1. Good morning.
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2. Good morning, Mr. Mishima.
Would you like breakfast now?
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3. Not today.
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4. What about the children?
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5. Your wife's already
taken them to school.
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6. TO SHINCHOSHA PUBLISHING CO.
NOVEMBER 25, 1970
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7. ls everything as planned?
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8. Read these in the car.
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9. I'll be right out.
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10. Did you get my letter?
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11. Don't worry.
You'll find our little drama newsworthy.
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12. And bring a photographer.
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13. Close the curtain!
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14. It's almost time
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15. for him to visit his mother.
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16. No! I need him to rub my legs.
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17. Tell her I'm too sick this week.
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18. Next week.
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19. You would have died
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20. in your mother's care.
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21. A delicate plant like you...
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22. must not go outdoors.
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23. If you want her so much, just go!
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24. Leave me forever!
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25. Be a good boy and rub my legs.
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26. That's wonderful.
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27. Only you can make
Grandma feel better.
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28. - Watch it!
- Sorry.
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29. Don't apologize to these commoners.
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30. Can you believe these crowds?
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31. When I was a girl,
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32. people still had a modicum of manners.
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33. Eat your lunch.
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34. Look. All this riff-raff.
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35. You're just a fragile plant.
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36. The theater is very stimulating.
You're old enough to go now.
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37. It would have been too much
for you before.
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38. I don't know what would have happened
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39. if you'd been allowed to go before.
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40. Look this way.
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41. Look up, sweet.
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42. All right, you cowards!
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43. Who's next?
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44. Who is this? The poet?
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45. Mr. Tough.
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46. I'm shaking.
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47. - You'll get killed!
- Mama's boy!
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48. I can't hear a word you're saying.
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49. Your name's Mizoguchi.
I know what you want.
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50. To be friends
because we're both cripples.
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51. Your stuttering and my frog feet.
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52. That's all right. I do too.
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53. You're still a virgin, right?
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54. Yeah, I thought so.
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55. No success with girls,
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56. and not enough guts
to go to a whore.
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57. If you're looking for another virgin,
you struck out with me.
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58. Stutter! Go ahead and stutter.
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59. Virgins are beautiful,
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60. but there's nothing beautiful about you.
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61. Guys like us
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62. are just like beautiful girls.
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63. We get sick
of always being stared at.
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64. It's like...
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65. a m-m-mirror...
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66. you can't b-b-break.
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67. You're so self-important.
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68. You make too big a deal
about your stuttering.
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69. I suppose you're a damn poet.
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70. G-G-Golden Pavilion.
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71. It's too beautiful.
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72. An acolyte.
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73. Even worse.
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74. Face the fact you'll never be loved.
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75. It's the same for everybody.
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76. You can trick girls
into loving your deformity
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77. instead of hating it.
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78. Come on. I'll show you.
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79. Damn!
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80. You did that on purpose!
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81. What can I do?
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82. You just going to walk away?
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83. Help me up.
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84. Is there a doctor nearby?
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85. My house is around the corner.
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86. Beautiful.
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87. Mm, really.
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88. Scenic beauty is hell, isn't it?
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89. Take that one up the path
and screw her.
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90. She wants it.
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91. B-b-but how?
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92. Make her pity your stutter.
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93. Make her worship it.
That's why we're here.
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94. Stutter!
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95. Maybe she'll fall in love
with a stutterer.
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96. Do you stutter?
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97. Well, are all the deformities
here today?
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98. Let's split up.
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99. We'll meet here again in two hours.
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100. D-d-do you want to go home?
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101. He's gone off
and made her feel she's a saint.
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102. That's his usual trick.
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103. H-h-how do you know?
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104. Oh, come on.
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105. How do you think?
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106. What are you doing?
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107. What's wrong?
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108. Just as I thought.
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109. It seems you haven't
been going to school.
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110. Have you been ill?
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111. Master...
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112. That's no way
for a Zen acolyte to behave.
