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[action music playing]00:37:02:17
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- [chirping]
- [hoofbeats approaching]
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[horses neighing]
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[shop owner grunts]
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[sighs] The last of it.
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Who knew one man could bleed so much?
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You're better at cleaning than cooking.
When does your son get back?
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[breathes deeply]
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[wind whooshing]
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[tense music accelerates]
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[footsteps approaching]
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The Four Fangs!
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What an honor!
May I get you something to eat?
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[Fang leader] A samurai came through here.
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Young. Arrogant.
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He cut four fingers to get a name.
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- Tell me what you know.
- [customer 1] Shut up.
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We're trying to eat.
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[ominous music playing]
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- [swords slashing]
- [customers grunting, groaning]
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He was here two days ago.
He spilled blood everywhere.
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Which is fine.
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Then he left.
And he took my son, an invalid.
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That's it! That's it!
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[gasps]
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Oh!
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[clicks sword]
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You move quietly for someone so large.
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I'm naturally stealthy.
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[clicks sword in place]
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Maybe not naturally. My father beat me
if I ever made noise in the noodle shop.
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I learned to be quiet like a ninja.
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[samurai] I don't want you
anywhere near me.
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- Stay away.
- Stay away, Ringo.
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I don't care.
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But I'm useful. You see?
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I heard white people's skin
burns off in the sun.
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Is it true blue eyes can see in the dark?
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Oh, and is it true white people drink milk
from their animals?
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[samurai] Hmm.
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I know why you think you don't want
me around, but you can trust me.
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I'd never tell your secret. Not ever.
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Not if someone
bit off my skin bite by bite
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or even if they made me eat eggplant.
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I'd never ever, ever, ever
tell anyone that you're a g…
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[samurai grunts]
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If I see you again,
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I will kill you
and never think of you again.
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[footsteps receding]
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[wind whooshing]
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[guard] Come forward. Get in line!
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No one gets through without a travel pass.
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Next.
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Come on, come on. Let's see your pass.
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Next!
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Come on.
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[guard] What is this? A bribe?
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Are you trying to bribe me?
Arrest him and flog him!
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[grunts] No!
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No! Please!
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Hey, where's your pass?
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[Ringo] Right here.
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Travel pass for two.
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Just us two boys
traveling together, like always.
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Heading to my buckwheat dealer.
Fresh shipment from Horokanai.
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The best! Come on, you.
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My apprentice. He's a bit dim.
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Next.
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Useful! I told you.
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[sighs]
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You will not find
what you seek at my side.
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I am owed my revenge,
and I will have it at any cost.
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Huh! I love revenge.
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[sighs]
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It is a demon's path littered with death.
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I'm not afraid.
I can train, and I can help you.
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I'm already the greatest in the world
at one thing. What's one more?
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Noodles is not war.
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My whole life has been a battle.
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[breathes deeply]
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[soft music playing]
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I'm an apprentice!
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[Ringo] So, where do we go
to get your revenge?
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[samurai] I need a boat.
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[Ringo] Ooh! A revenge boat.
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[theme music playing]
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[music fades]
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Argh!
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It's not so bad.
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You can shave the front.
It's how all the noblemen wear their hair.
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Very fashionable.
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Why didn't he just kill me?
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- The gods have shown you a longer path.
- Ugh.
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You still have me.
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- We'll be married, and…
- Your father will never allow it now.
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I can convince my father.
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And have everyone mock me?
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I'd rather cut myself open now.
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The cut is so clean.
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A masterful cut.
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You can't kill yourself
over a brawl with some monster.
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It… It wasn't even a duel.
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It was an attack.
Did he officially challenge you?
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Victory cannot come from dishonor.
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Therefore, you never lost.
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Had he challenged you, he'd be dead.
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[alluring music playing]
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[breathes deeply]
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I can see it now. You challenge him.
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And like a dog, he comes running.
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He faces you.
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An onryō. His demon eyes.
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But your courage drives him back
like a squall against the sea.
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You unsheathe your magnificent sword.
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[Taigen gasps]
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Akemi.
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- Are you sure?
- Shh.
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[Akemi] He lunges at you,
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but his sword is no match for yours.
