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I won't forgive you.
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I won't forgive you!
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I won't forgive you!
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(Wanting you to just be near,
to feel your breath upon my ear)
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(Wishing you would call my name,
'Cause only you can light the flame)
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Constantly searching,
still can't find
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Ever illusive peace of mind
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Sometimes it's near,
but slips away
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And I'm faced with another day
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Of wanting you...
(to feel your breath upon my ear)
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...to just be near
('Cause only you can light the flame)
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Of wishing you...
(to feel your breath upon my ear)
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...would call my name,
to feel your breath upon my ear
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Of wanting you...wishing you...
(to feel your breath upon my ear)
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Call my name, 'cause only
you can light the flame
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Brother, it's me, Momosuke!
I'm back from Kyoto!
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The Master is out at the moment, sir.
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I'm...
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Master Momosuke, I presume.
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Where has my brother...?
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Momosuke!
Momosuke, is that you?
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Sorry I've been out of touch so long.
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I'm so glad you've come!
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That's Jihei.
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It can be sort of inconvenient to
live alone. He's a real help to me.
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This place hasn't changed a bit.
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Even though I was taken in
when I was still an infant...
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this place is strangely
nostalgic for me.
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That means you're getting old.
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Aw, come on.
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I heard rumors.
You've left Ikomaya?
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That's not true! I just want
to work on The 100 Stories!
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I'm just on a trip to collect stories
about ghosts and the supernatural!
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Oh? I see.
35
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You must be writing about
some interesting things!
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Anyway, what did you want
to consult me about, Brother?
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Consult you?
What do you mean?
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But you sent me a letter
in Kyoto, didn't you?
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A letter? Don't know
anything about that.
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I didn't know you were even
in Kyoto until just today.
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Strange. I could've sworn
I had it here.
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Actually, this is good timing
on your part.
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Huh?
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A strange death, you say?
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Yeah. His name's Kijuro Hamada.
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He was a colleague, a fellow member
of the Hachioji Thousand.
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A rock in his forehead?
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Not even a catapult could do this.
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Gunpowder, maybe?
50
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No. If gunpowder was used,
it'd have to be round, wouldn't it?
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The stone's slightly charred.
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It's troubling.
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If this is a murder
and we don't find the killer soon...
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the shogunate will take
direct control of the investigation...
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and the Hachioji Thousand
will be disgraced.
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I guess government officials
have their troubles, too.
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In any case, we can't keep
this covered up for long.
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Now, then...
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Have you heard
of anything like this?
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A flying squirrel, maybe?
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Flying squirrel?
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You mean those mouse-like animals
that jump from tree to tree?
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The older generation
calls them "nobusuma."
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It's said a nobusuma
will latch onto a person's face...
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suffocate him,
then suck out his lifeblood.
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It's said that a badger or a tanuki
known as a "nodeppo" (Field gun)...
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launches
the nobusuma into the air.
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They blow nobusuma at people
traveling on mountain roads.
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A nodeppo.
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But Kijuro didn't have his blood
drained and wasn't suffocated.
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There are other strange incidents of
rocks and other objects being thrown.
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Other things can cause a stone
to be thrown with great force.
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If he was attacked by a monster,
then there's nothing we can do.
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Who here seriously
believes this story?!
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B- But...
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Master Tagami, I think somebody
is hiding on the Iriyama Ridge.
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All right! Tomorrow,
we go on a hunt in the mountains!
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Wait, please!
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If this really is the work of a monster,
we'll be no match for it!
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Matashiro! Are you afraid?
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No.
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But if there really is
a nodeppo out there...
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Isn't there any way
to defend against it?
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They say the only way
to defend against a nobusuma...
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is to hide a cocklebur
in your breast pocket.
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A cocklebur, huh?
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Well, then, tomorrow
we hunt in the mountains!
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Sir!
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Don't run from this!
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Still not much of
a drinker, are you?
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If you don't drink a little sake...
