# 3 - Where the Soul Dwells
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**[00:01] Nagakura**
A ghost haunts the Yagi house at night?
**[00:04] Nagakura**
Don't talk nonsense.
**[00:11] Nio**
Nagakura-san.
**[00:14] Nagakura**
The ghost!
**[00:19] Kondo**
Bedhead begone.
**[00:21] Nio**
Th-Thank you, Kondo-san.
**[00:24] Nio**
Now I just need to shake it dry
and run my hands through it.
**[00:29] Harada; Nagakura**
What are you, a horse?!
**[00:33] Nio**
Including myself,
the Miburo are 15 men strong now.
**[00:37] Nio**
I've just about got their names and faces down.
**[00:45] Nio**
Huh? A kid?
**[00:47] Taro**
Good morning! Did you have a good night's sleep?
**[00:50] Nio**
*Huh? Who's this?*
**[00:52] Nio**
Y-Yes, I did.
**[00:56] Nio**
My name's Chirinu Nio. I joined
the Miburo the day before yesterday.
**[01:01] Taro**
I am called Tanaka Taro.
**[01:04] Taro**
Like you, I belong to the Miburo.
**[01:07] Nio**
You do? How old are you?
**[01:10] Taro**
I count myself 13.
**[01:12] Nio**
Really? I'm 13, too.
**[01:14] Nio**
But wait, that's weird.
**[01:17] Nio**
I made the rounds last night
to learn everyone's faces,
**[01:20] Nio**
but I didn't see you anywhere.
**[01:22] Taro**
Oh, that's because...
**[01:24] Taro**
I sleep in a closet.
**[01:26] Nio**
Why?!
**[01:27] Hijikata**
Nio!
**[01:29] Hijikata**
Morning training time. What are you doing?
**[01:32] Nio**
Oh, Hijikata-san.
I was just asking Taro-kun about...
**[01:36] Nio**
H-Huh?
**[01:41] Hijikata**
That's the boy you were wondering about.
Our first wolf from Kyoto.
**[01:45] Nio**
He is? Then...
**[01:47] Hijikata**
Give Taro a wide berth.
**[01:50] Nio**
Huh? Why, sir?
**[01:52] Hijikata**
Never mind why.
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**[03:37] Nio**
Working hard, I see.
**[03:42] Nio**
Mind if I try?
**[03:45] Nio**
When you chop wood, stick the axe in,
**[03:48] Nio**
then just swing down.
**[03:52] Nio**
See? You get a cleaner split that way.
**[03:55] Taro**
You're right.
**[03:56] Nio**
Okay, then. I'll do the rest.
**[03:58] Taro**
No, you've done enough!
**[04:00] Nio**
Don't worry. I have time on my hands.
**[04:03] Taro**
That's enough! Please, stop!
**[04:07] Nio**
S-Sorry.
**[04:19] Nio**
Wh-Why did you join the Miburo, Taro-kun?
**[04:23] Taro**
Because I can't live anywhere else.
**[04:27] Nio**
Huh?
**[04:31] Nio**
Oh, I wanted to help everyone protect Kyoto
and make the world a better place.
**[04:46] Taro**
What a load of naïve crap.
**[04:48] Nio**
Huh?
**[04:50] Taro**
If you'll excuse me.
**[04:58] Okita**
I saw everything.
**[04:59] Nio**
O-Okita-san!
**[05:01] Okita**
Didn't Hijikata-san warn you
to steer clear of Taro-kun?
**[05:06] Nio**
P-Please don't tell him.
**[05:09] Okita**
Hm, I don't know.
**[05:11] Okita**
But I *would* like more dango from Chirinuya.
**[05:20] Okita**
Serizawa-san found Taro-kun who-knows-where
the same day we got to Kyoto.
**[05:26] Nio**
Serizawa-san? That funny guy
from the sumo match?
**[05:30] Okita**
That's him.
**[05:32] Okita**
He can be funny, but he also has a wild side.
**[05:37] Okita**
He's always punching and kicking Taro-kun.
**[05:40] Nio**
That's awful.
**[05:41] Okita**
But Taro-kun seems to like it that way.
