E2 - Honjo, the Cherry Blossom Mansion

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[00:17] Man
    Is something the matter?
[00:23] Man
    Does it hurt?
[00:26] Man
    That's no good...
[00:29] Man
    Let me rub it better.
[00:32] Kaku
    Hey.
[00:35] Kaku
    What are you doing to my wife?
[00:39] Man
    I... I was just—
[00:45] Kaku
    Take the money as recompense.
[00:50] Man
    Please, no!
[00:52] Man
    I can't lose it!
[00:55] Kaku
    You leave me no choice.
SIGN    Honjo, the Cherry Blossom Mansion
[02:18] Ku
    Here.
[02:20] Ku
    I fear Tatsuzo is associating
    with the wrong crowd at night.
[02:27] Hei
    It's important for a boy
    to sow a few wild oats.
[02:30] Ku
    That again?
[02:32] Ku
    I feel like he's slipping through
    my fingers, little by little.
[02:37] Ku
    I don't even know if he's
    still working on his fencing.
[02:41] Hei
    I'm a bit concerned about that as well,
[02:43] Hei
    but I'm sure that sooner or later,
[02:45] ---
    something will happen to make it fun for him.
[02:48] Hei
    For me, it was a friend.
SIGN    Takasugi Ginpei Dojo
[02:55] (Flashback) Hei
    My name is Hasegawa Tetsusaburo!
[02:58] (Flashback) Hei
    I'm joining this dojo today.
[03:05] (Flashback) Kishi
    Kishii Samanosuke.
[03:07] (Flashback) Kishi
    A pleasure.
[03:09] Hei
    I had so much fun dueling him that
    I threw myself into my training,
[03:11] Hei
    and before I knew it,
    I'd learned what I had to.
[03:16] Ku
    I do hope Tatsuzo might
    find a fine friend like that.
[03:23] Hei
    Ojun...
[03:25] Hei
    Your mother's in a low mood.
[03:31] Hei
    Well, well!
[03:34] Hei
    That's our Ojun!
[03:40] Hei
    It's certainly coming down.
[03:42] Chu
    It may pile up.
[03:47] Hei
    So? What's the complaint?
[03:50] Chu
    Shady figures have been
    coming and going lately
[03:52] Chu
    from the Honjo mansion of a gokenin
    called Hattori Kakunosuke.
[03:55] Chu
    They frequently cause trouble in
    the nearby businesses, as well.
[04:00] Chu
    They were hoping you might
    do something about it.
[04:03] Hei
    Lots of dirty gokenin in that neighborhood.
[04:05] Hei
    They could be plotting something.
[04:08] Chu
    Indeed.
[04:10] Hei
    Very well.
[04:11] Hei
    I'll investigate.
[04:12] Hei
    I'm quite familiar with the Honjo area.
[04:26] Hei
    I left this place...
[04:28] ---
    seventeen years ago, now.
[04:37] Hei
    It seems peaceful enough during the day.
SIGN    Takasugi Ginpei Dojo
[05:46] (Flashback) Jub
    Tetsusaburo!
[05:47] (Flashback) Jub
    Step in with more force!
[05:49] (Flashback) Jub
    You can't beat him like that!
[05:50] (Flashback) Hei
    Sir!
[05:52] (Flashback) Taka
    Samanosuke! Don't hold back!
[05:55] (Flashback) Taka
    Strike!
[05:56] (Flashback) Sa
    Sir!
[06:17] (Flashback) Hei
    Ofusa-san!
[06:20] (Flashback) Ofusa
    My grandfather asked me to
    bring this to the students.
[06:26] (Flashback) All
    Thank you very much!
[06:33] (Flashback) Hei
    So good!
[06:59] Hei
    Twenty years since those days...
[07:12] Sa
    That's the Honjo no Tetsu I know.
[07:15] Sa
    You're as sharp as ever.
[07:17] Hei
    Sama?
[07:19] Hei
    Samanosuke?!
[07:20] Sa
    Yes!
[07:22] Hei
    How long have you been watching?
[07:24] Sama
    I was behind the dojo and saw you come in.
[07:27] Hei
    What a surprise.
