is my older brother.
[03:30] Nio
    H-He's your brother?
[03:34] Yotaro
    Yes.
[03:36] Nio
    Th-Then, all the more reason! Let's talk
    to him together and get him to stop this!
[03:41] Nio
    I'll fill you in on what they're trying to do.
[03:44] Yotaro
    Don't bother. I know all of it.
[03:47] Yotaro
    My brother told me.
[03:54] Yotaro
    They'll set fire to Kyoto
    and spark a new age of war.
[03:59] Yotaro
    I know. What an outrageous idea.
[04:03] Yotaro
    But...
[04:06] Yotaro
    I joined them fully aware of the facts.
[04:08] Nio
    Th-They're going to burn down the city!
     Are you okay with that?
[04:13] Yotaro
    Everyone has something
     they want to protect.
[04:16] Yotaro
    It comes down to what
    each of us values more.
[04:20] Yotaro
    Nagi knows as well, of course.
[04:24] Nio
    I-I get it. Naozumi-san's
    threatening you, isn't he?
[04:29] Nio
    And you can't go against your older brother.
[04:32] Nio
    He'll hurt you if you don't cooperate.
[04:34] Nio
    Maybe not just you, but your family, too.
[04:38] Nio
    So you couldn't refuse him, right?
[04:50] Yotaro
    I'm glad.
[04:52] Yotaro
    I'd prefer not to have to kill a child.
[04:57] Nio
    Y-Yotaro-san.
[05:00] Nio
    Couldn't you have turned back
     somewhere along the way?
[05:03] Yotaro
    No, I don't think I could have.
[05:06] Yotaro
    Protecting this dojo means the world to me.
[05:10] Kondo
    Nio. There's no getting around it now.
[05:15] Kondo
    We must stop him by force.
[05:18] Yotaro
    You always speak sense.
[05:22] Nio
    Kondo-san.
[05:26] Nio
    Please don't kill him.
[05:29] Nio
    I beg you.
[05:33] Nio
    Kondo-san can handle things here.
[05:35] Nio
    Let's go, Sakura-san.
[05:36] Sakura
    Huh?
[05:38] Sakura
    H-Hang on.
[05:42] Sakura
    Where are we going?
[05:45] Nio
    I can't stop Yotaro-san.
[05:50] Nio
    So...
[05:52] Nio
    I'll focus on what I can do.
[05:57] Nio
    We'll find and talk to Nagi-san.
[05:59] Sakura
    What? Weren't you listening back there?
[06:02] Sakura
    He said Nagi-san's no longer in the city.
[06:05] Nio
    I think she is.
[06:06] Sakura
    Huh?
[06:08] Nio
    Nagi-san was incredibly
    grateful to this family.
[06:11] Nio
    I know she'd come back.
[06:13] Nio
    Even if she had to come alone.
[06:16] (Flashback) Nio
    Um, aren't you scared to give birth?
[06:20] (Flashback) Nio
    It seems like it must hurt.
[06:22] (Flashback) Nagi
    Of course I'm scared.
[06:24] (Flashback) Nagi
    But I'm in no rush.
[06:26] (Flashback) Nio
    No rush?
[06:27] (Flashback) Nagi
    Well, tomorrow's me
    will figure something out.
[06:33] Nio
    Nagi-san's too strong a person not to.
[06:40] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[06:41] Sakura
    Excuse us.
[06:44] Nio
    Nagi-san! It's me, Nio!
[06:47] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[06:49] Sakura
    Good evening! Are you home?
[06:54] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[06:57] Sakura
    N-Nio-kun.
[07:06] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[07:09] Nio
    Nagi-san, are you hurt?
[07:11] Nagi
    Please have a seat.
[07:15] Nagi
    Have a seat.
[07:17] Nio
    R-Right.
[07:24] Sakura
    My name is Sakura.
[07:27] Nagi
    I'm Nagi.
[07:29] Nio
    Th-There's no one else home?
[07:31] Nagi
    Correct. I came back without telling anyone.
[07:35] Nio
    W-Would you, um, please hear me out?
[07:39] Nio
    Keep calm. Try not to be shocked.
[07:42] Nio
    It's about what's happening.
    Or rather, what's about to happen.
[07:47] Nio
    About what you and Yotaro-san
    are about to get caught up in.
[07:51] Nio
    It could spell disaster for Kyoto!
[07:55] Nio
    I really mean it—
[07:56] Nagi
    I know.
[08:00] Nagi
    I know everything.
[08:07] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I've passed the point of no return.
[08:09] (Flashback) Yotaro
    The authorities will investigate
    this dojo sooner or later.
[08:14] (Flashback) Yotaro
    We'll stage our uprising first.
[08:18] (Flashback) Yotaro
    In three days' time,
    on the night of the new moon.
[08:22] (Flashback) Yotaro
    It's all right. You don't need to worry.
[08:26] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Someone from the cadet branch
    will come for you tomorrow.
[08:30] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I want you and the child
    you're carrying to leave the city.
[08:35] (Flashback) Nagi
    Yotaro-san...
[08:40] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Nagi-san.
[08:42] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I'm sorry.
SIGN    Risshi
[08:45] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I have no other choice. If I don't do this,
    I'll never be able to face my brother.
[08:52] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Nagi-san.
[08:56] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Take care of the child.
[09:12] Nagi
    Yotaro-san told me everything.
[09:16] Nagi
    About his brother Naozumi's plan,
[09:19] Nagi
    and that it was happening today.
[09:23] Nagi
    Naozumi-san and his friends won't stop.
[09:27] Nagi
    Yotaro-san has made his peace with that.
[09:30] Nagi
    So...
[09:32] Nagi
    I've made up my mind to fight, too.
[09:35] Nio
    You, too, Nagi-san?
[09:40] Nagi
    Yotaro-san doesn't know I've come back.
[09:44] Nagi
    I made that decision myself.
[09:48] Nagi
    Still, I won't leave this house.
[09:51] Nagi
    That's my resolution and my battle.
SIGN    Kyohachi School
[09:56] Nagi
    Of course, I'll be punished
    if the uprising fails.
[10:01] Nagi
    The Shogunate may even
    abolish our family line.
[10:05] Nagi
    I may pay with my life.
[10:09] Nio
    I don't understand.
[10:10] Nio
    I don't understand
    what you're saying at all.
[10:13] Nio
    Why do this?
[10:15] Nio
    Does it mean more than your life?
[10:20] Nagi
    You wouldn't understand those feelings,
    nor the weight of them.
[10:25] Nagi
    I don't expect you to.
    No one can take someone else's place.
[10:31] Nio
    B-But innocent people will get hurt.
[10:34] Nagi
    That's a fire on the far bank.
[10:37] Nio
    A fire on... What?
[10:40] Nagi
    Even if a fire breaks out,
    it won't reach me across the river.
[10:45] Nio
    Do you really mean that?
[10:46] Nagi
    Of course I do.
[10:49] Nagi
    Everyone should start by
    protecting what's close to them.
[10:53] Nagi
    Nothing too far away is worth the effort.
[10:57] Nagi
    Some people just draw
    bigger circles than others.
[11:01] Nagi
    I know it.
[11:03] Nagi
    Even if you won't admit it,
    or don't realize it, it's true.
[11:07] Nagi
    My circle is small, I suppose.
[11:10] Nio
    You'll protect what's close to you?
    So everyone outside is the enemy?
[11:13] Nagi
    That's right.
[11:15] Nagi
    I can't defend more than
    this mat I'm sitting on.
[11:21] Nagi
    Just this child, Yotaro-san,
[11:23] Nagi
    and our home.
[11:25] Nagi
    What I see as my side...
[11:29] Nagi
    is the other side to you.
[11:31] Nio
    B-But...
[11:33] Nagi
    Nio-kun, do you want to shoulder every tragedy
     from now until the end of the world?
[11:39] Nio
    N-No, I don't.
[11:42] Nio
    But the least I can do is try.
[11:45] Nagi
    Are you a god? The Buddha, maybe?
[11:49] Nagi
    You're just being conceited.
[11:54] Nagi
    That day we took the boat together...
[11:57] (Flashback) Nagi
    Look.
[11:59] (Flashback) Nio
    A crescent moon?
[12:01] (Flashback) Nagi
    Gorgeous, isn't it?
[12:04] (Flashback) Nagi
    Isn't it funny how everything
    beautiful is missing something?
[12:09] Nagi
    Remember how I said a crescent moon is
    beautiful because it's missing something?
[12:14] Nagi
    People are the same.
[12:16] Nagi
    We're all weak. We all lack something.
[12:19] Nagi
    You may be kind, honest,
    righteous, and strong,
[12:24] Nagi
    but you think a little too highly of yourself.
[12:28] Nagi
    You can't save anyone like that.
[12:36] Sakura
    Why?
[12:38] Sakura
    What's the point of hurting
    a kid like him? I don't get it.
[12:43] Nio
    You don't care what happens to anyone else?
[12:46] Nio
    Because there are people like that...
[12:48] Nio
    Because there are people like that...
[12:51] Nagi
    Nio-kun, you are not
    sitting opposite a saint.
[12:57] Nagi
    Just one feeble human.
[13:02] Nio
    No. I can't do it.
[13:06] Nio
    I can't convince someone like her.
SIGN    Martial
[13:14] Nio
    It's not fair.
[13:17] Nio
    You're just too strong, Nagi-san!
[13:25] Nagi
    Thank you. Even if it's sarcasm,
    no one's ever said that to me before.
[13:38] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[13:40] Nio
    Are you all right?
[13:41] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[13:43] Nio
    Nagi-san! Nagi-san!
[13:48] Sakura
    No way! Is she in labor?
[13:50] Sakura
    The baby could be on its way!
[13:52] Nio
    What?
[13:58] Nio
    Nagi-san!
[13:59] Nio
    Hang in there, Nagi-san!
[14:04] Sakura
    She's been in pain for a while.
    Probably the whole time we were here.
[14:08] Nio
    Wh-What should we do?
[14:10] Sakura
    Huh? Don't ask me.
[14:12] Sakura
    What should we do? 
    There's no one else around.
[14:14] Sakura
    For now, go boil some water!
[14:16] Nio
    R-Right! Hot water, coming up!
[14:18] Sakura
    And get some clean cloths.
    As many as you can find.
[14:21] Nio
    Right.
[14:22] Sakura
    Hurry!
[14:23] Nio
    Right!
[14:25] Nio
    She was in pain all this time,
    and enduring it.
[14:28] Nio
    But when I came, she still made
    the effort to talk with me.
[14:34] Nio
    How could I have missed
    something like that?
[14:42] Nio
    I-Is someone there?
[14:46] Nio
    It's an emergency!
[14:47] Nio
    Nagi-san's about to give birth, so, um...
[15:04] Serizawa
    What's wrong? That can't be all you're made of.
[15:07] Naozumi
    Enough tricks.
[15:09] Student A
    How can a guy that big move so fast?
[15:15] Serizawa
    Say, I don't see any fire.
[15:18] Serizawa
    Looks like you failed, huh?
[15:22] Naozumi
    This city that's gone soft isn't
    the only thing I want to burn away.
