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1864

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With Japan now open to foreign trade,

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some seek to end the Shogun's rule

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and restore the Emperor's authority.

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Ambitions swirl together with ideals.

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Opposing factions face each other.

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Fighting spreads through the land.

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Trouble!

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There's trouble!

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Damn!

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There's trouble!

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KYOTO
TSUSHIMA DOMAIN RESIDENCE

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Open the gate!
It's Hirata!

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Quick!

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So you made it, Hirata?

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We're having a hard time
making this man talk.

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Was it him?

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The one who attacked our men
and cut off your arm?

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It was dark.

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Where did you find him?

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He was wandering around
outside last night.

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Then it's not him.

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That guy had a nasty look.
A very dangerous character.

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He'd have been harder to take.

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I bear you no ill,

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but for the new age…

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What?

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You must all die.

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No!

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My ear!

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Someone!

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Help!

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Get him!

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Anyone! Help!

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It hurts.

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A demon!

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It's a demon!

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Damn you!

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You bastard! Who are you?

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Soji.

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The pro-shogun Tsushimas are dead.

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Meaning now the Tsushimas
are anti-shogun, Mr. Kondo?

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Lord Katsui!

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Describe the man.

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All these men, in a flash.

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You don't need to ask, Mr. Saito.
It was Battosai the Killer.

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Cold-blooded, emotionless.
A killing machine.

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Can you believe this guy
is getting married in these crazy times?

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Sorry!

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Oh, why not?

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He's a happy guy.

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I'm jealous.

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APRIL 5TH, KYOTO

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SHIGEKURA DOMAIN RESIDENCE

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Who's there?

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Inspector Jubei Shigekura,
I assume?

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Who's there? State your name!

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-Hey!
-You're Battosai?

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Bastard!

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You Choshu rebel!

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I don't want to die.

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I can't die now. I can't.

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There's someone I care for.

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I can't die now!

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I can't die now!

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There's someone I love!

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I don't want to die!

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I can't die!

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I can't…

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There's someone I love.

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JUSTIFICATION FOR EXECUTION

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KOHAGIYA INN

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There are still lots of Shogunate men,
even without the Tsushimas.

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It'll be a while before we Choshu men
can show our faces again.

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But one day we will rule.

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With swords in hand,

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we'll show them who's loyal!

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Yes!

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But we have to be careful!

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We'll take back what we've lost!

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Step back!

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-Stop Aizu and Satsuma!
-We can't accept this!

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-The Emperor will listen!
-That's right!

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What's all this noise?

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Quiet down!

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Here he is.

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Been a while, Himura.

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What's that cut?

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A Shigekura man.

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I see.

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He must have been good
to score a hit on you.

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Not so much that.

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He had a strong will to live.

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After all the men you've killed,
you're still not used to it?

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Why did you call me
here, Mr. Katsura?

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Hey!

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How dare you take that tone!

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I've killed a hundred
in six months.

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I can hide, but one day
the Shogun's men will find me.

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I shouldn't be seen around here.

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Then I'll make it short.

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The Shogunate forces
grow stronger by the day.

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Especially the "Wolves of Mibu."

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The Shinsengumi police?

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They're probably the best men
the Shogunate has.

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Be very careful.

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For them, Battosai the Killer
is their biggest threat.

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They'll try anything.

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I understand.

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This is

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Furutaka of the Masuya.
He does a lot for us.

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At your service.

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Leaving already?

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You're probably thinking,
this isn't the time for women.

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Our movement exists so that
a girl like this can be happy.

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That samurai looked so sad.

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I've known him for a year.

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He acts all grown up,
but he hasn't changed a bit.

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Status means nothing here.

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{\an8}1 YEAR EARLIER
AMIDAIJI TEMPLE, CHOSHU

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What matters is skill with a sword.
Anyone who has that is welcome.

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Our strike force depends on
the element of surprise.

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DON'T FEAR TAKING A DIFFERENT PATH

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Strike!

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Hey, you.

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Why do you want to join?

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To overthrow the Shogun.

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Are you some peasant's son?

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"Skill with a sword",
the man said.

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Was he lying?

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What did you say?

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Then fight me.

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Let's start by seeing
how good you are.

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I don't want to hurt someone
I'll be fighting together with.

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What did you say?

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Don't worry.

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Once he's drawn,
he's ready for that.

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Show us what you've got.

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As you were.

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-Back to work!
-Resume!

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-Now!
-Hurry!

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The quick draw.

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But in a style I've never seen.

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What's it called?

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Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.

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Have you ever killed someone?

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No.

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Do you think you could?

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If beyond the lives lost

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lay a new age
where all lived in peace of mind.

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Drink!

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Here. Sit here.

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Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.

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I'd heard of it…

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but I didn't believe it.

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Shinsaku,

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I want that man.

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If you want assassins,
why not be one yourself?

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You're the portable shrine
of our anti-shogun movement.

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I guess no one will carry it for us
if it's covered in blood.

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But

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you're going to ruin
that kid's life.

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Just make sure you keep yourself clean
right to the very end.

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You don't think I know that?

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With all the men he's killed,
he's still completely pure at heart.

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But

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that's all the more reason
that killing is making him feel

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uneasy.

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NAGURA TAVERN

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-Excuse me.
-Yes?

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-One more.
-Okay!

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I can't die!

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There's someone I love!

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Good evening.

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What can I get you?

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-A cold sake, please.
-Okay.

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This looks like fun.

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She's gorgeous.

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Yeah!

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And alone.

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I've never seen her before.

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Here you go.

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-Old man!
-Yes?

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Another!

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Okay.

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Hey, woman.

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Pour us a drink.

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We're Emperor loyalists
from the Aizu Domain.

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We're out day and night
risking our lives for the likes of you.

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You owe us, you know.
You should be nice to us.

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Aizu's pro-shogun, stupid!

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What did you say?

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That's better.
Just keep your mouths shut.

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That was close.

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It sure was.

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What?

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I was about to draw on you.

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What?

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Take my advice.

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Things are going to get worse.

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Kyoto's no place
for fake patriots.

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If you value your lives,
go back to your village.

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What a pathetic pair!

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Fake patriots!

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I'll have my bill.
Sorry about the trouble.

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Okay.

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You're really going to kill him?

