E1 - Once Upon a Time in Nagasaki

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[00:39] Hirata
    It's you...
SIGN    Episode 1
[03:46] Yuen
    Excuse me, my good samurai?
[03:50] Raizo
    Who are you?
[03:52] Yuen
    Pardon the intrusion.
    My name is Usui Yuen.
[03:58] Yuen
    Is it all right if I ask your name?
[04:01] Raizo
    I am Kurima Raizo, a retainer
    to the daimyo of Satsuma.
[04:06] Raizo
    What do you want?
[04:08] Yuen
    I happen to run an odd jobs
    service in the area...
[04:13] Raizo
    Odd jobs?
[04:15] Yuen
    Yes.
[04:16] Yuen
    Merchants of all trades,
    operating at your service...
[04:20] Yuen
    The simplest way to think of it would
    be a group of all-purpose laborers.
[04:25] Raizo
    And what does this man of
    all trades want with me?
[04:29] Yuen
    There have been rumors of a very stern-looking
    samurai passing his days here recently,
[04:35] Yuen
    like the legendary Musashibo himself.
[04:38] Yuen
    The locals have grown concerned,
    and hired me to look into the matter.
[04:45] Yuen
    Why would an individual refined enough
    to identify himself when asked
[04:49] Yuen
    be sleeping here, under a bridge,
    instead of at an inn?
[04:57] Yuen
    I take it you have cause
    to avoid prying eyes?
[05:08] Raizo
    I killed a man.
[05:11] Yuen
    That certainly sounds dangerous.
[05:13] Raizo
    You don't seem surprised.
[05:15] Yuen
    If anything, that raises more questions.
[05:18] Yuen
    This place is far too haphazard to hide
    away in, especially for an oath-breaker.
[05:24] Raizo
    I was ordered to take this life,
    and had no grounds to defy the order.
[05:28] Raizo
    It is my duty to dispose of traitors
    who pose a threat to the clan.
[05:33] Yuen
    That makes even less sense, then.
[05:36] Yuen
    If it was a lawful act committed within your
    duty, why avoid people under a bridge?
[05:42] Yuen
    You could return home with
    your head held high, no?
[05:47] Raizo
    It was... someone I knew.
[05:53] Raizo
    Someone who was important to me.
[05:57] Raizo
    Even if I didn't have a choice,
    I can't face those who knew him.
[06:03] Yuen
    That explains it.
[06:05] Yuen
    So, in spite of a job well done,
    you find yourself unable to return.
[06:17] Yuen
    I imagine this sort of thing happens
    when you're a samurai.
[06:21] Yuen
    Still, you're unlikely to think of a way
    to resolve things while lurking down here.
[06:27] Raizo
    You're... right, I suppose.
[06:32] Raizo
    You know, it's strange.
[06:35] Raizo
    Just talking with someone makes it clear how
    foolish it was to fret so much on my own.
[06:39] Yuen
    Consider it one of the
    many services I offer.
[06:47] Raizo
    I appreciate your advice.
[06:48] Yuen
    Have a safe journey.
[06:51] Raizo
    You can let the people know that
    you've disposed of Benkei.
[07:30] Conspirator A
    Greetings, Kurima-dono!
[07:32] Raizo
    Are they here to escort me?
[07:34] Raizo
    That's odd, for Matsumine-sama.
[07:39] Conspirator A
    I must say, it's a splendid
    thing you've done!
[07:43] Conspirator A
    To slay all of your father-in-law's
    men single-handedly...
[07:49] Raizo
    Regardless of our relationship,
[07:52] Raizo
    the moment he sullied his
    hands in the opium trade,
[07:55] Raizo
    it simply needed to be done.
[07:57] Conspirator A
    What a display of loyalty!
[07:59] Conspirator A
    Matsumine-sama will be thrilled.
[08:03] Conspirator A
    Now, you need only perform one last duty...
[08:09] Raizo
    What?
[08:12] Conspirator A
    Still haven't caught on?
[08:14] Conspirator A
    I must say, your stupidity truly astounds.
[08:17] Conspirator C
    Maybe there'd have been some other use for
    you if this was the warring states...
[08:22] Raizo
    Why would you do this?
[08:24] Conspirator B
    You can ask Hirata-dono about it
    when you see him in the afterlife.
[08:27] Conspirator B
    I'm sure he'll be happy
    to give you an earful.
[08:33] Nio
    Jump for it.
[08:34] Nio
    If you don't wanna die,
    then shut up and jump!
[08:46] Conspirator A
    Has he gone mad?
