1 00:01:33,750 --> 00:01:36,090 Ladies and gentlemen,\ngood evening. 2 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,320 When he learned something\nof his mother's past, 3 00:01:39,890 --> 00:01:42,490 ...the young man saw in her profile\nthe figure of a woman. 4 00:01:44,700 --> 00:01:48,130 However, he is\nstill unaware. 5 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,000 Still unaware of the true identity of the man\nwho brought this look to her face. 6 00:02:02,140 --> 00:02:05,100 Act 5: Do You Love Your Fiancée? 7 00:02:33,380 --> 00:02:37,340 I can't believe I'm seeing sights like this\nunderneath the Champs Elysees. 8 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,150 It's like a dream. 9 00:02:39,820 --> 00:02:41,980 Perhaps this truly is\nbut a dream. 10 00:02:42,190 --> 00:02:45,450 At times, I find myself forced\nto consider that possibility. 11 00:02:45,660 --> 00:02:50,490 In that case, here's an eye-opening question\nfor you. How much did you sink into this? 12 00:02:50,830 --> 00:02:52,700 How much did this dream house\nof yours set you back? 13 00:02:54,530 --> 00:02:56,800 We stopped bothering with hassles like keeping track of the money... 14 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:58,930 ...halfway through construction. 15 00:02:59,910 --> 00:03:02,700 Thanks for that reply. It'll make a great headline. 16 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,640 Where's that music\ncoming from? 17 00:03:11,980 --> 00:03:13,320 There! 18 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:23,930 She's the girl from\nthe opera! 19 00:03:25,770 --> 00:03:27,100 She's beautiful... 20 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,730 You're not gonna try and tell us that she's artificial, too, are you? 21 00:03:31,100 --> 00:03:32,800 Don't be rude! She's... 22 00:03:32,910 --> 00:03:35,840 She is a doll\nnamed Haidee. 23 00:03:37,110 --> 00:03:42,380 A poor puppet who still lives, even after her soul has been stolen away. 24 00:03:43,250 --> 00:03:46,080 Haidee obeys\nmy every whim, 25 00:03:46,190 --> 00:03:50,680 ...and should I wish it, would not\nhesitate to take her own life. 26 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,150 You're kidding... 27 00:03:52,260 --> 00:03:57,220 Don't be so surprised. This is the Count\nof Monte Cristo we're talking about. 28 00:03:57,330 --> 00:03:59,420 He renounced his soul\nages ago. 29 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:00,890 Am I wrong? 30 00:04:01,230 --> 00:04:03,000 You're going too far, Beauchamp! 31 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,800 How else could a man amass a fortune\nlike this in one lifetime? 32 00:04:09,010 --> 00:04:11,770 I'm afraid... I must agree. 33 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,940 Why are you all\nacting like this? 34 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,180 Listen, the Count isn't as cold\na man as you think he is. 35 00:04:18,250 --> 00:04:19,740 Isn't that right, Count? 36 00:04:19,950 --> 00:04:23,910 I would not know. I cannot see myself. 37 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,900 Welcome to our home. I am Haidee. 38 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,200 H-Hello. 39 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,140 Who's that? 40 00:04:42,540 --> 00:04:48,380 He is Ali. Like Haidee, he is\na noble doll that I own. 41 00:04:49,620 --> 00:04:53,450 Haidee, the Viscount\nseems perplexed... 42 00:04:53,790 --> 00:04:57,190 ...as to what\nyou are to me. 43 00:04:57,820 --> 00:05:03,280 I am but a humble twig\nthat allows the Count to bloom. 44 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:09,300 A graceful girl like her is the twig,\nand the Count is the flower, huh? 45 00:05:09,740 --> 00:05:12,500 Are you happy\nlike this? 46 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:20,140 I know the joy of making\nthe flowers bloom. 47 00:05:20,510 --> 00:05:21,480 But... 48 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:26,520 Does my harp's music\nsound gloomy? 49 00:05:26,990 --> 00:05:28,040 No. 50 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,680 The notes of a harp\nare the notes of the heart. 