# E3 - Hunters
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**[00:07] Sumie**
Hang in there. Be strong.
**[00:10] Yukino**
Sumie-chan...
**[00:21] Sumie**
Everyone is dying of
the slightest of wounds.
**[00:25] Yukino**
They are too worn down. We are
lacking in everything: food, medicine...
**[00:36] Sumie**
Yukino-san, I'm going to
leave the castle to get food.
**[00:40] Yukino**
A girl by herself? Don't talk nonsense.
There are enemies everywhere.
**[00:45] Sumie**
But...
**[00:47] Sumie**
Someone has to.
**[00:50] Yukino**
All right.
**[00:52] Yukino**
We'll find someone who knows
how to use firearms.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** Hunters
**[01:13] Osada**
Hey, mister.
**[01:16] Osada**
Wanna have some fun?
**[01:18] Kawaguchi**
What a coincidence.
**[01:20] Kawaguchi**
I was looking for someone
to have some fun with.
**[02:58] Kamejirou**
No luck today, either, huh?
**[03:00] Shizuma**
It's fine. I'll just ask every
geisha in town until we find her.
**[03:05] Shizuma**
Sumie and I are the only
ones who can fold these.
**[03:10] Shizuma**
Take this rabbit as a protective charm.
It will help you outrun arrows and bullets.
**[03:17] Shizuma**
What's so funny?
**[03:19] Shizuma**
I folded one, too.
**[03:24] Shizuma**
We both had the same idea, huh?
**[03:30] Kamejirou**
Anyway, I should be getting back to work.
**[03:33] Shizuma**
All right. Thanks for helping me out.
**[03:39] Comedian**
Led by Etou Shinpei, 3,000 disaffected men
of the warrior class took up arms in Saga.
**[03:46] Comedian**
They appeared to have the upper hand
at first, but that was short-lived.
**[03:52] Comedian**
Ohkubo himself went to Saga
and foiled their dastardly plans.
**[03:56] Comedian**
Etou Shinpei, realizing he was defeated,
skedaddled right on out of there.
**[04:03] Comedian**
Rumors abound that someone *else*
masterminded the rebellion.
**[04:07] Comedian**
Was it an oni? A tengu?
An evil spirit? Just who was it?
**[04:12] Comedian**
And that's time for me. Thank you.
**[04:16] Koume**
They say storytellers always act as
if they witnessed events firsthand.
**[04:20] Hinazuru**
They also say reality is often
every bit as strange as fiction.
**[04:36] Shizuma**
Whoopsies.
**[04:37] Shizuma**
Are you all right, young lady?
**[04:50] Shizuma**
Here.
**[04:51] Child**
Thank you!
**[04:55] Shizuma**
What's that?
**[04:57] Otetsu**
Tell me where Osada is!
**[05:01] Osanai**
Stop that, old woman!
**[05:03] Shizuma**
Osanai-san, what's going on?
**[05:05] Otetsu**
What do all you patrolmen want?
**[05:07] Otetsu**
Stay out of this!
**[05:10] Shizuma**
Sheesh. What did the second-hand
clothes seller do to you?
**[05:13] Otetsu**
I lent a woman money and this
bastard knows where she is.
**[05:16] Otetsu**
I'm demanding he tells me.
**[05:19] Rokuzo**
I swear I don't know!
**[05:21] Otetsu**
Don't lie to me!
**[05:22] Otetsu**
This is Osada's obi.
**[05:24] Otetsu**
Where did you find it?!
**[05:26] Osanai**
Calm down, old woman!
**[05:28] Otetsu**
I want repaying before Osada
spends it all! Tell me where she is!
**[05:33] Osanai**
Okay, okay! Just calm down!
**[05:35] Osanai**
What is it, Origasa?
**[05:40] Rokuzo**
You washed the blood off?
**[05:46] Shizuma**
I'm also curious to hear more.
**[05:59] Shizuma**
If the owners of these are dead, that's more
victims than you can count on one hand.
**[06:03] Osanai**
Foul murderer! You're under arrest!
