# 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...
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Books
***SIGN*** This is no good, mister.
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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.
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**[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.