[15:29] Serizawa
    What?
[15:31] Naozumi
    I want that cursed house gone, too.
[15:46] Nio
    What are you doing there?
[15:50] Nio
    Wait, the Risshidan? But why here?
[15:54] Underling B
    Oh, it's just some kid.
[15:57] Nio
    S-Someone—
[15:58] Underling B
    Don't make a fuss.
[16:00] Underling B
    No one'll come, anyway.
[16:02] Nio
    You're setting fire to this house?
[16:05] Nio
    But why? Why?
[16:07] Underling B
    No idea, but I've got my orders.
[16:10] Underling B
    Don't interfere.
[16:16] Nio
    What should I do here?
    If he starts that fire, it's all over.
[16:21] Nio
    I must stop him.
[16:25] Nio
    Please wait a moment.
[16:27] Nio
    The lady of this house
    is about to give birth.
[16:34] Nio
    I don't want to think what will happen
    if you set this place on fire now.
[16:38] Underling B
    Not my problem.
[16:40] Nio
    It's no use. I can't reason with him.
[16:45] Nio
    I've got to fight.
[16:47] Nio
    Steel? Or wood?
[16:54] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Take it.
[16:55] (Flashback) Nio
    Yes, sir.
[16:58] (Flashback) Nio
    I-It's certainly heavy.
[17:00] (Flashback) Hijikata
    We all carry something
    that makes the weight worth it.
[17:06] (Flashback) Hijikata
    You shoulder something important, too.
[17:09] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Don't forget that.
[17:10] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Never stop feeling that weight.
[17:16] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Nio, what is your burden?
[17:19] (Flashback) Nio
    I want to make a world where
    townspeople feel safe to go out at night.
[17:23] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Good.
[17:24] (Flashback) Nio
    I want to make a world
    where kids feel safe to cry.
[17:27] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Good.
[17:29] (Flashback) Nio
    I want to make a world
    where the weak aren't abused.
[17:33] (Flashback) Hijikata
    Good.
[17:35] (Flashback) Nio
    I really do need to stop those people!
[17:38] (Flashback) Nio
    Killing people to change 
    the world has to be wrong.
[17:43] (Flashback) Nio
    Thank you for this sword, sir.
[17:45] (Flashback) Nio
    I promise I'll use it with care.
[17:47] (Flashback) Hijikata
    You're taking both? They'll get in the way.
[17:51] (Flashback) Nio
    I'll use this one.
[17:52] (Flashback) Nio
    This is my soul! I won't use it!
[17:58] Nio
    I know what I said back then, but...
[18:01] Nio
    Forgive me, Hijikata-san.
[18:04] Nio
    I'm going to draw!
[18:12] Nio
    If I lose here, everyone's
    hard work will be for nothing.
[18:17] Nio
    No matter what, I must stop him.
[18:19] Nio
    P-Please leave!
[18:22] Nio
    I really will kill you if you don't!
[18:25] Underling B
    Stay out of my way.
[18:29] Nio
    I've never swung a real sword before, but...
[18:37] Nio
    Here goes.
[18:46] Nio
    D-Damn.
[18:52] Underling B
    Mind you own business, brat.
[18:54] Nio
    I-I've got to put it out quick.
[19:03] Nio
    I-It's burning. The house
    is going to burn down.
[19:08] Sakura
    Nio-kun!
[19:10] Sakura
    What are you doing? Get away from there!
[19:12] Sakura
    Your hair's on fire!
[19:13] Nio
    What should I do?
[19:15] Nio
    I'm sorry. I don't know what to do.
[19:17] Nio
    I couldn't stop it!
[19:19] Nio
    Oh, no! Nagi-san!
[19:21] Nio
    The house...
[19:23] Nio
    The ceiling, too...
[19:25] Sakura
    Get it together, Nio-kun!
[19:27] Sakura
    This is no time for whining.
[19:30] Nio
    Sakura-san...
[19:32] Sakura
    We've got to do what we can.
[19:34] Nio
    What we can...
[19:38] Nio
    Of course! Y-Yes, you're right!
[19:42] Sakura
    It's too dangerous here.
    We've got to move Nagi-san.
[19:46] Sakura
    Know anyone we can count on?
[19:48] Nio
    There's my granny.
    She knows how to deliver babies.
[19:52] Sakura
    How far does she live from here?
[19:54] Nio
    Just over the bridge.
[19:56] Sakura
    Great. Nio-kun, wheel that wagon
    outside into the courtyard.
[20:00] Nio
    Right. We should go out the back
    before the fire spreads.
[20:03] Sakura
    Okay. Let's hurry.
[20:07] Nio
    Lives are on the line. I need to help!
[20:10] Nio
    That's what I came here for.
[20:24] Yotaro
    What's wrong, Kondo-san?
     The fight's already started.
[20:28] Yotaro
    You're acting so cautious.
    Nothing like the other day.
[20:32] Kondo
    Just to be clear,
    are you truly content with this?
[20:35] Kondo
    We fight with steel.
[20:38] Kondo
    I could die, of course, but so could you.
[20:43] Yotaro
    Why ask now?
[20:45] Kondo
    You have a wife, and a baby on the way.
[20:49] Yotaro
    No worries there.
[20:51] Yotaro
    I've already divorced her.
[20:54] Kondo
    You parted ways?
[20:56] Yotaro
    Neither I nor my dojo will
    get out of this unscathed,
[21:01] Yotaro
    but my family problems
    won't affect Nagi or her child now.
[21:07] Yotaro
    And I'm to blame for the Risshidan
    forming in the first place.
[21:14] Yotaro
    This is my atonement as a brother and
     my duty as head of the Kyohachi family.
[21:20] Yotaro
    As such, my resolve is set.
[21:26] Yotaro
    Is yours?
[21:36] Kondo
    In any case, we can fight without regrets.
[21:42] Yotaro
    You see how it is.
SIGN    Prepared
    for
SIGN    What
    Comes
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Kondo
    I am Kondo Isami.
[23:24] Kondo
    Yotaro-dono, you are a magnificent
    swordsman, but this is necessary.
[23:31] Kondo
    Like you, I have steeled myself.
[23:35] Kondo
    No matter your past or your regrets,
[23:41] Kondo
    we've passed the point of no return.
[23:44] Kondo
    Next time: "Crime and Fortune."
[23:47] Kondo
    It's not to be missed.
SIGN    Crime
SIGN    and 
    Fortune

21 - Crime and Fortune
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[00:12] Nio
    Hang in there, Nagi-san!
[00:21] Sakura
    Huh?
[00:25] Sakura
    Someone's there!
[00:26] Nio
    Th-The enemy?
[00:29] Harada; Nagakura
    Nio!
[00:30] Nio
    Harada-san! Nagakura-san!
[00:33] Nagakura
    Is this lady Nagi-dono?
[00:34] Nio
    Yes. She's gone into labor.
[00:37] Harada
    What? The baby's on the way?
[00:39] Nagakura
    This is an emergency! What should we do?
[00:41] Nio
    We're rushing to my granny's place!
    She knows how to midwife!
[00:46] Harada
    All right!
[00:47] Harada
    We've got you covered!
[00:49] Nio
    We appreciate it!
[00:51] Sakura
    Try not to shake her too much!
[00:59] Nio
    Don't worry, Nagi-san. We're almost there.
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[02:40] Hirama
    Damn. He's tough.
[02:47] Firework Maker
    Did you think you could
    take me two-on-one?
[02:50] Hirayama
    Wh-What now? Do we run for it?
[02:52] Hirama
    No way in hell. If we turn tail here...
[02:56] Hirama
    Serizawa-sensei will
    never let us live it down.
[02:59] Hirayama
    Good point.
[03:07] Firework Maker
    Come on.
[03:15] Todo
    Hold up.
[03:16] Todo
    We'll take it from here.
[03:18] Okita
    We ran here from the Kojin Bridge.
[03:21] Hirama
    It's you guys?
[03:22] Hirayama
    Be our guests.
[03:31] Firework Maker
    It won't be firework season for a while yet,
[03:37] Firework Maker
    but you'd better believe
    I'll go out with a bang.
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[03:59] Inoue
    H-He ran away? We'll give chase.
[04:02] Yamanami
    No, let's not go out of
    our way to pursue him.
[04:05] Inoue
    But then...
[04:07] Yamanami
    He's heading away from the city.
[04:09] Yamanami
    He won't set any fires with those wounds.
[04:11] Yamanami
    We can let Aizu and the local
    authorities take it from here.
[04:14] Inoue
    True.
[04:21] Yamanami
    What about the other bridges?
[04:23] Yamanami
    And is Kondo-san's group safe?
[04:46] Yotaro
    Kondo-san.
[04:48] Yotaro
    I knew you were no ordinary man.
[04:52] Yotaro
    Still...
[04:55] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Head!
[04:56] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Head! Head! Head!
[05:00] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Ow.
[05:05] Yotaro
    I know that dent in the floor,
[05:08] Yotaro
    and that stain on the wall.
[05:14] Yotaro
    I've also trained my heart out.
[05:20] Yotaro
    I've swung my sword here, day after day.
[05:24] (Flashback) Student A
    Incredible. Especially
    for such a little kid.
[05:28] (Flashback) Townswoman A
    Good for you, training bright and early.
[05:31] (Flashback) Guest A
    You'll be a master swordsman someday.
[05:34] Yotaro
    Every swing of my sword brought me
    praise and recognition.
[05:39] Yotaro
    I've fought in plenty of sparring
    and exhibition matches.
[05:45] Yotaro
    But...
[05:48] Yotaro
    One wrong move...
[05:50] Yotaro
    One wrong step, and that's the end.
[05:55] Yotaro
    Death.
[06:01] Yotaro
    Does just facing someone with a real sword
    take so much out of everyone?
[06:08] Yotaro
    I misjudged because
    we were equals with bamboo.
[06:16] Yotaro
    He's one—no, two or three ranks above me.
[06:24] Yotaro
    I was nothing but a bird in a cage.
[06:29] Yotaro
    How keenly I feel that now.
[06:34] Yotaro
    We're the same age and both run dojos,
[06:38] Yotaro
    but we're so different.
[06:46] Yotaro
    Kondo-san.
[06:48] Yotaro
    Your face is like a demon mask.
[06:51] Yotaro
    I'm sure you never waver.
[06:56] Yotaro
    I'm sure you never cry.
[07:00] Yotaro
    On that front,
    I've lacked mental discipline.
[07:06] Yotaro
    May I ask you something?
[07:09] Yotaro
    What did you do with your dojo in Edo?
[07:12] Kondo
    I closed it.
[07:15] Kondo
    I made a clean break
    when I set out for Kyoto.
[07:22] Yotaro
    I can't even match his resolve.
[07:31] Yotaro
    Even if I can't beat him...
[07:34] Yotaro
    I can't afford to lose.
[07:39] Yotaro
    Maybe I'd lose nine times out of ten.
[07:42] Yotaro
    But I'll seize that one chance.
[08:15] Yotaro
    Why are you crying?
[08:20] Yotaro
    What a funny guy.
[08:32] Kondo
    Forgive me.
