"199)}RYOMANDEN: {\cHFFFFFF}Episode 12 {\cH539A84}Season 1: {\cHFFFFFF}Ryoma The Dreamer" "Ryoma alone unarmed at the Joshi camp." "If this goes on!" "each trying to kill the other!" "You went all alone into the Joshi's camp." "Everyone's looking up to you now." "They're all counting on you!" "Ryoma summoned by Yoshida Tōyō who wants Ryoma to work for him." "Sakamoto" "Tomorrow you report to duty in the castle." "What?" "I'm appointing you into the new {\cH27C4E1\}Koshōkumi*." "Koshōkumi is a military group under the Tokugawa Bakufu in charge of patrol and policing work during the Edo period." "Ryoma brought to the Tosa Kinnōto meeting." "Sakamoto-san!" "Ryoma!" "Ryoma!" "We are now called... 74)}Tosa Kinnoto!" "{\fs16\cH3637F7}(Tosa Loyalist Party)" "The first person in Tosa to add his blood print 278)}that'll be you!" "Ryoma" "Come and join us!" "We need your strength" "Sakamoto-san!" "We can't do without you!" "Ryoma!" "Sakamoto-san!" "Ryoma!" "You've finally decided!" "Ryoma" "You've finally made up your mind!" "{\cH0C0C0D\b1\3cHBDF9F4\fs26}DRAGON" "{\cH0C0C0D\b1\3cH81E3F5\fs34}RYOMADEN" "{\cH81E3F5\4cH202025}SEASON 1 RYOMA THE DREAMER" "{\cH9595A1\b1}Episode 12 :" "The Assassination Orders [Ansatsu Shirei]" "Screenwriter:" "Fukuda Yasushi" "Music:" "Sato Naoki" "This is a free fansub." "NOT FOR SALE." "Please do NOT hardsub or stream this work on any streaming site." "Thanks for your understanding." "Fukuyama Masaharu as Sakamoto Ryoma" "Kagawa Teruyuki as Iwasaki Yataro" "Omori Nao as Takechi Hanpeita" "Hirosue Ryoko as Hirai Kao" "Sato Takeru as Okada Izo" "Kyosuke Yabe as Kusaka Genzui" "Aoki Munetaka as Gotō Shōjirō" "Maiko as Iwasaki Kisei" "Kitami Toshiyuki as Shibata Bingo" "Namase Katsuhisa as Yoshida Shōin" "Miyasako Hiroyuki as Hirai Shujiro" "Kaoru Okunuki as Tomi Takechi" "Kaname Jun as Sawamura Sonojo" "Min Tanaka as Yoshida Toyo" "Kanie Keizo as Iwasaki Yajiro" "Kondou Masaomi as Lord Yamauchi Toyoshige" "Mitsuko Baisho as Miwa Iwasaki" "Producer:" "Suzuki Kei" "Director The number of people who joined Takechi Hanpeita's Tosa Kinnōto" "Came to a staggering 200 and more." "They formed a strong power within Tosa." "The Kinnōto is loyal" "Only to the Emperor in Kyo{\cH94949C}(to)." "We exist to serve the wishes of the Emperor." "Our mission is... {\cHF17360\b1}Sonnō {\cH4EC645}Jōi*!" "{\cHF17360\fs16}Rever the Emperor / {\cH4EC645}Expel the foreigners." "We rever the Emperor and carry out his word." "We protect Japan" "From the evil clutches of foreign countries!" "Yes sir!" "Let's do it!" "This is great!" "at a teahouse... a funny thing happened today." " Shujiro-san and I were walking along" " Yeah?" "When we met some Joshi" "Oh? stand aside they didn't say a single thing today!" "We just held our heads high and walked past them." "The Tosa Kinnōto has become a presence that even the Joshi fear!" "Ah!" "This really feels so good!" " Ryoma" " Huh?" "Although we had a few words on that incident with Kao" "I've put that behind me now." "You're already one of us!" "Ryoma has always been such a great person." "I love you!" "Izo!" "You're drunk!" "Look at that!" "You've spilled sake all over me!" "Sorry!" "Sorry!" "I'll have a drink too." "Who're you?" "Don't you recognize my face?" "I'm also in the Tosa Kinnōto." "208)}Sawamura Sōnojō" "My name is Sawamura Sōnojō." "Sawamura?" "cheers." "I'm Sakamoto Ryoma!" "I know." "You're an impudent newcomer!" "Give me back my cup!" "Sakamoto" "You seem different from the others." "What?" "You look too calm for all of this." "What do you mean by that?" "!" "Do you... really agree with what Takechi Hanpeita has been preaching?" "What?" "Why do you say that?" "I'm terribly disappointed in Takechi!" "You...!" "Ah Izo!" "Wait!" "Stop!" "Explain yourself!" "Bringing us together