1
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Your extra dango.
And your apricot-seed jelly.

2
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Th-Thank you for waiting!

3
00:00:06,965 --> 00:00:08,008
If Granny's right...

4
00:00:08,049 --> 00:00:10,969
and the people I meet are my treasures...

5
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Welcome!

6
00:00:13,972 --> 00:00:17,976
then that meeting must have been...

7
00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:21,980
the greatest treasure of my life.

8
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Blue Miburo

9
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Water.

10
00:02:03,039 --> 00:02:04,040
Please, water.

11
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A-Are you all right?

12
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You need water? Coming right up.

13
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Another!

14
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He wants another.

15
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Gimme a break!

16
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Here you go.

17
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Is this a dango shop?

18
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Yes, and a good one.

19
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You came in here not knowing that?

20
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I suddenly feel peckish.

21
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Okay. There's your seat.

22
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No, I want to sit in the back.

23
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Hey, don't be so picky.

24
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I'm sorry.

25
00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:53,047
We haven't cleared that table yet.

26
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No, no, no! I only want to sit there!

27
00:02:56,968 --> 00:03:01,014
Who the hell do you think you are?
You rich kids are all spoiled brats.

28
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Taro! That's a customer!

29
00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:04,017
Yes, ma'am!

30
00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:05,977
Taro!

31
00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,062
Bring me tea.

32
00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:10,982
You don't get to call me "Taro"!

33
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Anko
We serve four types of dango,
as well as tricolor dango.

34
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Really? I'll take them all.

35
00:03:18,072 --> 00:03:19,032
Huh?

36
00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:23,036
I've got quite a sweet tooth.
I'll eat the lot.

37
00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:27,040
It hurts! My tooth hurts!

38
00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,001
I forgot about my cavity!

39
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Have some tea.

40
00:03:31,002 --> 00:03:32,962
Nio! Don't humor him!

41
00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:36,049
Hey, just so we're clear,
you do have money, right?

42
00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,009
Money?

43
00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:45,016
Nope. Put it on my tab.

44
00:03:45,016 --> 00:03:46,059
What?

45
00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,977
We've got a runner!

46
00:03:48,019 --> 00:03:50,021
You're not going anywhere.

47
00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:53,024
Hajime, guard that door!

48
00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:55,026
I don't take orders from you.

49
00:03:58,029 --> 00:04:03,034
Um, excuse me for asking,
but did you hurt your left hand?

50
00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:07,997
I merely bumped it. No need to fuss.

51
00:04:13,044 --> 00:04:16,047
W-Welcome to the Chirinuya. Please come in.

52
00:04:22,011 --> 00:04:24,973
"Nio," was it? Flee.

53
00:04:25,014 --> 00:04:25,974
Huh?

54
00:04:31,980 --> 00:04:34,983
Who is this guy? He's dressed all in white.

55
00:04:36,025 --> 00:04:37,986
Leave this place at once.

56
00:04:49,998 --> 00:04:52,041
No way. Is he going to
swing that thing in here?

57
00:04:54,002 --> 00:04:55,003
He's serious.

58
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Nio!

59
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Brat.

60
00:05:18,026 --> 00:05:19,986
Run for it, everybody!

61
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I've got his sword!

62
00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:31,998
You lose.

63
00:05:33,958 --> 00:05:36,961
Who are you?

64
00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,004
We're Miburo.

65
00:05:38,046 --> 00:05:40,048
We keep this city safe.

66
00:05:41,966 --> 00:05:43,051
I see.

67
00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:52,018
I see.

68
00:05:55,063 --> 00:05:56,981
Y-You want some more?

69
00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:00,985
H-He left?

70
00:06:00,985 --> 00:06:04,072
Who does he think he is,
making a mess of my restaurant?

71
00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:06,032
Are you all right?

72
00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:08,034
Miburo?

73
00:06:08,993 --> 00:06:13,039
I see. I had no idea they had
children like you in their ranks.

74
00:06:13,956 --> 00:06:15,041
This may be fate.

75
00:06:18,961 --> 00:06:20,046
What was that about?

76
00:06:27,011 --> 00:06:28,971
Taro! Shut that door, too!

