E9 - Ponder! A Person's Thoughts and a Demon's Thoughts

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[00:39] Suzuran
    What a disaster.
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    Ponder! A Person's Thoughts and a Demon's Thoughts
[02:30] (Flashback) Ichibanboshi
    Tsukito, join the Shinsengumi.
[02:33] (Flashback) Ichibanboshi
    Join us in atoning for your sins and live.
[02:36] (Flashback) Ichibanboshi
    Don't give up on yourself.
[02:38] (Flashback) Ichibanboshi
    Even a criminal can start
    over in the Shinsengumi.
[02:40] (Flashback) Ichibanboshi
    You'll have companions. You're not alone.
[02:45] Rashomaru
    It's all right, Mom.
[02:48] Rashomaru
    Soon our family will be together again.
[02:53] Ichibanboshi
    Over here.
[02:54] Ichibanboshi
    Stay calm, everyone.
[02:56] Ichibanboshi
    Don't worry.
[02:57] Ichibanboshi
    The Shinsengumi will defend Kyoto.
[03:08] Sogen
    You're awake?
[03:12] Todo
    I failed to die again.
[03:14] Sogen
    Todo Heisuke regrets being the
    only survivor of the Shinsengumi.
[03:22] Sogen
    That's what Suzuran-dono told me.
[03:26] Todo
    Maybe he's right.
[03:30] Todo
    It's quiet.
[03:31] Sogen
    Everyone's out,
[03:33] Sogen
    on orders from Ichibanboshi-dono.
[03:37] Sogen
    He said defending Kyoto
    is the Shinsengumi's job.
[03:42] Todo
    I see.
[03:43] Bo
    Heave-ho!
[03:48] Child 1
    Wow!
[03:49] Child 2
    He's like a sumo wrestler!
[03:53] Chief Carpenter
    Thanks. Now we'll be able to
    build new houses right away.
[03:57] Gyataro
    Don't thank us.
[03:58] Gyataro
    All we do is break stuff.
[04:01] Gyataro
    Only you carpenters can build new stuff.
[04:05] Gyataro
    Chief, the rest is up to you guys.
[04:08] Chief Carpenter
    You got it. We'll do our best.
[04:11] All
    Thanks for the work.
[04:13] Tomekichi
    Gyata-nii, we'll help, too.
[04:16] Gyataro
    Thanks, I appreciate it.
[04:18] Gyataro
    Get the area cleaned up.
    If you find anything valuable...
[04:23] Tomekichi
    We'll return it to the people who
    were burned out of their homes.
[04:25] Tomekichi
    Only pieces of shit loot after a fire.
[04:28] Gyataro
    Yeah, you're right. I was
    just thinking the same thing.
[04:33] Tomekichi
    Come on, let's go.
[04:34] All
    Yeah!
[04:35] Gyataro
    Tomekichi's turned into a right little boss.
[04:46] Gravedigger
    Aren't these guys arsonists?
[04:48] Gravedigger
    Why do we have to dig graves for them?
[04:50] Suzuran
    Because I believe in lending a hand
    to souls that need to be mourned.
[05:01] Suzuran
    This drawing again.
[05:03] Suzuran
    It's the same bonji symbol.
[05:08] Ichibanboshi
    We've got plenty more.
[05:10] Ichibanboshi
    You don't need to worry
    about being first in line.
[05:14] Man
    Thank you.
[05:15] Ichibanboshi
    Here.
[05:16] Sakuya
    We have medicine for the injured.
[05:18] Sakuya
    Let us know if you need anything.
[05:20] Ichibanboshi
    Hey...
[05:22] Women
    Hijikata-sama!
[05:24] Women
    So handsome!
[05:24] Ichibanboshi
    Why is this happening?
[05:25] Women
    I'd like some, please!
[05:26] Sakuya
    I don't know.
[05:27] Ichibanboshi
    Man.
[05:28] Okayo
    Commander?
[05:30] Ichibanboshi
    Well, if it isn't Okayo-san.
[05:33] Ichibanboshi
    Wait, I thought you fled to Osaka.
[05:36] Okayo
    There's no way I could've left
    everyone else behind to do that.
[05:40] Okayo
    Let me help you.
[05:43] Ichibanboshi
    Sure, I appreciate it.
