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No one man can defeat an army,
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but one creature can.
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How does such a creature come to be?
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Long before our great shogun
ordained the sun to rise…
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… there lived a ronin.
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Seared into his soul was the day his lord…
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… Was assassinated by a rival clan
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whose crest was the phoenix.
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On that day,
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he felt something rise within him.
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A storm in his soul.
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Kill everyone, then burn it down.
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A hate that radiated
from deep in his heart
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to the tip of his sword.
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Master.
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Get everyone to the cellar.
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You have murdered us all.
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Ringo, stand guard over them.
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I don't have a weapon.
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Start with a kitchen knife.
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Come on! This way, this way.
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The ronin returned home to his village…
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where his parents implored him
to begin a new life.
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But hate is like a typhoon.
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It begins as a breeze at sea…
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Mama.
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No one can find us.
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… that is swallowed by darkness.
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Bad men are looking for you, Mizu.
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For a girl.
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You must be a boy, always a boy.
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Then deepens. Energizes.
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I'll avenge us, Mama. I swear it.
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And grows ever stronger.
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Swirling and raging
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until it is ready to strike!
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The ronin set on his quest,
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vowing to cleanse the Earth
of all who wore the phoenix crest
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or shared their blood.
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But he would soon learn
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the demon's path
is paved with sharp stone.
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Do you have a death wish?
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Now they have to get through both of us.
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You're the bravest princess I've ever met.
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I'm not brave.
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I've been a captive my whole life.
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If I die today, I die free.
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Excuse me.
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I'm told opium from the West is sold here.
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I want to find
the white men who supply it.
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I seek no trouble, only information.
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It looks like you do want trouble.
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No, I only want to ask…
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You half-breed piece of shit.
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The ronin's soul grew weary
and his body ill.
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He did not fear death,
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only that he might die
before fulfilling his vow.
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Help me.
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Please. I need a doctor.
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All seemed hopeless
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until…
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… the ronin saw a vision
as if sent from the gods.
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Help me.
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Mister, come with me.
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A few coins, and I'll show you heaven.
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Can you help me?
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Mama, you… you're alive.
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Mizu.
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The beautiful woman
took the ronin home with her.
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And for the first time in many moons,
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the ronin rested.
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Mama, you're alive.
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How?
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Medicine for my headaches.
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Oh.
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Eat up, then I have to go back to work.
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You must never do that again.
I earned money, more than enough.
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Ah. How honorable you grew up to be.
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I knew it'd be hard on you,
thinking me dead,
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but I knew it was for the best.
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Being on your own,
you could be like water.
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Impossible to catch.
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Now the gods have brought you back to me.
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The ronin
regained his strength,
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ready to return to his journey of hate.
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The woman beseeched him to stay.
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The ronin told her of his vow,
a vow he could not break.
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Desperate, the woman recalled
something taught to her long ago.
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The money is gone.
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Don't worry about money.
Don't worry about anything.
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I have the answer to all our prayers.
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I found you a husband.
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He's an outcast,
so your looks are no matter.
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He's getting old and needs
a strong woman to help him with chores.
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Out of the question. I made my vow.
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What woman doesn't want
a man to take care of her?
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Of her mother?
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The men who hunted you as a child
think you died in that fire.
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If anyone found out you were alive,
they could turn you in for a great bounty.
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Let them. I am nobody's wife.
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I'm off to work now.
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We need the money.
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You see, I'd do anything for you.
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You're going to love the mountains!
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No other soul will ever see you.
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You'll have to work, of course.
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Cooking, cleaning,
helping out with the horses.
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Change your clothes.
He raises horses for the lord.
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Mikio was a great samurai
until he transgressed.
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Transgressed?
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Oh, lords execute their men
if they tie a belt wrong.
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The point is, you're both outcasts.
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He has money and is in no position
to complain about your face.
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Makeup.
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Hmm.
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You're not as hideous as I expected.
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You're much older than I expected.
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Might as well get this over with.
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His loyalty was no longer
to his slain lord nor to revenge…
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… but… to his bride.
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Okay, back to work.
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Let's get you ready for tonight.
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Mizu can't possibly hold them all off.
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I'm not a brute.
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What do we have here?
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They cornered the samurai upstairs.
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Let's steal a little fun for us.
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You little son of a bitch!
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Stay here. Keep watch.
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Whoa.
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Easy. Easy.
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That's okay. That's okay.
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You can trust me.
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Shh.
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Stay away from the horses!
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Hmm.
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Well, back to work.
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Who is this one?
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Name's Kai.
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Beautiful, but a beast.
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Been trying to break her for months.
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Hmm.
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This is what Kai thinks of me.
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Ever since I was banished by my lord,
I've held onto this… fantasy
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that if I bring him the perfect creature,
he will welcome me back.
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Hmm. It's silly.
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Yes, it is.
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Hmm.
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Can I feed Kai?
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Oh.
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Can you ride?
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Wake up! Wake up!
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Come on! Come on!
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Go… fast.
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Too fast! You're going too fast!
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I'll get you a ripe one.
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Impressive.