77
00:06:28,971 --> 00:06:29,972
Hurry!

78
00:06:29,972 --> 00:06:31,974
Huh? You're not the boss of me!

79
00:06:31,974 --> 00:06:33,976
He's still sitting out there!

80
00:06:34,977 --> 00:06:35,978
What did you say?

81
00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:40,024
Excuse me. What's your name?

82
00:06:41,984 --> 00:06:42,985
Kikuchiyo.

83
00:06:43,027 --> 00:06:46,948
Who are you? Who is that guy?

84
00:06:47,031 --> 00:06:48,991
Why is he after you?

85
00:06:54,997 --> 00:06:58,000
Now, let the festivities begin.

86
00:07:01,045 --> 00:07:03,005
Kikuchiyo-san.

87
00:07:03,965 --> 00:07:06,008
What are you clamming up for?

88
00:07:06,008 --> 00:07:08,970
Tell us already! What are you, slow?

89
00:07:09,011 --> 00:07:13,975
Please, Kikuchiyo-san. I'd like to
get through this situation somehow.

90
00:07:14,016 --> 00:07:17,061
So please, tell us what you know.

91
00:07:19,981 --> 00:07:23,025
It happened suddenly.
On the street in broad daylight.

92
00:07:24,986 --> 00:07:26,070
He came at me head-on.

93
00:07:26,988 --> 00:07:30,032
My attendants fought back,
but it devolved into a brawl.

94
00:07:31,033 --> 00:07:35,997
I fled for my life and took refuge
in this dango restaurant.

95
00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,082
He attacked you in public?

96
00:07:39,041 --> 00:07:40,960
Who is he?

97
00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:46,007
He's crazy. What more do you need to know?
We can't talk it out with a nutcase.

98
00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:50,052
I wonder how those I left behind fared.

99
00:07:51,012 --> 00:07:53,055
Do you know who he is?

100
00:07:54,056 --> 00:07:56,058
No, I have no idea.

101
00:07:58,019 --> 00:08:02,982
But I can think of any number of reasons
why someone might want me dead.

102
00:08:03,024 --> 00:08:03,983
What?

103
00:08:03,983 --> 00:08:05,026
Why?

104
00:08:05,026 --> 00:08:07,069
Wh-What kind of crap did you pull?

105
00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:12,033
Stay out!

106
00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:13,993
What's going on? Let us in!

107
00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:18,039
Stop horsing around.

108
00:08:19,081 --> 00:08:21,000
What game are we playing?

109
00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,045
Tell us if you're gonna stay over.
We were worried about you.

110
00:08:24,962 --> 00:08:28,007
Hijikata-san. Okita-san. And Todo-san, too.

111
00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:29,008
My!

112
00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:31,010
It's been too long, ma'am.

113
00:08:31,969 --> 00:08:34,013
You haven't gotten any less handsome.

114
00:08:34,055 --> 00:08:37,016
Seems a little early in the day
to close up shop.

115
00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:38,976
Just shut the door already.

116
00:08:38,976 --> 00:08:41,979
Some wacko in white
is sitting right outside.

117
00:08:41,979 --> 00:08:43,981
Really?

118
00:08:44,065 --> 00:08:46,025
I don't see anyone.

119
00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:47,985
Huh? Where'd he go?

120
00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:53,032
I didn't see anyone wearing white,

121
00:08:54,075 --> 00:08:59,997
but some shady characters are
keeping an eye on this place.

122
00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,041
So he's not alone?

123
00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:05,002
Six in total, I think.

124
00:09:05,044 --> 00:09:08,047
I could tell at a glance that
they knew their business.

125
00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:11,050
Make that seven. I spotted one around back.

126
00:09:12,009 --> 00:09:16,973
We noticed them on the way in,
but we couldn't just rush them, you know?

127
00:09:17,014 --> 00:09:19,016
So would you care to fill us in?

128
00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:22,979
I get the feeling
something fun is going on here.

129
00:09:23,020 --> 00:09:25,064
Oh, this is Kikuchiyo-san.

130
00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:29,986
The scary man in white
attacked him out of the blue.

131
00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:33,990
"Scary"? What was he like?

