E4 - The Fighter for Hire - Sanosuke Sagara

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    Stop that!
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    Oro?
[00:13] ---
    Don't be chopping wood right next
    to someone doing practice swings!
[00:16] ---
    It throws me off rhythm!
[00:18] ---
    You say that, but that is—
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    If you're gonna do that,
    at least use an axe!
[00:22] ---
    And what's with this perfect cut?
[00:24] ---
    Don't use a master's skill
    on helping out with household chores!
[00:27] ---
    You don't even teach me any of it!
[00:29] ---
    - Stop arguing!
    - Oro?
[00:31] ---
    There's no more need to fight!
[00:34] ---
    We can live in peace from now on!
[00:37] ---
    What is the matter, that is?
[00:38] ---
    Has her ugliness
    gone up to her brain, too?
[00:43] ---
    I meant the worries about life expenses
    that were my present concern are gone now!
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    I was clearing out the closet
    when I found this!
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    Something my grandpa drew—
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    A scribble?
[00:53] ---
    An ink painting!
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    My grandpa was a swordsman,
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    but at the same time,
    a pretty popular ink artist.
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    Selling this will get us money.
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    Oh, thank you so much, Grandpa!
[01:05] ---
    What a calculating woman.
[01:10] ---
    Hmm? What is it?
[01:13] ---
    O-Ouch!
[01:15] ---
    And so, we can go to a beef
    hot-pot restaurant for a fancy lunch!
[01:18] ---
    You act so high and mighty when others
    are acting humble, you ugly hag!
[01:22] ---
    Whenever you say anything,
    it's ugly this, ugly hag that.
[01:25] ---
    Is that the only thing you can think—
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    - What was that?
    - Good grief, that is.
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    EPISODE 4:
    THE FIGHTER FOR HIRE -
    SANOSUKE SAGARA
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    The Meiji enlightenment had a tremendous
    impact on food culture as well.
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    SUSHI
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    TEMPURA
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    BEEF HOT-POT AND SAKE
    AKABEKO RESTAURANT
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    All sorts of new dishes
    came to life in this era.
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    Of which, the beef hot-pot,
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    what we call sukiyaki in modern day,
    became immensely popular
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    as a representative of Western cuisine
    that common folk could eat.
[03:25] ---
    No good!
[03:27] ---
    A world of free democracy
    will never come like that!
[03:31] ---
    But that means this is the same
    as sending Mr. Itagaki to death!
[03:34] ---
    That's right!
    Okubo, the Lord of Home Affairs,
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    didn't show any mercy,
    even to the Great Saigo!
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    Enough of Okubo!
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    If he can die and join the stars like
    the Great Saigo, Mr. Itagaki can, too!
[03:45] ---
    Nonsense! What merit is there
    in romanticism of that nature?
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    Welcome—
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    Oh, Kaoru.
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    It's been a while, Ms. Tae.
[03:54] ---
    I'm glad you're doing well.
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    Is this young man your boyfriend?
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    He is not! He's just a guest of the dojo!
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    If Mr. Itagaki dies,
    then freedom dies with him!
[04:08] ---
    What are you talking about?
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    Even if Mr. Itagaki dies,
    freedom will not!
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    Moreover, the way he dies
    will enlighten the people!
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    I guess they are activists for the
    Democratic Rights Movement, that they are.
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    And I'm saying that is romanticism!
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    They're saying stuff
    that I don't quite understand.
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    Those are just drunks.
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    Oh, don't worry about them.
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    Shall I prepare enough for three for now?
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    Oh, and three coffees, please.
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    You are in good spirits,
    Miss Kaoru, that you—
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    Kenshin?
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    Kenshin!
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    Ororo...
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    You can try saying that to me again!
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    You threw a bottle at someone!
    What are you arguing about over there?
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    Put all that aside,
    and apologize first, damn it!
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    Kid, you're a century too young
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    to speak to us
    Democratic Rights Movement activists!
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    It don't matter if I'm a kid!