51 00:05:31,690 --> 00:05:34,180 The strings don't respond\nto a hesitant, timid heart, 52 00:05:34,530 --> 00:05:37,460 ...and a tense heart will cause\nthe strings to break. 53 00:05:38,730 --> 00:05:42,570 Being with the Count\nmakes me happy. 54 00:05:42,940 --> 00:05:48,070 I assumed that you and the Count\nwere in love with one another... 55 00:05:48,310 --> 00:05:52,330 In love with each other, huh? Could you be any more naive? 56 00:05:52,810 --> 00:05:54,280 What's that supposed\nto mean? 57 00:05:54,610 --> 00:05:55,710 Think about it. 58 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,570 Marriage among aristocrats is just a strategic\nalliance with the goal of cementing fortunes. 59 00:05:59,990 --> 00:06:03,420 In point of fact, that's why Franz\nand Valentine are engaged, right? 60 00:06:04,490 --> 00:06:05,920 Is that true?! 61 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,060 Well, I won't deny it... 62 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:14,960 Right, Albert? Isn't it the same\nwith you and Eugenie? 63 00:06:15,070 --> 00:06:16,430 Well, I guess... 64 00:06:16,670 --> 00:06:21,300 In other words, love is something that\ndoesn't exist in the privileged class. 65 00:06:21,870 --> 00:06:23,710 How can this be... 66 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,020 What's the matter, Maximilien? 67 00:06:45,130 --> 00:06:47,600 Is what I said too hard\nto swallow? 68 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:48,470 No. 69 00:06:48,470 --> 00:06:50,560 Even so, everything I said\nwas the truth. 70 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,960 The only thing that's important to them is\nkeeping their family fortune from shrinking. 71 00:06:55,210 --> 00:06:59,340 In other words, you two aren't the product of\nlove, you're the product of financial interests. 72 00:06:59,510 --> 00:07:00,710 I wouldn't be so sure. 73 00:07:00,810 --> 00:07:04,610 For my parents at least, they say that\ntheir marriage was out of love. 74 00:07:04,850 --> 00:07:09,120 I find that hard to believe. A notorious\nplayer like General Morcerf? 75 00:07:09,220 --> 00:07:11,280 Are you trying to\ninsult my father?! 76 00:07:12,930 --> 00:07:15,620 Seeing you get so mad about it\nmakes it seem even more dubious. 77 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,560 Is there something about your parents\nthat you're feeling guilty about? 78 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:21,890 Of course not. 79 00:07:25,540 --> 00:07:27,060 Why would I feel guilty\nabout anything? 80 00:07:27,370 --> 00:07:28,600 Hey, Beauchamp. 81 00:07:28,710 --> 00:07:31,800 I don't care if you think you're a journalist. You should drop this subject. 82 00:07:31,910 --> 00:07:34,510 Hey, what's this? You're clamping down on freedom of speech now? 83 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,570 "How wretched it all is..." Is that not what you are thinking, 84 00:07:39,020 --> 00:07:40,820 ...my good Captain Morrel? 85 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,280 To think that loveless marriages\nare allowed to go unquestioned... 86 00:07:55,270 --> 00:07:57,200 Is something wrong, Maximilien? 87 00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:02,600 The people of Paris\nare corrupt! 88 00:08:03,110 --> 00:08:05,770 Maximilien, you're going too far!! I demand that you take that back! 89 00:08:07,810 --> 00:08:09,300 I can't do that. 90 00:08:09,780 --> 00:08:14,010 Paris has more than its fair share of honest,\nupright people! Take back what you said! 91 00:08:15,220 --> 00:08:16,710 I can't do that. 92 00:08:20,290 --> 00:08:21,450 Take it back! 93 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:22,580 I can't. 94 00:08:22,930 --> 00:08:23,900 Stop it, Albert! 95 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:24,720 Hey, now... 96 00:08:24,830 --> 00:08:25,990 Stop it. 97 00:08:27,630 --> 00:08:29,260 Viscount Morcerf. 98 00:08:29,670 --> 00:08:33,500 Do you realize what you\nare pointing at me? 99 00:08:34,010 --> 00:08:36,840 I must warn you, I am a soldier. 