E2 - Screening and Choosing

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[00:18] Sagiri
    A condemned storyteller once asked
    to be beheaded while telling a story.
[00:33] Sagiri
    My father, Yamada Asaemon Kichiji,
    accepted his request.
[01:00] Sagiri
    Even after he was beheaded,
[01:03] Sagiri
    the storyteller finished his tale.
[01:08] Eizen
    He didn't even realize he'd been beheaded.
[01:10] Eizen
    It was the perfect blow,
    painless and devoid of emotion.
[01:16] Sagiri
    After that, I made it my goal to duplicate
    that stroke my father made.
[01:44] (Flashback) Sergeant A
    An impressive blow.
[01:46] (Flashback) Sergeant B
    Brilliant work for a woman.
[01:49] (Flashback) Sagiri
    Thank you.
[02:00] (Flashback) Eizen
    There's fear.
[02:02] (Flashback) Eizen
    In your swordsmanship.
[02:04] (Flashback) Eizen
    Doubt and fear.
[02:07] (Flashback) Eizen
    You'll make the condemned
    die painful deaths.
[02:11] (Flashback) Sagiri
    I'll work on it.
[02:31] (Flashback) Eizen
    Sagiri...
[02:32] (Flashback) Eizen
    Look at your blade.
[02:37] (Flashback) Eizen
    The truth is reflected in the blade.
[02:40] Sagiri
    My blade, heavy with fear,
    causes the condemned to suffer,
[02:44] Sagiri
    which makes my blade heavier still.
[02:48] Sagiri
    What should I do?
[02:50] Sagiri
    How can I eliminate doubt
    and fear from my heart?
[02:57] Sagiri
    Like my father.
[03:04] Sagiri
    Perhaps...
[03:09] Sagiri
    if it were a life I could take
    without doubt or hesitation.
SIGN    Screening and Choosing
[04:53] Minister
    Thank you for coming, condemned criminals.
[04:57] Minister
    The man sitting before you
    is the 11th Sei-i Taishogun,
[05:01] Minister
    His Excellency Tokugawa Nariyoshi.
[05:03] Minister
    Normally, you'd never have the opportunity
    to have an audience with him.
[05:07] Criminal Tattoos
    What was that?
[05:08] Criminal G
    You ain't so special!
[05:09] Criminal Ha
    You lookin' down on us, huh?
[05:10] Criminal D
    What's a shogun?
[05:11] Criminal He
    Who do you think you are?
[05:12] Minister
    Is it safe to have so
    many of them gather here?
[05:14] Aoki
    It's what the shogunate wanted.
[05:19] Sagiri
    A burglar who killed 30 people, Tanio Seikichi.
SIGN    Condemned Criminal
    Tanio Seikichi
[05:25] Sagiri
    The serial arsonist, Nikimaru.
[05:28] Sagiri
    The former constable and murderer, Kido Shukan.
[05:32] Sagiri
    They're all heinous criminals
    who've caused chaos.
[05:36] Gabimaru
    Aw, man. I can hardly breathe.
[05:39] Gabimaru
    I wanna see Tokugawa in person.
[05:41] Sagiri
    You cannot.
[05:43] Minister
    Here are your secret orders.
[05:45] Minister
    You will travel to Shinsenkyo and return
    with the immortality-granting Elixir of Life.
[05:51] Minister
    Whomever completes this task
    shall receive an official pardon...
[05:56] Minister
    in the form of this certificate.
[06:02] Sagiri
    The atmosphere changed.
[06:08] Matagoro
    With that, I could go
    on a killing spree again.
[06:11] Sagiri
    Adachi Matagoro...
[06:13] Sagiri
    A fiend who killed only woman
    and children, and only for pleasure.
[06:18] Sagiri
    Could I kill a truly evil person who's
    better off dead without doubt or hesitation?
[06:38] Yuzuriha
    Are you Gabimaru the Hollow?
[06:41] Yuzuriha
    Your hair color and build gave you away.
[06:44] Yuzuriha
    You're pretty famous in our line of work.
[06:48] Yuzuriha
    But...
[06:51] Yuzuriha
    I'm disappointed.
[06:53] Yuzuriha
    You're way smaller, more wretched-looking,
    and even tinier than the rumors say.
[06:58] Yuzuriha
    You've even been apprehended, too.
[07:01] Gabimaru
    Sorry to disappoint you.
[07:03] Sagiri
    I was certainly wary of him at first.
[07:07] Sagiri
    But now he's so listless,
    like he's a different person.
