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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,
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    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.
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    "Opium girl," huh?
[04:30] ---
    Hello!
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    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...
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    we will burn Kamiya Dojo down.
[05:35] ---
    My private army, the Oniwaban Group,
    and the neighborhood yakuza,
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    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,
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    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,
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    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...
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    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,
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    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.
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    Not for the rest of my life.
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    "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,
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    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."