The Twilight Samurai Page #5

Thank you for everything

you've done for me

Please convey my regards

to my colleagues in Stores

I understand. And, uh...

...I'll take responsibility for

those you leave behind

I'll see they are looked after

That's a relief to hear

All the best to you

A strange noise made me

open my eyes

Looking for the sound, I saw

my father sharpening his sword

He looked so strange it was hard

to believe he was my father

I still remember clearly

how he looked that night

The Heart Sutra:

The bodhisattva clearly saw

the emptiness of the five states...

...thus relieving misfortune and pain

Form is only emptiness

emptiness only form...

we're going

Kayano!

The Master said:
A man cunning

of word and smiling of face...

...is rarely benevolent

Tseng Tzu said:
Each day...

Naota, do something for me

Yup

You know Miss Tomoe's house

in Nishikicho, don't you?

Yup

Go there, and speak to

Miss Tomoe

Now, this is important

You have to see

Miss Tomoe herself

And then say...

...'I'm really very sorry, but

could you come right away?

I'll explain why

when you get here.'

All right?

I'm really very sorry...

...but could you come

right away?

I'll explain why...

Uh, I'll explain why...

I'll explain why

when you get here

when you get here

That's fine. Hurry

Look where she laid her egg!

Could you come...

I'll explain why

when you get here

Whatever's the matter

at this hour?

I'm really very sorry...

...but could you come

right away?

when you get here... uh...

He'll explain why?

Squire Seibei sent you

to tell me that?

All right. I'll get ready

I didn't think you'd come

The clan has ordered me

to go and fight...

...another retainer

I'm going out under orders

so I must be properly dressed...

...and I can't do my hair alone

I'm in a bind

so I asked you to come

If you can spare the time

could you help me?

when do you have to go?

The hour of the snake

There's not much time

where's your kimono?

It's laid out over there

Naota, boil some water

who's coming for you?

A clan officer

Naota, will you wait

out by the gate?

Sit down. I'll comb your hair

May I ask why...

...you're going out to fight?

I can't refuse a clan order

Petty I may be

but I'm still a samurai

Bamboo baskets, hampers!

Bamboo baskets, hampers!

Your elder brother...

...asked if I would

take you as my wife

I refused

Did you know that?

Yes, I did

But...

But since that day...

...when I told him no...

...I've started thinking

about you

Now I think of it

ever since we were small...

...and I made dolls

to give you...

...I always dreamed one day

you'd come to me as my wife

That dream stayed with me

even after I got married...

...and you married Koda

It's never faded

I'm going out now

to fight to the death

I'm going to win

and return to this house

At that time, if I were

to ask you...

...to be my wife...

...would you accept?

A few days ago I had

a proposal...

...from a retainer in Aizu

I accepted.

I've been very rude

I should never have asked you

to come here

No

I'm happy that you asked me

I've been a fool

Please forget everything

I've said

Really? A retainer from Aizu...

That sounds like

Are they here?

Yup

well, I'll be going

Thank you very much

for everything

Um...

...I'm afraid I can't wait here

until you come back

I pray with all my heart...

...that luck is with you

and you come back safely

Naota, see Miss Tomoe home

when she goes

Take care of the kids

Mrs Iguchi...

...how are you today?

Fine, thank you

Of which household

would you be the daughter?

Me?

I am...

...Squire Seibei's

childhood friend...

...Tomoe

Sir...

Squire Iguchi?

Zenemon Yogo has closed himself in

with the shutters down

That is Genba Hattori

Master of Foot

we should remove

his corpse...

...but no one can get in

Take care

Zenemon Yogo is no longer human

He is a beast!

Leave to enter!

Sir Twilight...

So they sent you?

Zenemon Yogo... by order of

the clan, I come for your life

Draw your sword, please

Have a drink?

I know you're all keyed up

but I'm going to run

Run?

Yep

I want you let me get away

If you please

I didn't expect that from the clan's

best one-sword man

My orders are to kill you

I can't let you escape

Don't be so impatient

You can kill me any time

I'd like to talk to you

Have a seat

It's a nice day

Sit down

what's going on?

They're talking

Even if you escaped

where would you go?

Over that mountain and I'm out

of the clan's domain

There are masterless samurai

everywhere

I can lose myself in them

go to Kyoto, to Edo...

If I do that for a few years...

...the world will have changed

The samurai's day is done

This isn't the time

for that talk

Pick up your sword, please

I am under orders

from the clan to...

Like hell!

You're the clan's errand boy

out to claim a reward

Have a drink

I was an errand boy, too

I served Lord Shigemasa Toki

Twelve years ago he was ordered

to commit suicide...

...after a power struggle

within his clan

Then I wandered for seven years

with my wife and daughter...

...in search of a new situation

Seven?

with no income?

Of course not

I did manual labor and helped

peasants plant and harvest...

...to get a little rice

Or we'd slink into a temple

and beg alms there sometimes

Three years ago the Unasaka clan

made me an official retainer...

...but by then hardship

had killed my wife

I'm good with a sword

but I'm hard to get along with...

...and I can't hold my liquor

But this time I promised myself

it'd be different

I would do my duty

as a true Unasaka retainer

I worked hard to do that

My superior was

Lord Shima Hasegawa

He liked me, and did

all he could for me

To me...

...the tasks he assigned were

the tasks of the clan

His orders were the clan's orders

and I carried them out faithfully

what was wrong with that

Twilight?

why do I have to

cut open my stomach?

I haven't come here

to answer...

...that kind of question

I heard your wife died

of consumption. Is that true?

I'm surprised you know that

And her fever went up

as night came on?

Yes

Consumption is a hard disease

And it's catching

My daughter died of consumption

caught from her mother

You're not the only one

who's suffered

How old was your daughter?

Sixteen

when she should have been

a bud swelling into bloom...

...she died...

...nothing but skin and bones

A sad, sad sight

I'm very sorry to hear that

Her ashes

She was a pretty girl

with pale skin

I guess Lord Hasegawa

took pity on me

He gave me money for a funeral

well above my station

If only for that...

...I'm very much in

Lord Hasegawa's debt

what's your stipend?

A sick wife, and children

all on 50 koku?

That must be hard

Doctor and medicine alone cost

a ryo and 2 bu a month

Piece work wouldn't cover that

I borrowed from relatives

but it still wasn't enough

Sometimes we didn't even have

tomorrow's rice left

I know how bad it feels to see

the bottom of your rice chest

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