[05:49] Woman
    Who knew this would happen?
[05:54] Akira
    You little...
[05:57] Katsura
    What a shame.
[05:58] Katsura
    How does a master swordsman
    do such shoddy work?
[06:02] Akira
    When did you get here?
[06:03] Katsura
    Whoa, there.
[06:05] Katsura
    You nearly sliced my nose off.
[06:08] Katsura
    Let me see.
[06:10] Akira
    Stay out of my way.
[06:14] Akira
    You're good at that.
[06:15] Katsura
    As a child, I was put up for adoption
    and moved homes several times.
[06:20] Katsura
    Because of that, I picked up cooking,
    cleaning, and everything else.
[06:25] Katsura
    That should do it.
[06:27] Katsura
    Why don't we go for a walk?
[06:33] Katsura
    I came to have a serious discussion today.
[06:37] Akira
    Whenever you say that, it's bound
    to be about something ridiculous.
[06:41] Katsura
    I want you to marry me.
[06:43] Akira
    See? You want to marry me?
[06:47] Akira
    Wait, marry me?
[06:49] Akira
    What?!
[06:50] Katsura
    Is that really so shocking?
[06:52] Katsura
    We already sealed the deal
    last night with a kiss.
[06:58] Akira
    That was just...
[07:00] Akira
    This is ridiculous. I was wondering
    what you'd say, but I—
[07:03] Katsura
    Why is a woman like you dressing up
[07:06] Katsura
    as a man and calling herself
    Okita Soji of the Shinsengumi?
[07:11] Akira
    I...
[07:13] Katsura
    You don't have to tell me.
[07:15] Katsura
    It doesn't matter who you are.
[07:18] Katsura
    It doesn't matter what's in your past.
[07:20] Katsura
    I love the woman standing before me now.
[07:25] Katsura
    That's all that matters.
[07:27] Katsura
    Will you tell me one thing, though?
[07:30] Katsura
    What's your real name?
[07:39] Akira
    Akira.
[07:43] Akira
    Akira, written using the
    character for the color white.
[07:48] Katsura
    Akira...
[07:50] Katsura
    It suits you. It's a beautiful name.
[07:57] Bo
    That made me happy.
[08:00] Gyataro
    Huh?
[08:01] Bo
    That was the first time in my
    life I've been praised so much.
[08:07] Gyataro
    Yeah?
[08:09] Bo
    I'm glad I joined the Shinsengumi.
[08:14] Bo
    I'm glad I became a substitute.
[08:17] Gyataro
    Me, too.
[08:18] Gyataro
    Substitutes for the Shinsengumi...
[08:23] Gyataro
    Now that I think about it, it's a crazy idea.
[08:26] Bo
    Yeah.
[08:27] Gyataro
    I thought I'd only agreed to it
    to avoid being executed, but...
[08:32] Gyataro
    Today, I feel like thanking
    Todo for once, damn it!
[08:39] Bo
    Yeah!
[08:44] Sogen
    I can't believe I fell asleep.
[08:47] Sogen
    Are you feeling cold?
[08:50] Todo
    No, I'm fine. Sorry for waking you.
[08:53] Todo
    You haven't gotten a wink of sleep
     since you've been taking care of me.
[08:57] Todo
    You should get some rest.
[09:04] Todo
    I'm sure someone's just
    bad-mouthing me again.
[09:09] Sogen
    It's hard playing the villain.
[09:18] Suzuran
    Wait, wait!
[09:19] Suzuran
    Don't bury him yet!
[09:26] Suzuran
    I knew it.
[09:31] Akira
    Akira's a masculine name, isn't it?
[09:34] Katsura
    It can be a man or a woman's name.
[09:38] Akira
    It's the name my parents chose for a
    son who'd take over the family dojo.
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[09:46] Akira
    When I learned that, I figured my parents
    wanted a child skilled in swordsmanship.
[09:53] Akira
    So I dedicated myself to swordsmanship.
[09:56] Akira
    I was desperate to make my parents happy.
[10:00] Akira
    As I trained, eventually no one at
    the dojo stood a chance against me,
[10:04] Akira
    so I became an instructor.
[10:07] Akira
    That's when I finally realized something.