[08:33] Kondo
    As we are fellow samurai,
[08:35] Kondo
    once we drew steel, I could not
    back down or give any quarter.
[08:41] Kondo
    You are a magnificent swordsman.
[08:44] Kondo
    What a waste.
[08:46] Kondo
    What a wasteful thing I've done.
[08:54] Yotaro
    He's like a kid who's had his toy
    taken away from him.
[09:02] Yotaro
    I can't compete with that.
[09:05] Yotaro
    Sorry, Nii-san.
[09:08] Yotaro
    I wonder where we went wrong.
[09:19] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Hey! Wake up!
[09:30] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Who're you? Some beggar?
[09:34] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Who said you could sleep here?
[09:36] (Flashback) Naozumi
    This dojo is for swordsmen!
[09:38] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Get out now!
[09:39] (Flashback) Yotaro
    U-Um, who are...
[09:43] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Who am I? This is my house!
[09:46] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Y-Your house?
[09:49] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm Naozumi. Kyohachi Naozumi.
[09:52] (Flashback) Naozumi
    The eldest son of this house.
[09:54] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Born with samurai blood
     and a samurai soul.
[09:58] (Flashback) Naozumi
    The best samurai in Japan! That's who I am.
[10:01] (Flashback) Yotaro
    The best in Japan? That's amazing.
[10:06] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Yeah, you bet it is!
[10:08] (Flashback) Naozumi
    So who are you?
[10:11] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    His name is Yotaro.
[10:14] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Dad?
[10:14] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    He'll be living here from now on.
[10:17] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Look out for him, Naozumi.
    He's your little brother.
[10:23] (Flashback) Naozumi
    My brother?!
[10:25] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Which mistress did you sire him with?
[10:30] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    The samurai's world is one of duty
    and humanity. Teach him.
[10:35] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Why should I?
[10:37] (Flashback) Yotaro
    U-Uh...
[10:40] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Grab a sword. It's time to train.
[10:42] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'll beat you into shape.
[10:45] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You'd better not cry, Yotaro.
[10:48] (Flashback) Yotaro
    O-Okay.
[10:50] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Watch this.
[10:56] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Now you try.
[11:15] Naoyasu
    I knew he had talent.
[11:17] (Flashback) Yotaro
    N-Nii-san, how was that?
[11:21] (Flashback) Naozumi
    D-Don't get a big head!
[11:23] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You didn't shout! Do it again!
[11:25] (Flashback) Yotaro
    R-Right.
[11:41] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Eat up, Yotaro.
[11:44] (Flashback) Asa
    There's more where that came from.
[11:46] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I-I can eat all this? Really?
[11:50] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I've never had proper food like this before.
[11:53] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    This is a samurai house.
    A swordsman's house.
[11:56] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Those who dedicate themselves
    to the sword get to eat.
[12:02] (Flashback) Naozumi
    He makes a big deal out of everything.
[12:05] (Flashback) Yotaro
    It's so...
[12:08] (Flashback) Yotaro
    It's so warm and tasty and...
[12:16] (Flashback) Asa
    I have a bath ready for you, too.
    And why don't you change your clothes?
[12:20] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    You'll need to learn to use chopsticks, too.
[12:25] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Once you're done,
    it's right back to training.
[12:29] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Okay.
[12:30] Yotaro
    I've got to work hard.
[12:35] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Who's got time for cleaning
    first thing in the morning?
[12:50] Yotaro
    That way, I can keep eating good food.
[12:55] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    A samurai needs to know how to write.
[13:04] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Don't piss in the garden!
[13:21] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Yotaro did it—
[13:23] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Don't lie.
[13:37] Yotaro
    I've got to get stronger,
[13:39] Yotaro
    so that I can stay in this house.
[13:53] Yotaro
    So that I can keep living this life.
[13:56] (Flashback) Student A
    Whoa. Amazing.
[13:58] (Flashback) Student B
    He's a match for Naozumi.
[14:00] (Flashback) Student B
    They each give as good
    as they get, blow for blow.
[14:04] (Flashback) Student C
    How is this a match between kids?
[14:07] (Flashback) Guest A
    Looks like the Kyohachi School
    has a bright future.
[14:10] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    I wouldn't be so sure.
[14:15] Naoyasu
    The time of the sword is passing.
[14:18] Naoyasu
    How much longer will it
    put food on the table?
[14:21] Naoyasu
    But with these two,
    there just might be a chance.
SIGN    Kyohachi Estate
[14:28] (Flashback) Student C
    We've got a challenger!
[14:32] (Flashback) Student B
    Th-That's his fifth win!
[14:35] (Flashback) Student C
    Who does he think he is, barging in here?
[14:38] (Flashback) Swordsman
    I see the Kyohachi School's
    nothing to brag about.
[14:42] (Flashback) Swordsman
    Is there even one decent
    samurai in this place?
[14:45] (Flashback) Student B
    I-Is the master here yet?
[14:47] (Flashback) Student C
    He went out to give a home lesson
    and hasn't come back.
[15:12] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Don't get cocky!
[15:15] (Flashback) Student C
    Stop, Naozumi!
[15:17] (Flashback) Student B
    This looks bad.
[15:18] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Let go! Let go of me!
[15:23] (Flashback) Student B
    He's dead.
[15:28] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I sure showed him! Serves him right!
[15:39] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    What in the world...
[15:41] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I killed his ass.
[15:43] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What a pushover.
[15:45] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm stronger than he ever was.
[15:52] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Dad! What gives?
[15:54] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Who strikes someone from behind?
[15:56] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Who revels in taking a life?
[16:00] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Naozumi, your spirit hasn't matured.
[16:04] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    If you can't show your opponent
    respect, you are no samurai!
[16:11] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I am a samurai.
[16:12] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    I've got samurai blood in my veins!
[16:15] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    He's no samurai!
[16:17] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    We're not related. He's a fake!
[16:27] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Never say that again, you fool.
[16:29] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    I forbid you to touch a sword
    for the time being.
[16:36] (Flashback) Naozumi
    It's blood.
[16:38] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Blood is what makes a samurai.
[16:44] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Damn it.
[16:53] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Marriage?
[16:55] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Naozumi, you're 22 now.
[16:58] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Don't you think it's time you
    stopped roving and settled down?
[17:04] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Total nonsense.
[17:10] (Flashback) Maid
    I hear Naozumi-san's been
    visiting the gambling halls.
[17:13] (Flashback) Maid
    Oh, my.
[17:15] (Flashback) Student B
    He only keeps bad company.
[17:18] (Flashback) Student C
    And I never see him in the dojo.
[17:26] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You wanted to talk, Father?
[17:29] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Yes. It's about Naozumi.
[17:32] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Yotaro, how does he seem to you?
[17:36] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Do you think he has
    what it takes to inherit this dojo?
[17:41] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I think Nii-san—I mean, Naozumi—
    could make it work.
[17:47] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Of course, I'll stand by my brother.
[17:51] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    I asked Naozumi the same question.
[17:54] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    When I asked him about you,
[17:57] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    he said only he was worthy.
[18:05] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    That alone shows which of you
    ought to be head of this family.
[18:12] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    He lacks even a scrap of humility.
[18:19] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Yotaro.
[18:21] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Think about inheriting the family line.
[18:38] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I'm sorry it's not much,
    but get something hot to eat.
[18:45] (Flashback) Orphan A
    Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
[18:51] Yotaro
    Those children are what I would've been
    if I hadn't been taken in that day.
[18:56] Yotaro
    Thinking back, I've been
    given so many things.
[19:01] Yotaro
    Could I get even more as head of the family?
[19:07] Yotaro
    But I won't lose anything if I don't.
[19:12] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I told you, I'm leaving!
[19:16] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Old fool. Senile old bastard.
[19:20] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Nii-san!
[19:22] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Oh, Yotaro.
[19:24] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You're leaving? Where to?
[19:26] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'll tour the country, training my skills.
[19:31] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Training? What will happen
    to this house and the dojo?
[19:35] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You'll inherit them.
    At least that's what I heard.
[19:38] (Flashback) Yotaro
    What? No, I couldn't possibly.
[19:41] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You should take it.
[19:42] (Flashback) Naozumi
    More and more guys'll stop
    coming if you go hard on them.
[19:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Anyway, I'm not cut out for teaching.
[19:53] (Flashback) Naozumi
    The times chose you.
[19:57] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Most of all, I feel suffocated in this house.
[20:01] (Flashback) Naozumi
    If anything, I should've left sooner.
[20:05] (Flashback) Naozumi
    That day... The day I killed
    that challenger, I knew.
[20:11] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I can't hold back the
    wild samurai blood in my veins.
[20:17] (Flashback) Naozumi
    It wants to fight.
[20:20] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You can't mean that.
[20:22] (Flashback) Naozumi
    So long, Yotaro.
[20:26] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Wait, Nii-san!
[20:28] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm giving you the whole house. It's yours.
[20:39] Yotaro
    I didn't want the house
    or to be head of the family.
[20:45] Yotaro
    I just didn't want to go back to that life.
[20:50] Yotaro
    I didn't want this life taken from me.
[20:55] Yotaro
    Nii-san, I ended up
    taking everything from you.
[21:02] Yotaro
    The guilt has tormented me ever since.
[21:17] Yotaro
    Nii-san...
[21:22] Yotaro
    Did I manage to do something
    to make up for it?
[21:29] Yotaro
    Nagi...
[21:35] Yotaro
    I'm sorry I couldn't make you happy.
SIGN    Crime
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    Fortune
SIGN    Next time
[23:21] Hijikata
    Hijikata Toshizo here.
[23:23] Hijikata
    So that scumbag Naozumi's
    fighting Serizawa now?
[23:28] Hijikata
    I would've liked to finish what we started.
[23:33] Hijikata
    Why are you so hung up
    on the age of the samurai, anyway?
[23:36] Hijikata
    Why do you swing your sword?
[23:39] Hijikata
    What the hell kind of burden
    are you carrying?
[23:43] Hijikata
    Next time: "Those Who Struggle."
[23:46] Hijikata
    Watch. That is all.
SIGN    Those
    Who
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22 - Those Who Struggle
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[00:11] Lesser Aizu Samurai
    Fire!
[00:16] Taro
    What do we do? It's all gonna burn.
[00:18] Hirosawa
    Throw water over the nearby buildings.
     If that fails, tear them down.
[00:22] Hirosawa
    Don't let it spread!
[00:23] Taro
    Kondo-san!
[00:24] Kondo
    Taro, what's going on here?
[00:26] Taro
    Nothing good! The fire's gonna spread!
    And I can't find Nio for some reason.
[00:30] Taro
    Gimme a hand here.
[00:31] Kondo
    Hand me that.
[00:32] Taro
    Huh?
[00:37] Kondo
    I swear, I will stop this fire!
[00:41] Taro
    There he goes!
[00:43] Lesser Aizu Samurai
    That's Kondo of the Miburo!
[00:45] Lesser Aizu Samurai
    Follow him, men!
[00:48] Nio
    Granny!
[00:49] Nio
    Granny, it's an emergency!
[00:53] Nio
    Come on, Granny! Wake up!
[00:56] Granny
    What is it, Nio?
