1. Ancient feudal Japan,
a land shrouded in mystery,
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2. forbidden to foreigners.
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3. A group of magical islands
home to witches and demons.
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4. A nation of rival provinces
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5. whose lords were ruled by a
shogun whose will is absolute.
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6. Peace in the realm is
kept by the samurai,
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7. master swordsmen
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8. tasked with
protecting their lord
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9. and their province
at all costs.
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10. Should a samurai ever
lose or fail his master,
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11. he suffers the greatest shame
in all Japanese society.
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12. He becomes a Ronin.
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13. And yet, to know
the story of the 47 Ronin,
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14. is to know
the story of all Japan.
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15. It began with a boy.
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16. No one knew where he came from
or how he found his way to Ako.
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17. Some said he was a changeling,
no better than a beast.
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18. Many believed
he'd been raised by the Tengu,
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19. the demons of the forest
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20. who had taught him
their dark powers
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21. and trained him in their
lethal arts of killing.
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22. The evil he had fled
had left its mark upon him.
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23. Oishi!
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24. My Lord, it is a demon.
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25. He's a child,
just like you.
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26. Help me pick him up,
Oishi.
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27. Lord Asano,
of the province Ako,
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28. saved him that day,
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29. seeing something in the boy
that Oishi did not.
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30. Lord Asano's daughter,
Mika, saw it too.
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31. Mika's father allowed the boy
to live amongst them,
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32. against
the advice of his samurai.
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33. Look.
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34. What do you see?
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35. A branch?
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36. No.
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37. It's a deer.
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38. Oh.
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39. It took this path.
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40. You keep it, Kai.
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41. The samurai
believed his presence
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42. would bring misfortune
to their land.
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43. Mika only saw a gentle boy.
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44. Although he lived
as an outcast,
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45. Kai was determined
to repay the love
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46. he received from
Mika and her father,
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47. whatever the cost.
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48. Kai.
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49. Well?
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50. There is something
wrong with the creature.
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51. It's up there on the rise, but
it will come down again to hunt.
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52. It would be safer to set a
trap and wait for it here.
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53. It's up on the rise,
Lord Asano.
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54. My Lord.
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55. Kill it!
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56. I would rather have been killed by
that beast than saved by a half-breed.
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57. Yasuno!
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58. Ako owes you
a great debt, Yasuno.
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59. We can finally welcome
the Shogun without fear.
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60. For Ako!
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61. For Ako!
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62. Well done.
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63. Get out.
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64. Get out!
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65. Does Lord Asano live?
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66. Yes.
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67. Mmm.
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68. Hosting
the Shogun's tournament
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69. is a great honour
for my father.
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70. Everything must
be perfect.
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71. My Lady, Mika.
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72. Lord Asano and the hunting
party have returned.
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73. They killed the beast.
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74. Father!
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75. I was worried.
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76. The hunt took
longer than we hoped.
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77. Yasuno showed great courage.
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78. Is anyone badly hurt?
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79. Who are you looking for?
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80. Is everything prepared for
the Shogun's arrival?
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81. Yes, Father.
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82. I want all of Ako
to share in this honour
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83. of hosting
our great commander.
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84. I have made
special arrangements
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85. for the visiting lords,
as well.
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86. I've ordered stands
put up all along the route.
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87. Your mother would
have been proud.
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88. I was worried.
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89. You always worry.
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90. He so wants
your approval.
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91. Chikara has been training
every chance he gets.
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92. My Lady,
Kai has returned.
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93. They told me you were hurt.
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94. It's nothing, My Lady.
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95. Your back.
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96. Sit down.
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97. Someone should have
seen to this before.
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98. Thank you.
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99. I saw the shame in Yasuno's eyes
when they were praising him.
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100. Even when you try to help
them, they hate you.
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101. Your father's samurai have always
treated me as well as can be expected.
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102. And is that all you expect?
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103. It's all I know.
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104. It doesn't have to be, Kai.
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105. This is no place
for you, My Lady.
