E4 - Ask, and You Shall Receive

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[00:01] Jirobei
    Hana! He hit me!
[00:06] Hana
    Cut that out, Tarokichi!
    You're the big brother, you know.
[00:09] Tarokichi
    I-I only hit Jirobei 'cause he stole from me!
[00:12] Hana
    No excuses!
[00:13] Soji
    Every damn day with this...
[00:16] Soji
    Would you knock it off, Hana?!
    It's too early for this shit!
[00:19] Hana
    Sleepyhead Soji!
[00:21] Hana
    It's afternoon already.
[00:28] Soji
    Who does she think she's talking to?
SIGN    Episode 4
[02:07] Hana
    Come on, Tarokichi. You've gotta
    hold the bowl while you eat.
[02:12] Hana
    Jirobei, this is how you hold chopsticks.
[02:12] Soji
    I tell you, those brats might be
    obnoxious day in and day out,
[02:15] Hana
    Dad, sit down and join us already!
[02:15] Soji
    but these pickled veggies do just
    about enough to make up for it.
[02:30] Soji
    Damn it all.
[02:33] Soji
    That bastard must have been cheating.
[02:36] Soji
    Next time, I'll...
[02:46] Jirobei
    Hana! He hit me again!
[02:51] Hana
    Hey, Tarokichi! What did I tell you?!
[02:53] Tarokichi
    But he—
[02:55] Soji
    Would you shut the hell up?!
[02:59] Soji
    Do they even realize what it's like getting
    woken up with shrieking every morning?
[03:09] Soji
    How about a little
    consideration, am I right?
[03:15] Soji
    Would it kill you to give
    me a "Yeah, that's right"?!
[03:19] Raizo
    Were you talking to me?
[03:22] Soji
    I don't even wanna imagine how cramped
    it'd be with anyone else in here!
[03:26] Raizo
    Forgive me. I was trying to
    ensure I did not bother you.
[03:30] Soji
    And you thought never saying
    a word was the way to do that?
[03:34] Soji
    My room ain't a prison, pal!
[03:36] Soji
    C'mon, man. It's a nice day, y'know?
[03:40] Soji
    Don't samurai ever go out
    for nice meals or whatever?
[03:45] Raizo
    It is more a matter of not having any money.
[03:49] Soji
    What about your cut from the Satsuma kill?
[03:52] Raizo
    I spent it on this screen.
[03:55] Soji
    You mean you didn't just find
    that garbage on the street?
[04:00] Soji
    Damn, man. You can't even shop right, can you?
[04:03] Soji
    Honestly...
[04:08] Soji
    Okay! We're going out.
[04:10] Raizo
    I just told you I have no money.
[04:13] Soji
    That's why we're going. I'll help you
     figure out how to earn some cash.
[04:18] Soji
    You never can tell when the
    next bitten gold is gonna show up.
[04:23] Soji
    Get a load of this.
[04:27] Soji
    You're sitting on a surplus of luck.
[04:36] Nio
    You were gonna help him get a job
     when you don't even have one?
[04:40] Soji
    Oh, shut up! I decided to pay
    my way through life by gambling!
[04:45] Nio
    So, how'd it go?
    Were you right about all that luck?
[04:48] Soji
    I'll be honest, first thing I did was
    try to pawn him off on the doc...
[04:54] (Flashback) Teppa
    Oh, you've twisted it in a bad way.
    It's quite a mess, to be honest.
[04:59] (Flashback) Teppa
    I can take care of it, though.
[05:01] (Flashback) Patient
    Ow, ow, ow!
[05:02] (Flashback) Patient
    D-Doctor, can't you fix my back
    without touching it so much?
[05:06] (Flashback) Patient
    Ain't there, like, medicine or something?
[05:09] (Flashback) Teppa
    Drugs aren't magic potions, my friend.
[05:12] (Flashback) Teppa
    I'll be as gentle as I can.
[05:16] (Flashback) Teppa
    So relax.
[05:19] (Flashback) Patient
    Don't! Stop!
[05:21] (Flashback) Patient
    Ow! It...
