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I'm known as the Hound,
and I hunt the beasts called samurai.

2
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Now, draw your weapons!

3
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Would you take the head of
Nagakura Shinpachi and leave it at that?

4
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You've got rotten luck, old man.

5
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You cocky brat!

6
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I'm not a softy like Shinpachi.

7
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I don't care what your deal is.

8
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When it comes to killing, I won't hold back.

9
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Just kidding.

10
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I'm not bad with a sword,
but this comes so much more natural.

11
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We're outcasts, but the Miburo
make us feel like we belong.

12
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You should've come to us instead, old man.

13
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I knew you were showing your age.

14
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Useless trash.

15
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Hang in there, old-timer!

16
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Damn you, Fiend.

17
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Sanosuke, stand aside!

18
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Blue Miburo

19
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I see it!

20
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That house with the gate!

21
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The gate's open.

22
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Y-You want me to run
all the way to Kurotani, right?

23
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Yup. Ask Aizu for reinforcements.

24
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As if they'll believe anything I say.

25
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Please, Taro-kun. It's all up to you.

26
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Shut up!

27
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To hell with it! I'll do what I can!

28
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Nagi-san, please be safe.

29
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Kojin Bridge

30
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I hit them all with the back of my blade.

31
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Nice work.

32
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Then allow me to handle their boss.

33
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Wait.

34
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That's odd.

35
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There are eight ringleaders
and seven bridges.

36
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One of them has to be here.
Kojin Bridge
Don't look at me.
Maybe he went someplace else?
What?

37
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Nijo Bridge

38
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Are you okay, old man?

39
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Hey, old man!

40
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Sanosuke.

41
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I told you to stand aside.

42
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Huh?

43
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A short sword?

44
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No, that's ridiculous.
I should've been well out of reach.

45
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Even if it were a long sword,
I should've be out of range.

46
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Ah, this won't do.

47
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You face Nagakura Shinpachi
of the Mibu Roshigumi.

48
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Huh.

49
00:05:07,682 --> 00:05:09,767
Do you think we're fighting
a duel or something?

50
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He's fast.

51
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And he hits hard.

52
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Not good.

53
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I need to keep him at a distance.

54
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I had no doubts about living
as a samurai. As a warrior.

55
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Born to Nagakura Kanji,
who served Matsumae Domain in Edo,

56
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I grew up in Edo without a care in the world.

57
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Why, if it isn't young Lord Nagakura.

58
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What a handsome face he has.

59
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You can count on him
to cut a dashing figure.

60
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He's always earnest and polite, I hear.

61
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A model samurai.

62
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I wasn't a terribly diligent student,
except when it came to swordsmanship.

63
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I became a master of the
Shindo Munen School by the age of 18.

64
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Then I went from one dojo to another,
seeking strength and nothing more.

65
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Up until I met Kondo at the Shieikan
and my life took a detour.

66
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You could say I was a classic swordsman.

67
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Free of doubt or hesitation, I simply...

68
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kept walking the path of the sword.

69
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Utterly underhanded.

70
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Underhanded? I don't follow.

71
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What need did you have to kill the old man?

72
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Much less to stab him from behind
and without warning.

73
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He's weak, so he'll die. The strong survive.

74
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That's samurai logic.

75
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In that case, you'll die here.
That's as it should be.

76
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No!

77
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Old man! You still with us?

78
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H-His technique is—

79
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Hey! Don't force yourself to talk!

80
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His technique is an iai strike
like a fiend's scythe.

81
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Don't give him the room to use it.

82
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It's time you died.

83
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Shinpachi!

84
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I got this sword off
one of the grunts! Use it!

85
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A sword reflects its wielder's true nature.

86
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Carefree.

87
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And supple.

88
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Serene and free like a bird in flight.

89
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Almost like a...

90
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A flying swallow.

91
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I see. What a shame.

92
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You win.

93
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I never knew there were
such samurai. Such warriors.

94
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The old man's dead.

95
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He said you were one hell of a samurai.

96
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Let's give him a funeral later, Sanosuke.

