The Last Samurai Page #4

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She made me a meal with

rice and potato.

It was very good.

Thanks.

She was worried about you.

So I told her

I want you to work for me so

you have a bright future.

I will depend on you,

and your hard work.

She was reassured.

Try your best.

I'm counting on you.

Yes! Saigo-san!

It's alright

It's alright. Okay, okay.

What?

Is he still in Kyoto?

He is staying with the

Mimawari Patrol Group.

Iba Hachiro spends

every day with him.

I see. Every day?

Yes.

I see.

They must get along very well.

Bu why did you try to find out

about him? I didn't ask you to.

Well, Ikemoto-sama, I know

you're worried about Sugi-san.

It's nice.

But it's dangerous for you

to be around the Satsuma Clan.

Forgive me.

By the way, Reiko...

Actually, you too

you are worried about Sugi.

No, I'm not. Not at all.

You're sure?

Well, that's all right.

I'll wrlte

and tell him to go back to Edo.

You'll take him the letter.

Yes, sir.

Ikemoto-sama sent this.

"I want you to live in this world..."

to tell about our death

to the new generation

"You don't need money,

fortune, or fame..."

"I want you to have a wlfe and

children for your future."

"So that our memory passes on

to the next generations."

I received some harsh words from

Ikemoto-san

for what I did.

Why?

Because I was trying to find out

about you and lba.

Sensei didn't tell you to?

No, I decided on my own.

Why is that?

Because...

I'm sorry.

You don't have to be sorry.

What does Ikemoto-sama's letter say?

He had harsh words for me as well,

because I'm still in Kyoto.

I see.

Me, too. He told me to

go back to Edo.

And?

I will go back to Edo.

Oh, you're very agreeable.

My father was a spy investigating

the Sasuma clan.

But he was killed.

So I asked Ikemoto-san

to find a job for me. A job as my father's.

I understand now.

But I must stop.

I'll only be a burden

to Ikemoto-sama.

The situation is getting worse?

Sensei will be in danger.

Where is he now?

Reiko-san, I'm sure you know.

Tell me.

I don't know!

You're lying!

Did Sensei order you not to tell me?

I won't make any trouble,

so please tell me!

Sugi-sama.

Please go back to Edo

as he ordered you to.

I am a samurai!

I can protect Sensei!

No, I can't tell you!

Reiko!

Please understand how

worried I am about Sensei!

Pardon me.

I lost control.

He is not only my teacher,

but more like a father to me.

I want to see him once more.

I won't go back

to Edo until then.

- Get ready! We can catch him this time!

- Good.

Go and don't worry!

We will come along later.

Take this.

Water!

Water!

"The Satsuma Clan will not be

joining the Choshu..."

"we're pulling out of the fight."

That's Saigo Takamori's signature.

But it's strange.

All our spies say

that it is impossible

for the Satsuma clan

not to join in the fighting.

Maybe this letter is a fake.

- Sensei!

Ikemoto-sama!

Who did this?

You have to go back to Edo.

The both of you.

Toranosuke.

...don't try

...to avenge my death.

We got them!

Bastards!

Sensei!

Sensei!

I would have liked to eat...

Edo sashimis.

Sensei...

TOBA-FUSHIMI January 68

Alzu, who remained loyal to the Shogun

is defeated by the Southern clans.

Satsuma

Tokugawa

Mimawari Patrol guard.

Shinsen Patrol Guard.

To Edo

Prince Arisugawa,

Commander of the imperial forces.

To Edo

To Edo

Kondo Isami

Hijikata Toshizo

Okita Soji

To Edo

Part 2:
THE SURGING WAvES

THE SHOGUN LEAVING EDO

Let's go!

Tokugawa Yoshlnobu,

the last Shogun.

Here lies Sugi Hirauemon

Here lies Ikemoto Mohei

Hello.

Welcome.

Thanks. How come no baby yet?

Oh, my!

I didn't have any news.

Once married, a man

forgets his friends.

What are you talking about?

Come inside.

I know that you were ill.

How are you now?

What? Look at me, I'm fine.

By the way, I am going

to join the army.

As you may know,

All survivors from Fushimi

will get together

and go fight the Tobaku Clan.

We will begin the campaign

tomorrow at Mt. Ueno.

If we are unlucky, that will be

our final resting place.

I'm here to say good-bye.

Hachiro-san,

why do you have to go?

Forget it.

You're not healthy enough yet.

Don't worry.

I'm fine now.

You have to think twice.

Shogun Yoshinobu has left Edo,

and will be going down to Mito

now that the war has ended!

You said you want to disappear

with the old way of life.

The duty you refer to...

Didn't you fulfill it at Toba-Fumishi?

That's right.

But we still have high

ranking officers left.

Aizu and all the northern clans

are preparing to attack

the imperial army.

The war is not lost yet.

Hachiro...

You are a very nice guy...

...don't be a fool!

Why do you want to die?

Our duty has changed.

We must prepare the future.

Of course.

I would like to live as you do.

I envy you.

But...

I am a Tokugawa Samurai.

If we don't try our best

people will say that

Tokugawa lost because we

gave up too easily.

We must fight with every

bit of strength left. And die fighting.

We will give the world

a lesson in loyalty.

I have nothing good to eat

but please try this.

Thanks.

The soldiers of the imperial

army are the best.

Shall we have more sak.

Everywhere we go, we're invited.

Give me back my husband!

Give him back to me!

She's crazy!

Looks like it.

Give me back my husband!

My husband...

Give him back.

My husband!

It's getting dark,

so I brought you a lantern.

I will make some soft rice.

This cat...

and I share the same destiny.

Not long ago he was very

playful with me,

but now he only

wants to get away.

I must catch my destiny again.

I will catch him...

One more time...

He's running away.

Wait!

Haven't I seen you somewhere?

Wait! I said wait!

Yes, I know you from somewhere...

You were at Toba-Fushimi!

Okita-san, I saw it!

At Itabashi no Kashinzuka,

Kondo-sensei's head is

on public display.

The last men flghtlng

for the Shogun

are destroyed at Uno,

on july 1868.

Oh, you're still here!

I thought you went to flght

with the others at Ueno.

Welcome.

They said the battle was

terrible at Ueno.

Many finally deserted

and some betrayed.

A real disaster.

Whatever happened to

the hatamoto at Edo?

The world of the samurai is dead.

Stop!

Hanjiro!

Do they still have any men left?

They are finished.

Except a few places that still resist.

Good.

By the way, Hanjiro,

you are not a foot soldier any more.

Yoou are an officer.

This is not the modern

way of fighting.

Officers don't expose themselves

on the front lines as you do.

They stay in the offices.

Saigo-san, it's not my style to

sit behind a desk.

I'd rather be a warrior.

What will we do with you?

Murata.

You'll follow Hanjiro's orders.

His orders?

That's it.

Ueno survivors are

hiding in Edo.

You must organize special

squads to capture them.

Hanjiro,

you will in charge of them.

You'll do well.

Tsuya-san...

Sugi-sama...

Don't worry.

Hachiro most certainly escaped.

But...

Squads are looking for the survivors.

I heard all the wounded men

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