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You try.
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Come on, I'll show you.
Hold your hand back.
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Aim for that one right there.
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Not bad for a first try.
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As time passed…
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the ronin and the bride
enjoyed their simple life.
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The demon's path
seemed like a distant dream.
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Though sometimes, if he stopped to listen,
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the ronin could still hear it
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calling his… name.
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Mama, are you sure
you can go into town like that?
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Once I get my medicine, I'll be fine.
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Get some dried mackerel. Mizu likes it.
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There isn't enough for my medicine.
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We think you should try going without.
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Slow down!
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Keep up!
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The lord is going to be so pleased
with this team.
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With Kai, your wish may come true.
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Kai is too good for any lord.
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Kai is… yours.
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Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
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Come on!
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Akemi, when I strike, run to the others.
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Strike who?
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You wanted to be a man?
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I had to live as one.
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All so the men
who were after you couldn't find you?
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And so I could have my revenge
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against the man who made me this way.
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A monster.
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I want to see all of you,
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not who your mother
wants you to pretend to be.
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All I did was train with a sword.
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Show me.
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I've never faced a naginata.
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A bit old-fashioned,
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but no better weapon
when outnumbered in battle.
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Don't worry, we can start slow.
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Ready?
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Don't hold back.
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Not bad.
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Unsheathe it.
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Show me your blade.
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I don't want to hurt you.
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Oh.
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Okay, that's enough.
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Did you also lose your backbone
when you lost your title?
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You are a monster.
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After what seemed an eternity of sunshine,
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one day, the sky darkened.
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The rain washed away
the dye on her kimono,
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revealing the phoenix crest
of her former clan.
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The ronin now realized
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the bride shared
the blood of his sworn enemy.
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The bride exclaimed she had run away
from her father's evil clan.
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She swore her loyalty
was to the ronin alone.
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But for the first time in years…
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the ronin felt the storm rage inside him.
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He left early
to take the horses to the lord.
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All of the horses.
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Yours too.
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I made you tea of gold leaves,
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and you spat in it.
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Hoping to soften her husband's heart…
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… the bride danced.
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Those eyes. That's her.
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Which white devil do you work for?
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The only white devil I see is you.
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Let's kill her quick.
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Who told you I was here? Was it her?
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The bounty is a sum few could resist.
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Mikio.
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Hyah.
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And so the bride met her death,
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but she did not meet her end.
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Within her lifeless body
roiled a tempest of hate,
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betrayal, injustice, possessing her soul,
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transforming her into a nightmare,
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into an onryō!
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No, no, no, no!
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For Kinuyo.
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You are more man
than any come through my door.
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Oh no! No!
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I came to help.
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I was a coward before,
but I came back. Forgive me.
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You did this.
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I would never.
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It was her!
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I saw you smoking opium again.
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How did you buy it? You turned her in.
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- Admit it!
- Mizu, I didn't!
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I sold myself back on the bridge!
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I needed my medicine.
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He must have turned you in
to win back his title.
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I am your mother. Your mother.
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Mizu.
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He stood by to watch them kill you!
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He's dishonorable!
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Weak!
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Shut your mouth, you lying whore.
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He's hurting me!
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Mizu! Mizu!
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Stop it.
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Mizu. I love you, Mizu. Mizu.
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Master! Master!
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You beat them.
All of them. An entire army.
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Akemi and I helped.
She killed two men. I killed one.
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Something came over me from inside.
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It felt… dark.
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You want to be like me?
Don't hide from the dark.
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More of Hamata's men?
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That's her, Princess Akemi.
We found her.
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By order of Lord Daichi Tokunobu,
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his daughter must return with us.
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I'm not going anywhere.
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00:41:45,916 --> 00:41:46,958
Right, Mizu?
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Do we have a problem here?
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Get him.
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Take her.
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Get off of me!
Mizu! Get off of me!
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Let me go! Let me go!
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Mizu!
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Mizu!
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Master? You just stood there.
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She's better off.
284
00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:25,916
You are no samurai.
A samurai is honorable.
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00:42:26,541 --> 00:42:28,375
I never said I was a samurai.
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00:42:28,458 --> 00:42:31,166
You did. I am on the path of revenge.
287
00:42:31,250 --> 00:42:35,375
There's no place on it
for love or friendship or weakness.
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00:42:37,333 --> 00:42:38,958
Now, I have a man to kill.
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00:42:53,541 --> 00:42:56,166
How did this terrible creature come to be?
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Hate alone was not enough.
291
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It took one more ingredient.
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Love… poisoned by betrayal,
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to bring so much bloodshed and woe
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to create the onryō.
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Our humble thanks
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to our most benevolent shogun.
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A terrifying tale.
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We promised you
the finest entertainment here in Edo,
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did we not, Akemi?
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Yes, my lord.
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Only one thing was inaccurate.
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Huh. Was it now?
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Indeed.
304
00:43:58,125 --> 00:44:01,083
You see, I met an onryō once.
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A real one.
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But it was incapable of love.
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I searched its eyes for a sign of love
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or mercy or good.
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There was only darkness.