# E19 - Tsunan & Nishiki Paintings
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UV2XGK/tsunan--nishiki-paintings)
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I didn't think I'd reunite with you on
the day when I finished all preparations.
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Maybe this is the guidance
of our captain from up in heaven.
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SEKIHO ARMY CAPTAIN
SOZO SAGARA
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Katsu?
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Sanosuke, why don't you and I
recreate the Sekiho Army once again?
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Let's crush the Revolutionary government
that framed us
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and bring to reality the new era
that Captain Sagara sought.
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I'm sorry, guys.
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I won't ask you to understand.
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But the Sekiho Army
really is special to me.
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Kenshin, the next time I see you,
I'll be a felon for a grievous crime.
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I won't mind at all if you slay me
with that sakabato.
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It's almost time. Let's go.
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Man, it's cold.
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It's spring already, too.
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What a chill.
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We still have some lingering winter cold.
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If it doesn't warm up, already, I can't...
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Wh-What was that?
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A bomb?
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Consecutive explosions!
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The culprit is still hiding inside!
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Gather all security at the gate!
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You created a time lag with the length
of the fuses. You put in some thought.
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If we can infiltrate indoors now,
our success is assured!
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The Home Ministry
will be blown to pieces!
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EPISODE 19:
TSUNAN &
NISHIKI PAINTINGS
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The lawn is on fire!
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Extinguish it! Hurry!
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We have until the cops come back.
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We'll dash across the lawn without pause!
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Don't stand still!
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*Come to think of it...*
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*Captain mentioned that
before he created the Sekiho Army,*
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*he was forced to commit arson and robbery
to cause disturbances to the Shogunate.*
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*So that really...*
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What's wrong, Katsu?
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Why are you idle?
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Kenshin.
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So he entered the Home Ministry
before we did?
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Sanosuke,
exactly what kind of guy is he?
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Himura Battosai. The man
who used to be a legendary manslayer.
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I see.
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So he's the infamous Hitokiri Battosai.
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Did you come here to take Sanosuke back?
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No.
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This is how Sanosuke
chose to act as a man.
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It is something I cannot make
any objections about.
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I came here to stop your atrocious acts.
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Sakabato.
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Once again,
an Imperialist is standing in our way.
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But...
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this time, I won't lose!
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Take this!
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Damn Imperialist!
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Yeah. That is all the more reason
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why I couldn't just brush aside
your stupid acts, that I couldn't.
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A mere hitokiri
telling me like he knows!
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Give it up!
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What about this?
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All right!
You were caught off guard, Imperialist!
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No.
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He wasn't off his guard.
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He...
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dodged that.
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Care to go further, that you do?
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Sanosuke!
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That's enough.
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You can't defeat him with stuff like that.
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We've lost too much time, and the cops
will come soon because of all the noise.
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Ridiculous! I haven't done
anything meaningful yet!
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I can't give up my greatest wish
for the past 10 years
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for something like this.
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Sa... no...
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Don't think badly of this.
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Now, how should we get outta here?
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Sano.
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It was all part of the plan, huh?
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Sorry to cause you trouble like this.
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It's nothing.
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Hey.
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If I had kept helping him out...
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would you have struck me down in the end?
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Yeah.
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I wouldn't want
a halfhearted collusion, that I don't.
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I wouldn't hold back.
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Thanks.
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My room?
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If you're looking for the bombs,
Kenshin took all of them.
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He said he'd find some place out of sight
and bury them all.
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Damn dog of the government!
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It's nothing like that.
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Was it you?
Did you lead him all the way here?
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Yeah.
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You're telling me...
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you betrayed me?
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Listen to me, Katsu.
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Shut up!
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I won't rely on you anymore!
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Katsu! What the hell are you gonna do?
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Seppuku!
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What?
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I assume the Home Ministry
still has a heart.
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I'll slice my gut open
right in front of them
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and expose the wrongdoings
of the Meiji government as I die!
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What is something like that going to do?
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My unusual death
will surely remain in people's hearts!
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That will lead to the search for truth
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and become a seed for distrust
of the Meiji government!
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No, I will make it happen!
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Gimme a break, already!
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Things ain't gonna go
that conveniently for you!
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Farewell, Sanosuke.
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A smoke bomb?
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Katsu...
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Katsu!
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RUROUNI KENSHIN
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Not just explosives,
but smoke bombs and flash bombs.
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He really is an artisan, that he is.
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Sorry for this trouble.
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It's nothing you should worry about,
that it isn't.
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I can deal with things of this sort
in any number of ways.
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However...
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the rest is your job, that it is.
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Yeah.
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Hey!
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Where are you headed this late at night?
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Hey, are you listening?
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Where are you going?
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Where?
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Where should I be going?
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What?
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Man, I passed him!
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Katsu!
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Oh, damn it!
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Stand up, damn you!
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Let me go!
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Shut up!
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You're causing me trouble!
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We're going home, damn it!
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Go home by yourself!
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I have something left undone!
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Don't mess with me anymore, you traitor!
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Huh?
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What part of me
are you callin' a traitor, damn it?
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You got in touch with an Imperialist
and foiled my plan!
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Gimme a break!
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I haven't said one word
about your plan to anyone else!
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Then why was he there?
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Hell if I know!
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He's a guy that always barges
into other people's business like that!
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I can't believe you!
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Give me back my 10 years!
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You're acting like some delinquent!
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And you still claim to be
with the Sekiho Army—
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Katsu, you...
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Don't get me wrong.
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This is enough to take you on.
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That's a relief.
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Looks like you're not rotten
in the deepest part of your heart.
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Don't feel relief.
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You've not once
been able to win against me.
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As if...
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That won't work.
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Neither will yours.
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You slacked off too much, Sanosuke.
