E9 - The Oniwabanshu Strike
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You must be the Oniwaban Group,
that you are.
[00:09] ---
One of the famous Oniwaban Group.
[00:12] ---
When they say Hyottoko, they mean me!
[00:15] ---
Hyottoko?
[00:16] ---
Sounds too cute to suit you.
[00:18] ---
You should change your name.
[00:21] ---
Quietly hand Megumi over.
[00:23] ---
If you do, I'll go a little easy on you.
[00:26] ---
Which one of you is up first?
[00:28] ---
I don't care
if both of you come at me together.
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He boasts of massive strength
and fights with no weapon.
[00:35] ---
Leave this one to me.
[00:36] ---
However, we're up against
the Oniwaban Group.
[00:39] ---
Who knows if that's all he is?
[00:41] ---
I don't care! I'll nab him alive
[00:43] ---
and force the truth
about the opium out of him!
[00:45] ---
So you're up first.
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Even if you got the strength,
it means nothing if you can't hit with it.
[00:56] ---
How gracious of you...
[00:58] ---
to come into range for me.
[01:03] ---
Sano!
[01:06] ---
Wha—
[02:39] ---
EPISODE 9: THE ONIWABANSHU STRIKE
[02:43] ---
Sano!
[02:45] ---
Wha—
[02:46] ---
Sanosuke!
[02:53] ---
That's dangerous, you putz!
[02:56] ---
Oh? I'm surprised you dodged
my special attack, "Fire Breath."
[03:01] ---
However, you won't be able to dodge
the next one with that leg.
[03:08] ---
He creates fire with sacks of oil
placed inside his stomach
[03:10] ---
and teeth made of flint.
[03:12] ---
The greatest fire master of the Oniwaban.
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His name "Hyottoko"
stems from "hi" and "otoko."
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There is nothing that he can't burn!
[03:24] ---
Here goes.
[03:28] ---
Why are you looking away?
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Your opponent is me, that I am.
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After I take care of him.
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Don't you fret. I'll burn you up next.
[03:39] ---
A street performance like that
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won't be able to burn
one hair on me, that it won't.
[03:43] ---
D-Did you call it a street performance?
[03:50] ---
He sliced fire apart with his sakabato!
[03:59] ---
Idiot! Don't think you can
defend everything with just one sword!
[04:05] ---
Where are you off to?
[04:07] ---
Kenshin is fighting for your sake.
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You should be properly
watching all of it happen.
[04:15] ---
It's not an opponent
a swordsman can win against.
[04:17] ---
He can buy some time,
[04:19] ---
but he is facing the middle-ranked onmitsu
of the Oniwaban Group.
[04:22] ---
He's nothing like Beshimi,
a low-ranked onmitsu.
[04:25] ---
No, he will win!
[04:28] ---
You know nothing about Kenshin.
[04:30] ---
He may be a swordsman,
but he's no ordinary swordsman.
[04:36] ---
Impossible. Nine liters of oil,
and I'm out?
[04:40] ---
That's why I told you.
[04:42] ---
You can't burn one hair on me.
[04:46] ---
He defended against all the fire
with just a sword.
[04:49] ---
Indeed, he is no ordinary swordsman!
[04:52] ---
What in the world is he...
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Damn you.
[04:58] ---
I'm not done yet!
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He's planning on replenishing his oil!
[05:04] ---
Sano!
[05:05] ---
Thanks for the help.
[05:08] ---
But I'm the one dealing with him.
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Sorry, but I'm gonna reset this match!
[05:16] ---
All right. I will leave you
with the rest, that I will.
[05:20] ---
Yeah, leave this to me!
[05:22] ---
Come on! Why are you guys
both acting tough?
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Replenishment complete.
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You are such a fool,
wandering over so you can be incinerated.
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No, you're the fool.
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You think a magic trick will work
over and over once the secret is out?
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I'll light you up!
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Any of you who call this technique,
my pride and joy,
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a street performance or a magic trick
are all gonna be cremated!
[05:51] ---
Maximum Fire Breath!
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This time, you won't be able to dodge it!
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Give me a break!
[05:57] ---
What?
[06:00] ---
What a reckless guy.
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This truly is finding the way
out of a deadly situation, that it is.
[06:05] ---
I'll take a look at the secret
behind your magic trick!
[06:10] ---
For your pride and joy,
this is quite a dirty little secret.
[06:15] ---
You have no chance of winning now.
[06:17] ---
Just behave, and give up.
[06:20] ---
Idiot.
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You're the one with no chance of winning!
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With that burnt arm, you won't
be able to punch like you did before!
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Eat my Fire Fist,
burning like a real flame!
[06:36] ---
Kicks are totally legit
in a fight, you know?