[10:10] Akira
    What my parents wanted
    wasn't a strong daughter,
[10:15] Akira
    but a son to take over the dojo.
[10:20] Katsura
    You've lived a lonely life of swordsmanship.
[10:23] Akira
    I'm only capable of living
    in this clumsy way.
[10:26] Katsura
    It must've been hard, but I know you.
[10:30] Katsura
    You probably rejected even
    the idea of feeling that pain
[10:33] Katsura
    and swung your wooden sword every day.
[10:36] Akira
    Maybe.
[10:38] Katsura
    That loneliness will end.
[10:41] Katsura
    If you marry me, that is.
[10:44] Akira
    All you ever do is trick and
    lie to people as a joke.
[10:48] Katsura
    I wouldn't lie about
    wanting to marry someone.
[10:51] Katsura
    There's no rush to give me your answer.
[10:54] Katsura
    Let's take it slow.
[10:56] Katsura
    Our relationship has just begun.
[11:02] Ichibanboshi
    Man, I'm beat.
[11:05] Sakuya
    Dumboshi.
[11:06] Sakuya
    Eat.
[11:08] Ichibanboshi
    Hey, thanks.
[11:13] Ichibanboshi
    You haven't eaten since this morning either.
[11:15] Sakuya
    I'm fine.
[11:20] Ichibanboshi
    Don't strain yourself.
[11:23] Ichibanboshi
    You know, my family...
[11:26] Ichibanboshi
    We lived deep in the countryside. We were poor.
[11:29] Sakuya
    What are you talking about?
[11:31] Ichibanboshi
    I wonder when that was...
[11:33] Ichibanboshi
    There was a festival at a nearby village.
[11:37] Ichibanboshi
    I'd been given some pocket money,
    so I bought a steamed bun.
[11:40] Ichibanboshi
    I gave it to Tsukito, but...
[11:42] (Flashback) Tsukito
    Here.
[11:44] (Flashback) Ichibanboshi
    I told you, that's your share.
[11:48] (Flashback) Tsukito
    Food tastes better when
    you're eating with someone.
[11:53] (Flashback) Ichibanboshi
    Fine, then.
[11:57] Ichibanboshi
    He's a nice guy.
[12:00] Ichibanboshi
    He was pretending to be tough.
[12:03] Ichibanboshi
    His right eyebrow rises when he lies.
[12:08] Ichibanboshi
    I can always tell.
[12:10] Sakuya
    Tsukito is Rashomaru now.
[12:13] Ichibanboshi
    Yeah, but that Tsukito
    still lives inside him.
[12:19] Ichibanboshi
    I know he does.
[12:20] Sakuya
    You think Tsukito will come back
    if you change this shitty world?
[12:25] Ichibanboshi
    That's right.
[12:27] Sakuya
    You may have to kill him.
[12:29] Ichibanboshi
    I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
[12:34] Sakuya
    I killed my own father.
[12:38] Sakuya
    I came from a samurai family.
[12:40] Sakuya
    We had status and wealth, but...
[12:44] Sakuya
    My father was the worst kind of person.
[12:47] Sakuya
    He abused his status and was a
    tyrant to those weaker than him.
[12:52] Sakuya
    My mother simply endured his abuse
[12:57] Sakuya
    because obeying your husband was
    the duty of a samurai's wife.
[13:05] Sakuya
    One night, my father became
    exceptionally violent.
[13:07] Sakuya
    If I didn't kill him,
    he'd kill my mother, so I...
[13:14] Ichibanboshi
    So you did it to protect your mother?
[13:19] Sakuya
    The night I killed my father,
    my mother killed herself.
[13:24] Sakuya
    I killed my father, who was practically
    the embodiment of this shitty world.
[13:28] Sakuya
    But it means I also killed my mother,
    who could only live in samurai society.
[13:42] Sakuya
    I abandoned my family
[13:46] Sakuya
    and became a hired killer.
[13:51] Sakuya
    Hired killers say
[13:52] Sakuya
    you'll see the world differently once
    you've killed a thousand people.
[13:56] Ichibanboshi
    That's why you've been counting them?
[14:00] Ichibanboshi
    Has the world you see changed?
[14:04] Ichibanboshi
    You killed over a thousand yesterday.
