7 - Pride

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[00:09] Taro
    Ugh. I'm getting sleepy.
[00:12] Taro
    It's so cold at night.
[00:14] Taro
    And how am I supposed to spot
    suspicious people in this crowd?
[00:19] Taro
    Maybe I oughta give up.
[00:21] Taro
    I mean, they might k-kill me
    if they catch me.
[00:24] Nio
    Good work.
[00:28] Nio
    What was the point of hiding
    if you give us away now?
[00:30] Hijikata
    I'll wait outside.
[00:32] Hijikata
    You'll never get anything
    out of him with me there.
[00:35] Nio
    Yes, I agree.
[00:37] Taro
    Oh, hey. You've got a proper sword now.
[00:40] Hijikata
    I doubt he's gotten his own hands
     bloody with these murders,
[00:45] Hijikata
    but if you can, bring back proof.
[00:47] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[00:48] Taro
    What?
[00:51] Taro
    A-Are you sure about this?
[00:53] Taro
    I staked out the place all night and
    didn't see anyone shady go in or out.
[00:57] Taro
    Is he really mixed up in this mess?
[01:00] Nio
    Yes, he is. Now, let's get going.
[01:04] Taro
    Y-Yeah?
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[02:38] Seto
    Welcome, Nio-kun, Taro-kun.
[02:41] Seto
    I'm glad you came. I've been waiting.
[02:45] Seto
    I have some nibbles ready. Please, come in.
[02:49] Taro
    Hey, this guy seems awfully sure of himself.
     You sure about this? Tread carefully.
[02:55] Nio
    I'll cut to the chase.
[02:57] Nio
    You had us attacked last night, didn't you?
[03:01] Taro
    Zero subtlety!
[03:02] Seto
    What? Someone attacked you?
[03:05] Seto
    Are you hurt?
[03:06] Nio
    Oh, don't bother putting on an act.
[03:09] Nio
    Hijikata-san gave me this earlier.
[03:12] Nio
    Our attacker, Jutaro-san,
    was carrying this paper.
SIGN    Two children
    going south along
    the canal
    
    Miburo
[03:15] Nio
    It says, "Two children going south
     along the canal. Miburo."
[03:23] Seto
    So it does. But what makes
     you think I wrote that?
[03:27] Nio
    Do we have to?
[03:28] Seto
    Don't be silly.
[03:30] Taro
    They just started bargaining
    way over my head!
[03:32] Seto
    Tell me. Were you attacked
    right after you left me here?
[03:38] Nio
    That's right.
[03:40] Seto
    Do you honestly think I ran ahead
    of you to deliver that message?
[03:44] Seto
    I'm not proud of it,
    but I'm an awfully slow runner.
[03:47] Nio
    Right.
[03:49] Nio
    But if you refold this paper
     along the creases...
[03:54] Nio
    Look how thin it ends up.
[03:57] Nio
    Almost like it was tied to something.
[04:00] Seto
    What do you mean?
[04:07] Nio
    You used a pigeon, didn't you?
[04:10] Taro
    Oh, of course! Carrier pigeons!
[04:12] Nio
    You could deliver the message
     without going anywhere.
[04:16] Nio
    And it's faster than a person.
[04:18] Seto
    Wow. How'd you figure it out?
[04:20] Taro
    He admitted it!
[04:22] Nio
    I saw pigeons on the roof
    across the street when I was last here.
[04:26] Nio
    It got me wondering.
[04:28] Seto
    Oh, so you noticed that.
[04:29] Taro
    Nothing gets past him!
[04:31] Taro
    Wait, b-but is he allowed
    to just send out carrier pigeons?
[04:35] Nio
    I doubt it. The Shogunate has a ban on them.
[04:39] Seto
    They'd haul me off to jail
    if they caught me.
[04:44] Taro
    You lose, Golden Pavilion Head.
[04:46] Seto
    So, where's your proof?
[04:50] Nio
    What do you get from it, Seto-kun?
[04:54] Nio
    I've been thinking about it,
    but I just can't figure it out.
[05:01] Seto
    Those people sincerely
    despise the Shogunate,
[05:04] Seto
    along with its Aizu supporters
    and their Miburo agents.
[05:09] Seto
    What's so wrong about passing
    information to people who want it?
[05:13] Seto
    They sounded grateful.
[05:14] Taro
    I... I get it! You must be
    making a fortune off all the info!
[05:18] Seto
    No, I don't take a single mon.
[05:22] Taro
    Wh-Why do you do it, then?
[05:25] Seto
    Is it wrong to hurt people?
[05:28] Seto
    Does loving people earn you praise?
