Season 1

E1 - Kenshin - Himura Battosai

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    BAKUMATSU ERA
    KYOTO
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    There is no need to worry.
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    After all, I am the Captain
    of the First Unit of the Shinsengumi.
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    But your lungs are ailing now,
    aren't they?
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    I will slay him.
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    Captain of the Third Unit
    of the Shinsengumi, Hajime Saito...
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    Here I come...
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    Hitokiri Battosai.
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    EPISODE 1: KENSHIN – HIMURA BATTOSAI
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    11th YEAR OF MEIJI
    DOWNTOWN TOKYO
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    Hitokiri Battosai!
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    I finally found you!
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    Your killing spree ends tonight!
    Prepare yourself!
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    Oro?
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    Don't play dumb!
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    Nobody else would walk around
    with a sword late at night,
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    completely ignoring
    the Sword Abolishment Act!
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    Ouch.
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    Well, that was easy.
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    Is this the rumored Hitokiri Battosai?
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    Rurouni.
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    I am nothing more than a rurouni,
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    a swordsman on a journey
    with no destination, that I am.
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    I have just arrived in this town.
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    You say, "Killing spree,"
    but I have no clue—
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    Then what is that at your hip?
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    Even if you're a swordsman,
    you're not allowed to carry a blade!
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    What is this?
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    A Sakabato?
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    Can you kill someone with this blade,
    that you can?
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    You can't.
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    In the first place, there are
    no nicks at all on this reverse blade,
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    nor any smell of blood
    or clouding from oil.
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    It's as good as new.
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    You really are just a...
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    Rurouni, I am.
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    But why do you carry such a useless sword?
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    The police!
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    This time, for sure!
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    It seems something is going on,
    that it is.
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    Weak!
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    Weak, weak, weak!
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    You all are too weak!
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    H-He's too strong!
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    This strength is indeed...
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    that of the rumored Battosai!
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    Stop right, there, Battosai!
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    Oh, no—
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    You are a reckless one, that you are.
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    Rurouni.
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    Over here! The bandit is over here!
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    I am the Battosai!
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    Himura Battosai of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu,
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    people call me Hitokiri Battosai!
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    Wait!
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    Wait, what are you doing? Let me down!
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    Pursuing too long while injured
    may be fatal, that it may be.
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    He's already claimed
    to be of a certain sword style,
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    so don't fret—
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    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu is our sword style!
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    He's using our name
    to commit crossroad killings!
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    Let me down!
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    I'm gonna go catch him right now—
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    You won't catch up if you go now,
    that you can't.
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    Before the police
    start investigating us,
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    we should depart, that we should.
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    Let me down!
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    KAMIYA KASSHIN-RYU
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    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu...
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    ACTING MASTER
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    KAORU KAMIYA
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    STUDENT
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    Acting Master, Kaoru Kamiya.
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    Students...
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    STUDENT
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    Oro?
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    We were
    a very small sword style to begin with.
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    But we used to have about ten students
    and were working together really hard.
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    But two months ago, that guy
    suddenly started crossroad killings,
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    and look how it is now.
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    All the students left,
    fearing the name "Battosai,"
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    and nobody in town
    wants to even come close to our dojo.
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    Hitokiri Battosai,
    even now in the Meiji Era,
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    is still feared by people.
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    Why does he claim to be
    of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu?
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    Is he really the Battosai? I have no idea.
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    But I have to end his atrocity
    as soon as possible.
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    I see.
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    But it's better if you didn't walk around
    at night anymore, that it is.
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    Huh?
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    That man is far stronger than you are,
    Miss Kaoru.
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    What?
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    Being able to acknowledge
    when others are stronger than yourself
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    is part of being a swordsman.
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    It should be obvious
    how your next clash will end?
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    The pride of a sword style
    is not important enough
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    as to risk your life to protect it,
    that it isn't.
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    The Kamiya Kasshin-ryu...
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    The Kamiya Kasshin-ryu is a sword style
    my father created in the Meiji Era
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    after surviving
    the turbulence of the Bakumatsu Era.
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    My father didn't approve
    of murderous swords.
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    With an ambition
    for swords that give life,
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    he was giving it everything he had
    for ten years.
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    But even he was sent out to the Seinan War
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    as part of the Metropolitan Police's
    swordsman squad,
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    and in a place that was so distant
    from his own ideals, he left this world.
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    That man claiming to be Hitokiri Battosai
    uses that name of Kamiya Kasshin-ryu
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    and has already caused
    over ten injuries and fatalities.
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    My father's heirloom sword style,
    the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu,
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    idealizes a life-giving sword.
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    But it has been tarnished
    by a murderous sword!
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    You're merely a rurouni!
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    You wouldn't understand
    the frustration I'm feeling!
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    However, in either case, with that arm,
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    you can't make the rounds at night,
    that you can't.
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    It's best if you stay on the safe side.
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    In the first place,
    someone seeking a life-giving sword
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    being unable to live her own life
    is no joke, that it isn't.
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    Besides, your late father
    wouldn't wish his sword style
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    to be protected at the cost
    of his daughter's life, that he doesn't.
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    Excuse me.
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    Now we're all done.
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    Thank you, Kihei.
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    Kaoru, you shouldn't open up
    to someone like that.
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    A rurouni is nothing more
    than a failure in life.
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    Yeah.
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    You are too nice for your own good.
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    I know.
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    I know that.
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    RUROUNI KENSHIN
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    A FEW DAYS LATER
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    Hey, don't thrash about!
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    Behave!
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    Oh? Did someone get caught?
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    Ororo...
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    Rurouni!
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    What did this man do?
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    As you can see,
    he's disobeying the Sword Abolishment Act!
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    Hmm? If I recall, you're...
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    from the dojo with Hitokiri Battosai—
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    I'm telling you that's a false accusation!
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    What, are you going to fight back
    against an officer?
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    "Officer" this! "Officer" that!
    Don't act so big!
[09:58] ---
    - What?
    - Now, now. Please don't get so angry.
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    Let's peacefully settle this.
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    Hey.
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    Out of respect for the geezer,
    we'll tolerate him.
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    You won't get away next time.
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    I have been spared thanks to you,
    that I have.
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    You're welcome.
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    You're still in this town?
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    Do you have something to do here?
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    No, not really.
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    Anyway, what happened
    to that crossroad killer's case?
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    Yes. I have leads
    on who the perpetrator might be.
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    There is another swordsmanship dojo
    in the neighboring town.
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    Oh?
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    To be precise, it's a former dojo.
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    Nowadays it's a hangout
    for gamblers and thugs.
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    And apparently a has-been samurai
    swordsman took control two months ago.
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    That guy is said to be huge,
    close to six and a half feet.
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    See? Doesn't that sound fishy?
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    The crossroad killings started
    around two months ago, too.
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    By an adept swordsman
    who is about that tall.
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    Huge guys like that aren't that common!
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    Miss Kaoru, I have to prepare dinner,
    so I will get going now.
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    Oh, right. Thanks.
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    See you.
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    And how is that man related—
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    Kihei? He's like a live-in servant.
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    It was right after my father passed away.
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    I found him lying on the street
    in front of our dojo
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    and nursed him back to health.
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    He gets worried about me
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    and tells me I should sell off the dojo
    and live in peace.
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    His background?
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    I don't know, because I never asked.
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    You are too carefree, that you are.
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    Oh, is that so?
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    It's all right.
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    It's not surprising for anyone
    to have one or two tales of the past
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    that they don't want to tell anyone about.
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    I can say the same for you, right?
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    Isn't that why you are a rurouni?
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    You are correct, that you are.
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    Hey, rurouni, you don't have
    enough money for an inn, right?
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    Then why don't you stay at our place?
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    I have errands to run,
    so I will be back another day.
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    Oh, wait.
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    Is there something else?
[12:08] ---
    Um, well...
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    the other day, well...
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    I didn't get to say thank you
    for helping me,
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    and then saying
    you were merely a rurouni...
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    well, um...
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    I'm sorry.
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    Do you have a fever, that you do?
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    I'm making an effort to apologize here!
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    Oh, that's what it was, I see.
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    Rurouni do not care
    about the little things.
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    You should not worry about them either,
    Miss Kaoru, that you shouldn't.
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    Thinking about it,
    what errand does he have?
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    A dojo in the neighboring town.
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    No wonder I couldn't find them
    when I searched this town.
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    Pardon me! Excuse me!
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    KIHEIKAN
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    Pardon me! Excuse me!
    Pardon me! Excuse me! Pardon—
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    Shut up! Who the hell are you?
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    The leader of this place—
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    Mr. Hiruma is not here right now!
    Come back another time!
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    Oh ho! So his name is Hiruma, that he is.
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    You came here not knowing that, punk?
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    Oh, I had totally assumed...
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    his name was Crossroad Killer Battosai.
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    It seems Miss Kaoru had a good read
    about this place, that she did.
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    What's wrong, Mr. Nishiwaki?
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    Who's that shrimp?
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    Oh, it's just some rat.
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    Take care of 'im.
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    Oh, no. It broke on its own.
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    Miss Kaoru.
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    Oh, it's you, Kihei.
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    What's the matter?
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    Why, yes, about this land and estate...
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    I've been telling you
    I don't plan to close this dojo.
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    But as you can see here...
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    TRANSFER OF LAND AND BUILDING DOCUMENT
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    all the paperwork
    has already been completed.
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    Kihei?
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    And all we need is one stamp from you.
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    With that,
    this land and estate will become ours!
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    Yo!
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    You're...
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    Gohei Hiruma.
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    He's my little brother.
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    If you're doing it, do it legally.
    That is my motto.
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    But since you caught on
    to my brother's true identity,
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    I couldn't keep saying that.
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    Playing the role of a good-natured old man
    to gain trust went according to plan.
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    You're a sucker for things, but really
    stubborn when it comes to swordsmanship.
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    So I had my brother cause
    a commotion with crossroad killings
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    to tarnish the name of your sword style.
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    Using the Hitokiri Battosai's name
    worked well in our favor, too,
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    despite the fact he is
    a legendary manslayer
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    whose existence is dubious at best.
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    Thanks to that,
    we got this far in just two months.
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    The value of the lands around here
    will grow five- or six-fold
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    thanks to the westernization policy.
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    It's too good for some kendo dojo
    to be standing here.
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    Kihei...
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    I heard from my bro.
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    Your mission is a life-giving sword?
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    How amusing.
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    Why don't you try
    saving yourself with it first?
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    As expected, the sword of a little girl
    talking in her sleep doesn't work on me.
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    Existing for violence,
    and murder is at its soul!
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    That is the true nature of swordsmanship!
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    Ow.
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    And now this land and estate are ours.
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    It's all over
    for the so-called Kamiya Kasshin-ryu .
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    What's wrong, Nishiwaki?
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    H-He's strong.
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    R-Rurouni!
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    Sorry I'm late.
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    I heard the entire story.
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    You again?
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    Do you mouth off about life-giving swords
    just like this girl does?
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    No.
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    Swords are weapons.
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    Swordsmanship is a means of murder.
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    No matter how you sugarcoat it
    or have lofty ideals, that is the truth.
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    Miss Kaoru talks a sweet, naïve lie
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    spoken only by those who have never
    had blood on their hands, that she does.
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    Rurouni.
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    But in the face of such awful truth...
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    I much prefer
    Miss Kaoru's naïve lies, that I do.
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    I wish that her lie could become
    the truth of this world, that I do.
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    Hey, bro, you don't mind me
    killin' this guy off, do you?
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    Yeah. You can torture him to death.
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    Hey, boys!
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    - Yeah!
    - Yeah!
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    Rurouni, make a run for it!
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    I don't want to recklessly increase
    the number of injured.
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    If you don't want to go see a doctor,
    be quick and retreat, that you will.
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    Nobody here will be injured!
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    The only injury will be a fatality, yours!
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    Impossible! One swing, and he
    takes down four, even five at once!
[17:18] ---
    I-Is this some sort of sorcery?
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    No, it's not sorcery. This is...
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    speed!
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    Sword speed, speed of posture,
    and speed of reading opponent movements.
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    Making full use of every type of speed
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    to simultaneously take down
    multiple opponents with minimal movement!
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    I forgot to mention one thing.
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    The sword of Hitokiri Battosai
    is not that of Kamiya Kasshin-ryu.
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    It is an ancient sword art
    with its roots in the Sengoku Era.
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    The sword style name
    is Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
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    It excels in one-versus-many combat.
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    If it weren't for me
    having a sword like this,
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    it is surely lethal.
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    It is a murderous sword at godly speed,
    that it is.
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    No way. Then you are the Hitokiri Bat—
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    Interesting!
    I didn't take you on the other day,
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    but I didn't think you were this strong!
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    You were holding back against me!
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    Unlike you,
    I don't like to be violent all that much.
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    But now I'm thinking
    I should have slammed you down back then.
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    That's quite the confidence.
[18:32] ---
    But that's what people
    call being conceited!
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    This world doesn't need two Battosais!
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    Over here.
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    I have no remorse nor attachment
    to the name "Battosai."
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    Even then, I cannot
    hand it down to someone like you.
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    You were the mastermind,
    so you're not getting off so easy.
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    Good grief.
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    TRANSFER OF LAND AND BUILDING DOCUMENT
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    The more someone schemes,
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    the more cowardly
    their true nature is, that they are.
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    Miss Kaoru, I am sorry, that I am.
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    I had no intention of fooling you
    or hiding anything.
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    But if I could help it, I would have liked
    to not talk about this, that I would.
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    Pardon me. Fare you well.
[19:38] ---
    H-H-Hold it right there!
[19:41] ---
    You expect me to bring the sword style
    back up and running all by myself?
[19:44] ---
    You could at least give me
    a bit of a helping hand!
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    I'm not particular about people's pasts!
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    I advise against it.
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    This is your chance to clear your name.
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    If the real Battosai were to linger,
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    it would make everything for naught,
    that it will.
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    I'm not saying I want the Battosai
    to stay here with me.
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    I want you, a rurouni, to be here—
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    F-Fine! If you want to go, just go!
[20:09] ---
    But at the least,
    you can tell me your name before you go!
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    Battosai is your past warrior name,
    isn't it?
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    Or do you not even want
    to tell me your true name?
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    Kenshin.
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    Kenshin Himura.
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    That is my current name, that it is.
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    I am a bit tired of traveling.
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    As a rurouni, I don't know
    when I will wander to the next place.
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    But if that's fine with you...
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    I will stay here for the time being,
    that I will.
[20:52] ---
    The beginning of the heroic tale...
[20:54] ---
    is in the 11th year of Meiji
    in downtown Tokyo.
[20:58] ---
    It began with the arrival of a rurouni,
    Kenshin Himura.
[21:04] ---
    Hold on just a minute.
[21:05] ---
    If you were a warrior
    back in the Bakumatsu Era,
[21:08] ---
    exactly how old are you?
[21:09] ---
    You can't possibly be over 30
    with that face, can you?
[21:12] ---
    Oro?
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    TOKYO SAMURAI –
    YAHIKO MYOJIN
[22:46] ---
    Next episode:
    "Tokyo Samurai Yahiko Myojin."

E2 - Tokyo Samurai - Yahiko Myojin

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[00:04] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN-RYU
[00:06] ---
    It's been once week now.
[00:09] ---
    The crossroad killings case
    has been resolved, too.
[00:13] ---
    But none of my students have returned!
[00:16] ---
    Agh! It's so irritating!
[00:18] ---
    We are in an era of enlightenment,
    that we are.
[00:21] ---
    Once you leave, it's quite
    difficult to return, that it is.
[00:25] ---
    And speaking of irritating...
[00:26] ---
    your age, Kenshin!
[00:28] ---
    You look like that,
    but you're 28 years old?
[00:31] ---
    That's a lie! A con job!
[00:32] ---
    That's way too young
    to be a previous Imperialist, too!
[00:36] ---
    Then would it be all right
    if I was over 30, would it?
[00:41] ---
    I don't want that, either.
[00:43] ---
    You are so selfish, that you are.
[02:15] ---
    EPISODE 2:
    TOKYO SAMURAI -
    YAHIKO MYOJIN
[02:22] ---
    But, well, there's no use in fretting.
[02:25] ---
    The students will come back in due time,
    that they will.
[02:28] ---
    But even to practice, there's nobody here.
[02:31] ---
    That's why I have to head out
[02:32] ---
    to an acquaintance's dojo like this
    to practice!
[02:35] ---
    Because you won't even look my way!
[02:37] ---
    Oh, no, I just can't
    get used to bamboo swords.
[02:42] ---
    Oro?
[02:43] ---
    Wait up!
[02:45] ---
    Kenshin, this kid is a pickpocket!
[02:47] ---
    This is your wallet, isn't it?
[02:49] ---
    Damn it! Let me go, you ugly hag!
[02:51] ---
    Ug—
[02:52] ---
    How rude! People around here
    call me the swordsmanship sweetheart!
[02:56] ---
    Shut up, ugly hag!
[02:57] ---
    - There, there.
    - You've said it again!
[02:59] ---
    Nothing I can do about it
    if I was pickpocketed, that I can't.
[02:59] ---
    - It's the truth, ain't it?
    - What?
[03:03] ---
    Kiddo, don't get caught next time.
[03:05] ---
    Now, let's be on our way, that we should.
[03:08] ---
    Hold it. Wait, Kenshin!
[03:16] ---
    Oro!
[03:17] ---
    I ain't no kid!
[03:19] ---
    I'm a descendant of a Tokyo samurai,
    Yahiko Myojin!
[03:22] ---
    I haven't sunk so low
    as to be pitied by others!
[03:25] ---
    I simply pulled a prank on you
[03:27] ---
    'cause you've got the nerve
    to be wearing a sword!
[03:30] ---
    Don't get me wrong, you punk!
[03:35] ---
    Kiddo...
[03:36] ---
    I told ya, I ain't no kid!
[03:39] ---
    You still have the guise of a child,
[03:42] ---
    but your heart can stand its own ground,
    that it can.
[03:46] ---
    Apologies. I had underestimated you.
[03:54] ---
    What a cheeky one!
[04:15] ---
    Tokyo really is a rowdy place, that it is.
[04:19] ---
    Kenshin, where were you
    before you came here?
[04:22] ---
    Well, I was randomly here and there.
[04:24] ---
    I am a rurouni after all, that I am.
[04:27] ---
    I wonder why he spends his days
    as a rurouni?
[04:33] ---
    Most Imperialists have
    long since abandoned their swords
[04:37] ---
    and have taken on honorable duties
    with the Meiji government,
[04:40] ---
    abusing their authority.
[04:44] ---
    You look like you want to ask a question,
    that it does.
[04:46] ---
    Huh?
[04:49] ---
    It's all right.
[04:50] ---
    It's not surprising for anyone
    to have one or two tales of the past
[04:53] ---
    that they don't want to tell anyone about.
[04:57] ---
    It's nothing, really!
[04:58] ---
    Anyway, that sword!
[05:01] ---
    I told you to hide it with something!
[05:03] ---
    Now, now. As recent as two years ago,
    many carried swords, you know.
[05:07] ---
    See? Nobody really seems to care,
    that they don't.
[05:10] ---
    But someone just meddled with you!
[05:13] ---
    There are a lot
    of police officers in town, too.
[05:15] ---
    Even if it's a sakabato,
    they are sure to arrest you!
[05:18] ---
    I'll deal with it if it comes to that,
    that I will.
[05:21] ---
    Sheesh.
[05:24] ---
    I'm going to head out for practice now.
[05:27] ---
    So, Kenshin, please go shopping for me.
[05:29] ---
    Get some miso, salt, and soy sauce.
[05:31] ---
    They're all so heavy.
[05:32] ---
    No complaints!
[05:47] ---
    Sorry to ask from a carriage.
[05:49] ---
    Is this the right road
    to go to the police station?
[05:53] ---
    O-Oh, yes.
[05:56] ---
    Head to the end of the street,
    and turn right at the boulevard.
[05:59] ---
    Thank you.
[06:01] ---
    You heard her. Hurry over.
[06:06] ---
    That was an amazing carriage.
[06:07] ---
    I haven't seen that face in this town.
    Who was that?
[06:08] ---
    I've never seen anything like it!
[06:10] ---
    Where is that rich guy from?
[06:13] ---
    Really?
[06:15] ---
    Are you really here in this town?
[06:18] ---
    Himura Battosai...
[06:26] ---
    Hey, Yahiko.
[06:27] ---
    Your payment is due today.
[06:30] ---
    You have it ready, don't you?
[06:33] ---
    Not yet.
[06:34] ---
    Huh?
[06:35] ---
    Shut up! You can't complain
    if I get it ready by this evening—
[06:40] ---
    M-Mr. Gaskeh...
[06:45] ---
    Don't you be mockin' me, you stupid brat.
[06:49] ---
    Listen. When you bring me no money,
    you're absolutely worthless.
[06:56] ---
    I'll drop by again in the evening.
[06:58] ---
    If you got no money then,
    this won't be the end of it.
[07:05] ---
    Got that?
[07:14] ---
    It's a bit rowdy over there.
[07:17] ---
    Hold on! Did something happen?
[07:19] ---
    An arrest!
[07:20] ---
    A cop is chasing after someone
    in violation of the Sword Abolishment Act!
[07:29] ---
    What a restless man!
[07:31] ---
    Just give up, already!
[07:32] ---
    Hmm. They're really tenacious,
    that they are.
[07:37] ---
    That guy...
[07:39] ---
    I have no choice.
    I guess I will calmly be apprehended.
[07:42] ---
    Out of the way!
[07:44] ---
    The Sword Bearing Police
    can't get through!
[07:46] ---
    If you don't move, we'll cut you apart!
[08:00] ---
    L-Lieutenant Ujiki.
[08:03] ---
    Good work.
    Our squad will take care of the rest.
[08:07] ---
    You guys can leave now.
[08:08] ---
    H-However, this man doesn't show
    any intention of drawing his sword.
[08:13] ---
    And we have already surrounded him,
    as you can see.
[08:15] ---
    We don't need to trouble
    the Sword Bearing Police—
[08:19] ---
    A third-class officer dares
    to have an opinion against me,
[08:22] ---
    a Satsuma Revolutionary warrior?
[08:25] ---
    When I say get lost,
    hurry up, and get lost.
[08:29] ---
    How about you draw your sword, pansy?
[08:33] ---
    Since you're carrying your sword
    here in Tokyo,
[08:35] ---
    you must be confident in your skills.
[08:38] ---
    I don't have a sword that I draw
    anywhere and everywhere, that I don't.
[08:42] ---
    In the first place, I don't carry a sword
[08:45] ---
    in order to brandish my strength,
    that I don't.
[08:50] ---
    Kenshin!
[08:52] ---
    She's with you, right?
[08:55] ---
    Miss Kaoru, stay away!
[09:02] ---
    With the next strike, I will slash
    her kimono apart and humiliate her.
[09:06] ---
    I will say it again.
[09:08] ---
    How about you draw your sword?
[09:11] ---
    Are you...
[09:13] ---
    really a police officer, you are?
[09:15] ---
    Yeah.
[09:16] ---
    With permission to carry a sword,
    I can legally slay men.
[09:20] ---
    I'm with the Sword Bearing Police.
[09:22] ---
    Don't push your luck
    just 'cause you're a government official!
[09:24] ---
    So oppressive!
[09:26] ---
    Enough of that, you thug!
[09:28] ---
    What nerve for you to insult me.
[09:31] ---
    Apply the crime
    of resisting a government official.
[09:34] ---
    Arrest every last one of them.
[09:36] ---
    Authorizing usage of swords!
[09:38] ---
    Don't worry about those that resist.
[09:41] ---
    Slay them.
[09:49] ---
    Against Miss Kaoru...
[09:51] ---
    or the townsfolk...
[09:53] ---
    not an inch of that blade will touch them!
[09:57] ---
    If you want an opponent,
    I will take you on.
[10:01] ---
    You finally fell
    for the provocation, pansy.
[10:05] ---
    That sakabato is quite a strange blade...
[10:08] ---
    but now I can kill
    in the name of self-defense.
[10:13] ---
    A swordsman needs to slay a man
    every so often to keep his senses sharp.
[10:24] ---
    Kenshin!
[10:27] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[10:30] ---
    CHIEF'S OFFICE
[10:30] ---
    I see. So it was a fake.
[10:33] ---
    Yes.
[10:34] ---
    I was busy with the aftermath
    of the Seinan War,
[10:37] ---
    and I couldn't
    drop by like this until today.
[10:40] ---
    But if I had given it some thought,
    I should have been able to figure it out.
[10:43] ---
    Himura is a man
    that never wielded such an evil sword.
[10:48] ---
    Indeed, he has slain enough people
    to be called Hitokiri Battosai.
[10:53] ---
    But not once did he slay a man
    for his own self-interests.
[10:57] ---
    It was all for Meiji, the new era.
[11:01] ---
    A hero who saved the lives of many
    Revolutionary warriors with his sword.
[11:06] ---
    Without him, the revolution
    would never have succeeded.
[11:13] ---
    I wanted to find and welcome him
[11:15] ---
    as a high-ranking officer
    of our Imperial Ground Troops.
[11:19] ---
    About that, actually,
    the perpetrators were dropped off...
[11:22] ---
    in front of the station
    early in the morning,
[11:26] ---
    so we still have no idea
    who apprehended them.
[11:29] ---
    But upon inquiry, those guys mentioned
    that "the real deal got us."
[11:32] ---
    What?
[11:33] ---
    Well, I'm sure it's nonsense
    from untrustworthy bandits.
[11:38] ---
    We have a problem, Chief!
[11:40] ---
    You idiot! I have a guest here!
    Knock before entering, at the least!
[11:43] ---
    I'm terribly sorry!
    However, the Sword Bearing Police...
[11:47] ---
    Ujiki caused yet another scene, did he?
[11:50] ---
    Sword Bearing Police?
    I've never heard of them.
[11:54] ---
    Yes. It's a squad created
    through orders from the head office
[11:57] ---
    to deal with the current incident.
[12:00] ---
    But they are all ruffians,
[12:02] ---
    and their captain
    is from Satsuma and is...
[12:05] ---
    well, an Imperialist.
[12:07] ---
    He's a bit too much for me to handle...
[12:11] ---
    Imperialists were generally categorized
    into five groups
[12:13] ---
    based on where they were born...
[12:15] ---
    CHOSHU
[12:15] ---
    TOSA
[12:15] ---
    HIZEN
[12:15] ---
    SATSUMA
[12:15] ---
    Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, Hizen,
[12:19] ---
    and others, such as Mito and Fukuoka.
[12:22] ---
    Among them, Satsuma and Choshu
[12:23] ---
    long served as two great factions
    of the Meiji government.
[12:28] ---
    At this time,
    Satsuma's authority in the police
[12:30] ---
    and Choshu's authority in the military
    were absolute.
[12:36] ---
    I see. Someone from Satsuma
    that is a Revolutionary warrior.
[12:40] ---
    You can't do anything about his impudence.
[12:43] ---
    So, what did he do this time?
[12:46] ---
    Oh... actually, um...
[12:49] ---
    he's been defeated.
    Just by one swordsman, even.
[12:53] ---
    What? Impossible!
[12:55] ---
    The Sword Bearing Police
    are the elites of this station!
[12:58] ---
    But that's the truth.
[13:00] ---
    I don't believe it.
[13:02] ---
    Who in the world is this man?
[13:04] ---
    I don't know.
[13:06] ---
    He was a soft-looking fellow,
    short and thin, with red hair...
[13:11] ---
    and his swordsmanship was lightning quick.
[13:14] ---
    That's right, if I recall correctly,
[13:17] ---
    he had a huge cross-shaped scar
    on his left cheek!
[13:21] ---
    It can't be...
[13:25] ---
    H-He's strong.
[13:28] ---
    Damn you. We were going easy on you,
    as you were outnumbered.
[13:32] ---
    Don't get conceited!
[13:33] ---
    Here comes Sekirei Itto-ryu!
[13:36] ---
    Eat my Yajyu Shishikage-ryu!
[13:38] ---
    Brace for Shindou Kinen-ryu!
[13:51] ---
    One left.
[13:53] ---
    One more! Get him!
[13:54] ---
    What was that about Sword Bearing Police?
    Beat 'em up!
[13:58] ---
    Swear to the townsfolk that you won't
    be oppressive to them, that you will...
[14:03] ---
    and things end right there.
[14:06] ---
    Afterwards, you can arrest me as you wish.
[14:08] ---
    Give me a break!
    I can't do something so pathetic!
[14:13] ---
    That stance...
[14:15] ---
    the most powerful sword in Satsuma,
    Jigen-ryu,
[14:17] ---
    known for not needing a second strike!
[14:19] ---
    Stop it, Ujiki.
[14:20] ---
    That man is—
[14:21] ---
    A foolish man.
[14:23] ---
    Indeed, Jigen-ryu is a powerful sword
    with no parallel.
[14:26] ---
    Chesto!
[14:28] ---
    However...
[14:29] ---
    facing Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu,
    it is all but meaningless.
[14:43] ---
    Kenshin!
[14:44] ---
    Are you not hurt, that you are?
[14:46] ---
    - Oro?
    - That was amazing, man!
[14:48] ---
    Hey, where are you from, swordsman?
[14:50] ---
    Have a drink with us!
[14:53] ---
    Himura!
[14:56] ---
    I am finally able to meet you.
[14:59] ---
    I've been looking for you
    for 10 years now.
[15:01] ---
    So you decided to grow a mustache,
    Mr. Yamagata.
[15:05] ---
    Huh? Yamagata? Can he be...
[15:08] ---
    the general of the Kiheitai,
[15:10] ---
    the most powerful army
    of the revolution,
[15:12] ---
    and the current army general
    of the Meiji government.
[15:14] ---
    Imperialist Aritomo Yamagata!
[15:18] ---
    Chief, clear the area.
[15:20] ---
    Yes, sir!
[15:21] ---
    Come on! Shoo! Shoo!
[15:23] ---
    What? You're being oppressive!
[15:24] ---
    Later, mister!
[15:26] ---
    I have a carriage waiting over there.
[15:29] ---
    Many Revolutionary warriors
    are eagerly awaiting your return.
[15:34] ---
    Now...
[15:40] ---
    I'm sorry, but...
[15:43] ---
    I have no intent on serving honorably
    as someone who slays other people.
[15:48] ---
    What are you saying?
    Even though you killed,
[15:50] ---
    that was a splendid piece
    of the great Revolution!
[15:54] ---
    Indeed, some do show disdain
    and call you a manslayer!
[15:57] ---
    And those that do, I will personally—
[15:59] ---
    Force them to yield
    as a government official.
[16:02] ---
    Egotism of that nature is what lets
    guys like that do whatever they want.
[16:08] ---
    It wasn't for honorable duty
    as a government official or for power.
[16:11] ---
    We took our swords and fought
[16:14] ---
    to create and protect a world
    where people can live happily.
[16:18] ---
    If you forget that, Mr. Yamagata,
    we are nothing more than simple upstarts.
[16:30] ---
    But, Himura!
[16:32] ---
    Times have changed!
[16:34] ---
    We are in a new era, Meiji!
[16:36] ---
    The Sword Abolishment Act is in effect,
    and the samurai have perished!
[16:39] ---
    This is different from the Bakumatsu Era,
    where swords spoke the loudest!
[16:42] ---
    Without the power of government officials
    in this Meiji Era,
[16:46] ---
    you can't do anything with just one sword!
[16:51] ---
    Even with just one sword...
[16:56] ---
    at least I can somehow protect those
    that catch my eye, that I can.
[17:03] ---
    I have never changed, past or present,
    that I haven't.
[17:06] ---
    Outside of a Hitokiri
    turning into a rurouni.
[17:17] ---
    Chief...
[17:18] ---
    I know. One look
    at the reaction from the townsfolk
[17:22] ---
    makes it obvious who was in the wrong.
[17:25] ---
    And his sword is even safer
    than those sword-canes.
[17:29] ---
    I will overlook this case.
[17:30] ---
    Apologies.
[17:32] ---
    However, with the imposter case and all,
[17:35] ---
    I had been under the assumption
[17:36] ---
    that Hitokiri Battosai was
    an evil, dangerous individual.
[17:41] ---
    But the real one
    indeed is a lot different.
[17:47] ---
    I'm sorry, Miss Kaoru, that I am.
[17:49] ---
    About what?
[17:51] ---
    About the ribbon, that is.
[17:52] ---
    It got ruined because of me.
[17:56] ---
    It's fine. As long as you work hard
    on your chores in return.
[18:01] ---
    For starters, you can go shopping.
[18:03] ---
    You haven't gone yet after all, right?
[18:05] ---
    And when you get back, you have to bring
    all the dried laundry back inside.
[18:13] ---
    I think I understood just a little bit
    on why Kenshin is a rurouni.
[18:20] ---
    To be unhindered by anything and
    to freely protect people with his sword,
[18:26] ---
    he lives with the flow.
[18:28] ---
    That's why he's a wanderer.
[18:39] ---
    You still have the guise of a child,
[18:42] ---
    but your heart can stand its own ground,
    that it can.
[18:44] ---
    Against Miss Kaoru...
[18:46] ---
    or the townsfolk...
[18:48] ---
    not an inch of that blade will touch them!
[18:51] ---
    If you want an opponent,
    I will take you on.
[18:56] ---
    Damn it.
[19:05] ---
    When you bring me no money,
    you're absolutely worthless.
[19:15] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[19:16] ---
    I'm home, that I am.
[19:29] ---
    That kiddo.
[19:31] ---
    I ain't no kid!
[19:33] ---
    I'm a descendant of a Tokyo samurai,
    Yahiko Myojin!
[19:36] ---
    I haven't sunk so low
    as to be pitied by others!
[19:42] ---
    If times hadn't changed,
[19:43] ---
    he would have been
    one fine samurai when he grew up.
[20:15] ---
    Damn it.
[20:17] ---
    Yahiko.
[20:20] ---
    It's evening now.
    Come on, cough up this month's payment.
[20:25] ---
    - I don't have it.
    - Huh?
[20:27] ---
    I'm done being a pickpocket.
[20:28] ---
    I'm gonna cut all ties
    with you yakuza folk, too.
[20:31] ---
    Huh? What are you talking abo—
[20:47] ---
    What do you mean by that?
[20:52] ---
    I don't mean anything else.
[20:57] ---
    I just got sick of something
    so miserable as pickpocketing.
[21:04] ---
    I don't like you. You're too cheeky.
[21:07] ---
    This is as good an opportunity as any.
[21:09] ---
    I'll take my time and
    show you just who is the master here.
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    KASSHIN-RYU - REBORN
[22:46] ---
    Next episode: "Kasshin-ryu - Reborn."

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[00:09] ---
    What do you mean by that?
[00:14] ---
    I don't mean anything else.
[00:19] ---
    I just got sick of something
    so miserable as pickpocketing.
[00:26] ---
    I don't like you. You're too cheeky.
[00:29] ---
    This is as good an opportunity as any.
[00:31] ---
    I'll take my time and
    show you just who is the master here.
[00:36] ---
    Mm, I worked up a good sweat.
[00:39] ---
    Now I'll go home
    and take a nice long bath.
[00:42] ---
    Oh, I wonder if Kenshin
    properly drew a bath yet?
[00:46] ---
    He went home before me,
    so at least he could do as much.
[00:50] ---
    Hmm?
[00:55] ---
    Wait, that's...
[02:27] ---
    EPISODE 3: KASSHIN-RYU - REBORN
[02:33] ---
    KANTO SHUEI GROUP
[02:38] ---
    Stubborn brat.
[02:40] ---
    All he had to do was make one apology.
[02:43] ---
    Hold up.
[02:45] ---
    Your nickname is Hitokiri Gaskeh.
[02:48] ---
    If you do any more than that,
    he'll really die.
[02:51] ---
    Boss...
[02:52] ---
    Yahiko... if you're
    gonna quit pickpocketing,
[02:55] ---
    how do you plan to live?
[02:58] ---
    If you think you'll somehow get by
    'cause you're a samurai,
[03:01] ---
    you're sorely mistaken.
[03:04] ---
    The Meiji era
    is all about cold, hard cash.
[03:08] ---
    Your pride ain't worth a penny,
    no matter how much you got of it.
[03:13] ---
    Rather, samurai hold on
    to something like that for dear life.
[03:18] ---
    And that's why
    they quickly see hard times.
[03:23] ---
    And lately, wives and daughters
    of previous daimyos
[03:26] ---
    are all over the red-light district.
[03:30] ---
    Catch a band of thieves, and sometimes
    they're all samurai fallen from grace.
[03:35] ---
    How miserable.
[03:37] ---
    Forget that you were born
    a samurai, Yahiko...
[03:41] ---
    and learn to live despicably.
[03:45] ---
    That way, I'll keep you around
    for a long time as one of my henchmen.
[03:53] ---
    Don't make me say it over and over.
[03:55] ---
    I've had enough.
[03:58] ---
    You little punk!
[04:00] ---
    What an attitude against our boss!
[04:02] ---
    He's the one who saved your life
    after your parents croaked!
[04:07] ---
    Yum.
[04:08] ---
    That's enough, already!
[04:10] ---
    You say samurai, but your dad only
    had 30 koku and fed only two people.
[04:14] ---
    He was a poor, stupid vassal!
[04:15] ---
    He stood up against the Imperial Army
    early in the revolution
[04:18] ---
    and got slaughtered!
[04:20] ---
    And your mother sold herself
    at the red-light district,
[04:23] ---
    then croaked from an illness! What a fool!
[04:26] ---
    I don't know who you're more like,
[04:28] ---
    but this kid definitely comes
    from those stupid parents!
[04:30] ---
    Shut up!
[04:35] ---
    Mr. Gaskeh!
[04:38] ---
    Father felt disdain
    for going with the flow
[04:41] ---
    and betraying the Shogunate
    by siding with the Imperial Army!
[04:44] ---
    That's why he joined the Shogitai
    and made a righteous sacrifice!
[04:47] ---
    Mother whittled her life away
    working to raise me and fell to illness!
[04:55] ---
    They both had pride and lived noble lives!
[04:59] ---
    I will never allow anyone
    to speak badly of them!
[05:03] ---
    I'm the one that won't allow you, brat!
[05:07] ---
    I'll slaughter you!
[05:09] ---
    Huh?
[05:15] ---
    Wh-Who the hell are you?
[05:18] ---
    It's a raid! Everyone get 'im!
[05:22] ---
    Calling for them is useless.
[05:24] ---
    They wouldn't let me in,
[05:26] ---
    so I had everyone outside this room
    take a short nap.
[05:29] ---
    Wha...
[05:31] ---
    I am Kenshin Himura, a rurouni.
[05:33] ---
    I have come here for you
    to hand the kiddo over to me.
[05:37] ---
    You came here, my ass!
[05:39] ---
    Mr. Gaskeh!
[05:40] ---
    Are you a samurai as well?
[05:41] ---
    I'll round y'all up and kill ya—
[05:45] ---
    I'm in the middle of a conversation.
[05:47] ---
    You stay quiet for a while there.
[05:50] ---
    Mr. Gaskeh!
[05:52] ---
    So how about it, Mr. Boss?
[05:54] ---
    Why don't you show your big heart
[05:57] ---
    and willingly let go of that kiddo,
    that you will?
[06:03] ---
    I believe that would be a lot better
[06:04] ---
    than the shame of all your henchmen
    being routed coming out into the open.
[06:11] ---
    A-All right.
[06:14] ---
    Take him as you please.
[06:16] ---
    Thank you.
[06:17] ---
    Apologies for asking such a huge favor.
[06:20] ---
    Are you all right, kiddo, that is?
[06:23] ---
    I didn't know where you were.
[06:25] ---
    I'm late because I visited
    each and every group.
[06:30] ---
    Who asked you to save me?
[06:33] ---
    I was able to fight on my own!
[06:35] ---
    I could have fought!
[06:39] ---
    I see.
[06:40] ---
    It seems I have underestimated you
    yet again, kiddo, that I have.
[06:46] ---
    Then at the least allow me
    to treat your wounds
[06:49] ---
    in place of an apology, that I should.
[06:53] ---
    B-Bastard! You ain't getting' away!
[06:54] ---
    Stop it! Don't mess with him!
[06:57] ---
    Those are the eyes of a manslayer.
[07:00] ---
    Not just a Yakuza manslayer...
[07:03] ---
    a real one.
[07:07] ---
    I didn't think someone with those eyes
    would be left in these days of Meiji.
[07:12] ---
    You can't have enough lives
    going against the likes of those.
[07:17] ---
    It's a great deal if one brat
    will let us off the hook.
[07:23] ---
    Damn it.
[07:25] ---
    Damn it. Damn it.
[07:29] ---
    Damn it. Damn it.
[07:33] ---
    Is your lack of strength
    that frustrating, kiddo?
[07:38] ---
    Damn it.
[07:39] ---
    I wanna become stronger.
[07:42] ---
    So much that I won't need your help...
[07:45] ---
    so that I can protect the honor
    of Father and Mother on my own.
[07:54] ---
    I wanna become stronger
[08:01] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[08:02] ---
    They're late.
[08:04] ---
    Well, this is Kenshin we're talking about,
    so I'm sure he's fine.
[08:07] ---
    But that kid...
[08:12] ---
    I'm home, that I am.
[08:14] ---
    Welcome home.
[08:16] ---
    He's badly hurt, as I expected.
[08:18] ---
    I have a ride waiting
    out in the main street,
[08:19] ---
    so we need to hurry to a doctor.
[08:21] ---
    The acting master of Kamiya Kasshin-ryu,
    Miss Kaoru Kamiya.
[08:27] ---
    She'll be your instructor from now on,
    that she will.
[08:31] ---
    Hold on a sec!
[08:32] ---
    You want me to learn swordsmanship?
[08:34] ---
    From this ugly hag, to boot?
[08:35] ---
    Instructor? You can't mean bringing
    this kid in as an apprentice?
[08:38] ---
    Yup!
[08:42] ---
    Now, everything from here
    is depending on your own effort.
[08:45] ---
    I took the time
    to set everything up for you.
[08:48] ---
    You can become
    as strong as you want, Yahiko.
[08:52] ---
    You know what?
[08:54] ---
    You said, "ugly hag" again just now,
    didn't you?
[08:56] ---
    Yeah! What of it, ugly hag?
[08:58] ---
    What of it? I told you
    that you should stop doing that!
[09:00] ---
    Oro?
[09:01] ---
    - Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly hag!
    - Huh?!
[09:02] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[09:05] ---
    Well, in any case,
    first try holding one.
[09:08] ---
    Here.
[09:11] ---
    Huh? What are you doing?
[09:13] ---
    Shut up! I have no idea
    why you're bossing me around, ugly hag!
[09:16] ---
    I told you not to call me an ugly hag!
[09:19] ---
    You'll pay for it!
[09:20] ---
    Yeah! Go ahead and try, if you can!
[09:22] ---
    Oro.
[09:23] ---
    Both of them have strong wills,
    that they do.
[09:26] ---
    Kenshin, you need to tell him, too!
[09:28] ---
    He has too foul a mouth!
[09:30] ---
    Come, now. He is
    your eagerly awaited student, that he is.
[09:33] ---
    You should take better care of him.
[09:34] ---
    Better care, you say?
[09:37] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[09:39] ---
    One, two, three...
[09:41] ---
    Amazing! There are over 15 here!
[09:45] ---
    The rumors of defeating
    the Sword Bearing Police must have spread!
[09:48] ---
    This will let me revive
    the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu!
[09:51] ---
    This isn't good.
[09:52] ---
    Huh?
[09:53] ---
    Hey, all of you. I do not practice
    the sword style taught here,
[09:58] ---
    and I have no intention
    of taking an apprentice.
[10:00] ---
    If you came here
    after seeing yesterday's incident...
[10:03] ---
    I'm sorry, but I have to ask you
    to leave, that I do.
[10:10] ---
    There we go.
[10:13] ---
    Heh!
[10:16] ---
    If you didn't send everyone back
    that day,
[10:19] ---
    I would have endless lessons
    to give to students!
[10:21] ---
    Unexpected students who join for curiosity
[10:24] ---
    won't even last six months,
    that they don't.
[10:27] ---
    And that wouldn't have any meaning.
[10:30] ---
    More than that, slowly training someone
[10:32] ---
    who really wants to get into it
    is better, that it is.
[10:36] ---
    Hey, I came here
    so that I could become stronger.
[10:39] ---
    But it's out of the question
    if I have to deal with a young girl.
[10:42] ---
    A y—
[10:43] ---
    KAORU KAMIYA
[10:43] ---
    STUDENT
[10:43] ---
    ACTING MASTER
[10:44] ---
    Kenshin, you told me to become stronger.
[10:45] ---
    STUDENT
[10:45] ---
    KAORU KAMIYA
[10:46] ---
    Then teach me your sword instead.
[10:48] ---
    STUDENT
[10:49] ---
    I have no intent
    on teaching Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu
[10:51] ---
    to future generations, that I don't.
[10:53] ---
    I am simply a supervisor.
[10:56] ---
    Yahiko, you should learn
    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu
[10:58] ---
    and become stronger
    with a life-giving sword.
[11:01] ---
    You'll pay for it!
[11:02] ---
    Try me!
[11:03] ---
    Though, they aren't listening,
    that they aren't.
[11:03] ---
    Oh, is that okay?
[11:04] ---
    Yeah! Come at me!
[11:10] ---
    Hey!
[11:11] ---
    Stop right there!
[11:15] ---
    Yahiko!
[11:17] ---
    Yahiko!
[11:18] ---
    Yahiko!
[11:20] ---
    Sheesh, the moment I take my eyes off him,
    he slacks off.
[11:25] ---
    A foul-mouthed, cynical kid
    with no guts whatsoever.
[11:28] ---
    Kenshin, what exactly did you see
[11:30] ---
    in—Him?
[11:32] ---
    I sat quietly, and you
    mouth off to your heart's content!
[11:35] ---
    I don't recall ever being
    a student of this place!
[11:38] ---
    Compared to being taught by you,
    studying on my own is a lot better!
[11:42] ---
    In the first place, all the casuals aside,
[11:45] ---
    now that your false accusation
    has been cleared,
[11:47] ---
    why didn't any of your students
    return here?
[11:52] ---
    That's because...
[11:54] ---
    Maybe all of them got sick of you
    as the acting master?
[12:06] ---
    M-Miss Kaoru!
[12:08] ---
    Pl-Please help!
[12:11] ---
    Hira! And Sato, too!
[12:13] ---
    How'd you get those wounds?
[12:15] ---
    What happened to you?
[12:18] ---
    You can't run anymore!
[12:20] ---
    You're dead meat!
[12:22] ---
    And who exactly are you?
[12:24] ---
    What do you want
    with my former students?
[12:26] ---
    Shut up! Don't get in our way!
[12:39] ---
    What exactly is this about?
[12:41] ---
    Can you explain?
[12:44] ---
    Well, um...
[12:46] ---
    we ran across a drunken group of guys
    causing a riot in town.
[12:49] ---
    Right. They were causing trouble
    to everyone around them,
[12:53] ---
    so we held them down.
[12:55] ---
    Their buddies all came
    and resented what we did,
[12:57] ---
    so now they're chasing after us.
[13:01] ---
    Where'd they go?
[13:02] ---
    This way!
[13:05] ---
    Found 'em!
[13:06] ---
    Th-They have so many buddies.
[13:09] ---
    That's too many enemies!
[13:10] ---
    Everyone, go into the dojo!
[13:16] ---
    Damn it!
[13:17] ---
    Mr. Hachisuka!
[13:18] ---
    Heh. Great.
[13:20] ---
    Just great.
[13:22] ---
    Show 'em what it means to make fun
    of the Hishimanji Guren Gang!
[13:29] ---
    Now I remember.
[13:30] ---
    That's the Hishimanji Guren Gang.
[13:33] ---
    Hishimanji Guren Gang?
[13:35] ---
    A group of thugs,
    like a reserve army of criminals.
[13:38] ---
    Because they don't know their limits,
[13:39] ---
    they're more tenacious and ill-natured
    than even Yakuza.
[13:42] ---
    But this is a problem.
[13:44] ---
    Of all times,
    they came when Kenshin isn't here.
[13:47] ---
    Wha? I thought I didn't see him.
[13:49] ---
    Where the hell did he go?
[13:51] ---
    I asked him to go shopping.
[13:53] ---
    Rice, salt, miso, and soy sauce.
[13:56] ---
    You idiot. Is there a need
    to buy all of that at once?
[14:00] ---
    Wh-What should we do, Miss Kaoru?
[14:02] ---
    Don't "What should we do" us.
[14:04] ---
    This is something you guys started.
[14:06] ---
    It's not their fault.
[14:09] ---
    Are you a genuine idiot?
[14:11] ---
    Are you taking
    what they're saying seriously?
[14:13] ---
    Huh?
[14:16] ---
    You two have been reeking of booze
    since you came here.
[14:19] ---
    I'm guessing that the guys
    who got drunk and caused a riot
[14:22] ---
    were probably you two,
    not the Hishimanji guys.
[14:24] ---
    And through drunken momentum,
[14:26] ---
    you picked a fight
    against their underlings, right?
[14:29] ---
    Is that so?
[14:34] ---
    Is that really true?
[14:38] ---
    I'm sorry.
[14:45] ---
    Turtling up is useless
    against the Hishimanji!
[14:48] ---
    Come on out, damn it!
    I'll crush you, ragtag dojo and all!
[14:53] ---
    A wooden cannon!
[14:53] ---
    He's got something that terrible?
[14:57] ---
    Wooden cannon—a simple cannon
    used up until the Bakumatsu Era.
[15:01] ---
    The force of clay balls
    shot out of oak-wood barrels
[15:05] ---
    can hold its own
    against normal cannons at close range.
[15:09] ---
    Are you surprised?
[15:11] ---
    This is the true power of the Hishimanji!
[15:13] ---
    Just 'cause you learned
    a bit of swordsmanship
[15:15] ---
    doesn't mean you can get all stuck-up!
[15:17] ---
    I'll get plenty of revenge
    for my buddy that got a broken arm!
[15:22] ---
    You guys swung swords around
    in a drunken fight
[15:26] ---
    and injured someone else?
[15:29] ---
    Those guys are idiots
    that don't know their bounds,
[15:32] ---
    but these guys
    are scum who sunk even lower.
[15:34] ---
    I mean, "former students"
    means that they scurried off
[15:37] ---
    during the crossroad killings incident,
    right guys?
[15:41] ---
    The fact you're trying to seek refuge
    in the dojo is barking up the wrong tree!
[15:49] ---
    You can't run anymore. Come out!
[15:53] ---
    Go ahead and take them.
[15:54] ---
    They got nothin' to do with us anymore.
[15:56] ---
    N-No way.
[15:58] ---
    Moron! You too! That girl over there
[16:01] ---
    is in the same boat
    'cause she hid 'em from me.
[16:05] ---
    What was that?
[16:06] ---
    I'll take whatever revenge
    you want to deal.
[16:11] ---
    So keep your hands off of these three.
[16:14] ---
    Hold on a sec. What's that about?
[16:16] ---
    My late father and I
    taught these two swordsmanship.
[16:20] ---
    Although they no longer study under us,
[16:23] ---
    I do have some responsibility
    for their foolish swords.
[16:26] ---
    I thought I was doing my best
[16:29] ---
    to teach the way of a life-giving sword
    that can be of use for others...
[16:33] ---
    but I guess it was just wishful thinking.
[16:37] ---
    Yahiko, as long as you feel
    that you want to become stronger,
[16:41] ---
    you can improve anywhere you go.
[16:43] ---
    So you should do your best.
[16:47] ---
    You're going to take on
    all of their crimes?
[16:52] ---
    Well, it's not bad to face
    a martial arts girl every so often.
[17:00] ---
    Gimme a break!
[17:03] ---
    Don't lump me, Yahiko Myojin,
    together with these two scumbags!
[17:07] ---
    I can't just let you alone feel
    the pain of all this and end it like that!
[17:11] ---
    Mr. Hachisuka!
[17:12] ---
    This brat!
[17:14] ---
    You're not getting away with this!
    I'll slaughter you!
[17:17] ---
    Slaughter?
[17:19] ---
    That's far from quaint, that it is.
[17:22] ---
    Kenshin!
[17:24] ---
    I don't know the circumstances,
[17:26] ---
    but no need for you
    to pull out the wooden cannon.
[17:29] ---
    Let's stop getting carried away.
[17:31] ---
    Don't act out of stupidity,
    that you shouldn't.
[17:33] ---
    Shut up! Who the hell are you?
[17:35] ---
    Mr. Hachisuka, this isn't good.
    This guy is—
[17:38] ---
    Huh?
[17:39] ---
    You know that rurouni
    who's the talk of the town
[17:41] ---
    after crushing
    the Sword Bearing Police by himself?
[17:44] ---
    If I recall, this guy is the one.
[17:46] ---
    Idiot! Why are you cowering
    over one simple rurouni?
[17:50] ---
    We have this on our side!
[17:52] ---
    Ready the wooden cannon!
[17:54] ---
    Yeah!
[17:56] ---
    Kenshin!
[17:56] ---
    Fire!
[18:09] ---
    This blade on my sakabato mercilessly
    slices apart anything other than humans.
[18:15] ---
    I will say it again.
[18:19] ---
    Stop acting out of stupidity.
[18:23] ---
    Great.
[18:25] ---
    Just great!
[18:27] ---
    Hey, guys!
[18:28] ---
    Y-Yeah?
[18:29] ---
    Let's beat it!
[18:33] ---
    I see. So something like that
    had happened while I was out, that it did.
[18:38] ---
    Um...
[18:39] ---
    It's fine. You guys should go home now.
[18:42] ---
    And forget that you
    were ever a student here.
[18:46] ---
    And never hold swords in your hands.
[18:51] ---
    Hira.
[18:55] ---
    That wound on your shoulder...
[18:57] ---
    make sure to get it checked out
    by a doctor.
[19:06] ---
    STUDENT
[19:12] ---
    Please cheer up, Miss Kaoru.
[19:17] ---
    No matter how hard you try in good faith,
[19:21] ---
    there are times the feelings
    don't come across, that there are.
[19:26] ---
    Don't you be sobbing. It's not like you.
[19:36] ---
    I won't end up like those guys.
[19:39] ---
    So I'll be one of your students.
[19:43] ---
    It's impossible for me to immediately
    become someone like Kenshin.
[19:46] ---
    So I'll settle
    for someone like you for now.
[19:52] ---
    Now let's hurry up
    and clean this place up to practice!
[19:56] ---
    However...
[19:58] ---
    there are those that will squarely accept
    your good faith, that there are.
[20:10] ---
    There's no time to waste.
[20:12] ---
    Hurry on over, Kaoru!
[20:13] ---
    I wanna become strong real quick!
[20:15] ---
    First it's "ugly hag"!
    Now you ditch honorifics?
[20:17] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN-RYU
[20:18] ---
    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu has no master.
[20:22] ---
    Acting master, Kaoru Kamiya.
[20:25] ---
    Student, Yahiko Myojin.
[20:28] ---
    And rurouni, Kenshin Himura.
[20:31] ---
    One day in early spring
    in the 11th year of Meiji,
[20:34] ---
    a small, new step was definitely taken.
[22:15] ---
    All right! We're defeated! You're strong!
[22:18] ---
    Now let us go! We were just frustrated!
[22:20] ---
    No need to say anything. I'm done.
[22:23] ---
    You guys are way too weak.
[22:27] ---
    If I keep going,
    it will just end up being bullying.
[22:32] ---
    BAD
[22:33] ---
    Man, I sure got myself
    into a really boring fight.
[22:38] ---
    Aren't there any good tough guys
    out there somewhere?
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    THE FIGHTER FOR HIRE -
    SANOSUKE SAGARA
[22:45] ---
    Next episode:
    The Fighter for Hire - Sanosuke Sagara

