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Matsubara Bridge

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You're next.

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I've met you before.

4
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What's your name?

5
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Hajime. Saito Hajime.

6
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I like you.

7
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Especially your spirit,
full of fight and ready to kill.

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Hajime.

9
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The Risshidan has a place for—

10
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Leave the Miburo—
I refuse.

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Blue Miburo

12
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What's this? You didn't kill them?

13
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They're too far below my level.

14
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Not worth killing.

15
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What a letdown. You just
want to play at being a samurai.

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Say what you like.

17
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You'll join them soon enough.

18
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What's wrong?

19
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Damn. I thought he was just some kid.

20
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Don't move.

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Pretend you're out cold.

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Niimi.

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I don't know what he's thinking,
but he'll do his job.

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Hijikata's been paying attention.

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He picked the perfect partner for me.

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You won't attack?

27
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Of course not. You know what you're doing.

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Where does he get his weird confidence from?
I have a bad feeling about this.

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Something felt off then, too.

30
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His expression?

31
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His movements?

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His name?

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When we listed off their names,
one didn't seem to fit.
The Fool. The Agitator.
The Samurai. The Hound.

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I forgot.

35
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Nio might have picked up on something.

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Life's great on our side, Hajime.

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Join us, and you'll get to kill people.

38
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You can grow stronger.

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A job other than killing, huh?

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Cutting up dead bodies
to look at the bones and organs.

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For medical research.

42
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The shogunate must grant permission
to use the corpses of criminals.

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A doctor who can't get permission
put in the request.

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So grave robbing, then.

45
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It's 10 ryo to stand guard
and help carry the bodies.

46
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It's risky work.

47
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You'll get jail time if you're caught.

48
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As long as it's not killing, I don't care.

49
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What?! Did you say 10 ryo?!

50
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I knew I smelled blood on you.

51
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Shut up.

52
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You didn't ask me anything.
That means you trust me.

53
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I won't kill people.

54
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As long as I outclass my opponent,
I'll take them alive.

55
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I'm a Miburo. I'll protect Kyoto.

56
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Those are my orders.

57
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How naïve.

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What a disappointment.

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I've got it.

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He used his right hand
to loosen his sword before, too.

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He doesn't use his left hand.

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He's weirdly cocky.

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That settles it. He's got some kind
of trump card in his left hand.

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Likely a small, hidden weapon.

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Taking lives is true strength.

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Hajime, you can't stop me
without killing me.

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Fine by me.

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He didn't draw?

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He's good.

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Your left hand's wide open!

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He's got no arm.

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Oh? Running away?

73
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I don't believe it. He's only got one arm.

74
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That was close, but I won't
make the same mistake again.

75
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No, Hajime, the fight's already over.

76
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What?

77
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You think I'm cowardly?

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So, so naïve.

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I remember now.

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That weird name...

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Anything that helps you win is fair game.

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Lily. Lily-of-the-valley.
A poisonous flower.

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Damn it. Poison?

84
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Am I going to lose?

85
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Old man, am I...

86
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Jiro, you're weak.

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Me? Weak?

88
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Yes. Weak.

89
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I already know that! That's the reason
my mom and dad were murdered by robbers!

90
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Because I'm weak!

91
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That's right.

92
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That's why I said I wanted
to get strong like you!

93
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Look! My hair's been
snow-white since that day!

94
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Teach me to use a sword.

95
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I want to get strong like you.

96
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No.

97
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Why not?

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Jiro, I'll be frank.

99
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The truth is that I'm weak, too.

100
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I really am a poor little orphan.

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Murdered parents. No relatives.
All alone in this world.

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Hint, hint.

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What's wrong with teaching me how to fight?!

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Stop holding out on me!

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I know all about it.

106
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You really are strong.

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You cut down those robbers
in the blink of an eye.

108
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No, I'm weak. All people are.

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What matters is—
I've had it!

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What's your problem? Damn it.

111
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Time for a meal.

112
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Now, let's eat.

113
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Pickled daikon radish again?

114
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First, eat. It is the basis of life.

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Don't forget to put your hands together.

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I want to get strong.

117
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Strong like him.

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He really was strong.

119
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No way is he weak.

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Teach me to use a sword!

121
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No.

122
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Fine. I'll teach myself.

123
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I'm going for a swim.

124
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I can't draw it. Why not?

125
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Come back! Thief!

126
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Forgive us.

127
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Never do that again.

128
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Your hair's grown out.

129
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Yikes!

130
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The color's starting to
come back at the roots.

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Saito, sir.

132
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Sweetfish.

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Do you have work?

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I do.

135
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Oh?

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Assassination?

137
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I killed someone and fled Edo.

