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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting .

2
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I t's such a beautiful day.

3
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The firewood will dry out well .

4
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I apologize.

5
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I have no Daikon radish
to season the food .

6
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I don't mind .

7
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Without it, the food tastes flat.

8
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We should plant some crops.

9
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I don't know about Daikon radishes,
but we could grow something .

10
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I helped my father farm when I was a
boy. I should be able to do it myself.

11
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Is that so?

12
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Hey! You're pretty good at that!

13
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What is it?

14
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I think the two of you can really pass
for an actual married couple.

15
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I'm going to finish planting
the remaining seedlings.

16
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Did I say something offensive?

17
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No. Do you have news?

18
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Yes.

19
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Our situation is looking bleak.

20
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Because of the disaster in Kyoto,

21
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our compatriots are being purged
from the capital in Hagi .

22
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Purged?

23
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Conservatives in the Choshu Clan are
trying to save face with the Tokugawa .

24
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They're forcing the radicals to perform
seppuku as a sign of good faith .

25
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Ritual suicide is a daily occurrence
in the new capital .

26
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I t's horrible.

27
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But we have prevented the Shogunate
from declaring all out war on the Clan .

28
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Both sides have suffered great losses,

29
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and the battle is far from over.

30
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Anyway, we are currently trying to
get Takasugi out of prison .

31
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Hopefully, he will be able
to revive the Kihei-tai .

32
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If so, we will be able to turn
Hagi into a battlefield .

33
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How is Katsura?

34
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We don't know where he is.

35
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I'm sorry to say that we believe he has
turned coward, and run away.

36
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That's impossible.

37
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The world is a sad and
surprising place.

38
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All we can do for now is wait.

39
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I have some money for you
from Katagai .

40
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That package is for you, also.

41
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I t's full of medicines to sell .

42
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Sell medicines?

43
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You need a visible source of income
so you won't arouse suspicion .

44
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But there's no one around
here for miles.

45
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You may find it necessary
to travel some day.

46
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This will provide you with
a good cover to do so.

47
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You are still only one day's
walk from Kyoto,

48
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but don't even think about
going there yet.

49
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The conservatives and the Shinsen
Gumi are on the lookout for our men .

50
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They have killed more men than even
you were able to dispatch .

51
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I'll check back to make sure you're all
right and take you back when it is time.

52
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Farewell, Tomoe.

53
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I hope you enjoy being
a druggist's wife.

54
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I forgot how beautiful
the harvest moon is.

55
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I saw red dragonflies this evening .

56
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I can't help wondering what
will happen to us?

57
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How long will we be able to stay here?

58
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For a while. That's all I can say.

59
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We need to get back here by sunset.
Are you ready, yet?

60
00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:20,187
Yes, I'm coming .

61
00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:48,120
The villagers seemed to believe that
we are husband and wife.

62
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Yes, and we sold more medicine
than I expected . I'm relieved .

63
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You didn't bring your knife today.

64
00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:06,939
That's right.

65
00:10:11,644 --> 00:10:15,102
Because the wife of a druggist
doesn't need to be armed .

66
00:10:18,684 --> 00:10:20,447
I t's getting cold . Let's hurry up.

67
00:10:26,158 --> 00:10:27,493
I t tastes good .

68
00:10:27,493 --> 00:10:28,828
Really?

69
00:10:28,828 --> 00:10:30,887
I haven't tasted Sake this
good in a long time.

70
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I suppose.

71
00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:44,810
What's wrong?

72
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I t's nothing .

73
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Here.

74
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I understand .

75
00:11:43,035 --> 00:11:45,671
Well, take care.

76
00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:48,834
I hope you're not getting bored
living the life of a peddler.

77
00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:54,480
Not at all . I didn't kill people
for amusement.

78
00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,316
Besides, I don't get restless
living here.

79
00:11:57,316 --> 00:12:00,886
I've discovered many things here that
make me happy and content.

80
00:12:00,886 --> 00:12:02,521
Very good .

81
00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:07,093
But I hope your skills don't whither
out here. Farewell .

82
00:12:07,093 --> 00:12:09,027
Good luck, boy.

83
00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:18,471
I'm sorry, but I'm not good
at dealing with that man .

84
00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,234
Forgive me for not seeing him off.

85
00:12:56,742 --> 00:12:58,209
Oh, no.

86
00:13:01,013 --> 00:13:03,349
We worked so hard .

87
00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:05,284
There's been too much rain lately.