E4 - The Fighter for Hire - Sanosuke Sagara

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[00:11] ---
    Stop that!
[00:12] ---
    Oro?
[00:13] ---
    Don't be chopping wood right next
    to someone doing practice swings!
[00:16] ---
    It throws me off rhythm!
[00:18] ---
    You say that, but that is—
[00:20] ---
    If you're gonna do that,
    at least use an axe!
[00:22] ---
    And what's with this perfect cut?
[00:24] ---
    Don't use a master's skill
    on helping out with household chores!
[00:27] ---
    You don't even teach me any of it!
[00:29] ---
    - Stop arguing!
    - Oro?
[00:31] ---
    There's no more need to fight!
[00:34] ---
    We can live in peace from now on!
[00:37] ---
    What is the matter, that is?
[00:38] ---
    Has her ugliness
    gone up to her brain, too?
[00:43] ---
    I meant the worries about life expenses
    that were my present concern are gone now!
[00:48] ---
    I was clearing out the closet
    when I found this!
[00:51] ---
    Something my grandpa drew—
[00:52] ---
    A scribble?
[00:53] ---
    An ink painting!
[00:55] ---
    My grandpa was a swordsman,
[00:58] ---
    but at the same time,
    a pretty popular ink artist.
[01:00] ---
    Selling this will get us money.
[01:03] ---
    Oh, thank you so much, Grandpa!
[01:05] ---
    What a calculating woman.
[01:10] ---
    Hmm? What is it?
[01:13] ---
    O-Ouch!
[01:15] ---
    And so, we can go to a beef
    hot-pot restaurant for a fancy lunch!
[01:18] ---
    You act so high and mighty when others
    are acting humble, you ugly hag!
[01:22] ---
    Whenever you say anything,
    it's ugly this, ugly hag that.
[01:25] ---
    Is that the only thing you can think—
[01:26] ---
    - What was that?
    - Good grief, that is.
[02:59] ---
    EPISODE 4:
    THE FIGHTER FOR HIRE -
    SANOSUKE SAGARA
[03:05] ---
    The Meiji enlightenment had a tremendous
    impact on food culture as well.
[03:07] ---
    SUSHI
[03:08] ---
    TEMPURA
[03:10] ---
    BEEF HOT-POT AND SAKE
    AKABEKO RESTAURANT
[03:10] ---
    All sorts of new dishes
    came to life in this era.
[03:14] ---
    Of which, the beef hot-pot,
[03:16] ---
    what we call sukiyaki in modern day,
    became immensely popular
[03:20] ---
    as a representative of Western cuisine
    that common folk could eat.
[03:25] ---
    No good!
[03:27] ---
    A world of free democracy
    will never come like that!
[03:31] ---
    But that means this is the same
    as sending Mr. Itagaki to death!
[03:34] ---
    That's right!
    Okubo, the Lord of Home Affairs,
[03:37] ---
    didn't show any mercy,
    even to the Great Saigo!
[03:40] ---
    Enough of Okubo!
[03:41] ---
    If he can die and join the stars like
    the Great Saigo, Mr. Itagaki can, too!
[03:45] ---
    Nonsense! What merit is there
    in romanticism of that nature?
[03:49] ---
    Welcome—
[03:50] ---
    Oh, Kaoru.
[03:52] ---
    It's been a while, Ms. Tae.
[03:54] ---
    I'm glad you're doing well.
[03:57] ---
    Is this young man your boyfriend?
[03:59] ---
    He is not! He's just a guest of the dojo!
[04:05] ---
    If Mr. Itagaki dies,
    then freedom dies with him!
[04:08] ---
    What are you talking about?
[04:10] ---
    Even if Mr. Itagaki dies,
    freedom will not!
[04:13] ---
    Moreover, the way he dies
    will enlighten the people!
[04:16] ---
    I guess they are activists for the
    Democratic Rights Movement, that they are.
[04:17] ---
    And I'm saying that is romanticism!
[04:19] ---
    They're saying stuff
    that I don't quite understand.
[04:22] ---
    Those are just drunks.
[04:24] ---
    Oh, don't worry about them.
[04:26] ---
    Shall I prepare enough for three for now?
[04:29] ---
    Oh, and three coffees, please.
[04:31] ---
    You are in good spirits,
    Miss Kaoru, that you—
[04:35] ---
    Kenshin?
[04:37] ---
    Kenshin!
[04:38] ---
    Ororo...
[04:41] ---
    You can try saying that to me again!
[04:43] ---
    You threw a bottle at someone!
    What are you arguing about over there?
[04:46] ---
    Put all that aside,
    and apologize first, damn it!
[04:49] ---
    Kid, you're a century too young
[04:50] ---
    to speak to us
    Democratic Rights Movement activists!
[04:55] ---
    It don't matter if I'm a kid!
[04:56] ---
    You gotta apologize, damn drunks!
[04:59] ---
    There, there.
[05:00] ---
    Who you calling drunks?
[05:02] ---
    We are Democratic Rights—
[05:04] ---
    Shut up!
[05:05] ---
    Everyone becomes a drunk
    once they booze it up!
[05:07] ---
    What?
[05:08] ---
    S-Sirs, please don't make a fuss.
[05:12] ---
    Shut up!
[05:13] ---
    - Ms. Tae!
    - Whoa!
[05:16] ---
    Democratic rights are for the sake
    of the weak, ain't they?
[05:21] ---
    Activists clamorin' for that
    shouldn't be doin' stuff like this.
[05:26] ---
    Or is it that...
[05:28] ---
    the democratic rights you speak of
    are to get drunk and thrash about?
[05:33] ---
    What was that, punk?
[05:35] ---
    Are you picking a fight with us?
[05:38] ---
    Oh, right.
[05:40] ---
    I should pick one every so often.
[05:42] ---
    People usually pick fights with me, but...
[05:45] ---
    I really hate seeing someone be a bully
    or being a bully myself.
[05:50] ---
    Especially...
[05:52] ---
    hypocrites bullying people
[05:53] ---
    while mouthing off
    about freedom, justice, and equality.
[05:58] ---
    They piss me off to no end!
[06:01] ---
    Come outside with us!
[06:06] ---
    This is getting really weird.
[06:09] ---
    Would it be better to stop them, that is?
[06:11] ---
    They're sayin' they wanna do it,
    so leave 'em.
[06:15] ---
    First, let's see what you can do.
[06:17] ---
    How about you land a good blow?
[06:21] ---
    You brat!
[06:22] ---
    Take this!
[06:25] ---
    That's not fair! He was hiding a suntetsu!
[06:28] ---
    Quit your barkin'!
[06:29] ---
    Suntetsu is a hidden weapon to begin with!
[06:33] ---
    What they are saying is correct,
    that it is.
[06:36] ---
    However...
[06:38] ---
    it is not effective at all.
[06:43] ---
    This is all you can do,
    even with a suntetsu?
[06:46] ---
    What?
[06:47] ---
    H-Hey...
[06:49] ---
    that right hand of yours...
[06:57] ---
    P-Punk! What the hell did you do?
[07:00] ---
    I didn't really do anything.
[07:02] ---
    A-Are you okay?
[07:04] ---
    Oh, this ain't much!
[07:06] ---
    If this disheartens me,
[07:07] ---
    I can't serve
    as a Democratic Rights Movement activist!
[07:10] ---
    Oh, that's an admirable spirit!
[07:12] ---
    If I give it everything I got,
    I will end up bullying you all.
[07:16] ---
    I'll take you on with one finger.
[07:18] ---
    Don't mock me!
[07:20] ---
    Take this!
[07:29] ---
    I sure picked a boring fight.
[07:32] ---
    One flick to the forehead...
[07:36] ---
    Damn it!
[07:36] ---
    I would have let things slide
    if it was just a drunken fight...
[07:41] ---
    but if you're going to draw something
    like that, I won't hold back, either.
[07:46] ---
    Democratic rights are perfectly fine.
[07:49] ---
    But in your case...
[07:52] ---
    before you correct the government,
[07:54] ---
    you need to correct yourselves,
    that you do.
[07:57] ---
    Pay your bill, and go on home.
[08:04] ---
    Thank you very much.
[08:06] ---
    You helped me out there.
[08:08] ---
    Oh, that was a fight I chose to fight.
[08:10] ---
    It's nothing to be thanked over.
[08:12] ---
    Hey, swordsman.
[08:14] ---
    Is your head doin' all right?
[08:16] ---
    Hmm?
[08:17] ---
    Oh, it wasn't much of anything,
    that it wasn't.
[08:19] ---
    Figures.
[08:21] ---
    If you intentionally didn't dodge it
    and got badly hurt,
[08:23] ---
    you'd embarrass yourself.
[08:25] ---
    Huh?
[08:26] ---
    If you had dodged it back there,
[08:29] ---
    that girl's face
    would be covered in blood by now.
[08:32] ---
    So you chose not to dodge it
    and used your own head as a shield.
[08:36] ---
    You're overestimating me, that you are.
[08:38] ---
    You're being so humble.
[08:40] ---
    That suits my fancy.
[08:42] ---
    Won't you accept my challenge?
[08:44] ---
    I will decline, that I do.
[08:46] ---
    I see.
[08:48] ---
    Well, if you ever feel like it,
    you can accept it whenever.
[08:51] ---
    I'll be over at the Gorotsuki Nagaya
    on the outskirts of town.
[08:54] ---
    See ya.
[08:56] ---
    BAD
[09:00] ---
    What was with him?
[09:02] ---
    Is he a good guy or bad guy?
[09:05] ---
    That "bad" must mean bad taste.
[09:08] ---
    A strange man.
[09:11] ---
    By the way...
[09:12] ---
    Do you know something, Ms. Tae?
[09:14] ---
    He didn't pay his bill.
[09:21] ---
    Hmph.
[09:23] ---
    So you want me
    to go defeat that guy?
[09:26] ---
    SA
[09:26] ---
    I'm sure you will be able
    to get rid of him.
[09:30] ---
    Don't talk like I'm a hitman.
[09:33] ---
    It's all right with me
    as long as I can enjoy my fights.
[09:39] ---
    But I'm surprised you guys
    were able to escape from jail.
[09:43] ---
    That shows how much hatred I have.
[09:46] ---
    If he wasn't around,
    everything would have gone well.
[09:50] ---
    A pathetic resentment you've got there.
[09:53] ---
    So is this Kenshin guy strong?
[09:58] ---
    I had really boring fights
    yesterday and today,
[10:00] ---
    so I'm getting fed up with things.
[10:02] ---
    Strong!
[10:04] ---
    So much that he defeated me with one blow!
[10:07] ---
    You putz!
    Defeating you ain't proof of strength,
[10:11] ---
    even if you do it
    tens of thousands of times!
[10:13] ---
    Now, now... if you can lend us an ear...
[10:19] ---
    This man named Kenshin is actually...
[10:24] ---
    Come on, is that for real?
[10:26] ---
    How about it, Mr. Zanza?
[10:29] ---
    I'm sure that he will surely
    prove sufficient as your opponent.
[10:33] ---
    Yeah.
[10:35] ---
    For the first time in several years,
    he's someone worthy of using my "partner."
[10:39] ---
    The legendary manslayer, Himura Battosai!
[10:44] ---
    Zanza, fighter for hire, I've been
    looking for tough guys like that!
[10:49] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[10:52] ---
    SA
[10:55] ---
    "The legendary manslayer,
    Himura Battosai!
[10:59] ---
    Zanza, fighter for hire, I've been
    looking for tough guys like that!"
[11:05] ---
    Or so he said and trudged out
    two weeks ago!
[11:08] ---
    Where in hell did that bird head go?
[11:10] ---
    He can't possibly
    have chickened out and ran away?
[11:14] ---
    "It's all right with me as long
    as I can enjoy my fights," he said!
[11:19] ---
    Give me a break!
[11:22] ---
    You're the one
    that's gonna give me a break!
[11:24] ---
    If you're doing weird impersonations,
    I'll hang you upside down!
[11:27] ---
    O-O-Oh, Mr. Zanza. Where have you been?
[11:31] ---
    Fights. I've been fighting.
[11:33] ---
    Another fight?
[11:35] ---
    No way, putz.
[11:37] ---
    A fight doesn't start
    with punches and kicks.
[11:40] ---
    Though you lot wouldn't understand,
    even if I told you.
[11:47] ---
    Zanza, fighter for hire.
[11:50] ---
    A guy that fights for you,
[11:51] ---
    known throughout
    the underground society of eastern Tokyo.
[11:54] ---
    His fight money is decided
    by how much he has fun.
[11:58] ---
    An irresponsible, ultracheeky lone wolf.
[12:01] ---
    BAD
[12:01] ---
    However, he is strong!
[12:02] ---
    Those that fight him
    are said to have nightmares
[12:05] ---
    about the "bad" on his back
    for months on end.
[12:10] ---
    If I make good use of Zanza,
    I can surely do that aggravating guy in...
[12:15] ---
    that Himura Battosai!
[12:21] ---
    We have a guest, that we do.
[12:22] ---
    Huh? H-Hold on, Kenshin.
[12:25] ---
    What? What's going on?
[12:27] ---
    I felt a presence, that I did.
[12:30] ---
    Not even trying to hide it...
[12:32] ---
    a stupidly straightforward battle aura.
[12:36] ---
    I'm here to fight.
[12:39] ---
    That guy from the other day!
[12:40] ---
    So it was you.
[12:43] ---
    I thought I declined on fighting you,
    that I did.
[12:46] ---
    But I can't let that slide.
[12:48] ---
    This is a fight I'm picking
    as a fighter for hire.
[12:51] ---
    All the more reason
[12:52] ---
    if I'm going against
    the Imperialist, Himura Battosai.
[12:59] ---
    Imperialist from Choshu, Himura Battosai.
[13:02] ---
    Your sword style is the ancient sword art
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
[13:06] ---
    You worked for five years,
    from age 14 to 19.
[13:10] ---
    You spent the first half
    as a literal manslayer,
[13:12] ---
    a merciless assassin
    squirming in the shadows.
[13:15] ---
    In the second half,
    you were a commando swordsman
[13:18] ---
    protecting comrades
    from the Shogunate's swordsmen.
[13:22] ---
    You're famous to this day
    because of the second job.
[13:26] ---
    However, you went missing
    after the victory at Toba-Fushimi.
[13:31] ---
    And now you live your days
    as the rurouni Kenshin Himura.
[13:36] ---
    A real fight begins
    by learning more about your opponent.
[13:40] ---
    And you decide how to fight
    after you gain knowledge.
[13:43] ---
    I went all the way to Kyoto
    to do some research.
[13:47] ---
    So have you decided
    how to fight, that you have?
[13:50] ---
    That's just it! That's my problem!
[13:53] ---
    I only figured out your general history.
[13:56] ---
    What kind of sword style
    is Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu?
[13:59] ---
    Why did a merciless manslayer
    turn into a rurouni that refuses to kill?
[14:03] ---
    I couldn't figure out
    any of the key details.
[14:06] ---
    And since I couldn't figure it out,
[14:08] ---
    I came here like this
    to fight you fair and square.
[14:14] ---
    Hey, Bro...
[14:16] ---
    do you think Zanza can really win?
[14:19] ---
    Hmph. He's facing the Battosai.
[14:22] ---
    Of course it will be impossible.
[14:25] ---
    Then—
[14:26] ---
    Fret not.
[14:28] ---
    Zanza will lose.
[14:30] ---
    But he is a famous fighter for hire.
[14:33] ---
    Even if it costs him his life,
[14:34] ---
    he will wound Battosai
    and force a difficult battle.
[14:37] ---
    When that battle ends
    and Battosai is caught off guard,
[14:40] ---
    I will put an end to him.
[14:43] ---
    With this, that I bought over in Yokohama!
[14:48] ---
    I don't get it, either.
[14:49] ---
    Huh?
[14:50] ---
    You hate watching
    or being part of bullying.
[14:54] ---
    Then why are you a fighter for hire?
    That is quite an irrational career path.
[14:58] ---
    Why do you so openly carry
    the word "bad" on your back?
[15:03] ---
    You have
    a very straightforward personality,
[15:05] ---
    but your current self is terribly warped.
[15:08] ---
    What got you so badly warped
    into how you are now, that is?
[15:12] ---
    What did...
[15:18] ---
    Forget it.
[15:21] ---
    If you really wanna know,
    you gotta fight me and win!
[15:24] ---
    But let me say this.
[15:27] ---
    I think every Imperialist is a hypocrite
    that I hate, oh, so much.
[15:34] ---
    Under the name of justice,
    they do whatever they want.
[15:37] ---
    They warp the truth to look down on
    and crush anyone that gets in their way.
[15:43] ---
    Equality for the four classes?
[15:45] ---
    That's such a huge lie
    that it makes me laugh!
[15:47] ---
    So the legendary manslayer
[15:49] ---
    said to be the most powerful
    among the Imperialists...
[15:52] ---
    I want to beat him up
    from the bottom of my heart!
[16:01] ---
    All right.
[16:03] ---
    I will take you on.
[16:04] ---
    Kenshin!
[16:05] ---
    However, answer one question first.
[16:08] ---
    The Hiruma brothers are your clients
    for this fight, are they not?
[16:12] ---
    Excellent guess.
[16:13] ---
    How'd you figure it out?
[16:15] ---
    Of course I can tell.
[16:16] ---
    There are only so many people in this town
    that know of my background.
[16:20] ---
    Besides, their grimy, menacing auras
    are wafting over from behind that gate.
[16:25] ---
    You don't need to hide. Come out.
[16:27] ---
    You are a top-class swordsman, after all.
[16:31] ---
    Hey, you can give up and come out now!
[16:35] ---
    We're telling you to show yourselves.
[16:44] ---
    There you go. That's how you should be.
[16:47] ---
    Now, hand it over.
[16:49] ---
    Huh?
[16:50] ---
    - Don't "Huh?" me.
    - Oh!
[16:52] ---
    Just as I thought.
[16:54] ---
    I can totally see through what worthless
    thugs like you would think about.
[16:58] ---
    Listen. You may have
    picked this fight for me,
[17:02] ---
    but since I accepted, this is my fight.
[17:05] ---
    Stupid little interruptions...
[17:09] ---
    will never fly under my watch.
[17:13] ---
    Kihei.
[17:17] ---
    This property and building
    will definitely be mine, little girl!
[17:26] ---
    The dojo is a bit cramped for my partner.
[17:30] ---
    Let's head out to the riverbank
    or something.
[17:43] ---
    We're standing out.
[17:45] ---
    - Yahiko.
    - Huh?
[17:47] ---
    Were you as surprised
    as I expected you to be, that is?
[17:50] ---
    Well, yeah...
[17:52] ---
    but it hasn't really sunk in yet.
[17:53] ---
    You're not scary at all.
[17:56] ---
    More like I have a strange understanding
[17:58] ---
    that it's only natural
    for you to be devilishly strong.
[18:04] ---
    Anyway, are you okay with this?
[18:06] ---
    Oro?
[18:07] ---
    Don't "Oro?" me.
[18:09] ---
    Look at that thing he's got.
[18:11] ---
    That length surely is that of a spear.
[18:14] ---
    I hear that in order
    to go against a spear with a sword,
[18:16] ---
    you need about triple
    the skill of your opponent.
[18:19] ---
    It's not a spear, kiddo.
[18:21] ---
    This is something better than that.
[18:25] ---
    Come to think of it, we haven't
    introduced ourselves yet, have we?
[18:33] ---
    My name is Sanosuke Sagara.
[18:36] ---
    The underground society call me Zanza.
[18:39] ---
    Zanbato-wielding Sanosuke,
    Zanza for short.
[18:43] ---
    Zanbato...
[18:46] ---
    Zanbato, a giant sword created
    before the Sengoku Era
[18:50] ---
    to slay the enemy leader, horse and all.
[18:53] ---
    It is said that not one man ever
    fully mastered using it due to its weight.
[18:59] ---
    Th-That's the rumored...
[19:02] ---
    Zanza's partner.
[19:04] ---
    It's an antique from around the Onin War.
[19:07] ---
    Its ability to cut is almost zero.
[19:09] ---
    But I can still crush something with it!
[19:13] ---
    Rurouni, Kenshin Himura.
[19:16] ---
    I will fight you with this blade.
[19:18] ---
    Though, knowing you,
    I don't have to say that.
[19:21] ---
    I'm sure you already did your research.
[19:24] ---
    Yeah. So I have one word of advice.
[19:28] ---
    Do away with
    that sappy thought of not killing.
[19:31] ---
    If you don't...
[19:33] ---
    you'll die!
[19:35] ---
    So fast!
[19:55] ---
    That's right.
[19:57] ---
    Even if his zanbato is amazing, it doesn't
    mean anything if he can't hit with it!
[20:03] ---
    An overwhelming victory for Kenshin!
[20:10] ---
    You definitely are strong.
[20:12] ---
    No wonder you're a legend.
[20:15] ---
    But...
[20:16] ---
    Oh!
[20:18] ---
    This isn't good.
[20:20] ---
    We misjudged him.
[20:24] ---
    His true strength isn't his superior might
    that defeats a giant man with one finger
[20:29] ---
    or the smashing of his Zanbato
    that stems from his power.
[20:33] ---
    It's his ability to take abnormal hits,
[20:35] ---
    like not flinching at all from a suntetsu
    hitting the middle of his forehead!
[20:39] ---
    Kenshin's Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu
    has defeated every enemy with one blow.
[20:46] ---
    That one blow
    doesn't work against this guy!
[20:53] ---
    A fight is different
    from a swordfight that uses real blades.
[20:57] ---
    The one that is stronger
    with the sword doesn't win.
[21:00] ---
    The guy that doesn't fall down wins!
[21:04] ---
    You should say that...
[21:06] ---
    only when you are
    the last man standing, that you should.
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    AND THEN, ANOTHER
[22:45] ---
    Next episode, "And Then, Another"

E5 - And Then, Another

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[00:03] ---
    He can do it!
[00:05] ---
    He didn't even flinch
    from a blow by the Battosai.
[00:09] ---
    Can this really be—
[00:11] ---
    You really are stupid.
[00:15] ---
    His prized zanbato was easily dodged.
[00:19] ---
    No matter how he goes about it,
    there's no way Zanza can win.
[00:23] ---
    Huh? Then—
[00:24] ---
    Don't worry.
[00:26] ---
    I have a plan.
[00:29] ---
    Things will go as I had planned after all!
[00:34] ---
    Hey, Battosai.
    Are you okay with a stance like that?
[00:39] ---
    Your attack won't work against me.
[00:43] ---
    No need to worry.
[00:45] ---
    More like now is the time for you
    to sheathe your sword, that it is.
[00:51] ---
    Where in the world
    is there a sheath for this thing?
[00:56] ---
    I can't start a fight
    and finish it half-assed.
[01:00] ---
    Let's get act two of this fight started!
[02:35] ---
    EPISODE 5:
    AND THEN, ANOTHER
[02:58] ---
    The distance...
[03:02] ---
    Take this, Battosai!
[03:20] ---
    Zanza, one blow
    does not work against you.
[03:24] ---
    If so...
[03:26] ---
    Consecutive attacks!
[03:33] ---
    He did it!
[03:38] ---
    So strong...
[03:39] ---
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu...
[03:41] ---
    Ryuusosen.
[03:43] ---
    Zanbato, due to
    its super-heavyweight nature,
[03:46] ---
    limits the form of attack.
[03:49] ---
    Either you swing down or sweep.
    There are only two choices.
[03:54] ---
    Quite an easy read.
[03:57] ---
    He isn't just at another level.
[03:59] ---
    There's an entire magnitude
    of a difference.
[04:01] ---
    I didn't think he would be this strong.
[04:05] ---
    I can't win.
[04:07] ---
    This is not act two.
[04:09] ---
    This is the epilogue, that it is.
[04:12] ---
    Let us stop meaningless combat.
[04:15] ---
    Moreover, I do not want to point my sword
    against you any longer, that I don't.
[04:19] ---
    Calmly admit your defeat, that you should.
[04:25] ---
    Saga—
[04:27] ---
    Captain... Sagara...
[04:33] ---
    TEN YEARS AGO
    TOSANDO
[04:38] ---
    What the hell is that?
[04:40] ---
    That's the Sekiho Army,
    the vanguard of the Imperial Army.
[04:44] ---
    What are they doing so far north?
[04:46] ---
    They're going around with word
    of the Land Tax Halving Order.
[04:48] ---
    If the Imperialist forces
    take over the Shogunate,
[04:51] ---
    apparently our land tax
    will be cut in half.
[04:53] ---
    That's a good thing to hear.
[04:56] ---
    In 1868, the Sekiho Army was formed
    as a nationalist squad
[05:00] ---
    immediately after
    the Battle of Toba-Fushimi,
[05:03] ---
    consisting of civilian
    and nonofficial personnel.
[05:06] ---
    They scouted the roadside domains
    ahead of the Imperial Army,
[05:10] ---
    the Revolutionary warriors.
[05:12] ---
    They served as the guide and vanguard
    that assisted the main forces.
[05:18] ---
    The First Unit of the Sekiho Army,
    led by Sozo Sagara
[05:21] ---
    OLD KYOTO
    
    SETA
[05:21] ---
    MISAKA PASS
    
    SONOHARA
[05:21] ---
    USUI PASS
[05:21] ---
    had been heading north along Tosando,
[05:23] ---
    relaying the Land Tax Halving Order
    declared by the Revolutionary warriors.
[05:24] ---
    OLD KYOTO
[05:25] ---
    MISAKA PASS
[05:26] ---
    TAGA PASS
    
    USUI PASS
[05:29] ---
    Once we're past the village, we will rest.
[05:31] ---
    Yes, sir!
[05:39] ---
    Captain! The meal's almost done!
[05:42] ---
    Wait, what are you doing?
[05:45] ---
    Look.
[05:47] ---
    That?
[05:48] ---
    It's just some smoke.
[05:50] ---
    It means they have firewood to burn
    and meals to eat.
[05:55] ---
    Don't you think that's a great thing?
[05:57] ---
    Of course...
[05:58] ---
    I have seen many villages
    where fires wouldn't burn.
[06:05] ---
    Watch closely, Sanosuke.
[06:09] ---
    The 300-year domination
    of Tokugawa is about to end,
[06:11] ---
    raising the curtains on a new era.
[06:14] ---
    An age where the weak are abused
    and had to cry in their sleep will end,
[06:17] ---
    and an era of equality
    for the four classes
[06:20] ---
    with no man standing
    over another, will begin.
[06:23] ---
    We of the Sekiho Army
    stand at the front line.
[06:26] ---
    "How hard we work will determine
    if that is in one year or ten," right?
[06:33] ---
    Katsuhiro and I
    have heard it countless times.
[06:36] ---
    I see. That means the future
    of the Sekiho Army is also secure.
[06:42] ---
    Hey, Captain.
[06:43] ---
    If changing the world succeeds
[06:45] ---
    and we get this era of equality
    for the four classes,
[06:49] ---
    will I, the son of a farmer,
    proudly be able to have a surname?
[06:53] ---
    Yeah.
[06:54] ---
    Then, can I use
    the last name Sagara, Captain?
[06:58] ---
    Sanosuke Sagara, huh?
[07:01] ---
    Yeah!
[07:02] ---
    Stop it.
[07:03] ---
    You'll end up with a strange name.
[07:05] ---
    It's not strange. It's the best!
[07:09] ---
    If you're fine with it, do as you wish.
[07:13] ---
    Okay!
[07:16] ---
    Impossible! We are—
[07:18] ---
    You say the Sekiho Army
    is a fake Imperial Army?
[07:21] ---
    The Government-General
    ordered units from each region
[07:23] ---
    to capture "the Sekiho Army,
    a fake Imperial Army."
[07:27] ---
    My squad stationed at Usui Pass
    has been eradicated!
[07:31] ---
    No way!
[07:32] ---
    What in the world? Why?
[07:36] ---
    They cut us off!
    The Land Tax Halving Order
[07:38] ---
    that the Sekiho Army was relaying
    was becoming a nuisance!
[07:42] ---
    What do you mean?
[07:43] ---
    In order to gain support
    of farmers in each region,
[07:46] ---
    they promised the Land Tax Halving Order.
[07:48] ---
    With the financial difficulties
    of the Imperialist government,
[07:51] ---
    they can't possibly go through with it.
[07:53] ---
    That's why they framed the Sekiho Army
    as a fake Imperial Army
[07:55] ---
    and pretend none of it never happened.
[07:58] ---
    What should we do, Captain Sagara?
[08:00] ---
    Captain!
[08:02] ---
    We can't go against
    the Government-General.
[08:05] ---
    For now, we can head over
    to the stronghold in Shimosuwa.
[08:08] ---
    Sanosuke, Katsuhiro,
    both of you wait here.
[08:13] ---
    What do you mean by that?
[08:14] ---
    You guys are still young.
[08:17] ---
    I can't afford to take you any further.
[08:19] ---
    Captain.
[08:21] ---
    Captain.
[08:23] ---
    It'll be fine. Don't worry.
[08:26] ---
    Keep watch while we're away.
[08:37] ---
    Captain Sagara.
[08:47] ---
    Sanosuke!
[08:48] ---
    What's wrong, Katsuhiro?
[08:52] ---
    Our captain!
[08:57] ---
    Let me through! Come on, let me through!
[08:59] ---
    Captain!
[09:01] ---
    Captain.
[09:03] ---
    Capt—
[09:07] ---
    "Fake Imperial Army, Sekiho Army,
    First Unit Captain, Sozo Sagara.
[09:11] ---
    Sentenced to beheading
    for the crime of using falsehoods
[09:14] ---
    such as halving land tax
    to deceive the minds of people," huh?
[09:17] ---
    Don't make us happy prematurely, I say.
[09:21] ---
    The Sekiho Army is a bunch of criminals!
[09:28] ---
    His spirit that was almost gone
    has returned?
[09:32] ---
    I can't lose.
[09:34] ---
    I can't lose!
[09:41] ---
    He stood up!
[09:43] ---
    His spirit is stronger than ever.
[09:46] ---
    They made Captain Sagara...
[09:48] ---
    They made us, the Sekiho Army,
    bear the burden of the bad letter
[09:52] ---
    while those Imperialists
    look like they're the face of justice.
[09:56] ---
    I absolutely can't let myself lose!
[09:58] ---
    Sekiho Army?
[10:02] ---
    Kenshin!
[10:06] ---
    Amazing!
[10:07] ---
    He landed a blow!
[10:10] ---
    So much strength,
    even after getting hit with Ryuusosen.
[10:14] ---
    He is quite the man.
[10:19] ---
    All right! Now!
[10:20] ---
    Die, Battosai!
[10:24] ---
    No!
[10:29] ---
    Kenshin...
[10:32] ---
    B-Bro?
[10:33] ---
    A plan finally works when you double down,
    even triple down, on your tactics!
[10:38] ---
    Your luck ended at the moment
    you thought I only had one gun!
[10:47] ---
    Kenshin!
[10:52] ---
    He clearly saw the trajectory
[10:54] ---
    and reacted with the sword guard...
[10:57] ---
    However, what about this?
[11:02] ---
    Gohei, make sure the brats can't escape!
[11:04] ---
    Make sure they can't escape, Bro?
[11:07] ---
    Break their legs!
[11:09] ---
    I see.
[11:10] ---
    Damn it!
[11:12] ---
    Kaoru, this ain't the time to space out!
[11:14] ---
    Hurry up, and run!
[11:15] ---
    I can't.
    I'm weak in the knees seeing that...
[11:18] ---
    Huh?
[11:19] ---
    I can't help it!
[11:20] ---
    You're the one that needs
    to hurry on out of here!
[11:22] ---
    I'll somehow make do here!
[11:24] ---
    You can't do anything about this!
[11:28] ---
    Writhe! Struggle!
[11:35] ---
    I thought I told you.
[11:37] ---
    This is my fight.
[11:39] ---
    I won't allow anyone to get in my way!
[11:41] ---
    Zan—
[11:43] ---
    I ain't gonna lose!
[11:45] ---
    I can't afford to lose here!
[11:48] ---
    Kihei.
[11:51] ---
    You really are a hopeless soul.
[11:54] ---
    Enough nonsense!
[11:55] ---
    Huh?
[11:59] ---
    I eased up enough
    for you to not fall unconscious.
[12:02] ---
    You can have a taste of living hell
    for a bit.
[12:07] ---
    The burden of the word "bad" really
    should be on the backs of folks like you.
[12:12] ---
    No... it should be us,
    the Revolutionary warriors.
[12:20] ---
    Let's settle the score...
[12:23] ---
    Mr. Strongest Imperialist!
[12:28] ---
    All right.
[12:30] ---
    We shall settle the score, that we shall.
[12:33] ---
    Kenshin!
[12:40] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[12:47] ---
    Here goes, Battosai!
[12:52] ---
    What? What's he planning on doing?
[12:55] ---
    Centrifugal force! He's adding
    centrifugal force from the spin
[12:58] ---
    on top of his innate strength
    and weight of the zanbato!
[13:04] ---
    Ever since the fall of the Sekiho Army,
    I spent all my time in street fights!
[13:10] ---
    I could forget about everything
    when I was fighting!
[13:15] ---
    And in ten years, I've gotten stronger!
[13:18] ---
    With that strength,
    I will defeat the strongest Imperialist!
[13:24] ---
    Such meager strength
    won't be able to defeat me.
[13:46] ---
    Wait, that's—
[13:48] ---
    How he defeated Hiruma...
[13:50] ---
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu...
[13:52] ---
    Ryuutsuisen.
[14:01] ---
    You really are a tough one.
[14:03] ---
    You're the first one that didn't fall over
[14:06] ---
    after getting hit with Ryuutsuisen,
    that you are.
[14:09] ---
    But I figure you are barely standing,
    that you should be.
[14:13] ---
    I'll call for a doctor now,
    so wait there, that you will.
[14:16] ---
    Not yet!
[14:17] ---
    It's not over yet!
[14:19] ---
    I haven't fallen!
[14:21] ---
    I haven't lost!
[14:22] ---
    In the name of Sagara
    and Sekiho Army,
[14:25] ---
    I can't lose against an Imperialist,
    even if it kills me!
[14:32] ---
    Kenshin!
[14:33] ---
    You can't be...
[14:34] ---
    That's right!
[14:36] ---
    Come on, bring it!
[14:37] ---
    Come on, what's the matter?
[14:38] ---
    Come on! Bring it!
[14:40] ---
    Come at me!
[14:46] ---
    Aren't you picking a fight
    against the wrong person, that you are?
[14:50] ---
    So the Sekiho Army taught you
    to defeat Revolutionary warriors?
[14:54] ---
    Or is it to make the Revolution happen?
[14:57] ---
    Shut up!
[14:58] ---
    I don't want to hear it from you!
[15:00] ---
    You spoke of equality
    for the four classes,
[15:03] ---
    yet you drowned in greed,
[15:05] ---
    and you guys are satisfied
    making up a fake new era
[15:07] ---
    where only you guys can get all cocky!
[15:09] ---
    So I don't wanna hear it
    from an Imperialist!
[15:11] ---
    That's not true!
[15:14] ---
    Kenshin isn't one of those Imperialists!
[15:17] ---
    He doesn't care at all about
    an honorable post in the government.
[15:20] ---
    He's a rurouni that keeps freely
    protecting people with his sword!
[15:24] ---
    You only know of Kenshin
    as Hitokiri Battosai!
[15:27] ---
    Don't you be picking a fight and
    spouting off to your heart's content!
[15:30] ---
    That's right! If you're gonna keep at it,
    I'll take you on!
[15:36] ---
    Zanza.
[15:37] ---
    The Revolution is not over yet.
[15:40] ---
    It's true that in form,
    the Revolution happened ten years ago
[15:44] ---
    and we have entered the new era of Meiji.
[15:47] ---
    However, the people
    who truly need happiness
[15:51] ---
    are still trapped in an old time
    where the weak are oppressed.
[15:56] ---
    That is why I, in my own humble way,
[15:59] ---
    swing this sword so that I can
    be of assistance for those people.
[16:05] ---
    Whether it will be
    in a year or in ten years
[16:08] ---
    or if the end of the Revolution
    never arrives...
[16:13] ---
    I have no idea.
[16:14] ---
    But I believe that doing this
    will be my atonement
[16:17] ---
    for those that fell victim
    to the Meiji Revolution.
[16:21] ---
    I believe it will be atonement
[16:23] ---
    for all the people
    Hitokiri Battosai has slain, that I do.
[16:28] ---
    It's the same thing.
[16:39] ---
    This guy is the same
    as Captain Sagara...
[16:42] ---
    who fought envisioning
    his dream of a real new era.
[16:47] ---
    And he is still continuing his battle...
[16:52] ---
    while I felt despair, gave up...
[16:57] ---
    and had been trying to forget about it
    all through street fights.
[17:11] ---
    I'm sorry, Captain Sagara.
[17:15] ---
    Against this guy, I...
[17:19] ---
    have suffered a complete defeat.
[17:29] ---
    I heard that Zanza's injuries were severe.
[17:33] ---
    Bruises all over and excessive bleeding.
[17:35] ---
    Apparently it will take him three months
    to be able to properly move.
[17:39] ---
    Zanza was leagues above
    all the others I have faced so far,
[17:43] ---
    so I couldn't quite go easy on him,
    that I couldn't.
[17:46] ---
    Hmm?
[17:50] ---
    Is something the matter, that is?
[17:52] ---
    You know, you shouldn't be
    all depressed forever.
[17:57] ---
    Oh, no, it's not that I—
[17:59] ---
    Kenshin, I think Zanza
    had a point with what he said,
[18:03] ---
    but you're not that type
    of Imperialist, are you?
[18:06] ---
    I'm sure that point got across
    to Zanza as well yesterday.
[18:11] ---
    I'm sure he understood as well,
    as stupid as he may be.
[18:14] ---
    So don't worry about it.
[18:16] ---
    Thank you very much, that is.
[18:19] ---
    BEEF HOT-POT AND SAKE
    AKABEKO RESTAURANT
[18:20] ---
    How about we change things up a bit
    and splurge by eating some beef hot-pot?
[18:24] ---
    Again?
[18:30] ---
    Oro?
[18:31] ---
    You guys are from the other day...
[18:33] ---
    Sheesh.
[18:35] ---
    I don't care if you get drunk
    and pick a fight with me,
[18:38] ---
    but can you at least do that
    after you train a bit and get stronger?
[18:42] ---
    Zanza?
[18:44] ---
    Yo. Thanks for takin' care
    of me yesterday.
[18:47] ---
    You can already get up and about,
    that you can?
[18:51] ---
    Heh! My sales pitch is
    how I'm able to take a lot of hits.
[18:54] ---
    That was nothin'.
[18:58] ---
    Poke.
[18:59] ---
    - Poke.
    - Poke.
[19:03] ---
    My sales pitch...
    is how I'm able...
[19:05] ---
    to take a lot of hits.
    That was... nothin'.
[19:07] ---
    He's grinning and bearing quite a bit.
[19:12] ---
    Zanza.
[19:12] ---
    You're not going to remove the "bad"
    on your back, that you aren't?
[19:12] ---
    BAD
[19:16] ---
    Yeah. For me, the Sekiho Army is a past
    I can't forget, so I can't take it off.
[19:21] ---
    And you say my personality is warped...
[19:24] ---
    but that's something I can't
    do anything about now that I'm 19.
[19:30] ---
    Even what you said yesterday,
[19:32] ---
    I think about how you can say
    anything you feel like saying.
[19:35] ---
    So, you know,
[19:37] ---
    how different are you from those
    fraud Imperialists that are all talk?
[19:41] ---
    I'll be shadowing you from now on
    to figure it out with my own eyes.
[19:47] ---
    And one more thing.
[19:48] ---
    I'm not Zanza anymore.
[19:50] ---
    I don't have my zanbato anymore,
    and I stopped being a fighter for hire.
[19:54] ---
    I'm just plain old Sanosuke Sagara,
    a guy that likes to fight.
[19:58] ---
    Just like how you are no longer
    the Hitokiri Battosai.
[20:04] ---
    So there you have it.
[20:05] ---
    You better not wander away from here
    without my permission, Kenshin!
[20:11] ---
    Good grief.
[20:13] ---
    We have yet another strange one,
    that we do.
[20:18] ---
    Ms. Tae?
[20:19] ---
    Mr. Sanosuke ran off without paying again.
[20:23] ---
    Oro?
[22:07] ---
    Pl-Please. I'll give you
    as much money as you want.
[22:10] ---
    So, pl-please, spare my life...
[22:14] ---
    So the old Revolutionary warrior
    has gone senile bathing in all that money?
[22:24] ---
    Wh-What? I can't move my body!
[22:28] ---
    What's going on?
[22:35] ---
    Die.
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    KUROGASA
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "Kurogasa."

E6 - Kurogasa

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[00:03] ---
    So awful.
[00:05] ---
    This is no good, missie.
    Ya gotta properly train in cooking, too.
[00:10] ---
    Do you want me to teach you?
[00:12] ---
    It must be hard
    if it's like this every day, Kenshin.
[00:16] ---
    It's not that bad, that it isn't.
[00:17] ---
    Miss Kaoru's cooking is good cuisine.
    It gets tastier each time you eat, that it does.
[00:23] ---
    A delicacy of sorts, huh?
[00:26] ---
    If you don't like it, don't eat it!
[00:28] ---
    You're eating here for free!
[00:31] ---
    Now that I stopped being a fighter
    for hire, I don't have any money.
[00:31] ---
    Oro? Oro?
[00:33] ---
    Don't get so irritated.
[00:35] ---
    Oro? Oro?
[00:37] ---
    Sorry to bother you when you're so busy.
[00:39] ---
    I came by because I'd like
    to speak with Mr. Himura.
[00:42] ---
    Oh?
[00:43] ---
    Kenshin, the police chief is here—
[00:45] ---
    Ororo...
[00:47] ---
    Oh...
[00:49] ---
    I have a favor to ask, Mr. Himura!
[00:52] ---
    Oro?
[02:23] ---
    EPISODE 6:
    KUROGASA
[02:29] ---
    So...
[02:30] ---
    what is this favor you want to ask of me?
[02:33] ---
    This issue has the prestige
    of the police on the line.
[02:36] ---
    We asked all the press
    to keep quiet about this,
[02:39] ---
    so I'd like all of you
    to keep it a secret, as well.
[02:44] ---
    Actually, we'd like Mr. Himura
    to defeat a certain hooligan.
[02:48] ---
    Hooligan?
[02:50] ---
    He goes by the name "Kurogasa."
[02:53] ---
    He targets former Imperialists
    active in politics, economics and government.
[02:57] ---
    He is a bloodthirsty murderer who sends
    vindication notes of assassination, then slays them.
[03:01] ---
    A top swordsman who has not failed to act
    upon any of his notes in the past ten years.
[03:06] ---
    The fact that he keeps
    targeting Imperialists...
[03:09] ---
    means he has a grudge
    or is trying for social reform?
[03:13] ---
    I think that is a part of it.
[03:15] ---
    But more than that...
[03:17] ---
    Kurogasa enjoys slaying other men.
[03:20] ---
    If he targets an Imperialist in an honorable post,
    the police will earnestly work as guards,
[03:25] ---
    and the target himself will use
    all his power and money to secure guards.
[03:30] ---
    Kurogasa enjoys breaking through such
    impregnable defenses that are set up against him,
[03:35] ---
    and slaying as many men as he can!
[03:38] ---
    When he showed up in Shizuoka
    two months ago...
[03:42] ---
    we had 34 fatalities and 56 wounded
    among the target, police and guards there!
[03:48] ---
    Hold on a second!
[03:50] ---
    You had Gun Bearing Police stationed
    at the time, right? And yet, why...
[03:55] ---
    For some reason, the Gun Bearing Police
    were slain immediately...
[04:00] ---
    before they could draw their guns.
[04:02] ---
    According to one who escaped death...
[04:05] ---
    their bodies suddenly stopped moving
    as if petrified.
[04:10] ---
    The Nikaido Heiho attack,
    Shin No Ippo, huh?
[04:13] ---
    - Huh?
    - Huh?
[04:14] ---
    Huh?
[04:15] ---
    That man has kept slaying people so much...
[04:19] ---
    that he's fascinated only by the color
    and smell of blood, that he has.
[04:24] ---
    Ten years have already elapsed
    in the Meiji Era...
[04:26] ---
    yet a man like him still exists.
[04:30] ---
    Kenshin...
[04:33] ---
    Outside help as a guard?
[04:35] ---
    No, don't need it! We're only talking
    about one hooligan here.
[04:40] ---
    Not only is outside help unnecessary,
    but I don't need police guards, either.
[04:43] ---
    Mr. Tani, we are facing Kurogasa
    of all people!
[04:46] ---
    Watch your tongue!
[04:47] ---
    I raced through a forest of swords and a rainstorm
    of bullets, and survived into the Revolution!
[04:51] ---
    Is a mere police chief
    going to tell me what to do?
[04:54] ---
    Then you should know all the more
    how deadly a murderous sword of a master is!
[04:59] ---
    Hah, I'm fully aware!
[05:01] ---
    That's why I cherry-picked
    the most powerful guard troop!
[05:03] ---
    MONEY
[05:05] ---
    Fighters devoted to the famous
    Jusanro Tani of the Ground Troops!
[05:11] ---
    Yeah! We've got Mr. Tani's back!
[05:15] ---
    You cops can go home and take a dump!
[05:18] ---
    Besides, do you have no pride
    in asking some outside rabble to help you?
[05:24] ---
    Are you saying that this helper is more powerful
    than all your men combined?
[05:29] ---
    I'm ashamed to say it, but that is correct.
[05:33] ---
    Wha...
[05:34] ---
    Huh?
[05:37] ---
    I've been listening in, and you've gotten
    quite authoritative, Mr. Tani.
[05:41] ---
    You're a different man from when I protected you
    from the forest of swords and rainstorm of bullets
[05:45] ---
    in the Bakumatsu Era.
[05:49] ---
    Come on, what do you mean
    by "cherry-picked," "most powerful"?
[05:53] ---
    I remember beating up
    each and every one of them at least once!
[05:57] ---
    I'm sure it's annoying to have
    some outside rabble protecting you,
[06:01] ---
    but can you let it slide
    just for tonight?
[06:04] ---
    Oh, of course not! This is an honor
    that I don't deserve to receive!
[06:07] ---
    There ya have it.
[06:07] ---
    BAD
[06:09] ---
    So, for tonight, we'll forget
    the past and buddy up!
[06:13] ---
    Just for tonight!
[06:15] ---
    Mr. Tani, I will deploy officers
    outside, as well. Is that all right?
[06:19] ---
    Do whatever you want!
[06:20] ---
    Oro?
[06:21] ---
    Please do!
[06:30] ---
    Five minutes until the time
    on that vindication note.
[06:34] ---
    But is this guy really gonna show up?
[06:36] ---
    Hmm... Well, nothing would be better
    than him not showing up, that it would.
[06:42] ---
    They should be asleep already.
[06:45] ---
    Yes. She's going to wake up
    early tomorrow...
[06:48] ---
    and prepare a bath
    while she waits for us, so she said.
[06:51] ---
    You know, Kenshin...
[06:53] ---
    I'm surprised you accepted this case.
[06:55] ---
    I thought you wouldn't like requests
    for Battosai like this one.
[07:00] ---
    Of course I don't like it.
[07:02] ---
    But I can't just let all this be,
    that I can't.
[07:05] ---
    If I don't put an end to Kurogasa's evildoings,
    more people will be unfortunate...
[07:11] ---
    including Kurogasa himself.
[07:15] ---
    More like, I'm surprised
    you were willing to lend a hand, that I am.
[07:20] ---
    The hell ya talkin' about?
[07:21] ---
    There's no way
    I wouldn't join a fight this fun!
[07:25] ---
    This isn't a fight, though.
[07:28] ---
    All right, answer one more question
    while we're at it.
[07:31] ---
    What is it, that is?
[07:33] ---
    What was that Nikaido Heiho attack,
[07:36] ---
    Shin No Ippo,
    you talked about this afternoon?
[07:38] ---
    Maybe you have an idea
    who Kurogasa is.
[07:43] ---
    That was two questions,
    not one, that was?
[07:45] ---
    Quit nitpicking.
    Hurry up and answer.
[07:50] ---
    It's a rumor, that is.
[07:51] ---
    A rumor?
[07:53] ---
    A rumor I heard over a dozen years ago.
[07:55] ---
    If you call that an idea,
    it would be an idea.
[08:00] ---
    Wh-What was that scream just now?
[08:02] ---
    That wasn't inside!
[08:03] ---
    That was from outside!
[08:06] ---
    He's coming! Sanosuke and I
    will solidify the front end!
[08:10] ---
    All others, follow us!
[08:11] ---
    Hurry!
[08:12] ---
    Hey you! That one is my sword!
[08:15] ---
    Don't feel uneasy, you pork bun!
[08:17] ---
    It's customary for the king
    to be positioned in the center!
[08:29] ---
    One o'clock...
[08:31] ---
    He's not coming?
[08:33] ---
    Was it an empty threat?
[08:42] ---
    Here they are.
[08:43] ---
    Daredevil insects.
[08:53] ---
    I can't fall asleep...
[08:55] ---
    I have a strange uneasiness for some reason.
[09:02] ---
    Well, this is Kenshin we're talking about,
    so he should be all right.
[09:06] ---
    Sanosuke is with him, too.
[09:09] ---
    You're okay...
[09:11] ---
    right, Kenshin?
[09:15] ---
    One, two, three...
[09:18] ---
    About 14 or 15, I guess.
[09:22] ---
    Less than I expected.
[09:24] ---
    So that's Kurogasa, huh?
[09:27] ---
    I see. Those eyes really are too wicked!
[09:30] ---
    Sano...
[09:31] ---
    I will deal with him.
[09:33] ---
    I'd like to trust Mr. Tani with you.
[09:35] ---
    What are you guys standing around for?
    Hurry up and get him!
[09:40] ---
    I paid a ton of money to you guys to hire you!
    Do your jobs already!
[09:44] ---
    I'll give quintuple the money
    if you defeat him!
[09:47] ---
    I'll look after you for a government post
    in the Ground Troops, too!
[09:49] ---
    Quintuple!
[09:50] ---
    Government post!
[09:51] ---
    All right, that government post is mine!
[09:54] ---
    No, that's my spot!
[09:56] ---
    Idiots! Are you throwing your lives away
    being demented by desire?
[10:12] ---
    This feeling... So good.
[10:15] ---
    So quick! He doesn't jump like Kenshin does,
    but his sword gleams in a creepy way!
[10:20] ---
    Stand back! You weaklings
    won't stand a chance against him!
[10:24] ---
    You're not getting away.
[10:27] ---
    Wh-What was that just now?
[10:29] ---
    My body doesn't move!
[10:31] ---
    No good to run.
[10:34] ---
    Once both sides draw swords,
    you slice each other until one dies.
[10:38] ---
    It won't be fun any other way.
[10:44] ---
    Bastard...
[10:45] ---
    What'd you do just now?
[10:48] ---
    My body suddenly feels really heavy!
[10:51] ---
    Oh... To think you can still move
    even under Shin No Ippo...
[10:56] ---
    Shin No Ippo?
[10:58] ---
    Nikaido Heiho attack, Shin No Ippo...
[11:01] ---
    also known as the Isukumi Technique.
[11:04] ---
    I had thought perhaps...
[11:06] ---
    but you really were Kurogasa,
    that you were.
[11:15] ---
    Mr. Himura!
[11:17] ---
    Back in Bakumatsu,
    back when I was in Kyoto...
[11:19] ---
    I had heard a rumor about a certain man.
[11:23] ---
    A man not belonging to any domain
    and solely kept to assassination.
[11:29] ---
    An expert swordsman
    who mastered Nikaido Heiho.
[11:33] ---
    Rogue Hitokiri...
[11:35] ---
    Jine Udo!
[11:37] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[11:41] ---
    So, you have heard of me, huh?
[11:44] ---
    I know about you, as well.
    The Revolutionary warrior from Choshu...
[11:48] ---
    and user of the ancient sword art,
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu...
[11:52] ---
    the Hitokiri, Himura Battosai!
[11:57] ---
    Kenshin!
[12:00] ---
    Shin No Ippo is no sorcery.
[12:03] ---
    It is a battle of each other's
    fighting spirits.
[12:06] ---
    As long as I keep up a sword aura equal to yours,
    it will not affect me, that it won't.
[12:10] ---
    Quietly fall under arrest, Jine.
    Otherwise, I will have to take you on.
[12:15] ---
    You?
[12:17] ---
    I couldn't wish for anything
    better than that suggestion.
[12:21] ---
    But first, I will fulfill
    my vindication note of assassination!
[12:25] ---
    Oh, snap! Mr. Tani, get some spirit
    into you to cancel the spell!
[12:28] ---
    That's useless!
[12:29] ---
    Fat, rotten pigs will never be able to cancel it!
[12:33] ---
    Sano?
[12:34] ---
    It's a bit early...
[12:35] ---
    for checkmate!
[12:38] ---
    How's that?
[12:44] ---
    Jine!
[12:51] ---
    I can move my body!
[12:56] ---
    This is amusing.
[12:57] ---
    I have not been this amused
    since the Bakumatsu Era.
[13:01] ---
    I change my target.
[13:02] ---
    You will be my next prey,
    Hitokiri Battosai!
[13:06] ---
    I will show myself
    before you again soon.
[13:10] ---
    Ready yourself a true sword,
    not that Sakabato, before then!
[13:18] ---
    Are you all right, Sano, that is?
[13:20] ---
    Yeah. This is nothing.
[13:22] ---
    Mr. Himura!
[13:24] ---
    We should tend to those who fell.
[13:26] ---
    If we hurry, we should still be
    able to save them.
[13:28] ---
    Yes!
[13:29] ---
    But Mr. Himura...
[13:31] ---
    now you are the one
    who will be targeted.
[13:34] ---
    I don't mind. It actually works out
    better for me, that it does.
[13:38] ---
    Kenshin, were you expecting this to happen
    from the beginning and that's why you took this on?
[13:45] ---
    Ideally, I would have liked
    to settle everything right here.
[13:48] ---
    But that was something
    he wouldn't let me do.
[13:52] ---
    Jine the Kurogasa...
[13:54] ---
    Definitely not an easy man to deal with.
[14:06] ---
    Six severely wounded,
    three slightly wounded.
[14:09] ---
    They said this is the first time the damage
    from a Kurogasa incident has been this light.
[14:13] ---
    I can't genuinely be happy
    about it, that I can't.
[14:16] ---
    You really ask for a lot.
[14:18] ---
    It was quite something that nobody died.
[14:21] ---
    By the way, what the hell is Kurogasa's...
    Jine Udo's Nikaido Heiho?
[14:27] ---
    Nikaido Heiho is a sword art that uses three
    stances. Letter One, Letter Eight and Letter Ten.
[14:34] ---
    ONE
[14:34] ---
    Combining the three letters One, Eight
    and Ten, you create the letter for "Taira."
[14:35] ---
    EIGHT
[14:36] ---
    TEN
[14:38] ---
    TAIRA/HEI
[14:39] ---
    That is why they call it "Heiho."
[14:42] ---
    The creepiest, feared and widely known
    attack is the ultimate attack.
[14:45] ---
    Shin No Ippo, said to have been
    usable only by the founder.
[14:51] ---
    An overwhelming amount of spirit
    is slammed into the opponent...
[14:53] ---
    freezing the opponent's body
    similar to paralysis.
[14:56] ---
    It's the most secret
    of all secret attacks.
[14:58] ---
    However, I thought he would use it
    against someone attacking him, that I did.
[15:02] ---
    But he was using it on those who lost the will to
    fight and trying to flee so that he could slay them.
[15:07] ---
    That's quite a fiendish way
    of using it, that it is.
[15:09] ---
    For sure.
[15:11] ---
    But the most powerful guy
    out there is on our side.
[15:14] ---
    So, we'll make it work somehow.
[15:16] ---
    It's not that easy, no it isn't.
[15:18] ---
    Huh?
[15:20] ---
    For the ten years since the Revolution,
    I have forbidden myself from slaying men.
[15:26] ---
    Meanwhile, he voluntarily kept
    killing this whole time.
[15:31] ---
    This is quite a large difference
    as a Hitokiri.
[15:34] ---
    I don't know when and where
    Jine mastered Nikaido Heiho,
[15:38] ---
    but when he first appeared in Kyoto
    back during the Bakumatsu Era,
[15:41] ---
    they say he was a member
    of the Shinsengumi.
[15:43] ---
    Shinsengumi? That's the strongest group
    of swordsmen on the Shogunate side!
[15:47] ---
    They're the archnemesis
    of the Imperialists!
[15:50] ---
    In reality, he did slay
    many Revolutionary warriors.
[15:55] ---
    But even more than that, he committed
    unnecessary murders over and over,
[15:58] ---
    and right when he was going to be
    disciplined within his unit,
[16:01] ---
    he slayed his attacker
    and fled from the Shinsengumi.
[16:05] ---
    And several months later...
[16:07] ---
    he appeared on the Revolutionary warrior side
    as a Hitokiri, that he did.
[16:12] ---
    First a Shogunate supporter,
    then an Emperor loyalist?
[16:15] ---
    No ideals or causes there.
[16:17] ---
    The only thing that exists in Jine
    is the desire to slay other men, that is.
[16:22] ---
    Quite a dangerous manslayer
    who moves only from a desire to kill.
[16:26] ---
    And a master who uses a legendary
    ultimate attack to boot.
[16:29] ---
    This might not be a scene for me.
[16:32] ---
    He is after me and me alone.
[16:34] ---
    I will take him alone, that I will.
[16:37] ---
    I won't say this is something in return,
    but I would like to ask a favor of you, that I do.
[16:42] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[16:43] ---
    Jeez, what a sloppy-lookin' face!
[16:47] ---
    A girl in her prime
    shouldn't be drooling in her sleep.
[16:50] ---
    Looks like she couldn't get
    a wink in last night.
[16:53] ---
    Hmph.
[16:54] ---
    Hey missie, wake up!
[16:56] ---
    Hmm?
[16:57] ---
    Hey!
[16:58] ---
    Wake up.
[17:03] ---
    Welcome back!
[17:04] ---
    Yeah, I'm back.
[17:06] ---
    Huh? Wait, where's Kenshin?
[17:09] ---
    Kenshin ain't comin' back.
[17:13] ---
    So, Kenshin became the target instead.
[17:18] ---
    And he asked me to be here
    while he's gone.
[17:22] ---
    Where did Kenshin go?
[17:23] ---
    He said he'd head out
    to the riverbank for now.
[17:26] ---
    Hitokiri often centered activities
    around rivers during the Bakumatsu Era...
[17:30] ---
    due to ease of both attack and escape.
[17:32] ---
    I'm sure it will be easy
    to find Jine at a riverbank.
[17:35] ---
    Or so he said.
[17:37] ---
    Come on now, where're ya headed?
[17:39] ---
    That should be obvious!
    I'm gonna look for Kenshin!
[17:41] ---
    Don't be stupid!
[17:43] ---
    Jine isn't your ordinary enemy!
    You don't get it even seeing this?
[17:47] ---
    Even if you go,
    all you will do is drag him down!
[17:50] ---
    You should sit still here!
    That's the best—
[17:52] ---
    Then what if Kenshin never comes back after
    fighting Jine and decides to go on another journey?
[17:58] ---
    As a rurouni, I don't know
    when I will wander to the next place.
[18:02] ---
    But if that's fine with you...
[18:05] ---
    Father died.
[18:07] ---
    Kihei betrayed me.
[18:09] ---
    And if Kenshin leaves me...
[18:13] ---
    If I'm going to be all alone again,
    I'd rather see myself in danger!
[18:20] ---
    She's feeling so uneasy
    about being apart from Kenshin, huh?
[18:24] ---
    What a selfish girl we've got!
[18:27] ---
    Well, you can't separate romance
    and selfishness, so I guess you can't help it.
[18:31] ---
    But still, she said "all alone."
[18:33] ---
    I guess she's completely
    forgotten about you.
[18:36] ---
    Nothing I can do about that!
[18:37] ---
    We're dealing with Kenshin,
    the best guy in Japan!
[18:40] ---
    By the way, the second best guy
    in Japan is me! Got that?
[18:43] ---
    That means I'm third best in Japan?
[18:47] ---
    Well, I'm gonna take a bath
    and pass out, so keep at it!
[18:50] ---
    Kenshin is relying on you!
[18:52] ---
    You should feel more responsible!
[19:02] ---
    There must have been a large storm
    upstream. The river has risen.
[19:06] ---
    If I fall in,
    that would be the end of me.
[19:11] ---
    He's here!
[19:15] ---
    Kenshin!
[19:17] ---
    I found you!
[19:20] ---
    Oro...
[19:21] ---
    She's even scarier than Jine, that she is!
[19:25] ---
    I heard from Sanosuke.
[19:26] ---
    I heard you weren't coming back
    to the dojo for a while.
[19:31] ---
    I won't go back, either.
    I'll stay here together with you.
[19:37] ---
    Miss Kaoru, did you get into an argument
    with Sanosuke, that you have?
[19:41] ---
    Or perhaps Yahiko?
[19:42] ---
    Nope.
[19:46] ---
    You heard about Jine, that is?
[19:48] ---
    I have. But I won't go home.
[19:51] ---
    If I were to fight while protecting someone,
    there is no way I can win against Jine.
[20:01] ---
    Miss Kaoru?
[20:05] ---
    My favorite indigo ribbon...
    I'll lend it to you, Kenshin.
[20:09] ---
    Oh, even if I borrow it—
[20:11] ---
    Shut up and take it!
[20:12] ---
    Okay!
[20:14] ---
    Listen up.
[20:14] ---
    I'm only lending it to you.
[20:16] ---
    You have to return it.
[20:20] ---
    After you fight Jine...
[20:22] ---
    if you forget to and embark on a journey,
    I'll never forgive you!
[20:29] ---
    All right.
[20:30] ---
    I will make sure
    to return it to you,
[20:32] ---
    so rest assured and wait for me
    at the dojo, that you will.
[20:38] ---
    Okay.
[20:44] ---
    Miss Kaoru!
[20:46] ---
    I saw it! I saw it, Battosai!
[20:49] ---
    This little girl is your woman!
[20:52] ---
    Jine, you bastard!
[20:53] ---
    Anger! Be angry!
[20:54] ---
    That way, you will return further
    toward your past self from ten years ago!
[20:59] ---
    Back to the most powerful,
    peerless, legendary Hitokiri!
[21:02] ---
    That's where I will be waiting...
[21:04] ---
    Battosai!
[21:04] ---
    VINDICATION NOTE
    OF ASSASSINATION
[21:05] ---
    Kenshin!
[21:12] ---
    Jine!
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    THE TWO HITOKIRI
[22:46] ---
    Next episode...
[22:47] ---
    "The Two Hitokiri."

