5 - United in Purpose

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[00:01] Fujita
    Bring him here! Call a doctor!
[00:04] Aizu Samurai A
    Don't bother. He's breathed his last.
[00:13] Hirosawa
    That makes four.
[00:15] Aizu Samurai B
    Kushibe was one of Aizu's finest,
    and they still got him.
[00:20] Aizu Samurai B
    What now? We can't keep
    ignoring this, Hirosawa.
[00:23] Aizu Samurai B
    Isn't there something we can do?
[00:25] Hirosawa
    I know a way.
[00:26] Aizu Samurai B
    What?
[00:27] Hirosawa
    We'll pit outlaw against outlaw. Bring me...
[00:33] Hirosawa
    the Miburo.
SIGN    Blue Miburo
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SIGN    Blue Miburo
[02:15] Harada
    Nio sure is dedicated.
[02:21] Harada
    Hey, Isami-san! What're you up to?
[02:25] Kondo
    Filling my lungs with Kyoto air.
[02:28] Nio
    What for, sir?
[02:30] Kondo
    His Imperial Majesty resides in Kyoto.
[02:33] Kondo
    And now, the shogun,
    Lord Iemochi, is also here.
[02:36] Kondo
    I feel the air will enhance my samurai aura.
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SIGN    Samurai
    Aura
[02:41] Nio
    What's a samurai aura?
[02:44] Harada
    I like the way you think.
[02:48] Nio
    Taro-kun?
[02:49] Taro
    Serizawa-sensei has an important
     announcement to make.
[02:53] Nio
    Serizawa-san does?
[02:56] Okita
    Again? Do you think something went wrong?
[02:59] Nagakura
    I wonder.
[03:04] Okita
    Oh, there he is.
[03:11] Nio; Okita; Harada; Nagakura; Todo
    He's in a good mood?!
[03:13] Nio
    E-Excuse me, sir.
    Did something good happen?
[03:17] Serizawa
    Something good? As if you don't know.
[03:22] Serizawa
    As I'm sure Sir Kondo has already told you,
[03:26] Serizawa
    The Aizu Domain has extended a
    formal offer to enlist the Mibu Roshigumi.
[03:32] Serizawa
    Now, it's time we all paid
    the lord of Aizu our respects.
[03:36] Kondo
    Yes. That was the plan.
[03:39] Nagakura
    First I'm hearing of it!
[03:40] Todo
    You didn't tell us anything!
[03:41] Harada
    You always do this!
[03:43] Nagakura
    Aizu? That is good news.
[03:46] Todo
    But I wonder what the townsfolk will think.
[03:49] Nio
    Um, I'm pretty sure
    Aizu is well-liked in Kyoto.
[03:53] Todo
    Huh?
[03:54] Harada
    You mean it?
[03:55] Nio
    Everyone celebrated when an
    Aizu party came last year.
[04:00] Nio
    Granny, my sister, and I went out
     to the bridge to see them.
[04:03] Harada
    Oh! It's good to have a local!
[04:05] Todo
    You sure come in handy!
[04:08] Hirama
    And Serizawa-sensei made this all possible!
[04:11] Serizawa
    There you have it.
[04:18] Yamanami
    Excuse me, but please wait a moment.
[04:22] Serizawa
    Sir Yamanami? What's wrong?
[04:24] Yamanami
    I'd like to be clear. Do you mind?
[04:27] Serizawa
    Ask away.
[04:28] Yamanami
    Kyoto is still caught in a storm
     of sonno joi sentiment.
[04:33] Hirayama
    We all know that.
[04:35] Nio
    Um...
[04:36] Yamanami
    Hm?
[04:36] Nio
    Excuse me, Yamanami-san.
[04:38] Nio
    What is "sonno joi"?
[04:43] Hirama
    You mean you don't even know that?
[04:45] Nio
    I hear the words often,
    but I don't really understand them.
[04:49] Yamanami
    It's a good question.
[04:51] Yamanami
    "Sonno" is reverence of
    the Emperor here in Kyoto.
[04:55] Yamanami
    "Joi" expresses the sentiment that we should
     expel foreigners who disturb our country.
[05:00] Nio
    I see.
[05:02] Nio
    So "sonno joi" basically means "respect
    His Imperial Majesty and keep foreigners out."
[05:07] Nio
    But wait, doesn't that mean
    most people want sonno joi?
[05:14] Hirayama
    What are you talking about?
[05:16] Yamanami
    Well spotted.
[05:17] Yamanami
    Yes. That's exactly the problem.
[05:19] Hirayama; Hirama
    Huh?
[05:20] Yamanami
    You see, sonno joi comes in many forms.