[07:11] Sagiri
    Is this man just like the other criminals?
[07:13] Sagiri
    Or is he even more evil than
    that, as the rumors claim?
[07:23] Minister
    I shall now describe to you
    the island you'll be going to.
[07:27] Minister
    It is like Paradise...
[07:29] Criminal A
    We already heard that!
[07:30] Criminal B
    Whatever!
[07:32] Criminal C
    Is this some kind of fairy tale?
[07:34] Aoki
    Remove your masks, criminals.
[07:41] Matagoro
    I can finally breathe again.
[07:53] Aoki
    He's the only sergeant who returned alive
    from a recent expedition.
[07:58] Aoki
    As you can see, he's no longer human.
[08:06] Aoki
    When he returned,
    he had lumps all over his body.
[08:10] Aoki
    They began blooming the next day.
[08:14] Aoki
    The roughly 60 other members
    of the expedition are still missing.
[08:21] Aoki
    We don't have
    the slightest clue what happened
[08:24] Aoki
    on the island, considering this
    is our only source of information.
[08:28] Criminal He
    No one said the island
    would be so dangerous!
[08:31] Minister
    What's the problem?
[08:33] Minister
    Blossoming into flowers would be
    a mystical blessing.
[08:37] Minister
    It would almost be wasted on you lot.
[08:40] Criminal He
    Screw you!
[08:41] Criminals
    What are you talking about?
[08:42] Criminals
    I'm not going!
[08:43] Criminals
    Don't mock us!
[08:45] Minister
    Enough.
[08:47] Minister
    You're criminals sentenced to death,
[08:49] Minister
    and you're being granted
    an opportunity to travel to Paradise.
[08:53] Minister
    Don't you realize how generous
    His Excellency is being?
[08:57] Nurugai
    Hey!
[09:00] Nurugai
    You don't know anything
    about the island, right?
[09:03] Nurugai
    What if the Elixir's not there?
[09:05] Criminal He
    Yeah!
[09:07] Criminal Chi
    Can we come back empty-handed?
[09:09] Minister
    They've got excuses for everything.
[09:11] Aoki
    If you don't like what we're offering,
    then you can drop out.
[09:14] Aoki
    Participation is voluntary.
[09:16] Criminal Tattoo
    Then I'll pass. Gives me the creeps.
[09:20] Criminal Tattoo
    I'd rather die with my
    boys waiting for me at the—
[09:29] Aoki
    I forgot to mention one thing.
[09:31] Aoki
    When you arrive on the island,
    you'll be assigned monitors.
[09:35] Criminal C
    M-Monitors?
[09:39] Aoki
    You've already been condemned to death.
[09:42] Aoki
    That still applies on the island.
[09:45] Aoki
    In other words...
[09:55] Aoki
    Act out on the island, and you'll
     be beheaded on the spot.
[10:00] Aoki
    The Yamada Asaemon will
    accompany you as your monitors.
[10:04] Aoki
    Don't get any funny ideas.
[10:06] Aoki
    They're from the Yamada clan.
[10:09] Aoki
    Turn against them,
    and you'll end up like him.
[10:12] Aoki
    Naturally, if your monitor dies, whether by
     accident or homicide, you'll be beheaded.
[10:18] Aoki
    If your monitor isn't with you,
    you won't be allowed onto the return boat.
[10:23] Gabimaru
    Really?
[10:24] Sagiri
    Yes.
[10:25] Gabimaru
    I see.
[10:28] Sagiri
    I can't tell if he's brave or just dumb.
[10:32] Nariyoshi
    Hey, you.
[10:38] Aoki
    Yes, Your Excellency.
[10:40] Aoki
    Sorry, but there's one more thing.
[10:43] Aoki
    Before you land on the island,
    you need to reduce your numbers.
[10:48] Criminal C
    What?
[10:49] Aoki
    All of you won't be able to
    land on the island.
[10:53] Aoki
    The ship's capacity and the number
    of Asaemon available are limited,
[10:58] Aoki
    so we'd like you to reduce your numbers.
[11:01] Criminal A
    Reduce?
[11:03] Chobe
    You're a bunch of idiots.
[11:06] Chobe
    In other words...
[11:08] Chobe
    You want us to winnow the chaff here, right?
[11:13] Matagoro
    Wh-What are you...
[11:15] Chobe
    See?
[11:16] Chobe
    They're not saying anything
    after witnessing that.
[11:21] Chobe
    They want us to kill each other.
[11:24] Chobe
    If you don't act quick, you'll be killed.
[11:27] Aoki
    Well, that's one way to interpret it.