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113. Master...
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114. Nothing's that unbearable.
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115. You'll get over it.
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116. No. Everything...
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117. is p-p-powerless.
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118. What happened? She ran away?
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119. It was as s-s-small as this
but grew so big.
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120. It filled the world...
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121. like tremendous music.
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122. That's the p-p-power...
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123. of beauty's eternity.
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124. It poisons us.
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125. It blocks out...
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126. our lives.
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127. Please, enough of your pride!
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128. Beauty is like a rotten tooth.
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129. It rubs against your tongue, hurting,
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130. insisting on its own importance.
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131. Finally you go to a dentist
and have it pulled.
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132. Then you look
at the small bloody tooth in your hand
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133. and say, "Is that all it was?"
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134. That's the way it is.
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135. Only knowledge
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136. can turn life's unbearableness
into a weapon.
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137. Beauty...
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138. is now...
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139. my enemy.
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140. Life is b-b-bearable
only when I imagine...
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141. the G-Golden Pavilion...
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142. has been destroyed.
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143. The American b-b-bombers will come.
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144. Then...
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145. I'll be free.
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146. What are you doing?
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147. Nothing.
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148. I thought you were at Lit. Club.
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149. You kidding?
That mediocre bunch?
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150. You should try to make
more friends, sweet.
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151. It's not good to be alone so much.
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152. "This is no precocious genius.
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153. He is not a writer.
And never will be."
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154. What's this?
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155. That's a "respected" poet.
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156. He's talking about me.
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157. Don't show it to anyone else.
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158. They might agree.
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159. Cough.
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160. Enough.
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161. Do you sometimes cough blood?
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162. Yes, sir.
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163. How long have you had a fever?
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164. About six months, sir.
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165. "Unfit for military service."
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166. "Incipient tuberculosis."
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167. Get dressed and go home.
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168. Next.
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169. Did you hear? The war is over!
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170. B-b-but the American bombers?
Where are the bombers?
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171. The Golden Pavilion...
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172. who'll set it free?
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173. Did you steal this from the temple?
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174. Be careful.
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175. You acolytes are
my girls' best customers.
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176. I wonder why they didn't bomb Kyoto.
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177. That was your first time?
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178. I thought so.
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179. Don't worry. You did fine.
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180. Are you always so serious?
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181. Didn't you enjoy it?
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182. I hope you remember my name.
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183. In a day or two I'm going to be famous.
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184. What's so funny?
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185. You're such a terrible liar!
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186. And you keep such a straight face!
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187. It's no lie!
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188. I'll make headlines.
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189. You're too much.
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190. Good morning.
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191. It's a nice day.
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192. Good morning, sensei.
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193. You've read the letters?
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194. You three must not follow our example.
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195. But we're ready to -
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196. The letters are very clear.
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197. No matter what happens,
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does not commit seppuku.
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199. This is our day...
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200. not his.
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201. Sensei, we've talked it over.
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202. We want to die with you.
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203. Why must we be left behind?
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204. This is my final day.
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205. I've said good-bye to my parents,
my girlfriend, everyone.
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206. You...
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207. must stay alive.
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208. You must defend our actions in court.
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209. We want to be with you to the end.
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210. You refuse to obey orders?
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211. Morita and I are going to do our duty.
You must do yours.
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212. Understand?
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213. Don't worry.
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214. We'll meet again.
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215. Everyone ready?
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216. Let's go.
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217. The rehearsals look great.
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218. Easy for you to say.
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219. Why worry?
You're already the youngest writer...
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220. to publish his Collected Works.
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221. What good is it
if I'm not translated in the West?
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222. Sound of Waves was translated.
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223. One book.
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224. Four, five languages?
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225. Six.
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226. It's like a dream come true.
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227. But it feels like being confined
to a hospital bed.
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228. A luxurious hospital bed.
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229. Can't I just have the bed?
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230. Come, night! Come, Romeo!
Come, gentle night.
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231. Osamu?