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nobody's gonna tell you
any interesting stories!
93
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Uh-huh. But drinking
gives me such a headache!
94
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Get past that,
and you'll find it's fun.
95
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Is that so?
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Try a drink.
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Okay...
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You look just like you did
when you were a baby!
99
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Big brother, please!
100
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Shall I bring you some snacks?
101
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Thank you!
102
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Ever since Jihei came here,
drinking's been a lot more fun.
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Who's there?
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Master Yamaoka!
105
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Master Yamaoka,
are you in there?
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Matashiro.
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What brings you here at this hour?
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The truth is... Kijuro
wasn't killed by a monster.
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I... I know the whole story.
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Yes, it was called a nodeppo,
just like the specter.
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But it's... it's...
112
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It's a gun that shoots stones!
113
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A gun that fires stones?!
Have you ever heard of one?
114
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The pirates of the Inland Sea...
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have long talked about
a type of catapult.
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A pirate boss, Shimazo,
built an improved version of it.
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How would you know about this?
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Because once upon a time...
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I was a member of Boss Shimazo's
pirate gang, The Bats.
120
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You've betrayed me?!
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You were foolish to believe you could
just retire and live a peaceful life.
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You want the nodeppo?
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If you know that,
we can move things along.
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Now, tell us where you've hidden it.
125
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I'll never give it
to people like you!
126
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Let's see how long you can keep
playing the tough guy!
127
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Otami!
128
00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:07,013
Don't you want
your dear granddaughter to live?
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Otami!
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If I give you the gun,
you'll hunt down...
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heaven knows how many
innocent people!
132
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Shut up! Hurry up and tell us,
or we'll really kill her!
133
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F- Forgive me, Otami!
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Why, you...
135
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I'm not sure about this.
136
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Shut up!
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Grand...father...
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OTAMI!
139
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I was... I was just following
Kijuro's orders.
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If I knew what would happen...
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And Shimazo?
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Dead.
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And his men?!
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Dead, too. All of them!
145
00:10:05,312 --> 00:10:08,035
Wh-What should I do?!
146
00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:11,270
Tomorrow we'll talk with
Master Tagami.
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00:10:14,314 --> 00:10:15,748
It wasn't my fault!
148
00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:17,341
Matashiro!
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00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:22,681
Matashiro!
150
00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:45,773
Help me!
151
00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:14,279
Matashiro was a bandit?
152
00:11:14,279 --> 00:11:17,849
Yes, sir. He told me
himself last night.
153
00:11:17,849 --> 00:11:19,916
He hadn't been drinking, had he?
154
00:11:19,916 --> 00:11:21,789
No, it didn't seem like it.
155
00:11:21,789 --> 00:11:23,626
And where is he now?
156
00:11:23,626 --> 00:11:26,677
I haven't seen him
since he ran from my house.
157
00:11:28,321 --> 00:11:30,396
Didn't he just play a trick on you?
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I wish that was the case.
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00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:41,465
Cockleburs, sir.
If you hang them around your neck...
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Are we ready?
Then let's set out!
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Jihei? Jihei?
162
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Boss!
163
00:12:08,839 --> 00:12:11,969
J-Jihei... they did this.
164
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Wh-Who did?!
165
00:12:13,839 --> 00:12:16,529
Never mind. Take this!
166
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Do you understand?
Guard this with your life!
167
00:12:21,049 --> 00:12:25,307
And then...I pray... my...
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BOSS!
169
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It's Jihei!
170
00:13:07,987 --> 00:13:09,319
What the...?!
171
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Nobusuma...
It was nobusuma.
172
00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:08,308
Brother's sword.
173
00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:13,414
I'm sorry, but where's my brother?
Where's Yamaoka?!
174
00:14:17,723 --> 00:14:20,921
Brother! BROTHER!
175
00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,066
Hyoubu...
176
00:14:34,307 --> 00:14:35,741
OTAMI!