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Damn right!
Nobody makes a fool of me.

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Here he comes!

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I would run if I were you.

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Hey!

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I don't run.

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Battosai, huh?

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You're mine!

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I thought I'd come out
and say thank you.

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A rain of blood
is a cliché in tragic plays.

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But you really

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make it rain blood.

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KOHAGIYA INN

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Thank you.

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Not at all.

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00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:03,971
You Choshu men seem busy.

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Mr. Himura,
this isn't a brothel, you know.

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But I'll admit she works hard.

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Hey.

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You're better now?

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00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:31,334
Thank you.
I'm sorry about last night.

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00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:34,645
It seems you looked after me.

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00:28:37,006 --> 00:28:38,441
Hey.

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Your name?

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Tomoe.

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Yukishiro Tomoe.

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What are you doing here?

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As you can see,
I'm helping in the kitchen.

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Coming right up.

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00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:19,899
You're looking cheerful today.

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00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:25,555
How do you do? My name is Tomoe.

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00:29:25,555 --> 00:29:27,698
I'll be working here.

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00:29:34,856 --> 00:29:37,358
She's Himura's?

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00:29:37,358 --> 00:29:41,253
I guess there's more to him
than meets the eye.

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00:29:42,572 --> 00:29:43,782
Can I have more?

242
00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:45,508
Me too.

243
00:29:46,910 --> 00:29:50,288
She’s no friendlier than he is!

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Settle down.

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00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,335
Me too.

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00:29:55,335 --> 00:29:56,836
I'll have some too.

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00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:58,421
I'm first.

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00:29:58,421 --> 00:30:00,398
This is good!

249
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Is something wrong?

250
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You're a problem.

251
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:21,168
Please forget
what you saw last night and leave.

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Is me being here a problem?

253
00:30:26,115 --> 00:30:28,884
Your family will be worried.

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00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:35,891
If I had a family to go back to,
I wouldn't have been drinking alone.

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00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:44,050
I don't know your story, but right now
we can't really have you here.

256
00:30:44,050 --> 00:30:50,072
Then will you kill me? Like you did
that samurai in black last night?

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Think whatever you want about me.

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But I kill to bring about
a new age of peace.

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00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:06,364
I don't kill just anybody.

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Only the Shogun's swordsmen.

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00:31:10,660 --> 00:31:15,389
I don't kill townsfolk
or anyone with no sword.

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00:31:19,294 --> 00:31:26,442
So killing depends only on
whether or not they have a sword?

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00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:32,948
If I drew a sword right now,

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would you kill me?

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00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:41,790
Well…

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When you find the answer to that,
come and tell me.

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I heard you were attacked.

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An ambush.

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Shinsengumi?

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No.

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Someone underground, like me,
who'd kill any way he could.

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A secret agent of theirs?
Or perhaps…

273
00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:04,273
Only a few of us
know about Himura.

274
00:33:04,273 --> 00:33:07,068
But he was ambushed.

275
00:33:07,068 --> 00:33:12,089
You mean to say
we have a traitor in our midst?

276
00:35:30,419 --> 00:35:32,479
You're still up?

277
00:35:37,385 --> 00:35:42,406
When you go out at night,
I can't sleep.

278
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:48,162
Don't get involved with me.

279
00:35:57,488 --> 00:35:58,964
For the blood.

280
00:36:18,718 --> 00:36:20,903
Do you intend

281
00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:25,657
to go on killing forever?

282
00:37:05,431 --> 00:37:07,157
Thank you.

283
00:37:08,142 --> 00:37:12,538
-Help with the firewood, will you?
-Yes, ma'am.

284
00:37:15,524 --> 00:37:17,584
Over there.

285
00:37:27,161 --> 00:37:29,471
Careful, it's heavy.

286
00:37:48,391 --> 00:37:53,980
-Those men get their clothes so dirty!
-Right.

287
00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:55,664
We can't keep up!

288
00:37:58,150 --> 00:38:01,612
-Here we go.
-Take those too.

289
00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:03,823
Thanks, Tomoe.

290
00:38:03,823 --> 00:38:05,591
Thank you.

291
00:38:54,498 --> 00:38:56,099
Hey, Tomoe.

292
00:38:57,668 --> 00:39:01,063
Thanks a lot.

293
00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:18,080
Don't leave any.

294
00:39:19,231 --> 00:39:21,275
She's like a wife!

295
00:39:21,275 --> 00:39:24,002
They suit each other!

296
00:39:24,779 --> 00:39:27,422
The perfect pair!

297
00:39:29,158 --> 00:39:32,787
That woman never smiles.

298
00:39:32,787 --> 00:39:35,555
She's a strange one.

299
00:39:38,334 --> 00:39:40,811
Give me some tea.

300
00:40:00,439 --> 00:40:03,417
Really? With Himura?

301
00:40:06,445 --> 00:40:10,882
Are you sure she's not a spy?

302
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:13,260
I don't know.

303
00:40:14,161 --> 00:40:21,043
Himura said she saw him kill,
so he had to keep her close.

304
00:40:21,043 --> 00:40:23,170
Where's she from?

305
00:40:23,170 --> 00:40:27,299
From her accent and bearing,
she's obviously not from Kyoto.

306
00:40:27,299 --> 00:40:31,595
She can read and write, so she's probably
the daughter of a samurai.

307
00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:37,643
Maybe a poor samurai's daughter
had to work as a whore.

308
00:40:37,643 --> 00:40:41,772
There's been no sign of her
trying to contact anyone.

309
00:40:41,772 --> 00:40:46,318
The only thing that worries me
is how Himura looks now.

310
00:40:46,318 --> 00:40:50,505
Himura, about tonight…

311
00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:56,428
Mr. Himura is asleep.

312
00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:03,002
Asleep?

313
00:41:03,002 --> 00:41:04,936
In plain view?

314
00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:11,985
I guess maybe he's mellowing.

315
00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:18,934
Tell Battosai

316
00:41:18,934 --> 00:41:22,688
to cut down anyone
standing in the way of the new age.

317
00:41:22,688 --> 00:41:25,316
He can come to me for swords.

318
00:41:25,316 --> 00:41:27,417
I'll make all he wants.

319
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:37,052
My swords will change history.

