1
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[♪♪♪]

2
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[wind whistling]

3
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1912 OTARU

4
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{\an8}[woman]
Thank you for coming!

5
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{\an8}SAKE

6
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Hey! What the...

7
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[woman]
Watch where you're going!

8
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The hell's your problem?

9
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Hold on.
Ain't you a fine woman?

10
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Get out of my way.

11
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A feisty one. My kind of woman.

12
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[grunts]

13
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What the hell
do you think you're...

14
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[grunts]

15
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[wheezes]

16
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What's it to you, old man?
You stay out of this!

17
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Huh?

18
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[scoffs]

19
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Hey, what the hell's
your problem, old man?

20
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[groaning]

21
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Forget it.
Let's get out of here!

22
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[man groans]

23
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Hey! Let's go!

24
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[woman] Impressive.
You haven't lost your touch.

25
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Nagakura Shinpachi...

26
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captain of the Shinsengumi's
second unit.

27
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And who are you?

28
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My name is Ichikawa Makoto.

29
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I've come from Tokyo.

30
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There's something
I must ask you.

31
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It's about the Shinsengumi.

32
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Leave!

33
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Please, wait.

34
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[Nagakura draws blade]

35
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I have nothing to say.

36
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I'm not leaving
until you talk to me.

37
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It can't be anyone else.
It has to be you.

38
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[blade draws]

39
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[man yells]

40
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[grunting]

41
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[groans]

42
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You...

43
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You purposely let those drunks
harass you, didn't you?

44
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Please. I want to know
about the Shinsengumi...

45
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No...

46
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I need to know the truth
about Hijikata Toshizo.

47
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Hijikata Toshizo...

48
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[♪♪♪]

49
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He...

50
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had the same look in his eyes
as you.

51
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<i>Prickly and aggressive,
like a briar patch.</i>

52
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<i>Or maybe reckless...</i>

53
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EDO

54
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<i>...like someone who'd charge</i>

55
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<i>right into one.</i>

56
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You get hurt, I sell medicine.

57
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<i>We called guys like that
baragaki, thorny brats.</i>

58
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<i>That was
Hijikata Toshizo to a T.</i>

59
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Brace yourselves!

60
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[grunting]

61
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[laughs]

62
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Come on.

63
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[exclaiming]

64
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[yells fiercely]

65
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[screams]

66
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[yells fiercely]

67
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I'll be sure to get you
some medicine.

68
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[yells fiercely]

69
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[onlookers exclaim]

70
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[laughs]

71
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Master! Master!

72
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You! A low blow? You coward!

73
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Huh?

74
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The art of the sword
is for battles, isn't it?

75
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In battle, who gives a damn
about fighting fair?

76
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The gall of a mere merchant!

77
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Come on, bring it!

78
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Let me know
if you need more medicine!

79
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Hey, here.

80
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Oh, thanks.

81
00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:02,552
Are you always pulling stunts
like this?

82
00:05:02,594 --> 00:05:05,138
Yep. It's quicker
to create the injured

83
00:05:05,222 --> 00:05:06,807
than to track them down.

84
00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:09,976
Right? There!

85
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Thanks for your business!

86
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Don't ever come back!

87
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[laughing]

88
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What a face.
All right, my bad.

89
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[man] Just get out already!

90
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Yeah, yeah, I'm going.

91
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[kids shouting playfully]

92
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[indistinct singing]

93
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[people chattering indistinctly]

94
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[wind blowing]

95
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The Shieikan dojo.

96
00:06:03,488 --> 00:06:04,781
What a dump...

97
00:06:09,578 --> 00:06:13,164
Hey. This is a dojo, right?

98
00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:20,672
Hyah!

99
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Hyah!

100
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Come on! Knock it off!
You little bastards!

101
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You're supposed to fall.

102
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Huh?

103
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Because they cut you.

104
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[Nagakura]
<i>Okita Soji.</i>

105
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<i>Though normally gentle</i>

106
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<i>once he draws his sword,
he's a demon</i>

107
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<i>a true sword-fighting prodigy.</i>

108
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Hyah!

109
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Hyah!

110
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[groaning]
A surprise attack... Well done.

111
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That means I win.

112
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I'm the one who cut down
our master. I won.

113
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[Abiru] Now. I believe I said
no fighting, didn't I?

114
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You two are friends, right?

115
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[Nagakura]
<i>Abiru Eisaburo.</i>

116
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<i>He's a bit timid,</i>

117
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<i>but that kindness is the
conscience of Shieikan Dojo.</i>

118
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Okay, good boy.

119
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Soji! Eisaburo! Food's ready.

120
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NAGAKURA SHINPACHI

121
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<i>Don't mind me.</i>

122
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Let's go. Okay?

123
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I'm starving!

124
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[Nagakura] Sanosuke! Hajime!
Heisuke! Hurry up and eat.

125
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What's this?

126
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<i>Harada Sanosuke.</i>

127
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HARADA SANOSUKE

128
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<i>He loves his food
more than anything,</i>

129
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<i>and can't stand pointless talk.</i>

130
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Man, this is good.

131
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Greens again?
We're pinching pennies, huh?

132
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If you don't want it,
can we give yours to the kids?

133
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They're still growing.

134
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Fine. They can have it.

135
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[Nagakura]
<i>I've never known anyone</i>

136
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<i>who could wield
a sword as masterfully as him.</i>

137
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<i>That's Saito Hajime.</i>

138
00:07:50,679 --> 00:07:52,347
Then you can have
some of mine too.

139
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Really? Thanks.

140
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[Nagakura]
<i>Todo Heisuke.</i>

141
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TODO HEISUKE

142
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<i>He's the kindest person
you'll ever meet,</i>

143
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<i>but he's also
quick to pick a fight.</i>

144
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[crunches]

145
00:08:00,605 --> 00:08:02,399
[gasps]

146
00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,401
Are you kidding me?

147
00:08:04,442 --> 00:08:05,735
[laughing]

148
00:08:05,777 --> 00:08:07,904
[Nagakura]
<i>Yamanami Keisuke</i>

149
00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:11,241
<i>is the most logical
of all at Shieikan.</i>

150
00:08:11,282 --> 00:08:13,910
Don't go wild at mealtime!

151
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[♪♪♪]

152
00:08:17,288 --> 00:08:18,873
Gen, wake up. It's time to eat.

153
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[Nagakura] <i>The eldest of us,
Inoue Genzaburo...</i>

154
00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:22,544
Wake up! Hey!

155
00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:23,628
INOUE GENZABURO

156
00:08:23,712 --> 00:08:26,548
<i>...is always asleep. Yep.</i>

157
00:08:27,799 --> 00:08:29,968
This'll be an easy win.

158
00:08:32,095 --> 00:08:33,138
And who might you be?

159
00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:36,891
Sorry to interrupt your meal.

160
00:08:36,975 --> 00:08:38,685
I'm a traveling
medicine salesman.

161
00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:40,937
You folks need anything?

162
00:08:45,483 --> 00:08:47,402
We don't need any!
Get outta here!

163
00:08:47,485 --> 00:08:48,903
[exclaims softly]

164
00:08:48,987 --> 00:08:51,906
They say
"Better safe than sorry."

165
00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:54,993
Or have you never heard
that one?

166
00:08:57,078 --> 00:08:58,121
What's your problem?

167
00:09:00,248 --> 00:09:02,042
I'm here to challenge your dojo!

168
00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:04,169
[rooster crows]

169
00:09:04,252 --> 00:09:05,628
Master of the dojo!

170
00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:08,590
Come out!

171
00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:14,179
[Nagakura] <i>And the man
who'd become the fourth master</i>

172
00:09:14,262 --> 00:09:15,930
<i>of the Tennen Rishin-ryu style</i>

173
00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:18,600
<i>if you think of Shieikan
as one big family,</i>

174
00:09:18,683 --> 00:09:20,268
<i>he would be its father.</i>

175
00:09:20,351 --> 00:09:21,895
Boss.

176
00:09:21,978 --> 00:09:28,485
<i>A man worthy of the title,
Kondo Isami.</i>

177
00:09:28,526 --> 00:09:31,863
[Nagakura] Boss.
We've got a strange visitor.

178
00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:33,156
Hmm?

179
00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:34,491
KONDO ISAMI

180
00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,493
Can't it wait?

181
00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:37,827
[Nagakura] Hurry.

182
00:09:37,869 --> 00:09:39,412
[Kondo]
What's all the fuss?

183
00:09:39,496 --> 00:09:41,414
[Nagakura]
This guy's got some nerve.

184
00:09:41,498 --> 00:09:43,875
He's got some nerve?

185
00:09:41,498 --> 00:09:43,875
That's him. Right there.

186
00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:52,801
You wouldn't happen to be...

187
00:09:52,884 --> 00:09:54,969
the medicine peddler
I've heard about,

188
00:09:55,053 --> 00:09:57,680
who's been crushing dojos
all over Kanto?

189
00:10:00,558 --> 00:10:01,684
What if I am?

190
00:10:04,479 --> 00:10:08,108
Word is you're a real handful.

191
00:10:08,191 --> 00:10:10,026
Ehh?

192
00:10:11,653 --> 00:10:14,197
[♪♪♪]

193
00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:24,374
Your name?

194
00:10:26,584 --> 00:10:28,044
From Ishida Village in Tama.

195
00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,173
Hijikata Toshizo.

196
00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,107
Hmm?

197
00:10:49,190 --> 00:10:50,275
What's the matter?

198
00:10:51,609 --> 00:10:53,778
In a real fight, you'd be dead.

199
00:10:56,072 --> 00:10:58,116
[both grunting]

200
00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:24,100
[panting]

201
00:11:41,951 --> 00:11:43,369
Too much wasted movement.

202
00:11:43,453 --> 00:11:45,830
Don't you dare talk down to me!

203
00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:55,256
[chuckling]

204
00:11:55,340 --> 00:11:56,382
[shouts]

205
00:12:19,822 --> 00:12:22,867
That won't get you very far
in a real battle.

206
00:12:22,951 --> 00:12:24,285
This is how you kick.

207
00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:26,537
[grunts]

208
00:12:30,541 --> 00:12:32,377
[laughing]

209
00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:36,005
Ouch. Boss doesn't hold back.

210
00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:36,005
You think that guy's okay?

211
00:12:36,047 --> 00:12:37,966
[coughing]

212
00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:43,888
You're good!

213
00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,016
Finally, after all this time...

214
00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:48,935
Someone who can make me
stronger.

215
00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:54,524
If we go on,
this could turn deadly.

216
00:12:54,565 --> 00:12:55,858
[pants]

217
00:12:58,236 --> 00:13:00,822
If I'm not strong enough,
I'll die.

218
00:13:00,905 --> 00:13:02,907
That's all there is to it.

219
00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:07,370
Why are you so desperate
to become stronger?

220
00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:12,000
It's my blood.

221
00:13:13,584 --> 00:13:14,961
[Kondo]
Your blood?

222
00:13:16,754 --> 00:13:18,881
I can't stop my blood
from boiling.

223
00:13:21,843 --> 00:13:24,095
Only when I'm fighting
someone strong...

224
00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:28,099
do I truly feel alive.

225
00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,187
In this day and age...

226
00:13:34,772 --> 00:13:37,233
swordsmanship is obsolete.

227
00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:38,234
[panting]

228
00:13:38,276 --> 00:13:40,236
No matter how strong
your sword is,

229
00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:42,405
you can't change
this country's course.

230
00:13:45,742 --> 00:13:47,118
Are you an idiot?

231
00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:53,958
What's the fun in doing
the sensible thing?

232
00:13:57,128 --> 00:14:02,383
Doing what no one else can
is what makes you a badass.

233
00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:23,988
[chuckles softly]

234
00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:28,409
[♪♪♪]

235
00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:32,580
[sighs]

236
00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:36,000
I agree.

237
00:14:38,336 --> 00:14:39,337
My apologies.

238
00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:47,428
If that is so,
then I will give it my all.