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232. Who were you with last night?
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233. I don't remember.
Who'd you sleep with?
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234. What a thing to say to your mother.
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235. Besides...
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236. he was too drunk to walk.
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237. Nothing goes right for me anymore.
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238. You should see the loan on this place.
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239. I can't even buy lipstick.
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240. My back gets worse and worse.
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241. I could die and nobody would care.
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242. What's so funny?
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243. I love how you exaggerate
your misery,
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244. like some cheap movie poster.
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245. You even look the part -
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246. like the madam of a French brothel.
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247. How would you know?
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248. You've never left Tokyo.
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249. Besides, I'm not exaggerating.
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250. You're never here
when the loan sharks come.
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251. Do me a favour, please.
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252. Go see them.
I need six months more.
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253. It's getting so I can't sleep anymore.
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254. I'm busy.
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255. Doing what? Daydreaming?
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256. Like you.
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257. Theater?
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258. Wait.
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259. Got a role?
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260. What do you think?
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261. Would they look good in tights?
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262. I guess so.
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263. This nail polish sure chips easy.
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264. These damn legs.
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265. I pay too much attention to my face,
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266. but what about my body?
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267. If only I were more muscular...
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268. like a matador.
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269. Then my whole body could be my face.
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270. That's not very realistic.
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271. I'm going to take up bodybuilding.
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272. I mean it.
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273. Oh no, you don't.
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274. Then you'll have
more girls chasing you.
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275. Who were you with last night?
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Someone new?
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277. All right, muscle man.
You are a weakling!
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278. Cut it out.
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279. I'll be your mirror.
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280. This is your hair.
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281. This is your face.
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282. This is your breast.
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283. See? Isn't this better
than a mirror?
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284. What's this?
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285. You're so flabby.
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286. Ah, it's you.
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287. What happened?
Suddenly you just...
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288. Don't worry. It's nothing.
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289. Please tell me,
or I'll never calm down.
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290. I'm calling from nearby.
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291. I'll see you in 15 minutes.
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292. Tell me.
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293. I must know.
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a strong sense of aesthetics.
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295. When you look in the mirror,
you see beauty.
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296. I can't even look at myself.
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297. So don't make jokes like that again.
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298. Natsuo-chan!
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299. Osamu!
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300. Where have you been?
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301. I've become a bodybuilder.
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302. How about you? Still painting?
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303. Still at it.
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304. You mean Natsuo Yamagata?
Landscapes?
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305. I've seen some of them.
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to paint human bodies.
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308. Takei and I
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309. And what did you decide?
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310. I got interested because of the way
Michelangelo and Rodin
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311. treated the human body.
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312. The human body is the work of art.
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313. It doesn't need artists.
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314. Okay, let's say you're right.
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315. What good does
your sweating and grunting do?
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316. Even the most beautiful body
is soon destroyed by age.
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317. Where is beauty then?
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318. Only art makes human beauty endure.
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319. You must devise
an artist's scheme to preserve it.
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320. You must commit suicide
at the height of your beauty.
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321. What have you been doing?
You promised we'd go to the theater.
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322. You need money again?
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323. No, that's not it.
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324. Don't you notice anything new?
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325. Just this awful shirt.
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326. You call my taste gaudy.
Looks like blood.
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327. No, it's not that.
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328. I've put two inches on my chest.
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329. Bodybuilding.
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330. You? Why?
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331. Somebody even said
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332. my ass looked like that
of a foreign sailor.
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333. Here, feel my chest.
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334. I can hardly pinch it.
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335. Lady! Get us some lunch!
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336. We only serve snacks.
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337. Then go get some.
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338. Until you pay back your loan,
this dump belongs to my boss.
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339. Now move your ass.
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340. The check!
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341. Come in.
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342. I hope you accept my apology.
I'm sorry about yesterday.
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343. I fired that punk immediately.
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344. I've put up with your mother
long enough.
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345. She's very difficult.