88
00:13:05,284 --> 00:13:07,620
I t'll be fine. At least half
of these will survive.

89
00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,178
I t's part of the risk of farming .

90
00:13:10,422 --> 00:13:11,389
But. . .

91
00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:16,595
But. . .

92
00:13:19,698 --> 00:13:20,665
But. . .

93
00:13:42,788 --> 00:13:44,551
You never ask me about my past.

94
00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:48,687
About anything personal .

95
00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:58,871
I should apologize to your father,
because we are living like this

96
00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:04,343
even though I know it's only a ruse
to hide our true identities.

97
00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:08,006
I could ask you about your life, but it
would serve no purpose. So I don't.

98
00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:12,543
You are. . .

99
00:14:14,053 --> 00:14:15,816
Never mind .

100
00:14:35,941 --> 00:14:41,881
Take this, Tomoe. His parents want
you to have it as a keepsake.

101
00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:44,315
Thank you . Thank you so much .

102
00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:50,389
You know the only reason
he went to Kyoto

103
00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:54,093
was because Tomoe wanted to
marry an eminent man .

104
00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:56,095
He wanted to help the Shogunate,

105
00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:57,897
but the only reason he
became a body guard

106
00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:00,599
was because she's so arrogant and
insolent. She caused this tragedy.

107
00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:02,701
Don't talk like that!

108
00:15:02,701 --> 00:15:05,761
This calamity has wounded Tomoe
more than anyone else !

109
00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:10,643
Sister?

110
00:15:10,643 --> 00:15:12,304
What's wrong with you?

111
00:15:14,313 --> 00:15:15,974
Talk to me !

112
00:15:17,016 --> 00:15:18,417
Sister!

113
00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:20,282
What's wrong with you?

114
00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:22,814
Sister. . .

115
00:15:24,556 --> 00:15:25,716
Sister. . .

116
00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:39,531
When you aren't killing people,

117
00:15:40,806 --> 00:15:42,467
you are so noble.

118
00:15:54,553 --> 00:15:58,490
Katsura escaped, but the boy
is still within our grasp.

119
00:15:58,490 --> 00:16:01,152
The time will come, and he
will be defenseless.

120
00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:04,463
I should have guessed .

121
00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:07,533
His energy has waned over
the last few months.

122
00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:10,102
More importantly, something in his
eyes has changed dramatically.

123
00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:13,265
He will be no match for your
terrifying preparation .

124
00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:25,117
Katagai .

125
00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:29,989
I t was only a matter of time, but we
better get this job done quickly.

126
00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:31,547
Hey, Enishi !

127
00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:38,564
I'm sorry to keep you waiting .

128
00:16:38,564 --> 00:16:42,368
The rain will soon cease, and
it will then be your turn,

129
00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:44,336
Enishi Yukishiro.

130
00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:49,669
Sister!

131
00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:52,911
Enishi?

132
00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:57,307
I've finally found you !

133
00:17:00,219 --> 00:17:03,022
This is my little brother.
His name is Enishi .

134
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,390
Little brother?

135
00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:09,054
Yes, I sent him some letters from
Kyoto. He tracked me down somehow.

136
00:17:10,262 --> 00:17:13,599
I see. You probably have many
things to talk about.

137
00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:15,066
I'll go check on the crops.

138
00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:23,675
I'm so surprised to see you .
How is Father?

139
00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:24,877
He's fine, I guess.

140
00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,678
When did you leave Edo?

141
00:17:26,678 --> 00:17:30,416
Right after you left six months ago.

142
00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:33,919
Who has been taking care of you,

143
00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:36,021
and how did you know I was here?

144
00:17:36,021 --> 00:17:37,990
I t was easy.

145
00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:39,855
I'm an envoy for the Shoguns.

146
00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:44,196
His fate is sealed .

147
00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:45,764
You should be happy, Sister!

148
00:17:45,764 --> 00:17:50,736
Finally! Finally, the time has come to
punish that awful assassin !

149
00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,604
That's what you wanted, isn't it?

150
00:17:52,604 --> 00:17:55,574
That's why you set out from
Edo all by yourself, right?

151
00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:57,576
That's why you are in this lonely place,

152
00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:59,611
living with that man .

153
00:17:59,611 --> 00:18:02,375
Go back to Edo right now.

154
00:18:04,516 --> 00:18:06,952
What are you talking about?

155
00:18:06,952 --> 00:18:09,755
You are the eldest male child of the
Yukishiro family, Enishi .

156
00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:11,723
You shouldn't have left home
to seek revenge.