[05:23] (Flashback) Patient
    doesn't hurt?
[05:25] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    Hard at work as usual, Dr. Teppa?
[05:29] (Flashback) Teppa
    Well, if it isn't Tomi-san!
[05:31] (Flashback) Teppa
    What brings you by today?
[05:34] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    I wanted to thank you for looking after
    my pa when he caught that cold.
[05:38] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    There's some fresh mandarins
    that just came in, too.
[05:42] (Flashback) Teppa
    Just a little more...
[05:44] (Flashback) Teppa
    I appreciate you always being so generous!
[05:49] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    Well, you're about the
    only doctor in Nagasaki
[05:52] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    who'd accept this kinda
    payment for medicine.
[05:56] (Flashback) Teppa
    So how have you been lately?
[05:58] (Flashback) Teppa
    Anything interesting going on?
[06:01] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    Let's see...
[06:03] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    Well, you know Sakata, that samurai
    from the magistrate's office who died?
[06:08] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    They said it was a sudden illness,
     but it turns out...
[06:12] (Flashback) Raizo
    What is the matter?
    Answer the doctor's question.
[06:16] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    Oh, my! A samurai!
[06:18] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    Pardon me!
[06:20] (Flashback) Raizo
    There is no need for that.
[06:23] (Flashback) Raizo
    Right now, I am simply
    an assistant at this clinic.
[06:26] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    An assistant?
[06:28] (Flashback) Raizo
    Correct. Now, what is the matter?
    Answer the doctor's—
[06:31] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    It wasn't really that important!
[06:34] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    Oh, I just remembered I have
    something I need to go and do.
[06:38] (Flashback) Raizo
    Very well. I will see you out.
[06:40] (Flashback) Farmer's Wife
    No, that's quite all right!
[06:45] (Flashback) Raizo
    She seemed to be in a rush. I wonder why.
[06:49] (Flashback) Teppa
    Listen, Kurima-kun...
[06:53] Nio
    How dumb are you, Soji?
[06:55] Nio
    Did you really think a killer samurai
    was cut out for being a doctor's assistant?
[06:59] Soji
    Aw, shut up! He can read and write,
    so I figured he'd be of some use!
[07:08] Yuen
    Kurima-san lived alone,
    but I doubt he was high-ranking enough
[07:12] Yuen
    for his stipend from the
    domain to cover his expenses.
[07:15] Yuen
    Didn't he have some
    other line of work before?
[07:17] Soji
    Well, y'know, I figured a hard-up samurai
    had to have some way of making money...
[07:24] (Flashback) Raizo
    I would wake up and practice with my sword.
[07:27] (Flashback) Soji
    And after that?
[07:30] (Flashback) Raizo
    Depending on the day, I would offer
    sword instruction at castles or manors.
[07:34] (Flashback) Raizo
    Then, when I came home,
    I would practice some more.
[07:37] (Flashback) Raizo
    Other than that...
[07:38] (Flashback) Raizo
    I normally went to sleep at dusk so I
    could be up in time for morning practice.
[07:44] Nio
    Swinging his sword around all day long
    like it's the only thing he knows how to do!
[07:48] Soji
    I'm telling you, it's not funny!
[07:52] Nio
    Why don't you teach him
    how to gamble, Soji?
[07:56] Soji
    Don't be stupid. You think he'd be in a
    situation like this if he knew how to bluff?
[08:00] Soji
    They'd squeeze him for everything
    he's worth in a single night.
[08:06] Nio
    I guess I could find him some clients.
[08:09] Soji
    Huh? You? Clients?
[08:29] Soji
    Hey there, sweetheart.
[08:39] Soji
    Aw, damn it! You got me imagining it!
[08:44] Soji
    Nio!
[08:46] Soji
    Get back here!
[08:47] Nio
    I don't think so!
[08:48] Yuen
    What did Kurima-san end up doing, then?
[08:51] Nio
    Hup!
[08:52] Nio
    Eh?
[08:53] Nio
    Catch!
[08:53] Soji
    Ow!