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106. Are you sending me away?
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107. Look at me and tell me
you don't love me.
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108. I will always
love you.
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109. But you have your place
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110. and I have mine.
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111. Asano Takumi no Kami,
ruler of Ako.
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112. His Highness,
Shogun Tokugawa,
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113. lord of provinces
and master of all Japan
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114. thanks you
for your welcome.
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115. Lord Asano,
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116. my friend.
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117. Ako is magnificent,
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118. as always.
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119. We anticipate with pleasure
tomorrow's tournament.
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120. Great Shogun
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi...
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121. and hope the entertainment
we have prepared
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122. meets your august approval.
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123. Father.
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124. What are you doing
in my home?
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125. Last week at the hunt
I saw a fox.
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126. I didn't realize at the time
that it was a witch.
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127. A witch?
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128. I believe I saw the same
creature again tonight.
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129. She was in human form
among the nobles' concubines.
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130. My Lord.
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131. They say only demons
have the power
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132. to see past
a witch's disguise.
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133. Are you a demon?
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134. No.
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135. Then I suggest you are simply
bewitched by a beautiful girl.
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136. Lord Asano, may we present
Lord Kira Yoshinaka,
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137. master of Nagato,
from the northern provinces.
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138. Ako is as beautiful as I
remember, Lord Asano.
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139. We are honoured
by your visit, Lord Kira.
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140. I look forward
to the tournament.
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141. I had no idea your concubine
was so lovely, Lord Asano.
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142. She's my daughter.
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143. Oh.
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144. Forgive me, My Lady.
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145. May I ask that your daughter
sit with us?
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146. I should like to make up
for my rudeness.
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147. Father, who is that?
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148. My fighter.
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149. I'm sure your father's champion
will be an even contest.
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150. Yasuno.
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151. Yasuno. Yasuno!
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152. Yasuno!
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153. What's wrong with him?
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154. Witchcraft.
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155. Get your father.
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156. There is no time.
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157. If we have no fighter,
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158. Ako will be disgraced.
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159. Only a samurai can fight.
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160. Enough.
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161. Your fighter?
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162. Champions,
prepare for combat!
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163. Bring them steel!
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164. Stop!
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165. You are not a samurai.
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166. Kill it.
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167. No!
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168. No!
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169. Forgive me, My Lord.
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170. The fault is mine.
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171. Strip him of his armour.
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172. Beat him.
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173. Stop!
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174. I'm sorry.
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175. My Lord!
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176. Not now!
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177. Father, please!
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178. Lord Asano's mind
is unsettled.
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179. It is time to take Ako.
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180. It is what you hoped for, it
is what we have planned for.
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181. What are you
afraid of, My Lord?
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182. Show me your courage.
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183. Give me your heart.
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184. After this,
there is no turning back.
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185. You are bound to me,
and I to you.
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186. Rivers of blood
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187. and mountains of corpses
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188. will not stand in our way.
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189. Nor the tears of widows.
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190. Find your envy and hatred.
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191. And I will give you
all you desire.
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192. Father.
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193. Father!
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194. Father!
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195. Mika.
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196. Father!
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197. Mika.
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198. Father!
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199. Father!
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200. Help!
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201. What is this?
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202. Stand back!
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203. My Lord!
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204. Please!
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205. Father!
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206. Everyone,
go back to your posts!
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207. The law is clear.
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208. You have struck an unarmed guest
and have shamed your home.
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209. The penalty is death.
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210. Because of your rank and the
service you have done Ako,
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211. I will allow you to regain your
honour and the honour of your house
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212. through seppuku,
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213. death by your own hand,
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214. so that you may show courage
and dignity in death
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215. as you once showed in life.
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216. The Shogun could have had
me hanged like a criminal.
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217. Instead, he has allowed me
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218. to take my life with honour.
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219. You were bewitched, My Lord.
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220. Your mind was poisoned.
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221. If I accept my fate,
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222. no one will question
the honour of our people
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223. or punish them for my crime.
