E13 - Kitsunebi

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[00:05] Yu
    Hurry!
[00:10] Oma
    Wait!
[00:11] Mata
    Omasa...
[00:12] Mata
    Matataro-san...
[00:14] Mata
    Let me go with you.
[00:16] Yu
    Mata!
[00:18] Mata
    Try to understand, Omasa.
[00:20] Mata
    Love affairs are strictly
    forbidden among the Kitsunebi.
[00:24] Mata
    I can't betray my father any further.
[00:41] Oma
    Matataro-san...
[01:01] Oma
    Why...
[01:03] Oma
    Why am I dreaming of ten years ago?
SIGN    Yamada-ya
SIGN    Tamachi, Ichigaya
    Yamada-ya Apothecary
SIGN    Kitsunebi
SIGN    Yamada-ya
SIGN    Kitsunebi
[02:29] Hira
    What an awful thing to do.
[02:32] Hira
    My rage at such men never dies.
SIGN    Kitsunebi
[02:37] Saka
    Two similar incidents in spring,
    in the capital and Osaka,
[02:39] ---
    with the same Kitsunebi mark.
[02:42] Saka
    They've come to Edo, then.
[02:47] Hei
    Omasa...
[02:50] Hei
    You mentioned that the leader
    of the Kitsunebi was dead.
[02:54] Oma
    Yes.
[02:55] Hei
    Does that mean his son,
    the successor, is behind this?
[02:58] Oma
    No.
[03:00] Oma
    It wasn't him.
[03:01] Oma
    This wasn't his successor.
[03:04] Oma
    That man would never do something so awful!
[03:08] Hei
    Omasa...
SIGN    Teahouse Restaurant "Yorozu-ya"
[03:20] Hei
    Omasa, why are you covering for the
    successor to the Kitsunebi's leadership?
[03:24] Oma
    When I served the last Kitsunebi,
    his successor and I...
[03:30] Hei
    I see.
[03:32] Oma
    Don't rape, don't kill,
    don't steal from the poor.
[03:36] Oma
    Their leader firmly upheld
    the three laws of the thief.
[03:39] Oma
    His successor would have carried that on.
[03:42] Oma
    He'd never do anything so monstrous.
[03:46] Hei
    Say, Omasa...
[03:48] Hei
    Even if you did once have a
    relationship with that man,
[03:53] Hei
    I can't overlook the kind of brute that
    would perform such a barbaric act.
[04:00] Hei
    And neither can you. Am I wrong?
[04:03] Oma
    Of course not.
[04:06] Hei
    You were once with the Kitsunebi,
    so I'm relying on you.
[04:09] Hei
    See to it.
[04:11] Oma
    I will.
[04:15] Oma
    Their last leader had two sons.
[04:19] Oma
    The elder, Matataro.
[04:21] Oma
    The younger, Bunkichi.
[04:24] Oma
    One would expect Matataro, the elder,
    to take control of the group.
[04:27] Oma
    But Matataro was the son of a concubine.
[04:30] Oma
    It wouldn't be unusual for Bunkichi,
    the legitimate son, to take over the business.
[04:35] Oma
    Yes... that must be it.
[04:45] Oma
    Matataro-san can't be the successor.
[04:51] Oma
    It can't be him.
[04:55] Oma
    He didn't do such things.
[04:59] Oma
    The day of the break-in?
[05:02] Han
    A female pilgrim collapsed in front
    of the shop where it happened.
[05:06] Han
    She was carried into the shop.
SIGN    Yamada-ya
[05:09] Sign
    She looked about thirty or so.
[05:18] Oma
    That woman had to be Hikikomi no Osen.
[05:22] Oma
    The last leader frequently had her disguise
    as a female pilgrim to case the target.
[05:26] Oma
    There has to be a hideout somewhere.
[05:29] Oma
    But the Kitsunebi only work
    in the western region...
[05:33] Oma
    I don't have anyone to ask.
[05:36] Oma
    No, there is someone...
[05:39] Oma
    Someone in Edo who knows the
    Kitsunebi even better than I.
[05:51] Seto
    Omasa-san...
[05:55] Oma
    It's been some time,
    Setogawa no Genshichi-san.
[05:58] Seto
    How'd you find me?
[06:00] Oma
    I remembered spotting you here once before.
[06:05] Oma
    Is that true?
[06:07] Gen
    Hush! Voice down!
[06:09] Gen
    I've gone straight.
[06:12] Gen
    I have to be careful.
[06:13] Oma
    I'm sorry.
[06:14] Oma
    But is that story true?
