E8 - The Saga Incident, Part 1

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SIGN    The Autumn of Meiji 14 (1881)
[00:05] Yugiri
    I'm going to... Saga?
[00:08] Oyaji
    Right. It's where Master Hibiya was born.
[00:11] Oyaji
    His wife passed away a long while ago,
[00:15] Oyaji
    so it should be a peaceful arrangement.
[00:17] Okami
    It's a bit of a relief.
[00:19] Okami
    Up against someone like him, even the
    bigwigs couldn't make much of a fuss.
[00:22] Okami
    He's got the wisdom of
    age on his side, and...
[00:25] Okami
    Well, I'm sure you know
    better than I can explain.
[00:31] Yugiri
    Proprietor, Madam, you have my thanks.
[00:34] Yugiri
    I really appreciate all you've done for me.
[00:36] Oyaji
    I've never seen a courtesan
    like you before, Yugiri.
[00:40] Okami
    I hope I never do again!
[00:42] Okami
    Getting so popular that she
    couldn't get customers...
[00:45] Okami
    How legendary does one girl need to be?
[00:47] Yugiri
    I'm terribly sorry about that.
[00:50] Okami
    I hope you have a good life out there.
[00:52] Okami
    But knowing you, I shouldn't need to worry.
[01:03] Yugiri
    Oh...
[01:04] Okami
    Oh, come now, what are you girls doing?
[01:07] Girls
    Miss Yugiri! Is it true
    you're you're leaving?
[01:10] Girls
    We're not gonna see you again?
[01:12] Girls
    Where is Saga? Far away?
[01:14] Girls
    I don't like this!
[01:14] Girls
    I wanted you to teach me more
    about singing and dancing!
[01:19] Oyaji
    There, there, the legendary courtesan is
    going to be setting off to start a new life.
[01:24] Oyaji
    That's nothing to cry about.
[01:26] Yugiri
    Come on. See me off with a smile, all right?
[01:32] Yugiri
    It doesn't matter how far Saga is.
[01:34] Yugiri
    You're all still going to be in my heart.
[01:38] Oyaji
    Well, technically, Saga doesn't
    really exist anymore.
[01:46] ---
    Even if we have nothing else,
    we still have the future.
[01:48] ---
    A lowest point? Starting over from
    zero? That's just part of the saga.
[01:51] ---
    Even if we burn out in the
    process, we'll make it come true!
[01:53] ---
    This is where our revenge begins!
SIGN    Zombie Land Saga
    Revenge
SIGN    The Saga Incident, Part One
SIGN    The Spring of Meiji 15 (1882)
    The town formerly associated
    with Saga Castle
[03:33] Students
    Lady Yugiri is so pretty
    every time I see her!
[03:36] Students
    I mean, she's a legendary courtesan!
[03:39] Students
    What's legendary mean?
[03:40] Students
    You don't need to know.
[03:47] Narr
    Several months had passed since the legendary
    courtesan reluctantly left her old life.
[03:52] Narr
    The high-ranking government official
[03:54] Narr
    who arranged her freedom passed
    away due to sudden illness.
[04:00] Narr
    In accordance with his wishes,
    she was granted a portion of his fortune.
[04:03] Narr
    Although her well-being was secure,
[04:06] Narr
    she faced the prospect of living
    out the rest of her life
[04:10] Narr
    in a town where she knew
    no one and no one knew her.
[04:19] Townsladies
    I mean, they have to call
    her a legend for a reason!
[04:22] Townsladies
    She probably puts the folks
    over in Kamiashi-cho to shame.
[04:25] Townsladies
    What made her give up a life like that?
[04:28] Ye Olde Sakura
    Come on by and get your fill!
[04:30] Ye Olde Sakura
    We've got manju, dango, and shiruko!
[04:32] Ye Olde Sakura
    Step right on up!
[04:39] Kiichi
    Th-The time has come for
    us to take a s-stand!