239
00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:50,348
Yeah!

240
00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:05,154
[grunting]

241
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:09,367
Don't die on me!

242
00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:12,161
Wait a second!

243
00:15:22,505 --> 00:15:24,090
[groaning]

244
00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:37,520
Aah!

245
00:15:45,528 --> 00:15:46,571
Gotcha!

246
00:15:49,407 --> 00:15:50,658
Not good enough.

247
00:15:55,329 --> 00:15:56,664
[Todo laughing]

248
00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:00,460
He's okay, right?

249
00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:03,671
[Saito]
I'm sure he's not dead.

250
00:16:05,923 --> 00:16:07,091
Hey, hey.

251
00:16:10,178 --> 00:16:11,095
Hey.

252
00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:15,099
He's laughing
while he's unconscious.

253
00:16:15,183 --> 00:16:17,477
You're right.

254
00:16:15,183 --> 00:16:17,477
That's creepy.

255
00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:21,689
He gave you a tougher time
than expected, didn't he?

256
00:16:21,731 --> 00:16:23,441
It's been a while
since I've seen you

257
00:16:23,524 --> 00:16:25,735
get that serious, Kondo.

258
00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:27,487
Hey.

259
00:16:27,570 --> 00:16:30,239
[Kondo] Yeah, I didn't think
he had it in him.

260
00:16:30,323 --> 00:16:34,452
This guy... he might be
a good fit for us.

261
00:16:37,121 --> 00:16:39,165
[Nagakura]
<i>Tennen Rishin-ryu.</i>

262
00:16:39,248 --> 00:16:41,792
<i>A style built
for a battle to the death</i>

263
00:16:41,876 --> 00:16:43,461
<i>a practical combat style</i>

264
00:16:43,544 --> 00:16:46,631
<i>that requires facing your foe
with complete abandon.</i>

265
00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:47,924
Pretty good, huh?

266
00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:49,467
[crunching]

267
00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:55,515
Hm.

268
00:16:55,598 --> 00:16:56,641
[Abiru] Here.

269
00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:59,602
[Nagakura]
<i>In spring 1859</i>

270
00:16:59,644 --> 00:17:02,188
<i>Hijikata Toshizo joined</i>

271
00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:06,776
<i>the Tennen Rishin-ryu's
Shieikan dojo.</i>

272
00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:09,195
<i>Age 24.</i>

273
00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:12,532
There.

274
00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,743
[♪♪♪]

275
00:17:15,785 --> 00:17:20,248
<i>It was four years
before the Shinsengumi's name</i>

276
00:17:20,331 --> 00:17:22,041
<i>would echo through Kyoto.</i>

277
00:17:22,124 --> 00:17:26,295
[♪♪♪]

278
00:17:33,094 --> 00:17:40,184
{\an8}SONG OF THE SAMURAI

279
00:17:49,694 --> 00:17:52,947
[Nagakura] <i>At the time,
the shogunate's real power</i>

280
00:17:52,989 --> 00:17:55,950
<i>was held by the Great Elder,
Ii Naosuke.</i>

281
00:17:56,033 --> 00:17:58,703
<i>Ever since
the Black Ships arrived,</i>

282
00:17:58,786 --> 00:18:01,330
<i>he strongly advocated
for opening Japan.</i>

283
00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:03,124
If we go to war with America,

284
00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:05,293
our country stands
no chance of winning.

285
00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:08,588
Even if we cannot obtain
an imperial sanction

286
00:18:08,671 --> 00:18:11,549
we have no other choice
but to sign the treaty!

287
00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:16,345
[Nagakura]
<i>However, on March 24, 1860</i>

288
00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:18,973
<i>he was killed by ronin
from Mito</i>

289
00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:21,559
<i>outside of
the Sakuradamon Gate.</i>

290
00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:26,230
<i>Following this,
the pro-opening shogunate</i>

291
00:18:26,314 --> 00:18:29,275
<i>and the opposing
Sonno Joi faction...</i>

292
00:18:30,693 --> 00:18:33,029
<i>were plunged into
an all-out confrontation.</i>

293
00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,448
[sword slices]

294
00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,448
[cries out]

295
00:18:35,531 --> 00:18:36,782
TENNEN RISHIN-RYU SHIEIKAN DOJO

296
00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:38,743
[Todo]
Now's your chance! Go!

297
00:18:38,826 --> 00:18:41,287
I humbly beg for your pardon.

298
00:18:41,370 --> 00:18:43,831
I humbly beg for your pardon!

299
00:18:43,914 --> 00:18:46,125
I humbly beg your pardon.

300
00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:47,877
[kids shouting]

301
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,378
I humbly beg your pardon.

302
00:18:51,088 --> 00:18:52,882
Ouch!

303
00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:54,550
Stop!

304
00:18:56,052 --> 00:18:59,055
[groans]

305
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:02,099
Naosuke the perv,
we took your head!

306
00:19:02,183 --> 00:19:04,060
Naosuke the perv!
Naosuke the perv!

307
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:07,063
It's Naosuke. It's Naosuke!

308
00:19:07,104 --> 00:19:08,397
Ii Naosuke. Ke!

309
00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:10,524
[kids] Naosuke the perv!
The perv!

310
00:19:10,608 --> 00:19:13,361
998.

311
00:19:18,115 --> 00:19:20,201
999.

312
00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:26,415
1,000!

313
00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:30,878
[chickens clucking]

314
00:19:36,217 --> 00:19:37,718
Hey, Soji.

315
00:19:37,802 --> 00:19:39,303
Yes?

316
00:19:40,471 --> 00:19:41,847
It's been a whole year!

317
00:19:43,224 --> 00:19:44,642
A thousand practice swings.

318
00:19:45,893 --> 00:19:50,272
Every single day, without fail.

319
00:19:50,356 --> 00:19:52,316
Haven't I done enough?

320
00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:55,027
Teach me a move or something!

321
00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:56,362
An actual technique!

322
00:19:56,445 --> 00:19:59,407
If you can complain,
you can swing.

323
00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:00,408
Shut up!

324
00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:03,536
How am I supposed
to beat our boss

325
00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:05,329
with just practice swings?

326
00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:05,329
Huh?

327
00:20:05,413 --> 00:20:08,165
The whole reason I joined
was to beat him!

328
00:20:08,249 --> 00:20:09,917
Beat the boss, you say?

329
00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:13,337
Not in a hundred years!

330
00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:13,337
[Okita] All right.

331
00:20:14,338 --> 00:20:16,257
I'll teach you
a special technique.

332
00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:18,342
Soji...

333
00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:18,342
But only if...

334
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,594
you can beat me.

335
00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:24,640
You're on.

336
00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,058
Get me a wooden sword!

337
00:20:26,142 --> 00:20:27,643
I'm gonna beat the hell
out of you.

338
00:20:27,685 --> 00:20:28,936
I'm fine with this.

339
00:20:29,019 --> 00:20:30,354
Huh?!

340
00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:33,524
Don't you mock me.

341
00:20:38,863 --> 00:20:41,907
[♪♪♪]

342
00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:50,249
[laughing]

343
00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,793
Mmm...

344
00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:53,961
This is good.

345
00:20:56,464 --> 00:20:57,882
Ouch. My stomach hurts.

346
00:20:57,965 --> 00:20:59,675
You're laughing too hard.

347
00:20:59,717 --> 00:21:03,679
Come on, this guy
spent a whole year

348
00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:07,391
doing a thousand practice swings
every single day

349
00:21:07,475 --> 00:21:10,186
and he couldn't land
a single hit on him.

350
00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:11,520
And to top it all off,

351
00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:14,023
he got his ass kicked
with a futon beater!

352
00:21:14,064 --> 00:21:17,193
Basically,
that makes you a futon!

353
00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:19,236
A futon!

354
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:20,738
Well said indeed.

355
00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:24,742
Don't get cocky.
Our match begins now, Hajime!

356
00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:27,536
Lose to me
and you've lost to a futon.

357
00:21:27,578 --> 00:21:29,371
I'll take you on!
You flat futon!

358
00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:30,706
Who you calling flat futon!

359
00:21:30,748 --> 00:21:32,249
[Abiru]
Hey, you two, no fighting!

360
00:21:32,333 --> 00:21:34,084
[Nagakura]
Knock it off! We're eating now.

361
00:21:34,168 --> 00:21:35,544
Let them be. Let them be.

362
00:21:35,586 --> 00:21:38,172
Food and fighting.
Just like a family!

363
00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:42,259
Toshi! Hajime!
Stop it already.

364
00:21:42,343 --> 00:21:43,594
Hey, get off me.

365
00:21:46,764 --> 00:21:50,518
Kondo, you're the master
of this dojo.

366
00:21:50,601 --> 00:21:52,686
You should have
more dignity.

367
00:21:56,774 --> 00:21:59,401
Nameless patriots
changed history

368
00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:01,570
at the Sakuradamon Incident.

369
00:22:01,612 --> 00:22:03,113
Doesn't that frustrate you?

370
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:07,493
I wish we'd hear back
about the Kobusho.

371
00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:10,496
The Kobusho?

372
00:22:10,579 --> 00:22:14,500
Still no word, I'm afraid.

373
00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:17,711
Oh man, don't remind me.

374
00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:22,758
Hey, what is the Kobusho,
anyway?

375
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,427
It's the shogunate's official
military academy.

376
00:22:25,469 --> 00:22:28,347
Things have been turbulent
since the Black Ships arrived.

377
00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:29,974
To prepare for the worst

378
00:22:30,057 --> 00:22:33,018
the shogunate established it to
bolster their military forces.

379
00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:35,187
[Nagakura] They teach
swordsmanship, spearmanship

380
00:22:35,271 --> 00:22:37,189
and even Western-style
artillery.

381
00:22:37,273 --> 00:22:39,733
The instructors are
the best of the best,

382
00:22:39,817 --> 00:22:42,319
brought in from
all across the country.

383
00:22:42,403 --> 00:22:45,489
So it's the ultimate
training center,

384
00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:48,617
taught by the strongest guys
around.

385
00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:50,578
[Okita] Kondo is currently
running himself ragged

386
00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:52,997
trying to become
one of those instructors.

387
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:57,877
The instructors are first-class,
sanctioned by the shogunate.

388
00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,922
Then Shieikan's name
would be recognized as well.

389
00:23:02,006 --> 00:23:07,303
We'll get a stipend and we can
finally get out of this dump!

390
00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:10,556
And we could teach
so many more kids.

391
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:13,851
That should be a piece of cake
with your skills, Boss.

392
00:23:15,686 --> 00:23:19,940
[Yamanami]
No, it's not quite that simple.

393
00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:22,151
[Hijikata]
Huh? What do you mean by that?

394
00:23:25,362 --> 00:23:26,405
[sets down chopsticks]

395
00:23:26,488 --> 00:23:28,908
Either way at this rate,

396
00:23:28,991 --> 00:23:32,369
the Shieikan will always be
just a beat-up old dojo.

397
00:23:32,453 --> 00:23:33,704
Making a name for ourselves

398
00:23:33,787 --> 00:23:35,956
will be nothing more
than a pipe dream.

399
00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:41,712
[Inoue] Hm.

400
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:46,884
What's this?

401
00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,971
[Okita] Is that about
the crossroads slasher?

402
00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:55,351
Oh, the one
who's been popping up lately?

403
00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:58,771
Yeah. There was one
about three days ago too...

404
00:24:04,318 --> 00:24:05,861
A wooden sword...

405
00:24:05,903 --> 00:24:08,948
You think you can challenge me
with that?

406
00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:13,369
Don't mess with me,
you worthless punk!

407
00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:14,370
[blow thwacks]

408
00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:17,247
[groaning]

409
00:24:17,331 --> 00:24:20,084
He took down Watanabe Noboru,
who had a real sword, head-on

410
00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:22,294
with just a wooden sword?

411
00:24:22,378 --> 00:24:25,172
Is this Watanabe guy any good?