**[05:46] Nio**
Huh?
**[05:48] Okita**
Hijikata-san told you to avoid Taro-kun
because he's worried about you.
**[05:55] Nio**
I see.
**[05:58] Okita**
Is something wrong?
**[06:00] Nio**
No.
**[06:01] Nio**
I just wanted to talk with Taro-kun a bit more.
**[06:04] Nio**
I'd like to know more about him.
**[06:08] Okita**
Oh-ho. Sounds to me like
you want to be friends with him.
**[06:16] Nio**
Friends?
**[06:18] Nio**
What kind of relationship is that?
**[06:21] Okita**
Good question.
**[06:24] Okita**
Take my hand.
**[06:27] Nio**
Y-Your hand?
**[06:34] Okita**
Close your eyes.
**[06:36] Nio**
M-My eyes?
**[06:38] Okita**
Whatever you do, don't open them.
**[06:40] Okita**
Trust me no matter what.
**[06:43] Nio**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[06:46] Nio**
My eyes are shut.
**[06:51] Okita**
Now, where should we go?
**[06:54] Okita**
I know. How about we go
to the river for some fishing?
**[06:58] Nio**
What? But how can I...
**[07:00] Okita**
Don't worry. You've got
nothing to be afraid of.
**[07:04] Nio**
B-But... But...
**[07:06] Okita**
Oh, but let's stop by the privy first.
**[07:08] Nio**
Huh?
**[07:12] Okita**
Open your eyes.
**[07:23] Okita**
People get suspicious.
**[07:26] Okita**
It's in our nature.
**[07:28] Okita**
But we want to believe.
**[07:31] Okita**
That's in our nature, too. Isn't it strange?
**[07:34] Okita**
You can trust me, even with your eyes closed.
**[07:36] Okita**
I think that's what we call friendship.
**[07:41] Harada**
Bring on the grub! I'm starving!
**[07:44] Okita**
Oh, it must be dinnertime.
**[07:49] Nio**
Huh?
**[07:50] Nio**
Come to think of it, I don't see
Serizawa-san or his friends.
**[07:58] Hirayama**
Man, I'm smashed.
**[08:00] Hirama**
I'm not done drinking yet!
**[08:05] Serizawa**
I'm feeling a little tipsy.
**[08:08] Taro**
Welcome back, sir.
**[08:11] Hijikata**
He's gone and done it now.
**[08:13] Hijikata**
Serizawa-san.
**[08:15] Hijikata**
I don't see Tonoichi-dono.
What's become of him?
**[08:20] Serizawa**
Hm?
**[08:22] Serizawa**
Oh, I killed him.
**[08:24] Serizawa**
So much for my best white coat.
**[08:28] Nio**
Y-You killed him?
**[08:30] Nio**
A fellow Miburo?
**[08:32] Serizawa**
Huh? Yeah.
**[08:35] Serizawa**
A guy named Tonoichi.
**[08:37] Hijikata**
He was a fellow ronin
who came with us from Edo.
**[08:40] Nio**
*H-How could he?*
**[08:43] Hijikata**
But Serizawa-san, what if the
Shogun's men find out we did it?
**[08:49] Serizawa**
Good point.
**[08:53] Serizawa**
Taro, go clean up.
**[08:58] Serizawa**
The body's by the Shijo Bridge.
**[09:02] Nio**
*H-He couldn't possibly...*
**[09:06] Taro**
Yes, sir.
**[09:13] Nio**
T-Taro-kun!
**[09:14] Nio**
Wait!
**[09:14] Hijikata**
Nio!
**[09:17] Hijikata**
I hope you're prepared
for the consequences.
**[09:21] Nio**
Yes, sir.
**[09:22] Hijikata**
All right, then. Get going.
**[09:25] Nio**
Thank you, sir.
**[09:36] Nio**
*H-He really killed a comrade.*
**[09:39] Nio**
*Stay calm. Stay calm.*
**[09:41] Nio**
*It must have hurt.*
**[09:44] Nio**
*Please... Please rest in peace.*
**[09:56] Nio**
Taro-kun! What are you *doing?!*
**[09:59] Taro**
Shut up!