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You strike with your blade.
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[both gasping]
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[both moaning]
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[Akemi] You draw his blood.
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[Taigen gasps]
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His eyes like two angry waves in a storm.
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They try to suck you in,
but you're too strong.
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- You thrust your sword into him again.
- [Taigen groans]
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And again. And again.
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[moans]
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A final cut.
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You feel the hot spray of blood.
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[both moaning]
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Glory!
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[both panting]
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[gasps] Mm.
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Come now. Let's shave your head.
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[Taigen] No.
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You're right.
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That monster didn't fight honorably.
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So my honor can still be restored.
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I must find him.
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Challenge him and kill him for all to see.
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But we're supposed to marry.
You can't leave.
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He could be anywhere.
It could take months to find him.
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He's looking for Heiji Shindo.
Arrogant enough to go straight to him.
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He'll need a boat.
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Mihonoseki.
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He must have left a trail.
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But what if he kills you this time?
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[door opens]
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Ringo] Boom, there was blood everywhere.
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And that's why
I vowed never to eat eggplant again.
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So, tell me about this boat.
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I've never been on a boat.
I wonder if I'll get seasick.
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I get nauseous in the bath
if I slosh too much.
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Ahh!
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Naturally stealthy.
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You don't have to be here.
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[Ringo] And miss you killing Heiji Shindo?
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[samurai] Not him.
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The white man he protects.
He's on an island in the west.
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By sea, I can be there before dawn
and kill him by sunrise.
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Revenge.
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Where is everybody?
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[Ringo] Hello?
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[tense music accelerates, fades]
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[hiccuping]
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Where did your town go?
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[festive music playing]
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[music continues]
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[grunts]
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[children laughing]
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Ah!
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We're not here for fun.
We're here for a boat.
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Sure, I can take you there.
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- [samurai] Thank you.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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[chuckles] Not now. Tomorrow.
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[boatman 2] Not too early either.
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I must leave now.
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[boatman 1] During the Hadaka Matsuri?
Well, then you'll have to swim.
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Everyone's closed today!
We have to purify ourselves
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and celebrate the kami,
or we'll have a bad year.
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You don't want a bad year, do you?
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[crowd laughing]
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[indistinct chatter]
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Fine. Tomorrow then.
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That's the spirit. Have fun!
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Stay for the Shingi.
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A dip in the ice cleanses the soul.
You don't wanna miss that.
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And when you hear the drums, come running.
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We will see you in the morning.
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Not too early!
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[grunts]
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Sorry. Stealthy.
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You do that a lot.
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[Ringo] There has to be something
you'd like to do while we wait.
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Gambling? We could try their noodles!
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The Shingi!
He said we don't wanna miss that.
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Your foot.
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You are never to take that off.
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The day you take that off,
you are discharged from your duties.
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Do you understand?
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[ringing]
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I will use the time to train.
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You need to train? I've seen you fight.
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Right. You can never train too much.
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It's good we miss all the fun.
No fun for samurai. Fun is bad.
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I'll set camp on the eastern cliffs.
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Ringo, you should stay here and have fun.
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For as long as you want. Forever even.
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There's no shame in making a home here
and keeping your life.
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Uh-uh. An apprentice
would never leave his master's side.
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Just a little fun. Then tomorrow… [grunts]
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[sighs]
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- [children cheering]
- Whoo-hoo. [laughs]
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[tense music playing]
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[music fades]
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[horse snorting]
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[grunts]
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[horse snorting]
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[Taigen] Your cut.
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You did leave me a trail.
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[ominous music playing]
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[horse neighing]
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[guard] Let him through. Let him through.
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[Taigen grunts]
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[sinister music swelling]
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[horses neighing]
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[grunts]
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[sinister music playing]
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- [gasps] Take arms! Lock the gate!
- [people screaming]
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[grunting, groaning]
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[music fades]
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[regal, ominous music swelling]
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[music fades]
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The messengers were supposed
to light a fire when the samurai is dead.
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[man] You pay money
for a job you don't wanna think about,
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so you don't have to think about it.
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It's the whole point of money.
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Not everyone can be relied on.