[07:33] Hei
    Do you come here often?
[07:34] Sama
    From time to time.
[07:36] Sama
    I'm living nearby, at the
    Shunkei-ji Temple in Oshiage.
[07:40] Sama
    We really loved to watch those
    mountain cherries, didn't we?
[07:45] Hei
    Y-Y-Yes...
[07:47] Sa
    That cherry tree mansion
    belongs to someone else now.
[08:07] (Flashback) Ofusa
    I truly do love this cherry tree.
[08:12] (Flashback) Sama
    O-Ofusa-san... I...
[08:18] (Flashback) Ofusa
    You do, too?
[08:19] (Flashback) Sama
    Y-Yes...
[08:31] Hei
    I wanted to visit Takasugi-sensei's
    grave in Shimousa,
[08:35] Hei
    but I'm also here on work.
[08:37] Sama
    Seems like it.
[08:39] Sama
    My, my. Our Honjo no Tetsu
    certainly has changed.
[08:42] Hei
    I visited out of a sense of nostalgia,
[08:46] Hei
    but I didn't expect to run into you.
[08:50] Hei
    Sama, do you remember the promise we swore?
[08:54] Sama
    You bet I do.
[09:01] (Flashback) Hei
    Sama!
[09:03] (Flashback) Sama
    T-Tetsu-san?
[09:05] (Flashback) Hei
    What were you talking to Ofusa-san about?
[09:07] (Flashback) Sama
    Th-The cherry trees!
[09:09] (Flashback) Hei
    Don't you go touching Ofusa-san!
[09:11] (Flashback) Sama
    You either!
[09:13] (Flashback) Hei
    If you touch her, I'll kill you.
[09:15] (Flashback) Sama
    Same to you.
[09:17] Sama
    In the end, she married
    the owner of the Omi-ya,
[09:20] ---
    and we were reduced to
    gazing at her from afar.
SIGN    Omi-ya
[09:47] Hei
    She was so beautiful.
[09:50] Sama
    Yes, very beautiful.
[09:54] Hei
    Time moves too fast.
[09:58] Sama
    But I'm still homeless,
    single, childless, and broke.
[10:03] Sama
    I've even lost my dream of
    finding a cause to fight for.
[10:36] San
    I'll be back again!
[10:38] San
    Boy, it's cold.
[10:42] Hei
    Isn't that...
[10:44] Hei
    What's going on today?
[10:48] Hei
    Hey, Hiko!
[10:54] Hei
    It's me.
[10:58] Hiko
    I-I-Is that you, Tetsu-san?
[11:03] Hei
    You really remember me?
SIGN    Gotetsu
SIGN    Shamo Chicken
SIGN    Gotetsu
[11:05] Hiko
    My, my! You've certainly
    come up in the world!
[11:11] Hei
    I'm still a good-for-nothing.
SIGN    Gotetsu
[11:13] Hiko
    This takes me back! My goodness!
[11:16] Hiko
    It's been sixteen or seventeen years
    since I've seen you too, hasn't it?
[11:22] Hiko
    "Too"?
[11:25] Hei
    Oh, nothing...
[11:28] Hei
    You were coming out of the mansion of the
[11:32] ---
    gokenin Hattori Kakunosuke
    just now, weren't you?
[11:35] Hei
    What were you doing there?
[11:38] Hiko
    The gokenin around here are
    deep into organized crime.
[11:43] Hiko
    I happened to have a little spare change,
[11:46] ---
    so I decided to have a bit of fun there.
[11:48] Hei
    I see.
[11:50] Hei
    Here, drink.
[11:52] Hiko
    Why, thank you!
[11:54] Hiko
    Isn't this nice?
[11:56] Hiko
    Getting to feast with Tetsu-san,
    just like the old days!
[12:09] Hei
    Now, tell me more about this
    gokenin called Hattori.
[12:13] Hiko
    There are all kinds of awful
    rumors about the man.
[12:18] Hiko
    He makes a killing with
    crooked gambling dens.
[12:23] Hiko
    But the money from gambling isn't enough,
[12:25] Hiko
    so he hires ronin to extort protection
    money from the nearby shops.
