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Why did you let me survive the shame of my defeat? To defeat an enemy yet let him live may seem kind, but it's cruel!
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Tahei: Get away from me! You stink of dead bodies!
Matashichi: Give it up. We both stink of dead bodies. And it's all your fault!
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Matashichi: We can't go home like this.
Tahei: Then strip that dead guy.
Matashichi: Huh? I may be desperate, but I ain't a thief.
Tahei: Do what you want. I'm getting out of here!…
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Matashichi: Where is she? Who is she?
General Makabe: I don't know. She's really quick, though. She's already gone. Look. She's mine, okay? I'll kill you if you go near her.
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Matashichi: Damn it! Gone again!
Tahei: He's on his high horse watching us do all the work.
Matashichi: Right. He's probably running around looking for that girl.
Tahei: Maybe he already found a place and is sleeping…
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Tahei: Hey! What's your name?
General Makabe: Me? I'm Rokurota Makabe.
Tahei: Rokurota Makabe? I've heard that name before.
Matashichi: Makabe?…
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Princess Yuki: Buy that girl back.
General Makabe: I cannot.
Princess Yuki: Why not? I am the Princess of Akizuki. I can't bear to see one of our own in trouble.
General Makabe: No, you're the one in trouble. Your…
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Izumi Nagakura: How long can we rely on them?
General Makabe: We can rely on their greed. Make them carry gold and they'll put up with anything.
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Izumi Nagakura: What shall we do with the princess? We can disguise her looks, but not her class and her speech.
General Makabe: Her Highness will have to be a mute.
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Old Lady-in-Waiting: I don't know what to do with her Highness. It's the lord's fault. Even if he was lacking an heir, it was cruel to raise her Highness like a boy. Say right and she'll go left, say left and she'll go…
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Slave Trader: [to a slave girl] You're so slow! Pay attention and bring some water! Always crying, but you refuse to take johns. You were a lousy deal.
Potential slave buyer: Where did you get her?
Slave Trader: In…
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Izumi Nagakura: This is good! To fool the Yamana by going through enemy lines.
General Makabe: This was the peasants' idea. Depending on their answers, I was ready to kill them. But hearing their plan to go through…
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Tahei: What are you doing? Don't touch me, fool! It's uncomfortable enough.
Matashichi: [Kicks Tahei's leg] It's your face that makes me uncomfortable.
Tahei: Leave my face alone!
Matashichi: I hate the way you blink all…
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Tahei: [Holding onto Matashichi as the escaping, rioting prisoners run past] Matashichi, this is hell!
Matashichi: Let's die together.
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General Makabe: Where's Matashichi?
Tahei: I don't know!
Tahei: Ow, ow, ow...
General Makabe: What are you up to?…
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Tahei: If we want to get rid of him, now's our chance.
Matashichi: Shhh.
Tahei: Don't worry. She's mute.
Matashichi: She's mute but she can hear.…
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Tahei: [hands Matashichi a piece of gold] You take this.
Matashichi: No, you keep it.
Tahei: But...
Matashichi: Don't worry about it.
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