177
00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:42,278
You bastards! How dare you?!
178
00:14:58,331 --> 00:15:02,632
Oh, well. Guess I'll have
to content myself with the gold!
179
00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:14,373
I won't forgive you.
180
00:15:20,887 --> 00:15:21,877
Brother!
181
00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:44,686
Jihei? No, it's not!
182
00:15:44,686 --> 00:15:46,719
Somebody!
Is somebody there?!
183
00:15:46,719 --> 00:15:48,078
Brother!
184
00:15:51,617 --> 00:15:54,099
Brother!
You aren't hurt, are you?!
185
00:15:54,099 --> 00:15:57,386
Oh, Momosuke!
It's just as you said!
186
00:15:58,157 --> 00:16:00,149
This wasn't any "stone gun."
187
00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:03,924
Somebody must have
been trying to trick us.
188
00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:09,279
Master Tagami sacrificed himself
to avenge Kijuro's killer!
189
00:16:09,279 --> 00:16:11,965
No. Mataichi and the others
are behind this!
190
00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,546
Brother!
191
00:16:14,546 --> 00:16:17,216
Forget it.
It's nothing serious.
192
00:16:17,216 --> 00:16:19,337
It's because those
nobusumas attacked us.
193
00:16:20,579 --> 00:16:21,756
What's...
194
00:16:21,756 --> 00:16:24,459
Jihei made them for us.
195
00:16:24,459 --> 00:16:27,214
What you told me saved my life!
196
00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:34,058
It smells like a narcotic!
197
00:16:36,896 --> 00:16:38,372
What was...
198
00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:40,298
Please, wait here!
199
00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:51,019
This isn't the work
of any nobusuma!
200
00:16:51,019 --> 00:16:52,389
It's Mataichi!
201
00:16:52,389 --> 00:16:55,006
Mataichi and the others
are behind it!
202
00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:59,208
You?!
203
00:16:59,618 --> 00:17:01,859
Well, who should I run into, but...
204
00:17:01,859 --> 00:17:06,099
What?! Nagamimi?
Why do you look like that?
205
00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:08,924
Have you forgotten?
206
00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:14,239
So, this is all another setup!
207
00:17:14,239 --> 00:17:15,339
Exactly.
208
00:17:15,339 --> 00:17:18,109
And the letter I got in Kyoto, too?
209
00:17:18,109 --> 00:17:21,279
Huh? Letter?
I don't know about that.
210
00:17:21,279 --> 00:17:22,749
Huh? But...
211
00:17:22,749 --> 00:17:25,316
I said I don't know about it,
so I don't.
212
00:17:25,316 --> 00:17:28,556
Now, if you value your brother,
you'll get him out of here, fast!
213
00:17:28,556 --> 00:17:29,919
What do you mean?
214
00:17:29,919 --> 00:17:35,699
Our plot worked, but Jihei's
been possessed by malice.
215
00:17:35,699 --> 00:17:37,019
He's what?!
216
00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:42,469
We don't know if
it's the malice of Shimazo...
217
00:17:42,469 --> 00:17:46,023
or of those
the nodeppo killed.
218
00:17:46,432 --> 00:17:48,739
People possessed by malice
can be dangerous.
219
00:17:48,739 --> 00:17:52,776
They're originally human,
but they no longer have human hearts!
220
00:17:52,776 --> 00:17:57,004
Hatred, hatred, and more hatred.
That's all that's left inside.
221
00:17:57,843 --> 00:18:02,822
As he is now, he'd shoot anyone.
That's all he wants.
222
00:18:02,822 --> 00:18:07,329
That weapon itself is the specter.
223
00:18:07,329 --> 00:18:08,529
Where is Jihei now?
224
00:18:08,529 --> 00:18:09,929
Headed for the village.
225
00:18:09,929 --> 00:18:13,666
What?! But there's a festival
in the village tonight!