412
00:24:25,255 --> 00:24:29,093
He's the head instructor of
the Shindo Munen-ryu Renpeikan

413
00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:30,469
one of Edo's top three dojos.

414
00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:33,055
To face a master
with a wooden sword,

415
00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:34,932
he must be incredibly confident.

416
00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:36,767
{\an8}WANTED

417
00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:38,769
All right.

418
00:24:39,895 --> 00:24:41,814
If I take down
this slasher bastard,

419
00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:44,608
it'll make a name
for the Shieikan.

420
00:24:47,403 --> 00:24:48,612
Hm.

421
00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:51,115
Interesting.

422
00:24:52,533 --> 00:24:53,659
All right, I'll do it.

423
00:24:53,742 --> 00:24:55,786
Listen to Mr. Flat futon. Moron!

424
00:24:55,869 --> 00:24:57,579
[Okita] I agree.
I don't think you can do it.

425
00:24:57,663 --> 00:24:59,248
The way you are now, Hijikata,

426
00:24:59,289 --> 00:25:01,250
you couldn't win
in a hundred tries.

427
00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,919
Soji, you too, you bastard!

428
00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:05,045
That hurt!

429
00:25:05,129 --> 00:25:07,673
[cackling]

430
00:25:07,756 --> 00:25:10,676
That's enough out of all of you!
Hey!

431
00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:14,805
Flat futon! That bastard Saito!

432
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,144
And I'm gonna crush Soji
one of these days.

433
00:25:20,227 --> 00:25:21,937
I'll take them all down...

434
00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:24,189
You are to take down
the crossroads slasher, right?

435
00:25:26,316 --> 00:25:28,110
Boss...

436
00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:29,236
I'll go with you.

437
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,572
What?

438
00:25:31,655 --> 00:25:34,450
If you've just come to mock me,
forget it.

439
00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:36,452
Don't sulk.

440
00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:39,788
So? What's your plan
for finding this slasher?

441
00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,499
You're not just going
to wander all night

442
00:25:42,583 --> 00:25:44,418
hoping he'll jump you, are you?

443
00:25:44,501 --> 00:25:46,670
[laughing]

444
00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:49,840
I've got a plan for that.

445
00:25:51,008 --> 00:25:53,969
[♪♪♪]

446
00:25:57,598 --> 00:25:58,766
That's him.

447
00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:03,353
What makes you think
he'll be the next target?

448
00:26:03,437 --> 00:26:06,065
Kashiwai Shunsuke
is a master of iai, right?

449
00:26:06,148 --> 00:26:10,402
That slasher bastard, he's never
fought an iai master, right?

450
00:26:10,486 --> 00:26:11,695
I see.

451
00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:14,698
Pretty clever, Toshi...
for you.

452
00:26:14,782 --> 00:26:16,075
Don't be a smartass.

453
00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:27,211
[wind whistling]

454
00:26:33,884 --> 00:26:34,802
What?

455
00:26:36,220 --> 00:26:39,139
[♪♪♪]

456
00:27:00,577 --> 00:27:02,287
[Okadaizo]
You wouldn't happen to be

457
00:27:02,371 --> 00:27:03,872
Kashiwai Shunsuke, would you?

458
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,041
That I am.

459
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:10,879
I request...

460
00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:14,216
the honor of a match.

461
00:27:16,510 --> 00:27:17,761
That's him.

462
00:27:22,891 --> 00:27:25,269
I've been waiting for you,
crossroads slasher.

463
00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:29,064
[Kashiwai's aide screaming]

464
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,401
Toshi!

465
00:27:32,442 --> 00:27:33,902
Come! I'll drown you in blood--

466
00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:37,072
You damn crossroads slasher!

467
00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:42,244
I'm Hijikata Toshizo
of Tennen Rishin-ryu!

468
00:27:43,912 --> 00:27:45,247
And who the hell are you?

469
00:27:48,292 --> 00:27:49,668
Okada Izo.

470
00:27:50,961 --> 00:27:51,879
[scoffing]

471
00:27:51,962 --> 00:27:54,715
You're a crossroads slasher

472
00:27:54,756 --> 00:27:56,633
and you're just gonna give me
your name that easily?

473
00:27:56,717 --> 00:27:58,677
Ah! Oh!

474
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,054
It just slipped out. Crap!

475
00:28:01,889 --> 00:28:03,849
Oh. You from Tosa?

476
00:28:05,392 --> 00:28:07,102
How could you tell?

477
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:10,564
Ha-ha! Your thick Tosa accent
gives you away. What? Come on!

478
00:28:10,647 --> 00:28:11,732
[groaning]

479
00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:13,734
What is with this guy?

480
00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:16,820
Why you... Okada Izo!
Brace yourself!

481
00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:23,827
If you come at me all of
a sudden, I can't hold back.

482
00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:25,829
What a speed...

483
00:28:25,913 --> 00:28:27,831
The guy's a monster.

484
00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:31,293
Feel free to run
if you want.

485
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:32,878
Run away?

486
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,423
You can talk trash
after you've beaten me,

487
00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:37,841
the strongest man
in all of Edo.

488
00:28:39,176 --> 00:28:40,219
The strongest?

489
00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:43,138
You're the strongest?

490
00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:45,224
That's right.

491
00:28:47,476 --> 00:28:51,146
If you claim to be
the strongest man in Edo...

492
00:28:51,188 --> 00:28:52,439
OKADA IZO

493
00:28:52,481 --> 00:28:55,192
...then I just have to beat you
to be the new strongest.

494
00:28:58,779 --> 00:29:00,989
Hey, you! The big guy!

495
00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:03,784
Huh? Me?

496
00:29:03,867 --> 00:29:07,120
That sword you have at your hip.
Give it to this man.

497
00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:11,625
I don't want him complaining
that he lost

498
00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:13,919
because he didn't have
a real blade.

499
00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:18,882
Don't you dare look down on me.

500
00:29:19,925 --> 00:29:23,011
If you're using a wooden sword,
so am I.

501
00:29:24,805 --> 00:29:28,267
Is that right?
Suit yourself.

502
00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:32,354
[♪♪♪]

503
00:29:32,396 --> 00:29:34,356
[both grunting]

504
00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:42,030
[grunts]

505
00:29:46,743 --> 00:29:49,246
[coughing]

506
00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:53,250
What, are you all talk?

507
00:29:57,337 --> 00:29:58,922
Too close, too close.

508
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,551
Huh?

509
00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,852
[laughing]

510
00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:17,274
Unbelievable!

511
00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:20,110
[yells fiercely]

512
00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:25,490
[both straining]

513
00:31:11,328 --> 00:31:14,247
[♪♪♪]

514
00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:38,355
[yells fiercely]

515
00:31:44,653 --> 00:31:46,363
They're evenly matched.

516
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:50,075
[straining]

517
00:32:05,882 --> 00:32:07,008
Unh!

518
00:32:14,057 --> 00:32:16,226
See? I'm the strongest one here!

519
00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:25,569
No... I am.

520
00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:31,533
Hey, Toshi! Toshi! Toshi!

521
00:32:31,575 --> 00:32:33,535
[fire crackling]

522
00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:43,587
You're pretty damn good.

523
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,757
You've got some skills yourself.

524
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:50,385
Still, why are you out here

525
00:32:50,427 --> 00:32:52,679
slashing people
with a wooden sword?

526
00:32:52,762 --> 00:32:54,514
Oh?

527
00:32:54,598 --> 00:32:58,268
This way, I don't
actually kill my opponents.

528
00:32:58,351 --> 00:33:01,396
And that means I can fight
strong guys over and over.

529
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:05,734
But... if you get cut down,
it's over.

530
00:33:06,610 --> 00:33:07,986
Oh!

531
00:33:08,945 --> 00:33:10,489
[Okada gasps]

532
00:33:08,945 --> 00:33:10,489
Didn't it...

533
00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:12,699
ever occur to you

534
00:33:12,782 --> 00:33:14,618
that you could be the one
to lose?

535
00:33:15,577 --> 00:33:16,495
No.

536
00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:22,751
But...
I don't like killing people.

537
00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:25,003
[laughing]

538
00:33:28,423 --> 00:33:30,592
[laughing]

539
00:33:30,634 --> 00:33:32,636
[laughing]

540
00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:41,311
Then why are you doing
this whole slasher thing anyway?

541
00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:48,318
To become...

542
00:33:49,611 --> 00:33:51,196
the strongest man there is.

543
00:33:56,660 --> 00:33:58,203
Oh...

544
00:33:59,663 --> 00:34:00,705
What a coincidence.

545
00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:04,209
Same here.

546
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:15,303
We'll have another match,
Toshizo.

547
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:20,392
Sure.

548
00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,688
[♪♪♪]

549
00:34:33,655 --> 00:34:35,824
[sneezes]

550
00:34:33,655 --> 00:34:35,824
[sneezes]

551
00:34:35,865 --> 00:34:37,826
[fierce grunting in background]

552
00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:44,749
[Nagakura]
I still can't believe it!

553
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:49,379
Toshi! You really fought that
crossroad slasher to a draw?

554
00:34:49,462 --> 00:34:51,631
How many times must I tell you?
Yes.

555
00:34:51,715 --> 00:34:53,883
Drop the empty bravado.

556
00:34:53,967 --> 00:34:55,844
That's pretty petty.

557
00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:59,097
Your comrade went toe-to-toe
with a seriously tough guy.

558
00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:01,391
The least we can do
is give him credit for it.

559
00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:06,313
So, where's the crossroad
slasher now?

560
00:35:08,064 --> 00:35:09,482
Who knows?

561
00:35:09,566 --> 00:35:10,900
We said,
"We'll have another match,"

562
00:35:10,984 --> 00:35:12,027
and went our separate ways.

563
00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:13,903
Huh?

564
00:35:13,987 --> 00:35:15,530
What were you thinking?

565
00:35:15,572 --> 00:35:18,408
You found the slasher
and just let him go?

566
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:19,534
Because...

567
00:35:23,204 --> 00:35:25,540
...he was a hell of a guy.

568
00:35:25,582 --> 00:35:29,878
[♪♪♪]

569
00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:31,796
I know!

570
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,882
Why don't we have him
join us?

571
00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,216
With someone that strong,

572
00:35:35,258 --> 00:35:36,885
the Shieikan's name
would spread fast.

573
00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,178
Wait, didn't you go fight him

574
00:35:38,261 --> 00:35:39,888
to boost our name
in the first place?

575
00:35:41,681 --> 00:35:42,766
Oh, right.

576
00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:45,268
[Hijikata chuckles]

577
00:35:46,936 --> 00:35:52,484
Boss, did he really fight
that slasher to a standstill?

578
00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,237
You still don't believe it?

579
00:35:56,321 --> 00:36:00,200
[Nagakura]
It was just yesterday that Toshi

580
00:36:00,283 --> 00:36:01,910
couldn't score a single point

581
00:36:01,951 --> 00:36:03,745
against Soji
with a futon beater.

582
00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:06,289
That's true.

583
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:11,544
At first, the slasher
had the upper hand. But...

584
00:36:12,962 --> 00:36:15,256
gradually,
it became an even fight.

585
00:36:16,633 --> 00:36:17,801
Toshi's sword...

586
00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:23,890
may show its true worth
only at the limit.

587
00:36:28,478 --> 00:36:32,524
That man... he might be
deeper than he seems.

588
00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:45,787
[sword slashes]

589
00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:54,254
[whimpering]

590
00:37:13,690 --> 00:37:15,817
[student]
Oh, the Hiraseigan stance.

591
00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:21,030
[grunting]

592
00:37:21,114 --> 00:37:22,198
[groans]

593
00:37:22,282 --> 00:37:24,242
Damn it, I was so close...

594
00:37:24,325 --> 00:37:26,536
No, you're mistaken.
You were wide open.

595
00:37:26,619 --> 00:37:28,538
Yeah, I know.

596
00:37:28,621 --> 00:37:31,791
Your impatience is hindering
your progress.

597
00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:34,961
Hiraseigan is a dangerous stance
that risks a mutual strike.

