22 - Those Who Struggle

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[00:11] Lesser Aizu Samurai
    Fire!
[00:16] Taro
    What do we do? It's all gonna burn.
[00:18] Hirosawa
    Throw water over the nearby buildings.
     If that fails, tear them down.
[00:22] Hirosawa
    Don't let it spread!
[00:23] Taro
    Kondo-san!
[00:24] Kondo
    Taro, what's going on here?
[00:26] Taro
    Nothing good! The fire's gonna spread!
    And I can't find Nio for some reason.
[00:30] Taro
    Gimme a hand here.
[00:31] Kondo
    Hand me that.
[00:32] Taro
    Huh?
[00:37] Kondo
    I swear, I will stop this fire!
[00:41] Taro
    There he goes!
[00:43] Lesser Aizu Samurai
    That's Kondo of the Miburo!
[00:45] Lesser Aizu Samurai
    Follow him, men!
[00:48] Nio
    Granny!
[00:49] Nio
    Granny, it's an emergency!
[00:53] Nio
    Come on, Granny! Wake up!
[00:56] Granny
    What is it, Nio?
[00:58] Granny
    It's too late for all this fuss.
[01:02] Granny
    What happened to you?
[01:06] Nagi
    It hurts. It hurts.
[01:08] Granny
    What? She's in labor?
[01:10] Nagi
    It hurts. It hurts.
[01:12] Granny
    I'll take a look.
[01:14] Nio
    You'll be all right now, Nagi-san.
[01:17] Granny
    Uh-oh. The baby's already crowning.
[01:19] Granny
    You men, carry her in!
[01:22] Harada
    Right!
[01:22] Nagakura
    Okay!
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[03:00] Serizawa
    A fire across the river?
[03:06] Serizawa
    Wasn't your plan to burn down the city?
[03:12] Serizawa
    Oh, I get it. You're burning down
     your "cursed house."
[03:18] Serizawa
    Well, I know how you feel.
[03:21] Serizawa
    Being born to samurai stock
    is a kind of curse.
[03:25] Serizawa
    I couldn't help noticing
    your underlings don't look so young.
[03:30] Serizawa
    Frustrated with a world at peace?
[03:33] Serizawa
    Afraid of rotting away
    without accomplishing anything?
[03:37] Naozumi
    Shut your mouth.
[03:39] Serizawa
    Are you giving them a place
    to die like samurai?
[03:42] Naozumi
    Be quiet.
[03:44] Serizawa
    Will you bunglers stop wasting my time?
[03:47] Naozumi
    Be quiet!
[03:50] Naozumi
    Die!
[03:58] Serizawa
    Watching you pisses me off.
[04:01] Serizawa
    If you're that unhappy,
    I'll put an end to you myself.
[04:11] Naozumi
    It's been ten years...
[04:14] Naozumi
    since that day.
[04:15] (Flashback) Naozumi
    So long, Yotaro.
[04:19] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Wait, Nii-san!
[04:23] Naozumi
    My journey east from Kyoto began
    with the shock of the Black Ships.
[04:32] (Flashback) Official A
    Line sumo wrestlers up along the bank!
[04:35] (Flashback) Official A
    We don't have enough cannons!
[04:37] (Flashback) Official A
    Fetch temple bells! We'll bluff them!
[04:40] (Flashback) Official A
    Grill some kusaya
    and send them packing!
[04:42] (Flashback) Subordinate
    But will the stench reach that far?
[04:44] (Flashback) Official A
    It's the spirit of the thing!
[04:46] (Flashback) Subordinate
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Uraga Magistrate's Office
[04:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are the authorities doing?
[04:50] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Why don't they go out to battle?
[04:52] Naozumi
    Uraga
    Magistrate's
    Office
[04:52] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are samurai for,
    if not a time like this?
[04:55] (Flashback) Official B
    Enough. Get back!
[04:56] (Flashback) Official B
    If you want to go, then swim!
[05:02] (Flashback) Naozumi
    It's hopeless.
[05:03] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I... I thought I was a goner.
