4 - The Blade Drenched in Blood

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    Souji, I want you to go back to Edo.
[00:05] ---
    No! There is no way I’m going back!
[00:08] ---
    I’m going to stay here
    and help you, Kondou-san!
[00:14] ---
    Souji!
[01:50] ---
    Find Souji?
[01:54] ---
    Seriously, where did Souji run off to?
[01:58] ---
    He doesn’t have anywhere
    else to go here in Kyoto.
[02:00] ---
    He’ll come back once he cools down.
[02:05] ---
    Yeah, he definitely ain’t a kid.
[02:08] ---
    I bet he’ll be back after he
    takes some time to cool off.
[02:11] ---
    You’re right...
[02:12] ---
    Jeez, this had to happen during mealtime.
[02:14] ---
    I’m sorry, everyone.
[02:17] ---
    Please go back and finish your meal.
[02:30] ---
    Kondou-san?
[02:32] ---
    No one understands Souji better than I.
[02:35] ---
    I really should go after him.
[02:46] ---
    EPISODE 4:
    The Blade Drenched in Blood
[02:53] ---
    Kondou-san!
[02:55] ---
    I’ll go with you.
[02:56] ---
    Oh, you’re willing
    to help look for Souji?
[02:59] ---
    Uh, sure...
[03:01] ---
    Thanks.
[03:02] ---
    It-it’s cool! You
    don’t have to thank me.
[03:06] ---
    But Kondou-san,
[03:08] ---
    aren’t you a bit too
    lenient with Okita?
[03:12] ---
    Toshi often says that as well!
[03:14] ---
    Seriously, watching the three of you,
[03:17] ---
    it’s hard to tell if
    you’re close or not.
[03:20] ---
    Really?
[03:21] ---
    Toshi is worried about Souji, but...
[03:25] ---
    But he’s rather inept.
[03:27] ---
    He’s inept?
[03:28] ---
    Yeah, I can see that.
[03:30] ---
    But Okita has some personality
    problems of his own.
[03:34] ---
    You’re harsh!
[03:36] ---
    But Souji has had it rough.
[03:41] ---
    When he was left in the care of my dojo,
[03:44] ---
    
    he was still only nine years old.
[03:48] ---
    He was born into a samurai family,
[03:50] ---
    but he lost his parents
    when he was still young.
[03:53] ---
    His big sister, Mitsu-san,
    raised him in his parent’s stead.
[03:58] ---
    But apparently life was
    hard for them, so...
[04:01] ---
    Please... take care of me.
[04:05] ---
    The child still hadn’t
    reached the age of ten,
[04:07] ---
    yet he had to leave his family
    and start life in my dojo.
SIGN    Risshin Style Dojo-Shieikan
[04:11] ---
    Although he never outright said it,
[04:13] ---
    
    he must have been lonely.
[04:17] ---
    Souji stayed with us under the
    pretext of being a live-in student,
[04:20] ---
    but in actuality, he was
    treated more like a servant.
[04:29] ---
    Souji, have you eaten yet?
[04:33] ---
    What in the...?
[04:34] ---
    What happened here?!
[04:37] ---
    I accidentally dropped my platter.
[04:40] ---
    You dropped it?
[04:42] ---
    Right. I will clean my mess,
[04:45] ---
    so please think nothing of it.
[04:47] ---
    I see.
[04:49] ---
    You should be more careful.
[04:51] ---
    Did you get burned?
[04:53] ---
    I am fine.
[04:54] ---
    I’m glad to hear it.
[04:56] ---
    Oh, right! We had some leftover rice,
[04:59] ---
    
    so I made a rice ball for you.
[05:10] ---
    Souji, where did you get these bruises?!
[05:12] ---
    Is someone beating you?!
[05:15] ---
    I fell.
[05:18] ---
    I can be rather clumsy.
[05:20] ---
    You fell...?
[05:27] ---
    Thank you for the rice ball.
[05:31] ---
    I must weed the yard after I finish here,
[05:35] ---
    so could you please leave?
[05:37] ---
    I see...
[05:40] ---
    Shortly after that, I saw
    my students hurting Souji
[05:44] ---
    under the pretext that
    it was “practice.”
[05:48] ---
    Practicing against a kid
    under the age of ten?
[05:51] ---
    They sure were immature!
[05:53] ---
    I thought I had taught how to be a
[05:56] ---
    
