1 00:01:31,030 --> 00:01:34,330 Friendship is something that is both fascinating and beautiful. 2 00:01:34,430 --> 00:01:38,200 It was thanks to its power that the boy was able to escape the bandits' clutches. 3 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:43,540 "And yet," my friend said to me, "there is nothing so inconstant as the human heart." 4 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Act 3: 5/22, Stormy 5 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,770 Hey! Albert! 6 00:02:44,970 --> 00:02:46,200 Wake up! 7 00:02:52,140 --> 00:02:54,110 I can't believe you\nwere still in bed. 8 00:02:57,050 --> 00:03:00,810 I have an important visitor coming today. I've been really busy. 9 00:03:01,190 --> 00:03:03,150 You didn't have to come\nif you don't want to. 10 00:03:04,490 --> 00:03:05,550 Who's the visitor? 11 00:03:05,660 --> 00:03:07,320 Someone who did me\na favor on Luna. 12 00:03:07,460 --> 00:03:11,160 Oh, that fake Count\nsomething-or-other. 13 00:03:11,460 --> 00:03:13,520 Eugenie! That's going\ntoo far! 14 00:03:14,030 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaking of visitors, Renaud said\nthat he's bringing someone, too. 15 00:03:19,970 --> 00:03:21,200 What? 16 00:03:22,310 --> 00:03:26,770 You know, Albert, you must be the perfect target for a con artist. 17 00:03:35,650 --> 00:03:36,910 She's losing her temper... 18 00:03:51,770 --> 00:03:53,170 What are you angry about? 19 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,670 Who says I'm angry? I'm just enjoying our drive. 20 00:03:56,910 --> 00:03:58,340 This isn't a race. 21 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,970 Oh, that's right. You love puttering around\nat a crawl with no destination in mind. 22 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:05,280 Both behind the wheel\nand in life. 23 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,020 My life is none\nof your business! 24 00:04:11,220 --> 00:04:12,160 Get out. 25 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,450 Sure, just watch me. I don't want to ride with you, anyway. 26 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,050 What are you talking about? We're already here. 27 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:21,190 For the life of me, I can't figure out why you and I are engaged! 28 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:23,730 Then maybe you should ride\nin Debray's car on the way... 29 00:04:26,970 --> 00:04:28,100 Oh, boy... 30 00:04:28,210 --> 00:04:30,940 Hey, would you\nbe careful? 31 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:31,800 Are you okay? 32 00:04:31,910 --> 00:04:32,810 Yes. 33 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,010 Hey, Albert! Come take a look! 34 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:38,470 Hey! 35 00:04:38,580 --> 00:04:43,990 Geez, are women all you're good at handling, Mr. Bigshot private secretary? 36 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,290 Every dull drive needs a little\nstimulation, doesn't it? 37 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,820 Next to me is a hack\nnewspaper reporter, 38 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,290 ...and in the back seat is a couple\nwho just got engaged! 39 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:15,410 That was amazing! 40 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,250 It was nothing. I was in a special\nforces unit in the army. 41 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,820 Muscle reinforcement processing, huh? I'd heard rumors about it... 42 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:24,780 Thank you for your\nassistance. 43 00:05:31,270 --> 00:05:32,930 I-I'll get it myself. 44 00:05:39,510 --> 00:05:42,210 Um... What is your name,\nif I might ask? 45 00:05:42,850 --> 00:05:44,510 It's Valentine. 46 00:05:44,820 --> 00:05:46,580 I-I'm... 47 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:53,050 Hey, Maximilien! Sorry I'm late! 48 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,590 There I was, out on recon, and I\nstumbled into an enemy nest. 49 00:05:59,230 --> 00:06:03,960 And when I accidentally dropped my favorite grenade, I went as pale as a ghost! 50 00:06:04,970 --> 00:06:09,530 From inside the hole, I could hear the Erindanians making threatening clicking noises. 51 00:06:10,410 --> 00:06:14,500 Anyway, I don't subscribe to the theory\nthat they're a sentient race. 52 00:06:15,470 --> 00:06:15,580 In temperament, they're\nvicious and cruel. 53 00:06:15,580 --> 00:06:18,080 Would you like a piece? 54 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:19,090 Thank you. 55 00:06:19,090 --> 00:06:23,650 Well, I don't want to go into detail\nwith these ladies present, 56 00:06:24,090 --> 00:06:24,720 ...but just once, they ought to round up\nthose human rights proponents... 