SIGN    Sonno joi
SIGN    Anti-shogunate
SIGN    Choshu
SIGN    Pro-shogunate
SIGN    Aizu
[05:25] Yamanami
    For example, Aizu is pro-shogunate.
[05:28] Yamanami
    They revere the Emperor and want to expel
    barbarians while siding with the Shogun.
[05:32] Yamanami
    We came here for the same reason.
SIGN    Sonno joi
SIGN    Anti-shogunate
SIGN    Choshu
SIGN    Pro-shogunate
SIGN    Aizu
[05:35] Yamanami
    The Choshu, meanwhile, advocates sonno joi
    while staying anti-shogunate to the core.
[05:41] Yamanami
    Their view has the strongest
    influence in Kyoto now.
[05:44] Nio
    Anti-shogunate? So some people
     don't want the Shogun in charge,
[05:47] Nio
    and that's their idea of justice?
[05:50] Nio
    I wish we could all just get along.
[05:53] Yamanami
    Yes, so do I.
[05:55] Yamanami
    But their beliefs aren't the issue.
[05:59] Yamanami
    The problem is that some will do anything,
    even kill, to bend the world to their vision.
[06:08] Nio
    The townspeople are honestly sick of them.
[06:12] Nio
    We have to bar our doors and windows
     in fear, even on hot summer nights.
[06:18] Nio
    We just want to walk
    where we like and be happy.
[06:22] Nio
    So why?
[06:23] Nio
    Why does only our city
    have to suffer like this?
[06:26] Yamanami
    The current emperor dislikes foreigners.
[06:30] Yamanami
    People want to take advantage of that.
[06:32] Nio
    Huh? That's the whole reason?
[06:35] Yamanami
    Lord Tokugawa Iemochi has already
    ensconced himself in Kyoto's Nijo Castle.
[06:40] Yamanami
    Rumor has it the extremists plotting
    his death number 500 or more.
[06:45] Nio
    W-Wait, 500?
[06:47] Hirayama
    Yeah? So what?
[06:50] Yamanami
    So my question is:
    are you prepared to risk your lives?
[06:54] Yamanami
    We're ronin! Easy to use and abuse!
    Aizu sees us as no more than sacrificial pawns!
[06:59] Yamanami
    And we won't like every job they give us!
[07:01] Yamanami
    Of course we'll get their dirty work!
[07:04] Yamanami
    Can you still put your lives
     on the line? Well?!
[07:07] Taro
    H-Has he got a split personality?
[07:10] Nio
    Am I ready to die? Really ready?
[07:15] Nio
    Can I say for sure that I won't
    lose my nerve in the face of death?
[07:24] Kondo
    I can!
[07:25] Nio
    Kondo-san!
[07:27] Okita
    Sounds like fun. I say we all join in.
[07:31] Nio
    Okita-san!
[07:34] Harada
    You waited till now to ask?
[07:36] Nagakura
    Yes. There's only one road ahead.
[07:39] Inoue
    We're with you.
[07:40] Todo
    Damn right we are.
[07:42] Hajime
    Anyone who can't say that wouldn't be here.
[07:47] Serizawa
    Men, follow me.
[07:54] Hijikata
    So much for trying to rattle them.
[07:56] Yamanami
    No. This is what I've been waiting for.
[08:00] Nio
    I knew these guys were cool!
[08:04] Nio
    I'm with you, too!
[08:06] Taro
    Huh? Then, um, so am I, if you'll have me.
[08:11] Kondo
    We, the Mibu Roshigumi,
    share one purpose: to defend Kyoto!
[08:18] Serizawa
    March.
[08:23] Harada
    All right! Let's go!
[08:33] Hijikata
    It itches. Why's it so scratchy?
[08:35] Okita
    Come on, Hijikata-san.
    We need you to walk tall like Kondo-san.
[08:38] Hijikata
    Quiet, Soji.
[08:40] Harada
    Think we'll get some choice grub?
[08:46] Nio
    Everyone's excited to meet a big shot
    like the lord of Aizu, huh, Hajime-kun?
[08:52] Hajime
    Idiots.
[08:52] Nio
    Huh?
[08:54] Hajime
    It doesn't matter who we serve
    as long as we live like samurai.
[08:58] Hajime
    Am I wrong?
SIGN    Commissioner of Kyoto
    Lord Matsudaira Higo-no-Kami of Aizu
[09:08] Nagakura
    So this is Aizu's headquarters
    in Kyoto? That's some mansion.
[09:15] Taro
    Enjoy yourselves, sirs.
[09:17] Nio
    Aren't you coming in, Taro?
[09:19] Taro
    Dressed like this? How could I?
