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[action music playing]00:37:02:17

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-[chirping]
-[hoofbeats approaching]

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[horses neighing]

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[shop owner grunts]

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[sighs] The last of it.

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Who knew one man could bleed so much?

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You're better at cleaning than cooking.
When does your son get back?

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[breathes deeply]

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[wind whooshing]

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[tense music accelerates]

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[footsteps approaching]

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The Four Fangs!

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What an honor!
May I get you something to eat?

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[Fang leader] A samurai came through here.

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Young. Arrogant.

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He cut four fingers to get a name.

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-Tell me what you know.
-[customer 1] Shut up.

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We're trying to eat.

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[ominous music playing]

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-[swords slashing]
-[customers grunting, groaning]

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He was here two days ago.
He spilled blood everywhere.

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Which is fine.

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Then he left.
And he took my son, an invalid.

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That's it! That's it!

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[gasps]

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Oh!

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[clicks sword]

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You move quietly for someone so large.

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I'm naturally stealthy.

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[clicks sword in place]

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Maybe not naturally. My father beat me
if I ever made noise in the noodle shop.

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I learned to be quiet like a ninja.

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[samurai] I don't want you
anywhere near me.

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-Stay away.
-Stay away, Ringo.

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I don't care.

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But I'm useful. You see?

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I heard white people's skin
burns off in the sun.

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Is it true blue eyes can see in the dark?

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Oh, and is it true white people drink milk
from their animals?

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[samurai] Hmm.

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I know why you think you don't want
me around, but you can trust me.

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I'd never tell your secret. Not ever.

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Not if someone
bit off my skin bite by bite

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or even if they made me eat eggplant.

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I'd never ever, ever, ever
tell anyone that you're a g--

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[samurai grunts]

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If I see you again,

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I will kill you
and never think of you again.

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[footsteps receding]

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[wind whooshing]

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[guard] Come forward. Get in line!

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No one gets through without a travel pass.

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Next.

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Come on, come on. Let's see your pass.

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Next!

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Come on.

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[guard] What is this? A bribe?

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Are you trying to bribe me?
Arrest him and flog him!

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[grunts] No!

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No! Please!

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Hey, where's your pass?

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[Ringo] Right here.

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Travel pass for two.

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Just us two boys
traveling together, like always.

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Heading to my buckwheat dealer.
Fresh shipment from Horokanai.

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The best! Come on, you.

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My apprentice. He's a bit dim.

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Next.

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Useful! I told you.

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[sighs]

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You will not find
what you seek at my side.

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I am owed my revenge,
and I will have it at any cost.

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Huh! I love revenge.

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[sighs]

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It is a demon's path littered with death.

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I'm not afraid.
I can train, and I can help you.

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I'm already the greatest in the world
at one thing. What's one more?

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Noodles is not war.

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My whole life has been a battle.

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[breathes deeply]

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[soft music playing]

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I'm an apprentice!

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[Ringo] So, where do we go
to get your revenge?

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[samurai] I need a boat.

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[Ringo] Ooh! A revenge boat.

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[theme music playing]

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[music fades]

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Argh!

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It's not so bad.

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You can shave the front.
It's how all the noblemen wear their hair.

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Very fashionable.

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Why didn't he just kill me?

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-The gods have shown you a longer path.
-Ugh.

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You still have me.

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-We'll be married, and--
-Your father will never allow it now.

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I can convince my father.

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And have everyone mock me?

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I'd rather cut myself open now.

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The cut is so clean.

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A masterful cut.

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You can't kill yourself
over a brawl with some monster.

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It… It wasn't even a duel.

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It was an attack.
Did he officially challenge you?

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Victory cannot come from dishonor.

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Therefore, you never lost.

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Had he challenged you, he'd be dead.

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[alluring music playing]

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[breathes deeply]

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I can see it now. You challenge him.

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And like a dog, he comes running.

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He faces you.

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An onryō. His demon eyes.

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But your courage drives him back
like a squall against the sea.

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You unsheathe your magnificent sword.

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[Taigen gasps]

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Akemi.

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-Are you sure?
-Shh.

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[Akemi] He lunges at you,

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but his sword is no match for yours.

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You strike with your blade.

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[both gasping]

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[both moaning]

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[Akemi] You draw his blood.

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[Taigen gasps]

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His eyes like two angry waves in a storm.

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They try to suck you in,
but you're too strong.

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-You thrust your sword into him again.
-[Taigen groans]

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And again. And again.

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[moans]

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A final cut.

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You feel the hot spray of blood.

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[both moaning]

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Glory!

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[both panting]

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[gasps] Mm.

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Come now. Let's shave your head.

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[Taigen] No.

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You're right.

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That monster didn't fight honorably.

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So my honor can still be restored.

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I must find him.

