# 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?!