[08:51] Conspirator B
    I wouldn't worry. Either way,
    he couldn't have survived.
[08:54] Conspirator C
    We'll report as much to
    Matsumine-sama, then.
[09:13] Nio
    Just had to dawdle a bit first, huh?
[09:16] Nio
    If you die, it's not on me.
[09:18] Nio
    Come on!
[09:55] Nio
    The samurai's awake.
[09:59] Raizo
    Did you save me?
[10:02] Yuen
    As I said, we handle all manner of tasks.
[10:06] Yuen
    Though, as a day job, I also produce maki-e
    gold-lacquered works, as you can see.
[10:16] Raizo
    What, exactly, are you people?
[10:19] Yuen
    In a business like this, you learn certain
    things about the Nagasaki underworld.
[10:25] Yuen
    Things someone like you
    wouldn't know, at least.
[10:29] Yuen
    To begin with,
[10:32] Yuen
    it is true that someone from
    the Satsuma clan has been
[10:36] Yuen
    making secret deals with
    English merchants for opium.
[10:39] Yuen
    Hirata Genshin-dono had been
    investigating around Nagasaki
[10:44] Yuen
    in order to discover the truth.
[10:46] Raizo
    That's...
[10:47] Yuen
    Different from what you were told?
[10:49] Yuen
    Which would indicate that
    whoever told you otherwise,
[10:52] Yuen
    and ordered you to kill Hirata-dono,
    is the mastermind behind the opium deal.
[10:58] Yuen
    The chief financial officer of
    Satsuma, Matsumine Jonoshin.
[11:03] Yuen
    Hirata-dono seemed to have been on the
    verge of having the evidence he needed.
[11:09] Yuen
    I can only imagine how
    vexed he must have felt.
[11:26] Raizo
    Why did you save me?
[11:29] Yuen
    Would you rather have died?
[11:32] Raizo
    I was tricked, like a fool, and killed
    my fiancée's honorable father!
[11:38] Raizo
    How can you expect me to
    live with this shame?!
[11:41] Yuen
    And Matsumine maintains his position,
    coming out of this unharmed.
[11:45] Yuen
    That doesn't bother you?
[11:49] Nio
    Oh, he's ready now.
[11:52] Yuen
    There's not much you can
    do with those injuries.
[11:55] Yuen
    The truth is, Hirata-dono acquired
    our services before his passing...
[12:03] Yuen
    and, in the event of his untimely death,
[12:05] Yuen
    wanted to ensure that
    we would fulfill his mission.
[12:11] Yuen
    The layout of Matsumine Jonoshin's estate,
[12:14] BG Sign
    Merchants of all trades, at your service
[12:14] Yuen
    a path for infiltrating Satsuma,
[12:16] Yuen
    guidance through the
    Tsurumaru Castle town...
[12:18] Yuen
    This job requires a collaborator
    familiar with local affairs.
[12:25] Yuen
    Would you be willing to help
    us, Kurima Raizo-dono?
[12:52] Nio
    Hup!
[13:15] Raizo
    Yui...
[13:21] Raizo
    I know that this won't make
    amends for what I've done,
[13:26] Raizo
    but I...
[13:29] Neighbor A
    You mean to tell me...
[13:31] Neighbor B
    Right?
SIGN    Mourning
[13:32] Neighbor A
    Losing her father and her
    groom at once like that...
[13:35] Neighbor A
    And now Yui's all by herself?
[13:37] Neighbor B
    She is. And she looked absolutely
    terrible during the funeral.
[13:41] Neighbor A
    The poor dear!
[13:43] Yuen
    I know you're concerned, but if she
    learns you're alive at this point...
[13:47] Raizo
    I know.
[13:48] Raizo
    As things stand, I couldn't face her anyway.
[13:55] Raizo
    These are the storehouses.
    The stables are here.
[13:59] Raizo
    The service entrance isn't guarded heavily,
[14:01] Raizo
    but it's farther away from
    the main building...
[14:11] Yuen
    Don't mind them. Please continue.
[14:15] Raizo
    Anyway, the main entrance is heavily guarded,
[14:17] Raizo
    but once you're inside,
    there are blind spots you can use.
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[14:20] Raizo
    A small group can sneak in,
    taking them by surprise.
[14:22] Raizo
    That might be the trick to finishing
    before causing too much of a commotion.
[14:27] Yuen
    This seems like the kind of place
    that would have a secret exit.
[14:32] Raizo
    No. Not a concern.
[14:33] Raizo
    Matsumine trusts his guards completely.
[14:38] Yuen
    Fair enough.
