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
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SIGN    Blue Miburo
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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.
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[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