[11:29] Aoki
    Anyone who dies here
    would've been useless anyway.
[11:34] Aoki
    Oh, and don't untie your hands.
[11:41] Criminal Wo
    Die!
[12:20] Criminal Ha
    Die!
[12:24] Nariyoshi
    My, my.
[12:26] Nariyoshi
    You don't often see fights
    to the death in this day and age.
[12:32] Nariyoshi
    I've always wanted to see one.
[12:35] Aoki
    Stupid shogun...
[12:37] Aoki
    What point is there in doing this?
[12:40] Aoki
    They can't fight properly
    with their hands tied.
[12:43] Aoki
    It's a brawl. A chaotic free-for-all.
[12:48] Aoki
    In the end, they'll all be useless.
[12:51] Nariyoshi
    So, which ones have red seals?
[12:56] Minister
    You mean the criminals
    with exceptional skills.
[13:00] Minister
    One might even describe them as superpowers.
[13:04] Minister
    They've been stamped
    with red seals in the registry.
[13:07] Minister
    That man is one of them.
[13:09] Minister
    Despite his young age,
    he led a group of bandits.
[13:12] Minister
    He's an extraordinary
    fellow who established
[13:14] Minister
    a bandit village deep
    in the mountains of Iyo.
[13:17] Minister
    Last year, that woman was involved
    in the invasion of Sagiwa Castle.
[13:21] Minister
    She's a kunoichi who neutralized
    every last retainer in the castle.
[13:32] Minister
    He's a master swordsman known as the "Blade
    Dragon" or "Unparalleled in Eight Provinces."
[13:37] Minister
    He's a massive fellow said
    to eat bears head-first.
[13:41] Minister
    They say neither swords
    nor spears were effective against him.
[13:46] Nariyoshi
    It's like a Warring States picture scroll.
[13:49] Minister
    Among them, the most notable is
    the living legend, Gabimaru the Hollow.
[13:55] Minister
    Over there.
[13:57] Minister
    Wait, what? The legend hasn't moved at all.
[14:09] Eizen
    Feeling overwhelmed, Sagiri?
[14:12] Sagiri
    Eizen-dono...
[14:14] Eizen
    It'll be even more brutal on the island.
[14:19] Eizen
    Not just among the criminals.
[14:21] Eizen
    You'll be exposed to harm as well.
[14:24] Eizen
    When that happens, will you be able to kill?
[14:30] Eizen
    Let me take this opportunity to tell you...
[14:35] Eizen
    you're not suited to this job.
[14:42] Eizen
    Why would a woman bother to wield a sword?
[14:45] Eizen
    The daughter of a warrior should
    live quietly in her mansion
[14:50] Eizen
    and stay far away from
    the fate of an executioner.
[14:59] Sagiri
    With all due respect, Eizen-dono,
    I would have if I could.
[15:18] Sagiri
    Testing swords on bodies, beheading criminals,
    making medicines from corpses...
[15:25] Sagiri
    Even if you don't wield a sword,
[15:27] Sagiri
    everyone born into the Yamada clan makes
    their living through people's deaths.
[15:37] (Flashback) Kids
    Wait up!
[15:43] (Flashback) Child A
    Daughter of Neck-Chopper Asa!
[15:45] (Flashback) Child B
    Daughter of Cannibal Asa!
[15:47] (Flashback) Child C
    Murderer!
[15:50] (Flashback) Child B
    Get out here!
[15:52] (Flashback) Child C
    Come on!
[15:59] Sagiri
    You can try to turn a blind eye to it.
[16:19] Sagiri
    But the truth is reflected in the blade.
[16:27] Nikimaru
    Damn.
[16:28] Nikimaru
    We've got no choice.
[16:30] Nikimaru
    We'll have to break through
    the samurai to get out of here.
[16:32] Criminal B
    Boss...
[16:33] Nikimaru
    That samurai is a woman.
[16:36] Nikimaru
    We'll kill her and take her sword.
[16:43] Eizen
    Can you kill him?
[16:50] Sagiri
    I can't escape the executioner's fate.
[16:53] Sagiri
    In that case...
[16:56] Sagiri
    I refuse to quietly accept it.
[17:01] Sagiri
    I'll see for myself what my fate is.
[17:22] Sagiri
    Why?
[17:26] Sagiri
    Why?
[17:31] Gabimaru
    Killing people is never okay, y'know.
[17:39] Gabimaru
    Can't you come up with another way
    to choose who's going?
[17:41] Minister
    When did you...
[17:42] Minister
    Get back!