[14:13] Ichibanboshi
    I see. In that case, instead of
    counting the people you've killed,
[14:17] Ichibanboshi
    count the people you've saved from now on.
[14:24] Sakuya
    I'll consider it.
[14:26] Ichibanboshi
    Hey, that's the first time
    I've seen you smile.
[14:29] Sakuya
    Shut up. I didn't smile.
[14:30] Ichibanboshi
    Wow, what a rare sight.
[14:31] Ichibanboshi
    Come on, smile again.
[14:31] Sakuya
    I didn't smile.
[14:33] Ichibanboshi
    Yeah, you did.
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[14:33] Sakuya
    Did not.
[14:34] Ichibanboshi
    Come on, smile.
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[14:43] Ichibanboshi
    You're working hard, Chief.
[14:45] Chief Carpenter
    Well, if it isn't Kondo-san.
[14:48] Chief Carpenter
    We'll get this back to normal right quick.
[14:51] Townsfolk 1
    That's the Shinsengumi
    everyone's talking about.
[14:53] Townsfolk 2
    They helped like mad during the fire.
[14:58] City Girl 1
    Hijikata-san's such a fine man.
[15:01] City Girl 2
    I think I prefer Okita-san.
[15:04] City Girl 2
    He's got a pretty face like a girl,
[15:06] City Girl 2
    but he's as strong as an ogre
    with a sword in his hands.
[15:13] Tsuchimikado
    The Shinsengumi has become rather popular
    in the wake of the Ikedaya incident.
[15:20] Tsuchimikado
    I wondered how that group
    of criminals would turn out,
[15:26] Tsuchimikado
    but it would seem that Todo Heisuke and
    Matsudaira Katamori weren't wrong about them.
[15:31] Rashomaru
    Several of our agents were
    foiled and failed to set fires.
[15:35] Rashomaru
    We failed to gather enough
    souls for the ritual.
[15:40] Tsuchimikado
    No, if anything, we should be glad to
    have this opportunity to test our plan.
[15:45] Rashomaru
    Our ambition shall be fulfilled soon.
[15:49] Tsuchimikado
    Rashomaru, as you have killed your
    own mother and become a demon,
[15:54] Tsuchimikado
    I have bestowed upon you the
    highest responsibility.
[15:57] Rashomaru
    Yes, my lord.
[15:59] Tsuchimikado
    By accepting the corruption of this world,
[16:02] Tsuchimikado
    you can become the foundation
    of this nation's salvation.
[16:06] Tsuchimikado
    Therefore, you must kill your brother.
[16:11] Tsuchimikado
    It is the final step.
[16:14] Tsuchimikado
    But first, there's one other obstacle
    the stars have told us to eliminate.
[16:25] Shozan
    So the moon has brought
    demons to my doorstep.
[16:32] Rashomaru
    Rashomaru, Captain of the Masked Demons,
    is here to take your life, Sakuma Shozan.
[16:40] Shozan
    That's not the first time
    someone's said that to me.
[16:44] Shozan
    The night is long. Let's have a chat.
[16:48] Shozan
    Are those the magical swords
    I've heard so much about?
[16:51] Shozan
    How do they work?
[16:53] Shozan
    Would you allow me to take a look?
[16:55] Rashomaru
    You can see how they work with your own body.
[16:58] Shozan
    What is your master planning?
[17:02] Shozan
    Why do you give magic swords to forces
    both for and against the shogunate?
[17:07] Shozan
    Are you weapons dealers motivated by money?
[17:09] Shozan
    Or are you trying to start a civil war?
[17:11] Rashomaru
    Don't belittle him!
[17:14] Shozan
    How can I not when I know
    so little about him?
[17:18] Shozan
    Though it'd be a different story if you'd
    tell me about your master's noble purpose.
[17:25] Rashomaru
    You can take it with you to the grave.
[17:29] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    Our country is protected by the
    souls of those who love it.
[17:35] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    We transform those souls into swords
    so we can defeat the foreigners.
[17:39] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    Using spells passed down since ancient times,
[17:42] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    protective deities of the Underworld
    will defeat the foreigners
[17:48] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    and bring eternal prosperity to our nation.
[17:52] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    Rashomaru, your sins are hereby erased.
