# E10 - Defend! The Black American Ships
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**[00:32] Rashomaru**
What are they doing here?
**[00:35] Rashomaru**
They're all people I've killed.
**[00:39] Rashomaru**
What are you trying to do?
**[00:42] Rashomaru**
Are you here to condemn me?
**[00:45] Rashomaru**
You couldn't wield swords, but now I'm
using your souls to help this nation.
**[00:50] Rashomaru**
You should be grateful.
**[00:56] Rashomaru**
Dad... Mom...
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
***SIGN*** Shine On!
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***SIGN*** Bakumatsu Bad Boys
***SIGN*** Episode Ten
Defend! The Black American Ships
**[02:46] Katamori**
The message Shozan-sensei left for us
**[02:48] Katamori**
was probably that the Masked Demons'
next goal is to blow up foreign ships.
**[02:55] Katamori**
I command the Shinsengumi...
**[02:57] Katamori**
to head to Sakai Port in Osaka.
**[03:04] Ichibanboshi**
Damn, the black ships are awesome.
**[03:08] Ichibanboshi**
That thing is crazy, huh?
***SIGN*** Osaka
Sakai Port
**[03:12] Ichibanboshi**
I'm so hype!
**[03:14] Sakuya**
Shut up, Dumboshi. We're here
to inspect the port.
**[03:17] Ichibanboshi**
Yeah, that's what I'm doing.
**[03:20] Sakuya**
There's a lot we need to learn,
**[03:22] Sakuya**
like the ships' locations, the port's layout,
and the number of guards.
**[03:28] Sakuya**
You child...
**[03:28] Akira**
Sakuya, there's no rush.
**[03:31] Akira**
We'll do whatever Ichibanboshi can't.
**[03:34] Akira**
We can split responsibilities.
**[03:36] Sakuya**
Nothing good will come from babying him.
**[03:39] Gyataro**
Check out that flamboyant flag.
**[03:43] Sogen**
The stars and stripes.
**[03:45] Sogen**
That's the American flag.
**[03:48] Bo**
Why do the Masked Demons want
to blow up a black ship?
**[03:51] Suzuran**
It would start a war with the Americans.
**[03:53] Sogen**
That may be their goal.
**[03:56] Sogen**
Even if a war doesn't break out, it would
certainly serve as a provocation.
**[04:00] Ichibanboshi**
I wanna travel on this thing.
**[04:03] Ichibanboshi**
I want my own black ship.
**[04:06] Gyataro**
Are the Masked Demons trying
to hijack a black ship?
**[04:09] Bo**
Steal a black ship?
**[04:11] Suzuran**
That's too ridiculous to consider.
***SIGN*** Choshu Domain: Hagi Castle
**[04:14] Kusaka**
The death of Sakuma Shozan, agent of
those who want to open the country,
***SIGN*** Anti-Foreigner Retainer
Kusaka Genzui
**[04:18] Kusaka**
is an opportunity for us
to expel the foreigners.
**[04:19] Kusaka**
My lord, give the word.
**[04:21] Clan Member A**
Aye, we agree.
**[04:23] Clan Member B**
Give the word.
***SIGN*** Lord of the Domain
Mori Takachika
**[04:25] Takachika**
I hear you loud and clear.
**[04:29] Takachika**
The hearts of the Choshu
Domain's people are one.
**[04:33] Takachika**
That being the case...
**[04:35] Katsura**
Wait.
**[04:37] Kusaka**
Katsura-dono, you're back?
**[04:39] Katsura**
We don't have the slightest
chance of winning a war
**[04:42] Katsura**
against foreign nations if we start one now.
**[04:44] Clan Member C**
What are you talking about?
**[04:45] Clan Member D**
Have you lost your nerve, Katsura?
**[04:47] Katsura**
Have you already forgotten
about the Shimonoseki campaign?
**[04:50] Katsura**
That terrible war in which we were
crushed due to our outdated armaments?
**[04:56] Katsura**
Right now, learning the
technology of foreign nations
**[04:58] Katsura**
and increasing our nation's
strength come first.
**[05:01] Katsura**
Taking action to expel foreigners when
it would only impoverish our domain
**[05:04] Katsura**
is out of the question.
**[05:06] Kusaka**
B-But...
**[05:07] Takachika**
Kogoro's right. Fighting a war when you
lack military force is foolishness.
**[05:13] Takachika**
That's the end of this discussion.
**[05:21] Clan Member A**
Damn that weasel Katsura.
