E21 - Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story, Act Zero Part Two
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This one is an outstanding swordsman
even among our experts.
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His price is quite high. Can you pay it?
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Hmph!
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This is smallpox virus.
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Smallpox.
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In Japanese, it is known
as ten'nento, hoso, and toso.
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It is an infectious disease
caused by the smallpox virus.
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It is very infectious among humans
and was feared as a lethal disease.
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If I spread this in the streets
and create patients,
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I can make as much money as I want.
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No matter how high his price is,
there are no problems whatsoever.
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Well, all right.
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Hate to say this after all that, but...
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it's a part of my job to be well aware
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that low-quality medicine
is completely useless.
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The same can be said for bodyguards.
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I'm going to spend a large sum of money.
I would like to check his qualities.
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Hmph. All that will do
is make your bodyguard useless.
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Oh?
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That sword has quite a unique shape.
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Look here!
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You think you can win
against my metal club
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with such a wispy little stick?
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I'll teach you a lesson!
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Oh!
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What the hell just happened?
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Eastern katana or Western sword,
which is stronger?
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Time for a showdown, Hitokiri Battosai!
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EPISODE 21:
MEIJI SWORDSMAN
ROMANTIC STORY,
ACT ZERO
PART TWO
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In any case...
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I was surprised that you were a lady
in a man's clothing, that I was.
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This isn't just limited to doctors.
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In the world
of male-dominated occupations,
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women are almost never trusted,
regardless of how skilled they are.
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In reality, nurses and helpers
are trusted a lot more in my case.
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Even in the West, that is?
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Yes.
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That is why I decided to wear
platform shoes and a derby hat,
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fabricate a voice and mannerisms,
and put a mask over my face.
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I was surprised at your change in guise,
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but a voice isn't something
that can easily change.
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You must have done
quite a bit of training, that you did.
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I've always been good at stuff like this.
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Back in my homeland,
I often did one-man shows.
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O Romeo...
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Juliet!
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Wherefore art thou Romeo?
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Whoa!
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But still...
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A mask?
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Mysterious.
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Is he really a doctor?
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Better to stay out of this.
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This is a tale of hardship, that it is.
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Now that you are dressing like a man,
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you end up being treated
as some mysterious person.
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It's fine.
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This is how I chose to live my life.
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If there is a world behind this mask
where everyone can live in good health...
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Oh, that sounds a bit too grandiose.
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No.
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That was unnecessary scrutiny,
that it was.
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I will take my leave now, that I will.
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Huh?
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I can't possibly stay here now that
I know you are a lady, that I can't.
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Miss Elder.
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Yes?
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Mr. Dankichi has quite a bit
of trust in you.
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And that mother and child is sure to be
happy about what you did, that they will.
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The way you chose to live is most likely
not a mistake, that it isn't.
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See you.
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Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu,
I had heard about it before...
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but I didn't think it actually existed.
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Have you ever slain men
with this Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu?
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No.
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Then, do you think you can slay men?
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If there is a new era
where everyone can live at ease...
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beyond my bloodstained blade
and the lives of the victims...
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If there is a world behind this mask
where everyone can live in good health...
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Oro?
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Doc! Dr. Elder!
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What is exactly the matter, Mr. Dankichi?
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Huh? I heard that you
already received the message.
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Oh, well. Please come with me.
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An emergency call?
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No. They specified the time, so I
don't think this is an emergency call.
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Specified the time? In the darkest
of the night, right before dawn?
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This is strange.
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This is strange.
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Wait! There's someone
in the middle of the road!
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Look out! Out of the way!
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The hell is that?
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What's he up to?
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Out of the way!
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Destornillador Sable Estillo...
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Tormenta Infierno!
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We didn't have to come out here to watch.
That guy is amazing!
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It's important that I witness it
with my own eyes.
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I don't trust anyone in this world.
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Not even you.
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Huh?
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Twisting his body to the limit
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and using the resulting spinning force
to gain maximum power...
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that is what
Destornillador Sable Estillo is about.
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Doc!
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Where is the samurai?
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Huh?
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That man with the cross-shaped scar.
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Let go of that hand.
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I forgot to hand Mr. Elder
this message earlier.
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It took a bit of effort to have it
translated into Japanese at the hotel.
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But it was a message
to lure Mr. Elder out.
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Mr. Rurouni...
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A cross-shaped scar indeed.
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A samurai indeed.
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As men who have truly mastered
swordsmanship, I challenge you to a duel.
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I want to know who is
the superior swordsman.
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The legendary man said to be
the strongest man ever!
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Hitokiri Battosai!
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Murdering many a leading figure
as an assassin
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and fighting multiple veterans in the
Bakumatsu Era as a mercenary swordsman!
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You are without a doubt one of
the strongest samurai, Hitokiri Battosai!
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I did away with that name
10 years ago, that I did.
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How absurd!
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You did away with your name?
Then what is that katana on your waist?
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Now draw it!
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Draw it, and fight me!
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If you wish it that badly,
I have no other choice.
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Apologies for the rough handling.
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I hear that a katana
is the soul of a samurai.
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Now unleash that soul of yours!
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Before the days of the sword
becomes completely extinct!
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Tormenta Infierno!
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That thrust!
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Don't take the blow!
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You'll spin around and get blown away!
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Tempestar Infierno!
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Hmph.
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That saber was altered for toughness,
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and Espiral trained his body
to physically altered levels,
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but every technique unleashed was dodged
perfectly within a paper-thin margin.
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I'd expect nothing less
from the legendary manslayer.
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It seems we'll see the ultimate
Destornillador Sable Estillo technique
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for the first time in a while.
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What the hell is that?
His body is completely twisted!
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We are the final samurai
and the final swordsman.
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Who will be the last one standing?
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Let us decide now!
