# 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.
***SIGN*** Tatami Room
***SIGN*** Well
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***SIGN*** Altar
**[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!
***SIGN*** Episode 1
***SIGN*** Next time, Episode 2