# E9 - The Oniwabanshu Strike
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You must be the Oniwaban Group,
that you are.
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One of the famous Oniwaban Group.
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When they say Hyottoko, they mean me!
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Hyottoko?
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Sounds too cute to suit you.
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You should change your name.
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Quietly hand Megumi over.
**[00:23] ---**
If you do, I'll go a little easy on you.
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Which one of you is up first?
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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.
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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!
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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.
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How gracious of you...
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to come into range for me.
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Sano!
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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."
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However, you won't be able to dodge
the next one with that leg.
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He creates fire with sacks of oil
placed inside his stomach
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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!
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Here goes.
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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.
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A street performance like that
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won't be able to burn
one hair on me, that it won't.
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D-Did you call it a street performance?
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He sliced fire apart with his sakabato!
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Idiot! Don't think you can
defend everything with just one sword!
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Where are you off to?
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Kenshin is fighting for your sake.
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You should be properly
watching all of it happen.
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It's not an opponent
a swordsman can win against.
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He can buy some time,
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but he is facing the middle-ranked onmitsu
of the Oniwaban Group.
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He's nothing like Beshimi,
a low-ranked onmitsu.
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No, he will win!
**[04:28] ---**
You know nothing about Kenshin.
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He may be a swordsman,
but he's no ordinary swordsman.
**[04:36] ---**
Impossible. Nine liters of oil,
and I'm out?
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That's why I told you.
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You can't burn one hair on me.
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He defended against all the fire
with just a sword.
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Indeed, he is no ordinary swordsman!
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What in the world is he...
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Damn you.
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I'm not done yet!
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He's planning on replenishing his oil!
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Sano!
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Thanks for the help.
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But I'm the one dealing with him.
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Sorry, but I'm gonna reset this match!
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All right. I will leave you
with the rest, that I will.
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Yeah, leave this to me!
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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,
**[05:45] ---**
a street performance or a magic trick
are all gonna be cremated!
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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!
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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.
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Just behave, and give up.
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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.
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Easy win!
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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!
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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.
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- Ha ha ha.
- Don't "ha ha ha" me!
**[07:13] ---**
Hey, are you guys okay?
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You really are wounded all over.
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Looks like you won only by a little bit.
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Isn't that right, that is?
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What was that?
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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?
**[07:27] ---**
*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.
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Damn it. Damn it.
**[07:38] ---**
Hyottoko let himself
be so easily defeated.
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This is gonna lead
to another failure for me.
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No.
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It's all because of Megumi Takani!
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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!*
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Be careful! Someone else is still lurking!
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- There you are!
- Die!
**[08:11] ---**
Look out!
**[08:13] ---**
What?
**[08:15] ---**
Yahiko!
**[08:17] ---**
Sheesh, you really are reckless!
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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!
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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!
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Not good.
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Poison!
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That's what he gets
for sticking his nose in!
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That kid won't last an hour!
**[08:50] ---**
Dokusatsu Rasenbyo!
**[08:52] ---**
This is the true technique
of Beshimi of the Oniwaban Group!
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You're next, redhea...
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*He's skilled.*
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Kenshin!
**[09:14] ---**
Yahiko... Yahiko is...
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Damn it, Yahiko, get a grip!
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Yahiko!
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Yahiko!
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RUROUNI KENSHIN
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Yahiko!
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Enough. Even with further combat,
**[09:39] ---**
I sense it is impossible
for us to reclaim Megumi Takani.
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I myself want to pick up the two that fell
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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.
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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...
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For now, we can suck out
the poison from the wound.
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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,
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so it makes things worse!
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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!
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Detoxification treatment
is a race against time! Hurry up!
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Hmph. That should do it.
**[11:36] ---**
Three or four more days,
and he should recover.
**[11:39] ---**
Good for you, Yahiko.
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That is, if he rests quietly.
**[11:45] ---**
Thanks, old man.
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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?
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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.
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I'm surprised.
**[12:27] ---**
I thought she was
just a mean-spirited woman.
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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
**[12:39] ---**
for a certain doctor
who was murdered three years ago.
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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?
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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.*
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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?
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I have fought against samurai from Aizu
countless times in Bakumatsu era Kyoto,
**[13:42] ---**
so it rang a bell, that it did.
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You really do keep surprising me.
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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.
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Despite the high standing
of being the Shogun's doctor,
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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,
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he immediately became lordless
**[14:36] ---**
and took his entire family
to learn in Nagasaki.
**[14:40] ---**
Just how much resolve
you needed to become lordless,
**[14:43] ---**
young ones nowadays
can't possibly understand.
**[14:47] ---**
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,*
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*fought between the Aizu Domain
and the Imperialist government army.*
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*The Aizu Domain utilized everyone,
men and women, young and old,*
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*and even besieged their castle.*
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*But on September 22, 1868,
they surrendered.*
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*As the Aizu Domain had protected Kyoto
before the Revolution*
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*and apprehended Imperialists,*
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*the members of the domain
were oppressed by the government*
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*for years on end since.*
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The Takani family all headed out to war,
leaving a very young Megumi behind.
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As a result, Ryusei died in battle.
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Her mother and two older brothers
went missing in the flames of battle.
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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.
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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.
**[16:47] ---**
If it seriously gets around, all of Tokyo
could be addicted to opium in five years.
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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.
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But I couldn't quite succeed at death.
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If I live and dabble in medicine,
someday I may be reunited
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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...
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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!
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NEXT EPISODE
A REASON TO ACT
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*Next episode, "A Reason to Act."*