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Scene from 'The Samurai and the Lost Child'

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September 28, 2025
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Scene from 'The Samurai and the Lost Child'

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S Gordon

September 28, 2025

Transcript

  1. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 38 Duration 01:00 Dialog ATSUKO:

    You're so tender with her. BRD drama Page 50/109
  2. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 39 Duration 01:00 Dialog ATSUKO:

    It seems caring for a child comes as naturally to you as swordplay. BRD drama Page 51/109
  3. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 40 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    She is unusually well behaved. BRD drama Page 52/109
  4. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 41 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    And, I have some experience with children. BRD drama Page 53/109
  5. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 45 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    I was an orphan. I spent my youth in the streets of Kyoto. BRD drama Page 57/109
  6. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 46 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    I took it upon myself to feed and protect the younger ones. BRD drama Page 58/109
  7. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 48 Duration 01:00 Dialog ATSUKO:

    You were an orphan? BRD drama Page 60/109
  8. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 49 Duration 01:00 Dialog ATSUKO:

    But . . . How . . ? BRD drama Page 61/109
  9. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 52 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    How did I become a samurai and master swordsman in one of the most powerful houses in the Shogunate? BRD drama Page 64/109
  10. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 53 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    How did I become a samurai and master swordsman in one of the most powerful houses in the Shogunate? BRD drama Page 65/109
  11. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 55 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    Like all boys, we'd often play swordsman in the streets. We'd fashion swords from bamboo and tree branches. BRD drama Page 67/109
  12. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 56 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    I was five years old when I discovered I could see between the moments. I could predict my opponents movements and thus move and strike before they could even react. BRD drama Page 68/109
  13. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 57 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    When I was seven, I discovered I could earn money by challenging the older boys to duels. BRD drama Page 69/109
  14. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 58 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    When I was fifteen, I was going to sake houses and marketplaces and challenging adults, BRD drama Page 70/109
  15. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 59 Duration 01:00 Dialog Winning

    yen, food, whatever I could to keep the neighborhood kids fed. BRD drama Page 71/109
  16. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 60 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    Unfortunately, I earned a reputation. BRD drama Page 72/109
  17. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 61 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    One day, a very rich, very arrogant young samurai in training challenged me, offering a bag of gold. BRD drama Page 73/109
  18. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 62 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    When I beat him, he became enraged, dropped his stick, pulled his sword, and attacked. BRD drama Page 74/109
  19. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 69 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    I easily disarmed him, broke his nose and shattered his collarbone. BRD drama Page 81/109
  20. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 70 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    His father, a high-ranking noble, demanded that I be put to death. BRD drama Page 82/109
  21. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 71 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    However, the young man's sensei, Grandmaster Shogo Miyagi, offered an alternative. I was to become his apprentice. BRD drama Page 83/109
  22. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 72 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    I cooked his meals, laundered his clothes, cleaned his dojo and learned the way of the sword. BRD drama Page 84/109
  23. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 73 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    When I was eighteen, he presented me with these swords, and told me there was nothing more he could teach me. BRD drama Page 85/109
  24. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 74 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    When I was eighteen, he presented me with these swords, and told me there was nothing more he could teach me. BRD drama Page 86/109
  25. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 75 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    For the next forty-five years, they were my only friends. BRD drama Page 87/109
  26. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 76 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    I dedicated my life to instructing soldiers in the way of the sword. BRD drama Page 88/109
  27. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 77 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    Then came the Meji restoration. I saw the country change around me, much of it for the better. BRD drama Page 89/109
  28. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 78 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    But in this world, swords are banned. BRD drama Page 90/109
  29. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 80 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    I was an orphan once again. BRD drama Page 92/109
  30. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 81 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    I concealed my swords and wandered, a masterless Ronin. BRD drama Page 93/109
  31. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 82 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    It's a terrible thing, to have no purpose. BRD drama Page 94/109
  32. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 83 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    Then, one day, I stumbled into that restaurant. I've been there ever since. BRD drama Page 95/109
  33. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 84 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    That is my place in this new world, serving Katsudon, Donkatsu, and Udon. BRD drama Page 96/109
  34. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 85 Duration 01:00 Dialog YOJIRO:

    This is why I tell you to abandon this way of life. It will do nothing but bring you pain, BRD drama Page 97/109
  35. Scene 2 Duration 01:37:00 Panel 86 Duration 01:00 Dialog And

    then leave you with heartache . . . BRD drama Page 98/109