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Challenge him and kill him for all to see.

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But we're supposed to marry.
You can't leave.

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He could be anywhere.
It could take months to find him.

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He’s looking for Heiji Shindo.
Arrogant enough to go straight to him.

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He'll need a boat.

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Mihonoseki.

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He must have left a trail.

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But what if he kills you this time?

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[door opens]

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[dramatic music playing]

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[Ringo] Boom, there was blood everywhere.

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And that's why
I vowed never to eat eggplant again.

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So, tell me about this boat.

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I've never been on a boat.
I wonder if I'll get seasick.

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I get nauseous in the bath
if I slosh too much.

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Ahh!

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Naturally stealthy.

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You don't have to be here.

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[Ringo] And miss you killing Heiji Shindo?

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[samurai] Not him.

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The white man he protects.
He's on an island in the west.

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By sea, I can be there before dawn
and kill him by sunrise.

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Revenge.

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Where is everybody?

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[Ringo] Hello?

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[tense music accelerates, fades]

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[hiccuping]

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Where did your town go?

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[festive music playing]

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[music continues]

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[grunts]

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[children laughing]

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Ah!

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We're not here for fun.
We're here for a boat.

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Sure, I can take you there.

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-[samurai] Thank you.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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[chuckles] Not now. Tomorrow.

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[boatman 2] Not too early either.

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I must leave now.

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[boatman 1] During the Hadaka Matsuri?
Well, then you'll have to swim.

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Everyone's closed today!
We have to purify ourselves

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and celebrate the kami,
or we'll have a bad year.

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You don't want a bad year, do you?

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[crowd laughing]

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[indistinct chatter]

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Fine. Tomorrow then.

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That's the spirit. Have fun!

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Stay for the Shingi.

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A dip in the ice cleanses the soul.
You don't wanna miss that.

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And when you hear the drums, come running.

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We will see you in the morning.

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Not too early!

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[grunts]

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Sorry. Stealthy.

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You do that a lot.

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[Ringo] There has to be something
you'd like to do while we wait.

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Gambling? We could try their noodles!

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The Shingi!
He said we don't wanna miss that.

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Your foot.

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You are never to take that off.

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The day you take that off,
you are discharged from your duties.

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Do you understand?

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[ringing]

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I will use the time to train.

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You need to train? I've seen you fight.

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Right. You can never train too much.

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It's good we miss all the fun.
No fun for samurai. Fun is bad.

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I'll set camp on the eastern cliffs.

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Ringo, you should stay here and have fun.

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For as long as you want. Forever even.

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There's no shame in making a home here
and keeping your life.

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Uh-uh. An apprentice
would never leave his master's side.

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Just a little fun. Then tomorrow… [grunts]

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[sighs]

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-[children cheering]
-Whoo-hoo. [laughs]

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[tense music playing]

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[music fades]

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[horse snorting]

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[grunts]

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[horse snorting]

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[Taigen] Your cut.

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You did leave me a trail.

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[ominous music playing]

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[horse neighing]

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[guard] Let him through. Let him through.

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[Taigen grunts]

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[sinister music swelling]

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[horses neighing]

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[grunts]

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[sinister music playing]

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-[gasps] Take arms! Lock the gate!
-[people screaming]

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[grunting, groaning]

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[music fades]

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[regal, ominous music swelling]

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[music fades]

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The messengers were supposed
to light a fire when the samurai is dead.

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[man] You pay money
for a job you don't wanna think about,

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so you don't have to think about it.

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It's the whole point of money.

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Not everyone can be relied on.

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I'm familiar with that premise.

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Every year, I promise you
delights beyond imagination.

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Every year, I deliver.

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My imagination expands.

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The spring pilgrimage
is the one time of year

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I’m allowed off this fucking island.

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I've been planning all month. Hm.

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Surprises for you
every stop along the way to Edo.

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Hmm. And when we get to Edo?

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Our surprise for the shogun
is almost ready.

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After that,
you'll be free to go anywhere you like.

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Anytime you like.

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[man] Hm.

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Done.

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Hmm. After all these years,

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you've mastered the brush.

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I hate painting.

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[inhales] And woodblock and ceramic

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and calligraphy
and every other useless art

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I mastered to while away the hours.

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I hate that I have time for painting.

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If I have time to paint,
something is wrong.

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The shogun lets us operate
so long as he can deny I exist.

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Soon he won't have that luxury.

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Hmm. I'd have liked that in my room.

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[soft, tense music playing]

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[grunts]

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[tense music accelerates, fades]

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[sword clanging, echoing off]

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[sighs]

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[serene music playing]

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A sword made by your hand is beyond price.

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-Hmm. Yet there is a price.
-[music fades]

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Take all I have. Please.

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I must have a sword made by your hand.