[05:33] Seto
    Do you know the answer, Nio-kun?
[05:37] Nio
    No, I don't.
[05:40] Seto
    I'm sure you don't.
    This world is full of nonsense.
[05:43] Nio
    Such as?
[05:45] Seto
    Such as, let's see...
[05:47] Seto
    Think about a person's whole life.
[05:50] Seto
    Your family and the order
    you're born in determines your future.
[05:55] Seto
    Everyone knows that,
    but doesn't it seem strange?
[05:58] Seto
    If you're born to a farm family,
    you become a farmer.
[06:01] Seto
    Samurai children become samurai;
    merchants, merchants.
[06:04] Seto
    Eldest sons must succeed their fathers.
[06:06] Seto
    Younger sons spend
    their whole lives as dependents.
[06:09] Seto
    Only doctors, swordsmen,
    and scholars can ever break free.
[06:14] Seto
    But unfortunately, I have
    no interest in being any of those.
[06:19] Taro
    Gimme a break! What have you got to complain
     about when your family runs this huge shop?
[06:24] Seto
    I see you lack imagination.
[06:27] Seto
    Big or small, everyone has
    something to complain about.
[06:31] Seto
    What do I want to do?
[06:33] Seto
    Nothing, really.
[06:36] Seto
    It's all good fun. Just a little prank.
[06:43] Nio
    But it stops being "just a prank"
    when people get hurt.
[06:48] Nio
    I won't let you keep this up
    and get away with it.
[06:55] Seto
    I give up. How stubborn can you get?
[06:58] Taro
    Y-Yeah! I'll be watching those pigeons
    to make sure you don't try anything!
[07:04] Seto
    Fine, fine.
[07:06] Seto
    I'll drop the whole business.
[07:07] Taro
    R-Really?
[07:09] Seto
    Really. I'll prove it.
[07:12] Seto
    This is what you want, right?
[07:14] Seto
    It's a list of the inns
    those guys like to stay at.
[07:18] Taro
    All right! Way to go, Nio!
[07:20] Nio
    Keep it.
[07:21] Taro
    Why?!
[07:23] Nio
    It doesn't sit right.
[07:24] Taro
    Don't be a child!
[07:25] Seto
    Are you sure? They won't give up just
    because I've stopped working with them.
[07:32] Nio
    We'll find them without that paper.
[07:35] Nio
    Every Miburo is looking
    high and low as we speak.
[07:40] Seto
    Not exactly efficient.
[07:42] Nio
    That's fine!
[07:43] Nio
    Now that we've settled that,
    Taro-kun, let's go join them.
[07:47] Taro
    Why?! Are you stupid?!
[07:49] Hijikata
    Nio! Taro!
[07:51] Hijikata
    We just got a tip about
    the inn they're at. Wrap it up.
[07:54] Taro
    They found them already?
[07:59] Nio
    See? Aren't the Miburo something?
[08:02] Hijikata
    Get a move on!
[08:03] Nio
    Yes, sir. We'll be right there.
[08:05] Seto
    Nio-kun.
[08:07] Seto
    Have you changed a little since yesterday?
[08:11] Nio
    You're actually furious, aren't you?
[08:17] Nio
    Deep down, you just can't stand outsiders
    riding roughshod over your hometown.
[08:23] Nio
    So you leaked information,
    hoping we'd kill each other.
[08:27] Nio
    What you said earlier is just
    a front you put up for people.
[08:31] Seto
    As if. I don't know
    what you're talking about.
[08:35] Taro
    Nio! What's taking you? Let's go!
[08:37] Nio
    Oh, right.
[08:39] Nio
    Bye, Seto-kun. See you later.
[08:40] Taro
    Hurry up.
[08:41] Nio
    You're so impatient, Taro-kun.
[08:45] Seto
    Nio...
[08:50] Seto
    You're a funny one.
[08:56] Harada
    I hear they've been in and out of this inn.
[08:59] Yamanami
    It's broad daylight now. They may be out.
[09:03] Inoue
    There are four left.
[09:05] Todo
    Yeah.
[09:06] Todo
    There were five, but Soji already slit one open.
[09:11] Kondo
    We go in.
[09:11] Nio
    Hey!
[09:13] Nagakura
    Oh, it's Nio and the others.
[09:15] Nio
    We made it in time.
[09:16] Kondo
    Yes. We're all here now.
[09:18] Taro
    I'm gonna die.
[09:19] Hijikata
    Kondo-san.
[09:20] Kondo
    I know.
[09:22] Kondo
    We aren't here to kill.
[09:24] Kondo
    Take them alive if you can.