**[05:22] Clan Member B**
He's got a way with words, and he's
using it to sweet-talk Takachika-sama.
**[05:27] Kusaka**
Let him talk.
**[05:28] Kusaka**
Once Maki Izumi-sama carries out his plan,
**[05:30] Kusaka**
we'll have our opportunity
to expel the foreigners.
**[05:33] Kusaka**
Katsura won't be able to do anything then.
**[05:39] Gyataro**
Osaka's got the best drinks and women.
**[05:43] Bo**
Lotsa tasty food!
**[05:45] Gyataro**
Not only that, but the Aizu
Domain's paying for everything.
**[05:47] Gyataro**
What could be better than that?
**[05:49] Bo**
The best.
**[05:54] Gyataro**
What's going on?
**[05:55] Bo**
Could be the Masked Demons.
**[05:57] Gyataro**
Should we go check it out?
**[06:00] Sailor A**
Did you get it?
**[06:02] Sailor A**
Have you got any questions?
**[06:04] Sogen**
Thank you for answering my question.
**[06:08] Sogen**
I appreciate it.
**[06:12] Suzuran**
Wow, Sogen-chan.
You're totally fluent in American.
**[06:17] Akira**
What did the sailors say?
**[06:18] Sogen**
They did indeed receive a bomb
threat against the black ships.
**[06:23] Suzuran**
So the message was right.
**[06:25] Akira**
I suppose that's to be
expected from Shozan-sensei.
**[06:27] Sogen**
But for them, that type of sabotage
and terrorism is a daily occurrence.
**[06:34] Sogen**
They didn't pay much mind to it.
**[06:36] Suzuran**
What? Does that mean the Masked
Demons aren't their only enemies?
**[06:41] Akira**
I see.
**[06:44] Ichibanboshi**
Hey, do you know a guy named Sakamoto Ryoma?
**[06:48] Sakuya**
Ryoma is a ronin formerly of the Tosa Domain.
**[06:51] Sakuya**
What about him?
**[06:52] Ichibanboshi**
Shozan-sensei told me once
that Ryoma's a lot like me.
**[06:57] (Flashback) Shozan**
There's someone I want you to meet.
**[07:00] (Flashback) Shozan**
His name is Sakamoto Ryoma.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Ichibanboshi**
Ryoma? That's a weird name.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Shozan**
I'm sure you and he will get along.
**[07:12] Ichibanboshi**
Shozan-sensei's dead, but I'd
still like to meet Ryoma.
**[07:17] Ichibanboshi**
I wonder what he's up to now.
**[07:18] Sakuya**
I heard Ryoma's working with Katsu Kaishu
and the Kobe Naval Training Center
**[07:22] Sakuya**
to conduct trade with foreign nations.
**[07:25] Ichibanboshi**
Which means he rides those black ships?
**[07:28] Ichibanboshi**
Wow, I wanna meet him even more now.
**[07:31] Sakuya**
A masterless samurai like Ryoma
and the Shinsengumi are enemies.
**[07:34] Ichibanboshi**
What? Seriously?
**[07:36] Sakuya**
If you ever met, you'd cross swords.
**[07:39] Ichibanboshi**
Well, that's not good.
**[07:44] Gyataro**
The hell is that?
**[07:45] Bo**
A turtle?
**[07:46] Fisherman A**
I dunno.
**[07:48] Fisherman A**
We thought it was a big one,
**[07:49] Fisherman A**
so we threw some bait in the
water but couldn't catch it.
**[07:51] Fisherman B**
It's been there since this morning.
**[07:53] Sakuya**
What's going on?
**[07:53] Gyataro**
That.
**[07:55] Ichibanboshi**
For real? I thought it'd
be the Masked Demons.
**[07:59] Sogen**
Shall we try blowing it up?
**[08:01] Suzuran**
Right off the bat?
**[08:02] Suzuran**
I guess I've heard of catching
fish that way, though.
**[08:07] Akira**
Look. It's starting to move.
**[08:08] Bo**
Is it going to the Dragon Palace?
**[08:10] Sakuya**
It's heading towards the black ship.
**[08:25] Ichibanboshi**
It's the Masked Demons.
**[08:27] Gyataro**
I thought this might happen.
**[08:30] Gyataro**
Ta-dah!
**[08:32] Gyataro**
I'll use this long-range firearm
Sogen-sensei made for me.
**[08:37] Gyataro**
That's one down!