100 00:08:45,990 --> 00:08:47,320 This will not do. 101 00:08:47,620 --> 00:08:50,280 It is unseemly for one party to draw\nhis sword while the other does not. 102 00:08:50,690 --> 00:08:51,820 Count? 103 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,260 It appears to me that each of you\nis steadfast in your opinion. 104 00:08:55,830 --> 00:09:00,090 As we are at sea, perhaps we pirates\nshould act the part... 105 00:09:00,870 --> 00:09:03,490 ...and have a duel? 106 00:09:03,870 --> 00:09:04,860 A duel? 107 00:09:04,970 --> 00:09:07,530 On the sea, strength counts\nfor everything. 108 00:09:07,870 --> 00:09:10,670 He with the better sword arm\nmakes the rules. 109 00:09:10,780 --> 00:09:12,210 Are you serious? 110 00:09:12,310 --> 00:09:14,140 What are you suggesting, Count?! 111 00:09:18,450 --> 00:09:22,280 Come, now is the time to\ndemonstrate your conviction. 112 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:28,420 Prove to them that you hold your\nparents' marriage to be sacred. 113 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,190 The blade in your hand\nis invincible. 114 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,000 And you, Monsieur? 115 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,400 All men have a blade\nin their heart. 116 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,100 The purer the heart,\nthe keener the blade. 117 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,710 The time is high tide, the place is the ship's\nbow, and the weapons are bare blades! 118 00:09:56,820 --> 00:09:59,220 Come on, gentlemen! 119 00:09:59,390 --> 00:10:01,760 Let's see you go at it,\npirate style! 120 00:10:03,930 --> 00:10:08,330 It's hard to believe that there are still people in\nthis day and age who'd fight a duel over love... 121 00:10:09,030 --> 00:10:12,000 Is this any time to be joking?! Those swords are real! 122 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:16,230 And the water down there is teeming with\nsharks that are thirsting for human blood! 123 00:10:17,510 --> 00:10:20,240 Count, what are you\ntrying to do?! 124 00:10:20,550 --> 00:10:23,110 Sea voyages are accompanied\nby their own entertainment. 125 00:10:23,250 --> 00:10:26,980 I expect that Monsieur Albert is thirsting for stimulation of this sort. 126 00:10:32,020 --> 00:10:33,220 Let's do it! 127 00:10:34,290 --> 00:10:35,850 Whenever you're ready. 128 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,190 Take back\nwhat you said! 129 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:12,890 I can't! 130 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:13,970 Why, you...! 131 00:11:22,210 --> 00:11:23,330 How about now?! 132 00:11:24,010 --> 00:11:26,000 You poor, sad people... 133 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,450 The purer the heart,\nthe keener the blade. 134 00:11:34,990 --> 00:11:38,050 You aren't capable\nof defeating me. 135 00:11:38,660 --> 00:11:39,750 Shut up! 136 00:11:44,060 --> 00:11:45,120 Understand this. 137 00:11:45,460 --> 00:11:49,030 No matter what you say, no matter how it is with other families, 138 00:11:49,470 --> 00:11:52,340 ...my parents' marriage\nis a sacred bond! 139 00:11:53,070 --> 00:11:55,100 I didn't expect you to turn\ntowards your unarmed side. 140 00:11:55,570 --> 00:11:58,340 I admire your agility. 141 00:11:59,010 --> 00:12:04,040 Nevertheless, the insincere will be\nsmitten by righteous anger! 142 00:12:09,820 --> 00:12:11,720 I won't stand for it! I won't! 143 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:14,820 What in the world's gotten\ninto Maximilien? 144 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,330 I guess he's the\nscrupulous type. 145 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:21,460 You're finished! 146 00:12:22,740 --> 00:12:25,100 Why do you have such disdain\nfor the aristocracy?! 147 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,730 That's none of\nyour concern! 148 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,970 The hell it isn't! Tell me why! 149 00:12:29,070 --> 00:12:31,130 In that case, there's something I want to ask you, too! 150 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,640 Is it true that you don't\nlove your fiancée? 