[08:55] Soji
    Well...
[08:57] (Flashback) Soji
    How about selling the boss's
    housewarming gift, then?
[09:01] (Flashback) Soji
    That'd cover you for a while.
[09:04] (Flashback) Raizo
    A single painted bowl?
[09:06] (Flashback) Raizo
    How could that be worth so much?
[09:09] (Flashback) Soji
    Buddy, that particular bowl
    could get you a whole stack.
[09:13] (Flashback) Raizo
    Are Yuen-dono's works really that prized?
[09:17] (Flashback) Soji
    Well, it figures that a hick samurai
    from Satsuma wouldn't know, but...
[09:21] (Flashback) Soji
    It's that whole "wabi-sabi" thing.
[09:25] (Flashback) Soji
    Usui Yuen the maki-e artist is a
    big name among the refined crowd.
[09:30] (Flashback) Soji
    People from as far away as Kyo and Edo,
    and even from the other side of the ocean,
[09:35] (Flashback) Soji
    have an eye for his stuff.
[09:37] (Flashback) Raizo
    Is that so?
[09:39] (Flashback) Soji
    Did you think he was doing
    this revenger gig for the pay?
[09:43] (Flashback) Soji
    Underestimate Usui-ya at your peril.
[09:45] (Flashback) Raizo
    No, that was not my intention.
[09:49] (Flashback) Soji
    So how about it?
[09:51] (Flashback) Soji
    This thing'd probably be better off
    with someone who appreciates its value.
[09:57] (Flashback) Raizo
    It is probably too good for me...
[09:59] (Flashback) Soji
    So what're you gonna do?
[10:03] (Flashback) Raizo
    Yuen-dono and Teppa-dono...
[10:06] (Flashback) Raizo
    Their "odd jobs" are a secret
    from the wider world, correct?
[10:09] (Flashback) Soji
    Huh? Well, of course they are.
[10:11] (Flashback) Soji
    Wait, you didn't tell anybody, did you?
[10:15] (Flashback) Raizo
    No. But I still find myself struggling
    with the concept of revenge.
[10:22] (Flashback) Raizo
    Can I truly carry myself the way they do?
[10:26] (Flashback) Raizo
    Working to serve people
    with a smile during the day,
[10:28] (Flashback) Raizo
    while hardening my heart to
    settle unpaid vendettas at night.
[10:33] (Flashback) Raizo
    Can someone like me really be like that?
[10:38] (Flashback) Soji
    Look, man. Maybe worry about that sorta
    thing after you've lined up some work.
[10:42] Sign
    Merchants of all trades, at your service
[10:43] Soji
    And there you have it.
[10:45] Soji
    He's probably still kneeling
    in that room as we speak.
[10:50] Nio
    Samurai are so stupid!
[10:53] Nio
    He's worried about the fact that
    he's worrying? Where will it end?
[10:56] Soji
    It ain't funny. I busted my hump for his sake
    and I've got nothing to show for it.
[11:02] Soji
    You gotta talk some sense into him, boss.
[11:05] Yuen
    Yes, well...
[11:08] Yuen
    It'd probably be easier for him to simply fret
     until he reaches the point of ambivalence.
[11:13] Soji
    Hm? What do you mean by that?
[11:19] Yuen
    Oh, nothing.
[11:21] Yuen
    I'm going to visit the Chapel.
[11:23] Yuen
    Please keep checking on Kurima-san.
[11:28] Soji
    Man, I got stuck with one hell of a bad card.
[11:34] Soji
    Or maybe he's just a jinx?
[11:44] Gerald
    The son of God said:
[11:48] Gerald
    "Drink ye all of it, for this is
    my blood of the new testament,
[11:54] Gerald
    which is shed for the many
    for the remission of sins."
[12:02] Gerald
    Thy will be done.
[12:10] Gerald
    Even with the offering of bitten gold,
[12:13] Gerald
    I cannot think of many revengers who would
    stride into the lair of the bakufu's servants
[12:18] Gerald
    with the ferocity that
    your group in Nagasaki did.
