# E2 - The Blockhead Second Son
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVMGGJ/the-blockhead-second-son)
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**[00:05] Kazumaro**
You hill ravens don't know your place.
***SIGN*** YATAGARASU
***SIGN*** The Raven
Does Not
Choose
Its Master
***SIGN*** Mansion of the Northern House
**[01:48] Yukimasa**
You little blockhead!
**[01:51] Yukiya**
I, uh, tripped and fell.
**[01:54] Yukimasa**
What did you fall on
to do *that* to your face?!
**[01:57] Yukimasa**
Why are you always getting into trouble?!
**[02:00] Azusa**
Dear.
**[02:01] Azusa**
I'm sure he has a reason.
***SIGN*** Wife of the Lord of Taruhi Village
Azusa
**[02:04] Yukimasa**
A-Anyway, keep your head down
in front of His Lordship.
**[02:07] Yukimasa**
Don't make a scene. Is that clear?
**[02:10] Yukiya**
Sure.
**[02:13] Yukimasa**
Permit me to congratulate you on
Lady Shiratama's safe entry into the palace.
**[02:20] Genya**
Yes, this opportunity won't come again.
**[02:24] Genya**
We must see that Shiratama
marries His Highness at any cost.
***SIGN*** Wife of the Lord of the North
Lady Oryo
**[02:29] Oryo**
Dear.
**[02:30] Genya**
Hm? Oh!
**[02:36] Genya**
Dear me. How could I forget myself
in the presence of royalty?
**[02:41] Natsuka**
I don't mind.
**[02:44] Natsuka**
Friendly rivalry among the Four Houses
keeps Yamauchi prosperous and secure.
***SIGN*** Priest of Clear Mirror Temple
Natsuka
**[02:49] Natsuka**
It must please the Mountain God, as well.
**[02:53] Genya**
To celebrate Shiratama's
entry into the palace,
**[02:56] Genya**
the Royal House's eldest son
sped from the Center to join us.
**[03:00] Genya**
This is Lord Natsuka
of Clear Mirror Temple.
**[03:02] Yukimasa**
L-Lord Natsuka?!
**[03:04] Natsuka**
Lord Genya has told me of you.
**[03:07] Natsuka**
I hear you have three sons that are
all promising scholars and warriors.
**[03:11] Yukimasa**
Oh, you give them far too much credit.
**[03:13] Genya**
No need for modesty.
**[03:16] Genya**
Since we're all here,
let them greet Lord Natsuka.
**[03:20] Yukimasa**
W-Well, you see...
**[03:29] Oryo**
Yukiya, why are you crying?
**[03:32] Yukiya**
I'm sorry. It was all my fault!
**[03:35] Genya**
Y-Yukiya? What happened to your face?
**[03:42] Yukiya**
I offended a court raven.
**[03:45] Genya**
A court raven?
**[03:47] Yukiya**
Yes, sir.
**[03:48] Yukiya**
He partook of mochi in
the marketplace this morning.
**[03:52] Yukiya**
But he forgot to pay,
so I ran after him to present his bill, and...
**[03:58] Genya**
He beat you?
**[04:00] Yukiya**
But it was my own fault.
**[04:02] Yukiya**
I must have been rude,
because he took offense.
**[04:05] Lackey 1**
He's no hill crow!
He's the village lord's kid!
**[04:09] Yukiya**
If I wasn't such a blockhead,
**[04:11] Yukiya**
Lord Kazumaro wouldn't have
skipped out on his bill or beaten me.
**[04:15] Yukiya**
So I say to him: please don't
do anything else to my family!
**[04:19] Yukiya**
I'm so sorry!
**[04:24] Genya**
You imbeciles!
**[04:26] Genya**
Is that any way to treat
law-abiding subjects?!
**[04:32] Kazumichi**
You idiot!
***SIGN*** Head of the Kitashijo Family
Kazumichi
**[04:33] Kazumichi**
What did you think you were doing?!