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I'm familiar with that premise.
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Every year, I promise you
delights beyond imagination.
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Every year, I deliver.
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My imagination expands.
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The spring pilgrimage
is the one time of year
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I'm allowed off this fucking island.
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I've been planning all month. Hm.
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Surprises for you
every stop along the way to Edo.
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Hmm. And when we get to Edo?
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Our surprise for the shogun
is almost ready.
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After that,
you'll be free to go anywhere you like.
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Anytime you like.
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[man] Hm.
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Done.
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Hmm. After all these years,
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you've mastered the brush.
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I hate painting.
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[inhales] And woodblock and ceramic
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and calligraphy
and every other useless art
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I mastered to while away the hours.
262
00:16:48,750 --> 00:16:51,083
I hate that I have time for painting.
263
00:16:51,166 --> 00:16:54,166
If I have time to paint,
something is wrong.
264
00:16:55,791 --> 00:16:59,416
The shogun lets us operate
so long as he can deny I exist.
265
00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:01,333
Soon he won't have that luxury.
266
00:17:02,041 --> 00:17:05,041
Hmm. I'd have liked that in my room.
267
00:17:09,875 --> 00:17:14,291
[soft, tense music playing]
268
00:17:31,625 --> 00:17:32,625
[grunts]
269
00:17:39,416 --> 00:17:44,083
[tense music accelerates, fades]
270
00:17:44,166 --> 00:17:46,166
[sword clanging, echoing off]
271
00:17:54,291 --> 00:17:55,291
[sighs]
272
00:17:55,666 --> 00:17:57,666
[serene music playing]
273
00:18:24,541 --> 00:18:27,208
A sword made by your hand is beyond price.
274
00:18:27,291 --> 00:18:31,625
- Hmm. Yet there is a price.
- [music fades]
275
00:18:32,125 --> 00:18:34,375
Take all I have. Please.
276
00:18:34,458 --> 00:18:36,916
I must have a sword made by your hand.
277
00:18:38,166 --> 00:18:39,166
Hmm.
278
00:18:39,583 --> 00:18:42,250
I am not a swordsman. I bind books.
279
00:18:42,333 --> 00:18:43,708
I was taught my trade by…
280
00:18:45,291 --> 00:18:46,500
my father.
281
00:18:46,583 --> 00:18:48,416
He was killed by a drunk ronin,
282
00:18:49,125 --> 00:18:52,125
who cut my father down
for splashing him with his cart.
283
00:18:52,625 --> 00:18:54,541
This ronin is a drunk,
284
00:18:54,625 --> 00:18:56,500
but he is skilled as I am not.
285
00:18:57,333 --> 00:18:59,375
He will kill me. I know this.
286
00:18:59,458 --> 00:19:01,583
But with a sword from you, Master,
287
00:19:01,666 --> 00:19:03,875
I can take his life as he takes mine.
288
00:19:04,583 --> 00:19:06,041
And die avenged.
289
00:19:06,875 --> 00:19:07,875
Hmm.
290
00:19:14,708 --> 00:19:16,250
Will you make him a blade?
291
00:19:19,708 --> 00:19:21,458
He's hiding something.
292
00:19:28,666 --> 00:19:29,791
Hmm.
293
00:19:30,916 --> 00:19:32,291
His tale is moving.
294
00:19:33,041 --> 00:19:35,833
Perhaps we can help him die with honor.
295
00:19:36,833 --> 00:19:38,083
Light the fire.
296
00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:40,625
You take up the hammer.
297
00:19:42,916 --> 00:19:45,125
[theme music playing]
298
00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:11,541
Your fire is in this edge, Mizu.
299
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,041
It's ready.
300
00:20:15,125 --> 00:20:16,416
[music ends]
301
00:20:18,916 --> 00:20:19,916
[grunts in distance]
302
00:20:20,916 --> 00:20:23,416
[grunting continues]
303
00:20:26,916 --> 00:20:27,916
[Mizu grunts]
304
00:20:30,375 --> 00:20:31,833
[man] Your breath is late.
305
00:20:33,916 --> 00:20:34,916
Like so.