    good person along with swordplay.
[05:59] ---
    I was the one at fault.
[06:01] ---
    So? What happened to those guys?
[06:05] ---
    I made it clear that they were
    never to do that again, but...
SIGN    Tennen Risshin Style Dojo-Shieikan
[06:15] ---
    What are you doing out here?
[06:17] ---
    Do you miss seeing your sister?
[06:21] ---
    She has abandoned me, hasn’t she?
[06:32] ---
    Souji, it is not as though
    Mitsu-san abandoned you.
[06:37] ---
    Who would abandon their
    adorable little brother?
[06:41] ---
    It would have been hard for her
[06:42] ---
    to provide food for you
    if you had stayed there.
[06:45] ---
    That is why she made
    the difficult decision
[06:48] ---
    to leave you with my family’s dojo.
[06:53] ---
    I’m sure it must be hard
    living away from your sister,
[06:56] ---
    but nothing in this world
    happens without a purpose.
[06:59] ---
    I am sure that there must be a reason
[07:03] ---
    
    why you were left in our care.
[07:08] ---
    Kondou-san, you gave the older students
[07:10] ---
    
    a warning a while ago, didn’t you?
[07:12] ---
    You said, “Don’t beat him.”
[07:14] ---
    Yeah.
[07:16] ---
    Could you please not do that anymore?
[07:19] ---
    Huh?
[07:21] ---
    Afterwards, they called me to the dojo
[07:23] ---
    
    and beat me with wooden swords.
[07:26] ---
    They said, “You snitched to that
    young instructor, didn’t you?”
[07:29] ---
    What?!
[07:35] ---
    I do not recall asking for your help.
[07:39] ---
    Please leave me be.
[07:41] ---
    You are a nuisance.
[07:49] ---
    Some time later, I came back one day
[07:51] ---
    
    from practice at another dojo
[07:53] ---
    to find the students
[07:54] ---
    thrashing Souji
    with wooden swords again.
[07:58] ---
    Take that and that!
[07:59] ---
    What’s keeping you?
[08:00] ---
    Done already?
[08:02] ---
    What’s with that look in your eyes?
[08:07] ---
    But the master of the
    dojo, Shuusai-sensei,
[08:10] ---
    
    told me not to intervene.
[08:13] ---
    Take that!
[08:15] ---
    He said that if I offered
    him a helping hand now,
[08:17] ---
    it would make him begin
    seeking pity from others.
[08:24] ---
    And much to my surprise,
    despite his tiny body,
[08:27] ---
    Souji was desperately trying to
[08:29] ---
    read the older students’
    moves and defeat them!
[08:41] ---
    Several days later,
    Shuusai-sensei suggested
[08:44] ---
    we hold practice in the
    form of a tournament.
[08:52] ---
    Start!
[09:20] ---
    Someone fetch the styptic medicine!
[09:22] ---
    Yessir!
[09:23] ---
    I’m fine. I can still fight.
[09:26] ---
    But...!
[09:29] ---
    My forehead just got a minor cut.
[09:31] ---
    It is not a serious injury, so...
[09:34] ---
    So please!
[09:36] ---
    Please let me fight until the end!
[09:45] ---
    Very well.
[09:51] ---
    Start!
[09:54] ---
    Take this!
[10:07] ---
    One hit in!
[10:13] ---
    Souji, that’s enough.
[10:15] ---
    Stop.
[10:18] ---
    You’ve won.
[10:19] ---
    Now stop fighting.
[10:21] ---
    I won...?
[10:23] ---
    Hey, man!
[10:25] ---
    Hang in there!
[10:25] ---
    Could you help me get him up?
[10:26] ---
    S-sure...
[10:29] ---
    You did great!
[10:31] ---
    You truly did a great job!
[10:34] ---
    Kondou-san, my blood is
    going to stain your uniform.
[10:38] ---
    Like I care!
[10:40] ---
    You’re still so tiny,
[10:42] ---
    yet you’ve worked so hard!
[10:46] ---
    Kondou-san, you aren’t going
    to call me “pitiable,” are you?
[10:51] ---
    Huh?
[10:52] ---
    The older students, our neighbors
    and everyone, they all say that.
[10:57] ---
    “You are truly a pitiable child.”
[11:01] ---
    But, Kondou-san, you’ve
    never once called me pitiable.
[11:08] ---
    My mother and father’s deaths...
[11:11] ---
    Not getting to see my sister anymore...
[11:15] ---
    Kondou-san, you said that there must
[11:18] ---
    
