Knightly Advice Page #3

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Non-liege?

Non-liege? Lords? So what?

I can't let those country samurai

act like big shots here in Edo.

I'm not afraid of anything.

My boss is the great Hikozaemon Okubo.

As the only child of Naniwaya,

I was born

with a silver spoon in my mouth.

But as a woman, what's important is

to marry a fine man and have children.

But being the only child of Naniwaya

is an obstacle to that.

I mean, no candidate or prospective

husband measures up to my standards.

So I had almost given up hope,

then I had that dream...

It was like a voice from Heaven.

Wait just a second.

As you see, I'm an old man.

Old man? Not at all.

You're in your prime.

I can see you're in your very prime.

Er, but, our ages...

...are so different?

Everyone says so.

And they are right.

You must listen to them.

That's because everyone is a dum-dum.

Dum-dum?

In Osaka, baby talk

for a fool is "dum-dum".

I've decided to marry you

and have seven children.

Seven?

Yes! First, your clan's heir.

Then since I'm the only child,

Naniwaya's heir.

Many people will want

to adopt your child.

We can't accept all their requests but

we'll have to accept at least three or four.

And I want a girl, too.

So that's seven all together.

They say a woman ages four

years when she gives birth.

If I have seven, then I'll age 28 years.

That will make me

an old woman of 40 in no time.

But men are different.

You won't change a bit,

and still be popular with young girls...

You'll leave an old woman like me

and go play with younger women.

I am so jealous.

How dare you play around...

leaving my Mistress.

I'm just saying

maybe that will happen.

Miss, you have to keep him

on a short leash.

He really is a handsome devil.

Kinai, what's to be done?

There's nothing we can do here.

I hate to spoil your fun,

Sanjuro but let's call it a night.

What's up?

I asked the maid to let those in

Horio's room know we were here.

They turned white and whispered a bit

then left suddenly.

That means there's something

they didn't want us to know about.

Right. But how serious it is,

we'll know on our way back home.

If it's serious...

they'll attack to kill us all.

But what about Tasuke?

If it's serious, it's better he's not with us.

They're formidable...

but you must kill them all.

It must be serious.

We can kill the others but we

have to capture the leader.

Kill them.

Kinai? Kinai?

You're awake. Good morning.

You're still here?

I told you...

I intend to be here for life.

Brush up and down, not sideways.

That's what the dentist says.

You're still wet.

I'm okay, okay.

I am not a child.

But I told you how handsome you are.

Your breakfast is over here.

My Lord...

Good Morning.

Lord Okubo... please take your seat.

I'm to eat with the servants?

Yes. Please sit down.

From now on, this is how it will be.

We have 100 servants at Naniwaya.

My father always eats breakfast

with them.

No matter how busy, at least do this or the bond

between servant and master becomes weak, he says.

My Lord...

Thank you for the food.

Oh, and please chew your food well.

You must chew the rice 16 times.

Okay, okay.

Hey... hey. Mr. Kinai.

Over here, Mr. Kinai.

Lord, Tasuke brought a horse,

and they're demanding payment.

What? He's now a horse trader, as well?

How much?

Two ryo...

That's a really cheap horse.

Is it a male or female?

It's a man... I mean a male.

Is it grey or brown?

It's striped.

Striped?

-Yes.

And how old is the horse?

-Yes.

He looks about 30.

Fool. Horses don't live that long.

Hey you, over there.

-Yes.

Come here.

Obey.

Is that the horse?

Yes, he collects debts

for pleasure houses.

He only had...

Shush. Be quiet.

Here's five ryo...

- Good.

You can keep the change.

- For me?

Good going.

You know how to settle a debt.

Dum-dum.

In Osaka,

they call fools "dum-dum" in baby talk.

My, my... how we change.

Didn't you say

you didn't like the smell of women?

Oh, you smell like sak.

I would have thought he'd spilled

it by now but he's acting tough.

Maybe that's not the reason

he won't talk.

It may be too big... to talk about.

Just trying to kill us...

is a serious offense.

Hey, Samezu has been pardoned.

What? Pardoned? That's great.

Let's drink to that.

Bring the sak.

I'm thinking... of declining the pardon.

What happened?

In exchange for my pardon, they want to forbid

knights from taking a palanquin to the castle.

Not to the castle?

The councilors know we won't

settle for this unequal justice.

But they can't just pardon Samezu.

Since this incident started with a

palanquin, this is how they try to end it.

I don't think so.

This is another favor

to the non-liege lords.

Till now, it was just about Mr. Samezu.

Now, they're punishing

all the Shogun's knights.

I don't want to be used by the councilors

to cause trouble for all knights.

Cherry blossoms in full bloom...

your glory lasts but just a day.

For you My Lord, My Liege...

your knights will gladly give their lives.

Live long and you'll embarrass yourself.

I should have died with the first Shogun.

I know women shouldn't meddle, but

I think you should accept the pardon.

This girl is...

They want to put one over and you

decline knowing their intent... That's easy.

To pretend you've been had and put one

over on them that's the way to go, isn't it?

Who are you?

My Dad's a merchant

so I'm used to such things.

Does this mean they want you

to walk to the castle?

We can ride a horse, but we have to

walk up to the castle gate and beyond.

The non-liege lords will see us walking

from their palanquins and laugh.

Then you shouldn't use a horse.

Because we really have to

put one over on them.

The more absurd the better is what I say.

What is carried?

A coffin...? That's unlucky.

A basin... but that's for babies.

Silence.

It would make us all laughing stocks.

Wait. A basin?

Hikoza?

I get it. We all go into it at birth.

January 7th is Young Herb Day.

Lords and knights put on their

best kimono to go to the castle.

Townspeople line up

to watch the procession.

Cherry blossoms in full bloom...

your glory lasts but just a day.

For you My Lord, My Liege...

your knights will gladly give their lives.

It is an honor to fight in battle...

and become but dew on the grass.

Good for you!

You're the best knights of the land.

You did it!

All Edo is rooting for you.

Well done! We rely on you!

If they ban basins,

we'll carry you to the castle.

With our flags flying high in the wind...

We don't need our allies' help...

They will see on the blue mountains...

the signs of the Tokugawa knights.

How dare they come to the castle

in basins.

It's Okubo's idea to ridicule us.

We need to teach him a lesson.

But there's no edict banning basins

so we can't punish him.

But we can't let this be.

Lord Izu. You dealt with Okubo before.

Any ideas?

The best plan is to give Okubo

a big position.

Big position?

He has no responsibility so he is idle.

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