E7 - The Two Hitokiri

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[00:00] ---
    Listen up.
[00:01] ---
    I'm only lending it to you.
[00:03] ---
    You have to return it.
[00:06] ---
    All right.
[00:08] ---
    I will make sure
    to return it to you,
[00:09] ---
    so rest assured and wait for me
    at the dojo, that you will.
[00:15] ---
    Okay.
[00:22] ---
    Kenshin!
[00:27] ---
    VINDICATION NOTE OF ASSASSINATION
    TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, I WILL
    WAIT IN FRONT OF THE INARI
    AT THE TOWN SHRINE GROVE
    JINE
[02:15] ---
    EPISODE 7: THE TWO HITOKIRI
[02:28] ---
    Don't glare so much.
[02:30] ---
    It's not like I abducted you
    with plans to eat you or anything.
[02:34] ---
    I know that.
[02:36] ---
    You did this to whittle off
    some of Kenshin's power.
[02:38] ---
    Kurogasa turned out
    to be quite the chicken.
[02:41] ---
    You really don't get it.
[02:44] ---
    If I take you hostage,
    Battosai will be angered.
[02:48] ---
    Anger will return him
    to the hitokiri that he once was.
[02:53] ---
    The current Battosai has lost his touch.
[02:56] ---
    I can defeat him
    before I finish smoking one cigarette.
[02:59] ---
    And that would be too boring.
[03:03] ---
    Not only are you a coward,
    but a liar, too?
[03:05] ---
    You can't possibly be unaware
    of Kenshin's strength, right?
[03:10] ---
    You're the one that doesn't know...
[03:13] ---
    the skills of Hitokiri Battosai
[03:15] ---
    that gives you goosebumps
    just by hearing about them.
[03:23] ---
    The first time I saw him was in Kyoto
    back during the Bakumatsu Era.
[03:30] ---
    I had heard rumors about the Hitokiri.
[03:32] ---
    But we were the Shinsengumi.
[03:36] ---
    There was no way
    we'd lose against one man.
[03:38] ---
    That's what I had thought.
[03:55] ---
    It took just one moment.
[03:57] ---
    In the moment
    that moonlight filled the alleyway,
[04:00] ---
    he killed the three other men.
[04:05] ---
    Hey.
[04:07] ---
    Tell your comrades.
[04:09] ---
    If you're going to slay
    any more Revolutionary warriors...
[04:12] ---
    you will have to fight me.
[04:31] ---
    If I had fought him right then,
[04:34] ---
    I would have quickly sunk into the shadows
    right then and there.
[04:39] ---
    But it's different now.
[04:40] ---
    I have killed so many, friend and foe.
[04:46] ---
    I was able to become a hitokiri,
    just like him.
[04:51] ---
    Two hitokiri killing each other
    in a dire situation.
[04:56] ---
    That is what is most amusing.
[04:59] ---
    Kenshin is—
[05:00] ---
    You can tell
    exactly what kind of man I'm looking at
[05:04] ---
    and what kind of man you're looking at.
[05:19] ---
    Now...
[05:23] ---
    it's midnight.
[05:25] ---
    The beginning of a very fun moment.
[05:28] ---
    Right, Battosai?
[05:31] ---
    Kenshin!
[05:39] ---
    I like that glare.
[05:41] ---
    You are indeed angry.
[05:43] ---
    Yeah.
[05:44] ---
    Against you
    for roping Miss Kaoru into this
[05:47] ---
    and against myself
    for not being able to stop it.
[05:51] ---
    "Myself."
[05:53] ---
    Wonderful. Splendid.
[05:55] ---
    Your speech pattern has reverted
    to that of the Bakumatsu Era.
[05:59] ---
    And now...
[06:00] ---
    if you flip the blade
    of that sword around,
[06:03] ---
    the legendary Hitokiri makes his return.
[06:06] ---
    Kenshin.
[06:33] ---
    So cheeky!
[06:34] ---
    He's different.
[06:36] ---
    This isn't the usual Kenshin after all.
[06:38] ---
    I told you that Shin No Ippo won't work!
[06:43] ---
    Nikaido Heiho starts with...
[06:45] ---
    Katate Hirazuki!
[06:48] ---
    Next...
[06:49] ---
    Letter One stance, Yokonagi.
[06:52] ---
    Letter Ten stance, Karatake-wari.
[06:56] ---
    And here...
[06:57] ---
    I disrupt!
[07:13] ---
    You seem to have been
    reading my movements,
[07:16] ---
    but you couldn't predict Haishato.
[07:20] ---
    You're not quite there.
[07:21] ---
    I can kill your current self
    in the time I smoke three cigarettes.
[07:25] ---
    Kenshin!
[07:28] ---
    This is boring.
[07:30] ---
    I need you to feel more anger.
[07:44] ---
    Miss Kaoru!
[07:45] ---
    I cast a slightly stronger
    Shin No Ippo on her,
[07:49] ---
    to the point
    where lung function is paralyzed.
[07:52] ---
    She will last no longer than two minutes.
[07:55] ---
    This can't be undone
    as easily as last night.
[07:58] ---
    Suffocation is an ugly death.
[08:01] ---
    Drool, urine, and feces
    will ooze out of the corpse.
[08:05] ---
    Jine.
[08:07] ---
    You don't have time to chat.
[08:10] ---
    Everything you want to say,
    do so with that sword.
[08:19] ---
    Oh ho, that just now...
[08:21] ---
    not only did I miss the sword gleam,
[08:23] ---
    I didn't even see
    how you carried yourself.
[08:25] ---
    So this is Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
[08:28] ---
    This is the Hitokiri Battosai!
[08:33] ---
    No time to chat.
[08:37] ---
    I will kill you,
    so hurry up, and get on with it.
[08:44] ---
    Kenshin.
[08:46] ---
    "I will kill you," eh?
[08:49] ---
    Wonderful.
[08:53] ---
    A line fit for a hitokiri.
[08:57] ---
    Kenshin!
[09:00] ---
    Now that you have returned to the
    Hitokiri Battosai of the Bakumatsu Era,
[09:04] ---
    this is where our true showdown begins!
[09:06] ---
    Here goes, Battosai!
[09:12] ---
    What's wrong?
[09:14] ---
    When you have a murderous intent,
    it really is different.
[09:18] ---
    If you're fearing for your life,
[09:20] ---
    release the Shin No Ippo
    that you put on Miss Kaoru.
[09:23] ---
    I can't release it anymore.
[09:26] ---
    She has to do so on her own,
[09:27] ---
    or the caster must be killed
    to sever the sword aura.
[09:31] ---
    You only have two choices.
[09:33] ---
    Of course,
    the former is likely impossible.
[09:37] ---
    Then I will just have to kill you.
[09:40] ---
    That's also impossible.
[09:42] ---
    Humans are creatures that are
    surprisingly weak against assumptions.
[09:48] ---
    Shin No Ippo
    takes advantage of that weakness
[09:51] ---
    and uses the heightened sword aura
    to cower and paralyze the enemy.
[09:55] ---
    Assumptions do indeed
    influence the human body.
[10:00] ---
    And I, as the caster, am no exemption!
[10:10] ---
    I... am... undefeated!
[10:14] ---
    I see.
[10:15] ---
    He's putting a strong hypnosis on himself
    to unleash all of his potential.
[10:21] ---
    I... am... invincible!
[10:30] ---
    I... am... the strongest!
[10:35] ---
    Shin No Ippo:
    Shadow Skill, Hyoki Technique!
[10:39] ---
    This is the first time I'm using this
    since I have left the Shinsengumi,
[10:44] ---
    the first time in 15 years.
[10:54] ---
    If you call it an unfair skill,
    it indeed would be.
[10:58] ---
    But I will go ahead and use it.
[11:01] ---
    I don't care.
[11:02] ---
    You can use whatever skills you want.
[11:06] ---
    However...
[11:13] ---
    now that I have said I will kill you...
[11:17] ---
    your death is absolute.
[11:26] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[11:34] ---
    This is the stance
    for a battojutsu attack.
[11:38] ---
    Battojutsu...
[11:40] ---
    a technique where the blade of a sword
    races within the sheath
[11:44] ---
    and the sword speed doubles,
    even triples, when it is drawn out.
[11:48] ---
    A grand sure-kill attack
    that slays the opponent
[11:51] ---
    without providing
    an opportunity to counterattack.
[11:55] ---
    Come. I will let you have a good taste
    of the street name "Battosai."
[12:01] ---
    Battosai, user of the divine-speed
    sword style Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
[12:06] ---
    Indeed the fastest ever!
[12:09] ---
    But if I can dodge that, I can win!
[12:12] ---
    Battojutsu are sure-kill attacks,
[12:14] ---
    which means a misfire
    leads to his own death.
[12:16] ---
    A dangerous double-edged attack.
[12:20] ---
    Can I dodge it?
[12:25] ---
    I can! I can dodge this!
[12:29] ---
    Showdown time, Himura Battosai!
[12:35] ---
    Battosai, you aren't aware
    of your fatal flaw!
[12:40] ---
    And that's your sword.
[12:42] ---
    A sakabato is disadvantageous
    for battojutsu!
[12:44] ---
    As the back
    is on the convex side of the arc,
[12:47] ---
    you can't get the blade
    to race enough within the sheath,
[12:49] ---
    slightly slowing down
    the sword-draw speed.
[12:52] ---
    And that difference is
    my perfect opportunity for victory!
[12:59] ---
    So fast!
[13:00] ---
    But if I can dodge this...
[13:05] ---
    I dodged it!
[13:06] ---
    Victory is mine!
[13:08] ---
    Battosai!
[13:13] ---
    Wha— This is—
[13:17] ---
    A double battojutsu
    using both sword and sheath!
[13:24] ---
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Battojutsu:
    Soryuusen.
[13:28] ---
    I am fully aware that battojutsu
    are double-edged attacks
[13:31] ---
    and that a sakabato
    is unfit for battojutsu.
[13:34] ---
    The man who mastered
    the most powerful battojutsu...
[13:39] ---
    that is the origin
    of my street name, Battosai.
[13:43] ---
    I shattered your elbow joint
    and severed your tendon.
[13:46] ---
    Your life as a swordsman is over.
[13:49] ---
    And this...
[13:51] ---
    is the end of your life.
[13:59] ---
    Die.
[14:00] ---
    Kenshin!
[14:11] ---
    What's wrong, Battosai?
[14:13] ---
    What are you hesitating for?
[14:16] ---
    To release the Shin No Ippo,
    you have to kill me.
[14:20] ---
    This is too easy a choice.
[14:23] ---
    The evil blade of the legendary Hitokiri.
[14:26] ---
    Give me a blow right here
    to take to the afterlife.
[14:31] ---
    Right. I don't want to give you
    anything to take with you.
[14:35] ---
    But in order to protect Miss Kaoru,
    I must once again revert to a hitokiri.
[14:43] ---
    That's how it should be!
[14:44] ---
    Let me, Jine, taste your evil blade!
[14:48] ---
    Die.
[14:53] ---
    Swords are weapons.
[14:55] ---
    Swordsmanship is a means of murder.
[14:57] ---
    No matter how you sugarcoat it
    or have lofty ideals, that is the truth.
[15:02] ---
    But in the face of such awful truth...
[15:07] ---
    I much prefer
    Miss Kaoru's naïve lies, that I do.
[15:12] ---
    Ken... shin.
[15:18] ---
    Kenshin!
[15:20] ---
    You can't!
[15:26] ---
    Don't return to being a hitokiri.
[15:30] ---
    You can't use... a murderous sword.
[15:33] ---
    Miss Kaoru!
[15:35] ---
    Miss Kaoru, get a hold of yourself!
    Are you all right, that you are?
[15:40] ---
    Miss Kaoru!
[15:42] ---
    I am all right, Kenshin, that I am.
[15:45] ---
    Oro?
[15:47] ---
    Your speech pattern is back to normal.
[15:51] ---
    Oh.
[15:52] ---
    I'm fine.
[15:54] ---
    I'm all right,
[15:55] ---
    so please—
[15:58] ---
    I can understand
    that bird head from last night,
[16:02] ---
    but this little girl
    broke my Shin No Ippo, too?
[16:07] ---
    It seems I myself have lost my touch.
[16:11] ---
    Stop it, Jine.
[16:12] ---
    You only have one wakizashi,
    and you can only use your left arm.
[16:16] ---
    You have no chance of winning,
    that you don't. It's all over now.
[16:21] ---
    You should calmly wait for your arrest,
    that you should.
[16:24] ---
    No, it's not over yet.
[16:27] ---
    I still have to deal with the aftermath.
[16:37] ---
    This sensation... so good.
[16:46] ---
    Y-You look like you don't get it.
[16:51] ---
    I told you.
[16:53] ---
    This is the aftermath.
[16:56] ---
    I-If I get caught
    and the investigation goes on...
[17:02] ---
    they're sure to track back
    to the Imperialist government official
[17:06] ---
    that requested a Hitokiri.
[17:08] ---
    What?
[17:11] ---
    You couldn't have possibly believed
[17:13] ---
    that hitokiri were no longer needed
    in the Meiji Era.
[17:17] ---
    That's why I said you lost your touch.
[17:22] ---
    They're all worked up
[17:23] ---
    about the Revolution, Meiji Era,
    and new government.
[17:27] ---
    But on the inside,
[17:28] ---
    a power struggle similar
    to the Bakumatsu Era still continues.
[17:33] ---
    They want to get rid
    of those that stand in the way,
[17:37] ---
    but with modernization of the system
    and the police force developing,
[17:40] ---
    they can't simply slay men like before.
[17:45] ---
    On the other hand, I can't
    easily escape the bloody path I entered,
[17:50] ---
    nor do I want to leave it.
[17:52] ---
    So the politician and the hitokiri
    had common interests,
[17:56] ---
    and the evil-bladed hooligan Kurogasa
    was born.
[18:01] ---
    A hitokiri slays men on his own will.
[18:05] ---
    However, he doesn't choose his own target.
[18:09] ---
    I ignored that and challenged you,
[18:12] ---
    and that's why I have met
    such a pathetic death.
[18:16] ---
    But, oh, well.
[18:18] ---
    Now that my right arm is busted,
    staying alive only brings boredom.
[18:23] ---
    Jine...
[18:25] ---
    Stop looking at me like that, Battosai.
[18:28] ---
    Your eyes looked so much better
    when you said you would kill me.
[18:35] ---
    Your true nature
    is still that of a hitokiri.
[18:38] ---
    A fellow hitokiri is telling you,
    so you can be sure of it.
[18:42] ---
    A hitokiri is only that until he dies.
[18:46] ---
    He can't become anything else.
[18:49] ---
    I'll be watching from the edges of hell
[18:51] ---
    on how long you can still
    spout off about being a rurouni.
[19:08] ---
    "A hitokiri is only that until he dies."
[19:17] ---
    "Until he dies."
[19:20] ---
    Kenshin.
[19:23] ---
    Let's go home, Miss Kaoru, that we should.
[19:26] ---
    From here,
    this is a problem for the officials.
[19:29] ---
    Let's leave this for the police.
[19:39] ---
    Kenshin.
[19:42] ---
    Kenshin.
[19:43] ---
    Oh. What is it, that is?
[19:46] ---
    Thank you for saving me.
    I'll give you my thanks for now.
[19:52] ---
    No, I am the one
    that should be thanking you, that I am.
[19:57] ---
    I give you my gratitude.
[19:58] ---
    Huh? Oh.
[19:59] ---
    No problem.
[20:02] ---
    If you didn't stop me back there,
[20:06] ---
    I would have completely returned
    to being Hitokiri Battosai.
[20:12] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[20:13] ---
    I have to return
    your indigo ribbon to you, that I do.
[20:16] ---
    Oh!
[20:19] ---
    Oro?
[20:20] ---
    What's with this? It's covered in blood!
[20:22] ---
    I see. The blood from the wound
    on my left shoulder
[20:26] ---
    trickled down to the breast pocket,
    that it did.
[20:28] ---
    What are you going to do about this?
[20:30] ---
    It was unavoidable, that it was.
[20:32] ---
    So horrible!
    You're not getting away with it!
[20:35] ---
    Kenshin!
[20:36] ---
    Hold up!
[20:42] ---
    Jine, you can at least watch
    from the edges of hell, that you can.
[20:48] ---
    Even if my true nature
    is that of a hitokiri...
[20:51] ---
    I will hold it back
    for the rest of my life.
[20:54] ---
    I will never, ever return
    to being Hitokiri Battosai.
[21:05] ---
    Until I die, I am a rurouni
    who refuses to kill, that I am.
[21:11] ---
    We're home.
[21:12] ---
    That we are.
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    BEAUTY ON THE RUN
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "Beauty on the Run."

E8 - Beauty on the Run

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[00:03] ---
    Jine...
[00:05] ---
    Stop looking at me like that, Battosai.
[00:08] ---
    Your eyes looked so much better
    when you said you would kill me.
[00:16] ---
    Your true nature
    is still that of a hitokiri.
[00:19] ---
    A fellow hitokiri is telling you,
    so you can be sure of it.
[00:22] ---
    A hitokiri is only that until he dies.
[00:26] ---
    He can't become anything else.
[00:30] ---
    I'll be watching from the edges of hell
[00:32] ---
    on how long you can still
    spout off about being a rurouni.
[00:41] ---
    Jine, you can at least watch
    from the edges of hell, that you can.
[00:46] ---
    Even if my true nature
    is that of a hitokiri...
[00:49] ---
    I will hold it back
    for the rest of my life.
[00:58] ---
    Until I die, I am a rurouni
    who refuses to kill, that I am.
[01:03] ---
    We're home.
[01:05] ---
    That we are.
[02:37] ---
    EPISODE 8:
    BEAUTY ON THE RUN
[02:46] ---
    Stop right there!
[02:49] ---
    I'm tellin' you to stop, damn broad!
[02:54] ---
    Kenshin!
[02:56] ---
    Hey, where are you?
[02:58] ---
    Hey, come on!
[03:01] ---
    Kenshin!
[03:04] ---
    It can't be.
[03:05] ---
    If you're looking for Kenshin,
    Sanosuke took him somewhere.
[03:09] ---
    Really?
[03:10] ---
    What good does it do me to lie?
[03:11] ---
    I see. I really thought he wandered off
    on a journey for real this time.
[03:16] ---
    I'm so glad.
[03:18] ---
    You know, you're a bit of a worrywart.
[03:21] ---
    Why don't you just
    put a collar on Kenshin or something?
[03:24] ---
    A master and her pet Kenshin...
[03:27] ---
    Woof, that is!
[03:30] ---
    Oh, no!
[03:31] ---
    Don't, "Oh, no," me!
[03:33] ---
    So where did they run off to?
[03:36] ---
    Some restaurant called Shueiya.
[03:38] ---
    He said there's gonna be some gambling
    going on there today.
[03:41] ---
    G-Gambling?
[03:44] ---
    Now, now! It's in!
[03:46] ---
    Bet on odds or evens!
[03:47] ---
    - Odd!
    - Even!
[03:49] ---
    Which is it?
[03:50] ---
    Five and six for odd... I think.
[03:53] ---
    Odd!
[03:54] ---
    Game results!
[03:56] ---
    Five and six! Odd!
[03:58] ---
    As expected from Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
[04:00] ---
    For reading dice,
    it's in a whole different class
[04:02] ---
    I tagged along because you said
    there was a big problem, Sano.
[04:06] ---
    Gambling is illegal, that it is.
[04:08] ---
    What ya talkin' about?
[04:10] ---
    Your sakabato is illegal, too.
[04:13] ---
    It's against the Sword Abolishment Act.
[04:15] ---
    Thinking of it... that it is.
[04:17] ---
    No worries.
    These guys here are all my buddies.
[04:22] ---
    This ain't like gambling as a job
    to trick people and con money outta them.
[04:25] ---
    It's a game to enjoy with friends.
[04:28] ---
    However—
[04:29] ---
    We came all the way out here.
[04:30] ---
    Let's have a good ol' time
    and stop being all mopey as of today.
[04:37] ---
    Did you hear about Jine's final moments
    from Miss Kaoru, that you did?
[04:41] ---
    Oh, I don't know anything.
[04:44] ---
    They're going in!
[04:46] ---
    Anyway, next one! Next!
[04:48] ---
    So is it odd or even this time?
[04:52] ---
    Snake eyes for even, that it is...
[04:54] ---
    probably.
[04:56] ---
    All right! Snake eyes for even!
[04:58] ---
    Hey, Sano, you're doing really well today.
[05:01] ---
    It's the first time in a while,
    so go easy on us, man!
[05:05] ---
    That's a great joke.
[05:07] ---
    I'll strip you to your underwear today,
    so brace yourselves.
[05:10] ---
    Sano...
[05:13] ---
    You sure gave us a hard time!
[05:14] ---
    You thought you could escape
    by yourself, did ya?
[05:21] ---
    Wha? You still plannin' on runnin' off?
[05:22] ---
    RESTAURANT
    SHUEIYA
[05:23] ---
    Hold it right there!
[05:26] ---
    By the way, what's with Yoita,
    the candy seller today?
[05:30] ---
    Surprised that gambling nut
    didn't show his face.
[05:33] ---
    You didn't know, Mr. Sano?
[05:37] ---
    Yoita... passed away earlier this month.
[05:42] ---
    What the hell?
    Died from illness or an accident?
[05:48] ---
    Opium.
[05:50] ---
    He accidentally inhaled too much opium.
[05:54] ---
    Opium is a narcotic created
[05:56] ---
    by drying the milky sap
    that can be gathered from poppy seeds.
[06:02] ---
    It creates absolutely terrible
    withdrawal symptoms,
[06:05] ---
    so in this era,
    it was strictly prohibited
[06:08] ---
    as an evil drug
    that could destroy an entire nation.
[06:13] ---
    That idiot!
    Why did he dabble in opium?
[06:18] ---
    But that is strange, that it is.
[06:20] ---
    Opium is quite an expensive drug.
[06:23] ---
    It shouldn't be something
    that an ordinary man can buy a hoard of.
[06:27] ---
    Hmm?
[06:31] ---
    Who the hell are you?
[06:37] ---
    Please help me!
[06:38] ---
    Oro?
[06:39] ---
    Evil men are after me. Please, help me!
[06:43] ---
    Uh...
[06:44] ---
    God damn it, Megumi!
[06:46] ---
    You can't get away now!
[06:49] ---
    One after another.
    Who the hell are you guys?
[06:52] ---
    Shut up! You stay outta this!
[06:54] ---
    Hurry up, and hand that broad over!
[06:56] ---
    If you don't—
[06:59] ---
    I'm kinda irritated right now!
[07:02] ---
    You better watch how you talk to me!
[07:04] ---
    D-D-Damn you.
    You think you can get away with this?
[07:08] ---
    We are Mr. Kanryu's private army!
[07:11] ---
    The fact you're standing up against us
[07:13] ---
    means that you're gonna
    make enemies with Mr. Kanryu!
[07:16] ---
    Huh?
[07:17] ---
    I told you to watch it, weakling!
[07:19] ---
    Kanryu.
[07:20] ---
    That's bad news.
[07:21] ---
    He's talking about Kanryu Takeda.
[07:23] ---
    Kanryu Takeda?
[07:25] ---
    Who in the world is that man, that is?
[07:29] ---
    He's a young entrepreneur
    living on the outskirts of town,
[07:32] ---
    at least on the outside.
[07:34] ---
    Who knows what he's doing
    behind the scenes, though?
[07:36] ---
    He's suddenly gotten very wealthy
    in the past few years.
[07:39] ---
    Nowadays, he's even got
    a giant private army.
[07:42] ---
    A fishy guy, if you ask me.
[07:44] ---
    Everyone in this town, from the yakuza
    to the politicians, avoid fighting him.
[07:50] ---
    So if they're part of his private army,
[07:52] ---
    are you Kanryu's girl?
[07:54] ---
    I am not!
[07:55] ---
    I really don't know anything.
[07:59] ---
    Not about this Kanryu person, either.
[08:01] ---
    Lying isn't good, Megumi Takani.
[08:09] ---
    What the...
[08:10] ---
    When the hell did he come inside?
[08:13] ---
    Looks like you ran 'cause you thought
    only two guys were watching you.
[08:17] ---
    But one of our leader's men
    is always watching you.
[08:24] ---
    Hmph.
[08:25] ---
    But it's true that I'm not Kanryu's girl!
[08:29] ---
    Go home, and tell Kanryu that I
    will make sure to get away from him!
[08:35] ---
    How cute.
[08:37] ---
    Especially how you think you can get away.
[08:42] ---
    Damn you!
[08:43] ---
    Hurry up, and get out of here!
[08:46] ---
    Tomo! Ginji!
[08:48] ---
    Sengeki Rasenbyo.
[08:50] ---
    That was just saying hello,
    but next time, Megumi...
[08:54] ---
    I will shatter your feet.
[08:56] ---
    It will double as your punishment.
[09:06] ---
    A tatami flip?
[09:08] ---
    But my tacks can—
[09:10] ---
    I'm not quite understanding
    the circumstances.
[09:15] ---
    I cannot quietly watch people
    getting hurt or killed, that I can't.
[09:21] ---
    Like you know anything!
[09:23] ---
    Damn you, how dare you
    do that to my buddies?
[09:25] ---
    Huh?
[09:29] ---
    This can't be good.
[09:31] ---
    They knocked out
    three of Kanryu Takeda's personal army.
[09:37] ---
    They're strong.
[09:39] ---
    Especially the swordsman.
    He seems invincible.
[09:43] ---
    How about it, boys? Can you protect me
    and let me escape from Kanryu's grasp?
[09:48] ---
    I'll pay more than enough as a reward.
    How about it?
[09:51] ---
    But before that,
    why don't you explain yourself?
[09:54] ---
    Huh?
[09:55] ---
    Ow!
[09:56] ---
    Two of my buddies got hurt.
[09:58] ---
    I won't be satisfied
    until I hear the reason behind it!
[10:00] ---
    That hurts!
[10:01] ---
    Don't grab me with ridiculous strength!
[10:03] ---
    Oh...
[10:08] ---
    That's opium!
[10:09] ---
    That package was lying around
    in Yoita's place!
[10:14] ---
    By reward, surely you
    can't mean this, that you can't?
[10:24] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[10:29] ---
    Kenshin and Sanosuke sure are late.
[10:32] ---
    Guess it's quite a win
    or quite a loss, huh?
[10:35] ---
    If they're on the losing end,
[10:36] ---
    they probably lost their clothes
    and only got on underwear.
[10:39] ---
    Huh?
[10:43] ---
    No. I don't wanna see something like that.
[10:46] ---
    We're back!
[10:47] ---
    Kenshin! Welcome ba—
[10:51] ---
    Quite a run-down house.
[10:53] ---
    Is it a school for swordsmanship?
[10:56] ---
    Oh, this is Miss Megumi Takani.
[10:59] ---
    There was a bit of a tussle
    at the gambling house—
[11:02] ---
    And the guys wouldn't pay up our winnings,
[11:05] ---
    so we brought this girl home
    as payment instead.
[11:07] ---
    Sorry, but she's gonna
    have to stay here for a bit.
[11:10] ---
    I see. So it was a big win for you guys.
[11:13] ---
    Sano...
[11:15] ---
    If we tell her the truth,
[11:16] ---
    opium is gonna be
    part of the chat, right?
[11:18] ---
    It's better if we
    kept quiet about it here.
[11:20] ---
    Kenshin...
[11:23] ---
    is that the truth?
[11:26] ---
    You don't want to carelessly
    get them involved in this, do you?
[11:31] ---
    Kenshin.
[11:35] ---
    It's the truth, that it is.
[11:38] ---
    I totally misjudged you!
[11:42] ---
    I didn't think you'd do something
    like human trafficking!
[11:44] ---
    Oro...
[11:45] ---
    I can see Sanosuke doing something
    like that, but you, Kenshin?
[11:48] ---
    What's up with that?
[11:49] ---
    Um... Miss Takani, was it?
[11:53] ---
    I'm sorry. I'll give him
    a nice long lecture about this.
[11:56] ---
    So please, you can go back home now.
[11:58] ---
    - Oh, I have no intention of going back.
    - Huh?
[12:01] ---
    I have taken a fondness to him.
[12:04] ---
    I don't want to be apart from him.
    Not even a moment.
[12:08] ---
    You're better off with me compared to
    such a sweaty little girl, right, Ken-san?
[12:14] ---
    Oh. Kenshin, you're pretty smooth—
[12:17] ---
    N-No! You absolutely can't do that!
[12:20] ---
    Oh, and why is that?
[12:22] ---
    It doesn't seem like you're
    Ken-san's girlfriend or anything.
[12:26] ---
    Are in a position
    that you can say such a thing?
[12:29] ---
    Don't tease her so much.
[12:31] ---
    This girl is really simpleminded.
[12:35] ---
    Get out! All of you!
[12:40] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[12:41] ---
    Good grief.
[12:42] ---
    Oh, brother, that is.
[12:44] ---
    It's your fault for saying something
    that you don't mean at all.
[12:48] ---
    Oh, it's true that I don't want
    to be separated even for an instant.
[12:52] ---
    I mean, he's tremendously strong,
    yet really good-natured.
[12:56] ---
    I feel like if I'm at his side, he's sure
    to protect me even if I am assaulted.
[13:00] ---
    Kenshin Himura, was it?
    You're perfect as a bodyguard.
[13:06] ---
    If that's the case, I would at least like
    to hear your circumstances, that I would.
[13:10] ---
    I agree. What's your background?
[13:14] ---
    Why are you trying to run from Kanryu?
[13:17] ---
    And why is Kanryu so persistent
    about chasing after you?
[13:21] ---
    And this!
    How and where in the hell did you get it?
[13:25] ---
    You're so insensitive
    to ask a woman about her past.
[13:27] ---
    Moron!
[13:28] ---
    There, there.
[13:30] ---
    Oh, well. As long as I stick around you,
[13:33] ---
    I'll get to the source of the opium
    in due time.
[13:36] ---
    The source of what killed my buddy!
[13:39] ---
    I can't allow this to get around
    in the streets more than it does now.
[13:43] ---
    I'll make sure to shut it down!
[13:46] ---
    Hmph.
[13:47] ---
    Mr. Sano!
[13:49] ---
    So this is where you were!
    I've been looking quite a bit for you!
[13:52] ---
    Shu. Weren't you taking
    Gin and Tomo to the doctor?
[13:56] ---
    Yeah. Gin and Tomo are okay for now.
[13:59] ---
    But we have a big problem.
[14:01] ---
    Please come with me!
[14:04] ---
    Hey, what's going on?
[14:11] ---
    Those are Kanryu's
    private army guys from earlier!
[14:15] ---
    This is terrible, that it is.
[14:17] ---
    Those that are of no use
    get mercilessly taken out.
[14:21] ---
    This is how Kanryu always does things.
[14:35] ---
    Beshimi.
[14:36] ---
    Y-Yes, sir!
[14:37] ---
    The swordsman who crushed your nose,
[14:40] ---
    you said he was a redhead with
    a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek?
[14:44] ---
    Yes.
[14:46] ---
    Huh? Oh!
[14:47] ---
    Argh! It's him! And Megumi's there, too!
[14:49] ---
    This is perfect! I'll kill 'em right here—
[14:52] ---
    Trouble in the crowd would bother me.
[14:56] ---
    Stop it.
[14:57] ---
    Thank you so much.
[15:00] ---
    In any case,
    that man is no ordinary fellow.
[15:03] ---
    Beshimi, you can't possibly
    handle him on your own.
[15:07] ---
    The fact that they're here means...
[15:10] ---
    Han'nya, you're here as well?
[15:13] ---
    Yes, sir.
[15:14] ---
    Have you figured out their whereabouts?
[15:17] ---
    Yes. That man was quite a keen fellow,
[15:21] ---
    so it was quite troublesome
    to follow him, but I managed.
[15:25] ---
    All right. You should help with Beshimi's
    job of getting Megumi Takani back.
[15:31] ---
    Tell Hyottoko to help as well.
[15:33] ---
    Understood.
[15:35] ---
    Listen, Beshimi.
    I'm assigning two helpers for you.
[15:38] ---
    I won't allow for any more failure.
[15:41] ---
    I will take that to heart.
    Now excuse me.
[15:46] ---
    You're giving him a second chance.
[15:49] ---
    You are quite the sympathetic leader.
[15:51] ---
    You think so?
[15:53] ---
    I do think so.
    I cannot possibly do something like that.
[15:58] ---
    I am an entrepreneur at my roots.
[16:01] ---
    Wasteful, useless men
    must be quickly eradicated,
[16:04] ---
    or I don't feel at ease.
[16:07] ---
    And when the eradication is complete,
    I feel completely refreshed.
[16:13] ---
    That aside...
[16:15] ---
    Miss Megumi deeply troubles me.
[16:19] ---
    She is my dear little hen
    that lays my precious golden eggs.
[16:23] ---
    I will never let her get away.
[16:28] ---
    Kanryu!
[16:29] ---
    No doubt about it.
[16:31] ---
    Kenshin, that guy
    with the glasses is Kanryu.
[16:34] ---
    More importantly,
    the man standing to his right.
[16:37] ---
    Who in the world is he, that is?
[16:39] ---
    Don't know.
    Maybe the head of the private army?
[16:42] ---
    He isn't!
[16:44] ---
    He is...
[16:45] ---
    the leader!
[16:47] ---
    That man leads a group
    separate from the private army,
[16:51] ---
    the Oniwaban Group, a group of
    former onmitsu that Kanryu recently hired.
[16:57] ---
    Onmitsu were a type of spies
    active during the Edo era.
[17:03] ---
    Nowadays, they are often referred to
    as shinobi or ninja.
[17:07] ---
    The Oniwaban Group was
    a secret organization among them
[17:09] ---
    working directly for the Shogun,
    comprised of those
[17:13] ---
    that excelled in combat tactics
    more than any other onmitsu.
[17:17] ---
    And that is the genius onmitsu who became
    the head of the Edo Castle Oniwaban Group
[17:24] ---
    right before the Meiji Revolution
    at the age of 15, Aoshi Shinomori!
[17:30] ---
    And why did someone like that
    fall into Kanryu's ranks?
[17:33] ---
    No idea. In any case,
[17:36] ---
    we're up against a shady entrepreneur
    and the dangerous Oniwaban Group.
[17:40] ---
    We can't afford to toss Miss Megumi out
    at this point, that we can't.
[17:45] ---
    Red hair and a cross-shaped scar.
[17:48] ---
    It can't be...
[17:55] ---
    So there are about 60 people
[17:56] ---
    SWORDSMEN YAKUZA
    (10) (3)
[17:56] ---
    PAGES GUNMEN
     (10) (10)
[17:56] ---
    LEADER
    
    ONIWABAN GROUP
[17:56] ---
    PRIVATE ARMY
[17:56] ---
    KANRYU TAKEDA
[17:57] ---
    in Kanryu's private army, that is?
[18:00] ---
    Right.
[18:01] ---
    What about the Oniwaban Group?
[18:03] ---
    I think five or six.
[18:07] ---
    Next, where did you get a hold of opium,
    that you did?
[18:13] ---
    You're still staying silent
    when it comes to opium, that you are.
[18:16] ---
    I'm talking only so that
    it's easier for you to fight.
[18:20] ---
    Opium has nothing to do with it.
[18:23] ---
    Don't ask what you don't need to ask,
    and just fend them off for me.
[18:27] ---
    That said, if the Oniwaban Group
    is seriously on the move now,
[18:32] ---
    these guys will be no match against them.
[18:34] ---
    No need to stay here too long.
[18:36] ---
    It's best if I use
    the hubbub of the battle
[18:38] ---
    as cover to flee even further.
[18:41] ---
    So Miss Megumi, to begin with—
[18:43] ---
    I told you,
    I won't answer any personal questions!
[18:46] ---
    It's not good to eavesdrop, missie.
[18:48] ---
    But—But—But—But—But—But...
[18:50] ---
    they decided to coop themselves up alone
    right after they got back!
[18:53] ---
    It's fine. It's nothing
    like what you're worried about.
[18:58] ---
    Then what is it about?
[19:00] ---
    It's in his nature, his temperament.
[19:04] ---
    He can't help but assist those in need
    or those with issues.
[19:09] ---
    It's his nature as a rurouni.
[19:12] ---
    You know how he's
    super powerful with his sword,
[19:14] ---
    but is totally weak against people.
[19:17] ---
    Especially women and children.
[19:20] ---
    You have a point.
[19:22] ---
    So are you like that, too, Sanosuke?
[19:24] ---
    Gimme a break.
[19:25] ---
    I just wanna avenge my buddy.
[19:27] ---
    I don't care about what happens
    to foxes like that!
[19:32] ---
    Sano, is nothing out of the ordinary?
[19:34] ---
    Yeah.
[19:35] ---
    This is the organization chart
    for Kanryu's group.
[19:37] ---
    It'd be good to take a look at it,
    that it would.
[19:40] ---
    As the Oniwaban Group is on their side,
[19:43] ---
    it's best to believe
    they already know about this place.
[19:46] ---
    We can't be caught off our guard,
    that we can't.
[19:49] ---
    Miss Kaoru,
    I can't talk about the details,
[19:52] ---
    but there may be a trouble or two here
    in the future.
[19:56] ---
    I will not fail ever again
    like I did with Jine.
[20:00] ---
    I will make sure to protect you.
[20:05] ---
    All right.
[20:07] ---
    But when everything is settled,
    you need to give me a proper explanation.
[20:14] ---
    I heard that, Kenshin.
[20:17] ---
    You said there might be trouble?
[20:19] ---
    Yahiko, how long have you been there?
[20:21] ---
    Ever since nightfall.
[20:23] ---
    I didn't notice.
[20:24] ---
    Anyway, am I the only one
    left out of all this?
[20:28] ---
    I'm part of Team Kenshin, too, aren't I?
[20:30] ---
    What's that?
[20:32] ---
    When was that formed, that is?
[20:33] ---
    Little brats
    don't need to mouth off like that.
[20:36] ---
    What was that, damn it?
[20:37] ---
    Sanosuke, you need to think
    before you talk!
[20:40] ---
    I was here before you to begin with—
[20:44] ---
    And that's exactly
    why you're still a brat.
[20:47] ---
    Huh? What you mean?
[20:50] ---
    They're here!
[20:52] ---
    Over towards the gate!
[21:02] ---
    You must be the Oniwaban Group,
    that you are.
[21:05] ---
    Quietly hand Megumi over.
[21:08] ---
    If you do, I'll go a little easy on you.
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    THE ONIWABANSHU STRIKE
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "The Oniwabanshu Strike."

E9 - The Oniwabanshu Strike

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[00:07] ---
    You must be the Oniwaban Group,
    that you are.
[00:09] ---
    One of the famous Oniwaban Group.
[00:12] ---
    When they say Hyottoko, they mean me!
[00:15] ---
    Hyottoko?
[00:16] ---
    Sounds too cute to suit you.
[00:18] ---
    You should change your name.
[00:21] ---
    Quietly hand Megumi over.
[00:23] ---
    If you do, I'll go a little easy on you.
[00:26] ---
    Which one of you is up first?
[00:28] ---
    I don't care
    if both of you come at me together.
[00:31] ---
    He boasts of massive strength
    and fights with no weapon.
[00:35] ---
    Leave this one to me.
[00:36] ---
    However, we're up against
    the Oniwaban Group.
[00:39] ---
    Who knows if that's all he is?
[00:41] ---
    I don't care! I'll nab him alive
[00:43] ---
    and force the truth
    about the opium out of him!
[00:45] ---
    So you're up first.
[00:51] ---
    Even if you got the strength,
    it means nothing if you can't hit with it.
[00:56] ---
    How gracious of you...
[00:58] ---
    to come into range for me.
[01:03] ---
    Sano!
[01:06] ---
    Wha—
[02:39] ---
    EPISODE 9: THE ONIWABANSHU STRIKE
[02:43] ---
    Sano!
[02:45] ---
    Wha—
[02:46] ---
    Sanosuke!
[02:53] ---
    That's dangerous, you putz!
[02:56] ---
    Oh? I'm surprised you dodged
    my special attack, "Fire Breath."
[03:01] ---
    However, you won't be able to dodge
    the next one with that leg.
[03:08] ---
    He creates fire with sacks of oil
    placed inside his stomach
[03:10] ---
    and teeth made of flint.
[03:12] ---
    The greatest fire master of the Oniwaban.
[03:15] ---
    His name "Hyottoko"
    stems from "hi" and "otoko."
[03:18] ---
    There is nothing that he can't burn!
[03:24] ---
    Here goes.
[03:28] ---
    Why are you looking away?
[03:30] ---
    Your opponent is me, that I am.
[03:33] ---
    After I take care of him.
[03:35] ---
    Don't you fret. I'll burn you up next.
[03:39] ---
    A street performance like that
[03:40] ---
    won't be able to burn
    one hair on me, that it won't.
[03:43] ---
    D-Did you call it a street performance?
[03:50] ---
    He sliced fire apart with his sakabato!
[03:59] ---
    Idiot! Don't think you can
    defend everything with just one sword!
[04:05] ---
    Where are you off to?
[04:07] ---
    Kenshin is fighting for your sake.
[04:11] ---
    You should be properly
    watching all of it happen.
[04:15] ---
    It's not an opponent
    a swordsman can win against.
[04:17] ---
    He can buy some time,
[04:19] ---
    but he is facing the middle-ranked onmitsu
    of the Oniwaban Group.
[04:22] ---
    He's nothing like Beshimi,
    a low-ranked onmitsu.
[04:25] ---
    No, he will win!
[04:28] ---
    You know nothing about Kenshin.
[04:30] ---
    He may be a swordsman,
    but he's no ordinary swordsman.
[04:36] ---
    Impossible. Nine liters of oil,
    and I'm out?
[04:40] ---
    That's why I told you.
[04:42] ---
    You can't burn one hair on me.
[04:46] ---
    He defended against all the fire
    with just a sword.
[04:49] ---
    Indeed, he is no ordinary swordsman!
[04:52] ---
    What in the world is he...
[04:57] ---
    Damn you.
[04:58] ---
    I'm not done yet!
[05:00] ---
    He's planning on replenishing his oil!
[05:04] ---
    Sano!
[05:05] ---
    Thanks for the help.
[05:08] ---
    But I'm the one dealing with him.
[05:11] ---
    Sorry, but I'm gonna reset this match!
[05:16] ---
    All right. I will leave you
    with the rest, that I will.
[05:20] ---
    Yeah, leave this to me!
[05:22] ---
    Come on! Why are you guys
    both acting tough?
[05:25] ---
    Replenishment complete.
[05:27] ---
    You are such a fool,
    wandering over so you can be incinerated.
[05:32] ---
    No, you're the fool.
[05:35] ---
    You think a magic trick will work
    over and over once the secret is out?
[05:40] ---
    I'll light you up!
[05:42] ---
    Any of you who call this technique,
    my pride and joy,
[05:45] ---
    a street performance or a magic trick
    are all gonna be cremated!
[05:51] ---
    Maximum Fire Breath!
[05:52] ---
    This time, you won't be able to dodge it!
[05:54] ---
    Give me a break!
[05:57] ---
    What?
[06:00] ---
    What a reckless guy.
[06:02] ---
    This truly is finding the way
    out of a deadly situation, that it is.
[06:05] ---
    I'll take a look at the secret
    behind your magic trick!
[06:10] ---
    For your pride and joy,
    this is quite a dirty little secret.
[06:15] ---
    You have no chance of winning now.
[06:17] ---
    Just behave, and give up.
[06:20] ---
    Idiot.
[06:22] ---
    You're the one with no chance of winning!
[06:25] ---
    With that burnt arm, you won't
    be able to punch like you did before!
[06:30] ---
    Eat my Fire Fist,
    burning like a real flame!
[06:36] ---
    Kicks are totally legit
    in a fight, you know?
[06:39] ---
    Though, with those short legs,
    you'd never come up with that idea.
[06:48] ---
    Easy win!
[06:50] ---
    You say that,
    but you're hurt all over, that you are.
[06:53] ---
    What was that?
[06:54] ---
    He won. All things said and done,
    he really is strong.
[06:59] ---
    They're way beyond strong.
[07:02] ---
    What in the world are those two?
[07:05] ---
    I'm tellin' ya,
    all that didn't need to be said!
[07:05] ---
    I told you. You don't know them.
[07:08] ---
    - There, there.
    - Don't "there, there" me after all that!
[07:08] ---
    Those two are reliable comrades
    one can be proud of.
[07:11] ---
    - Ha ha ha.
    - Don't "ha ha ha" me!
[07:13] ---
    Hey, are you guys okay?
[07:16] ---
    You really are wounded all over.
[07:18] ---
    Looks like you won only by a little bit.
[07:20] ---
    Isn't that right, that is?
[07:21] ---
    What was that?
[07:23] ---
    That was an easy win,
    no matter how you look at it! Damn it!
[07:23] ---
    - Come on.
    - Oh, brother.
[07:25] ---
    Good grief. Oro?
[07:27] ---
    Friends.
[07:30] ---
    So what should we do with him?
[07:32] ---
    Let's see. We can splash water on him.
[07:37] ---
    Damn it. Damn it.
[07:38] ---
    Hyottoko let himself
    be so easily defeated.
[07:41] ---
    This is gonna lead
    to another failure for me.
[07:46] ---
    No.
[07:48] ---
    It's all because of Megumi Takani!
[07:50] ---
    If you didn't make a run for it
    on my watch,
[07:52] ---
    this wouldn't have happened!
[07:54] ---
    The one that put me into this situation
    ain't gonna get away with it unscathed!
[08:00] ---
    You're dead meat!
[08:02] ---
    Bloodlust!
[08:03] ---
    Be careful! Someone else is still lurking!
[08:06] ---
    - There you are!
    - Die!
[08:11] ---
    Look out!
[08:13] ---
    What?
[08:15] ---
    Yahiko!
[08:17] ---
    Sheesh, you really are reckless!
[08:19] ---
    Ow.
[08:20] ---
    It's dangerous, so you should stand back!
[08:22] ---
    Give me a break!
[08:24] ---
    I don't really get it, but Kenshin and
    Sanosuke are protecting this woman, right?
[08:28] ---
    I'm a part of Team Kenshin, too!
[08:30] ---
    Even if I can't go on the offensive, I can
    properly do my job on the defensive end!
[08:34] ---
    You need to have more faith
    in your students...
[08:39] ---
    Yahiko!
[08:41] ---
    Not good.
[08:43] ---
    Poison!
[08:46] ---
    That's what he gets
    for sticking his nose in!
[08:47] ---
    That kid won't last an hour!
[08:50] ---
    Dokusatsu Rasenbyo!
[08:52] ---
    This is the true technique
    of Beshimi of the Oniwaban Group!
[08:56] ---
    You're next, redhea...
[09:11] ---
    He's skilled.
[09:12] ---
    Kenshin!
[09:14] ---
    Yahiko... Yahiko is...
[09:16] ---
    Damn it, Yahiko, get a grip!
[09:19] ---
    Yahiko!
[09:20] ---
    Yahiko!
[09:23] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[09:29] ---
    Yahiko!
[09:36] ---
    Enough. Even with further combat,
[09:39] ---
    I sense it is impossible
    for us to reclaim Megumi Takani.
[09:42] ---
    I myself want to pick up the two that fell
[09:46] ---
    and report to the leader
    as soon as possible.
[09:49] ---
    You were the ones that attacked.
    I won't hold you back.
[09:53] ---
    However, you will leave the little one
    behind for Yahiko's detoxification.
[09:58] ---
    We have no duty
    to go that far for enemies.
[10:01] ---
    Then I will have you leave him here
    at any cost.
[10:06] ---
    You're quite passionate
    for having such a collected demeanor.
[10:14] ---
    No need to fret.
[10:16] ---
    As long as you shelter Megumi Takani,
    we will fight at some point.
[10:20] ---
    The showdown will be delayed until then.
[10:25] ---
    How he moves, that's a kenpo master
    who has trained extensively!
[10:30] ---
    Kenshin! Yahiko is...
[10:32] ---
    Yahiko!
[10:35] ---
    How is he?
[10:37] ---
    I have experience treating
    sword and spear cuts or broken bones,
[10:40] ---
    but detoxification...
[10:42] ---
    For now, we can suck out
    the poison from the wound.
[10:44] ---
    Got it!
[10:45] ---
    Stop that.
[10:48] ---
    Are you telling me
    to just watch Yahiko die?
[10:51] ---
    You stay out of this!
[10:52] ---
    You fool!
[10:53] ---
    Sucking poison out of a wound
    can cause bacterial infections,
[10:56] ---
    so it makes things worse!
[10:58] ---
    This is no place for amateurs. Stand back!
[11:03] ---
    Slight fever, unconscious...
[11:05] ---
    slight pain, and most of all,
    eye dilation. This is...
[11:10] ---
    stramonium leaf poison.
[11:12] ---
    Miss, this is a dojo, so you have
    need of a regular doctor, don't you?
[11:17] ---
    I'll write out a list of medications,
    so have him bring them!
[11:19] ---
    Ken-san, boil some water! And ready
    some hand towels and household medicine!
[11:23] ---
    You, head to the ice store,
    and buy all the ice they've got!
[11:27] ---
    Detoxification treatment
    is a race against time! Hurry up!
[11:33] ---
    Hmph. That should do it.
[11:36] ---
    Three or four more days,
    and he should recover.
[11:39] ---
    Good for you, Yahiko.
[11:42] ---
    That is, if he rests quietly.
[11:45] ---
    Thanks, old man.
[11:47] ---
    You're pretty amazing.
[11:49] ---
    That doesn't sound like thanks at all.
[11:52] ---
    And if you want to say thanks,
    say it to whoever wrote this.
[11:55] ---
    Quite impressive.
    A perfect note of ingredients
[11:58] ---
    and compounding instructions
    for the antidote.
[12:01] ---
    Whoever wrote this is well-versed
    in Dutch studies,
[12:05] ---
    what they call Western medicine nowadays.
[12:08] ---
    Maybe they just knew a lot about poison?
[12:12] ---
    It's a fine line
    between poison and medicine.
[12:14] ---
    Stramonium leaves can be
    wonderful medication, depending on usage.
[12:19] ---
    This was written by a master especially
    versed in the drugs of Western medicine.
[12:25] ---
    I'm surprised.
[12:27] ---
    I thought she was
    just a mean-spirited woman.
[12:30] ---
    A woman?
[12:31] ---
    Can it be Megumi Takani?
[12:34] ---
    You know her?
[12:36] ---
    Megumi Takani,
    a girl who was the assistant
[12:39] ---
    for a certain doctor
    who was murdered three years ago.
[12:49] ---
    Where are you going, that you are?
[12:51] ---
    It's dangerous for a woman
    to walk around at night, that it is.
[12:54] ---
    This man keeps surprising me.
[12:58] ---
    Shouldn't you be at that boy's side?
[13:01] ---
    It's fine. Despite his looks, Yahiko
    is quite a tenacious guy, that he is.
[13:06] ---
    Thank you for the treatment, that is.
[13:08] ---
    I will say thanks in Yahiko's place,
    that I will.
[13:10] ---
    No need for thanks.
[13:12] ---
    Beshimi was targeting me, after all.
[13:15] ---
    So where are you headed to now,
    that you are?
[13:18] ---
    And he doesn't let me change the topic.
[13:20] ---
    I'll be leaving Tokyo, for starters.
[13:23] ---
    This nuisance will be gone quickly,
    so rest assured.
[13:26] ---
    So nobody back in your homeland of Aizu
[13:28] ---
    is waiting for your return,
    that they aren't?
[13:31] ---
    Your word choice for "nuisance"
    is that of someone from Aizu, is it not?
[13:37] ---
    I have fought against samurai from Aizu
    countless times in Bakumatsu era Kyoto,
[13:42] ---
    so it rang a bell, that it did.
[13:46] ---
    You really do keep surprising me.
[13:50] ---
    Can you tell us the truth soon,
    that is?
[13:56] ---
    The Takanis in the Aizu region were
    a really famous family among doctors.
[14:02] ---
    The Takani family was an uncommon one,
[14:04] ---
    where women and children
    also learned medicine.
[14:08] ---
    Despite the high standing
    of being the Shogun's doctor,
[14:11] ---
    any sick person was treated with full
    devotion, regardless of social position.
[14:17] ---
    For those of the samurai class who treat
    social position as an absolute rule,
[14:21] ---
    they were despicable.
[14:23] ---
    But for us doctors,
    they were our ideals in the flesh.
[14:28] ---
    Among them, Megumi's father
    Ryusei Takani was at the pinnacle.
[14:32] ---
    As soon as he learned
    how useful Dutch studies were,
[14:35] ---
    he immediately became lordless
[14:36] ---
    and took his entire family
    to learn in Nagasaki.
[14:40] ---
    Just how much resolve
    you needed to become lordless,
[14:43] ---
    young ones nowadays
    can't possibly understand.
[14:47] ---
    The Takani family was given a special
    exemption and returned to Aizu,
[14:53] ---
    but the Battle of Aizu
    started at around the same time.
[14:56] ---
    The Battle of Aizu was the fourth battle
    of the Boshin War,
[15:00] ---
    fought between the Aizu Domain
    and the Imperialist government army.
[15:05] ---
    The Aizu Domain utilized everyone,
    men and women, young and old,
[15:08] ---
    and even besieged their castle.
[15:09] ---
    But on September 22, 1868,
    they surrendered.
[15:14] ---
    As the Aizu Domain had protected Kyoto
    before the Revolution
[15:18] ---
    and apprehended Imperialists,
[15:20] ---
    the members of the domain
    were oppressed by the government
[15:24] ---
    for years on end since.
[15:28] ---
    The Takani family all headed out to war,
    leaving a very young Megumi behind.
[15:34] ---
    As a result, Ryusei died in battle.
[15:36] ---
    Her mother and two older brothers
    went missing in the flames of battle.
[15:40] ---
    And ever since,
    Megumi has been all alone.
[15:46] ---
    She moved to Tokyo five years ago and
    became assistant to a certain doctor.
[15:52] ---
    I was acquaintances with him,
    so I came to know about Megumi back then.
[15:57] ---
    That doctor was murdered three years ago,
    and she went missing at the same time.
[16:04] ---
    I definitely would love to meet Megumi.
[16:06] ---
    Where is she right now?
[16:08] ---
    Huh? Come to think of it,
    I haven't seen her for a while now!
[16:12] ---
    Crap. Can she really have...
[16:17] ---
    I wasn't a great judge of character
    five years ago.
[16:21] ---
    That doctor had secret ties with Kanryu.
[16:24] ---
    The doctor refined the opium ingredients
    that Kanryu bought for cheap,
[16:29] ---
    and Kanryu then sold the refined drug.
[16:31] ---
    That's how things
    were going well for them...
[16:34] ---
    until the doctor created this.
[16:37] ---
    It's called the Spiderweb.
[16:39] ---
    Its special refinement process
[16:41] ---
    needs only half the ingredients,
    but doubles the dependency.
[16:45] ---
    So it quadruples the profits.
[16:47] ---
    If it seriously gets around, all of Tokyo
    could be addicted to opium in five years.
[16:53] ---
    Kanryu sought mass distribution
[16:54] ---
    and tried to get the refinement process
    out of the doctor.
[16:58] ---
    But the doctor kept his lips shut,
    tried to monopolize the profits.
[17:02] ---
    There was a scuffle in due time,
[17:04] ---
    and Kanryu's group
    accidentally killed the doctor.
[17:07] ---
    And I, as the only one who knew
    how to refine it as his assistant,
[17:11] ---
    was forced to make it.
[17:15] ---
    When I learned that what I was creating
[17:18] ---
    was not medicine to save people,
    but its reverse,
[17:21] ---
    I thought about dying.
[17:24] ---
    But I couldn't quite succeed at death.
[17:28] ---
    If I live and dabble in medicine,
    someday I may be reunited
[17:33] ---
    with my mother or brothers
    that I have been separated from.
[17:37] ---
    Thinking that, for the past three years,
[17:39] ---
    I kept making drugs
    that drove people to death.
[17:47] ---
    So, Miss Megumi,
    the reason why Kanryu is after you
[17:49] ---
    is because, to this day, nobody else
    knows how to refine the drug, is it not?
[17:54] ---
    To curb production of Spiderweb and
    minimize the number of its victims,
[17:59] ---
    you never let go of your guilt
[18:01] ---
    and decided to shoulder all of the burden
    by yourself, did you not?
[18:06] ---
    If you agonized as such for three years,
[18:09] ---
    it's time for you to be forgiven
    and be freed, that it is.
[18:14] ---
    Ken-san...
[18:16] ---
    There's no way they will back away
    that easily, that there isn't.
[18:19] ---
    It's best if you stayed in the dojo
    for a while longer, that it is.
[18:22] ---
    But...
[18:23] ---
    That's fine with you, Miss Kaoru?
[18:35] ---
    All right.
    I know how hard it is to be all alone.
[18:39] ---
    I would be just like you
    if Kenshin wasn't around.
[18:43] ---
    Finally, it's about how we deal
    with Kanryu's group, that it is.
[18:49] ---
    But you better not make a move on Kenshin.
[18:52] ---
    I'll mercilessly toss you out
    if that happens.
[19:03] ---
    I see. So Beshimi and Hyottoko
    will be useless for a while.
[19:08] ---
    Yes, sir.
[19:09] ---
    So, Han'nya...
[19:11] ---
    what about your own wounds?
[19:13] ---
    Yes, though barely.
[19:16] ---
    As you mentioned,
    that man was no ordinary man.
[19:21] ---
    I didn't expect him to take my hit
[19:24] ---
    and use that reaction
    to try striking human vitals, the liver.
[19:31] ---
    Can you move?
[19:32] ---
    I cannot join combat
    for two or three days,
[19:35] ---
    but if it's spy activities...
[19:37] ---
    All right. Dig up everything
    about that man's past in three days.
[19:41] ---
    Yes, sir.
[19:44] ---
    Redhead, cross-shaped scar.
[19:48] ---
    So that man is indeed...
[21:33] ---
    What was that?
[21:35] ---
    He said, "Welcome,
    the captain is waiting for you."
[21:39] ---
    Hmph. Quite a hospitable treatment.
[21:42] ---
    This truly is money doing the talking.
[21:56] ---
    So, Captain, what about those goods?
[22:07] ---
    Oh, is this it?
[22:21] ---
    With this, I will be invincible!
[22:23] ---
    Welcome to Japan!
[22:25] ---
    With this, I'm sure
    everyone will grovel at my feet!
[22:28] ---
    And that's all thanks to money!
[22:30] ---
    The power money has!
[22:32] ---
    Oh, I'm so glad I am rich!
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    A REASON TO ACT
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "A Reason to Act."

