Fine! Do whatever you want!
Take my advice and just go home.
Quit kidding around!
I can't just walk away from this losing streak!
Onii-chan!
K-Koharu?!
What are you hiding?
Oh, nothing!
Onii-chan, have you been...
No, of course I haven't been gambling!
Right, Boss?
No, not at all!
Anyway, what's the matter, Koharu-san?
You have a customer, Onii-chan.
A customer? For me?
You mean this monkey?
Insolence!
Have you no idea who this is?!
This monkey... I mean...
This man is the descendant of His Highness Toyotomi Hideyoshi:
Toyotomi Hidesaru!
Bow before him! Show respect!
See? His name is even "Monkey."
So my name has "saru" in it! I'm still Hidesaru!
This family crest is the ultimate proof!
What is that?
It's the Toyotomi family crest, fool!
I thought the Toyotomi were long since...
That's right.
They should have been wiped out by
the Tokugawa clan in the Siege of Osaka.
That is what happened, but...
The truth is, my ancestor, Sanada Yukimura the first,
allowed the Toyotomi lord of that time,
Hideyori, to escape to the west.
Isn't that right, my lord?
Yes! That is how the Toyotomi family continued to survive,
in hiding, to produce my generation!
The Toyotomi name shall never die!
I smell a rat.
Did you say something?
No, not a thing.
Anyway, what is it you want from Manjiro the Helper?
Tell him, Yukimura!
Sir!
A bowl of rice for my lord. Teehee.
I can't stand commoner food, Yukimura!
I concur, my lord!
The buried treasure of Hideyoshi?!
Shh! Keep your voices down!
Should we succeed in finding it,
you will be rewarded.
Really?! How much?!
Please. Can't you tell by the way they're dressed?
We'll only get twenty or thirty mon, at best.
Ten million ryo.
See? Only ten million—
Ten million ryo?!
I told you to keep your voices down!
How Much Everything Costs in the Bakumatsu
Ryo
3 coins - Yasuhiro Yanagisawa - 300 million ryo!! - #@^# - Sorry, I don't know.
You expect us to believe that?!
I mean, ten million ryo is...
An insane amount of money!
What? You doubt me?
Yeah.
How dare you judge a man by his garments?!
And you call yourself the son of Lord Jirokichi?!
Lord Jirokichi?
You know my old man?
He accepted any request for help without a single complaint.
He was indeed the greatest Helper under the heavens.
You, on the other hand...
I've had enough!
My lord, let us go home!
Hey, wait!
No one ever said I wouldn't accept!
Come on, tell me more!
It's just like I suspected.
The story of the buried treasure is true.
You nailed it, Boss. Good thing we followed them here.
Yeah. If the reward is ten million ryo,
that means the treasure must be huge!
We're taking every last bit of it before they get a chance!
Yeah!
Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman
What a nice view!
We're not here for fun.
So, where's the treasure?
They say it rests here, at the bottom of Lake Biwa.
Hey! Helper!
What are you guys doing here?
You can't play dumb with us.
Huh?
We heard the reward is ten million ryo.
That's two million each, if we all split it.
Surely you weren't thinking of keeping
it all to yourself, were you, Helper?
Ow! That's hot!
How did they hear about this?
Did you tell them, Koharu?!
I was just so happy... Sorry.
A Lavish Banquet In Skintight Swimsuits!
Okay, it should be right beneath us here.
I'm counting on you, Helper.
What?
Get moving already!
Quit screwing around! I'm not a damn kappa!
You expect me to be able to swim to it?!
What a pathetic man you are!
I shall show you how it's done!
H-Hey!
Yukimura!
Uh, hello?
Underwater exploration apparatus!
If you dive with this on, whether you're at
the bottom of the sea or the bottom of a lake,
you can breathe air just as you do on the surface.
I expect.
You "expect"?!
Am I really going to be okay here?!
I can't wait to see the Helper's drowned body!
Hey!
All right, hurry it up!
Get moving!
Damn it!
Yukimura! We're going, too!
Very well!
Good luck, everyone!
Yeah, it's them, all right.
Okay!
Let's go, boys!
Yeah!
Hey, he's right. I'm not short of breath at all.
This feels pretty good!
I see.
So this is how we get air to them.
It seems so.
Young women really are the best. Nice and tight...
Come now, why don't you two take a break?
I'll rub this on you.
What is that?
It's a skin beautifying oil that's all the rage in Edo.
One rub, and your skin will be shiny and smooth!
Yay! Do it, do it!
Here I come!
I will take care of that.
There it is!
A boat!
No... air...
Can't breathe!
That feels great! You're good at this, Kanade-san!
Stop! Stop! It hurts!
It seems the nape, thighs, and armpits are the most sensitive...
Hey! What are you guys playing around for?!
Are you trying to kill me?!
I'll die without air!
I'm down here searching for all I'm worth, the fools...
Who are those guys?
They're taking our treasure!
Darn it! What are our topside lookouts doing?!
Hey, you! That's mine! Give it back!
Yukimura! Yukimura!
Come on, Helper! Do something!
Hey, look at the little cutie over there!
Not!
Damn, it didn't work!
