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.
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[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,
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[04:19] Old Nagakura
    and raced to the seven bridges
    targeted by the Blood Risshidan.
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[04:24] Old Nagakura
    Okita and Todo, both fast runners,
    went all the way to Kojin-bashi.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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