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346. I'll soon take possession of her place.
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349. What do you mean?
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350. You're like me.
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351. My beautiful shadow.
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352. You're vain and bored.
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353. Full of yourself.
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354. You like to play childish games.
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355. You're an actor, aren't you?
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356. I feel that...
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wants a certain something.
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358. Don't pretend you love me.
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359. I've had too much of that.
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360. Mm, as for me,
I don't love women much.
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361. They make me feel
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363. All the better.
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364. What do you want?
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365. This is your mother's loan.
It comes to 11/2 million yen.
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366. Sign this.
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367. If you do,
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368. I'll cancel the loan.
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369. "I hereby certify that my life and body
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371. I want to buy you.
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372. It's just a little cut.
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373. Why?
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374. Your skin is so beautiful...
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376. It felt pleasant.
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377. A thought just occurred to me.
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378. "This is the woman
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379. I've finally found her."
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380. I don't need a mirror anymore.
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381. I feel clearly that I exist.
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382. In that case...
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384. Will you die with me?
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385. I'd watch you writhe in a pool of blood...
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386. until you stopped moving.
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387. Then I'd drink poison.
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388. Fine with me, but...
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389. no matter what happens,
don't kiss me...
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390. until I'm good and dead.
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391. Have you been to the gym?
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392. I don't need to go.
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393. You are in good shape.
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394. Look, those ladies are jealous.
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395. They don't think we're mother and son.
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396. Let 'em think what they want.
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397. Two, please.
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398. Two hundred yen, please.
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399. Thank you.
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400. It's such a relief not to worry
about money anymore.
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401. I'm finally able to sleep again.
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with her, are you?
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404. Not at all.
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405. In fact, I decided
to go all the way with her.
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407. Of course not.
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408. Isn't that a little extreme?
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409. On the other hand,
we've got to be nice to her.
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410. But don't go too far.
Just find a way to cancel the loan.
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411. Don't worry about money.
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412. I got a good part.
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415. It's a surprise.
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416. You've got the body of a matador.
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417. I can't even go to the gym.
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are even worse.
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the same boring discussions...
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423. They don't even know
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438. We're a little early.
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439. Swing around the loop.
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440. What if something goes wrong?
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441. Just stick to the plan.
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442. Has anything changed?
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through with it? Why?
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448. I was lucky enough to be chosen.
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of the tournament?
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452. I lost interest
in wooden swords, sensei.
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for a sword of steel?
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and your school?
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457. They can't win without you.
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who thinks only of himself.
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463. You wrote this?
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the leaders of capitalism.
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to the emperor.
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472. At sunrise, on a cliff,
paying reverence to the sun,
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we'll commit seppuku.
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to join us in death.
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Baron Shinkawa -
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the power station.
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495. Without me, it's too dangerous.
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502. Please swear you'll call it off.
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503. And destroy any reference to me.
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504. Do you swear?
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505. There'll be no airplane,
no explosives.
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506. The army has deserted us.
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507. The capitalists have bought them out.
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508. This meeting is useless.
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509. Do you understand?
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510. Go home.
Go back to your books.
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511. This is my final command.
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512. I want to be alone now. Go.
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513. What's wrong?
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514. Didn't you hear me? Go home.
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515. We have no plan.
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516. No hope. Nothing.
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517. We understand.
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518. Are you still willing to pay the price...
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519. for something
which may accomplish nothing?
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520. Yes!
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521. We vow to go forth to death
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522. to purge our nation of capitalist evils.
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523. We hereby vow to forge
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524. eternal friendship among ourselves.
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525. We hereby vow
to restore His Imperial Majesty.
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526. "We hereby vow to be
the foundation of imperial Japan."
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527. Now let's sign with our blood.
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528. This paper could be lost in the wind,
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529. but these vows
will be eternal in our hearts.
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530. It doesn't hurt.
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531. After the signatures,
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532. we'll drink a blood toast
to our new Shield Society.