[00:58] Granny
    It's too late for all this fuss.
[01:02] Granny
    What happened to you?
[01:06] Nagi
    It hurts. It hurts.
[01:08] Granny
    What? She's in labor?
[01:10] Nagi
    It hurts. It hurts.
[01:12] Granny
    I'll take a look.
[01:14] Nio
    You'll be all right now, Nagi-san.
[01:17] Granny
    Uh-oh. The baby's already crowning.
[01:19] Granny
    You men, carry her in!
[01:22] Harada
    Right!
[01:22] Nagakura
    Okay!
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[03:00] Serizawa
    A fire across the river?
[03:06] Serizawa
    Wasn't your plan to burn down the city?
[03:12] Serizawa
    Oh, I get it. You're burning down
     your "cursed house."
[03:18] Serizawa
    Well, I know how you feel.
[03:21] Serizawa
    Being born to samurai stock
    is a kind of curse.
[03:25] Serizawa
    I couldn't help noticing
    your underlings don't look so young.
[03:30] Serizawa
    Frustrated with a world at peace?
[03:33] Serizawa
    Afraid of rotting away
    without accomplishing anything?
[03:37] Naozumi
    Shut your mouth.
[03:39] Serizawa
    Are you giving them a place
    to die like samurai?
[03:42] Naozumi
    Be quiet.
[03:44] Serizawa
    Will you bunglers stop wasting my time?
[03:47] Naozumi
    Be quiet!
[03:50] Naozumi
    Die!
[03:58] Serizawa
    Watching you pisses me off.
[04:01] Serizawa
    If you're that unhappy,
    I'll put an end to you myself.
[04:11] Naozumi
    It's been ten years...
[04:14] Naozumi
    since that day.
[04:15] (Flashback) Naozumi
    So long, Yotaro.
[04:19] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Wait, Nii-san!
[04:23] Naozumi
    My journey east from Kyoto began
    with the shock of the Black Ships.
[04:32] (Flashback) Official A
    Line sumo wrestlers up along the bank!
[04:35] (Flashback) Official A
    We don't have enough cannons!
[04:37] (Flashback) Official A
    Fetch temple bells! We'll bluff them!
[04:40] (Flashback) Official A
    Grill some kusaya
    and send them packing!
[04:42] (Flashback) Subordinate
    But will the stench reach that far?
[04:44] (Flashback) Official A
    It's the spirit of the thing!
[04:46] (Flashback) Subordinate
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Uraga Magistrate's Office
[04:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are the authorities doing?
[04:50] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Why don't they go out to battle?
[04:52] Naozumi
    Uraga 
    Magistrate's 
    Office
[04:52] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are samurai for, 
    if not a time like this?
[04:55] (Flashback) Official B
    Enough. Get back!
[04:56] (Flashback) Official B
    If you want to go, then swim!
[05:02] (Flashback) Naozumi
    It's hopeless.
[05:03] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I... I thought I was a goner.
[05:06] Naozumi
    The times were about to change in a big way.
[05:10] Naozumi
    Swords were worthless
    against those Black Ships.
[05:14] Naozumi
    But what could I do?
SIGN    Invincible Dojo
[05:19] Naozumi
    "Invincible"?
[05:20] (Flashback) Instructor
    I am the instructor here.
[05:24] (Flashback) Instructor
    My ancestors served in
    the famed Takeda cavalry.
[05:27] Granddaughter
    Don't push yourself, Grandpa.
[05:29] (Flashback) Granddaughter
    You know you can't see anymore.
[05:32] Naozumi
    Even so, the way of the sword I sought...
[05:38] Naozumi
    was beautiful.
[05:41] Naozumi
    The sword truly was...
[05:47] Naozumi
    worth spending my life on.
[06:01] Naozumi
    Mastery of the sword...
[06:06] Naozumi
    counted for something.
[06:08] Naozumi
    I learned many things on my path to it.
[06:12] (Flashback) Ayame's Father
    Don't leave the shed! Folk'll make a fuss
     if they find out you're missing an arm!
[06:17] Naozumi
    Even among those known as samurai,
    there were outcasts.
[06:25] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Want me to let you out of there?
[06:33] (Flashback) Naozumi
    They said they planned
    to sell you to a freak show.
[06:38] (Flashback) Naozumi
    They were a disgrace
     to samurai everywhere.
[06:41] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I killed them all.
[06:46] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm Naozumi.
[06:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    If you don't like it,
    try and settle the score someday.
[06:54] Naozumi
    There were people struggling to get by.
[07:03] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Don't worry.
[07:05] (Flashback) Naozumi
    We've just got to build up our strength.
SIGN    Risshi
SIGN    Aspire
[07:20] Naozumi
    I dubbed us the Risshidan.
[07:23] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I know our day will come!
[07:29] Naozumi
    But despite biding our time,
    the Shogunate never took action.
[07:34] Naozumi
    The 14th shogun, Iemochi, took over,
    and still nothing changed.
[07:40] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What the hell have we been training for?
[07:43] (Flashback) Agitator
    They say Kyoto is the seat
    of government these days.
[07:47] (Flashback) Hound
    We can start something if we go there.
[07:50] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Wait a little while longer.
    I'll be in touch.
[07:53] Naozumi
    But another cruel betrayal
    awaited me there.
SIGN    Kyohachi School
SIGN    Kyohachi School
[07:59] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Ten years, and this place
    hasn't changed a bit.
[08:01] (Flashback) Nagi
    Oh, goodness.
[08:03] (Flashback) Nagi
    Might you be Yotaro-san's brother?
[08:12] (Flashback) Nagi
    I knew it. I'm right, aren't I?
[08:15] (Flashback) Nagi
    Yotaro-san told me
    you were a real man's man.
[08:20] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Who are you?
[08:22] (Flashback) Nagi
    My name is Nagi.
[08:24] (Flashback) Nagi
    I am Yotaro-san's wife.
[08:26] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Wife?
[08:29] (Flashback) Yotaro
    What? N-Naozumi-niisan?
[08:32] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Yikes! That forehead scar!
[08:34] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Yotaro.
[08:35] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Oh, um...
[08:39] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You haven't changed, either.
[08:41] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm just passing through.
[08:42] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Wait.
[08:43] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You came all this way. At least come in.
[08:46] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Father will be delighted.
[08:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    There's no need.
[08:49] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Don't be like that.
[08:51] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Feast your eyes! I made a wooden horse!
[08:54] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Put my grandson on it when he's born!
[08:58] (Flashback) Nagi
    My, how lovely.
[09:01] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Aren't you...
[09:05] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Naozumi.
[09:06] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    It's been too long.
    It's good to see you again—
[09:10] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Father, you shouldn't get up so suddenly.
[09:13] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What's wrong with you?
[09:15] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    A little issue with my lungs.
[09:17] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    But enough about that.
[09:19] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    I'm going to be a grandfather.
[09:21] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Don't you want to see the baby, Naozumi?
[09:24] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    We've had our differences,
    but let's let bygones be bygones.
[09:30] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    I can't die yet.
[09:32] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Not till I get to see
    my grandson come of age.
[09:35] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Now, I'd better stop by the dojo before—
[09:39] (Flashback) Nagi
    You mustn't push yourself, Father.
[09:42] (Flashback) Naozumi
    When did he lose his backbone?
[09:45] (Flashback) Naozumi
    He's like a different person.
[09:47] (Flashback) Yotaro
    That just goes to show how long it's been.
[09:51] (Flashback) Yotaro
    An illness took Mother three years ago.
[09:55] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I wish I'd had some way to tell you.
[10:00] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'll go train in the dojo.
[10:01] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Sure.
[10:16] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are all these halfhearted shouts?
[10:20] (Flashback) Nagi
    Here. You must all be tired.
[10:22] (Flashback) Nagi
    I made onigiri.
[10:24] (Flashback) Student D
    Oh, I was just getting hungry.
[10:26] (Flashback) Student E
    Time for a break.
[10:27] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Is this a hobbyists' dojo? 
    Did you all come here to play?!
[10:31] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Line up! I'll beat some guts back into you!
[10:36] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Wait, Nii-san.
[10:37] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Now, now, now.
[10:38] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Let go of me, Yotaro.
[10:40] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You must be worn out from your journey.
[10:42] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm not tired!
[10:43] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Let's have a drink for old times' sake.
[10:45] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    You can't hold your alcohol!
[10:47] Yotaro
    Now, now, now, now.
[10:50] (Flashback) Nagi
    What good friends they are.
[11:05] (Flashback) Naozumi
    At least you've kept up your training.
[11:08] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Oh, no. I have a long way to go.
[11:11] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I don't risk my life like you do.
[11:14] (Flashback) Naozumi
    By the way, about that woman...
[11:17] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You mean Nagi?
[11:18] (Flashback) Naozumi
    She doesn't seem all there.
    What family is she from?
[11:22] (Flashback) Yotaro
    She's adopted, and I hear
    she had a hard childhood.
[11:26] (Flashback) Yotaro
    We met by chance,
    and Mother took a liking to her.
[11:30] (Flashback) Naozumi
    She doesn't have samurai blood?
[11:32] (Flashback) Yotaro
    No, but she's a lovely person.
[11:34] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I know you'll warm up to her, too.
[11:39] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Nii-san?
[11:40] Naozumi
    Not even the blood is left.
[11:42] Naozumi
    What part of this family is samurai now?
[11:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'll set things right.
[11:52] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Mmm, so soft and sweet.
     I can't get enough.
[11:57] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are you eating?
[12:00] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Castella. I sent for it from Nagasaki.
[12:03] (Flashback) Naozumi
    That's foreign junk!
[12:05] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are you, a traitor?
[12:07] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Want a bite?
[12:08] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Never!
[12:10] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    What do you want?
[12:11] (Flashback) Naozumi
    How many times do I have to tell you?
    Let my comrades into the dojo.
[12:16] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Real warriors with grit, each of them.
    They'll help this dojo shape up.
[12:20] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    No.
[12:22] (Flashback) Naozumi
    And why not?
[12:24] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Naozumi, all you've ever done is rebel.
[12:29] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I stick to my principles.
    Like a samurai should.
[12:33] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You taught me that.
[12:36] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    What a relic.
[12:40] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What?
[12:46] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Look at it fly. That's the stuff.
[12:50] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    My grandson will love it.
[12:53] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Tell me, Naozumi.
[12:55] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Is a life like this really so bad?
[12:58] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Who are you to talk?
[13:00] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You told me to live 
    with pride as a samurai's son.
[13:03] (Flashback) Naozumi
    To be ready and alert
    for battle at any time!
[13:10] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Times change. And people
     must change with them.
[13:14] (Flashback) Naozumi
    All you've done is go soft.
[13:16] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You're no longer a samurai.
[13:18] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    There's a new age coming.
[13:21] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Samurai need to adjust to it.
[13:24] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    You won't draw anyone
    with strict discipline at this point.
[13:28] Naozumi
    Was he always so small?
[13:31] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    The age of the sword will end soon.
[13:34] Naozumi
    This is a betrayal.
[13:36] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    You've traveled Japan. Broadened your horizons.
    You should know it better than me.