[06:39] ---
Though, with those short legs,
you'd never come up with that idea.
[06:48] ---
Easy win!
[06:50] ---
You say that,
but you're hurt all over, that you are.
[06:53] ---
What was that?
[06:54] ---
He won. All things said and done,
he really is strong.
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They're way beyond strong.
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What in the world are those two?
[07:05] ---
I'm tellin' ya,
all that didn't need to be said!
[07:05] ---
I told you. You don't know them.
[07:08] ---
- There, there.
- Don't "there, there" me after all that!
[07:08] ---
Those two are reliable comrades
one can be proud of.
[07:11] ---
- Ha ha ha.
- Don't "ha ha ha" me!
[07:13] ---
Hey, are you guys okay?
[07:16] ---
You really are wounded all over.
[07:18] ---
Looks like you won only by a little bit.
[07:20] ---
Isn't that right, that is?
[07:21] ---
What was that?
[07:23] ---
That was an easy win,
no matter how you look at it! Damn it!
[07:23] ---
- Come on.
- Oh, brother.
[07:25] ---
Good grief. Oro?
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Friends.
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So what should we do with him?
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Let's see. We can splash water on him.
[07:37] ---
Damn it. Damn it.
[07:38] ---
Hyottoko let himself
be so easily defeated.
[07:41] ---
This is gonna lead
to another failure for me.
[07:46] ---
No.
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It's all because of Megumi Takani!
[07:50] ---
If you didn't make a run for it
on my watch,
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this wouldn't have happened!
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The one that put me into this situation
ain't gonna get away with it unscathed!
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You're dead meat!
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Bloodlust!
[08:03] ---
Be careful! Someone else is still lurking!
[08:06] ---
- There you are!
- Die!
[08:11] ---
Look out!
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What?
[08:15] ---
Yahiko!
[08:17] ---
Sheesh, you really are reckless!
[08:19] ---
Ow.
[08:20] ---
It's dangerous, so you should stand back!
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Give me a break!
[08:24] ---
I don't really get it, but Kenshin and
Sanosuke are protecting this woman, right?
[08:28] ---
I'm a part of Team Kenshin, too!
[08:30] ---
Even if I can't go on the offensive, I can
properly do my job on the defensive end!
[08:34] ---
You need to have more faith
in your students...
[08:39] ---
Yahiko!
[08:41] ---
Not good.
[08:43] ---
Poison!
[08:46] ---
That's what he gets
for sticking his nose in!
[08:47] ---
That kid won't last an hour!
[08:50] ---
Dokusatsu Rasenbyo!
[08:52] ---
This is the true technique
of Beshimi of the Oniwaban Group!
[08:56] ---
You're next, redhea...
[09:11] ---
He's skilled.
[09:12] ---
Kenshin!
[09:14] ---
Yahiko... Yahiko is...
[09:16] ---
Damn it, Yahiko, get a grip!
[09:19] ---
Yahiko!
[09:20] ---
Yahiko!
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RUROUNI KENSHIN
[09:29] ---
Yahiko!
[09:36] ---
Enough. Even with further combat,
[09:39] ---
I sense it is impossible
for us to reclaim Megumi Takani.
[09:42] ---
I myself want to pick up the two that fell
[09:46] ---
and report to the leader
as soon as possible.
[09:49] ---
You were the ones that attacked.
I won't hold you back.
[09:53] ---
However, you will leave the little one
behind for Yahiko's detoxification.
[09:58] ---
We have no duty
to go that far for enemies.
[10:01] ---
Then I will have you leave him here
at any cost.
[10:06] ---
You're quite passionate
for having such a collected demeanor.
[10:14] ---
No need to fret.
[10:16] ---
As long as you shelter Megumi Takani,
we will fight at some point.
[10:20] ---
The showdown will be delayed until then.
[10:25] ---
How he moves, that's a kenpo master
who has trained extensively!
[10:30] ---
Kenshin! Yahiko is...
[10:32] ---
Yahiko!
[10:35] ---
How is he?
[10:37] ---
I have experience treating
sword and spear cuts or broken bones,
[10:40] ---
but detoxification...
[10:42] ---
For now, we can suck out
the poison from the wound.
[10:44] ---
Got it!
[10:45] ---
Stop that.
[10:48] ---
Are you telling me
to just watch Yahiko die?
[10:51] ---
You stay out of this!
[10:52] ---
You fool!
[10:53] ---
Sucking poison out of a wound
can cause bacterial infections,
[10:56] ---
so it makes things worse!
[10:58] ---
This is no place for amateurs. Stand back!
[11:03] ---
Slight fever, unconscious...
[11:05] ---
slight pain, and most of all,
eye dilation. This is...
[11:10] ---
stramonium leaf poison.