[17:43] Gabimaru
    We might be murderers, but not all
    of us killed because we wanted to.
[17:47] Aoki
    What are the guards doing?
[17:49] Gabimaru
    I won't let you do this to us.
[17:52] Minister
    How dare you tell His Excellency what to do!
[17:54] Gabimaru
    Oh, come on.
[17:56] Gabimaru
    Not killing people if you don't have to
    is the most natural thing in the world.
[18:01] Aoki
    Watch your tongue, fiend.
[18:04] Aoki
    If you don't want to participate,
    then forfeit your chance at the pardon.
[18:10] Gabimaru
    You're not listening.
[18:13] Aoki
    Hey, you there.
[18:15] Criminal D
    Huh?
[18:16] Aoki
    I'll send you on the expedition
    if you kill this man.
[18:20] Gabimaru
    What?
[18:21] Criminal E
    Seriously?
[18:23] Criminal E
    Stay where you are.
[18:26] Gabimaru
    No, wait.
[18:28] Gabimaru
    You guys don't like this
    pointless killing either, do you?
[18:30] Criminal E
    Doesn't bother me.
[18:32] Criminal E
    If that's what it takes to survive,
    then it suits me just fine.
[18:38] Criminal E
    Don't dodge that.
[18:39] Gabimaru
    Can't we talk about this?
[18:40] Criminal E
    If you're not going to fight,
    then shut up and die.
[18:45] Gabimaru
    Fine, then.
[18:47] Gabimaru
    You leave me no choice.
[18:50] Gabimaru
    Guess I'll kill you.
[18:51] Criminal E
    Huh?
[18:53] Gabimaru
    If you try to kill me, I'll kill you.
[18:58] Criminal E
    I thought you didn't want to kill anyone.
[19:01] Gabimaru
    I don't.
[19:03] Gabimaru
    But I can't afford to die either.
[19:09] Gabimaru
    So I don't have a choice.
[19:11] Criminal E
    What?
[19:13] Criminal E
    What are you talking about?
[19:14] Gabimaru
    Just thinking about what
[19:16] Gabimaru
    I'm going to be burdened
    with weighs heavily on my mind.
[19:21] Gabimaru
    Aw, man. This sucks.
[19:24] Gabimaru
    This really sucks.
[20:19] Minister
    He's a m-monster...
[20:21] Aoki
    This is...
[20:28] Aoki
    the Hollow.
[20:32] Gabimaru
    Just thinking about what
[20:36] Gabimaru
    I'm going to be burdened
    with weighs heavily on my mind.
[20:45] Eizen
    His methods are brutal.
[20:53] Gabimaru
    Would you approve if
     I made it pretty instead?
[20:57] Sagiri
    Is it possible that what I needed wasn't
    the strength not to fear killing...
[21:06] Sagiri
    But the resolve to take on the burden
    of that fear and the lives I took?
[21:19] Eizen
    Sagiri, are you all right?
[21:22] Eizen
    Perhaps this was too great
    a responsibility for you after all.
[21:25] Sagiri
    No.
[21:26] Sagiri
    I will kill him.
[21:32] Aoki
    Stop, criminals.
[21:34] Aoki
    You will be joining the expedition.
[21:38] Aoki
    Aza Chobe the Bandit King.
[21:41] Aoki
    Tamiya Gantetsusai the Sword Dragon.
[21:45] Aoki
    Twisted Keiun, the Hunter of One Hundred.
[21:48] Aoki
    Nurugai of the Sanka.
[21:51] Aoki
    Horubo the Killing Prayer.
[21:54] Aoki
    Runaway shinobi, Gabimaru the Hollow.
[21:58] Aoki
    Akaginu the Cannibal Courtesan.
[22:00] Aoki
    Kunoichi, Yuzuriha of Keishu.
[22:04] Aoki
    Moro Makiya the Apostate.
[22:07] Aoki
    Rokurota the Giant of Bizen.
[22:10] Aoki
    The ten of you will be going.
[22:13] Aoki
    Each of you will be accompanied by
    an Asaemon executioner of the Yamada clan.
[22:26] Aoki
    You will board a ship,
[22:28] Aoki
    travel to the uncharted
    island in the southern sea,
[22:31] Aoki
    and find the immortality-granting
    Elixir of Life.
[22:36] Aoki
    Do this, and you will earn your freedom.
[22:43] Aoki
    Do not worry.
[22:45] Aoki
    You are going to Paradise.
    Heaven. Shinsenkyo!
[22:52] Aoki
    There is no danger.