**[08:40] Gyataro**
Come on, come on, come on!
**[08:44] Gyataro**
I can't hit 'em!
**[08:51] Sailor A**
You're a demon...
**[08:54] Rashomaru**
Your soul cannot be used as our weapons.
**[09:12] Ichibanboshi**
The black ship...
**[09:13] Sakuya**
...has been stolen?
**[09:19] Ichibanboshi**
Hold it right there.
**[09:21] Ichibanboshi**
We'll use those to go after them.
**[09:23] Sakuya**
That won't be possible in those little boats.
**[09:25] Ichibanboshi**
It is if you try hard enough.
**[09:26] Akira**
It's impossible.
**[09:27] Gyataro**
It's impossible.
**[09:28] Bo**
Impossible.
**[09:29] Sogen**
It's impossible.
**[09:30] Suzuran**
Impossible.
**[09:31] Ichibanboshi**
Then what are we supposed to do?
**[09:33] Ichibanboshi**
They're gonna destroy that black ship.
**[09:36] Rashomaru**
Fire.
**[09:43] Townsfolk A**
The Americans are attacking!
**[09:45] Townsfolk B**
Help!
**[09:46] Townsfolk C**
The foreigners are attacking!
**[09:47] Sakuya**
This isn't good.
**[09:48] Sakuya**
The people who don't know what's going on
think the Americans are firing on them.
**[09:53] Gyataro**
So they're not gonna blow up the black ship?
**[09:56] Akira**
Was their plan to fire on the port?
**[09:58] Ichibanboshi**
We've gotta go after them in a boat.
**[10:01] Sakuya**
Don't bother.
**[10:02] Sakuya**
Japan doesn't have a boat that
can catch up to a black ship.
**[10:04] Sogen**
Actually, it does.
**[10:09] Rashomaru**
Cease fire.
**[10:11] Rashomaru**
Now we wait.
**[10:14] Rashomaru**
Sail along the starboard coast.
**[10:16] Masked Demon A**
Yes, sir.
**[10:19] Sogen**
Several years ago, an electric screw
ship was tested here in the Osaka Bay.
**[10:25] Sogen**
It was Sakuma Shozan-sensei who invented it.
**[10:28] Gyataro**
Whoa, he was one impressive scholar.
**[10:32] Sogen**
Sakuma Shozan was one of the
most brilliant men in the world.
**[10:37] Sogen**
And the product of his genius...
**[10:42] Sogen**
sleeps here.
**[10:48] Sakuya**
How does it work?
**[10:50] Sogen**
This project was put on hold due to a
lack of the zinc it required to operate.
**[10:56] Gyataro**
Then we can't use it.
**[10:59] Sogen**
I wouldn't say that.
**[11:01] Sogen**
Fortunately, there's another genius
on par with Shozan right here.
**[11:06] Suzuran**
Wow, you really called yourself a genius.
**[11:08] Sogen**
Suzuran-dono, your staff.
**[11:10] Suzuran**
Huh? This thing?
**[11:24] Gyataro**
It's so fast!
**[11:28] Sakuya**
Sogen, you might actually be a genius.
**[11:31] Sogen**
A victory for science.
**[11:33] Akira**
We haven't won yet.
**[11:35] Akira**
Suzuran, can you steer this thing?
**[11:37] Suzuran**
You got it.
**[11:43] Maksed Demon A**
What is that?
**[11:44] Rashomaru**
What is it?
**[11:45] Maksed Demon A**
It's the Shinsengumi.
**[11:48] Rashomaru**
There's no way they can catch
up to us in that thing.
**[11:51] Ichibanboshi**
It's Tsukito.
**[11:52] Akira**
What?
**[11:52] Ichibanboshi**
He's on the black ship.
Let's catch up to them.
**[11:54] Sakuya**
How are we going to get aboard the
black ship once we catch up to it?
**[11:58] Sogen**
I... don't know the answer to that question.
**[12:02] Gyataro**
What?
**[12:03] Akira**
If we crash into the black ship,
we'll torn apart.
**[12:07] Rashomaru**
How? How did they catch up?
**[12:10] Masked Demon A**
We'll increase our speed.
**[12:11] Rashomaru**
Hard starboard.
**[12:13] Rashomaru**
Prepare to fire.
**[12:15] Rashomaru**
We'll sink them.
**[12:17] Ichibanboshi**
Go!
**[12:19] Gyataro**
This isn't good! We gotta stop!