97
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Shijo Bridge

98
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Welcome. This is the bridge of fate.

99
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The bridge of fate?

100
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Yes. The bridge that will decide your fate.

101
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Will you join me? Or will you
end your lives in obscurity?

102
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Don't waste your breath.

103
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Go.

104
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Go get him.

105
00:10:15,781 --> 00:10:17,742
H-How's he so strong?

106
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Hijikata Toshizo.

107
00:10:28,753 --> 00:10:33,674
I never noticed because
I'm always with Serizawa-sensei.

108
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Out of my way, small fry.

109
00:10:36,761 --> 00:10:38,763
Never touch a sword again.

110
00:10:39,722 --> 00:10:42,725
H-He's good. And ruthless.

111
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Magnificent.

112
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But a sword's not a hatchet.
You shouldn't swing it so wildly.

113
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Huh?

114
00:10:56,697 --> 00:10:59,742
You'll chip or bend the blade
and ruin it in no time.

115
00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:04,747
Recognize this? It's a Kanenaga.

116
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The shine, the brightness, the deep hamon...
You can't help but admire it.

117
00:11:11,754 --> 00:11:14,757
It's a masterpiece,
forged late in the Kamakura period.

118
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What's your sword?

119
00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,681
It looks unremarkable,
but what is it called?

120
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A woman no one's heard of made it.

121
00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:28,688
As for a name...

122
00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,691
I guess I'll call it "No-Name."

123
00:11:34,735 --> 00:11:35,778
Let's change the subject.

124
00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,739
Would you tell me about your connections?

125
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My what?

126
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Who you know.

127
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How many notables you have ties to.

128
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Connections are the
true measure of a man's worth.

129
00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:51,711
You must know of Dairaku Gentaro.

130
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I've drunk with him.
You might call us sworn brothers.

131
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Never heard of him.

132
00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:05,683
Never heard of him?! You've never heard
of Dairaku Gentaro of Choshu?!

133
00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,768
He's a great patriot. A man of renown.

134
00:12:08,686 --> 00:12:12,732
He ushered in this age of assassination
in the name of divine punishment.

135
00:12:13,691 --> 00:12:14,734
News to me. Who is he?

136
00:12:16,694 --> 00:12:18,779
Well, these things do happen.

137
00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:21,657
Let's try a different connection.

138
00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:26,662
Speaking of Choshu, does the name
Katsura Kogoro ring any bells?

139
00:12:26,662 --> 00:12:27,663
Katsura?

140
00:12:27,705 --> 00:12:29,749
I've debated with him.

141
00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:32,668
Or take Kusaka-dono.

142
00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:34,754
I've shared a bath with him.

143
00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:39,759
In Tosa, I passed the
Takechi Zuizan on the street.

144
00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,764
I've even seen the great Saigo of Satsuma.

145
00:12:47,683 --> 00:12:48,768
Never heard of them!

146
00:12:49,685 --> 00:12:50,728
What?!

147
00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:52,772
Wh-What ignorance.

148
00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:56,776
E-Everyone knows Katsura Kogoro,
even at the Renpeikan dojo in Edo.

149
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I don't, and I don't care to.

150
00:13:01,739 --> 00:13:02,698
It itches.

151
00:13:03,741 --> 00:13:06,744
This thing itches like hell.

152
00:13:06,744 --> 00:13:10,748
The longer you talk, the itchier it gets.

153
00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,752
I've had enough. Now die.

154
00:13:17,671 --> 00:13:19,757
Don't you care about
making your mark on history?

155
00:13:19,757 --> 00:13:22,676
I can't fathom that attitude.

156
00:13:22,718 --> 00:13:24,678
Shut up already.

157
00:13:24,762 --> 00:13:29,725
If our uprising succeeds—
no, if it even makes a stir,

158
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the Risshidan's fame will skyrocket.

159
00:13:32,728 --> 00:13:37,691
And it won't end there. Once lit,
the anti-shogunate flames will refuse to die.

160
00:13:37,733 --> 00:13:43,697
I'll incite Tosa, Satsuma, and Choshu
and change the course of history.