and coming up with the{\cHF17360} "Sonnō {\cH4EC645}Jōi" {\cHFFFFFF}slogan is great." "But how many days has it been since then?" "!" "Takechi hasn't done anything else!" "So are you complaining about Takechi-sensei?" "!" "And he called him just by the name! And kill off all the foreigners one by one!" "Look at the Chōshū domain! they're carrying out Joui to the very end!" "Kusaka? top student of Yoshida Shōin." "Shōin-sensei?" "thinks about the scene with Shōin-sensei at the beach" "Sōnojō..." "That Kusaka Gensui you mentioned just now is..." "The leader of the Chōshū Joui faction." "They say he's just a youngster too." "what has Takechi done!" "Shut up!" "Takechi-sensei is planning to get the support of the entire clan." "Clan..." "He's already written to ask our daimyo Yamauchi Yōdō-kou." "To reform the Bakufu and show his support for the Emperor!" " Reform the Bakufu?" "{\cHBEBECB}" " Kusaka..." "To stop the opening of the country {\cHBEBECB}" " Gensui" "And implement Joui instead!" "Takechi Hanpeita... had been writing his requests for Joui to be carried out in Tosa. there was no reply from the Castle." "169)}Yoshida Tōyō Tosa Under-Secretary Takechi has sent in another missive again." "227)}Gōtō Shōjirō Hata-gun Magistrate" "It must be Yoshida Tōyō!" "He's the one ignoring all my requests." "He doesn't have a clue what{\cHF17360} "Sonnō {\cH4EC645}Jōi" {\cHFFFFFF}means!" "Takechi-san!" "That's how conflicts start." "Ryoma" "The reason you joined the Kinnōto wasn't it?" "It doesn't matter anyway." "You're... the only true friend I have." "It's good enough that you're here." "I hope you can see why I'm always going on about "Joui!" "Joui!" "Protecting one's own country That's only natural!" ".." "I was hoping Takechi-san could help me here." "I want to go to the Chōshū domain please." "Chōshū?" "I want to talk to a man called Kusaka Gensui." "Kusaka-dono?" "Yes." "I want... to know what Joui" "Really means too!" "I want to meet with Kusaka-san." "And ask him about it." "Ryoma!" "You finally want to learn about it!" "I'll write a reference letter for you." "Go to Chōshū then!" "278)}Thanks!" "For Ryoma this was his first time abroad." "And trips like this will be repeated again and again during the course of Ryoma's life. tirelessly travelling to meet the people he wants to see." "This was the beginning of his future way of life." "And I was facing..." "Yataro is getting married..." "A major turning point in my life too." "I still can't believe it!" "Yataro was able to find someone to marry him!" "{\cH9898EA}Your wife is lovely!" "I think so too!" "This fellow..." "Fell into the manure ditch and was stuck there when who should pass by and save him but this lovely lady Kisei!" "Omaesan!" "{\cH8D7DD7}My dear!" "At that moment..." "She fell in love with our Yataro right away!" "198)}Iwasaki Kisei" "I really cannot understand." "What Kisei-sama sees in Yataro!" "278)}She likes the smell of manure on him and the way he stinks!" "{\cHA293EB}Father!" "Kisei likes my courage and stauchness." "I was calm and dignified like a real man!" "{\cHC257CD}Kisei?" "278)\cHE8ABFF}Yes... 278)}What a load of bull!" "that's all!" "That's enough already!" "Yataro's got to thank Yoshida Tōyō-sama for this!" "Yes it's all because Yoshida-sama appointed him as {\cH9A5C82\b1}Gōmawari(village inspector)" "That he's now able to have a wife!" "look at these..." "This is the first time I dressed up!" "{\cHB115F3\fs26}AHHH~" "{\3cHB115F3\fs26}Kawaii~ {\3cH000000\b1\cHB115F3}lovely" "{\3cHB115F3\fs29}KAWAII~" "Omaesan {\cHD7AFE9}My dear! is something like a policeman" "My job was to look out for wrongdoers" "And to arrest them." "Please be careful." "He's been totally bewitched by Kisei." "Yep!" "Oh shut up!" "[At Chōshū...]" "Ryoma reached {\cHE6A1A2}Hagi* {\cHA1E1E6}of the Chōshū domain {\cHE6A1A2\fs16}Hagi = the capital city of the Chōshū domain." "On January 14 of the year Bunkyū 2 (1862)" "Hagi]" "{\3cH32327D}"Even as my body... {\3cH32327D}"lies decaying on the Musashi plains... {\3cH32327D}"My Japanese spirit will always remain" "208)}Chōshū retainer Kusaka Genzui 278)}This was... 278)}Shōin-sensei's death poem." "278)}Eh? Sensei was executed against his will." "just before he died..." "Eh? there wouldn't be me{\cH3585C8} {\cH15ABB5}(boku)*." ""Boku" is the term used by boys to address themselves at that time." "{\cH15ABB5}Boku?" "Losing such a great man is the Chōshū domain's... it's Japan's loss! he wanted to go to America to learn about the enemy!" "To protect Japan from invasion!" "I must take over Sensei's task!" "Well..." "Kusaka-dono I don't really understand what "Joui" means." "What?" "I still don't get!" "Kusaka-dono!" "I'm much younger than you..." "Age has nothing to do with it!" "What is "Joui" really?" "Please teach me!" "Please!" "What a straight forward man!" "I understand." "If you think I'm good enough." "I'll answer any question you have." "Thank you!" "Go ahead then!" "OK..." "Is Japan... really being invaded by foreign countries?" "278)}What?" "I just don't get it..." "America... They just started to trade with Japan." "How did this turn into an invasion?" "please don't be angry!" "What a good question!" "Huh? You cannot have "Joui" if you don't understand this point!" "Let me answer that." "America... didn't use the firepower of its cannons to set foot on Japan." "Japan has indeed been put under its control." "What do you mean by that?" "Do you know?" "Japan... was forced to enter into an unfair trade agreement like this." "The Americans say... that 1 Japanese koban (gold coin) is the same value as 5 silver American coins." "Yes? It's worth 15 silver coins." "What?" "!" "The Bakufu's ignorance has allowed them to take advantage of us!" "Then that means..." "Japan's wealth is slowly being usurped by America..." "We're being sucked dry!" "Prices in Japan will inflate" "People's lives will get increasingly harsh." "Japan... will be penniless!" "That's why we need "Joui"!" "We must expel those foreigners out of Japan at once! There are open country advocates like Yoshida Tōyō-sama in the Tosa administration..." "{\3cH32327D}"All people under one sovereign's command" (Ikkun banmin)" "{\3cH32327D}"....one sovereign..."?" "This was what Shōin-sensei said." "We are all..." "We are all subjects of the Emperor in Kyo{\cH94949C}(to). they are but vassals of the Emperor!" "Who do we implement "Joui" for?" "For Japan!" "For the Emperor!" "{\cHF17360} "Sonnō... {\cH4EC645}"Jōi"? the Bakufu is useless now!" "Eh?" "And the clans go without saying Stand up for it even if you have to {\cHEDEA82}forsake your clan!" "(Dappan 脱藩 = becoming a lordless samurai)" "F...forsake my clan?" "!" "That means {\cHEDEA82}to flee your domain." "That means {\cHEDEA82}to cut off your liege." "That's {\cHEDEA82}"dappan"! What have you learnt from Shōin-sensei?" "!" "If you have the aspirations" "Then make it happen!" "Isn't that what Shōin-sensei has always taught us?" "Make....it....happen." "Japan cannot wait any more!" "Sakamoto-san!" "Ah!" "Stand up!" " Eh?" "Give it your all!" " Fight!" " Huh?" "Ah!" "Shōin-sensei...!" "At Takechi dojo..." "Sensei?" "!" "Yes!" "It's soon now." "Just a while longer!" "how long is a while?" "!" "The Satsuma clan has already started out for Kyo!" "Let's go too!