[12:35] Gerald
    That said, this act of
    revenge remains unfulfilled.
[12:41] Gerald
    Judgment must fall upon all sinners equally.
[12:45] Gerald
    Which is why, today,
    I will forgive only your sins.
[12:50] Yuen
    Then there are still others
    who must meet with revenge?
[12:54] Gerald
    Where did Sakata's opium come from?
[12:57] Gerald
    He was not so foolish as to
    receive it directly from the English.
[13:02] Gerald
    There was a middleman.
[13:05] Gerald
    In exchange for providing
    the opium, he gained influence
[13:09] Gerald
    by having Sakata undermine his
    more-established business rivals,
[13:13] Gerald
    until he was in a position
    to enter the den of avarice
[13:15] Gerald
    known as the Nagasaki Trade Union.
[13:20] Gerald
    His operation is called Azumi-ya.
[13:25] Gerald
    You hadn't heard about any of this?
[13:28] Gerald
    And why would you have?
[13:30] Gerald
    You see, the Pajama Police,
    that servant of the bakufu,
[13:33] Gerald
    has a heart devoid of both love and faith.
[13:36] Gerald
    Only bloodthirsty ambition
    and self-preservation remain.
[13:39] Gerald
    He sought to remove the
    nuisance Sakata proved to be,
[13:41] Gerald
    without a care for the
    suffering or cries of the people.
[13:45] Gerald
    These sinners must be punished.
[13:49] Gerald
    If the martyrs who died in the
    name of their faith at Shimabara
[13:52] Gerald
    had had gold which they could
    have left their mark upon,
[13:55] Gerald
    how deep do you suppose
    their grudges would have been?
[14:01] Yuen
    Was it not the son of God
    who said: "Love thy enemy"?
[14:06] Gerald
    These heathens are akin to beasts.
    Such love would fall on deaf ears.
[14:12] Gerald
    It is easier for a camel to pass
     through the eye of a needle,
[14:16] Gerald
    than for these sinners to
    awaken to the truth of love.
[14:24] Yuen
    Thy will be done.
[14:30] Soji
    So this Azumi-ya guy went
    into hiding after Sakata died,
[14:36] Soji
    and the only time anyone's seen him since
     has been at his mistress's place?
[14:40] Nio
    That works out great.
[14:42] Nio
    Since they've both gotta die,
    we can kill two birds with one stone.
[14:48] Raizo
    The mistress is a target
    for revenge, as well?
[14:52] Teppa
    The Kao-ya owner's wife was one thing,
    since she helped him run the shop...
[14:56] Teppa
    But the daughter of Tenman-do was a
    perfect example of a sheltered rich girl.
[15:02] Teppa
    Who do you think got her hooked on drugs?
[15:07] Raizo
    You mean the mistress...
[15:09] Teppa
    The girl let her guard down around
    another woman and bought the stories
[15:13] Teppa
    about it being foreign-made
     medicine for relaxation,
[15:16] Teppa
    and before long, it was already too late.
[15:20] Teppa
    So the mistress needs to pay the price for
    destroying someone's life for her own gain.
[15:26] Yuen
    I've made arrangements with the owner
    of the art book store across the street.
[15:30] Yuen
    We'll be able to watch her place day and night,
    and wait for Azumi-ya to show himself.
[15:35] Soji
    Hey, in that case...
[15:37] Yuen
    Are you volunteering, Soji?
[15:39] Soji
    Nah, not me.
[15:42] Soji
    This one's perfect for him!
[15:44] Soji
    If ya need someone to sit
    and not make a peep all day,
[15:46] Soji
    I'm pretty sure you won't find anyone better
     for the job in the whole of Nagasaki.
[15:52] Nio
    You don't think a scary-faced samurai sitting
    around all day would draw suspicion?
[15:57] Nio
    I bet you just don't want him
    hanging around at your place.
[16:00] Soji
    It ain't like that!
[16:01] Soji
    Look, man. You can't keep up this
    grim samurai act all the damn time.
[16:06] Soji
    Go learn how to be a shopkeep.