57 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:25,860 It's delicious! 58 00:06:27,990 --> 00:06:29,730 ...and send 'em in there\nto have a nice chat with them! 59 00:06:29,730 --> 00:06:31,120 You're a lucky man, Franz! 60 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,420 Once you're married, you'll be able\nto eat like this every day! 61 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,700 Um... Where was I? 62 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,500 Oh, right! Just then, I thought I was done for! 63 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:45,200 And who do you suppose\nshowed up then? 64 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,440 None other than Space Cavalry Captain Maximilien Morrel, 65 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,850 ...the man I owe\nmy life to! 66 00:06:55,650 --> 00:07:00,680 You're quite a man to look after a klutz\nwho stumbled his way onto a battlefield. 67 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,480 Where do you\nhail from? 68 00:07:03,830 --> 00:07:06,060 My family is\nfrom Marseilles. 69 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:08,030 That's a rough place. 70 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:09,690 And you? 71 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,130 Paris, of course! Admittedly, from the old part of town. 72 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:19,140 Marseilles... What sort\nof place is it? 73 00:07:19,580 --> 00:07:23,600 When I was young, it was\na beautiful harbor town. 74 00:07:23,950 --> 00:07:28,040 At any rate, it's not a place that\na young lady should venture into. 75 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,640 We haven't climbed up here\nin a long time. 76 00:07:51,740 --> 00:07:53,270 What a great breeze. 77 00:07:53,380 --> 00:07:56,540 Those clouds look a bit\nmenacing, though. 78 00:08:26,610 --> 00:08:29,410 Something interesting\ncatch your eye? 79 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:34,070 Why do you suppose there's a need\nto divide the world with city walls? 80 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:37,350 The ugliness of the outside world\nexists for the express purpose... 81 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:39,920 ...of making the beauty of our kingdom stand out all the more. 82 00:08:40,460 --> 00:08:44,690 Maybe, but there's plenty of great\nthings outside the walls. 83 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,360 Don't you think we should\nopen our eyes a little more? 84 00:08:48,430 --> 00:08:51,730 Oh, have you grown up a little\nfrom going on your trip? 85 00:08:51,870 --> 00:08:53,230 I suppose you're right. 86 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,530 So go ahead and take on all the troubles\nthat exist outside the walls. 87 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:01,400 That should quiet those pangs of boredom of yours a little. 88 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,040 That is what we should\nbe looking at. 89 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,710 The High Court of Justice. Danglars Bank. 90 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,250 And the place your father works at, Space Forces lmperial Headquarters. 91 00:09:13,590 --> 00:09:15,350 The triangle of power. 92 00:09:15,730 --> 00:09:19,920 That is the true "great thing" that\nwe should inherit, don't you think? 93 00:09:24,370 --> 00:09:28,270 To me, it feels like we're the ones\nwho have been sealed in. 94 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,910 I am now no longer alone\nin my solitude. 95 00:09:47,790 --> 00:09:51,630 For I am now surrounded by the Furies,\nthe goddesses of vengeance. 96 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:56,620 In the darkness, I awaited the dawn. 97 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,740 And once dawn came, I cursed my flesh\nuntil night fell once more. 98 00:10:02,140 --> 00:10:06,540 I even prayed that I would\nlose my sanity. 99 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,110 But those prayers\nwent unheeded. 100 00:10:11,150 --> 00:10:18,050 I even strove for death, but the Devil's\ncold, pitiless hand held me back. 101 00:10:19,460 --> 00:10:23,090 Soon... It won't be long now... 102 00:10:35,370 --> 00:10:38,740 Boy, what a lousy\ndrive that was... 103 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:41,840 Maybe it was punishment for skipping the Cabinet meeting... 104 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,370 Have the candidates for the next President been chosen yet? 105 00:10:44,780 --> 00:10:48,220 The word on the street is that His Excellency Morcerf is the front runner. 