E247 - Letter From Thorny

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[00:03] Tetsu
    My name's Tetsunosuke Sasaki and I'm tied up like a hog.
[00:08] Tetsu
    Been stuck like this for two weeks straight.
[00:11] Tetsu
    Somebody get me outta here, yo.
[00:13] Both
    Outta here, yo.
[00:14] Tetsu
    Collar grabbed, knife in the face, letter torn up, and shunned.
[00:20] Tetsu
    Been abused and tied up like a hog.
[00:23] Tetsu
    Been abused and strung up like a log.
[00:31] Tetsu
    Been stuck like this for two weeks straight.
[00:34] Tetsu
    Somebody get me outta here, yo.
[00:36] Both
    Outta here, yo.
[00:37] Tetsu
    Tied up and almost killed, yo.
[00:39] Tetsu
    But then my ass was saved.
[00:42] Tetsu
    My tied-up ass was saved, but then he kicked me off.
[00:48] Tetsu
    Tied up and almost killed, yo.
[00:51] Tetsu
    But then my ass was saved.
[00:53] Tetsu
    My tied-up ass was saved, but then he kicked me off.
[00:59] Tetsu
    My tied-up ass is falling.
[01:02] Tetsu
    If I fall, it's over.
[01:05] Tetsu
    Been stuck like this for two weeks straight.
[01:07] Tetsu
    Somebody get me outta here, yo.
[01:10] Both
    Outta here, yo.
[01:11] Toshi
    Hey, this is supposed to be a serious arc.
[01:13] Toshi
    Cut this shit out, yo.
[01:15] Both
    Out, yo.
[01:16] Tetsu
    Yeah.
[02:48] Gin
    Really. Well, then.
[02:50] Gin
    Time to do things my way.
[02:54] Gin
    Show me what you got, Vice Chief.
[02:57] Gin
    You're first.
[02:59] Gin
    Let's see if you can take down
[03:01] ---
    the Joi patriot known as the White Yaksha.
[03:03] Toshi
    I'm not gonna give up on trying to
[03:05] ---
    save people like Mr. Smartypants over there.
[03:06] Toshi
    We brats have to stick together.
[03:11] Toshi
    But if you still want to kill him, go ahead.
[03:16] All
    Huh?
[03:19] Toshi
    You really killed him?!
[03:21] Gin
    You told me to kill him!
[03:25] Isabu
    Wrong.
[03:28] Yama
    I have the hostage!
[03:31] Kondo
    Way to hang in there.
[03:33] Kondo
    Go crazy!
[03:36] Kondo
    Thornies!
SIGN    Letter From Thorny
[03:44] Isabu
    It was a feint!
[03:45] Isabu
    Pay them no heed!
[03:46] Isabu
    Kill them and the terrorists!
[04:00] A
    Ch-Chief!
[04:02] A
    The windshield is cracked!
[04:03] A
    And we can't see anything through the smoke!
[04:07] B
    Cut 'em down!
[04:08] B
    Where are they?! Where did they go?!
[04:19] D
    They're hiding in the smoke!
[04:27] Em
    I got it!
[04:29] Em
    We can escape while the police are killing each other!
[04:32] A
    How?
[04:34] A
    We can't see anything in this smoke!
[04:36] Em
    The hole!
[04:36] ---
    We can escape through the hole that was opened by the explosion!
[04:44] Okita
    And one!
[04:48] Okita
    And two!
[04:49] Okita
    And three!
[04:51] Em
    Wait!
[04:51] Okita
    And four!
[04:52] Em
    It's an SM batting cage down here!
[04:52] Okita
    And five!
[04:54] Okita
    Six.
[04:55] Okita
    Seven.
[04:55] Em
    We got a total sadist batting down here!
[04:56] Okita
    Eight.
[04:58] Okita
    Nine.
[04:58] A
    I've never heard of an SM batting cage!
[04:59] Okita
    Ten.
[05:02] Em
    And we got another one starting a rally!
[05:06] Em
    Hey, what kind of game is this?!
[05:08] Em
    Some new SM sport?!
[05:11] Okita
    And 19, 20, 21,
[05:14] Okita
    22, 23,
[05:15] Okita
    24.
[05:17] B
    Th-The stairs!
[05:18] B
    The Mimawarigumi isn't watching them right now!
[05:19] B
    -Hurry up!
[05:19] Yama
    -And one.
[05:21] Yama
    And two.
[05:22] Yama
    And three.
[05:24] Yama
    And four.
[05:25] Yama
    And five.
[05:27] Yama
    And six.
[05:27] Emi
    Wait! It's an anpan factory over here!
[05:28] Yama
    And seven.
[05:29] Yama
    And eight.
[05:30] Emi
    Turn back!
[05:31] Yama
    And nine.
[05:31] Emi
    Head for the pole outside!
