:53:03
Kano!
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Hang on.
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You're coming around. Sozaburo.
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Finally. I was worried.
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I feel better now. You all right?
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"On December 22nd of that year,
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"Commander Kondo
returned from Hiroshima.
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"A banquet in his honor
was held that evening.
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Delicious.
:54:14
Kyoto sake is the best there is.
:54:23
The Choshu clan is feigning loyalty
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to the emperor and the shogunate.
:54:30
But they've got a secret agenda.
:54:35
They're arming for combat.
:54:40
The shogunate is too weak.
:54:43
They should attack now,
:54:46
smash them, occupy the land,
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before it's too late.
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But, Commander Kondo,
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last year,
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Choshu served
the isolationist cause,