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533. No one here has VD, I hope.
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534. You can't use the National Theater
for a private political party.
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535. This is a scandal.
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536. What's all this nonsense
about a private army?
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537. Up there I create
action in the sunshine.
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538. Here I create art in the dark.
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539. Isn't it perfect?
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540. Who'd have thought
you could still combine them?
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541. Byron did it. He had 300 men.
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542. Are you serious?
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543. The media can make you look
so ridiculous.
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544. You're our best writer.
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545. Haven't I always looked ridiculous?
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546. I walk on stage determined
to make the audience cry.
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547. Instead, they burst out laughing.
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548. Some people have called us
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549. toy soldiers.
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550. But our goal
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551. is to restore the noble tradition
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552. of the way of the samurai.
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553. I have always supported
the tradition of elegant beauty
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554. in Japanese literature.
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555. I cannot stop striving
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556. to unite these two great traditions.
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557. Now I would like to address
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558. our foreign guests in English.
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559. I hope my poor English
is not too hard
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560. on your ears.
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561. You're not only wrong,
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562. you're not even logical!
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563. Having got this far
out of sheer pride...
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564. I'm not going
to become logical now.
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565. That doesn't mean you've defeated me
with your lack of logic.
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566. I'd gladly join hands with you
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567. if you'd only call the emperor
by his rightful name.
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568. We all want to improve Japan.
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569. Are we so far apart?
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570. We're playing a serious game.
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571. We've both played the same cards.
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572. You're speaking nonsense!
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573. Think about it.
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574. But I have the joker.
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575. I have the emperor.
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576. We strike Friday night.
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577. This date can change anytime,
so always be ready.
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578. Are there any objections?
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579. Is it inconvenient for anyone?
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580. If we're going to die,
how can it be inconvenient?
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581. Okay, Friday night.
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582. Where are the maps
to Kurahara's house?
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583. Is that you?
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584. Sit down.
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585. Are you hungry?
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586. No.
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587. - I can have something brought.
- That's okay.
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588. - Did your group plan anything else?
- No.
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589. You're third degree in kendo, I hear.
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590. Too bad you got involved
in this business.
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591. Otherwise we might be having
a pleasant match.
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592. Are they having a match now?
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593. You're still too young and pure.
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594. You will learn
to tone down your feelings.
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595. If purity is toned down,
it's no longer purity.
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596. Total purity is not possible
in this world.
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597. Yes, it is...
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598. if you turn your life into a line of poetry
written with a splash of blood.
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599. Calm down.
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600. Dying isn't everything, you know.
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601. I admire your loyalty,
but the emperor also treasures our lives.
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602. I'm not attacking your beliefs.
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603. I'm just saying...
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604. take it easy.
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605. You don't think I'm serious.
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606. If my ideas aren't dangerous,
let me do my duty.
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607. If not, torture me like the others.
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608. Ah, such a debater.
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609. Torture me.
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610. There's no need to torture you.
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611. We torture those who won't talk.
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612. You want to talk.
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613. Kurahara!
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614. Who are you?
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615. The punishment you deserve!
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616. Cut!
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617. Is something wrong?
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618. How does it look?
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619. Fine.
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620. It's hard enough
directing and acting.
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621. It looks great. Honest.
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622. Very well.
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623. We need more shadow.
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624. This premieres in Paris -
you know how the French love shadows.
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625. Action!
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626. Why did you make your film
without dialogue?
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627. That's a surprise.
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628. You always say I use too much dialogue.
I was doing you a favour.
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629. Does your film
have any political message?
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630. No, none at all.
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631. Your favorite writer?
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632. - Thomas Mann.
- Your most unique habit?
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633. - Thomas Mann.
- Your most unique habit?
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634. Laughing for no reason.
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635. Laughing for no reason.
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636. Who would you like to be?
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637. Who would you like to be?
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638. Elvis Presley.
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639. Elvis Presley.
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640. Your favorite food?
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641. Your favorite food?