Look out!
What is that?
It's a cave.
A cave? It couldn't be...
Too Bad
Damn it!
What on earth is this?
There's no mistake!
This is it! This is it!
All right! The treasure is just ahead!
And, once we find it, ten million ryo!
Okuni-san, when I buy your freedom with that money,
you and I will live together in a gigantic mansion!
Don't do that, master.
Why not? We're married.
Honestly...
Ow!
How long are you going to stand there smirking?! Let's go!
How far does this thing go?
Worry not. They are only bats.
You know, for a lord, you sure are a coward.
F-Fool! I am the descendant of Toyotomi Hideyoshi!
I'm not scared of anything!
Idiot! What were you doing?!
Shut up, shut up!
We're not gonna make it!
Drink up and let's sing!
Helper-san and the others are taking a long time.
Well, it's His Highness Toyotomi's treasure they're after.
It'll be hard to carry it all.
Help!
Three hundred fifty million ryo?!
That's right!
Incredible, isn't it?
Watch it!
What are you gonna use all that money for?
To rebuild this country.
Rebuild it?
Yes.
If we entrust it to the current bakufu,
this country will be overtaken by the foreigners on the black ships.
I won't let that happen.
I'll protect this country.
The peaceful, quiet country that His Highness Toyotomi loved,
where everyone can spend each day with a smile...
My lord!
I shall never cease to marvel at your wonderful idea!
I, Yukimura, shall dedicate my all to your service for as long as I live!
Wow. So you've actually given this some thought.
Not bad for a monkeyface.
My face has nothing to do with it!
Shh, someone's coming! Hurry!
It's not here, boss!
Idiot! Keep looking until we find it!
What, those guys again?
I won't let those ruffians get ahead of me!
Let's go, Yukimura!
Sir!
Hey!
Who's there?!
Oh, crap!
After them!
Capture them and make them tell us where the treasure is!
Yeah!
My lord!
Old man!
Yukimura!
My lord...
Please, go! I will give my life to hold them off!
No way! Come with me!
My lord!
You have a job to do.
You must obtain that treasure!
You must!
Yukimura...
This is nothing.
I, Yukimura, will not die until
I've seen this new government of yours with my own eyes!
Now, hurry!
Let's go! Don't dawdle!
Yukimura! Yukimura!
Looking back, I have no regrets in my life...
Hold it!
It is a worthy cause!
I will take you on in my lord's place!
Here I come!
Get on!
Stop right there!
Your aim sucks! Give me that!
Bastards...
H—
Helper!
Here we go... Here we go...
Almost there... Almost there...
Of course we fall now!
I-Is this...
This must be...
It is! It's my ancestor's buried treasure!
Yes! We finally found it, Helper!
Yeah...
What do you think, Helper?
This is all gold!
Wh-Wh-What's happening?
That's definitely a foul, Hideyoshi.
We've gotta get out of here for now!
Hey! What are you doing?!
I promised Yukimura!
I can't run away without the treasure!
You little idiot!
There's nothing left of your promise if you die!
Doesn't it say anything about how to stop this thing?!
Um, um...
Here it is!
All right!
Fight it to the death.
We're doomed!
Ow...
What's going on?
Hey, Helper!
Guess it's all or nothing!
Follow me!
What?! I can't!
Didn't you say that you want to protect this country?
That you want to protect everyone's smiles?
Was that all a lie?
Now, get up here!
What's your plan?
We're gonna use that precious thing of yours.
Precious? You mean this?
I mean the thing you were showing off before!
Do you mean... this?!
Yes! Put it in there!
Right!
Good! That's it!
I'm... I'm gonna fall!
Don't give up!
Lord!
It... stopped...
Whew, you saved us!
That was close.
Not bad, Hidesaru.
With guts like that, your dream will come true.
I know it.
Not this one... Not this one, either...
Hey, what are you trying to do?
I'm gonna turn this thing on again!
Then, the treasure...
We're taking it all with us!
But, how the hell do we get it moving?
Long Life
You think this could be it?
Hey, that looks right! It's gotta be this!
Then...
Yeah!
Ready, go!
Oh, welcome back, Onii-chan!
What did you say?!
So where's the treasure?!
Well, see, we did find it,
but it all went flying.
What were you doing?!
We were about to be stinking rich!
We nearly died, you know!
That's right! And Yukimura was...
It sounds like you had a rough time.
You said it... Huh?
Yukimura! You're alive?
More importantly, my lord,
have a look at this.
What's this?
I happened to stumble upon it as I was fleeing from the cave.
My lord, your dream is far from over.
In that case...
Yes!
Yukimura, our next target is the golden women statues!
Let's go!
You come, as well, Helper!
My lord!
Good luck, Onii-chan.
You've gotta be kidding! I can't go through any more of that!
Next Time
Hey, Onii-chan, what's "chic"?
Hey, Onii-chan, what does "gallant" mean?
What do you mean, someone like you?
Oh, come on, Onii-chan!
Um, next time on Roman:
Shred and Throw for a Lavish Banquet!
Shred And Throw For A Lavish Banquet!
Hey, shred and throw what? What for? Why?