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224. Promise me
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225. you will protect Mika and Ako
from our enemies.
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226. My Lord.
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227. I am ready, Oishi.
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228. And when I die,
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229. I would be honoured
if you would act as my second,
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230. my friend.
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231. Father!
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232. Don't let them see you cry.
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233. No.
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234. We must have revenge.
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235. Whatever the cost,
it is our duty.
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236. My Lord,
what will you have us do?
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237. If we fight now, we die.
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238. And not just us.
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239. Every farmer and villager
in Ako will be killed.
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240. We have to
think of them first.
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241. Poison, My Lady.
It will end your pain.
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242. We have not lost Ako yet.
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243. Your Highness.
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244. Lady Asano,
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245. I am sorry for
your father's death.
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246. He accepted it with dignity.
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247. Your Highness,
as my father's only child,
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248. I ask that I may look after his
lands until such time as I marry.
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249. I have already
considered this, My Lady.
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250. So that there will be no feud
between your clans,
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251. I decree that from this day,
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252. they will be one.
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253. Sealed by the marriage bond
between you and Lord Kira.
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254. You are granted
one year to mourn.
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255. But you will remain a guest of
Lord Kira's until you are married.
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256. Oishi.
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257. You are now Ronin.
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258. Masterless samurai.
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259. I forbid you to seek vengeance
for Lord Asano's death.
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260. Lord Kira,
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261. I leave Ako with you.
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262. From this moment on, you are
banished from these lands.
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263. Those who remain
will be hunted down
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264. and executed.
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265. You will never see him again, My Lady.
Take a last look.
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266. I don't trust Oishi.
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267. He no longer has
the protection of his rank.
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268. Throw him in the pit.
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269. Break his will.
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270. Father!
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271. Father.
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272. Get away!
Get away from me.
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273. Chikara,
help him up.
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274. Where are my men?
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275. They have all left Ako.
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276. And Lady Asano?
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277. Her time of mourning
is almost over.
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278. Lord Kira took her
to his castle
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279. to begin preparing
for their wedding.
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280. Chikara,
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281. what of the half-breed?
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282. Kira's men took him to the Dutch
island and sold him into slavery.
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283. We need three horses.
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284. Now.
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285. Riku.
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286. You must make the whole world
believe you've divorced me.
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287. It is the only way to protect
you from what I have to do.
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288. No one but you and I
can know that you are,
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289. and will always be,
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290. the joy of my life.
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291. I am the wife of a samurai.
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292. Whatever your duty is,
it is mine too.
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293. Show them this
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294. and tell them to meet me
at the black lake in a week.
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295. Remember,
the enemy will be watching.
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296. Hey, stranger.
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297. What's your business here?
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298. I'm looking
for a half-breed.
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299. Good luck, samurai!
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300. Half-breed!
Half-breed! Half-breed!
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301. Kai!
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302. It's Oishi.
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303. Kai!
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304. It's me!
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305. Kai! Lady Asano.
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306. Mika.
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307. She needs your help.
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308. Half-breed!
Half-breed! Half-breed!
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309. Kai!
Soon Kira will marry Mika.
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310. We must stop him!
Are you with me?
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311. Now!
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312. Lady Asano is to be
married in a week.
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313. What do you care?
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314. When Kira took her away,
you were on your knees.
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315. We would have all been killed.
You too.
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316. What use are you to her dead?
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317. What use am I to you?
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318. Either follow me
or go back to what you were.
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319. Don't turn your
back on me, Ronin.
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320. Follow you for what?
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321. Kira has 1,000 men
under his command.
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322. He's also protected
by witchcraft.
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323. When I told you that,
you turned me away.
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324. I was wrong.
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325. I failed my lord.
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326. I don't know who
or what you are,
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327. but I need your help.
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328. Clothes.
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329. I'll come with you,
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330. but if you ever kneel before
Kira again, I'll take your head.
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331. Where did you learn
to fight like that?