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642. Does this mean
you'll stop writing novels?
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643. Does this mean
you'll stop writing novels?
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644. I can't help you out on that.
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645. I can't help you out on that.
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646. I couldn't survive if I didn't continue
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647. I couldn't survive if I didn't continue
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648. writing one more line,
one more line, one more line...
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649. writing one more line,
one more line, one more line...
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650. one more line.
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651. one more line.
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652. And one more line.
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653. And one more line.
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654. Just follow the plan.
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655. Just follow the plan.
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656. But what if we can't?
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657. But what if we can't?
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658. Watch me.
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659. Watch me.
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660. If something goes wrong,
I'll give you a signal.
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661. If something goes wrong,
I'll give you a signal.
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662. Now is the time to be calm.
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663. Now is the time to be calm.
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664. Let's go.
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665. Let's go.
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666. We're here to see General Mashita.
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667. We're here to see General Mashita.
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668. You have an...?
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669. You have an...?
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670. 11:00 a.m.
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671. 11:00 a.m.
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672. Ah, Mishima-sensei!
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673. Ah, Mishima-sensei!
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674. Just a moment.
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675. Just a moment.
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676. Go ahead.
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677. Go ahead.
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678. Running in the early mist
with the members of the Shield Society,
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679. I felt something emerging
as slowly as my sweat:
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680. the ultimate verification of my existence.
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681. Our members were allowed to train
in the facilities of the regular army.
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682. I flew in a combat fighter.
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683. These privileges were granted us
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684. because of the symbolic
significance of our society.
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685. Even in its present
weakened condition,
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686. the army represented
the ancient code of the samurai.
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687. It was here,
on the stage of Japanese tradition,
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688. that I would conduct my action.
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689. Look at that!
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690. Look at that!
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691. At least he can eat
faster than this old man.
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692. At least he can eat
faster than this old man.
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693. All right: Eat!
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694. All right: Eat!
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695. Hup-two-three-four.
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696. Hup-two-three-four.
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697. Can't see Fuji at all.
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698. Can't see Fuji at all.
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699. Morita, what do you think?
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700. Morita, what do you think?
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701. Their hearts are pure.
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702. Their hearts are pure.
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703. Yes. Are they "strong" enough?
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704. Yes. Are they "strong" enough?
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705. Having come to my solution,
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706. I never wavered.
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707. Who knows what others
will make of this?
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708. There would be no more rehearsals.
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709. General Mashita is waiting for you.
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710. General Mashita is waiting for you.
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711. General, Mishima-sensei is here.
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712. General, Mishima-sensei is here.
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713. Yes, come right in.
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714. Yes, come right in.
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715. General, good to see you again.
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716. General, good to see you again.
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717. You too.
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718. You too.
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719. May I invite some members
of the Shield Society to join us?
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720. May I invite some members
of the Shield Society to join us?
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721. Certainly.
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722. Certainly.
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723. You don't mind?
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724. You don't mind?
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725. Come in.
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726. Come in.
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727. Please sit down.
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728. Please sit down.
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729. We've just finished a maneuver.
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730. We've just finished a maneuver.
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731. These four distinguished themselves.
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732. These four distinguished themselves.
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733. I see.
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734. I see.
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735. I wanted them
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736. I wanted them
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737. to have the honour of meeting you.
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738. to have the honour of meeting you.
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739. That's why we're in uniform.
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740. That's why we're in uniform.
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741. Please sit down.
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742. Please sit down.
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743. Your new uniforms
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744. Your new uniforms
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745. are very handsome.
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746. are very handsome.
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747. Really splendid.
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748. Really splendid.
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749. Who designed them? You?
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750. Who designed them? You?
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751. Yes - with some help
from De Gaulle's tailor.
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752. Yes - with some help
from De Gaulle's tailor.
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753. Is that real?
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754. Is that real?
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755. Yes.
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756. Yes.
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757. Is it all right
to carry it around like that?