**[10:00] Taro**
If I poke him full of holes, he won't
float when I toss him in the river!
**[10:03] Nio**
Y-You're talking madness—
**[10:06] Taro**
Let go!
**[10:09] Taro**
This isn't a person anymore!
It's just a chunk of meat!
**[10:12] Taro**
Who *cares* what I do to it?!
**[10:13] Nio**
N-No! That's not the issue.
He was alive just a little while ago.
**[10:19] Nio**
This is about human dignity.
**[10:21] Nio**
A soul lived in that body.
**[10:25] Taro**
A soul?
**[10:27] Taro**
Hah! You ever *seen* a soul?
**[10:30] Taro**
If they're real, where are they?
**[10:33] Nio**
W-Well...
**[10:35] Taro**
That's why I called you naïve.
**[10:36] Taro**
You'll "make the world a better place"?
You want to "help"?
**[10:39] Taro**
Utter bullshit.
**[10:41] Taro**
You get food to eat, don't you?
**[10:44] Taro**
And a futon to sleep on?
**[10:46] Taro**
Ever eaten mud?
**[10:48] Taro**
Or slept someplace that's
covered in shit and piss?
**[10:51] Taro**
I've been going from
job to job since I was three.
**[10:55] Taro**
Always just barely surviving.
**[10:57] Taro**
When you die, that's it.
**[10:59] Taro**
I can't stay alive anywhere but here.
**[11:03] Taro**
Where's the soul in this body?
Or in that one?
**[11:07] Taro**
If it's there, *prove* it.
**[11:09] Taro**
Only idiots believe in stuff they can't see!
**[11:12] Taro**
I'm gonna survive! Even if I have
to walk over corpses to do so!
**[11:23] Nio**
* I can't even imagine how hard*
* his life must have been.*
**[11:30] Nio**
*Even so...*
**[11:33] Nio**
*I have to stop him.*
**[11:40] Okita**
Hijikata-san, don't you think
it's about time to go after Nio?
**[11:45] Hijikata**
We can't turn back time.
**[11:47] Hijikata**
And Nio will figure something out.
**[11:51] Hijikata**
He's a man of the soil.
**[11:53] Okita**
Huh?
**[11:54] Hijikata**
We have that in common.
**[11:58] Hijikata**
If I'm being honest,
I want to change things, too.
**[12:02] Hijikata**
To change this world.
**[12:08] Nio**
T-Taro-kun, look!
**[12:12] Nio**
A topless dance!
**[12:14] Taro**
D-Do you think this is funny?
**[12:16] Nio**
Oh, you stopped.
**[12:18] Nio**
I'm not joking around.
**[12:20] Nio**
When you think about it with
a cool head, doesn't it seem weird?
**[12:24] Taro**
What?
**[12:26] Nio**
No one would go for a
drunken stroll around here.
**[12:30] Nio**
This wasn't a row that got out of hand.
**[12:33] Nio**
It was a murder, planned in advance.
**[12:36] Hijikata**
Nio doesn't do what he's told.
**[12:39] Hijikata**
He's a crybaby, and he has
a hell of a long way to go.
**[12:43] Nio**
Taro-kun, I'd like you to leave this to me.
**[12:48] Hijikata**
But I want to put the future of the
Miburo in the hands of people like him.
**[12:55] Taro**
You want me to leave this to you?
**[12:58] Nio**
Yes.
**[12:59] Taro**
Are you nuts? Serizawa-san
will kill *me* if you screw up!
**[13:04] Nio**
I know.
**[13:07] Taro**
*H-He's crazy.*
**[13:09] Taro**
* I can't trust guys like him.*
* It'll get me killed.*
**[13:14] Taro**
*There's... There's no hint of doubt in him.*
**[13:17] Taro**
A-All right.
**[13:19] Taro**
What do you want me to do?
**[13:21] Nio**
Let's start by carrying Tonoichi-san.
**[13:23] Taro**
Right.
**[13:26] Taro**
H-He's too heavy. I can't do it.
**[13:29] Nio**
Not like that, you can't.
**[13:30] Nio**
When you carry something heavy,
you've got to press right up against it.