[05:06] Naozumi
    The times were about to change in a big way.
[05:10] Naozumi
    Swords were worthless
    against those Black Ships.
[05:14] Naozumi
    But what could I do?
SIGN    Invincible Dojo
[05:19] Naozumi
    "Invincible"?
[05:20] (Flashback) Instructor
    I am the instructor here.
[05:24] (Flashback) Instructor
    My ancestors served in
    the famed Takeda cavalry.
[05:27] Granddaughter
    Don't push yourself, Grandpa.
[05:29] (Flashback) Granddaughter
    You know you can't see anymore.
[05:32] Naozumi
    Even so, the way of the sword I sought...
[05:38] Naozumi
    was beautiful.
[05:41] Naozumi
    The sword truly was...
[05:47] Naozumi
    worth spending my life on.
[06:01] Naozumi
    Mastery of the sword...
[06:06] Naozumi
    counted for something.
[06:08] Naozumi
    I learned many things on my path to it.
[06:12] (Flashback) Ayame's Father
    Don't leave the shed! Folk'll make a fuss
     if they find out you're missing an arm!
[06:17] Naozumi
    Even among those known as samurai,
    there were outcasts.
[06:25] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Want me to let you out of there?
[06:33] (Flashback) Naozumi
    They said they planned
    to sell you to a freak show.
[06:38] (Flashback) Naozumi
    They were a disgrace
     to samurai everywhere.
[06:41] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I killed them all.
[06:46] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm Naozumi.
[06:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    If you don't like it,
    try and settle the score someday.
[06:54] Naozumi
    There were people struggling to get by.
[07:03] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Don't worry.
[07:05] (Flashback) Naozumi
    We've just got to build up our strength.
SIGN    Risshi
SIGN    Aspire
[07:20] Naozumi
    I dubbed us the Risshidan.
[07:23] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I know our day will come!
[07:29] Naozumi
    But despite biding our time,
    the Shogunate never took action.
[07:34] Naozumi
    The 14th shogun, Iemochi, took over,
    and still nothing changed.
[07:40] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What the hell have we been training for?
[07:43] (Flashback) Agitator
    They say Kyoto is the seat
    of government these days.
[07:47] (Flashback) Hound
    We can start something if we go there.
[07:50] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Wait a little while longer.
    I'll be in touch.
[07:53] Naozumi
    But another cruel betrayal
    awaited me there.
SIGN    Kyohachi School
SIGN    Kyohachi School
[07:59] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Ten years, and this place
    hasn't changed a bit.
[08:01] (Flashback) Nagi
    Oh, goodness.
[08:03] (Flashback) Nagi
    Might you be Yotaro-san's brother?
[08:12] (Flashback) Nagi
    I knew it. I'm right, aren't I?
[08:15] (Flashback) Nagi
    Yotaro-san told me
    you were a real man's man.
[08:20] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Who are you?
[08:22] (Flashback) Nagi
    My name is Nagi.
[08:24] (Flashback) Nagi
    I am Yotaro-san's wife.
[08:26] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Wife?
[08:29] (Flashback) Yotaro
    What? N-Naozumi-niisan?
[08:32] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Yikes! That forehead scar!
[08:34] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Yotaro.
[08:35] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Oh, um...
[08:39] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You haven't changed, either.
[08:41] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm just passing through.
[08:42] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Wait.
[08:43] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You came all this way. At least come in.
[08:46] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Father will be delighted.
[08:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    There's no need.
[08:49] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Don't be like that.
[08:51] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Feast your eyes! I made a wooden horse!
[08:54] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Put my grandson on it when he's born!
[08:58] (Flashback) Nagi
    My, how lovely.
[09:01] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Aren't you...
[09:05] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Naozumi.
[09:06] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    It's been too long.
    It's good to see you again—
[09:10] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Father, you shouldn't get up so suddenly.
[09:13] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What's wrong with you?
[09:15] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    A little issue with my lungs.
[09:17] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    But enough about that.
[09:19] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    I'm going to be a grandfather.
[09:21] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Don't you want to see the baby, Naozumi?