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Hmm.

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I am not a swordsman. I bind books.

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I was taught my trade by…

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my father.

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He was killed by a drunk ronin,

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who cut my father down
for splashing him with his cart.

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This ronin is a drunk,

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but he is skilled as I am not.

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He will kill me. I know this.

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But with a sword from you, Master,

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I can take his life as he takes mine.

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And die avenged.

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Hmm.

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Will you make him a blade?

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He's hiding something.

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Hmm.

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His tale is moving.

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Perhaps we can help him die with honor.

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Light the fire.

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You take up the hammer.

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[theme music playing]

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Your fire is in this edge, Mizu.

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It's ready.

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[music ends]

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[grunts in distance]

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[grunting continues]

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[Mizu grunts]

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[man] Your breath is late.

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Like so.

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Come on now, boy.

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[both grunting]

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-[groans]
-[laughs]

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[pants]

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Your foot announces your thoughts.

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[Mizu grunts]

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[thunder rumbling]

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[lightning crackling]

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[man laughs]

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Huh. You're soft for a boy.

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Mixed breeds are all weak stock.

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[grunts]

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[pants]

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[groans]

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[grunts, sighs]

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[breathes deeply]

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[The Swordmaker] Thicker at the spine,
thin at the edge.

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The hamon will show
where soft and hard steel blend.

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It's time for the yaki-ire.

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The yaki-ire is when metal is reborn,

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and the soul enters the sword.

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All must be pure for the sword to be pure.

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The metal, the maker, the one to wield it.

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Mizu. Is your mind clear?

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It is.

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Mizu. Is your soul at rest?

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It is.

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[groans]

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What color?

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The summer sun just touched the horizon.

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[exhales]

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Mizu.

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Your edge.

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How could this happen?

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Forgive my failure.

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An unexpected element entered the blade.

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If I find what it is,
the sword can be repaired and re-immersed.

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The fault is mine. The element is me.

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[Mizu groans]

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[grunts]

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The fault is mine.

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I believed your story.
This is not the hand of a bookbinder.

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This hand has taken many lives.

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An assassin's hand.

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[man] You're a fool.

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I've taken more than many lives.

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They call me Bloodsoaked Chiaki!

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And I've made a fortune.
With this, I'll make a thousand fortunes.

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The assassin who carries
Master Eiji’s broken blade. [laughs]

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[The Swordmaker]
A soul like that is drowned in blood.

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There is no stopping them.

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They will always find their broken blade.

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We can only mind our own soul, Mizu.

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[emotional music playing]

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[suspenseful music playing]

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[sighs]

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[crackling in distance]

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[tense music accelerates, fades]

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[sinister music swelling]

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[grunts]

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[pants]

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[Akemi grunts]

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You're a mess.

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Your father is calling for you.

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He insists on your finest.

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Get dressed.

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[man 1] Hmm.

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She's as you promised.

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Yes, lovely.

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A bit old,
but many good years left. [chuckles]

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Oh yes. Very fertile.
Cycles in precise rhythm with the moon.

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And, of course,
her purity is strictly guarded.

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[man 2] How fortuitous for you
Lord Miyabe's daughter turned out

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to be so ugly.

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And how fortuitous for us yours didn’t.

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[man 1] Of course.

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As the shogun's counselor,

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the Tokunobu clan was not my first choice

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for an alliance by marriage.

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But your proximity to several key hans

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and your profound ambition… Yes.

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She will make a suitable new wife
to the shogun's younger son.

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[Akemi's father] May the gods bless
the shogun's wise and noble counselor.

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A spring wedding would be auspicious.

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The boy's first wife
was not an affectionate match.

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The boy is… eager.

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[sinister music plays]

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[nobleman 1] If you permit,
I offer engagement gifts for,

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um… hmm…

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Akemi.

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Hmm.

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[nobleman 1] An ohaguro set.

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To blacken your teeth like a proper bride.

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The master prefers black pearls to white.

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[ominous music accelerates, fades]

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[Akemi] Father! Father, please!

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Please, you can't marry me off like this!

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Sent away!
Away from you. Away from Taigen.

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Taigen. There's rust on his blade now.

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I was foolish to consider him for you,
but I've secured a suitable match.

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More than suitable. Kissed by the gods.

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I can't. Seki, tell him.

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It is the best option for you.

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I won't do it. I won't.

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[yelling] You do not try
to change my mind this time!

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You are not the hero
of this family's story.

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I raised the Tokunobu name from nothing.

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From nothing to the shogun's chambers.

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-I did!
-[grunts]

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[Akemi whimpers]

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[Akemi's father] Stupid girl.
Too stupid to see.

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I am giving you an opportunity.

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The shogun is expecting
Master Chiba to return to Edo

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with a new bride for his son.

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We leave in five days.