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Takechi-sensei!" "Be quiet!" "Be quiet!" "It's no use if we went to fight." "All by ourselves!" "We can only implement Joui" "If we had power over the entire domain! Hanpeita had a miscalculation... the Tosa clan daimyo" "Yamauchi Yōdō-ko... 200)}[Shinagawa] [Tosa Daimyo residence]" "Was ordered to confinement for disagreeing with the Bakufu's 206)}Ex Tosa Daimyo Yamauchi Yōdō open country policy." "So..." "Hanpeita naturally assumed that Yōdō-ko was pro-Joui as well." "But..." "At Shibata Bingo's residence..." "Takechi?" "!" "my lord?" "You said you're going to spread" "Joui all over the Tosa domain" "And bring Yoshida Tōyō down." "Shibata-sama..." "Get me back into the castle quick!" "The Joui movement is very strong in the capital of Kyo now." "208)}Shibata Bingo" "No doubt this wave will surge to Tosa very soon." "That means Tōyō won't be able to hold on to his obstinacy for long!" "Is that true?" "This is the news we received from Hirai Kao in the Sanjō residence." "There is no mistake!" "199)}[Kyoto] [The Sanjō residence]" "This is the incense burner." "and" "Folding fans" "And these are the boxwood combs that my ladies have ordered from Satsuma." "These are the ones!" "That's right!" "Thank you for your help." "Are there any letters?" "Yes there are." "Thank you." "Front of letter:" "Hirai Kao / Back :" "Takechi" "Kao was very useful What I'm looking for" "Is something that would serve to unsettle Yoshida Tōyō as soon as possible!" "And I have some good news for you" "Ryoma's spirit of Joui has finally awakened!" "He's now in the Kinnōto" "And helping me to manage all the other members." "Ryoma is also looking forward to seeing the outcome of your work." "Kao." "he's... What have you learnt from Shōin-sensei?" "!" "If you have the aspirations" "Then make it happen!" "Isn't that what Shōin-sensei has always taught us?" "Ryoma thinks about Yoshida Shōin at the beach in Edo." "The Black Ships are right there!" "There is something I must do now" "To board the Black Ship" "And go to America!" "Make it... happen..." "Yoshida Tōyō residence... Takechi has sent in a missive again!" "You don't need to show me every single one!" "The Tosa Kinnōto will fall apart soon." "As long as Takechi is not replaced" "And Sakamoto does not stand up to lead them." "Sakamoto..." "Uncle?" "!" "You've already appointed him official duty in the castle" "And yet he chose to side with Takechi." "Sakamoto... is not the type of man who would willingly bow his head to Takechi. he will become my right-hand man." "At Takechi dojo..." "Sensei!" "Some people are threatening to leave the Kinnōto already! Just do something please!" "Ryoma has returned to Tosa..." "At the Yoshida residence..." "The Master is going into the Castle." "Prepare the palanquin." "my Lord!" "I'll walk." "On a fine day like this" "I don't take the palanquin." "Shōjirō." "I'm sorry." "Oh no!" "Somebody!" "Anybody!" "Outside!" "Outside!" "What are you doing?" "!" "What is this?" "!" "What are you doing here? I have sent numerours missives to Yoshida-sama." "But I have not heard anything in reply at all." "Both the Emperor in Kyo" "And our Lordship Yamauchi Yōdō-ko are wishing for "Joui" to be carried out." "Then why does Yoshida-sama" "Still abide by the Bakufu's open country policies?" "!" "Takechi..." "Takechi!" "You..." "Do you know what you just said was totally out of line?" "We are the Tosa Kinnōto!" "Every one of us is dedicated to{\cHF17360} "Sonnō {\cH4EC645}Jōi"!" "{\cHFFFFFF}" "We were prepared to give our lives as true samurai when we came together!" "Please..." "Please give me an answer!" "Yoshida-sama!" "Takechi!" "How would you know what the Emperor is thinking?" "The Emperor hates foreigners." "That's a known fact!" "But we've never heard the Emperor order a war against the foreigners." "Yōdō-ko has not said anything about that either!" "But..." "After all!" "Because of their support" "The Battle of Sekigahara gave rise to the Tokugawa regime (Bakufu)" "It was Tokugawa Ieyasu-ko who granted the Yamauchi