[13:41] (Flashback) Naozumi
    So now you pull the ladder out from under me?
[13:45] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Oh, really? So you're done with "relics."
[13:48] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Tell me, Naozumi.
[13:50] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Will you start over?
[13:52] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    It's not too—
[13:59] (Flashback) Naozumi
    The oldest relic here is you.
[14:03] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Nao—
[14:15] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Oh, Nii-san.
[14:17] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I haven't seen Father since yesterday.
[14:20] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Don't ask me.
[14:23] Naozumi
    I can't turn back now.
[14:27] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I've made up my mind.
[14:32] (Flashback) Naozumi
    We'll do it ourselves.
[14:39] Naozumi
    The times will change, will they?
[14:44] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    Can I go on like this?
[14:50] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    I'm the third son of a samurai,
    stuck living at home.
[14:53] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    I've let the years go by,
    always believing my time would come.
[14:59] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    If nothing changes, I'll die in my sleep.
    That doesn't sit right with me.
[15:07] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    Look at all our comrades here.
     People like me.
[15:14] Naozumi
    That's fine for those who can adjust.
[15:17] Naozumi
    But...
[15:19] (Flashback) Ayame
    They're all pieces of shit.
[15:21] (Flashback) Ayame
    They only judge by appearances.
[15:24] (Flashback) Agitator
    Perhaps they won't listen to me
    because I haven't cultivated a reputation.
[15:28] (Flashback) Hound
    I have no home left to return to.
[15:31] (Flashback) Fiend
    We fought a duel, but only I did time.
    The other guy had money.
[15:35] (Flashback) Firework Maker
    Let's light some fireworks.
[15:37] (Flashback) Firework Maker
    I can't do what I like back home!
[15:42] Naozumi
    What about the people left behind?
[15:45] Serizawa
    They're not needed.
[15:47] Serizawa
    Let the good-for-nothings die.
[15:50] Naozumi
    I can't die.
[15:53] Naozumi
    I won't back down.
[15:56] Naozumi
    What will happen to them if I do?
[16:00] Serizawa
    You're already at a dead end.
[16:02] Serizawa
    The only way forward leads to ruin.
[16:05] Naozumi
    Serizawa, I'm nothing like you.
[16:09] Naozumi
    I won't run.
[16:11] Serizawa
    Enough.
[16:13] Serizawa
    This is the end.
[16:15] Naozumi
    I may be fighting the times,
[16:17] Naozumi
    but I'll struggle to the bitter end!
[16:20] Serizawa
    Enough yapping!
[16:36] Naozumi
    I beat him.
[16:39] Naozumi
    I've won.
[16:50] Naozumi
    I'm not like him.
[16:52] Naozumi
    Spineless old man.
[16:55] Naozumi
    I've won. I kept struggling to the end.
[17:01] Naozumi
    I fought this "new era" to the last.
[17:06] Serizawa
    You're finished.
[17:12] Naozumi
    So are you.
[17:14] Serizawa
    Me? From this?
[17:18] Serizawa
    You didn't come close!
[17:21] Serizawa
    Your wound is fatal.
[17:23] Serizawa
    The one you gave me is barely a scratch.
[17:29] Naozumi
    My sword didn't cut you.
[17:32] Serizawa
    What?
[17:33] Naozumi
    Haven't you realized?
[17:36] Naozumi
    No, you must have.
[17:38] Naozumi
    You're just pretending not to see
     the blow the times have dealt you.
[17:46] Serizawa
    What are you talking about?
[17:49] Naozumi
    Serizawa.
[17:51] Naozumi
    That wound will fester
    and eat away at you one day.
[18:02] Serizawa
    Be quiet.
[18:07] Yamanami
    Hijikata-kun. Noguchi-kun.
[18:09] Hijikata
    Is that you, Yamanami and Gen-san?
[18:12] Hijikata
    You took care of your bridge?
[18:13] Yamanami
    Yes.
[18:14] Niimi
    We're done, too.
[18:16] Hijikata
    Niimi.
[18:18] Hijikata
    Hajime! Is he dead?
[18:20] Niimi
    No, just sleeping. He got poisoned.
[18:22] Hijikata
    Will he pull through?
[18:24] Niimi
    Probably.
[18:25] Todo
    Hey!
[18:26] Okita
    Are you all okay?
[18:30] Hirayama
    No evildoer gets by us!
[18:32] Hirama
    Yeah, not a single one!
[18:33] Todo
    You talk big, given we did most of the work.
[18:36] Hijikata
    Did you get them?
[18:37] Okita
    Yes, of course.
[18:39] Okita
    I hear Harada-san and Nagakura-san
    went with Nio to his granny's place.
[18:44] Hijikata
    Meaning Kondo-san is
    at the enemy's headquarters.
[18:47] Hijikata
    The fire worries me,
    but I can't imagine him losing.
[18:52] Okita
    Which only leaves one place.
[18:56] Hijikata
    Yes.
[18:57] Hijikata
    Right here.
[18:59] Okita
    The first bridge. The one Serizawa-san took.
[19:04] Hirama
    Hey! Someone's coming!
[19:06] Todo
    Who is it? Did an enemy make it through?
[19:12] Hirayama; Hirama
    Serizawa-sensei!
[19:20] Serizawa
    He's still breathing.
[19:26] Okita
    Hijikata-san.
[19:44] Hijikata
    Did the others run away?
[19:46] Hijikata
    How sad for you.
[19:48] Naozumi
    Kill me.
[19:50] Hijikata
    No.
[19:54] Hijikata
    Don't count on dying like a samurai.
[19:57] Hijikata
    You'll reflect on what you've done,
    regret it, and die suffering.
[20:04] Naozumi
    I didn't think I'd go out
    with a demon's face staring at me.
[20:09] Hijikata
    Give up. That's the hand fate dealt you.
[20:16] Hijikata
    Was this the only way?
[20:19] Naozumi
    Because I'm a samurai?
[20:21] Naozumi
    Because the world's the way it is?
[20:23] Hijikata
    Guys like you belong in
    the Miburo more than anyone.
[20:27] Naozumi
    I don't think so.
[20:29] Naozumi
    It doesn't matter who you are.
    The times are always the enemy.
[20:34] Hijikata
    You've done enough. Rest.
[20:37] Naozumi
    Hijikata, do you think these chaotic times
     will turn you into darlings?
[20:44] Hijikata
    You were born too late.
[20:49] Naozumi
    I didn't mind getting to
    have it out with you at the end.
[21:00] Naozumi
    Must be my ears ringing.
    I can hear a baby crying.
[21:07] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Nii-san, let's spar a round.
[21:09] (Flashback) Asa
    Eat up.
[21:11] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Look! I made one that will fly even better!
[21:15] Naozumi
    Looks like I'm not the first.
[21:18] Naozumi
    I'll keep a seat warm for you in hell.
[21:36] Hijikata
    You...
[21:38] Hijikata
    stupid dumbass!
SIGN    Those
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[23:22] Taro
    Tanaka Taro here.
[23:25] Taro
    Looks like the mess at
    the bridges has died down.
[23:28] Taro
    I wonder if Nagi-san had her baby all right.
[23:32] Taro
    Was leaving her with Nio a good idea?
[23:37] Taro
    Our worries never end, but I guess
    we've just gotta do what we can.
[23:43] Taro
    Next time: "Ties."
[23:46] Taro
    You're gonna watch, yeah?
SIGN    Ties

23 - Ties
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[00:02] Nagi
    I lost my parents soon after I was born.
[00:05] Nagi
    In a fire, I was told.
[00:08] Nagi
    I was passed around between relatives,
[00:13] Nagi
    and only barely held on
    doing maid's work at an inn.
[00:18] Nagi
    My only joy was taking the boat downriver
    when I delivered to good customers.
[00:26] Nagi
    I was always alone.
[00:29] Nagi
    Until the day I met Yotaro-san.
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[02:19] Granny
    Try to calm down. The next wave's on its way.
[02:23] Sakura
    You'll be fine, Nagi-san.
    Take a deep breath in, then let it out.
[02:27] Granny
    Once your head is clear,
    the rest is easy. Let yourself relax.
[02:30] Granny
    Babies want to come out.
[02:35] Granny
    Nio, the bathwater's gone cold.
[02:37] Granny
    It'll shock the baby. Add more hot water.
[02:40] Nio
    R-Right.
[02:47] Granny
    That's the way. Slow and steady.
[02:55] Nagi
    I had no blood ties...
[02:58] Nagi
    anywhere in this life.
[03:05] (Flashback) Child A
    She's like a doll.
[03:07] (Flashback) Child B
    Get angry at something, why don't you?
[03:09] (Flashback) Child C
    Talk about creepy. She's hollow inside.
SIGN    Hollow
[03:16] Nagi
    Hollow?
[03:19] Nagi
    Empty?
[03:21] Nagi
    Of course I was.
[03:23] Nagi
    I had nothing in my past or future.
[03:27] Nagi
    I had no desires. I didn't resist.
[03:30] Nagi
    I let the current take me and kept calm.
[03:33] Nagi
    That's how I would survive.
[03:36] Nagi
    Yet despite that...
[03:39] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Fancy meeting you again.
[03:44] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I'm off to give a home lesson.
[03:46] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Do you like the river?
[03:49] (Flashback) Nagi
    What?
[03:49] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Oh, it's just, you're always looking at it.
[03:57] Nagi
    Fate had a surprise in store for me.
[04:03] (Flashback) Woman A
    Wasn't she a serving girl?
[04:05] (Flashback) Woman B
    How can she marry a samurai?
[04:08] (Flashback) Man A
    She ought to know her place.
[04:11] (Flashback) Man B
    What a mismatch.
[04:12] (Flashback) Man C
    Shh. They'll hear you.
[04:15] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Nagi-san. Nagi-san.
[04:19] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Don't worry.
[04:25] Nagi
    I wasn't a fit match for him.
[04:28] Nagi
    But my mother-in-law said to me...
[04:32] (Flashback) Asa
    Delicious. I can really
    taste that Kyoto flavor.
[04:37] (Flashback) Nagi
    I learned at an inn.
[04:39] (Flashback) Asa
    I was a farmer's daughter, too.
[04:41] (Flashback) Nagi
    Huh?
[04:42] (Flashback) Asa
    And I'm a second wife.
[04:44] (Flashback) Nagi
    What?
[04:45] (Flashback) Nagi
    So Yotaro-san and his older brother
     who left home aren't...
[04:49] (Flashback) Asa
    We have no blood ties.
[04:51] (Flashback) Asa
    None at all.
[04:53] (Flashback) Asa
    But between husband and wife,
    or mother and daughter...
[05:01] (Flashback) Asa
    what matters is keeping the family safe.
[05:10] Nagi
    Why did I go along with Yotaro-san's brother?
    Why did I come to this house?
[05:15] Sakura
    There's so much blood.
[05:17] Granny
    Put your back into it!
[05:21] Nagi
    It was all so I could have this child.
[05:24] Granny
    That's the spirit. Out it comes.
[05:26] Nio
    Hang in there, Nagi-san!
[05:27] Nio
    You're almost done!