161
00:13:43,739 --> 00:13:45,741
Yes, me! The man called—

162
00:13:47,743 --> 00:13:48,744
Oh, excuse me.

163
00:13:49,703 --> 00:13:51,705
I got sick of your bullshit.

164
00:13:54,708 --> 00:13:57,711
What's this? Don't you even have a name?

165
00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,717
You're all talk. Now, die.

166
00:14:12,768 --> 00:14:13,769
That'll cost you.

167
00:14:14,728 --> 00:14:16,730
You thought I was all talk?

168
00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,733
It takes substance to gather a following.

169
00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:25,739
Shindo Munen-ryu, Hokushin Itto-ryu,
Kyoshin Meichi-ryu...

170
00:14:26,657 --> 00:14:28,701
I've studied almost every school
you've ever heard of.

171
00:14:31,745 --> 00:14:34,748
O-Oh, no. This guy's good.

172
00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:39,670
So why? If you're so capable,
why obsess over reputation?

173
00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:42,673
What drives you?

174
00:14:43,674 --> 00:14:45,718
Nothing. Nothing at all.

175
00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:51,682
Only shallow men like you assume
every action has a motive.

176
00:14:52,766 --> 00:14:53,767
Is that so?

177
00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:55,769
A word of warning.

178
00:14:56,729 --> 00:15:01,734
The way you stand and where you look
make your strikes too obvious,

179
00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,777
even if they do stray a little to the right.

180
00:15:09,658 --> 00:15:13,704
When was it? There were
these rare swallowtail butterflies.

181
00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:19,710
I'd cross a hill or two chasing them,
and my sister always let me have them.

182
00:15:19,752 --> 00:15:22,671
I picked up a weird nickname from that.

183
00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:28,719
"Demon Feet."

184
00:15:30,721 --> 00:15:33,766
If you think dojos are all there
is to sword fighting, think again.

185
00:15:38,687 --> 00:15:39,730
Got him!

186
00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:42,733
That won't work on me.

187
00:15:43,734 --> 00:15:44,693
Huh?

188
00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,782
Ch-Chain mail?!

189
00:16:00,751 --> 00:16:01,752
Damn it!

190
00:16:01,752 --> 00:16:05,714
Toshi, your swordsmanship
is too predictable.

191
00:16:07,675 --> 00:16:09,677
Oh, I give up!

192
00:16:12,721 --> 00:16:16,684
I've got no talent. I can tell
that much by watching you guys.

193
00:16:17,726 --> 00:16:19,770
I can't change that easily.

194
00:16:21,689 --> 00:16:25,776
Going back to peddling medicine
and scrapping every now and then

195
00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:27,736
will be the best thing for me.

196
00:16:28,696 --> 00:16:29,738
You have it wrong, Toshi.

197
00:16:30,781 --> 00:16:33,701
Grip it more like this.

198
00:16:33,742 --> 00:16:35,703
Cup it gently in your hands.

199
00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:36,745
You sulk over everything.

200
00:16:37,746 --> 00:16:40,708
You think it'll get you more attention.

201
00:16:40,749 --> 00:16:42,751
Hey! Shut your trap, Soji!

202
00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:45,713
That's the spirit I want to see.

203
00:16:45,754 --> 00:16:46,755
Shut up.

204
00:16:46,755 --> 00:16:47,756
You win.

205
00:16:48,716 --> 00:16:52,761
But gimme something to go on.
What do I have to do to get stronger?

206
00:16:52,761 --> 00:16:56,724
Always looking for help. You think
people will tell you just because you ask.

207
00:16:59,727 --> 00:17:01,770
Toshi, you're already strong.

208
00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,732
You've never lost a
man-to-man fight, have you?

209
00:17:04,773 --> 00:17:06,734
Well, no.

210
00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:09,778
You're not here to inherit
the Tennen Rishin School.

211
00:17:10,738 --> 00:17:13,741
Just study it as one more way to fight.

212
00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:18,704
You do things your own way.
What's wrong with the Hijikata School?