**[13:35] Nio**
Move him gently,
so he doesn't get any more damaged.
**[13:42] Nio**
Hold him steady.
**[13:43] Taro**
It's hard.
**[13:45] Nio**
Don't worry. We can do this.
**[13:52] Taro**
Okay.
**[13:55] Taro**
That should do it, right?
**[13:56] Nio**
Yes.
**[14:01] Hirayama**
S-Serizawa-sensei! We've got trouble!
**[14:04] Serizawa**
Yeah?
**[14:10] Hirama**
Move it! Come on, clear a path!
**[14:12] Hirayama**
Make way for the great samurai,
Serizawa-sensei!
**[14:18] Townsman A**
How horrible.
**[14:19] Townsman B**
They cut him to ribbons.
**[14:20] Townsman C**
Who died?
**[14:22] Townsman D**
Who killed him?
**[14:23] Hirama**
D-Damn that Taro.
**[14:25] Hirayama**
I'll kill that brat.
**[14:29] Townsman A**
A hat, socks, a sword, and a sack.
**[14:33] Townsman B**
The dead guy must've been a traveler.
**[14:35] Townsman D**
How awful.
**[14:36] Townsman D**
Do you think robbers got him?
**[14:42] Serizawa**
So that's the game.
**[14:44] Niimi**
Odds were somebody would find the body.
**[14:47] Niimi**
Disguising it was the smarter choice.
**[14:50] Niimi**
I bet Hijikata set this up.
**[14:54] Hirayama**
Hijikata?
**[14:55] Hirama**
That bastard.
**[15:03] Serizawa**
Now, how to clear this up?
**[15:13] Hijikata**
Perfect timing.
**[15:15] Hijikata**
He wanted to ask you something, too.
**[15:18] Nio**
I'm Chirinu Nio. We met two days ago.
**[15:21] Serizawa**
Oh? A proper reintroduction?
I like your attitude.
**[15:29] Serizawa**
Taro, I hope you're ready for
what you've got coming to you.
**[15:37] Serizawa**
Well, that can wait.
**[15:39] Serizawa**
What's your question?
**[15:43] Nio**
We'd like to hear your reasons for
murdering your comrade, Tonoichi-san.
**[15:49] Serizawa**
What?
**[15:51] Taro**
* He's an idiot! Stupid, stupid, stupid,*
* stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!*
**[15:59] Serizawa**
So it was you!
**[16:00] Serizawa**
*You* pulled that damn stunt.
**[16:03] Serizawa**
Why did I kill him, you ask? No real reason!
**[16:06] Serizawa**
I cut him down in a drunken rage.
End of story.
**[16:10] Taro**
*We're dead.*
**[16:16] Nio**
You killed Tonoichi-san
for the Miburo, didn't you?
**[16:22] Serizawa**
What?
**[16:32] Serizawa**
Don't move a muscle.
**[16:35] Serizawa**
I could snap your neck
without breaking a sweat, boy.
**[16:40] Serizawa**
Choose your next words with care.
**[16:44] Nio**
You can't buy drinks
anywhere near that bridge.
**[16:47] Nio**
I find it hard to believe you
passed through there by chance.
**[16:50] Serizawa**
Oh, yeah?
**[16:51] Nio**
Serizawa-san, you said
you did it in a drunken rage,
**[16:55] Nio**
but I think you lured him there...
and cut him down in cold blood.
**[17:00] Nio**
So if you had... a clear reason to kill him...
**[17:13] Serizawa**
Continue.
**[17:16] Nio**
Yes, sir.
**[17:17] Nio**
You did it...
**[17:20] Nio**
because Tonoichi-san was a traitor
who planned to sell out the Miburo.
**[17:28] Nio**
Hijikata-san looked through
Tonoichi-san's things for me.
**[17:32] Nio**
He found letters seeking solo work and
offering information to extremists.
**[17:39] Nio**
You couldn't let that pass.
**[17:43] Nio**
So you killed him.
**[17:45] Nio**
To protect the Miburo.
**[17:54] Serizawa**
News to me.
**[17:59] Serizawa**
Don't assume a bit player like you
can guess what a great man is thinking.
**[18:11] Nio**
I understand. I'm sorry for bothering you.
