Shichiroji,
Let's go after the enemy's central battleship.
If we can buy even a little time,
several of our allied forces should be able to escape.
Fight a losing battle?
That's right.
Primary system pressure valves wide open;
maneuvering thruster control at maximum deflection. We're going in!
--Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about... --Blessed water, awaken!
--Seek it out, seek for it... --Mikumari, share with us. Listen carefully.
--Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about... --May your drifting voice reach us!
--Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about... --Blessed water, awaken!
--Seek it out, seek for it... --Mikumari, share with us. Listen carefully.
--Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about... --May your drifting voice reach us!
--Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about... --Blessed water, awaken!
How many voices of Mikumari are there?
There are seven slips.
Dig a hole seven measures deep where the crystal indicates. The water awaits us.
Will that be enough for a well?
Mm-hmm.
Thank goodness.
I didn't know what we were goin' to do when the well dried up.
Praised be the Mikumari-sama.
We're always in your debt, Mikumari-sama.
Much obliged to you.
What's the matter, Komachi?
I'm hungry!
How come? They gotta know it ain't harvest time yet!
Rice ain't the only thing they come to take from us.
I heard tell that recently, they come and took the women, the food,
and anythin' else of worth from Minokichi's village!
Hurry! Take the Mikumari-sama to the shrine! Hurry!
Bandits!
It's almost harvest time.
I think that one who came today was checkin' on the condition of the rice ears.
Is it that time already?
They're goin' to come take everythin' away from us again!
Year in and year out, we ain't growin' our rice just so the bandits can eat it!
Say, ain't there somethin' we can do?
These days, I lay down on the floor, and all I hear is their rumbling.
I can't even sleep!
Ah, for mercy's sake, what're we goin' to do?
We've gotta kill the bandits.
Kill the bandits, you say!?
That's the only way to keep them from comin' back again!
Don't be absurd! How're we supposed to fight the bandits!?
They've rebuilt their own bodies into weapons so that they can fight!
Use your head a little more!
So what, is raisin' rice year in and year out this way without sayin' nothin'
the only thing we can do!?
All us peasants can do is put up with it.
Once the bandits come, we hold our tongues and go out to greet them.
There're any number of villages who opposed them, and they killed everybody.
Compared to that, it's much better for us, since we're allowed to live.
That's ridiculous! How could anythin' be so ridiculous!?
What the hell do we do it for!?
Cut it out, Rikichi! We know how you feel! For now, control yourself!
Let me go! Why, you... Why, you...!
We should kill them!
We should kill the bandits!
Grandfather, that's crazy! We can't fight them!
We'll hire samurai.
I ain't ever heard of peasants hirin' samurai, Grandfather.
I seen it with my own eyes. After the last war ended, the bandits ran wild.
When they did, the only villages they didn't burn were those that hired samurai.
Samurai are the only ones that can take them on.
That's it, Grandfather! Samurai!
Yeah, but samurai are proud men.
Where you gonna find someone hard up enough to listen to the plea of farmers?
We'll let them eat their fill of rice.
Find us some hungry samurai.
If we're goin' to look for samurai, we'll have to go into town.
That's one scary place!
Sure is!
I'll go!
Mm-hmm, you go.
Grandfather!
Might I go along as well?
Kirara, wait.
Grandmother, I can tell which samurai-sama could be of help to us.
Mikumari-sama, findin' a samurai ain't like findin' water.
Besides, the city ain't no place for a young lady to go to.
Rikichi-san will be with me. There is nothing to worry about.
If the Mikumari-sama says so...
Then it's settled. Mikumari, maiden of the shrine, we're counting on you.
Right.
Before the ears of rice start bowin' their heads, come back with some samurai.
Got that?
I will be sure to protect the both of you.
We're grateful, Rikichi-san.
With Sister's crystal, we're sure to do fine!
Komachi, you didn't need to come along, too.
I wanted to see the outside, too.
I'm not going to let you have all the good times by yourself, Sister.
So that's the reason you're coming, is it?
Ah, I'm so hungry...
Our rice!
Thief!
Our rice! Our rice!
Thief! Thief thief!
Thief thief thief thief thief!
Somebody catch that thief!
Thief!
Hold it, you lowlife!
Samurai-sama, thank you so much!
Really, thank you so much!