320
00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:19,970
Excuse the late hour.
May I come in for a minute?

321
00:42:20,788 --> 00:42:22,957
Mr. Himura goes out at night.

322
00:42:22,957 --> 00:42:24,808
I know.

323
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,233
Do you have some business with me?

324
00:42:35,427 --> 00:42:37,612
There's something

325
00:42:39,431 --> 00:42:42,159
I'd like you to know.

326
00:42:45,104 --> 00:42:50,568
"Gentlemen, go mad."

327
00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:56,715
Our mentor Shoin Yoshida said this to us
just before he was beheaded.

328
00:42:58,659 --> 00:43:04,248
We must go mad to end the rot
of a 300-year-old Shogunate.

329
00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:11,713
And as the spearpoint of mad justice
that will bring this about,

330
00:43:11,714 --> 00:43:16,234
Himura has the harshest
role to play.

331
00:43:29,565 --> 00:43:35,295
Please do nothing
to blunt his sword.

332
00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:28,848
May I come in?

333
00:44:31,710 --> 00:44:34,562
Mr. Katsura left this for you.

334
00:45:01,407 --> 00:45:03,425
Do me a favor.

335
00:45:07,329 --> 00:45:09,973
Come out with me.

336
00:45:34,731 --> 00:45:36,791
Isn't he cute?

337
00:45:39,319 --> 00:45:43,673
His parents must be so proud
he was chosen for that role.

338
00:45:45,659 --> 00:45:50,722
Will he make a wrong move?
Will he fall?

339
00:45:53,375 --> 00:45:57,187
I'm sure they're here watching,
feeling very nervous.

340
00:46:01,216 --> 00:46:06,196
Everyone here is someone's child.

341
00:46:07,139 --> 00:46:12,702
Everyone here
has someone they love.

342
00:46:14,313 --> 00:46:21,110
And they all take it for granted
that their lives together

343
00:46:21,111 --> 00:46:23,963
will go on and on.

344
00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:34,290
Is there really such a thing as

345
00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:36,601
fighting for peace?

346
00:46:39,213 --> 00:46:41,397
If it's for us all,

347
00:46:42,799 --> 00:46:45,276
do ideals mean

348
00:46:47,721 --> 00:46:50,865
that little things

349
00:46:52,935 --> 00:46:56,162
must fall victim?

350
00:47:00,150 --> 00:47:02,168
And aren't you

351
00:47:03,862 --> 00:47:06,631
a victim too?

352
00:47:14,081 --> 00:47:16,641
With a sword,

353
00:47:20,504 --> 00:47:23,314
that boy cuts the rope

354
00:47:24,049 --> 00:47:27,068
dividing this world from the next.

355
00:47:28,262 --> 00:47:30,864
Only then does the parade begin.

356
00:47:34,643 --> 00:47:39,080
For times to change,
someone must use a sword.

357
00:47:40,274 --> 00:47:43,168
That just happens to be me.

358
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:08,276
SHINSENGUMI HEADQUARTERS

359
00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:21,247
You piece of crap!

360
00:48:25,235 --> 00:48:27,086
Saito.

361
00:48:29,448 --> 00:48:31,090
Look.

362
00:48:34,202 --> 00:48:39,416
Everything else was burned,
but we found that in a shed.

363
00:48:39,416 --> 00:48:45,505
When the wind rises on Festival Eve,
they plan to burn the palace…

364
00:48:45,505 --> 00:48:48,942
and take the Emperor to Choshu.

365
00:48:51,303 --> 00:48:55,240
We'll look good if we can stop it.

366
00:48:56,016 --> 00:49:01,287
And we'll pay them back for
what they did to the Tsushimas.

367
00:49:12,699 --> 00:49:16,370
Is there really such a thing as

368
00:49:16,370 --> 00:49:18,346
fighting for peace?

369
00:49:19,623 --> 00:49:21,724
If it's for us all,

370
00:49:22,459 --> 00:49:24,727
do ideals mean

371
00:49:25,712 --> 00:49:29,232
that little things

372
00:49:30,050 --> 00:49:32,860
must fall victim?

373
00:49:37,349 --> 00:49:41,728
Takeda Kanryusai, Nagakura Shinpachi,

374
00:49:41,728 --> 00:49:45,440
Todo Heisuke, and Soji.

375
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,777
You ten form the Commander's unit.

376
00:49:48,777 --> 00:49:52,114
The rest will follow me.

377
00:49:52,114 --> 00:49:53,756
Mr. Kondo.

378
00:49:56,952 --> 00:50:02,515
Based on our inspectors' evidence,
we will search inns in Kawaramachi.

379
00:50:03,625 --> 00:50:06,311
Detain any Choshu men you find.

380
00:50:06,837 --> 00:50:08,771
If they resist,

381
00:50:10,173 --> 00:50:11,983
kill them.

382
00:50:14,052 --> 00:50:16,446
Follow the Commander!

383
00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:19,391
Let's go!

384
00:50:19,391 --> 00:50:21,701
Inoue squad!

385
00:50:26,022 --> 00:50:27,665
Himura!

386
00:50:29,317 --> 00:50:31,570
It's Mr. Katsura!

387
00:50:31,570 --> 00:50:32,988
What's wrong?

388
00:50:32,988 --> 00:50:38,243
The Shinsengumi arrested
our agent, Furutaka!

389
00:50:38,243 --> 00:50:40,261
At your service.

390
00:50:41,496 --> 00:50:45,041
The patriots have a plot
that happens tonight.

391
00:50:45,041 --> 00:50:47,627
They'll set fire to the palace,

392
00:50:47,627 --> 00:50:52,507
kidnap the Emperor,
and take him to Choshu.

393
00:50:52,507 --> 00:50:55,385
Mr. Katsura wants to stop them.

394
00:50:55,385 --> 00:50:56,511
Where are they?

395
00:50:56,511 --> 00:50:59,322
At the Ikedaya Inn.

396
00:51:00,432 --> 00:51:06,412
If Furutaka talked, the Shogun's men
would get Mr. Katsura along with them!

397
00:51:45,185 --> 00:51:47,938
Where's the owner?

398
00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:52,167
IKEDAYA INN

399
00:51:57,489 --> 00:51:58,490
Yes?

400
00:51:58,490 --> 00:52:00,466
Police!