**[12:20] Bo**
We're gonna crash!
**[12:22] Suzuran**
Huh? What? What should I do?
**[12:23] Ichibanboshi**
Keep going!
**[12:25] Gyataro**
Stop, stop!
**[12:27] Suzuran**
What? Which is it?
**[12:31] Sakuya**
Evasive action!
**[12:32] Suzuran**
Come on!
**[12:34] Rashomaru**
Sink them.
**[12:41] Suzuran**
What are we gonna do about this?
**[12:44] Ichibanboshi**
We've got this! Let's blitz 'em!
**[12:46] Suzuran**
Uh, Ichibanboshi-chan?!
**[12:48] Rashomaru**
This ends now.
**[12:52] Ichibanboshi**
Here it comes.
**[13:01] Suzuran**
Ow...
**[13:05] Ichibanboshi**
Let's blitz 'em!
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**[13:21] Rashomaru**
Feed them to the sharks.
**[13:23] Ichibanboshi**
Tsukito!
**[13:25] Gyataro**
Seriously?
**[13:27] Suzuran**
Well, he's gone.
**[13:28] Akira**
We should go, too.
**[13:41] Sogen**
I've already adjusted the gunpowder in these.
**[13:43] Sogen**
They won't kill you.
**[13:46] Gyataro**
We won't let you guys
keep screwing things up.
**[13:50] Gyataro**
Right, Bo?
**[13:54] Gyataro**
Whoa, he's already pissed off.
**[13:57] Gyataro**
I gotta keep up.
**[13:59] Ichibanboshi**
Wait!
**[14:00] Ichibanboshi**
Answer me.
**[14:02] Ichibanboshi**
Did you kill Shozan-sensei?
**[14:06] Rashomaru**
That old man?
**[14:08] Rashomaru**
That's right. I killed him with this sword.
**[14:12] Ichibanboshi**
First you hurt Todo,
then you killed Shozan-sensei.
**[14:16] Ichibanboshi**
Rashomaru, I'll make you pay for this.
**[14:24] Rashomaru**
Are you all bark and no bite, Kondo Isami?
**[14:27] Rashomaru**
So weak.
**[14:29] Rashomaru**
Die!
**[14:32] Ichibanboshi**
You can't kill me!
**[14:40] Sogen**
Huh? They're acting strange.
**[14:42] Suzuran**
What's going on?
**[14:47] Gyataro**
Hey, what's gotten into them?
**[14:49] Bo**
Are they running away?
**[14:52] Sakuya**
What's that?
**[14:54] Sakuya**
It's the Choshu.
**[15:02] Maki**
Aim for the black ship.
**[15:04] Maki**
Fire.
**[15:14] Gyataro**
This isn't good.
**[15:19] Sakuya**
The Masked Demons are fleeing.
**[15:21] Akira**
Is everyone all right?
**[15:22] Sogen**
Those Armstrong guns' strength
and range are astonishing.
**[15:27] Suzuran**
This is no time to stand
around being impressed.
**[15:31] Ichibanboshi**
What the hell?
**[15:33] Ichibanboshi**
What the hell are those?
**[15:36] Rashomaru**
The type-zero weapon.
**[15:38] Rashomaru**
The power he created.
**[15:40] Rashomaru**
The power of Japan.
**[15:42] Masked Demon A**
The black ship will be sunk as planned.
**[15:45] Rashomaru**
I know.
**[15:48] Ichibanboshi**
I won't let you do that!
**[15:52] Rashomaru**
Stay out of my way.
**[15:57] Masked Demon B**
Rashomaru-sama, you should return quickly.
**[15:59] Townsfolk A**
The black ship...
**[16:01] Townsfolk B**
Cannons don't work against them, right?
**[16:04] Townsfolk C**
No, look.
**[16:10] Maki**
It's stronger than I expected.
**[16:13] Maki**
With the type-zero weapon, not even the
Satsuma or Tokugawa could stand against us.
**[16:17] Maki**
No, we could even fight on equal
footing with Western forces.
**[16:26] Akira**
I see. So this is what
the Masked Demons wanted.
**[16:29] Sakuya**
They wanted to show the people a weapon
that could destroy a black ship.
**[16:33] Sogen**
Not only that, but by driving the black
ship back after it fired on the coast,
**[16:39] Sogen**
they could encourage people's
enthusiasm for war.
**[16:41] Suzuran**
How convenient for those
who want to start a war.
**[16:44] Gyataro**
We gotta get out of here!