132
00:09:34,031 --> 00:09:36,993
He had a sword this long!

133
00:09:36,993 --> 00:09:39,036
And he tried to swing it one-handed!

134
00:09:39,036 --> 00:09:41,998
What? This thing?

135
00:09:42,039 --> 00:09:44,000
How would you even swing it?

136
00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,003
Whoa. That's gotta be six shaku long.

137
00:09:47,003 --> 00:09:48,004
Kikuchiyo.

138
00:09:49,046 --> 00:09:51,048
What's bothering you, Hijikata-san?

139
00:09:52,008 --> 00:09:55,011
Well, I've never seen the man myself,

140
00:09:55,052 --> 00:09:58,014
but I've heard that was his childhood name.

141
00:09:58,055 --> 00:10:00,057
Wh-What do you mean?

142
00:10:00,975 --> 00:10:02,018
Could you be...

143
00:10:02,977 --> 00:10:04,979
Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi?

144
00:10:04,979 --> 00:10:06,063
Th-The Shogun?!

145
00:10:09,066 --> 00:10:11,068
Wh-What about the Shogun?

146
00:10:12,028 --> 00:10:16,073
The Shogun's the Shogun,
genius. Japan's top dog.

147
00:10:16,073 --> 00:10:17,992
I wouldn't say that.

148
00:10:19,035 --> 00:10:24,957
I am the Seii Taishogun, charged to govern
by command of His Imperial Majesty.

149
00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:28,002
Tokugawa or no, I'm the lord
of a domain like any other.

150
00:10:28,002 --> 00:10:29,045
Um, I see.

151
00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:32,006
Then, you're really him?

152
00:10:32,006 --> 00:10:35,968
You're Lord Tokugawa Iemochi,
currently visiting Kyoto?

153
00:10:36,010 --> 00:10:36,969
Indeed.

154
00:10:37,011 --> 00:10:38,054
What?!

155
00:10:38,054 --> 00:10:41,015
For real?! The biggest of big shots?!

156
00:10:41,015 --> 00:10:43,059
But why? You should be in Nijo Castle!

157
00:10:44,060 --> 00:10:45,061
Are you kidding me?

158
00:10:47,063 --> 00:10:51,025
I... I figured that was it!

159
00:10:51,025 --> 00:10:54,028
Mr. Top Dog, sir, I'm yours to the bitter end.

160
00:10:54,028 --> 00:10:56,030
Your wish is my command.

161
00:10:56,072 --> 00:10:59,950
Wow, talk about street smarts.
He changed his tune quick.

162
00:10:59,950 --> 00:11:01,035
He sure knows how to get by.

163
00:11:01,077 --> 00:11:02,995
No, pretty sure he s***s at it.

164
00:11:03,996 --> 00:11:05,081
So what do we do now?

165
00:11:05,081 --> 00:11:08,042
Doesn't this just make things worse?

166
00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:11,045
Good point. Time is of the essence.

167
00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:17,009
True. The way things are now,
loads of people want the Shogun dead.

168
00:11:17,051 --> 00:11:21,013
L-Let's call more Miburo.
One of us should run for help.

169
00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:23,015
If we can get out of here.

170
00:11:23,057 --> 00:11:25,059
We'll be done for if they strike first.

171
00:11:26,977 --> 00:11:29,980
We're closer to Nijo Castle here.

172
00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:32,983
We could walk there in under an hour.

173
00:11:34,985 --> 00:11:36,028
We'd never make it.

174
00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:38,989
The answer is obvious.

175
00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:43,994
We'll escort the Shogun to the safety of
Nijo Castle with only the forces we have here.

176
00:11:43,994 --> 00:11:45,037
That's the only way.

177
00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:47,998
But I can't put you all at risk.

178
00:11:47,998 --> 00:11:49,041
Don't worry.

179
00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,964
We Miburo only came from Edo
in the first place to guard you.

180
00:11:56,048 --> 00:11:58,050
Now, let's talk specifics.

181
00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:01,011
We ought to wait for evening.

182
00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:04,014
I have an idea.

183
00:12:04,974 --> 00:12:06,016
A child? I hardly think—

184
00:12:06,016 --> 00:12:07,017
Good. Let's hear it.

