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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."