[09:22] Hirayama
    Forget him. We don't want him
    pissing anyone off, anyway.
[09:26] Nio
    Hm...
[09:28] Nio
    Then I won't go, either.
     Let's wait out here together.
[09:33] Hajime
    Well, you are a kid.
[09:34] Nagakura
    He is a kid.
[09:36] Nagakura
    He sure is.
[09:37] Hajime
    Huh?
[09:39] Nio
    Wow. What pretty stones.
[09:42] Taro
    Are you nuts? Don't play with them.
[09:44] Nio
    Just look at them. I wish I could
    show these to Granny and Iroha.
[09:48] Taro
    Don't you dare take them!
[09:50] Hajime
    Why do I have to stay out here, too?!
[09:52] Seto
    Huh? What are kids doing here?
[09:57] Seto
    This compound belongs
    to Matsudaira Katamori.
[10:00] Seto
    You can't just wander in uninvited.
[10:05] Nio
    Look at his hair.
[10:07] Taro
    It's the Golden Pavilion!
[10:08] Seto
    Oh, this? My ma came from foreign parts.
[10:12] Seto
    I hear my pa got an Englishwoman with child.
[10:15] Seto
    She went back to her own country, though.
[10:17] Nio
    You must be lonely.
[10:20] Nio
    Don't you want to go visit your mother?
[10:22] Seto
    Not even a little.
[10:24] Seto
    My family are big-name fabric dealers.
[10:26] Seto
    Every day is bustling,
    and everyone's nice to me.
[10:30] Seto
    And above all, I like this city.
[10:33] Seto
    I've got everything I could want.
[10:36] Seto
    I've come to pay my respects because
     we received an order for a new kimono.
[10:41] Taro
    Bah! This rich kid hasn't suffered a day
     in his life. Who asked for his life story?
[10:46] Nio
    We're here at the
    invitation of the Aizu Domain.
[10:49] Nio
    We're the Miburo...
    members of the Mibu Roshigumi.
[10:52] Seto
    Oh, the Miburo? I've heard of you.
[10:55] Seto
    A bunch of rowdy ronin from Edo
    that nobody here can stand, right?
[11:01] Nio
    No, that's a bit of a misunderstanding.
[11:04] Nio
    We're really working
    to make Kyoto a safer place.
[11:08] Seto
    Really? I had no idea.
[11:11] Seto
    Still, if they've called in tough samurai,
    it must be because of you-know-what.
[11:17] Nio
    What do you mean?
[11:19] Seto
    Oh, never mind. Forget I said anything.
[11:22] Seto
    Anyway, it takes a special kind of person
    to come guard somebody else's city.
[11:26] Tsuruya Man
    Young master, we should be going.
[11:28] Seto
    Oh, you're right. We'd better head back.
[11:31] Seto
    My family runs Tsuruya on Nijo-dori.
    We get all sorts there.
[11:35] Nio
    Huh? Oh, okay.
[11:38] Seto
    My name's Seto. Come see me if you're
     ever in the market for information.
[11:43] Seto
    Bye.
[11:44] Nio
    My name's Nio. See you, Seto-kun.
[11:53] Nio
    He was pretty friendly, don't you think?
[11:55] Taro
    In what universe?
[11:57] Hajime
    He had a faint scent blood on him.
[12:07] Aizu Samurai B
    Raise your heads.
[12:11] Katamori
    I am Matsudaira Katamori,
    Commissioner of Kyoto and Lord of Aizu.
[12:16] Katamori
    By order of the Emperor and the Shogun,
[12:18] Katamori
    I have come from my domain
    to keep the peace here in our capital.
[12:23] Serizawa
    Sir.
[12:24] Katamori
    You did well to travel here
    from Edo to defend the Shogun.
[12:29] Serizawa
    Sir.
[12:30] Kondo
    We...
[12:32] Kondo
    We came from Edo with 234 brave men.
[12:36] Kondo
    Yet Kiyokawa Hachiro, who proposed the plan,
    contrived to turn most back to Edo.
[12:41] Kondo
    Only 15 of us remained.
[12:43] Kondo
    The storm of sonno joi has raged
    since the coming of the Black Ships.
[12:47] Kondo
    A foreigner was cut down
    at Namamugi last year,
[12:49] Kondo
    and here in Kyoto, assassins kill
    in the name of "heaven's justice."
[12:53] Kondo
    We wish only to defend
    Kyoto as you do, my lord.
[12:58] Kondo
    Yet we came with nothing
     but our conviction.
[13:02] Kondo
    To our shame, with no stipends of our own,
    we now presume on the Yagis' kindness.