[12:31] Hiko
    If the owners don't pay up,
    they beat the shit out of them.
[12:37] Hiko
    His wife is a real piece of work herself...
[12:43] Hiko
    She gambles, she drinks...
[12:46] Hiko
    I believe her name was Ofusa.
[12:52] Hei
    Ofusa?
[12:55] Hiko
    What? Something the matter?
[12:59] Hei
    The truth is,
[13:01] ---
    I have a job for you.
[13:05] Hei
    Would you be willing to help me,
     for old times' sake?
[13:10] Hiko
    Yes, of course! Just name it!
[13:13] Hiko
    I'll do anything.
[13:16] Hiko
    I'd put this worthless old body of mine
    on the line for you any day, Tetsu-san.
SIGN    Gotetsu
SIGN    Shamo Chicken
SIGN    Gotetsu
[13:22] Hei
    Don't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you.
[13:26] Hiko
    Right. Now, what's the job?
[13:37] Hei
    You're here.
[13:39] Hiko
    Sir! Em... Emergency! It's truly urgent!
[13:43] Hei
    What is it?
[13:44] Hiko
    Sir...
[13:45] Hiko
    After we talked, I hung around
    Hattori's mansion a while,
[13:49] Hiko
    spreading the rumor that I was
    well-connected in the neighborhood.
[13:55] Hiko
    And soon enough...
[13:58] (Flashback) Ronin
    Come with me.
[14:00] (Flashback) Hiko
    Y-You want to burglarize
    a large merchant's shop?
[14:03] (Flashback) Kaku
    Tell anyone and you'll be
    floating in the Yoko River.
[14:08] (Flashback) Hiko
    O-Of course.
[14:11] (Flashback) Kaku
    Do you know of any skilled ronin?
[14:14] (Flashback) Hiko
    R-Ronin? Not thieves?
[14:17] (Flashback) Kaku
    I don't need subtlety.
[14:20] (Flashback) Kaku
    I intend to kill everyone in the
    store to eliminate witnesses.
[14:24] (Flashback) Hiko
    V-Very well. Where exactly
    do you plan to rob?
SIGN    Omi-ya
[14:31] Hei
    The Omi-ya?
[14:32] Hiko
    Yes, I'm sure of it.
[14:37] Hei
    I'm counting on you, Hiko.
[14:39] Hiko
    Yes, sir.
[14:43] Gate
    Who's there?
[14:44] Hiko
    It's me. Hikoju.
[15:04] Hei
    Arson & Theft Department!
[15:12] Hei
    Kill anyone who resists!
[15:44] Hei
    Hattori Kakunosuke...
[15:46] Hei
    Who pointed you to the Omi-ya?
[15:50] Kaku
    My wife, Ofusa, suggested it.
[15:53] Kaku
    She was the wife of the previous owner.
[15:57] Kaku
    She might be pushing forty, but she's
    more sprightly than you'd expect.
SIGN    Arson & Theft
     Department
[16:13] Sama
    Is what your messenger said true?
[16:16] Hei
    Yes.
[16:17] Sama
    Why... Why would Ofusa-san...
[16:21] Hei
    You want to see her?
[16:25] Sama
    I... don't know.
[16:40] Hei
    She's here.
SIGN    Reject Evil, Seek Truth
[16:59] Sama
    That's Ofusa-san?
[17:04] Chu
    Ofusa...
[17:05] Chu
    Why did you want to rob the Omi-ya?
[17:08] Ofu
    Why?
[17:10] Ofu
    The strong take from the weak.
[17:12] Ofu
    Isn't that the way of the world?
[17:15] Ofu
    But my priority this time
    was less about the money,
[17:18] Ofu
    and more that Kakunosuke
    should kill Omiya Seibei.
[17:24] Chu
    What do you have against the Omi-ya?
[17:26] Chu
    Talk.
[17:28] Ofu
    Must I?
[17:31] Ofu
    Then I shall.
[17:33] Ofu
    It's been almost fifteen years now.
[17:36] Sign
    I was married to the previous Omiya Seibei.