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332. From demons.
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333. My Lord, forgive me.
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334. The half-breed has escaped
from the Dutch island.
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335. They say a samurai helped him.
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336. Oishi.
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337. Find Oishi.
I need him dead.
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338. Yasuno, it's Oishi!
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339. He's back!
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340. Everyone, Oishi's back!
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341. Oishi's back!
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342. Father.
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343. Well done, Chikara.
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344. Today we may be Ronin,
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345. but now the time has come.
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346. What I propose ends in death.
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347. Even if we succeed,
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348. we will be hanged as criminals
for defying the Shogun's orders.
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349. I take a vow before you
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350. that I will not rest
until justice is done,
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351. will not sleep until
our master lies in peace,
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352. and will not pray
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353. unless it is to ask
the heavens' forgiveness
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354. for sending Kira to hell!
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355. There are only two ways in.
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356. The main gate here
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357. and this point
beneath the west wall.
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358. Both are heavily guarded.
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359. Our best chance is to strike when Kira
leaves the safety of his fortress.
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360. He will travel to his ancestors'
shrine to offer prayers.
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361. We don't know yet
when he will make the journey.
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362. Isogai, you ride ahead
to his temple town
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363. and see what you can find out.
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364. Remember, even near holy sites
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365. there are brothels and plenty of
loose-tongued officials who visit them.
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366. Even if we know the route, we
will need more men for an ambush.
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367. Then we'll get them.
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368. You and Chuzaemon and Okuda
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369. will gather as many of our
former samurai as you can
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370. and meet us here at a farmhouse
Horibe has found for us.
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371. Forgive me, sir, but how can we
succeed without good swords?
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372. Take mine.
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373. When we meet again, I'll
have more waiting for you.
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374. The rest of us
will go to Uetsu.
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375. The finest swordmakers
in the land work there.
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376. Why is the half-breed here?
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377. I asked him to come.
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378. We can't take him with us.
He's not a samurai.
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379. None of us are
samurai anymore.
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380. Who are you?
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381. We are farmers
from Shimobe, sir.
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382. We have come to buy tools.
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383. This is Lord Kira's
village now.
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384. These are not farmer's hands.
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385. Take the swords,
whatever you can salvage.
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386. We'll need more.
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387. Help him.
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388. Eat, My Lady.
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389. You think I care
if you starve?
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390. Soon my lord will be
ruler of all Japan
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391. and you can take your life
like your father did.
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392. You killed my father.
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393. Weren't you the one
who broke his heart?
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394. You betrayed him
with your lust.
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395. We can go to Hida.
They will give us weapons.
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396. You will find
nothing in Hida.
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397. Kira's men will have taken
over this entire region.
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398. There is another way.
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399. You will find swords
in the Sea of Trees.
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400. The Tengu Forest.
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401. That is just a myth.
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402. I've seen them.
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403. How do you know
about the Tengu Forest?
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404. I was raised there
before I fled to Ako.
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405. Those scars on your head.
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406. Are they
the ones who marked you?
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407. Yes.
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408. And taught you to fight?
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409. To kill.
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410. They have many
strange and magical ways
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411. to protect themselves
and their beliefs.
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412. They wanted to show me that this
life has nothing to offer but death.
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413. They wanted me to be like them
and renounce the world.
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414. I vowed never to use the
magical powers they taught me.
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415. Although I was still a child, I
knew my place was among other men.
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416. And do you think that these
Tengu would give us weapons?
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417. They will test our will.
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418. My wife just
won't stop nagging me.
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419. She wants me to find her the best
view of Lord Kira's procession.
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420. Procession?
What procession?
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421. Nobody knows when Kira
will leave his fortress,
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422. not even his own guards.
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423. He will hurry back
before anyone is awake.
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424. What is your name?
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425. Yuki.
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426. Where do you come from, Yuki?
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427. You've come back.
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428. Are we lost?
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429. No. They know we're here.
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430. What is that noise?
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431. Ghosts.