[13:06] Kondo
    We hope to offer our utmost
    not in passing, but in perpetuity.
[13:10] Serizawa
    He wrote the whole speech on his hands.
[13:13] Kondo
    Thus, we have come to beg
    Your Lordship for support.
[13:22] Katamori
    If I had my way, I'd go home
    to a peaceful life in Aizu this instant!
[13:32] Katamori
    This is a temple, a place for Buddhas.
[13:35] Katamori
    I'll tell no lies here,
    so be frank with me as well.
[13:40] Kondo
    I want to become a samurai in body and soul!
[13:49] Okita
    I want to fight strong guys!
[13:51] Harada
    I want to laze around all day!
[13:53] Nagakura
    I wish to master the blade!
[13:56] Todo
    I want women to throw themselves at me!
[13:58] Kondo
    I want to get ahead!
[14:00] Hirayama; Hirama
    I want to eat the finest food!
[14:02] Yamanami
    I want to debate as many people as I can!
[14:02] Serizawa
    You all dream small!
[14:08] Katamori
    What delightful fellows!
[14:10] Aizu Samurai B
    My lord.
[14:13] Katamori
    Hm? You there.
[14:16] Katamori
    Tell me what you really want.
[14:19] Hijikata
    I have nothing to hide.
[14:22] Hijikata
    Kondo's speech summed up my thoughts.
[14:26] Hijikata
    I want to sweep the trash
    from this city, nothing more.
[14:34] Todo
    What a man!
[14:35] Okita
    That's our Hijikata-san.
[14:36] Hijikata
    Hey! Quit it!
[14:39] Katamori
    Very good. I like you.
[14:43] Todo
    What a funny lord.
[14:47] Hirosawa
    Gentlemen of the Roshigumi,
    I have something I'd like you to see.
[14:51] Hirosawa
    Follow me.
[14:57] Yamanami
    Who's this?
[14:59] Hirosawa
    The fourth Aizu man cut down on the street.
[15:06] Hirosawa
    Every victim had his eyes
    ripped out, as you see here.
[15:10] Harada
    Why would anyone do that?
[15:12] Fujita
    He relayed the killer's words
    to us just before he passed:
[15:18] Fujita
    "Are you Aizu dogs blind?
    The five of us will see heaven's justice done."
[15:24] Hirosawa
    I have a request.
[15:27] Hirosawa
    Please hunt down these five devils,
[15:30] Hirosawa
    and send them to their graves.
[15:35] Nio
    Their eyes?
[15:37] Nio
    How could anyone do
    something so awful? They'll pay.
[15:41] Hijikata
    First, we need information.
[15:43] Hijikata
    What they look like, when they strike,
    how they operate, anything.
[15:47] Nio
    Information...
[15:49] Yamanami
    Do you have an idea?
[15:51] Nio
    Oh, no, nothing definite.
[15:54] Yamanami
    Tell us.
[15:58] Todo
    The kid knows?
[16:00] Harada
    Are you serious?
[16:01] Okita
    A child?
[16:02] Taro
    Y-You can't trust that guy.
    Especially his looks.
[16:06] Nio
    No, we shouldn't judge him
     by his appearance.
[16:10] Yamanami
    Well then, Nio-kun,
    we'll leave that to you boys.
[16:13] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[16:13] Taro
    C-Count me out!
[16:17] Serizawa
    We're wasting time.
[16:21] Serizawa
    I know the enemy will target me.
[16:24] Serizawa
    All I need to do is take a walk,
    and they'll come to me.
[16:28] Nio
    H-How can you be so sure?
[16:30] Serizawa
    How?
[16:32] Serizawa
    Because anyone can see that I, Serizawa Kamo,
     am a force to be reckoned with!
[16:36] Serizawa
    They can't ignore me.
[16:47] Okita
    Taro-kun, do you have a moment?
[16:49] Taro
    Yes, sir.
[16:51] Nio
    What will you do, Hajime-kun?
[16:52] Hajime
    He said Tsuruya on Nijo-dori, right?
    What are we waiting for?
[17:01] Seto
    Wow, what a surprise.
[17:03] Seto
    I never imagined you'd
    come straight here today.
[17:07] Nio
    Sorry for barging in on you
     so suddenly, Seto-kun.
[17:10] Seto
    Oh, it's no trouble.
[17:11] Seto
    I can't offer you a
     quiet place to talk, though.
[17:14] Nio
    This is a nice shop.
[17:16] Seto
    Sure is, although
    it's getting long in the tooth.
[17:19] Seto
    The walls are plastered.
    Pretty color, don't you think?
[17:22] Nio
    No, I didn't mean that.
