Dokujibunka shimakoku no hokori
Fujiyama
Samurai, ii tii shii mo
Kietetta mono mo aru yo soutou
Sore mo ima ja natsukashuu sourou
Oh yeah! I love you nante kantan ni ienakute
Oh yeah! Tashika ni shoukyokuteki nationality
Oh yeah! Don't worry nagaiki ni kakecha sekai ichi
Oh yeah!
Yeah! From the A to the B to the C to the come on!
Saa yuke Samurai Crew
Wakatte kurenai kai
Minna ikitenda
Naa kike, wakatteru
Konran shita sekai to kata o yoseatte yukou
Gainen nante topparatte
Anzen datte dokka fuantei
Aite nante kankei naize
Nanben datte yatte yaru ze
So, what do you think of the hospitality of our Kawashima clan's mountain mansion?
This isn't a joke, you know!
What's the big idea locking me up in a place like this?
Rumor has it that you can correctly guess the crop yield for the year
based on the shape of the clouds and the direction of the winds.
Because of that, you're known as "Osei the Predictor."
We are proud of our methods of weather prediction,
but even these have their limitations.
Will you agree to start talking and predicting some things for us?
Don't be absurd.
I can't know what tomorrow's weather will be like from inside this prison.
And even if I did know,
I wouldn't just give in to you so easily.
So that's the rumored mansion of the caverns, eh?
As expected, security is rather tight.
Now then...
Whoa.
Whoa, there! Not very subtle, are you?
I apologize if I startled you.
Would you mind putting that blade down?
I am not your enemy...
For now, anyway.
Ah.
So you're not necessarily a friend either, are you?
Well, let's just take some time to figure that one out.
Running on the Shoreline
Through what is called market speculation,
if you can predict the harvest yield of rice, depending on how you handle things,
it's possible to make an enormous amount of money.
Rice harvests are heavily influenced by the weather throughout the year,
so if you can predict the weather,
you can make an enormous amount of money playing the market.
On that point, the Kawashima clan has developed a prediction technique
by scrutinizing information that spans nearly sixty years.
They appear to have gleaned information
that could be called a method of long-term weather prediction.
So that's why lchimatsu and Daimon were sent?
Yes. Infiltrate the Kawashima clan's mountain mansion
and steal the scroll that tells how to predict the weather.
Those were the orders.
It appears that the Satsuma clan's special missions unit is also on the move, though...
True.
But their objective is different from ours.
It's another matter altogether.
Another matter?
Satsuma is apparently looking for a certain important person.
I don't know who it is, though.
From the way you speak,
it sounds like you're purposefully trying to hide your accent.
In other words,
you've definitely received training somewhere.
It's best not to pry too much.
Huh?
As for you, where did you guys get a hold of pistols?
I heard that an English weapons merchant called Glover
was providing the Satsuma with pistols, but...
Unfortunately, we're not Satsuma warriors.
We're just thieves in search of treasure.
Anyway,
we're both trying to sneak into the same place...
The Kawashima clan's mountain mansion,
also known as the rock cavern mansion.
The treasures we're after are different, though.
So you're Osei the Predictor.
Do you really have that kind of power?
You can see the future, right?
If so, will you tell us something about our future?
Good idea. If you really have that kind of power,
tell us what'll happen to us from here on out.
What is it?
You poor guys...
You're both going to have terrible things happen to you.
Say what?
Hey!
You'll severely injure your legs.
A woman?!
The treasure you're after is a woman?
Yeah. She's known as Osei the Predictor,
and they say she can accurately predict everything from the weather
to what the yield of the rice harvest is going to be.
Osei the Predictor, huh?
I definitely want her help to make a profit playing the market,
but it looks like a gang from the Kawashima clan has captured her
and locked her in a prison in the rock cavern mansion.
So your goal is to make money playing the market, eh?
That's easy enough to understand.
Umph...
What is it, Daimon?
Huh? A leak.
Just taking a leak. A leak.
Dragon Palace Tavern
Where the heck does lchi go when he's not around here?
What's the point of even asking something like that?
Well, there is no real point, but...
Thinking about it does worry me a little bit.
He goes fishing.
Fishing?
Yeah, with Mr. Daimon. To a pretty faraway place.
Fishing with Mr. Daimon...
They couldn't be fishing for women, could they?
Hmm, I wonder...
What?!
Please don't tease Ohana.
Kurenai!
Don't worry.
There's no way lchimatsu would go fishing for women, right?
That's right!
He sure is takin' a long time with that leak.
Just where has he run off to?
You've been holding that pistol in your hand this whole time.
You're dangerous.
Unlike that other guy,
your gaze has a kind of weird of tension to it.
You look like you're in a place between life and death,
as if you're running full speed along the banks of the River Styx.