306
00:20:41,625 --> 00:20:43,000
Come on now, boy.
307
00:20:47,541 --> 00:20:48,708
[both grunting]
308
00:20:48,791 --> 00:20:50,333
- [groans]
- [laughs]
309
00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:51,541
[pants]
310
00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:53,666
Your foot announces your thoughts.
311
00:20:53,750 --> 00:20:54,750
[Mizu grunts]
312
00:20:58,916 --> 00:21:01,166
[thunder rumbling]
313
00:21:04,083 --> 00:21:05,375
[lightning crackling]
314
00:21:05,458 --> 00:21:06,500
[man laughs]
315
00:21:09,083 --> 00:21:11,500
Huh. You're soft for a boy.
316
00:21:11,583 --> 00:21:13,833
Mixed breeds are all weak stock.
317
00:21:35,583 --> 00:21:36,583
[grunts]
318
00:21:38,875 --> 00:21:40,666
[pants]
319
00:21:41,791 --> 00:21:42,791
{\an8}[groans]
320
00:21:44,250 --> 00:21:45,916
[grunts, sighs]
321
00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:48,291
{\an8}[breathes deeply]
322
00:21:59,916 --> 00:22:02,541
[The Swordmaker] Thicker at the spine,
thin at the edge.
323
00:22:03,208 --> 00:22:07,416
The hamon will show
where soft and hard steel blend.
324
00:22:08,958 --> 00:22:10,958
It's time for the yaki-ire.
325
00:22:18,791 --> 00:22:21,625
The yaki-ire is when metal is reborn,
326
00:22:22,375 --> 00:22:24,916
and the soul enters the sword.
327
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,291
{\an8}All must be pure for the sword to be pure.
328
00:22:32,875 --> 00:22:36,458
{\an8}The metal, the maker, the one to wield it.
329
00:22:37,583 --> 00:22:40,666
{\an8}Mizu. Is your mind clear?
330
00:22:42,416 --> 00:22:43,416
{\an8}It is.
331
00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:50,416
{\an8}Mizu. Is your soul at rest?
332
00:22:51,875 --> 00:22:52,875
{\an8}It is.
333
00:23:03,958 --> 00:23:04,958
[groans]
334
00:23:18,833 --> 00:23:19,833
What color?
335
00:23:20,291 --> 00:23:23,625
The summer sun just touched the horizon.
336
00:23:23,708 --> 00:23:25,125
[exhales]
337
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000
Mizu.
338
00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:47,333
Your edge.
339
00:24:13,916 --> 00:24:15,250
How could this happen?
340
00:24:15,333 --> 00:24:17,333
Forgive my failure.
341
00:24:17,416 --> 00:24:19,916
An unexpected element entered the blade.
342
00:24:20,416 --> 00:24:24,458
If I find what it is,
the sword can be repaired and re-immersed.
343
00:24:24,541 --> 00:24:27,666
The fault is mine. The element is me.
344
00:24:28,583 --> 00:24:29,666
[Mizu groans]
345
00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:30,750
[grunts]
346
00:24:31,416 --> 00:24:32,708
The fault is mine.
347
00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:37,375
I believed your story.
This is not the hand of a bookbinder.
348
00:24:37,875 --> 00:24:40,250
This hand has taken many lives.
349
00:24:40,875 --> 00:24:42,916
An assassin's hand.
350
00:24:45,208 --> 00:24:46,208
[man] You're a fool.
351
00:24:46,833 --> 00:24:49,000
I've taken more than many lives.
352
00:24:49,083 --> 00:24:51,000
They call me Bloodsoaked Chiaki!
353
00:24:51,583 --> 00:24:56,125
And I've made a fortune.
With this, I'll make a thousand fortunes.
354
00:24:56,708 --> 00:25:01,000
The assassin who carries
Master Eiji's broken blade. [laughs]
355
00:25:04,666 --> 00:25:07,625
[The Swordmaker]
A soul like that is drowned in blood.
356
00:25:07,708 --> 00:25:09,458
There is no stopping them.
357
00:25:09,541 --> 00:25:12,625
They will always find their broken blade.
358
00:25:13,416 --> 00:25:15,958
We can only mind our own soul, Mizu.