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    You gotta apologize, damn drunks!
[04:59] ---
    There, there.
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    Who you calling drunks?
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    We are Democratic Rights—
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    Shut up!
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    Everyone becomes a drunk
    once they booze it up!
[05:07] ---
    What?
[05:08] ---
    S-Sirs, please don't make a fuss.
[05:12] ---
    Shut up!
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    - Ms. Tae!
    - Whoa!
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    Democratic rights are for the sake
    of the weak, ain't they?
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    Activists clamorin' for that
    shouldn't be doin' stuff like this.
[05:26] ---
    Or is it that...
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    the democratic rights you speak of
    are to get drunk and thrash about?
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    What was that, punk?
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    Are you picking a fight with us?
[05:38] ---
    Oh, right.
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    I should pick one every so often.
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    People usually pick fights with me, but...
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    I really hate seeing someone be a bully
    or being a bully myself.
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    Especially...
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    hypocrites bullying people
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    while mouthing off
    about freedom, justice, and equality.
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    They piss me off to no end!
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    Come outside with us!
[06:06] ---
    This is getting really weird.
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    Would it be better to stop them, that is?
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    They're sayin' they wanna do it,
    so leave 'em.
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    First, let's see what you can do.
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    How about you land a good blow?
[06:21] ---
    You brat!
[06:22] ---
    Take this!
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    That's not fair! He was hiding a suntetsu!
[06:28] ---
    Quit your barkin'!
[06:29] ---
    Suntetsu is a hidden weapon to begin with!
[06:33] ---
    What they are saying is correct,
    that it is.
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    However...
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    it is not effective at all.
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    This is all you can do,
    even with a suntetsu?
[06:46] ---
    What?
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    H-Hey...
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    that right hand of yours...
[06:57] ---
    P-Punk! What the hell did you do?
[07:00] ---
    I didn't really do anything.
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    A-Are you okay?
[07:04] ---
    Oh, this ain't much!
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    If this disheartens me,
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    I can't serve
    as a Democratic Rights Movement activist!
[07:10] ---
    Oh, that's an admirable spirit!
[07:12] ---
    If I give it everything I got,
    I will end up bullying you all.
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    I'll take you on with one finger.
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    Don't mock me!
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    Take this!
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    I sure picked a boring fight.
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    One flick to the forehead...
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    Damn it!
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    I would have let things slide
    if it was just a drunken fight...
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    but if you're going to draw something
    like that, I won't hold back, either.
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    Democratic rights are perfectly fine.
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    But in your case...
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    before you correct the government,
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    you need to correct yourselves,
    that you do.
[07:57] ---
    Pay your bill, and go on home.
[08:04] ---
    Thank you very much.
[08:06] ---
    You helped me out there.
[08:08] ---
    Oh, that was a fight I chose to fight.
[08:10] ---
    It's nothing to be thanked over.
[08:12] ---
    Hey, swordsman.
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    Is your head doin' all right?
[08:16] ---
    Hmm?
[08:17] ---
    Oh, it wasn't much of anything,
    that it wasn't.
[08:19] ---
    Figures.
[08:21] ---
    If you intentionally didn't dodge it
    and got badly hurt,
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    you'd embarrass yourself.
[08:25] ---
    Huh?
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    If you had dodged it back there,
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    that girl's face
    would be covered in blood by now.
[08:32] ---
    So you chose not to dodge it
    and used your own head as a shield.
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    You're overestimating me, that you are.
[08:38] ---
    You're being so humble.
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    That suits my fancy.
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    Won't you accept my challenge?
[08:44] ---
    I will decline, that I do.
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    I see.
[08:48] ---
    Well, if you ever feel like it,
    you can accept it whenever.
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    I'll be over at the Gorotsuki Nagaya
    on the outskirts of town.
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    See ya.
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    BAD
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    What was with him?
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    Is he a good guy or bad guy?
[09:05] ---
    That "bad" must mean bad taste.
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    A strange man.