598
00:37:35,044 --> 00:37:36,629
Don't rush yourself.

599
00:37:40,717 --> 00:37:42,427
I know, but...

600
00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:00,278
What's up, Eisaburo?

601
00:38:00,361 --> 00:38:03,448
You're practicing
the Hiraseigan stance, too?

602
00:38:04,574 --> 00:38:08,119
Hm. I want to master it, too.

603
00:38:08,203 --> 00:38:10,622
Then have Soji teach you.

604
00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:13,541
I already asked him,
but he said no.

605
00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:15,502
How come?

606
00:38:17,170 --> 00:38:19,756
He said the Hiraseigan
is too dangerous.

607
00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:24,135
Soji only teaches it
to those the Boss approves of.

608
00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:26,471
That's why
I'll master it myself.

609
00:38:30,391 --> 00:38:32,727
Then have him teach you
a different technique.

610
00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:35,480
No,

611
00:38:36,356 --> 00:38:37,816
it has to be the Hiraseigan.

612
00:38:39,901 --> 00:38:41,569
What do you mean by that?

613
00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:47,742
Because losing
is not an option.

614
00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:58,336
Got someone
you're dying to take down?

615
00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:27,574
Aim!

616
00:39:27,657 --> 00:39:29,284
THE SHOGUNATE KOBUSHO IN EDO

617
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:31,369
Please!

618
00:39:31,452 --> 00:39:32,704
I beg you...

619
00:39:34,289 --> 00:39:36,624
please reconsider one more time.

620
00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:38,918
I believe I have told you
before.

621
00:39:39,002 --> 00:39:43,548
A farmer's backwater sword style
has no place in our Kobusho.

622
00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,136
However many times you come,
my answer won't change!

623
00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:49,888
With all due respect!

624
00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:58,146
Our Tennen Rishin-ryu style
has a proven track record.

625
00:39:59,272 --> 00:40:00,940
A track record?

626
00:39:59,272 --> 00:40:00,940
Yes.

627
00:40:02,984 --> 00:40:04,986
The Nikko Toshogu Shrine,

628
00:40:05,028 --> 00:40:07,488
where the divine Lord Ieyasu
is enshrined.

629
00:40:07,572 --> 00:40:10,825
Among the Hachioji Sennin Doshin
who serve as its guards

630
00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:14,787
are a great number of
Tennen Rishin-ryu practitioners.

631
00:40:14,871 --> 00:40:21,502
Furthermore, in the registry
by Sanada Hannosuke

632
00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:23,588
head of the Hokushin
Itto-ryu Genbukan

633
00:40:23,671 --> 00:40:26,758
out of the 633
martial artists listed,

634
00:40:26,841 --> 00:40:30,511
64 are from
our Tennen Rishin-ryu.

635
00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:33,681
Among the 21 schools
in the registry,

636
00:40:33,765 --> 00:40:36,893
ours is the third-most
represented.

637
00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:40,188
Besides, the Kobusho...

638
00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:41,689
was established by the shogunate

639
00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,900
to boost its military power,
was it not?

640
00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:49,614
Then there is no style
more fitting

641
00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:51,532
than our Tennen Rishin-ryu

642
00:40:51,574 --> 00:40:53,952
perfected for actual battle.

643
00:41:02,335 --> 00:41:03,711
[slurps]

644
00:41:03,753 --> 00:41:05,213
Ah!

645
00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:07,799
Thank you so much, Yamanami!

646
00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:11,970
I can finally become
an official instructors!

647
00:41:12,053 --> 00:41:13,221
[all laugh]

648
00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:14,639
Congratulations.

649
00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:16,057
You're finally retainers,
just as you dreamed.

650
00:41:16,099 --> 00:41:19,060
This will make a name
for the Shieikan dojo.

651
00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:21,688
So long, poverty!

652
00:41:21,771 --> 00:41:23,564
We can buy the kids
new bamboo swords.

653
00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:26,401
And we'll get more food
on the table!

654
00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:28,277
Let's not
get ahead of ourselves.

655
00:41:28,361 --> 00:41:30,279
Nothing's official yet.

656
00:41:30,363 --> 00:41:31,739
That may be true,

657
00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:34,200
but we did receive
an unofficial offer.

658
00:41:36,661 --> 00:41:37,954
More than anything

659
00:41:39,622 --> 00:41:41,749
your words truly moved me,
Yamanami.

660
00:41:45,962 --> 00:41:48,089
Getting our hopes up
is a mistake.

661
00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:51,092
It always has been--

662
00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:51,092
[Hijikata] Come on, Yamanami.

663
00:41:51,134 --> 00:41:52,593
Just enjoy the moment.

664
00:41:52,635 --> 00:41:56,848
You're the one
who made this happen, after all.

665
00:41:56,931 --> 00:41:59,892
You should give yourself
some credit for once.

666
00:42:02,478 --> 00:42:04,147
I don't like it.

667
00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:07,316
What's that?

668
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,402
Got a problem with me,
I'm right here.

669
00:42:09,485 --> 00:42:10,903
That's not what I mean.

670
00:42:12,488 --> 00:42:13,990
The one I'm not happy with...

671
00:42:15,783 --> 00:42:18,995
is myself, for not being able
to just enjoy this moment.

672
00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:26,461
[gulping]

673
00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:28,212
[coughing]

674
00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:29,464
You okay there?

675
00:42:29,505 --> 00:42:30,590
Don't overdo it.

676
00:42:30,673 --> 00:42:32,258
Yamanami's a lightweight,
you know.

677
00:42:34,802 --> 00:42:37,263
Hey, what the hell
is this place?

678
00:42:37,346 --> 00:42:40,808
It's a dump, and it stinks.

679
00:42:41,684 --> 00:42:43,478
Hey.

680
00:42:41,684 --> 00:42:43,478
I hate this.

681
00:42:43,519 --> 00:42:45,313
Who the hell are you?

682
00:42:45,354 --> 00:42:47,523
Hey, hey, hey!

683
00:42:47,607 --> 00:42:48,816
What do you think you're doing,

684
00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:50,777
barging in our dojo
with your shoes on?

685
00:42:52,653 --> 00:42:55,823
Oh, my. Was this supposed
to be a dojo?

686
00:42:55,907 --> 00:42:58,659
It stank so bad,
I thought it was a cesspool.

687
00:42:58,701 --> 00:43:00,369
Why you...

688
00:42:58,701 --> 00:43:00,369
Toshi!

689
00:43:00,453 --> 00:43:01,621
[groans]

690
00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:05,625
Boss...

691
00:43:06,918 --> 00:43:09,754
My sincerest apologies, Sasaki.

692
00:43:11,005 --> 00:43:12,131
How unexpected.

693
00:43:12,215 --> 00:43:14,884
Monkeys have taken up
residence in this cesspit.

694
00:43:14,967 --> 00:43:16,677
Say that again,
you son of a bitch!

695
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,097
Stop it.
That's Sasaki Tadasaburo.

696
00:43:19,180 --> 00:43:21,974
You don't want to mess with him.

697
00:43:19,180 --> 00:43:21,974
[Hijikata] Who the hell is he?

698
00:43:22,058 --> 00:43:24,352
[Nagakura] A grand master
of the Shinto Seibu school.

699
00:43:24,393 --> 00:43:25,978
The finest kodachi user
in all of Japan.

700
00:43:26,020 --> 00:43:27,563
[Yamanami] He's a master
swordsmanship instructor

701
00:43:27,647 --> 00:43:28,564
at the Kobusho.

702
00:43:28,648 --> 00:43:29,565
SASAKI TADASABURO

703
00:43:29,649 --> 00:43:30,858
If we pick a fight,

704
00:43:30,942 --> 00:43:33,778
Kondo's appointment
will be off the table.

705
00:43:38,908 --> 00:43:39,867
And...

706
00:43:40,993 --> 00:43:42,703
what might your business be
with us?

707
00:43:42,787 --> 00:43:44,872
You have a student here

708
00:43:44,914 --> 00:43:49,127
a punk named Saito Hajime,
don't you? Bring him out.

709
00:43:50,545 --> 00:43:53,256
What has our Saito done?

710
00:43:53,339 --> 00:43:55,258
He cut down Ryunosuke,

711
00:43:55,341 --> 00:44:00,763
firstborn son of Hatamoto
Lord Tajima Yamato-no-Kami.

712
00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:11,566
There must be
some kind of mistake.

713
00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:14,443
Yeah, he's right.

714
00:44:14,527 --> 00:44:16,571
Hajime may have
a twisted personality,

715
00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:17,738
but he's no murderer.

716
00:44:17,780 --> 00:44:18,906
Get the hell
out of here.

717
00:44:18,948 --> 00:44:20,700
[Saito]
No, it's not a mistake.

718
00:44:25,079 --> 00:44:29,125
I'm the one who cut down
Tajima Ryunosuke.

719
00:44:30,168 --> 00:44:32,461
[Hijikata, chuckles]
Hey, Hajime.

720
00:44:33,754 --> 00:44:35,715
What's the meaning of this?

721
00:44:35,798 --> 00:44:37,800
I didn't like him,
so I cut him down.

722
00:44:37,884 --> 00:44:39,844
That's all there is to it.

723
00:44:50,438 --> 00:44:52,982
While Kondo is humbling himself
for our sakes,

724
00:44:54,275 --> 00:44:57,278
do you have any idea
what you've just done?

725
00:44:58,613 --> 00:44:59,864
Kondo's...

726
00:45:01,157 --> 00:45:02,867
No...

727
00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:06,245
you're trampling on the dreams
of every single one of us!

728
00:45:06,287 --> 00:45:09,165
Hey, I don't give a damn
about any of that.

729
00:45:10,041 --> 00:45:12,001
I do what I want, when I want.

730
00:45:12,084 --> 00:45:14,253
That's the only rule I live by.

731
00:45:18,507 --> 00:45:19,884
Besides...

732
00:45:20,927 --> 00:45:22,511
I never considered myself

733
00:45:22,595 --> 00:45:24,847
one of your students
to begin with.

734
00:45:28,643 --> 00:45:29,769
Hajime.

735
00:45:33,231 --> 00:45:35,983
[laughing]

736
00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:41,989
You're all just
so damn annoying.

737
00:45:42,031 --> 00:45:45,993
I'm sick and tired of
your little "happy family" act.

738
00:45:46,035 --> 00:45:47,662
[Hijikata]
Hey, Hajime!

739
00:45:47,703 --> 00:45:49,956
Say that again,
you son of a bitch!

740
00:45:49,997 --> 00:45:51,207
[groans]

741
00:45:54,669 --> 00:45:57,838
Let's get the hell out of here,
old man.

742
00:46:01,008 --> 00:46:05,137
Well, that's just the kind
of guy he was.

743
00:46:07,223 --> 00:46:08,933
My condolences.

744
00:46:10,726 --> 00:46:12,353
Hey!

745
00:46:14,563 --> 00:46:15,773
[Okita]
Hijikata!

746
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:22,530
[♪♪♪]

747
00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:33,082
[Hijikata]
Eisaburo!

748
00:46:47,763 --> 00:46:49,473
You know something,
don't you?

749
00:46:54,812 --> 00:46:56,063
[Kondo]
Why did...

750
00:46:56,939 --> 00:46:59,108
Hajime kill Tajima Ryunosuke?

751
00:47:03,321 --> 00:47:05,948
Me and Hajime...

752
00:47:07,783 --> 00:47:09,952
Before coming to the Shieikan,

753
00:47:10,036 --> 00:47:13,122
we were regulars
at an Itto-ryu dojo.

754
00:47:13,205 --> 00:47:14,457
Ah!

755
00:47:17,043 --> 00:47:17,960
Next!

756
00:47:19,462 --> 00:47:20,463
Hajime!

757
00:47:22,631 --> 00:47:24,133
Ryunosuke.

758
00:47:24,216 --> 00:47:27,011
[Abiru] <i>And Ryunosuke...
he was there, too.</i>

759
00:47:34,852 --> 00:47:35,936
Next!

