Yeah, come on!
You gonna feel so
Yeah, come on!
Kono shima no kitai no shinsei
Daremo ga koe soroete just say
Saa tachiagarunda kizento
Maiku nigiri-dashitara shizento
Hade ni kamasu ze check shina
Konya no tame no tobikiri no dinner
Gengo hada no iro mo tobikoe
Bankoku kyoutsuu no vibration
Yeah, come on!
You gonna feel so
Yeah, come on!
Torimodosenaku naru toki ga kuru mae ni
Purasu ni shite yukou
Ugokidasanakya nanimo hajimaranai
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Ai suru kimochi wa happiness
You were not in pain, you were not in pain
Ai suru ga yue ni sadness
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Ai suru kimochi wa happiness
You were not in pain, you were not in pain
Ai suru ga yue ni sadness
Yeah, come on!
You gonna feel so
Yeah, come on!
You gonna feel so
Yeah, come on!
The rising new star of this island
Everyone's chiming in to just say
Now, get on your feet, dauntlessly
Once you grab the microphone, naturally
We're going to go wild, so check it out
For tonight, the very best dinner
Words going beyond even the color of skin
This universal vibration
Yeah, come on!
You gonna feel so
Yeah, come on!
Before the time comes when there's no turning back
Let's turn things in a positive direction
If you don't take action, you won't get anywhere
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
The feeling of love is happiness
You were not in pain, you were not in pain
Because we fall in love, there's sadness
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
The feeling of love is happiness
You were not in pain, you were not in pain
Because we fall in love, there's sadness
Yeah, come on!
You gonna feel so
Yeah, come on!
Why...
Why are you running away?
Saya...
I...
I thought I'd finally got to be friends with you,
but when I really thought about it,
I realized I didn't know anything about you.
Just when I was hoping we'd get to see each other again...
Though I never expected we'd meet like this.
But you know, not getting to see you,
I felt real lonely.
And so, seeing as how standing around and chatting isn't comfortable,
well, we've decided to have those two youngsters
spend some intimate time in a separate room.
Oh, my!
He's a sly one, that.
Incidentally, what's prepared for them is not a set of bedding,
but only a set of blocks, beanbags, and cards.
Well, well, but what a surprise.
I wonder if she's Tetsu's future lover?
Oh, Mister Yamanami, it isn't nice to tease too much.
Ohana, you know Tetsunosuke too, don't you?
But I had no idea those two cared for one another.
If they'd told me earlier,
I would have let them be alone the other day as well.
But well,
I think we can say that their relationship is firmly established now.
You can never tell. There's a whole lot of depth to a woman's heart.
Oh-ho, then does that mean I should also put more effort into you?
Oh, please, Mister Yamanami!
Perhaps the two of you should go to a separate room as well.
Don't worry, I've already requested a room for Akesato and myself.
Let us hurry on to the room, Mister Yamanami.
Is that so?
Pardon me, Sister Akesato.
Mister Yamanami, please excuse me for a moment.
Oh, don't mind me.
What is it?
Well, a patron who arrived a while ago
is insisting on seeing you, no matter what we tell him.
What does he look like?
Young and wearing black clothes...
Is he an unpleasant patron?
I suppose.
Compared to you, I think maybe all the other patrons are unpleasant.
I'm sorry, but turn him down for tonight.
But...
All right, I'll go tell him.
Okay, okay, where are you?
Over here, over here.
I am very sorry.
Sister Akesato is engaged in another room for today, and...
This was not the arrangement. It must be Akesato.
I'm sorry, but it seems you never made the actual arrangement through our office.
Hey, there, Kitamura,
it's your first time and you're asking for someone by name?
Who cares if it's someone else? A woman's a woman.
Trying to be choosy like you're a regular?
All right! I've got you now!
Okay, you're "it" next!
Then I've but to wait until she's free.
What the heck? What a spoilsport you are, whelp.
I'm here as my master's representative.
Don't think I'm the same as you.
What's with that attitude?
Sheesh, just because he's Master Yoshida's favorite.
Those guys have got the wrong idea again.
There's no way I'd be fooling around with women!
But...
What?!
To Shimabara?!
We need to speak with that kunoichi regarding our future plans.
But we could just have her come to us!
Suzu...
Sir?
You should see a little more of the world as well.
Yes, sir.
Master...
Where are you?!
They all turn into brats when they get drunk.
There!
Ouch!
What was that just now?
That sure was loud, wasn't it?
Are you okay?
Yeah, I just slipped and fell, man!