359
00:25:17,833 --> 00:25:20,541
[emotional music playing]
360
00:25:52,541 --> 00:25:56,000
[suspenseful music playing]
361
00:26:10,208 --> 00:26:11,208
[sighs]
362
00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:30,500
[crackling in distance]
363
00:26:34,083 --> 00:26:36,958
[tense music accelerates, fades]
364
00:26:49,666 --> 00:26:53,416
[sinister music swelling]
365
00:26:54,791 --> 00:26:57,625
[grunts]
366
00:27:26,083 --> 00:27:28,875
[pants]
367
00:27:29,375 --> 00:27:32,708
[Akemi grunts]
368
00:27:36,541 --> 00:27:38,208
You're a mess.
369
00:27:38,291 --> 00:27:40,125
Your father is calling for you.
370
00:27:40,708 --> 00:27:42,625
He insists on your finest.
371
00:27:42,708 --> 00:27:43,791
Get dressed.
372
00:28:24,833 --> 00:28:25,833
[man 1] Hmm.
373
00:28:26,166 --> 00:28:28,083
She's as you promised.
374
00:28:28,708 --> 00:28:30,166
Yes, lovely.
375
00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:33,958
A bit old,
but many good years left. [chuckles]
376
00:28:34,041 --> 00:28:38,625
Oh yes. Very fertile.
Cycles in precise rhythm with the moon.
377
00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:41,666
And, of course,
her purity is strictly guarded.
378
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:44,416
[man 2] How fortuitous for you
Lord Miyabe's daughter turned out
379
00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:46,208
to be so ugly.
380
00:28:46,291 --> 00:28:49,458
And how fortuitous for us yours didn't.
381
00:28:50,041 --> 00:28:51,625
[man 1] Of course.
382
00:28:51,708 --> 00:28:53,416
As the shogun's counselor,
383
00:28:54,083 --> 00:28:57,125
the Tokunobu clan was not my first choice
384
00:28:57,208 --> 00:28:59,125
for an alliance by marriage.
385
00:28:59,208 --> 00:29:02,166
But your proximity to several key hans
386
00:29:02,250 --> 00:29:06,000
and your profound ambition… Yes.
387
00:29:06,083 --> 00:29:10,541
She will make a suitable new wife
to the shogun's younger son.
388
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:15,541
[Akemi's father] May the gods bless
the shogun's wise and noble counselor.
389
00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:18,291
A spring wedding would be auspicious.
390
00:29:18,375 --> 00:29:22,375
The boy's first wife
was not an affectionate match.
391
00:29:22,875 --> 00:29:25,541
The boy is… eager.
392
00:29:25,625 --> 00:29:27,583
{\an8}[sinister music plays]
393
00:29:28,125 --> 00:29:32,833
{\an8}[nobleman 1] If you permit,
I offer engagement gifts for,
394
00:29:32,916 --> 00:29:35,416
um… hmm…
395
00:29:36,083 --> 00:29:37,250
Akemi.
396
00:29:37,333 --> 00:29:38,333
Hmm.
397
00:29:55,166 --> 00:29:57,083
[nobleman 1] An ohaguro set.
398
00:29:57,166 --> 00:30:00,458
To blacken your teeth like a proper bride.
399
00:30:00,541 --> 00:30:03,333
The master prefers black pearls to white.
400
00:30:08,208 --> 00:30:11,541
[ominous music accelerates, fades]
401
00:30:11,625 --> 00:30:14,166
[Akemi] Father! Father, please!
402
00:30:14,250 --> 00:30:17,083
Please, you can't marry me off like this!
403
00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:20,875
Sent away!
Away from you. Away from Taigen.
404
00:30:20,958 --> 00:30:23,416
Taigen. There's rust on his blade now.
405
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:27,875
I was foolish to consider him for you,
but I've secured a suitable match.
406
00:30:27,958 --> 00:30:30,791
More than suitable. Kissed by the gods.
407
00:30:30,875 --> 00:30:33,333
I can't. Seki, tell him.
408
00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:37,541
It is the best option for you.
409
00:30:37,625 --> 00:30:39,416
I won't do it. I won't.