213
00:17:20,748 --> 00:17:23,709
So a no-name school then.

214
00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:25,753
This looks bad, Hijikata-san!

215
00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:28,714
We need to fall back and regroup before—

216
00:17:29,673 --> 00:17:32,718
It's too late for that. Sleep in obscurity.

217
00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:37,723
I told you, that won't work on me.

218
00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:43,687
Toshi, your first stroke
is especially easy to read.

219
00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:48,734
You're practically asking
your opponent to counter it.

220
00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:50,778
I told you, I can read you like a book.

221
00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:54,698
So what should I do about it?

222
00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,700
Oh, that's simple.

223
00:17:56,784 --> 00:17:58,744
Strike again before they do.

224
00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:01,747
What?

225
00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:03,749
And after that?

226
00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:05,751
A third blow, then a fourth.

227
00:18:12,716 --> 00:18:13,759
Just keep battering them.

228
00:18:14,718 --> 00:18:16,720
That's how a wild fellow
like you ought to fight.

229
00:18:17,721 --> 00:18:19,681
That's your Hijikata School.

230
00:18:26,730 --> 00:18:27,731
What the...

231
00:18:28,732 --> 00:18:31,777
Have you no plan? All you do is flail!

232
00:18:32,694 --> 00:18:33,695
Kondo-san...

233
00:18:36,740 --> 00:18:39,701
Was that a kick just now?
How'd you manage that?

234
00:18:39,743 --> 00:18:45,749
Bottomless greed, dedication, and humility.
In the old days, he'd have been a daimyo.

235
00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:49,753
Even now, he might go down in history.

236
00:18:52,756 --> 00:18:54,716
What a sorry sight.

237
00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:56,718
Did you get beat again?

238
00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,681
Soji just blossomed one day out of the blue.

239
00:19:01,682 --> 00:19:02,766
Hell, he's a prodigy.

240
00:19:02,766 --> 00:19:07,688
By the way, I came up
with a new move. Wanna see?

241
00:19:07,729 --> 00:19:13,735
He might found his own school,
or maybe start something even bigger.

242
00:19:14,736 --> 00:19:16,738
I don't let on, but I can't wait to see.

243
00:19:17,698 --> 00:19:18,740
So what about me?

244
00:19:21,743 --> 00:19:23,704
What ferocity.

245
00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,749
How long is he going to keep this up?

246
00:19:30,752 --> 00:19:34,673
It's light, fits my hand,
and can take a beating.

247
00:19:35,716 --> 00:19:37,718
Chip it? Bend it?

248
00:19:38,719 --> 00:19:39,720
Who cares?

249
00:19:41,722 --> 00:19:42,681
Sakura...

250
00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:46,768
You're a damn genius.

251
00:19:56,737 --> 00:20:01,783
I don't know why, but I'm surrounded
by folks who make my jaw drop.

252
00:20:01,783 --> 00:20:05,704
W-Wait! Let's talk! Yes, talk!

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First, tell me your name and...

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All of you can go down in history.

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Not me.

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I'm a man of the soil.

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I'm happy being a grain of wheat,

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helping someone else grow
on the land. In this dirt.

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My name is...

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My name is...

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Bide...

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Bidebu... zaburo...

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A name?

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What's that worth?

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As for me, I threw my lot in
with the guys who saved me.

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Forget anyone else. That's all I need.

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Unbelievable.

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I got chills.

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Huh?

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I want to be like you.

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Noguchi! What're you crying for?

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Hijikata Toshizo!

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Keep it down.

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Now, hurry it up.
We've got more to send packing.

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Matsubara Bridge

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That wasn't even a warm-up.

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So it's you.

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Man
of

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Next time
This is Saito Hajime.
So I'm fighting that Ayame guy, huh?

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Something about him gives me the creeps,
but I must keep the city safe, no matter what.

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No, that's not right.

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I don't want to let anyone beat me.

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I just want to keep getting stronger.

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I promised I would.

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Next time: "Successor."

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Successor
Don't you dare miss it.