[17:57] (Flashback) Tsuchimikado
    Together, let us save the fatherland.
[18:03] Shozan
    How delightful.
[18:05] Shozan
    He intends to protect this
    country using mysterious spells?
[18:08] Rashomaru
    The spineless Tokugawa and the Satcho who
    suck up to foreign nations are mere pawns.
[18:15] Rashomaru
    Japan will force all nations to submit.
[18:18] Rashomaru
    The world will kneel before
    his type-zero weapon!
[18:25] Shozan
    This is why your plan will never work.
[18:27] Shozan
    Your thinking is too old-fashioned.
[18:32] Shozan
    Sooner or later, this country will change.
[18:35] Shozan
    The shogunate will fall,
    and the samurai will disappear.
[18:39] Shozan
    When the new world arrives,
[18:42] Shozan
    what will matter most is
    what you've got up here.
[18:45] Shozan
    We won't need people who wait
    for their master's orders.
[18:49] Shozan
    The ability to consider for
    yourself what you think
[18:52] Shozan
    and what you want to do
    will become essential.
[18:55] Shozan
    You fools!
[18:59] Shozan
    You called yourself Rashomaru, didn't you?
[19:00] Shozan
    What do you want to do?
[19:03] Rashomaru
    Whatever he—
[19:05] Shozan
    Think for yourself!
[19:19] Rashomaru
    Too late.
[19:31] Rashomaru
    It's too late.
[19:45] Rashomaru
    After all, I've already...
[19:53] Rashomaru
    become a demon.
[20:08] Todo
    You're saying these drawings show
    what the Masked Demons are planning?
[20:13] Suzuran
    No, we don't know that yet.
[20:17] Suzuran
    I thought the drawing we
    found at the Shirakawaya
[20:19] Suzuran
    and the drawing we found at the Shimamuraya
[20:22] Suzuran
    showed the locations they
    planned to set fire to.
[20:26] Suzuran
    We did, in fact, find Masked
    Demons at Seimei Shrine, too.
[20:30] Sogen
    But it's a bit odd for a map.
[20:34] Sogen
    What are these lines?
[20:36] Suzuran
    Exactly. It's full of mysteries.
[20:42] Todo
    There's not much we can say
    without more information.
[20:45] Suzuran
    Yeah, so I thought we could
    start by talking to those two.
[20:51] Sogen
    If we showed these to Ichibanboshi-dono,
    he'd immediately call for a blitzing.
[20:56] Todo
    Yeah, it's a bad habit of his.
[20:59] Suzuran
    And his strength, too.
[21:05] Todo
    In any case, Suzuran, I'll leave this
    matter in your hands for the time being.
[21:10] Todo
    Look into the details.
[21:12] Todo
    There could be other drawings.
[21:13] Suzuran
    Got it. I'll follow all the leads I can find.
[21:17] Ichibanboshi
    Shozan-sensei's dead?
[21:20] Katamori
    Last night, he died after
    someone attacked him.
[21:24] Ichibanboshi
    But...
[21:26] Sakuya
    Who killed him?
[21:27] Akizuki
    We don't know.
[21:29] Akizuki
    He had a lot of enemies, so it will
    difficult to determine who killed him.
[21:35] Ichibanboshi
    There was still so much
    I wanted to learn from him.
[21:39] Ichibanboshi
    Shozan-sensei...
[21:41] Katamori
    I didn't call the Shinsengumi here
    just so I could give you the news.
[21:46] Katamori
    Akizuki.
[21:47] Akizuki
    Yes, sir.
[21:51] Ichibanboshi
    An ukiyo-e painting?
[21:52] Sakuya
    Demons?
[21:54] Katamori
    The message Shozan-sensei left for us
[21:56] Katamori
    was probably that the Masked Demons'
    next goal is to blow up foreign ships.
[22:03] Katamori
    I command the Shinsengumi...
[22:05] Katamori
    to head to Sakai Port in Osaka.
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     Sakai Port
[22:10] Katamori
    Stop them from blowing up the foreign ships.
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[23:54] Ichibanboshi
    That looks fun.
[23:55] Ichibanboshi
    You guys practicing a street performance?
[23:57] Akira
    We're cooking.
[23:58] Ichibanboshi
    What?
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