[05:32] (Flashback) Asa
    Sometimes, family ties without blood
     can be stronger than those with it.
[05:41] Nagi
    I'll pass something on.
    I'll desire something.
[05:45] Nagi
    If I can leave something behind,
    it means I'm not hollow.
[05:49] Nagi
    I'll leave behind...
[05:54] (Flashback) Asa
    Nagi-san, take care of this family.
[06:01] Nagi
    ...proof that I lived!
[06:09] Granny
    It's out!
[06:13] Sakura
    You did it! Way to go, Nagi-san!
[06:16] Nio
    Yes! The baby's born!
[06:19] Granny
    Wait.
[06:21] Granny
    It's not crying.
[06:28] Granny
    Is something caught in its throat?
[06:30] Nio
    N-No.
[06:33] Nagi
    Give it here!
[06:35] Nagi
    How?
[06:36] Nagi
    Why?
[06:38] Nagi
    Please...
[06:45] Nagi
    Please...
[06:49] Nagi
    Cry.
[06:52] Nagi
    Cry!
[06:55] Nagi
    Please...
[06:57] Nagi
    tie us together!
[07:12] Sakura
    It's crying.
[07:21] Nagi
    My treasure.
[07:24] Nagi
    Ah.
[07:26] Nagi
    You're so soft and so warm.
[07:31] Nagi
    Yotaro-san.
[07:34] Nagi
    Father. Mother.
[07:36] Nagi
    I did it.
[07:39] Harada
    She had the baby?
[07:40] Nagakura
    She must have.
[07:44] Nio
    Thank goodness. Thank goodness!
[07:50] Nagi
    I did it.
[08:17] Taro
    The baby's been born?
[08:18] Taro
    Really? Is it a boy or a girl?
[08:21] Maid A
    My, how adorable.
[08:23] Maid B
    Let me hold it, too.
[08:25] Taro
    Lemme see! Lemme take a look, too!
[08:29] Maids
    My, my.
[08:35] Taro
    Talk about cute.
[08:40] Taro
    Hang on. Where's Nio?
[08:42] Taro
    Isn't he back yet?
[08:46] Taro
    Nagi-san must be over the moon.
[08:48] Taro
    We oughta throw a party.
[08:53] Taro
    Um...
[08:57] Hajime
    She's dead.
[09:01] Taro
    Huh?
[09:17] Kondo
    I see. This will be
    a hard ending for Nio to bear.
[09:21] Hijikata
    What's done is done.
[09:24] Hijikata
    Still...
[09:27] Hijikata
    If you ask me, the only kind of person
     who can really save anyone...
[09:33] Hijikata
    is one who suffers
    from the bottom of his heart.
[09:39] Hijikata
    One who has known heartache.
[09:49] Sakura
    It's been a whole day since then.
[09:52] Sakura
    I can't keep crying forever.
[09:54] Sakura
    The doctor even said to us...
[09:57] Sakura
    there was nothing we could've done.
[10:03] Sakura
    Anyway, I've got to cheer up Nio-kun.
[10:07] Nio
    Oh, Sakura-san!
[10:09] Sakura
    Huh?
[10:10] Nio
    Good morning.
[10:12] Nio
    Are you checking
    everyone's swords again today?
[10:15] Nio
    Thanks for coming so early.
[10:17] Sakura
    H-Huh?
[10:19] Hijikata
    Oh, Sakura. Perfect timing.
[10:22] Sakura
    Hijikata-san.
[10:24] Hijikata
    I tried to hammer a bent sword into shape,
    and it came out like an ear of rice.
[10:30] Sakura
    What did you do to it?!
[10:35] Harada
    Nio! I'm hungry!
[10:38] Nio
    It's breakfast time.
[10:39] Nio
    I'll go help.
[10:42] Sakura
    How do you think Nio-kun's feeling?
[10:45] Taro
    B-Beats me.
[10:48] Taro
    He didn't say much yesterday,
    understandably. But now?
[10:51] Sakura
    Does he get over things quickly
    because he's young?
[10:54] Sakura
    Was he able to process it
    because of who he is?
[11:01] Nio
    Please make way! Coming through!
[11:05] Sakura
    Even after that big job,
    this place hasn't changed a bit.
[11:10] Todo
    Everyone changes.
[11:13] Sakura
    T-Todo-san?
[11:15] Nagakura
    Todo.
[11:17] Nagakura
    Don't step on the edge of the tatami.
[11:19] Sakura
    U-Um, who are you again?
[11:23] Harada
    It's Shinpachi! Shinpachi's lost it!
[11:26] Nagakura
    A samurai must be proper
     in everything he does.
[11:31] Sakura
    You shaved off your mustache?
[11:33] Nagakura
    I've stopped pretending to be someone
    I'm not. A samurai should act like one.
[11:36] Kondo
    Magnificent.
[11:38] Okita
    A real dramatic shift, huh?
[11:40] Yamanami
    I know how he feels.
[11:42] Yamanami
    That battle left a bad taste in our mouths.
[11:45] Harada
    Don't sympathize! Move on!
[11:47] Harada
    Like Nio has.
[11:49] Nio
    I finished wiping the floors.
[11:51] Nio
    Oh, I'd better go wash the vegetables.
[11:58] Hirama
    You killed the ringleader
    and ended the threat?
[12:00] Hirama
    That's our Serizawa-sensei.
[12:02] Hirama
    The greatest man alive.
[12:04] Serizawa
    Don't stand in my way.
[12:09] Hirayama
    Can you believe Hirama? No tact at all.
[12:12] Serizawa
    Don't stare at me.
[12:14] Hirayama
    I can't even look?
[12:19] Harada
    Serizawa's in a rotten mood.
[12:22] Niimi
    I'm supposed to write a report on all this
    to wrap it up as neatly as possible.
[12:27] Nio
    I'll get you paper and
    an inkstone right away.
[12:31] Sakura
    Do you think, maybe...
[12:34] Sakura
    Nio-kun's trying to avoid hearing
     much about what happened?
[12:39] Todo
    Well, I bet he'd rather not.
[12:42] Harada
    Still, he'll forget in three days,
    if he eats and sleeps right.
[12:45] Nagakura
    These things need to be done properly.
[12:47] Okita
    It all comes down to his feelings. 
    How he thinks about it.
[12:52] Inoue
    Maybe tilling a field
    will take his mind off it.
[12:54] Hajime
    Leave him be.
[12:56] Sakura
    H-Hijikata-san.
[13:00] Hijikata
    Kondo-san, can I leave Nio to you?
[13:04] Kondo
    Yes.
[13:07] Kondo
    This calls for swords. Nothing else will do.
[13:13] Kondo
    Nio. Time to train!
[13:14] Nio
    What?
[13:16] Nio
    Huh? Kondo-san?
[13:19] Harada
    Is he okay?
[13:20] Nio
    Wait, what?
[13:20] Todo
    I'm more worried about him.
[13:23] Hijikata
    It's better not to think
    too much at times like these.
[13:33] Nio
    So, um, you want me to attack you?
[13:35] Kondo
    Yes. With all your might.
[13:43] Kondo
    Keep going. Don't rest.
[13:45] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[13:48] Kondo
    Keep it up.
[13:49] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[13:50] Kondo
    More.
[13:51] Nio
    Yes, sir!
[13:52] Kondo
    Come at me!
[13:53] Kondo
    Keep it up!
[13:54] Todo
    They're really just training.
[13:55] Kondo
    Come on!
[14:02] Kondo
    Nagi-dono was buried at a temple
    for the destitute without family.
[14:09] Kondo
    She had no relatives of her own,
[14:11] Kondo
    and she was divorced
    just before this business.
[14:15] Kondo
    There was nothing else to be done.
[14:17] Nio
    Wh-Why tell me that now?
[14:19] Kondo
    Continue.
[14:22] Kondo
    Weak.
[14:27] Kondo
    I cut down Yotaro-dono.
[14:30] Kondo
    I killed him.
[14:34] Kondo
    I never could have stopped him
    without killing him.
[14:38] Kondo
    Serizawa-san slew Naozumi.
[14:40] Nio
    Please stop.
[14:42] Kondo
    Their bodies will be
    disposed of as criminals.
[14:46] Nio
    Please just stop.
[14:49] Kondo
    The Kyohachi house and dojo both lie in ruins.
[14:53] Kondo
    The line will be abolished,
    including cadet branches.
[14:56] Nio
    Please stop it!
[15:06] Nio
    I know.
[15:08] Nio
    I know all of that.
[15:12] Nio
    It's because I fell short.
[15:18] Nio
    Because I didn't notice back then.
[15:21] Nio
    Because I failed.
[15:24] Nio
    Because I was weak.
[15:31] Nio
    It's all...
[15:35] Nio
    my fault.
[15:42] Kondo
    Giving birth always comes
     with the risk of death.
[15:45] Kondo
    The newborn has been left
    with trustworthy people.
[15:50] Kondo
    Now you know what happened.
[15:54] Okita
    Do you think he can handle it?
[15:56] Sakura
    Maybe he should be less blunt.
[15:58] Hijikata
    No, this is for the best.
[16:00] Hijikata
    He can't move forward
    until he accepts reality.
[16:08] Sakura
    Nio-kun!
[16:13] Sakura
    He's burning up.
[16:15] Todo; Taro
    What?
[16:16] Sakura
    Why didn't anyone notice?
[16:18] Sakura
    You idiots worked him too hard!
[16:20] Kondo
    Awkward.
[16:33] Taro
    Hajime, what should we do?
[16:35] Hajime
    He's just exhausted.
    Sleep will fix his body.
[16:39] Taro
    J-Just his body?
[16:41] Taro
    What else should we be worried about?
[16:44] Taro
    Hey, where are you going?
[16:46] Hajime
    I have business.
[16:46] Taro
    What? Our buddy's in pain here.
[16:49] Taro
    Have a heart!
[16:52] Taro
    Man, Nio...
[16:56] Granny
    Is that so?
[16:58] Granny
    Thanks for letting me know about Nio.
[17:01] Hajime
    So what did you want with me?
[17:04] Granny
    I want you to meet somebody, Hajime.
[17:07] Hajime
    Huh?
[17:09] Iroha
    Granny! Long time no see!
[17:13] Granny
    Look at you, dressed up all fancy.
[17:15] Hajime
    Wh-Who's this?
[17:17] Iroha
    You must be Hajime-chan.
[17:19] Hajime
    Hajime... "chan"?
[17:23] Iroha
    I'm Iroha. Nice to meet you.
[17:25] Hajime
    And she is?
[17:27] Granny
    Nio's sister.
[17:28] Hajime
    His sister? The one that noble family took in?
[17:35] Iroha
    I know all about you and
    the Miburo from Granny's letters.
[17:41] Iroha
    I want to ask you for a favor.
[17:44] Hajime
    Yeah? What favor? You'd better not
    ask me to play games with you.
[17:49] Hajime
    Anyway, it's not safe for a kid
     to go out alone at night.
[17:54] Iroha
    He's just like the letters said.
[17:56] Granny
    Isn't he just?
[17:57] Hajime
    Hey! What did you say about me?
[17:59] Iroha
    I'm not alone, of course.
[18:02] Hajime
    Huh?