[05:32] Yama
    And ten.
[05:35] Both
    Huh?
[05:36] Kondo
    And one.
[05:38] Kondo
    And two.
[05:39] Kondo
    And three.
[05:41] Emi
    We can't use it!
[05:42] Kondo
    And four...
[05:43] Emi
    The gorilla keeps sliding up and down!
[05:45] Emi
    He's enjoying the stimulation to his crotch!
[05:49] Emi
    What the hell do we do?!
[05:50] Emi
    There's nowhere to run!
[05:53] Isabu
    Fire.
[05:55] A
    But we won't be able to tell friend from foe!
[05:58] Isabu
    It doesn't matter.
[05:59] Isabu
    Every moving body is a foe!
[06:01] A
    I can see black uniforms!
[06:03] A
    Fire!
[06:04] B
    Wait!
[06:05] B
    The Shinsengumi have already been defeated.
[06:08] Isabu
    Is anyone moving?
[06:10] A
    Nobody.
[06:12] A
    There's one friendly...
[06:15] A
    Hijika...
[06:20] A
    A grenade!
[06:22] A
    Evasive maneuvers! Quick!
[06:28] B
    Can't pull up! Mayday! Mayday!
[06:31] A
    Eject! Hurry!
[07:14] Okita
    Looks like they're finished over there.
[07:17] Okita
    We should also be...
[07:21] Nobu
    It's not over.
[07:26] Nobu
    Never sheathe your sword
[07:28] ---
    before you've dispatched your target.
[07:31] Nobu
    Isn't that right, killer?
[07:36] Okita
    You're better at killing buildings than people.
[07:44] Okita
    I don't carry a sheath.
[07:48] Okita
    Maybe you have a good place to stick my sword?
[07:57] Okita
    Don't get too worked up.
[08:00] Okita
    You aren't my target.
[08:03] Okita
    Sorry, but I took the last one from you.
[08:14] Okita
    You and your big sword
[08:20] Okita
    belong in there.
[08:23] Okita
    The perfect sheath to rest
[08:27] ---
    our dull edge.
[08:38] A
    Ch-Chief!
[08:41] A
    The building collapsed!
[08:42] B
    It's one thing after another!
[08:44] B
    What's going on?!
[08:46] Toshi
    Help...
[08:48] Toshi
    Summon reinforcements!
[08:53] A
    Hurry!
[09:03] A
    Ch-Chief!
[09:04] A
    The terrorists have been tied up!
SIGN    We surrender.
[09:07] A
    They've given themselves up.
[09:10] A
    H-However, we don't see the Shinsengumi anywhere!
[09:13] B
    No, they're lying on the roof!
[09:17] A
    Wait, look!
[09:19] A
    These are Mimawarigumi officers in Shinsengumi uniforms!
[09:22] A
    W-We can't find them!
[09:24] A
    The Shinsengumi and the hostage have vanished!
[09:32] Isabu
    I see.
[09:34] Isabu
    They've likely disguised themselves as Mimawarigumi officers
[09:36] Isabu
    to fool our advance force
[09:39] Isabu
    and trick our helicopter into shooting our own men.
[09:43] Toshi
    But since there wasn't much space on the roof,
[09:48] Toshi
    we can tell the inspectors
[09:50] ---
    that the Joi were responsible for everything.
[09:55] Yama
    And while the Shinsengumi
[09:57] ---
    were responsible for instigating the fight,
[10:00] Yama
    the Mimawarigumi attacked first.
[10:03] Yama
    The responsibility is all yours.
[10:07] Kondo
    What do you think?
[10:08] Kondo
    The crisis has been averted,
[10:11] Kondo
    and there's enough credit to go around.
[10:13] Kondo
    Why don't you call this a draw and back down?
[10:21] Toshi
    How about it, Chief?
[10:28] Isabu
    Secure the terrorists.
[10:31] Isabu
    That will do.
[10:32] Isabu
    You can have the hostage.
[10:34] Isabu
    This crisis is over.
[10:40] Toshi
    You have my gratitude, Chief.
[10:45] Isabu
    No, we will both be working hard to keep the peace in Edo.
[10:51] Toshi
    Yeah, we'll try not to get in the way of your elite asses.
[10:56] Isabu
    Don't be so humble.
[10:58] Isabu
    You are just as elite.
[11:05] Isabu
    An elite thorn in my side.
[11:15] Kondo
    Toshi, are you sure about leaving the terrorists with them?
[11:19] Toshi
    Don't worry.
[11:21] Toshi
    They won't kill people who have surrendered.
[11:26] Toshi
    I'll put in a word with Matsudaira about their punishment.
[11:30] Yama
    But everyone will be talking about the Mimawarigumi now.
[11:33] Yama
    They took all the glory.
[11:36] Toshi
    That's not true.