[11:12] ---
Miss, this is a dojo, so you have
need of a regular doctor, don't you?
[11:17] ---
I'll write out a list of medications,
so have him bring them!
[11:19] ---
Ken-san, boil some water! And ready
some hand towels and household medicine!
[11:23] ---
You, head to the ice store,
and buy all the ice they've got!
[11:27] ---
Detoxification treatment
is a race against time! Hurry up!
[11:33] ---
Hmph. That should do it.
[11:36] ---
Three or four more days,
and he should recover.
[11:39] ---
Good for you, Yahiko.
[11:42] ---
That is, if he rests quietly.
[11:45] ---
Thanks, old man.
[11:47] ---
You're pretty amazing.
[11:49] ---
That doesn't sound like thanks at all.
[11:52] ---
And if you want to say thanks,
say it to whoever wrote this.
[11:55] ---
Quite impressive.
A perfect note of ingredients
[11:58] ---
and compounding instructions
for the antidote.
[12:01] ---
Whoever wrote this is well-versed
in Dutch studies,
[12:05] ---
what they call Western medicine nowadays.
[12:08] ---
Maybe they just knew a lot about poison?
[12:12] ---
It's a fine line
between poison and medicine.
[12:14] ---
Stramonium leaves can be
wonderful medication, depending on usage.
[12:19] ---
This was written by a master especially
versed in the drugs of Western medicine.
[12:25] ---
I'm surprised.
[12:27] ---
I thought she was
just a mean-spirited woman.
[12:30] ---
A woman?
[12:31] ---
Can it be Megumi Takani?
[12:34] ---
You know her?
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Megumi Takani,
a girl who was the assistant
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for a certain doctor
who was murdered three years ago.
[12:49] ---
Where are you going, that you are?
[12:51] ---
It's dangerous for a woman
to walk around at night, that it is.
[12:54] ---
This man keeps surprising me.
[12:58] ---
Shouldn't you be at that boy's side?
[13:01] ---
It's fine. Despite his looks, Yahiko
is quite a tenacious guy, that he is.
[13:06] ---
Thank you for the treatment, that is.
[13:08] ---
I will say thanks in Yahiko's place,
that I will.
[13:10] ---
No need for thanks.
[13:12] ---
Beshimi was targeting me, after all.
[13:15] ---
So where are you headed to now,
that you are?
[13:18] ---
And he doesn't let me change the topic.
[13:20] ---
I'll be leaving Tokyo, for starters.
[13:23] ---
This nuisance will be gone quickly,
so rest assured.
[13:26] ---
So nobody back in your homeland of Aizu
[13:28] ---
is waiting for your return,
that they aren't?
[13:31] ---
Your word choice for "nuisance"
is that of someone from Aizu, is it not?
[13:37] ---
I have fought against samurai from Aizu
countless times in Bakumatsu era Kyoto,
[13:42] ---
so it rang a bell, that it did.
[13:46] ---
You really do keep surprising me.
[13:50] ---
Can you tell us the truth soon,
that is?
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The Takanis in the Aizu region were
a really famous family among doctors.
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The Takani family was an uncommon one,
[14:04] ---
where women and children
also learned medicine.
[14:08] ---
Despite the high standing
of being the Shogun's doctor,
[14:11] ---
any sick person was treated with full
devotion, regardless of social position.
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For those of the samurai class who treat
social position as an absolute rule,
[14:21] ---
they were despicable.
[14:23] ---
But for us doctors,
they were our ideals in the flesh.
[14:28] ---
Among them, Megumi's father
Ryusei Takani was at the pinnacle.
[14:32] ---
As soon as he learned
how useful Dutch studies were,
[14:35] ---
he immediately became lordless
[14:36] ---
and took his entire family
to learn in Nagasaki.
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Just how much resolve
you needed to become lordless,
[14:43] ---
young ones nowadays
can't possibly understand.
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The Takani family was given a special
exemption and returned to Aizu,
[14:53] ---
but the Battle of Aizu
started at around the same time.
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The Battle of Aizu was the fourth battle
of the Boshin War,
[15:00] ---
fought between the Aizu Domain
and the Imperialist government army.
[15:05] ---
The Aizu Domain utilized everyone,
men and women, young and old,
[15:08] ---
and even besieged their castle.
[15:09] ---
But on September 22, 1868,
they surrendered.
[15:14] ---
As the Aizu Domain had protected Kyoto
before the Revolution
[15:18] ---
and apprehended Imperialists,
[15:20] ---
the members of the domain
were oppressed by the government
[15:24] ---
for years on end since.
[15:28] ---
The Takani family all headed out to war,
leaving a very young Megumi behind.
[15:34] ---
As a result, Ryusei died in battle.