**[04:36] Kazumaro**
Please forgive me. But—
**[04:38] Kazumichi**
No excuses!
**[04:40] Kazumichi**
You can forget about
attending to the Prince after this!
**[04:44] Kazumichi**
Do you realize how hard
I worked to arrange that?
**[04:47] Kazumaro**
Wh-What? No...
**[04:53] Genya**
How are your bruises, Yukiya?
**[04:56] Yukiya**
Well, pretty sore, I guess.
**[04:59] Oryo**
I'm glad they're not worse.
**[05:01] Oryo**
But we must find someone
to replace Kazumaro at once.
**[05:05] Genya**
Indeed we must.
**[05:07] Genya**
But we can't send just anyone
to wait on His Highness.
**[05:12] Yukimasa**
And all because of my little idiot.
**[05:14] Natsuka**
You have nothing to be
ashamed of, Sir Yukimasa.
**[05:17] Yukimasa**
L-Lord Natsuka. F-Forgive me
for that disgraceful spectacle.
**[05:21] Natsuka**
Oh, I quite enjoyed the show.
**[05:25] Natsuka**
But young Yukiya must learn to
behave appropriately for the occasion.
**[05:30] Yukiya**
Am I really that rude?
**[05:33] Yukimasa**
Shh!
**[05:34] Natsuka**
So I have a suggestion.
**[05:36] Natsuka**
Why not send Yukiya to wait on the Prince
and learn manners while he does?
**[05:43] Yukiya**
Huh?
**[05:44] Oryo**
What a splendid idea.
**[05:46] Genya**
Now why didn't I think of that?
**[05:49] Genya**
Yukiya, start with a year
in His Highness's service.
**[05:53] Yukiya**
P-Please, not so fast! I didn't mean to—
**[05:57] Azusa**
What a wonderful offer.
Don't you agree, dear?
**[06:00] Yukimasa**
Hm? Y-Yes.
**[06:04] Yukimasa**
You've made your bed. Now lie in it.
**[06:06] Yukimasa**
And don't even think about giving in
and leaving before your year is up,
**[06:11] Yukimasa**
or it's Unbending Reed Monastery for you.
**[06:13] Yukiya**
What?!
**[06:14] Yukiya**
Please, I can't take—
**[06:16] Yukima**
He can do a lot when he sets
his mind to it. Please take him.
**[06:19] Yukichi**
Please!
**[06:21] Yukiya**
*I took it too far!*
***SIGN*** Spring Hall, Cherry Blossom Palace
**[06:31] Ukogi**
My lady, you'll catch a chill.
**[06:35] Asebi**
Look. When we arrived,
the cherry trees were in full bloom.
**[06:40] Ukogi**
So they were.
**[06:43] Asebi**
When will the Prince pay us a visit?
**[06:46] Asebi**
And what is he even like?
**[06:49] Asebi**
Rumor says he is "an unbelievable fool."
**[06:52] Ukogi**
My lady, you must not
put stock in such rumors.
***SIGN*** Lady of the
Spring Hall
**[06:57] Ukogi**
Only royalty may use the color purple.
**[07:07] Asebi**
"Many demands on my time keep me
from the Cherry Blossom Palace."
**[07:11] Asebi**
"Please take care of your health."
**[07:16] Ukogi**
Empty pleasantries.
**[07:19] Ukogi**
Well, at least now we know
His Highness has some common courtesy.
**[07:27] Asebi**
What a lovely scent.
**[07:29] Asebi**
I hope to meet him soon.
**[07:33] Referee**
Begin!
**[07:38] Girl 2**
Yukima!
**[07:39] Girls**
Go, Yukima!
**[07:41] Yukichi**
Get him, Big Brother!
**[07:43] Yukiya**
How did I end up in this mess?
***SIGN*** Lineal grandson of
the Lord of the North
Kiei
**[07:46] Kiei**
What are you moping about?
**[07:50] Kiei**
You're a lucky boy.