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432. Spirits of the old and infirm
who are left here to die.
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433. Unwanted children, too.
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434. Only you.
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435. I'm coming with you.
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436. No.
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437. Do as he says.
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438. Stay here.
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439. Whatever happens in there,
whatever you see,
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440. don't draw your weapon.
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441. Wait here.
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442. How do we know the half-breed
hasn't led him into a trap?
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443. Oishi trusts him.
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444. Of course, he has no choice.
We need weapons.
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445. If he doesn't come back soon,
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446. I'm going after him.
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447. So the terrified boy
returns as a man.
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448. I have come for your help.
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449. We are in need of swords.
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450. Then take it.
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451. These swords were forged to defend
us against the hatred of men.
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452. Men who persecuted us
for our beliefs.
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453. The same men who despise you
for being different.
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454. And now you're
here to help them.
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455. They are good men.
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456. Their cause is just.
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457. Many come for our steel,
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458. but none return.
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459. You told him not
to draw his sword.
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460. If he does,
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461. he and all his men will die.
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462. Was it worth it? What you
found in the outside world?
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463. The love of a woman
you can never have?
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464. Yes.
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465. Let me tell you of love, Kai.
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466. The love of one night
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467. that brought you
into this world.
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468. An English sailor
and a peasant girl.
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469. Your loving mother abandoned
you to die in these woods.
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470. A monster, a half-breed child.
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471. Yet we found you,
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472. accepted you, trained you.
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473. We taught you many things.
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474. But you fled
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475. and you turned your back
on those gifts.
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476. Gifts of death.
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477. No matter what you do,
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478. Mika will never be
yours in this life.
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479. Then I will go to my death and
pray I find her in the next.
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480. Sir?
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481. What are you doing here?
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482. I told you to stay.
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483. No! Yasuno!
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484. Draw your sword.
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485. Save them.
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486. Draw your sword.
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487. Save them.
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488. Draw your sword.
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489. Save your men!
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490. No more talk.
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491. Will you give me what I ask?
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492. Take the blade, Kai.
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493. If you can reach it before me.
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494. Save your men. Help them.
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495. Draw your sword, Oishi.
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496. Save them.
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497. Chikara!
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498. A gift not forgotten.
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499. You passed their test.
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500. Your men are safe.
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501. You've got your swords.
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502. What's so special
about these swords?
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503. What do they do?
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504. It depends.
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505. On what?
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506. Who uses them.
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507. What about a tall, strong,
brave man like me?
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508. They cut.
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509. I think mine is broken.
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510. Your sword.
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511. You keep it, Hazama.
I told you we'd bring others.
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512. I have the information
you requested.
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513. Lord Kira leaves for
his ancestors' shrine tonight.
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514. Well done.
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515. Come, Isogai. Gather the men.
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516. Father.
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517. I want to go with you.
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518. No.
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519. Horibe, stay with him.
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520. I ride to my ancestors' shrine
to offer thanks for our wedding.
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521. Is there anything you
wish me to pray for?
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522. My Lord will not
like my answer.
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523. You may look down
on me, My Lady,
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524. but our children and their
children will be of one blood.
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525. Take care, Hazama.
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526. Sorry.
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527. It's a trap! Go! Go!
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528. Get back!
Get back!
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529. Get out!
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530. Yasuno!
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531. Yasuno!
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532. Oishi, help me!
It's Basho.
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533. Hazama!
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534. No!
Oishi!
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535. It belonged to Oishi, My Lord.
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536. Your half-breed is dead.
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537. So are dozens of
your father's men.
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538. All killed
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539. trying to save you.
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540. Perhaps now you understand
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541. the price of your love.
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542. I promised my lord
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543. I would not harm
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544. a hair on your head.
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545. But what you do to yourself
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546. is not my concern.
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547. Good night.
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548. Kai.
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549. I have a confession to make.
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550. When I was a boy,
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551. I used to wait in the woods
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552. and when you came out,
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553. I'd throw stones at you,
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554. then hide.