No, it was nothing...
Hey, you! Stop takin' my rice! Get lost!
Get back!
The rice...!
The rice... the rice...
My stomach is empty, and now there's less rice...
Komachi, you mustn't cry.
But I can't help but cry!
Samurai-sama! You don't have to involve yourself! We'll do it ourselves!
Don't worry about it. It is the way of the warrior to rescue the distressed. Here.
Okay...
Thanks.
We really do owe you.
Let me give you one word of warning--
you shouldn't go walking around here with your food on display.
Right.
Be sure to watch yourselves. Now then...
Please wait, Samurai-sama!
Something else?
U- um...
No, not this one.
Mikumari-sama, are you sure? That man is a samurai, and he helped us!
That man does not have the smell of the battlefield about him.
Honored guests, will you not stay the night? I will make it cheap for you.
Break-in! There's been a break-in!
What could that be?
Ah, Sister!
Somebody, help! Please help! My child...!
What happened?
A burglar has come into my shop!
When we fought back, he took our child hostage and shut himself up inside,
saying he'd kill him if we didn't stay out of it!
How many robbers?
There was just one.
Sister, that samurai...
All right, I will...
Whoa, hold on!
I will accept this battle. Let me handle it.
Battle? Pardon me, but there is no battle to be had here.
This is just an ordinary break-in.
Out of the way, junior!
Now, proprietor...
To rescue your child, it may mean that your store gets sliced clean in two.
Is that okay with you?
As long as our child is rescued...
All right...
Hey, burglar, give the child back!
Are you a samurai!?
Absolutely. So, what is it that you want?
If you're a samurai, then you must know! I want to engage in battle!
I haven't eaten in ten whole days! I want to serve a master!
I'm frustrated with all of it!
Now, look...
Stay back! Stay back! You just stay back!
What's the matter? Come on! If you want to rescue the child, then cut me down!
Stay back! No, come on! Come and get me!
If there is no battle, then I will start one!
This will be a fight between you and me!
W- what kind of nonsense are you talking about!?
There's no battle to be had here! You're just someone that broke in!
I have found you, my sworn enemy!
Have you forgotten my face? My name is Zaemon Yoshichika, the Peaceable.
For many years, I have sought to avenge my parents.
How fortunate for me that I should happen to meet you here.
As my foe, prepare yourself to come forward to cross me and my blade!
Hey, hold on!
I have not forgotten your colossal form, or your unusual helmet.
There is no mistake, you are my sworn enemy, Tsukumozaka Jurobei Mitsuharu!
Hey!
I apologize for the intrusion.
Stay back! Stay back!
It's all right. It's all right now.
Kotaro!
Thank goodness! Truly, thank goodness!
Samurai-sama, thank you so very much!
If you would like, may I buy you a drink to thank you?
No, there is no need for thanks. He was just a troublemaker.
Now, if you'll pardon me...
Hold it!
That hurt, you know, you bastard! Who are you!?
Are you truly a samurai?
What!?
A shame that your katana should waver.
Hold it, you! I'm not done talking to you!
Hey, body! Hurry up and come pick up my head!
Mikumari-sama!
It is decided! That man is the samurai-sama who will save our village!
The old man merely gazed off into the distance
from the hideaway in which he lived.
The baby cries, seeking only
for the warmth of his mother.
We are born paying the price
for someone's punishment, for someone's sins,
but there is no such thing as a future without salvation,
and the present slips quietly into the past.
We string together nothing but hollow ideas,
and tell nothing but hollow lies.
And as the rain falls down upon us,
something appears and then fades away.
This is Komachi. Okara-chan, are you doing well?
As promised, I'm writing you a letter to tell you about the city,
and this and that which has been happening.
It has been a week since we left Kanna Village.
The city that we went to is named Kogakyo.
It is a fascinating place, with lots of food that I've never seen before.
I was so surprised!
But it's weird-- with all of the food here, why do the bandits take our rice?
Maybe it's like you say, Okara-chan.
The bandits are so huge that they have to eat an incredible amount of rice.
Sister said that long ago, when the war was going on,
we supported the samurai-sama with rice.
But the weirdest thing to me is how come we can't eat the rice,
when we're the ones who raise it? I don't understand.
Okay, I'll write you another letter soon. Bye now.