157
00:18:11,723 --> 00:18:14,026
I don't care about my family name !

158
00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:17,296
I want to help you, Sister!
That's why. . .

159
00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:18,763
You must go back, Enishi .

160
00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:21,832
Do you understand me?

161
00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:28,262
What's wrong with you?

162
00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:31,610
Why do you want to protect
that terrible man? !

163
00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:33,979
He deserves whatever he gets.
Don't you think so, Sister?

164
00:18:33,979 --> 00:18:37,813
He destroyed your happiness !
He's your mortal enemy, isn't he?

165
00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:47,326
Give this to Father, please. Tell him to
keep it as a remembrance of me.

166
00:18:47,326 --> 00:18:49,928
Please? Do you understand?

167
00:18:49,928 --> 00:18:51,096
Sister. . .

168
00:18:51,096 --> 00:18:52,598
Do you?

169
00:18:52,598 --> 00:18:55,567
I've told you where we will
be waiting for you .

170
00:18:57,936 --> 00:19:01,497
I wish ! I wish you'd come
to your senses !

171
00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:18,323
We'll bring in a great harvest.

172
00:19:18,323 --> 00:19:19,224
Yes, we will .

173
00:19:19,224 --> 00:19:22,528
I thought this was an impetuous idea
with no chance of success,

174
00:19:22,528 --> 00:19:24,689
but I guess my farming instincts
are still with me.

175
00:19:38,777 --> 00:19:41,547
You seem so happy right now.

176
00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:43,482
Do I?

177
00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:44,950
If your life had taken another route,

178
00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:48,120
you could have been happy
living like this.

179
00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:49,588
Working your field .

180
00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:51,556
Eating the food you raised
with your own hands.

181
00:19:56,461 --> 00:19:58,664
I've been thinking since
we arrived here.

182
00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:00,966
I was trained in the teachings of
Mitsurugi swordsmanship.

183
00:20:00,966 --> 00:20:03,068
I was taught to live in balance
with the world around me.

184
00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:06,371
I wanted to create a new world for
those who do not have power.

185
00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:09,274
I wanted to insure the safety
of the common man .

186
00:20:09,274 --> 00:20:12,477
But now I realize this was
a misguided idea .

187
00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:14,780
The best thing I can do is live here,

188
00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:17,716
and create life instead
of destroying it.

189
00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:19,117
I've never known peace until now.

190
00:20:19,117 --> 00:20:22,087
I t is only recently that I have
understood what that word means.

191
00:20:22,087 --> 00:20:26,792
Living here, and walking to the village
and coming home with you .

192
00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:31,463
I t made me realize how horrible my
life as an assassin really was.

193
00:20:31,463 --> 00:20:36,168
There's one reason I've learned
this essential lesson .

194
00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:40,272
I t's you . You are the one who showed
me this new way to live.

195
00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:42,740
May I tell you something?

196
00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,711
Please.

197
00:20:45,711 --> 00:20:48,113
My father is an employee of
the Shogunate in Edo.

198
00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:53,018
He is neither a skilled swordsman nor
a statesman, but he is a kind man .

199
00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:57,222
My mother died while she was
giving birth to Enishi .

200
00:20:57,222 --> 00:21:02,327
For him I am both his sister
and his mother.

201
00:21:02,327 --> 00:21:04,162
I love him dearly.

202
00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:09,001
We were never wealthy, but
we always lived happily.

203
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:12,459
I was engaged to be married
late last year.

204
00:21:14,706 --> 00:21:17,175
I'd known my fiancé since
we were children,

205
00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:19,177
and he was now an envoy
for the Shogunate.

206
00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:20,779
My brother was very jealous,

207
00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:23,382
but other than his childish behavior
everything was fine.

208
00:21:23,382 --> 00:21:24,683
Shortly before the wedding day,

209
00:21:24,683 --> 00:21:28,141
my fiancé was killed in
the streets of Kyoto.

210
00:21:29,721 --> 00:21:32,383
When I heard the news, I couldn't
stay in Edo any longer.

211
00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:35,861
Tragedy often causes people
to think the wrong thing .

212
00:21:35,861 --> 00:21:40,766
So, I came to Kyoto. Trying to escape
the pain of what my life had become.

213
00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:44,429
That's when I met you .

214
00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:48,798
That is the kind of woman I am.

215
00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:52,176
I am sorry.

216
00:21:58,884 --> 00:22:03,821
I am so sorry. I've been deceiving you .