But I'm not hurt and we didn't break anything either!
Oh, really?
Thank goodness for that!
They're gone.
So...
Why...
...are you...
...here?
That sword shop and that time on the way to Hyogo, it's always something!
That's what I should be saying to you!
Oh, or what? Could it be you got dumped or something?
Well, what about you?
Playing around like kids with an attendant girl?
I bet you got cold feet, didn't you?
Brat.
WHAT?!
I'm going back.
So very sorry to have interrupted your fun.
Join us for a bit.
So what game were you playing anyway?
Blindfolded tag!
What are you?! Some kind of geezer?!
I wonder if Tetsu and the girl are having fun playing games?
Osaya certainly caught a nice boy.
I wonder if they'll become like us someday?
Will she also...
take on patrons someday?
As long as she's here, I think that's likely.
Osaya and Ohana will both turn sixteen next year.
If there's a good patron,
they're of an age where talk of their first time wouldn't be surprising.
Poor things.
Tetsu probably doesn't know.
You shouldn't pity her.
No matter what means she may have to use, Osaya will be able to live a good life.
Besides, she will have a dream.
She'll become beautiful and cultivate herself as a woman,
and when she's become more beautiful than anyone,
the man she loves from the bottom of her heart will come for her.
Unlike me.
That's not true.
It doesn't matter to me what you are.
Please believe me. Someday, I will surely...
Thank you.
Tetsu!
Your... Your big brother's coming to save you!
Tetsunosuke!
Let's see, I've got 19 cards.
And you've got 29?
Man, so it's an overwhelming victory for Saya?
You're Kyoto's greatest master of going for the wrong card!
Shut up, you!
But man, I haven't played cards in ages. It's made me so thirsty.
I almost got up out of habit.
You know, you look like you'd make a good page or something.
So you can tell?
What?! Seriously?! I'm a page too!
If the guy's got someone like you for a page,
your master must be a real mild-tempered old man.
Wrong!
All right, you're gonna be shocked to hear this!
Believe it or not, there is none in Kyoto who does not know him!
The great and famous...
The famous...
I'm the page of a certain person like that!
That doesn't tell me anything.
Well, not that I'm going to press you.
I'm the page of someone who can't really reveal his identity either.
What's with that? Sounds suspicious.
You in any position to talk?
Then is your name a secret too?
It's Suzu Kitamura.
I'm Tetsunosuke Ichimura.
Well, I guess we're...
Nah, it's nothing.
I'm not as bratty as he is, but...
I'm not as sarcastic as he is, but...
Somehow...
Maybe we're...
...pretty alike after all.
What is it, Saya?
Oh, you're going to bring us snacks to go with the tea?
You'll have some too, right?
No, my master should be getting here soon, so I ought to go back.
Hang out with us for a little longer.
Whatever!
But only for as long as it takes to have snacks, all right?!
Then, he's here?
Yes, he is, but he only looked about twelve or thirteen...
No, that's perfectly fine.
I mean, he's fifteen, but he really doesn't look much older than what you said.
I see.
I am positive that's my younger brother. Please take me to that room.
But sir...
If you would just ask if he's Tetsunosuke Ichimura,
there won't be any mistake!
Well...
I am begging you!
Before Tetsunosuke... Before my younger brother goes down an erroneous path!
What?
You mean, what's my master like?
Yeah. I mean, just the way he looks and his personality. Can't you?
Let me think.
He wraps his strong, well-proportioned body in a black kimono.
Black kimono?!
He allows his long, black hair to play in the wind.
Long hair?!
Handsome, with a penetrating gaze.
Piercing eyes?!
Fixed upon by his sidelong glance and beckoned by his supple fingers,
there is not a woman out there who wouldn't surrender to him!
Whoa! They really are alike!
Basically, someone to be admired on all counts.
What?
What? That's not true for you?
Oh, no...
Suzu, you really like this master of yours, don't you?
Of course I do.
Being a page is a safe job where you don't kill and you're in no danger of dying.
Someone once told me that.
That's a good thing,
if the person you admire cares about your safety.
No.
I hate him.
Besides, not only does he not like me,
he hates me more than anyone else and I'm his page!
And every time I do something, he punishes me severely.
He's not the sort to care about anyone else's safety,
so I don't get it at all.
By the way, let me ask you something.
Before you became his subordinate and page and stuff,
there wasn't anything between you and him?
Of course not. Why?
Well, rather than employing you as a page, from what you've said,
it almost sounds more like he's looking after you for someone.
Looking...
after me?
Pardon me.