185
00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:08,978
Here's the plan.

186
00:12:09,019 --> 00:12:10,980
First, we split into two groups...

187
00:12:18,988 --> 00:12:22,032
Right. It's time. I hope you're ready.

188
00:12:22,074 --> 00:12:23,033
Yes, sir.

189
00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:24,034
Failure is not an option.

190
00:12:24,994 --> 00:12:26,036
Be ready for anything.

191
00:12:26,036 --> 00:12:27,997
I'm all fired up.

192
00:12:29,999 --> 00:12:33,043
Oh, please, please let us
make it in one piece.

193
00:12:33,043 --> 00:12:34,962
Conquer

194
00:12:37,006 --> 00:12:39,008
Ma'am, I beg your pardon.

195
00:12:39,967 --> 00:12:42,011
I've brought my troubles
to your establishment.

196
00:12:42,970 --> 00:12:45,014
Hmph. I don't like you.

197
00:12:45,055 --> 00:12:48,017
G-Granny, that's the Shogun!

198
00:12:48,976 --> 00:12:51,979
I don't care if he's the Shogun
or the Emperor himself.

199
00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:54,023
Wrong is wrong.

200
00:12:54,064 --> 00:12:57,985
You didn't lift a finger
to save yourself from that attack.

201
00:12:57,985 --> 00:13:00,988
Anyone would think you were waiting to die.

202
00:13:00,988 --> 00:13:06,035
Conquer
The people on top shouldn't be careless with
their lives. It makes trouble for us lowly folk.

203
00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:12,041
And leave commoners to commoners.

204
00:13:12,041 --> 00:13:14,043
That's not your lookout.

205
00:13:14,043 --> 00:13:16,962
You're a lord, so do a lord's work.

206
00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:19,048
We've all got our own stations
to stand our ground in.

207
00:13:19,965 --> 00:13:22,051
That's what work's all about.

208
00:13:26,055 --> 00:13:28,974
Look smart, Shogun!

209
00:13:31,018 --> 00:13:32,019
Thank you.

210
00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:38,025
Japan has been cursed with
a youth like me for a shogun.

211
00:13:38,067 --> 00:13:42,988
Way to go, Granny.
But maybe I'm blessed...
You scared me, Granny!

212
00:13:42,988 --> 00:13:44,990
I'm always putting my life on the line.

213
00:13:45,074 --> 00:13:48,035
to have subjects like these.

214
00:13:54,041 --> 00:13:55,042
Lights.

215
00:13:55,042 --> 00:13:56,043
Here they come.

216
00:13:57,044 --> 00:14:00,005
Take Iemochi's head.

217
00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:02,049
Will I survive?

218
00:14:05,052 --> 00:14:06,011
Let's move.

219
00:14:08,055 --> 00:14:09,014
There they are.

220
00:14:09,056 --> 00:14:10,057
It's Iemochi.

221
00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:14,979
Huh? They split up.

222
00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:16,063
Which way did Iemochi go?

223
00:14:16,063 --> 00:14:18,983
Don't let anyone escape! After them!

224
00:14:25,948 --> 00:14:26,991
There they go.

225
00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,034
I see. Quite the stratagem.

226
00:14:29,952 --> 00:14:33,998
But will they be safe? I wouldn't
want them to die in my place.

227
00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:36,959
Oh, no need to worry about that.

228
00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:39,044
They're as tough as demons.

229
00:14:42,006 --> 00:14:43,007
I'm the Shogun!

230
00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:45,968
The Shogun! The Shogun!
Quiet, you old bat.

231
00:14:48,012 --> 00:14:50,014
Well played, Heisuke.

232
00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:51,974
I love the courtly laugh.

233
00:14:51,974 --> 00:14:52,975
Run for it!

234
00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:57,980
We'll count to 30, then take
the backstreets to Nijo Castle.

235
00:14:58,022 --> 00:14:58,981
Right.

236
00:15:04,028 --> 00:15:07,031
Well, now. What have we here?

237
00:15:07,031 --> 00:15:09,992
H-How did he know?

238
00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:17,041
So both groups were decoys?
The numbers added up, though.