[09:24] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    We've had our differences,
    but let's let bygones be bygones.
[09:30] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    I can't die yet.
[09:32] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Not till I get to see
    my grandson come of age.
[09:35] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Now, I'd better stop by the dojo before—
[09:39] (Flashback) Nagi
    You mustn't push yourself, Father.
[09:42] (Flashback) Naozumi
    When did he lose his backbone?
[09:45] (Flashback) Naozumi
    He's like a different person.
[09:47] (Flashback) Yotaro
    That just goes to show how long it's been.
[09:51] (Flashback) Yotaro
    An illness took Mother three years ago.
[09:55] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I wish I'd had some way to tell you.
[10:00] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'll go train in the dojo.
[10:01] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Sure.
[10:16] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are all these halfhearted shouts?
[10:20] (Flashback) Nagi
    Here. You must all be tired.
[10:22] (Flashback) Nagi
    I made onigiri.
[10:24] (Flashback) Student D
    Oh, I was just getting hungry.
[10:26] (Flashback) Student E
    Time for a break.
[10:27] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Is this a hobbyists' dojo?
    Did you all come here to play?!
[10:31] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Line up! I'll beat some guts back into you!
[10:36] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Wait, Nii-san.
[10:37] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Now, now, now.
[10:38] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Let go of me, Yotaro.
[10:40] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You must be worn out from your journey.
[10:42] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'm not tired!
[10:43] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Let's have a drink for old times' sake.
[10:45] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    You can't hold your alcohol!
[10:47] Yotaro
    Now, now, now, now.
[10:50] (Flashback) Nagi
    What good friends they are.
[11:05] (Flashback) Naozumi
    At least you've kept up your training.
[11:08] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Oh, no. I have a long way to go.
[11:11] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I don't risk my life like you do.
[11:14] (Flashback) Naozumi
    By the way, about that woman...
[11:17] (Flashback) Yotaro
    You mean Nagi?
[11:18] (Flashback) Naozumi
    She doesn't seem all there.
    What family is she from?
[11:22] (Flashback) Yotaro
    She's adopted, and I hear
    she had a hard childhood.
[11:26] (Flashback) Yotaro
    We met by chance,
    and Mother took a liking to her.
[11:30] (Flashback) Naozumi
    She doesn't have samurai blood?
[11:32] (Flashback) Yotaro
    No, but she's a lovely person.
[11:34] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I know you'll warm up to her, too.
[11:39] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Nii-san?
[11:40] Naozumi
    Not even the blood is left.
[11:42] Naozumi
    What part of this family is samurai now?
[11:48] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I'll set things right.
[11:52] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Mmm, so soft and sweet.
     I can't get enough.
[11:57] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are you eating?
[12:00] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Castella. I sent for it from Nagasaki.
[12:03] (Flashback) Naozumi
    That's foreign junk!
[12:05] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What are you, a traitor?
[12:07] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Want a bite?
[12:08] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Never!
[12:10] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    What do you want?
[12:11] (Flashback) Naozumi
    How many times do I have to tell you?
    Let my comrades into the dojo.
[12:16] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Real warriors with grit, each of them.
    They'll help this dojo shape up.
[12:20] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    No.
[12:22] (Flashback) Naozumi
    And why not?
[12:24] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Naozumi, all you've ever done is rebel.
[12:29] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I stick to my principles.
    Like a samurai should.
[12:33] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You taught me that.
[12:36] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    What a relic.
[12:40] (Flashback) Naozumi
    What?
[12:46] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Look at it fly. That's the stuff.
[12:50] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    My grandson will love it.
[12:53] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Tell me, Naozumi.
[12:55] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Is a life like this really so bad?
[12:58] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Who are you to talk?
[13:00] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You told me to live
    with pride as a samurai's son.
[13:03] (Flashback) Naozumi
    To be ready and alert
    for battle at any time!
[13:10] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Times change. And people
     must change with them.
[13:14] (Flashback) Naozumi
    All you've done is go soft.
[13:16] (Flashback) Naozumi
    You're no longer a samurai.