106 00:10:48,490 --> 00:10:51,420 You've heard a few things from\nyour father, right, Albert? 107 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,220 Maximilien, you should watch\nyour step around Beauchamp. 108 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:58,220 He's a terrible man who will use even\nhis friends' scandals as fodder for articles, 109 00:10:58,330 --> 00:10:59,730 ...and he won't think twice\nabout it. 110 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:02,330 That's what they call "impartial journalism." 111 00:11:02,830 --> 00:11:04,660 I read your articles\nall the time. 112 00:11:05,070 --> 00:11:07,330 But I do not approve\nof the content. 113 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,500 I get that\nall the time. 114 00:11:13,380 --> 00:11:14,640 Where are the ladies? 115 00:11:14,710 --> 00:11:17,110 They went home, saying something\nabout their dresses being soaked. 116 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,040 Renaud's antique, too. 117 00:11:19,150 --> 00:11:21,550 If they'd said something, I would\nhave given them a lift home. 118 00:11:21,750 --> 00:11:24,190 That'd be like tossing food\nto a monkey. 119 00:11:26,860 --> 00:11:28,980 So, the Count of Monte Cristo, huh? 120 00:11:29,330 --> 00:11:31,190 I can't say that the name\nis familiar. 121 00:11:31,290 --> 00:11:33,420 There's no documents on him\nat the Cabinet Secretariat, either. 122 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:36,220 It's probably an alias. Or maybe... 123 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,330 A pretender or\na con man, huh? 124 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,300 I'll thank you to stop engaging in idle gossip about an honored guest of the Morcerf home. 125 00:11:42,570 --> 00:11:45,970 Where'd you say that you ran into this "honored guest" of yours, again? 126 00:11:46,510 --> 00:11:49,000 At Luna's Carnival\nthis past spring. 127 00:11:49,410 --> 00:11:52,710 Apparently, the honored son of the\nfamily was abducted by bandits. 128 00:11:52,820 --> 00:11:57,480 That's too funny. Were you seduced\nby one of Luna's wily vixens? 129 00:12:06,260 --> 00:12:07,750 Damn it... 130 00:12:13,570 --> 00:12:17,130 And that's when the Count rescued me\nfrom their clutches. 131 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:20,210 I guess you owe him\nyour life, then. 132 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,810 It's clear that he's incredibly wealthy, as well as very kind. 133 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:30,040 And would you say that this millionaire's\nmoney pouch was stuffed full of forged bills? 134 00:12:30,150 --> 00:12:31,380 Look at this! 135 00:12:31,490 --> 00:12:35,860 If he wasn't of noble birth, would he\nhave a watch as beautiful as this? 136 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:41,900 Con artists use trinkets like that\nall the time to win people's trust. 137 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,400 He's no con artist! 138 00:12:44,070 --> 00:12:45,900 He commands a\nhuge spaceship, 139 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,990 ...he travels with aliens and a woman of\nunmatched beauty from Eastern Space, 140 00:12:49,370 --> 00:12:51,740 ...he's free from the rule\nof any government, 141 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,140 ...and he mingles freely\nwith people of all classes. 142 00:12:56,550 --> 00:12:59,450 In everything he does,\nhe breaks with tradition. 143 00:12:59,550 --> 00:13:02,040 And then,\nonce night falls, 144 00:13:02,490 --> 00:13:05,820 ...he wanders the darkness in search\nof the lifeblood of beautiful maidens. 145 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,850 I wouldn't be surprised\nif he did. 146 00:13:09,230 --> 00:13:13,090 The Count has a ruthless side that doesn't care about human life at all. 147 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:14,290 Franz! 148 00:13:23,940 --> 00:13:25,970 Calm down, Albert! 149 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,640 You know, there was a case of a sailor who\ncontracted a local disease on some planet, 150 00:13:31,950 --> 00:13:34,680 ...and went around sucking all the\nblood he could find, wasn't there? 151 00:13:35,350 --> 00:13:37,290 You should be careful,\ntoo, Albert. 152 00:13:37,390 --> 00:13:40,220 I hear they prefer the blood\nof virgin girls and boys. 153 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,620 You think he's a vampire or something? That's ridiculous. 154 00:13:42,730 --> 00:13:44,790 It's a lot more plausible\nthan Lunar bandits. 155 00:13:44,930 --> 00:13:47,190 Or kindhearted\nrich people. 