**[18:19] Nio**
If you really did just kill
Tonoichi-san in a drunken rage,
**[18:25] Nio**
and forced Taro-kun to
help you get away with it...
**[18:29] Serizawa**
And what if I did? What would you do?
**[18:36] Nio**
Nothing. Forget I said anything.
**[18:44] Nio**
*I don't know what I ought to do yet.*
**[18:49] Nio**
*Everyone here has his own idea of justice.*
**[18:57] Taro**
A-Are you out of your mind?
**[19:01] Nio**
I was so nervous.
**[19:03] Taro**
Th-That was *beyond* reckless.
You almost got yourself killed back there.
**[19:07] Nio**
No, he wouldn't have killed me on the spot.
**[19:09] Taro**
Yes, *he* would. You're only alive because
he happened to be in a good mood.
**[19:17] Taro**
It's not funny. Not even a little.
**[19:20] Hijikata**
Well then, if you'll excuse me.
**[19:23] Serizawa**
Hijikata.
**[19:25] Serizawa**
Tell me about that guy.
**[19:29] Hijikata**
He's just a kid.
**[19:31] Serizawa**
No, I don't think so.
No normal kid has guts like that.
**[19:39] Hijikata**
Serizawa-san, you keep trying
to get things done too forcefully.
**[19:46] Serizawa**
A good commander's not afraid to take blame.
**[19:56] Taro**
Why a bonfire?
**[19:57] Nio**
I would have liked to bury him,
but we can't do even that much.
**[20:03] Nio**
So even if his body returns to the earth,
I want his soul to fly free through the sky.
**[20:12] (Flashback) Taro**
Where's the soul?
**[20:14] (Flashback) Taro**
If it's there, *prove* it.
**[20:17] Taro**
Seriously? I don't get you.
**[20:21] Nio**
No.
**[20:22] Nio**
But I don't think it's fair to deny it...
**[20:28] Nio**
if you can't prove it's *not* there.
**[20:34] Taro**
I really don't get you at all.
**[20:37] Nio**
Oh, I know! Taro-kun.
**[20:40] Nio**
Take my hands.
**[20:41] Taro**
Huh? N-No way.
**[20:43] Nio**
Just do it.
**[20:45] Nio**
Don't say anything. Just close your eyes.
**[20:47] Taro**
Why should I?
**[20:48] Nio**
Whatever you do, don't open them.
**[20:50] Nio**
Not even a little.
**[20:52] Taro**
O-Okay.
**[20:55] Nio**
Trust me no matter what.
**[20:58] Taro**
O-Okay.
**[20:59] Nio**
Now, let's take a walk around the compound.
**[21:03] Taro**
Huh? Like this?
**[21:06] Nio**
I know you can find Serizawa-san's room,
even with your eyes closed.
**[21:09] Taro**
What? You've gotta be kidding me.
**[21:12] Nio**
Don't worry. I'll come with you.
**[21:14] Taro**
That only makes it worse!
**[21:16] Nio**
Oh, but do you mind
if we stop by the privy first?
**[21:19] Taro**
Huh? Why should I?
**[21:22] Nio**
Okay. Open your eyes.
**[21:33] Nio**
Well? Not so scary, right?
**[21:36] Taro**
No! It gave me the heebie-jeebies!
**[21:38] Taro**
Stop messing with me!
**[21:39] Nio**
What? Why?
**[21:41] Nio**
Are we not friends yet?
***SIGN*** Where
the
***SIGN*** Soul
Dwells
***SIGN*** Next time
**[23:22] Nio**
Chirinu Nio here.
**[23:24] Nio**
It turns out Taro and I aren't
the only kids in the Miburo.
**[23:28] Nio**
There's one more: Saito Hajime-kun.
**[23:31] Nio**
He acts gruff and he's got a mean glare,
but he's as tough as any grown man.
**[23:37] Nio**
Oh, I wonder if he'll yell at me
for calling him a kid.
**[23:43] Nio**
Next time: "The Name of the Enemy."
**[23:45] Nio**
It won't disappoint.
***SIGN*** The
Name
***SIGN*** of the
Enemy