760
00:47:36,020 --> 00:47:37,938
I'm not done yet!

761
00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:40,858
[Abiru]
<i>Ryunosuke loved swordsmanship;</i>

762
00:47:40,941 --> 00:47:43,319
<i>he just couldn't
get enough of it.</i>

763
00:47:46,197 --> 00:47:47,490
Not yet!

764
00:47:53,662 --> 00:47:55,122
<i>Even though he was frail</i>

765
00:47:55,206 --> 00:47:58,167
<i>and his father
had no faith in him.</i>

766
00:47:59,794 --> 00:48:02,797
Hajime, you are so strong.
Strong!

767
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,132
[laughing]

768
00:48:05,174 --> 00:48:07,301
What are you laughing about?

769
00:48:07,385 --> 00:48:09,929
[Abiru] <i>Even so,
Ryunosuke didn't give up.</i>

770
00:48:10,012 --> 00:48:12,556
<i>He wanted to be strong,
just like Hajime.</i>

771
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,935
<i>Every day, he trained
with that single goal in mind.</i>

772
00:48:21,899 --> 00:48:26,028
<i>But then, the other day...
we received word</i>

773
00:48:27,405 --> 00:48:31,117
<i>that Ryunosuke
has contracted consumption.</i>

774
00:48:34,286 --> 00:48:35,538
I...

775
00:48:37,123 --> 00:48:38,958
I don't have long to live.

776
00:48:45,881 --> 00:48:48,676
Don't make that face.

777
00:48:48,759 --> 00:48:50,428
[chuckling weakly]

778
00:48:50,511 --> 00:48:52,596
[coughing]

779
00:49:00,896 --> 00:49:02,148
Hajime.

780
00:49:08,529 --> 00:49:10,197
I have a favor to ask you.

781
00:49:13,784 --> 00:49:15,119
What is it?

782
00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:17,621
One last time...

783
00:49:21,292 --> 00:49:23,627
I want to face you in a duel
with live blades.

784
00:49:27,173 --> 00:49:30,050
Are you insane?
If you do that, you'll...

785
00:49:30,134 --> 00:49:31,677
I'm going to die anyway!

786
00:49:41,312 --> 00:49:42,271
It's just...

787
00:49:44,940 --> 00:49:46,567
I can't stand it.

788
00:49:51,363 --> 00:49:53,199
To have been born a samurai...

789
00:49:55,409 --> 00:49:58,162
and die having accomplished
nothing.

790
00:50:03,626 --> 00:50:07,254
I want some proof
that I truly lived as a samurai.

791
00:50:16,347 --> 00:50:17,640
Good.

792
00:50:27,316 --> 00:50:30,236
You've always pissed me off.

793
00:50:31,654 --> 00:50:33,280
So before you kick the bucket,

794
00:50:33,322 --> 00:50:35,491
I'm gonna be the one
to kill you.

795
00:50:37,826 --> 00:50:39,203
Hajime...

796
00:50:40,329 --> 00:50:41,789
Stop talking
such nonsense!

797
00:50:41,830 --> 00:50:42,998
We can't fight
each other!

798
00:50:43,082 --> 00:50:44,291
Eisaburo!

799
00:50:45,834 --> 00:50:49,129
Then what the hell do you think
you're training for?

800
00:50:49,213 --> 00:50:52,216
To spend your whole life here
playing at sword fighting?

801
00:50:53,926 --> 00:50:55,344
I'm not.

802
00:50:56,845 --> 00:50:58,389
And neither is Ryunosuke.

803
00:50:58,472 --> 00:51:01,392
[♪♪♪]

804
00:51:05,396 --> 00:51:06,522
Ryunosuke.

805
00:51:10,442 --> 00:51:12,611
Come at me
with everything you've got.

806
00:51:22,204 --> 00:51:24,081
I couldn't stop them.

807
00:51:28,419 --> 00:51:30,588
Because I understood
how Ryunosuke felt.

808
00:51:40,055 --> 00:51:41,432
Is that so...

809
00:51:44,935 --> 00:51:46,937
Where do you think you're going?

810
00:51:47,021 --> 00:51:50,357
I'm going to help Hajime,
what else?

811
00:51:52,693 --> 00:51:54,653
If you go, you're expelled.

812
00:51:54,737 --> 00:51:55,654
Huh?

813
00:51:57,448 --> 00:51:58,407
Why?

814
00:51:59,575 --> 00:52:02,995
All Hajime did was grant
his buddy's final wish!

815
00:52:03,078 --> 00:52:05,122
That doesn't give him
the right to kill.

816
00:52:05,205 --> 00:52:06,498
I know that!

817
00:52:09,084 --> 00:52:10,919
But you remember
what the boss said, right?

818
00:52:12,671 --> 00:52:17,635
"If we eat together and
fight together, we're family."

819
00:52:17,718 --> 00:52:22,014
[Yamanami] Saito killed a man.
That makes him a criminal.

820
00:52:22,097 --> 00:52:24,308
If we help him,
Kondo's appointment

821
00:52:24,391 --> 00:52:26,769
as instructor will be ruined.

822
00:52:30,105 --> 00:52:31,357
Finally...

823
00:52:33,192 --> 00:52:34,985
Finally it's happening.

824
00:52:35,069 --> 00:52:39,073
We've been mocked and dismissed
as country bumpkins with swords.

825
00:52:39,114 --> 00:52:41,241
This is our one chance
to make our name!

826
00:52:48,791 --> 00:52:50,626
Then expel me.

827
00:52:54,421 --> 00:52:56,632
If we can't even protect
our own family...

828
00:52:57,966 --> 00:53:00,803
then what's the point
of making a name for ourselves!

829
00:53:13,982 --> 00:53:15,818
Then expel me, too.

830
00:53:20,531 --> 00:53:23,826
If I lose Hajime too, I...
I won't be able to take it!

831
00:53:41,510 --> 00:53:42,469
Let's go!

832
00:54:05,576 --> 00:54:06,744
Take that!

833
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:16,211
Is that it?

834
00:54:16,295 --> 00:54:19,757
Doesn't bother me
in the slightest.

835
00:54:21,133 --> 00:54:27,055
Ryunosuke put up
a better fight than this.

836
00:54:27,139 --> 00:54:29,391
Yeah.
If you're going to kill me,

837
00:54:29,475 --> 00:54:31,310
you'd better be serious
about it.

838
00:54:40,694 --> 00:54:41,612
I made you wait.

839
00:54:42,654 --> 00:54:43,572
Lord Tajima.

840
00:54:47,409 --> 00:54:49,453
This is the man, Saito Hajime.

841
00:54:49,536 --> 00:54:54,750
He's your son' s killer.
Please, avenge your son.

842
00:54:56,418 --> 00:54:57,586
Avenge him?

843
00:54:59,129 --> 00:55:00,214
Eh?

844
00:55:00,255 --> 00:55:02,549
For a samurai heir
to be cut down

845
00:55:02,633 --> 00:55:05,385
by some wandering ronin...

846
00:55:05,469 --> 00:55:08,305
is the ultimate disgrace!

847
00:55:08,388 --> 00:55:14,144
Aren't you here
to avenge your son?

848
00:55:14,228 --> 00:55:17,064
This is punishment
for the dishonor

849
00:55:17,105 --> 00:55:18,816
you've brought upon my house.

850
00:55:18,899 --> 00:55:22,486
It's not for a useless whelp
like Ryunosuke.

851
00:55:23,529 --> 00:55:25,364
Fortunately,
my second son, Kotora,

852
00:55:25,447 --> 00:55:26,865
will take over as family head.

853
00:55:26,949 --> 00:55:30,035
Ryunosuke never had
what it takes to be a leader.

854
00:55:30,118 --> 00:55:32,371
You're the real disgrace here.

855
00:55:33,455 --> 00:55:35,541
What did you just say?

856
00:55:35,582 --> 00:55:40,003
[chuckling]
I said you're the disgrace!

857
00:55:40,087 --> 00:55:41,463
[cries out]

858
00:55:41,547 --> 00:55:43,924
You'd better watch your mouth.

859
00:55:47,636 --> 00:55:49,221
Even in the state he was in,

860
00:55:49,304 --> 00:55:51,056
Ryunosuke
managed to land a blow!

861
00:55:51,139 --> 00:55:52,808
He cut me!

862
00:55:52,891 --> 00:55:53,934
Aah!

863
00:56:15,539 --> 00:56:17,958
Is that all you've got?

864
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:19,418
Hajime...

865
00:56:21,461 --> 00:56:24,798
You're scared to strike me,
aren't you?

866
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:26,466
Huh?

867
00:56:26,508 --> 00:56:29,636
All you've been doing
is dodging!

868
00:56:31,638 --> 00:56:35,225
You're the one who told me

869
00:56:35,309 --> 00:56:38,145
to come at you
with everything I had!

870
00:56:42,941 --> 00:56:43,942
Is that it?

871
00:56:45,027 --> 00:56:46,987
Hey! Hey!

872
00:56:48,947 --> 00:56:51,950
Is that all the strength
you've got? Ryunosuke!

873
00:56:52,034 --> 00:56:53,994
Ryunosuke! Hey!

874
00:56:54,036 --> 00:56:55,329
[crying out]

875
00:56:55,412 --> 00:56:57,706
Unleash it!
Show me everything you've got!

876
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:07,049
[♪♪♪]

877
00:57:17,768 --> 00:57:18,894
Thank you.

878
00:57:21,355 --> 00:57:22,731
Hajime.

879
00:57:35,744 --> 00:57:38,622
[Saito]
<i>Ryunosuke was magnificent.</i>

880
00:57:39,915 --> 00:57:42,042
He died with more honor
as a samurai

881
00:57:42,084 --> 00:57:44,920
than a piece of shit
like you ever will.

882
00:57:48,423 --> 00:57:52,678
Shut your filthy mouth,
you maggot.

883
00:57:52,761 --> 00:57:54,763
[groans]

884
00:57:56,098 --> 00:57:57,182
[fighting nearby]

885
00:57:57,265 --> 00:57:58,642
[retainer]
Who are you?

886
00:58:00,602 --> 00:58:02,604
[Hijikata sighs]

887
00:58:03,438 --> 00:58:05,941
[Sasaki]
Oh my! Welcome.

888
00:58:06,024 --> 00:58:10,737
Don't get the wrong idea.
I'm not here to save him.

889
00:58:12,572 --> 00:58:14,449
I'm the strongest man in Edo.

890
00:58:14,533 --> 00:58:16,952
You think
I can just let that slide?

891
00:58:17,035 --> 00:58:19,037
Who the hell are you?

892
00:58:20,455 --> 00:58:22,916
Who the hell are they?

893
00:58:20,455 --> 00:58:22,916
Please stand back.

894
00:58:24,710 --> 00:58:28,964
We will dispose
of these annoying flies.

895
00:58:33,468 --> 00:58:35,512
Only two people
showed up to help?

896
00:58:35,595 --> 00:58:37,556
You're not very popular,
are you?

897
00:58:37,639 --> 00:58:39,850
You idiot.
What are you doing here?

898
00:58:39,933 --> 00:58:41,435
You are the real idiot,
Hajime!

899
00:58:41,518 --> 00:58:43,228
Trying to take this all
on yourself.

900
00:58:43,311 --> 00:58:45,188
[Saito]
Just get out of here, now!

901
00:58:45,272 --> 00:58:46,273
Hajime!

902
00:58:58,660 --> 00:59:00,787
So, how do you wanna die?

903
00:59:01,955 --> 00:59:03,040
Huh?

904
00:59:05,125 --> 00:59:06,084
Me? My wish is to die

905
00:59:06,168 --> 00:59:08,837
fighting a strong opponent
with all I have.

906
00:59:10,714 --> 00:59:14,051
I'll bet that Ryunosuke kid
felt the same way.