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Huh?
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Gimme a br—
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Quit it.
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You can't win against me in a fight.
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This is... not a fight.
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In order to clear the 10-year grudge
of the Sekiho Army
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and to bring its pride back...
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this is a battle!
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That's why I will not lose!
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I cannot lose!
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Sanosuke! The 10 years I spent
were completely different from yours!
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Sanosuke!
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In the 10 years that our captain
was disgraced,
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while the Meiji government
blamed the Sekiho Army,
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what the hell were you doing?
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You spent all your time in petty fights,
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and then you got all buddy-buddy
with a former Imperialist?
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What did you learn
from the Sekiho Army and our captain?
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Enough of that!
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You have no right to say that!
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What exactly are you?
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You were cooped up in your own
little shell for 10 years and made bombs!
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There were many other ways
to clear the name of our captain!
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In the first place,
you're 10 years too late to accuse 'em!
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What... do you mean?
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Whether we rot away for 10 years,
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whether the Meiji government
goes corrupt...
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the guys in town are creating a new world
with their own hands!
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You saw them, didn't you?
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That dojo girl
is running around every day,
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trying to spread swordsmanship
in this Meiji world!
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Yahiko was born to a samurai family,
but he's as good as forsaken.
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Even then, he doesn't pout at all
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and swings that bamboo sword
morning and night!
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That girl doctor Megumi
was roped into some shady business,
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but she's since turned herself around and
is checking on the sick people in town!
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Shu and Ginji have never complained
about their current situations!
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They're desperate every day,
but still live each day laughing!
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And after everything that's happened,
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they all sat down together
for food and booze last night.
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Ain't that the equality
for the four classes
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that the captain was aiming for, huh?
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Then, what I am trying to do...
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It's useless! It's only trouble!
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Useless, you say?
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Katsu, even if you commit seppuku,
the world won't move because of it.
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Everyone is living in the present day.
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Let's go home.
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Sanosuke, where is Battosai?
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If he were to hand over my bombs
to the government...
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I told you. He ain't someone like that.
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He's just like us.
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He doesn't think well
of how the government is run right now.
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No, because he was part of creating
the current government,
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he feels it even more than us.
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Don't be silly.
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What does a mere manslayer know about us?
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He knows.
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A former manslayer who had a taste
of countless shady acts including murder
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as an active member behind the scenes
of the Meiji Revolution.
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That is all the more reason...
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he couldn't just stand by
and watch us do something shady.
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Hey, Katsu...
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Our captain mentioned
he did some shady stuff
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before his days in the Sekiho Army.
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But I don't think
he did all that willingly.
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The Sekiho Army was a squad that lived
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under the ideals of equality
for the four classes.
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We can't tarnish its name
after all this time.
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I don't care if it's pure or tarnished!
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There is no need to think about the means
to fulfill our objectives!
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I see.
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That means we really
will become a fake Imperial Army.
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*Nobody ever picks this one up.*
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SEKIHO ARMY CAPTAIN
SOZO SAGARA
**[16:32] ---**
*Not the leader of a fake Imperial Army.*
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Just because the government dudes
are all corrupted,
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that doesn't mean
that we gotta stoop to their level.
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It doesn't matter if it's slow and steady.
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Such a path that our captain
will smile upon me from the afterlife...
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that's the path I'll take.
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*Captain...*
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What's wrong?
**[17:53] ---**
Oh, Sanosuke ate Katsuhiro's fish
without permission or something.
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Well, they're arguing like usual.
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I see.
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Come on, Sanosuke!
Get him down without stopping!
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Katsu, you better not give up!
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You won't lose until you say you give up!
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Stop it! There's no way
you can win against me!
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Shut up! I won't lose
until I get my stolen trout back!
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You're so stubborn!
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What's wrong, Sanosuke?
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Katsuhiro! The legs!
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Katsuhiro won.
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Man, you did it!
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Ow.
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Well done.
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You should fight in your own way.
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My own way...
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So, how is Tsunan Tsukioka
doing since, that is?
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Who knows?
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Oro?
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I totally pummeled him, so I kinda
feel awkward and haven't gone to see him.
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Oh! If it isn't the young man
from the other day!
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What perfect timing!
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Oh. Sorry about the other day.
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You need something?
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Yeah.
**[19:34] ---**
There was something
Mr. Tsukioka asked me to give to you.
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He said it was the final Nishiki painting
from Tsunan Tsukioka.
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I don't know what got into him,
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but he suddenly said he was going
to start an illustrated newspaper
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and correct the tyranny
of the government with it.
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I told him that he shouldn't, because they
crack down pretty hard, but...
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Oh, man.
He was a really popular artist, too.
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SEKIHO ARMY
CAPTAIN SOZO SAGARA
**[20:02] ---**
It's really a shame, mister.
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So, what was the ruckus
the other day all about?
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Well, the courtyard lawn
was charred in several spots,
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and there was damage
to a part of the wall,
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but no further damage
to the facility nor personnel.
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There was no claim of responsibility,
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so we're investigating the incident
as a malicious prank.
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It's springtime after all,
so there will be a few loonies out there.
**[22:09] ---**
Um...
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can it be the doings
of someone from Shishio's group?
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D-Don't be ridiculous!
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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.
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Please rest assured, Sir Okubo.
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Hmm.
**[22:33] ---**
If it was their doing,
there should have been some casualties.
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However, we cannot drop our guard.
**[22:40] ---**
Please continue the investigation.
**[22:42] ---**
Yes, sir!
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NEXT EPISODE
MEIJI SWORDSMAN
ROMANTIC STORY
ACT ZERO
PART ONE
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*Next episode, "Meiji Swordsman
Romantic Story, Act Zero, Part One."*