**[16:49] Rashomaru**
What we need is power! Strength!
**[16:53] Rashomaru**
The weak will always be crushed underfoot.
**[16:56] Ichibanboshi**
Sounds like you've forgotten about Ma and Pa!
**[17:01] Rashomaru**
They were weaklings crushed underfoot.
**[17:04] Ichibanboshi**
What are you talking about?
**[17:05] Ichibanboshi**
Our parents, who sacrificed their own
lives to save us, were truly strong.
**[17:10] Ichibanboshi**
That's what you call true strength, dumbass!
**[17:23] (Flashback) Masked Man**
Boy, step forward.
**[17:26] (Flashback) Masked Man**
Step forward.
**[17:34] (Flashback) Masked Man**
Use that sword to kill your mother.
**[17:36] (Flashback) Masked Man**
Do it, and you'll be spared.
**[17:57] Rashomaru**
You're wrong! No, no, no!
**[18:03] Rashomaru**
Ma and Pa died because they were weak.
**[18:06] Rashomaru**
They wouldn't have died if they were strong.
**[18:09] Rashomaru**
I wouldn't have had to kill them.
**[18:14] Ichibanboshi**
You're lying.
**[18:15] Rashomaru**
What?
**[18:17] Ichibanboshi**
Ever since you were little,
you'd do this when you lied.
**[18:24] Ichibanboshi**
I know now that you didn't kill Ma.
**[18:28] Ichibanboshi**
And the old Tsukito is still inside you.
**[18:33] Rashomaru**
Shut up! Don't say such annoying things.
**[18:41] Ichibanboshi**
Join the Shinsengumi, Tsukito.
**[18:43] Ichibanboshi**
I'll show you the right way.
**[18:44] Rashomaru**
He gave me the noble name Rashomaru.
**[18:56] Rashomaru**
Damn it...
**[19:30] Ichibanboshi**
Tsukito!
**[19:34] Ichibanboshi**
Tsukito!
**[20:02] Ichibanboshi**
Are you okay?
**[20:14] Rashomaru**
Why did you save me?
**[20:18] Ichibanboshi**
I saved Tsukito.
**[20:22] Ichibanboshi**
Rashomaru sank into the sea and died.
**[20:26] Rashomaru**
What? What happened to all the
intensity you had until a moment ago?
**[20:31] Ichibanboshi**
I won't kill you.
**[20:34] Ichibanboshi**
I'm not letting you take
the easy way out by dying.
**[20:37] Ichibanboshi**
Do everything you can to atone.
**[20:39] Ichibanboshi**
Spend the rest of your life making up for it.
**[20:43] Rashomaru**
Why won't you leave me alone?
**[20:48] Ichibanboshi**
Tsukito, no matter what happens,
you're number one to me.
**[21:01] Rashomaru**
You never knew how to finish anything off.
**[21:11] Akira**
Ichibanboshi!
**[21:12] Gyataro**
Are you okay?
**[21:22] Katsura**
What? Kusaka's marching on Kyoto?
**[21:25] Subordinate A**
Maki Izumi-sama used a new type of cannon
to sink a black ship in Osaka Bay,
**[21:30] Subordinate A**
and Kusaka-sama appears
to be following his lead.
**[21:33] Katsura**
What about their lord?
**[21:35] Subordinate A**
Takachika-sama has also recognized
the power of the zero-type weapon
**[21:38] Subordinate A**
and has granted his forces
permission to march.
**[21:40] Katsura**
The Masked Demons are like
a disease consuming Japan.
**[21:45] Katsura**
I'm going after Kusaka.
**[21:47] Katsura**
If Kyoto turns into a battlefield,
**[21:49] Katsura**
we'll see more casualties
than we did during the fire.
**[21:55] Tsuchimikado**
I've already given spirit
weapons to the Choshu army.
**[22:00] Tsuchimikado**
Our nation, which has been overrun
by foreigners, will be reborn.
**[22:06] Tsuchimikado**
The world will kneel before
our zero-type weapon.
***SIGN*** Shine On!
Bakumatsu Bad Boys
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**[23:46] Gyataro**
We're at the beach.
**[23:50] Bo**
Watermelon.
**[23:51] Ichibanboshi**
Yahoo!
**[23:53] Ichibanboshi**
You're not gonna swim?
**[23:55] Sakuya**
I don't want to get a tan.
**[23:57] Akira**
The sun is your skin's arch-nemesis.
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