[04:43] Kiichi
    Saga! Bring back Saga!
[04:45] Kiichi
    Saga!
[04:46] Kiichi
    Saga?
[04:50] Girls
    What does he want?
[04:51] Girls
    Let's go.
[04:54] Callers
    Come on by!
[04:55] Procession leader
    Come on by and have a look!
[05:00] Procession leader
    It's the Shin Goro traveling show,
[05:02] Procession leader
    and we're in town for a limited
    engagement of only seven days!
[05:03] Kiichi
    Saga! Saga!
[05:06] Kiichi
    Saga is coming through! Saga!
[05:09] Procession leader
    Hey! Who the hell are you?!
[05:12] Kiichi
    S-S-Sorry!
[05:22] Fishmonger
    What do you think you're doing?!
[05:24] Kiichi
    S-S-Sorry!
[05:25] Kiichi
    S-Sorry!
[05:32] Constable A
    Are you at it again, Kiichi Momozaki?!
[05:34] Constable A
    You're not going anywhere this time!
[05:36] Constable A
    Cooperate!
SIGN    Homeland... Where we live... Not Nagasaki... Our Saga...
[05:42] Yugiri
    Paper always has its uses.
[05:47] Constable
    You seem dead set on
    always being a nuisance!
[05:51] Constable
    You need to give it a rest!
    Do you want to be arrested?
[05:54] Constable
    I can arrest you, y'know!
[05:55] Kiichi
    I-I just want Saga to be...
[05:57] Itou
    A mugger!
[05:58] Itou
    Don't let him get away!
[05:59] Kiichi
    You stand there and wait for me to get back!
[06:02] Kiichi
    Where's that mugger?!
[06:10] Kiichi
    Itou...
[06:11] Itou
    You never learn, do you?
[06:15] Narrator
    At the time, Saga was treated as a problem
    prefecture by the Meiji government.
SIGN    Nagasaki
SIGN    Saga
SIGN    Fukuoka
[06:23] Narr
    During the Bakumatsu period, it underwent
    westernization faster than other domains,
[06:28] Narr
    making Saga a key location
    during the reformation...
[06:31] Narr
    But, with uprisings by the former
    samurai class during Meiji 7
[06:34] Narr
    and the accompanying defeats,
    its glory was a thing of the past.
[06:38] Narr
    By Meiji 9, Saga prefecture
SIGN    Nagasaki
SIGN    Mizuma
SIGN    Fukuoka
[06:40] Narr
    had been divided up between the
    prefectures of Mizuma and Nagasaki,
[06:44] Narr
    resulting in its total
    erasure from the map.
SIGN    Nagasaki
SIGN    Fukuoka
[06:50] Itou
    You need to give it a rest.
[06:53] Itou
    I'm not always going to
    be there to help you.
[06:56] Kiichi
    I-I'm just trying to bring Saga back,
    the way it should be!
[07:01] Itou
    As long as you're making a fuss on your own,
[07:03] Itou
    you're not going to accomplish anything.
[07:05] Itou
    The imperial court is still wary of Saga.
[07:10] Itou
    No one wants a repeat of the Saga War.
[07:13] Kiichi
    I'm not trying to start a war!
[07:16] Itou
    That's not what it looks
    like to everyone else.
[07:18] Itou
    Besides, even if Saga gets its name back,
[07:21] Itou
    what comes after that?
[07:23] Kiichi
    I...
[07:25] Itou
    Okay, enough of this talk.
[07:26] Itou
    Let's set aside the complex stuff
[07:28] Itou
    and go check out the cherry
    blossoms sometime soon.
[07:31] Itou
    I guarantee you'll see stuff
[07:34] Itou
    that'll make you forget all about
    this old Saga you're stuck on.
[07:37] Kiichi
    Th-Th-That s-s-s-sort of thing isn't really my...
[07:42] Kiichi
    Hey, what about my meat?!
[07:44] Itou
    Thanks for the meal.