**[06:06] Rokuzo**
It wasn't me! It was the
hunting club that killed them all!
**[06:19] Shizuma**
He's still alive. Hospital, quick!
**[06:21] Osanani**
Right!
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Metropolitan
Police Dept.
**[06:23] Tanba**
Chief Inspector Tanba reporting.
**[06:25] Kawaji**
Who is this man with you?
**[06:27] Tanba**
A pickpocket called Senpachi, who escaped
from the police station in Asakusa
**[06:32] Tanba**
in the chaos of the conflict.
**[06:33] Kawaji**
Why did you bring him here?
**[06:35] Tanba**
There is something you should hear,
Chief Superintendent.
**[06:39] Tanba**
Tell him what you told me.
**[06:41] Senpachi**
Gonna let me off the hook if I do?
**[06:44] Tanba**
Just hurry up and tell him!
**[06:47] Senpachi**
I know the identity of the man who
chopped off the arms of those Chindai.
**[06:54] Kawaji**
You mean the yakuza known
as Shuragami Kyoushirou?
**[06:58] Kawaji**
What of him?
**[06:59] Senpachi**
He is Ikegami Souichirou. He was
high up in the former Shounai-han Clan.
**[07:04] Kawaji**
Who?
**[07:05] Senpachi**
You don't know the name?
**[07:07] Senpachi**
Never heard the rumors about
what the scheming Ikegami Souichirou
**[07:11] Senpachi**
and the Shounai-han Clan tried to do to
help the rebel army win the Boshin War?
**[07:20] Dario**
It looks like we've earned
Moriya's trust after the mess we made.
**[07:26] Kyoushirou**
They say they want me as
a bodyguard for the clan.
**[07:30] Dario**
Still, I can't help wondering
why the police just let you go.
**[07:34] Dario**
We've caused a ton of trouble.
**[07:36] Kyoushirou**
It seems they're pretending
the revolt never happened.
**[07:40] Kyoushirou**
It would be a national disgrace, after all.
**[07:43] Attendant**
Bullseye!
**[07:46] Kyoushirou**
I'd say it's time to fire the second arrow.
**[07:49] Dario**
Finally!
**[07:51] Dario**
I'm sure Guen will be ecstatic, too.
***SIGN*** Rice Dealer
Fujishima
**[07:54] Dario**
Old Genjou's been waiting so long for it,
he's almost a shriveled corpse.
**[07:58] Dario**
We can finally let loose.
**[08:06] Parks**
Where did Etou Shinpei
end up after fleeing Saga?
**[08:10] Senri**
He's likely in Satsuma or Tosa, trying to
start another revolt of former samurai.
**[08:16] Parks**
Will there be another one?
**[08:18] Senri**
It's hard to imagine anyone would listen
to him after he left his own for dead.
**[08:25] Parks**
True.
**[08:27] Parks**
Continue your information gathering.
**[08:31] Senri**
Leave it to me.
**[08:35] Shizuma**
There's no way one person could
have killed this many people.
**[08:40] Midorikawa**
So it was a group, then.
An organized operation.
**[08:44] Osanai**
Thinking about it, that second-hand clothes
seller, Rokuzou, mentioned something...
**[08:48] Shizuma**
About a "hunting club"
or something, wasn't it?
**[08:50] Attendant**
A hunting club?
**[08:54] Shizuma**
Does it ring a bell?
**[08:56] Tanba**
A few years ago, a man was arrested
for abducting and killing people.
**[09:01] Tanba**
He mentioned a "hunting club," too.
**[09:04] Osanai**
What happened to his henchmen?
**[09:06] Tanba**
They committed suicide in prison.
**[09:08] Tanba**
There was a suspicion that
it was organized crime,
**[09:11] Tanba**
but the investigation was closed before
they could even look for accomplices.
**[09:15] Shizuma**
So sloppy.
**[09:16] Tanba**
The Metropolitan PD
didn't exist at the time.
**[09:19] Tanba**
We're lucky we have any
documentation at all.
**[09:22] Tanba**
We'll have to wait until Rokuzou
wakes up to find out the truth.