151 00:12:35,150 --> 00:12:35,910 Well, l... 152 00:12:36,010 --> 00:12:37,480 I demand an answer! 153 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:40,980 I don't know! 154 00:12:42,420 --> 00:12:45,720 As I thought, I can't\nabide by this! 155 00:12:56,570 --> 00:12:58,800 You have lost, Monsieur. 156 00:13:13,650 --> 00:13:15,750 Hey, hold it! 157 00:13:20,460 --> 00:13:21,550 Albert! 158 00:13:26,370 --> 00:13:27,130 - Albert! - Don't! 159 00:13:27,230 --> 00:13:28,760 There are sharks\ndown there! 160 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,170 This is a nightmare... 161 00:13:32,270 --> 00:13:33,760 Indeed it is. 162 00:13:34,710 --> 00:13:36,800 This is a dream. 163 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:40,970 All is but a waking dream. 164 00:13:55,690 --> 00:13:56,890 Albert... 165 00:13:57,730 --> 00:13:59,060 Mother... 166 00:13:59,970 --> 00:14:02,430 I did it because you had that\nlook on your face, Mother... 167 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:13,810 Count... 168 00:14:13,910 --> 00:14:17,210 One cannot fight destiny. 169 00:14:46,140 --> 00:14:49,940 I'm ashamed of myself. I can't believe how angry I got. 170 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,320 I can see it clearly. 171 00:14:55,550 --> 00:14:59,390 Within your heart, another side\nof yourself lies dormant. 172 00:15:01,130 --> 00:15:05,360 At the moment, you are burdened with\na profound sense of apprehension. 173 00:15:07,530 --> 00:15:09,160 As am I. 174 00:15:09,270 --> 00:15:10,500 You are, Count? 175 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,740 I have need of you. 176 00:15:17,780 --> 00:15:18,970 Who, me? 177 00:15:19,650 --> 00:15:23,100 You and I met\nthat day on Luna. 178 00:15:23,650 --> 00:15:27,520 Perhaps you feel that our meeting\nwas a chance encounter. 179 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:32,260 But in fate, there are\nno coincidences. 180 00:15:33,090 --> 00:15:37,650 Just as that setting sun does so according to the laws of the universe, 181 00:15:38,830 --> 00:15:44,390 ...fate, too, is composed\nof unyielding necessity. 182 00:15:50,940 --> 00:15:52,000 What are you apprehensive\nabout, Count? 183 00:15:52,110 --> 00:15:57,780 It is because a man loves\nthat he laughs, cries, and hates. 184 00:15:58,420 --> 00:16:01,250 Count, what are you saying? 185 00:16:05,090 --> 00:16:09,080 My life is much like\nthis miniature garden. 186 00:16:09,930 --> 00:16:13,260 It is a hollow,\nfragile thing. 187 00:16:24,810 --> 00:16:31,010 C'mon, Albert, cheer up already. Maximilien already apologized, didn't he? 188 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:33,550 I'm not mad. 189 00:16:33,650 --> 00:16:34,740 Then why... 190 00:16:41,690 --> 00:16:44,030 Don't hang around\nthe Count anymore. 191 00:16:44,660 --> 00:16:46,600 You've been acting\nfunny lately. 192 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:50,490 You're right. I guess I have. 193 00:16:51,370 --> 00:16:54,500 Something's funny. Something about all this. 194 00:16:54,970 --> 00:16:58,910 Up until yesterday, life was one\nuneventful day after another. 195 00:16:59,340 --> 00:17:04,010 It almost feels like something hidden\nis at work behind all this. 196 00:17:05,980 --> 00:17:10,390 Destiny... Have you ever thought\nabout fate and stuff like that? 197 00:17:11,590 --> 00:17:15,390 No. I don't believe\nin that stuff. 198 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,130 How did your mother\nand I meet? 199 00:17:22,470 --> 00:17:24,770 Why the sudden interest? 200 00:17:24,870 --> 00:17:26,430 Please, I'd like to know. 201 00:17:27,940 --> 00:17:32,930 As I've told you before, your mother and I\nwere married after a storybook courtship. 202 00:17:35,650 --> 00:17:39,170 Yes, it was just as your father says. We were lovers. 203 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,620 I've never seen that look\non Mother's face before. 204 00:17:52,030 --> 00:17:55,120 You look like you're delirious\nwith a fever, young master. 