[18:09] Anegakoji
    Behold. My ball never falls.
    Such is my mastery of kemari.
[18:16] Hajime
    Wh-Who's this guy?
[18:18] Iroha
    Hajime-chan.
[18:19] Iroha
    This is the great and noble Anegakoji-sama.
[18:26] Hajime
    Never heard of him.
[18:27] Iroha
    Even the patriotic loyalists of Satsuma
     revere him as a leader.
[18:33] Iroha
    A trailblazer at 23 years of age,
    he leads the anti-foreigner faction at court.
[18:38] Iroha
    You stand before Anegakoji Kintomo-sama!
[18:44] Anegakoji
    Am I truly so impressive?
[18:47] Anegakoji
    You may fawn over me with reverence.
[18:50] Hajime
    Oh, okay. I get it.
[18:53] Hajime
    Now, do you mind if I sock this guy?
[18:56] Iroha
    What for?!
[18:57] Iroha
    Listen, I'd like you to guard
     Anegakoji-sama for me.
[19:04] Anegakoji
    I shall permit you to guard
    my person. Rejoice, Hajime.
[19:09] Iroha
    Only for three days, though.
[19:11] Iroha
    And not all day. Just from
    his house to the Imperial Palace.
[19:16] Hajime
    A guy like him must have
    lackeys and bodyguards.
[19:19] Iroha
    Well, you see, they went to
    an oyster festival and all took ill.
[19:24] Anegakoji
    And yet I was spared,
    for I am among the elect.
[19:28] Iroha
    I wanted to ask Nio, too,
    but it sounds like he has bigger problems.
[19:34] Iroha
    Hijikata-san and Okita-san would stand out,
[19:37] Iroha
    and asking the Miburo
    would make things complicated.
[19:41] Hajime
    "Complicated"? Why?
[19:44] Hajime
    Anyway, who's after this big shot? And why?
[19:56] Hajime
    Fine. Don't tell me if you don't want to.
[19:59] Hajime
    So I just need to keep you
     safe for three days?
[20:01] Anegakoji
    You'll do it, then?
[20:04] Hajime
    Yeah. I haven't got much choice.
[20:07] Hajime
    None of us do.
[20:09] Anegakoji
    "Us"?
[20:13] Iroha
    Thanks, Hajime-chan!
[20:15] Hajime
    Stop.
[20:16] Granny
    Hajime-chan!
[20:18] Hajime
    Stay back, old hag!
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[20:25] Hajime
    You don't have far to go, right?
[20:27] Anegakoji
    Merely to His Majesty's council
    at the palace and back.
[20:31] Anegakoji
    You cannot have entered the grounds before.
    I'm impressed it doesn't show.
[20:37] Hajime
    Gawking would make people suspicious.
[20:43] Hajime
    A diary?
[20:45] Iroha
    Keeping daily records is one of
    a noble's most important duties.
[20:50] Iroha
    It comes in handy the next time
     they do something.
[20:54] Iroha
    They link past, present, and future.
[20:57] Iroha
    That's how they preserve traditions.
[21:00] Hajime
    I don't really get it,
    but it sounds like work.
[21:04] Hajime
    Anyway...
[21:05] Hajime
    Aren't you going to ask me about Nio?
[21:08] Iroha
    Huh?
[21:09] Hajime
    You must know some of what happened.
[21:13] Hajime
    You're his sister, right? Isn't worrying over
     every little thing what families do?
[21:21] Iroha
    You don't pick up on much,
    do you, Hajime-chan?
[21:25] Hajime
    What's that supposed to mean?
[21:29] Iroha
    Because we're family, I know.
[21:38] Iroha
    My brother must be...
SIGN    Ties
SIGN    Next time
[23:22] Old Nagakura
    The flow of the times grows fiercer.
[23:25] Old Nagakura
    Its chaos gains speed, and the Miburo
     hurtle toward a turning point.
[23:31] Old Nagakura
    As new leaves sprout,
    young wolves overcome sorrow and pain,
[23:40] Old Nagakura
    striving to discover their own truths.
[23:44] Old Nagakura
    Next time: "The Blue Oath."
SIGN    The Blue Oath
[23:47] Old Nagakura
    It won't disappoint.

24 - The Blue Oath
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[00:03] Tsuru
    He guarded a noble in the palace?
[00:05] Old Nagakura
    Yes. Although I had it secondhand,
    so I don't know all the details.
[00:11] Boy A
    Head!
[00:12] Boy B
    I bet you're bored of
    Gramps's long stories, too!
[00:18] Old Nagakura
    We knew the river of time
    was flowing fiercer.
[00:24] Old Nagakura
    For the Miburo...
[00:27] Old Nagakura
    those days may have been a turning point.
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[02:09] Anegakoji
    I hear the Miburo are a band of swordsmen.
[02:12] Hajime
    So what if we are?
[02:14] Anegakoji
    Do you keep guns or cannons in reserve?
[02:17] Hajime
    Huh? Of course not.
[02:19] Anegakoji
    I see.
[02:21] Anegakoji
    You may wish to consider doing so.
[02:28] Anegakoji
    My life is under threat because
    I have had a change of heart.
[02:34] Anegakoji
    A naval commissioner, Katsu Kaishu,
    convinced me of the value of sea power.
[02:40] Anegakoji
    I no longer favor expulsion at any cost.
[02:44] Anegakoji
    The hardliners of the anti-foreign movement
     must view that as a betrayal.
[02:50] Anegakoji
    Politics demands ceaseless vigilance.
[02:54] Anegakoji
    One always finds oneself
    in an awkward position.
[02:57] Anegakoji
    He who defends me today
    may come for my life tomorrow.
[03:04] Anegakoji
    Why did you agree to guard me so readily?
[03:08] Hajime
    None of that crap matters.
[03:12] Hajime
    I did it because you really did seem scared.
[03:16] Hajime
    If samurai don't protect the weak, who will?
[03:21] Anegakoji
    I see Iroha was right to turn to you.
[03:25] Anegakoji
    Still...
[03:27] Anegakoji
    Hold on to notions like that,
    and the tide will leave you behind.
[03:31] Hajime
    What tide?
[03:32] Anegakoji
    The tide of time.
[03:35] Anegakoji
    Or will you rebel against
    the age we live in?
[03:42] Anegakoji
    If so, men like that fellow,
    who strive to push us forward,
[03:48] Anegakoji
    may one day become your greatest foes.
[03:52] Hajime
    What "fellow"? Who do you mean?
[03:56] Anegakoji
    The ronin Sakamoto Ryoma, formerly of Tosa.
[04:01] Hajime
    Never heard of him.
[04:03] Assassin A
    Anegakoji!
[04:05] Assassin A
    Prepare to die!
[04:06] Guard A
    We're under attack!
[04:07] Guard B
    What?
[04:13] Guard A
    After him! Don't let him escape!
[04:15] Guard B
    Halt!
[04:18] Anegakoji
    You're formidable! Formidable indeed!
[04:22] Hajime
    You think I'd let that loser beat me?
[04:28] Anegakoji
    And confident! Hajime, you intrigue me.
[04:33] Todo
    How's Nio doing?
[04:35] Taro
    Not good. He won't leave his room.
[04:38] Todo
    But I thought his fever went down.
    Is something still affecting him?
[04:43] Nagakura
    A matter of the heart, no doubt.
[04:45] Harada
    I don't get it.
[04:47] Harada
    I mean, what's done is done, right?
[04:50] Okita
    Sometimes, Sanosuke-san,
    you cut right to the heart of things.
[04:54] Harada
    Huh? How do you mean?
[04:56] Taro
    Nio...
[04:58] Todo
    Nio might be out of commission for a while.
[05:03] Harada
    And Serizawa?
[05:04] Nagakura
    He's given over the room to Nio.
[05:07] (Flashback) Serizawa
    Let him use it until he's feeling better.
[05:11] Nagakura
    Even he has his good points.
[05:13] Todo
    Hajime's out, Gen-san's working the fields,
    and Yamanami-san's writing something.
[05:30] Anegakoji
    You served well, Hajime.
[05:32] Anegakoji
    Farewell!
[05:34] Iroha
    See you, Hajime-chan!
[05:37] Hajime
    I don't need you to see me off.
[05:40] Hajime
    Damn it.
[05:43] Old Nagakura
    And so, Hajime completed
    his guard duty in safety.
[05:48] Old Nagakura
    However...
[05:50] Old Nagakura
    That night, three assassins
    claimed Anegakoji's life.
[05:56] Old Nagakura
    It would come to be known as
    the "Incident Outside Sakuhei Gate."
[06:03] Harada
    A court noble got killed?
[06:06] Todo
    The killer dropped his scabbard.
[06:09] Todo
    Rumor has it the deed was done by
    Tanaka Shinbei, an assassin from Satsuma.
[06:13] Yamanami
    Aizu seems frantic to track him down.
[06:20] Granny
    What a shame.
[06:22] Granny
    A crying shame.
[06:25] Granny
    Iroha sent this. It's a letter for you.
[06:38] Iroha
    "Hiya, Hajime-chan!"
[06:41] Iroha
    "It's your favorite girl, Iroha!
    How have you been?"
[06:47] Iroha
    "I bet you're down in the dumps,
    and I thought maybe I could cheer you up."
[06:52] Iroha
    "Oh, about Anegakoji-sama..."
[06:56] Iroha
    "He adopted a son the other day."
[06:59] Iroha
    "A little boy. Just four years old."
[07:03] Iroha
    "The day after you drove off those ruffians,"
[07:06] Iroha
    "they played kemari together
    for the first time."
[07:10] Iroha
    "Anegakoji-sama was over the moon."
[07:15] Iroha
    I'd like to think helping him live
    even one extra day counted for something.
[07:29] Hajime
    Tanaka Shinbei.
[07:39] Sakura
    Nio-kun, Nagi-san was worried about you.
[07:45] Sakura
    She thought you'd be even more hurt
    if she died without saying anything.
[07:50] Sakura
    That's why she lashed out
    at you so fiercely.
[07:54] Sakuhei
    She was treating you as an adult.
[08:00] Gatekeeper A
    You want to catch Tanaka Shinbei?
[08:03] Gatekeeper A
    Forget it, kid.
     Shinbei the Killer is no joke.
[08:08] Gatekeeper A
    He's a Jigen School swordsman.
[08:10] Fujita
    You can tell him.
[08:12] Gatekeeper A
    Fujita-san.
[08:15] Fujita
    Saito-san, I would like your assistance.
[08:20] Hajime
    Try to keep up, Fujita.
[08:23] Fujita
    Yes, sir!
[08:27] Taro
    You know, I don't think
    you did anything wrong.
[08:33] Taro
    Maybe you weren't quite tough
    enough to see it through, but still.
[08:37] Taro
    Before I joined the Miburo, I'd given up.
    I figured that was just life.
[08:45] Taro
    But you told me we have souls, remember?
[08:52] Taro
    It sucks how things turned out this time,
[08:57] Taro
    and I don't know what
    to say to you about it,
[09:01] Taro
    but what can any of us do except
    keep chasing our... "ideals," I guess?