217
00:22:09,294 --> 00:22:13,231
Enishi, tomorrow you will return
to Edo with your sister.

218
00:22:13,231 --> 00:22:17,636
I will . If the assassin is dead,
she will want to come home.

219
00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:19,338
Won't she?

220
00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:22,974
Certainly. Everything will be complete.

221
00:22:22,974 --> 00:22:26,933
The mission will be over for
you and for me.

222
00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:33,819
Oh, heavens. I'm risking
my life on this gamble.

223
00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:36,253
But I can't lose !

224
00:22:45,964 --> 00:22:47,366
We're almost home.

225
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:48,567
Yes.

226
00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:50,469
Winter is coming on strong .

227
00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:53,472
We won't be able to return to the
village until after the snow melts,

228
00:22:53,472 --> 00:22:57,169
but we should have enough food
to sustain us until then .

229
00:23:07,185 --> 00:23:09,551
We should hurry. I t's too cold to tarry.

230
00:23:16,361 --> 00:23:17,419
I . . .

231
00:23:18,463 --> 00:23:19,930
Will . . .

232
00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:22,600
I will . . .

233
00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:24,602
protect you .

234
00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:37,309
I will protect you .

235
00:23:40,585 --> 00:23:43,789
He died in an unfamiliar place, and my
happiness vanished with him.

236
00:23:43,789 --> 00:23:47,225
I was not smart enough to keep him
close to me for my happiness.

237
00:23:47,225 --> 00:23:49,227
I t was my fault.

238
00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:52,130
I t was my fault, because I never told
him how much I loved him as he was.

239
00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:57,836
When he died, I almost went
insane with hatred .

240
00:23:57,836 --> 00:24:00,806
I had to hate someone.

241
00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:07,345
So I plotted with others to bring
about your destruction .

242
00:24:07,345 --> 00:24:10,610
I am that kind of woman .

243
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,587
And yet,

244
00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:20,091
you say. . .

245
00:24:20,091 --> 00:24:22,525
You say you will protect me.

246
00:24:54,593 --> 00:24:56,561
He was the son of a Shogunate
employee I had known since childhood .

247
00:24:56,561 --> 00:24:58,530
He was very much like my father.

248
00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:01,967
Neither a skilled swordsman,
nor a clever statesman .

249
00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:06,131
But he was such a kind man, and he
tried so hard at everything he did .

250
00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:11,469
I loved that quality in him.

251
00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:18,850
He asked me to marry him, and I was
so happy my heart nearly burst.

252
00:25:18,850 --> 00:25:26,154
But in my bliss, I could not speak the
words that would keep him near me.

253
00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:36,362
I couldn't let him know how happy
I was. Maybe it was my fate.

254
00:25:38,103 --> 00:25:43,769
Maybe I am unworthy to be happy.

255
00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:50,749
''You cause the bloody rain to fall .''

256
00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:53,084
You said that to me on
the night we met.

257
00:25:53,084 --> 00:25:54,019
Yes.

258
00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:59,424
You also told me that I could never
be happy living an assassin's life.

259
00:25:59,424 --> 00:26:00,725
Yes, I did .

260
00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:02,594
You were right.

261
00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:06,364
However, I can't stop killing, yet.

262
00:26:06,364 --> 00:26:09,668
The new world will come soon .

263
00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:11,970
Once it has arrived,

264
00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:17,208
I will seek ways to protect people
that will not involve taking lives.

265
00:26:17,208 --> 00:26:25,250
I will also look for a way to atone for
the terrible things I have done.

266
00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:28,083
If you are with me, I will be able
to become a new man .

267
00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:30,481
Tomoe?

268
00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:33,758
Yes.

269
00:26:33,758 --> 00:26:37,194
I will protect you, and make
sure that you are happy.

270
00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:41,866
Yes.

271
00:27:28,446 --> 00:27:32,617
This man destroyed my happiness.

272
00:27:32,617 --> 00:27:36,883
Then, he gave me a new happiness.

273
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,725
Farewell .

274
00:27:40,725 --> 00:27:44,889
Farewell to you, my second love.

275
00:27:56,741 --> 00:27:58,299
Tomoe !

276
00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:00,777
Tomoe !

277
00:28:01,813 --> 00:28:03,114
I izuka? !

278
00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:04,979
I found the spy.

279
00:28:06,117 --> 00:28:07,175
I t's Tomoe.

280
00:28:08,219 --> 00:28:12,524
She's meeting with her conspirators in
a cottage on the mountain . Go there.