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RUROUNI KENSHIN
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We are the final samurai
and the final swordsman.
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Who will be the last one standing?
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Let us decide now!
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Take this! My strongest,
fastest, ultimate attack!
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Tornado Infierno!
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Mr. Rurouni!
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He did it!
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Oh, my.
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He took the force
of Espiral's ultimate attack
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and added it to his own slashing attack
to slam it back.
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The last one standing is the samurai.
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Ah, well, if someone of your caliber
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is going to slay me,
I couldn't wish for more.
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Now give me the final blow.
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How scandalous.
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Look closely, that you should.
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This is my current katana.
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Sakabato?
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My Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu is a murderous
sword that most certainly butchers men.
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That is, unless I use this creative katana
to prevent me from murdering them.
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A katana is a samurai's soul.
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I see.
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So that is your current soul.
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A different caliber,
in both skill and class!
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Damn it! Then at least—
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"Smallpox"!
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Whoa!
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That's smallpox virus!
It's very dangerous!
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O smallpox!
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Ride the wind,
and spread all over Yokohama!
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And amid all of the confusion,
I will make a run for it!
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The score has been settled.
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Don't further tarnish my defeat.
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Ishizu, damn you!
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I am satisfied with being able
to witness a great fight.
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I surrender.
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You saved me?
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All injured and sick
are equal as my patients.
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Is that so?
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Yes.
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In an era where swords are going extinct,
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I sought to be the strongest
at the sword.
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However...
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even that was smashed
in front of an Eastern samurai.
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I have no reason to live,
even if my wounds were to heal.
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Seeking to be the best
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despite being in an era where
swordsmanship is meeting its end...
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I believe that is something
to be proud of.
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However, when your goals are too large,
you tend to get lost.
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Nobody would ever carry a map of Japan
just to tour Yokohama, would they?
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I have gotten lost along the way?
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Indeed, that may be the case.
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Ishizu has been arrested,
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and the middleman
has been deported, that is.
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Then we have peace of mind.
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From my eyes, this is far
from peace of mind, that it is.
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It was an honor to fight you, Battosai.
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No, you said you had already
rid yourself of that name.
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I am a rurouni.
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I am a traveling swordsman, that I am.
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I am Espiral.
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I felt despair at the closure
of the era of swords.
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However, I realized when Dr. Elder told me
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that I would get lost using a map
that was too broad...
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it's not bad to live with smaller hopes,
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instead of despairing
over something as large as an era.
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Smaller hopes?
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As long as I continue to be a swordsman,
the era of swords does not end for me.
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That's how I decided to think.
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And so...
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That sword...
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Just like how you switched to a sakabato
from a man-slaying katana,
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I swapped out my twisted blade
for a straight one.
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I chose to become a swordsman
to protect Dr. Elder.
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Though I will be all right on my own.
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At the least, let me accompany you to your
next port of call in the United States.
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I gave in to his persistence.
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I see.
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Yesterday's foe
is today's ally, that it is.
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Yes.
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Mr. Elder, you and Mr. Espiral
will be leaving the country now?
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- Yes.
- Yeah.
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Fare you well.
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I will go through
the embarking procedures.
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I'm happy that you will see us off.
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When someone sees me off,
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I feel like they will welcome me back
the next time I drop by.
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It wasn't just me, that it wasn't.
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Huh?
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Doc! Dr. Elder!
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I heard it from Dankichi!
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You protected the settlement
from that scum, Deian?
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Come by again!
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My mom is all better now!
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Thanks!
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Thank you very much!
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You'll have a lot of people
welcoming you next time, that you will.
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Thank you so much!
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Everyone, please stay healthy!
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Whoa! What a hot lady!
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Fare you well. Please be of help
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to those who are ailing from injury
or illness, that you should.
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Yes. I will do my best
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so that as many people as possible
can live in good health.
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Such a large scar.
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It seems like an old sword cut,
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but it somehow looks
like it was created recently.
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Your mind and your body are connected
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far more deeply and powerfully
than you can imagine.
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I don't know what happened in your past.
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But if that past is linked to that scar...
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how about you move to a new land
and start living a completely new life?
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It's called change-of-air therapy.
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Leaving an area
that you're used to living in
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and putting yourself
in a different environment
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will bring you peace of mind and healing.
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I appreciate your attentiveness.
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However, my past
is something I chose for myself.
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I can't just let it go, that I can't.
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I will keep both the past
and the scar as is.
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And at the very least, with this sword...
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I will protect as many people
that catch my eye as I can, that I will.
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Indeed so.
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If a katana is a samurai's soul,
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for you, wielding that no-kill katana,
that way of life is likely the best fit.
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And that was how the story went,
that it was.
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Hey, Kenshin,
just how long ago did that story happen?
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Let's see.
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I think it was about five days
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before I started living
at Kamiya Dojo, that it was.
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Five days?
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So this story was that recent, huh?
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I totally thought it was
a story from way in the past.
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I didn't say I was going
to tell you an old tale, that I didn't.
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Well, that's true.
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But if so,
there is something that bothers me.
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Oro?
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If you excuse me...
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Ken-san, you know...
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you said that you could smell
the daphnes in the garden,
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but you couldn't smell the black tea.
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That is correct, that it is.
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But, Kenshin, you said right now
that this tea was really tasty.
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Oh, that's right.
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Then you're fine.
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One last piece of advice as a doctor.
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No matter what the injury or illness,
you need rest on top of treatment.
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It is important to settle down
in one location
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and soothe your mind and body over time.
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If, in the future, you ever come across
someone that calls for you...
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please do try
and pause your journey at that time.
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All right.
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I will keep that in mind, that I will.
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NEXT EPISODE
RESURRECTION OF THE WOLF
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Next episode, "Resurrection of the Wolf."
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