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555. I knew it was you.
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556. I could see your belly sticking
out from behind the trees.
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557. I'm sorry, Kai.
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558. You're a good man.
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559. I should have acted
the day Lord Asano died.
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560. Our anger should have been
sudden and swift.
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561. Then even if we'd failed,
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562. it would have been with honour.
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563. You are samurai.
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564. We still have swords
and the advantage of surprise.
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565. Kira thinks we're ghosts.
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566. We can use that,
turn it to our advantage.
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567. He'll never expect us.
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568. We can still do
what we came for.
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569. Eat.
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570. - Your arm?
- Fine.
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571. Go get your father.
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572. Stay where you are!
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573. What is this?
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574. We are not some village troupe
to be held up by bandits.
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575. Lord Kira himself has hired us
to perform at his wedding.
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576. I have the letters
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577. There is no need.
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578. We saw you perform in Ako.
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579. You are Lord Asano's men.
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580. We need your help.
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581. Kai.
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582. Forgive me for not thanking
you for defeating the beast
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583. and saving my life.
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584. A samurai does not take credit
for victories of others.
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585. This belonged to Basho.
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586. A samurai wears two swords.
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587. When a crime
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588. the world is unbalanced.
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589. When a wrong is unavenged,
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590. the heavens look
down on us in shame.
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591. We too must die for this circle
of vengeance to be closed.
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592. We will leave
this record of our courage
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593. so the world will know who
we were and what we did.
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594. Tonight we will
regain our honour
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595. and avenge our lord.
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596. None of us knows
how long he shall live
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597. or when his time will come.
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598. But soon all that will
be left of our brief lives
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599. is the pride our children feel
when they speak our names.
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600. Kai.
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601. We end this now.
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602. Now
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603. we are 47.
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604. What do you see?
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605. The omens are good.
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606. Soon you will travel far.
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607. In every town and village,
people shall bow before you.
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608. Halt!
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609. Let them through.
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610. Five minutes!
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611. Lord Kira,
we are proud to present to you
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612. our performance
as a gift for your wedding.
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613. Don't hurt
the princess!
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614. Kai!
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615. Get them!
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616. Stay there!
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617. I knew you'd come for me.
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618. Nothing will ever
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619. Nothing, half-breed?
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620. Even death?
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621. I know what you are.
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622. You have no idea.
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623. I'm not afraid of you.
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624. You should be.
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625. Come on.
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626. Know now the depth
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627. In the name of
Lord Asano of Ako!
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628. For Lord Asano!
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629. Chikara.
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630. Rest now, My Lord.
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631. You are avenged.
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632. Oishi,
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633. I gave you a command forbidding
you to take revenge.
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634. Forgive me, Your Highness,
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635. but a man may not live
under the same heaven
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636. as the murderer of his lord.
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637. All I ask is
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638. They are brave, My Lord.
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639. The bravest I know.
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640. I beg you to let them die
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641. with the dignity they deserve.
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642. For the crime of disobedience,
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643. you should all be executed
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644. But you and your men
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645. followed the old ways
of Bushido
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646. to honour your lord
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647. and to avenge treachery.
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648. I see only samurai before me.
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649. I grant you a samurai's death,
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650. to be buried
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651. with honour.
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652. Thank you, Your Highness.
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653. Lady Asano is like her father.
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654. She will make Ako great again.
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655. Yes.
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656. I know.
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657. My father told me
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658. this world was only
a preparation for the next,
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660. and being loved.
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661. I will search for you
through 1,000 worlds
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662. and 10,000 lifetimes
until I find you.
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663. I will wait for you
in all of them.
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664. Wait!
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665. Chikara,
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668. Oishi,
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669. I will not deny our country
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670. Your son shall live
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671. to serve Ako
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672. as you and your samurai
have done.
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673. I will search for you
through 1,000 worlds
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674. and 10,000 lifetimes
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675. until I find you.
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676. The memory
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