410
00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:42,458
[yelling] You do not try
to change my mind this time!
411
00:30:42,541 --> 00:30:45,291
You are not the hero
of this family's story.
412
00:30:45,375 --> 00:30:48,000
I raised the Tokunobu name from nothing.
413
00:30:48,541 --> 00:30:51,000
From nothing to the shogun's chambers.
414
00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:52,958
- I did!
- [grunts]
415
00:30:53,041 --> 00:30:55,500
[Akemi whimpers]
416
00:30:55,583 --> 00:30:59,291
[Akemi's father] Stupid girl.
Too stupid to see.
417
00:30:59,791 --> 00:31:01,875
I am giving you an opportunity.
418
00:31:03,208 --> 00:31:05,958
The shogun is expecting
Master Chiba to return to Edo
419
00:31:06,041 --> 00:31:07,833
with a new bride for his son.
420
00:31:07,916 --> 00:31:10,291
We leave in five days.
421
00:31:11,250 --> 00:31:12,958
Don't forget your teeth.
422
00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:19,625
[sobs]
423
00:31:39,166 --> 00:31:41,125
[whispering] Shh. Quiet.
424
00:31:43,916 --> 00:31:44,916
Seki.
425
00:31:45,666 --> 00:31:47,875
Just in time! I'm seeing the silkman.
426
00:31:47,958 --> 00:31:50,250
He just got his new shipment.
Freshly dyed.
427
00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:51,541
At night?
428
00:31:51,625 --> 00:31:53,958
If we're to leave
for a wedding in five days,
429
00:31:54,041 --> 00:31:55,583
there isn't a night to spare.
430
00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:59,000
I adore his silks. I'll ride with you.
431
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,958
Why didn't you stand up for me?
432
00:32:07,041 --> 00:32:10,708
Because your father's mind
cannot be changed when it is set.
433
00:32:10,791 --> 00:32:13,541
Any more than yours. For example,
434
00:32:13,625 --> 00:32:17,291
when you seem set on
what is clearly a bad decision,
435
00:32:17,375 --> 00:32:19,333
like running away.
436
00:32:19,416 --> 00:32:21,916
You think I don't know you, child?
437
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,916
I brushed your teeth.
438
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,083
I won't be locked away
in Edo married to a stranger.
439
00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:30,208
I can fix everything.
I just have to find Taigen.
440
00:32:30,291 --> 00:32:33,208
On your own? On the open road?
441
00:32:33,291 --> 00:32:36,958
You'll get your throat cut by brigands
before you find anyone,
442
00:32:37,041 --> 00:32:39,541
if your father doesn't find you first.
443
00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:43,250
In which case,
you're better off with the brigands.
444
00:32:43,333 --> 00:32:45,125
What choice do I have?
445
00:32:45,208 --> 00:32:47,708
You can share a bed
with an heir of the shogun.
446
00:32:47,791 --> 00:32:50,125
Any woman would die for the chance.
447
00:32:50,208 --> 00:32:51,208
Let them.
448
00:32:51,625 --> 00:32:54,208
That kind of man
treats women like animals.
449
00:32:54,291 --> 00:32:55,708
They say he's a tyrant.
450
00:32:56,291 --> 00:32:59,208
[chuckles] What man isn't?
451
00:33:00,083 --> 00:33:01,083
You.
452
00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:04,333
[sighs]
453
00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:07,208
Add my trunk with hers.
454
00:33:12,625 --> 00:33:15,041
Now, get in and shut the door.
455
00:33:15,125 --> 00:33:18,666
If we're running away,
let's at least do it warm.
456
00:33:20,708 --> 00:33:24,166
[theme music playing]
457
00:33:24,250 --> 00:33:27,333
- [crowd laughing]
- [indistinct chatter]
458
00:33:37,375 --> 00:33:38,375
[grunts]
459
00:33:38,416 --> 00:33:40,708
[crowd cheering]
460
00:33:40,791 --> 00:33:43,583
[sticks clacking]
461
00:33:48,916 --> 00:33:52,208
Every day for a thousand years,
462
00:33:52,291 --> 00:33:57,083
we have offered prayers at the tree
from which the shingi are made.