226
00:18:13,666 --> 00:18:17,069
That's why I told you
to get out of here now!
227
00:18:17,069 --> 00:18:19,136
This is terrible!
We have to stop him!
228
00:18:19,136 --> 00:18:22,693
- No, wait! Even saying that...
- Nagamimi, let go!
229
00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:30,198
An upright man to
the bitter end. Sheesh!
230
00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,090
Stop this, please!
231
00:18:53,165 --> 00:18:54,509
Stand aside!
232
00:18:54,509 --> 00:18:57,176
Jihei-- No, Shimazo!
233
00:18:57,176 --> 00:19:00,149
Haven't you taken
your revenge already?!
234
00:19:00,149 --> 00:19:01,470
Shimazo!
235
00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:19,321
Sh-Shimazo!
No! Stop this, please!
236
00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:21,869
Kill them.
237
00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:23,369
Shimazo!
238
00:19:23,369 --> 00:19:29,109
Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!
239
00:19:29,109 --> 00:19:30,609
Grandfather!
240
00:19:30,609 --> 00:19:31,776
Otami!
241
00:19:31,776 --> 00:19:34,137
Grandfather, please!
242
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:36,379
Stop this, please!
243
00:19:36,379 --> 00:19:38,149
- Kill them!
- Kill them!
244
00:19:38,149 --> 00:19:39,543
Kill them!
245
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:43,274
Make them like us!
246
00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:47,759
They're suffering!
247
00:19:47,759 --> 00:19:50,120
They're suffering
because they were murdered!
248
00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:52,557
Always... Always...
249
00:19:56,862 --> 00:20:00,526
What... What's going on?
250
00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:06,765
I remember, Grandfather.
We once went to a festival long ago.
251
00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,816
You were always kind.
252
00:20:09,816 --> 00:20:14,712
You never stole from the poor.
Please, stay the grandfather I knew!
253
00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:43,676
What on earth happened?
254
00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:49,059
Shimazo's soul was able
to beat the nodeppo's hatred.
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00:20:49,059 --> 00:20:50,189
Mataichi!
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00:20:50,189 --> 00:20:54,654
This time,
I didn't have to intervene.
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Shimazo was an impressive man.
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Even in death, his faith allowed him
to win against the nodeppo's hatred.
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00:21:13,806 --> 00:21:16,799
To the next world, we commit Thee.
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00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:22,338
It's so bright down there.
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The bright world of the living,
the dark world of the dead.
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The boundary separating them
is truly paper-thin.
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00:21:33,799 --> 00:21:37,729
And living between them...is us.
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00:21:38,897 --> 00:21:41,839
Are you trying to say we live
in different worlds?
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Mr. Author.
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00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:48,701
It's a bit too bright for our tastes here.
Take care of the rest, will you?
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Where...
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Let's go home.
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00:22:16,135 --> 00:22:21,597
Wind chimes whisper
soft and sweet
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Though there's not
a hint of a breeze
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Moonlight dancing
on the garden walk
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00:22:36,429 --> 00:22:43,055
As it gently drifts
through the trees
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00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:50,409
Romance takes flight
on this perfect night
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00:22:50,409 --> 00:22:57,104
While all of the world
lays sleeping
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Find us here as we feel
the moment of love
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Draw near
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Dream, sleep,
with your hand in mine
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Underneath a blanket of stars
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Song birds singing
in a distant glade
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00:23:32,619 --> 00:23:41,485
As we share
the warmth of the dawn
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Evil and ambition scatter
in the darkness...
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leaving behind dubious rumors
to fly in public.
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00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:59,949
There's a rumor that
the decapitated Giemon...
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will come back to life
for a third time.
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00:24:02,579 --> 00:24:06,010
Lurking in the shadows
is Ogin's hatred.
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00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:11,808
Next time, on Natsuhiko Kyogoku's
"Requiem From the Darkness:"
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Kowai.
(The Unkillable)
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To the next world, we commit Thee!