2 - Led by Destiny
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Hey, you! What are you doing over there?
[00:05] ---
Is either Kondou-san or Hijikata-san in?
[00:08] ---
Huh? Y-yeah...
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I think they’re probably inside.
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The swords are on his right...?
[00:17] ---
Could you inform them of my arrival?
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Uh, what’s your name?
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Hajime... Saito.
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Saito?! If it isn’t Saito!
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It has been a long time, Hijikata-san.
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Jeez, it’s been forever!
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I was worried since you suddenly
stopped coming to the dojo.
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That was... I apologize
for having worried you.
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There’s not need to stand on ceremony!
[02:20] ---
I swear you haven’t changed...
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Well, come on in!
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If I may...
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But seriously, I’m
amazed you found me here!
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I had heard that you were
involved with the Roshigumi...
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Even Hijikata-san smiles sometimes, huh?
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LED BY DESTINY
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You’d like to join the Roshigumi...?
[02:50] ---
Correct.
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Although I appreciate the offer,
are you aware of our current situation?
[02:55] ---
No, I am mostly in the dark.
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Well, put simply,
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the Roshigumi’s central figure is a
guy named Serizawa, not Kondou-san.
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We haven’t received an
official appointment or any funding.
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Even if we stay in Kyoto,
we lack a patron.
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In short, we’re in dire straights.
[03:14] ---
I see.
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Despite all that, will you join us?
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But of course.
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Saito, I won’t ask for
the details as to why you
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quit visiting the Shieikan.
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But I at least want to
know what brought you here.
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To return the favor.
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There is no time save for now
to repay you and Kondou-san
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for the kindness you showed me in Edo.
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That is how I feel.
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I see. Right now we need
every reliable ally we can get.
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I’ll be counting on you!
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I offer what little help I can...
[03:53] ---
By the way, have you run
into the others yet?
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The others?
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The guys from the Shieikan, of course!
[04:02] ---
Are they here as well?
[04:03] ---
Yeah!
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There’s Sannan-san, Souji,
Shinpachi and Harada!
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Heisuke and Gen-san are
here with us as well.
[04:11] ---
I thought it was unusual to hear
Hijikata-san sound so excited.
[04:17] ---
If it isn’t Hajime-kun!
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Souji!
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Now there’s a face I
haven’t seen in a while!
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Oh, Saito!
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Hajime-kun? Dang, it’s been ages!
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I didn’t think you’d come to Kyoto!
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When’d you get here?
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It has been a while, hasn’t it?
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Got that right!
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Hey, Hajime-kun. Since it’s been
a while, why don’t we spar?
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Souji here got all blue when you
quit droppin’ by the Shieikan.
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Very well, then.
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Don’t get carried away.
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I know!
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As for Shinpachi, Harada, and Heisuke.
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Go run a loop patrolling the capital.
[05:02] ---
You sure it’s okay to patrol
the place without permission?
[05:05] ---
Even if we do eventually manage
to get some clan to sponsor us,
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it doesn’t hurt to
stack up some merits.
[05:11] ---
Ah, makes sense.
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If the rogue samurai
are too much for you,
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why not just kill the scum?
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You keep quiet.
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Welp, we might as well take
a quick look ’round.
[05:30] ---
S-Samurai-sama, please show mercy!
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Chill, man. We’ll use this money
for the sake of our country.
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B-but--
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Bastard! Are you sayin’
you can’t help us out
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when we’re out workin’ our
butts off for the Emperor?
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I-I would never...!
[05:51] ---
Brat, what’s with that nasty look?
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Give back our money, thieves!
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You callin’ us thieves?!
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You damn brat!
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Let it drop. He’s just a kid.
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We won’t go easy on anyone
who insults us warriors,
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even if it’s just a kid!
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You call yourselves “warriors”
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when you’re raising your
fists to a child and stealing?!
[06:11] ---
Good point.
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Since we’re warriors,
usin’ fists don’t cut it.
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If you’re a warrior, draw your sword.
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What’s keepin’ ya?
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That sword on your hip just for show?
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Draw already!
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Friggin’ coward.
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You okay, Ryunosuke?
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Heisuke...?
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Shoo!
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Who’re you supposed to be?
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Are you TRYING to get in our way?
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Beat it!
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I’m afraid that ain’t happening.
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It’s our job to protect Kyoto
from rogue samurai like you.
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“Rogue samurai”? Of all the nerve!
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I’m afraid it looks like
that’s the end of the line.
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For bein’ such smart asses,
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your skills with the sword sure do suck.
