47 Ronin Page #2

Rivers of blood

and mountains of corpses

will not stand in our way.

Nor the tears of widows.

Find your envy and hatred.

And I will give you all you desire.

Father.

Father!

Father!

Mika.

Father!

Mika.

Father!

Father!

Help!

What is this?

Stand back!

My Lord!

Please!

Father!

Everyone, go back to your posts!

The law is clear.

You have struck an unarmed guest

and have shamed your home.

The penalty is death.

Because of your rank

and the service you have done Ako,

I will allow you to regain your honor

and the honor of your house

through seppuku,

death by your own hand,

so that you may show courage

and dignity in death

as you once showed in life.

The Shogun could have

had me hanged like a criminal.

Instead, he has allowed me

to take my life with honor.

You were bewitched, My Lord.

Your mind was poisoned.

If I accept my fate,

no one will question the

honor of our people

or punish them for my crime.

Promise me

you will protect Mika and Ako

from our enemies.

My Lord.

I am ready, Oishi.

And when I die,

I would be honored

if you would act as my second,

my friend.

Father!

Don't let them see you cry.

No.

We must have revenge.

Whatever the cost, it is our duty.

My Lord, what will you have us do?

If we fight now, we die.

And not just us.

Every farmer and villager

in Ako will be killed.

We have to think of them first.

Poison, My Lady. It will end your pain.

We have not lost Ako yet.

Your Highness.

Lady Asano,

I am sorry for your father's death.

He accepted it with dignity.

Your Highness, as my father's only child,

I ask that I may look after his lands

until such time as I marry.

I have already considered this, My Lady.

So that there will be no feud

between your clans,

I decree that from this day,

they will be one.

Sealed by the marriage bond

between you and Lord Kira.

You are granted one year to mourn.

But you will remain a guest of Lord Kira's

until you are married.

Oishi.

You are now ronin.

Masterless samurai.

I forbid you to seek vengeance

for Lord Asano's death.

Lord Kira,

I leave Ako with you.

From this moment on,

you are banished from these lands.

Those who remain will be hunted down

and executed.

You will never see him again, My Lady.

Take a last look.

I don't trust Oishi.

He no longer has the

protection of his rank.

Throw him in the pit.

Break his will.

Father!

Father.

Get away! Get away from me.

Chikara, help him up.

Where are my men?

They have all left Ako.

And Lady Asano?

Her time of mourning is almost over.

Lord Kira took her to his castle

to begin preparing for their wedding.

Chikara,

what of the half-breed?

Kira's men took him to the Dutch island

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