[13:18] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    There's a new age coming.
[13:21] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Samurai need to adjust to it.
[13:24] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    You won't draw anyone
    with strict discipline at this point.
[13:28] Naozumi
    Was he always so small?
[13:31] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    The age of the sword will end soon.
[13:34] Naozumi
    This is a betrayal.
[13:36] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    You've traveled Japan. Broadened your horizons.
    You should know it better than me.
[13:41] (Flashback) Naozumi
    So now you pull the ladder out from under me?
[13:45] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Oh, really? So you're done with "relics."
[13:48] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Tell me, Naozumi.
[13:50] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Will you start over?
[13:52] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    It's not too—
[13:59] (Flashback) Naozumi
    The oldest relic here is you.
[14:03] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Nao—
[14:15] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Oh, Nii-san.
[14:17] (Flashback) Yotaro
    I haven't seen Father since yesterday.
[14:20] (Flashback) Naozumi
    Don't ask me.
[14:23] Naozumi
    I can't turn back now.
[14:27] (Flashback) Naozumi
    I've made up my mind.
[14:32] (Flashback) Naozumi
    We'll do it ourselves.
[14:39] Naozumi
    The times will change, will they?
[14:44] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    Can I go on like this?
[14:50] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    I'm the third son of a samurai,
    stuck living at home.
[14:53] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    I've let the years go by,
    always believing my time would come.
[14:59] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    If nothing changes, I'll die in my sleep.
    That doesn't sit right with me.
[15:07] (Flashback) Risshidan A
    Look at all our comrades here.
     People like me.
[15:14] Naozumi
    That's fine for those who can adjust.
[15:17] Naozumi
    But...
[15:19] (Flashback) Ayame
    They're all pieces of shit.
[15:21] (Flashback) Ayame
    They only judge by appearances.
[15:24] (Flashback) Agitator
    Perhaps they won't listen to me
    because I haven't cultivated a reputation.
[15:28] (Flashback) Hound
    I have no home left to return to.
[15:31] (Flashback) Fiend
    We fought a duel, but only I did time.
    The other guy had money.
[15:35] (Flashback) Firework Maker
    Let's light some fireworks.
[15:37] (Flashback) Firework Maker
    I can't do what I like back home!
[15:42] Naozumi
    What about the people left behind?
[15:45] Serizawa
    They're not needed.
[15:47] Serizawa
    Let the good-for-nothings die.
[15:50] Naozumi
    I can't die.
[15:53] Naozumi
    I won't back down.
[15:56] Naozumi
    What will happen to them if I do?
[16:00] Serizawa
    You're already at a dead end.
[16:02] Serizawa
    The only way forward leads to ruin.
[16:05] Naozumi
    Serizawa, I'm nothing like you.
[16:09] Naozumi
    I won't run.
[16:11] Serizawa
    Enough.
[16:13] Serizawa
    This is the end.
[16:15] Naozumi
    I may be fighting the times,
[16:17] Naozumi
    but I'll struggle to the bitter end!
[16:20] Serizawa
    Enough yapping!
[16:36] Naozumi
    I beat him.
[16:39] Naozumi
    I've won.
[16:50] Naozumi
    I'm not like him.
[16:52] Naozumi
    Spineless old man.
[16:55] Naozumi
    I've won. I kept struggling to the end.
[17:01] Naozumi
    I fought this "new era" to the last.
[17:06] Serizawa
    You're finished.
[17:12] Naozumi
    So are you.
[17:14] Serizawa
    Me? From this?
[17:18] Serizawa
    You didn't come close!
[17:21] Serizawa
    Your wound is fatal.
[17:23] Serizawa
    The one you gave me is barely a scratch.
[17:29] Naozumi
    My sword didn't cut you.
[17:32] Serizawa
    What?
[17:33] Naozumi
    Haven't you realized?
[17:36] Naozumi
    No, you must have.
[17:38] Naozumi
    You're just pretending not to see
     the blow the times have dealt you.
[17:46] Serizawa
    What are you talking about?