E10 - A Reason to Act

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    They're selling candy!
[00:12] ---
    Let's buy some!
[00:13] ---
    I want some candy!
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    EPISODE 10:
    A REASON TO ACT
[01:56] ---
    How many years has it been
    since I last made some ohagi?
[02:00] ---
    My.
[02:03] ---
    My, my, my.
[02:05] ---
    This is tasty, that it is.
[02:06] ---
    Thanks.
[02:08] ---
    But anyone can make a tasty ohagi.
[02:11] ---
    Oh, no. Last time Miss Kaoru made some,
[02:14] ---
    it was like balls of mud—
[02:17] ---
    Oro...
[02:18] ---
    Don't say things you don't need to say.
[02:20] ---
    You really are
    a troublesome, violent girl.
[02:24] ---
    - Ororo.
    - So how about it?
[02:25] ---
    You can leave her and see me instead.
[02:28] ---
    Miss Megumi!
[02:34] ---
    I let my guard down a little bit,
    and you press your luck!
[02:37] ---
    I thought I told you that I'd kick you out
    if you made moves on Kenshin!
[02:40] ---
    Oh? Love and romance
    is up to each individual.
[02:44] ---
    How you nitpick
    each and every time like that
[02:47] ---
    is proof you're
    not confident in yourself, isn't it?
[02:50] ---
    If you're frustrated, why don't you
    become able to make tasty ohagi?
[02:55] ---
    I can't talk back.
[02:59] ---
    I thought she'd end up
    slightly more graceful,
[03:01] ---
    but she hasn't changed a bit.
[03:03] ---
    But she's a lot brighter and lively
    compared to before, that she is.
[03:08] ---
    That's a good thing, that it is.
[03:10] ---
    It's not good!
[03:11] ---
    What is this farce
    so early in the morning?
[03:14] ---
    Oh, Sano.
[03:16] ---
    The old man's got the results.
[03:18] ---
    Without a doubt, this is the new opium
    that is the talk of the town.
[03:23] ---
    I see, so it is.
[03:27] ---
    You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?
    You want some?
[03:29] ---
    Don't want any.
[03:31] ---
    I don't wanna eat anything
    made by opium girl,
[03:34] ---
    even more so than anything made by missie.
[03:36] ---
    Wha—
[03:40] ---
    I've been up all night.
[03:42] ---
    I'm gonna borrow a bedroom,
    so wake me up when the noon-gun goes off.
[03:45] ---
    Hold it just a second!
    I can't let that last line pass!
[03:50] ---
    There, there.
[03:52] ---
    Don't let that get to you either,
    Miss Megumi.
[03:56] ---
    We figured out that Miss Megumi
    was the creator of the opium,
[03:59] ---
    but at the same time,
    we learned of your past,
[04:02] ---
    making us unable to pin the blame on you
    even if we wanted to.
[04:06] ---
    On top of that, Kanryu's group hasn't made
    any moves whatsoever for a week since.
[04:11] ---
    He lost sight of what to do
    with the fist he raised.
[04:16] ---
    That's probably what's behind
    his irritation, that it is.
[04:20] ---
    Let's leave him be for a while,
    that we should.
[04:27] ---
    "Opium girl," huh?
[04:30] ---
    Hello!
[04:32] ---
    Thanks for your continued patronage.
    I'm the book lender.
[04:36] ---
    I have quite a few new books.
    How about it?
[04:39] ---
    I see.
[04:41] ---
    Miss, I see you often lately.
[04:44] ---
    Are you going to be a new resident here?
[04:47] ---
    No, I'm just a freeloader.
[04:50] ---
    So I see.
[04:52] ---
    That's good.
[04:55] ---
    Now quiet.
[04:57] ---
    If you make a ruckus,
    I'll pour this into that well.
[05:00] ---
    Mercury!
[05:02] ---
    Kanryu Takeda wishes to speak to you.
[05:05] ---
    Can you make an effort to come by?
[05:14] ---
    What do you want to talk about?
[05:17] ---
    That goes without saying, doesn't it?
[05:20] ---
    Why don't you just hurry up
    and come back to us?
[05:23] ---
    I'd rather die than go back to your place.
[05:26] ---
    I see. If you're not coming back...
[05:31] ---
    we will burn Kamiya Dojo down.
[05:35] ---
    My private army, the Oniwaban Group,
    and the neighborhood yakuza,
[05:40] ---
    all 500 of us will surround the place
    so that not one mouse can escape.
[05:46] ---
    Then we will launch fire arrows.
[05:48] ---
    "If the small cuckoo
    refuses to shed a tear,
[05:50] ---
    just kill it right off."
[05:55] ---
    Why don't you give up
    on having dreams already?
[05:59] ---
    It is an unavoidable fact
    that you refined opium.
[06:03] ---
    Even if you could meet your family,
[06:06] ---
    what would happen if people found out
    a Takani girl did such a thing?
[06:11] ---
    It's too late for you to run now.
[06:15] ---
    You, me, and opium all share one fate...
[06:20] ---
    now and forever.
[06:23] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[06:24] ---
    The place will burn tonight at midnight.
[06:27] ---
    There isn't much time 'til then,
    so please gather your thoughts by then.
[06:31] ---
    See you.
[06:36] ---
    You think she'll come back...
[06:37] ---
    that woman?
[06:39] ---
    I'd be troubled if she didn't.
[06:42] ---
    Now that we have learned that the one
    with the cross-shaped scar
[06:45] ---
    is the legendary manslayer
    Himura Battosai,
[06:47] ---
    it is best to not use brute-force tactics
    that would bring down his wrath on us.
[06:53] ---
    "Megumi Takani left of her own free will."
[06:57] ---
    And if that's the case, there's no reason
    whatsoever for Battosai to make a move.
[07:03] ---
    A reason, huh?
[07:08] ---
    I can't escape.
[07:10] ---
    Not from Kanryu. Not from opium.
[07:14] ---
    Not for the rest of my life.
[07:18] ---
    "Opium girl."
[07:24] ---
    Greetings.
[07:26] ---
    Please forgive me
    for leaving quietly of my own accord.
[07:30] ---
    It seems Kanryu's pursuers
    have stopped coming,
[07:33] ---
    so I will start heading back to Aizu.
[07:36] ---
    It was only for about ten days, but I
    really thank you so much for your help.
[07:41] ---
    "Sincerely, Megumi Takani."
[07:45] ---
    Well, this is kind of a letdown.
[07:49] ---
    I screwed up!
[07:51] ---
    Kenshin?
[07:52] ---
    There shouldn't be anyone who is waiting
    for Miss Megumi back in Aizu now!
[07:57] ---
    There's no doubt that one of Kanryu's men
    contacted and threatened her!
[08:01] ---
    Sano, you know where Kanryu's mansion is,
    don't you? Let's go!
[08:04] ---
    You go on ahead.
[08:06] ---
    Why do I have to do anything
    for that opium girl?
[08:11] ---
    Sanosuke? Since when do you say such lame—
[08:15] ---
    That's enough, Sano.
[08:18] ---
    This isn't like you.
[08:25] ---
    My buddy was a candy seller.
[08:29] ---
    He loved gambling and the smiles
    of kids who came to buy his candy.
[08:33] ---
    Good-natured, but a good-for-nothing.
[08:36] ---
    But then...
    he died because of the opium she made.
[08:41] ---
    Where in that story
    is there a reason for me to act?
[08:45] ---
    I'm not as much of a sucker as you are,
    nor am I a rurouni!
[08:55] ---
    Sano, you didn't look closely
    at Miss Megumi's eyes, that you didn't.
[09:00] ---
    Eyes?
[09:02] ---
    She may have acted tough,
    but there was a moment
[09:05] ---
    when she looked at us
    with lonesome eyes, that there was.
[09:09] ---
    You're...
[09:11] ---
    Go tell Kanryu that Megumi Takani
    has returned right now.
[09:17] ---
    Those were eyes looking for friends
[09:19] ---
    she can open up to like family,
    that they were.
[09:23] ---
    If someone needs a reason
    for each and every act,
[09:27] ---
    that reason is enough for me,
    that it is.
[09:33] ---
    Kenshin, I'll go with you!
[09:35] ---
    Hold it, Yahiko! Even if you go,
    you'll just get in the way!
[09:39] ---
    Shut up!
    That woman saved my life once already!
[09:43] ---
    I'm gonna go help her
    even if my life is at risk!
[09:46] ---
    If I can't do that,
[09:47] ---
    then what is the life-giving sword
    of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu?
[09:54] ---
    That kid has become
    a pretty good swordsman
[09:57] ---
    in his own right before we knew it.
[09:59] ---
    Looks like this will take all night.
[10:02] ---
    Don't forget to have breakfast for five
    and a hot morning bath ready.
[10:06] ---
    Sanosuke!
[10:10] ---
    I'm done thinking about trivial things!
[10:13] ---
    I'll be like my usual self
    and go make trouble!
[10:18] ---
    All right.
[10:20] ---
    Let's go!
[10:22] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[10:28] ---
    So this is Kanryu Takeda's mansion.
[10:32] ---
    Yeah.
[10:33] ---
    So, how are we going
    to take this place down?
[10:35] ---
    A surprise attack with a small army
    depends on its speed.
[10:38] ---
    After the gate goes down,
[10:39] ---
    we're going to race full speed
    to the entrance, that we will.
[10:42] ---
    So we're breaking through the front door.
[10:45] ---
    All right!
[10:46] ---
    Sanosuke.
[10:48] ---
    Don't you fall behind us.
    Got that?
[10:53] ---
    Let's go!
[10:56] ---
    What the...
[11:04] ---
    Welcome back, Megumi.
[11:06] ---
    I always knew you would come back.
[11:09] ---
    This is the only place
    you can return to, after all.
[11:13] ---
    I hate to cut to the chase, but my supply
    of Spiderweb is running low.
[11:17] ---
    You will make some for me, yes?
[11:22] ---
    This is a problem.
[11:24] ---
    You are always so rebellious.
[11:27] ---
    Though I really do cherish you.
[11:31] ---
    What you cherish is the profit
    the opium I make creates, no?
[11:36] ---
    Yes.
[11:37] ---
    And I am making an effort
    to cherish you as an afterthought.
[11:41] ---
    I see.
[11:43] ---
    Unfortunately for you,
    I'm not here to make any opium.
[11:47] ---
    Huh?
[11:48] ---
    Kanryu Takeda...
[11:50] ---
    I'm here to kill you!
[11:53] ---
    Don't worry. We share the same fate.
[11:57] ---
    I will die soon enough as well.
[12:00] ---
    I have no intent of gaining
    any more sins in this life.
[12:04] ---
    We're going to hell together.
[12:06] ---
    That's the least I can do to atone
    for causing people agony with opium.
[12:16] ---
    My dagger...
[12:18] ---
    That's enough.
[12:24] ---
    D-D-Damn wench!
[12:30] ---
    I screwed up and pushed too hard
    with the last doctor!
[12:34] ---
    So I was nice to you,
    and you let it get to your head!
[12:38] ---
    Don't you dare mock me, Kanryu!
[12:45] ---
    Call for my private army!
[12:46] ---
    I'll torture her
    and make her spill the refinement process!
[12:50] ---
    Everyone but the pages is all outside.
[12:52] ---
    What?
[12:53] ---
    Listen closely.
[12:56] ---
    This is... the emergency whistle!
[12:59] ---
    That man is here!
[13:09] ---
    S-So fast. What the hell was that?
[13:11] ---
    Is he human?
[13:12] ---
    Hey, hey, hey, hey!
[13:14] ---
    If you're distracted...
[13:15] ---
    you'll get hurt!
[13:22] ---
    Sanosuke!
[13:24] ---
    Don't fall behind!
[13:26] ---
    You're still at it, you brat?
[13:29] ---
    S-So strong. These two are too strong!
[13:33] ---
    You mean "these three," idiot!
[13:37] ---
    We got rid of basically
    all the yakuza and swordsmen—
[13:42] ---
    Gunmen squad! Ready, aim...
[13:44] ---
    fi—
[13:49] ---
    Now! Fire!
[13:51] ---
    Sano! Yahiko!
[13:52] ---
    Yahiko!
[13:52] ---
    Sure! Huh?
[13:53] ---
    Your time to shine.
    Go make good use of yourself!
[13:58] ---
    Wha—
[14:00] ---
    You brat!
[14:01] ---
    Huh?
[14:03] ---
    You looking for this, old man?
[14:06] ---
    I didn't think my talent as a pickpocket
    would be useful here.
[14:09] ---
    You really don't know
    what's going to happen in life.
[14:13] ---
    Bang!
[14:17] ---
    Idiot. There's no way I'd really shoot.
[14:20] ---
    I'm a swordsman!
    I don't rely on things like guns!
[14:24] ---
    You little brat!
[14:25] ---
    Don't get so cocky!
[14:30] ---
    Are you all right, Yahiko, that you are?
[14:32] ---
    Of course I'm all right!
[14:34] ---
    You can't tell me to leave this late
    in the game! I ain't goin' home!
[14:38] ---
    All right, that's the spirit.
[14:39] ---
    Don't you be fallin' behind, Yahiko.
[14:42] ---
    Idiot!
[14:43] ---
    For starters, how dare you throw someone
    like some inanimate object?
[14:47] ---
    I made sure you had your turn.
[14:49] ---
    You should appreciate and admire me.
[14:51] ---
    I don't get it.
[14:53] ---
    Why is it?
[14:55] ---
    For what reason does Himura Battosai—
[14:58] ---
    How does it benefit him
    to go this far for that woman?
[15:03] ---
    If Hitokiri Battosai was a man
    who weighed the pros and cons,
[15:07] ---
    he would be a high-ranking officer
    of the Ground Troops by now.
[15:11] ---
    You surely cannot understand
    as an entrepreneur.
[15:14] ---
    But Imperialists, though they differ
    in where they stand from us,
[15:18] ---
    all died fighting for their ideals.
[15:21] ---
    That's what they were like.
[15:23] ---
    In these days of Meiji, many Imperialists
    have rotted beyond recognition.
[15:29] ---
    But that man
    seems to have quite a lot of vigor.
[15:32] ---
    The first Imperialist in ten years
    to show himself, lured by the bait.
[15:37] ---
    That man is the prey of us,
    the Edo Castle Oniwaban Group!
[15:43] ---
    Y-You've got to be kidding!
[15:45] ---
    Turning that legendary manslayer
    into an enemy?
[15:47] ---
    I can't do such a dangerous thing!
[15:49] ---
    Don't say that.
[15:51] ---
    We want to fight.
[15:57] ---
    Kanryu! Your time of reckoning has come!
[16:00] ---
    Come on down,
    and bring Miss Megumi with you!
[16:08] ---
    What the...
[16:10] ---
    Has he finally gone mad?
[16:14] ---
    Wonderful!
[16:15] ---
    He defeated over 50 of my private army
    in a breathtaking instant!
[16:19] ---
    I expected nothing less from
    the legendary manslayer, Himura Battosai!
[16:24] ---
    He knows about Kenshin's background.
[16:26] ---
    Looks like the Oniwaban Group
    did their research.
[16:29] ---
    Splendid! I would truly be
    the most powerful around
[16:32] ---
    if you joined my ranks
    along with the Oniwaban Group!
[16:36] ---
    I will pay a sum
    equal to 50 of my private army!
[16:39] ---
    How about it?
    Why won't you become my bodyguard?
[16:42] ---
    Are you coming down or not? Which is it?
[16:46] ---
    Th-Then 100 men's worth!
[16:50] ---
    T-Two hundred!
[16:52] ---
    You don't get it.
[16:54] ---
    It's useless
    trying to win him over with money.
[16:58] ---
    I told you that Himura Battosai
    wasn't a man who weighed the benefits.
[17:03] ---
    All right.
[17:05] ---
    I get it. I lose. I surrender.
[17:08] ---
    I will let go of Megumi Takani!
[17:10] ---
    But give me some time. One hour!
[17:13] ---
    I need to prepare on my end as well!
    Please!
[17:16] ---
    I ask you to calmly pull back for now!
[17:18] ---
    Like we can trust you saying that, putz!
[17:26] ---
    Kenshin! Hold on!
[17:28] ---
    There's a limit on how much
    of a softie you can be! Come on!
[17:30] ---
    All right! I will use this hour
    to torture her,
[17:34] ---
    and if I can get her to spill
    how to refine Spiderweb,
[17:36] ---
    I will no longer have a need for Megumi!
[17:38] ---
    I can do whatever I please
    to shut her mouth!
[18:02] ---
    I will be there within the hour!
[18:04] ---
    Brace yourself as you wait, Kanryu!
[18:09] ---
    Makeshift ploys
    just add fuel to the fire.
[18:12] ---
    I see.
    He has quite an explosive personality.
[18:15] ---
    L-Leader, set up the Oniwaban Group!
[18:18] ---
    Already done.
[18:21] ---
    The large hallway leading to the entrance
    and the staircase at the end of it,
[18:25] ---
    I have stationed
    my right-hand and left-hand men.
[18:29] ---
    I will serve as the rear guard
    in the ballroom that lies beyond.
[18:32] ---
    Listen up. I don't want any more
    useless scum like Beshimi or Hyottoko!
[18:37] ---
    I will not allow anyone to slack off and
    not do work befitting their high salaries!
[18:44] ---
    What was that about, "I will not allow"?
[18:48] ---
    Don't get the wrong idea.
[18:51] ---
    You don't lead the Oniwaban Group.
[18:54] ---
    The Oniwaban Group is my group.
[18:57] ---
    I will not allow anyone to insult it.
[19:03] ---
    They're after Megumi Takani.
[19:07] ---
    I will lock her up
    in the third-floor observatory.
[19:10] ---
    You shouldn't butt in
    where you're not wanted.
[19:13] ---
    Sit here, and count money or something.
[19:29] ---
    You're awake.
[19:31] ---
    Is this... the observatory?
[19:34] ---
    How did I—
[19:35] ---
    The men of the Kamiya Dojo are attacking
    in an effort to win you back.
[19:40] ---
    Lies.
[19:41] ---
    What good does lying do?
[19:43] ---
    For instance, the private army
    has already been annihilated.
[19:47] ---
    Idiots.
[19:48] ---
    I took the effort to back away
    from all of them, so why...
[19:53] ---
    why are the people there idiots,
    each and every one of them?
[20:00] ---
    This is your dagger.
[20:02] ---
    I'll return it to you.
[20:04] ---
    Don't haphazardly have hope.
[20:07] ---
    They will never make it here.
[20:10] ---
    In one hour, what awaits you is
    not salvation, but Kanryu's torture.
[20:15] ---
    An agonizing death or a peaceful one,
    you can choose the one you wish for.
[20:22] ---
    We don't care about the opium
    or the money that Kanryu desires.
[20:27] ---
    We, the Oniwaban Group,
    are seeking battles.
[20:32] ---
    I came here thinking things might get
    suspicious with illicit sales of opium,
[20:36] ---
    but thanks to you I have
    come across a most supreme enemy.
[20:39] ---
    This is thanks for that.
[20:42] ---
    I have some sympathy
    for your unfortunate life.
[20:46] ---
    But even that doesn't matter anymore.
[20:58] ---
    This is surprising, that it is.
[21:00] ---
    A man who is as skilled as you
    is up first, that you are?
[21:04] ---
    That's why I told you...
[21:06] ---
    that there's no need to fret
    and we will fight at some point.
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    SAVAGE HAN'NYA -
    HONORABLE SHIKIJO
[22:46] ---
    Next episode,
    "Savage Han'nya, Honorable Shikijo."

E11 - Savage Han'nya - Honorable Shikijo

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[00:00] ---
    Edo Castle Oniwaban Group,
    secret agent Han'nya.
[00:05] ---
    By orders of our leader,
    I will guard this location with my life.
[00:10] ---
    I'd like to avoid unnecessary battle
    if I can, that I would.
[00:13] ---
    Can you possibly step aside from there?
[00:15] ---
    Our leader's orders are absolute.
[00:21] ---
    Damn guy is wearing iron gauntlets
    under his leather gloves.
[00:25] ---
    So that's how he so easily parried
    Kenshin's attack the other day.
[00:32] ---
    Looks like we have to fight here,
    that we do.
[00:36] ---
    I'm sorry, but I cannot hold back.
[00:38] ---
    I can say the same thing.
[00:42] ---
    Here goes.
[02:13] ---
    EPISODE 11:
    SAVAGE HAN'NYA -
    HONORABLE SHIKIJO
[02:32] ---
    A direct hit?
[02:34] ---
    Backhand!
[02:46] ---
    Why are you getting all beat up?
[02:48] ---
    That's so not like you!
[02:50] ---
    Hurry up and use that signature
    "reading" of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu!
[02:53] ---
    I already am using it, that I am.
[02:56] ---
    I read his punch and his backhand.
[02:59] ---
    I dodged it with little room to spare.
[03:01] ---
    However, right before my eyes,
    his arm grew longer for an instant.
[03:06] ---
    What's wrong, Battosai?
[03:08] ---
    Your true strength
    should be nothing like this.
[03:11] ---
    If you can't even defeat my spell,
[03:14] ---
    you won't last one minute
    fighting our leader.
[03:17] ---
    Spell?
[03:19] ---
    You had already fallen under my spell
    one week ago,
[03:24] ---
    in the moment when you
    saw me in this guise,
[03:27] ---
    and you never realized it.
[03:35] ---
    Looks like it has started.
[03:37] ---
    Han'nya is formidable.
[03:39] ---
    Not only is he
    an excellent master of kenpo,
[03:42] ---
    he uses the deadly Shinwan Spell.
[03:46] ---
    Unless you can see through
    what the spell is about,
[03:48] ---
    you won't have a chance at victory.
[03:50] ---
    I get it now.
[03:52] ---
    A spell... that it is.
[03:54] ---
    As troublesome as it is,
    I first need to break that spell.
[04:03] ---
    Hey, what's with that stance?
[04:05] ---
    No clue.
[04:07] ---
    It's closest to Seigan
    among the five basic stances,
[04:11] ---
    but it's clearly different.
[04:13] ---
    This is the Shinken stance!
[04:16] ---
    Extending both arms
    from the Seigan stance,
[04:18] ---
    you hold the blade parallel
    and between your opponent's eyebrows.
[04:22] ---
    A solid defense stance
    seen in ancient sword arts,
[04:26] ---
    able to immediately react
    to any change in your opponent!
[04:30] ---
    However, on the flip side,
[04:32] ---
    it is a defense-only stance
    that is hard to turn offensive!
[04:36] ---
    Are you hiding behind this, Battosai?
[04:41] ---
    Answer me!
[04:45] ---
    This, a man like this,
[04:48] ---
    is the true identity
    of the legendary Hitokiri!
[04:51] ---
    It seems I have been foolish
    to overestimate you!
[04:55] ---
    Someone like you has no qualification
    to fight our leader, Lord Aoshi!
[05:01] ---
    I will slaughter you right here!
[05:03] ---
    No matter how solid of a defense
    the Shinken stance is,
[05:07] ---
    unless you can see through
    what my Shinwan is about,
[05:10] ---
    it is impossible for you to dodge it!
[05:17] ---
    He dodged it!
[05:18] ---
    He saw through it?
[05:22] ---
    He did it!
[05:23] ---
    You saw through it, Kenshin?
[05:26] ---
    Yeah. The truth behind the spell
[05:28] ---
    was the horizontal stripe tattoos
    on both his arms.
[05:33] ---
    Horizontal stripes.
[05:35] ---
    I see!
[05:36] ---
    An optical illusion!
[05:38] ---
    Horizontal stripes make things look
    thicker and shorter than actual size.
[05:42] ---
    And that was throwing
    your visual estimation off!
[05:46] ---
    His arm was more than an inch
    longer than my estimate.
[05:50] ---
    And that difference made it feel
    like his arm was extending,
[05:53] ---
    making the blow hit
    when I thought I'd evade it, that it did.
[05:57] ---
    I see, so you...
[06:00] ---
    used the blade's edge during that
    Shinken stance to measure the difference!
[06:06] ---
    I get it.
[06:08] ---
    A swordsman is fully aware
    of the length of his cherished sword.
[06:12] ---
    That means it's a perfect candidate
    to be a yardstick!
[06:15] ---
    When I first saw you, I was dubious
    about that strange shinobi garment.
[06:20] ---
    Especially the stripes on both arms
    that make you stand out so much
[06:23] ---
    that you are at a disadvantage
    as an onmitsu.
[06:26] ---
    However, it served as an advantage
    as a kenpo master.
[06:30] ---
    Furthermore, you use that han'nya mask
    to hide your gaze and expression,
[06:33] ---
    making it harder to judge
    where your attack will come from.
[06:36] ---
    There is that.
[06:39] ---
    However, there is a bigger reason
    for this han'nya mask.
[06:43] ---
    It is to hide my actual face itself.
[06:58] ---
    A monster.
[07:00] ---
    A monster, huh?
[07:02] ---
    That said, this face proves useful,
    so I do like it.
[07:07] ---
    You...
[07:08] ---
    Did you do that to your face...
[07:11] ---
    I am a spy.
[07:14] ---
    My main mission
    is gathering intelligence.
[07:17] ---
    In order to be able to disguise myself
    with any face, I burned off my lips,
[07:23] ---
    chopped my ears and nose off,
    and crushed my cheekbones.
[07:28] ---
    I don't know where all of you were born,
[07:31] ---
    but the area I was born
    has many poor villages.
[07:36] ---
    In villages like that, even to this day,
    there is a secret tradition
[07:40] ---
    where parents kill children
    to lessen food expenses.
[07:43] ---
    They called it "returning the children"
    in my village.
[07:47] ---
    You can't be...
[07:50] ---
    Even if you barely escape death,
    you can't stay in your house anymore.
[07:55] ---
    From there,
    you have to roam like dogs and cats
[07:58] ---
    and follow a path of savagery where you
    kill and plunder like a lone wolf.
[08:03] ---
    However...
[08:05] ---
    Claws!
[08:06] ---
    ...Lord Aoshi took me in,
    even in my lone-wolf state,
[08:10] ---
    and raised me
    into a top-ranked onmitsu!
[08:14] ---
    And he gave me
    the Edo Castle Oniwaban Group,
[08:17] ---
    a reason to live and a group of comrades!
[08:21] ---
    If I can be of help to Lord Aoshi,
    I don't need my face nor my life!
[08:26] ---
    Be careful, Kenshin!
[08:28] ---
    This guy is nuts!
[08:29] ---
    This guy is a fanatic monster
[08:30] ---
    who risks everything for his leader
    and the Oniwaban Group!
[08:37] ---
    Han'nya, answer one question.
[08:39] ---
    Do you know the past of Miss Megumi,
    that you do?
[08:43] ---
    Don't underestimate me!
[08:44] ---
    There is not one thing the Oniwaban spies
    don't know about, none!
[09:08] ---
    No good.
[09:10] ---
    With that skill, you can't hold a candle
    against Lord Aoshi...
[09:15] ---
    at... all.
[09:22] ---
    He finally fell.
[09:24] ---
    That was a formidable opponent.
[09:27] ---
    Han'nya...
[09:29] ---
    you should know the hardships of solitude
    more than anyone else.
[09:34] ---
    But why couldn't you be considerate
    to Miss Megumi as well?
[09:39] ---
    Kenshin.
[09:42] ---
    I'm worried about Miss Megumi, that I am.
[09:44] ---
    Let's hurry onward.
[09:55] ---
    Megumi!
[09:56] ---
    Are you listening?
[09:58] ---
    Megumi!
[09:59] ---
    Shut up.
[10:01] ---
    You can unlock the door
    and hurry on in here.
[10:03] ---
    Aoshi has taken the key!
[10:06] ---
    What do you want now?
[10:08] ---
    I am sorry. My bad. I apologize!
[10:12] ---
    I'll do something about the room key!
[10:14] ---
    So let's get away from here together!
[10:16] ---
    If we use the secret passageway,
    they won't catch on!
[10:19] ---
    You're kidding me.
[10:20] ---
    What good does it do me
    to run away with you?
[10:23] ---
    We can do anything!
[10:25] ---
    Your knowledge and technology,
    paired with my business skills,
[10:28] ---
    can develop any new drugs we wish!
[10:31] ---
    We can save people
    who are suffering from illnesses!
[10:34] ---
    I reflect on—
    no, repent, my past activities,
[10:37] ---
    how I treated you, and the crimes
    I committed against society!
[10:41] ---
    I want to do it over if I can,
[10:43] ---
    together with you,
    who bear the same sins as I do!
[10:50] ---
    Go somewhere else, Kanryu.
[10:52] ---
    I'm sick of your lies.
[10:54] ---
    Wha—
[10:56] ---
    There is no way
    we can atone for these sins.
[10:58] ---
    The only thing I can do now is to prevent
    any further damage from opium.
[11:03] ---
    That's all.
[11:06] ---
    I'll see you in hell, Kanryu.
[11:09] ---
    G-G-G-Give me a break!
[11:13] ---
    The one at fault is none other than you!
[11:15] ---
    It's your fault for making the opium!
[11:18] ---
    It's your fault for not making the opium!
[11:21] ---
    Don't drag me into this!
[11:23] ---
    You wench, bratty girl,
    evil woman, wicked woman,
[11:26] ---
    son of a bitch!
[11:28] ---
    I've had enough!
[11:29] ---
    You can intoxicate yourself
    with your heroism in there!
[11:31] ---
    What would all my customers
    who died because of you think?
[11:41] ---
    Scum...
[11:43] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[11:48] ---
    How are your wounds?
[11:50] ---
    They're shallow, that they are.
[11:51] ---
    The bleeding has stopped already.
[11:58] ---
    But...
[11:59] ---
    what kind of guy is this Aoshi Shinomori
[12:01] ---
    if someone of Han'nya's stature
    can be so devoted?
[12:11] ---
    The fact that you came here
    means Han'nya has been defeated, eh?
[12:15] ---
    You're quite good.
[12:17] ---
    Edo Castle Oniwaban Group,
    main keep guard Shikijo.
[12:22] ---
    One more, in lieu of a greeting!
[12:27] ---
    Sano!
[12:28] ---
    Leave this muscle-head to me,
    and you should hurry on ahead.
[12:32] ---
    I can easily take care of a guy like him.
[12:35] ---
    So you hurry up
    and go drag out that twisted woman!
[12:39] ---
    Sano.
[12:41] ---
    Yahiko, let's go!
[12:42] ---
    Yeah!
[12:50] ---
    Damn you.
[12:51] ---
    You fully intended
    on letting Kenshin go, didn't you?
[12:54] ---
    Well, yeah. Giving the best part to
    the leader is how one plays by the book.
[13:01] ---
    I'll have to settle for the underling...
[13:03] ---
    Zanza, fighter for hire.
[13:07] ---
    Surprised? Han'nya went ahead
    and did extra research.
[13:11] ---
    So I hear you were quite famous
    in the underground society.
[13:15] ---
    Of course, you're a nobody
    now that you don't have the Zanbato.
[13:21] ---
    Don't you be misunderstanding,
    damn it!
[13:24] ---
    I don't got my Zanbato,
[13:26] ---
    but my two arms that controlled it at will
    are still around!
[13:30] ---
    I'm the one
    that's settling for the underling!
[13:36] ---
    Hey, Kenshin, is Sanosuke
    all right by himself?
[13:39] ---
    That guy looked pretty tough.
[13:42] ---
    We're talking about Sano,
    so he'll be all right, that he will.
[13:44] ---
    In the first place, even if we were there,
[13:46] ---
    he wouldn't let us help out,
    that he wouldn't.
[13:49] ---
    We're going in.
[13:50] ---
    Brace yourself!
[13:56] ---
    I have even been
    the guard for the main keep,
[13:58] ---
    and you call me an underling? How amusing.
[14:02] ---
    How about we both use only
    our two arms that we're so proud of
[14:06] ---
    and literally try our hands at it?
[14:08] ---
    Bring it on!
[14:13] ---
    Damn you!
[14:14] ---
    Wasn't this gonna be a barehanded fight?
[14:16] ---
    No need to fret.
[14:21] ---
    This is how you use it.
[14:26] ---
    Whoa!
[14:30] ---
    Now... we shall determine
    which of us is the underling.
[14:39] ---
    That ends it.
[14:41] ---
    You seemed to have some spirit in you...
[14:43] ---
    but, well, you came across the wrong guy.
[14:48] ---
    Don't you go...
[14:50] ---
    Don't you go thinking
    you've already won.
[14:54] ---
    You sure fight a weird-ass fight.
[14:57] ---
    What was that
    about trying our hands at it?
[14:59] ---
    Don't make me laugh.
[15:01] ---
    A man's gotta fight
    with nothing up his sleeve!
[15:06] ---
    Don't you be playing around
    with toys like this!
[15:11] ---
    Man, I feel lighter.
[15:13] ---
    I feel like I can really get it on now.
[15:15] ---
    Wonderful!
[15:17] ---
    Those retorts! Wonderful, just wonderful!
[15:20] ---
    Indeed, you don't seem
    like your average underling.
[15:24] ---
    Who ya callin' an underling, ya putz?
[15:31] ---
    Wonderful. How wonderful!
[15:33] ---
    But...
[15:40] ---
    Oh... sorry, sorry.
[15:43] ---
    I couldn't help but headbutt there.
[15:46] ---
    As you can tell
    from scars all over my body,
[15:48] ---
    my whole life is about fighting.
[15:52] ---
    My body moves before I can even think.
[15:57] ---
    Damn you!
[15:58] ---
    Stop it.
[16:00] ---
    It's quite something
[16:01] ---
    that your skull didn't shatter
    from my headbutt,
[16:04] ---
    but what's inside is a different matter.
[16:07] ---
    From the shock your brain felt there,
[16:09] ---
    you shouldn't be able to move
    even one finger for a while.
[16:13] ---
    That said...
[16:14] ---
    you made my hand tingle.
[16:18] ---
    I like you, boy.
[16:20] ---
    So how about it?
[16:21] ---
    Why don't you cut ties with that Battosai
    and come be one of us?
[16:25] ---
    Huh?
[16:26] ---
    We don't care about family backgrounds.
[16:30] ---
    If you're strong, you pass.
[16:32] ---
    Even I originally was an onmitsu
    for the Satsuma Domain.
[16:37] ---
    Which means
    I was on the Imperialist side.
[16:42] ---
    In 1866, I was given orders
    to investigate Edo Castle
[16:45] ---
    to prepare for the upcoming battle.
[16:49] ---
    But I was defeated by our leader,
    who was only 13 years old at the time.
[16:53] ---
    Your muscles are extraordinary.
[16:56] ---
    It would be a shame
    to kill off such a spy.
[16:58] ---
    If you use the elixir
    of muscular amplification
[17:00] ---
    passed down among the Oniwaban Group,
    you will become even stronger.
[17:04] ---
    You should join our ranks.
[17:07] ---
    If you do, you can become invincible.
[17:10] ---
    Invincible?
[17:13] ---
    And so, I gained
    this invincible muscular strength!
[17:18] ---
    The same goes for you.
[17:19] ---
    You have the potential
    to become infinitely stronger.
[17:23] ---
    If you use the Oniwaban Group elixir,
    you might even surpass Han'nya and myself!
[17:30] ---
    If you ain't exaggeratin',
[17:32] ---
    this Aoshi Shinomori
    is quite a powerful guy.
[17:36] ---
    Yes! If our leader had been in Kyoto
    to defeat the Imperialists,
[17:41] ---
    the legend of the most powerful wouldn't
    have been about someone like Battosai.
[17:44] ---
    It would have been that of our leader!
[17:47] ---
    The Oniwaban Group is powerful.
[17:50] ---
    You guys to begin with,
    but Beshimi and Hyottoko, too.
[17:54] ---
    Depending on how they fight,
    they're nothin' to sneeze at.
[17:57] ---
    But...
[17:59] ---
    that's as far as it goes.
[18:01] ---
    It seems like powerful guys
[18:03] ---
    gather for one reason or another
    around Aoshi Shinomori.
[18:06] ---
    But that's all.
[18:08] ---
    What do you want to say?
[18:11] ---
    Each and every one of you is just strong.
[18:15] ---
    That's why gathering powerful individuals
    and fighting becomes everything for you.
[18:21] ---
    But Kenshin Himura is different.
[18:23] ---
    Missie, Yahiko, and Megumi Takani...
[18:28] ---
    all sorts of people admire him
    and create a ring.
[18:31] ---
    Hitokiri is a name of the past,
    and now he's a rurouni,
[18:35] ---
    but fighting
    still always happens around him.
[18:39] ---
    Even then...
[18:41] ---
    What do you wanna say, little boy?
[18:46] ---
    Everyone gets it.
[18:49] ---
    No matter how strong,
[18:51] ---
    Kenshin will never wield his sword
    for his own battles.
[18:54] ---
    Damn it—
[18:56] ---
    His sakabato always exists
    only to protect other people!
[19:01] ---
    The Oniwaban Group
    has drowned in their strength
[19:04] ---
    and has been reduced
    to pawns for Kanryu Takeda.
[19:07] ---
    Kenshin Himura is
    of a completely different caliber!
[19:10] ---
    Damn it!
[19:12] ---
    I gave a small compliment,
    and you let it go to your head, you scum!
[19:17] ---
    Who is drowning
    in their own strength, huh?
[19:22] ---
    Here I am being nice to you,
    and you get all stuck-up!
[19:27] ---
    You can talk big
    after you defeat Lord Shikijo here!
[19:33] ---
    And acting like that...
[19:35] ---
    is what I'm calling
    "drowning in your strength," you moron!
[19:40] ---
    What the...
[19:45] ---
    This is the end, underling.
[19:54] ---
    No matter how hard your skull may be,
[19:57] ---
    "what's inside is a different matter,"
    was it?
[20:04] ---
    Shikijo, if you ever get the opportunity,
    you should fight against Kenshin sometime.
[20:10] ---
    Maybe you'll be able to regain
    something important that you've lost.
[20:20] ---
    But anyway, just how many more
    of these Oniwaban Group are there?
[20:26] ---
    If stuff like this continues...
[20:28] ---
    my body won't last...
[20:35] ---
    We know each other's faces, but this
    is the first time we speak, that is...
[20:42] ---
    Yeah.
[20:43] ---
    I would like to avoid
    unnecessary battle, that I would.
[20:47] ---
    Can you step aside and let me know
    where Kanryu and Miss Megumi are?
[20:52] ---
    Did Han'nya step aside
    when he was told that?
[20:56] ---
    Of course he didn't.
[21:00] ---
    You need to ask me the whereabouts
    of those two with that sakabato.
[21:05] ---
    I will answer... with this.
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    OKASHIRA -
    AOSHI SHINOMORI
[22:46] ---
    Next episode,
    "Okashira - Aoshi Shinomori."

E12 - Okashira - Aoshi Shinomori

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[00:02] ---
    I would like to avoid
    unnecessary battle, that I would.
[00:06] ---
    Can you step aside and let me know
    where Kanryu and Miss Megumi are?
[00:12] ---
    You need to ask me the whereabouts
    of those two with that sakabato.
[00:17] ---
    I will answer... with this.
[01:55] ---
    EPISODE 12:
    OKASHIRA -
    AOSHI SHINOMORI
[02:02] ---
    The length of that blade...
[02:05] ---
    You're trying to fight
    with just one wakizashi?
[02:07] ---
    Don't mock us!
[02:08] ---
    Kids should stay back.
[02:10] ---
    Damn you!
[02:11] ---
    I wish the same, that I do.
[02:15] ---
    Oh, um...
[02:17] ---
    Damn it, each and every one of you.
[02:20] ---
    Listen up! You better not have
    a hard time against one little wakizashi!
[02:24] ---
    Hurry up, and get this over with!
[02:28] ---
    If that really was a wakizashi,
[02:30] ---
    I wouldn't have a hard time,
    that I wouldn't.
[02:33] ---
    You seem to know
    of the characteristics of a kodachi.
[02:37] ---
    Kodachi?
[02:38] ---
    Simply put, a sword that is between
    a katana and a wakizashi, that it is.
[02:43] ---
    As it is shorter than a katana,
    it lacks in offensive power.
[02:46] ---
    But as it is light and very adaptable,
    it has high defensive power.
[02:51] ---
    To be on the offensive against that
    would be highly disadvantageous.
[02:56] ---
    I see.
[02:57] ---
    Then I shall be the one to attack.
[03:01] ---
    So quick!
[03:05] ---
    Kenshin!
[03:06] ---
    A kick? Can this man be...
[03:08] ---
    just like Han'nya...
[03:09] ---
    a kenpo master!
[03:22] ---
    I see.
[03:23] ---
    You lay out an impenetrable defense
    with the kodachi,
[03:26] ---
    but attack with the same kenpo as Han'nya.
    That's your style.
[03:29] ---
    I was the one
    that taught kenpo to Han'nya.
[03:35] ---
    The speed and weight of a master's fist
[03:37] ---
    is greatly different
    than that of an apprentice.
[03:41] ---
    Battosai,
    I have nothing personal against you.
[03:44] ---
    But as the most powerful Imperialist,
    I will have you die right here.
[03:49] ---
    It seems like you are not fighting
    for Kanryu's sake, that it doesn't.
[03:55] ---
    Of course not.
[03:57] ---
    Is it for the Tokugawa Shogunate
    that fell with the revolution?
[04:03] ---
    If you are an Imperialist,
    you should know
[04:05] ---
    how Yoshinobu Tokugawa acted
    in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
[04:11] ---
    As soon as Yoshinobu,
    the final Shogun of Tokugawa,
[04:14] ---
    found out the Shogunate army was inferior,
[04:17] ---
    he and his top retainers
    left Osaka Castle by themselves,
[04:21] ---
    returning to Edo by battleship.
[04:23] ---
    He abandoned over 10,000 soldiers
[04:26] ---
    risking their lives
    fighting on the battlefield.
[04:30] ---
    After he fled back to Edo,
[04:32] ---
    he decided on absolute compliance
    at Kanei Temple in Ueno.
[04:35] ---
    After talks between Kaishu Katsu,
    who was given full authority,
[04:38] ---
    and Takamori Saigo,
    the imperial Edo Castle
[04:41] ---
    ended up being surrendered
    with no bloodshed.
[04:44] ---
    And the Oniwaban Group ended
    the Bakumatsu Era without fighting.
[04:51] ---
    We don't care
    about the coward Tokugawa anymore.
[04:54] ---
    Our only regret is the fact
    that we could not fight.
[04:58] ---
    There are no ifs in the flow of history,
[05:01] ---
    but had we fought back then...
[05:04] ---
    the victory in the revolution
    would have belonged to the Shogunate.
[05:12] ---
    We would create a huge fire in Edo,
    and then we, the Oniwaban Group,
[05:16] ---
    would kill the Imperial officers
    at the heart of the army in the chaos.
[05:21] ---
    After that,
    what remains is an unorderly mob.
[05:23] ---
    The Shogunate Army, superior in numbers,
    can crush them all...
[05:28] ---
    and that's the end.
[05:31] ---
    No way you'd be able to do that!
[05:33] ---
    We can.
[05:35] ---
    Shall we replicate the incident here?
[05:38] ---
    Right here in Tokyo?
[05:40] ---
    Damn this guy.
[05:42] ---
    But doing something like that
    at this point is completely meaningless.
[05:46] ---
    What has meaning right now is proof.
[05:50] ---
    Proof that superiority
    in the Bakumatsu Revolution
[05:54] ---
    was embodied by us, the Oniwaban Group.
[06:00] ---
    Back in those days...
[06:02] ---
    many threw themselves into battle...
[06:05] ---
    whether Revolutionary warrior
    or Shogunate samurai.
[06:08] ---
    We antagonized each other.
[06:10] ---
    But neither was righteous,
    and neither was mistaken.
[06:15] ---
    We were simply concerned
    for the future of this country
[06:17] ---
    and risked our lives for the peace
    and happiness of the people.
[06:22] ---
    But you have none of that!
[06:24] ---
    What you have,
    calmly saying you would raze a town,
[06:27] ---
    is nothing more than bloody,
    ice-cold competitiveness!
[06:31] ---
    Both as a Revolutionary warrior
    and a rurouni...
[06:35] ---
    I cannot sit quietly
    and let you get away with it!
[06:38] ---
    Say what you want.
[06:40] ---
    Even if you became serious about this,
    you have no chance of winning.
[06:43] ---
    Come on.
[06:51] ---
    Going from Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Ryuutsuisen
[06:54] ---
    straight into a battojutsu
    without landing.
[06:56] ---
    That's quite an attack,
[06:58] ---
    but you can't break my kodachi
    with anything of that level.
[07:03] ---
    Damn it!
[07:05] ---
    Aoshi is merely a hired hand,
    and yet he makes a fool out of me!
[07:10] ---
    First Megumi, now him.
[07:12] ---
    Each and every one. Each and every one!
[07:14] ---
    But now I figured it out!
[07:17] ---
    That man, like Battosai, is the type
    that I can't control with money.
[07:21] ---
    He's a dangerous man that can
    turn into a foe at any point in time!
[07:25] ---
    Battosai and Aoshi...
[07:27] ---
    is there a way for me
    to get rid of both of them?
[07:30] ---
    Think, Kanryu. Some way? Some way?
[07:33] ---
    Something, something,
    something, something!
[07:36] ---
    Um, Mr. Kanryu, what should we do
    about the test of you-know-what?
[07:41] ---
    That's it!
[07:48] ---
    No matter how many times you attack,
    it's useless.
[07:50] ---
    When concentrating on defense, my kodachi
    will even protect me from rifle bullets.
[07:56] ---
    Not even Kenshin can land one blow on him.
[08:00] ---
    That, and, no matter how much
    of an advantage he gains,
[08:03] ---
    he doesn't show one smile.
[08:05] ---
    That's truly
    an ice-cold competitiveness.
[08:08] ---
    Damn it. My knees feel so weak.
[08:11] ---
    Kenshin!
[08:13] ---
    It's all right, that it is.
[08:15] ---
    I'd feel very sorry for Miss Megumi
    if something like this defeats me,
[08:18] ---
    and I'd be too ashamed
    to see Miss Kaoru again.
[08:21] ---
    And who knows what Sano would say to me?
[08:23] ---
    Besides...
[08:25] ---
    I finally see a way
    to get past that kodachi, that I do.
[08:29] ---
    I'd like to say that's a bluff...
[08:32] ---
    but you're not one
    to say things of that nature.
[08:36] ---
    So I'll have you show me...
[08:38] ---
    this so-called way.
[08:41] ---
    Too slow!
[08:43] ---
    What? He's holding
    the bottom of the blade.
[08:49] ---
    Aoshi, the secret of your power
[08:52] ---
    is completely controlling the reach
    between you and your opponent.
[08:56] ---
    Reach.
[08:58] ---
    Listen up, Yahiko.
[08:59] ---
    "Reach" is the distance
[09:01] ---
    in which you can make an attack
    on your opponent in one move.
[09:05] ---
    The key for combat between higher-ranked
    masters is to fight inside your own reach.
[09:12] ---
    It's easy to think that I'm
    at an advantage with a katana.
[09:17] ---
    You can't help but create a blind spot
    at one's center with a long reach.
[09:21] ---
    And you attack right at that blind spot.
[09:24] ---
    Then I shall just switch over
    to the same reach as a kodachi,
[09:28] ---
    and the blind spot
    should naturally disappear.
[09:30] ---
    So I see.
[09:31] ---
    Simply gripping a Japanese sword,
[09:34] ---
    especially the bottom,
    where it is most dull,
[09:37] ---
    won't dig the blade
    all the way down to the bone.
[09:39] ---
    Lose a battle to win the war, huh?
[09:42] ---
    I have now seen the essence of a hitokiri.
[09:47] ---
    In return, I will take you down with
    the essence of the Oniwaban Group leader.
[09:56] ---
    So slow?
[09:57] ---
    What is this slow speed?
[10:04] ---
    This is...
[10:06] ---
    a sword dance?
[10:08] ---
    This is different
    from a ritualistic sword dance!
[10:14] ---
    Stop it.
[10:15] ---
    You are used to swordsmanship
[10:17] ---
    that clearly differentiates
    stillness from motion.
[10:19] ---
    You cannot possibly catch the movement of
    flowing water, fluctuating speed at will.
[10:23] ---
    A practical sword dance
    that combines movements of kenpo
[10:26] ---
    with techniques of the kodachi...
[10:28] ---
    this is how Aoshi Shinomori
    truly fights!
[10:32] ---
    Die.
[10:38] ---
    Kenshin!
[10:42] ---
    Kaiten Kenbu...
[10:44] ---
    this technique has disposed of every
    insurgent who snuck into Edo Castle.
[10:48] ---
    Ken...
[10:51] ---
    ...shin.
[10:53] ---
    This is the end, boy.
[10:55] ---
    Himura Battosai is dead.
[10:58] ---
    Shut up!
[11:00] ---
    I'll take you on now!
[11:02] ---
    Even if it kills me,
    I'll make sure to take you down!
[11:07] ---
    That's good spirit.
[11:10] ---
    It feels a bit shameful
    to kill you here.
[11:14] ---
    Yahiko is Kamiya Kasshin-ryu's
    precious successor, that he is.
[11:20] ---
    I won't let him die in a place like this.
[11:23] ---
    Besides, I can't allow myself
    to die in a place like this, either!
[11:29] ---
    Kenshin!
[11:30] ---
    Are you immortal?
[11:32] ---
    Hardly.
[11:37] ---
    Kaiten Kenbu, eh?
[11:39] ---
    I didn't think it would slice apart
    my metal sheath like it was a log.
[11:42] ---
    I see.
[11:43] ---
    You halved its effects with your sheath
    in the spur of the moment.
[11:47] ---
    You are quite the man.
[11:49] ---
    I can see why they call you
    the strongest ever.
[11:53] ---
    No, I will acknowledge myself as such.
[11:57] ---
    And this makes me want the title
    of strongest within our ranks once again!
[12:02] ---
    Be careful, Kenshin!
[12:04] ---
    There's a Kaiten Kenbu coming!
[12:05] ---
    I told you. This movement of flowing water
    is something you cannot capture.
[12:10] ---
    Furthermore, you are wounded all over,
    and your movement is slowed...
[12:13] ---
    This is the end, Himura Battosai!
[12:32] ---
    Kenshin!
[12:35] ---
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, Ryuukosen.
[12:39] ---
    This is the only unarmed technique
    in Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, that it is.
[12:44] ---
    Indeed, I cannot grasp
    your movements similar to flowing water.
[12:49] ---
    However, if it's the moment where you
    switch to attacking with Kaiten Kenbu,
[12:53] ---
    I can counter it, though barely!
[12:55] ---
    Aoshi, if you want
    the title of strongest that badly,
[12:58] ---
    I can give it to you as much as you want.
[13:00] ---
    Such a title is annoying at best for me.
[13:04] ---
    For my current self,
[13:05] ---
    those that await my aid
    and those that wait for my return
[13:08] ---
    are tens of thousands of times
    more important, that they are!
[13:19] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[13:27] ---
    Lose? Me?
[13:30] ---
    Don't overdo it. Pull back!
[13:33] ---
    After two blows to the throat,
    not even you—
[13:35] ---
    Not done yet!
[13:38] ---
    Kenshin!
[13:40] ---
    I'm all right... that I am.
[13:42] ---
    More than me, Aoshi...
[13:45] ---
    Is he... dead?
[13:47] ---
    No, he is just unconscious, that he is.
[13:50] ---
    After I hurt his throat
    with two powerful blows,
[13:54] ---
    he unleashed an attack
    that required a deep breath.
[13:58] ---
    It's only natural that he suffered
    great pain and had difficulty breathing.
[14:03] ---
    In the end, the competitiveness
    that never backed down...
[14:07] ---
    brought his own defeat, that it did.
[14:14] ---
    Your soulful words
    when I fell to Kaiten Kenbu
[14:18] ---
    were really reassuring, that they were.
[14:23] ---
    All right!
[14:24] ---
    All we gotta do now
    is take Kanryu down and rescue Megumi!
[14:30] ---
    That's quite the recuperative power.
[14:33] ---
    I fell unconscious?
[14:35] ---
    Well, for about 10 seconds, that you were.
[14:38] ---
    Why won't you deliver the final blow?
[14:41] ---
    I am currently a rurouni.
[14:42] ---
    I am not a hitokiri, that I am not.
[14:44] ---
    However, even without a final blow,
[14:47] ---
    someone of your caliber
    should know who was victorious.
[14:53] ---
    Aoshi, answer one question.
[14:56] ---
    Though from the shadows,
[14:58] ---
    you took on the important role
    of Oniwaban Group leader...
[15:02] ---
    there should have been
    more than just one or two offers
[15:05] ---
    for officer positions
    after the revolution.
[15:08] ---
    If you wanted a place to test your skills,
[15:11] ---
    surely there were other places
    to choose from.
[15:15] ---
    There were plenty of offers
    for officer positions.
[15:18] ---
    From intelligence in the Ground Troops
[15:20] ---
    to bodyguards of prolific politicians,
    the entire spectrum.
[15:24] ---
    But they were all for me.
[15:28] ---
    Those that excel at one unusual power,
    like Hyottoko and Beshimi,
[15:32] ---
    betrayers like Shikijo, and Han'nya's case
    is obvious once you see his true face.
[15:39] ---
    Not one offer for officer positions
    came in for others in the Oniwaban Group.
[15:45] ---
    As the leader,
    how can I serve as an officer
[15:49] ---
    after abandoning all my subordinates?
[15:52] ---
    I don't want to perform a betrayal
    as ugly as that of Yoshinobu Tokugawa.
[15:57] ---
    Yoshinobu was—
[15:58] ---
    I know that.
[16:00] ---
    Yoshinobu's absolute compliance,
    that was a powerful political decision
[16:03] ---
    in order to not lessen
    our power as a nation.
[16:07] ---
    But even then, I want none of it.
[16:14] ---
    It's been 10 years
    since I've been herding the Oniwaban Group
[16:17] ---
    after being tossed out into Tokyo,
    the new capital in Meiji.
[16:20] ---
    I have seen off
    those that found new lives.
[16:24] ---
    I only have four subordinates left.
[16:27] ---
    Four miserable souls that only know
    of battle and can do nothing but fight.
[16:34] ---
    Then at the least,
[16:35] ---
    I could add the brilliant flower
    of "strongest" to the Oniwaban Group
[16:39] ---
    and turn it into their pride.
[16:44] ---
    Give me the final blow.
[16:46] ---
    If you don't,
    I will come after you countless times.
[16:54] ---
    How pitiful you are, Aoshi Shinomori!
[16:59] ---
    I came out,
    as I just couldn't wait anymore!
[17:02] ---
    Kanryu.
[17:03] ---
    That saves us the effort
    of searching for you, that it does.
[17:06] ---
    That's quite the confidence.
[17:09] ---
    However...
[17:10] ---
    can you keep that confidence
    even after seeing this?
[17:15] ---
    That is—
[17:15] ---
    It can't be...
[17:17] ---
    a Gatling gun?
[17:19] ---
    Indeed!
[17:20] ---
    Developed in 1861 by Gatling,
    an American doctor,
[17:24] ---
    the ultimate weapon
    that brought the Northern army
[17:26] ---
    the victory in the Civil War!
[17:29] ---
    In Japan,
    the Echigo-Nagaoka Domain purchased it.
[17:32] ---
    In the Boshin War, the Third War,
    and the Battle of Hokuetsu,
[17:35] ---
    this became a great threat
    in the Imperial Army!
[17:38] ---
    A destructive force that can move history,
    a great ability that creates a generation.
[17:42] ---
    Let's take our time to try this out!
[17:50] ---
    Wh-What was that just now?
[17:53] ---
    Ken-san...
[17:56] ---
    That was loud.
[17:57] ---
    What the hell was that?
[17:59] ---
    There seems to be some anomaly upstairs.
[18:02] ---
    Han'nya!
[18:03] ---
    Don't be so alarmed.
[18:06] ---
    Both Shikijo and I
    had fair fights and lost.
[18:09] ---
    I have no intent on being the victor now
    by attacking someone off their guard.
[18:14] ---
    Anyway, I am worried about Lord Aoshi.
[18:18] ---
    I will head up with Shikijo,
    but what will you do?
[18:21] ---
    You know, you're a pretty good guy.
[18:25] ---
    I only hear that as sarcasm.
[18:28] ---
    No doubt.
[18:30] ---
    Wake up, Shikijo.
[18:35] ---
    Oh, it's you, Han'nya.
[18:37] ---
    Your face right when I wake up
    really gets me going.
[18:40] ---
    Sheesh. Each and every one of you...
[18:44] ---
    Hey, shrimp.
[18:45] ---
    What is it, fatso?
[18:47] ---
    Did you hear that booming sound just now?
[18:49] ---
    If you heard it as well,
    that means I wasn't imagining it.
[18:54] ---
    Looks like this ain't the time
    to be takin' naps.
[19:00] ---
    How's that? Isn't it wonderful?
[19:03] ---
    I can fire
    an amazing 200 bullets in one minute!
[19:07] ---
    That guy is not hitting us on purpose,
    because he wants to torture us to death!
[19:12] ---
    Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat!
[19:14] ---
    If you stay still, I'll hit you with this!
[19:17] ---
    Kanryu! Why the hell
    do you have something like that?
[19:19] ---
    That's Lord Kanryu, you insolent fool!
[19:24] ---
    Aoshi!
[19:26] ---
    Really.
[19:27] ---
    But, oh, well.
[19:29] ---
    I will let you know
    as part of my smoke break.
[19:34] ---
    My ultimate ambition is to become
    the most profitable dealer in the world.
[19:40] ---
    And that is a dealer of death...
[19:42] ---
    an arms dealer!
[19:46] ---
    Gathering funds through the new opium and
    with this Gatling gun as the main product,
[19:50] ---
    I will make an assault on my competitors!
[19:53] ---
    That is the scenario for the birth
    of the great merchant, Kanryu Takeda!
[19:57] ---
    You're going to go that far?
[19:59] ---
    You will ravage human lives and souls
[20:02] ---
    in order to get your hands on money,
    that you will?
[20:07] ---
    Himura Battosai.
[20:09] ---
    How many years and sacrifices did it take
    for you to gain that incredible strength?
[20:15] ---
    That surely was not gained
    through extraordinary effort, was it?
[20:19] ---
    But still, if you have money,
[20:21] ---
    you can easily gain power
    that surpasses even that!
[20:24] ---
    In an instant!
    Without paying any sacrifices!
[20:27] ---
    Money! This is truly the proof of power!
[20:30] ---
    What was that about the Oniwaban Group
    or the legendary manslayer?
[20:35] ---
    The true strongest is yours truly!
[20:37] ---
    There is nothing more wonderful
    in this world than money!
[20:41] ---
    And I will prove that right now!
[20:44] ---
    Die!
[20:46] ---
    What the hell is that?
[20:51] ---
    Shikijo!
[20:52] ---
    - Wha—
    - Now!
[20:53] ---
    Run, Battosai!
[20:57] ---
    Which... Which one should be the target?
[20:59] ---
    Damn it, I'll start off
    with the immobile Aoshi!
[21:02] ---
    I won't let you do that!
[21:04] ---
    Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat!
[21:10] ---
    Shikijo!
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    BATTLE'S END
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "Battle's End."