281
00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:14,225
Kill her!

282
00:28:14,225 --> 00:28:15,593
She can't be.

283
00:28:15,593 --> 00:28:17,595
I have evidence.

284
00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:18,763
Her journal .

285
00:28:18,763 --> 00:28:20,230
Her journal?

286
00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:25,865
Remember the man who cut you?

287
00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:36,581
She knew him. He was her fiancé.

288
00:28:36,581 --> 00:28:38,817
Shortly before the wedding day,

289
00:28:38,817 --> 00:28:42,082
my fiancé was killed in
the streets of Kyoto.

290
00:29:07,479 --> 00:29:10,982
Next Rurouni Kenshin : ''Act 4:
The Cross-shaped Wound''

291
00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:12,040
Please look forward to it.

292
00:30:54,953 --> 00:30:57,989
I found the spy.

293
00:30:57,989 --> 00:30:59,791
I t's Tomoe.

294
00:30:59,791 --> 00:31:04,751
She's meeting with her conspirators in
a cottage on the mountain . Go there.

295
00:31:05,964 --> 00:31:07,226
Kill her!

296
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:50,507
Sister!

297
00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:50,268
I better not waste any time.

298
00:32:50,268 --> 00:32:54,432
I'll get out of here, and find
the next ship out of Japan .

299
00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:04,410
Goodbye, Himura .

300
00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:26,229
How long will we be able to stay here?

301
00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:34,412
Why did you involve Enishi
in this matter?

302
00:33:34,412 --> 00:33:37,949
The boy was doggedly asking
about his sister in Kyoto,

303
00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:40,918
and an elder from the Shogunate
sent him to me.

304
00:33:40,918 --> 00:33:44,989
I t was very much the same as
when you were recruited .

305
00:33:44,989 --> 00:33:46,457
Where are the others?

306
00:33:46,457 --> 00:33:49,827
They're hiding along the road,
waiting for him to arrive.

307
00:33:49,827 --> 00:33:51,696
Why didn't you wait to hear from me?

308
00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:56,300
What could you tell us?
About his weaknesses?

309
00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:57,969
We know those already.

310
00:33:57,969 --> 00:34:02,874
Did you even need me?

311
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,542
Of course.

312
00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:10,815
Even the cruelest murderer is easy prey
for unexpected emotions.

313
00:34:10,815 --> 00:34:16,020
That's why we needed you .

314
00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:20,691
You are his weakest point now.
He is coming here.

315
00:34:20,691 --> 00:34:23,694
He has found out that the woman
he loves has betrayed him,

316
00:34:23,694 --> 00:34:25,997
and his mind is in disarray.

317
00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:30,535
This will prevent him from
using his full abilities.

318
00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:34,972
That was our goal, you know?

319
00:34:34,972 --> 00:34:37,942
You planned this all along .

320
00:34:37,942 --> 00:34:39,143
You tricked me.

321
00:34:39,143 --> 00:34:41,304
So, what will you do about it?

322
00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:34,398
You've fallen in love with him, right?
Woman is such a pathetic creature.

323
00:35:34,398 --> 00:35:36,901
I understand what has happened,
of course.

324
00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:43,841
Human emotion is an unreliable,
and shifting foundation .

325
00:35:43,841 --> 00:35:50,181
The separation between love and hate
is no thicker than a whisper.

326
00:35:50,181 --> 00:35:53,551
The nature of a woman is
even more unreliable.

327
00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:55,887
A malignant assassin can appear as
innocent as a newborn baby

328
00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:58,856
in the eyes of the woman
who loves him.

329
00:36:02,527 --> 00:36:04,392
I didn't realize you thought
so little of me.

330
00:36:14,305 --> 00:36:15,966
Don't be a fool .

331
00:36:18,075 --> 00:36:23,881
I t requires strength and clearness of
thought to bite through your tongue.

332
00:36:23,881 --> 00:36:26,543
Besides, nothing will change if you
commit suicide at this point.

333
00:37:02,787 --> 00:37:06,023
Kill yourself, if you wish .

334
00:37:06,023 --> 00:37:09,527
Perhaps you want to escape the
memory of how you became involved .

335
00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:12,462
Does Kiyosato haunt you?

336
00:37:29,447 --> 00:37:34,252
What was Kiyosato to you?

337
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:37,221
Wasn't he the dearest being
in the world to you?

338
00:37:38,589 --> 00:37:43,894
I know that you were the one he
loved most of all in this world .

339
00:37:43,894 --> 00:37:48,699
If that were not true, he would
never have gone to Kyoto.

