47 Ronin Page #2

I ask that I may look after his lands

until such time as I marry.

I have already considered this, My Lady.

So that there will be no feud

between your clans,

I decree that from this day,

they will be one.

Sealed by the marriage bond

between you and Lord Kira.

You are granted one year to mourn.

But you will remain a guest of Lord Kira's

until you are married.

Oishi.

You are now ronin.

Masterless samurai.

I forbid you to seek vengeance

for Lord Asano's death.

Lord Kira,

I leave Ako with you.

From this moment on,

you are banished from these lands.

Those who remain will be hunted down

and executed.

You will never see him again, My Lady.

Take a last look.

I don't trust Oishi.

He no longer has the

protection of his rank.

Throw him in the pit.

Break his will.

Father!

Father.

Get away! Get away from me.

Chikara, help him up.

Where are my men?

They have all left Ako.

And Lady Asano?

Her time of mourning is almost over.

Lord Kira took her to his castle

to begin preparing for their wedding.

Chikara,

what of the half-breed?

Kira's men took him to the Dutch island

and sold him into slavery.

We need three horses.

Now.

Riku.

You must make the whole world

believe you've divorced me.

It is the only way to protect you

from what I have to do.

No one but you and I can know that you are,

and will always be,

the joy of my life.

I am the wife of a samurai.

Whatever your duty is, it is mine too.

Show them this

and tell them to meet me

at the black lake in a week.

Remember, the enemy will be watching.

Hey, stranger.

What's your business here?

I'm looking for a half-breed.

Good luck, samurai!

Half-breed!

Half-breed! Half-breed!

Kai!

It's Oishi.

Kai!

It's me!

Kai! Lady Asano.

Mika.

She needs your help.

Half-breed! Half-breed! Half-breed!

Kai! Soon Kira will marry Mika.

We must stop him! Are you with me?

Now!

Lady Asano is to be married in a week.

What do you care?

When Kira took her away,

you were on your knees.

We would have all been killed. You too.

What use are you to her dead?

What use am I to you?

Either follow me or go

back to what you were.

Don't turn your back on me, ronin.

Follow you for what?

Kira has 1,000 men under his command.

He's also protected by witchcraft.

When I told you that, you turned me away.

I was wrong.

I failed my lord.

I don't know who or what you are,

but I need your help.

Clothes.

I'll come with you,

but if you ever kneel before Kira again,

I'll take your head.

Where did you learn to fight like that?

From demons.

My Lord, forgive me.

The half-breed has escaped

from the Dutch island.

They say a samurai helped him.

Oishi.

Find Oishi. I need him dead.

Yasuno, it's Oishi!

He's back!

Everyone, Oishi's back!

Oishi's back!

Father.

Well done, Chikara.

Today we may be ronin,

but now the time has come.

What I propose ends in death.

Even if we succeed,

we will be hanged as criminals

for defying the Shogun's orders.

I take a vow before you

that I will not rest until justice is done,

will not sleep until our

master lies in peace,

and will not pray

unless it is to ask the

heavens' forgiveness

for sending Kira to hell!

There are only two ways in.

The main gate here

and this point beneath the west wall.

Both are heavily guarded.

Our best chance is to strike when Kira

leaves the safety of his fortress.

He will travel to

his ancestors' shrine to offer prayers.

We don't know yet

when he will make the journey.

Isogai, you ride ahead to his temple town

and see what you can find out.

Remember, even near holy sites

there are brothels and plenty

of loose-tongued officials who visit them.

Even if we know the route,

we will need more men for an ambush.

Then we'll get them.

You and Chuzaemon and Okuda

will gather as many of

our former samurai as you can

and meet us here

at a farmhouse Horibe has found for us.

Forgive me, sir, but how can

we succeed without good swords?

Take mine.

When we meet again,

I'll have more waiting for you.

The rest of us will go to Uetsu.

The finest swordmakers in the land

work there.

Why is the half-breed here?

I asked him to come.

We can't take him with us.

He's not a samurai.

None of us are samurai anymore.

Who are you?

We are farmers from Shimobe, sir.

We have come to buy tools.

This is Lord Kira's village now.

These are not farmer's hands.

Take the swords, whatever you can salvage.

We'll need more.

Help him.

Eat, My Lady.

You think I care if you starve?

Soon my lord will be ruler of all Japan

and you can take your life

like your father did.

You killed my father.

Weren't you the one who broke his heart?

You betrayed him with your lust.

We can go to Hida. They

will give us weapons.

You will find nothing in Hida.

Kira's men will have taken over

this entire region.

There is another way.

You will find swords in the Sea of Trees.

The Tengu Forest.

That is just a myth.

I've seen them.

How do you know about the Tengu Forest?

I was raised there before I fled to Ako.

Those scars on your head.

Are they the ones who marked you?

Yes.

And taught you to fight?

To kill.

They have many strange and magical ways

to protect themselves and their beliefs.

They wanted to show me that this

life has nothing to offer but death.

They wanted me to be like them

and renounce the world.

I vowed never to use

the magical powers they taught me.

Although I was still a child,

I knew my place was among other men.

And do you think

that these Tengu would give us weapons?

They will test our will.

My wife just won't stop nagging me.

She wants me to find her

the best view of Lord Kira's procession.

Procession? What procession?

Nobody knows when Kira

will leave his fortress,

not even his own guards.

He will hurry back before anyone is awake.

What is your name?

Yuki.

Where do you come from, Yuki?

You've come back.

Are we lost?

No. They know we're here.

What is that noise?

Ghosts.

Spirits of the old and infirm

who are left here to die.

Unwanted children, too.

Only you.

I'm coming with you.

No.

Do as he says.

Stay here.

Whatever happens in

there, whatever you see,

don't draw your weapon.

Wait here.

How do we know

the half-breed hasn't led him into a trap?

Oishi trusts him.

Of course, he has no choice.

We need weapons.

If he doesn't come back soon,

I'm going after him.

So the terrified boy returns as a man.

I have come for your help.

We are in need of swords.

Then take it.

These swords were forged to

defend us against the hatred of men.

Men who persecuted us for our beliefs.

The same men who despise you

for being different.

And now you're here to help them.

They are good men.

Their cause is just.

Many come for our steel,

but none return.

You told him not to draw his sword.

If he does,

he and all his men will die.

Was it worth it?

What you found in the outside world?

The love of a woman you can never have?

Yes.

Let me tell you of love, Kai.

The love of one night

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