[09:08] Taro
    Even if it goes wrong,
    no matter how many times we fail,
[09:15] Taro
    what else can we do?
[09:24] Taro
    Damn it. What the hell is your problem?
[09:30] Hijikata
    Well said, Taro.
[09:34] Hijikata
    I agree.
[09:41] Aizu Samurai A
    That's Shinbei's hideout.
[09:44] Fujita
    We'll go in from the front.
[09:46] Fujita
    The rest of you cover the back door.
[09:49] Fujita
    Don't let him see you.
[09:50] Aizu Samurai A
    Yes, sir.
[09:53] Fujita
    We'll wait until he settles
    down for the evening.
[10:06] Yamanami
    Excuse me.
[10:07] Nio
    Yamanami-san.
[10:09] Yamanami
    You could use a haircut.
[10:22] Nio
    I got it all wrong.
[10:28] Nio
    I ran in blindly, just waving
    my ideals around and stirring up trouble.
[10:35] Nio
    Things only worked out by chance,
    because I got help from the people around me.
[10:41] Fujita
    Tanaka Shinbei, you're under arrest.
[10:44] Shinbei
    Says who?
[10:46] Yamanami
    What's so wrong with having ideals?
[10:49] Nio
    But even my ideals
    turned out to be nebulous.
[10:53] Nio
    They weren't worth preaching about.
[10:59] Yamanami
    Human beings progress
    through ideals and philosophy.
[11:04] Yamanami
    Isn't that what makes us
     beautiful and noble?
[11:07] Yamanami
    Results and outcomes are no more than that.
[11:10] Yamanami
    We are not animals.
[11:13] Yamanami
    We have a dream we call "hope."
[11:16] Yamanami
    Your attitude and actions in pursuit of it
     shape your individual humanity.
[11:23] Yamanami
    Never forget: You did it.
[11:28] Yamanami
    You should be proud.
[11:30] Yamanami
    Don't stop in your tracks.
[11:34] Yamanami
    That's what it means
    to have an exalted soul.
[11:51] Nio
    Nagi-san.
[11:57] Nio
    Yotaro-san. Naozumi-san.
[12:04] Nagi
    Thanks for everything.
[12:14] Old Nagakura
    Tanaka Shinbei was captured
    and accused of Anegakoji's murder.
[12:20] Old Nagakura
    Confronted with the evidence of the scabbard,
    he took his own life on the spot.
[12:25] Old Nagakura
    Blame extended to Satsuma,
    and the domain lost influence at court.
[12:33] Old Nagakura
    The truth remains a mystery to this day.
[12:48] Taro
    P-Please forgive me, sir!
[12:50] Taro
    I dozed off and—
[12:53] Nio
    I'll get stronger. So strong,
    no one can argue with me.
[12:58] Nio
    So strong, no one can complain.
[13:01] Taro
    N-Nio.
[13:05] Nio
    Sorry for worrying you.
[13:08] Nio
    Thank you. I'm fine now.
[13:12] Taro
    Nio!
[13:16] Taro
    Thank goodness!
[13:20] Taro
    I was worried sick about you, jackass!
[13:21] Nio
    I'll start with one tatami's worth.
[13:28] Okita
    Man, you must be so relieved.
[13:30] Hijikata
    I... I was never worried!
[13:32] Kondo
    Aren't you glad?
[13:34] Hajime
    Damn, that hurts.
[13:41] Iroha
    "P.S. Hajime-chan..."
[13:44] Iroha
    "I know my brother will be fine."
[13:47] Nio
    Hey!
[13:48] Iroha
    "I'm not worried about him."
[13:51] Nio
    Hajime-kun!
[13:53] Taro
    Where the hell have you been?
[13:58] Nio
    They say our coats are finally ready!
    The Miburo uniforms we ordered!
[14:03] Iroha
    "After all..."
[14:05] Taro
    Hey, how come you're walking funny?
[14:06] Iroha
    "...he has people like you by his side."
[14:08] Taro
    And you look beat to hell.
[14:10] Hajime
    Shove it.
[14:11] Hajime
    Now, let's go get those coats.
[14:12] Nio
    Not that way, Hajime-kun. It's this way.
[14:15] Hajime
    I know that!
[14:17] Old Nagakura
    In May of 1863, the Choshu domain
    convinced Shogun Iemochi
[14:24] Old Nagakura
    to swear to "expel the barbarians"
    in the Emperor's presence.
[14:28] Old Nagakura
    Hearing his promise, Choshu bombarded
    foreign ships in the Bakan Straits.
[14:35] Old Nagakura
    They dealt a devastating blow.
[14:38] Old Nagakura
    And those chaotic times moved ever faster.
[14:44] Kikuchiyo
    So you would have me return to Edo?
[14:47] Vassal A
    Yes, my lord. War with
    foreign powers is now inevitable.
[14:51] Vassal A
    What could be more vital than returning
     to Edo to oversee defense of the bay?
[14:57] Kikuchiyo
    Very well. Let us do that.
[15:00] Vassals
    Yes, my lord.
[15:02] Vassal A
    Whew. Good thing he didn't make a fuss.
[15:06] Vassal A
    He sure has matured.
[15:11] Kikuchiyo
    Kagemaru.
[15:12] Kagemaru
    Here, my lord.
[15:13] Kikuchiyo
    So, what, they're done with me now?!
[15:15] Kikuchiyo
    Damn Choshu!
[15:17] Kikuchiyo
    The jackasses actually went and did it!
[15:20] Kagemaru
    My lord, calm yourself.
[15:22] Kikuchiyo
    Brainless nobles! Stupid emperor!
[15:28] Kikuchiyo
    It's the money.
[15:30] Kagemaru
    Money, my lord?
[15:32] Kikuchiyo
    Choshu will obviously lose!
[15:35] Kikuchiyo
    And the victors will demand reparations!
[15:37] Kikuchiyo
    But Choshu won't be able to pay!
[15:40] Kikuchiyo
    The Shogunate will be forced
    to shoulder their debts!
[15:44] Kikuchiyo
    Well, that's part of what I'm here for.
[15:48] Kikuchiyo
    But my one regret is for this city of Kyoto.
[15:52] Kikuchiyo
    Anegakoji has been murdered.
[15:55] Kikuchiyo
    More and more factions will use
    violence to press their claims now.
[16:00] Kikuchiyo
    Tragedies will become ever more common.
[16:03] Kagemaru
    On that point,
    I think you need have no fear.
[16:10] Kikuchiyo
    What?
[16:16] Taro
    Hey, Nio!
[16:18] Taro
    We have those manju to snack on.
    Let's eat 'em already.
[16:20] Taro
    What? You're still going at it?
[16:23] Okita
    I told him to take a breather,
    but look at him go.
[16:29] Nio
    I'll just keep swinging and swinging.
[16:32] Nio
    There's nothing else to do.
[16:35] Nio
    I know I'm soft.
[16:37] Nio
    And I know I've gotten away
    with things because I'm a kid.
[16:42] Nio
    For who? For what?
[16:45] Nio
    For me? For my own self-satisfaction?
[16:50] Nio
    That's good enough.
[16:52] Nio
    I'll take it all the way.
[16:56] Okita
    His swing changed.
[16:58] Okita
    Nio-kun—
[16:59] Todo
    Hey!
[17:01] Todo
    Lord Iemochi's going home to Edo.
[17:08] Harada
    What'll happen to us?
[17:10] Hajime
    Why should we care?
[17:12] Yamanami
    Because the Roshigumi originally
    came to Kyoto to guard the Shogun.
[17:19] Taro
    Huh? S-So you're gonna leave?
[17:21] Taro
    Wh-What'll happen to me?
[17:23] Todo
    What about Serizawa's bunch?
    Can we talk them round?
[17:29] Nagakura
    I suppose it would make sense
    for us to return to Edo as well.
[17:34] Hijikata
    No.
[17:36] Hijikata
    Guarding the Shogun is a pretext.
[17:39] Hijikata
    We follow our own path.
[17:51] Vassal A
    Make way for His Lordship, the Shogun!
[18:00] Townsfolk
    It's Lord Iemochi.
[18:01] Townsfolk
    That's him?
[18:02] Townsfolk
    He holds himself with
    all the dignity you'd expect.
[18:06] Townsfolk
    He's got some shady guy with him, though.
[18:09] Vassal A
    His Lordship certainly looks impressive.
[18:12] Vassal B
    Indeed.
[18:13] Townsman A
    His Lordship's leaving already?
[18:16] Townsman A
    Why did he even come here?
[18:20] Vassal A
    Such insolence! Who said that?
[18:24] Kikuchiyo
    No mind. Leave him be.
[18:26] Townsman A
    Ow, ow, ow!
[18:31] Serizawa
    You got a bit too carried away,
     don't you think?
[18:36] Nio
    Serizawa-san, we shouldn't spoil
    the Shogun's procession.
[18:40] Kikuchiyo
    Nio.
[18:43] Serizawa
    Next time we meet, you're dead.
[18:47] Vassal A
    Have no fear. He was no rebel,
    just a lowly nobody. Pay him no heed.
[19:07] (Flashback) Nio
    You picked this word, Kondo-san?
SIGN    Heart
SIGN    Superior
SIGN    Justice
SIGN    Stylish
SIGN    War
SIGN    Decisive
SIGN    Flame
SIGN    Loyalty
SIGN    Heaven
[19:10] (Flashback) Kondo
    Yes. I chose it from the ones you wrote.
[19:14] (Flashback) Kondo
    The times may twist,
    but our lives will go straight ahead.
[19:17] (Flashback) Kondo
    That's our way.
[19:21] (Flashback) Kondo
    And yours.
[19:24] Kagemaru
    They originally came to Kyoto
    to guard Your Lordship,
[19:28] Kagemaru
    but for the present, they aim
    to improve law and order here.
[19:34] Kagemaru
    Sure enough, they've chosen to remain.
    So this city, at least, will be safe.
[19:43] Kikuchiyo
    I see. They'll be here, then.
[19:47] Kagemaru
    Yes, my lord.
[19:52] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    What is the way of the sword to you?
[19:57] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo
    Tell me your answer when we meet again.
[20:02] Kikuchiyo
    Nio, is that your answer?
SIGN    Sincerity
[20:14] Taro
    He's changed.
[20:16] Taro
    I can't put my finger on it,
    but something seems different.
[20:21] Okita
    I can tell.
[20:22] Okita
    No doubt everyone can.
[20:25] Okita
    Even you.
[20:29] Okita
    And you.
[20:32] Okita
    And all of you.
[20:42] Boy A
    How do you like this?
[20:44] Boy B
    You'll never beat me!
[20:45] Boy A
    Ow!
[20:46] Boy A
    Don't hit for real!
[20:48] Boy B
    Aw, come on. Don't be a wimp.
[20:55] Old Nagakura
    When a boy loses something,
    he becomes a man.
[21:01] Old Nagakura
    He can only know that feeling by
    experiencing and overcoming it firsthand.
[21:23] Kikuchiyo
    I'm counting on you!
[21:27] Vassal A
    My lord?
SIGN    Sincerity
[21:41] Nio
    We won't let you down.
SIGN    The Blue Oath