What?
You won't let us put on a rock concert?
But you let us perform here the other day!
Don't waste your breath!
I won't allow rock to be performed here again!
No means no!
So salty!
Do Not Enter Rockers Prohibited!
This isn't good...
No one will take us.
We're ruined.
Looks like they're really cracking down on rock.
Damn it! I won't be beat!
My samurai radar!
What?
Damn it. Isn't there anywhere we can perform?
Worrying won't solve anything!
Let's go take a bath!
What?
I'll pass.
By baring our bodies and souls,
we'll form even deeper bonds with each other!
I need some time to myself.
He's cold...
Does he not like hanging out with us?
Us? Don't put us in the same boat.
Is he avoiding me, then?
He found me out! I haven't bathed in ten days.
The depths of my mind are directly stimulated by—
Shut up!
Don't be stupid!
Bathing and singing go hand in hand!
In this huge and echoing space, anyone would—
Huge...
And echoing?
This is it!
Let's rock in the bath!
Bath Concert! Let's Get Passionate Naked!
How unusual.
I can't believe you invited me to the baths.
Maybe it'll rain blood.
It's not so bad once in a while.
Headquarters has been lively lately with all the new people coming in.
I thought we came here, so you could lecture me.
Tell me I've been acting strange lately or something...
So I'm right.
You should stop trying to kill people as soon as anything happens.
We need songs to preserve peace on earth, not swords.
Kondo-san has told you the same thing.
Yeah, I know.
Scary.
What? You want to put on a concert here?
Yeah! This bath house is perfect!
Please, sir! I'm begging you!
Well... Heaven's Song might bring in more customers...
No, we play rock!
Huh? Rock?
Get out! No one cares about your rock!
He doesn't get it.
Look. We could perform and sell our goods in a place this big...
Yeah. We could line this wall with Bath Rock Festival posters
and announce our band name in huge letters.
Something like the Ryo-chan Band or Sakamocchis!
Why's your name in the band name?
Is that thirst for blood just my imagination?
Damn it. I wish we could put on a concert here.
Yeah.
Ryo-san.
What you need...
...is the power of money.
Yataro! What are you doing here?
I'm taking a bath on my way home from work.
We don't have money.
Leave it to me.
Iwasaki Yataro
My name's Iwasaki Yataro.
They call me the instigator of thriving businesses.
Who?
What if I told you I was involved in the reconstruction
of the Tsurukame-ya on Koshin Way?
Tsurukame-ya...
Tsurukame-ya
You helped that become a booming place?
Is there a way my bath house could make more money?
Yes. For example,
with a tie-up of those towels covered in dust over there
with Bath House Rock, you could make a huge profit selling
an incredibly popular product that flies off the shelves!
A tie-up?
Sorry. I'm ahead of my time.
In other words, it's a ground-breaking opportunity to make a lot of money.
Your storehouses will be packed full of money!
If you operate on 15% annual interest,
before you know it, you'll have a second or third store!
Your wife will be overjoyed,
your daughter delighted, and your entire family will be set!
Bath
Way to go, Yataro!
You won over the manager of the bath house!
Now we can put on a concert!
Let's let Sensei know immediately!
Bath House Rock? Another crazy idea...
What shall we do, Hijikata-san?
Let's see what they do.
Di Telada
...and that's that!
How wonderful! What a great idea!
Right, Goro-chan?
Yes...
We'd better start making block prints.
Now we can get rid of our inventory of goods.
And the bath house will have a kiln.
I'll make and sell a bunch of pizzas.
All right!
Let's practice hard for our concert!
Yeah!
Whoa...
Sensei, what's wrong?
Sorry. I can't focus.
Katsura-san, you've been acting weird lately.
Is something bothering you?
All right! You can tell us anything!
We're friends!
Thank you, but talking about it won't solve anything.
It might be what Westerners call a "complex."
A complex?
Konpira-san's medicine?
I've got some of that right here!
Sorry. I'm done for today.
Just how idealistic are you?
You can tell from his expression this isn't that kind of problem.
Do you have some idea, Cindy?
No, but I've seen Katsura-san like that before...
Katsura-san once ran away without telling anyone.
Apparently, he was pretty worried when
he learned about the betrayal of his schoolmates.
I had no idea...
What's bothering him this time?
He's been acting strange since we invited him to the bath...
The bath...
That's it! Sensei doesn't like being seen naked!
That's obviously not it! He's not a kid!
Have you ever seen him naked, then?
N-No. We've never even taken a bath together!
What? But you've known each other for so long.
It's no wonder you don't know what's bothering Sensei.
Shut up! I'm leaving!
These guys...
Bath Rock
It's Ryoma and Cindy!
A concert at the bath house? Sounds awesome.
But no women are allowed. It's a male-only bath.
No way.
Isn't rock forbidden music?
Hey, what are you—
The Shinsengumi!
To those who express an interest in
rock concerts forbidden by the government...
...the Shinsengumi shows no mercy!
Harada-sama's so wonderful!
I wish he would punish me!
Hijikata-san! Hijikata-san!
These are all around the city!
Ignore them. No one will attend.
Are you sure?
Plenty of people want to hear them play again...
Rolling thunder and unparalleled brilliance
Composing a domain no one can enter
Hear this transcendent soul
Do you?
Yes...
Wait! That's not what I meant...
This is alarming.
It's a misunderstanding...
Show me your sincerity, then...
Yes, sir!
This is it.
A complex...