[11:38] Toshi
    After all,
[11:41] Toshi
    we landed ourselves the jackpot.
[11:43] Toshi
    Isn't that right, White Yaksha?
[11:46] Gin
    That's former White Yaksha!
[11:47] Gin
    I saved your asses back there,
[11:49] ---
    and now you're turning on me?!
[11:50] Toshi
    I knew there was something fishy about you,
[11:52] Toshi
    but I never dreamed that you were
[11:55] ---
    a big-name Joi like Katsura.
[11:57] Gin
    Former big name!
[11:58] Gin
    You know that I'm a model citizen now!
[12:03] Yama
    We can charge him with attempted murder.
[12:05] Yama
    He kicked Tetsu off the roof.
[12:07] Gin
    Okay, fine!
[12:09] Gin
    So I'm a former Joi!
[12:12] Gin
    But so is this boy here!
[12:14] Gin
    Right, Tetsu-kun?
[12:15] Gin
    If you start digging into the past, everyone will look like a criminal!
[12:18] Gin
    If you're gonna arrest me, you better arrest him!
[12:20] Tetsu
    He's right!
[12:22] Tetsu
    Allow me to take responsibility!
[12:24] Tetsu
    I will commit seppuku!
[12:25] Gin
    What?!
[12:27] Tetsu
    This crisis was my fault!
[12:30] Gin
    No, er, wait!
[12:31] Gin
    That wasn't my goal here!
[12:32] Tetsu
    I was afraid to tell everyone,
[12:35] ---
    to tell the vice chief, that I was a former Joi.
[12:39] Tetsu
    But my secret led to this mess!
[12:43] Tetsu
    I knew nothing!
[12:45] Tetsu
    I envy you.
[12:48] Tetsu
    So please don't run away from your brother!
[12:52] Tetsu
    I thought I could offer you advice,
SIGN    Tamegoro Hijikata
[12:54] Tetsu
    but I couldn't even deliver your letter!
[12:59] Tetsu
    Not to your brother...
[13:02] Tetsu
    Not to mine...
[13:05] Toshi
    You can always deliver another one.
[13:09] Toshi
    And this time, you can write it yourself.
[13:12] Toshi
    Didn't you promise that you
[13:14] ---
    were going to become stronger than me?
[13:16] Toshi
    It's your turn now.
[13:19] Toshi
    You might not get the message to your brother.
[13:22] Toshi
    But your dirty bros here can hear you loud and clear.
[13:30] Kondo
    Yeah, but some of them probably can't read.
[13:38] Toshi
    Tetsu, we'll always be waiting for your letter.
[13:44] Toshi
    Never forget that.
[13:48] Tetsu
    Vice Chief!
[13:49] Kondo
    Hey, Toshi!
[13:50] Kondo
    Toshi!
[14:07] Taka
    Fishing in a pile of rubble?
[14:10] Taka
    You're pretty whack,
[14:14] ---
    Mr. Triple Threat.
[14:17] Taka
    So? Catch anything?
[14:20] Isabu
    Yes,
[14:22] ---
    using cheap bait.
[14:24] Isabu
    But I released my catch.
[14:25] Isabu
    Since it would have been a waste to devour it now.
[14:29] Taka
    Are you sure?
[14:31] Taka
    Don't you owe it to the Bakufu heads who are backing you?
[14:39] Isabu
    I have no intention of starting a turf war on broken land.
[14:44] Isabu
    The Sasaki family is doomed to fall.
[14:47] Isabu
    In that case, I will continue to use what bait I can.
[14:51] Isabu
    If he can provide me entertainment, so much the better.
[14:55] Isabu
    I now know that there are some dirty fish
[14:58] ---
    waiting out there in this sea of rubble.
[15:05] Taka
    So you're saving the best for last?
[15:08] Isabu
    I'm sure we'll meet again.
[15:13] Isabu
    Once we clear the rubble from this land,
[15:18] Isabu
    we get to see how the fish act out of water.
[15:23] Isabu
    I can't wait.
[15:32] Gin
    Man, why do I have to do this?
[15:35] Tetsu
    Don't say that!
[15:37] Tetsu
    I'm the one who vouched for your innocence!
[15:40] Gin
    I was innocent to begin with!
[15:42] Gin
    I saved your asses back there!
[15:45] Tetsu
    Please! You're the only person I can ask!
[15:48] Tetsu
    I'll pay you!
[15:52] Tetsu
    I finally finished my letter.
[15:55] Gin
    Huh?
[15:56] Tetsu
    This time, I'm going to deliver it!
[15:59] Gin
    Who's the letter for?
[16:01] Tetsu
    The vice chief wrote a letter to my brother for my sake.
SIGN    Tamegoro Hijikata
[16:05] Tetsu
    So it's my turn now...
[16:07] Gin
    Huh? A letter for a dead person?