[07:46] Ye Olde Ai
    Come on out!
[07:48] Ye Olde Ai
    If you've got any confidence
    in your skills, then face me!
[07:51] Students
    You'd be the talk of the town if you didn't
    spend all your time cooped up here, teacher!
[07:55] Students
    The cherry blossoms are in bloom, anyway.
[07:57] Students
    If you'd like, I can tell you
    some places with great views!
[08:03] Hibiya
    I want you to know what it's
    like in the outside world.
[08:16] Kids
    Wow, look!
[08:16] Kids
    Pretty.
[09:04] Kiichi
    Uh, if this is yours, I, er—
[09:09] Yugiri
    Thank you kindly.
[09:11] Yugiri
    I just bought it.
[09:17] Cart Guy
    Outta the way! Move it, move it, move it!
[09:21] Kiichi
    Look out!
[09:37] Yugiri
    Come on, now.
[09:45] Kiichi
    I-I am so—
[09:49] Yugiri
    Here.
[09:51] Kiichi
    Thanks.
SIGN    We must take Saga back. Saga is our homeland. Saga is where we were all born. The land where we live, it is called Saga. We are not from Mizuma or Nagasaki. The time has come for us to bring Saga back. That is why we will rise up for our Saga.
[09:54] Kiichi
    Hey, this is mine...
[09:58] Yugiri
    Oh, I didn't realize.
[10:00] Yugiri
    I apologize for treating
    it like tissue paper.
[10:07] Yugiri
    You should head on home
    and change into dry clothes.
[10:19] Itou
    What're you doing, Kiichi?
[10:21] Kiichi
    A celestial maiden...
[10:25] Itou
    I think I know who you mean.
[10:27] Itou
    The legendary courtesan who moved
    to Saga around the end of last year.
[10:32] Kiichi
    L-Legendary?
[10:33] Itou
    Come on, man, if you want to get Saga back,
[10:36] Itou
    you should probably pay more
    attention to the gossip.
[10:39] Itou
    The legendary courtesan, Yugiri.
[10:42] Itou
    She was a miracle performer unlike
    anything ever seen in Edo,
[10:44] Itou
    idolized by men and women alike.
[10:48] Itou
    People would bid to be entertained by her so
    competitively that the price got sky-high...
[10:52] Itou
    to the point where no one
    came calling anymore.
[10:56] Itou
    The heads of the restoration
    even got into fights over her,
[10:58] Itou
    and there are rumors the Meiji court
    almost fell apart because of it...
[11:02] Kiichi
    And a person like that... is in Saga?
[11:05] Itou
    Don't go falling for her, now.
[11:06] Kiichi
    Wh-Why would I?!
[11:09] Itou
    She's not the kind of woman
    a guy like you could handle.
[11:12] Itou
    She's from a different world.
[11:17] Kiichi
    A different world...?
SIGN    Zombie Land Saga Revenge
SIGN    Zombie Land Saga Revenge
[11:55] Yugiri
    Oh, I remember you.
[12:05] Yugiri
    I'm sorry you went to the trouble.
[12:08] Kiichi
    Aw, no, it's nothing fancy... but...
[12:12] Yugiri
    Thank you very much for the gift.
[12:14] Yugiri
    But you should run along, now.
[12:18] Yugiri
    For your own sake.
[12:25] Kiichi
    I... I don't care.
[12:29] Kiichi
    Th-This stuff about you from being
    a different world and like...
[12:34] Kiichi
    All that complicated stuff!
    For our Saga, it's...
[12:37] Kiichi
    In Saga, it's...
[12:39] Kiichi
    In Saga... it's...
[13:07] Yugiri
    Pardon me! Does Kiichi Momozaki-han live here?
[13:18] Xu Fu
    It's Saga!
[13:21] Xu Fu
    I am Saga! No... Saga is me!
[13:31] Yugiri
    Sir? Are you all right, there?
[13:33] Kiichi
    Gramps, did you run off on...?