    be a meaning behind all of that.
[11:21] ---
    I think I know what that meaning is now.
[11:25] ---
    I came here for you, Kondou-san...
[11:29] ---
    I came to become much, much stronger...
[11:39] ---
    Souji!
[11:50] ---
    Kondou-san...
[11:56] ---
    You call that a massage?
SIGN    Ambition
[11:58] ---
    Put your muscle into it!
[12:01] ---
    I swear, Ibuki-kun’s inability to learn
    never ceases to amaze me.
[12:07] ---
    Serizawa-dono, it’s Tonouchi.
[12:10] ---
    What is it?
[12:11] ---
    There is something I wish
    to speak with out about...
[12:14] ---
    What is it? Come in.
[12:17] ---
    Sir!
[12:24] ---
    So, what did you want to discuss?
[12:26] ---
    I would like to be candid with you.
[12:29] ---
    Serizawa-dono, what do
    you think of Kondou?
[12:34] ---
    Meaning what?
[12:36] ---
    The Rules of Conduct that were
    set in place the other day...
[12:40] ---
    Not to mention the Roshigumi’s
    current structure.
[12:44] ---
    I have heard that Hijikata and Sannan
[12:48] ---
    arranged all of this on their own.
[12:51] ---
    I believe that you are the only one
[12:55] ---
    who can lead the Roshigumi.
[13:01] ---
    Serizawa-dono, why do you
[13:03] ---
    allow those ruffians
    to do as they please?
[13:07] ---
    Indeed, I cannot allow them
    continue as they have.
[13:17] ---
    When the time comes,
     please leave them to me.
[13:34] ---
    Enough, dog!
[13:36] ---
    Ouch!
[13:39] ---
    Are we leaving, Serizawa-sensei?
[13:43] ---
    Have some more SAKE waiting for
    me by the time I come back.
[14:09] ---
    Do you know of a man named Tonouchi?
[14:12] ---
    Tonouchi?
[14:17] ---
    Has he done something?
[14:19] ---
    He just came to my room
    to pay me a visit...
[14:22] ---
    He talked about Kondou-kun.
[14:26] ---
    What about Kondou-san?
[14:29] ---
    Apparently he disapproves of a man
[14:31] ---
    not of warrior
    birth serving as one of
[14:34] ---
    the Roshigumi’s chiefs.
[14:36] ---
    He said that if I
[14:37] ---
    was going to kill him,
    he would like the honor.
[14:44] ---
    S-Serizawa-sensei!
[14:54] ---
    You can never tell a book by its cover!
[15:00] ---
    Serizawa-san, you’re
    a surprisingly nice guy.
[15:08] ---
    Tonouchi-san...
[15:11] ---
    Okita?
[15:13] ---
    Do you need me for something?
[15:15] ---
    I could use your advice on
    something, Tonouchi-san.
[15:20] ---
    Could you hear me out?
[15:22] ---
    What about?
[15:23] ---
    Please don’t share what
[15:25] ---
    I am about to tell you with anyone else.
[15:30] ---
    Could you promise me that?
[15:33] ---
    Our commander, Hijikata-san,
[15:36] ---
    
    is telling me to go back to Edo.
[15:39] ---
    Why would Hijikata-kun say that?
[15:42] ---
    I’ve heard that you
    are the most skilled
[15:44] ---
    member of Kondou-kun’s dojo.
[15:47] ---
    I’m sure he just doesn’t
    want me to steal the limelight.
[15:53] ---
    That’s why he issued that order...
[15:56] ---
    Lately Kondou-san goes along
    with anything Hijikata-san says.
[16:00] ---
    I can’t trust him anymore...
[16:03] ---
    I understand.
[16:05] ---
    I see what you are getting at.
[16:06] ---
    If you like, I would be willing
    to offer you my counsel.
[16:09] ---
    Really?
[16:11] ---
    It must be hard for you
    to speak openly here.
[16:14] ---
    Why don’t we go out
    and drink while we talk?
[16:17] ---
    Okay! I’ll go with you.
[16:25] ---
    Ryunosuke!
[16:28] ---
    Have you seen Souji?
[16:31] ---
    Huh?
[16:32] ---
    It’s mealtime, so I went
    to his room to get him,
[16:36] ---
    but I can’t find him anywhere!
[16:40] ---
    Supposedly he was out
    walking with Tonouchi.
[16:43] ---
    Tonouchi?
[16:43] ---
    You know the guy?
[16:46] ---
    Uh, no...
[16:51] ---
    Actually...
[16:54] ---
    Really, I had no idea that you
[16:56] ---
    were of samurai birth.
[16:59] ---
    Associating with those ruffians
    must have been quite trying.
[17:03] ---
    Indeed, it was...
[17:05] ---
    But talking to you
    really took a load off.
[17:10] ---
    It was nothing!
[17:12] ---
    Come to me for
    advice whenever you like.
[17:14] ---
    Even after Kondou is dead,
[17:16] ---
    