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    By the way...
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    Do you know something, Ms. Tae?
[09:14] ---
    He didn't pay his bill.
[09:21] ---
    Hmph.
[09:23] ---
    So you want me
    to go defeat that guy?
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    SA
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    I'm sure you will be able
    to get rid of him.
[09:30] ---
    Don't talk like I'm a hitman.
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    It's all right with me
    as long as I can enjoy my fights.
[09:39] ---
    But I'm surprised you guys
    were able to escape from jail.
[09:43] ---
    That shows how much hatred I have.
[09:46] ---
    If he wasn't around,
    everything would have gone well.
[09:50] ---
    A pathetic resentment you've got there.
[09:53] ---
    So is this Kenshin guy strong?
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    I had really boring fights
    yesterday and today,
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    so I'm getting fed up with things.
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    Strong!
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    So much that he defeated me with one blow!
[10:07] ---
    You putz!
    Defeating you ain't proof of strength,
[10:11] ---
    even if you do it
    tens of thousands of times!
[10:13] ---
    Now, now... if you can lend us an ear...
[10:19] ---
    This man named Kenshin is actually...
[10:24] ---
    Come on, is that for real?
[10:26] ---
    How about it, Mr. Zanza?
[10:29] ---
    I'm sure that he will surely
    prove sufficient as your opponent.
[10:33] ---
    Yeah.
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    For the first time in several years,
    he's someone worthy of using my "partner."
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    The legendary manslayer, Himura Battosai!
[10:44] ---
    Zanza, fighter for hire, I've been
    looking for tough guys like that!
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    RUROUNI KENSHIN
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    SA
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    "The legendary manslayer,
    Himura Battosai!
[10:59] ---
    Zanza, fighter for hire, I've been
    looking for tough guys like that!"
[11:05] ---
    Or so he said and trudged out
    two weeks ago!
[11:08] ---
    Where in hell did that bird head go?
[11:10] ---
    He can't possibly
    have chickened out and ran away?
[11:14] ---
    "It's all right with me as long
    as I can enjoy my fights," he said!
[11:19] ---
    Give me a break!
[11:22] ---
    You're the one
    that's gonna give me a break!
[11:24] ---
    If you're doing weird impersonations,
    I'll hang you upside down!
[11:27] ---
    O-O-Oh, Mr. Zanza. Where have you been?
[11:31] ---
    Fights. I've been fighting.
[11:33] ---
    Another fight?
[11:35] ---
    No way, putz.
[11:37] ---
    A fight doesn't start
    with punches and kicks.
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    Though you lot wouldn't understand,
    even if I told you.
[11:47] ---
    Zanza, fighter for hire.
[11:50] ---
    A guy that fights for you,
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    known throughout
    the underground society of eastern Tokyo.
[11:54] ---
    His fight money is decided
    by how much he has fun.
[11:58] ---
    An irresponsible, ultracheeky lone wolf.
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    BAD
[12:01] ---
    However, he is strong!
[12:02] ---
    Those that fight him
    are said to have nightmares
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    about the "bad" on his back
    for months on end.
[12:10] ---
    If I make good use of Zanza,
    I can surely do that aggravating guy in...
[12:15] ---
    that Himura Battosai!
[12:21] ---
    We have a guest, that we do.
[12:22] ---
    Huh? H-Hold on, Kenshin.
[12:25] ---
    What? What's going on?
[12:27] ---
    I felt a presence, that I did.
[12:30] ---
    Not even trying to hide it...
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    a stupidly straightforward battle aura.
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    I'm here to fight.
[12:39] ---
    That guy from the other day!
[12:40] ---
    So it was you.
[12:43] ---
    I thought I declined on fighting you,
    that I did.
[12:46] ---
    But I can't let that slide.
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    This is a fight I'm picking
    as a fighter for hire.
[12:51] ---
    All the more reason
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    if I'm going against
    the Imperialist, Himura Battosai.
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    Imperialist from Choshu, Himura Battosai.