family" "Ownership over these lands!" "Tokugawa-sama is his great benefactor." "Do you think our Lordship will go against him?" "But..." "A wise ruler such as our Lordship would surely know" "That Japan is now facing its greatest crisis ever!" "Silence!" "Compared to past debts of gratitude..." "Takechi!" "He should place more importance on the future...! Are you giving an order to our Lordship now?" "I dare not!" "You talk of ungratefulness and disloyalty." "Is that what a samurai should say?" "!" "I'm very sorry!" "Shōjirō!" "sir." "Please wait!" "Stand down!" "Please pass the message to our Lordship!" "Unhand me!" "Takechi!" "Your vision is narrow and you jump to conclusions." "Yet you're convinced you're always right... 257)}Don't ever let me" "278)}see you again!" "Please wait!" "You people in the Tosa Kinnōto had better disband as soon as possible!" "What a bunch of fools who don't know their own place! Sakamoto wasn't there." "Sakamoto..." "{\fnTahoma\i1\3cH6807D7}♬ {\fnCourier\3cH6807D7}I married a lovely girl~ ~Sore!" "Sore!" "Yataro!" "Are you in such a hurry to see your wife?" "oh!" "You can be jealous for all I care!" "Girls like Kisei are not for peasants like you people!" "He's gone mad!" "Kisei!" "~" "It's me!" "Kisei!" "Oh Yataro!" "I've waited a long time for you!" "Ryoma-san has us brought sake!" "He says it's a present for Brother and Sister-in-law!" "And these buns" "They're made by my friend Chōjirō!" "Come help yourselves!" "I will!" "Ryoma-san!" "Oh~~thank you!" "you know..." "I'd never thought you'd marry such a lovely wife~~" "I still down know how you got together." " There's nothing to tell!" " Really?" "I met Kisei one day and then we got married!" "That's all of it." "How can that be all!" "It is!" "It is!" "go and give Mother a hand." "Sure" "Please make yourself at home." "And she's a great cook too." "you're a lucky fellow!" " Ryoma..." " Huh? I've been waiting for you to visit all this time... really?" "I'd gone to a place called Hagi in Chōshū." "Really?" "Really?" "You must be tired out then!" "have more!" "I see..." "But I didn't expect Ryoma would join the Kinnōto." "When did you turn into a Joui supporter?" "Come!" "Have more!" "aren't you?" "Mad for what?" "It's not easy to get assigned by Yoshida-sama into the {\cH27C4E1}Koshōkumi*..." "So I've put you in a difficult spot in between us." "that's no big deal! Isn't Yoshida-sama your benefactor?" " I'm really impressed Ryoma!" " Huh?" "You gave up the road to riches and stayed true to your own beliefs." "You're incredible!" "Yataro" "I didn't... join the Kinnōto for the same reason as the rest of them." "Oh really?" "Really?" "Thanks to this trip to Chōshū" "I can see very clearly now." "I say Ryoma.." "I'm... a Japanese!" "I want to protect my country." "Though it might be a bit unfair to you." "But I have a favour to ask... I belong even more so to Japan! Can you give it to me?" "Don't want to be useful only to Tosa." "Could you have a word with Yoshida-sama?" "I don't care about working in the castle!" "so let me take your place..." "There's no place for me in the Kinnōto either!" "That's your own business!" "OK?" "Yataro!" " Yataro!" " Yeah" "Haven't you..." "Ever thought of leaving Tosa altogether?" "What?" "Not to be bound anymore by this Joshi-Kashi nonsense." "Don't you want to live your life the way you want?" "I just got married to a wonderful wife." "To have a successful career and to give my wife a good life" "Is the way of life I choose as a man!" "What?" "your decision to choose the Kinnōto?" " That's not it!" "That's not it!" " It's too late!" "It's too late!" "It's too late!" "The Kinnōto people went to Yoshida -sama's residence this morning." "Takechi himself got badly kicked in the head." "What?" "You've lost all chances