    I’ll be happy to offer you my counsel.
[17:20] ---
    The concerns of a samurai can only be
[17:23] ---
    understood by a fellow samurai.
[17:26] ---
    Tonouchi-san.
[17:27] ---
    Hmn? What is it?
[17:37] ---
    So why did that Tonouchi guy
    and Souji go out together?
[17:42] ---
    Well, I don’t know either...
[17:46] ---
    Does anyone else know of this?
[17:49] ---
    Serizawa-san and Niimi-san were
    the only other people there.
[17:53] ---
    Damn it!
[17:54] ---
    Don’t tell me Serizawa-san put
    something crazy into Souji’s head!
[18:00] ---
    Commander, where are you going?
[18:02] ---
    I’m going to look for Souji.
[18:04] ---
    If he heard about all that,
[18:06] ---
    then who knows what he’ll do?
[18:10] ---
    Let’s split up and search for him.
[18:11] ---
    Souji!
[18:12] ---
    Pipe down.
[18:13] ---
    I told you I’m not hurt anywhere.
[18:18] ---
    Souji!
[18:20] ---
    Huh? Hijikata-san and Hajime-kun?
[18:23] ---
    What’s up?
[18:25] ---
    Why are you in such a panic?
[18:31] ---
    Souji, whose blood is that...?
[18:37] ---
    I’ll explain everything inside.
[18:40] ---
    Could you let me rest a bit?
[18:43] ---
    I’m tired after just killing someone.
[18:56] ---
    Serizawa-san, what were you thinking?!
[19:02] ---
    I can’t believe you burst in screaming.
[19:05] ---
    You’ve got quite the manners, Hijikata.
[19:09] ---
    Cut the crap!
[19:10] ---
    You put unnecessary ideas in Souji’s
    head and had him kill Tonouchi!
[19:18] ---
    I see. So he cut to the chase and
    finished that man off, eh?
[19:23] ---
    I understand the situation, but why
    are you foaming at the mouth?
[19:28] ---
    What?! You just had him
    kill one of our own!
[19:33] ---
    It’s only natural for me to be pissed!
[19:36] ---
    Tonouchi was a man of two faces.
[19:39] ---
    He would have bitten our
    hands if we let the cur live.
[19:44] ---
    And you can prove that?
[19:48] ---
    You sound rather worked up.
[19:51] ---
    It is hard to believe that this is
    coming from the same man
[19:54] ---
    who made the strict code that whoever breaks the
    Rules of Conduct must commit honorable suicide.
[20:03] ---
    Well, don’t just stand there. Come sit.
[20:08] ---
    Listen, honorable suicide
    requires an attendant.
SIGN    Note: When committing honorable suicide, generally a person is there to “assist” them. At the same time the person slices open their stomach, the attendant is supposed to cut of their head.
[20:13] ---
    The Roshigumi’s soldiers must be
    able to behead their companions
[20:16] ---
    without a moment’s pause
    once they receive the order.
[20:21] ---
    Why are you making such a fuss when
    that Okita brat merely purged us of
[20:28] ---
    a soldier who was unwilling to
    follow the way of the warrior?
[20:30] ---
    It’s because...
[20:35] ---
    You are both soft.
[20:38] ---
    You do not truly want
    to become well known.
[20:41] ---
    Okita is not the one who
    should return to Edo.
[20:44] ---
    Aren’t you two the
    ones who should go back?
[20:52] ---
    I will admit that we may
    have lacked in our resolve.
[20:56] ---
    But Souji...! Souji is
    not just my student!
[21:01] ---
    You can call me soft if you like,
[21:04] ---
    but I did not want him to soil his
    name by killing a comrade!
[21:10] ---
    That is how I truly feel.
[21:44] ---
    I will help you even more,
[21:50] ---
    Kondou-san.
[23:26] ---
    We have been granted an audience
    with the lieutenant general of Aizu.
[23:30] ---
    I would like to hold some
    matches for him to watch!
[23:33] ---
    I’m going to wrap this up, Sannan-san!
[23:37] ---
    NEXT EPISODE:
    Stairway to the Blue Skies
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