Hana Page #4

his enemy...

Uncle

Our Shy little Soza

has made a child

with a beautiful woman

The child is already 8 years old

The sword is not merely intended

to inflict wounds and claim lives

When swords clash,

life encounters life,

death encounters death,

in a tempestuous conflict,

giving birth to a genuine dialogue

That is the samurai's joy and sorrow

That is the only path

of the samurai

In these peaceful times

which know no war,

the samurai must reveal this beauty

to the peasantry...

There are less of them...

than 3 years ago

With war unlikely,

they know that fencing is useless

in advancing their career

Look, here

Our enemy Kanazawa's,

ancestral home

He'd been living alone

with his invalid mother

Soon after he killed Father, his mother,

unable to face the world,

and passed away...

I never knew

How sad for her

How sad?

How can you feel pity, brother?

He got what he deserved

But what did his mother

have to do with it?

How can you be so soft?

Have you forgotten

Father's dying wish?

I'm sorry

You're "sorry..."

You've changed these past 3 years

What sort of life have

you been leading in Edo?

You have no right to pray

at Father's grave

Observe my belated vengeance!

Prepare!

I avenge my father!

Take care of yourself

I've got a lady friend to visit here

Listen...

Your father was a prude, with no

enjoyment of life's subtle pleasures,

but now that he's gone,

he's left a nice setup for you

The gods will punish you

if you waste her

Revenge isn't the only way

to demonstrate your devotion

Bye

Soza

Don't you think,

that's overdoing it?

I'm a living creature, too

I deserve a better life

They say a dog's curse

obstructs the birth of the shogun's heir

Maybe he ate one...

Fans, fans for sale

Sode san

Why would you be picking flowers?

What about you?

They're for my dead mother

I don't have money to buy any

You look after your folks

Say, you're hurt

Another fight with gangsters?

You're hopeless. Why do you

always get yourself beat up?

A mystery

Don't you have anyone special?

If I did, would it fill my stomach?

It wouldn't fill your stomach,

but if you had someone special,

maybe you'd be a little less reckless

You're such a baby, Onobu

You know, having someone special

would only make me more reckless

I'm just worried about you

Well cleaning, well cleaning

All right pull up

Slowly, slowly

All right, release

Release it more

Release it more

A little more

All right, lift it

Let's go help

Soza!

Making New Year's cakes and cleaning

wells are work for a samurai's servant

Never heard of a samurai pulling a rope

Look, the landlord's new wife

He sure managed to

get himself a beauty

He spent good money buying

her out of a brothel

Not even been 3 years

since the last one died

Money does make the world go round

He knows her?

The man gets around

"Why Sode san,

you're as handsome as ever"

"You're looking pretty yourself"

"You mustn't, I'm a wife, now"

You sure married well

A landlord's wife is a long way up

from a humble village

It wasn't my choice

You didn't choose

the brothels, either?

No woman chooses the brothels

Women have it good

Always got a job waiting

You really want to hear,

all about how I survived,

these last 15 years?

I'll pass

Why won't you build us

a decent outhouse?

Don't be foolish

I'm destroying these tenements

to build new ones

Unfortunately, you'll be ringing in

the new year somewhere else

Interesting...

These days, it seems like

my sh*t's been runny

I'll be with you soon

Cut it out, Dad

Can't you see, I'm eating

Shut up! It's none of your business

what I say to my wife

Talking about your sh*t, at this hour!

You're not Mago san

If you're going to fuss,

fuss over the back rent you owe

Listen, Onobu, about Kenbo...

No matter how you look at him,

Kenbo's your child

In 10 years, I won't even be able

to tell you apart

I've got my hands full now

I'm in no mood to discuss your sh*t

with you, Dad! Just shut up!

Here goes!

Sode san's out

Please, don't come here

Why not?

Because...

whatever happened in the past,

I don't think Sode san

can find happiness with you

You get right to the point,

don't you

And you think he'll find

happiness with you?

I just don't want to spend

my whole life in this dump

Listen

Remember this

When you leave, it'll be because

you're worse off than you are now

They say there's a place over

in Nakano where they feed strays

If we get thrown out of here,

we can go

Fool. They only feed dogs,

not humans

I was born in the Year of the Dog

Still no good?

We're less than dogs

to the Shogun anyway

Pisses me off

With so many of us, how come

we can't figure out how many men

guard their mansion!

There has to be a way to figure it out

Kichiemon

Don't you have an idea?

The volume of crap in the outhouse

should give us a good idea

Crap?

Spoken like a true ex-peasant

Excuse me

Who are you?

What do you mean by that?

I'm here to collect your rent

The question is, who are you?

We're ill... ill...

You're ill...?

No, no,

we have no ill intentions

And nothing to do with Kira...

We're just wounded is all

There are quite a few of you...

Chief retainer arrived from Kyoto!

Oishi-sama's here!

All right, let's go

Finally!

Hey, wait, that's my umbrella!

Let's have a look

Oh, no

Your business is really doing well

No charge

But can you wait for the rent?

No extra charge

I'm begging you

If you take that knife, Dad can't

work at the fish market anymore

You owe 6 months' back rent!

Besides, he never works anyway

Hey there

If all my tenants were prospective

avengers, I'd actually collect rent

You're welcome to move in

to my new tenement

Um...

Can't you hold off...

Let us all live here a while longer

"Let us all live here?"

A fine phrase,

but you're dreaming

No wonder they all

take advantage of you

Don't talk to me like that, when you've

never worked a day in your life

Or are you willing to cover

everyone's back rent?

If you live here, you pay

My, my, the landlord making

the rounds himself in this rain

My tenants are more likely to stay

home in this weather. Easier to collect

Besides, I can't risk sending

my gorgeous wife here

Who knows what might happen

What do you mean, "Risk?"

I heard

You're childhood friends

You were engaged

What's that got to do with you?

Oh, how scary

Time to be going

Too bad, but she's my wife

I won't let you touch her

This fatty meat...

from that other white one was

better than this black one...

Four of you eating from one pot?

You're all wet

Have a bowl and warm up

Don't mind if I do

By the way, that German or

English doctor, Kaempfer,

who visited the Shogun,

sold him an elixir for immortality

for 20,000 ryo

20,000 ryo!

I hear it's made of mermaid flesh

Wonder if it works

20,000 ryo is fantastic...

He's got no children so

he's got to live as long as he can

Sure is greedy

Just like a landlord I know

20,000 ryo, is like...

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