239
00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:20,044
Oh, I get it. The old woman.

240
00:15:20,961 --> 00:15:26,967
You planned to sneak Iemochi out after
we'd left and the hubbub had died down.

241
00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:30,054
Interesting. You thought this through.

242
00:15:32,056 --> 00:15:35,059
Luck really wasn't on your side.

243
00:15:36,018 --> 00:15:37,019
You see...

244
00:15:37,978 --> 00:15:40,022
I only came back for this.

245
00:15:41,065 --> 00:15:45,027
This couldn't be worse.
It was all for nothing.

246
00:15:47,029 --> 00:15:47,988
Get going.

247
00:15:50,032 --> 00:15:53,035
I'll give you to the count of 10.

248
00:15:57,998 --> 00:16:01,001
He's toying with us. This is a hunt to him.

249
00:16:02,044 --> 00:16:03,003
Kikuchiyo-san!

250
00:16:04,046 --> 00:16:05,005
Let's go.

251
00:16:05,005 --> 00:16:06,966
One.

252
00:16:07,007 --> 00:16:08,968
Two.

253
00:16:09,009 --> 00:16:11,011
Three.

254
00:16:21,021 --> 00:16:23,983
Go on. Run.

255
00:16:26,068 --> 00:16:29,071
Where are we going?
Are we making for Nijo Castle?

256
00:16:30,030 --> 00:16:31,991
With a slight detour.

257
00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:34,034
We need to lose that guy first.

258
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,011
We'll slip through here.

259
00:16:52,052 --> 00:16:55,973
My, I'm impressed you
know such narrow alleys.

260
00:16:56,974 --> 00:16:58,017
I was born in this city.

261
00:16:58,058 --> 00:17:00,019
Must be your backyard.

262
00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:06,066
Let's hide here and watch for a bit.

263
00:17:06,066 --> 00:17:08,986
No! I'm dead tired!

264
00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:10,029
Call a palanquin, I say!

265
00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:12,948
Please be reasonable.

266
00:17:13,991 --> 00:17:15,034
What are you doing?

267
00:17:15,075 --> 00:17:20,039
I doubt I can take him in a fair fight,
so I hope this will come in handy.

268
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:27,004
I'm a passable swordsman myself,
but I don't fancy my odds, either.

269
00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:30,007
Excuse me, Kikuchiyo-san...

270
00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:32,968
Oh, I mean, my lord Shogun.

271
00:17:34,011 --> 00:17:35,054
"Kikuchiyo" will do.

272
00:17:36,013 --> 00:17:42,019
Kikuchiyo-san, why did you leave Nijo Castle
when people are out to get you?

273
00:17:42,978 --> 00:17:44,063
Did you have important business?

274
00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:47,983
My people were reluctant to let me go.

275
00:17:48,025 --> 00:17:51,028
I suppose the outcome has proven them right.

276
00:17:59,036 --> 00:18:02,039
A horse? What's it doing here?

277
00:18:06,043 --> 00:18:08,045
There, there. So you made it.

278
00:18:10,005 --> 00:18:14,009
W-Were you riding this horse, by any chance?

279
00:18:14,009 --> 00:18:15,010
I was.

280
00:18:15,052 --> 00:18:17,012
You must have been terrified.

281
00:18:18,055 --> 00:18:20,057
What's wrong? Do horses frighten you?

282
00:18:21,016 --> 00:18:24,061
N-No, they just make quite
an impression up close.

283
00:18:24,978 --> 00:18:28,065
To be frank, I'd rather spend
my life caring for birds and fish.

284
00:18:30,025 --> 00:18:31,985
I never expected to become shogun.

285
00:18:32,027 --> 00:18:34,029
Can I do my duty? It doesn't feel real.

286
00:18:36,031 --> 00:18:38,075
I wanted to see people like yourselves.

287
00:18:39,034 --> 00:18:41,995
Commoners, to be blunt.

288
00:18:43,997 --> 00:18:49,044
I wanted to see what sort of people
I rule over and have a duty to protect.

289
00:18:51,004 --> 00:18:54,007
Can you wait here?
I'll send someone for you soon.

290
00:18:57,052 --> 00:18:58,053
Um...