**[07:52] Kiei**
Even Central nobles have trouble
landing a place in His Highness's household.
**[07:58] Kiei**
And the Rite of Ascension only
comes around once every few decades.
**[08:03] Kiei**
You ought to be dancing for joy.
**[08:06] Yukiya**
Uh-huh.
**[08:10] Referee**
One point to red!
**[08:13] Yukiya**
I just wanted to make him
pay for the mochi, though.
**[08:18] Yukiya**
And if a noble who thought Taruhi
belonged to him also caught hell for it,
**[08:25] Yukiya**
I would've been satisfied.
**[08:27] Referee**
Halt!
**[08:29] Yukichi**
Nice going, Big Brother!
**[08:30] Friends**
Go!
**[08:30] Kiei**
Northern kids sure are a lively bunch.
**[08:31] Friends**
Get him!
**[08:33] Kiei**
I know how much your home means to you,
**[08:36] Kiei**
but what you learn in the Center
will help Taruhi for certain.
**[08:43] Referee**
One point to white!
**[08:45] Kiei**
And I'd appreciate it, too.
**[08:48] Yukiya**
Huh?
**[08:49] Kiei**
Lady Shiratama may be gorgeous,
**[08:51] Kiei**
but looks alone won't get her chosen
out of the Cherry Blossom Palace.
**[08:55] Kiei**
If you serve beside His Highness
and work to better her chances,
**[08:59] Kiei**
I couldn't ask for better help.
**[09:02] Yukiya**
I'm just the second son
of a country gentleman.
**[09:05] Kiei**
Don't be silly, Yukiya.
You're the Northern House's—
**[09:08] Yukiya**
I'd better get going.
**[09:10] Yukiya**
Can you really afford
to take it easy, Lord Kiei?
**[09:14] Yukiya**
I thought you planned to
return before the day is out.
**[09:16] Kiei**
T-True.
**[09:18] Yukiya**
Well, I'll take the job.
**[09:21] Yukiya**
I don't want any part of
Unbending Reed Monastery.
**[09:24] Yukiya**
I mean, combat drills
every day for three years?
**[09:27] Yukiya**
A year of palace service
sounds a whole lot better.
**[09:34] Yukiya**
So don't worry about me.
**[09:36] Yukiya**
Have a safe trip.
**[09:39] Kiei**
What a funny kid.
**[09:42] Referee**
One point to white!
**[09:43] Referee**
As the first to score two points, white wins!
**[09:45] Referee**
Bow!
**[09:48] Yukima**
You're always such
a strong competitor, Ichiryu.
***SIGN*** Of Shimaki Village
in the North
Ichiryu
**[09:51] Ichiryu**
That doesn't mean much
coming from a Taruhi bumpkin.
**[09:55] Ichiryu**
That hurt!
**[09:56] Girls**
Watch what you say about Yukima!
**[09:56] Girls**
Dummy!
**[09:58] Ichiryu**
What's their problem?
**[10:00] Friend 1**
Nice work, Ichiryu.
**[10:01] Ichiryu**
Hm?
**[10:02] Friend 2**
Still, Yukima looks cool even when he loses.
**[10:05] Friend 2**
That's the next lord of Taruhi for you.
**[10:07] Ichiryu**
Hey! I'm the winner here!
**[10:09] Friend 3**
The "future lord's" kid brother has a match.
**[10:12] Friend 3**
Wanna go laugh at him?
**[10:16] Yukichi**
Hang in there, Yukiya!
**[10:18] Yukima**
Keep your guard up! Don't lower your arms!
**[10:24] Friend 1**
He's got no fire in his eyes.
**[10:26] Friend 2**
Talk about lucky.
**[10:27] Friend 2**
If a beating from some noble
gets you a palace job, I'll take ten.
**[10:32] Ichiryu**
No way it's that easy, doofus.
**[10:37] Ichiryu**
Did you know Yukiya's got a different mother
from the other two Taruhi boys?