"A sense of inferiority towards others..."
I don't get it.
How is Katsura-san inferior to anyone?
I don't get it!
Shoin-sensei, my soul
is truly lost right now...
Hey, Cindy. Morning.
Why do you look so dejected?
I was up all night thinking about Katsura-san's concerns...
Did you figure it out?
You may be right...
Katsura-san comes from a good family and has a sharp mind.
He's a handsome and popular person.
I can't think of any way he's inferior.
By process of elimination, it must be getting naked...
I see! He's worried about his thing.
You idiot! You really are insensitive!
This is a very delicate problem!
What are you arguing about?
What?
Well, um...
Sensei! I promise we won't laugh or make fun of you!
You don't have to worry about getting naked!
Katsura-san, a man isn't his face!
He's not his body either! He's...
What matters is your heart!
As long as you have a passionate heart,
it doesn't matter what your thing is like!
You're acting ridiculous this morning.
We have a concert coming up. You're too relaxed.
Sorry...
It's an emergency!
The Shinsengumi came to Di Telada and are taking away all of our rock goods!
What?
What'd you say?
All right! Let's get everything out of here!
Move quickly!
How could you? How awful of you to barge in here.
I told you. It's an official inspection.
They're government orders! We're confiscating everything!
It looks like I'll have to pull out my trump card...
Take my body instead.
W-Withdraw!
How innocent.
Withdraw!
Damn it! They came all the way here!
I should've set up my samurai radar in the store.
This is the government's style!
They think they have the right to take anything...
No! We can't let this get us down!
They can't steal our dreams!
They can't take our hearts burning with passion for rock!
Well said!
Th-That's right! If you have heart, you can always rebuild!
Yeah!
All right.
Are people really going to come?
According to my market research,
a lot of people are too scared to come because of the government.
A lot of people wanted to hear rock, too.
It's all right. Have faith in Yataro.
Welcome. Thank you.
It's easier to do something than worry about it.
You're gonna make a lot of money, sir.
I have a feeling Bath House Rock will be a huge success.
What? You're canceling our concert?
Sensei, are you serious?
I'm sorry. I can't perform like this...
What are we gonna do about our audience?
They came here for us!
I don't think we should perform either.
You, too, Cindy?
I haven't been able to groove with Katsura-san's drums lately!
I can't get into it!
Ryoma, I'm sure you've noticed, too.
Y-Yeah...
What should we do?
I want to do this concert!
But my friends' feelings are important, too!
Too bad.
The concert's been canceled.
The Shinsengumi? What are you doing here?
We thought we'd come see if the music we heard you play
the other day was real.
You're one to talk! You stole our goods!
You should consider yourself fortunate for getting off so easy.
If we got serious, this wine bath would fill with blood.
This is a bath house!
It doesn't matter who you are! You can't bring swords in here!
If you want a fight, strip naked!
Yeah!
You can't beat us naked!
You're Katsura, right?
Are you not getting involved in this fight?
If you don't believe in your friends, perhaps you can't.
It's not because I don't believe in them!
Sensei, you don't have to take your clothes off.
Y-Yeah, Katsura-san. You can keep a towel around your hips...
That's strange. You can't wear your towel into the baths in a bath house.
Sensei's an exception!
Yeah! Katsura-san's allowed to wear a towel!
You're not hiding a knife under there, are you?
Shut up, Shinsengumi!
Sensei, I'm sad!
You've been off worrying in your own world!
Ryoma.
We want to worry with you!
Because we're your friends, we want to share your concerns!
Ryoma...
Ryoma-kun, I'm glad to hear you say that.
But it's difficult for me to put these feelings into words...
You can't put it into words?
Then you should put it into music!
What?
Lay your comp... your whatever bare in rock!
Lay it bare...
Rock will accept the honest and naked screams of your soul!
That's it! A naked scream...
That's rock!
You're right...
That's why we like rock.
Isn't that right, Katsura-san?
Very well. I'll lay my entire self bare in this concert!
I'll face what's before me with all my strength...
Nothing's more important!
Shoin-sensei would say the same thing!
Katsura-san!
Sensei!
I-It's a miracle!
It's the real Sensei!
Not bad.
They're all right.
See that, Shinsengumi?
We fight naked!
Let's go!
All right!
Let's put on a rock concert!
Yeah!
Rock is the naked scream of the soul!
Looking down all the time's no fun
Will you face forward and smile for me?
Once I start running, I don't care what happens
With all my heart (We wanna see your smile once again)
Singing songs
Light a fire in your frozen heart
Feel the heat
It's not nearly enough (Passion in the mind of everyone)
A dramatic reaction
The cells of your sleeping body are at full-throttle
Can't you keep going?
Go back to real yourself anymore
Rock! Rock! Rock!
That's great!
Did you think I was actually worried about that?
We had no idea.
Well, you know...
So, what were you actually worried about?
What?
Huh? I forgot.
Maybe I'm drunk...
Tosa sake sure is good.
Hey, don't drink it all yourself! Give me that!
No way! This is mine!
Idiot!
You already drank your share!
Shoin-sensei...
Peace Soul! Heaven's Song is Wild!
Ryoma-kun and Shinsaku are passionate about rock amidst their youth.
However, I'm amidst confusion.
Will you watch over me in the next episode in place of Shoin-sensei?
Beware of Heaven's Song!
Peace Soul! Heaven's Song is Wild!
Beware of Okita-kun!
Beware of my feelings!