[06:16] Gen
    Yes.
[06:17] Gen
    Four years ago, when the leader was dying,
[06:22] Gen
    he gave his last words to all of us.
[06:25] Gen
    "My successor is Matataro."
[06:30] Gen
    I was there. I heard it said.
[06:33] Oma
    No!
[06:34] Oma
    Then the incident in Ichigaya...
[06:36] Gen
    Ichigaya? Did something happen?
[06:39] Oma
    N-No...
[06:41] Oma
    But Matataro-san in the
    west right now, isn't he?
[06:44] Oma
    He must be.
[06:46] Gen
    Matataro-san isn't with you?
[06:49] Oma
    What? Why would you say that?
[06:52] Gen
    Well, not long ago.
[06:58] Gen
    I saw him pass by without noticing me.
[07:02] Gen
    I assumed he was going to see you.
[07:07] Oma
    Matataro-san is in Edo?
[07:09] Gen
    He had a fearsome expression,
    like none I'd seen on him before.
[07:12] Gen
    He was almost a different man.
[07:15] Gen
    But I'm sure it was Mata-san.
[07:19] Kume
    Are you Setogawa no Genshichi-san?
[07:25] Hiko
    Maa-chan!
[07:30] Oma
    What are you doing here?
[07:32] Kume
    A man can clean up his act,
[07:33] Kume
    but he can't erase the dirt he's left behind.
[07:36] Hiko
    We heard that Matataro was in Edo.
[07:39] Hiko
    Is it true?
[07:41] Oma
    You heard that?
[07:43] Kume
    Where is he now?
[07:46] Kume
    We have to let Hasegawa-sama know.
[07:49] Oma
    Wait!
[07:51] Oma
    We don't know yet that he did it.
[07:54] Oma
    Please tell Hasegawa-sama not
    to kill him if he finds him...
[07:58] Kume
    That will be up to Hasegawa-sama.
[08:03] Oma
    But...
[08:04] Hiko
    Maa-chan, you still care
    that deeply for Matataro?
[08:09] Kuma
    Omasa.
[08:10] Kuma
    Time can change people...
[08:15] Kuma
    Into someone completely different.
[08:19] Kuma
    Be careful.
[08:24] Hiko
    No need to worry, Maa-chan.
[08:26] Hiko
    I'll be sure to tell Tetsu-san what you said.
[08:29] Oma
    Thank you, sir.
[08:35] Gen
    Omasa-san...
[08:37] Gen
    Who were those two?
[08:39] Oma
    Old thief friends.
[08:43] Oma
    But Genshichi-san... can I ask you a favor?
[08:48] Oma
    If Matataro-san visits again,
[08:51] Oma
    please tell him this.
[08:54] Gen
    I'll do it, if you like, but...
[08:58] Oma
    Please do.
[08:59] Gen
    Hey!
SIGN    Kawakami-ya Inn
SIGN    Lodging & Bar
SIGN    Saga-ya Inn
SIGN    Lodging
[09:14] Oma
    I see... thank you.
[09:20] Oma
    Where are you, Mata-san?
[09:25] Osen
    I've located Setogawa no Genshichi.
[09:28] Kawa
    He might be in contact with that man.
[09:31] Kawa
    What do we do, successor?
[09:53] Oma
    Are you a messenger from Genshichi-san?
[09:55] Man
    Yes.
[09:56] Man
    Open up.
[09:57] Man
    Genshichi-san is in danger!
[09:59] Oma
    Wait. I'm on my way.
[10:15] Kawa
    She's gone.
[10:16] Bun
    Get her!
[10:32] Kawa
    That hurt.
[10:39] Kawa
    Naughty girl...
[10:52] Kawa
    You stupid bitch!
[11:06] Oma
    Bunkichi-san...
[11:08] Bun
    Where is my brother?
[11:10] Bun
    Where is Matataro?
[11:12] Oma
    I don't know.
[11:14] Oma
    I'm looking for him, too.
[11:16] Bun
    We know he's in Edo.
[11:19] Kawa
    I'll murder that bitch!
[11:23] Bun
    She's important to my brother.
[11:29] Bun
    I'll have my way with her.
[11:44] Oma
    Matataro-san!
[11:52] Mata
    Not good...
[11:54] Hiko
    Fire!
[11:56] Hiko
    There's a fire!
[11:59] Oma
    That voice...
[12:00] Oma
    Hikoju?
[12:02] Man
    What? What's going on?
[12:04] Man
    Where's the fire?
[12:14] Man
    Hey, where's the fire?
[12:16] Man
    Come look, dear!