[14:40] Yuen
    All the better, really.
[14:42] Yuen
    We'll finish things tonight.
[14:46] Yuen
    Kurima-san, you should wait here.
[14:49] Yuen
    If you were to act recklessly
     with those injuries,
[14:51] Yuen
    it would serve only to warn Matsumine.
[14:53] Yuen
    Do you understand?
[15:12] Conspirator A
    The Hirata matter's already
    become the talk of the castle.
[15:17] Conspirator A
    Slain by a deranged son-in-law!
[15:21] Conspirator C
    And now, Matsumine-sama is secure.
[15:23] Conspirator C
    Soon, all of Nagasaki will be his...
[15:25] Matsumine
    All made possible by Kurima Raizo himself!
[15:29] Matsumine
    It was a fine job he did.
[15:32] Conspirator A
    I wasn't sure why you involved the Hirata girl's
    fiancé, whose only skill was with a sword,
[15:38] Conspirator A
    but I had no idea you'd
    thought so far ahead!
[15:41] Matsumine
    I'm used to dealing with these
    bull-headed warrior types.
[15:44] Matsumine
    The trick is not to restrain them,
    but to allow them to cause of bit of a ruckus.
[15:47] Conspirator C
    Well said, Matsumine-sama.
[15:49] Conspirator C
    "Send a bull to slay your enemies," in effect.
[15:53] Conspirator A
    He and Hirata must be absolutely
    stewing in the afterlife!
[16:05] Conspirator B
    I must say,
[16:06] Conspirator B
    I've heard talk of how Westerners intend
    to bring the Qing to heel via this opium.
[16:12] Conspirator B
    Will the same happen to Nagasaki?
[16:15] Matsumine
    Even if that does happen,
    it'll suit us fine.
[16:17] Matsumine
    Whoever rules Nagasaki, even if it's the
    English, will require a local governor.
[16:23] Conspirator A
    Incredible! You've thought that
    far ahead, Matsumine-sama?!
[16:27] Conspirator A
    Please, allow me.
[16:29] Conspirator A
    Oh, I'm ever so sorry!
[16:31] Matsumine
    Hey, we're out of sake!
[16:33] Matsumine
    Why isn't there more yet?
[16:37] Matsumine
    Unbelievable...
[16:38] Conspirator C
    Let me go and check.
[16:56] Teppa
    Well, this wasn't part of the plan.
[17:02] Conspirator C
    Hey! Is anyone there?
[17:05] Conspirator C
    Even the lights are out...
[17:49] Conspirator B
    Who goes there?!
[17:51] Conspirator A
    Summon the men! Now!
[18:13] Conspirator B
    Y-You rogue!
[18:27] Conspirator A
    D-Damn you!
[18:48] Yuen
    Before the eyes of holy
    Saint Mary, full of grace,
[18:56] Yuen
    for your sins and your misdeeds,
[19:02] Yuen
    repent.
[19:18] Soji
    Didn't he say there were no secret passages?
[19:21] Yuen
    I suppose this means Kurima-san outfoxed us.
[19:42] Raizo
    Matsumine Jonoshin.
[19:45] Raizo
    If you intend to explain
    yourself, I'm listening.
[19:52] Raizo
    So be it.
[20:17] Teppa
    Good grief...
[20:19] Teppa
    I bet this was his plan from the beginning.
[20:22] Nio
    You mean we smoked the old
    man out of his hole for his sake?
[20:28] Yuen
    So it would seem.
[20:29] Soji
    Come on, man, this guy
    just snatched our target!
[20:33] Soji
    How are we gonna explain that to the Chapel?
[20:38] Teppa
    The bell still needs to be rung once the
    job's done, regardless of how it's done, right?
[20:43] Yuen
    That it does.
[20:45] Yuen
    Nio.
[20:46] Nio
    Right.
[20:59] Raizo
    Yui!
[21:00] Raizo
    I'm such a fool...
[21:05] Raizo
    I didn't realize what Matsumine was
    doing, and I killed your father.
[21:12] Raizo
    But...
[21:15] Raizo
    I can still make up for it!
[21:17] Raizo
    I've avenged your father.
[21:19] Raizo
    Maybe now...
[21:23] Raizo
    Yui!
[21:28] Raizo
    Yui! Where are you?
[21:31] Raizo
    Yui?!
[21:43] Raizo
    Yui?
[21:49] Raizo
    Please, Yui...
[21:53] Raizo
    I have so much to atone for...
[21:58] Raizo
    Yui!
[22:01] Raizo
    Yui!
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