[16:10] Gin
    The hell is wrong with you?
[16:11] Gin
    What's the point?
[16:14] Tetsu
    Please, I want to return the favor.
[16:17] Tetsu
    So I must tell his brother that the vice chief is doing well.
[16:21] Gin
    You must be joking.
[16:22] Gin
    This is so funny it's sad.
[16:25] Tetsu
    Uh, I believe the vice chief's brother's grave is over...
[16:29] Tetsu
    Huh?
[16:30] Tetsu
    Somebody's already there.
[16:33] A
    Oh? This is unusual.
[16:36] A
    Normally, there's only one other person who comes to visit.
[16:39] Tetsu
    Huh? A-Are you his brother's...?
[16:42] Tetsu
    Oh, I'm, well...
[16:47] A
    Oh, that letter.
[16:49] A
    I understand now.
[16:51] A
    You came to deliver his letter.
[16:54] A
    He always leaves his letters here without a word.
[16:58] Tetsu
    Huh? You mean the vice chief?
[17:01] A
    Yes, once every month.
[17:04] A
    When my husband was still alive, he always looked
[17:07] ---
    forward to Toshi's letters.
[17:09] Tetsu
    Th-Then the vice chief and his brother were talking to one another?
[17:13] A
    Only through their letters.
[17:15] A
    The last time they met was many years ago.
[17:18] A
    Yes, I believe it was the day before he left
[17:20] ---
    for Edo with Kondo-san and his friends.
[17:23] A
    We hadn't heard from him in years,
[17:24] ---
    but then he suddenly showed up.
[17:26] A
    But he refused to talk to his brother.
[17:29] A
    They ate dinner in silence and drank in silence.
[17:34] Tame
    Toshi, send letters.
[17:40] A
    And then he left in silence.
[17:42] A
    After that, he would send a letter every month.
[17:47] A
    His brother was so thrilled.
[17:50] A
    He couldn't see, yet he was always so eager.
[17:54] A
    Has Toshi's letter come yet? Has Toshi's letter come yet?
[17:59] A
    That's why I continue to read these letters for him.
[18:10] A
    Though he's still a stubborn and tight-lipped boy in his letters.
[18:16] A
    I suppose his brother, blind as he was, could see something in him.
[18:19] A
    Their bond needed no words.
[18:23] A
    No, I'm sure that brothers, family,
[18:30] A
    just want to hear that you're still alive.
[18:39] A
    Dear, you have another letter from Toshi.
[18:44] A
    Here it is.
[18:46] A
    Oh?
[18:49] Gin
    You failed to deliver your letter again.
[18:52] Gin
    Are you okay with that?
[18:54] Tetsu
    It's okay.
[18:55] Tetsu
    Now that I've seen his letters, I would be
[18:56] ---
    too embarrassed to show his brother my letter.
[18:59] Tetsu
    The vice chief and his brother were always linked.
[19:05] Tetsu
    After hearing that, I'm content.
SIGN    Greater Edo Hospital
SIGN    From Thorny
[19:45] Toshi
    Damn.
SIGN    To Thorny
[19:48] Toshi
    Can't think of anything to write.
[22:21] A
    Ask Mr. Ginpachi!
[22:25] Gin
    Okay. I'll read the next postcard.
[22:29] Gin
    This is from someone with the pen name Akari-san.
[22:31] Gin
    Hello, Mr. Ginpachi.
[22:33] Gin
    There's a question that's been bugging me.
[22:35] Gin
    Hijikata-san said that he would quit
[22:37] ---
    smoking in the Ooey-gooey Balls episode, right?
[22:42] Gin
    But I keep seeing him with white sticks in his mouth.
[22:47] Gin
    Why is that?
[22:49] Gin
    Is he trying to maintain his image?
[22:51] Gin
    Are you the same, Mr. Ginpachi?
[22:53] Gin
    I don't have a problem with smoking,
[22:56] ---
    but please let me know if there is a reason.
[23:00] Gin
    Okay, here's your answer.
[23:02] Gin
    People who try to quit smoking always fail.
[23:06] Gin
    I'm sure that Hiroshi Tachi will prove that soon,
[23:09] ---
    so keep an eye out.
[23:12] Gin
    By the way, this is a lollipop in my mouth.
[23:16] Gin
    Did anyone forget?
[23:20] Mino
    Welcome to Who Wants to Be a Madaonaire.
[23:22] Mino
    The unemployed and middle-aged Taizo Hasegawa
[23:25] Mino
    will be attempting to win an unheard of amount of money!
[23:30] Madao
    Next time:
[23:30] Madao
    Madaodog Madaonaire.
SIGN    Madaodog Madaonaire
[23:32] Madao
    Is that your final answer?
SIGN    Trace back through your hazy memories for a chance to turn your life around!!
SIGN    What will the Madao inside Madao declare to be his final answer?!