156 00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:54,340 His Excellency, the Count\nof Monte Cristo. 157 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,600 Show him in\nat once. 158 00:14:35,510 --> 00:14:38,910 I beg your pardon. The door was open. 159 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,450 It's an honor to\nsee you again. 160 00:14:42,790 --> 00:14:45,410 The honor is all mine, Viscount Morcerf. 161 00:14:45,690 --> 00:14:47,820 Please, call me Albert. 162 00:14:48,460 --> 00:14:50,790 Surely you and I are on familiar\nterms by now, Count. 163 00:14:51,730 --> 00:14:54,720 And now, as promised, allow me\nto introduce you to my friends. 164 00:14:55,530 --> 00:14:57,500 You already know Franz. 165 00:14:58,030 --> 00:15:00,000 This is Lucien Debray. 166 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,570 He is a shrewd civil servant, who already holds\na key position in the Interior Ministry... 167 00:15:02,710 --> 00:15:04,170 ...in spite of his\nyoung age. 168 00:15:04,610 --> 00:15:06,870 This is Beauchamp. He's a newspaper reporter. 169 00:15:07,410 --> 00:15:10,140 He can tell you anything you\nmight want to know about Paris. 170 00:15:10,350 --> 00:15:14,150 Admittedly, it's more of a third-rate\ngossip sheet than a newspaper. 171 00:15:14,250 --> 00:15:16,310 Most fascinating. 172 00:15:16,790 --> 00:15:21,250 Cavalry Captain Maximilien Morrel,\nhero of the Eridanus campaign. 173 00:15:21,860 --> 00:15:23,050 Nice to meet you. 174 00:15:23,330 --> 00:15:26,920 Ah, the very paragon of a faithful, brave soldier, I see. 175 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,690 You know the Captain? 176 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,030 Not at all. 177 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:35,030 We've heard that you've come to us\nfrom somewhere far away. 178 00:15:35,370 --> 00:15:37,900 You're trying to interview him already? Don't be rude to our guest. 179 00:15:38,010 --> 00:15:40,130 I'm just doing\nmy job. 180 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:47,110 On many worlds, photographs are\nseen as an abominable custom. 181 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,420 I must ask you\nto abstain. 182 00:15:49,590 --> 00:15:51,280 Sorry, sorry... 183 00:15:51,490 --> 00:15:54,750 In the course of visiting many foreign lands as a sailor, 184 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:58,520 ...l've become thoroughly tainted\nby the customs of other worlds. 185 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,690 I must seem quite the savage\nto the people of Paris. 186 00:16:04,170 --> 00:16:06,230 What sorts of places\nhave you been to? 187 00:16:06,370 --> 00:16:08,800 I have traveled\nto many places. 188 00:16:09,310 --> 00:16:14,680 To Eastern Space. To Northern Space. Even to the core of the galaxy. 189 00:16:15,380 --> 00:16:16,440 Even the lmperium? 190 00:16:16,550 --> 00:16:20,680 Of course. To a sailor, there are no such things as borders. 191 00:16:21,050 --> 00:16:23,880 Could that not be considered\ntreason against the state? 192 00:16:23,990 --> 00:16:28,820 I see no reason to swear loyalty to people\nwho do nothing to protect me. 193 00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:30,920 Do you not agree? 194 00:16:31,130 --> 00:16:33,790 I see you possess\nrather bold opinions. 195 00:16:34,430 --> 00:16:35,800 True enough. 196 00:16:36,230 --> 00:16:41,000 I suggest that you experience being cast out\ninto the vast universe all alone. 197 00:16:41,470 --> 00:16:45,370 I expect that you will soon understand that the\nonly person one can count upon is oneself. 198 00:16:50,380 --> 00:16:52,610 Set the table for tea\nat once. 199 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,950 And where do you\nhail from? 200 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:04,150 I came into this world in a land that is beyond your imagination. 201 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,360 A place that you'd rather\nnot mention? 202 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,430 Franz! Don't be rude! 203 00:17:12,570 --> 00:17:17,100 If we're going to be associating as friends,\nshouldn't we at least know that much? 204 00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:18,570 That is quite understandable. 205 00:17:18,910 --> 00:17:23,140 The reason that distinguished gentlemen\nsuch as yourselves are interested in me... 206 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,070 ...is because of the air of mystery\nsurrounding me, is it not? 207 00:17:26,420 --> 00:17:30,580 Were that not the case, surely a rustic\naristocrat from the frontiers of space... 208 00:17:30,790 --> 00:17:33,520 ...would not have been given\na seat at your table. 209 00:17:37,130 --> 00:17:38,960 Well, you have us there. 