The Twilight Samurai Page #3

in front of the whole castle!

I demand satisfaction!

Squire Koda!

My sword!

Stop this, will you?!

Tomoe...

where've you been

till this hour of the night?

where I go is no one's business

but mine

And I'll say this, too

I am not your wife now

It's 'Miss Tomoe' to you

Tomoe! Get inside!

Perhaps that's enough?

who are you?!

I am Seibei Iguchi

friend to Iinuma

Perhaps I could accept

your challenge in his name?

But here we are in the town

And you are drunk

Let's settle this another time

when the alcohol has worn off

If you've put yourself forward

this way...

...you must know how to fight

I make no such claim

Fine. we fight tomorrow

Tomorrow?

By the river behind Hannyaji

Temple, at the 8th hour?

Done

Behind Hannyaji, 8th hour

See you

Seibei, he's serious!

Are you?

I had no choice

He's good with a sword

It'll work out

I'll say good night

Don't tell Tomoe about this

wait!

what if you kill him?

The Clan forbids dueling

I'll think of something

Good night

Naota...

we're going

Ito!

Yu Tzu said:
Harmony is the

greatest beneficence of the rites

Good morning

Sit down!

I'm leaving

This is no good. I'm slow

You think you can take me?

Damn right!

Then get ready

He's afraid!

Hold it!

I said last night

I'd take your place!

I should do this

You're no match for him

Go over there and watch

I'm sorry I'm late, Squire Koda

I will be your opponent

what's that stick?

My school of swordfighting

uses this for practice

Do you mock me?

Draw your sword!

A sword might kill

This stick will not

It will break bones at worst

I won't take this from a samurai

of your rank! I'll cut you down!

watch for the draw-and-slash!

You can still apologize

The apology is yours to make

with a real sword, you'd be dead

Do you apologize?

Or do you continue?

Splash some water on him

That'll bring him to

Come on, Iinuma

You're all right?

Don't tell Miss Tomoe

about this

Or anyone else, either

Those men will talk

No. A whipped dog

doesn't bark

Is that soy sauce? Over here

Excuse me for interrupting. I am

Zenemon Yogo, Master of the watch

I know that

Are you the 'Twilight Seibei'

who thrashed Toyotaro Koda...

...and left him with

a great big lump on his head?

I didn't really 'thrash' him

He asked for a match, and my

sword caught him on the head

Koda is a drinking companion

of mine

The other day...

...he came crying to me, asking

if I would take revenge for him

That's the kind of man he is

But it seems you can fight

what school are you?

Many years ago I trained

under Toda-Sensei

So you're a disciple

of Jinsai Toda?

I merely attended his dojo

Perhaps we could

try a match one day

I'd be no match for you

I'm afraid. If you'll excuse me...

I wish I wasn't getting old

I can't read once the sun sets

First your teeth go

then it's your eyes

And how's number three?

That went long ago!

That's it for today, everyone

I'll be going

Excuse me

Sir Twilight's gone?

Didn't you hear?

The other day 'Sir Twilight' fought

the son of Captain Koda

A fight? And what happened?

wood against steel

Sir Twilight went bang!

Knocked him senseless

He did?

I always thought he was strange

I never thought

he was a fighter, though

Maybe we shouldn't

be calling him 'Sir Twilight'

You think he knows?

Sure he does

Fumi! It's raining!

It's raining!

Is the laundry in?

Yes!

welcome home

Miss Tomoe was here

She left you this letter

She's got even nicer writing

than the schoolmaster

Let me!

No!

I have finally learned what happened

from my elder brother

I must apologize

for all the trouble...

...I have caused you

I am, however, delighted

I very much want to see you

and thank you in person

Today I intruded upon you and

with your daughters...

...cleaned your house

and did your laundry

Please do not scold your daughters

for allowing me in

I would like in the future

to be of what use I can.

written in haste

To:
Seibei Iguchi, Esq.

From:
Tomoe

Tomoe started coming

every second day or so

The two of us looked forward

to coming home from school

we're back!

Hello!

You know what the teacher

did today? He farted out loud!

She cleaned with us

did laundry with us...

...and taught us to cook

On rainy days we'd practice

calligraphy and sewing

And she'd tell us all kinds

of stories, the like of which...

...we'd never heard before

Finished

Bring this line over

Finished!

That's good, Ito!

Hey! Stop it!

Ito! write on

your own paper, all right?

No!

Don't you look nice!

How much fun it was to go off

to a festival in kimonos...

...she had made us

Shoo! Go away!

Samurai then were strictly

forbidden to attend the festivals...

...of the peasants

and townsfolk...

...but Tomoe cared not a whit

I remember well what

she said:

It was because of the peasants

that we lived as samurai

why are you catching them all?

we're using the same bait!

You're trying too hard

The fish sense it

Your shoulders are too stiff

It's like swordfighting

Aw, stop lecturing!

Show me your rod

This hook's too big!

Seibei...

...I want to talk to you

It's about Tomoe

She's had a few proposals

She's beautiful and talented

There's not many like her in our clan

Any good ones?

She won't say yes

and I can't pressure her

I asked her, half in jest

if she'd like to marry you

You what?!

we may be old friends

but that isn't funny!

She didn't take it as a joke

She said she wouldn't mind...

...and turned all red

That's enough!

You're both making fun of me!

You dolt!

She was serious

Stop it

Listen...

...I've already put her through hell

marrying her to Koda

If it's all right with you

I'd like to make that up to her

It's a bit sudden...

I don't need an answer now

but I will within two or three days

I might have to go to Edo

You've been really busy lately

what's going on?

You probably haven't heard

A month ago...

...His Lordship's dead

He is?

why have they kept that

from us?

They're not agreed on

who's going to succeed him

The Castle warden, Lord Hori

has asked the Shogun...

...for permission to adopt

His Lordship's third boy, Tadaatsu...

...and seize control himself

If that happens the clan will split

and blood will wash away blood

I might not come through this

unscathed myself

So if you could give me an answer

before I leave for Edo

All right

I'll answer you

I'm very grateful to Tomoe for

all she's done for my daughters...

...all the cooking and sewing

and everything else

It's like a dream come true

However...

...having her come to my house

as my wife is something else again

She's a daughter of the Iinumas

a 400-koku family

She doesn't know what life is like

for a 50-koku petty samurai

Are you sure you're not

under-estimating her?

She's very much her own woman

It'd be fine at the start

But when it sunk in that 50-koku

would be her life forever...

...she'd be sorry

My late wife was

Hers was a 150-koku family

She never got used to

the fall in status

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