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758. Is it all right
to carry it around like that?
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759. I have a permit.
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760. I have a permit.
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761. It's a certified antique,
made in 1620 by Seki-no-Magoroku.
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762. It's a certified antique,
made in 1620 by Seki-no-Magoroku.
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763. - Would you like to see it?
- By all means.
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764. - Would you like to see it?
- By all means.
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765. Magnificent.
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766. Magnificent.
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767. As I expected,
it has the wave pattern.
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768. As I expected,
it has the wave pattern.
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769. You must be an expert.
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770. You must be an expert.
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771. Wonderful.
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772. Wonderful.
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773. It's hard to see through the oil.
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774. It's hard to see through the oil.
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775. Polishing cloth.
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776. Polishing cloth.
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777. There's a cloth over here.
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778. There's a cloth over here.
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779. A true museum piece.
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780. A true museum piece.
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781. The cloth.
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782. The cloth.
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783. Stop joking around!
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784. Stop joking around!
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785. Be quiet and you won't be injured.
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786. Be quiet and you won't be injured.
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787. Barricade the doors. Quick!
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788. Barricade the doors. Quick!
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789. Put your hachimaki on.
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790. Put your hachimaki on.
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791. Remove the gag.
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792. Remove the gag.
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793. If this is a demonstration
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794. If this is a demonstration
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795. of commando tactics,
it's gone far enough.
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796. of commando tactics,
it's gone far enough.
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797. Tell the garrison
to assemble out front
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798. Tell the garrison
to assemble out front
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799. to hear a speech.
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800. to hear a speech.
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801. Are you serious?
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802. Are you serious?
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803. Are you crazy?
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804. Are you crazy?
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805. If you do, we will surrender
our weapons after the speech.
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806. If you do, we will surrender
our weapons after the speech.
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807. Stop playacting.
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808. Stop playacting.
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809. I can't approve a speech
until I've read it.
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810. I can't approve a speech
until I've read it.
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811. If you try to stop us,
I will kill you and commit seppuku.
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812. If you try to stop us,
I will kill you and commit seppuku.
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813. This is madness.
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814. This is madness.
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815. What will you gain?
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816. What will you gain?
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817. Order your officers to obey.
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818. Order your officers to obey.
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819. These are our demands.
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820. These are our demands.
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821. "The men of the 32nd garrison
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822. "The men of the 32nd garrison
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823. "will be assembled
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824. "will be assembled
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825. "at 11:30 a.m.
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826. "at 11:30 a.m.
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827. "Commander Mishima
will address the garrison."
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828. "Commander Mishima
will address the garrison."
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829. Out!
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830. Out!
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831. Get out!
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832. Get out!
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833. Release the general!
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834. Release the general!
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835. Who's in charge?
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836. Who's in charge?
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837. Who's in command?
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838. Who's in command?
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839. I am the colonel.
Let me see the general.
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840. I am the colonel.
Let me see the general.
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841. Listen to our demands.
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842. Listen to our demands.
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843. I guarantee the general's safety.
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844. I guarantee the general's safety.
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845. Let's talk this over.
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846. Let's talk this over.
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847. There's nothing to talk about!
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848. There's nothing to talk about!
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849. The men of the 32nd garrison
will be assembled
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850. The men of the 32nd garrison
will be assembled
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851. in front of headquarters
at 11:30 a.m.
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852. in front of headquarters
at 11:30 a.m.
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853. Commander Mishima
will address the garrison.
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854. Commander Mishima
will address the garrison.
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855. The garrison
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856. The garrison
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857. will attend the speech in silence.
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858. will attend the speech in silence.
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859. We agree.
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860. We agree.
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861. But it's already past 11:30.
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862. But it's already past 11:30.
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863. When shall they assemble?
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864. When shall they assemble?
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865. Immediately!
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866. Immediately!
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867. Assemble the garrison.
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868. Assemble the garrison.
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869. Come out here!
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870. Come out here!
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871. Come down!