[12:19] Man
    Maa-chan! Where'd you go? Maa-chan!
SIGN    Shinagawa Isei-ya Inn
[12:26] Mata
    It's been some time, Omasa.
[12:29] Oma
    And you, successor.
[12:31] Mata
    Don't call me that.
[12:32] Mata
    Just Matataro is fine.
[12:33] Mata
    Like the old days.
[12:37] Oma
    Matataro-san...
[12:39] Oma
    What brings you to Edo?
[12:41] Mata
    To stop Bunkichi... the fake Kitsunebi.
[12:44] Oma
    Then the incident in Ichigaya...
[12:48] Mata
    It was Bunkichi's doing.
[12:50] Mata
    He pulled two jobs like that
    in the west beforehand.
[12:53] Mata
    Messy, violent jobs...
[12:56] Mata
    Our leader would weep to know the Kitsunebi
    name was being placed on such barbarism.
[13:02] Oma
    Then you're not...
[13:05] Mata
    In the four years since
    I took over the business,
[13:07] Mata
    I've tolerated no rape, no murder,
    no stealing from the poor.
[13:12] Mata
    I pulled off a big job
    respecting the three rules.
[13:18] Oma
    I see.
[13:19] Mata
    But Bunkichi didn't like it.
[13:25] Mata
    He never liked that a bastard like
    me had inherited the business.
[13:33] Oma
    Matataro-san...
[13:35] Oma
    The head of law enforcement in Edo
    now is a man named Hasegawa Heizo.
[13:41] Mata
    I've heard the rumors. He's like an oni.
[13:44] Oma
    He's a strict man who won't
    tolerate such villainy.
[13:48] Oma
    Let Onihei take care of Bunkichi.
[13:50] Oma
    You should return to the west.
[13:54] Mata
    I appreciate the concern.
[13:58] Mata
    But Omasa... I must deal
    with Bunkichi myself.
[14:06] Oma
    What do you intend to do with him?
[14:08] Mata
    Get him to confess,
[14:10] ---
    bring him back to the capital,
    and beat the true ways of theft into him.
[14:15] Oma
    And if... If he refuses
    to do as you tell him?
[14:20] Mata
    Then...
[14:23] Oma
    Very well. I see I can't stop you.
[14:26] Mata
    You accept this?
[14:28] Oma
    In exchange, let me help you.
[14:30] Mata
    No, I can't let you be
    put into any more danger.
[14:34] Oma
    Matataro-san...
[14:36] Oma
    You don't know Edo well, do you?
[14:37] Mata
    Well...
[14:39] Oma
    And... and...
[14:42] Mata
    Omasa...
[14:44] Oma
    You're tired, aren't you?
[14:46] Oma
    You must rest.
[14:49] Mata
    Omasa, I've missed you for so long.
[14:54] Oma
    But...
[15:06] Bun
    Damn it!
[15:08] Kawa
    No worries, boss.
[15:10] Kawa
    We'll bring those two in.
[15:12] Bun
    Not "boss."
[15:14] Bun
    Successor.
[15:18] Kawa
    You're so sensitive, successor.
[15:20] Bun
    I'm paying you. Do your damned job.
[15:23] Kawa
    Yeah, I'll do anything for money.
SIGN    Gotetsu
SIGN    Shamo Chicken
SIGN    The Next Day: Gotetsu
[15:35] Hei
    Omasa's missing?
[15:37] Kume
    Yesterday, the old man and I
    got worried and stopped by.
[15:41] Kume
    And then we saw those ruffians attack her.
[15:44] Kume
    We pursued, but...
[15:45] Hiko
    Then a traveler appeared and saved her.
[15:48] Hei
    Matataro?
[15:50] Kume
    She's probably still with him.
[15:53] Hiko
    I'm sure Omasa has a plan of her own in mind.
[15:56] Hiko
    It's true. It has to be!
[16:00] Hei
    We need to find them both
    before the ruffians do.
[16:04] Hei
    Will you help me?
[16:05] Both
    Yes.
[16:19] Old
    Yeah, I saw Omasa this mornin'.
[16:22] Old
    She was leavin' the inn with a man.
[16:26] Old
    They got acquainted, if ya know what I mean.
[16:30] Kume
    Do you know where they went?
[16:32] Old
    'Fraid not.
[16:33] Old
    But they didn't have any bags,
[16:36] ---
    so I'm sure they'll come
    back to the inn tonight.
[16:39] Old
    What exactly's going on anyway?
[16:42] Old
    There was a woman looking
    for Omasa not long ago, too.
