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GENJI YEAR 1
The shogunate is just
a rotting carcass at this point.
Now is the time for us samurai to rise up!

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Keep it down. Someone might hear you!

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Who goes there?!

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Hey! What do you think you're doing?!

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I brandished my blade
and yet you chose to flap your gums.

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You're tainted.

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Damn yo-!

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Tainted to the bone.

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What is it, Nomari?

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I thought you were joking

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when you came in here with Nomari-chan
and said she was your daughter,

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but you're like a seasoned dad now.

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Hey, pal. Can I talk with ya for a minute?

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Sorry for borrowing the bedroom.

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Oh, no! That's not a problem at all.

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How can I put this?

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There's a visitor here to see you....

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Okay. I'm coming.

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Ah, Jinya-dono!

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My apologies for the abrupt visit.

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Hatakeyama-dono.

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It's been some time.
I'm glad to see you're in good health.

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Oh my. Is that baby yours, Jinya-dono?

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Why are you here?

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Men of your standing don't visit
podunk soba shops like this.

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There's only one reason
to call upon the famous demon hunter.

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Isn't it obvious?

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There is a demon I need you to slay.

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The demon's name is Kiichi Okada.

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Until recently, he has served in my employ
to help rid our country of the barbarians.

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He's the most skilled warrior
among my ranks by far.

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But we've had a bit of a problem, you see.

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And what's that?

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Regretfully,

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Kiichi developed a bad habit of attacking
people aside from our adversaries.

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He's killed several of our
samurai comrades in arms

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and even women and children.

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He's nothing more than a murderer now.

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It's gotten to the point
I cannot ignore it.

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But I doubt he can be reasoned with,

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nor do I have any warriors skilled
enough to take him down.

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That's where you came to mind.

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I'm not here to ask you
to wield your blade on my behalf.

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I merely wish for you to stop him
and prevent any more casualties.

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Would you be willing to help me out,
just this one time?

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I don't understand.

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Kiichi's objective, you mean?

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Your objective, actually.

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You have that Tsuchiura fellow.

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Why not just order a demon already
under your command to take care of him?

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Because he and Kiichi are comrades.

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I cannot ask him to put an end
to one of his own.

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What do you say?

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Will you take on this task for me?

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I want to be clear on one thing.

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You're sure this murderer is a demon?

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Yes.

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He is a lesser demon
without any special power.

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However, his skill
with a blade is so great

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that he can rival even
superior demons in battle.

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Dealing with him will prove tricky.

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You can't decide right away, I suppose.

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Then, how about this?

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I shall make it so Kiichi visits
the Edobashi bridge tomorrow night.

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If you decide to accept the job,
then simply go there.

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Otherwise, you're free to refuse
and ignore the situation entirely.

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Well, I'll be going now.

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Yasuhide Hatakeyama.

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What is going through your mind?

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That's simple. The fate of this country.

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And all the samurai who live in it.

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Look, Tsuchiura.

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Isn't this katana just superb?

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Yes, I suppose...

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Kadono, was it?

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It lives up to its reputation as the home
of Japan's most distinguished blacksmiths.

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Their blades are truly something else.

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You have an eye for quality,
Hatakeyama-dono.

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Swords from Kadono are pure and untainted.

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"Masterpiece" is truly
the only word to describe them.

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Kiichi. So, you've returned.

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I did as you ordered.

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Those "skilled" samurai
plotting against the shogunate?

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They were hardly worth
the effort of killing.

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Yet I get the impression
you greatly enjoyed yourself.

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I'm a killer to the core.

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It only makes sense for me
to indulge in all forms of slaughter.

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Did you kill more people
other than your targets?

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You scumbag!

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Why, Tsuchiura?
You got a problem with me?

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Of course!

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Your indulgence in such senseless violence
will only bring trouble for Lord Yasuhide!

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You're as tainted as ever, I see.

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I'm sure Hatakeyama-dono

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is more than happy to accept
whatever trouble that comes his way.

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Now then, Kiichi.

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I have a task for you.

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There is man who I'd like you to slay.

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All right.

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Who is it this time,
some ronin from Choshu?

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No.

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Someone who you will find
a worthy opponent.

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Perhaps you've heard of him?

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The fierce warrior in Edo
known as the demon hunter.

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Oh?

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Thanks as always.

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Think nothing of it.