[16:09] Soji
    But don't get too serious about it.
    Keep it casual, so it looks natural.
[16:13] Soji
    You got that?
[16:17] Raizo
    Understood.
[16:19] Raizo
    I will fully dedicate myself to being casual.
[16:24] Nio
    Is this really gonna work?
[16:26] Sign
    Ganso-ya
[17:20] Nio
    Soji.
[17:23] Soji
    Nio?!
[17:25] Soji
    This ain't what you think it is.
    I just wanna make sure he...
[18:19] Azumiya Mistress
    What's got you so wound up?
[18:22] Azumiya
    They still haven't caught
    whoever killed Sakata-sama.
[18:25] Azumiya
    If you hadn't asked me to come by,
     I wouldn't have even taken the risk.
[18:30] Azumiya Mistress
    Funny how you didn't
    mention that before we did it.
[18:33] Azumiya Mistress
    I'm not exactly in the clear here myself.
[18:36] Azumiya Mistress
    Which is why you'd better pay
     exactly what you owe.
[18:42] Azumiya Mistress
    Seriously? Wind chimes are a summer thing.
[18:47] Azumiya
    Hang on!
[18:48] Azumiya
    It could be whoever killed Sakata-sama!
[18:50] Azumiya Mistress
    You're such a worrywart.
[18:54] Azumiya Mistress
    There's no one out there.
[19:05] Azumiya Mistress
    A kite?
[19:36] Azumiya Mistress
    Someone!
[19:38] Azumiya Mistress
    Anyone!
[19:42] Azumiya Mistress
    You've got to help me! It was an arrow,
    but it was as big as a harpoon! My man was...
[19:47] Yuen
    I see. That does sound like a miserable end.
[19:51] Yuen
    But when you weigh it against the
    crime of ruining people's lives with opium,
[19:56] Yuen
    it seems like just deserts, wouldn't you say?
[19:58] Azumiya Mistress
    What...
[20:00] Azumiya Mistress
    Wh-What are you talking about?
[20:04] Azumiya Mistress
    I have no idea what you're—
[20:20] Yuen
    Before the eyes of holy
    Saint Mary, full of grace,
[20:24] Yuen
    for your sins and your misdeeds,
[20:30] Yuen
    repent.
[20:40] Sign
    Ganso-ya
[20:41] Yuen
    How did you enjoy the
    Mount Unzen hot springs, sir?
[20:44] Ganso-ya Owner
    It was even better than the rumors said!
    Feels like I added ten years to my life!
[20:49] Ganso-ya Owner
    Your recommendations
    never fail, Usui-dono.
[20:53] Ganso-ya Owner
    And you were kind enough to
    watch the shop while I was away.
[20:59] Raizo
    This seems like a bit much.
[21:02] Ganso-Ya Owner
    Oh, pish posh.
[21:04] Ganso-Ya Owner
    You tidied the shop up good.
     It's like it's a whole new place.
[21:10] Nio
    No need to be modest. You did a good job.
[21:15] Raizo
    I see.
[21:16] Raizo
    Was I sufficiently casual?
[21:19] Ganso-Ya Owner
    These are...
[21:22] Ganso-Ya Owner
    Wait, did you do these?
[21:24] Raizo
    Oh, um, I apologize. I was told
    to approach this casually, so...
[21:29] Ganso-Ya Owner
    Have you studied Western art, sir?
[21:32] Raizo
    No, never.
[21:36] Ganso-Ya Owner
    Still, this is quite unique.
[21:38] Ganso-Ya Owner
    Depicting things as they are...
[21:40] Ganso-Ya Owner
    It's not a good fit for ukiyo-e prints,
    but maybe as a hanging scroll?
[21:44] Nio
    Huh. I've never seen
    a picture like this before.
[21:47] Nio
    I bet there are people who'd want it.
[21:50] Ganso-ya owner
    What do you say?
    I'd like to show these to a publisher.
[21:55] Raizo
    That's... I-I doubt my art is really...
[21:57] Nio
    Aw, come on. It sounds like fun.
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