[07:43] ---
Your swords are cryin’!
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Damn them!
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You okay, Ryunosuke?
[07:55] ---
That was a close one.
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I can get up on my own!
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Wasn’t this yours?
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What’s wrong?
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We’re leaving!
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O-okay!
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What’s his problem?
It wouldn’t kill him to thank us.
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What’s all this fuss?
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Rogue samurai were at it again.
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They’re such a nuisance!
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All they ever do is stir trouble.
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I wish they’d leave already!
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N-now just a second! We were--
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Let’s go, Heisuke.
[08:39] ---
B-but Sano-san!
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Forget it. We’re leaving.
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Let’s go, Ryunosuke.
[08:52] ---
Hey, Ryunosuke! Where are you going?
[08:55] ---
To buy more SAKE.
SIGN Mibu Temple of the Enmei Jizo Bodhisattva
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Most impressive, Hajime-kun.
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You don’t let a moment’s
weakness slip by.
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You’re still the same as ever.
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Just the fact that you’re left-handed
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makes you all the harder to lunge at.
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And it would seem you’ve improved upon
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your SURI-ASHI slide step as well.
[09:52] ---
I bet you’re going to be unbeatable,
even here in Kyoto.
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You got... one in.
[10:35] ---
Hey, Hajime-kun. Have you
changed the way you lunge?
[10:39] ---
Did you undergo training at a
different dojo or something?
[10:43] ---
No, I don’t believe I
have changed my style.
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Truly, I am excited that you
rushed to our aid, Saito-kun.
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It is most heartening!
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With you here, we’re
a hundred men stronger!
[11:00] ---
Sir!
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With him here, everyone from
our Edo days has been reunited.
[11:09] ---
What’s Ryunosuke up to?
[11:11] ---
I told him we’re eating,
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but he said he doesn’t want any dinner.
[11:14] ---
A moment, Nagakura-kun.
[11:16] ---
Yeah?
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How was the city?
[11:19] ---
Right. I spotted ruffians causin’
problems here and there.
[11:24] ---
It’d probably be best if we
avoided going out alone.
[11:29] ---
A rogue samurai could
strike us down at any time.
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And the locals won’t be of any help.
[11:35] ---
I see... This is even
worse than I had imagined.
[11:39] ---
Let them bring it on!
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Because the locals and the
clans aren’t up to task,
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we’ve got a chance to
make a name for ourselves.
[11:46] ---
You came prepared for
danger, didn’t you?
[11:50] ---
You aren’t going to declare
you want to go home to Edo, right?
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I wouldn’t a followed ya all the
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way to Kyoto if I was gonna do that.
[11:57] ---
Yeah! Everyone here formed
their resolve ages ago!
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This may prove trying, but I hope
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you will bear with us for a while!
[12:07] ---
Don’t even get started, Kondou-san.
[12:09] ---
We’re used to the poor life!
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Like, seriously. Just gettin’ miso
soup and
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pickles is a luxury compared
to life back at the Shieikan.
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You said it!
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If you’re a warrior, draw your sword.
[12:30] ---
What’s keepin’ ya?
That sword on your hip just for show?
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Damn it...!
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For a lowly dog to sleep
before its master,
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you’re doing quite well for yourself.
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Serizawa-san...?
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Where is my SAKE?
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I went and bought you some!
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Can’t complain about that, right?
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Even a five-year old child
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could accomplish a chore on this level.
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At least you coulda said,
“Job well done.”
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I’ll call if I need you.
[13:26] ---
Don’t go to bed before your master.
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You’re hitting the town
so you can guard him?
[13:37] ---
Correct. Today Lord Iemochi
shall enter the capital.
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Although we were not called to serve,
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we originally came to the capital
specifically to protect the Shogun.
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Considering the state
of Kyoto these days,
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we should go volunteer to guard him.
[13:55] ---
There is no need to
guard that inept fool.
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Serizawa-dono, that was out of
line even if said in mere jest!
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I simply called him inept because he is.
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It is a disgrace to the Shogun line
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for nobles who have holed up
here for a thousand years
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to summon him so they can
request he expel the foreigners.
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Serizawa-sensei, it’s me, Niimi.
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Enter!
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I saw him.
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Ouch!
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That was utterly worthless!
You’re one useless mutt!
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Serizawa-dono!
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If you wish to go, then just the
group of you are free to do so.
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I won’t stop you.
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Serizawa-dono!
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Let it go, Kondou-san. Just
the lot of us will go.