**[09:26] Shizuma**
We don't have time for that.
**[09:29] Shizuma**
If this was organized,
his accomplices are still out there.
**[09:32] Shizuma**
Let's check out who had
dealings with the old man.
**[09:35] Osanai**
Right.
**[09:36] Osanai**
According to neighbors, Rokuzou frequented
a large shop in Ginza called Kuraya.
**[09:43] Shizuma**
This shop looks quite fancy.
**[09:46] Osanai**
The owner, Kuraya Zenbei,
is a former samurai from Choushuu.
**[09:51] Osanai**
He's got friends high up in the government.
**[09:55] Osanai**
Apparently, he's been using those
connections to expand his business here.
**[09:59] Kawaguchi**
What may I do for you?
**[10:02] Osanai**
We'd like to ask you about a man named
Rokuzou, who comes here regularly.
**[10:07] Kawaguchi**
Rokuzou?
**[10:08] Kawaguchi**
Ah, the man who collects our waste.
**[10:12] Kawaguchi**
What about him?
**[10:14] Shizuma**
Is there anyone here who knows him well?
**[10:16] Kuraya**
Since when has my shop become
a gathering place for the police?
**[10:20] Kawaguchi**
Welcome back, Kuraya-sama.
**[10:23] Osanai**
May we ask for your cooperation
in our investigation?
**[10:26] Kuraya**
Don't speak in my shop without my
permission. Don't even breathe.
**[10:30] Kuraya**
You'll stink the place up with your breath.
**[10:33] Shizuma**
What was that?
**[10:35] Kuraya**
Get lost before I file a complaint
with the Metropolitan PD.
**[10:38] Osanai**
E-Excuse us!
**[10:43] Kawaguchi**
It seems Rokuzou has been captured.
**[10:46] Kuraya**
Dispose of him before it becomes a problem.
**[10:53] Hinazuru**
What is it, sir?
**[10:55] Hooded man**
We have an opportunity to get rid of
a crook and a lowlife with one blow.
**[10:58] Hinazuru**
Who?
**[10:59] Hooded man**
The crook is Kido Takayoshi, one of the
Three Great Nobles of the Restoration.
**[11:03] Hinazuru**
And the lowlife?
**[11:05] Hooded man**
Kuraya Zenbei, a government merchant...
**[11:08] Hooded man**
who formerly went by the
name of Kuramoto Masaomi.
**[11:19] Hinazuru**
Hiramatsu-sama...
**[11:22] Hooded man**
You're welcome to take your revenge.
**[11:35] Koume**
You look scary, Hinazuru-neesan.
**[11:38] Hinazuru**
Koume-chan.
**[11:40] Koume**
Are you going to kill someone again?
**[11:43] Hinazuru**
One can be *too* observant sometimes.
**[11:46] Koume**
I'll go with you.
**[11:49] Hinazuru**
I keep telling you, there is no reason for
you to get involved in my quest for revenge.
**[11:54] Koume**
I would have died long ago
if you hadn't taken me in.
**[11:59] Koume**
I'll always be with you.
***SIGN*** Councilor
Kido Takayoshi
**[12:17] Kuraya**
Needs more salt.
**[12:30] Kido**
So what was it you wanted?
**[12:33] Kuraya**
I want you to call off
a police investigation.
**[12:35] Kuraya**
You're in charge while Ohkubo is away,
so I imagine it won't be too much trouble.
**[12:39] Kido**
Don't be ridiculous. I may be a councilman,
but I can't bend the law to my will.
**[12:43] Kido**
What is it you want to stop, exactly?
**[12:45] Kuraya**
The investigation into the hunting club.
**[12:48] Kido**
I saw that in the Metropolitan PD report...
Something about unhinged serial killers?
**[12:54] Kuraya**
"Unhinged killers"? How rude.
We prefer to be called "hunters."
**[12:58] Kido**
Are you telling me...
**[13:03] Kuraya**
I can't shake the habits
I picked up during the war.
**[13:06] Kido**
Do you really think you'll get away
with that in this new Meiji Era world?!