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We both know you can't go around hunting
demons with Nomari-chan on your back.

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Chef?

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Dad?

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Hey, Dad!

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O-oh, sorry about that.

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I was just zoning out.

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Perhaps you should take a break.

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Can't making a living
if I don't keep working!

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But...

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Aw, don't fuss.

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I'll close the shop a little early today.

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Sound good?

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I'll leave my payment here.

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Can you wait a minute, Jinya-kun?

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Do you mind, Dad?

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Nope. Go ahead.

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Will you go out with me for a bit?

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Oh! How about this?

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Uh, I'm not sure.

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I don't even know what I would use it for.

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I thought it might work
as a bowl for Nomari-chan.

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You know, since the ones
at our shop are too big.

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With a bowl like this handy,

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we can serve Nomari-chan
small helpings of soba.

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I figure she'll need one eventually.

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Am I being a bother?

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Far from it.

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I'm not smart enough
to think that far ahead.

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Sorry to burden you.

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Not at all.

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We need to look after
our precious regulars, after all!

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Okay, I'll go buy this.

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Wait, let me pay...

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Thank you.

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Good for you, huh?

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I haven't been by here in a long time.

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How about that.

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The snow willow season is already here.

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Yep.

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The flowers are as beautiful as ever.

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Are you sure you shouldn't have stayed
to watch after your dad?

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It's all right. He's not sick or anything.

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Besides, I'm more concerned
about you right now.

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Sorry.

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I overheard your conversation.

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You're hesitant to take on
that job tonight, aren't you?

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Yasuhide Hatakeyama's explanation of the
situation doesn't really make sense to me.

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If one of his men has gone off the rails,

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then it's best to keep that under wraps
and deal with it among his inner circle.

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He must be plotting something.

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So, what are you going to do?

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Well, it's not really a question.

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I can't just let a deranged killer
run loose on the streets.

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That said...

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I must admit I'm at a loss.

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No matter what he's plotting,
it has no bearing on my goals.

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However, my gut reaction to hearing about
this killer was that I had to go stop him.

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I'm unsure of myself
for thinking that way.

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Maybe... I've gotten weak.

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What's so funny?

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Well, I don't think
anything that I say now

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will come off as
a satisfying answer to you.

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But please keep this "weakness"
you have in mind, okay?

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Because I'm pretty sure that a day
will come when you actually hold it dear.

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I should get going.

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Watch her for me.

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Safe travels.

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Yeah. See you later.

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You must be Kiichi Okada-dono.

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Indeed. And you are?

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A ronin who lives in Fukugawa.
My name is Jinya.

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I have made my way here
to cross blades with you in battle.

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Oh really? I'm honored you'd bother.

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Heh! You're pretty good!

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Although, I can tell you're tainted.

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I see. You are quite tough.

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Your physical abilities
far surpass that of my own.

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He's deadly.

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In a pure battle of skill, I would only
have a one-in-five chance of winning...

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no, one-in-ten!

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Yet, you are tainted.

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So be it.

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I'll just have to resort to other tactics.

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Excessive force.

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Superfluous moves.

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Wavering conviction.

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Tainted through and through.

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You're far too inefficient.
Both in mind and body.

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For what purpose do you kill?

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When I heard about your string of murders,

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I imagined Kiichi Okada
to be a sadistic man of violence.

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Yet your swordsmanship reflects integrity.

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That's not something easily obtained,

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as it takes years of tedious training
that most men would tire of.

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How does one so sincerely devoted
to the way of the blade

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become enthralled with death?!

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That's silly. I turn the question to you.

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Why avoid killing?

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Katana are tools of death.

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Thus I fail to understand
the point of your question.

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To make truly solid steel, one must first
remove all the impurities from it.

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To make truly delicious sake, one must
use water clean enough to see through.

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And we are no different.

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Any excess creates impurity.

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Therefore, it must all be scraped away.

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Don't you agree?

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Or will you stand there
and call me a "scumbag" too?

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No, I have the blood of many demons
on my hands who I consumed

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to make their power my own.

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Because I believed growing stronger

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would allow me to swing my blade
with total conviction.

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Then tell me,
why is your blade so tainted?

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I live to fulfill my goal
and nothing more.

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Or so I thought.

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Actually, that's still the mindset
I want to strive for in the future.

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Except...

224
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I find myself dealing with extra baggage.