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    Your sword style is the ancient sword art
    Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
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    You worked for five years,
    from age 14 to 19.
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    You spent the first half
    as a literal manslayer,
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    a merciless assassin
    squirming in the shadows.
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    In the second half,
    you were a commando swordsman
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    protecting comrades
    from the Shogunate's swordsmen.
[13:22] ---
    You're famous to this day
    because of the second job.
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    However, you went missing
    after the victory at Toba-Fushimi.
[13:31] ---
    And now you live your days
    as the rurouni Kenshin Himura.
[13:36] ---
    A real fight begins
    by learning more about your opponent.
[13:40] ---
    And you decide how to fight
    after you gain knowledge.
[13:43] ---
    I went all the way to Kyoto
    to do some research.
[13:47] ---
    So have you decided
    how to fight, that you have?
[13:50] ---
    That's just it! That's my problem!
[13:53] ---
    I only figured out your general history.
[13:56] ---
    What kind of sword style
    is Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu?
[13:59] ---
    Why did a merciless manslayer
    turn into a rurouni that refuses to kill?
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    I couldn't figure out
    any of the key details.
[14:06] ---
    And since I couldn't figure it out,
[14:08] ---
    I came here like this
    to fight you fair and square.
[14:14] ---
    Hey, Bro...
[14:16] ---
    do you think Zanza can really win?
[14:19] ---
    Hmph. He's facing the Battosai.
[14:22] ---
    Of course it will be impossible.
[14:25] ---
    Then—
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    Fret not.
[14:28] ---
    Zanza will lose.
[14:30] ---
    But he is a famous fighter for hire.
[14:33] ---
    Even if it costs him his life,
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    he will wound Battosai
    and force a difficult battle.
[14:37] ---
    When that battle ends
    and Battosai is caught off guard,
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    I will put an end to him.
[14:43] ---
    With this, that I bought over in Yokohama!
[14:48] ---
    I don't get it, either.
[14:49] ---
    Huh?
[14:50] ---
    You hate watching
    or being part of bullying.
[14:54] ---
    Then why are you a fighter for hire?
    That is quite an irrational career path.
[14:58] ---
    Why do you so openly carry
    the word "bad" on your back?
[15:03] ---
    You have
    a very straightforward personality,
[15:05] ---
    but your current self is terribly warped.
[15:08] ---
    What got you so badly warped
    into how you are now, that is?
[15:12] ---
    What did...
[15:18] ---
    Forget it.
[15:21] ---
    If you really wanna know,
    you gotta fight me and win!
[15:24] ---
    But let me say this.
[15:27] ---
    I think every Imperialist is a hypocrite
    that I hate, oh, so much.
[15:34] ---
    Under the name of justice,
    they do whatever they want.
[15:37] ---
    They warp the truth to look down on
    and crush anyone that gets in their way.
[15:43] ---
    Equality for the four classes?
[15:45] ---
    That's such a huge lie
    that it makes me laugh!
[15:47] ---
    So the legendary manslayer
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    said to be the most powerful
    among the Imperialists...
[15:52] ---
    I want to beat him up
    from the bottom of my heart!
[16:01] ---
    All right.
[16:03] ---
    I will take you on.
[16:04] ---
    Kenshin!
[16:05] ---
    However, answer one question first.
[16:08] ---
    The Hiruma brothers are your clients
    for this fight, are they not?
[16:12] ---
    Excellent guess.
[16:13] ---
    How'd you figure it out?
[16:15] ---
    Of course I can tell.
[16:16] ---
    There are only so many people in this town
    that know of my background.
[16:20] ---
    Besides, their grimy, menacing auras
    are wafting over from behind that gate.
[16:25] ---
    You don't need to hide. Come out.
[16:27] ---
    You are a top-class swordsman, after all.
[16:31] ---
    Hey, you can give up and come out now!
[16:35] ---
    We're telling you to show yourselves.
[16:44] ---
    There you go. That's how you should be.