[09:26] Kondo
    We'll hear them out and
    make them pay for their crimes.
[09:30] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[09:32] Okita
    Hara-san and I will guard the back door.
[09:35] Kondo
    Good.
[09:36] Kondo
    Let's move.
[09:37] Miburo
    Yeah!
[09:39] Kondo
    Follow me.
[09:40] Harada
    That's the wrong way!
[09:41] Nagakura
    Turn around!
SIGN    Mizutaya Inn
[09:46] Kondo
    We have heard that outlaws
    have gone to ground in this inn.
[09:49] Kondo
    Please evacuate at once!
    They may be dangerous!
[09:52] Harada
    We'll search the first floor.
[09:55] Kondo
    I'll take the second.
[09:56] Innkeeper
    Oh, please have mercy!
[09:58] Innkeeper
    I can't have you waving
    swords around in my rooms.
[10:01] Innkeeper
    What if you hurt the other guests?
[10:06] Innkeeper
    Please, samurai.
[10:08] Nio
    Kondo-san.
[10:09] Kondo
    Very well, ma'am.
[10:11] Kondo
    We won't swing our swords. You have my word.
[10:17] Innkeeper
    I think the guests in the back room
     go in and out at night.
[10:22] Kondo
    So this is it!
[10:27] Gonzo
    Oh?
[10:31] Gonzo
    Are you looking for someone?
SIGN    Mizutaya Inn
[10:40] Gonzo
    I see. You've come all the way from Edo.
[10:44] Gonzo
    I'm an Aizu man myself.
[10:47] Kondo
    Aizu, you say? What a coincidence.
[10:49] Take
    Why are we sipping tea
    with some old geezer?!
[10:52] Gonzo
    By the way, samurai, have you had
     much practice with the sword?
[10:58] Kondo
    Yes. It's all I'm good at, so I swing
     my blade from dawn till dusk.
[11:04] Nio
    I guess swordsmanship
    really does take practice.
[11:07] Kondo
    Of course it does.
[11:09] Taro
    He's going along with it!
SIGN    Mizutaya Inn
[11:13] Gonzo
    What?
[11:14] Gonzo
    You ran a dojo in Edo?
    Did these lads train with you there?
[11:18] Kondo
    No, these boys joined us in Kyoto.
[11:23] Gonzo
    You must be quite a famous—
[11:25] Kondo
    Oh, no. It was only a small dojo.
[11:28] Kondo
    My wife struggled to make ends meet
    when we had a lot of mouths to feed.
[11:36] Nio; Taro
    He's married?!
[11:38] Kondo
    And our child is still a baby.
[11:40] Nio
    He even has a kid!
[11:42] Gonzo
    Dear, me. You certainly must have struggled.
[11:45] Kondo
    No, it never bothered me.
[11:50] Kondo
    It was the sandals.
[11:52] Kondo
    Seeing more and more sandals in our
    entry hall made me happy. I can't say why.
[11:58] Kondo
    I couldn't help grinning
    every time I looked at them.
[12:02] Kondo
    Well, in the end, my wife
    gave up on trying to convince me.
[12:07] Kondo
    I sweated my days away
    to prove who was the strongest,
[12:10] Kondo
    and talked my nights away
    on swordsmanship.
[12:14] Kondo
    Those were the days.
[12:16] Gonzo
    Then, don't you find
    your service in Kyoto a burden?
[12:21] Kondo
    No, I like it, too.
    Every day's a new experience.
[12:25] Kondo
    I can still devote myself to the sword,
[12:28] Kondo
    and getting to punish rascals
    makes life clear-cut.
[12:31] Kondo
    I want to make the townspeople happier,
    and to serve the Shogun and the Emperor.
[12:38] Kondo
    Right, Nio?
[12:40] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[12:42] Gonzo
    I think I understand
    why your men follow you.
[12:52] Kondo
    Why assassination?
[12:54] Taro
    A-Assassination? This old guy?
[12:57] Taro
    No way. He looks so weak.
[13:00] Taro
    N-Nio, did you know about this?
[13:05] Gonzo
    Vengeance for my son.
[13:08] Gonzo
    It started with talk of an officer's post,
    but that was a bald-faced lie.
[13:15] Gonzo
    They took our money for nothing,
    and my wife succumbed to disease.
[13:20] Gonzo
    My son slit his own belly.
[13:23] Gonzo
    Still, I've done terrible things.
[13:29] Kondo
    Come quietly.
[13:38] Kondo
    Don't.
[13:39] Kondo
    You'll only get hurt.
[13:43] Gonzo
    I knew at first sight
    that I couldn't best you.