907
00:59:14,134 --> 00:59:16,678
[♪♪♪]

908
00:59:26,354 --> 00:59:28,690
[shouts fiercely]

909
00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:33,320
Bring it.

910
00:59:34,654 --> 00:59:36,198
[laughing]

911
00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:44,039
Full of spirit, aren't you?

912
00:59:46,124 --> 00:59:47,250
I like that.

913
00:59:49,503 --> 00:59:50,837
Stay out of this.

914
00:59:52,547 --> 00:59:53,882
This one's mine.

915
00:59:55,050 --> 00:59:56,009
Bring it on!

916
01:00:10,398 --> 01:00:11,608
Ouch!

917
01:00:11,691 --> 01:00:14,611
[straining]

918
01:00:34,256 --> 01:00:35,298
Guess I have no choice.

919
01:00:37,676 --> 01:00:38,927
Time to settle this!

920
01:00:48,770 --> 01:00:49,938
Hiraseigan...

921
01:00:52,065 --> 01:00:52,983
You...

922
01:00:54,317 --> 01:00:55,902
intend to die here?

923
01:01:00,365 --> 01:01:01,658
Fine by me.

924
01:01:03,618 --> 01:01:05,453
I admire that spirit.

925
01:01:08,623 --> 01:01:10,250
Tennen Rishin-ryu:
Sword of No Light!

926
01:01:13,086 --> 01:01:15,589
Looks like things
are heating up!

927
01:01:15,630 --> 01:01:17,591
Let me get in on the action!

928
01:01:17,674 --> 01:01:19,176
Boss!

929
01:01:19,259 --> 01:01:21,845
Crashing the party!

930
01:01:21,928 --> 01:01:25,599
[chuckling] What the?
Did everyone end up coming?

931
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:27,100
This isn't some casual
get-together.

932
01:01:27,184 --> 01:01:29,811
A festival is for everyone
to enjoy, right?

933
01:01:29,895 --> 01:01:31,313
[chuckles softly]

934
01:01:34,441 --> 01:01:37,444
So he's not coming after all?

935
01:01:37,485 --> 01:01:38,445
Boss...

936
01:01:41,114 --> 01:01:44,242
What the hell
do you think you're doing?

937
01:01:44,326 --> 01:01:47,370
You son of a bitch! I'm not
your student or anything else!

938
01:01:47,454 --> 01:01:49,247
Didn't I already tell you that?

939
01:01:51,333 --> 01:01:52,751
Hajime!

940
01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:56,254
You're right.
You're not my student.

941
01:02:15,941 --> 01:02:17,192
You're my precious...

942
01:02:19,694 --> 01:02:21,321
family.

943
01:02:21,404 --> 01:02:24,199
[♪♪♪]

944
01:02:31,373 --> 01:02:32,832
[Abiru]
Yamanami?

945
01:02:37,379 --> 01:02:38,296
What gives?

946
01:02:39,923 --> 01:02:42,050
I thought helping
meant expulsion.

947
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:46,054
It's against my better judgment,
but...

948
01:02:46,137 --> 01:02:48,473
but I cannot defy
the dojo master.

949
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:52,227
[laughing]

950
01:02:58,233 --> 01:02:59,985
All right.

951
01:03:01,945 --> 01:03:03,571
Now everyone's here.

952
01:03:05,699 --> 01:03:07,075
Let's settle this.

953
01:03:08,410 --> 01:03:09,411
Please wait a moment

954
01:03:11,162 --> 01:03:12,080
Lord Tajima.

955
01:03:17,460 --> 01:03:19,045
Would you please look at this?

956
01:03:27,095 --> 01:03:29,097
It's a note left by your son.

957
01:03:31,266 --> 01:03:33,059
Why do you have this?

958
01:03:33,101 --> 01:03:36,604
Your wife found it
and brought it to me.

959
01:03:36,688 --> 01:03:38,898
It says here that your son

960
01:03:38,982 --> 01:03:43,153
intends to face this man
in a duel.

961
01:03:47,365 --> 01:03:50,535
This was entirely
your son's decision.

962
01:03:53,038 --> 01:03:55,123
If you still refuse
to back down...

963
01:03:57,000 --> 01:03:58,543
then we accept your challenge.

964
01:04:00,253 --> 01:04:03,965
Look at all the flies
buzzing around.

965
01:04:04,049 --> 01:04:06,301
God, how annoying.

966
01:04:09,095 --> 01:04:11,139
I'm gonna kill
every last one of you!

967
01:04:11,973 --> 01:04:14,100
That's enough! Stop!

968
01:04:18,730 --> 01:04:19,939
Let's go.

969
01:04:26,071 --> 01:04:27,113
Kondo.

970
01:04:28,865 --> 01:04:32,202
That's the end
of your Kobusho appointment.

971
01:04:44,005 --> 01:04:45,382
It can't be helped.

972
01:04:47,342 --> 01:04:50,011
All this for a stray dog
like him?

973
01:04:50,095 --> 01:04:51,679
What a bunch of weirdos.

974
01:04:56,434 --> 01:04:57,477
Let's go.

975
01:04:57,519 --> 01:04:58,478
Sir.

976
01:05:10,949 --> 01:05:12,158
Hajime.

977
01:05:20,500 --> 01:05:22,335
Ouch!

978
01:05:23,545 --> 01:05:25,713
[Saito groaning]

979
01:05:25,797 --> 01:05:26,965
You did well!

980
01:05:27,048 --> 01:05:29,342
[Saito]
That hurts. Boss, that hurts.

981
01:05:37,392 --> 01:05:38,643
[laughs]

982
01:05:38,726 --> 01:05:40,562
[laughs]

983
01:05:42,730 --> 01:05:45,692
[♪♪♪]

984
01:06:16,139 --> 01:06:18,349
[Hijikata] Hajime, where do you
think you're going?

985
01:06:26,524 --> 01:06:30,278
Thanks to everyone, they've
agreed not to press charges.

986
01:06:33,907 --> 01:06:35,283
Whatever the reason...

987
01:06:37,535 --> 01:06:39,746
I still killed a man.

988
01:06:39,787 --> 01:06:41,664
I can't just pretend
it never happened.

989
01:06:47,962 --> 01:06:49,255
I've caused...

990
01:06:51,341 --> 01:06:53,301
Boss and everyone
so much trouble.

991
01:07:01,768 --> 01:07:03,520
You're such an awkward man.

992
01:07:05,146 --> 01:07:07,232
I don't want to hear that
from you.

993
01:07:10,985 --> 01:07:12,320
See ya.

994
01:07:20,286 --> 01:07:24,165
[Nagakura] <i>Hajime would later
change his name to Fujita Goro.</i>

995
01:07:24,249 --> 01:07:26,543
<i>The Fujita family's records
are said</i>

996
01:07:26,626 --> 01:07:28,002
<i>to state the following:</i>

997
01:07:28,086 --> 01:07:31,422
<i>"Saito Hajime,
in his late teens,</i>

998
01:07:31,506 --> 01:07:35,134
<i>killed a man
and was forced to leave Edo."</i>

999
01:07:37,178 --> 01:07:39,389
THREE YEARS LATER

1000
01:07:41,057 --> 01:07:42,892
<i>That year, to coincide
with the 14th Shogun</i>

1001
01:07:42,976 --> 01:07:45,979
<i>Iemochi's procession to Kyoto</i>

1002
01:07:46,062 --> 01:07:49,857
<i>the Roshigumi was formed
to serve as his escort.</i>

1003
01:07:49,941 --> 01:07:52,986
<i>Its ranks were filled
with ronin,</i>

1004
01:07:53,069 --> 01:07:55,405
<i>farmers, and even criminals.</i>

1005
01:07:55,488 --> 01:07:58,366
<i>Skilled fighters
from all walks of life.</i>

1006
01:08:00,285 --> 01:08:04,872
<i>And we of the Shieikan dojo
decided to join their ranks.</i>

1007
01:08:06,165 --> 01:08:07,792
[Nagakura]
I gotta say, though.

1008
01:08:07,875 --> 01:08:12,547
I never thought we'd be in Kyo,
protecting the Shogun himself.

1009
01:08:12,630 --> 01:08:16,175
We'll eventually become hatamoto
for the Shogun, right?

1010
01:08:16,217 --> 01:08:19,554
Talk about moving up
in the world!

1011
01:08:19,637 --> 01:08:22,307
Hey, Yamanami.
I was just thinking...

1012
01:08:22,390 --> 01:08:26,644
Why's the Shogun
going to Kyoto anyway?

1013
01:08:26,728 --> 01:08:28,980
[Yamanami]
The Imperial Court summoned him

1014
01:08:29,063 --> 01:08:31,691
to pressure him
to expel the foreigners.

1015
01:08:31,733 --> 01:08:33,234
Since the Black Ships arrived,

1016
01:08:33,318 --> 01:08:35,695
the Shogunate's power
has been declining.

1017
01:08:37,363 --> 01:08:40,325
Basically, the Tokugawa
are losing their grip.

1018
01:08:43,369 --> 01:08:47,957
This is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for us!

1019
01:08:48,041 --> 01:08:50,418
Kyo is now the heart of Japan!

1020
01:08:52,378 --> 01:08:54,881
To test their skills

1021
01:08:54,964 --> 01:08:58,134
they say the most famous
swordsmen have gathered there.

1022
01:08:59,636 --> 01:09:00,720
Listen up, everyone!

1023
01:09:04,766 --> 01:09:06,434
We'll win glory in Kyo

1024
01:09:07,518 --> 01:09:09,354
and let the name of the Shieikan

1025
01:09:11,773 --> 01:09:13,650
be known across the land!

1026
01:09:13,733 --> 01:09:15,318
Bring it on! Let's do it!

1027
01:09:15,401 --> 01:09:17,236
[all shouting excitedly]

1028
01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:20,448
[♪♪♪]

1029
01:09:26,120 --> 01:09:27,455
Hm.

1030
01:09:31,292 --> 01:09:33,461
[baby crying]

1031
01:09:37,048 --> 01:09:38,758
[dog barking]

1032
01:09:40,385 --> 01:09:42,428
So this is Kyo, huh?

1033
01:09:43,721 --> 01:09:45,598
It's pretty run-down.

1034
01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:48,351
I thought this was
supposed to be the capital.

1035
01:09:49,560 --> 01:09:52,313
This is a lot different
from what I'd heard.

1036
01:09:54,482 --> 01:09:56,234
"A lot" is an understatement.

1037
01:10:02,782 --> 01:10:04,784
I am Kiyokawa Hachiro!

1038
01:10:07,078 --> 01:10:08,454
Gentlemen!

1039
01:10:09,497 --> 01:10:11,541
This Roshigumi was formed

1040
01:10:11,624 --> 01:10:15,503
to escort the Shogun
on his procession to Kyoto.

1041
01:10:16,671 --> 01:10:17,630
However!

1042
01:10:19,006 --> 01:10:20,883
The Shogunate

1043
01:10:20,967 --> 01:10:24,804
is now nothing but a sinking
ship, headed for ruin!

1044
01:10:24,846 --> 01:10:26,639
[murmuring]

1045
01:10:28,349 --> 01:10:31,227
From this day forward,

1046
01:10:31,310 --> 01:10:33,938
we serve
as the Emperor's personal guard

1047
01:10:34,021 --> 01:10:38,693
protect the Imperial Court,
and expel the barbarians!

1048
01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:42,488
That is the true calling...

1049
01:10:43,364 --> 01:10:45,491
of those loyal to the Emperor!

1050
01:10:45,575 --> 01:10:46,993
What the hell
is he talking about?

1051
01:10:47,076 --> 01:10:48,035
From now on...

1052
01:10:48,119 --> 01:10:49,412
It seems we've been had.

1053
01:10:49,495 --> 01:10:50,747
...our mission is no longer...

1054
01:10:50,830 --> 01:10:53,833
We've been had?

1055
01:10:50,830 --> 01:10:53,833
...to guard the Shogun...