What are you guys, anyway?
I could ask you the same thing.
Hm?
Making money through the market can't be your only goal.
Are you trying to flatter me?
Ordinarily, a guy would plan on something beyond that.
Yeah.
He'd say "After I get some money, I'll use it to do something magnificent,
something that will change the world." Something like that.
When I was still a kid,
whenever I said something like that most guys just laughed at me.
So, I probably want to make those guys eat their words.
To that end, I'm living this life of struggles even now.
That's what I think, anyway.
Are you going to laugh at me, too?
No, I'm not going to laugh at you.
Mind you, I don't laugh so easily.
I see.
Are you from the Council?
Yeah.
So, have you seen the face of the guy who's with us?
Yes.
He's likely the person whom we, the Satsuma clan special missions unit,
have long been searching for.
I see.
So the information I got from the Kyoto and Osaka area came in handy.
Two years ago that man abandoned Tosa's secret society, the Maritime Army,
and he's since come into contact with Takasugi of Choshu.
Apparently he's trying to get a woman known as "Osei the Predictor"
out from the stone cavern mansion.
He may be intending to take her to Choshu.
We'll continue our own observations as well.
What do you plan on doing with that man?
I believe our clan leader, the great Saigo, is thinking of eventually making him our ally.
In other words,
you aren't going to just suddenly go out and capture him.
Yes. That being the case, you two...
I know. I won't get in his way.
After all, we have a job to do as well.
Someone's coming to rescue me.
TATSVM I
Number Nine TATSVM I
I see.
So you're going to do things your way.
Yeah.
Well, that's to be expected.
If people who don't know anything about each other just suddenly team up,
things probably won't go so well.
That's right.
So you keep doing what you're doing.
See ya.
By the way, Mr. Never-Laughs:
Even though you'll eventually cross the River Styx,
I think you should walk over that edge as slowly as you can.
Well, the same could probably be said for me, too.
What is he talking about?
Say...
What?
What is the restroom situation here?
I'd like to relieve myself.
You wanna take a piss, huh?
Guess I don't have much of a choice. Hold on.
Hey, he's pretty good.
Here.
Take it in here.
Spread your hem open and just go all out!
It looks like you've been holding it for quite a while.
Jeez...
Don't push too hard and make it splash everywhere, now.
Who goes there?!
Don't mess with me!
Why you!
Who are you?
My name is Sei.
So you're...
Osei the Predictor.
How did you...
I sort of... felt that you would be coming for me.
You're certainly worthy of your reputation.
I couldn't wait anymore, so I came out from the cage.
You're really something...
There they are!
Over there! There they are!
Shit.
Hurry! If we're going to escape, this is the way!
Right.
Hold it!
Here!
Why you!
Say your prayers!
Osei, stay close to me.
We ran in the direction you said, but this might be a little...
It's all right.
Huh?
It's all right. Probably.
That's...
This smokescreen... Could it be sleeping incense?
Osei!
Intruder!
Ichimatsu. Our business here is finished. Let's go!
At that moment, I definitely saw it...
I saw it as my consciousness slipped away into the smoke.
I remembered that eye.
It was the eye of that guy who looks like he's running full speed
along the shoreline between life and death.
When I came to, I was in this forest with you and covered in drool.
You mean those guys saved us?
Most likely.
They're probably the rumored insurgents.
The Samurai Guns.
Samurai Guns...
More importantly...
Hm?
This may be out of the blue, but do you know about Omi?
Omi? You mean Omi Province?
I'm not sure. I don't really understand it,
but it seems like you'll meet your end at a place called Omi.
So you predicted my future for me.
I wonder...
At the very least,
it looks like you'll have to live your life to the fullest until then.
That goes without saying.
I'll go to any lengths to keep on living, right up until I'm knocking on death's door.
I'll give it everything I got.
For crying out loud, lchimatsu.
You said we should help them...
But having to run carrying that guy and those scrolls was unbearable!
You were better off, because you had the woman.
That woman was heavier than you'd think.
Huh?
He was sort of interesting, that guy.
What are you babbling about?
Anyway, let's hurry up and go.
By the way,
what is your name?
Me?
I'm Ryoma.
Ryoma Sakamoto.
Moshikashite kimi no mimi ni mo
Watashi no koto ga todoiteru
Aikawarazu da yo
Genki ni shiteru yo
Wasurete iru ka na
Anna ni hitamuki ni tashikameatta itoshisa ya nukumori mo
Ima wa mou betsubetsu no dareka o mitsumeteru
Ikutsumo no futari no dekigoto ga
Awai iro ni tokete yuku
Imadakara tsutaetai
Arigatou, kono mune no koe o
Encrypted Orders Part Ten "A Doll's House"