**[13:11] Kido**
What's this?
**[13:17] Kido**
A lot of familiar names.
**[13:19] Kido**
Are they all from Choushuu?
**[13:21] Kuraya**
That's the hunting club's roster.
**[13:24] Kuraya**
It's an exhaustive list of when
they killed, and how many.
**[13:27] Kido**
What?!
**[13:29] Kuraya**
When I get arrested,
I won't be going down alone.
**[13:32] Kuraya**
I'll be taking my old friends in their
high government positions with me.
**[13:38] Kido**
Is that a threat?
**[13:39] Kuraya**
It's a request!
**[13:41] Kuraya**
We fought together in the last days
of the Edo period, my friend.
**[13:46] Kido**
All right.
**[13:52] Kuraya**
Then, let us toast.
**[13:57] Hinazuru**
Allow me.
**[14:15] Hinazuru**
Here you are, sir.
**[14:31] A**
Councilman Kido!
**[14:32] Kido**
What is it?
**[14:34] A**
We've received word that Etou Shinpei
was arrested while making his escape!
**[14:38] Kido**
Is this true?
**[14:49] Koume**
Wait, sister!
**[14:55] Koume**
Sister!
***SIGN*** Etou Shinpei
arrested in
Kannoura, Tosa
***SIGN*** Report
March 1, 1874
***SIGN*** Plans to import cutting-edge weaponry
from overseas at the end of the Edo Era.
Prepare large amounts of gold.
**[15:41] Osanai**
So you're awake, huh?
**[15:43] Osanai**
Who's the leader of the hunting club?!
**[15:46] Osanai**
Give me the names of those in charge!
**[15:48] Rokuzo**
Ow! Ow!
**[15:49] Rokuzo**
I'll talk! I'll talk!
**[15:53] Rokuzo**
The leader is Kuraya Zenbei.
**[15:57] Rokuzo**
Kuraya has his men abduct people,
and the club enjoys murdering them.
**[16:04] Osanai**
I want to know more!
**[16:05] Doctor**
Stop that! He's a patient!
**[16:09] Osanai**
Sorry about that.
**[16:16] Shizuma**
What's wrong?
**[16:17] Osanai**
It's just... That doctor looked familiar.
**[16:20] Rokuzo**
Thanks for saving me, doctor.
**[16:40] Osanai**
Get him!
**[16:42] Osanai**
Midorikawa!
**[16:45] Kawaguchi**
I have silenced Rokuzou.
**[16:47] Kuraya**
We are going on a hunt.
Round up some prey for us.
**[16:50] Kawaguchi**
Should we not lay low for the time being?
**[16:53] Kuraya**
I've put pressure on the
Metropolitan PD through Kido.
**[16:56] Kuraya**
There is no need for us to hold back.
**[16:58] Kuraya**
Let's go.
**[16:59] Kawaguchi**
Yes, sir.
**[17:11] Kuraya**
Who are you?!
**[17:14] Kawaguchi**
Kuraya-sama, are you hurt?
**[17:17] Kuraya**
Perfect.
**[17:19] Kuraya**
Put the woman in the carriage.
**[17:23] Tanba**
About Officer Midorikawa's wounds...
**[17:25] Tanba**
Fortunately, after making it to the
hospital, he was able to hang on.
**[17:29] Osanai**
It was the man from
Kuraya's shop who shot him!
**[17:32] Osanai**
We should go arrest him and Kuraya Zenbei!
**[17:34] Tanba**
That won't happen. The Chief Superintendent
has ordered us to close the investigation.
**[17:38] Osanai**
Impossible!
**[17:40] Shizuma**
But why? They got one of our own!
**[17:43] Tanba**
I feel the same way you do,
but orders are orders.
**[17:50] Shizuma**
This is unacceptable!
**[17:52] Officer**
Hold him!
**[17:54] Shizuma**
Stop!
**[17:54] Shizuma**
Why's our investigation being shut down?!
**[17:56] Shizuma**
Are we going to let that murdering
lowlife Kuraya get away with this?!