225
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Even now, I'm deviating
from my intended path.

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And fighting on behalf
of what you describe as "excess."

227
00:16:10,665 --> 00:16:13,706
So what's your story,
you just took up the blade for no reason?

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I was born to a samurai family.
Hence I was raised to wield the blade.

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But the only way
to wield it is by killing.

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Many people met their ends at my hands
until I finally realized.

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Whilst one must live as a samurai
to be permitted a blade,

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adhering to the bushido code
is actually the biggest obstacle

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to cutting people down.

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Loyalty, honor,
faith, respect, morality...

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Those who attach such folly
to their blade are tainted.

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Therefore, I disposed
of the warrior within me.

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I cut off my mentors,
cut off my family, cut off my friends...

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and so much more
that I can't even remember!

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Apparently, those who go to
such extremes are no longer "human."

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I'd turned into a demon
without even knowing it.

241
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So, your pursuit of enlightenment
led you to demonic depths.

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Why do I kill?
That's what you wanted to know, right?

243
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Here is my answer.

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I cast aside my humanity
to become a demon

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and now kill in a quest
for supreme swordsmanship.

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I have lived by the sword.

247
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Thus my life only has meaning by killing
until my very soul has become steel.

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I see.

249
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Is question time over now?

250
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Yes.

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Let me be frank.

252
00:17:42,706 --> 00:17:45,706
Your way of life is radiant to my eyes.

253
00:17:45,706 --> 00:17:48,623
I would even consider myself envious.

254
00:17:48,706 --> 00:17:51,664
So, let us continue.

255
00:17:54,664 --> 00:17:56,706
Oh? You won't flee?

256
00:17:56,706 --> 00:17:57,706
Naturally.

257
00:17:58,623 --> 00:18:02,623
After hearing your story, I've made up
my mind to cut you down at any cost.

258
00:18:02,623 --> 00:18:04,706
The ring of your tone is rather pristine.

259
00:18:04,706 --> 00:18:06,664
You've sparked my interest.

260
00:18:57,623 --> 00:18:58,664
Impressive!

261
00:18:58,664 --> 00:19:00,664
I rarely come across such prowess.

262
00:19:08,623 --> 00:19:10,664
Where are you... going?

263
00:19:12,664 --> 00:19:16,706
You've won. Why not kill me?

264
00:19:17,706 --> 00:19:22,623
Duels between samurai only end
when one claims the life of the other.

265
00:19:22,623 --> 00:19:26,664
We both still live.
There can be no winner or loser here.

266
00:19:27,623 --> 00:19:28,623
Still...

267
00:19:28,664 --> 00:19:30,706
you managed to cut me.

268
00:19:30,706 --> 00:19:34,706
Despite being steeped in excess that
taints you, your swordsmanship is sharp.

269
00:19:35,664 --> 00:19:39,664
I greatly enjoyed fighting against
such a contradictory warrior.

270
00:19:39,664 --> 00:19:42,706
Let us duke it out again someday.

271
00:19:43,623 --> 00:19:46,664
And when that time comes,
I look forward to seeing the answer

272
00:19:46,664 --> 00:19:49,664
that your tainted blade will offer me.

273
00:20:16,706 --> 00:20:18,664
How about that?

274
00:20:18,664 --> 00:20:20,664
I really can hold my own.

275
00:20:29,664 --> 00:20:35,373
HEISEI YEAR 21

276
00:20:35,873 --> 00:20:39,873
AYE-AYE MART

277
00:20:39,873 --> 00:20:41,914
Hey, boss! Reporting for duty!

278
00:20:41,956 --> 00:20:43,914
Ah, Miyaka-kun.

279
00:20:43,956 --> 00:20:45,914
You're here early.

280
00:20:45,914 --> 00:20:47,873
I rushed over from school.

281
00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:49,873
Well, please get to stocking.

282
00:20:49,873 --> 00:20:50,914
Roger!

283
00:20:55,914 --> 00:20:56,914
Welcome to Ay-

284
00:20:57,914 --> 00:21:00,872
Miyaka-chan!
Hope you're ready for some fun!

285
00:21:00,872 --> 00:21:01,914
We came to bother you.

286
00:21:01,914 --> 00:21:03,956
Oh, quit it! You're embarrassing me.