340
00:37:48,699 --> 00:37:50,901
He wanted to be a hero for you,

341
00:37:50,901 --> 00:37:54,171
even though he was ill equipped
as a swordsman .

342
00:37:54,171 --> 00:37:56,407
He should have stayed with me.

343
00:37:56,407 --> 00:38:00,511
If only he had stayed with me,
I would have been happy.

344
00:38:00,511 --> 00:38:03,047
I t is man's nature to strive to please

345
00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:09,320
his lover, his community, and
the all-powerful Shogunate.

346
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,591
Until he is certain of this achievement,
he can never know true peace.

347
00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:18,663
That is why we must eliminate any
threat to the Shogunate,

348
00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:21,332
regardless of the severity
of that menace.

349
00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:26,070
I t is this attention to detail that has
kept the peace for three hundred years.

350
00:38:26,070 --> 00:38:28,773
We are the keepers of this society,

351
00:38:28,773 --> 00:38:31,676
and we are in harmony with
our human nature.

352
00:38:31,676 --> 00:38:37,137
We put our lives at risk to protect
the happiness of the system.

353
00:38:38,816 --> 00:38:40,284
Can you understand that?

354
00:38:40,284 --> 00:38:44,152
Every man is full of sin .

355
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:57,001
We live and die in sin .

356
00:38:57,001 --> 00:39:00,164
I t is our fate.

357
00:39:12,149 --> 00:39:14,285
We will kill him to preserve
the Tokugawa Shogunate

358
00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:17,288
and the society as a whole.

359
00:39:17,288 --> 00:39:20,991
Your feelings for him are sinful .

360
00:39:20,991 --> 00:39:23,994
However, everybody is prone
to make mistakes,

361
00:39:23,994 --> 00:39:25,963
but you must remember Kiyosato.

362
00:39:25,963 --> 00:39:28,761
Remember your first love.

363
00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:37,732
Tomoe. . .

364
00:39:43,514 --> 00:39:45,482
Tomoe. . .

365
00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:13,934
Tomoe. . .

366
00:40:20,384 --> 00:40:24,889
He's still strong even after
all this time, I see.

367
00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:30,394
As I expected, I will have to be the
one who finishes him off.

368
00:40:30,394 --> 00:40:32,263
That is the way I will atone

369
00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:35,866
for allowing so many of my followers
to die at his hand .

370
00:40:35,866 --> 00:40:39,003
I will avenge Kiyosato for you .

371
00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:42,506
Feel free to watch his death .

372
00:40:42,506 --> 00:40:45,643
I t would be the least you could
do for your Kiyosato,

373
00:40:45,643 --> 00:40:48,874
who died as he tried to
make you happy.

374
00:40:50,915 --> 00:40:52,883
Kiyosato. . .

375
00:41:56,914 --> 00:41:59,617
Prepare a room for her, please.

376
00:41:59,617 --> 00:42:02,219
Choshu soldiers are so restless.

377
00:42:02,219 --> 00:42:05,256
You kill all night, and now you've
found yourself a woman .

378
00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:09,827
Nothing . I don't care about her.

379
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:11,929
No one else thinks that.

380
00:42:11,929 --> 00:42:14,591
You rescued her once, so why
not do so tonight?

381
00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:18,202
Master Katsura, you're safe !

382
00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:20,871
I wish I were dead .

383
00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:22,839
I've lost everything .

384
00:43:11,088 --> 00:43:13,056
Should we go to Otsu?

385
00:43:15,159 --> 00:43:17,627
Should we go to Otsu?

386
00:43:24,468 --> 00:43:26,231
Should we go to Otsu?

387
00:43:31,342 --> 00:43:32,400
Otsu . . .

388
00:43:37,681 --> 00:43:40,445
Should we go to Otsu? !

389
00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:21,158
Look at yourself.

390
00:44:21,158 --> 00:44:22,760
You've used up your
remaining strength

391
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,129
just to arrive at this place
of execution .

392
00:44:25,129 --> 00:44:28,065
Now you know that when a man has to
fight without anything to protect,

393
00:44:28,065 --> 00:44:30,033
the battle is harder.

394
00:44:31,168 --> 00:44:37,741
Yet, from the beginning, you had
nothing to preserve, unlike us.

395
00:44:37,741 --> 00:44:44,882
By the order of the Shogunate, and as
the chief of its field operations,

396
00:44:44,882 --> 00:44:48,352
I will see you dead .