463
00:33:57,166 --> 00:34:00,625
Their fibers are filled
with the kami's breath.
464
00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:03,708
Who shall win their power this year?
465
00:34:04,333 --> 00:34:05,208
Power?
466
00:34:05,291 --> 00:34:06,625
[old lady] They're sacred.
467
00:34:06,708 --> 00:34:08,583
The priestess throws them in the water.
468
00:34:08,666 --> 00:34:12,000
Whoever gets them,
their fondest wish comes true.
469
00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:14,708
Ooh! Magic sticks.
470
00:34:14,791 --> 00:34:18,000
Uh-uh-uh. Don't even think about it. Mine.
471
00:34:18,083 --> 00:34:21,791
I'm getting my wish this year.
A new husband.
472
00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:24,208
[Ringo] Huh?
473
00:34:26,583 --> 00:34:27,583
Noodles!
474
00:34:28,750 --> 00:34:30,750
[crowd] Whoa!
475
00:34:30,833 --> 00:34:32,875
[laughing]
476
00:34:34,625 --> 00:34:37,041
So, how are your noodles? Anything great?
477
00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:38,833
Second best in town.
478
00:34:38,916 --> 00:34:41,750
Used to be the best,
then last year, Rinji caught the shingi,
479
00:34:41,833 --> 00:34:43,958
and all of a sudden,
his noodles are magic.
480
00:34:44,041 --> 00:34:45,750
Still, second best.
481
00:34:46,833 --> 00:34:47,833
[Ringo] Hmm.
482
00:35:01,166 --> 00:35:04,333
This is… This is incredible!
483
00:35:04,416 --> 00:35:08,000
The bounce of the noodle.
The balance of flavor! And your spices!
484
00:35:09,041 --> 00:35:10,250
Is that shiso?
485
00:35:10,333 --> 00:35:12,250
Where did you find shiso
this time of year?
486
00:35:12,333 --> 00:35:13,750
Huh. Thanks.
487
00:35:13,833 --> 00:35:16,416
Hardly get any compliments
since Rinji surpassed me.
488
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:19,375
His are better than this?
489
00:35:21,625 --> 00:35:23,041
[sighs]
490
00:35:23,958 --> 00:35:25,333
Transcendent.
491
00:35:25,416 --> 00:35:29,583
Beyond. I never imagined
such flavor was even possible.
492
00:35:31,333 --> 00:35:32,833
I thought I was the best.
493
00:35:33,625 --> 00:35:36,625
Compared to these,
my noodles are like worms.
494
00:35:36,708 --> 00:35:39,333
Slimy worms in a scummy pond.
495
00:35:39,416 --> 00:35:41,791
I'm not even good
at what I thought I was great at.
496
00:35:42,833 --> 00:35:45,375
Maybe this is why master told me to stay.
497
00:35:45,458 --> 00:35:49,250
If you love my noodles so much,
want a job? Dishes are piling up.
498
00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:50,750
I'll teach you.
499
00:35:51,291 --> 00:35:52,541
You mean stay here?
500
00:35:52,625 --> 00:35:54,208
You got somewhere better to be?
501
00:35:55,583 --> 00:35:56,583
Huh.
502
00:36:06,250 --> 00:36:09,833
[breathes deeply]
503
00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:27,166
[Mizu] Tomorrow, he dies.
504
00:36:31,416 --> 00:36:33,083
[sticks clacking]
505
00:36:44,208 --> 00:36:46,666
[drums beat in the distance]
506
00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:52,208
Huh. The drums.
Maybe I'll just go look at the fun.
507
00:36:55,875 --> 00:36:57,875
[ominous music plays]
508
00:37:02,958 --> 00:37:05,208
[crowd cheering]
509
00:37:18,875 --> 00:37:21,416
I don't know you, and we have no dispute.
510
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:26,583
[Fang leader] You have enemies now.
Rich ones. You can take off those things.
511
00:37:27,166 --> 00:37:30,416
We know what they hide.
We know who you are.
512
00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:34,916
All Kyoto is talking
about the unnamed samurai
513
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,125
who cut through Shindo Dojo.