**[10:44] Ichiryu**
And rumor has it
she was a real highborn lady.
**[10:48] Ichiryu**
So if you ask me,
it's no wonder they picked him.
**[10:53] Friend 3**
Maybe he planned it?
**[10:55] Friend 3**
Figured taking a few licks here
would land him a big chance?
**[10:59] Ichiryu**
How should I know?
**[11:02] Ichiryu**
Still, he can't be too happy.
**[11:05] Ichiryu**
All that highborn blood, and he's stuck
as a second son out in the sticks.
**[11:10] Ichiryu**
He'll have a chance
to make friends in the Center.
**[11:12] Ichiryu**
He might be hoping to at least swipe
the lordship from his big brother.
**[11:18] Friend 1**
Yikes! We've got
a succession dispute coming.
**[11:29] Friend 1**
I'm starving.
**[11:30] Friend 1**
Let's grab a bite.
**[11:43] Yukiya**
Sure is nice of you, Ichiryu,
giving me a lesson like this.
**[11:49] Yukiya**
I'm glad I worked up the nerve to ask you.
**[11:51] Ichiryu**
I'm not gonna waste
much time on you.
**[11:54] Ichiryu**
Still, couldn't you just ask
Yukima to train with you?
**[11:57] Yukiya**
You and my brother
are on different levels.
**[12:09] Yukiya**
Okay, then.
**[12:14] Yukima**
Yukiya sure is late.
**[12:22] Ichiryu**
Talk about a fluke.
**[12:24] Ichiryu**
Try taking the offensive this time.
**[12:27] Yukiya**
You want me to attack?
**[12:45] Yukiya**
You said you'd train me, right, Ichiryu?
**[12:48] Yukiya**
Come on. Show me the next move already.
**[13:00] Yukiya**
You've got some nerve,
saying all that during my match.
**[13:04] Ichiryu**
You heard that?
**[13:06] Yukiya**
Well, when you're shouting
that loudly, how could I not?
**[13:12] Ichiryu**
We were just chatting, you know?
**[13:15] Ichiryu**
Ow!
**[13:17] Yukiya**
You think I want to "swipe
the lordship" from my brother?
**[13:20] Yukiya**
Just because my mother
came from a good family?
**[13:22] Ichiryu**
N-No, we all know that'd never happen.
**[13:27] Ichiryu**
We were kidding. Kidding.
**[13:29] Yukiya**
Kidding, huh?
**[13:31] Yukiya**
It seems pretty silly to me, too.
**[13:34] Yukiya**
Everything changing just
because of how you were born.
**[13:37] Yukiya**
But some people really do trade on that.
**[13:41] Yukiya**
Bloodlines, families,
hill ravens and court ravens...
**[13:45] Yukiya**
They use all that
as an excuse to live it up,
**[13:49] Yukiya**
and they don't care if they
split up people's families to do it.
**[13:53] (Flashback) Young Yukiya**
Help, Mother!
**[13:55] (Flashback) Azusa**
Please stop! Give Yukiya back to me!
**[13:58] (Flashback) Relative**
Yukiya is too heavy a burden
for your family. We will raise him.
**[14:03] Yukiya**
Do you know how much pain people
spouting idle gossip has caused my family?
**[14:10] (Flashback) Maid**
The mistress sure is a strange one,
doting on a son that's not even hers.
**[14:16] Yukiya**
Listen up, Ichiryu!
**[14:18] Yukiya**
I'll never leave for the Center,
and I'll never take my brother's place.
**[14:23] Yukiya**
I'll spend my whole life as the second
Taruhi brother, propping him up.
**[14:26] Yukiya**
I'll work under him till
they bury my bones in Taruhi.
**[14:31] Yukiya**
My family has no succession disputes,
and it never will.
**[14:44] Yukima**
Stop!
**[14:46] Yukima**
Haven't you done enough?
Ichiryu didn't mean any harm.
**[14:51] Yukiya**
Is that an order?
**[14:56] Yukima**
Yes.