138
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I only saved you by chance.

139
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Killing is all I'm good for.

140
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Jiro, you ought to go elsewhere.

141
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Nothing good will come of staying with me.

142
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I don't want to lose anyone again.

143
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I don't.

144
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A starling.

145
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The way a starling moves its tail.

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The way its tail moves?

147
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No.

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Here. With the scabbard.

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Move your scabbard with your
left hand as your sword leaves it.

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Watch.

151
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There. That's the motion.

152
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And the same when you sheath
your blade. The starling cries twice.

153
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I guess you're still too young.

154
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Like a starling.

155
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Like a starling. Like a starling.

156
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Only draw it in the yard.

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"How can I become a warrior like him?"
That was the only thought in my mind.

158
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No, "ah." That's "nu."

159
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I'll be a samurai like the old man.

160
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It won't be long now.

161
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I'm going to work.

162
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Take me with you.

163
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I've gotten stronger.

164
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I can help.

165
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Don't follow me.

166
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Why not?

167
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Jiro, you're weak.

168
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Can he even do this job?
He looks ready to collapse.

169
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I told you not to follow me.

170
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I'm not leaving. I'll prove I can help—

171
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I'm not telling you to go.

172
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Hold this.

173
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It looks like this job was a trap.

174
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We're already surrounded.

175
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No way. There's way too many of them.

176
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Saito Hajime, you've made too much of a
name for yourself. It made you easy to find.

177
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So you survived, huh?

178
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You gave me these scars.

179
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Now I get even.

180
00:14:08,472 --> 00:14:10,474
Jiro, stay close to me.

181
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Do your worst, vermin.

182
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Get him!

183
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Go for the kid first!

184
00:14:27,449 --> 00:14:28,492
The "kid" is tougher than you think.

185
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Die!

186
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Crap.

187
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I won't let you lay a finger on him.

188
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:45,509
You damn freak!

189
00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:49,471
Won't you call this off?

190
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You nearly lost your life before.
Why throw it away now?

191
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B-Bro.

192
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A shallow cut.

193
00:15:03,527 --> 00:15:07,489
I k-killed Saito Hajime!

194
00:15:07,531 --> 00:15:09,491
Old man! Old man!

195
00:15:10,492 --> 00:15:11,452
That's enough!

196
00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:13,537
Retreat! Retreat!

197
00:15:16,498 --> 00:15:19,501
Why didn't you draw, dumbass?

198
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Tough it out till I get you to a doctor.

199
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No need.

200
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I wasn't long for this world anyway.

201
00:15:27,509 --> 00:15:28,552
What are you talking about?

202
00:15:29,511 --> 00:15:32,514
Forget me. Go to Mibu.

203
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Mibu? What for?

204
00:15:35,476 --> 00:15:36,518
No questions. Just go.

205
00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:43,484
Saito-san.

206
00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:45,486
What happened?

207
00:15:45,527 --> 00:15:47,529
Kondo-kun. Thank goodness.

208
00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:50,532
Help him! He's gonna die!

209
00:15:51,533 --> 00:15:54,495
Tell me, Kondo-kun.

210
00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:57,539
What did you men come to Kyoto for?

211
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To right wrongs.

212
00:16:05,547 --> 00:16:06,507
Old man!

213
00:16:06,548 --> 00:16:08,467
Stop trying to talk!

214
00:16:09,551 --> 00:16:11,470
I won't die.

215
00:16:11,553 --> 00:16:14,515
Not until I place you in his care.

216
00:16:16,475 --> 00:16:17,476
This is my son.

217
00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:24,483
I've learned people grow strong when
they value something more than themselves.

218
00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:26,485
I took a long road to get there, though.

219
00:16:27,528 --> 00:16:31,490
I won't die as long as you live.

220
00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:35,452
Jiro, be strong.

221
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:42,501
I'll look after him.

222
00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:50,551
Beside your parents, then.

223
00:16:52,469 --> 00:16:53,554
Boy, what are you called?

224
00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:56,473
Hajime.

225
00:16:58,475 --> 00:17:00,477
I'm Saito Hajime.

226
00:17:00,561 --> 00:17:02,479
The old man's not weak.

227
00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:05,482
I'll prove it.

228
00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:09,486
I'll carry his sword and continue his legacy.

229
00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:13,490
You could be a wolf.

230
00:17:21,498 --> 00:17:25,544
I'm the second Saito Hajime.

231
00:17:26,503 --> 00:17:28,547
Impossible. That was deadly poison.

232
00:17:28,547 --> 00:17:30,549
He's not weak.

233
00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:32,509
He won't die.

234
00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:35,512
Not while I'm alive.