[17:49] Naozumi
    Serizawa.
[17:51] Naozumi
    That wound will fester
    and eat away at you one day.
[18:02] Serizawa
    Be quiet.
[18:07] Yamanami
    Hijikata-kun. Noguchi-kun.
[18:09] Hijikata
    Is that you, Yamanami and Gen-san?
[18:12] Hijikata
    You took care of your bridge?
[18:13] Yamanami
    Yes.
[18:14] Niimi
    We're done, too.
[18:16] Hijikata
    Niimi.
[18:18] Hijikata
    Hajime! Is he dead?
[18:20] Niimi
    No, just sleeping. He got poisoned.
[18:22] Hijikata
    Will he pull through?
[18:24] Niimi
    Probably.
[18:25] Todo
    Hey!
[18:26] Okita
    Are you all okay?
[18:30] Hirayama
    No evildoer gets by us!
[18:32] Hirama
    Yeah, not a single one!
[18:33] Todo
    You talk big, given we did most of the work.
[18:36] Hijikata
    Did you get them?
[18:37] Okita
    Yes, of course.
[18:39] Okita
    I hear Harada-san and Nagakura-san
    went with Nio to his granny's place.
[18:44] Hijikata
    Meaning Kondo-san is
    at the enemy's headquarters.
[18:47] Hijikata
    The fire worries me,
    but I can't imagine him losing.
[18:52] Okita
    Which only leaves one place.
[18:56] Hijikata
    Yes.
[18:57] Hijikata
    Right here.
[18:59] Okita
    The first bridge. The one Serizawa-san took.
[19:04] Hirama
    Hey! Someone's coming!
[19:06] Todo
    Who is it? Did an enemy make it through?
[19:12] Hirayama; Hirama
    Serizawa-sensei!
[19:20] Serizawa
    He's still breathing.
[19:26] Okita
    Hijikata-san.
[19:44] Hijikata
    Did the others run away?
[19:46] Hijikata
    How sad for you.
[19:48] Naozumi
    Kill me.
[19:50] Hijikata
    No.
[19:54] Hijikata
    Don't count on dying like a samurai.
[19:57] Hijikata
    You'll reflect on what you've done,
    regret it, and die suffering.
[20:04] Naozumi
    I didn't think I'd go out
    with a demon's face staring at me.
[20:09] Hijikata
    Give up. That's the hand fate dealt you.
[20:16] Hijikata
    Was this the only way?
[20:19] Naozumi
    Because I'm a samurai?
[20:21] Naozumi
    Because the world's the way it is?
[20:23] Hijikata
    Guys like you belong in
    the Miburo more than anyone.
[20:27] Naozumi
    I don't think so.
[20:29] Naozumi
    It doesn't matter who you are.
    The times are always the enemy.
[20:34] Hijikata
    You've done enough. Rest.
[20:37] Naozumi
    Hijikata, do you think these chaotic times
     will turn you into darlings?
[20:44] Hijikata
    You were born too late.
[20:49] Naozumi
    I didn't mind getting to
    have it out with you at the end.
[21:00] Naozumi
    Must be my ears ringing.
    I can hear a baby crying.
[21:07] (Flashback) Yotaro
    Nii-san, let's spar a round.
[21:09] (Flashback) Asa
    Eat up.
[21:11] (Flashback) Naoyasu
    Look! I made one that will fly even better!
[21:15] Naozumi
    Looks like I'm not the first.
[21:18] Naozumi
    I'll keep a seat warm for you in hell.
[21:36] Hijikata
    You...
[21:38] Hijikata
    stupid dumbass!
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[23:22] Taro
    Tanaka Taro here.
[23:25] Taro
    Looks like the mess at
    the bridges has died down.
[23:28] Taro
    I wonder if Nagi-san had her baby all right.
[23:32] Taro
    Was leaving her with Nio a good idea?
[23:37] Taro
    Our worries never end, but I guess
    we've just gotta do what we can.
[23:43] Taro
    Next time: "Ties."
[23:46] Taro
    You're gonna watch, yeah?
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