397
00:44:48,352 --> 00:44:51,378
I will do so, because I could not
protect my men from your sword !

398
00:47:10,727 --> 00:47:15,187
I killed many men in order to safeguard
the well being of the common man .

399
00:47:17,534 --> 00:47:23,140
But my idealism caused
you to lose your love.

400
00:47:23,140 --> 00:47:27,878
I stole an important life from you .

401
00:47:27,878 --> 00:47:29,243
I did not know I had done it.

402
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,209
I fell in love with you .

403
00:47:34,785 --> 00:47:39,051
I made promises, but I am
not fit to protect you .

404
00:47:42,192 --> 00:47:44,752
Even though I . . .

405
00:47:46,129 --> 00:47:47,096
I . . .

406
00:47:51,501 --> 00:47:54,771
Yes, and we sold more medicine
than I expected .

407
00:47:54,771 --> 00:47:57,774
You seem so happy right now.

408
00:47:57,774 --> 00:47:59,276
Without it, the food tastes flat.

409
00:47:59,276 --> 00:48:01,744
I saw red dragonflies this evening .

410
00:48:14,791 --> 00:48:16,053
Tomoe,

411
00:48:17,995 --> 00:48:22,523
I will protect you .

412
00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:41,677
I don't understand what a woman is.

413
00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:47,481
Tomoe !

414
00:49:04,975 --> 00:49:06,840
Tomoe. . .

415
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:47,016
I am so sorry, my darling .

416
00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:17,980
Sister. . .

417
00:50:36,366 --> 00:50:41,638
Tomoe, I've lost you .

418
00:50:41,638 --> 00:50:44,607
Now I understand how
much you suffered .

419
00:50:45,976 --> 00:50:49,346
You were living with a pain like this.

420
00:50:49,346 --> 00:50:53,083
I t was so hard for you .
You should have hated me.

421
00:50:53,083 --> 00:50:57,220
But you protected me.

422
00:50:57,220 --> 00:50:59,882
You allowed me to live.

423
00:51:00,991 --> 00:51:06,163
But now you are free from your pain .

424
00:51:06,163 --> 00:51:08,865
You will not suffer anymore.

425
00:51:08,865 --> 00:51:12,869
I will continue to live with
my broken heart.

426
00:51:12,869 --> 00:51:16,173
I t will serve as my atonement
for what I did to you .

427
00:51:16,173 --> 00:51:19,176
I must make reparations for the
lives I have destroyed .

428
00:51:19,176 --> 00:51:23,613
I t will be difficult, but I will do it.

429
00:51:23,613 --> 00:51:27,250
I have lived a hard life,

430
00:51:27,250 --> 00:51:30,987
but I can still remember the
warmer parts of life.

431
00:51:30,987 --> 00:51:34,624
You taught me that.

432
00:51:34,624 --> 00:51:35,692
Hopefully. . .

433
00:51:35,692 --> 00:51:37,125
Hopefully, I will be all right.

434
00:51:38,161 --> 00:51:41,731
I know I must say goodbye to you .

435
00:51:41,731 --> 00:51:43,500
But now. . .

436
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:46,002
But now let me stay for a while.

437
00:51:46,002 --> 00:51:48,438
We are together.

438
00:51:48,438 --> 00:51:49,905
For now.

439
00:51:52,075 --> 00:51:53,337
Tomoe.

440
00:51:59,516 --> 00:52:00,484
Prepare to set sail !

441
00:52:00,484 --> 00:52:01,852
I better get going before
anyone finds me.
Prepare to set sail !

442
00:52:01,852 --> 00:52:03,820
I better get going before
anyone finds me.

443
00:52:03,820 --> 00:52:06,323
I better get going before
anyone finds me.
Prepare to set sail !

444
00:52:06,323 --> 00:52:08,558
Prepare to set sail !

445
00:52:08,558 --> 00:52:12,729
What a way to start the new year.
I've always had rotten luck.

446
00:52:12,729 --> 00:52:17,134
I suppose they want to clean my
dead body from the street.

447
00:52:17,134 --> 00:52:21,400
Well, life is a gamble, so I'm willing
to make one final bet.

448
00:52:27,344 --> 00:52:29,212
Himura,

449
00:52:29,212 --> 00:52:32,382
I heard about what happened here.

450
00:52:32,382 --> 00:52:34,217
I'm sorry.

451
00:52:34,217 --> 00:52:36,019
Katsura?

452
00:52:36,019 --> 00:52:38,455
I found the real spy,

453
00:52:38,455 --> 00:52:40,719
and have trained a new assassin .