287
00:21:03,956 --> 00:21:06,956
Jeez, you two are really buddy-buddy, huh?

288
00:21:07,956 --> 00:21:10,956
Well, yeah.
We go back a long time, ya know!

289
00:21:10,956 --> 00:21:12,872
Really?

290
00:21:12,872 --> 00:21:20,914
Fresh
Yeah. More than a hundred years, actually!
Huh?
That wasn't even close to funny, Kaoru.

291
00:21:20,956 --> 00:21:23,956
Aww, but I wasn't joking!

292
00:21:24,872 --> 00:21:25,956
KIRABOSHI SAKE

293
00:21:25,956 --> 00:21:27,914
Welcome in, sir.

294
00:21:27,956 --> 00:21:30,956
It's still weird.
Hearing polite words out that mouth.

295
00:21:32,872 --> 00:21:34,956
You're ever the snarky one.

296
00:21:34,956 --> 00:21:37,872
Then let me adjust my attitude.

297
00:21:37,914 --> 00:21:40,914
Sounds good.
I would prefer that, honestly.

298
00:21:40,914 --> 00:21:44,914
It's not very smart to buy booze while
parading as a student, if you ask me.

299
00:21:44,914 --> 00:21:48,914
Don't give me that.
This is the only place I can get any.

300
00:21:48,914 --> 00:21:51,914
This actor has been
all over the place lately.

301
00:21:51,956 --> 00:21:54,914
Oh, yeah, I love him!

302
00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:56,872
Must be fun for you.
Really?

303
00:21:56,872 --> 00:22:02,914
Living it up as a high schooler.
Well, yeah, I have a bunch of favorites.
Right back at you.
Like this guy!
You seem very at home as a store manager.

304
00:22:02,956 --> 00:22:07,872
I only took up the job to make a living,
but it has its moments.

305
00:22:07,872 --> 00:22:09,956
I consider it rather fun.

306
00:22:09,956 --> 00:22:11,956
Yet still excessive.

307
00:22:12,872 --> 00:22:15,914
Some things I can't change,
no matter how much time passes.

308
00:22:15,914 --> 00:22:17,872
And what about you?

309
00:22:17,872 --> 00:22:20,914
Have you found any meaning
in that tainted blade of yours?

310
00:22:20,914 --> 00:22:21,914
Hold up, I've never

311
00:22:21,914 --> 00:22:23,956
You've always been my ideal.
Hm? Let me see.

312
00:22:23,956 --> 00:22:25,914
Then and now.
Told you!

313
00:22:25,956 --> 00:22:29,914
Cutting everything off
and devoting yourself to a single notion.

314
00:22:29,914 --> 00:22:33,956
That way of living seemed so pure,
I couldn't help but admire you.

315
00:22:34,914 --> 00:22:38,872
However, I've lived
for quite some time now.

316
00:22:38,872 --> 00:22:40,914
I lost many things along the way,

317
00:22:40,914 --> 00:22:42,956
but a small part of them
always stayed with me.

318
00:22:43,914 --> 00:22:46,956
That extra baggage throws me off
each time I've had to shoulder it,

319
00:22:46,956 --> 00:22:49,872
so it makes sense I seem tainted to you.

320
00:22:49,914 --> 00:22:52,914
But no matter how excessive it was,

321
00:22:52,914 --> 00:22:54,914
none of it was meaningless.

322
00:22:54,914 --> 00:22:56,914
I still believe that even now.

323
00:22:59,872 --> 00:23:01,914
Asagao! We should get going soon.

324
00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:02,914
Huh?

325
00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:03,956
Oh, you're right.

326
00:23:05,872 --> 00:23:06,956
Bye bye, Miyaka-chan.

327
00:23:07,914 --> 00:23:08,914
Good luck with work!

328
00:23:08,914 --> 00:23:10,914
Later.
Oh, that's right.

329
00:23:10,914 --> 00:23:12,872
I forgot to mention...

330
00:23:12,872 --> 00:23:15,914
my tainted blade certainly does
have a dull edge.

331
00:23:15,914 --> 00:23:18,956
But thankfully, that also means
it doesn't cut through everything.

332
00:23:19,872 --> 00:23:21,914
And that's my answer.

333
00:23:25,956 --> 00:23:28,914
It doesn't get
any more contradictory than that.

334
00:23:31,914 --> 00:23:33,872
Uh, boss?