E14 - Yahiko's Battle

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    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
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    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
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    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."