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872. Come down!
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873. The police are everywhere.
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874. The police are everywhere.
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875. Our little drama has attracted
quite an audience.
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876. Our little drama has attracted
quite an audience.
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877. Time for the last act.
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878. Time for the last act.
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879. Dear soldiers!
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880. Dear soldiers!
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881. It's a terrible affair to have to speak
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882. It's a terrible affair to have to speak
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883. to army men
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884. to army men
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885. in circumstances like these.
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886. in circumstances like these.
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887. I thought that the army
was the last hope of Japan,
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888. I thought that the army
was the last hope of Japan,
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889. the last stronghold
of the Japanese soul.
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890. the last stronghold
of the Japanese soul.
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891. But the Japanese people today
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892. But the Japanese people today
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893. think only of money.
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894. think only of money.
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895. Where is our national spirit?
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896. Where is our national spirit?
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897. We thought the army
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898. We thought the army
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899. was the soul of national honour!
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900. was the soul of national honour!
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901. The nation has no spiritual foundation.
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902. The nation has no spiritual foundation.
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903. What will you do when you are
just a big soulless arsenal?
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904. What will you do when you are
just a big soulless arsenal?
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905. The politicians care nothing for Japan.
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906. The politicians care nothing for Japan.
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907. They are greedy for power.
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908. They are greedy for power.
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909. The army must be the soul of Japan!
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910. The army must be the soul of Japan!
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912. Listen! Listen!
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914. had I discovered
the chilling satisfaction of words.
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915. Never in words had I experienced
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916. the hot darkness of action.
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917. Somewhere there must be
a higher principle
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918. which reconciles art and action.
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919. That principle, it occurred to me,
was death.
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920. The vast upper atmosphere,
where there is no oxygen,
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921. is surrounded with death.
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922. To survive in this atmosphere,
man, like an actor, must wear a mask.
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923. Flying at 45, 000 feet,
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924. the silver phallus of the fuselage
floated in sunlight.
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925. My mind was at ease,
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926. my thought process lively.
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927. No movement, no sound,
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928. no memories.
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929. The closed cockpit
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930. and outer space
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931. were like the spirit
and body of the same being.
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932. Here I saw the outcome
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933. of my final action.
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934. In this stillness
was a beauty beyond words.
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935. No more body or spirit,
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936. pen or sword,
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937. male or female.
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938. Then I saw a giant circle
coiled around the earth,
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939. a ring that resolved all contradictions,
a ring vaster than death,
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940. more fragrant than any scent
I have ever known.
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941. Here was the moment
I had always been seeking.
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942. Are you men?
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943. Are you men?
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944. Are you bushi?
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945. Are you bushi?
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946. Are you bushi?
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947. Are you bushi?
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948. I appeal to you!
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949. I appeal to you!
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950. Listen to me!
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951. Listen to me!
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952. Will no one join with me?
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953. Will no one join with me?
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954. No one?
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955. No one?
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956. I see you will not rise up.
You will do nothing.
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957. I see you will not rise up.
You will do nothing.
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958. I have lost my dream for you.
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959. I have lost my dream for you.
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960. I will now salute the emperor.
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961. I will now salute the emperor.
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962. Long live the emperor!
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963. Long live the emperor!
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964. Long live the emperor!
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965. Long live the emperor!
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966. Long live the emperor!
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967. Long live the emperor!
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968. I don't even think they heard me.
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969. I don't even think they heard me.
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970. Mishima-san, stop!
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971. Mishima-san, stop!
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972. There's no reason to do it!
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973. There's no reason to do it!
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974. I am bound to do this, General.
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975. I am bound to do this, General.
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976. You must not take
responsibility for this.
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977. You must not take
responsibility for this.
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978. Stop! Please stop!
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979. Stop! Please stop!
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980. "The instant the blade tore open his flesh,
the bright disk of the sun
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981. "soared up behind his eyelids
and exploded,
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982. "lighting the sky for an instant."
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