401
00:52:02,619 --> 00:52:04,246
Everyone upstairs!

402
00:52:04,246 --> 00:52:07,014
It's a raid! Go!

403
00:52:11,586 --> 00:52:13,354
Police!

404
00:52:18,677 --> 00:52:20,470
Kondo!

405
00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:22,681
Run!

406
00:52:22,681 --> 00:52:24,365
Get them!

407
00:52:32,649 --> 00:52:34,083
Go!

408
00:52:40,532 --> 00:52:42,884
Get them all!

409
00:53:12,772 --> 00:53:14,608
Run!

410
00:53:14,608 --> 00:53:17,877
Hands off me!

411
00:53:25,869 --> 00:53:29,831
Run, Kameyata!

412
00:53:29,831 --> 00:53:31,807
Quick!

413
00:53:35,795 --> 00:53:38,481
One's getting away!

414
00:54:40,694 --> 00:54:42,529
Don't worry.

415
00:54:42,529 --> 00:54:45,172
I'll make it look like suicide.

416
00:54:54,958 --> 00:54:56,892
What do you want?

417
00:55:00,338 --> 00:55:02,148
Leave him.

418
00:55:19,065 --> 00:55:21,709
Are you Battosai?

419
00:55:23,611 --> 00:55:26,005
This should be fun.

420
00:56:16,206 --> 00:56:20,685
Okita Soji, 1st Unit Captain
of the Shinsengumi.

421
00:56:22,879 --> 00:56:25,773
I can't let you reach the Ikedaya.

422
00:58:50,777 --> 00:58:53,279
Is this Battosai, Okita?

423
00:58:53,279 --> 00:58:54,713
Yes.

424
00:58:55,657 --> 00:58:58,259
He's not so tough as the stories.

425
00:58:59,077 --> 00:59:02,471
The Ikedaya's secure.
I'll handle this.

426
00:59:03,915 --> 00:59:05,975
That won't do.

427
00:59:07,961 --> 00:59:10,312
You can't take him now.

428
00:59:27,564 --> 00:59:29,290
Himura, no!

429
00:59:34,028 --> 00:59:38,507
It's all right.
Mr. Katsura got away.

430
00:59:39,492 --> 00:59:44,930
The Aizu men are coming.
There's no point in fighting now.

431
00:59:45,999 --> 00:59:47,683
Come on.

432
01:00:00,888 --> 01:00:02,573
Himura!

433
01:00:18,114 --> 01:00:20,841
You're turning tail, Battosai?

434
01:00:28,416 --> 01:00:30,184
Come on, Himura!

435
01:00:34,714 --> 01:00:37,441
That's an order from Mr. Katsura!

436
01:01:00,865 --> 01:01:02,383
Stop.

437
01:01:05,244 --> 01:01:08,222
No matter how outnumbered,
you are no match for him.

438
01:01:49,872 --> 01:01:51,916
Make way!

439
01:01:51,916 --> 01:01:56,003
The Shinsengumi will bring order
to the streets of Kyoto!

440
01:01:56,003 --> 01:01:58,564
Those are our orders!

441
01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:12,395
JULY 19, 1864

442
01:02:12,395 --> 01:02:23,302
KINMON INCIDENT

443
01:02:31,789 --> 01:02:37,353
What could those idiots
have been thinking?

444
01:02:40,131 --> 01:02:42,066
Damn it!

445
01:02:43,009 --> 01:02:45,319
Now what?

446
01:02:46,679 --> 01:02:50,641
There are even more Shogun's men
around since the Ikedaya.

447
01:02:50,641 --> 01:02:54,328
Our Choshu Restoration Patriots
have been destroyed.

448
01:02:54,896 --> 01:03:01,168
And since they burned the city,
we've been condemned as rebels!

449
01:03:04,572 --> 01:03:07,199
Rebels

450
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:09,176
against the Emperor!

451
01:03:10,828 --> 01:03:12,413
Damn it!

452
01:03:12,413 --> 01:03:14,306
It sticks in my throat!

453
01:03:25,468 --> 01:03:27,486
We need to pull out.

454
01:03:28,763 --> 01:03:31,824
The Shinsengumi
could come any time.

455
01:03:34,227 --> 01:03:36,370
Mr. Katsura's safe.

456
01:03:37,522 --> 01:03:39,706
That's good enough.

457
01:04:32,243 --> 01:04:33,969
I'm sorry.

458
01:04:47,300 --> 01:04:51,111
I boast about never
killing townsfolk

459
01:04:53,973 --> 01:04:56,742
and now look at me.

460
01:05:00,438 --> 01:05:02,539
Leave, please.

461
01:05:12,241 --> 01:05:14,259
I'll stay with you

462
01:05:16,120 --> 01:05:18,722
a while longer.

463
01:05:19,665 --> 01:05:26,688
Right now, you need something
to help you restrain your madness.

464
01:05:35,389 --> 01:05:37,991
In answer to your question,

465
01:05:41,812 --> 01:05:47,334
I would never kill you,
even if you had a sword.

466
01:05:52,657 --> 01:05:54,967
No matter what,

467
01:05:58,746 --> 01:06:01,682
I would never kill you.

468
01:06:09,423 --> 01:06:11,316
Not you.

469
01:06:14,595 --> 01:06:16,196
Never.

470
01:06:22,353 --> 01:06:23,996
Shinsengumi!

471
01:06:28,651 --> 01:06:30,752
This way. Hurry!

472
01:06:38,494 --> 01:06:40,037
Quick!

473
01:06:40,037 --> 01:06:41,763
Out the back!

474
01:07:01,100 --> 01:07:02,868
Hurry!

475
01:07:41,140 --> 01:07:46,312
What would the Shogun's
Shinsengumi want with us?

476
01:07:46,312 --> 01:07:48,955
-Search the place!
-Yes, sir!

477
01:07:49,982 --> 01:07:52,193
What do you think you're doing?

478
01:07:52,193 --> 01:07:54,795
Look again!

479
01:09:06,016 --> 01:09:07,951
Mr. Katsura.

480
01:09:13,566 --> 01:09:16,877
I have to make myself scarce.

481
01:09:17,570 --> 01:09:21,631
I can't go to Choshu,
but I'll get caught if I stay here.