[17:25] Nio
    This is what you call
    "storefront sales," right?
[17:27] Nio
    You set out your wares in front of the shop
    and let your customers choose.
[17:32] Nio
    They're so colorful that
    they feel excited just coming here.
[17:36] Seto
    You sure know a lot.
[17:38] Nio
    I learned by helping out
    at my granny's dango shop.
[17:42] Nio
    It's called Chirinuya.
    Have you heard of it?
[17:44] Seto
    Yup, I know the place.
[17:47] Nio
    Every customer here
     looks genuinely happy.
[17:51] Nio
    They're all engrossed
    in picking what to buy.
[17:54] Nio
    So if you ask me,
    this really is a nice shop.
[17:59] Seto
    Thanks. I'm glad to hear you say so.
[18:04] Seto
    I thought all you Miburo came from Edo.
[18:07] Nio
    All the grownups did,
[18:09] Nio
    but we three kids were born in Kyoto.
[18:12] Seto
    Oh, so that's it.
    That makes us four of a kind.
[18:17] Seto
    Now, let me guess.
[18:19] Seto
    You're here about the
     murdered Aizu samurai.
[18:23] Nio
    Yes.
[18:25] Seto
    It started after the lord of Aizu moved in.
[18:28] Seto
    Someone killed a samurai on his way home
    from Shimabara and took his eyes.
[18:33] Seto
    There has to be a grudge behind it.
[18:35] Nio
    A grudge?
[18:37] Seto
    That's no excuse, though.
[18:39] Seto
    Whatever their reasons,
    they've gone too far.
[18:42] Nio
    Yes.
[18:45] Seto
    Huh. That's a surprise.
[18:47] Seto
    I figured you'd get angrier.
[18:50] Nio
    Really? I mean, I am angry, of course.
[18:52] Seto
    You don't look it.
[18:54] Hajime
    Is that all?
[18:55] Seto
    Oh, I know where the killings happened, too.
[19:02] Seto
    On this map... it'd be around here.
[19:05] Nio
    I see. They're mostly near the Kamo River.
[19:09] Hajime
    We're wasting time. I'm leaving.
[19:13] Seto
    Anyway, it's a real mess.
[19:15] Nio
    Huh?
[19:16] Seto
    I shouldn't have to tell you three,
    but this city's in bad shape.
[19:22] Seto
    People are flocking here from all over.
[19:25] Seto
    Choshu or Aizu, extremists
    or Miburo, it's all the same.
[19:30] Seto
    They're all outsiders.
[19:32] Seto
    Hey, what do you say we chase them off?
[19:35] Seto
    Cockroaches, every one of them.
[19:38] Seto
    I'll work with you to keep this city safe.
[19:43] Nio
    Thank you. But...
[19:47] Nio
    I only hope that's enough
    to bring peace to the city.
[19:55] Seto
    Yes.
[19:58] Seto
    So do I.
[20:02] Nio
    He said we'd better go this way,
    since it's getting dark.
[20:07] Nio
    What did you think, Hajime-kun?
[20:10] Hajime
    Hmph. What did you think?
[20:14] Nio
    Well, Seto-kun's pretty fishy.
[20:19] Hachiro
    When did you catch on?
[20:20] Nio
    Well, from the start.
[20:23] Nio
    The way he was talking,
    it felt like he was leading us along.
[20:29] Nio
    Seeing him again made me sure of it.
[20:33] Nio
    He's suspicious.
[20:34] Hajime
    Right.
[20:37] Hajime
    Should we kill him?
[20:38] Nio
    Hm...
[20:40] Nio
    No. I'd like to have
    one more honest talk with him.
[20:47] Hajime
    You never make any sense.
[20:50] Nio
    You think so?
[21:01] Nio
    An umbrella.
[21:10] Nio
    Will he strike?
[21:30] Nio
    It's a good thing we had our guards up.
[21:32] Hajime
    We may be kids, but we're not easy prey.
[21:38] Jutaro
    I pity you children.
SIGN    United
SIGN    in
    Purpose
SIGN    Next time
[23:22] Hajime
    Saito Hajime here.
[23:24] Hajime
    I was out with Nio when we ran
    into the guy behind the killings.
[23:28] Hajime
    Who the hell is he, anyway?
[23:32] Hajime
    His first strike proves he knows
    how to use a sword, but that's it.
[23:36] Hajime
    There's no backing out now.
    Our only choice is to fight.
[23:41] Hajime
    Let's get him, Nio!
[23:43] Hajime
    Next time: "To Each His Own Justice."
[23:46] Hajime
    Don't you dare miss it.
SIGN    To
    Each
SIGN    His Own
    Justice