291
00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:04,977
I heard you came from Edo to promise the
Emperor that you'll drive out the foreigners.

292
00:19:05,060 --> 00:19:06,019
That's right.

293
00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:09,022
At least, that's what my entourage thinks.

294
00:19:09,022 --> 00:19:12,985
What? Do you have other ideas, then?

295
00:19:14,027 --> 00:19:16,029
I cannot expel the barbarians.

296
00:19:16,029 --> 00:19:16,989
What?

297
00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:19,992
Y-You can't?

298
00:19:20,033 --> 00:19:20,993
I cannot.

299
00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:23,996
I-I'm sorry. I just...

300
00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:25,998
The ports are already open.

301
00:19:27,958 --> 00:19:32,045
I cannot drive out the foreigners there
and bar any more from entering.

302
00:19:33,964 --> 00:19:37,009
If I close off our land, the world
will only pull further ahead of us.

303
00:19:37,968 --> 00:19:39,052
We haven't a moment more to waste.

304
00:19:40,053 --> 00:19:42,014
What should we do, then?

305
00:19:42,055 --> 00:19:43,015
I don't know.

306
00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:47,019
Won't opening up the country be disastrous?

307
00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:52,024
I heard we'd be occupied or
flooded with awful drugs.

308
00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,066
The country will open up,

309
00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:56,069
but I won't let the foreigners
have it all their own way.

310
00:19:57,029 --> 00:20:00,991
We must all think of how to stop them.

311
00:20:00,991 --> 00:20:02,993
The time has come to pool our wisdom.

312
00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:05,078
At least, that's how it seems to me.

313
00:20:07,956 --> 00:20:11,001
I only hope I can convince
our land to work in concert.

314
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,045
Not everyone will prove receptive.

315
00:20:14,004 --> 00:20:18,008
Japan may split between anti-barbarian
and pro-trade factions,

316
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:20,052
although those aren't mutually exclusive.

317
00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:28,018
But I believe there are steps only a
powerless, incompetent shogun can take.

318
00:20:33,982 --> 00:20:37,986
I won't let it come to civil war.
Not while I live and breathe.

319
00:20:38,987 --> 00:20:40,989
Some may wish me dead...

320
00:20:42,991 --> 00:20:44,993
but my duty remains.

321
00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:47,955
Kikuchiyo-san.

322
00:20:48,997 --> 00:20:52,000
But, oh, how I hate it!

323
00:20:52,042 --> 00:20:55,003
I wish I could just frolic with my horses.

324
00:20:55,003 --> 00:20:57,005
Being slashed or stabbed must hurt.

325
00:20:57,005 --> 00:20:59,049
I want no part of it.

326
00:20:59,049 --> 00:21:01,051
I'm exhausted. I don't want to walk.

327
00:21:02,010 --> 00:21:03,971
Will you ride back, then?

328
00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:06,014
No. Never.

329
00:21:07,015 --> 00:21:09,977
I can't handle the reins with
my left hand in this state.

330
00:21:10,018 --> 00:21:12,020
What if I injure the horse?

331
00:21:12,020 --> 00:21:14,982
You're worried about the horse?

332
00:21:14,982 --> 00:21:16,984
Well, of course I am.

333
00:21:20,988 --> 00:21:21,989
Kikuchiyo-san.

334
00:21:23,031 --> 00:21:23,991
Don't worry.

335
00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:26,994
We Miburo...

336
00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:34,084
will keep you safe.

337
00:21:37,004 --> 00:21:39,047
Yes. I'm depending on it.

338
00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:49,975
The
Weakest

339
00:23:19,981 --> 00:23:27,989
Next time
Okita Soji here.
Man, I never thought I'd meet the Shogun,

340
00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:31,076
much less save him
from some tough customers.

341
00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:33,036
It seems like so much fun.

342
00:23:33,036 --> 00:23:37,040
This really was worth leaving Edo for.

343
00:23:37,999 --> 00:23:43,004
Maybe I ought to break out
my specialty. It's been a while.

344
00:23:43,964 --> 00:23:46,007
Next time: "True Strength."

345
00:23:46,049 --> 00:23:49,970
You won't want to miss it.
True Strength