482
01:09:25,327 --> 01:09:28,247
Does it all end here?

483
01:09:28,247 --> 01:09:32,334
We wait for our chance.
Now is not the time.

484
01:09:32,334 --> 01:09:34,211
And me?

485
01:09:34,211 --> 01:09:38,090
There's a village outside Kyoto.

486
01:09:38,090 --> 01:09:41,385
Hide there until we start again.

487
01:09:41,385 --> 01:09:45,614
Iizuka or Katagai
will bring you what you need.

488
01:09:48,893 --> 01:09:50,744
All right.

489
01:09:52,605 --> 01:09:54,772
Tomoe,

490
01:09:54,773 --> 01:09:59,127
could you go and stay with Himura?

491
01:10:03,157 --> 01:10:06,927
A woman will make it easier
for you to hide.

492
01:10:07,661 --> 01:10:10,246
You only need

493
01:10:10,247 --> 01:10:12,390
to pretend.

494
01:10:20,174 --> 01:10:22,150
Look after him.

495
01:10:44,448 --> 01:10:46,341
Well?

496
01:10:48,535 --> 01:10:53,348
I have nowhere else to go.

497
01:10:54,708 --> 01:10:57,602
I'm sure there's somewhere.

498
01:11:09,014 --> 01:11:10,866
I'm sorry.

499
01:11:11,558 --> 01:11:15,328
It's not fair to force
the decision on you.

500
01:11:18,691 --> 01:11:20,584
Live with me.

501
01:11:21,777 --> 01:11:27,007
Being who I am,
I can't say how long it will last.

502
01:11:30,869 --> 01:11:33,513
Not just pretending.

503
01:11:35,624 --> 01:11:37,434
For real.

504
01:11:42,965 --> 01:11:44,566
Yes.

505
01:11:46,427 --> 01:11:49,279
I'll go with you.

506
01:12:30,971 --> 01:12:33,823
Smell that earth!

507
01:13:36,453 --> 01:13:37,971
Thank you.

508
01:13:43,043 --> 01:13:45,437
You got lots.

509
01:15:58,345 --> 01:16:01,281
You're eating with an appetite.

510
01:16:20,576 --> 01:16:23,344
I've realized something here.

511
01:16:29,918 --> 01:16:36,591
I've been fighting to bring
a new age of happiness

512
01:16:36,592 --> 01:16:40,153
for as many people as possible.

513
01:16:41,263 --> 01:16:44,824
But now I know it was conceit.

514
01:16:50,397 --> 01:16:54,167
What is happiness?

515
01:16:56,236 --> 01:16:59,005
I didn't understand
anything about it.

516
01:17:05,454 --> 01:17:12,435
I feel like living here with you
has answered that question for me.

517
01:18:24,950 --> 01:18:30,054
You smile a lot more lately
than you used to.

518
01:18:51,977 --> 01:18:53,661
Hi.

519
01:19:04,740 --> 01:19:06,908
Thanks.

520
01:19:06,908 --> 01:19:12,013
You're coming to look like
a real married couple.

521
01:19:14,458 --> 01:19:16,684
I'll go outside.

522
01:19:21,298 --> 01:19:23,592
Did I say something?

523
01:19:23,592 --> 01:19:27,304
No. Why are you here?

524
01:19:27,304 --> 01:19:28,905
Well.

525
01:19:32,642 --> 01:19:34,827
Things aren't good.

526
01:19:38,106 --> 01:19:41,818
To please the Shogunate,
our domain conservatives

527
01:19:41,818 --> 01:19:45,280
are ordering men
to commit suicide.

528
01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:48,841
They say there's not a day
that goes by without one.

529
01:19:49,576 --> 01:19:51,761
And Mr. Katsura?

530
01:19:52,579 --> 01:19:56,891
In the domain, they're calling him
"Runaway Kogoro."

531
01:19:57,876 --> 01:19:59,936
Choshu's finished.

532
01:20:00,754 --> 01:20:02,756
You can't mean that.

533
01:20:02,756 --> 01:20:05,108
That's how it is now.

534
01:20:06,551 --> 01:20:09,779
All we can do is wait.

535
01:20:13,642 --> 01:20:16,077
Here's some expense money.

536
01:20:16,812 --> 01:20:18,772
From Mr. Katagai.

537
01:20:18,772 --> 01:20:20,524
And

538
01:20:20,524 --> 01:20:22,083
I'll leave this.

539
01:20:23,443 --> 01:20:26,254
Sell potions.

540
01:20:26,905 --> 01:20:31,509
No one will suspect you
if you're out doing business.

541
01:20:43,964 --> 01:20:46,023
See you, Tomoe.

542
01:20:47,592 --> 01:20:50,778
Now you're a peddler's wife.

543
01:21:34,097 --> 01:21:39,035
The look in Battosai's eyes has changed
in the past few months.

544
01:21:44,566 --> 01:21:46,626
Now's your chance.

545
01:21:51,281 --> 01:21:57,512
This is quite the armory
your Shadow Warriors have laid in here.

546
01:22:07,380 --> 01:22:09,732
Iizuka, you traitor!

547
01:22:12,385 --> 01:22:17,323
Looks like you were followed.
You're slipping up, Iizuka.

548
01:22:22,854 --> 01:22:25,190
Katagai! He's Katsura's
right-hand man!

549
01:22:25,190 --> 01:22:28,693
When they find out he's missing…

550
01:22:28,693 --> 01:22:30,445
In that case,

551
01:22:30,445 --> 01:22:35,132
let's get started on the operation
to eliminate Battosai.

552
01:22:37,327 --> 01:22:41,597
Enishi, you're on.

553
01:23:20,495 --> 01:23:22,388
Enishi?

554
01:23:23,665 --> 01:23:25,308
Enishi!

555
01:23:26,459 --> 01:23:31,355
What a surprise!
It's been so long!

556
01:23:34,134 --> 01:23:36,485
You're all grown up!

557
01:23:37,887 --> 01:23:40,323
When did you come from Edo?

558
01:23:41,975 --> 01:23:43,977
Is Father well?

559
01:23:43,977 --> 01:23:45,703
I don't know.

560
01:23:46,855 --> 01:23:50,541
I left for Kyoto
right after you did.