for a successful career now." "please!" "Put a word in with Yoshida-sama for me!" "Iwasaki Yataro!" "Takechi-san was... are you listening?" "Are you listening?" "Kicked in..." "Will you look at me?" "!" "Ryoma!" "Ryoma!" "I fell asleep... will you?" "How can I let you guys finish off such heavenly sake?" "Ryoma!" "What happened to the sake?" "shut up!" "At Takechi's residence..." "Omaesan! I'll be back immediately!" "Are you going to let it end like this?" "Takechi Hanpeita and Yoshida Tōyō" "Will never agree" "He will always be your enemy" "If you let it end now" "The flame of Joui will be put out too. will all come to an end." "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "You've let Shibata-sama down" "Kao will hate you." "Izo and the rest of them will look down on you." "Stop it!" "What should I do?" "Takechi." "I have a good idea..." "I'm always on your side..." "Takechi-san!" "Tomi-san!" "It's Ryoma!" "Ryoma-san!" "How's Takechi-san?" "He came home covered with blood." "Eh? Over and over again!" "Ryoma-san?" "Ryoma!" "You cold heartless brute!" "Who is it?" "At this time of the night..." "Ah!" "Gōtō-sama!" "Takechi-san?" "Takechi-san?" "I'm coming in!" "Ryoma." "Takechi-san..." "What brings Gōtō-sama all the way out here on your own...?" "It's about Sakamoto." "Ryoma's given me his place in the {\cH27C4E1}Koshōkumi?" "my Lord! will use my life to..." "I don't want your life." "Eh?" "I want Sakamoto Ryoma's life." "...Eh?" "Takechi-san?" "Were you really... kicked in the head by Yoshida-sama?" "Why hadn't I thought of such a brilliant idea before?" "What?" "Ryoma..." "Iwasaki..." "Kill Tōyō for me." "Kill Sakamoto." "Huh?" "Ta..." "Yoshida Tōyō!" "Kill him Ryoma!" "Kill Sakamoto Ryoma!" "Iwasaki!" "~" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Ryoma!" "Kill Tōyō for me!" "{\frx356\fry12\frz0.323}Episode 12 The Assassination Orders ~ The End ~" "{\cH0C0C0D\3cHFFFFFF\b1\fs24}Next Episode End of Season 1" "I cannot think only of Tosa." "Are you Takechi's henchmen?" "The Ryoma I know is not someone who can be cooped up in Tosa." "He's a man who has extraordinarily aspirations! He's found the path he should take!" "Tosa" "I'm off then!" "72)}Ryomaden 72)}Travelogue Hagi] flourishing for more than 200 years" "Is the ancient capital of Hagi." "{\3cH06732F}In the year Bunkyo 2 announcer]" "{\3cH06732F}Ryoma had come here to meet with" "{\3cH06732F}Chōshū retainer Kusaka Genzui." "202)}[Birthplace of Kusaka Genzui] {\cH3637F7}[Hiyako]" "Genzui was a young active leader in the Joui movement." "189)}Kusaka Genzui" "He was a young man with a strong sense of justice and a pure heart." "Genzui started studying in the {\cHA7B949}Shōka Sonjuku (private school){\cHFFFFFF} run by Yoshida Shōin." "108)}[Shōka Sonjuku] {\cH3637F7}Shōin Jinja (Shōin shrine)" "He learnt an important lesson while he was there." "106)}Yoshida Shoin{\cH87A290\b0}" "Rise of the Wild Grass" Principle (Sōmōkukkiron) Do not rely on the Bakufu or the Daimyo." "Recite the song of reform as patriots." "草莽崛起論) but make it happen yourself" "{\cH87A290}This teaching created a strong impact on Genzui." "Venue of the Satsuma-Choshu-Tosa alliance secret conference (satchōdo rengōmitsugi no tokoro) {\cH3637F7}[Shōin Jinja]" "This was the Genzui that Ryoma met" "It was said that they discussed in depth" "On stone tablet:" "Sakamoto Ryoma / Kusaka Genzui / Tanoue Toshichi about the future of Japan in this place." "98)}[Hagi-o-kan] {\cH3637F7}[Hagi-o-kan Park]" "Ryoma spent 10 days in Hagi." "And when he set out on the journey back to his hometown Tosa." "he was already considering a new way of existence." "{\cH0C0C0D\3cHFFFFFF\b1\fs22}[Yamaguchi-ken (prefecture)] [Hagi-shi (city)]" "{\cH3637F7}Higashi-Hagi station on the JR San'in Honsen (San'in Main Line)"