E13 - Battle's End

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[00:02] ---
    What was that about the Oniwaban Group
    or the legendary manslayer?
[00:06] ---
    The true strongest is yours truly!
[00:09] ---
    There is nothing more wonderful
    in this world than money!
[00:12] ---
    Die!
[00:13] ---
    What the hell is that?
[00:15] ---
    A Gatling gun!
[00:19] ---
    Shikijo!
[00:20] ---
    - Wha—
    - Now!
[00:21] ---
    Run, Battosai!
[00:25] ---
    Which... Which one should be the target?
[00:33] ---
    Damn it, I'll start off
    with the immobile Aoshi!
[00:36] ---
    I won't let you do that!
[00:37] ---
    Eat this!
[00:39] ---
    Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat!
[00:44] ---
    Shikijo!
[02:18] ---
    EPISODE 13:
    BATTLE'S END
[02:24] ---
    Shikij—
[02:25] ---
    Whoa. Don't look at me like that.
[02:28] ---
    That's so not like you.
[02:30] ---
    I'm pretty satisfied.
[02:33] ---
    I was able to prove that my muscles,
[02:36] ---
    my pride and joy that I
    even took drugs to obtain,
[02:40] ---
    could become a shield
    that can win against bullets.
[02:43] ---
    It's just like what you said back then.
[02:51] ---
    I am invincible...
[03:04] ---
    Shikijo.
[03:07] ---
    That sack of meat
    will be broken to smithereens
[03:10] ---
    with 200-bullet consecutive firing!
[03:12] ---
    Whoa, hold it right there!
[03:15] ---
    Hyottoko right here will take you on!
[03:19] ---
    Wha—
[03:20] ---
    Whoa! Don't shoot!
    If you shoot too carelessly,
[03:23] ---
    this sack of oil
    will catch fire and go boom!
[03:27] ---
    Brace yourself!
[03:29] ---
    I'll be right there!
[03:31] ---
    D-Don't come here!
[03:35] ---
    You fell for it.
[03:37] ---
    If I can't aim for the gut,
    I'll just aim everywhere else!
[03:40] ---
    Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat!
[03:43] ---
    Hyottoko!
[03:46] ---
    You're the one that fell for it...
[03:50] ---
    - Wha—
    - Take this!
[03:52] ---
    Dokusatsu Rasenbyo!
[03:58] ---
    Beshimi!
[03:59] ---
    Leader... it didn't work after all.
[04:04] ---
    Apologies. To the very end...
[04:08] ---
    we were useless.
[04:10] ---
    Beshimi. Hyottoko.
[04:19] ---
    Whew, close. That was close.
[04:22] ---
    If a street performance
    like that did me in,
[04:25] ---
    it wouldn't even be a joke.
[04:26] ---
    But now I know for sure!
[04:29] ---
    Oniwaban are all useless,
    no matter how many of you there are!
[04:32] ---
    From here on, it's the era of the Gatling!
[04:35] ---
    The ruler of the Gatling
    will be the ruler of the world,
[04:38] ---
    and I will be its pioneer!
[04:41] ---
    Damn you!
[04:52] ---
    Battosai.
[04:54] ---
    How many seconds will it take you
[04:56] ---
    to pick up that Sakabato
    and slice into Kanryu?
[05:00] ---
    Fifteen.
[05:01] ---
    No, if I have 10 seconds...
[05:03] ---
    10 seconds?
[05:04] ---
    That's going to be a bit rough.
[05:06] ---
    For what?
[05:07] ---
    Look.
[05:09] ---
    Beyond that door is a small lookout tower.
[05:12] ---
    Megumi Takani is confined there.
[05:15] ---
    Han'nya?
[05:17] ---
    It's not like I wasn't thinking
    about that woman.
[05:21] ---
    It just happened
    that Lord Aoshi was more precious to me.
[05:27] ---
    I'm trusting you to take care of the rest,
    Himura Battosai.
[05:30] ---
    Wait, Han'nya!
[05:57] ---
    Hey, he's been beaten again.
[06:00] ---
    He's still quite far from being
    an opponent for our leader.
[06:02] ---
    Well, if we work him a bit harder,
    he might be of some use.
[06:07] ---
    Don't stare at me so much.
    You're ruining my concentration.
[06:08] ---
    WINDY RUSSIAN EMPEROR SEAL
[06:10] ---
    We're just giving you advice.
[06:10] ---
    WINDY RUSSIAN EMPEROR SEAL
[06:13] ---
    That's right. You should feel thankful.
[06:16] ---
    Don't cause too much trouble
    for our leader.
[06:19] ---
    Sheesh. Each and every one of you...
[06:22] ---
    Are you in pain?
[06:24] ---
    No.
[06:26] ---
    Compared to the life I've had so far,
    this is basically nothing.
[06:30] ---
    I see. But it's better if you
    don't smile too much during training.
[06:35] ---
    You create an opening.
[06:37] ---
    Was I smiling?
[06:40] ---
    It looked that way to me.
[06:52] ---
    Was I smiling?
[07:19] ---
    Using the monster-face
    as a decoy to attack.
[07:22] ---
    A tactic you'd expect from a hitokiri.
[07:24] ---
    But in the end,
    every last one of them died in vain!
[07:28] ---
    Years of training is useless!
    Useless in front of the Gatling!
[07:31] ---
    Useless trash! Trash! Rubbish!
[07:33] ---
    Oh, I'm so glad
    I was able to buy the Gatling!
[07:36] ---
    Hooray, me! Hooray, Gatling!
[07:39] ---
    Hooray, money!
[07:42] ---
    Die!
[07:43] ---
    - Kenshin!
    - Kenshin!
[07:44] ---
    Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat! Gat!
[07:48] ---
    Look closely at what you have.
[07:50] ---
    It fires 200 rounds every minute.
[07:53] ---
    If you shoot without thinking
    of consequences, you soon will...
[07:57] ---
    I'm out of bullets?
[07:59] ---
    Their deaths were not in vain.
[08:05] ---
    The lives of the four members
    of Oniwaban Group
[08:08] ---
    were victorious over your Gatling gun.
[08:12] ---
    H-Help m—
[08:13] ---
    If you're begging for your life,
    just ask your money that you love so much!
[08:24] ---
    As I'd expect from you, Kenshin.
[08:25] ---
    Even when you're pissed,
    you still uphold the refusal to kill.
[08:32] ---
    Leave him alone for now, that you should.
[08:36] ---
    You're right.
[08:37] ---
    Kenshin!
[08:39] ---
    I'm fine.
[08:41] ---
    I just faltered a little bit, that I did.
[08:44] ---
    Let's hurry.
[08:45] ---
    Miss Megumi is waiting for us.
[08:46] ---
    Yeah.
[08:49] ---
    Aoshi Shinomori. You're quite a strong one
    if you can injure Kenshin this much.
[08:56] ---
    But in this battle, the wounds
    that you suffered were a lot bigger.
[09:15] ---
    The gunshots are over.
[09:17] ---
    What in the world...
[09:22] ---
    - Argh! So irritating!
    - Argh! So irritating!
[09:26] ---
    All right! No ambushers!
[09:29] ---
    Yahiko. Sanosuke.
[09:31] ---
    Sorry to make you wait, that is.
[09:33] ---
    Ken-san...
[09:34] ---
    Those wounds...
[09:37] ---
    I had a tiny bit of trouble, that I did.
[09:40] ---
    But more so, I am glad you didn't
    suffer any major wounds, that I am.
[09:45] ---
    I'm sorry.
[09:48] ---
    I dragged you into this mess,
[09:50] ---
    and on top of that,
    I had you face danger.
[09:53] ---
    But please rest assured.
[09:55] ---
    The source of the disaster
    will be eliminated soon.
[09:58] ---
    Miss Megumi!
[10:00] ---
    With the single thought
    of wanting to see my family,
[10:02] ---
    I have been regretfully living my life.
[10:05] ---
    But I am truly glad
    that I was able to meet all of you
[10:09] ---
    in the last, final moments.
[10:11] ---
    Wait!
[10:12] ---
    Thank you.
[10:18] ---
    Huh?
[10:19] ---
    You stupid wench!
[10:21] ---
    For your sake, Kenshin and Yahiko
    devoted themselves to rescuing you!
[10:25] ---
    And you want to ruin all of their efforts?
[10:27] ---
    Jeez!
[10:31] ---
    But there's nothing I can do.
[10:34] ---
    So many people are in agony
    because of my opium,
[10:38] ---
    and yet I'm trying to be
    the only one to avoid punishment.
[10:45] ---
    Kenshin, this ain't good!
[10:47] ---
    It's the cops!
[10:48] ---
    They heard all the ruckus and came over!
[10:51] ---
    We gotta get out of here quick!
[10:53] ---
    Come on! Don't just stand there!
[10:55] ---
    Hey!
[10:57] ---
    Ken-san.
[10:59] ---
    This is a family recipe, to stop bleeding.
[11:01] ---
    Treat the deep wound
    on your chest with this.
[11:05] ---
    Then hurry to a doctor.
[11:06] ---
    Kanryu built a secret passageway
    up in the attic.
[11:10] ---
    You can go through there
    to get out of here.
[11:13] ---
    Thank you for all you have done.
[11:17] ---
    The penalty for illicit production
    of opium is death.
[11:21] ---
    You are saying that while
    being aware of that fact, that you are?
[11:24] ---
    Yes. People have died
    because of the opium I made.
[11:28] ---
    I can't allow myself
    to get away from here now.
[11:33] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[11:38] ---
    Captain, we found
    an illicit production area underground!
[11:42] ---
    All right, investigate!
[11:44] ---
    Sheesh. We had been spying on them,
[11:47] ---
    but I didn't imagine that he
    secretly possessed a Gatling gun, too.
[11:53] ---
    You are...
[11:56] ---
    That's the woman!
[11:57] ---
    She's the one
    that illicitly created opium!
[12:00] ---
    The woman who had a hand in all this!
[12:03] ---
    You can't make excuses, Megumi!
[12:05] ---
    No matter what the situation is,
    you're the one that made the opium!
[12:09] ---
    We're together to the ends of hell!
[12:13] ---
    Is that true?
[12:15] ---
    Ye—
[12:16] ---
    The answer is "no," that it is.
[12:17] ---
    Mr. Himura?
[12:18] ---
    Wha—
[12:20] ---
    This person is an outstanding
    doctor in training, that she is.
[12:23] ---
    He targeted her so he could force her
    to make opium, that he did.
[12:28] ---
    Don't give them that baloney, Battosai!
    That wench is—
[12:31] ---
    You stay quiet.
[12:34] ---
    Battosai?
[12:36] ---
    Isn't that right, Yahiko?
[12:39] ---
    Yeah! Tokyo samurai Yahiko Myojin
[12:42] ---
    won't ever swing a sword
    for an illicit opium maker!
[12:47] ---
    Right, Sano?
[12:48] ---
    Like I'd know.
[12:50] ---
    I just tagged along for the fight.
[12:53] ---
    And there you have it, Captain, that is.
[12:57] ---
    Good enough?
[13:00] ---
    All right.
[13:01] ---
    We will conduct a more detailed
    investigation at a later time.
[13:05] ---
    For today, you can take custody
    of that woman, Mr. Himura.
[13:09] ---
    What's up with that?!
[13:11] ---
    That wench is an accomplice!
[13:12] ---
    - If you investigate, you'll soon see—
    - Shut up!
[13:14] ---
    Hurry up, and take him away!
[13:16] ---
    - Yes, sir!
    - Damn it!
[13:17] ---
    You're playing favorites!
[13:20] ---
    Don't touch!
[13:22] ---
    That's my Gatling gun!
[13:24] ---
    Don't violate it with your dirty hands!
[13:26] ---
    Hurry up, and walk!
[13:27] ---
    Gat!
[13:31] ---
    Well, things like this
    are okay every so often.
[13:34] ---
    As long as it's only every so often.
[13:36] ---
    Ken-san, who in the world are you...
[13:39] ---
    The crime of murder
    has a penalty of death.
[13:43] ---
    That is one way to atone for it,
    but even if you were to die,
[13:47] ---
    the one you murdered won't
    come back to life, that they won't.
[13:50] ---
    More than that, wielding a sword
    for the sake of as many people as possible
[13:54] ---
    should be atonement
    in the true sense of the word.
[13:58] ---
    That is how Hitokiri Battosai lives
    in the current day, that he does.
[14:02] ---
    Hitokiri Battosai?
[14:04] ---
    The legendary one?
[14:05] ---
    The superior medical studies of Takani
[14:08] ---
    should be able to save more people
    than the Battosai's sword.
[14:13] ---
    You should become a doctor,
    Miss Megumi, that you should.
[14:16] ---
    Be of help to those
    in agony from wounds and illnesses
[14:20] ---
    and not just opium, that you should.
[14:23] ---
    If you do that,
    I'll let the bit about my buddy slide.
[14:26] ---
    If you do that,
    you'll be able to see your family someday!
[14:30] ---
    Let's go home.
    Miss Kaoru is waiting for us, that she is.
[14:35] ---
    Okay!
[14:38] ---
    Captain!
[14:40] ---
    About how you'll deal with Aoshi, that is—
[14:42] ---
    Aoshi? Who in the world is that?
[14:45] ---
    By who, I mean the tall man
    wearing a coat that was here.
[14:49] ---
    There's no such man. When we rushed in,
[14:51] ---
    Kanryu Takeda was the only one
    inside the dance hall.
[14:55] ---
    There were four beheaded corpses,
    nothing else.
[15:00] ---
    Aoshi disappeared?
[15:03] ---
    There isn't one window in this place.
[15:05] ---
    That means he should have escaped
    through the entrance below!
[15:08] ---
    All entrances
    are secured with police officers!
[15:11] ---
    It's impossible for someone to escape
    without anyone noticing!
[15:14] ---
    No, there is another entrance,
    that there is.
[15:18] ---
    Kanryu's secret passageway!
[15:20] ---
    Where is the exit for the passageway?
[15:21] ---
    It leads out to the grove in the back.
[15:23] ---
    I'll guide you there!
[15:26] ---
    The exit is open.
[15:28] ---
    So he definitely passed through here.
[15:30] ---
    Look around!
    He is surely still somewhere around here!
[15:34] ---
    Aoshi...
[15:52] ---
    Wh-What are you doing?
[15:54] ---
    Hurry up, and capture him!
[15:56] ---
    Stop it.
[15:57] ---
    You guys will just get killed.
[16:00] ---
    It's not your fault.
[16:02] ---
    They died so that you could live.
[16:06] ---
    But they surely
    don't hold a grudge about that.
[16:09] ---
    Aoshi...
[16:10] ---
    fight me one more time.
[16:13] ---
    Fight me, defeat me,
[16:16] ---
    and adorn the word "strongest"
    on the graves of those four.
[16:23] ---
    Battosai...
[16:25] ---
    until I kill you,
    make sure nobody else kills you.
[16:31] ---
    Don't let him get away! After him!
[16:36] ---
    Kenshin...
[16:38] ---
    This is how it should be, that it is.
[16:40] ---
    Words of consolation
    are unnecessary for now.
[16:43] ---
    But then, this means that you will be
    the perpetual target now!
[16:47] ---
    It's all right, that it is.
[16:51] ---
    Now we should go home for real this time.
[16:57] ---
    Welcome back!
[17:00] ---
    We're back.
[17:01] ---
    Wait, you're covered
    in terrible wounds.
[17:04] ---
    Your fingers as well, Miss Kaoru.
[17:06] ---
    Well, in any case,
    thank you for a job well done!
[17:09] ---
    I have both a breakfast and a bath ready,
    so go on ahead!
[17:13] ---
    I'm tired, so I'm gonna sleep first.
[17:15] ---
    Me, too.
[17:19] ---
    I made it just for you guys!
[17:22] ---
    Is that so?
[17:23] ---
    So sleepy!
[17:24] ---
    I will have some, that I will.
[17:27] ---
    M-Me, too.
[17:29] ---
    Is it okay...
[17:31] ---
    for me to have some?
[17:35] ---
    - Of course!
    - Of course!
[18:05] ---
    Tastes awful.
[18:14] ---
    Thank you for all you have done for me.
[18:16] ---
    I'm sorry. This place isn't that big,
    and I can't have any more house guests.
[18:21] ---
    As you know, a certain someone
    comes by for free meals every day.
[18:26] ---
    Oh, don't worry.
[18:27] ---
    You even referred me for a live-in job.
[18:31] ---
    Mr. Gensai being her guarantor
    was a lifesaver, that it was.
[18:35] ---
    Oh, I'd welcome an assistant
    like Miss Megumi anytime.
[18:40] ---
    Um, Ken-san...
[18:42] ---
    Oro?
[18:43] ---
    If you ever get sick of Kaoru,
    let me know.
[18:46] ---
    I can be your companion anytime you want.
[18:50] ---
    Companion for what?
[18:52] ---
    Hurry up, and get lost, you fox!
[18:57] ---
    I told you before...
[18:59] ---
    that missie is simpleminded,
    so don't joke around and tease her.
[19:02] ---
    Oh, but I was serious about that.
[19:05] ---
    I'd only be joking if the companion
    was someone of your caliber.
[19:08] ---
    You pickin' a fight with me?
[19:11] ---
    Don't be jealous. No jealousy.
[19:13] ---
    If you brush up on your manliness
    to get to Ken-san's level,
[19:16] ---
    I can be your companion.
[19:17] ---
    Man, I thought you'd be a little more
    decent after all this, but not at all!
[19:23] ---
    You're a fool.
[19:25] ---
    When you're 22 years old,
[19:27] ---
    you can't correct
    your personality anymore.
[19:31] ---
    That sounds like a line
    I heard somewhere else.
[19:34] ---
    NO FEMALE FOXES
    ALLOWED ENTRY!
[19:35] ---
    So in the end,
    what judgment did she receive?
[19:38] ---
    It seems they settled for her becoming
    a witness for the case, that they did.
[19:45] ---
    However, in the end,
    Aoshi is still missing.
[19:49] ---
    So did you really make yourself a target
    to give him a reason to live?
[19:55] ---
    Until he heals his wounds
[19:57] ---
    and gains confidence and skill
    to definitely beat me.
[20:02] ---
    Next time, I'm not sure
    if I would be able to win.
[20:04] ---
    What ya talkin' about?
[20:06] ---
    There's absolutely no way
    Kenshin would lose!
[20:11] ---
    By the way, Sano...
[20:13] ---
    did you speak with Shikijo at all,
    that you did?
[20:16] ---
    Huh? What do you mean?
[20:19] ---
    Well, back in Kanryu's mansion...
[20:22] ---
    That bird head has quite the potential.
[20:26] ---
    Take good care of him.
[20:28] ---
    Don't know.
[20:30] ---
    We punched, punched,
    and punched some more.
[20:33] ---
    That's about it.
[20:35] ---
    I see, so it was...
[20:38] ---
    I wish we were able to chat with them
    a bit more, that I do.
[20:43] ---
    Well, yeah.
[22:23] ---
    I cannot put flowers at your graves yet.
[22:25] ---
    But someday, I will make sure to...
[22:29] ---
    What are you doing?
[22:31] ---
    You're all alone so deep in the mountains.
[22:33] ---
    H-Hey! That way is no good!
[22:36] ---
    That's a dense forest
    that the locals never approach!
[22:39] ---
    Hey, can't you hear me? Hey!
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    YAHIKO'S BATTLE
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "Yahiko's Battle."

E14 - Yahiko's Battle

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[00:10] ---
    Yahiko is Kamiya Kasshin-ryu's
    precious successor, that he is.
[01:54] ---
    EPISODE 14: YAHIKO'S BATTLE
[01:59] ---
    Yahiko is missing?
[02:00] ---
    Yes, he is!
[02:02] ---
    Come to think of it, he disappears
    every so often lately, that he does.
[02:06] ---
    Doesn't he?
[02:07] ---
    Maybe he got a girl or somethin'.
[02:09] ---
    He's quite sassy, you know.
[02:12] ---
    I'm sure he's eating some snacks,
    whether he bought them or found them!
[02:15] ---
    His greediness is full-fledged already!
[02:17] ---
    I think he is working hard on practicing
    his swordsmanship by himself, that I do.
[02:21] ---
    He should be starting to see visions of
    what his own swordsmanship is, that he is.
[02:26] ---
    - No way!
    - No way!
[02:28] ---
    You think so?
[02:29] ---
    A girl. A girl! It's gotta be a girl!
[02:32] ---
    Food. It's got to be food.
    There's no doubt about it!
[02:35] ---
    I think it's swordsmanship—
[02:36] ---
    - No way!
    - No way!
[02:38] ---
    Food!
[02:39] ---
    A girl!
[02:40] ---
    What earthly nonsense are you two
    blathering about? So pathetic.
[02:45] ---
    So cheeky!
[02:46] ---
    Sheesh!
[02:47] ---
    Gimme a break!
[02:50] ---
    What the...
[02:53] ---
    Where have you been,
    that you have, Yahiko?
[02:57] ---
    Just out on a walk.
[02:59] ---
    Ditching your training
    to go out on a stroll
[03:02] ---
    is not just a walk, that it isn't.
[03:06] ---
    I do my practice swings in the morning,
[03:08] ---
    and of the six training days a week,
    I properly show up for four of them,
[03:11] ---
    so it's okay.
[03:13] ---
    It's nothing you should worry about.
[03:15] ---
    Oro...
[03:18] ---
    Hmm...
[03:20] ---
    AND A FEW DAYS LATER
[03:21] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[03:29] ---
    All right.
[03:31] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[03:34] ---
    He really is suspicious.
[03:36] ---
    He's hiding something, that he is.
[03:38] ---
    Well, this is a great way to kill time.
[03:43] ---
    A girl! It's a girl!
[03:45] ---
    Food! I said it's food!
[03:46] ---
    I think he's training his swordsmanship,
    that I do.
[03:50] ---
    BEEF HOT-POT AND SAKE
    AKABEKO RESTAURANT
[03:51] ---
    What the? We're at Akabeko.
[03:54] ---
    See? It really was food!
[03:57] ---
    Oro?
[03:59] ---
    Sneaking off to come here
    on a regular basis...
[04:02] ---
    Wait, huh?
[04:05] ---
    That's strange.
    I'm sure he came in here.
[04:08] ---
    Oh, Kaoru!
[04:10] ---
    Welcome! We have some open seats.
[04:13] ---
    Go ahead and sit down.
[04:15] ---
    Yeah, sorry to barge in.
[04:16] ---
    That's not it.
[04:18] ---
    Miss Tae, actually...
[04:22] ---
    Hey, boy!
[04:23] ---
    I don't have enough coal. Grab me a bag!
[04:27] ---
    Yeah!
[04:28] ---
    Tsubame, you go get a bag, too.
[04:30] ---
    It's getting crowded in there,
    so when you're done, go over as a server!
[04:34] ---
    O-Okay.
[04:36] ---
    I see.
[04:37] ---
    So working as a day laborer, that he is.
[04:39] ---
    Actually, he told me
    not to tell you about it.
[04:42] ---
    He came here and asked me to hire him,
    but kept it a secret from you.
[04:47] ---
    Why would he do such a thing?
[04:49] ---
    Maybe that's what he's after?
[04:51] ---
    "That"?
[04:53] ---
    Oh, Tsubame?
[04:55] ---
    It wouldn't be her.
[04:57] ---
    Tsubame started working for us
    after Yahiko did.
[05:01] ---
    What are you doing?
[05:03] ---
    I'm sorry, Little Yahiko.
[05:05] ---
    Stop saying I'm little!
[05:07] ---
    I'm sorry!
[05:11] ---
    Don't be so sobby and jittery.
[05:15] ---
    I hate people like that.
[05:18] ---
    Little Yah—
[05:19] ---
    Uh, Yahiko...
[05:21] ---
    Training my lower body
    is part of swordsmanship training.
[05:24] ---
    So just hurry up, and go serve people.
[05:29] ---
    Food, a girl, and swordsmanship training.
[05:33] ---
    We have all three here, at least.
[05:35] ---
    But none of them are his real objective,
    that they aren't.
[05:39] ---
    Does that mean he's just getting
    a bit of pocket cash?
[05:41] ---
    If that's the case,
[05:42] ---
    why is he telling people to stay quiet
    and hiding it from us?
[05:45] ---
    Hmm...
[05:46] ---
    Perhaps he is trying to help out
    with the Kamiya Dojo's budget?
[05:52] ---
    Never! He doesn't have
    that admirable a personality!
[05:55] ---
    Says you!
[05:57] ---
    You're eating on us without paying!
[05:58] ---
    Damn it! Our order's late!
[06:00] ---
    O-Okay, right away.
[06:02] ---
    Sorry for the wait. Your order—
[06:07] ---
    Hey.
[06:09] ---
    What's with that glum look on your face?
[06:12] ---
    Is that how you look at your master?
[06:17] ---
    Man, this is tough.
[06:19] ---
    This is tougher than Kaoru's training.
[06:22] ---
    But it's up to me
    to make enough to get that.
[06:25] ---
    I can't complain about it.
[06:28] ---
    Come to think of it,
    how much does that thing cost?
[06:31] ---
    Hmm?
[06:39] ---
    So, how was it?
[06:42] ---
    I'm asking you, how was it?
[06:46] ---
    Akabeko doesn't keep
    a large stash of cash.
[06:49] ---
    The owner carries all profits
    back home with him.
[06:52] ---
    Hmph. Just as I thought.
[06:56] ---
    Now give it to me.
[06:58] ---
    You made them
    just like I told you to, right?
[07:00] ---
    The clay molds for the keys
    to the owner's house and the warehouse!
[07:05] ---
    Y-You shouldn't be doing this, Lord Mikio!
[07:08] ---
    If you become a thief,
[07:09] ---
    you will tarnish the name of Nagaoka,
    former vassal of the Shogun...
[07:13] ---
    Damn you.
[07:14] ---
    When have you had enough authority
    to give me your opinions?
[07:18] ---
    You're nothing more
    than the daughter of a poor samurai
[07:21] ---
    who survived by serving under my family
    for the 300 years of Edo!
[07:25] ---
    And now that the revolution
    changed how samurais live,
[07:28] ---
    my family and yours are strangers?
[07:32] ---
    Meiji really is a crummy time to live in!
[07:35] ---
    No loyalty to people or nothin'!
[07:37] ---
    Clamor for equality for the four classes,
[07:39] ---
    and you can trample on 300 years
    of gratitude all you want!
[07:43] ---
    But... you really shouldn't steal.
[07:47] ---
    Oh, I get it. I won't ask
    perfect strangers for anything.
[07:52] ---
    I'll do what I want from now on.
[07:55] ---
    Without a key, I gotta kill to steal,
    but I have no choice.
[08:00] ---
    If there's a witness, I will tarnish
    my cherished name of Nagaoka.
[08:05] ---
    Guess I'll have to kill everyone,
    including that woman named Tae.
[08:13] ---
    Heh. That's how you should act.
[08:15] ---
    Are you an idiot?
[08:17] ---
    It's 10 years into Meiji already.
[08:20] ---
    Are you still trapped
    in such a master-servant relationship?
[08:22] ---
    Who is it?
[08:23] ---
    Hey, Sideburns down there!
[08:25] ---
    As a fellow samurai,
    I can't let you off the hook!
[08:29] ---
    Little Yahiko!
[08:31] ---
    I told you to cut the "little" stuff!
[08:37] ---
    Hey! Quit the stupid thoughts,
    like stealing!
[08:40] ---
    If you don't, Tokyo samurai Yahiko Myojin
    will take you on!
[08:45] ---
    You little brat!
[08:46] ---
    Don't be cheeky!
[08:48] ---
    Body!
[08:48] ---
    Damn you!
[08:51] ---
    I can do it!
    My swordsmanship works well enough!
[08:54] ---
    Why, you...
[08:55] ---
    Come at me!
[08:58] ---
    Hey, give me that.
[09:03] ---
    Now! Surround and pummel him!
[09:09] ---
    Oro?
[09:10] ---
    Why are you so carefree,
    posin' like you're just gonna watch?
[09:14] ---
    That's right! Yahiko is in trouble!
[09:17] ---
    Calm down, that you will.
[09:18] ---
    I can't stay calm!
[09:20] ---
    He is my precious first student!
[09:23] ---
    Hold on.
[09:25] ---
    Yahiko doesn't realize we are here.
[09:28] ---
    It's extremely unnatural for us
    to show ourselves here, that it is.
[09:31] ---
    But—
[09:32] ---
    One never gets any stronger
    if they are saved all the time.
[09:37] ---
    This is Yahiko's battle.
[09:40] ---
    It's one thing
    if Yahiko is seeking us for help.
[09:43] ---
    This isn't something we should
    be intruding upon, that it isn't.
[09:46] ---
    How they say lions send their cubs
    down into the abyss of a ravine? But...
[09:53] ---
    Stop!
[09:54] ---
    Stop them, Lord Mikio!
    He has nothing to do with it!
[09:59] ---
    I will give you the key molds!
[10:02] ---
    Hey! This is only a little taste
    before the big event.
[10:06] ---
    That's enough.
[10:08] ---
    Yes, sir!
[10:11] ---
    A-Are you okay?
[10:13] ---
    Damn it, if I could go one-on-one,
    those guys...
[10:17] ---
    Tsubame!
[10:19] ---
    Keep devoting yourself to me.
[10:22] ---
    See you, Little Yahiko.
[10:28] ---
    I'm sorry to get you
    roped into all of this.
[10:33] ---
    I'm sorry.
[10:38] ---
    It will take at least one day
    to make a precise key from a mold.
[10:43] ---
    They won't strike
    until at least tomorrow night.
[10:46] ---
    Little Yahiko!
[10:47] ---
    I don't care.
[10:49] ---
    If I'm still losing to thugs like that,
    I should be called "little."
[10:54] ---
    And I didn't get myself roped into this.
    I decided to meddle in it myself.
[10:59] ---
    So you don't have to worry
    about any of this.
[11:07] ---
    Little Yahiko...
[11:11] ---
    I can't talk to the cops.
[11:13] ---
    If I do, she'll become an accomplice.
[11:16] ---
    I can't rely on Kenshin or the others.
[11:19] ---
    More than anything else,
[11:20] ---
    I don't want to trouble them
    with the likes of those guys.
[11:25] ---
    This is my battle!
[11:30] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[11:33] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[11:33] ---
    NEXT MORNING
[11:37] ---
    I guess that about does it.
[11:40] ---
    What kind of toy is it?
[11:42] ---
    Idiot! This is an improvised training
    machine to fight multiple enemies at once!
[11:47] ---
    You're so silly.
[11:49] ---
    Things like that are useless.
[11:50] ---
    What did you say?
[11:51] ---
    It's obvious.
[11:53] ---
    Those boards only move in a certain way,
    but human swordsmanship doesn't.
[11:57] ---
    Coordination, waves, surrounding...
[11:59] ---
    all sorts of tactics
    will be used for complicated attacks.
[12:05] ---
    Even if you were to train
    just your reflexes,
[12:07] ---
    you can't do that in just a day.
[12:11] ---
    Call it a kid's shallow thinking.
[12:14] ---
    Shut up!
[12:18] ---
    Hey, Kenshin.
[12:19] ---
    Oro?
[12:20] ---
    You know anything
    about how to fight multiple guys alone?
[12:24] ---
    What's this all of a sudden, that is?
[12:28] ---
    I just kinda wanna know.
[12:33] ---
    I see.
[12:34] ---
    There is one thing
    I can think of, that I can.
[12:38] ---
    Really?
[12:39] ---
    Back in the Bakumatsu Era,
[12:40] ---
    Revolutionary warriors used this tactic
    when they were hopelessly outnumbered.
[12:45] ---
    First of all, you run away, that you do.
[12:47] ---
    Run away?
[12:48] ---
    Right.
[12:50] ---
    To be precise,
    you pretend to run away, that you do.
[12:54] ---
    Of course the enemy will come after you,
[12:56] ---
    but each man differs,
    so their speeds will be inconsistent.
[12:59] ---
    Naturally, they will catch up in turn,
    starting with the fastest runners.
[13:03] ---
    You rely on that fact to look back
    and slay one man, then run away again.
[13:08] ---
    If you keep doing that over and over,
    you can defeat all the enemies,
[13:11] ---
    or at the very least,
    you'll shake them off the trail
[13:13] ---
    and get to safety, that you will.
[13:15] ---
    I see!
[13:16] ---
    But to do that,
[13:17] ---
    you absolutely need the leg power
    from heavy training, that you do.
[13:21] ---
    I see.
[13:23] ---
    Basically, how can you bring the situation
    around so you can fight one-on-one.
[13:27] ---
    Try thinking about that aspect,
    that you should.
[13:30] ---
    A situation
    where I can fight one-on-one...
[13:34] ---
    Yahiko.
[13:36] ---
    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu is a life-giving sword.
[13:39] ---
    It is a sword to wield for the sake
    of others and a sword to protect people.
[13:43] ---
    You put two destinies, yours and that
    of the one you're trying to protect,
[13:47] ---
    on one sword.
[13:48] ---
    If you lose,
    not only is it the end for you,
[13:51] ---
    but also for the one
    you're trying to protect.
[13:53] ---
    Those that wield life-giving swords
    are not allowed defeat of any sort.
[13:58] ---
    Make sure to take that to heart.
[14:09] ---
    AKABEKO OWNER'S HOUSE
[14:13] ---
    All right, let's go!
[14:15] ---
    We really doin' this, Mr. Mikio?
[14:17] ---
    Huh? Why you cowering now after all this?
[14:21] ---
    I told you, merchants' money
    is all thanks to samurai to begin with.
[14:26] ---
    It's totally okay
    if we take a big chunk of that.
[14:30] ---
    And we aren't gonna fail.
[14:32] ---
    That's why we made this spare key
    to begin with—
[14:39] ---
    You're that kid from yesterday!
[14:41] ---
    Damn brat! Give that back!
[14:43] ---
    If you want it, come at me with force!
[14:45] ---
    You're better at that, aren't you?
[14:47] ---
    Damn it, wait!
[14:50] ---
    Little Yahiko.
[14:52] ---
    - Hold it!
    - Don't you run!
[14:55] ---
    Now you're cornered.
[14:56] ---
    Resign yourself!
[14:59] ---
    The destiny of the one
    I'm protecting is on my sword.
[15:03] ---
    Defeat is not allowed!
[15:06] ---
    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, Yahiko Myojin!
[15:08] ---
    I will fight you fair and square!
[15:11] ---
    You're a rat in a trap! Shut your—
[15:15] ---
    Why are you getting caught, you morons?
[15:17] ---
    Get at him, one at a time!
[15:19] ---
    Huh?
[15:25] ---
    I see.
[15:26] ---
    You pretended
    like you were cornered,
[15:28] ---
    but actually were luring us into a place
    where you can fight one-on-one.
[15:33] ---
    You got me.
[15:34] ---
    But that is your fatal error!
[15:36] ---
    He has nowhere to run!
[15:38] ---
    Slowly run him down!
[15:40] ---
    Don't go easy on him!
[15:42] ---
    They'll never catch on to us
    killing a guy or two if we bury 'em!
[15:50] ---
    What are you doing?
[15:51] ---
    Hurry up, and move it!
[16:02] ---
    That cross-shaped scar.
[16:03] ---
    That's probably the guy
    rumored to be super strong.
[16:06] ---
    The fighter for hire Zanza's here, too!
[16:08] ---
    Run for it!
    We're the ones that will be killed!
[16:11] ---
    Hey! Damn it,
    why are you guys chickening out?
[16:17] ---
    Well, I guess
    that about wraps it up for us.
[16:20] ---
    Guess so, that it does.
[16:22] ---
    But how did you know
    that I would come here, that you did?
[16:27] ---
    I left without telling anyone.
[16:29] ---
    I can tell. You said, "Yahiko's battle,"
[16:32] ---
    but his defeat would trouble
    that Tsubame girl and Akabeko.
[16:36] ---
    You're not one to leave him alone,
    knowing that.
[16:40] ---
    Besides, you're
    too ridiculously good-natured
[16:42] ---
    to actually go through with
    sending lion cubs down ravines.
[16:47] ---
    I wonder if you're complimenting me
    or insulting me.
[16:50] ---
    Well, in any case, from here on...
[16:53] ---
    Yeah. A true one-on-one, that it is.
[16:57] ---
    I didn't think that I
    would go against a brat like this
[17:00] ---
    to show the mastery
    of the Mikio Nagaoka-ryu!
[17:09] ---
    I can see it!
[17:12] ---
    Face!
[17:16] ---
    I can clearly see
    the sword path of a real sword!
[17:19] ---
    The results of daily training
    are really paying off.
[17:23] ---
    I hate to say it, but I feel grateful
    to Kaoru for all of this.
[17:28] ---
    Damn brat!
[17:32] ---
    It's dangerous for a girl
    to walk alone this late at night.
[17:38] ---
    I'm Kaoru Kamiya.
[17:39] ---
    I'm Yahiko's mentor in swordsmanship.
[17:42] ---
    You came here to stop that guy,
    didn't you?
[17:47] ---
    I'm sorry to say it, but, Tsubame,
    you won't be able to stop that man.
[17:52] ---
    You can leave Yahiko to take care of this.
[17:55] ---
    But in return,
    I'd like you to promise me one thing.
[17:57] ---
    Promise?
[17:59] ---
    If Yahiko wins, you need to feel
    more secure about yourself!
[18:04] ---
    Don't be trapped
    in a stupid old tradition.
[18:07] ---
    If something like this ever happens again,
    you need to clearly say no.
[18:11] ---
    Times have changed, and there is
    equality for the four classes.
[18:15] ---
    But if people's hearts don't change,
    all of that means absolutely nothing.
[18:20] ---
    Damn little brat!
[18:22] ---
    I've had enough!
[18:23] ---
    Mikio Nagaoka-ryu...
[18:25] ---
    Sure-kill Ukiashi Drop!
[18:32] ---
    Damn it, my right foot!
[18:35] ---
    Win!
[18:36] ---
    Please win, Yahiko!
[18:39] ---
    That's right.
[18:40] ---
    The destiny of those I protect
    is riding on my sword!
[18:50] ---
    - Wha—
    - Oh!
[18:52] ---
    I'm gonna win!
[19:01] ---
    So...
[19:02] ---
    what the hell are you doing here, Kaoru?
[19:06] ---
    Huh?
[19:07] ---
    Oh, um...
[19:09] ---
    That, and... you two up on the rooftop!
[19:17] ---
    There are no cicadas in springtime!
[19:19] ---
    Sheesh. You guys are such busybodies.
[19:24] ---
    I'll walk Tsubame home,
    so you guys can head back without me.
[19:28] ---
    All right. Be careful, that you should.
[19:30] ---
    Thank you so very much, Yahiko.
[19:33] ---
    No need to thank me.
[19:35] ---
    I just hate seeing people
    so sobby and jittery.
[19:40] ---
    Yup. So I won't be sobby
    or jittery anymore.
[19:48] ---
    Then I'll see you again
    tomorrow at Akabeko.
[19:52] ---
    And that settles everything.
[19:55] ---
    No, not yet.
[19:57] ---
    We still haven't heard the reason
    why this guy is working!
[20:01] ---
    After all we've been through,
    try telling us it's a secret!
[20:04] ---
    When that happens...
[20:06] ---
    All right. I'll say it, okay?
[20:09] ---
    It was so that I can buy a sakabato.
[20:11] ---
    Someday, when I'm as strong as Kenshin,
    I want to have one myself.
[20:15] ---
    So I'm just starting
    to save up funds for it now.
[20:21] ---
    Y-Yahiko, with a s-sakabato?
[20:24] ---
    Don't laugh about it, bird head!
[20:26] ---
    This is exactly why I kept it a secret!
[20:28] ---
    Listen up! Don't tell Kaoru, okay?
[20:30] ---
    - I'm sure she'd laugh about it, too!
    - Sakabato!
[20:33] ---
    - All right, you better not say it!
    - But I already heard it.
[20:38] ---
    Kenshin.
[20:40] ---
    Yahiko.
[20:42] ---
    It costs quite a bit, that it does.
[20:45] ---
    It does?
[20:46] ---
    It does, that it does.
[20:48] ---
    So it does.
[22:37] ---
    Okay!
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    THAT MAN - RAIJUTA
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "That Man - Raijuta."

E15 - That Man - Raijuta

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[00:01] ---
    Oof.
[00:07] ---
    The cotton wrap...
[00:09] ---
    might be a bit loose.
[00:11] ---
    Come on, what are you
    takin' your sweet little time—
[00:16] ---
    Oro?
[01:49] ---
    EPISODE 15:
    THAT MAN - RAIJUTA
[01:55] ---
    You really show no mercy as always,
    that you don't.
[01:57] ---
    What do you mean, "as always"?
[02:00] ---
    Are you heading out for training,
    that you are?
[02:02] ---
    Yeah, to the Maekawa Dojo
    that I always go to.
[02:05] ---
    That's right! Why don't you
    come with me today, Kenshin?
[02:08] ---
    Mr. Maekawa, their master, has been
    saying he would love to meet you once.
[02:12] ---
    No, I will pass for now, that I will.
[02:16] ---
    I have to chop some wood and draw a bath.
[02:18] ---
    I see. Then can I ask you to go shopping?
[02:21] ---
    We need miso, salt, rice, and soy sauce.
[02:23] ---
    Oh, and vinegar, too.
[02:25] ---
    I will go with you after all, that I will.
[02:28] ---
    That's the spirit!
[02:29] ---
    Then let's head over with some vigor!
[02:34] ---
    Sir!
[02:35] ---
    It took longer than expected,
    but I got the gist of it.
[02:39] ---
    The most popular around here
    is the Chuetsu-ryu Maekawa Dojo.
[02:44] ---
    Its master, Kunai Maekawa, is likely
    the most skilled in this area.
[02:49] ---
    Hmph.
[02:50] ---
    That, and the rurouni
    that has recently started living
[02:52] ---
    in the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu Dojo
    has rumors that he is ridiculously strong,
[02:56] ---
    but he's just a rurouni,
    so he's likely nothing much.
[03:00] ---
    All right. Follow me.
[03:02] ---
    Yes, sir!
[03:04] ---
    CHUETSU-RYU
    MAEKAWA DOJO
[03:08] ---
    Face!
[03:13] ---
    Hello!
[03:14] ---
    Oh!
[03:15] ---
    Oho!
[03:16] ---
    Hello, Miss Kaoru!
[03:18] ---
    Hello.
[03:19] ---
    We've been waiting for you.
[03:20] ---
    Don't worry about me.
    Please continue your training.
[03:24] ---
    It's just like Kaoru says.
[03:26] ---
    Don't let this interrupt your training.
[03:28] ---
    Mr. Maekawa!
[03:30] ---
    I see. So you must be Kenshin
    that Kaoru often talks about.
[03:36] ---
    Is that the rurouni
    rumored to be really strong?
[03:39] ---
    Kenshin Himura.
[03:41] ---
    The man Mr. Maekawa mentioned
[03:42] ---
    he definitely wanted
    to challenge at some point.
[03:45] ---
    If they do,
    it will be a really tough challenge.
[03:48] ---
    The loser will not come out unscathed.
[03:51] ---
    Mr. Maekawa never once mentioned
    that to me.
[04:05] ---
    Huh?
[04:06] ---
    Thank you for coming.
[04:07] ---
    Please, if you
    could train everyone here...
[04:09] ---
    No, I just came as an escort
    for Miss Kaoru, that I did.
[04:12] ---
    So I see. Then you should lounge
    in the guest seat.
[04:17] ---
    Thank you so much.
[04:22] ---
    Sir...
[04:24] ---
    I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I felt
    you'd never bring him if I told you.
[04:28] ---
    Don't worry.
    I don't want to fight him anymore.
[04:32] ---
    No, to be precise,
    I have lost even before fighting.
[04:37] ---
    So I see. A young man with good eyes.
[04:42] ---
    SIMPLE, STRONG SWORD
[04:45] ---
    Come on! Don't panic
    each time someone gets really close!
[04:48] ---
    Don't back away. You have to squarely
    look at your opponent's eyes first!
[04:51] ---
    Got that?
[04:52] ---
    Thank you very much.
[04:54] ---
    Okay, next!
[04:56] ---
    How is it, looking at our dojo?
[05:00] ---
    Looks good, that it does.
[05:02] ---
    You have a lot of students
    and a lot of energy.
[05:05] ---
    Oh, I usually don't get
    even one third of this.
[05:09] ---
    The rumored swordsmanship sweetheart
    comes to help train.
[05:12] ---
    That seems to be charming entertainment
    for the young ones.
[05:16] ---
    I'd say ten or less of them
    take swordsmanship seriously.
[05:21] ---
    Sorry to say, this is
    what has become of the great dojo
[05:24] ---
    said and proven to be best in town
    back in the Edo period.
[05:29] ---
    That said,
    the most pathetic part is myself,
[05:32] ---
    using the reminder of my sword-mate
    Koshijiro Kamiya to attract students.
[05:39] ---
    No need to belittle yourself that much,
    that is.
[05:42] ---
    It helps the Kamiya Dojo
    as well in many ways
[05:45] ---
    with the lessons over here, that it does.
[05:48] ---
    It's give-and-take, that it is.
[05:53] ---
    However, what will become
    of swordsmanship in the future?
[05:58] ---
    With the Meiji Revolution
    and enlightenment,
[06:00] ---
    swordsmanship suddenly
    went out of fashion.
[06:02] ---
    It definitely is heading down the path
    of weakening and extinction.
[06:06] ---
    Having someone challenge the dojo
    virtually every day in the past
[06:09] ---
    is so hard to believe.
[06:14] ---
    H-Hey! Don't come into the sacred dojo
    with your shoes on!
[06:17] ---
    Take those zori sandals off!
[06:19] ---
    Get him!
[06:23] ---
    Damn you!
[06:33] ---
    I take it you are Kunai Maekawa,
    founder of the Chuetsu-ryu.
[06:38] ---
    I would like to challenge you.
[06:43] ---
    I am Raijuta Isurugi!
[06:46] ---
    I am truly concerned
    about the future of swordsmanship!
[06:53] ---
    Cloudy eyes
    that I cannot see deeply into...
[06:56] ---
    but he is strong!
[06:58] ---
    I would like to challenge you!
[07:00] ---
    G-Go away! This dojo currently
    doesn't spar with other styles—
[07:03] ---
    Hold it!
[07:04] ---
    Raijuta, was it?
[07:07] ---
    Fine, I will accept your challenge.
[07:09] ---
    Following usual rules,
    we will do a best of three.
[07:12] ---
    The first to take two points
    will be the winner.
[07:15] ---
    Is that all right?
[07:17] ---
    Mr. Maekawa.
[07:18] ---
    I understand. This is no ordinary man.
[07:21] ---
    That is why I am compelled to fight.
[07:25] ---
    Though I have aged,
[07:26] ---
    the name of Kunai Maekawa was
    once included in Edo's best dozen.
[07:30] ---
    I will not go down that easily.
[07:33] ---
    A bamboo sword, huh.
[07:36] ---
    This is out of the question.
[07:38] ---
    What?
[07:39] ---
    Sir!
[07:40] ---
    You're late, Yutaro.
[07:43] ---
    There's nothing I could do.
[07:44] ---
    Between you and me, the lengths
    of our strides are way too different.
[07:48] ---
    I ran here as fast as I could, you know.
[07:51] ---
    Anyways, the challenge,
    real sword or wooden, which is it?
[07:54] ---
    Bamboo.
[07:56] ---
    Huh?
[07:56] ---
    Bamboo? A bamboo sword?
[07:59] ---
    A challenge with such a toy?
[08:02] ---
    So this was another dojo
    that was a dojo in name only.
[08:05] ---
    Shut up!
[08:07] ---
    What are you doing, kiddo?
[08:09] ---
    No, you're the kiddo!
[08:11] ---
    You are, too.
[08:12] ---
    I'm the top student
    of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, Yahiko Myojin!
[08:15] ---
    You better remember that!
[08:17] ---
    The top student of Sir Raijuta,
    Yutaro Tsukayama!
[08:20] ---
    That kick will cost you dearly!
[08:23] ---
    Shut up.
[08:25] ---
    Hah!
[08:27] ---
    Unfortunately,
    I have no such things as bamboo swords.
[08:31] ---
    I will borrow one.
[08:34] ---
    It will be difficult for Mr. Maekawa
    in his current state to win.
[08:37] ---
    It will likely end up at one win each,
    and Raijuta will win the final point.
[08:44] ---
    Then, to keep it fair, Kaoru Kamiya
    will be the judge, as incompetent as I am,
[08:48] ---
    as I am of a differing style.
[08:51] ---
    Come. I will show you whether or not
    this is out of the question.
[08:56] ---
    First match!
[08:59] ---
    Wh-What fighting spirit.
[09:03] ---
    You don't need to show me. I already know.
[09:07] ---
    With a best-of-three match
    with bamboo swords,
[09:09] ---
    you are already out of the question!
[09:12] ---
    Oh, no!
[09:20] ---
    I couldn't see him jumping in at all.
[09:23] ---
    What speed, despite his giant frame.
[09:26] ---
    Did that Face not count?
[09:28] ---
    F-Face is valid! One point!
[09:31] ---
    Amazing.
[09:33] ---
    He missed, but that first swing down
    was an amazing attack.
[09:38] ---
    He didn't miss with that one.
[09:40] ---
    For a blow to the head,
    what you call Face,
[09:43] ---
    the blade sometimes slips
    from the curve of the skull.
[09:47] ---
    So if you want to get a kill
    by swinging down,
[09:49] ---
    you always aim for the collar.
[09:51] ---
    A fundamental aspect
    of ancient sword arts.
[09:54] ---
    This isn't good!
[09:55] ---
    You have a fractured shoulder bone!
[09:57] ---
    - You need to hurry to a doctor!
    - Wait!
[09:59] ---
    The match isn't over yet!
[10:04] ---
    Th-The second match.
[10:11] ---
    Second match!
[10:14] ---
    So pitiful!
[10:15] ---
    You are already dead
    from the first attack!
[10:19] ---
    One point! Match over!
[10:21] ---
    That's enough!
[10:23] ---
    You fool who cannot even see
    your own defeat...
[10:28] ---
    Hold it!
[10:29] ---
    What the...
[10:38] ---
    The match was already over
    when you were the first to two points.
[10:42] ---
    Are you trying to kill, that you are?
[10:44] ---
    Indeed so.
[10:47] ---
    In the first place,
    every man only has one life.
[10:50] ---
    And thus, every match only has one point.
[10:54] ---
    Either you take or be taken.
[10:57] ---
    Since the Edo period,
    swordsmanship indeed flourished
[10:59] ---
    with the invention of the bamboo sword.
[11:02] ---
    However, because of that,
[11:03] ---
    the divine strengths seen
    in ancient sword arts have been lost,
[11:07] ---
    and swordsmanship gets only weaker!
[11:09] ---
    These are times to lament!
[11:11] ---
    Fools who are rejoicing
    at bamboo swordsmanship
[11:14] ---
    have no right to be wielding a sword!
[11:20] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[11:23] ---
    You don't belong to this dojo, do you?
[11:27] ---
    For now, I am under the care
    of Kamiya Dojo, that I am.
[11:31] ---
    I see. So you're the skillful rurouni.
[11:35] ---
    Perfect timing.
[11:36] ---
    I challenge you to a match as well...
[11:38] ---
    with real blades.
[11:42] ---
    I do not intend on wielding a sword
    for a trial of strength
[11:45] ---
    or to show off to others, that I don't.
[11:47] ---
    So I see.
[11:49] ---
    Yutaro.
[11:50] ---
    Yes?
[11:51] ---
    Take the dojo's sign down, and burn it.
[11:54] ---
    I was victorious
    over the master of this dojo.
[11:57] ---
    I can do whatever I wish to the sign.
[12:00] ---
    If you are dissatisfied, bring it on.
[12:03] ---
    I will take all of you on together.
[12:06] ---
    I know! Why don't we burn it
    out on the main street?
[12:09] ---
    That will be a flashier showing—
[12:10] ---
    That's enough.
[12:13] ---
    Let me go.
[12:14] ---
    You want to be killed?
[12:18] ---
    What's wrong?
[12:20] ---
    You're okay with me burning the sign?
[12:23] ---
    Hmph. Each and every one of you
    is out of the question.
[12:27] ---
    Fine.
[12:28] ---
    I will take you on!
[12:29] ---
    Miss Kaoru!
[12:31] ---
    I don't go easy on women or children.
[12:35] ---
    All right.
[12:37] ---
    I will take you on.
[12:39] ---
    But this is nothing more
    than sparring in a dojo.
[12:42] ---
    I refuse to use real blades.
[12:44] ---
    I'm not satisfied, but fine.
[12:46] ---
    Wooden sword, it is. First to one point.
[12:54] ---
    Is it okay?
[12:55] ---
    Yes, barely.
[12:57] ---
    Be careful.
[12:58] ---
    There's something about that man.
[13:01] ---
    I'm aware, that I am.
[13:03] ---
    Let's begin.
[13:06] ---
    A judge?
[13:08] ---
    No need.
[13:14] ---
    We finally get to see
    just how strong that rurouni is.
[13:16] ---
    Yeah, but is he really that strong?
[13:28] ---
    That guy named Raijuta,
    what speed and power when he swings down!
[13:31] ---
    And to easily dodge that,
[13:33] ---
    the rurouni is definitely
    all that our master saw in him!
[13:36] ---
    The attack and defense from both ends
    are amazing, but, Kenshin...
[13:40] ---
    why aren't you swinging back?
[13:42] ---
    It can't be...
[13:44] ---
    I see.
[13:45] ---
    If you manage to make it a draw,
    I cannot do anything to the sign.
[13:52] ---
    Then, what about this?
[13:55] ---
    He's fast!
[13:59] ---
    What is this?
[14:07] ---
    You, what's your name?
[14:09] ---
    Kenshin Himura.
[14:11] ---
    I'll remember that.
[14:14] ---
    We're heading back.
[14:15] ---
    Huh?
[14:16] ---
    Oh, okay!
[14:18] ---
    I don't really get it,
    but my master has the upper hand.
[14:21] ---
    Don't underestimate Kenshin.
[14:23] ---
    He hasn't even shown
    half of his real strength yet.
[14:27] ---
    Looks like I'll have to settle the score
    with you at some point.
[14:33] ---
    I'll beat you up,
    so you just wait and see!
[14:38] ---
    Sheesh.
[14:39] ---
    He's a damn cheeky brat.
[14:42] ---
    What was that about
    not even half of his real strength?
[14:46] ---
    He's such a bad loser.
[14:48] ---
    Kenshin... Himura.
[14:50] ---
    Sir?
[14:53] ---
    My Secret Sword: Izuna
    has never been dodged before.
[14:58] ---
    That man is likely a fellow user
    of an ancient sword art
[15:00] ---
    and quite a skilled user at that.
[15:03] ---
    Kenshin Himura.
    I have no complaints about his strength!
[15:08] ---
    Amazing. What the heck is this?
[15:10] ---
    It's as if a real blade
    was slammed down here.
[15:16] ---
    This isn't just a real blade.
[15:19] ---
    Something even sharper
    has done the slicing.
[15:23] ---
    This isn't a technique
    used by an ordinary dojo challenger.
[15:27] ---
    Raijuta Isurugi,
    what in the world are you, that you are?
[15:32] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[15:33] ---
    I see.
[15:35] ---
    Someone that fun
    showed up on a day I didn't drop by?
[15:39] ---
    Not fun!
[15:40] ---
    Because of that guy, Maekawa Dojo
    is closing down for a while!
[15:46] ---
    Hmm.
[15:47] ---
    The match itself was done properly, right?
[15:50] ---
    And it was just a one-sided battle.
[15:52] ---
    But—
[15:53] ---
    If you're in charge of a style and a dojo,
[15:55] ---
    "The opponent was too strong"
    won't be a valid excuse.
[15:59] ---
    Right, Kenshin?
[16:01] ---
    That is indeed true, that it is.
[16:04] ---
    But in any case...
[16:05] ---
    what is someone who doesn't care
    at all for bamboo swordsmanship
[16:10] ---
    and focused on actual battles
    doing by challenging dojos?
[16:14] ---
    Excuse me.
[16:15] ---
    Does Mr. Kenshin Himura reside here?
[16:19] ---
    I am Himura, that I am.
[16:23] ---
    INVITATION
[16:24] ---
    I was entrusted with this.
[16:29] ---
    RAIJUTA ISURUGI
[16:30] ---
    What is this? What does this mean?
[16:31] ---
    INVITATION
[16:32] ---
    Doesn't it mean a challenge for a duel?
[16:35] ---
    Well, I am nothing more than a butler.
[16:38] ---
    Anyway, please board the carriage
    waiting outside. Now, go on.
[16:45] ---
    Please, this way.
[16:47] ---
    The main mansion is past the garden.
[16:52] ---
    You must be Mr. Himura.
[16:54] ---
    Nice to meet you.
[16:55] ---
    I am the master of this house.
[16:57] ---
    My name is Yuzaemon Tsukayama.
[17:00] ---
    Tsukayama?
[17:02] ---
    Can you possibly be that damn brat's dad?
[17:04] ---
    Damn brat? How rude!
[17:06] ---
    Sir Raijuta only called for Himura!
[17:09] ---
    Why are you here?
[17:10] ---
    Stop that, Yutaro!
[17:12] ---
    They are companions
    of the master's guests.
[17:14] ---
    I will not allow you to be disrespectful!
[17:16] ---
    Hmph!
[17:17] ---
    I am terribly sorry for the disrespect
    my son has shown you.
[17:21] ---
    It's nothing.
[17:22] ---
    The master is at the lakeside.
[17:25] ---
    I will guide you there.
[17:27] ---
    Now, this way.
[17:31] ---
    Yutaro, you should entertain
    all the companions.
[17:38] ---
    Guess I got no choice.
[17:39] ---
    I can at least serve some pickles
    made with sake lees and second-flush tea.
[17:42] ---
    Oh? That's quite a serving there.
[17:45] ---
    But sorry to tell you.
    We're gonna have to pass.
[17:50] ---
    Huh?
[17:52] ---
    I am involved in the export of swords.
[17:55] ---
    In Europe, Japanese swords
    are treated as pieces of art
[17:59] ---
    and have high selling prices.
[18:01] ---
    That's why I was attacked by bandits
    about three months ago, carriage and all.
[18:06] ---
    Our master passed by just then
    and saved me.
[18:09] ---
    Yutaro has completely
    come to admire his strength
[18:12] ---
    and wishes to train under him.
[18:15] ---
    That's why he has been here at our place
    as a swordsmanship instructor.
[18:21] ---
    Sir.
[18:24] ---
    Now, take your time.
[18:31] ---
    Hmph. So that's Raijuta?
[18:34] ---
    That aside, are we okay
    doing that kind of stuff?
[18:37] ---
    I don't care about guys like him.
[18:43] ---
    What do you want from me, that you do?
[18:46] ---
    How do you think
    swordsmanship should be today?
[18:49] ---
    Don't you think it is spineless?
[18:52] ---
    Don't you feel it is scant
    and too delicate?
[18:55] ---
    The weak are always culled.
[18:59] ---
    That is the law of nature.
[19:04] ---
    My style is Shinko-ryu.
[19:06] ---
    I seek to fulfill the great deed of
    restoring swordsmanship in its name.
[19:11] ---
    Why is someone with such grandiose plans
    challenging dojos?
[19:15] ---
    My desire is the eradication
    of the over 500 swordsmanship styles.
[19:22] ---
    It's not restoration?
[19:24] ---
    It is restoration.
[19:25] ---
    But before that, it is essential
    to remove all the incompetent ones.
[19:30] ---
    I will first crush
    all of the bamboo swordsmanship,
[19:33] ---
    the root of the weakening
    of today's swordsmanship!
[19:38] ---
    And afterwards, my Shinko-ryu will be
[19:41] ---
    the one and only authentic swordsmanship
    style as I begin the restoration.
[19:45] ---
    I aim to have
    an invincible swordsmanship style
[19:47] ---
    that holds its own
    against Western heavy weapons.
[19:50] ---
    What is he...
[19:51] ---
    I see.
[19:53] ---
    By allowing only a select few
    to inherit swordsmanship skills,
[19:55] ---
    he'll preserve the purity of its strength.
[19:58] ---
    You are a man capable
    of dodging Secret Sword: Izuna.
[20:03] ---
    Lend a hand to this grand ambition.
[20:06] ---
    Ancient sword arts
    are all murderous swords,
[20:08] ---
    focused on actual battles.
[20:10] ---
    Are you saying that
    being aware of this, that you are?
[20:13] ---
    Of course. The current mainstream
    of bamboo swordsmanship is the fake one.
[20:19] ---
    So I see.
[20:21] ---
    In that case, you and I don't get along
    with each other, that we don't.
[20:27] ---
    You think nothing of it,
    even if swordsmanship
[20:29] ---
    will fall to ruin
    unless something is done?
[20:32] ---
    I am a swordsman myself,
    even if not much of one.
[20:35] ---
    I do have feelings
    of lamenting the future of swordsmanship.
[20:38] ---
    However, if the future is one
    where murderous swords thrive,
[20:42] ---
    I would gladly decline.
[20:44] ---
    I will not deny that the basic nature
    of swordsmanship is murder.
[20:48] ---
    However, if it means oppressing others
    and trying to crush life-giving swords...
[20:53] ---
    I will use all of my strength to stop you.
[20:58] ---
    I see.
[21:00] ---
    So you are not in agreement
    to my grand plan.
[21:07] ---
    Then, as of this moment, you are an enemy!
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    THE IDEAL MAN
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "The Ideal Man."

