The Twilight Samurai Page #3

what's that?

A child!

The poor thing!

He's nothing but bones!

where'd he come from?

Matsukawa, maybe

Rise to Buddha!

As children

we loved to go gathering herbs...

...by the river

in early spring

But those were times

of famine

The cold melt water often brought

the bodies of peasants...

...dead of starvation

Aim...

Fire!

All of you, watch me

Elbows up...

Brace the right knee...

Seibei! Sorry to keep you

waiting

You went to Kyoto?

Yes, with the Majordomo to talk

to merchants there and in Osaka

what's Kyoto like?

I had high hopes for it

but it was horrible

I've never seen the like

of Miyako-oji Boulevard

Filthy masterless samurai from

all over the country everywhere...

...cursing and swearing

in dialects you can't understand

Then someone shouts 'Divine

punishment! ' and the swords come out

The Kamo River's full of headless

corpses all swollen up...

I thought it'd be geishas in Gion...

Dear me!

Prime!

Aim!

Fire!

Misfire!

wait! what's wrong?

Ow!

Fool!

I told you to wait!

They're a bit late

The Choshu clan may have been

beaten once

but they'll be back with Satsuma

They'll snuff out 250 years of

Shoguns like the wind does a candle

what's our clan doing?

Our leaders aren't thinking!

How would you like

to go to Kyoto?

The Emperor's palace

is short of guards

I'll recommend you

You'll see how things are

Someone like you shouldn't be

stuck in a field here right now

I'm afraid

you over-estimate me

The times are changing

when they do, I'll give up

samurai status and be a farmer

That's what I'm suited for

You're a strange one

But you always were

No ambition at all

Oh, I nearly forgot...

My condolences

on your bereavement

Burn a joss stick for her

You didn't have to...

I wanted to send my sister

to the funeral in my place...

...but she was having

some troubles of her own

I'm sorry

Miss Tomoe? what's wrong?

You know she married the son

of Captain Koda...

It turns out this Toyotaro

is a mean drunk.

If I'd known

I'd never have agreed

A mean drunk?

He'd hit her, kick her...

She'd come running

to my house to get away

I was worried

one day he'd kill her...

...so I got the Castle

to order them divorced

Divorced?

Just recently

So now Tomoe's

back at my house

Really?

And here I thought she was the wife

of a fine 1200-koku samurai

I had no idea

I made a mistake. She's gone

through hell because of me

well done, one and all

That's it for today

Sakaguchi...

Sakaguchi! Feel like

dropping in at 'Hisago'?

You want to see O-Kume!

Quiet!

You come too, Kawanami

Again?

Damn right!

I'll be going

Iguchi...

You should come see the girls

Take your mind off things

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