454
00:52:48,932 --> 00:52:53,301
Damn, I guess I used up all
of my good luck last year.

455
00:52:58,408 --> 00:53:02,367
This new boy will handle
assassinations from now on .

456
00:53:04,281 --> 00:53:08,318
Even so, we still require your skills.

457
00:53:08,318 --> 00:53:14,024
The Shinsen Gumi and the Bakufu hunt
patriots with renewed determination .

458
00:53:14,024 --> 00:53:15,759
If we cannot fight them off
with greater ferocity,

459
00:53:15,759 --> 00:53:18,261
our cause will be lost,
and we will be executed .

460
00:53:18,261 --> 00:53:19,319
I understand .

461
00:53:20,697 --> 00:53:21,998
Himura?

462
00:53:21,998 --> 00:53:23,667
Yes.

463
00:53:23,667 --> 00:53:26,436
I worried that your life as an assassin
would destroy your inherent humanity.

464
00:53:26,436 --> 00:53:29,506
I asked Tomoe to be a sheath
for your ungovernable rage.

465
00:53:29,506 --> 00:53:30,607
A sheath?

466
00:53:30,607 --> 00:53:35,312
Yes, I believe that she can still serve
that purpose for you .

467
00:53:35,312 --> 00:53:37,075
I want you to believe that.

468
00:53:40,984 --> 00:53:42,178
Katsura?

469
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:47,958
I will lend my sword to your cause.

470
00:53:47,958 --> 00:53:50,160
Tomoe saved my life.

471
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:52,963
I think she knew I would have to
fight once more. I believe that.

472
00:53:52,963 --> 00:53:54,264
I see.

473
00:53:54,264 --> 00:53:56,733
However, once the battle
has been won . . .

474
00:53:56,733 --> 00:53:58,268
You will withdraw from our clan?

475
00:53:58,268 --> 00:53:59,736
I'm not saying that.

476
00:53:59,736 --> 00:54:04,241
But I will never kill again .

477
00:54:04,241 --> 00:54:05,503
Ever.

478
00:54:08,979 --> 00:54:12,549
Shinsaku, the world has turned
out just as you said it would .

479
00:54:12,549 --> 00:54:14,317
I was wrong to doubt you .

480
00:54:14,317 --> 00:54:17,654
Hiten Swordsmanship should only be
used to protect the new world .

481
00:54:17,654 --> 00:54:20,857
I t should never be used to
destroy the old regime.

482
00:54:20,857 --> 00:54:22,825
I'm so sorry, Himura .

483
00:54:27,397 --> 00:54:31,766
Tomoe, I must leave you now.

484
00:54:54,257 --> 00:54:56,660
I found them ! Over here !

485
00:54:56,660 --> 00:54:58,495
Get the rebels !

486
00:54:58,495 --> 00:55:00,122
Don't let them escape !

487
00:55:02,699 --> 00:55:04,257
We're gaining on them !

488
00:55:06,202 --> 00:55:07,567
Get them !

489
00:55:10,607 --> 00:55:11,708
Leave them alone.

490
00:55:11,708 --> 00:55:13,143
What was that?

491
00:55:13,143 --> 00:55:14,244
You !

492
00:55:14,244 --> 00:55:15,973
If you leave now,

493
00:55:17,847 --> 00:55:19,249
you will live.

494
00:55:19,249 --> 00:55:20,283
He has red hair.

495
00:55:20,283 --> 00:55:22,385
And a cross-shaped scar.

496
00:55:22,385 --> 00:55:24,287
I t is the assassin .

497
00:55:24,287 --> 00:55:25,254
Sir?

498
00:56:00,757 --> 00:56:03,393
Okita, stand back!

499
00:56:03,393 --> 00:56:05,261
But Master Saitou . . .

500
00:56:05,261 --> 00:56:07,630
I am very sensitive to the
smell of blood, boy.

501
00:56:07,630 --> 00:56:11,088
You cannot defeat him in
your current condition .

502
00:56:23,913 --> 00:56:24,880
Let's go.

503
00:59:46,382 --> 00:59:48,084
What's your name, boy?

504
00:59:48,084 --> 00:59:49,319
Shinta .

505
00:59:49,319 --> 00:59:52,121
Much too delicate a name
for a swordsman .

506
00:59:52,121 --> 00:59:54,958
From now on your name will be
Kenshin .

507
00:59:54,958 --> 00:59:56,619
Kenshin .