210 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:43,430 But that's exactly why we want\nto know more about you, Count! 211 00:17:43,530 --> 00:17:45,800 You're as naive as ever, I see. 212 00:17:48,670 --> 00:17:49,800 Peppo! 213 00:17:50,110 --> 00:17:51,270 Is something\nthe matter? 214 00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,330 Huh? Um, no. 215 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,560 All right, what are you\nup to? 216 00:18:18,570 --> 00:18:19,760 You caught me. 217 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,700 I quit the bandit gang. 218 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,140 So I came here to Paris\nto look for work. 219 00:18:26,540 --> 00:18:28,600 But what are you\ndoing here? 220 00:18:28,850 --> 00:18:31,410 I followed you here, Albert. 221 00:18:32,620 --> 00:18:34,850 I'm lying, I'm lying! It's just a coincidence. 222 00:18:34,950 --> 00:18:36,610 There happened to be an\nopening here, that's all. 223 00:18:37,090 --> 00:18:38,550 Tell me, Peppo... 224 00:18:39,090 --> 00:18:41,780 So, you remembered\nmy name. 225 00:18:42,230 --> 00:18:44,250 Are you planning to\nstay here for good? 226 00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:45,430 Can't I? 227 00:18:45,730 --> 00:18:47,860 Well, it's,\nhow can I put it? 228 00:18:48,870 --> 00:18:52,890 Don't worry. Let's just agree to\nkeep each other's secrets, okay? 229 00:18:56,470 --> 00:18:59,100 Are you interested in learning\nthat man's real identity? 230 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,170 Don't worry about it too much. He's nobody special. 231 00:19:03,610 --> 00:19:07,170 What do you want to do tonight? Hit up Le Queen? 232 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,580 That's okay, I'll pass. 233 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:11,240 As will I. 234 00:19:13,290 --> 00:19:14,810 What the heck\nis this? 235 00:19:15,930 --> 00:19:18,450 The Count of Monte Cristo's voice... 236 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:20,130 What about it? 237 00:19:20,830 --> 00:19:22,560 It isn't on the recording. 238 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:25,200 What sorts of places\nhave you been to? 239 00:19:27,970 --> 00:19:29,230 Even the lmperium? 240 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:34,310 Some might see... 241 00:19:34,310 --> 00:19:36,340 It's probably a\nmechanical malfunction. 242 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,850 So, is this a\nmalfunction, too? 243 00:19:54,230 --> 00:19:56,360 What a beautiful woman. 244 00:19:56,770 --> 00:19:58,560 T-That's my mother. 245 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,330 She is rather young. 246 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,410 This vista is that of Marseilles,\nis it not? 247 00:20:06,510 --> 00:20:11,070 She likes paintings like this. I don't know\nwhy she chose that place as the setting. 248 00:20:11,180 --> 00:20:13,170 It is magnificent. 249 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,770 Actually, my father hates\nthis painting. 250 00:20:16,020 --> 00:20:19,920 He was going to take it down and burn it, but\nwe placated him by hanging it in my room. 251 00:20:23,230 --> 00:20:24,820 Edmond... 252 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:28,560 Is there something\nabout this painting? 253 00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:31,500 No. I'm afraid that it is time\nthat I took my leave of you. 254 00:20:31,970 --> 00:20:35,200 Don't say that! Please,\nhave dinner with us! 255 00:20:35,670 --> 00:20:38,770 My mother and father are looking forward\nto meeting you, too. 256 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:44,110 If you're interested in paintings, my mother and\nfather have many others in their collection. 257 00:20:49,890 --> 00:20:52,150 My, what a stirring\npainting this is. 258 00:20:52,390 --> 00:20:53,950 This is what\nmy father likes. 259 00:20:54,060 --> 00:20:56,920 The ones that my mother has collected\nare over here. 260 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:04,990 This must be\nyour visitor. 261 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,860 My mother's past,\nwhich I never knew. 262 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,560 The men\nin her past. 263 00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:16,530 Adults who live\nin the past. 264 00:23:16,830 --> 00:23:17,030 Act 4: A Mother's Secrets 265 00:23:17,030 --> 00:23:19,400 Next time on Gankutsuou, The Count of Monte Cristo, act 4, 266 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,760 ..."A Mother's Secrets". 267 00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:23,030 Bide your time,\nand hold out hope!