E16 - The Ideal Man

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[00:05] ---
    I take it you are Kunai Maekawa,
    founder of the Chuetsu-ryu.
[00:10] ---
    I would like to challenge you.
[00:15] ---
    I am Raijuta Isurugi!
[00:17] ---
    I am truly concerned
    about the future of swordsmanship!
[00:25] ---
    Cloudy eyes
    that I cannot see deeply into...
[00:28] ---
    but he is strong!
[00:36] ---
    What do you want from me, that you do?
[00:39] ---
    How do you think
    swordsmanship should be today?
[00:42] ---
    Don't you think it is spineless?
[00:45] ---
    Don't you feel it is scant
    and too delicate?
[00:48] ---
    My style is Shinko-ryu.
[00:50] ---
    I seek to fulfill the great deed of
    restoring swordsmanship in its name.
[00:55] ---
    My desire is the eradication
    of the over 500 swordsmanship styles.
[01:02] ---
    So I see.
[01:04] ---
    In that case, you and I don't get along
    with each other, that we don't.
[01:09] ---
    You think nothing of it,
    even if swordsmanship
[01:12] ---
    will fall to ruin
    unless something is done?
[01:15] ---
    I am a swordsman myself,
    even if not much of one.
[01:18] ---
    I do have feelings
    of lamenting the future of swordsmanship.
[01:21] ---
    However, if the future is one
    where murderous swords thrive,
[01:25] ---
    I would gladly decline.
[01:29] ---
    I see.
[01:30] ---
    So you are not in agreement
    to my grand plan.
[01:35] ---
    Then, as of this moment, you are an enemy!
[03:17] ---
    EPISODE 16: THE IDEAL MAN
[03:32] ---
    This is the same technique you used
    to break the floor at Maekawa Dojo.
[03:37] ---
    Secret Sword: Matoi-Izuna!
[03:39] ---
    This is a technique I revived
    from a book of ancient sword art secrets!
[03:45] ---
    Amazing! As I expected of you, sir!
[03:48] ---
    You cannot win against me
    by simply running away!
[03:57] ---
    A reverse-blade sword...
[04:00] ---
    As this sword shows, I have forbidden
    myself from murderous swords.
[04:08] ---
    Now that I have deemed you an enemy,
    I will make sure to crush you.
[04:21] ---
    For now, things have settled down.
[04:25] ---
    Let's go home.
[04:30] ---
    - Oh.
    - Oh.
[04:31] ---
    I won't ever forgive you guys!
[04:34] ---
    Yeah, I get it. We're sorry,
    so don't get so pissed, kiddo.
[04:38] ---
    Don't pat me like that!
[04:40] ---
    You gagged him and tied him to a tree?
[04:43] ---
    Sanosuke did it.
[04:45] ---
    You hear that? I'll make sure
    to cut you with my secret technique!
[04:49] ---
    Shut up, already!
[04:51] ---
    What?
[04:53] ---
    If you got the energy to whine like that,
[04:55] ---
    don't just follow that big lug around,
    and come to the dojo alone!
[04:59] ---
    If you do, I'll take you on!
[05:02] ---
    But with a bamboo sword!
[05:14] ---
    I came here like I promised!
[05:17] ---
    You know... what time do you think it is?
[05:20] ---
    You never set a time!
[05:22] ---
    Now challenge me!
[05:27] ---
    I'll settle the score with you!
[05:29] ---
    Brace yourself!
[05:31] ---
    Hey, Kaoru, can you be the ref?
[05:35] ---
    Then, first match.
[05:37] ---
    You got no spirit at all!
[05:38] ---
    I can't take on a challenge like that!
[05:40] ---
    Don't yell into my ear!
[05:42] ---
    You awake yet, ugly hag?
[05:44] ---
    I am! And did you
    just call me ugly hag again?
[05:45] ---
    Challenge me!
[05:46] ---
    Listen up!
[05:46] ---
    - But you are an ugly hag!
    - Huh?
[05:48] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN-RYU
[05:49] ---
    First match!
[05:51] ---
    All right, bring it on!
[05:53] ---
    Oh?
[05:55] ---
    Oro?
[05:57] ---
    Aren't you holding the bamboo sword weird?
[06:01] ---
    Your right hand
    should be above the left hand...
[06:05] ---
    and the left hand
    should be gripping the end of the hilt.
[06:08] ---
    I-I only train on real swords!
[06:13] ---
    That's why I don't know
    how to hold a bamboo sword—
[06:15] ---
    How you hold a real sword is no different
    from a bamboo one, that it isn't.
[06:21] ---
    Is it possible that you've never
    actually done any swordsmanship?
[06:27] ---
    I see. That's why you came
    right when I woke up to get an easy win.
[06:33] ---
    There's no contest.
[06:37] ---
    Raijuta won't train with you?
[06:40] ---
    He can't help it.
    He's busy trying to raise Shinko-ryu.
[06:46] ---
    He always says Shinko-ryu is a big thing
    for Japanese swordsmanship.
[06:52] ---
    So I can't be selfish and get in his way.
[07:01] ---
    There's nothing you can do, I guess.
[07:02] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN-RYU
[07:03] ---
    All right. Since you came all
    the way here, I'll teach you for today.
[07:07] ---
    Huh?
[07:09] ---
    All right, first off,
    how to hold a bamboo sword.
[07:12] ---
    You hook your left pinkie halfway
    down the end of the hilt like this.
[07:18] ---
    Why are you turning all red?
[07:19] ---
    Sh-Shut up!
[07:21] ---
    Yahiko, stop jeering!
[07:23] ---
    Hmph!
[07:26] ---
    Face! Face! Face! Face!
[07:30] ---
    Face!
[07:31] ---
    That's right! That's the spirit!
[07:33] ---
    You're good, Yutaro.
[07:35] ---
    Really?
[07:36] ---
    Yes, really. You have potential.
[07:39] ---
    I'm so happy!
[07:41] ---
    A short break. Since nobody
    has eaten anything this morning,
[07:45] ---
    I made some rice balls, that I did.
[07:48] ---
    Here, Yahiko.
[07:49] ---
    Yeah.
[07:51] ---
    Damn Kaoru. She's getting on his side.
[07:57] ---
    Here, Miss Kaoru.
[07:59] ---
    Thanks.
[08:02] ---
    Yahiko is pouting, that he is.
[08:04] ---
    Huh?
[08:07] ---
    Sheesh, he's such a kid.
[08:10] ---
    Yahiko!
[08:11] ---
    What is it, ugly hag?
[08:12] ---
    What?
[08:15] ---
    Here you go, Mr. Yutaro.
[08:18] ---
    I don't want any.
[08:20] ---
    Sir said you were his enemy.
[08:23] ---
    I won't accept any handouts from enemies.
[08:26] ---
    Don't be so stubborn, that you shouldn't.
[08:28] ---
    See, the old general,
    Kenshin Uesugi, in the Sengoku Era
[08:32] ---
    was said to have given salt
    to the enemy general.
[08:44] ---
    There we go.
[08:45] ---
    Oh, don't sit next to me without asking!
[08:49] ---
    How is it?
    Is bamboo swordsmanship fun, that is?
[08:53] ---
    It's only play to begin with.
    Any play is sure to be fun.
[09:00] ---
    But I can't become stronger
    from just play.
[09:02] ---
    Oro?
[09:04] ---
    I want to become an invincible swordsman
    like my mentor and put my father to shame.
[09:11] ---
    Put your father to shame, that is?
[09:14] ---
    Yes.
[09:16] ---
    He ditched the pride of being a samurai
    to become a merchant.
[09:19] ---
    He's always got a fake smile,
    bowing down left and right.
[09:22] ---
    Not only that, but he's working hard
    on his business selling katanas,
[09:25] ---
    the soul of samurais, overseas.
[09:29] ---
    I want to pound into him how a true
    samurai lives with nothing but his sword.
[09:36] ---
    He's just like Yahiko in having pride
    of being a descendant of a samurai.
[09:41] ---
    However, the wish to become stronger
    comes from a completely opposite place.
[09:48] ---
    Yutaro. If you don't mind, would you
    like to train with us for a while?
[09:53] ---
    What?
[09:55] ---
    Let's put aside feelings of putting people
    to shame or pounding into people.
[09:59] ---
    You have to face your feelings
    of wanting to learn swordsmanship first.
[10:04] ---
    If you keep competing with Yahiko,
    I'm sure you will become strong.
[10:08] ---
    I see. That might be a good idea,
    that it may.
[10:11] ---
    Kenshin, Kaoru!
    What are both of you thinking?
[10:14] ---
    He's Raijuta's apprentice!
[10:17] ---
    Heh. I get it.
[10:18] ---
    Huh?
[10:20] ---
    You must be afraid
    of me getting stronger than you!
[10:24] ---
    Idiot! That's totally not the case!
[10:26] ---
    There's no way I'd lose against you!
[10:28] ---
    I hit the mark!
[10:31] ---
    You will start attending Kamiya Dojo?
[10:34] ---
    I beg of you!
[10:41] ---
    Well, that's fine.
[10:43] ---
    Oh? Thank you very much!
[10:46] ---
    They do say, "If you know the enemy
    and know yourself,
[10:48] ---
    you need not fear the result
    of a hundred battles."
[10:50] ---
    That's Sun Tzu's strategy!
[10:53] ---
    Go get some experience learning the enemy.
[10:55] ---
    Yes! Thank you very much!
[10:58] ---
    I have received
    my first teaching from him!
[11:01] ---
    He has high hopes of me!
[11:09] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[11:14] ---
    So that boy's been coming
    to the dojo every day ever since?
[11:18] ---
    He's pretty passionate.
[11:20] ---
    Yeah. He has opened up to Yahiko, too,
    that he has.
[11:24] ---
    Who you callin' a short monkey, cat eyes!
[11:27] ---
    In the first place, you were saying
[11:28] ---
    you weren't gonna train
    in bamboo swordsmanship!
[11:30] ---
    Bamboo swordsmanship is just for play!
[11:33] ---
    I am here as a scout for my mentor's
    upcoming battle with Kenshin Himura!
[11:38] ---
    Scouting? He usually only
    helps out with the chores.
[11:43] ---
    Right. That surprised me, too,
[11:46] ---
    such a master of the arts
    helping out with chores.
[11:48] ---
    Then stop coming here!
[11:50] ---
    Hmph! I don't recall
    ever letting you boss me around!
[11:53] ---
    Opened up, you say.
[11:56] ---
    Okay, okay! Enough arguing!
[12:00] ---
    - Yahiko.
    - Huh?
[12:01] ---
    Yuta is going to train the Jump-in Face
    today, so can you be the target?
[12:06] ---
    Why me?
[12:08] ---
    I'm too tall compared to him,
    so it won't be good training.
[12:11] ---
    Stop your grumbling, and put your mask on.
    This is an order from the acting master!
[12:17] ---
    Damn it!
[12:19] ---
    Hurry on over.
[12:21] ---
    I'll take on your weak-ass sword,
    so be grateful.
[12:26] ---
    Face!
[12:28] ---
    Oh...
[12:29] ---
    How is it?
[12:30] ---
    This is surprising.
[12:33] ---
    He may have more swordsmanship potential
    than I had thought.
[12:38] ---
    Face!
[12:40] ---
    He was a total amateur that didn't
    even know how to hold a bamboo sword.
[12:45] ---
    I didn't think he'd improve this much
    in such a short time.
[12:47] ---
    Face!
[12:49] ---
    He's not all talk!
[12:52] ---
    Face!
[12:54] ---
    But...
[12:55] ---
    It really does piss me off if you
    just keep pounding me for no reason!
[12:58] ---
    What was that? I'll take you on!
[13:01] ---
    - I'll make an attack, too!
    - Bring it!
[13:01] ---
    That's enough!
[13:05] ---
    Ororo.
[13:07] ---
    BEEF HOT-POT AND SAKE
    AKABEKO RESTAURANT
[13:11] ---
    Meals are really tasty after you exercise!
[13:15] ---
    Hey, server over there,
    I'd like another helping!
[13:19] ---
    There's no rice here for you to eat!
[13:21] ---
    What was that? I'm a customer!
[13:24] ---
    Like I'd know!
    I haven't acknowledged you as such!
[13:24] ---
    You're not stopping them, that you aren't?
[13:26] ---
    I don't care anymore.
[13:26] ---
    What a cheeky employee! I'll show you!
[13:28] ---
    Excuse me.
[13:29] ---
    What was that? Bring it on!
[13:30] ---
    Oh, Tsubame.
[13:32] ---
    Is that Yahiko's friend?
[13:32] ---
    I can take you on anytime!
[13:36] ---
    Well, yeah, something like that.
[13:39] ---
    They seem to be getting along really well.
[13:41] ---
    We're arguing! What part of this
    is getting along well?
[13:44] ---
    You might as well be blind!
[13:46] ---
    I-I'm sorry.
[13:47] ---
    Yahiko! Don't scare Tsubame like that!
[13:51] ---
    H-H-Hold on.
[13:52] ---
    Please, use this.
[13:55] ---
    Yuta is so kind!
[13:57] ---
    Such a big difference
    compared to a brat I know!
[14:01] ---
    Damn it.
[14:03] ---
    Hmph!
[14:05] ---
    Yuta, this is only
    if you're okay with it...
[14:09] ---
    What is it?
[14:10] ---
    Why don't you become one of our students?
[14:14] ---
    How about it?
[14:15] ---
    I think you'd go pretty far.
[14:18] ---
    You can definitely become a swordsman
[14:19] ---
    carrying on
    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu with Yahiko.
[14:25] ---
    I'm sorry.
[14:27] ---
    Miss Kaoru,
    you're an excellent instructor...
[14:30] ---
    and I'm really glad you have
    such high expectations for me.
[14:34] ---
    And I can tell that Kenshin Himura
    really is a powerful swordsman.
[14:40] ---
    Though I hate bird head.
[14:43] ---
    I have no intent on being liked by you.
[14:46] ---
    I had made fun of bamboo swordsmanship,
[14:49] ---
    but it was really interesting
    once I tried it out.
[14:51] ---
    Training at Kamiya Dojo really was fun.
[14:53] ---
    But if I'm gonna become stronger,
    I really want that...
[14:59] ---
    under Mr. Raijuta.
[15:10] ---
    The first night I met him
[15:12] ---
    it was a night just like tonight.
[15:16] ---
    It was right in front
    of that jizo statue.
[15:19] ---
    We were attacked by a horde of bandits.
[15:23] ---
    Old man!
[15:24] ---
    You can call for help, Mr. Tsukayama.
[15:29] ---
    Though, on the outskirts
    of a town like this,
[15:31] ---
    I'm sure nobody will hear you.
[15:33] ---
    Damn it!
[15:35] ---
    I will give you as much money as you want!
    So spare me my life!
[15:39] ---
    Dad!
[15:40] ---
    How pathetic.
[15:42] ---
    Did you turn the pride
    of a samurai into money
[15:44] ---
    along with the sword on your belt?
[15:47] ---
    Hey, aren't you gonna grovel
    and beg for your life, too?
[15:51] ---
    Give me a break!
    I'm a Tokyo samurai,
[15:54] ---
    Yutaro Tsuk—
[15:55] ---
    Yutaro!
[15:57] ---
    Don't try to act cool, kid.
[15:59] ---
    Kids should be kids and mimic
    what their parents do and grovel.
[16:05] ---
    Right, Mr. Tsukayama?
[16:07] ---
    Please! Anything but our lives!
[16:21] ---
    It was just one blow.
[16:23] ---
    That one blow ended everything.
[16:26] ---
    The bandits scattered about
    in all directions and ran away.
[16:30] ---
    My mentor was truly invincible!
[16:34] ---
    I really felt it that night.
[16:38] ---
    Raijuta helping people out, huh?
[16:41] ---
    That sounds like a big, fat lie.
[16:44] ---
    Shut up, bird head!
[16:46] ---
    Everyone has misconceptions about him
    because he doesn't talk or show emotions.
[16:51] ---
    That strength to rout everything else
    in this world is my ideal.
[16:58] ---
    If I can become as strong as him,
[17:00] ---
    I wouldn't have to live
    a pathetic life like my father.
[17:06] ---
    Kenshin Himura...
[17:08] ---
    you're going to fight him
    at some point, right?
[17:11] ---
    When you do, fight him fair and square
    in a straight battle.
[17:17] ---
    Understood.
[17:19] ---
    That's what a battle between two men is—
[17:26] ---
    Sir!
[17:31] ---
    Sir?
[17:32] ---
    An ambush from behind
    on the streets at night, eh?
[17:35] ---
    Looks like that facade of yours
    is finally coming off.
[17:38] ---
    You're wrong! That was just a greeting!
[17:41] ---
    He wasn't really serious
    about that at all!
[17:44] ---
    Isn't that right, sir?
[17:47] ---
    Sir...
[17:51] ---
    Get away, Miss Kaoru, that you should.
[18:03] ---
    This is just like me with my Zanbato.
[18:07] ---
    No matter how much force it has,
    it's useless if it doesn't connect.
[18:12] ---
    Blinding attack!
[18:13] ---
    That's dirty!
[18:14] ---
    Sir!
[18:17] ---
    That's not enough.
[18:19] ---
    Ryuutsuisen!
[18:31] ---
    Looks like I won't be able
    to defeat you with Matoi-Izuna.
[18:39] ---
    This was the ace up my sleeve,
    but I have no choice!
[18:45] ---
    Secret Sword: Tobi-Izuna!
[18:48] ---
    What the...
[18:57] ---
    Yutaro!
[18:59] ---
    Stop the bleeding!
    Get him to a doctor quick!
[19:01] ---
    As long as it misses the vitals,
    he won't die.
[19:07] ---
    You idiot! Your own attack
    caused injury to your apprentice!
[19:11] ---
    Don't you get it?
[19:13] ---
    Did you think I'd seriously
    take such a kid under my wing?
[19:18] ---
    What was that?
[19:20] ---
    You must be aware that swordsmanship
    doesn't make money these days.
[19:25] ---
    However, in order to raise Shinko-ryu,
    I need quite a sum as capital.
[19:30] ---
    That kid is the son of my investor,
[19:33] ---
    so I withstood his annoying nature
    and pretended to be his master.
[19:38] ---
    It's a shame I'm going to lose
    my investor at this point,
[19:40] ---
    especially since I staged a fake robbery
    to get him.
[19:43] ---
    Oh, well, there are
    plenty of replacements.
[19:47] ---
    Sir...
[19:50] ---
    Right now, the first thing on my agenda
    is to defeat you.
[19:53] ---
    Here goes!
[19:54] ---
    You just wait there a while.
[19:58] ---
    I'm going to take Yutaro to a doctor.
[20:01] ---
    I will take you on once that's settled.
[20:07] ---
    All right.
[20:09] ---
    You're finally serious about this.
[20:12] ---
    Sheesh, this feather dude
    doesn't realize what he actually did.
[20:18] ---
    You finally touched upon the wrath
    of the scariest man in this world.
[20:27] ---
    OGUNI CLINIC
[20:30] ---
    Whew.
[20:32] ---
    Miss Megumi!
[20:33] ---
    How is Yuta?
[20:35] ---
    What in the world cut that boy?
[20:38] ---
    He has such a clean, open wound,
    but very little bleeding.
[20:43] ---
    I've never seen anything like that before.
[20:45] ---
    I don't know much myself.
[20:48] ---
    Anyways, how is Yuta?
[20:49] ---
    His life is not threatened.
[20:53] ---
    However...
[20:55] ---
    However?
[20:57] ---
    The nerves and tendons are all slashed.
[21:01] ---
    I'm sorry to say, but that kid
[21:03] ---
    will never be able to perform
    any swordsmanship again.
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    SETTLING THE SCORE
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "Settling the Score."

E17 - Settling the Score

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[00:04] ---
    Secret Sword: Tobi-Izuna!
[00:10] ---
    For better or for worse,
    because it grazed Kenshin's right arm,
[00:14] ---
    the force was dampened enough
    to not sever the arm.
[00:19] ---
    However, that boy will not be able
    to perform swordsmanship ever again.
[00:24] ---
    That can't be.
[00:29] ---
    You've got to be kidding me.
[00:32] ---
    He's betting his life on swordsmanship!
    And he has talent!
[00:36] ---
    So why do things end up this way?
[00:39] ---
    You're a doctor, right?
    Then do something about it! Hey!
[00:43] ---
    Impossible things are simply impossible.
[00:48] ---
    I'm sorry, Yahiko.
[00:50] ---
    It really is a shame,
    but doctors are not omnipotent.
[02:32] ---
    EPISODE 17:
    SETTLING THE SCORE
[02:36] ---
    Are you okay?
[02:38] ---
    Yuta.
[02:40] ---
    My right hand doesn't move...
[02:43] ---
    so it really isn't a dream.
[02:46] ---
    So my mentor...
[02:49] ---
    betrayed me.
[02:54] ---
    Himura went on his way.
[02:59] ---
    We're heading out, too!
[03:02] ---
    Huh?
[03:03] ---
    You shouldn't move around yet.
[03:05] ---
    You need to take it easy.
[03:07] ---
    No way.
    You have to see them settling the score.
[03:10] ---
    If you don't witness it
    with your own eyes,
[03:12] ---
    you won't be able to stand up anymore.
[03:18] ---
    Really, those guys are hopeless.
[03:21] ---
    Keep a good eye on them
    so that they don't do anything reckless.
[03:25] ---
    Okay.
[03:32] ---
    So late.
[03:33] ---
    It is long past two hours already.
[03:37] ---
    That man feared my secret sword
    and ran away.
[03:41] ---
    Are you dumb?
[03:43] ---
    What reason does he have
    to run away from you?
[03:48] ---
    Oh, sorry. I just threw a wet blanket
    on your excuse to turn tail.
[03:52] ---
    I won't stop you, so you can head off.
[03:54] ---
    Can't help it if you're facin' Kenshin.
[03:58] ---
    It's for your own good
    if you run away while you can.
[04:02] ---
    Watch your mouth, young one.
[04:05] ---
    I don't mind toying with you to kill time.
[04:09] ---
    I don't mind, either, but is it okay?
[04:13] ---
    Losing against a swordsman
    might still fly,
[04:15] ---
    but if you lose against
    a fighter for hire, it's all over for you.
[04:30] ---
    Neither you or I got any luck.
[04:32] ---
    You were wishy-washy, so he came back.
[04:37] ---
    Here's our headliner now.
[04:42] ---
    I will have you seriously fight me
    this time around!
[04:45] ---
    I will defeat you
    and build a new era of my Shinko-ryu!
[04:53] ---
    That technique called Izuna
[04:55] ---
    is actually a wave of vacuum
    created by dislocation of air.
[05:00] ---
    A natural phenomenon
    often called a Wind Scythe.
[05:03] ---
    Oh, you noticed.
[05:06] ---
    The wound is open,
    but there is little bleeding.
[05:09] ---
    That is indeed characteristic
    of injuries suffered from Wind Scythes.
[05:12] ---
    Even if you figured out what it is,
    the power of Izuna doesn't change!
[05:18] ---
    How the blade tip warps for an instant
    is the same as shimmering in the summer,
[05:23] ---
    which results from the instantly
    created difference in air density.
[05:29] ---
    The trick to seeing it was there.
[05:32] ---
    But it was my error
    that I could not do so.
[05:35] ---
    Then, at the least,
[05:37] ---
    I can knock Izuna down!
[05:39] ---
    Shut up!
[05:41] ---
    Only third-tier guys get hit twice
[05:43] ---
    or even thrice by an attack
    they've seen once.
[05:46] ---
    Kenshin would never
    make a blunder like that.
[05:49] ---
    Since Secret Sword: Tobi-Izuna
    has an amazing sharpness,
[05:53] ---
    he can't block the blow.
[05:55] ---
    But for the super-elite that can
    even see bullets fired from pistols,
[05:58] ---
    it's not impossible to dodge it.
[06:01] ---
    Then, what about this?
[06:05] ---
    A flurry of Tobi-Izuna!
[06:20] ---
    You see that? This is Izuna!
[06:23] ---
    My secret sword that I found
    in a book of ancient arts
[06:26] ---
    and spent 10 years to master!
[06:28] ---
    It's not something that is beaten easily!
[06:31] ---
    This is the symbol of Shinko-ryu
    and the ultimate murderous sword!
[06:38] ---
    Are you happy?
[06:41] ---
    Huh?
[06:43] ---
    You seem so elated
    just from giving me one little scratch.
[06:48] ---
    What was that?
[06:51] ---
    I'm sure of something now, Raijuta.
[06:54] ---
    Sure of what?
[06:57] ---
    You claim to practice a murderous sword...
[07:01] ---
    but you've never killed a man.
[07:05] ---
    A true manslayer
    who has killed someone in the past
[07:09] ---
    wouldn't be so shamelessly proud
    of his sword that didn't kill its target.
[07:15] ---
    You don't know how deep
    the abyss of a manslayer's sword is.
[07:20] ---
    And your thoughtless and prideful blade
    robbed swordsmanship from Yutaro.
[07:29] ---
    Prepare for compensation
    that fits what you did!
[07:35] ---
    I will not take such repeated insults!
[07:36] ---
    I'll kill you!
[07:44] ---
    I see. You had that tactic left.
[07:47] ---
    A combination attack
    of Matoi-Izuna and Tobi-Izuna!
[07:52] ---
    You use Matoi-Izuna while within reach,
    not allowing a chance to attack.
[07:56] ---
    Then once out of range, you aim
    for a lethal wound with Tobi-Izuna.
[07:59] ---
    Since you can't counterattack
    or stop Izuna,
[08:02] ---
    the only thing left to do
    is keep dodging.
[08:04] ---
    On top of that, his right arm is wounded.
[08:07] ---
    With just his left arm, the effectiveness
    of Ryuutsuisen is halved.
[08:11] ---
    And most of all, he can't make use
    of his prized battojutsu.
[08:14] ---
    He might be in trouble if this
    remains one-sided attrition.
[08:17] ---
    I see it! It's there!
[08:20] ---
    Kenshin!
[08:22] ---
    Game over!
[08:24] ---
    No matter how fast you are,
[08:26] ---
    you can't move freely
    with your leg injured.
[08:29] ---
    I told you, don't get so giddy
    each time you graze me with an attack.
[08:33] ---
    Shut it. Even if I show off,
    you can't counterattack at this distance.
[08:39] ---
    Though, it's a different story
    if you could use Tobi-Izuna like I can.
[08:44] ---
    Tobi-Izuna... that's something I can't do.
[08:48] ---
    Indeed so. Shinko-ryu is supreme.
[08:52] ---
    Izuna is the most powerful.
[08:55] ---
    Die!
[08:56] ---
    However, attacks from out of range
    is something I can do as well!
[09:06] ---
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Battojutsu!
[09:09] ---
    Hiryuusen!
[09:10] ---
    Wha—
[09:31] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[09:52] ---
    Kenshin!
[10:01] ---
    Fr-Freeze!
[10:03] ---
    If you move, I'll kill this brat!
[10:08] ---
    I told you, I'll kill this brat!
[10:10] ---
    L-Let go of that sword!
[10:13] ---
    Go ahead and do it.
[10:15] ---
    Go ahead and do it, if you even can!
[10:17] ---
    Even if I die,
    I'd never submit to someone like you!
[10:22] ---
    The kid himself is telling you to do it.
[10:25] ---
    Go ahead and try.
[10:27] ---
    Shinko-ryu is a murderous sword, isn't it?
[10:33] ---
    A real sword, an ancient art...
[10:35] ---
    such things do not determine whether or
    not a sword is murderous, that they don't.
[10:39] ---
    A sword that plummets you into the abyss
    with the weight of the souls you took...
[10:43] ---
    that is a murderous sword.
[10:46] ---
    You have never killed a soul.
[10:50] ---
    Your Shinko-ryu may be able to slash men,
    but it cannot kill them.
[10:56] ---
    Abandon your sword...
[10:58] ---
    before you come across a real
    murderous sword and lose your life.
[11:30] ---
    Let's go.
[11:34] ---
    Shall we?
[11:46] ---
    Farewell... sir.
[12:05] ---
    I'm terribly sorry, but the young master
    says he doesn't want to see anyone.
[12:10] ---
    I see.
[12:12] ---
    Oh, this is a sympathy gift.
[12:14] ---
    Why, thank you.
[12:16] ---
    We'll visit again soon.
[12:19] ---
    Thank you very much.
[12:22] ---
    I'd like to ask as much of you, too.
[12:26] ---
    It's no wonder he's all cooped up now.
[12:29] ---
    He was betrayed by the mentor
    he thought was the ideal guy,
[12:32] ---
    and on top of that, he was told he'd
    never be able to do swordsmanship again.
[12:36] ---
    Kamiya Kasshin-ryu is a life-giving sword,
[12:39] ---
    but what should I be doing
    in times like this?
[12:41] ---
    I'm so powerless.
[12:43] ---
    I can't even think
    of one phrase of consolation.
[13:08] ---
    Come to think of it...
[13:10] ---
    when our lives quickly changed
    after the Meiji Revolution,
[13:14] ---
    as a lowly samurai with no connections,
[13:17] ---
    I relied only on my skills of sword
    appraisal to become a sword merchant.
[13:22] ---
    That turned out to be a huge hit
    with foreign customers,
[13:25] ---
    and I grew to create my current fortune.
[13:29] ---
    While many samurai
    met their downfall as of late,
[13:32] ---
    my life is a success
    from an outsider's view.
[13:37] ---
    However, upon changing
    how you look at things,
[13:39] ---
    you could say that it is a loser's life.
[13:41] ---
    Though this was in order to raise
    my family and to protect my home,
[13:46] ---
    I curried favors
    to those that we once called barbarians
[13:49] ---
    and sold off swords,
    the souls of samurai.
[13:53] ---
    That must be why Yutaro wanted to live
    a life different from mine...
[14:00] ---
    in my place.
[14:03] ---
    However, he was deceived by the
    superficial strength of Raijuta Isurugi.
[14:12] ---
    Oh, there you are.
[14:14] ---
    That was quick, that you were.
[14:16] ---
    Mr. Yuzaemon, it seems our visit is done,
    so if you will excuse me...
[14:21] ---
    See you again soon.
[14:23] ---
    Thank you very much.
[14:25] ---
    But the next time we meet
    will likely be the last.
[14:29] ---
    I've been thinking about my options,
[14:32] ---
    and I decided to move to Germany,
    taking Yutaro with me.
[14:37] ---
    Germany?
[14:40] ---
    Germany is the most medically advanced
    country in the world right now.
[14:44] ---
    If we concentrate on treatment there,
    I thought that perhaps...
[14:49] ---
    That, and by living abroad,
[14:52] ---
    Yutaro may be able to completely
    forget about swordsmanship.
[14:57] ---
    We will be leaving in one week.
[15:00] ---
    I have no idea
    when we will return to Japan.
[15:07] ---
    SHIMBASHI STATION
[15:14] ---
    I really thank you very much
    for everything you have done.
[15:17] ---
    Now, Yutaro, go give your farewells.
[15:24] ---
    Yuta...
[15:27] ---
    I really can't think
    of even one word to comfort you.
[15:31] ---
    Cheering you up, like, "Do your best,"
    ain't gonna be any consolation.
[15:40] ---
    Milord, it's almost time.
[15:42] ---
    Oh, all right.
[15:45] ---
    Then...
[16:00] ---
    Yutaro!
[16:07] ---
    Yahiko?
[16:08] ---
    Are you just gonna...
[16:10] ---
    stay all mopey and stuff
    'til the very end?
[16:14] ---
    If being betrayed by Raijuta
    hurt you that badly,
[16:17] ---
    you just need to become stronger
    than Raijuta and shake it all off!
[16:21] ---
    And by Raijuta, I don't mean
    that Raijuta guy that Kenshin defeated!
[16:25] ---
    The real Raijuta that you dreamed of
    and believed in!
[16:30] ---
    If you can't do that, you'll be nothing
    more than a loser your entire life!
[16:36] ---
    Damn you!
[16:39] ---
    I quietly listen, and you
    spout anything on your mind!
[16:42] ---
    Who are you calling a loser?
[16:44] ---
    Yutaro!
[16:45] ---
    I will never quit swordsmanship!
[16:48] ---
    No way I'd ever quit!
[16:50] ---
    If my right arm is no good,
    I'll do it with just my left arm!
[16:53] ---
    In the first place, I can take you down
    with just my left arm anyway!
[16:58] ---
    Don't be cheeky with me,
    you mopey cat-eyes!
[17:02] ---
    Shut up, you twisted weirdo!
[17:07] ---
    I see.
[17:09] ---
    Right.
[17:11] ---
    I get it.
[17:16] ---
    There's no need to worry,
    that there isn't.
[17:22] ---
    All right, you better not forget.
[17:24] ---
    I'm still not done
    settling the score with you.
[17:27] ---
    Make sure to come back.
[17:29] ---
    I'll keep the second student seat
    in Kamiya Kasshin-ryu
[17:31] ---
    open for you while I wait.
[17:46] ---
    Those were good people.
[17:49] ---
    I'm still injured, but he swung
    at full force, not holding back.
[17:58] ---
    Yahiko Myojin, when I come back,
    the first thing I'll do is defeat you.
[18:04] ---
    Now, since we're all the way
    out here in Shimbashi,
[18:08] ---
    let's eat some Western cuisine.
[18:10] ---
    You want me to treat you again?
[18:13] ---
    Kenshin, you look all serious.
    What's wrong?
[18:17] ---
    Well...
[18:19] ---
    I was thinking about Raijuta Isurugi,
    that I was.
[18:22] ---
    He was such a despicable guy.
[18:24] ---
    But the Matoi-Izuna and Tobi-Izuna,
    his techniques, were amazing.
[18:29] ---
    He definitely had a talent with swords.
[18:32] ---
    But because his talent wasn't perfect,
    he didn't question the essence of swords
[18:37] ---
    and simply pursued
    nothing other than techniques.
[18:41] ---
    If he wasn't so adherent
    to Shinko-ryu or murderous swords,
[18:44] ---
    he may have opened up a new style
    of swordsmanship to the Meiji-era world.
[18:50] ---
    I hope he can realize
    that it was a blessing
[18:53] ---
    that he didn't cross the line
    of killing another man.
[19:01] ---
    Hey, what are you doing?
[19:03] ---
    Let's hurry up and get going!
[19:06] ---
    Mr. Maekawa of the Chuetsu-ryu once spoke
    of where swordsmanship was headed to.
[19:13] ---
    Back then,
    he seemed to be quite disappointed.
[19:17] ---
    But looking at Yahiko and Yutaro,
[19:20] ---
    I don't think there's much
    to worry about, that there isn't.
[19:26] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN-RYU
[19:28] ---
    YUTARO TSUKAYAMA
    (RESERVED)
[19:28] ---
    YAHIKO
    MYOJIN
[19:28] ---
    STUDENTS KAORU KAMIYA
[19:30] ---
    You're right.
[21:15] ---
    I'm gonna kill!
[21:17] ---
    I don't care who!
[21:18] ---
    I'm gonna kill!
[21:28] ---
    ...such things do not determine whether or
    not a sword is murderous, that they don't.
[21:35] ---
    A sword that plummets you into the abyss
    with the weight of the souls you took...
[21:40] ---
    that is a murderous sword.
[22:03] ---
    My, this is...
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    SANOSUKE &
    NISHIKI PAINTINGS
[22:46] ---
    Next episode,
    "Sanosuke & Nishiki Paintings."

E18 - Sanosuke & Nishiki Paintings

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[00:02] ---
    Sanosuke Sagara, age 19.
[00:03] ---
    BAD
[00:06] ---
    Born in 1860 as the oldest son
    of a farmer in Shinshu.
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    Basically ran away from home to join
    the Sekiho Army at the age of nine.
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    Considers and admires their Captain,
    Sozo Sagara as his master.
[00:18] ---
    But the group was given
    the disgraceful title
[00:21] ---
    of fake Imperial Army,
    and Sozo was beheaded.
[00:23] ---
    That led to the collapse
    of the Sekiho Army.
[00:26] ---
    He then moved to Tokyo, where he
    became a fighter for hire called Zanza.
[00:30] ---
    He became infamous
    in underground society,
[00:32] ---
    but he then faced defeat
    from the rurouni Kenshin Himura.
[00:36] ---
    Since his defeat,
    he often heads over to Kamiya Dojo,
[00:39] ---
    and he is currently leading
    a leisurely life as a vagabond.
[00:42] ---
    Huh?
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    EPISODE 18:
    SANOSUKE &
    NISHIKI PAINTINGS
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    BEEF HOT-POT AND SAKE
    AKABEKO RESTAURANT
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    Nishiki paintings?
[02:22] ---
    There's a new shipment today.
[02:25] ---
    But it's drawn by a popular artist,
    so it sells out quickly.
[02:31] ---
    And I just can't leave work
    at all today.
[02:35] ---
    So you want me to go buy it for you.
[02:38] ---
    Yes. Can I ask that of you?
[02:40] ---
    You can ask Yahiko—
[02:42] ---
    I'm working, too, you idiot!
[02:45] ---
    Sheesh! This is why vagabonds are...
[02:49] ---
    Oh, well.
    I guess I can run errands for you.
[02:52] ---
    You do give me free meals
    all the time, after all.
[02:55] ---
    They aren't free meals.
[02:57] ---
    Everything you've eaten 'til now
    is still on a tab.
[02:59] ---
    Don't worry about the details.
[03:01] ---
    So, what art
    from which artist do you want?
[03:04] ---
    "Swordsman Hachiro Iba"
    by Tsunan Tsukioka!
[03:08] ---
    Oh, the handsome swordsman,
    the most popular of the Bakumatsu Era.
[03:12] ---
    "One-Arm Iba-Hachi," huh?
[03:15] ---
    U-Um...
[03:16] ---
    Huh?
[03:20] ---
    Oh, no. It's nothing.
[03:22] ---
    You should clearly say what you
    want to say. Got that, little girl?
[03:27] ---
    No...
[03:29] ---
    I see.
[03:31] ---
    So two copies of Iba-Hachi
    by Tsunan Tsukioka, yeah?
[03:37] ---
    Gotta hand it to Sano.
    He's really the man.
[03:40] ---
    Really. Now only
    if he would pay up properly.
[03:45] ---
    But, you know,
    a mellowed-out Sano is great and all,
[03:49] ---
    but how he used to be
    was pretty awesome, too.
[03:51] ---
    Yeah. Zanza!
[03:54] ---
    He would be smiling, but he wasn't
    satisfied at the bottom of his heart.
[03:59] ---
    It was like a bomb
    that was about to go off.
[04:04] ---
    He was always glaring.
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    Nishiki paintings.
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    Back during the Edo period,
    actors and scenery were the convention.
[04:16] ---
    But once the Meiji Era rolled around,
    many other things were drawn as well,
[04:20] ---
    making it more generalized
    in pop culture.
[04:23] ---
    In the modern day,
    they serve as important references
[04:27] ---
    that convey Meiji culture and customs.
[04:29] ---
    Hmm?
[04:30] ---
    Welcome.
[04:31] ---
    Hey.
[04:33] ---
    Sano?
[04:34] ---
    Hey, both of you.
[04:36] ---
    Nishiki paintings, that is?
[04:38] ---
    This is unusual, that it is.
[04:40] ---
    Perhaps one of a beautiful lady?
[04:42] ---
    Nope.
[04:43] ---
    Perhaps an erotic one?
[04:45] ---
    Oh, my...
[04:46] ---
    Of course not.
[04:48] ---
    Tae at Akabeko asked me to get one.
[04:51] ---
    It ain't for me.
[04:53] ---
    Mister, you got two more copies
    of Tsunan Tsukioka's Iba-Hachi?
[04:56] ---
    HACHIRO HIDESATO IBA
[04:56] ---
    You're in luck, sir.
    Those are the last two I've got.
[05:02] ---
    Tsunan's art is really popular,
    so they sell out real quick.
[05:06] ---
    Those two total 10 sen.
[05:08] ---
    Oh, I don't have any money.
[05:10] ---
    Can you lend me some?
[05:12] ---
    Sheesh!
[05:13] ---
    HIJIKATA
[05:13] ---
    That said,
    you call 'em all Nishiki paintings,
[05:13] ---
    SHINOBAZU-NO-IKE
[05:13] ---
    YOKOZUNA
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    but there sure are many kinds.
[05:18] ---
    Looks like there are
    a lot from the Bakumatsu Era
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    and the Revolution, too, that there are.
[05:21] ---
    A CERTAIN SAIGO AND HIS DOG
[05:21] ---
    That's right. Those of Revolutionary
    warriors and Imperial Army folks
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    sell well as souvenirs from Tokyo.
[05:27] ---
    Shogunate guys like Iba-Hachi
    are popular among the Edo locals.
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    SHINOBAZU-NO-IKE
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    SEKIHO ARMY CAPTAIN
    SOZO SAGARA
[05:34] ---
    Sano?
[05:35] ---
    This is...
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    SOZO
[05:36] ---
    Captain Sagara.
[05:39] ---
    Oh, that? It's also drawn by Tsunan,
    but that one just doesn't sell at all.
[05:44] ---
    SEKIHO ARMY CAPTAIN
    SOZO SAGARA
[05:45] ---
    But he always draws that guy, even though
    he's the boss of the fake Imperial Army.
[05:52] ---
    Tsunan Tsukioka...
[05:55] ---
    Tsukioka...
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    Where is this guy?
[06:02] ---
    Huh?
[06:04] ---
    Where is this Tsunan guy at?
[06:06] ---
    Sano!
[06:07] ---
    Th-The next town over
    in the Dobuita Nagaya!
[06:10] ---
    But that guy sure hates people,
[06:11] ---
    so you most likely
    won't be able to see him even if you go.
[06:16] ---
    Oh, I will.
[06:19] ---
    There's no way he'd refuse to see me.
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    TSUKIOKA
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    Mr. Tsukioka. Mr. Tsukioka.
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    So you're not around, Mr. Tsukioka?
[06:35] ---
    I know you're in there,
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    ex-Sekiho Army associate member,
    Katsuhiro Tsukioka!
[06:44] ---
    I knew it.
[06:45] ---
    SEKIHO ARMY CAPTAIN
    SOZO SAGARA
[06:45] ---
    So you really did draw this.
[06:49] ---
    Sanosuke?
[06:50] ---
    How did you...
[06:53] ---
    It was obvious when I saw this.
    Right next to the captain...
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    there's your old self, as well as me.
[07:00] ---
    There's no other guy out there
    that would draw this.
[07:06] ---
    I see.
[07:07] ---
    So the artist Tsunan Tsukioka was also
    a surviving member of the Sekiho Army.
[07:11] ---
    Let's go home, Miss Kaoru.
[07:14] ---
    Sano was acting very strangely,
    so we decided to follow him,
[07:18] ---
    but there aren't any real issues on hand.
[07:20] ---
    And as that one word "bad" shows,
[07:24] ---
    the Sekiho Army
    is a special memory for Sano.
[07:27] ---
    Outsiders are unwanted
    in the world of memories, that they are.
[07:40] ---
    But still...
[07:41] ---
    I didn't think you'd end up an artist.
[07:44] ---
    Come to think of it,
    you always were skillful.
[07:47] ---
    Whether it be hard-to-handle guns
    or blending gunpowder,
[07:50] ---
    you handled things so easily.
[07:53] ---
    And so, what exactly do you do nowadays?
[07:56] ---
    Nothing. Just an old vagabond.
[07:59] ---
    I'm having fun in my own way.
[08:04] ---
    I see.
[08:06] ---
    So you are having a fun life.
[08:10] ---
    I haven't experienced any fun at all
    in the past 10 years.
[08:15] ---
    I spent the last 10 years
    holding a grudge against those
[08:18] ---
    that tarnished the name of Captain Sagara
    and us in the Sekiho Army.
[08:23] ---
    You've gotten even more glum
    than 10 years ago.
[08:28] ---
    You still don't have any friends at all?
[08:31] ---
    But, well,
    I know that feeling all too well.
[08:39] ---
    I didn't think I'd reunite with you on
    the day when I finished all preparations.
[08:44] ---
    Maybe this is the guidance
    of our captain from up in heaven.
[08:50] ---
    Katsu?
[08:51] ---
    Sanosuke, why don't you and I
    recreate the Sekiho Army once again?
[08:57] ---
    Let's crush the Revolutionary government
    that framed us
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    and bring to reality the new era
    that Captain Sagara sought.
[09:11] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
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    Katsu, what are you planning?
[09:19] ---
    You ask what, but there is only one thing
    that the Sekiho Army seeks.
[09:24] ---
    A new era with true equality
    for the four classes
[09:26] ---
    that our captain dreamed of.
[09:28] ---
    I'm gonna crush the Meiji government
    that's in the way.
[09:32] ---
    Don't tell me you don't remember
    the recent Seinan War
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    'cause you were drawing the whole time.
[09:38] ---
    Kagoshima, where Saigo raised his troops,
    was at the edge of Japan.
[09:42] ---
    No matter how much you fight down there,
    it's all in vain.
[09:45] ---
    My target is the center of Japan.
[09:48] ---
    By that, I mean this prefecture of Tokyo.
[09:52] ---
    The Home Ministry
    oversees all domestic affairs.
[09:55] ---
    First off, we completely
    shut its operation down.
[09:59] ---
    I'd like to crush the army, navy,
    and the treasury at the same time as well,
[10:03] ---
    but I can't do all of that alone.
[10:05] ---
    Alone?
[10:06] ---
    I can't trust anyone else.
[10:08] ---
    I've been proceeding
    with all of that by myself.
[10:11] ---
    Even though I'm alone,
    I've still got these.
[10:15] ---
    Look at them, Sano.
[10:17] ---
    I made it with the knowledge of firearms
    I gained in the Sekiho Army.
[10:21] ---
    They're bombs.
[10:23] ---
    I was cautious about not letting these
    get traced back to me.
[10:26] ---
    It took me ten years to make these.
[10:28] ---
    I'm pretty confident about them.
[10:30] ---
    They explode and ignite fires,
    so are efficient incendiary bombs.
[10:33] ---
    I will use these to blow up
    all the ministries one after another
[10:36] ---
    to whittle away the centralized power,
[10:37] ---
    and then all the dissatisfied samurais
    and farmers all over the country
[10:41] ---
    will naturally start rioting.
[10:43] ---
    The current government
    is exhausted from the Seinan War,
[10:46] ---
    so they won't stand a chance.
[10:48] ---
    From there, I just need to wait for the
    avalanche that will collapse everything.
[10:51] ---
    And afterwards, I will construct an era
    where the four classes are truly equal
[10:56] ---
    and clear the names
    of the Sekiho Army and its captain.
[11:00] ---
    I will execute my plan tomorrow...
[11:02] ---
    Sunday night,
    when it will be the least populated.
[11:06] ---
    Sano, I don't mean to force this upon you.
[11:09] ---
    But I will go through it alone
    if I have to,
[11:11] ---
    as a former member of the Sekiho Army.
[11:14] ---
    I'd like you to think about it
    until sunset tomorrow
[11:16] ---
    and give me an answer then.
[11:24] ---
    It's impossible.
[11:26] ---
    Even if they're exhausted
    from the Seinan War,
[11:29] ---
    the Meiji government isn't so weak
[11:31] ---
    that it would waver
    from some explosions and sporadic riots.
[11:35] ---
    For the past 10 years,
    he's only been thinking
[11:37] ---
    about clearing the name of the Sekiho Army
    and our captain all by himself.
[11:41] ---
    He can't see the present.
[11:47] ---
    Ten years, huh?
[11:52] ---
    Damn it.
[11:54] ---
    It's already spring,
    but the wind sure is cold.
[12:07] ---
    Sano?
[12:15] ---
    Captain...
[12:23] ---
    All right, it's fixed.
[12:25] ---
    Here.
[12:26] ---
    Thank you very much.
[12:28] ---
    When you're dealing with guns,
    make sure to call for someone.
[12:31] ---
    Don't take them out without permission.
[12:33] ---
    I'm sorry.
[12:35] ---
    But you hit this well
    with a warped barrel?
[12:39] ---
    That's some skill.
[12:40] ---
    I'm weak at swordsmanship
    and physical strength,
[12:44] ---
    so I can at least do this.
[12:46] ---
    How promising.
[12:48] ---
    But you don't need to do that.
[12:50] ---
    Huh?
[12:51] ---
    Katsuhiro, you guys should study hard.
[12:54] ---
    Study, you say?
[12:56] ---
    The days of swords and guns will end soon.
[12:59] ---
    The next era will be that
    of wits and knowledge.
[13:04] ---
    Those are your days.
[13:06] ---
    Meet more people,
    and broaden your horizons.
[13:09] ---
    I'm letting you guys tag along
    for that reason.
[13:12] ---
    But we... to protect you, Captain...
[13:15] ---
    I don't intend on surviving
    by using you guys as my shields.
[13:19] ---
    Katsuhiro, you and Sanosuke
    need to protect each other.
[13:23] ---
    Help each other, and head into the future.
[13:26] ---
    When times change,
    so will the Sekiho Army.
[13:29] ---
    You guys will create the new Sekiho Army.
[13:33] ---
    I guess it's a bit
    too difficult right now.
[13:36] ---
    But someday you will understand
    what I am talking about.
[13:42] ---
    We... I could not protect you after all.
[13:47] ---
    And I couldn't get used
    to the new era, either.
[13:50] ---
    But just you watch, Captain.
[13:54] ---
    My battle that I have poured
    10 years into, my Sekiho Army...
[14:01] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[14:04] ---
    Tsunan Tsukioka was an old friend
    of yours, Sano, that he was?
[14:07] ---
    Those are some awkward
    surprised faces you got there.
[14:10] ---
    Th-That's not necessarily true,
    that it isn't. Right, Miss Kaoru?
[14:13] ---
    That's right, Kenshin!
[14:15] ---
    Oh, well.
[14:17] ---
    And so, to celebrate our reunion,
    I thought about a big ol' party.
[14:21] ---
    Can you let me use the dojo tonight?
[14:24] ---
    I don't mind that, but where are you going
    to get the money for a big old party?
[14:29] ---
    You're gonna leech off us again,
    aren't you?
[14:31] ---
    I have to say no after all!
    Absolutely not!
[14:33] ---
    You know, there's nothin' to worry about.
    Leave the money bit to me.
[14:38] ---
    Well, I'm countin' on ya.
[14:41] ---
    Oh, right.
    Invite Tae and the little girl, too.
[14:45] ---
    I'm pretty sure
    they'd be happy about it.
[14:50] ---
    Strange.
[14:51] ---
    It's strange, all too strange!
[14:52] ---
    Maybe Sanosuke is sick somewhere? Right?
[14:55] ---
    C-Calm down, that you should.
[14:58] ---
    It is spring, after all...
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    SAKE
[15:14] ---
    Then, let's get to it.
[15:17] ---
    So by "leave the money bit to me,"
[15:21] ---
    you meant you were going
    to leech off Mr. Tsunan.
[15:23] ---
    It's not a big deal. Right?
[15:26] ---
    I don't care.
[15:27] ---
    I'm feeling sorry
    that we're tagging along for all this.
[15:31] ---
    It's not a big deal.
[15:33] ---
    Well, if that's the case...
[15:35] ---
    Oh.
[15:38] ---
    She's here.
[15:40] ---
    I'm sorry. I...
[15:42] ---
    It's all right now. Right?
[15:45] ---
    If you're okay with it, Mr. Sano, we—
[15:48] ---
    Well, yeah.
[15:51] ---
    But Yoita loved gambling,
    kids smiling, and women...
[15:57] ---
    so when you feel up to it,
    please go visit his grave.
[16:00] ---
    She already did.
[16:02] ---
    Huh?
[16:03] ---
    I'm sorry.
[16:10] ---
    Mr. Sano, what kind of party is this?
[16:13] ---
    You treating us? This is a first.
[16:16] ---
    Don't worry about the details!
[16:18] ---
    Just drink and make some noise
    'til you collapse!
[16:35] ---
    Well, I didn't know that Mr. Tsunan
    was a childhood friend of Mr. Sano!
[16:40] ---
    What kind of kid was Mr. Sano?
[16:43] ---
    What kind?
[16:46] ---
    What is it?
[16:47] ---
    Not that different.
[16:49] ---
    Reckless, heading into things
    without putting much thought into it.
[16:53] ---
    Man, that's so like Mr. Sano.
[16:55] ---
    And once he riots, he gets out of hand.
    He's quite an explosive guy.
[17:00] ---
    Oh, just as I thought!
[17:01] ---
    I'll hang you, damn it!
[17:03] ---
    But...
[17:06] ---
    When push came to shove,
    he was a reliable guy.
[17:17] ---
    Thank you very much!
[17:19] ---
    It will be a family heirloom!
[17:20] ---
    Th-Thank you so much.
[17:24] ---
    No need for thanks.
[17:25] ---
    You should get yourself drawn, too,
    Mr. Sano.
[17:27] ---
    No, thanks.
    He drew me tons when I was a kid.
[17:31] ---
    And I usually had a wound,
    a lump, or a bruise.
[17:35] ---
    How pathetic.
[17:36] ---
    That was because you were
    running around all the time.
[17:39] ---
    That's so Mr. Sano.
[17:41] ---
    Oh, then what about Mr. Himura?
[17:44] ---
    Oh, no, I—
[17:46] ---
    It's fine. He can draw you.
[17:48] ---
    It's just a game during a drinking party.
[17:50] ---
    Oro...
[17:54] ---
    How do you know Sanosuke?
[17:57] ---
    Just a friend, that he is.
[17:59] ---
    It all started with a slight scuffle.
[18:01] ---
    I heard you were a rurouni.
[18:04] ---
    What were you doing previously?
[18:06] ---
    I was over towards the west, that I was.
[18:10] ---
    Kyoto?
[18:14] ---
    Are you one of the Revolutionary warriors?
[18:20] ---
    Hey...
[18:22] ---
    That's right, that I was.
[18:26] ---
    I see.
[18:28] ---
    This is the first time I've drawn
    an Imperialist who's right in front of me.
[18:31] ---
    Former, that is.
[18:33] ---
    I am just a rurouni now, that I am.
[18:36] ---
    Is that really so?
[18:39] ---
    I'm done.
[18:42] ---
    Oh, a man with no face?
[18:44] ---
    I draw what I see.
[18:47] ---
    I can't see this man.
[18:49] ---
    I can't see the face behind that smile,
    what lies beyond that scar.
[18:59] ---
    Well, as long as we have this,
    you can tell it's me, that you can.
[19:07] ---
    Mr. Sano, thanks for the meal!
[19:09] ---
    You show yourself at our place next time!
[19:12] ---
    Yeah, I'll do that.
[19:14] ---
    You guys be careful on your way home.
[19:16] ---
    I'm fully aware, Mr. Sano.
[19:19] ---
    See you again tomorrow!
[19:21] ---
    Yeah.
[19:22] ---
    See ya.
[19:34] ---
    Well...
[19:36] ---
    I guess it's about time to head out.
[19:39] ---
    That was your last supper.
[19:41] ---
    I hope you enjoyed it
    to your heart's content.
[19:43] ---
    Not really.
[19:44] ---
    It wasn't a party I held
    for a reason like that.
[19:47] ---
    Both Akabeko and missie
    gave me quite a bit of food.
[19:51] ---
    So this is like saying thanks.
[19:53] ---
    SAKE
[19:53] ---
    Shu and Ginji were...
[19:55] ---
    you know, while I was at it.
[19:57] ---
    What about you?
[19:59] ---
    Did you have any fun?
[20:01] ---
    Hmph. Not at all.
[20:03] ---
    Really? You seemed to be talkin'
    quite a bit.
[20:07] ---
    Is it really all right, Sanosuke?
[20:10] ---
    Idiot. I don't got
    that stingy a personality.
[20:15] ---
    I see.
[20:17] ---
    How you chose the Sekiho Army
    over the present
[20:19] ---
    is something I thank you for
    from the bottom of my heart.
[20:24] ---
    Let's hurry.
[20:25] ---
    If we dilly-dally, the sun will rise.
[20:31] ---
    I'm sorry, guys.
[20:34] ---
    I won't ask you to understand.
[20:36] ---
    But the Sekiho Army
    really is special to me.
[20:41] ---
    Kenshin, the next time I see you,
    I'll be a felon for a grievous crime.
[20:47] ---
    I won't mind at all if you slay me
    with that sakabato.
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    TSUNAN & NISHIKI PAINTINGS
[22:46] ---
    Next episode,
    "Tsunan & Nishiki Paintings."