561
01:23:53,278 --> 01:23:55,212
What do you mean?

562
01:23:55,947 --> 01:23:58,241
What are you doing?

563
01:23:58,241 --> 01:24:00,217
Helping you.

564
01:24:07,709 --> 01:24:13,381
Enishi, how did you find me here?

565
01:24:13,381 --> 01:24:17,360
Easy. I'm a messenger, after all.

566
01:24:21,264 --> 01:24:23,115
Good news, Tomoe.

567
01:24:24,142 --> 01:24:29,997
It's finally time for heaven
to levy judgment on Battosai.

568
01:24:45,538 --> 01:24:47,181
Enishi!

569
01:24:55,090 --> 01:24:59,860
Welcome home.
That was my brother, Enishi.

570
01:25:01,179 --> 01:25:06,392
Oh, you have a brother?

571
01:25:06,392 --> 01:25:09,662
Please excuse his behavior.

572
01:25:12,690 --> 01:25:16,001
Well, I've stolen his big sister.

573
01:25:24,536 --> 01:25:26,637
It's getting cold.

574
01:25:45,473 --> 01:25:50,703
Could I talk to you a little?

575
01:25:56,943 --> 01:25:59,628
My parents' home is in Edo.

576
01:26:01,406 --> 01:26:04,534
We weren't rich

577
01:26:04,534 --> 01:26:11,932
but my father, my brother, and I
lived peacefully there.

578
01:26:15,879 --> 01:26:21,734
My father is a low-ranked samurai,
good with neither pen nor sword,

579
01:26:23,553 --> 01:26:26,071
but a kind man.

580
01:26:28,141 --> 01:26:35,164
My mother was frail and she died
just after Enishi was born.

581
01:26:40,862 --> 01:26:43,714
He never knew her.

582
01:26:44,866 --> 01:26:50,679
He jumps to conclusions,
and that gets him in trouble,

583
01:26:52,373 --> 01:26:54,725
but he's dear to me.

584
01:27:07,805 --> 01:27:09,740
I was

585
01:27:11,726 --> 01:27:16,330
engaged to be married.

586
01:27:19,859 --> 01:27:26,465
He was the second son of a family
of the same status as ours.

587
01:27:27,700 --> 01:27:30,177
A childhood friend.

588
01:27:35,333 --> 01:27:40,354
For my sake,
he said he wanted to rise in the world.

589
01:27:42,090 --> 01:27:47,820
He volunteered for the Watch,
and came to Kyoto.

590
01:27:53,768 --> 01:27:56,370
Before the wedding,

591
01:27:58,356 --> 01:28:05,421
in the unrest in Kyoto,
he made the ultimate sacrifice.

592
01:28:25,758 --> 01:28:28,193
If only I'd clung to him in Edo

593
01:28:30,722 --> 01:28:33,115
and stopped him from coming…

594
01:28:38,980 --> 01:28:45,753
If only I'd said I was happy
whether he rose in the world or not…

595
01:28:49,657 --> 01:28:52,551
Why didn't I?

596
01:28:57,540 --> 01:29:02,436
The more I think about it…

597
01:29:27,028 --> 01:29:29,004
That's enough.

598
01:29:32,241 --> 01:29:34,468
No more.

599
01:30:53,739 --> 01:30:56,300
When I first met you,

600
01:30:57,785 --> 01:31:03,974
you said I could
make it rain blood.

601
01:31:06,627 --> 01:31:11,064
You asked if someone
could really fight for peace.

602
01:31:12,633 --> 01:31:14,151
Yes.

603
01:31:20,850 --> 01:31:23,160
I'm sure

604
01:31:24,729 --> 01:31:28,290
I'll end up killing again

605
01:31:30,318 --> 01:31:33,587
until the new age is here.

606
01:31:38,159 --> 01:31:40,427
But when that day comes,

607
01:31:42,997 --> 01:31:45,849
although this may sound foolish,

608
01:31:48,252 --> 01:31:50,979
I'll start looking for a way

609
01:31:52,423 --> 01:31:55,484
to defend, not kill.

610
01:32:01,891 --> 01:32:06,620
A way to preserve
the happiness of all,

611
01:32:09,023 --> 01:32:13,836
to bear the weight of my sins,
and atone for them.

612
01:32:18,783 --> 01:32:20,592
Tomoe,

613
01:32:22,245 --> 01:32:25,722
the happiness you've lost once,

614
01:32:28,084 --> 01:32:30,644
you will never lose again.

615
01:32:38,844 --> 01:32:40,612
Yes.

616
01:35:35,396 --> 01:35:37,205
Mr. Iizuka?

617
01:35:38,774 --> 01:35:40,834
We found our spy.

618
01:35:43,404 --> 01:35:45,005
It's Tomoe.

619
01:35:47,241 --> 01:35:48,884
What?

620
01:35:52,830 --> 01:35:57,309
There's proof.
Look in her diary.

621
01:36:05,092 --> 01:36:08,111
If you want revenge,

622
01:36:08,929 --> 01:36:14,493
get close to Battosai and find out
all you can about him.

623
01:36:17,271 --> 01:36:22,084
Find his weak points.

624
01:36:58,771 --> 01:37:02,415
Why drag Enishi into this?

625
01:37:02,942 --> 01:37:06,362
We didn't do that.

626
01:37:06,362 --> 01:37:12,384
He was asking about you in Kyoto.
The Shogun's men brought him here.

627
01:37:15,788 --> 01:37:18,082
Where's everyone else?

628
01:37:18,082 --> 01:37:20,183
At their posts.

629
01:37:21,877 --> 01:37:25,047
Without hearing my report?

630
01:37:25,047 --> 01:37:26,898
Report?

631
01:37:31,762 --> 01:37:34,281
On Battosai's weak points?

632
01:37:36,141 --> 01:37:38,326
We don't need that.

633
01:37:41,855 --> 01:37:48,879
It's faster to make one than look for
one that might not even be there.

634
01:37:52,074 --> 01:37:55,619
No matter how cold-blooded,

635
01:37:55,619 --> 01:37:59,055
no man is without feelings.

636
01:38:04,336 --> 01:38:07,355
When he finds out you're a spy,

637
01:38:07,965 --> 01:38:12,052
he'll be too torn up
to think straight.

