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