[13:40] Yugiri
    It's a herbal medicine that helps with colds and
    other illnesses while being very nourishing.
[13:45] Yugiri
    I had an old acquaintance send it.
[13:48] Kiichi
    I-I appreciate you going
    to all the trouble...
[13:50] Yugiri
    I felt guilty about you braving that blazing
    sun just to show me your gratitude.
[13:56] Kiichi
    Aw, I only did it because I wanted to...
[14:01] Yugiri
    It was nice. You were the first
    person to come calling on me,
[14:04] Yugiri
    other than my dance students,
    since I came to Saga.
[14:10] Kiichi
    Sorry about my grandpa back there...
[14:13] Kiichi
    He's a little... Well...
[14:16] Yugiri
    He seems like an interesting fellow.
[14:19] Kiichi
    I think Saga losing its name really
    made him worse these last few years...
[14:26] Kiichi
    He started ranting about how
    if he had his old powers,
[14:30] Kiichi
    he'd be able to raise the dead easily...
[14:34] Kiichi
    About eight years ago,
     there was a big battle here in Saga
[14:38] Kiichi
    and my father was killed.
[14:42] Kiichi
    I had nowhere to go and was cowering
    in the wilderness by myself...
[14:48] Kiichi
    If Gramps hadn't found me,
     I dunno what would've happened.
[14:52] Kiichi
    I owe him more than I can ever repay...
[14:56] Kiichi
    But all he says he wants in
    return is for me to save Saga.
[15:03] Kiichi
    I didn't know what he meant at first...
[15:05] Kiichi
    But when Saga lost its name,
[15:09] Kiichi
    it felt like everything my father
    tried to protect was going away...
[15:13] Kiichi
    Like Saga was going to vanish
    from inside people's hearts.
SIGN    We must take Saga back. Saga is our homeland. Saga is where we were all born. The land where we live, it is called Saga. We are not from Mizuma or Nagasaki. The time has come for us to bring Saga back. That is why we will rise up for our Saga.
[15:16] Kiichi
    And I didn't want that to happen.
[15:19] Kiichi
    I think it's fate that Gramps
    managed to find me...
[15:23] Kiichi
    So that I could find my way of life.
[15:29] (Flashback) Hibiya
    Yugiri, this is where you're
    going to live from now on.
[15:37] Kiichi
    I think I can finally picture it.
[15:41] Kiichi
    What I really want to do...
[15:44] Kiichi
    is create a new Saga.
[15:47] Kiichi
    One where men and women, former samurai
    and peasants, merchants and craftsmen...
[15:51] Kiichi
    A place where everyone can
    choose their own path!
[15:55] Kiichi
    And live happy lives where
    they're true to themselves!
[15:58] Yugiri
    That's a beautiful dream.
[16:06] Kiichi
    Please! Please, take one!
[16:09] Itou
    You wanna be arrested?!
[16:11] Itou
    You want me to arrest you?
[16:14] Kiichi
    Don't scare me like that!
[16:16] ---
    You never give up, do you?
SIGN    The time has come to bring back Saga!
SIGN    It has been six years since these lands were made into Mizuma, and part of Nagasaki, as a result of the war in the year of Meiji 9. But is it truly right for us to claim our home is Nagasaki? Can we honestly abide our homeland being stripped of its name? What will have become of it, if not? We were all born and raised in the land of Saga. There is no reason that name should fade away over the course of six years. The time has come to appeal to the Imperial Court for the return of Saga. Let us all stand together, and restore the name of our homeland.
[16:22] Kiichi
    She, uh... helped me clean it up a bit.
[16:25] Kiichi
    And helped with the composition and stuff...
[16:32] Ye Olde Saki
    There, there.
[16:33] Ye Olde Saki
    Come on, now.
[16:53] Itou
    It's just some fish.
[16:57] Yugiri
    Forgive me. I felt a
    rather... fresh presence.
[17:02] Kiichi
    Sorry!