638
01:38:12,052 --> 01:38:16,239
He won't be able
to fight at his best.

639
01:38:20,019 --> 01:38:25,457
Was that the plan all along?
To use me?

640
01:38:53,052 --> 01:38:55,904
The man who gave you that scar,

641
01:38:56,847 --> 01:39:01,451
Tomoe was supposed
to become his wife.

642
01:39:06,565 --> 01:39:09,151
April 5th.

643
01:39:09,151 --> 01:39:14,965
Before our wedding,
Kiyosato made the ultimate sacrifice.

644
01:39:18,369 --> 01:39:20,679
I can't die!

645
01:39:22,081 --> 01:39:24,958
There's someone I love.

646
01:39:24,958 --> 01:39:27,044
I was

647
01:39:27,044 --> 01:39:31,731
engaged to be married.

648
01:39:34,051 --> 01:39:38,405
He was the second son of a family
of the same status as ours.

649
01:39:39,098 --> 01:39:41,241
A childhood friend.

650
01:39:54,405 --> 01:39:56,673
Rejoice.

651
01:39:58,158 --> 01:40:02,204
You'll have your revenge…

652
01:40:02,204 --> 01:40:04,472
and you'll be free.

653
01:40:14,633 --> 01:40:16,776
You won't kill him!

654
01:40:20,222 --> 01:40:23,408
Your heart's ruling your head!

655
01:40:45,998 --> 01:40:51,853
They're at an old temple in the hills.
Tomoe's probably there too.

656
01:40:53,881 --> 01:40:56,024
Finish her off.

657
01:40:56,717 --> 01:40:58,568
That's an order.

658
01:41:03,974 --> 01:41:07,644
The happiness you've lost once,

659
01:41:07,644 --> 01:41:10,663
you will never lose again.

660
01:41:24,328 --> 01:41:26,121
Listen.

661
01:41:26,121 --> 01:41:31,851
In the end, love and hate
are two sides of the same coin.

662
01:41:33,045 --> 01:41:36,439
And that coin is karma.

663
01:43:42,966 --> 01:43:46,803
My task, if I can't
bring you down myself,

664
01:43:46,803 --> 01:43:50,532
is to send you on to our next man.

665
01:43:59,483 --> 01:44:00,959
Now

666
01:44:03,612 --> 01:44:07,173
all that's left is to die
and become divine.

667
01:44:25,425 --> 01:44:28,403
You're worried about him?

668
01:44:30,389 --> 01:44:34,742
Don't forget how this started.

669
01:44:37,396 --> 01:44:43,527
You must have meant everything
to that guy Kiyosato.

670
01:44:43,527 --> 01:44:48,172
Why else would he come to Kyoto
to join the Watch?

671
01:44:48,699 --> 01:44:55,013
He wanted to make you happy,
even if it meant risking his life.

672
01:44:59,251 --> 01:45:02,061
To make a woman happy,

673
01:45:02,671 --> 01:45:09,344
a man must defend his family, his village,
and the Shogunate itself.

674
01:45:09,344 --> 01:45:13,239
Without peace, without the Shogun,

675
01:45:14,641 --> 01:45:18,161
there is happiness for no one.

676
01:45:56,391 --> 01:45:57,601
And thus,

677
01:45:57,601 --> 01:46:00,771
no matter how small they are,

678
01:46:00,771 --> 01:46:05,776
any shoots of resistance to the Shogun
must be pulled out by the roots.

679
01:46:05,776 --> 01:46:10,922
That caution is why these Shoguns
have brought 300 years of peace!

680
01:46:11,531 --> 01:46:16,052
That we must support,
and that we must preserve!

681
01:46:18,622 --> 01:46:21,140
We must preserve that happiness

682
01:46:24,336 --> 01:46:26,688
with our lives.

683
01:47:25,814 --> 01:47:27,832
Understand?

684
01:47:28,525 --> 01:47:31,711
That is a warrior's destiny.

685
01:47:33,321 --> 01:47:35,798
We are all

686
01:47:37,033 --> 01:47:39,927
sinful creatures.

687
01:47:41,037 --> 01:47:43,681
Battosai!

688
01:47:47,377 --> 01:47:50,271
You forgot this!

689
01:47:58,847 --> 01:48:00,948
Sumita

690
01:48:04,686 --> 01:48:07,079
and Mumyoi?

691
01:48:30,253 --> 01:48:34,841
To defend our world,
and preserve the Shogun,

692
01:48:34,841 --> 01:48:37,193
I will stop this man myself.

693
01:48:39,471 --> 01:48:46,828
That is the only way to honor
those who have died for the Shogun!

694
01:48:49,439 --> 01:48:52,585
Lie there

695
01:48:52,609 --> 01:48:55,253
and watch.

696
01:49:43,618 --> 01:49:45,803
Can you hear me, Battosai?

697
01:49:48,415 --> 01:49:52,018
Can you see me?

698
01:50:30,290 --> 01:50:32,350
Well, Battosai?

699
01:50:33,335 --> 01:50:39,482
How does it feel to love a woman
who came only to kill you?

700
01:52:20,066 --> 01:52:22,626
You don't have a chance.

701
01:52:25,780 --> 01:52:28,382
Why keep fighting?

702
01:52:29,701 --> 01:52:31,510
For who?

703
01:52:33,496 --> 01:52:35,389
For what?

704
01:53:22,003 --> 01:53:28,109
Do you want to die bit by bit,
or do you want it all at once?

705
01:53:29,177 --> 01:53:32,196
The choice is yours.

706
01:56:13,508 --> 01:56:18,072
I'm sorry

707
01:56:18,096 --> 01:56:20,322
my love.

708
01:57:20,575 --> 01:57:22,676
Tomoe.

709
01:58:08,039 --> 01:58:10,391
Katagai's dead.

710
01:58:11,459 --> 01:58:14,978
Iizuka was the spy.

711
01:58:17,298 --> 01:58:20,109
We've sent someone after him.

712
01:58:22,136 --> 01:58:24,113
I see.

713
01:58:24,722 --> 01:58:32,105
The man we've sent is
as good with a sword as you.

714
01:58:32,105 --> 01:58:35,499
He'll do our assassinations
from now on.