[15:36] ---
Her mother and two older brothers
went missing in the flames of battle.
[15:40] ---
And ever since,
Megumi has been all alone.
[15:46] ---
She moved to Tokyo five years ago and
became assistant to a certain doctor.
[15:52] ---
I was acquaintances with him,
so I came to know about Megumi back then.
[15:57] ---
That doctor was murdered three years ago,
and she went missing at the same time.
[16:04] ---
I definitely would love to meet Megumi.
[16:06] ---
Where is she right now?
[16:08] ---
Huh? Come to think of it,
I haven't seen her for a while now!
[16:12] ---
Crap. Can she really have...
[16:17] ---
I wasn't a great judge of character
five years ago.
[16:21] ---
That doctor had secret ties with Kanryu.
[16:24] ---
The doctor refined the opium ingredients
that Kanryu bought for cheap,
[16:29] ---
and Kanryu then sold the refined drug.
[16:31] ---
That's how things
were going well for them...
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until the doctor created this.
[16:37] ---
It's called the Spiderweb.
[16:39] ---
Its special refinement process
[16:41] ---
needs only half the ingredients,
but doubles the dependency.
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So it quadruples the profits.
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If it seriously gets around, all of Tokyo
could be addicted to opium in five years.
[16:53] ---
Kanryu sought mass distribution
[16:54] ---
and tried to get the refinement process
out of the doctor.
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But the doctor kept his lips shut,
tried to monopolize the profits.
[17:02] ---
There was a scuffle in due time,
[17:04] ---
and Kanryu's group
accidentally killed the doctor.
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And I, as the only one who knew
how to refine it as his assistant,
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was forced to make it.
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When I learned that what I was creating
[17:18] ---
was not medicine to save people,
but its reverse,
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I thought about dying.
[17:24] ---
But I couldn't quite succeed at death.
[17:28] ---
If I live and dabble in medicine,
someday I may be reunited
[17:33] ---
with my mother or brothers
that I have been separated from.
[17:37] ---
Thinking that, for the past three years,
[17:39] ---
I kept making drugs
that drove people to death.
[17:47] ---
So, Miss Megumi,
the reason why Kanryu is after you
[17:49] ---
is because, to this day, nobody else
knows how to refine the drug, is it not?
[17:54] ---
To curb production of Spiderweb and
minimize the number of its victims,
[17:59] ---
you never let go of your guilt
[18:01] ---
and decided to shoulder all of the burden
by yourself, did you not?
[18:06] ---
If you agonized as such for three years,
[18:09] ---
it's time for you to be forgiven
and be freed, that it is.
[18:14] ---
Ken-san...
[18:16] ---
There's no way they will back away
that easily, that there isn't.
[18:19] ---
It's best if you stayed in the dojo
for a while longer, that it is.
[18:22] ---
But...
[18:23] ---
That's fine with you, Miss Kaoru?
[18:35] ---
All right.
I know how hard it is to be all alone.
[18:39] ---
I would be just like you
if Kenshin wasn't around.
[18:43] ---
Finally, it's about how we deal
with Kanryu's group, that it is.
[18:49] ---
But you better not make a move on Kenshin.
[18:52] ---
I'll mercilessly toss you out
if that happens.
[19:03] ---
I see. So Beshimi and Hyottoko
will be useless for a while.
[19:08] ---
Yes, sir.
[19:09] ---
So, Han'nya...
[19:11] ---
what about your own wounds?
[19:13] ---
Yes, though barely.
[19:16] ---
As you mentioned,
that man was no ordinary man.
[19:21] ---
I didn't expect him to take my hit
[19:24] ---
and use that reaction
to try striking human vitals, the liver.
[19:31] ---
Can you move?
[19:32] ---
I cannot join combat
for two or three days,
[19:35] ---
but if it's spy activities...
[19:37] ---
All right. Dig up everything
about that man's past in three days.
[19:41] ---
Yes, sir.
[19:44] ---
Redhead, cross-shaped scar.
[19:48] ---
So that man is indeed...
[21:33] ---
What was that?
[21:35] ---
He said, "Welcome,
the captain is waiting for you."
[21:39] ---
Hmph. Quite a hospitable treatment.
[21:42] ---
This truly is money doing the talking.
[21:56] ---
So, Captain, what about those goods?
[22:07] ---
Oh, is this it?
[22:21] ---
With this, I will be invincible!
[22:23] ---
Welcome to Japan!
[22:25] ---
With this, I'm sure
everyone will grovel at my feet!
[22:28] ---
And that's all thanks to money!
[22:30] ---
The power money has!
[22:32] ---
Oh, I'm so glad I am rich!
[22:45] ---
NEXT EPISODE
A REASON TO ACT
[22:46] ---
Next episode, "A Reason to Act."
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