1056
01:10:53,916 --> 01:10:58,337
Kiyokawa intends to use us
to expel foreigners,

1057
01:10:58,379 --> 01:11:00,506
not to guard the Shogun.

1058
01:11:00,590 --> 01:11:03,509
But that's treason
against the Shogunate!

1059
01:11:03,551 --> 01:11:05,803
Rise for the Emperor!

1060
01:11:03,551 --> 01:11:05,803
Is that true?

1061
01:11:07,638 --> 01:11:10,183
Now is the time
to expel the foreigners!

1062
01:11:10,266 --> 01:11:12,351
We'll return to Edo!

1063
01:11:12,435 --> 01:11:15,938
Edo? Hey! We just got to Kyo!

1064
01:11:16,022 --> 01:11:17,690
He's right!

1065
01:11:17,732 --> 01:11:19,901
Ouch!
What the hell is your problem?

1066
01:11:19,984 --> 01:11:21,694
Hey, hold it right there.

1067
01:11:21,736 --> 01:11:25,490
Sorry.

1068
01:11:21,736 --> 01:11:25,490
I'm talking to you, you bastard!

1069
01:11:26,407 --> 01:11:28,534
A fight?

1070
01:11:26,407 --> 01:11:28,534
Toshi! Toshi!

1071
01:11:28,576 --> 01:11:32,705
You're gonna bump into me
and not say a damn thing?

1072
01:11:32,789 --> 01:11:34,499
You trying to pick a fight
with me,

1073
01:11:34,582 --> 01:11:36,000
Araki of Reconnaissance Squad?

1074
01:11:37,168 --> 01:11:38,252
Ha!

1075
01:11:38,336 --> 01:11:40,087
Cat got your tongue?

1076
01:11:40,171 --> 01:11:41,923
[laughing]

1077
01:11:42,924 --> 01:11:44,759
[gagging]

1078
01:11:47,637 --> 01:11:51,724
That was close... I almost puked
all the sake I drank yesterday.

1079
01:11:54,227 --> 01:11:56,604
Huh? And who the hell are you?

1080
01:11:57,688 --> 01:11:58,856
You bastard!

1081
01:12:00,274 --> 01:12:01,734
You're dead!

1082
01:12:01,818 --> 01:12:04,529
I like this.
Pure, unhesitating violence.

1083
01:12:09,909 --> 01:12:11,619
[groaning, gasping]

1084
01:12:11,702 --> 01:12:14,622
I love the energy.
Man, I feel sick.

1085
01:12:14,705 --> 01:12:18,835
You lot! What do you think
you're doing? Halt!

1086
01:12:27,552 --> 01:12:29,846
You're from Mito, aren't you?

1087
01:12:29,929 --> 01:12:31,472
What of it?

1088
01:12:31,556 --> 01:12:34,141
I was very impressed
by the Mito ronin

1089
01:12:34,225 --> 01:12:36,102
at the Sakuradamon Incident.

1090
01:12:36,185 --> 01:12:37,353
It bolstered my resolve

1091
01:12:37,436 --> 01:12:39,230
to revere the Emperor
and expel them.

1092
01:12:39,313 --> 01:12:42,358
They must be your comrades, too.

1093
01:12:42,441 --> 01:12:44,986
Don't you wish to change
the course of history,

1094
01:12:45,069 --> 01:12:46,279
guided by that same will?

1095
01:12:46,362 --> 01:12:48,114
Nah, not interested.

1096
01:12:48,197 --> 01:12:50,283
[chuckles]

1097
01:12:50,366 --> 01:12:51,450
I'm not going back to Edo.

1098
01:12:51,492 --> 01:12:53,744
I haven't even
gotten laid today.

1099
01:12:53,828 --> 01:12:57,665
You bastard! How dare you mock
Master Kiyokawa! Unforgivable!

1100
01:13:02,879 --> 01:13:03,880
That's enough!

1101
01:13:06,841 --> 01:13:07,758
Hey...

1102
01:13:09,594 --> 01:13:11,637
Draw your sword, Kiyokawa!

1103
01:13:11,679 --> 01:13:18,603
If it's kill or be killed,
let's go all the way! Right?

1104
01:13:22,815 --> 01:13:24,317
That's enough!

1105
01:13:24,358 --> 01:13:25,902
Huh?

1106
01:13:27,194 --> 01:13:28,195
Get lost.

1107
01:13:29,989 --> 01:13:31,657
[groans]

1108
01:13:31,741 --> 01:13:33,743
Man. You killed the mood.

1109
01:13:35,077 --> 01:13:41,083
Dammit. What a total buzzkill.
Such a buzzkill.

1110
01:13:42,668 --> 01:13:44,420
Oh well, nothing to be done.

1111
01:13:44,503 --> 01:13:46,297
All right,
off to Shimabara with you.

1112
01:13:46,380 --> 01:13:47,840
Wait!

1113
01:13:47,924 --> 01:13:49,175
[Serizawa]
Huh?

1114
01:13:50,968 --> 01:13:54,013
[♪♪♪]

1115
01:13:55,890 --> 01:13:57,350
Who the hell are you?

1116
01:13:57,391 --> 01:14:00,227
You first. Right?

1117
01:14:00,311 --> 01:14:01,562
When you ask for a name,

1118
01:14:01,646 --> 01:14:03,940
isn't it polite
to give your own first?

1119
01:14:05,483 --> 01:14:07,777
Right?

1120
01:14:05,483 --> 01:14:07,777
Hijikata Toshizo.

1121
01:14:08,861 --> 01:14:09,987
What?

1122
01:14:10,071 --> 01:14:13,366
Hijikata Toshizo!

1123
01:14:13,407 --> 01:14:15,534
[laughing]

1124
01:14:15,576 --> 01:14:19,830
Well now, how interesting.
Ah, I see, I see.

1125
01:14:24,335 --> 01:14:25,753
I'm Serizawa Kamo.

1126
01:14:26,963 --> 01:14:29,423
Favorite word: "Violence."
That's the name.

1127
01:14:29,507 --> 01:14:31,258
[sniffs]
Later.

1128
01:14:35,388 --> 01:14:37,556
Serizawa Kamo...

1129
01:14:37,598 --> 01:14:41,268
[♪♪♪]

1130
01:14:41,352 --> 01:14:44,689
[Hijikata]
Man, you gotta love Kyo.

1131
01:14:44,730 --> 01:14:46,691
If I can scrap with crazy guys
like that,

1132
01:14:46,732 --> 01:14:49,527
then the trip here
was more than worth it.

1133
01:14:49,610 --> 01:14:51,904
But what're we gonna do?

1134
01:14:51,946 --> 01:14:55,241
Kiyokawa's planning
to go back to Edo, right?

1135
01:14:55,324 --> 01:14:56,784
Are we going back, too?

1136
01:14:58,244 --> 01:14:59,912
It's not that simple.

1137
01:14:59,996 --> 01:15:00,913
Huh?

1138
01:15:00,997 --> 01:15:03,082
You don't agree
with the expulsionists?

1139
01:15:04,458 --> 01:15:06,711
There's a more pressing issue.

1140
01:15:06,794 --> 01:15:09,797
Whether we head to Edo
or remain here in Kyo

1141
01:15:10,798 --> 01:15:13,509
we're short on funds.

1142
01:15:13,592 --> 01:15:16,846
What the hell?
Hey, what're you talking about?

1143
01:15:18,431 --> 01:15:20,433
I was a fool to think things
would work out

1144
01:15:20,516 --> 01:15:22,184
once we reached the capital.

1145
01:15:23,894 --> 01:15:26,063
Don't beat yourself up over it.

1146
01:15:26,147 --> 01:15:29,191
There's a right and wrong way
to make a name for yourself.

1147
01:15:29,275 --> 01:15:32,069
And I don't like Kiyokawa's way
of deceiving people.

1148
01:15:33,529 --> 01:15:35,990
We'll just make a name
for ourselves our own way.

1149
01:15:43,456 --> 01:15:45,708
In that case...
First things first,

1150
01:15:45,791 --> 01:15:47,001
we need to earn our keep.

1151
01:15:47,084 --> 01:15:51,172
Yeah. If we can't,
we'll starve in a ditch.

1152
01:15:51,255 --> 01:15:53,007
This is where the fun starts.

1153
01:15:55,801 --> 01:15:59,013
Please, I'm begging you.

1154
01:15:59,096 --> 01:16:01,140
For days, men calling for
the expulsion of foreigners

1155
01:16:01,182 --> 01:16:05,311
have been attacking anyone
with ties to the shogunate!

1156
01:16:05,352 --> 01:16:08,689
I said get out. Now leave.

1157
01:16:08,773 --> 01:16:10,858
Why should I have to hire

1158
01:16:10,941 --> 01:16:14,153
a bunch of nobodies
from the sticks?

1159
01:16:19,950 --> 01:16:21,744
What the hell?

1160
01:16:21,827 --> 01:16:24,789
You think being a hatamoto
makes you so damn special?

1161
01:16:26,290 --> 01:16:27,666
Damn it!

1162
01:16:29,210 --> 01:16:31,128
So, we've been turned away
at the gate again.

1163
01:16:33,047 --> 01:16:35,966
Why do you have to grovel
like that to them, Kondo?

1164
01:16:38,552 --> 01:16:40,096
There is no use in rushing.

1165
01:16:41,180 --> 01:16:43,557
Our funds will only last
three more days.

1166
01:16:43,641 --> 01:16:46,102
We must find work
before then.

1167
01:16:50,272 --> 01:16:51,607
Sorry.

1168
01:16:53,901 --> 01:16:56,278
[music playing,
indistinct singing]

1169
01:16:56,362 --> 01:16:57,404
Huh?

1170
01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:05,538
ROSHIGUMI QUARTERS

1171
01:17:05,579 --> 01:17:06,789
[laughter]

1172
01:17:06,872 --> 01:17:12,211
Delicious! I'm so happy!

1173
01:17:12,253 --> 01:17:15,756
Hey! You aren't eating at all!
What are you doing?

1174
01:17:21,345 --> 01:17:23,722
What the hell do you guys think
you're doing?

1175
01:17:23,764 --> 01:17:25,474
Appreciate you stoppin' by!

1176
01:17:25,558 --> 01:17:26,725
What is all this?

1177
01:17:26,767 --> 01:17:29,687
We have been exerting ourselves
greatly.

1178
01:17:29,770 --> 01:17:33,232
Calm down.
C'mon, have some of this.

1179
01:17:33,274 --> 01:17:36,569
Kamo's treatin' tonight.

1180
01:17:36,652 --> 01:17:37,820
Kamo?

1181
01:17:37,903 --> 01:17:39,989
This guy, right here.
You know him, right?

1182
01:17:41,657 --> 01:17:43,784
Serizawa.

1183
01:17:41,657 --> 01:17:43,784
Hm?

1184
01:17:43,868 --> 01:17:47,413
Oh, my. You're quite a large man
yourself.

1185
01:17:47,496 --> 01:17:49,582
So you're the commander,
Kondo Isami?

1186
01:17:49,623 --> 01:17:51,000
I've heard the rumors.

1187
01:17:51,083 --> 01:17:52,001
I'm honored.

1188
01:17:53,460 --> 01:17:58,215
Still... this is just what
I'd expect from you, Serizawa.

1189
01:17:58,299 --> 01:18:01,010
It must be nice
to have such deep pockets.

1190
01:18:01,093 --> 01:18:03,262
[chuckling]

1191
01:18:03,304 --> 01:18:07,766
Nah, I ain't got any money.

1192
01:18:07,808 --> 01:18:10,269
[Hijikata] What?

1193
01:18:07,808 --> 01:18:10,269
Not a penny.

1194
01:18:10,352 --> 01:18:11,478
What?

1195
01:18:10,352 --> 01:18:11,478
None.

1196
01:18:11,562 --> 01:18:13,189
[chuckling]
What are you saying?

1197
01:18:13,272 --> 01:18:14,231
Oh!

1198
01:18:16,525 --> 01:18:18,110
Hey, what? What?