[14:50] ---
He said he wouldn’t stop us.
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Then that’s all we can do...
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Serizawa-san said something
nuts like that?
[15:01] ---
Yeah...
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It looks like that guy
seriously hates our guts.
[15:08] ---
He must still bear a grudge
over the Honjou Inn incident.
[15:11] ---
Honjou Inn?
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Eh?! Oh, well...
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Go ahead and tell him.
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Hajime-kun doesn’t
know about it either.
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’Kay.t
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When we were traveling to Kyoto
together with Serizawa-san,
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Kondou-san was given the job of
“advanced accommodations requisition.”
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Advanced accommodations requisition?
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It was his duty to
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travel ahead and find
rooms for the Roshigumi.
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But he made a booking
error at the Honjou Inn
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and didn’t get a room for Serizawa-san.
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Wh-what are you doing, Serizawa-dono?!
[15:45] ---
Serizawa-san said that it
gets extremely cold at night,
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so he trashed a nearby
building and set it afire.
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In the end, Kondou-san got on his
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hands and knees and
apologized to Serizawa-san.
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Somehow or other we managed to
make it to Kyoto in one piece,
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but it put a rift between us.
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Kondou-san...
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Could you please quit acting that way
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around Serizawa-san from now on?
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Acting what way?
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Calling him “Serizawa-dono” and
trying to read his expressions.
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But...
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You stand as Serizawa-san’s equal.
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There is no need for you
to feel inferior to him.
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I agree wholeheartedly with Hijikata-kun.
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Kondou-san, you are our commander.
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Very well.
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This is stinkin’ crowded!
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We’d never know if there
were any rogue samurai
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mingling amongst all these people!
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Don’t you need to be closer up?
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Yeah, you’re right.
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We can’t protect no one
worth squat from back here!
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Oh, he’s here!
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The Shogun is passing through!
SIGN AMBITION
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Let us through!
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The Roshigumi has come to
guard Lord Shogun Iemochi!
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H-hey!
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So this is what it will take for
the Bakufu to sponsor us...
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Lord Iemochi... The Shogun...
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is right there!
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Isn’t this great, Kondou-san?
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Uh-huh...!
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Next time we will guard
Lord Iemochi up close,
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not from amidst the crowd of onlookers!
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You’re right! We will!
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Niimi, what say you?
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This will play a big role in
freeing us of our current situation.
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Serizawa-sensei, please leave this to me.
SIGN MIBU TEMPLE
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Yo!
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Knock it off!
[19:35] ---
C’mon! C’mon over.
[19:38] ---
Now then, Ryunosuke,
let’s practice together.
[19:40] ---
I have to go shopping, so I’ll pass.
[19:43] ---
Did Serizawa-san send you
out to buy some more SAKE?
[19:46] ---
I’m amazed you don’t get sick of
that crap day in and day out.
[19:49] ---
I’m getting tobacco today!
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It’s dangerous out there.
Want me to go with you?
[20:00] ---
I’m not a kid! I can go by myself!
[20:03] ---
Hey, now...
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Leave him be.
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If he wants to die, let him go die.
[20:11] ---
It’s not like I want
to die or anything.
[20:15] ---
You aren’t skilled with the sword,
nor do you train.
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You can’t even draw your sword
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when someone directs his at you.
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Despite all of that, you put on the
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tough act and pick fights with samurai.
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Dammit, Heisuke...
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You can’t blame me for
thinking you are eager to die.
[20:32] ---
Back at you!
[20:33] ---
You came to Kyoto knowing that you could
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get killed by some rogue samurai!
[20:37] ---
That looks like a death wish to--
[20:40] ---
Don’t lump people trying
to accomplish something
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with someone racing to his death!
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I-I’m not...
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At the very least, you aren’t
desperately fighting to live.
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If you don’t want to die,
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throw sand or mud in your
enemy’s face and run!
[21:07] ---
That’s the only way he knows
how to express himself.
[21:09] ---
That’s his way of showing
he’s worried about you.
[21:22] ---
Jeez, why do I have to handle
the cleaning out here too?
[21:32] ---
Yuu-boy, what’s wrong?
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I’m scared!
[21:36] ---
Who’s that kid?
[21:38] ---
He lives here.
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“Rules of Conduct,” eh?
[23:28] ---
I’m amazed you were able to
come up with something like this.
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The only way to keep the crowd in check
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is to clamp down on
them with strict rules.
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Violators must commit honorable suicide.
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RULES FOR A PACK
OF WOLVES
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Isn’t that right?
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