235
00:17:36,513 --> 00:17:38,474
The old man died.

236
00:17:38,515 --> 00:17:41,560
He went into his last fight
racked with illness.

237
00:17:42,519 --> 00:17:44,480
Because he was weak?

238
00:17:45,522 --> 00:17:49,526
No, he said he took the long way round.

239
00:17:50,527 --> 00:17:53,530
He always called himself weak.

240
00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:57,493
But that day, he was different.

241
00:17:58,494 --> 00:17:59,536
Because I was there, I bet.

242
00:18:00,537 --> 00:18:05,542
He didn't want me to see him kill,
so he didn't draw his sword.

243
00:18:06,543 --> 00:18:13,467
Maybe he found the meaning of strength in that
moment because he had something to protect.

244
00:18:15,469 --> 00:18:16,553
If I let this guy go, people will die.

245
00:18:18,514 --> 00:18:23,477
I've got no reason to help strangers.
Or so I thought.

246
00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:31,485
But you can't live somewhere
without getting a little attached to it.

247
00:18:32,528 --> 00:18:33,487
So...

248
00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:37,533
I can't afford to lose.

249
00:18:39,493 --> 00:18:41,537
You can't pull off an iai strike.

250
00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:45,541
Look. You'll pass out and die in no time.

251
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:48,502
You can't muster up the strength.

252
00:18:49,503 --> 00:18:52,506
Iai's not about strength. It's about skill.

253
00:18:53,507 --> 00:18:55,467
Like a starling's tail.

254
00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:59,471
I've done it like he taught me thousands,
if not tens of thousands of times.

255
00:18:59,513 --> 00:19:01,515
It's etched into my body.

256
00:19:02,516 --> 00:19:05,519
I've got no reason
to start doubting it now.

257
00:19:08,564 --> 00:19:10,482
Like I'd let you try.

258
00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:11,483
What are you waiting for?

259
00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:20,450
I will beat you.

260
00:19:20,492 --> 00:19:23,537
You can't do it. There's no way!

261
00:19:27,499 --> 00:19:29,501
I'm done for. I can't move.

262
00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:39,511
Get lost.

263
00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:48,520
Good. Found it.

264
00:19:49,479 --> 00:19:50,564
This is the antidote. I hope.

265
00:19:54,526 --> 00:19:55,485
Drink.

266
00:19:59,489 --> 00:20:01,533
Sorry. I spoiled your fight.

267
00:20:04,494 --> 00:20:06,455
No, I owe you one.

268
00:20:07,456 --> 00:20:09,499
I screwed up. I didn't expect poison.

269
00:20:10,459 --> 00:20:11,543
That reaction isn't like you.

270
00:20:13,503 --> 00:20:14,546
Shut up.

271
00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:17,549
It's fine. I still have a ways to go.

272
00:20:19,509 --> 00:20:24,514
I'm weak. I'm lacking in mind and body.

273
00:20:25,515 --> 00:20:28,518
Old man, I see that now.

274
00:20:29,519 --> 00:20:30,520
Will you laugh at me?

275
00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,566
All people are weak. What matters is...

276
00:20:36,526 --> 00:20:41,490
What would he have said next?

277
00:20:44,534 --> 00:20:48,538
I feel like I've finally
made it to the entrance.

278
00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:57,464
I'm sure you have your own reasons.

279
00:20:57,506 --> 00:20:59,508
Everyone does. That's life.

280
00:21:00,550 --> 00:21:04,554
But don't make it everyone else's problem.

281
00:21:08,475 --> 00:21:09,559
The city's not burning.

282
00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:12,479
You made sure it didn't.

283
00:21:16,566 --> 00:21:18,485
What a joke.

284
00:21:18,527 --> 00:21:19,528
Rest up.

285
00:21:22,531 --> 00:21:25,450
You'd better take it from here...

286
00:21:25,492 --> 00:21:27,536
Kyohachi School

287
00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:31,540
I had a feeling you'd come here.

288
00:21:38,547 --> 00:21:43,552
Successor

289
00:23:14,476 --> 00:23:19,523
Next time
Kyohachi School
Chirinu Nio here.

290
00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:23,568
I know Nagi-san is with child, so I rushed
to the Kyohachi School to check on her.

291
00:23:25,445 --> 00:23:27,489
But why, Yotaro-san?

292
00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:30,534
You should be at Nagi-san's side.

293
00:23:32,494 --> 00:23:34,454
And Kondo-san, please calm down.

294
00:23:34,454 --> 00:23:37,541
I'm begging both of you:
don't draw your swords.

295
00:23:39,459 --> 00:23:43,547
Next time: "Prepared for What Comes."
Prepared
for