[13:47] Kondo
    Yes.
[13:49] Gonzo
    But I haven't avenged my late son yet.
[13:54] Kondo
    I see.
[13:58] Nio
    Kondo-san, he's running away!
[14:00] Taro
    Huh?
[14:01] Nio
    Wait!
[14:02] Gonzo
    Out of my way!
[14:06] Hijikata
    I wondered why it was so quiet
    and what was taking so long.
[14:11] Nio
    Everyone!
SIGN    Mizutaya Inn
[14:14] Harada
    I've got you now!
[14:17] Gonzo
    Let go of me, damn you!
[14:19] Kondo
    You were lying?
[14:21] Gonzo
    What?
[14:23] Kondo
    Then, what about your son?
[14:24] Gonzo
    Another lie, of course! My idiot son's
    alive and well in the countryside!
[14:29] Kondo
    Is that so?
[14:32] Kondo
    I'm glad to hear it.
[14:36] Hijikata
    Kondo-san, you're forthright to a fault.
[14:40] Hijikata
    You trust too easily.
[14:48] Harada
    Let's get going.
[14:49] Harada
    Come on. Walk.
[14:51] Kondo
    Pardon the disturbance.
[14:54] Innkeeper
    Oh, no.
[14:55] Innkeeper
    Um...
[14:57] Innkeeper
    Thank you for keeping your word
    about not drawing your sword.
[15:04] Nio
    I knew Kondo-san was a great man.
[15:07] Nio
    That's what drew everyone to him.
SIGN    Sake
[15:18] Serizawa
    Guess it's about time I went hunting.
[15:23] Hijikata
    The sun's gone down.
[15:25] Kondo
    We won't allow any more victims.
[15:28] Kondo
    Three rogues who have attacked Aizu samurai
     remain. We'll deal with them tonight.
[15:33] Yamanami
    But they're a crafty bunch.
[15:36] Yamanami
    We don't know what they might do.
[15:38] Kondo
    True. Send word to
    Serizawa-san and his men.
[15:42] Kondo
    Taro.
[15:43] Kondo
    Tell him to keep his guard up and
    to take them alive if he can.
[15:47] Taro
    Y-Yes, sir!
[15:48] Nio
    We're counting on you, Taro-kun.
    You have an important job to do.
[15:52] Taro
    Shove it!
[15:54] Taro
    Why couldn't he have been at his usual bar?
[15:57] Taro
    How am I supposed to find him now?
    Man, why does this only happen to me?
[16:02] Taro
    Ah, I stepped in shit!
[16:09] (Flashback) Nio
    Hang in there, Taro-kun.
[16:11] Taro
    Damn it. Nothing good's
    happened since he showed up.
[16:14] Serizawa
    Outta my way!
[16:16] Taro
    I-I know that voice!
[16:18] Taro
    S-Serizawa-sensei!
[16:21] Serizawa
    Hm?
[16:23] Taro
    His eyes are totally unfocused?!
[16:25] Serizawa
    Where's that killer?
[16:27] Taro
    Shush! What'll you do if they really show up?
[16:27] Serizawa
    Serizawa Kamo's right here!
[16:30] Rokuhei
    You must be him.
[16:32] Rokuhei
    A big man over six shaku tall
     in a white coat.
[16:36] Rokuhei
    I hear you've been calling yourself
    the leader of the Miburo.
[16:40] Taro
    They found us!
[16:41] Rokuhei
    Allow me to deliver your just deserts.
[16:51] Serizawa
    I suppose I'll play the villain, then.
[16:56] Serizawa
    Whoa, there.
[16:58] Taro
    I-It's hopeless.
    He can't even stand up straight.
[17:02] Taro
    W-We're gonna be killed.
[17:06] Hijikata
    The shops will close soon.
[17:08] Hijikata
    Tell anyone out walking to get inside.
[17:11] Nio
    Yes, sir.
[17:12] Hijikata
    Warn every woman and child.
    Walk elders to their homes.
[17:17] Okita
    Hey! It's not safe out here after dark!
[17:20] Todo
    Go on, hurry home.
[17:22] Todo
    You've got some nerve,
    flirting where all the world can see.
[17:25] Harada
    As if you aren't just jealous.
[17:27] Yamanami
    Come now, hurry home before night falls.
[17:29] Kondo
    Go on. You're in danger out here, too.
[17:32] Nio
    I'm begging you!
    Please don't walk outside at night!
[17:36] Nio
    Kondo-san, I see more people over there.
[17:38] Nio
    Let's go.
[17:38] Kondo
    Right.