**[14:57] Yukima**
I'm speaking as the future lord
of Taruhi. Stop, Yukiya.
**[15:05] Yukiya**
Understood.
**[15:19] Yukichi**
Big Brother!
**[15:21] Yukiya**
Hey.
**[15:22] Taruhi Boy 1**
Aren't you a bit old to get lost?
**[15:25] Taruhi Boy 2**
Yukiya's hopeless.
**[15:27] Yukiya**
Ah, sorry, sorry.
**[15:40] Yukiya**
Are you still awake, Mother?
**[15:43] Azusa**
Yukiya?
**[15:47] Azusa**
You came at the perfect time.
**[15:51] Azusa**
A bit long in the sleeve, do you think?
**[15:54] Azusa**
But boys grow so fast.
**[15:57] Yukiya**
I'll only be gone for a year.
**[15:59] Yukiya**
And you don't need
to sew my clothes yourself.
**[16:02] Azusa**
What are you talking about?
**[16:04] Azusa**
I'm happy for you. I always wanted you
to experience the outside world.
**[16:11] Azusa**
You must have been so bored all this time.
**[16:16] Yukiya**
I doubt I'll live up to your expectations.
**[16:19] Yukiya**
The Prince has lots of attendants, anyway.
**[16:22] Azusa**
True.
**[16:23] Yukiya**
I might come home sooner than you think.
**[16:27] Azusa**
I don't mind either way.
**[16:29] Yukiya**
Huh?
**[16:30] Azusa**
Your mother is proud of you.
**[16:33] Azusa**
Take care over there.
**[16:36] Azusa**
Do your best to serve His Highness.
**[16:41] Yukiya**
I will.
***SIGN*** Winter Hall, Cherry Blossom Palace
**[16:52] Lady-in-Waiting**
How beautiful.
**[16:55] Lady-in-Waiting**
As lovely as the pearls you're
named for, Lady Shiratama.
**[16:59] Cha-no-Hana**
My lady.
**[17:06] Cha-no-Hana**
I bring good news.
**[17:09] Cha-no-Hana**
His Highness's new attendant
will come from Taruhi.
**[17:14] Cha-no-Hana**
A child of a lady of the Northern House
who passed some time ago.
**[17:18] Shiratama**
Will he be of any use, I wonder?
**[17:21] Shiratama**
I hear His Highness can be difficult.
**[17:24] Cha-no-Hana**
Have no fear. We have agents
gathering intelligence in many quarters.
**[17:31] Cha-no-Hana**
All is well. Nothing will stand between
Your Ladyship and a royal marriage.
***SIGN*** Autumn Hall, Cherry Blossom Palace
**[17:42] Kikuno**
Almost complete, I see.
**[17:45] Masuho**
Stop that, Kikuno.
You'll make me complacent.
**[17:49] Masuho**
I'm at the most important part.
**[17:52] Kikuno**
I suppose you *have*
spent a whole year on it.
**[17:55] Masuho**
His Highness is no fool.
**[17:58] Masuho**
Once he sees this,
**[18:00] Masuho**
he's certain to realize
who cares for him the most.
***SIGN*** Summer Hall, Cherry Blossom Palace
**[18:10] Karamushi**
Have you considered
drinking in moderation?
**[18:14] Karamushi**
Don't tell me you've forgotten
your role, Miss Hamayu?
***SIGN*** Southern Lady-in-Waiting
Karamushi
**[18:19] Hamayu**
You mean "*Lady* Hamayu."
**[18:22] Hamayu**
You serve me. Don't forget that.
**[18:28] Hamayu**
Don't worry. I won't forget.
**[18:31] Hamayu**
But what can I do when
the Prince won't show himself?
**[18:38] Hamayu**
What a self-serving man.
***SIGN*** Spring Hall, Cherry Blossom Palace
**[18:52] Yukimasa**
Kiei is waiting for you in the Center.
**[18:55] Yukimasa**
He'll be of help to you,
so mind your manners.