[17:04] Kiichi
    I-I know I'm late...
[17:07] Kiichi
    Itou? You're early.
[17:10] Itou
    I wanted to meet the legendary
    courtesan as soon as possible.
[17:14] Itou
    Here, the big one I caught you.
[17:16] Itou
    You actually caught that
    thing in the Fukushoe River?
[17:39] Itou
    This is great.
[17:41] Itou
    I guess the legendary courtesan can cook,
    on top of everything else.
[17:44] Yugiri
    The gentleman who arranged for my
    freedom taught me all kinds of things.
[17:49] Yugiri
    Things that would help with
    living in the outside world.
[17:54] Itou
    All kinds of things, huh?
[17:58] Itou
    Y'know, maybe it's time for you, too.
[18:01] Kiichi
    What now?
[18:02] Itou
    You're not actually that stupid.
[18:04] Itou
    You could become a scholar, or a doctor...
[18:07] Itou
    If you want to help people, you could do
    something that's a bit more realistic,
[18:11] Itou
    instead of this wild dream
    about bringing Saga back.
[18:22] Itou
    You met this nice lady. Maybe it
    was a sign to think things over.
[18:26] Itou
    Hell, maybe you should think
    of starting a family?
[18:31] Itou
    If you're the head of a household,
    you'll feel more responsible, right?
[18:35] Itou
    I think it'd suit you.
[18:40] Isshiki
    Wh-Wh-What?! What?! What are you, stupid?!
[18:45] Isshiki
    Seriously, what are you—
    What're you trying to—
[18:54] Yugiri
    Kiichi-han!
[18:56] Yugiri
    Hang in there, Kiichi-han.
[19:01] Itou
    He's helpless, I swear.
[19:07] Itou
    Ah, that's all right.
[19:13] Itou
    How about a drink?
[19:14] Yugiri
    I'm fine, thank you.
[19:23] Yugiri
    Itou-han, have you known
    Kiichi-han for long?
[19:28] Itou
    It was about two years ago...
[19:30] Itou
    I heard there was some oddball
    passing out some strange writings.
[19:35] Itou
    I thought I'd go make fun of him...
[19:37] Itou
    I saw how everyone gave him a wide berth,
    without stopping for a second,
[19:42] Itou
    but he kept at it... He was so desperate.
[19:46] Itou
    There had to have been other ways...
[19:49] Itou
    He's a real fool, to be honest.
[19:55] Itou
    This country's changed.
[19:57] Itou
    It's going to keep changing, too.
[20:00] Itou
    What's to be gained by
     clinging to an old name?
[20:04] Yugiri
    I don't think Kiichi-han is
    interested in the old name.
[20:08] Yugiri
    He wants to create a new Saga,
    with a fresh start.
[20:13] Yugiri
    It might be a half-formed, shaky dream...
[20:16] Yugiri
    but it's one I'd like to see
    come true. Kiichi-han's Saga.
[20:29] Itou
    Sooner or later, that earnest
    heart of his is gonna get broken.
[20:35] Itou
    This country is still too
    twisted. Too barbaric.
[20:41] Itou
    Thanks for the meal. I had a good time.
[20:55] Kiichi
    Please take one!
[20:57] Kiichi
    For Saga...
[21:05] Recruits
    Excuse me, but could you
    tell us more about this?
[21:09] Recruits
    We want to get our Saga back, too!
SIGN    Target gaining support.
    Could not confirm how many.
    Chance of growth likely.
    Requesting directions if that happens.
SIGN    Next Episode Preview
[23:25] Yugiri
    This is Yugiri.
[23:27] Yugiri
    There's always something inspiring about gentlemen
    willing to risk everything for what they believe in.
[23:31] Yugiri
    Next time on Episode 9 of Zombie Land
    Saga Revenge: "The Saga Incident, Part Two."
SIGN    The Saga Incident, Part Two
[23:36] Yugiri
    This is goodbye.