E19 - Tsunan & Nishiki Paintings

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[00:02] ---
    I didn't think I'd reunite with you on
    the day when I finished all preparations.
[00:07] ---
    Maybe this is the guidance
    of our captain from up in heaven.
[00:11] ---
    SEKIHO ARMY CAPTAIN
    SOZO SAGARA
[00:13] ---
    Katsu?
[00:14] ---
    Sanosuke, why don't you and I
    recreate the Sekiho Army once again?
[00:20] ---
    Let's crush the Revolutionary government
    that framed us
[00:25] ---
    and bring to reality the new era
    that Captain Sagara sought.
[00:31] ---
    I'm sorry, guys.
[00:34] ---
    I won't ask you to understand.
[00:36] ---
    But the Sekiho Army
    really is special to me.
[00:41] ---
    Kenshin, the next time I see you,
    I'll be a felon for a grievous crime.
[00:47] ---
    I won't mind at all if you slay me
    with that sakabato.
[01:14] ---
    It's almost time. Let's go.
[01:18] ---
    Man, it's cold.
[01:21] ---
    It's spring already, too.
[01:22] ---
    What a chill.
[01:24] ---
    We still have some lingering winter cold.
[01:26] ---
    If it doesn't warm up, already, I can't...
[01:33] ---
    Wh-What was that?
[01:34] ---
    A bomb?
[01:36] ---
    Consecutive explosions!
[01:37] ---
    The culprit is still hiding inside!
[01:40] ---
    Gather all security at the gate!
[01:43] ---
    You created a time lag with the length
    of the fuses. You put in some thought.
[01:47] ---
    If we can infiltrate indoors now,
    our success is assured!
[01:53] ---
    The Home Ministry
    will be blown to pieces!
[03:26] ---
    EPISODE 19:
    TSUNAN &
    NISHIKI PAINTINGS
[03:34] ---
    The lawn is on fire!
[03:35] ---
    Extinguish it! Hurry!
[03:39] ---
    We have until the cops come back.
[03:41] ---
    We'll dash across the lawn without pause!
[03:43] ---
    Don't stand still!
[03:50] ---
    Come to think of it...
[03:52] ---
    Captain mentioned that
    before he created the Sekiho Army,
[03:55] ---
    he was forced to commit arson and robbery
    to cause disturbances to the Shogunate.
[04:00] ---
    So that really...
[04:04] ---
    What's wrong, Katsu?
[04:06] ---
    Why are you idle?
[04:10] ---
    Kenshin.
[04:12] ---
    So he entered the Home Ministry
    before we did?
[04:17] ---
    Sanosuke,
    exactly what kind of guy is he?
[04:19] ---
    Himura Battosai. The man
    who used to be a legendary manslayer.
[04:25] ---
    I see.
[04:26] ---
    So he's the infamous Hitokiri Battosai.
[04:34] ---
    Did you come here to take Sanosuke back?
[04:37] ---
    No.
[04:38] ---
    This is how Sanosuke
    chose to act as a man.
[04:42] ---
    It is something I cannot make
    any objections about.
[04:48] ---
    I came here to stop your atrocious acts.
[04:53] ---
    Sakabato.
[04:56] ---
    Once again,
    an Imperialist is standing in our way.
[05:00] ---
    But...
[05:03] ---
    this time, I won't lose!
[05:04] ---
    Take this!
[05:08] ---
    Damn Imperialist!
[05:10] ---
    Yeah. That is all the more reason
[05:12] ---
    why I couldn't just brush aside
    your stupid acts, that I couldn't.
[05:19] ---
    A mere hitokiri
    telling me like he knows!
[05:21] ---
    Give it up!
[05:26] ---
    What about this?
[05:35] ---
    All right!
    You were caught off guard, Imperialist!
[05:38] ---
    No.
[05:40] ---
    He wasn't off his guard.
[05:43] ---
    He...
[05:45] ---
    dodged that.
[05:50] ---
    Care to go further, that you do?
[05:59] ---
    Sanosuke!
[06:00] ---
    That's enough.
[06:02] ---
    You can't defeat him with stuff like that.
[06:05] ---
    We've lost too much time, and the cops
    will come soon because of all the noise.
[06:09] ---
    Ridiculous! I haven't done
    anything meaningful yet!
[06:13] ---
    I can't give up my greatest wish
    for the past 10 years
[06:15] ---
    for something like this.
[06:18] ---
    Sa... no...
[06:20] ---
    Don't think badly of this.
[06:24] ---
    Now, how should we get outta here?
[06:28] ---
    Sano.
[06:33] ---
    It was all part of the plan, huh?
[06:36] ---
    Sorry to cause you trouble like this.
[06:39] ---
    It's nothing.
[06:41] ---
    Hey.
[06:43] ---
    If I had kept helping him out...
[06:47] ---
    would you have struck me down in the end?
[06:52] ---
    Yeah.
[06:53] ---
    I wouldn't want
    a halfhearted collusion, that I don't.
[06:57] ---
    I wouldn't hold back.
[07:01] ---
    Thanks.
[07:14] ---
    My room?
[07:27] ---
    If you're looking for the bombs,
    Kenshin took all of them.
[07:31] ---
    He said he'd find some place out of sight
    and bury them all.
[07:35] ---
    Damn dog of the government!
[07:38] ---
    It's nothing like that.
[07:40] ---
    Was it you?
    Did you lead him all the way here?
[07:44] ---
    Yeah.
[07:45] ---
    You're telling me...
[07:47] ---
    you betrayed me?
[07:49] ---
    Listen to me, Katsu.
[07:51] ---
    Shut up!
[07:53] ---
    I won't rely on you anymore!
[07:54] ---
    Katsu! What the hell are you gonna do?
[07:56] ---
    Seppuku!
[07:58] ---
    What?
[07:59] ---
    I assume the Home Ministry
    still has a heart.
[08:02] ---
    I'll slice my gut open
    right in front of them
[08:04] ---
    and expose the wrongdoings
    of the Meiji government as I die!
[08:09] ---
    What is something like that going to do?
[08:11] ---
    My unusual death
    will surely remain in people's hearts!
[08:15] ---
    That will lead to the search for truth
[08:18] ---
    and become a seed for distrust
    of the Meiji government!
[08:20] ---
    No, I will make it happen!
[08:22] ---
    Gimme a break, already!
[08:24] ---
    Things ain't gonna go
    that conveniently for you!
[08:27] ---
    Farewell, Sanosuke.
[08:34] ---
    A smoke bomb?
[08:40] ---
    Katsu...
[08:44] ---
    Katsu!
[08:47] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[09:00] ---
    Not just explosives,
    but smoke bombs and flash bombs.
[09:04] ---
    He really is an artisan, that he is.
[09:06] ---
    Sorry for this trouble.
[09:08] ---
    It's nothing you should worry about,
    that it isn't.
[09:10] ---
    I can deal with things of this sort
    in any number of ways.
[09:14] ---
    However...
[09:17] ---
    the rest is your job, that it is.
[09:23] ---
    Yeah.
[09:29] ---
    Hey!
[09:31] ---
    Where are you headed this late at night?
[09:35] ---
    Hey, are you listening?
[09:37] ---
    Where are you going?
[09:39] ---
    Where?
[09:42] ---
    Where should I be going?
[09:45] ---
    What?
[09:50] ---
    Man, I passed him!
[10:03] ---
    Katsu!
[10:15] ---
    Oh, damn it!
[10:19] ---
    Stand up, damn you!
[10:21] ---
    Let me go!
[10:22] ---
    Shut up!
[10:23] ---
    You're causing me trouble!
[10:25] ---
    We're going home, damn it!
[10:26] ---
    Go home by yourself!
[10:28] ---
    I have something left undone!
[10:30] ---
    Don't mess with me anymore, you traitor!
[10:33] ---
    Huh?
[10:34] ---
    What part of me
    are you callin' a traitor, damn it?
[10:37] ---
    You got in touch with an Imperialist
    and foiled my plan!
[10:41] ---
    Gimme a break!
[10:42] ---
    I haven't said one word
    about your plan to anyone else!
[10:47] ---
    Then why was he there?
[10:49] ---
    Hell if I know!
[10:50] ---
    He's a guy that always barges
    into other people's business like that!
[10:53] ---
    I can't believe you!
[10:55] ---
    Give me back my 10 years!
[11:02] ---
    You're acting like some delinquent!
[11:05] ---
    And you still claim to be
    with the Sekiho Army—
[11:11] ---
    Katsu, you...
[11:24] ---
    Don't get me wrong.
[11:27] ---
    This is enough to take you on.
[11:30] ---
    That's a relief.
[11:32] ---
    Looks like you're not rotten
    in the deepest part of your heart.
[11:37] ---
    Don't feel relief.
[11:39] ---
    You've not once
    been able to win against me.
[11:43] ---
    As if...
[11:58] ---
    That won't work.
[11:59] ---
    Neither will yours.
[12:00] ---
    You slacked off too much, Sanosuke.
[12:03] ---
    Huh?
[12:04] ---
    Gimme a br—
[12:16] ---
    Quit it.
[12:17] ---
    You can't win against me in a fight.
[12:20] ---
    This is... not a fight.
[12:27] ---
    In order to clear the 10-year grudge
    of the Sekiho Army
[12:30] ---
    and to bring its pride back...
[12:32] ---
    this is a battle!
[12:35] ---
    That's why I will not lose!
[12:37] ---
    I cannot lose!
[12:38] ---
    Sanosuke! The 10 years I spent
    were completely different from yours!
[12:44] ---
    Sanosuke!
[12:46] ---
    In the 10 years that our captain
    was disgraced,
[12:49] ---
    while the Meiji government
    blamed the Sekiho Army,
[12:53] ---
    what the hell were you doing?
[12:55] ---
    You spent all your time in petty fights,
[12:56] ---
    and then you got all buddy-buddy
    with a former Imperialist?
[13:00] ---
    What did you learn
    from the Sekiho Army and our captain?
[13:09] ---
    Enough of that!
[13:11] ---
    You have no right to say that!
[13:13] ---
    What exactly are you?
[13:15] ---
    You were cooped up in your own
    little shell for 10 years and made bombs!
[13:19] ---
    There were many other ways
    to clear the name of our captain!
[13:24] ---
    In the first place,
    you're 10 years too late to accuse 'em!
[13:29] ---
    What... do you mean?
[13:32] ---
    Whether we rot away for 10 years,
[13:34] ---
    whether the Meiji government
    goes corrupt...
[13:36] ---
    the guys in town are creating a new world
    with their own hands!
[13:41] ---
    You saw them, didn't you?
[13:43] ---
    That dojo girl
    is running around every day,
[13:45] ---
    trying to spread swordsmanship
    in this Meiji world!
[13:49] ---
    Yahiko was born to a samurai family,
    but he's as good as forsaken.
[13:54] ---
    Even then, he doesn't pout at all
[13:56] ---
    and swings that bamboo sword
    morning and night!
[13:59] ---
    That girl doctor Megumi
    was roped into some shady business,
[14:03] ---
    but she's since turned herself around and
    is checking on the sick people in town!
[14:07] ---
    Shu and Ginji have never complained
    about their current situations!
[14:11] ---
    They're desperate every day,
    but still live each day laughing!
[14:16] ---
    And after everything that's happened,
[14:18] ---
    they all sat down together
    for food and booze last night.
[14:22] ---
    Ain't that the equality
    for the four classes
[14:24] ---
    that the captain was aiming for, huh?
[14:27] ---
    Then, what I am trying to do...
[14:30] ---
    It's useless! It's only trouble!
[14:41] ---
    Useless, you say?
[14:46] ---
    Katsu, even if you commit seppuku,
    the world won't move because of it.
[14:53] ---
    Everyone is living in the present day.
[14:58] ---
    Let's go home.
[15:03] ---
    Sanosuke, where is Battosai?
[15:06] ---
    If he were to hand over my bombs
    to the government...
[15:11] ---
    I told you. He ain't someone like that.
[15:15] ---
    He's just like us.
[15:16] ---
    He doesn't think well
    of how the government is run right now.
[15:22] ---
    No, because he was part of creating
    the current government,
[15:26] ---
    he feels it even more than us.
[15:28] ---
    Don't be silly.
[15:30] ---
    What does a mere manslayer know about us?
[15:32] ---
    He knows.
[15:36] ---
    A former manslayer who had a taste
    of countless shady acts including murder
[15:41] ---
    as an active member behind the scenes
    of the Meiji Revolution.
[15:45] ---
    That is all the more reason...
[15:47] ---
    he couldn't just stand by
    and watch us do something shady.
[15:54] ---
    Hey, Katsu...
[15:55] ---
    Our captain mentioned
    he did some shady stuff
[15:58] ---
    before his days in the Sekiho Army.
[16:00] ---
    But I don't think
    he did all that willingly.
[16:04] ---
    The Sekiho Army was a squad that lived
[16:06] ---
    under the ideals of equality
    for the four classes.
[16:09] ---
    We can't tarnish its name
    after all this time.
[16:14] ---
    I don't care if it's pure or tarnished!
[16:17] ---
    There is no need to think about the means
    to fulfill our objectives!
[16:21] ---
    I see.
[16:23] ---
    That means we really
    will become a fake Imperial Army.
[16:29] ---
    Nobody ever picks this one up.
[16:32] ---
    SEKIHO ARMY CAPTAIN
    SOZO SAGARA
[16:32] ---
    Not the leader of a fake Imperial Army.
[16:40] ---
    Just because the government dudes
    are all corrupted,
[16:43] ---
    that doesn't mean
    that we gotta stoop to their level.
[16:46] ---
    It doesn't matter if it's slow and steady.
[16:49] ---
    Such a path that our captain
    will smile upon me from the afterlife...
[16:53] ---
    that's the path I'll take.
[17:47] ---
    Captain...
[17:52] ---
    What's wrong?
[17:53] ---
    Oh, Sanosuke ate Katsuhiro's fish
    without permission or something.
[17:59] ---
    Well, they're arguing like usual.
[18:02] ---
    I see.
[18:04] ---
    Come on, Sanosuke!
    Get him down without stopping!
[18:07] ---
    Katsu, you better not give up!
[18:09] ---
    You won't lose until you say you give up!
[18:12] ---
    Stop it! There's no way
    you can win against me!
[18:15] ---
    Shut up! I won't lose
    until I get my stolen trout back!
[18:20] ---
    You're so stubborn!
[18:23] ---
    What's wrong, Sanosuke?
[18:26] ---
    Katsuhiro! The legs!
[18:32] ---
    Katsuhiro won.
[18:35] ---
    Man, you did it!
[18:38] ---
    Ow.
[18:42] ---
    Well done.
[18:46] ---
    You should fight in your own way.
[18:59] ---
    My own way...
[19:10] ---
    So, how is Tsunan Tsukioka
    doing since, that is?
[19:14] ---
    Who knows?
[19:15] ---
    Oro?
[19:16] ---
    I totally pummeled him, so I kinda
    feel awkward and haven't gone to see him.
[19:23] ---
    Oh! If it isn't the young man
    from the other day!
[19:28] ---
    What perfect timing!
[19:29] ---
    Oh. Sorry about the other day.
[19:32] ---
    You need something?
[19:33] ---
    Yeah.
[19:34] ---
    There was something
    Mr. Tsukioka asked me to give to you.
[19:39] ---
    He said it was the final Nishiki painting
    from Tsunan Tsukioka.
[19:43] ---
    I don't know what got into him,
[19:46] ---
    but he suddenly said he was going
    to start an illustrated newspaper
[19:49] ---
    and correct the tyranny
    of the government with it.
[19:52] ---
    I told him that he shouldn't, because they
    crack down pretty hard, but...
[19:56] ---
    Oh, man.
    He was a really popular artist, too.
[20:01] ---
    SEKIHO ARMY
    CAPTAIN SOZO SAGARA
[20:02] ---
    It's really a shame, mister.
[21:43] ---
    So, what was the ruckus
    the other day all about?
[21:48] ---
    Well, the courtyard lawn
    was charred in several spots,
[21:52] ---
    and there was damage
    to a part of the wall,
[21:55] ---
    but no further damage
    to the facility nor personnel.
[21:59] ---
    There was no claim of responsibility,
[22:01] ---
    so we're investigating the incident
    as a malicious prank.
[22:05] ---
    It's springtime after all,
    so there will be a few loonies out there.
[22:09] ---
    Um...
[22:11] ---
    can it be the doings
    of someone from Shishio's group?
[22:15] ---
    D-Don't be ridiculous!
[22:17] ---
    Them? Here at the Home Ministry?
    Impossible!
[22:21] ---
    Kawaji.
[22:23] ---
    Yes, sir.
[22:24] ---
    There have been no sightings
    of Shishio's group in the Tokyo area.
[22:28] ---
    Please rest assured, Sir Okubo.
[22:31] ---
    Hmm.
[22:33] ---
    If it was their doing,
    there should have been some casualties.
[22:37] ---
    However, we cannot drop our guard.
[22:40] ---
    Please continue the investigation.
[22:42] ---
    Yes, sir!
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    MEIJI SWORDSMAN
    ROMANTIC STORY
    ACT ZERO
    PART ONE
[22:45] ---
    Next episode, "Meiji Swordsman
    Romantic Story, Act Zero, Part One."

E20 - Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story, Act Zero Part One

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[00:01] ---
    Imperialist from Choshu, Himura Battosai.
[00:05] ---
    You worked for five years,
    from age 14 to 19.
[00:09] ---
    You spent the first half
    as a literal manslayer,
[00:11] ---
    a merciless assassin
    squirming in the shadows.
[00:14] ---
    In the second half,
    you were a commando swordsman
[00:17] ---
    protecting comrades
    from the Shogunate's swordsmen.
[00:21] ---
    You're famous to this day
    because of the second job.
[00:26] ---
    Hold it right there!
[00:27] ---
    I advise against it.
[00:29] ---
    If the real Battosai were to linger,
[00:30] ---
    it would make everything for naught,
    that it will.
[00:33] ---
    I'm not saying I want the Battosai
    to stay here with me.
[00:35] ---
    I want you, a rurouni, to be here—
[00:39] ---
    Fine! If you want to go, just go!
[00:42] ---
    But at the least,
    you can tell me your name before you go!
[00:46] ---
    Or do you not even want
    to tell me your true name?
[00:54] ---
    Kenshin.
[00:57] ---
    Kenshin Himura.
[01:00] ---
    That is my current name, that it is.
[01:03] ---
    As a rurouni, I don't know
    when I will wander to the next place.
[01:07] ---
    But if that's fine with you...
[01:09] ---
    I will stay here for the time being,
    that I will.
[01:21] ---
    Oro? This is a pleasant scent.
[01:24] ---
    Can you tell? I splurged and
    bought slightly better tea leaves.
[01:28] ---
    Oh, you're right. This is really tasty.
[01:31] ---
    Missie, you really have a thing
    for tasty stuff, huh?
[01:35] ---
    She just thinks with her stomach.
[01:37] ---
    Though, thanks to that,
    I get to eat great food.
[01:40] ---
    If that's how you feel, appreciate it.
[01:42] ---
    I appreciate it, that I do.
[01:47] ---
    How many years has it been
    since I last had tea this tasty?
[01:52] ---
    You're exaggerating, Ken-san.
[01:54] ---
    Surely you had tea
    while you were wandering about.
[01:58] ---
    As I was away from home, that I was,
[02:00] ---
    I didn't really settle down
    to have some tea.
[02:03] ---
    Oh? Care to give us a tale
    of your travels every so often?
[02:06] ---
    I wanna hear an unusual story.
[02:09] ---
    Oh, that sounds good.
[02:10] ---
    Then, can you tell us
    something that was fun?
[02:13] ---
    I wanna feel good after hearing a story
    where you defeated some villains!
[02:16] ---
    Hmm...
[02:17] ---
    Come on, guys.
[02:19] ---
    You're troubling Kenshin.
[02:21] ---
    Don't ask for the impossible.
[02:22] ---
    Let's see, that is...
[02:24] ---
    unusual, fun,
    and includes a villain's defeat.
[04:05] ---
    EPISODE 20:
    MEIJI SWORDSMAN
    ROMANTIC STORY,
    ACT ZERO
    PART ONE
[04:11] ---
    Yokohama's foreigner settlement.
[04:15] ---
    During the Bakumatsu Era,
[04:16] ---
    treaties of amity and commerce
    were signed with various nations,
[04:19] ---
    which opened up the port of Yokohama.
[04:22] ---
    This area was designated as a place
    for foreigners to stay and trade.
[04:30] ---
    Out of my way! Shoo!
[04:32] ---
    Oro?
[04:33] ---
    I got a rush job!
[04:34] ---
    - Oro? Oro? Oro?
    - Shoo! Shoo! Out of my way!
[04:38] ---
    Oh, crap! Are you okay?
[04:42] ---
    What is going on, that is?
[04:43] ---
    Whoa!
[04:44] ---
    That's a relief! I'm glad you were okay!
[04:47] ---
    I really thought I messed up this time!
[04:50] ---
    I see, so I look fine to you,
    that I do. That's good.
[04:55] ---
    I'm really sorry.
[04:56] ---
    I'm Dankichi, a rickshaw driver.
[04:58] ---
    And you are...
[05:00] ---
    I am a rurouni.
[05:02] ---
    Ruro—
[05:03] ---
    A swordsman on an aimless journey,
    that I am.
[05:06] ---
    Sword...
[05:07] ---
    That means, wait, a samurai?
[05:11] ---
    That's a katana!
[05:13] ---
    Oro?
[05:13] ---
    That's against the Sword Abolishment Act!
[05:16] ---
    Well, this is indeed a katana of sorts,
    but actually, it is—
[05:20] ---
    Mr. Driver, over here!
[05:22] ---
    That's right!
    I can't just sit around here!
[05:25] ---
    Ororo?
[05:28] ---
    She collapsed in the streets,
    that she did?
[05:30] ---
    Hurry! Please take her to the doctor!
[05:32] ---
    "Treatment is a race against time."
[05:35] ---
    So I figured, and I brought to you
    on my sweet rickshaw...
[05:38] ---
    Doctor!
[05:43] ---
    Suspicious!
[05:44] ---
    It's all right!
[05:46] ---
    I am not suspicious!
[05:51] ---
    A Westerner.
[05:52] ---
    And a mask, to boot.
[05:54] ---
    If that isn't suspicious,
    Yokohama is an amazing place, that it is.
[05:59] ---
    Misunderstanding!
    That's a misunderstanding!
[06:01] ---
    Hey, Dankichi, is this okay?
[06:04] ---
    Huh?
[06:05] ---
    Foreigners aren't uncommon around here,
[06:08] ---
    but can you trust a doctor
    that you don't know the face or origin of?
[06:12] ---
    What ya talkin' about?
[06:13] ---
    They say if you live in Edo for
    three generations, you're an Edo native,
[06:16] ---
    but if you live in Yokohama
    for three days, you're a Yokohama native.
[06:19] ---
    Indeed.
[06:20] ---
    They do say that, but...
[06:21] ---
    Dr. Elder has been in Yokohama
    for way longer than three days!
[06:25] ---
    Can't you trust a fellow Yokohama native?
[06:28] ---
    Well, I can trust you,
    Dankichi, but a foreigner...
[06:33] ---
    We're all Yokohama natives!
[06:35] ---
    We're at the cutting edge
    of enlightenment!
[06:37] ---
    Mommy!
[06:40] ---
    Don't worry! Dr. Elder is
    the best doctor in the whole world!
[06:44] ---
    He sides with all the injured and sick!
[06:54] ---
    Mr. Dankichi.
[06:55] ---
    Yeah!
[06:56] ---
    I need to combine medicines.
[06:58] ---
    Please take this person to my hotel room.
[07:02] ---
    Yeah!
[07:03] ---
    Sure thing!
[07:04] ---
    - You're in the way! Get lost!
    - Ow.
[07:06] ---
    What the hell are ya—
[07:08] ---
    You're...
[07:10] ---
    Deian Ishizu!
[07:11] ---
    I heard the commotion and came over.
    So it's you again...
[07:15] ---
    mysterious wandering Western doctor.
[07:19] ---
    You really trouble me
    with your medical treatments
[07:22] ---
    without permission in my territory.
[07:25] ---
    Without your permission?
[07:26] ---
    You only treat Westerners and the rich!
[07:30] ---
    Of course.
[07:31] ---
    Those that don't pay
    don't deserve to live.
[07:34] ---
    Then this doesn't trouble you one bit!
[07:37] ---
    Dr. Elder takes care
    of those that can't pay!
[07:40] ---
    That's why this is troubling.
[07:43] ---
    Medical care is technology that has
    a high price tag on its own to begin with.
[07:47] ---
    The value of Western medicine
[07:49] ---
    that has been imported
    in the Meiji era has skyrocketed.
[07:53] ---
    So if I were to leave alone someone
    who is dishing it out basically for free,
[07:59] ---
    that drags everyone down,
    and the prices are bound to fall.
[08:03] ---
    Don't treat that one dying
    on the streets. If you do...
[08:07] ---
    Will you harm me?
[08:10] ---
    Ridiculous. The biggest taboo is striking
    a foreigner in their settlement.
[08:15] ---
    Who I will harm...
[08:17] ---
    is the one that collapsed.
[08:19] ---
    If the patient is beyond saving,
    there's no way treatment will help!
[08:23] ---
    Mommy!
[08:28] ---
    Both of you, that's enough.
[08:30] ---
    Treatment of this lady here
    is first and foremost right now.
[08:33] ---
    Busybodies should stay outta this!
[08:35] ---
    Do you see my gleaming dagger...
[08:39] ---
    K-K-Katana!
[08:42] ---
    What's up with that? It's against
    the Sword Abolishment Act!
[08:44] ---
    And you're one to say that?
[08:46] ---
    Pretending to be a samurai here
    in Yokohama in the days of Meiji, huh?
[08:50] ---
    He flew.
[08:55] ---
    Stop skittering!
[09:01] ---
    Mr. Rurouni! That was perfect!
[09:03] ---
    Leave the mom and the girl to me!
[09:06] ---
    Damn you!
[09:07] ---
    Mr. Elder! Hurry!
[09:11] ---
    A mask?
[09:11] ---
    Mysterious.
[09:13] ---
    Is he really a doctor?
[09:15] ---
    Better to stay out of this.
[09:17] ---
    Yeah.
[09:20] ---
    A bodyguard, huh?
[09:22] ---
    So I see. If that's the case,
    I have a plan of my own!
[09:27] ---
    Track down that guy's lodging.
[09:29] ---
    I'll send him a message.
[09:31] ---
    Yes, sir.
[09:37] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[09:44] ---
    I got one more room at this hotel.
[09:46] ---
    It will be best
    to rest up until she is better.
[09:50] ---
    Looks like the medicine is working.
[09:53] ---
    Once the fever goes down,
    she should be fine.
[09:56] ---
    Foreign doctor, thank you.
[09:58] ---
    You're welcome.
[10:01] ---
    Such a thorough job, that it is.
[10:03] ---
    It was just like this
    when I broke my foot, too.
[10:06] ---
    He stubbornly didn't accept any payment,
[10:08] ---
    saying I couldn't make money
    with my rickshaw 'til I was better.
[10:11] ---
    On top of that, once I got better,
[10:13] ---
    he's letting me make money
    by continued patronage.
[10:16] ---
    He doesn't take money
    from those that can't pay.
[10:19] ---
    He willingly treats
    those that are in need.
[10:21] ---
    That's just the kind of person he is.
[10:24] ---
    Thank you very much, Mr. Dankichi.
[10:26] ---
    Oh, no, no, no.
[10:27] ---
    I'm the one that should say thanks
    for your continued patronage.
[10:31] ---
    Mr. Rurouni, want a lift?
[10:33] ---
    Not taking money
    from those that can't pay.
[10:36] ---
    Willingly work for those
    that are in need...
[10:37] ---
    Riding without paying
    leads straight to the cops.
[10:42] ---
    I am a rurouni,
    so I will walk, that I will.
[10:45] ---
    Yeah. That's more like you.
[10:48] ---
    Mr. Rurouni, thank you very much
    for your help as well.
[10:52] ---
    How about some tea as thanks?
[10:55] ---
    That is, afternoon tea.
[10:56] ---
    Oro?
[10:57] ---
    You should have some as well,
    Mr. Dankichi.
[10:59] ---
    Oh? I don't know what this is about,
    but I'll gladly accompany you!
[11:05] ---
    The weather is nice today,
    so let's have some tea outside.
[11:08] ---
    Sounds good.
[11:10] ---
    Similar to an open-air tea ceremony,
    that is?
[11:15] ---
    Here you go.
[11:18] ---
    Thank you.
[11:23] ---
    Samurai sword.
[11:26] ---
    It was worth coming
    all the way to Japan.
[11:31] ---
    A Western sword?
[11:41] ---
    This is a good garden, that it is.
[11:43] ---
    The daphnes are smelling wonderful.
[11:45] ---
    It's almost spring.
[11:48] ---
    Please, have some.
[11:50] ---
    Well, then, in celebration
    of meeting Mr. Rurouni, cheers!
[11:54] ---
    A toast with black tea?
[11:56] ---
    Don't worry about
    the petty details, Doctor.
[12:01] ---
    Whoa! So this is what Western tea
    and pastries are like.
[12:05] ---
    I'll gladly dig in!
[12:12] ---
    Tasty!
[12:14] ---
    Come on, Mr. Rurouni.
    It's a waste for you to be holding back.
[12:19] ---
    I will have some, that I will.
[12:30] ---
    See? Doesn't it smell good?
[12:34] ---
    The pastries are sweet and delicious.
[12:36] ---
    What about the black tea?
[12:38] ---
    They use very good tea leaves.
[12:41] ---
    Thank you for offering
    something so uncommon.
[12:45] ---
    Perhaps you cannot sense
    the scents of the tea?
[12:51] ---
    Actually, not much.
[12:53] ---
    I see.
[12:54] ---
    You seem to be a bit exhausted.
[12:57] ---
    Well, after that big ol' tussle
    he had there, yeah!
[13:01] ---
    I don't really feel fatigue
    of any sort, that I don't.
[13:05] ---
    There is exhaustion
    that is different from physical fatigue.
[13:09] ---
    You can smell flowers,
    but you can't smell black tea.
[13:14] ---
    That is a sign of an exhausted mind.
[13:17] ---
    Mind...
[13:19] ---
    Western doctors sure say
    really interesting things.
[13:24] ---
    Hey, you're actually
    a pretty famous samurai, aren't you?
[13:27] ---
    Well, um...
[13:29] ---
    You must have had a lot of action
    back in the Bakumatsu Era!
[13:33] ---
    I know! You're one of those...
[13:35] ---
    Shinsengumi!
[13:37] ---
    Are you all right?
[13:40] ---
    It must have been rough in Kyoto
    back in the Bakumatsu Era...
[13:43] ---
    but it was rough in Yokohama, too.
[13:46] ---
    I mean, this foreigner settlement
    was suddenly created and all!
[13:51] ---
    It's really become an interesting city.
[13:54] ---
    The level of enlightenment
    matches Tokyo and Hakodate, I bet.
[13:59] ---
    I'm sure many interesting
    foreign items and creations
[14:02] ---
    from new technology
    are here in Yokohama, that there are.
[14:06] ---
    Sure are! This is a really great place!
[14:09] ---
    I love it here!
[14:11] ---
    Actually, I have
    a lot of sights to recommend,
[14:13] ---
    so you want to have a tour
    on the rickshaw?
[14:16] ---
    Unfortunately, I don't have the funds.
[14:19] ---
    Oh, right.
[14:22] ---
    Then, how about this?
[14:24] ---
    You pull me on the rickshaw.
[14:26] ---
    And I'll give you the lowdown
    of all the landmarks.
[14:29] ---
    That way, you don't need
    to pay for the rickshaw.
[14:31] ---
    That is an interesting idea!
[14:34] ---
    Dr. Elder, then you
    should come around with us!
[14:37] ---
    Oh? Me, too?
[14:39] ---
    The rickshaw only holds one.
[14:41] ---
    You'd have one person left over
    if it's the three of us, that is.
[14:44] ---
    Then we'll settle it
    with rock-paper-scissors!
[14:46] ---
    The first one to lose
    will pull the rickshaw!
[14:48] ---
    The winner rides!
[14:50] ---
    The one in second place
    can run alongside the rickshaw.
[14:52] ---
    But then, if you were to lose,
    Mr. Dankichi...
[14:56] ---
    Don't worry about the petty details!
[15:00] ---
    Rock, paper, scissors...
[15:01] ---
    go!
[15:02] ---
    Oro?
[15:03] ---
    Tiebreaker.
[15:05] ---
    ...go!
[15:05] ---
    Oro?
[15:07] ---
    - ...go!
    - Oro?
[15:08] ---
    - ...go!
    - Oro?
[15:09] ---
    - ...go! ...go!
    - Oro? Oro?
[15:10] ---
    - ...go!
    - Oro?
[15:12] ---
    Man, we really do get along!
[15:15] ---
    What are the chances? This is a miracle!
[15:18] ---
    Oro?
[15:20] ---
    But this is going nowhere.
[15:23] ---
    Then we pick straws?
[15:25] ---
    No complaints,
    regardless of what you pick!
[15:33] ---
    I will pull the rickshaw!
[15:35] ---
    I am the passenger, that I am.
[15:36] ---
    All right! Then, let's go!
[15:48] ---
    Yokohama settlement 39.
[15:52] ---
    The American missionary Hepburn
    made great efforts
[15:55] ---
    to popularize medicine in Japan
    and translate the Bible,
[15:59] ---
    and this is where he founded
    the Hepburn School.
[16:03] ---
    Back then, the port of Yokohama was
    not deep enough for large ships to berth,
[16:09] ---
    so small ships called barges
    transported the goods dockside.
[16:14] ---
    The dock, curved to serve as breakwater,
    was called the Elephant's Nose.
[16:24] ---
    Yokohama Station.
[16:26] ---
    The first train in Japan
    opened for service
[16:29] ---
    in the fifth year of Meiji
    between Shimbashi and Yokohama,
[16:32] ---
    symbolizing the enlightenment movement.
[16:35] ---
    The station building, designed by
    American architect R.P. Bridgens,
[16:38] ---
    was so popular
    it was drawn in Ukiyo paintings.
[16:53] ---
    How was it? What do you think
    after that tour of Yokohama?
[16:56] ---
    It's a good town that lets you
    feel the new era, that it is.
[16:59] ---
    - Right, isn't it?
    - Oro?
[17:01] ---
    You really do get it!
[17:02] ---
    If you live here for three days,
    you're already a Yokohama native!
[17:05] ---
    Why don't you stop being a rurouni
    and become a Yokohama native?
[17:08] ---
    Oro?
[17:11] ---
    Well, I'll take my leave now. See ya!
[17:18] ---
    Is it really all right, that is?
[17:21] ---
    It is fine.
[17:22] ---
    It will be difficult
    to find some lodging at this hour.
[17:30] ---
    Please.
[17:31] ---
    Thank you.
[17:33] ---
    So you change into room shoes
    while inside, that you do.
[17:37] ---
    Mr. Elder, your height seems
    to have suddenly gotten shorter.
[17:41] ---
    It's just you. Westerners look small
    when there is a ceiling overhead.
[17:45] ---
    Is that how things are, that is?
[17:48] ---
    How strange.
[17:49] ---
    I will change into loungewear.
[17:51] ---
    I will use the bedroom!
[18:03] ---
    Well...
[18:08] ---
    Do you mean Mr. Elder?
[18:13] ---
    So I should just hand this
    to him... probably.
[18:17] ---
    Mr. Elder, you have some sort of message.
[18:21] ---
    Oro?
[18:30] ---
    My apologies. You were a lady.
[18:32] ---
    It's just you.
    Westerners occasionally switch genders!
[18:40] ---
    I'm sorry. That was a lie.
[18:45] ---
    You have some reason to do this?
[18:50] ---
    I will tell you.
[18:52] ---
    Please, come in.
[18:57] ---
    Dr. Elder...
[18:59] ---
    always hiding his face with a mask,
    and his origins are unknown.
[19:03] ---
    But his skills are top-notch.
    A wandering doctor.
[19:07] ---
    Sought by notable individuals
    and the rich from various nations,
[19:10] ---
    he travels the globe.
[19:12] ---
    On the other hand,
    he runs around treating the poor.
[19:16] ---
    And you want to get rid of this Dr. Elder?
[19:19] ---
    Right. This is my territory.
[19:23] ---
    Those that hinder my doings
    will become horrifying corpses
[19:26] ---
    that warn others to not follow suit.
[19:29] ---
    However, as I am Japanese, I will not
    go unscathed if I killed a Westerner.
[19:35] ---
    I see. That is why you are asking us.
[19:38] ---
    Not just that.
[19:40] ---
    Dr. Elder has a bodyguard that my men
    likely won't be able to beat.
[19:46] ---
    A has-been samurai with
    a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek.
[19:51] ---
    Oh, that is convenient.
[19:54] ---
    I have a swordsman that has been craving
    to fight against a powerful samurai.
[20:00] ---
    I have work for you, Espilar.
[20:04] ---
    A samurai with a cross-shaped scar.
[20:06] ---
    Must be that guy from earlier.
[20:09] ---
    Samurai. That name crossed the seas
    and is known across the globe.
[20:15] ---
    Wonderful sword masters
    who wield katana blades.
[20:19] ---
    Samurai. They slay blasphemous enemies
[20:23] ---
    and even slice their own guts
    to prove their innocence.
[20:27] ---
    A prideful berserker.
[20:30] ---
    I heard they had disappeared
    from this world
[20:33] ---
    in the Meiji Revolution 10 years ago.
[20:36] ---
    But I came all the way to this
    island nation on very faint hopes...
[20:43] ---
    to fight against a samurai!
[20:46] ---
    The samurai with a cross-shaped scar
[20:48] ---
    seems to have been a famed swordsman
    in Kyoto back in the Bakumatsu era.
[20:53] ---
    Hmph. A survivor
    of the Bakumatsu Era, huh.
[20:56] ---
    No wonder he's strong.
[20:59] ---
    It is an opponent
    you have been wishing for.
[21:03] ---
    A samurai with a cross-shaped scar...
[21:07] ---
    The legendary man
    touted as the strongest man...
[21:11] ---
    Hitokiri Battosai!
[22:44] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    MEIJI SWORDSMAN
    ROMANTIC STORY,
    ACT ZERO
    PART TWO
[22:45] ---
    Next episode, "Meiji Swordsman
    Romantic Story, Act Zero Part Two."

E21 - Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story, Act Zero Part Two

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[00:01] ---
    This one is an outstanding swordsman
    even among our experts.
[00:06] ---
    His price is quite high. Can you pay it?
[00:10] ---
    Hmph!
[00:16] ---
    This is smallpox virus.
[00:20] ---
    Smallpox.
[00:22] ---
    In Japanese, it is known
    as ten'nento, hoso, and toso.
[00:25] ---
    It is an infectious disease
    caused by the smallpox virus.
[00:30] ---
    It is very infectious among humans
    and was feared as a lethal disease.
[00:38] ---
    If I spread this in the streets
    and create patients,
[00:41] ---
    I can make as much money as I want.
[00:44] ---
    No matter how high his price is,
    there are no problems whatsoever.
[00:50] ---
    Well, all right.
[00:51] ---
    Hate to say this after all that, but...
[00:54] ---
    it's a part of my job to be well aware
[00:57] ---
    that low-quality medicine
    is completely useless.
[01:00] ---
    The same can be said for bodyguards.
[01:05] ---
    I'm going to spend a large sum of money.
    I would like to check his qualities.
[01:10] ---
    Hmph. All that will do
    is make your bodyguard useless.
[01:17] ---
    Oh?
[01:20] ---
    That sword has quite a unique shape.
[01:25] ---
    Look here!
[01:27] ---
    You think you can win
    against my metal club
[01:31] ---
    with such a wispy little stick?
[01:33] ---
    I'll teach you a lesson!
[01:40] ---
    Oh!
[01:43] ---
    What the hell just happened?
[01:46] ---
    Eastern katana or Western sword,
    which is stronger?
[01:52] ---
    Time for a showdown, Hitokiri Battosai!
[03:26] ---
    EPISODE 21:
    MEIJI SWORDSMAN
    ROMANTIC STORY,
    ACT ZERO
    PART TWO
[03:31] ---
    In any case...
[03:33] ---
    I was surprised that you were a lady
    in a man's clothing, that I was.
[03:38] ---
    This isn't just limited to doctors.
[03:41] ---
    In the world
    of male-dominated occupations,
[03:44] ---
    women are almost never trusted,
    regardless of how skilled they are.
[03:49] ---
    In reality, nurses and helpers
    are trusted a lot more in my case.
[03:55] ---
    Even in the West, that is?
[03:57] ---
    Yes.
[03:59] ---
    That is why I decided to wear
    platform shoes and a derby hat,
[04:03] ---
    fabricate a voice and mannerisms,
    and put a mask over my face.
[04:07] ---
    I was surprised at your change in guise,
[04:11] ---
    but a voice isn't something
    that can easily change.
[04:14] ---
    You must have done
    quite a bit of training, that you did.
[04:16] ---
    I've always been good at stuff like this.
[04:19] ---
    Back in my homeland,
    I often did one-man shows.
[04:23] ---
    O Romeo...
[04:25] ---
    Juliet!
[04:26] ---
    Wherefore art thou Romeo?
[04:28] ---
    Whoa!
[04:33] ---
    But still...
[04:36] ---
    A mask?
[04:36] ---
    Mysterious.
[04:38] ---
    Is he really a doctor?
[04:40] ---
    Better to stay out of this.
[04:43] ---
    This is a tale of hardship, that it is.
[04:45] ---
    Now that you are dressing like a man,
[04:48] ---
    you end up being treated
    as some mysterious person.
[04:50] ---
    It's fine.
[04:52] ---
    This is how I chose to live my life.
[04:56] ---
    If there is a world behind this mask
    where everyone can live in good health...
[05:03] ---
    Oh, that sounds a bit too grandiose.
[05:06] ---
    No.
[05:08] ---
    That was unnecessary scrutiny,
    that it was.
[05:10] ---
    I will take my leave now, that I will.
[05:13] ---
    Huh?
[05:14] ---
    I can't possibly stay here now that
    I know you are a lady, that I can't.
[05:19] ---
    Miss Elder.
[05:20] ---
    Yes?
[05:22] ---
    Mr. Dankichi has quite a bit
    of trust in you.
[05:26] ---
    And that mother and child is sure to be
    happy about what you did, that they will.
[05:32] ---
    The way you chose to live is most likely
    not a mistake, that it isn't.
[05:37] ---
    See you.
[05:48] ---
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu,
    I had heard about it before...
[05:54] ---
    but I didn't think it actually existed.
[05:58] ---
    Have you ever slain men
    with this Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu?
[06:02] ---
    No.
[06:03] ---
    Then, do you think you can slay men?
[06:10] ---
    If there is a new era
    where everyone can live at ease...
[06:16] ---
    beyond my bloodstained blade
    and the lives of the victims...
[06:21] ---
    If there is a world behind this mask
    where everyone can live in good health...
[06:35] ---
    Oro?
[06:40] ---
    Doc! Dr. Elder!
[06:43] ---
    What is exactly the matter, Mr. Dankichi?
[06:46] ---
    Huh? I heard that you
    already received the message.
[06:50] ---
    Oh, well. Please come with me.
[06:54] ---
    An emergency call?
[06:55] ---
    No. They specified the time, so I
    don't think this is an emergency call.
[07:00] ---
    Specified the time? In the darkest
    of the night, right before dawn?
[07:06] ---
    This is strange.
[07:08] ---
    This is strange.
[07:09] ---
    Wait! There's someone
    in the middle of the road!
[07:12] ---
    Look out! Out of the way!
[07:20] ---
    The hell is that?
[07:21] ---
    What's he up to?
[07:23] ---
    Out of the way!
[07:24] ---
    Destornillador Sable Estillo...
[07:28] ---
    Tormenta Infierno!
[07:39] ---
    We didn't have to come out here to watch.
    That guy is amazing!
[07:43] ---
    It's important that I witness it
    with my own eyes.
[07:46] ---
    I don't trust anyone in this world.
[07:49] ---
    Not even you.
[07:51] ---
    Huh?
[07:52] ---
    Twisting his body to the limit
[07:54] ---
    and using the resulting spinning force
    to gain maximum power...
[07:59] ---
    that is what
    Destornillador Sable Estillo is about.
[08:05] ---
    Doc!
[08:06] ---
    Where is the samurai?
[08:08] ---
    Huh?
[08:08] ---
    That man with the cross-shaped scar.
[08:11] ---
    Let go of that hand.
[08:16] ---
    I forgot to hand Mr. Elder
    this message earlier.
[08:19] ---
    It took a bit of effort to have it
    translated into Japanese at the hotel.
[08:23] ---
    But it was a message
    to lure Mr. Elder out.
[08:26] ---
    Mr. Rurouni...
[08:29] ---
    A cross-shaped scar indeed.
[08:31] ---
    A samurai indeed.
[08:34] ---
    As men who have truly mastered
    swordsmanship, I challenge you to a duel.
[08:40] ---
    I want to know who is
    the superior swordsman.
[08:44] ---
    The legendary man said to be
    the strongest man ever!
[08:48] ---
    Hitokiri Battosai!
[08:52] ---
    Murdering many a leading figure
    as an assassin
[08:55] ---
    and fighting multiple veterans in the
    Bakumatsu Era as a mercenary swordsman!
[09:01] ---
    You are without a doubt one of
    the strongest samurai, Hitokiri Battosai!
[09:07] ---
    I did away with that name
    10 years ago, that I did.
[09:09] ---
    How absurd!
[09:11] ---
    You did away with your name?
    Then what is that katana on your waist?
[09:15] ---
    Now draw it!
[09:16] ---
    Draw it, and fight me!
[09:33] ---
    If you wish it that badly,
    I have no other choice.
[09:42] ---
    Apologies for the rough handling.
[09:49] ---
    I hear that a katana
    is the soul of a samurai.
[09:57] ---
    Now unleash that soul of yours!
[10:00] ---
    Before the days of the sword
    becomes completely extinct!
[10:04] ---
    Tormenta Infierno!
[10:08] ---
    That thrust!
[10:11] ---
    Don't take the blow!
[10:13] ---
    You'll spin around and get blown away!
[10:22] ---
    Tempestar Infierno!
[10:39] ---
    Hmph.
[10:41] ---
    That saber was altered for toughness,
[10:45] ---
    and Espiral trained his body
    to physically altered levels,
[10:49] ---
    but every technique unleashed was dodged
    perfectly within a paper-thin margin.
[10:52] ---
    I'd expect nothing less
    from the legendary manslayer.
[11:00] ---
    It seems we'll see the ultimate
    Destornillador Sable Estillo technique
[11:05] ---
    for the first time in a while.
[11:08] ---
    What the hell is that?
    His body is completely twisted!
[11:13] ---
    We are the final samurai
    and the final swordsman.
[11:17] ---
    Who will be the last one standing?
[11:20] ---
    Let us decide now!
[11:26] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[11:31] ---
    We are the final samurai
    and the final swordsman.
[11:36] ---
    Who will be the last one standing?
[11:39] ---
    Let us decide now!
[11:41] ---
    Take this! My strongest,
    fastest, ultimate attack!
[11:45] ---
    Tornado Infierno!
[11:53] ---
    Mr. Rurouni!
[12:07] ---
    He did it!
[12:11] ---
    Oh, my.
[12:12] ---
    He took the force
    of Espiral's ultimate attack
[12:15] ---
    and added it to his own slashing attack
    to slam it back.
[12:27] ---
    The last one standing is the samurai.
[12:31] ---
    Ah, well, if someone of your caliber
[12:34] ---
    is going to slay me,
    I couldn't wish for more.
[12:38] ---
    Now give me the final blow.
[12:41] ---
    How scandalous.
[12:42] ---
    Look closely, that you should.
[12:45] ---
    This is my current katana.
[12:48] ---
    Sakabato?
[12:50] ---
    My Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu is a murderous
    sword that most certainly butchers men.
[12:56] ---
    That is, unless I use this creative katana
    to prevent me from murdering them.
[13:04] ---
    A katana is a samurai's soul.
[13:07] ---
    I see.
[13:09] ---
    So that is your current soul.
[13:13] ---
    A different caliber,
    in both skill and class!
[13:16] ---
    Damn it! Then at least—
[13:24] ---
    "Smallpox"!
[13:26] ---
    Whoa!
[13:27] ---
    That's smallpox virus!
    It's very dangerous!
[13:38] ---
    O smallpox!
[13:39] ---
    Ride the wind,
    and spread all over Yokohama!
[13:42] ---
    And amid all of the confusion,
    I will make a run for it!
[13:59] ---
    The score has been settled.
[14:00] ---
    Don't further tarnish my defeat.
[14:05] ---
    Ishizu, damn you!
[14:12] ---
    I am satisfied with being able
    to witness a great fight.
[14:15] ---
    I surrender.
[14:38] ---
    You saved me?
[14:41] ---
    All injured and sick
    are equal as my patients.
[14:44] ---
    Is that so?
[14:46] ---
    Yes.
[14:48] ---
    In an era where swords are going extinct,
[14:50] ---
    I sought to be the strongest
    at the sword.
[14:54] ---
    However...
[14:55] ---
    even that was smashed
    in front of an Eastern samurai.
[15:00] ---
    I have no reason to live,
    even if my wounds were to heal.
[15:06] ---
    Seeking to be the best
[15:08] ---
    despite being in an era where
    swordsmanship is meeting its end...
[15:12] ---
    I believe that is something
    to be proud of.
[15:15] ---
    However, when your goals are too large,
    you tend to get lost.
[15:22] ---
    Nobody would ever carry a map of Japan
    just to tour Yokohama, would they?
[15:28] ---
    I have gotten lost along the way?
[15:35] ---
    Indeed, that may be the case.
[15:41] ---
    Ishizu has been arrested,
[15:43] ---
    and the middleman
    has been deported, that is.
[15:46] ---
    Then we have peace of mind.
[15:49] ---
    From my eyes, this is far
    from peace of mind, that it is.
[15:54] ---
    It was an honor to fight you, Battosai.
[15:58] ---
    No, you said you had already
    rid yourself of that name.
[16:02] ---
    I am a rurouni.
[16:04] ---
    I am a traveling swordsman, that I am.
[16:06] ---
    I am Espiral.
[16:08] ---
    I felt despair at the closure
    of the era of swords.
[16:12] ---
    However, I realized when Dr. Elder told me
[16:15] ---
    that I would get lost using a map
    that was too broad...
[16:19] ---
    it's not bad to live with smaller hopes,
[16:23] ---
    instead of despairing
    over something as large as an era.
[16:27] ---
    Smaller hopes?
[16:30] ---
    As long as I continue to be a swordsman,
    the era of swords does not end for me.
[16:36] ---
    That's how I decided to think.
[16:39] ---
    And so...
[16:42] ---
    That sword...
[16:44] ---
    Just like how you switched to a sakabato
    from a man-slaying katana,
[16:48] ---
    I swapped out my twisted blade
    for a straight one.
[16:51] ---
    I chose to become a swordsman
    to protect Dr. Elder.
[16:55] ---
    Though I will be all right on my own.
[16:58] ---
    At the least, let me accompany you to your
    next port of call in the United States.
[17:03] ---
    I gave in to his persistence.
[17:05] ---
    I see.
[17:06] ---
    Yesterday's foe
    is today's ally, that it is.
[17:09] ---
    Yes.
[17:11] ---
    Mr. Elder, you and Mr. Espiral
    will be leaving the country now?
[17:16] ---
    - Yes.
    - Yeah.
[17:18] ---
    Fare you well.
[17:30] ---
    I will go through
    the embarking procedures.
[17:33] ---
    I'm happy that you will see us off.
[17:35] ---
    When someone sees me off,
[17:36] ---
    I feel like they will welcome me back
    the next time I drop by.
[17:41] ---
    It wasn't just me, that it wasn't.
[17:43] ---
    Huh?
[17:44] ---
    Doc! Dr. Elder!
[17:47] ---
    I heard it from Dankichi!
[17:49] ---
    You protected the settlement
    from that scum, Deian?
[17:52] ---
    Come by again!
[17:54] ---
    My mom is all better now!
[17:56] ---
    Thanks!
[17:58] ---
    Thank you very much!
[17:59] ---
    You'll have a lot of people
    welcoming you next time, that you will.
[18:03] ---
    Thank you so much!
[18:05] ---
    Everyone, please stay healthy!
[18:07] ---
    Whoa! What a hot lady!
[18:11] ---
    Fare you well. Please be of help
[18:14] ---
    to those who are ailing from injury
    or illness, that you should.
[18:18] ---
    Yes. I will do my best
[18:20] ---
    so that as many people as possible
    can live in good health.
[18:29] ---
    Such a large scar.
[18:30] ---
    It seems like an old sword cut,
[18:33] ---
    but it somehow looks
    like it was created recently.
[18:37] ---
    Your mind and your body are connected
[18:39] ---
    far more deeply and powerfully
    than you can imagine.
[18:43] ---
    I don't know what happened in your past.
[18:47] ---
    But if that past is linked to that scar...
[18:50] ---
    how about you move to a new land
    and start living a completely new life?
[18:56] ---
    It's called change-of-air therapy.
[18:58] ---
    Leaving an area
    that you're used to living in
[19:00] ---
    and putting yourself
    in a different environment
[19:02] ---
    will bring you peace of mind and healing.
[19:06] ---
    I appreciate your attentiveness.
[19:08] ---
    However, my past
    is something I chose for myself.
[19:13] ---
    I can't just let it go, that I can't.
[19:16] ---
    I will keep both the past
    and the scar as is.
[19:21] ---
    And at the very least, with this sword...
[19:23] ---
    I will protect as many people
    that catch my eye as I can, that I will.
[19:30] ---
    Indeed so.
[19:31] ---
    If a katana is a samurai's soul,
[19:34] ---
    for you, wielding that no-kill katana,
    that way of life is likely the best fit.
[21:13] ---
    And that was how the story went,
    that it was.
[21:15] ---
    Hey, Kenshin,
    just how long ago did that story happen?
[21:19] ---
    Let's see.
[21:21] ---
    I think it was about five days
[21:22] ---
    before I started living
    at Kamiya Dojo, that it was.
[21:25] ---
    Five days?
[21:26] ---
    So this story was that recent, huh?
[21:29] ---
    I totally thought it was
    a story from way in the past.
[21:33] ---
    I didn't say I was going
    to tell you an old tale, that I didn't.
[21:36] ---
    Well, that's true.
[21:38] ---
    But if so,
    there is something that bothers me.
[21:41] ---
    Oro?
[21:42] ---
    If you excuse me...
[21:48] ---
    Ken-san, you know...
[21:49] ---
    you said that you could smell
    the daphnes in the garden,
[21:52] ---
    but you couldn't smell the black tea.
[21:55] ---
    That is correct, that it is.
[21:57] ---
    But, Kenshin, you said right now
    that this tea was really tasty.
[22:03] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[22:05] ---
    Then you're fine.
[22:10] ---
    One last piece of advice as a doctor.
[22:14] ---
    No matter what the injury or illness,
    you need rest on top of treatment.
[22:20] ---
    It is important to settle down
    in one location
[22:22] ---
    and soothe your mind and body over time.
[22:26] ---
    If, in the future, you ever come across
    someone that calls for you...
[22:31] ---
    please do try
    and pause your journey at that time.
[22:38] ---
    All right.
[22:40] ---
    I will keep that in mind, that I will.
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    RESURRECTION OF THE WOLF
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "Resurrection of the Wolf."