**[18:59] Yukiya**
Yes, yes.
**[19:00] Yukimasa**
The court isn't like Taruhi.
**[19:03] Yukimasa**
Don't loiter around in
your feather robe or shift shape.
**[19:07] Yukimasa**
*Especially* not in front of nobles.
**[19:09] Yukiya**
Yes, yes, yes.
**[19:11] Yukimasa**
Remember, if you get sent home in
under a year, it's the monastery for you.
**[19:16] Yukimasa**
They'll drill better sense into you there.
**[19:19] Yukiya**
Ugh.
**[19:23] Yukimasa**
That's the Central Mountain,
heart of Yamauchi.
***SIGN*** Main Gate, Imperial Court
**[19:58] Kiei**
What are you doing? This way.
**[20:01] Yukiya**
Oh, r-right.
***SIGN*** Sunrise Palace
**[20:12] Yukiya**
This is the Sunrise Palace, right?
**[20:15] Kiei**
Yeah.
**[20:16] Yukiya**
Kind of empty, isn't it?
**[20:18] Yukiya**
There's not even a gatekeeper.
**[20:21] Yukiya**
Come to think of it, I don't know
the first thing about His Highness.
**[20:25] Yukiya**
Everyone I ask says they don't either.
**[20:35] Sumio**
Thank you for your efforts, Sir Kiei.
**[20:39] Kiei**
And to you, for all you do.
**[20:41] Kiei**
I brought the new attendant.
**[20:44] Yukiya**
Yukiya of Taruhi, at your service.
**[20:48] Sumio**
I am Sumio of the Yamauchi Guard,
His Highness's personal guard.
***SIGN*** Yamauchi Guard
Sumio
**[20:54] Sumio**
I realize this is sudden,
but may I take charge of Sir Yukiya now?
**[20:58] Kiei**
Of course.
**[20:59] Kiei**
Well then, Yukiya, best of luck.
**[21:03] Yukiya**
Huh?
**[21:06] Sumio**
Shall we be going, Sir Yukiya?
**[21:20] Yukiya**
Um... Where is everyone else?
**[21:25] Yukiya**
The palace seems awfully quiet.
How many people serve here?
**[21:31] Sumio**
Two.
**[21:32] Yukiya**
Huh?
**[21:33] Sumio**
By "two," I mean me and you.
**[21:36] Yukiya**
W-Wait a minute.
**[21:38] Yukiya**
What about the other attendants?
**[21:40] Yukiya**
I heard you had around ten young
noblemen serving here a month ago.
**[21:46] Sumio**
They all quit or were dismissed.
**[21:49] Yukiya**
Huh.
**[21:49] Sumio**
Three hung on until just a few days ago,
**[21:54] Sumio**
but between chronic illnesses
flaring up and family circumstances...
**[22:03] Sumio**
His Highness resides here.
**[22:07] Sumio**
Your Highness.
**[22:09] Sumio**
I have brought the new attendant.
**[22:12] Nazukihiko**
Enter.
**[22:35] Nazukihiko**
So you're finally here.
**[22:42] Yukiya**
It is an honor to meet Your Highness.
I am Yukiya of Taruhi.
***SIGN*** His Highness
The Crown Prince
**[22:48] Nazukihiko**
I've been waiting for you, Yukiya of Taruhi.
**[24:31] Narrator**
* Yukiya has left his village*
* and entered the Prince's service.*
**[24:36] Narrator**
* Yet the palace swirls with*
* dark rumors surrounding the Kin'u.*
**[24:43] Narrator**
* In the Cherry Blossom Palace, forbidden*
* to men, Yukiya learns of the ladies' sorrow.*
***SIGN*** A True
***SIGN*** Golden Raven
**[24:50] Narrator**
*Next time: "A True Golden Raven."*
***SIGN*** YATAGARASU:
The Raven
Does Not
Choose
Its Master
***SIGN*** Illustration: Natsuki