514
00:37:44,208 --> 00:37:45,625
I have a name.
515
00:37:46,125 --> 00:37:49,208
No one will ever know it.
516
00:38:05,666 --> 00:38:07,666
[drumbeats continue]
517
00:38:08,458 --> 00:38:09,833
[crowd gasping]
518
00:38:17,916 --> 00:38:19,375
Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
519
00:38:19,458 --> 00:38:21,958
- [man laughs]
- [crowd cheering]
520
00:38:22,041 --> 00:38:23,375
What's everyone doing?
521
00:38:24,416 --> 00:38:27,583
Being reborn.
What're you waiting for? Whoo!
522
00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:40,708
[pants, grunts]
523
00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:54,333
[Fang leader] Dojos fight to boast.
Warriors fight to kill.
524
00:38:59,916 --> 00:39:01,291
[laughs]
525
00:39:22,708 --> 00:39:25,916
[crowd cheering, shouting]
526
00:39:35,916 --> 00:39:38,208
Whoo-hoo!
527
00:39:53,375 --> 00:39:57,875
[tense music accelerates]
528
00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:02,500
[laughing, cheering]
529
00:40:04,625 --> 00:40:06,208
Whoa! Ahh!
530
00:40:08,625 --> 00:40:09,916
[gasps]
531
00:40:18,250 --> 00:40:20,250
[drumming continues]
532
00:40:29,458 --> 00:40:31,000
Each year,
533
00:40:31,083 --> 00:40:34,833
we come scorched by ire and affliction.
534
00:40:35,708 --> 00:40:37,708
- [Mizu grunts]
- [groans]
535
00:40:38,458 --> 00:40:41,541
[priestess] Let these waters quench
our parched souls
536
00:40:41,625 --> 00:40:43,583
and bring us good fortune.
537
00:40:44,541 --> 00:40:48,958
But only one of you
gets your fondest wish.
538
00:40:49,041 --> 00:40:51,000
Make your wish now.
539
00:40:55,916 --> 00:40:58,208
I wish to be great at something.
540
00:41:03,833 --> 00:41:04,833
Ahh!
541
00:41:08,875 --> 00:41:09,875
[priestess grunts]
542
00:41:14,625 --> 00:41:16,375
Husband!
543
00:41:19,666 --> 00:41:20,666
No!
544
00:41:50,166 --> 00:41:51,541
[squabbling]
545
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,666
[muffled grunts]
546
00:42:09,250 --> 00:42:10,250
[groans]
547
00:42:11,125 --> 00:42:12,666
[groans]
548
00:42:22,166 --> 00:42:23,166
[sighs]
549
00:42:23,916 --> 00:42:25,583
[grunts]
550
00:42:32,375 --> 00:42:33,375
[thump]
551
00:42:35,708 --> 00:42:38,333
[Fang leader] You may actually deserve
my true blade.
552
00:42:43,583 --> 00:42:44,583
That sword
553
00:42:45,916 --> 00:42:46,916
is stolen.
554
00:42:48,333 --> 00:42:49,416
[laughs]
555
00:42:51,208 --> 00:42:52,958
Still soft.
556
00:43:30,250 --> 00:43:32,291
[groans]
557
00:43:34,041 --> 00:43:38,625
[pants]
558
00:43:57,875 --> 00:43:59,875
[theme music playing]
559
00:44:06,791 --> 00:44:09,750
[coughs]
560
00:44:10,708 --> 00:44:15,583
I don't deserve death by an impure hand.
561
00:44:16,291 --> 00:44:18,583
Goodbye, Bloodsoaked Chiaki.
562
00:45:00,041 --> 00:45:02,708
I am owed my honor.
563
00:45:03,291 --> 00:45:04,291
{\an8}Then take it.
564
00:45:07,333 --> 00:45:10,208
[breathes heavily]
565
00:45:11,625 --> 00:45:14,041
[both grunting]
566
00:45:24,875 --> 00:45:29,541
[tense music accelerates]
567
00:45:29,625 --> 00:45:31,041
[grunts]
568
00:45:33,125 --> 00:45:35,125
[closing theme music playing]