SIGN    Omi-ya
[17:43] Sign
    I became pregnant right away,
[17:45] ---
    and thought such happiness
    might last forever.
[17:51] (Flashback) Sei
    Thank you, Ofusa. Thank you.
[17:54] (Flashback) Ofu
    My husband...
[17:59] Ofu
    But...
[18:01] Ofu
    Unfortunately, the child was lost.
[18:06] Ofu
    Soon after, it happened.
[18:09] Ofu
    On his way to a business gathering,
[18:11] ---
    my husband was kicked by a runaway horse,
[18:14] Ofu
    and died quite suddenly.
[18:17] Ofu
    The inner workings of a large
    company can be quite sordid.
[18:21] Ofu
    The day after my husband's death,
[18:24] ---
    the talk started about
    who should succeed him.
[18:27] Ofu
    In the end,
[18:28] ---
    it was decided that his younger
    brother should inherit the business.
[18:34] Ofu
    Some time later...
[18:36] (Flashback) Man
    This robe...
[18:38] (Flashback) Man
    Our regular customer said
    it didn't feel right.
[18:42] (Flashback) Man
    I investigated, and found out you
    wrote the measurements wrong.
[18:45] (Flashback) Ofusa
    No... I did it just as she asked!
[18:48] (Flashback) Man
    What a pathetic excuse.
[18:54] (Flashback) Man
    This expensive cloth is dirty.
[18:57] (Flashback) Man
    You dropped it somewhere, didn't you?
[18:59] (Flashback) Ofusa
    Of course not!
[19:01] (Flashback) Man
    Don't look so sour all the time.
[19:03] (Flashback) ---
    You'll scare away the customers.
[19:07] (Flashback) Man
    This business has seen nothing
    but misfortune since you came.
[19:10] (Flashback) Man
    I think you're a bad luck charm.
[19:12] (Flashback) Man
    Maybe you killed my brother, too.
[19:16] (Flashback) Man
    You can survive on this for a while, I think.
[19:21] (Flashback) Man
    Catch my drift?
[19:24] Ofusa
    That's the current Omiya Seibei.
[19:28] Ofusa
    By that time,
[19:30] ---
    the mansion where I lived before my marriage
    had already been sold to a government official.
[19:37] Ofusa
    It was Hattori who took me in.
[19:53] Ofusa
    The more time I spent with that man,
     the more I realized it...
[19:59] Ofusa
    The way the world really is.
[20:02] Ofusa
    I decided it was my turn to take my share.
[20:06] Ofusa
    That's all.
[20:09] Chu
    Even if you have a grudge
    against the current Seibei,
[20:12] Chu
    these acts would eventually
    destroy their family company.
[20:14] Chu
    Don't you think your late
    husband would be mortified?
[20:20] Chu
    What's so funny?
[20:21] Ofusa
    What you just said.
[20:24] Ofusa
    How would my late husband even know?
[20:27] ---
    He's dead.
[20:30] Ofusa
    It's foolish to worry about
    the opinions of the dead.
[20:36] Chu
    Do you have anything else to say?
[20:40] Ofu
    I have nothing.
[20:42] Ofu
    Nothing.
[21:09] Hei
    The being called "woman"
    has no past and no future.
[21:14] Hei
    She has only what she is now.
[21:17] Hei
    We seem to have forgotten that.
[21:27] (Flashback) Fb
    But I'm still homeless,
    single, childless, and broke.
[21:32] (Flashback) Fb
    I've even lost my dream of
    finding a cause to fight for.
[21:40] Hei
    I see.
[21:44] Hei
    You'll come again, won't you?
[21:46] Sama
    It seems I've lost Ofusa-san,
    and gained you in exchange.
[21:52] Hei
    It's the same for me.
[21:54] Sama
    Yeah.
[21:56] Sama
    I'll come again.
SIGN    Next Time
[23:42] Sama
    Heizo is attacked in the middle of the night.
[23:45] Sama
    What is the meaning of the faint smell
    that lingers on the sad warrior?
[23:50] ---
    Next time on Onihei:
SIGN    The Sinister White Perfume
[23:51] ---
    "The Sinister White Plum Perfume."