715
01:58:52,375 --> 01:58:56,605
And as for you, Himura,

716
01:58:56,629 --> 01:59:01,509
it might not be fair to you now,
but I'll need your sword

717
01:59:01,509 --> 01:59:05,446
even more from now on.

718
01:59:06,430 --> 01:59:12,186
The Shogun's patriot hunt
gets worse every day.

719
01:59:12,186 --> 01:59:17,750
If we don't fight back,
we'll be wiped out.

720
01:59:24,323 --> 01:59:27,050
If I hang up my sword now,

721
01:59:29,745 --> 01:59:34,433
all the lives I've taken so far
will have been a waste.

722
01:59:40,089 --> 01:59:43,861
Until the new age comes,

723
01:59:43,885 --> 01:59:46,612
I will wield my sword.

724
01:59:49,891 --> 01:59:53,144
But the moment it arrives…

725
01:59:53,144 --> 01:59:56,914
You'll throw your sword away?

726
02:00:04,280 --> 02:00:06,340
I don't know.

727
02:00:09,285 --> 02:00:12,387
But I will never kill again.

728
02:00:14,248 --> 02:00:16,225
Not again.

729
02:00:17,251 --> 02:00:19,102
Never.

730
02:00:26,177 --> 02:00:28,111
I see.

731
02:02:32,303 --> 02:02:34,363
April 5th.

732
02:02:35,765 --> 02:02:41,536
Before our wedding,
Kiyosato made the ultimate sacrifice.

733
02:02:43,314 --> 02:02:46,917
I cannot believe
he is no longer with us.

734
02:02:47,610 --> 02:02:53,423
The childhood days we spent together
seem like only yesterday.

735
02:02:59,413 --> 02:03:02,166
April 14th.

736
02:03:02,166 --> 02:03:04,434
I have learned the truth.

737
02:03:06,170 --> 02:03:09,356
I do not know what I should do.

738
02:03:10,925 --> 02:03:13,610
Should I just accept
that it was fate?

739
02:03:15,721 --> 02:03:18,323
The rain goes on.

740
02:03:20,101 --> 02:03:23,328
I want to avenge Kiyosato.

741
02:03:34,031 --> 02:03:37,551
I wasn't there when he died.

742
02:03:38,786 --> 02:03:41,596
My happiness died with him.

743
02:03:44,291 --> 02:03:48,021
I could not catch and hold

744
02:03:48,045 --> 02:03:50,772
the happiness I saw before me.

745
02:03:53,175 --> 02:03:55,570
If only

746
02:03:55,594 --> 02:03:58,321
I had begged him not to go.

747
02:03:59,974 --> 02:04:06,538
I have given myself
to schemes to kill that man.

748
02:04:09,859 --> 02:04:13,795
Otherwise, I would go mad.

749
02:04:16,657 --> 02:04:19,803
And yet you say

750
02:04:19,827 --> 02:04:22,931
you'd protect

751
02:04:22,955 --> 02:04:25,474
a woman like me.

752
02:04:38,053 --> 02:04:43,116
I will leave Kyoto,
and live with him.

753
02:04:45,644 --> 02:04:48,314
When did he become

754
02:04:48,314 --> 02:04:51,708
so dear to me?

755
02:04:55,070 --> 02:05:01,301
He is still not used to it,
but he seems to enjoy fieldwork.

756
02:05:03,162 --> 02:05:10,519
I am glad to see that
the lines of his face have softened.

757
02:05:14,965 --> 02:05:17,400
December 26th.

758
02:05:18,427 --> 02:05:20,403
The rain has turned to snow.

759
02:05:22,181 --> 02:05:24,574
I feel that winter is here.

760
02:05:30,898 --> 02:05:35,752
He is the man who robbed me
of my happiness,

761
02:05:36,904 --> 02:05:39,798
whom I hated enough to kill.

762
02:05:42,117 --> 02:05:48,473
But the way things are going,
I will fall truly in love with him.

763
02:05:56,590 --> 02:06:01,821
He will kill again.

764
02:06:01,845 --> 02:06:06,243
But after all his killing is done,

765
02:06:06,267 --> 02:06:12,874
I am sure he will preserve
many more than he has killed.

766
02:06:12,898 --> 02:06:15,333
I must not let him die now.

767
02:06:18,696 --> 02:06:20,630
I will preserve him

768
02:06:22,616 --> 02:06:24,843
though it means my life.

769
02:06:30,874 --> 02:06:32,434
Goodbye

770
02:06:34,962 --> 02:06:36,897
to the second man

771
02:06:38,382 --> 02:06:40,317
I loved.

772
02:07:34,688 --> 02:07:36,623
Well,

773
02:07:38,067 --> 02:07:42,170
I'll be on my way, Tomoe.

774
02:08:47,537 --> 02:08:55,702
THE BATTLE OF TOBA-FUSHIMI
JANUARY 1868, KYOTO

775
02:09:29,595 --> 02:09:32,264
Saito! The Shogunate dog!

776
02:09:32,264 --> 02:09:33,823
Ready!

777
02:10:04,838 --> 02:10:07,132
We've won!

778
02:10:07,132 --> 02:10:09,984
It's the Emperor's banner!

779
02:10:13,972 --> 02:10:15,740
Victory!

780
02:10:21,939 --> 02:10:23,748
So it has come, hasn't it?

781
02:10:25,025 --> 02:10:27,293
The new age.

782
02:10:33,367 --> 02:10:34,968
At last.

783
02:10:40,749 --> 02:10:42,559
Battosai!

784
02:10:54,888 --> 02:10:57,115
It doesn't end here.

785
02:11:38,682 --> 02:11:40,434
Some 160 years ago,

786
02:11:40,434 --> 02:11:45,105
the black foreign ships
led to the Shogun's fall.

787
02:11:45,105 --> 02:11:51,778
Out of the resulting maelstrom
came a warrior, Battosai the Killer.

788
02:11:51,778 --> 02:11:58,660
When calm was restored, he vanished

789
02:11:58,660 --> 02:12:06,267
and became a lone wanderer.

790
02:12:11,173 --> 02:12:18,238
It would be ten years
before he appeared again.

791
02:12:33,100 --> 02:12:41,500
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792
02:12:33,100 --> 02:12:41,500
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793
02:16:26,178 --> 02:16:32,408
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