[16:46] Old
    Not a familiar face for the area, either.
[16:48] Kume
    Did you tell her the location of her inn?
[16:51] Old
    Y-Yeah. She said they used to
    work together, so I just...
SIGN    The Vicinity of Isei-ya
[17:01] Kume
    It should be around here.
[17:37] Mata
    You wait here.
[17:39] Oma
    I'm coming.
[17:46] Osen
    No question. The Isei-ya Inn in Shinagawa.
[17:49] Osen
    We'll strike at night.
[17:50] Osen
    Let's do it!
[17:51] Osen
    I'll kill her!
[17:53] Bun
    Hang on.
[17:55] Bun
    Now that Osen knows, I doubt
    they return to that inn.
[18:00] Bun
    Osen...
[18:02] Bun
    You're sure you lost them?
[18:07] Osen
    Of course I did!
[18:11] Bun
    Everyone. We're done for the night.
[18:13] Bun
    Don't dig your own grave by
    doing anything unnecessary.
[18:16] Man
    This stinks.
[18:19] Man
    What a load.
[18:29] Mata
    Bunkichi...
[18:30] Mata
    I won't hold it against you.
[18:32] Mata
    Return to the capital with me.
[18:34] Mata
    I'll remind you how to be a real thief.
[18:36] Bun
    Nonsense.
[18:40] Bun
    Real thief? Nonsense.
[18:42] Bun
    Two or three years prepping the mark,
     drawing up plan after plan...
[18:48] Bun
    It's those roundabout methods that
    keep us from making any decent money.
[18:53] Mata
    That's the preparation required
    to go without killing anyone.
[18:56] Mata
    That's the art of the thief.
[18:59] Bun
    No rape, no murder,
    no stealing from the poor.
[19:04] Bun
    It's all so old-fashioned.
[19:07] Mata
    It's not a matter of old or new.
[19:10] Mata
    It's about how you want to live.
[19:12] Mata
    What kind of man you want to be.
[19:15] Mata
    That's all.
[19:17] Bun
    Don't look at me like that.
[19:21] Bun
    Someone with the blessings you had
    couldn't understand how I feel.
[19:27] Mata
    What?
[19:28] Bun
    It's always been that way.
[19:31] Bun
    Everything I wanted was yours from the start.
[19:36] Bun
    The looks, the skill, the popularity, and...
[19:41] Bun
    The woman.
[19:46] Bun
    I sucked it all up.
[19:48] Bun
    I said, "That's destiny. What's to be done?"
[19:51] Bun
    But when you even took the
    successor's name, I realized...
[19:56] Bun
    At this rate, I'll be a lifelong loser.
[19:59] Mata
    Bunkichi...
[20:06] Bun
    So I'm not sucking it up any longer.
[20:10] Bun
    Leave the "successor" name here.
[20:17] Kume
    Not good...
SIGN    Arson & Theft
[20:30] Hei
    Hasegawa Heizo of the
    Arson & Theft Department!
[20:35] Bun
    Onihei, eh?
[20:38] Kawa
    Rumors are just rumors.
[20:41] Kawa
    We'll see just how—
[21:14] Bun
    I get it, Bro.
[21:16] Bun
    I'll return to the capital.
[21:40] Bun
    As usual... I just can't win.
[21:46] Mata
    Bunkichi...
[21:48] Bun
    Farewell... successor.
[22:00] Oma
    Matataro-san...
[22:08] Hei
    Is that the successor to Kitsunebi Yugaro?
[22:12] Oma
    No.
[22:14] Oma
    He's known as Imazuya,
    a merchant from the west.
[22:18] Mata
    Omasa...
[22:20] Oma
    That man there, Bunkichi,
[22:22] ---
    killed the real successor, took his name,
     and committed those murders.
[22:26] Oma
    He just wanted to help bring him to justice.
[22:30] Oma
    That's all.
[22:36] Hei
    Then the real successor is dead?
[22:39] Mata
    Yes.
[22:43] Hei
    Imazuya, was it?
[22:45] Mata
    Yes.
[22:46] Hei
    Thank you for your help today.
[22:50] Hei
    Never return to Edo.
[22:55] Mata
    Thank you, sir.
[23:09] Oma
    You called?
[23:10] Hei
    Yes.
[23:12] Hei
    Imazuya Matataro is dead.
[23:16] Hei
    He caught a disease in the
    capital and died quickly.
[23:20] Hei
    At the time of his passing,
    he left a message for you.
[23:24] Hei
    "Tell Omasa to be well."
[23:43] ---
    
[23:48] ---