**[18:00] Kido**
Kawaji-kun, your subordinates
are ill-disciplined.
**[18:04] Kawaji**
I apologize.
**[18:05] Kido**
You appear discontent with the
handling of the Kuraya Zenbei case.
**[18:09] Kido**
But this isn't a matter that one
individual officer can have a say in.
**[18:14] Kido**
Stand down.
**[18:15] Shizuma**
I protest!
**[18:16] Shizuma**
I don't care what your reason is.
**[18:18] Shizuma**
What's wrong is wrong!
**[18:20] Kido**
How dare you!
**[18:22] Kawaji**
Take him away!
**[18:26] Shizuma**
You bearded raccoon!
**[18:28] Shizuma**
I'm not done talking to you!
**[18:29] Osanai**
Give it a rest!
**[18:31] Osanai**
Not even Chief Superintendent Kawaji
can go against Councilor Kido.
**[18:34] Osanai**
If only Councilor Ohkubo were here,
he would have stopped this injustice...
**[18:39] Shizuma**
I'm going to Kuraya's mansion,
even if I have to go alone.
**[18:43] Makino**
He's not at his mansion. He's gone into hiding.
**[18:47] Shizuma**
You...
**[18:48] Shizuma**
You were Osanai-san's partner.
**[18:50] Makino**
Second-rank patrolman, Makino. The incident
with Mr. Iwakura was the last time we met.
**[18:54] Shizuma**
Do you know where Kuraya is?
**[18:56] Makino**
Yes. We're investigating him
on suspicion of corruption.
**[19:01] Makino**
Kuraya's holiday home.
This is where we suspect he is.
**[19:04] Osanai**
Thank you. We owe you one.
**[19:06] Makino**
You'll repay me someday.
**[19:08] Osanai**
The two of us will catch
that villain together!
**[19:11] Shizuma**
Right.
**[19:13] Moriya**
Fool!
**[19:16] Moriya**
What kind of yakuza gets screwed out of
money he lent?! You call yourselves lenders?!
**[19:21] Togura**
But boss, he's a foreigner.
It won't be that easy.
**[19:28] Kyoushirou**
Would you allow me to
take care of this situation?
**[19:31] Gotou**
Kindly keep your nose out of this.
**[19:34] Moriya**
All right.
**[19:35] Moriya**
Go get the money, and I'll make
you more than a bodyguard.
**[19:40] Moriya**
I'll pour your sake.
**[19:53] Kyoushirou**
Sorry to spoil the fun.
**[19:56] Kyoushirou**
Archibald King.
**[19:57] Kyoushirou**
It's time to repay what you owe
to the Moriya Clan. With interest.
**[20:03] A**
Who's this fool?
**[20:05] King**
He says he's here to collect his money.
**[20:07] King**
Sorry, I don't have any on me right now.
**[20:11] Kyoushirou**
Then, shall I get your wealthy fiancée
back home to pay in your stead?
**[20:16] King**
So you've read up on me, huh?
**[20:18] Kyoushirou**
I wonder what your fiancée would think
about you taking a courtesan as a mistress.
**[20:29] Kyoushirou**
Do you feel like paying now?
**[20:32] King**
You son of a bitch!
**[20:34] King**
Have some bullets instead!
**[20:40] Kyoushirou**
Pay back the money.
**[20:45] Kyoushirou**
Pay back... the money.
**[20:56] Kyoushirou**
Pay back... the money.
**[21:01] King**
I'll pay! I'll pay up!
**[21:04] King**
Just spare me! Spare me!
**[21:07] King**
I'll pay you! I'll pay you, dammit!
**[21:17] Kyoushirou**
Sake, please.
**[21:25] Kuraya**
Only one victim tonight.
**[21:27] Kuraya**
Let's take our time with her.
**[21:31] Kuraya**
For old times' sake.
**[21:44] Kuraya**
Drunk on blood, drunk on sake.
A feast on the battlefield is exquisite.
**[21:49] A**
Women! There are women here!
**[22:00] Sumie**
Yukino-san!