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Don't forget your teeth.

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[sobs]

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[whispering] Shh. Quiet.

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Seki.

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Just in time! I'm seeing the silkman.

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He just got his new shipment.
Freshly dyed.

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At night?

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If we're to leave
for a wedding in five days,

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there isn't a night to spare.

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I adore his silks. I'll ride with you.

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Why didn't you stand up for me?

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Because your father's mind
cannot be changed when it is set.

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Any more than yours. For example,

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when you seem set on
what is clearly a bad decision,

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like running away.

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You think I don't know you, child?

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I brushed your teeth.

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I won't be locked away
in Edo married to a stranger.

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I can fix everything.
I just have to find Taigen.

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On your own? On the open road?

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You'll get your throat cut by brigands
before you find anyone,

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if your father doesn't find you first.

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In which case,
you're better off with the brigands.

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What choice do I have?

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You can share a bed
with an heir of the shogun.

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Any woman would die for the chance.

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Let them.

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That kind of man
treats women like animals.

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They say he's a tyrant.

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[chuckles] What man isn't?

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You.

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[sighs]

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Add my trunk with hers.

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Now, get in and shut the door.

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If we're running away,
let's at least do it warm.

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[theme music playing]

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-[crowd laughing]
-[indistinct chatter]

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[grunts]

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[crowd cheering]

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[sticks clacking]

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Every day for a thousand years,

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we have offered prayers at the tree
from which the shingi are made.

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Their fibers are filled
with the kami's breath.

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Who shall win their power this year?

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Power?

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[old lady] They're sacred.

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The priestess throws them in the water.

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Whoever gets them,
their fondest wish comes true.

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Ooh! Magic sticks.

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Uh-uh-uh. Don't even think about it. Mine.

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I'm getting my wish this year.
A new husband.

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[Ringo] Huh?

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Noodles!

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[crowd] Whoa!

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[laughing]

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So, how are your noodles? Anything great?

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Second best in town.

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Used to be the best,
then last year, Rinji caught the shingi,

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and all of a sudden,
his noodles are magic.

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Still, second best.

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[Ringo] Hmm.

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This is… This is incredible!

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The bounce of the noodle.
The balance of flavor! And your spices!

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Is that shiso?

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Where did you find shiso
this time of year?

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Huh. Thanks.

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Hardly get any compliments
since Rinji surpassed me.

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His are better than this?

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[sighs]

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Transcendent.

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Beyond. I never imagined
such flavor was even possible.

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I thought I was the best.

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Compared to these,
my noodles are like worms.

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Slimy worms in a scummy pond.

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I'm not even good
at what I thought I was great at.

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Maybe this is why master told me to stay.

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If you love my noodles so much,
want a job? Dishes are piling up.

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I'll teach you.

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You mean stay here?

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You got somewhere better to be?

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Huh.

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[breathes deeply]

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[Mizu] Tomorrow, he dies.

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[sticks clacking]

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[drums beat in the distance]

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Huh. The drums.
Maybe I'll just go look at the fun.

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[ominous music plays]

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[crowd cheering]

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I don't know you, and we have no dispute.

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[Fang leader] You have enemies now.
Rich ones. You can take off those things.

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We know what they hide.
We know who you are.

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All Kyoto is talking
about the unnamed samurai

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who cut through Shindo Dojo.

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I have a name.

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No one will ever know it.

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[drumbeats continue]

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[crowd gasping]

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Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

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-[man laughs]
-[crowd cheering]

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What's everyone doing?

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Being reborn.
What're you waiting for? Whoo!

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[pants, grunts]

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[Fang leader] Dojos fight to boast.
Warriors fight to kill.

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[laughs]

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[crowd cheering, shouting]

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Whoo-hoo!

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[tense music accelerates]

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[laughing, cheering]

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Whoa! Ahh!

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[gasps]

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[drumming continues]

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Each year,

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we come scorched by ire and affliction.

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-[Mizu grunts]
-[groans]

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[priestess] Let these waters quench
our parched souls

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and bring us good fortune.

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But only one of you
gets your fondest wish.

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Make your wish now.

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I wish to be great at something.

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Ahh!

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[priestess grunts]

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Husband!

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No!

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[squabbling]

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[muffled grunts]

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[groans]

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[groans]

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[sighs]

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[grunts]

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[thump]

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[Fang leader] You may actually deserve
my true blade.

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That sword

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is stolen.

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[laughs]

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Still soft.

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[groans]

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[pants]

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[theme music playing]

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[coughs]

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I don't deserve death by an impure hand.

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Goodbye, Bloodsoaked Chiaki.

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I am owed my honor.

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Then take it.

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[breathes heavily]

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[both grunting]

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[tense music accelerates]

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[grunts]

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[closing theme music playing]