[16:47] ---
    Now, hand it over.
[16:49] ---
    Huh?
[16:50] ---
    - Don't "Huh?" me.
    - Oh!
[16:52] ---
    Just as I thought.
[16:54] ---
    I can totally see through what worthless
    thugs like you would think about.
[16:58] ---
    Listen. You may have
    picked this fight for me,
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    but since I accepted, this is my fight.
[17:05] ---
    Stupid little interruptions...
[17:09] ---
    will never fly under my watch.
[17:13] ---
    Kihei.
[17:17] ---
    This property and building
    will definitely be mine, little girl!
[17:26] ---
    The dojo is a bit cramped for my partner.
[17:30] ---
    Let's head out to the riverbank
    or something.
[17:43] ---
    We're standing out.
[17:45] ---
    - Yahiko.
    - Huh?
[17:47] ---
    Were you as surprised
    as I expected you to be, that is?
[17:50] ---
    Well, yeah...
[17:52] ---
    but it hasn't really sunk in yet.
[17:53] ---
    You're not scary at all.
[17:56] ---
    More like I have a strange understanding
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    that it's only natural
    for you to be devilishly strong.
[18:04] ---
    Anyway, are you okay with this?
[18:06] ---
    Oro?
[18:07] ---
    Don't "Oro?" me.
[18:09] ---
    Look at that thing he's got.
[18:11] ---
    That length surely is that of a spear.
[18:14] ---
    I hear that in order
    to go against a spear with a sword,
[18:16] ---
    you need about triple
    the skill of your opponent.
[18:19] ---
    It's not a spear, kiddo.
[18:21] ---
    This is something better than that.
[18:25] ---
    Come to think of it, we haven't
    introduced ourselves yet, have we?
[18:33] ---
    My name is Sanosuke Sagara.
[18:36] ---
    The underground society call me Zanza.
[18:39] ---
    Zanbato-wielding Sanosuke,
    Zanza for short.
[18:43] ---
    Zanbato...
[18:46] ---
    Zanbato, a giant sword created
    before the Sengoku Era
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    to slay the enemy leader, horse and all.
[18:53] ---
    It is said that not one man ever
    fully mastered using it due to its weight.
[18:59] ---
    Th-That's the rumored...
[19:02] ---
    Zanza's partner.
[19:04] ---
    It's an antique from around the Onin War.
[19:07] ---
    Its ability to cut is almost zero.
[19:09] ---
    But I can still crush something with it!
[19:13] ---
    Rurouni, Kenshin Himura.
[19:16] ---
    I will fight you with this blade.
[19:18] ---
    Though, knowing you,
    I don't have to say that.
[19:21] ---
    I'm sure you already did your research.
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    Yeah. So I have one word of advice.
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    Do away with
    that sappy thought of not killing.
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    If you don't...
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    you'll die!
[19:35] ---
    So fast!
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    That's right.
[19:57] ---
    Even if his zanbato is amazing, it doesn't
    mean anything if he can't hit with it!
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    An overwhelming victory for Kenshin!
[20:10] ---
    You definitely are strong.
[20:12] ---
    No wonder you're a legend.
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    But...
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    Oh!
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    This isn't good.
[20:20] ---
    We misjudged him.
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    His true strength isn't his superior might
    that defeats a giant man with one finger
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    or the smashing of his Zanbato
    that stems from his power.
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    It's his ability to take abnormal hits,
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    like not flinching at all from a suntetsu
    hitting the middle of his forehead!
[20:39] ---
    Kenshin's Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu
    has defeated every enemy with one blow.
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    That one blow
    doesn't work against this guy!
[20:53] ---
    A fight is different
    from a swordfight that uses real blades.
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    The one that is stronger
    with the sword doesn't win.
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    The guy that doesn't fall down wins!
[21:04] ---
    You should say that...
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    only when you are
    the last man standing, that you should.
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    NEXT EPISODE
    AND THEN, ANOTHER
[22:45] ---
    Next episode, "And Then, Another"