# 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?
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***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