E22 - Resurrection of the Wolf

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[00:08] ---
    Captain of the Third Unit
    of the Shinsengumi, Hajime Saito...
[00:14] ---
    Here I come...
[00:16] ---
    Hitokiri Battosai.
[00:27] ---
    Kenshin!
[00:30] ---
    Kenshin!
[00:34] ---
    SIMPLE STRONG SWORD
[00:34] ---
    I'm back from outside training.
[00:36] ---
    Come on, stand up, already!
[00:42] ---
    Oro?
[00:42] ---
    Why are you so spaced out?
[00:44] ---
    You! We're talkin' about you!
    Is there any other Kenshin?
[00:48] ---
    - Now, let's hurry on home.
    - Oro...
[02:21] ---
    EPISODE 22:
    RESURRECTION OF THE WOLF
[02:26] ---
    Shinsengumi?
[02:28] ---
    I noticed you were
    in a deeper sleep than usual,
[02:31] ---
    but you were having a dream of the past?
[02:33] ---
    It's been a while since I last had
    a dream of the Bakumatsu days, that it is.
[02:37] ---
    By Shinsengumi, you mean the group famous
    for being the nemesis of the Imperialists?
[02:43] ---
    Yes. Our archnemesis.
[02:47] ---
    We crossed blades countless times.
[02:49] ---
    IKEDAYA
[02:50] ---
    The Shinsengumi was originally
    made up of swordsmen from the Tama area.
[02:55] ---
    A squad retained
    as the Shogunate's Kyoto defense.
[03:00] ---
    Back then, the Revolutionary warriors
    fought on their own.
[03:02] ---
    As a result,
    Kyoto turned into a bloodbath,
[03:05] ---
    a demonic capital where blades met blades.
[03:10] ---
    They wielded their swords
    to protect the peace of Kyoto.
[03:15] ---
    SINCERITY
[03:16] ---
    Crimson flag with the word "sincerity."
[03:19] ---
    Pale blue short jackets
    with jagged stripes.
[03:22] ---
    With excellent swordsmanship and
    a fighting spirit that doesn't fear death,
[03:26] ---
    the Wolves of Mibu
    made all of Kyoto tremble in fear.
[03:30] ---
    Defeated by modern weaponry,
    they disappeared into the flow of time.
[03:35] ---
    But they were the greatest, strongest,
[03:38] ---
    and likely final group of swordsmen
    in Japanese history.
[03:43] ---
    But I heard the Shinsengumi
    most excelled in group combat
[03:47] ---
    where several members attack one person.
[03:50] ---
    That kind of sounds unfair.
[03:52] ---
    Their top priority was
    preserving peace in Kyoto, that it was.
[03:56] ---
    Of course they couldn't just have a fight
    fair and square, that they couldn't.
[04:02] ---
    And though people say they were strong,
    there were individual differences.
[04:06] ---
    But the officer class, especially
    the ones engaging in actual combat...
[04:10] ---
    the captains of the First, Second, and
    Third Units were powerful without a doubt.
[04:16] ---
    I fought them one-on-one several times,
[04:19] ---
    but I wasn't able to settle the score
    with any of them, that I wasn't.
[04:23] ---
    I heard that most of those officers
    have already died...
[04:26] ---
    and that is still heartbreaking.
[04:28] ---
    It sounds like you
    really see them in a good light.
[04:31] ---
    They were your enemies, right?
[04:32] ---
    Well...
[04:34] ---
    yeah.
[04:36] ---
    They were indeed my enemies,
    that they were.
[04:38] ---
    But I had no personal grudges.
[04:40] ---
    We had different circumstances,
    but there is no difference
[04:43] ---
    in us fighting with our lives
    and convictions on our blades.
[04:47] ---
    Perhaps I feel closer to them
[04:49] ---
    more so than the Revolutionary warriors
    currently in government posts.
[04:56] ---
    Hmm...
[04:58] ---
    Is it strange after all, is it?
[05:00] ---
    Nope, that's not necessarily true. But...
[05:04] ---
    it was just slightly unusual
    to see you speak so much about your past.
[05:10] ---
    Well, let's head back.
[05:14] ---
    It really has been a while since I last
    had a dream about back then, that it has.
[05:19] ---
    Why are you in such a daze, Kenshin?
[05:22] ---
    Let's hurry home.
[05:24] ---
    I haven't had those dreams lately.
[05:28] ---
    Why now?
[05:35] ---
    Damn it! I was thinkin'
    I would get some free food here.
[05:39] ---
    Where the hell did they all go?
[05:41] ---
    Hello!
[05:43] ---
    Huh? Who the hell are you?
[05:46] ---
    Well... nice to meet you.
[05:48] ---
    I'm a medicine vendor from Tama,
[05:50] ---
    selling a wonder drug
    called Ishida Powdered Medicine.
[05:55] ---
    My name is Goro Fujita.
[05:59] ---
    Would you like some?
[06:00] ---
    This Ishida Powdered Medicine
    is great for bruises and broken bones—
[06:03] ---
    Wait. Hold up. None of the folks
    in this place are home.
[06:07] ---
    Oh, is that so?
[06:09] ---
    What a shame.
[06:11] ---
    Hey, you.
[06:12] ---
    Yes?
[06:13] ---
    I really don't care,
    but you have very narrow eyes.
[06:18] ---
    I was born with these eyes.
[06:20] ---
    Is that so?
[06:23] ---
    Then...
[06:26] ---
    these calluses from holding bamboo swords
[06:27] ---
    aren't fitting
    for medicine vendors at all.
[06:29] ---
    You weren't born with these, right?
[06:32] ---
    What in the hell are you?
[06:37] ---
    You are quite a perceptive man,
    Sanosuke Sagara.
[06:45] ---
    I see.
[06:46] ---
    Battosai is not home.
[06:48] ---
    This guy
    knows about Kenshin's identity.
[06:52] ---
    If so...
[06:56] ---
    I must leave a parting gift.
[06:59] ---
    You were hiding something like that?
[07:02] ---
    You came here
    fully intending on duking it out.
[07:06] ---
    Well, that's fine.
[07:08] ---
    I'll take you on!
[07:09] ---
    I'll ask with my own fists
    who you really are!
[07:17] ---
    I see.
[07:19] ---
    You have good punches, fit for being
    rumored to be the best at street fights.
[07:24] ---
    This guy...
[07:26] ---
    But that is
    in the peaceful world of Meiji.
[07:30] ---
    In Kyoto back in the Bakumatsu Era,
    this level of punching...
[07:35] ---
    wouldn't be remarkable.
[07:41] ---
    Why are you walking so slowly, Kenshin?
[07:44] ---
    If you're dilly-dallying,
    the sun's gonna go down!
[07:47] ---
    He really is acting mopey.
[07:49] ---
    Does his stomach hurt?
[07:51] ---
    Hmm? If that's so, it's my turn.
[07:54] ---
    M-Miss Megumi! Why are you here?
[07:58] ---
    Why are you surprised?
[08:00] ---
    This road is open to everyone.
[08:02] ---
    Is there any reason
    why I shouldn't walk here?
[08:04] ---
    Just kidding.
[08:06] ---
    Actually, I have time off
    from work today and tomorrow,
[08:09] ---
    so I just wanted
    to hang out with you guys.
[08:12] ---
    No way! No vixens allowed!
[08:14] ---
    Oh? Who is it that treats your wounds
    every time something happens?
[08:19] ---
    And for free, even?
[08:22] ---
    Hey, you don't mind, right, Yahiko?
[08:24] ---
    I can make dinner for you.
[08:26] ---
    It's fine, Kaoru.
[08:28] ---
    Don't be so petty.
[08:29] ---
    Traitor!
[08:31] ---
    Right, Ken-san? You wouldn't mind
    if I went to hang out at your place?
[08:37] ---
    You really seem to be lacking spirit.
[08:40] ---
    Shall I diagnose you, if you don't mind?
[08:43] ---
    No, it's fine.
[08:44] ---
    There's nothing wrong with me,
    that there isn't.
[08:49] ---
    I shouldn't let it bother me.
[08:51] ---
    I'm only making everyone around me worry.
[08:54] ---
    Just because I had a dream about the past,
    there's no use thinking hard about it.
[08:55] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[09:00] ---
    There's no way
    I can come up with an answer...
[09:04] ---
    What is this?
[09:05] ---
    What in the world happened here?
[09:11] ---
    The smell of blood...
[09:15] ---
    Sano!
[09:21] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[09:29] ---
    RESTAURANT TSUKIWA
[09:29] ---
    Now, now.
    Let's have a drink first, Fujita.
[09:33] ---
    Though, should I be calling you Saito
    in this situation?
[09:38] ---
    Use whichever name you want.
[09:40] ---
    And I will decline on the sake.
[09:44] ---
    Oh. You have low tolerance?
    That's unusual.
[09:48] ---
    Oh, it's not anything like that.
[09:51] ---
    I just get an excessive urge
    to slay people when I get drunk.
[10:00] ---
    That is most reassuring.
[10:04] ---
    Then I will cut to the chase.
[10:07] ---
    Himura Battosai is currently—
[10:09] ---
    He's at the place
    called Kamiya Dojo, right?
[10:12] ---
    I went there this afternoon.
[10:14] ---
    Oh!
[10:15] ---
    Battosai wasn't there, though.
[10:17] ---
    My hat's off to the previous Captain
    of the Third Unit of the Shinsengumi.
[10:21] ---
    To be honest, I was surprised
    that you would join forces with us.
[10:26] ---
    But, yes, you really are someone
    I can rely on to get my jobs done.
[10:31] ---
    Speaking of surprised,
    I was surprised as well.
[10:34] ---
    The mastermind of the Kurogasa case
    and the official behind Jine Udo...
[10:38] ---
    was actually you,
    Senate Secretary Shibumi.
[10:43] ---
    Well, all sorts of things go on
    behind the scenes of the Meiji government.
[10:48] ---
    Seems so.
[10:50] ---
    But this has nothing to do with me,
    the loser of the Revolution.
[10:54] ---
    It's enough for me to live my unexpectedly
    gained remaining years in an amusing way.
[11:01] ---
    Killing is my specialty,
[11:04] ---
    so I couldn't ask for more
    than this side job that pays per kill.
[11:08] ---
    On top of that, my first job being
    the eradication of my archnemesis is just...
[11:18] ---
    But still, one thing
    still doesn't make sense.
[11:22] ---
    He left the seat of power
    and became a rurouni.
[11:27] ---
    But to take the effort to assassinate him?
[11:29] ---
    Who in the world
    is the client asking for such a job?
[11:31] ---
    Hey!
[11:32] ---
    Excuse me.
[11:34] ---
    I should mind my own business.
[11:36] ---
    Oh, no. It's okay if you understand.
[11:39] ---
    Now, let's leave talk about work aside,
    and let's have fun to our heart's content!
[11:44] ---
    No, I must get to my main job soon,
    or they might get suspicious.
[11:54] ---
    Now, if you will excuse me...
[12:03] ---
    Hajime Saito, the former Captain
    of the Third Unit of the Shinsengumi.
[12:06] ---
    After the Revolution,
    he assumed the name Goro Fujita.
[12:11] ---
    He was in the Swordsman Squad
[12:12] ---
    for the Metropolitan Police
    during the Seinan War
[12:14] ---
    and now serves as an Assistant Inspector.
[12:17] ---
    Some say that he was
    even more powerful than Soji Okita,
[12:20] ---
    known as the strongest of the Shinsengumi.
[12:24] ---
    Not even Jine was able to defeat Battosai.
[12:29] ---
    But he might...
[12:31] ---
    I don't like it.
[12:33] ---
    He's strangely subservient.
[12:35] ---
    Don't be so prejudiced, Akamatsu.
[12:38] ---
    You guys should get along.
[12:41] ---
    If the eradication of Battosai goes well,
[12:44] ---
    I can finally bid farewell to a dirty job
    like assassinating leading figures.
[12:49] ---
    Funny that the one to get that done
[12:51] ---
    is someone from the Shinsengumi
    that had threatened me so much.
[12:57] ---
    The Shinsengumi were feared
    as the Wolves of Mibu,
[13:02] ---
    but in the Meiji Era, they are
    domesticated dogs with no fangs.
[13:10] ---
    It's too dark.
    I can't see the wound too well!
[13:12] ---
    I don't care if it's a candle or whatever,
    I need more light!
[13:15] ---
    Okay!
[13:30] ---
    Can it be...
[13:34] ---
    THREE DAYS LATER
[13:41] ---
    Miss Megumi.
[13:44] ---
    The bath is available.
[13:45] ---
    I'll watch over Sanosuke,
    so take a long bath to ease your fatigue.
[13:50] ---
    Thanks.
[13:52] ---
    How is he doing?
[13:54] ---
    No change.
[13:56] ---
    Is Ken-san in the dojo again?
[13:58] ---
    Yes. No change in him, either.
[14:01] ---
    He has a scary look on his face
    and is deep in thought.
[14:06] ---
    No matter how I think about it, I can't
    come up with anyone else who'd do this.
[14:11] ---
    That medicine box
    with the umbrella and circle symbol
[14:14] ---
    was one Shinsengumi spies
    often used as disguise.
[14:19] ---
    How the sword tip
    pierced parallel to the ground
[14:21] ---
    is the sign of Hirazuki, a technique
    unique to Shinsengumi members.
[14:26] ---
    And even among the members,
    that destructive power
[14:30] ---
    was no doubt his specialty,
    the Single Left Hand Hirazuki.
[14:37] ---
    In other words...
[14:44] ---
    Gatotsu.
[14:53] ---
    Hajime Saito, the Captain
    of the Third Unit of the Shinsengumi.
[14:58] ---
    He came here to settle the score
    which was left unsettled.
[15:01] ---
    Or did he have a different objective?
[15:07] ---
    In any case, his sword skills
    have not declined at all.
[15:24] ---
    With my sakabato...
[15:26] ---
    and keeping my refusal to kill,
    will I be able to fend him off?
[15:38] ---
    Thank you for waiting.
[15:40] ---
    Please take your time.
[15:42] ---
    Why, thank you.
[15:44] ---
    Then I shall have some.
[15:48] ---
    Oh? Just one bowl of soba with soup?
    What a cheap lunch you've got here.
[15:54] ---
    Isn't that right, Mister Saito?
[15:57] ---
    I do like my soba with soup.
[16:00] ---
    And I'm Fujita now.
[16:03] ---
    Mister... Akamatsu, was it?
    Do you have something for me?
[16:07] ---
    I don't have anything.
[16:09] ---
    But I don't like you.
[16:13] ---
    This job originally was intended for me.
[16:18] ---
    But old Shibumi swapped it out to you,
    the rookie.
[16:23] ---
    Listen up.
    If you're gonna do it, do it quick,
[16:26] ---
    and hurry up and get beaten.
[16:31] ---
    What's so funny?
[16:33] ---
    Oh, excuse me.
[16:35] ---
    Understood.
[16:36] ---
    Then, how about we call this job
    one we work in cooperation?
[16:41] ---
    What?
[16:43] ---
    I left several pieces of evidence behind
    the other day.
[16:47] ---
    Naturally, Battosai has taken notice
    of my existence by now.
[16:52] ---
    I'm sure he will take the bait
    if he now receives a letter from me.
[16:58] ---
    So you're the one to set it up...
[17:00] ---
    And you will be
    the one to finish it off.
[17:03] ---
    How's that?
[17:07] ---
    Not bad.
[17:09] ---
    But I still don't like it.
[17:12] ---
    Battosai is supposed to be
    the nemesis of you Shinsengumi.
[17:16] ---
    I don't understand
    why you would give it up so easily.
[17:21] ---
    I did call him my nemesis
    in front of Mr. Shibumi...
[17:25] ---
    but I actually don't care.
[17:28] ---
    I told you.
[17:30] ---
    I wish to live my unexpectedly gained
    remaining years in an amusing way.
[17:36] ---
    I want a guaranteed small sum
    instead of a risky big sum.
[17:41] ---
    That's the type of man Goro Fujita is.
[17:47] ---
    I like it.
[17:49] ---
    You can count me in on your plan.
[17:52] ---
    But take one thing to heart.
[17:56] ---
    I am the most adept in our organization!
[18:05] ---
    Unfortunately...
[18:07] ---
    I think nothing of fighting
[18:08] ---
    for the best man in the valley
    who can't get over the hill.
[18:14] ---
    HAJIME
[18:19] ---
    Hey, Kenshin!
[18:20] ---
    Kaoru wants you to go buy some tofu!
[18:23] ---
    I'm sorry, Yahiko.
[18:25] ---
    I have an errand to run right now,
    that I do.
[18:29] ---
    I might come home late, so please
    make sure to lock up, that you should.
[18:37] ---
    Oh... tofu.
[18:44] ---
    Saito.
[18:46] ---
    Stop putting on airs,
[18:47] ---
    and show yourself—
[18:51] ---
    Hmph! Effortlessly dodging my chain.
    Figures that Battosai would do just that.
[18:58] ---
    Who are you?
[19:01] ---
    Arundo Akamatsu.
    The man that will take your life.
[19:06] ---
    It's only natural that people
    would be targeting me, that it is.
[19:11] ---
    But I have no intent on giving up my life
    for no real reason, that I don't.
[19:15] ---
    So I first would like
    to hear of your reason.
[19:18] ---
    Reason, huh?
[19:20] ---
    Well, don't worry.
[19:22] ---
    I'll tell you all about it at your grave!
[19:25] ---
    Hmph! I see it! I see it!
[19:27] ---
    You're on the left, Battosa—
[19:29] ---
    "I see it! I see it," you say.
[19:32] ---
    Did you see an afterimage of me,
    that you did?
[19:35] ---
    I didn't think I moved
    that quickly, though.
[19:42] ---
    What?
[19:48] ---
    Give it up.
[19:49] ---
    You cannot possibly defeat me.
[19:55] ---
    Answer me. Who exactly are you?
[19:59] ---
    How are you related to Saito?
[20:04] ---
    Sorry! I was in the wrong!
[20:07] ---
    Please spare me!
[20:09] ---
    I really didn't want to do this!
[20:12] ---
    But Saito threatened me,
    so I had no choice...
[20:16] ---
    A nobody.
[20:19] ---
    Sending in someone like this,
    what exactly is Saito thinking?
[20:25] ---
    I don't believe everything you say,
[20:26] ---
    but let this be a lesson,
[20:28] ---
    and wash your hands of this,
    that you should.
[20:31] ---
    S-Sure.
[20:33] ---
    Like I'd ever say that, you moron!
[20:38] ---
    Hmph, I'm impressed
    you immediately put your right arm in
[20:41] ---
    to prevent your neck
    from getting strangled.
[20:44] ---
    But what will you do?
[20:45] ---
    I have both arms
    completely locked up, and...
[20:49] ---
    your movements, too!
[21:02] ---
    That Kenshin.
[21:04] ---
    What was that about an errand? Sheesh.
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    THE WOLF'S FANGS
[22:46] ---
    Next episode, "The Wolf's Fangs."

E23 - The Wolf's Fangs

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[00:00] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[00:03] ---
    An errand?
[00:05] ---
    Kenshin did?
[00:06] ---
    Yeah. He said he might be back late.
[00:08] ---
    I see.
[00:10] ---
    But that's rather strange.
[00:13] ---
    There aren't many places besides us
    that Kenshin runs errands for.
[00:18] ---
    - I know! It's a woman!
    - Huh?
[00:20] ---
    It's been almost three months
    since he arrived,
[00:22] ---
    so there's gotta be one or two—
[00:24] ---
    Ouch!
[00:25] ---
    Why do you always come up
    with such twisted ideas?
[00:28] ---
    No need to punch me!
[00:30] ---
    Excuse me.
[00:33] ---
    I heard that in this dojo,
[00:34] ---
    one Himura Battosai could be found.
[00:38] ---
    Oh, my name is Fujita, and I have
    been newly assigned to this town.
[00:43] ---
    I had heard about Mr. Himura
    from the police chief.
[00:48] ---
    Oh, I see.
    You're one of the chief's men.
[00:52] ---
    Unfortunately, Kenshin has stepped out.
[00:55] ---
    Do you need something?
[00:56] ---
    Well, about that...
[00:58] ---
    there has been some unconfirmed intel
    shared with the police
[01:02] ---
    that there are people
    targeting Mr. Himura.
[01:05] ---
    I am terribly sorry,
    but would you mind if I waited for him?
[01:09] ---
    Oh, okay.
[01:10] ---
    He might be coming back home
    really late, but if that's fine...
[01:14] ---
    Yes.
[01:16] ---
    Kenshin...
[02:53] ---
    EPISODE 23: THE WOLF'S FANGS
[02:57] ---
    There are people targeting Ken-san?
[03:00] ---
    Right!
[03:01] ---
    I'm sure they're the ones
    that got Sanosuke, too!
[03:03] ---
    He's not dead. Not yet.
[03:06] ---
    But if that really was true,
    we're facing an indiscriminate group.
[03:12] ---
    We should be really careful ourselves
    from now on as well.
[03:16] ---
    Yeah, but Kenshin,
    the man in question, has stepped out.
[03:22] ---
    No need to worry about Ken-san,
    even if he's alone.
[03:25] ---
    In any case, we shouldn't
    randomly step out looking for him.
[03:29] ---
    The swordsman officer that
    the police chief sent is at the dojo,
[03:33] ---
    so it's safer inside than outside.
[03:35] ---
    You're right.
[03:41] ---
    Wow.
[03:43] ---
    I thought all the police swords
    were sabers,
[03:47] ---
    but some use Japanese katanas, huh?
[03:49] ---
    As sabers are brittle and unreliable,
    I was given special permission.
[03:55] ---
    In the end,
    Japanese katanas can't be beat as swords.
[04:03] ---
    He finally croaked.
[04:04] ---
    Six times?
[04:06] ---
    He lasted pretty long.
[04:09] ---
    It's a bit early for your grave,
    but let me tell you.
[04:13] ---
    I'm just like Saito and Jine.
[04:15] ---
    We're all assassins hired by politicians.
[04:19] ---
    I actually don't know the reason
    why they want you dead.
[04:23] ---
    It's likely some VIP that found out
    about you from the Kurogasa case,
[04:28] ---
    and feared his evil deeds
    back during the Bakumatsu Era would leak
[04:31] ---
    and requested the assassination.
[04:34] ---
    I see.
[04:36] ---
    Hajime Saito is an assassin,
    just like Jine Udo.
[04:42] ---
    I had heard Saito was one of those
    who wielded his sword the most
[04:46] ---
    when it came to the assassinations for
    disciplining members of the Shinsengumi.
[04:52] ---
    So I see.
[04:53] ---
    This guy... he defended all six attacks.
[04:57] ---
    So he is still doing such foolish things
    in this day and age.
[05:02] ---
    If so, I'll slam it into him
    as many times as it takes to kill him!
[05:09] ---
    Wha?! Crap, both my arms—
[05:22] ---
    Kenshin!
[05:23] ---
    Miss Kaoru.
[05:24] ---
    Oh, you're hurt!
[05:27] ---
    It really was true that you were targeted.
[05:30] ---
    Miss Kaoru, where did you hear that?
[05:33] ---
    The police. The police chief
    sent one of his men over to let us know.
[05:39] ---
    This is Mr. Goro Fujita,
    assistant inspector
[05:41] ---
    and swordsman for the Metropolitan Police.
[05:46] ---
    From the looks of it...
[05:48] ---
    looks like you had quite a bit of trouble
    against someone like Akamatsu.
[05:53] ---
    It seems you have gotten
    considerably weaker.
[05:58] ---
    The last time we fought was
    on the battlefield at Toba-Fushimi.
[06:04] ---
    So roughly the first time in a decade.
[06:06] ---
    First time in a decade?
[06:08] ---
    I see.
[06:09] ---
    So you changed your name to Goro Fujita.
[06:13] ---
    Captain of the Third Unit
    of the Shinsengumi...
[06:16] ---
    Hajime Saito.
[06:19] ---
    Shinsengumi? That means...
[06:22] ---
    This guy was the one after Kenshin.
[06:26] ---
    A decade...
[06:27] ---
    Just two syllables
    when you put it into words...
[06:30] ---
    but when you live it,
    it was quite a long time.
[06:34] ---
    Yeah. It seems it was long enough
    for a man to rot away.
[06:40] ---
    You used to have
    this elusive shrewdness about you,
[06:45] ---
    but when it came to battle,
    you challenged someone fair and square.
[06:51] ---
    Injuring your enemy's friend
    to cause uneasiness...
[06:54] ---
    sending in an underdog, and using
    that time to try to hold people hostage,
[06:58] ---
    you never dabbled
    in underhanded tactics like this.
[07:01] ---
    Your current self
    is no longer the Hajime Saito
[07:04] ---
    that I acknowledged as a samurai,
    that you aren't.
[07:17] ---
    Damn you, what's so funny?
[07:20] ---
    Of course it's funny, boy.
[07:22] ---
    How can I not laugh about this?
[07:25] ---
    I had thought that his blade
    had gone rusty.
[07:27] ---
    But I didn't think his brain
    would be this rusty as well!
[07:29] ---
    Wha—
[07:31] ---
    Akamatsu was an underdog?
[07:33] ---
    Don't be stupid.
[07:34] ---
    Such a nobody
    doesn't even rate as an underdog.
[07:38] ---
    The strength of Hitokiri Battosai
    is best understood
[07:42] ---
    by us Shinsengumi,
    who fought him the most.
[07:46] ---
    However, your current self had a hard time
    dealing with someone at Akamatsu's level.
[07:51] ---
    The "rurouni who refuses to kill"
    has clearly made you weak.
[07:57] ---
    Kenshin...
[07:59] ---
    Is weak?
[08:01] ---
    Saito, I don't care what you think.
[08:05] ---
    But I'm fine as long as I have
    the strength as a rurouni
[08:09] ---
    to protect those that catch my eye.
[08:13] ---
    I no longer need the strength
[08:15] ---
    as a hitokiri that kills people,
    that I don't.
[08:20] ---
    Kenshin.
[08:23] ---
    Strength as a rurouni, you say?
[08:25] ---
    In that case, you even fail as a rurouni.
[08:34] ---
    While you fell into my trap and
    were struggling against Akamatsu...
[08:39] ---
    I was here the whole time.
[08:42] ---
    In other words, I could have killed them
    whenever I felt like it.
[08:49] ---
    This isn't the only time
    I'm talking about.
[08:52] ---
    Your so-called
    "people that catch your eye"
[08:55] ---
    have been captured by your enemy.
[08:58] ---
    On top of that, you let a fool
    like Raijuta afflict a lifelong wound.
[09:08] ---
    The police supposedly weren't involved
    in the case with Raijuta.
[09:12] ---
    Can it be that this man has been
    after Kenshin for a long time?
[09:17] ---
    Halfhearted strength
    is as good as nothing.
[09:20] ---
    A hypocrite that is all talk and no action
    is simply revolting.
[09:25] ---
    Shut up!
[09:26] ---
    But not one person died in the end,
    because Kenshin was here!
[09:30] ---
    But there's no guarantee
    that things will keep going this well.
[09:37] ---
    Kenshin.
[09:39] ---
    I sent Akamatsu over, thinking Battosai
    would be able to realize that on his own.
[09:45] ---
    But just like you said, a decade
    was long enough for a man to rot away.
[09:52] ---
    A rurouni who refuses to kill?
[09:54] ---
    You're drowning
    in your own complacent pseudo-justice.
[09:57] ---
    How can Hitokiri Battosai protect people
    without slaying other people?
[10:03] ---
    Have you forgotten?
[10:05] ---
    "Evil... immediate... slaughter".
[10:08] ---
    Evil must be slain immediately.
[10:10] ---
    For the Shinsengumi and the hitokiri...
[10:13] ---
    it was the one true justice
    that we shared together.
[10:19] ---
    I cannot bear
    seeing your current self any longer.
[10:25] ---
    Saito...
[10:26] ---
    no matter what you say...
[10:29] ---
    I have no intention of killing other men
    anymore, that I don't.
[10:35] ---
    So be it.
[10:41] ---
    Bring it.
[10:43] ---
    I will oppose everything about you.
[10:50] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[10:58] ---
    What's wrong?
[11:00] ---
    Are you just going to stand there
[11:02] ---
    and let that girl and boy over there
    be hit with Gatotsu, too?
[11:14] ---
    Miss Kaoru.
[11:20] ---
    It will be all right, that it will.
[11:21] ---
    But...
[11:23] ---
    In any case, he is after my life.
[11:26] ---
    I cannot avoid fighting him, that I can't.
[11:28] ---
    But, for some reason...
[11:35] ---
    It feels like you just...
[11:38] ---
    you just will disappear
    after this, Kenshin.
[11:46] ---
    Bring it.
[11:48] ---
    Weren't you the one challenging me?
[11:52] ---
    I get it.
[11:53] ---
    You're right.
[11:58] ---
    Here goes!
[12:02] ---
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, Ryuutsuisen!
[12:04] ---
    He's not weak at all!
    Kenshin really is the strongest!
[12:08] ---
    You think you dodged it
    like that, Battosai?
[12:10] ---
    An anti-air Gatotsu!
[12:13] ---
    Kenshin!
[12:16] ---
    You twisted your waist
    to avoid being skewered,
[12:19] ---
    but you didn't think it through!
[12:25] ---
    Even if the piercing attack misses,
[12:26] ---
    you can immediately transition
    to a sweeping attack.
[12:29] ---
    The deputy head of the Shinsengumi,
[12:32] ---
    the tactical genius Toshizo Hijikata,
    created Hirazuki.
[12:36] ---
    It has no blind spots.
[12:38] ---
    All the more true
    when it comes to my Gatotsu.
[12:43] ---
    In actual duels to the death,
[12:45] ---
    it is extremely rare
    to come across the same enemy twice.
[12:50] ---
    Therefore, if you have an attack
    that will definitely kill the opponent,
[12:54] ---
    all other small tricks become pointless.
[12:57] ---
    Thoroughly brushing up
    on one's best attack
[13:01] ---
    to elevate it into
    an absolute sure-kill attack...
[13:04] ---
    the true strength of the Shinsengumi
    was not in group tactics,
[13:09] ---
    but actually was in this aspect.
[13:15] ---
    The katana...
[13:16] ---
    Destruction of weaponry!
[13:17] ---
    Such a useless struggle!
[13:23] ---
    Though nameless, my beloved blade
    warded me against countless dangers
[13:28] ---
    from the Bakumatsu Era until now.
[13:31] ---
    That and my attack aren't things
    your current self can break through.
[13:35] ---
    Kenshin!
[13:36] ---
    Kensh—
[13:42] ---
    Step aside, girl.
[13:46] ---
    You're in the way.
[13:54] ---
    Here goes.
[13:55] ---
    Kenshin.
[14:00] ---
    The reaction to the second attack
    went after my blade.
[14:03] ---
    Such a thing wouldn't be possible
[14:05] ---
    if he wasn't faster
    than back in the first attack.
[14:07] ---
    This is despite suffering
    quite a wound in his chest.
[14:12] ---
    In the short while
    since he settled down here...
[14:15] ---
    he has fought multiple enemies.
[14:17] ---
    And each time,
    he has put a victory under his belt
[14:21] ---
    by waking up the power
    of his Hitokiri days.
[14:24] ---
    Just as I had thought.
[14:27] ---
    Each time he wields his sword,
[14:29] ---
    he is surely returning to
    Hitokiri Battosai unbeknownst to him.
[14:37] ---
    He has gotten even faster.
[14:39] ---
    Wha—
[14:40] ---
    He disappeared!
[14:41] ---
    Below!
[14:47] ---
    What was that just now?
[14:49] ---
    That movement was far beyond
    what I had expected.
[14:55] ---
    His breathing is too heavy.
[14:57] ---
    Is he putting out more power
    than he's imagining...
[15:00] ---
    and his body isn't keeping up with him?
[15:12] ---
    - It can't be.
    - It can't be.
[15:14] ---
    Because he is fighting me...
[15:16] ---
    his feelings from a decade ago
    are showing up more prominently...
[15:20] ---
    and he has instantaneously returned
    to being Battosai.
[15:24] ---
    Or did he just simply snap?
[15:31] ---
    To verify...
[15:36] ---
    This is the only way.
[15:39] ---
    A genuine Gatotsu.
[15:41] ---
    No holding back.
[15:43] ---
    Wha—
[15:44] ---
    You were holding back on us
    the whole time?
[15:54] ---
    So fast!
[15:55] ---
    But he totally forgot about the second
    sweeping attack based on how he dodged!
[15:59] ---
    So he simply snapped after all.
[16:11] ---
    So amazing.
[16:12] ---
    As he dodged, he landed an attack
    with full centrifugal force into his back.
[16:16] ---
    No matter how amazing Gatotsu may be
[16:19] ---
    if you show it to me
    four times in such a short time...
[16:22] ---
    even an idiot
    can think of a way or two to counter it.
[16:28] ---
    Stand up, Saito.
[16:30] ---
    If this is how the first battle
    in a decade ends,
[16:33] ---
    it's quite unsatisfying, isn't it?
[16:40] ---
    All right.
[16:41] ---
    I changed my mind.
[16:44] ---
    I will kill you now.
[16:46] ---
    Stop dreaming.
[16:48] ---
    "I will kill you now" is my line.
[16:57] ---
    Kaoru?
[17:00] ---
    It's the same.
[17:02] ---
    It's just like that feeling
    I had with Jine.
[17:05] ---
    If I don't do anything,
    Kenshin will no longer be here!
[17:10] ---
    Stop him. Someone...
[17:16] ---
    Someone, please stop those two!
[17:26] ---
    I will send your head flying
    in the next attack.
[17:29] ---
    Amazing.
[17:31] ---
    Today's Kenshin
    is even sharper than usual.
[17:34] ---
    You're wrong! That's not Kenshin!
[17:36] ---
    That's Hitokiri Battosai!
[17:38] ---
    Huh?
[17:39] ---
    I have to stop the two of them!
    Or else Hitokiri Battosai will—
[17:43] ---
    We can't stop them, missie.
[17:47] ---
    Sanosuke!
[17:48] ---
    Those two aren't fighting
    in Meiji Era Tokyo right now.
[17:52] ---
    They're in Bakumatsu Era Kyoto.
[17:55] ---
    The only one that can stop this battle
[17:57] ---
    is someone that lived through
    the upheaval of the Bakumatsu Era...
[18:00] ---
    And by that, I mean the few
    that had a taste of the turbulent Kyoto.
[18:05] ---
    No matter how much we call for them,
    our voices won't reach them anymore.
[18:14] ---
    Kawaji.
[18:16] ---
    How long has it been since Saito
    entered this place called Kamiya Dojo?
[18:22] ---
    Approximately four and a half hours.
[18:25] ---
    I see.
[18:27] ---
    We may be arriving there too late.
[18:30] ---
    Please rush the carriage over.
[18:32] ---
    Yes, sir.
[18:37] ---
    As always, men of the Shinsengumi
    don't know when to pull back.
[18:42] ---
    First rule of the Shinsengumi,
[18:44] ---
    "Never turn your back
    on the samurai code!"
[18:47] ---
    Fleeing before the enemy
    is a betrayal of the samurai code!
[18:50] ---
    You choose pride as a Shinsengumi
    over your own life.
[18:55] ---
    That is fine in its own right.
[18:58] ---
    Bare hands?
[18:59] ---
    He will create a gap to attack
    by striking with his sword.
[19:02] ---
    It's all over!
[19:04] ---
    Wha—
[19:06] ---
    A belt?
[19:07] ---
    When did he...
[19:09] ---
    This one's mine!
[19:12] ---
    - Ken-san!
    - Crap!
[19:14] ---
    This is...
[19:15] ---
    the end!
[19:17] ---
    He's gonna suffocate him!
[19:19] ---
    It's nothing that simple.
[19:21] ---
    That's trying to snap
    the bones in his neck!
[19:27] ---
    It's futile! Stop the useless struggles!
[19:47] ---
    This is...
[19:48] ---
    how they fought in the Bakumatsu Era.
[19:51] ---
    Neither have any strength left in them.
[19:53] ---
    The next blow will be the last.
[19:56] ---
    Life or death?
    Or will they both go down?
[20:01] ---
    Kenshin.
[20:05] ---
    How about...
[20:07] ---
    we end it soon?
[20:09] ---
    Right.
[20:11] ---
    Kaoru!
[20:13] ---
    Kenshin!
[20:14] ---
    Ken—
[20:19] ---
    No!
[20:24] ---
    Stop it!
[20:26] ---
    Come to your senses, Saito!
[20:28] ---
    Your mission was to adjudicate
    the abilities of Battosai!
[20:34] ---
    We're having a good time right now.
[20:36] ---
    I won't allow anyone
    to stand in the way, not even you.
[20:40] ---
    I am fully aware of how much pride
    you have as one of the Shinsengumi.
[20:47] ---
    However...
[20:48] ---
    I don't want either you or Himura
[20:50] ---
    to lose your life in vain
    in a place like this.
[20:55] ---
    I see.
[20:56] ---
    So the mastermind
    behind Hajime Saito was you.
[21:00] ---
    Former Revolutionary warrior
    from Satsuma...
[21:03] ---
    and Home Minister
    of the Meiji government...
[21:05] ---
    Toshimichi Okubo.
[22:45] ---
    NEXT EPISODE
    MEIJI 11, MAY 14TH
[22:45] ---
    Next episode, "Meiji 11, May 14th."

E24 - Meiji 11, May 14th

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[00:04] ---
    I see.
[00:06] ---
    So the mastermind
    behind Hajime Saito was you.
[00:10] ---
    Former Revolutionary warrior
    from Satsuma...
[00:13] ---
    and Home Minister
    of the Meiji government...
[00:15] ---
    Toshimichi Okubo.
[00:22] ---
    That said, I have no idea who that is!
[00:26] ---
    Of course little kids
    who don't read newspapers wouldn't know.
[00:30] ---
    Alongside Takamori Saigo
    and Kogoro Katsura,
[00:34] ---
    he's the last of
    the Great Trio of the Revolution,
[00:36] ---
    who achieved the most
    in the Meiji Revolution.
[00:39] ---
    The leader of the Home Ministry
    that controls the entire government.
[00:43] ---
    In other words, he's the minister who sits
    at the top of national power in Japan.
[00:47] ---
    Sorry for the rough handling.
[00:50] ---
    But there was a need for us
    to know your current strength.
[00:56] ---
    Will you listen to us?
[00:59] ---
    Yeah, even if by force.
[01:03] ---
    Th-This has turned into a huge ordeal.
[01:06] ---
    I didn't think someone as big as Okubo
    from the Home Ministry would show up.
[01:10] ---
    It's no time to be talkin'
    about Battosai anymore.
[01:15] ---
    Hmph. What a wet blanket.
[01:18] ---
    I'll have to leave settling this score
    for our next opportunity.
[01:21] ---
    Looks like someone escaped death.
[01:23] ---
    Yeah, you did.
[01:30] ---
    Saito!
[01:31] ---
    Operations report!
[01:33] ---
    Kenshin Himura is completely useless.
[01:37] ---
    However, Himura Battosai
    seems to do fairly well.
[01:41] ---
    That is all!
[01:43] ---
    Sheesh, that guy.
[01:45] ---
    He's the best spy
    in the Metropolitan Police.
[01:48] ---
    But I just can't figure out
    what the Wolf of Mibu is thinking about!
[01:52] ---
    Himura, come with me.
[01:54] ---
    Stop daydreaming.
[01:56] ---
    I'm not the only one
    that got roped into—
[02:01] ---
    Kenshin?!
[02:06] ---
    I'm not the only one roped
    into this situation, that I'm not.
[02:11] ---
    Everyone here will listen
    to what you have to say.
[02:14] ---
    "I"...
[02:16] ---
    Oh...
[02:17] ---
    I'm so glad! You're back
    to your normal self, Kenshin!
[02:21] ---
    Oro...
[02:23] ---
    - Miss Megumi, hurry!
    - Sir Okubo...
[02:24] ---
    - What are you doing, you idiot!
    - Let's do as he says.
[02:27] ---
    Right now, I need Himura's power
    more than anything else.
[02:29] ---
    Kenshin!
[02:30] ---
    How long are you gonna be
    a stupidly powerful girl?
[02:30] ---
    Oro...
[02:32] ---
    You say that, but...
[04:03] ---
    EPISODE 24:
    MEIJI 11, MAY 14TH
[04:10] ---
    Himura, I'll cut to the chase.
[04:14] ---
    Shishio is active
    behind the scenes in Kyoto.
[04:18] ---
    You went so straight to the point
    that I don't get it, Mr. Okubo.
[04:22] ---
    Who the hell is this Shishio guy?
[04:23] ---
    Hey! Watch your tongue!
[04:26] ---
    Makoto Shishio.
[04:28] ---
    After I accepted the role
    of mercenary swordsman
[04:31] ---
    and came out into the limelight
    from the shadows,
[04:33] ---
    another Revolutionary warrior from Choshu
    took over the role of Shadow Hitokiri.
[04:39] ---
    You could say he is the successor
    to Hitokiri Battosai, that he is.
[04:44] ---
    As he completely stayed in the shadows,
    very few know of his existence.
[04:50] ---
    Even I, his predecessor, have never
    met him in person, that I haven't.
[04:54] ---
    But what does this mean, that is?
[04:56] ---
    I had heard Shisho died ten years ago
    during the Boshin War.
[05:03] ---
    I see.
[05:05] ---
    Shishio didn't die.
[05:07] ---
    His existence was eradicated
    by his comrades, that it was.
[05:12] ---
    Secretly snuffing out
    the one executing shady deeds
[05:15] ---
    that can't ever be leaked
    for our own safety.
[05:19] ---
    Back in those days,
    it wasn't anything unusual.
[05:23] ---
    Makoto Shishio had just as much talent
    as you in sword skill and in quick wits.
[05:30] ---
    But he was also a dangerous one
[05:32] ---
    with incomprehensible levels of ambition
    and desire for domination.
[05:37] ---
    He accepted the role of Shadow Hitokiri
[05:39] ---
    only to display his talent
    and existence to the world.
[05:43] ---
    Some of the assassinations
    Shishio committed
[05:45] ---
    would overturn the Meiji government
    from its foundation.
[05:50] ---
    If we were to ring in the new era
    with Shishio still alive,
[05:53] ---
    he would take advantage of such weakness
    and become arrogant
[05:57] ---
    We might even end up
    with the entirety of Japan
[05:59] ---
    becoming a plaything for just Shishio.
[06:01] ---
    That's why you killed him in the chaos
    of the Boshin War, that you did?
[06:07] ---
    Right. We definitely killed him.
[06:10] ---
    We even had oil poured on his corpse
    and lit it on fire.
[06:14] ---
    However, even with his entire body
    engulfed in flames,
[06:18] ---
    Makoto Shishio was still alive.
[06:21] ---
    And now he has taken a multitude
    of treasonous subordinates under his wing
[06:25] ---
    to create a giant army
[06:27] ---
    and has made a base in Kyoto to plot a war
    that splits this nation in two as revenge.
[06:35] ---
    Countless squads we sent in
    to take him down have been eradicated.
[06:39] ---
    You are the only one left
    that we can count on.
[06:43] ---
    It's for the people
    of this country, Himura.
[06:47] ---
    I want you to head to Kyoto once more.
[06:52] ---
    In other words...
[06:54] ---
    are you saying you want Kenshin
    to assassinate Makoto Shishio?
[06:59] ---
    That's what it would mean, yes.
[07:01] ---
    We will pay more than enough in reward.
[07:04] ---
    On top of that,
    we will go outside the law
[07:06] ---
    and overlook
    all of your previous illegal activities.
[07:08] ---
    For instance, we can acquit Megumi Takani
    from her illicit sales of opium.
[07:13] ---
    You've got to be kidding me.
[07:15] ---
    If you're going to use me for negotiation,
    turning me into shackles for Ken-san,
[07:19] ---
    I would rather choose the gallows.
[07:24] ---
    Basically, all of this
    is because of your nasty doings, right?
[07:29] ---
    And you want Kenshin
    to clean up your mess?
[07:32] ---
    Ain't you askin' for a bit much?
[07:34] ---
    Ignorant youngsters keep out of this!
[07:37] ---
    The Meiji government
    is on the brink of extinction!
[07:39] ---
    Filthy governments
    can go ahead and become extinct.
[07:43] ---
    Though, I don't like how people living
    ordinary lives are troubled by all of it.
[07:47] ---
    Without the prosperity
    of the Meiji government,
[07:50] ---
    the people cannot be at peace, idiot!
[07:52] ---
    And that's where you guys
    are being conceited!
[07:55] ---
    If you keep spouting nonsense,
[07:56] ---
    - I'll arrest you!
    - Try me, Mr. Huge Forehead!
[07:58] ---
    I'm just a kid,
    so I don't get it too well.
[08:02] ---
    But I can understand
    that if things had gone wrong,
[08:05] ---
    Kenshin may have been eradicated
    just like Shishio.
[08:08] ---
    Both then and now,
[08:10] ---
    you guys are assassinating
    and eradicating for your own purposes.
[08:14] ---
    All you old guys are a bit crazy.
[08:18] ---
    Sir Okubo.
[08:20] ---
    I understand that you are all in need
    of Hitokiri Battosai right now.
[08:25] ---
    But the current Kenshin
    is a rurouni who refuses to kill.
[08:29] ---
    We will never, ever
    let Kenshin go to Kyoto!
[08:37] ---
    Are you all stupid?! Do you not understand
    just how dire the situation—
[08:40] ---
    Stop it, Kawaji.
[08:45] ---
    Think about it for a week.
[08:48] ---
    In one week, on May 14th,
    I will come again to hear your answer.
[08:58] ---
    Mr. Okubo.
[09:01] ---
    You have gotten quite haggard
    compared to a decade ago.
[09:06] ---
    It is far more difficult to establish
    a new era than to break an old one.
[09:12] ---
    That's what this means.
[09:14] ---
    I'm looking forward
    to a favorable reply from you.
[09:25] ---
    Toshimichi Okubo?!
[09:27] ---
    I'm gonna bail and head to Shanghai,
    where it's safe!
[09:30] ---
    Got that?
[09:31] ---
    There is a safer place to escape to
    than Shanghai.
[09:38] ---
    A place called hell.
[09:42] ---
    It seems all you Imperialists think you
    created the Meiji Era all by yourselves.
[09:48] ---
    But we on the Shogunate side
    risked our lives
[09:50] ---
    for the foundation of Meiji
    through the role of the losers.
[09:55] ---
    I'm obedient to the government as a spy
[09:58] ---
    so I can eradicate
    the mites that feed upon Meiji
[10:01] ---
    as an obligation of the Shinsengumi
    who lived on into the Meiji Era.
[10:06] ---
    Okubo or otherwise,
    if they drown in self-interest
[10:09] ---
    and bring calamities
    to the people of this nation,
[10:12] ---
    I will slay them under the doctrine
    of Evil-Immediate-Slaughter.
[10:15] ---
    W-Wait. I can pay as much as you want.
[10:18] ---
    You can own a dog with food.
[10:21] ---
    You can own people with money.
[10:23] ---
    But nobody can own
    the Wolves of Mibu.
[10:35] ---
    A wolf is a wolf.
[10:37] ---
    The Shinsengumi is the Shinsengumi.
[10:40] ---
    And a hitokiri is a hitokiri.
[10:46] ---
    Right, Battosai?
[10:50] ---
    RUROUNI KENSHIN
[10:54] ---
    MEIJI 11, MAY 14TH
[11:02] ---
    There. Spotless!
[11:04] ---
    - Hey.
    - Oro!
[11:07] ---
    I thought I was going to die, that I did.
[11:09] ---
    This isn't time
    to be leisurely doing your laundry.
[11:12] ---
    What's your answer gonna be?
[11:14] ---
    I say don't do such a shady deal.
[11:17] ---
    The leader of the government
    that is addicted to personal gain
[11:21] ---
    can't be trusted at all.
[11:24] ---
    Sano, you really detest
    the Meiji government
[11:26] ---
    from the bottom of your heart,
    that you do.
[11:28] ---
    I do. Got a problem?
[11:31] ---
    No. But if Sir Okubo was one that would
    be acting only out of self-interest,
[11:37] ---
    Saito would have slain him long ago,
    that he would have.
[11:41] ---
    That punk officer would have?
[11:43] ---
    He's a government dog, ain't he?
[11:46] ---
    Before he fought me, Saito definitely
    uttered the word "justice."
[11:51] ---
    One who has sunken to become a dog
    in both mind and body
[11:56] ---
    would never utter such a word.
[11:58] ---
    That man is still
    one of the Wolves of Mibu to this day.
[12:02] ---
    He bares his fangs
    of Evil-Immediate-Slaughter
[12:05] ---
    in the darkness
    where the sun doesn't shine.
[12:09] ---
    That said, he's not someone
    I can become friendly with, that he isn't.
[12:13] ---
    Right!
[12:14] ---
    Of course not!
[12:15] ---
    I hate him!
[12:20] ---
    Oh, my, Mr. Fujita. So filthy!
[12:22] ---
    Excuse me.
[12:24] ---
    Four times.
    Looks like I have gathered much hatred.
[12:28] ---
    Ah, well. It is the destiny
    Of the Shinsengumi to be hated in any era.
[12:34] ---
    MEIJI 11, MAY 14TH
[12:35] ---
    Now...
[12:36] ---
    what's your move, Battosai?
[12:43] ---
    I will head right now
    to go see Sir Okubo, that I will.
[12:48] ---
    Why? If I recall,
    he said he would come over.
[12:51] ---
    Sir Okubo is quite a busy man, that he is.
[12:55] ---
    - Besides—
    - There you are.
[12:57] ---
    Good morning, Ken-san.
[12:59] ---
    Today is the day
    you're going to give your answer.
[13:02] ---
    It's been on my mind, so I came here.
[13:04] ---
    I thank you for that. But I am about
    to head out right now, that I am.
[13:09] ---
    Huh?
[13:10] ---
    Do you know where Okubo's mansion is?
[13:12] ---
    No. But I did hear
    that he was headed for Dajokan in Akasaka,
[13:17] ---
    so I will likely bump into him if I headed
    over to the Kioizaka area, that I should.
[13:20] ---
    Then we should go, too—
[13:22] ---
    No, this will likely be
    a very complicated conversation,
[13:25] ---
    so I prefer to go alone, that I do.
[13:30] ---
    It's okay.
[13:31] ---
    Kenshin won't leave you behind
    and run off to Kyoto.
[13:35] ---
    That's right. There's no way he'd lend
    a hand to assassination after all this.
[13:39] ---
    I'll never let him go.
[13:45] ---
    Kenshin...
[13:52] ---
    Will Himura actually
    perform an action for us?
[13:57] ---
    No, I need him to,
    no matter what the cost.
[14:03] ---
    If Himura doesn't act,
    this country will fall to ruin.
[14:09] ---
    The fate of this nation is something a man
    who is about to die need not worry about.
[14:15] ---
    Wha—
[14:18] ---
    A message from Mr. Shishio.
[14:21] ---
    "It was quite a brilliant idea
[14:23] ---
    to try sending Himura Battosai
    as an assassin,
[14:26] ---
    but ultimately a futile resistance.
[14:28] ---
    I will take this country for myself,"
    so he says.
[14:37] ---
    I am a samurai from Ishikawa,
    Ichiro Shimada!
[14:40] ---
    Likewise, Tsurahide Cho!
[14:42] ---
    Hateful villain Okubo, brace yourself!
[14:47] ---
    Okubo!
[14:49] ---
    H-He's been murdered.
[14:53] ---
    Who would do this before us?
[14:55] ---
    We have already sent
    the vindication notes of assassination
[14:58] ---
    to the government and the press already.
[15:00] ---
    This is just how it's gonna be.
[15:03] ---
    We were the ones that killed Okubo.
[15:05] ---
    Shimada!
[15:09] ---
    There are no witnesses!
[15:10] ---
    The seven of us killed Okubo!
[15:15] ---
    Y-Yeah!
[15:18] ---
    Meiji 11, May 14th.
    The Kioizaka Incident.
[15:23] ---
    The great case of the man
    reigning at the top of Meiji
[15:26] ---
    being assassinated in broad daylight
[15:28] ---
    thus became the deed
    of a group of assassins
[15:32] ---
    with Ishiakwa samurais at the core,
[15:34] ---
    and the existence of Shishio and his group
    did not come out into the open.
[15:40] ---
    Mr. Okubo...
[15:42] ---
    It's in your best interests
    to not oppose Mr. Shishio as well.
[15:53] ---
    Makoto Shishio.
[15:57] ---
    This is how Shishio does things!
[15:59] ---
    They never come out into the open,
[16:01] ---
    and until that day
    where everyone riots at once,
[16:03] ---
    they will gradually shave off
    the power of the Meiji government!
[16:08] ---
    Sir Okubo...
[16:11] ---
    Excuse me.
[16:13] ---
    Governor of Fukushima, Sir Yamayoshi.
[16:16] ---
    He is the last person to have
    a conversation with Sir Okubo.
[16:20] ---
    After finishing
    my business meetings in Tokyo,
[16:23] ---
    I went to the Okubo mansion
    for final greetings this morning.
[16:28] ---
    It has already
    been ten years since the Revolution.
[16:31] ---
    If you ask me what I have achieved,
[16:33] ---
    it's embarrassing to say,
    but I have very few results.
[16:36] ---
    But this is where things begin.
[16:39] ---
    To solidify the foundation of a nation,
    you need 30 years' worth of time.
[16:44] ---
    The ten years until now
[16:45] ---
    have been the first phase,
    the time for establishment.
[16:48] ---
    The next ten years
    will be time for development.
[16:51] ---
    We will tidy up internal affairs
    and enrich this nation.
[16:55] ---
    These are the most important times.
[16:58] ---
    Though unworthy, I would like to carry out
    those middle ten years at any cost.
[17:05] ---
    I will leave the third and final years
    of building and maintaining
[17:08] ---
    to the younger generation
[17:09] ---
    and at the same time set up a congress
[17:11] ---
    to shift our government
    into a civil government.
[17:14] ---
    Japan will then be reborn
    as a nation-state,
[17:18] ---
    and the revolution
    will reach true completion.
[17:22] ---
    "Nation-state."
[17:24] ---
    Nation-state, you say.
[17:26] ---
    A nation where the citizens
    choose their own path,
[17:30] ---
    unlike the past,
    where authorities decided on everything.
[17:34] ---
    Way too magnificent an ideal.
[17:37] ---
    But it was an ideal worth believing in.
[17:41] ---
    Only if Sir Okubo
    was still alive and well.
[17:45] ---
    Extra! Extra!
[17:47] ---
    Lord Okubo was assassinated!
    Home Minister's assassination!
[17:49] ---
    Extra! Extra!
[17:52] ---
    Thus, the last
    of the Great Trio of the Revolution
[17:54] ---
    and biggest leader was lost,
[17:57] ---
    and the government is left with only scum
    who are unfit to serve the role.
[18:03] ---
    Japan will surely stray off its tracks
    from now on.
[18:08] ---
    And Shishio
    will never let this chance slip by.
[18:13] ---
    The times are starting to flow once again.
[18:22] ---
    Of all nights, tonight is when
    I have an emergency patient.
[18:25] ---
    I'll walk her down to the station.
[18:27] ---
    Yeah. Please be careful.
[18:34] ---
    Kenshin sure is late.
[18:39] ---
    Kenshin!
[18:47] ---
    Where's Yahiko?
[18:49] ---
    Oh, um...
[18:50] ---
    right, he got tired of waiting
    and fell asleep.
[18:53] ---
    I see.
[18:55] ---
    Kenshin?
[18:57] ---
    Sir Okubo was murdered this morning.
[19:00] ---
    Yes. I know from the extra.
[19:04] ---
    The true culprit is Shishio, that it is.
[19:08] ---
    I can't leave Shishio at large like this.
[19:12] ---
    I will be heading to Kyoto, that I will.
[19:19] ---
    Are you going to assassinate
    Makoto Shishio?
[19:22] ---
    No...
[19:24] ---
    but I don't know.
[19:27] ---
    After coming here,
    so many calming days continued...
[19:32] ---
    I felt like I could really change into an
    ordinary swordsman instead of a manslayer.
[19:39] ---
    However, I had a realization
    during my battle with Saito.
[19:43] ---
    At the bottom of my heart,
[19:46] ---
    there resides an insane hitokiri
    who will never change his ways.
[19:52] ---
    But you come back so quickly!
[19:54] ---
    No matter how close you get
    to being Battosai, Kenshin,
[19:56] ---
    you're still Kenshin!
[19:58] ---
    It was the same way
    with Jine and with Saito!
[20:01] ---
    You'll be fine!
[20:03] ---
    It was different, that it was.
[20:06] ---
    For Jine's case, I reverted to Battosai
[20:09] ---
    as I wholeheartedly wanted
    to save you, Miss Kaoru.
[20:11] ---
    I was able to return to myself
    with your voice as well.
[20:14] ---
    But in Saito's case,
    I had reverted sheerly to fight.
[20:20] ---
    And your voice did not reach me at all.
[20:24] ---
    There is a crucial difference there.
[20:28] ---
    The times have started to flow again.
[20:33] ---
    When we first met,
    you kept me from leaving
[20:35] ---
    despite knowing the fact
    that I was Hitokiri Battosai.
[20:38] ---
    You said, "I'm not particular
    about people's pasts."
[20:44] ---
    That made me really happy.
[20:50] ---
    KAMIYA KASSHIN
    SCHOOL OF KENDO
[20:50] ---
    If I stay here any longer,
[20:52] ---
    I will rope all of you into danger
    at every single opportunity,
[20:56] ---
    and each time,
    I will return to being Battosai.
[21:01] ---
    Furthermore, for government officials
    and the Shisho clan,
[21:04] ---
    and for everyone
    across this nation
[21:06] ---
    with a grudge
[21:07] ---
    against
    Hitokiri Battosai,
[21:08] ---
    which I feel
    there are many of,
[21:09] ---
    I am no person other than Battosai.
[21:13] ---
    I am not allowed
[21:15] ---
    to remain here
    any longer.
[21:22] ---
    Thank you for everything.
[21:24] ---
    And...
[21:26] ---
    farewell.
[21:28] ---
    I am a rurouni.
[21:31] ---
    I will wander once again, that I will.
[21:48] ---
    Ken... shin.
[21:56] ---
    Kenshin!
[22:00] ---
    Meiji 11, May 14th.
[22:04] ---
    On this day, Kenshin Himura
    returned to being a rurouni
[22:09] ---
    and disappeared alone
    into the pitch-black shadows.
[22:15] ---
    Where did Battosai disappear to?
[22:17] ---
    I'll take that Japanese katana
    in lieu of money!
[22:21] ---
    You decide to nonchalantly
    show up after all this time.
[22:25] ---
    What do you want with me?
[22:28] ---
    Mr. Shishio has been expecting you.
[22:30] ---
    Now, please.
[22:33] ---
    So you're... Makoto Shisho, that you are?
[22:40] ---
    You can at least add an honorific.
[22:42] ---
    What a rude predecessor.