**[22:01] Yukino**
Go!
**[22:07] Kuramoto**
Looks like we have a lively one.
**[22:28] Sumie**
How could you!
**[22:30] Kuramoto**
What woman thinks she can point
a gun at Kuramoto Masaomi?
**[22:34] Sumie**
For Yukino-san!
**[22:37] Kuramoto**
You missed.
**[22:57] Hunter**
Run for your life if you don't want to die.
**[23:08] Osanai**
Did you hear that?!
**[23:09] Shizuma**
Gunfire. From the forest.
**[23:13] Hunter**
Is that it?
**[23:15] Hunter**
That was no fun.
**[23:16] Hunter**
I wish it could go on longer,
but this is the end.
**[23:20] Shizuma**
Found them!
**[23:24] Hunter**
What a fortunate development!
We have more prey!
**[23:28] Shizuma**
Get back. It's dangerous here.
**[23:30] Koume**
O-Okay!
**[23:34] Osanai**
Shit! Shit! Shit!
**[23:40] Osanai**
Thanks. You saved me.
**[23:44] Shizuma**
Here.
**[23:45] Osanai**
Right!
**[23:47] Shizuma**
Now, come!
**[23:56] Osanai**
Can you still fight?
**[23:58] Shizuma**
We're just getting started.
**[24:01] Shizuma**
Take off your masks, you cowards!
**[24:04] Shizuma**
Or are you too ashamed of
your deeds to show yourselves?
**[24:08] Kuraya**
Your bark is quite loud for someone
who's struggling just to stand.
**[24:13] Shizuma**
Kuraya.
**[24:15] Shizuma**
Why are you doing this?
**[24:16] Kuraya**
Why else? Because it's fun!
**[24:21] Kuraya**
In the war, we learned the
joys of kidnapping and killing.
**[24:24] Kuraya**
I simply can't forget that ecstasy!
**[24:27] Kuraya**
Die!
**[24:29] Osanai**
Look out!
**[24:30] Osanai**
Now, Origasa!
**[24:46] Osanai**
Looks like this is it.
**[24:49] Shizuma**
We need to at least give
the girl a chance to escape.
**[24:56] Tanba**
Drop your weapons and surrender!
**[24:59] Shizuma**
Chief Inspector Tanba!
**[25:00] Osanai**
Wasn't the investigation called off?
**[25:02] Tanba**
Chief Superintendent Kawaji
contacted Councilor Ohkubo
**[25:06] Tanba**
and got permission to
resume the investigation.
**[25:09] Shizuma**
Not bad, bearded raccoon.
**[25:25] Koume**
This rabbit...
**[25:26] Shizuma**
What about it?
**[25:28] Koume**
It looks like the ones I used to make.
**[25:31] Shizuma**
Really? You can fold those?
**[25:35] Kuraya**
It's not over yet!
**[25:37] Kuraya**
There are plenty more
of us in the government.
**[25:40] Kuraya**
I'll be out in no time—
**[25:42] Shizuma**
What?!
**[25:44] Officer**
Look out!
**[25:44] Officer**
Which direction?!
**[25:57] Hinazuru**
I'm not missing a second time.
**[26:28] Kido**
I'll be resigning to take
responsibility for this incident.
**[26:32] Kido**
I'm counting on you to
take care of the rest.
**[26:34] Ohkubo**
We'll take care of the
hunting club in secret.
**[26:38] Ohkubo**
The government mustn't
lose the trust of the people.
**[26:41] Kido**
I hear there's one more on the loose.
**[26:45] Ohkubo**
Not to worry.
**[26:47] Ohkubo**
I've taken care of that problem.
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**[27:00] Fujita**
You forgot something.
**[27:04] Fujita**
It's your turn to be the prey.
**[27:15] Kawaguchi**
Fujita. How did it go?
**[27:19] Fujita**
Perfectly.
**[27:22] Fujita**
The name list.
**[27:23] Kawaguchi**
Well done. I expect you to be
just as useful going forward.
**[27:30] Fujita**
Whatever you need.