205 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,900 Why don't you go out\nfor some fresh air? 206 00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:00,130 Make sure you\nclean in here! 207 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:03,610 Yes, sir! 208 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:28,790 Mother, who are you thinking\nabout right now? 209 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,340 How far will the ship sail, I wonder? 210 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,580 There is no\nturning back now. 211 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:06,840 I see... You hope to expand your business\nventures to include Paris, as well? 212 00:19:07,170 --> 00:19:12,370 I can think of no stronger backer to have than yourself, General Morcerf. 213 00:19:13,710 --> 00:19:18,480 You do me a great honor, Monte Cristo. 214 00:19:20,620 --> 00:19:22,750 I take it that you already\nhave a plan of action. 215 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,850 Please feel free to call on me\nshould you have any need at all. 216 00:19:36,570 --> 00:19:38,700 He seems to be\nquite powerful. 217 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:43,330 The crest of the Danglars family can\nbe seen here and there around town. 218 00:19:44,510 --> 00:19:47,380 He has no idea that the Count\nis keeping a close eye on him. 219 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,340 Talk about conceited. 220 00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:53,350 Waving a sword around\nin anger like that... 221 00:19:53,790 --> 00:19:55,720 You really are hopeless,\nyou know that? 222 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:05,360 Tell me, what kind of relationship\ndo you and I have? 223 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,060 What brought this on? 224 00:20:08,230 --> 00:20:10,360 Something that Maximilien said. 225 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:14,760 "Is it true that you don't\nlove your fiancée?" 226 00:20:15,940 --> 00:20:17,270 Oh. 227 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,680 Do you, Albert? 228 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,150 You and I... are childhood\nfriends, right? 229 00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:33,220 You and Franz\nhave changed. 230 00:20:33,490 --> 00:20:36,150 In the old days, the three of us\nwould always have fun together. 231 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,560 But now, the two of you sneak off\non trips by yourselves... 232 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,830 Everybody is changing. 233 00:20:44,970 --> 00:20:47,840 Do you know why Maximilien\nwas so angry? 234 00:20:49,740 --> 00:20:51,940 You honestly don't know? 235 00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:55,010 Well, if you say so. 236 00:20:55,110 --> 00:20:56,640 What's that supposed\nto mean?! 237 00:20:57,450 --> 00:21:01,780 I guess no one can do anything\nto stop it... 238 00:21:02,190 --> 00:21:05,210 ...when two people have feelings\nfor each other. 239 00:21:08,590 --> 00:21:10,420 I didn't mean to keep\nyou waiting, Eugenie. 240 00:21:10,630 --> 00:21:14,430 I'm sorry. It took a long time\nto get ready. 241 00:21:14,770 --> 00:21:15,820 That's all right. 242 00:21:15,930 --> 00:21:20,000 Oh, my. Albert, is something the matter? You look so grim. 243 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,440 Stay safe. 244 00:21:25,540 --> 00:21:27,810 Hey! Albert! 245 00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:30,140 Albert! 246 00:23:13,180 --> 00:23:15,180 She and her father. And her mother. 247 00:23:15,650 --> 00:23:18,180 The specter of uncertainty sneaks up on\nthem through their conflicting emotions. 248 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:19,460 Next time on Gankutsuou, The Count of Monte Cristo, Act 6: 249 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:21,100 Act 6: Her Melancholy, My Melancholy 250 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,260 ..."Her Melancholy, My Melancholy." 251 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,760 Bide your time,\nand hold out hope!