[17:50] Hajime
    Hey.
[17:54] Hajime
    You're out looking for a chance
    to kill us, aren't you?
[18:00] Kyoshiro
    Then you've come to your death
    and spared me the trouble.
[18:03] Hajime
    I'd figured you ran back home to the sticks.
[18:05] Kyoshiro
    When a shinobi takes a job,
    he always sees it through.
[18:16] Hajime
    The dead guy. Jutaro or whatever
    his name was. He had this purse on him.
[18:22] Hajime
    The design matches yours.
[18:24] Hajime
    Not that I noticed myself.
[18:27] Hajime
    You know Nio, that white-haired kid?
[18:32] Hajime
    He wondered if this linked you and Jutaro,
    and said he'd like to return it.
[18:40] Hajime
    He gave me a message for you:
     "I hope you'll agree to a deal now."
[18:50] Kyoshiro
    I bet you have trouble
    keeping your footing up here.
[18:53] Kyoshiro
    Unlike us Satsuma shinobi.
[18:56] Hajime
    I get why you're angry. Most people
    would assume we're taunting you.
[19:02] Hajime
    But I think he really
    means it as a kindness.
[19:07] Hajime
    Even though you're in league
    with a guy who tried to kill him.
[19:12] Kyoshiro
    "Angry"? Hah! Shinobi don't act on emotion.
[19:18] Hajime
    How like a shinobi.
    I bet you take pride in that.
[19:23] Hajime
    I get it. I was the same way.
[19:27] Hajime
    The guy who raised me
    was basically the ideal samurai,
[19:31] Hajime
    and he told me a samurai should be strong.
[19:35] Hajime
    Strength is the mark of a samurai.
[19:38] Hajime
    Living like a samurai
    means pursuing strength.
[19:43] Hajime
    He wouldn't shut up about rules, either.
[19:46] Hajime
    "Don't let anyone you can't
    trust stand on your left."
[19:49] Hajime
    "You can't draw and
    strike them in one motion."
[19:52] Kyoshiro
    What's your point?
[19:54] Hajime
    I'm saying, Nio's a troublemaker.
[19:59] Hajime
    He's hopeless with a sword.
[20:01] Hajime
    Just no good at all.
[20:03] Hajime
    He talks back. He's got
    a big head about sumo.
[20:05] Hajime
    He bosses people around,
    then ignores orders himself.
[20:08] Hajime
    "Help with the laundry." "Watch the fire."
    "Don't come in with dirty feet." "Mind this kid."
[20:14] Hajime
    Basically, he's a pain in the ass.
[20:16] Hajime
    Life has sucked ever since
    he joined the Miburo.
[20:20] Hajime
    But he's not tied down like you and I are.
[20:24] Hajime
    He's got no rules about
    how things ought to be.
[20:28] Hajime
    He's got no pride.
[20:31] Hajime
    Or maybe he does and
    I just can't make sense of it.
[20:36] Hajime
    All I know is that he tries to be there
    for the weak and the hurt.
[20:43] Hajime
    In other words, he's a hopeless softy. So—
[20:47] Kyoshiro
    That's enough!
[20:50] Kyoshiro
    No more talk.
[20:51] Kyoshiro
    Running your mouth won't help you beat me.
     You should've learned that yesterday.
[20:56] Hajime
    Yeah.
[20:58] Hajime
    Yesterday, you'd have been right.
[21:00] Kyoshiro
    Huh?
[21:02] Hajime
    "A samurai ought to wear
    his sword on the left."
[21:08] (Flashback) Nio
    You're left-handed, huh, Hajime-kun?
[21:12] Hajime
    Pride and rules can go to hell.
[21:16] Hajime
    You can't beat me anymore.
[21:20] Kyoshiro
    His left hand?
[21:24] Hajime
    Come quietly, or I'll chop your arms
    and legs off before tossing you in a cell.
[21:31] Hajime
    Choose now.
[21:34] Kyoshiro
    Not good.
[21:36] Kyoshiro
    This kid's bad news.
SIGN    Pride
SIGN    Next time
[23:22] Kondo
    I am Kondo Isami.
[23:24] Kondo
    Three assassins remain. Or was it two?
[23:28] Kondo
    Actually, something tells me
    there were four of them.
[23:33] Kondo
    But enough details.
[23:35] Kondo
    I won't allow any more victims.
[23:37] Kondo
    We Miburo will catch them all before long.
[23:41] Kondo
    Nio, I believe in your efforts.
[23:45] Kondo
    Next time: "Palm of the Hand."
[23:47] Kondo
    It's not to be missed.
SIGN    Palm of the Hand