Sister Akesato...
Ohana, you came at the perfect time.
Ma'am?
How are Tetsunosuke and Osaya doing?
It seems another friend showed up just a while ago,
and they sound like they're having fun.
Really? I'm glad.
And about the patron we turned down earlier...
Was there a samurai all in black, with hair covering the right side of his face?
Oh, that's just the thing. He just arrived downstairs...
So this is the room?
We came to see what this woman's like, that he has to sleep with as part of his job.
There's something fishy about this, Miss Akesato.
Say, haven't we met somewhere before?
Sirs, this is not acceptable!
What?! Stay out of this, brat!
I am not a brat!
Shut up!
So anyway, Miss Akesato, since your man's fallen asleep there,
how about pouring sake for us now?
You saying you can't do what a patron asks?
I can't say I approve,
of boorish behavior that ruins these precious moments of repose.
Mister Yamanami!
What's this?!
I don't know just who the hell you are,
but does that mean you're in it with this woman too?!
What's this? I don't see what you mean.
What?!
I don't see what you mean, but something stinks here.
Just who you are and where you're from...
Bastard!
Oh, I beg your pardon.
That's right, my sword was over here.
Old man, you're getting cocky...
Can't be having this, you know.
Would you please not come all the way out here just to upset him?
A samurai dressed all in black, is it?
That's not good.
I feel like I may just boil over with rage.
What's up with them being so quick to pick a fight?
But you really helped us there!
Sorry for coming so late.
Not at all! You were terribly gallant!
You've just absolutely stolen my heart!
Thanks...
Oh, by the way, Mr. Yamanami, how about we...
Tatsu, this is embarrassing.
Don't give me that "embarrassing" crap!
Coming to a place like this without a word to your guardian...
Well, like I said...
If it'd come down to it, I was ready to slash my stomach
to go apologize to Mother and Father in the world beyond!
Thank goodness! Thank goodness you're such a kiddy!
You didn't need to go that far!
Saya...
Look, Tatsu! She's laughing at me now!
We've met before.
Could it be you've become friends with Tetsunosuke since then?
No, I'm not really...
Oh, his name's Suzu.
Hey!
And this over here's Saya.
Well, well, well,
thank you for being so good to my poorly-raised Tetsunosuke.
Who are you calling poorly-raised?!
Not again, Saya.
I am Tetsunosuke's elder brother, Tatsunosuke Ichimura.
I hope you'll continue to be good friends with him, or whatever.
Your older brother?
Though he's a bit troublesome, because he gets too rowdy.
What?!
Tetsu!
That hurts!
Sorry! Sorry!
Master...
Suzu, get away from there.
You'll be tainted.
Not the eyes of one of the deceased, but one who is alive.
Maiku o nigirishime hitto pareedo no onpareedo
Hey, Jimmy, kibun wa doudai?
Suteeji orireba sasuga no jentoruman
Hey, Jimmy, kokoro mo kandai!
Jimichi ga yue ni seikatsu sae mo jimi ni
Kotsu-kotsu tsumiagemashou
Jimichi ni yume ga kanaimasu you ni
Kyou mo, Jimmy, ikimashou
You got to fight for your money! How you feeling, Jimmy?
You got to fight for your dream, it's all too much
You got to fight for your money! How you feeling, Jimmy?
You got to fight for your dream, it's all too much
You got to fight for your money! How you feeling, Jimmy?
You got to fight for your dream, it's all too much
You got to fight for your money! How you feeling, Jimmy?
You got to fight for your dream, it's all too much
Gripping the microphone tight, the hit parade's on parade
Hey, Jimmy, how you feeling?
Quite the gentleman when he's off stage
Hey, Jimmy, a generous spirit too!
Being such an honest guy, even his life's plain
Keep building it up patiently
May your dreams come true honestly
Let's go for it again today, Jimmy
You got to fight for your money! How you feeling, Jimmy?
You got to fight for your dream, it's all too much
You got to fight for your money! How you feeling, Jimmy?
You got to fight for your dream, it's all too much
You got to fight for your money! How you feeling, Jimmy?
You got to fight for your dream, it's all too much
You got to fight for your money! How you feeling, Jimmy?
You got to fight for your dream, it's all too much
Uh-oh! Did puppy boy get depressed because of me?!
It is not your fault, Mr. Todo!
There's a deep, deep reason for this, related to a secret between us brothers!
Next time, Peacemaker Kurogane, Chapter 14: "Thoughts"
Hang in there, puppy boy! Ayu's cooking's waiting for you!