1199
01:18:20,613 --> 01:18:21,822
What's wrong?

1200
01:18:23,073 --> 01:18:27,286
This pouch...
It had all of our money in it.

1201
01:18:27,328 --> 01:18:28,996
There was something in there.

1202
01:18:35,961 --> 01:18:38,797
You son of a bitch!
You played us for fools!

1203
01:18:38,839 --> 01:18:40,424
Want a piece of me? huh?

1204
01:18:42,885 --> 01:18:44,803
That just means you're a moron.

1205
01:18:44,887 --> 01:18:46,430
[Hijikata]
Hey!

1206
01:18:46,513 --> 01:18:49,183
You've got a hell
of a lot of nerve. You bastard!

1207
01:18:51,727 --> 01:18:53,354
You want a piece of me, asshole?

1208
01:18:54,688 --> 01:18:56,315
[claps]

1209
01:18:57,274 --> 01:18:58,943
[laughing]

1210
01:19:00,819 --> 01:19:03,155
Knock it off. That's enough.

1211
01:19:03,239 --> 01:19:06,867
You all had your fun,
didn't you?

1212
01:19:06,951 --> 01:19:08,452
Can't really complain now.

1213
01:19:10,663 --> 01:19:13,290
Right, Serizawa?

1214
01:19:16,252 --> 01:19:19,922
Nah, I don't think
they have to stop.

1215
01:19:20,005 --> 01:19:22,341
Flowers, women,
and booze are fine,

1216
01:19:22,383 --> 01:19:24,301
but isn't something missing?

1217
01:19:25,636 --> 01:19:26,762
After all, the one thing

1218
01:19:26,845 --> 01:19:28,722
that really gets
a man's blood pumping...

1219
01:19:28,806 --> 01:19:31,517
is good old-fashioned violence.
Ain't that right?

1220
01:19:33,102 --> 01:19:37,481
Kamo, you're a real piece
of work, you know that?

1221
01:19:37,564 --> 01:19:38,983
How about you and me have a go?

1222
01:19:39,066 --> 01:19:41,068
Mm...

1223
01:19:43,362 --> 01:19:45,155
No, you don't do it for me.

1224
01:19:46,532 --> 01:19:47,449
[snorts]

1225
01:19:50,035 --> 01:19:51,203
Right...

1226
01:20:00,170 --> 01:20:01,588
[coughs]

1227
01:20:14,101 --> 01:20:18,105
I'll take you on instead,
Kondo.

1228
01:20:23,944 --> 01:20:27,698
For now, let's just
call it a night.

1229
01:20:27,781 --> 01:20:30,034
What the hell?
Talk about an anticlimax.

1230
01:20:30,075 --> 01:20:32,036
Kondo Isami
of the Tennen Rishin style,

1231
01:20:32,077 --> 01:20:34,663
turning tail and running.
I guess it's nothing

1232
01:20:34,747 --> 01:20:36,665
but a farmer's hick sword style
in the end.

1233
01:20:36,749 --> 01:20:38,083
Cut the crap!

1234
01:20:38,167 --> 01:20:40,586
Right.
And I hear your Shieikan dojo

1235
01:20:40,627 --> 01:20:43,630
is a cesspit
full of insolent thugs.

1236
01:20:43,714 --> 01:20:44,798
No wonder it stinks.

1237
01:20:44,882 --> 01:20:46,050
[Hijikata]
You son of a bitch!

1238
01:20:46,133 --> 01:20:47,843
[Okita]
Insult Kondo again and I'll...

1239
01:20:48,969 --> 01:20:50,304
Cut you down.

1240
01:20:50,387 --> 01:20:51,472
[Serizawa]
Huh?

1241
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:57,186
Yeah? You gonna try and cut me
down? Can you do that?

1242
01:20:59,396 --> 01:21:02,566
I don't know the meaning
of holding back.

1243
01:21:02,649 --> 01:21:04,151
It's fine.

1244
01:21:04,234 --> 01:21:07,237
I'm not very good
at that myself.

1245
01:21:07,321 --> 01:21:09,573
[chuckles]
I like this kid. You got guts.

1246
01:21:12,409 --> 01:21:15,204
You drew your blade.
This is a duel to the death.

1247
01:21:17,623 --> 01:21:19,041
Wouldn't have it any other way.

1248
01:21:19,124 --> 01:21:22,419
Oume, you just wait right there.

1249
01:21:29,510 --> 01:21:31,136
Ooh...!

1250
01:21:31,178 --> 01:21:34,598
If that's the best you can do,
you're a dead man.

1251
01:21:34,681 --> 01:21:36,934
[laughs]

1252
01:21:37,017 --> 01:21:40,062
Don't you underestimate me, boy.

1253
01:21:40,145 --> 01:21:44,691
I've never seen Soji
look like that.

1254
01:21:44,775 --> 01:21:46,026
Ah...

1255
01:21:46,110 --> 01:21:50,155
Those eyes... I see. I see now.

1256
01:21:50,239 --> 01:21:53,200
You are on this side too...

1257
01:21:56,328 --> 01:21:57,454
Bring it on!

1258
01:22:08,257 --> 01:22:09,591
Awesome.

1259
01:22:22,729 --> 01:22:24,314
I like it.

1260
01:22:26,024 --> 01:22:28,110
[chuckling]

1261
01:23:00,684 --> 01:23:05,063
Man, it's hot.

1262
01:23:05,105 --> 01:23:08,066
This place is way too cramped.

1263
01:23:10,611 --> 01:23:11,904
[sighs]

1264
01:23:11,945 --> 01:23:13,405
It's nice out here.

1265
01:23:17,242 --> 01:23:19,077
Flowers and violence.

1266
01:23:23,290 --> 01:23:25,209
Okay, okay. I like it.

1267
01:24:08,293 --> 01:24:13,215
Yeah, this is a rush.

1268
01:24:14,174 --> 01:24:16,301
You're still so green.

1269
01:24:17,594 --> 01:24:20,305
Don't push yourself...
your head's spinning, right?

1270
01:24:20,347 --> 01:24:23,850
Serizawa! You are a coward,
you bastard!

1271
01:24:26,144 --> 01:24:27,479
Fine by me.

1272
01:24:28,689 --> 01:24:31,108
There's no honor
or cowardice in violence.

1273
01:24:38,156 --> 01:24:40,367
The cherry blossoms...
they're falling.

1274
01:24:44,830 --> 01:24:46,373
Hm...

1275
01:24:53,255 --> 01:24:55,215
Finally took the bait, huh?

1276
01:24:56,383 --> 01:24:58,635
Pull back
and you'll lose a finger.

1277
01:25:03,056 --> 01:25:04,391
Soji...

1278
01:25:06,893 --> 01:25:07,811
lost.

1279
01:25:10,564 --> 01:25:11,815
As for his life...

1280
01:25:16,403 --> 01:25:18,739
Consider it a debt to me.

1281
01:25:25,912 --> 01:25:27,164
No.

1282
01:25:28,415 --> 01:25:31,793
We're even. I had my fun.

1283
01:25:42,137 --> 01:25:43,889
Now there's a man.

1284
01:25:45,432 --> 01:25:50,437
[sighing] Damn, what a buzzkill.
Sobered me right up.

1285
01:26:02,908 --> 01:26:04,159
[Todo]
Boss's hand!

1286
01:26:06,578 --> 01:26:07,663
Okita!

1287
01:26:18,006 --> 01:26:18,965
Kondo.

1288
01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:22,844
I'm sorry.

1289
01:26:24,971 --> 01:26:25,972
Next time...

1290
01:26:29,101 --> 01:26:30,477
No...

1291
01:26:33,772 --> 01:26:39,903
I swear...
I'll never lose to anyone again.

1292
01:26:41,321 --> 01:26:44,825
[Kondo] That's enough, Soji.
You're all right.

1293
01:26:49,830 --> 01:26:50,872
[sighs]

1294
01:26:50,956 --> 01:26:52,499
[Okita sobbing]

1295
01:26:52,582 --> 01:26:53,625
You're okay now.

1296
01:26:55,669 --> 01:26:58,588
[♪♪♪]

1297
01:27:22,154 --> 01:27:23,530
[Hijikata]
How's Soji?

1298
01:27:25,282 --> 01:27:26,575
He's calmed down.

1299
01:27:27,659 --> 01:27:29,745
His head injury
wasn't anything serious.

1300
01:27:33,749 --> 01:27:34,708
Good.

1301
01:27:45,510 --> 01:27:47,971
"There's no honor or cowardice
in violence," huh?

1302
01:27:53,226 --> 01:27:54,728
That's Serizawa for you.

1303
01:27:58,690 --> 01:28:00,901
I've said
similar things myself.

1304
01:28:04,571 --> 01:28:06,740
But...
Serizawa and I are different.

1305
01:28:10,202 --> 01:28:12,579
That man knows
what a real battle is.

1306
01:28:19,878 --> 01:28:22,589
A man like that...
he's most terrifying.

1307
01:28:29,721 --> 01:28:31,973
Before I knew it,
my hands were shaking.

1308
01:28:38,647 --> 01:28:39,689
And yet...

1309
01:28:43,109 --> 01:28:44,945
I'm dying to fight him.

1310
01:28:49,199 --> 01:28:50,617
Stupid, isn't it?

1311
01:28:52,619 --> 01:28:54,913
Especially with what Soji
just went through.

1312
01:29:08,093 --> 01:29:09,636
You're an idiot,
all right.

1313
01:29:11,930 --> 01:29:12,848
But...

1314
01:29:17,727 --> 01:29:19,938
I'm excited
to see what you'll become.

1315
01:29:21,648 --> 01:29:23,692
One who knows oneself
grows strong.

1316
01:29:25,318 --> 01:29:27,070
So does one
who has known defeat.

1317
01:29:29,447 --> 01:29:34,744
[♪♪♪]

1318
01:29:34,786 --> 01:29:35,954
[chuckles softly]

1319
01:29:38,498 --> 01:29:40,166
Knowing defeat, huh?

1320
01:29:43,336 --> 01:29:44,880
I don't wanna lose.

1321
01:30:37,223 --> 01:30:38,600
[Nagakura] <i>In those days,</i>

1322
01:30:38,683 --> 01:30:41,645
<i>the heart of Japan
was the capital, Kyo.</i>

1323
01:30:41,686 --> 01:30:42,896
[sighs]

1324
01:30:45,190 --> 01:30:47,400
[exclaims]

1325
01:30:45,190 --> 01:30:47,400
[groans]

1326
01:30:47,484 --> 01:30:50,445
<i>Samurai
confident in their skill</i>

1327
01:30:50,528 --> 01:30:54,366
<i>flocked to the city
to test their mettle.</i>

1328
01:30:54,407 --> 01:30:56,576
[dog barking]

1329
01:30:58,578 --> 01:31:00,080
[blood gushing]

1330
01:31:00,163 --> 01:31:03,792
<i>Among them was a man
once called a friend.</i>

1331
01:31:06,753 --> 01:31:10,799
You bastard! You're a manslayer!

1332
01:31:10,882 --> 01:31:12,092
[yells fiercely]

1333
01:31:13,301 --> 01:31:15,095
[gurgles, gasps]

1334
01:31:15,178 --> 01:31:19,391
DIVINE RETRIBUTION

1335
01:31:19,432 --> 01:31:23,895
[♪♪♪]

1336
01:31:23,937 --> 01:31:25,855
<i>Before we knew it,</i>

1337
01:31:25,939 --> 01:31:29,818
<i>we were swept
into a whirlwind of upheaval.</i>

1338
01:31:34,030 --> 01:31:36,616
[♪♪♪]

1339
01:31:41,121 --> 01:31:42,288
[grunting]

1340
01:32:10,150 --> 01:32:13,069
[♪♪♪]

1341
01:32:49,522 --> 01:32:52,692
[♪♪♪]

1342
01:33:25,391 --> 01:33:29,729
[Yoshiaki Dewa's "Chiruran
Shinsengumi Requiem" playing]