Samurai 7 (SAMURAI 7)

Shichiroji,

Let's go after the enemy's central battleship.

If we can buy even a little time,

several of our allied forces should be able to escape.

Fight a losing battle?

That's right.

Primary system pressure valves wide open;

maneuvering thruster control at maximum deflection. We're going in!

Episode 1 - Cut!

Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about...

Blessed water, awaken!

Seek it out, seek for it...

Mikumari, share with us. Listen carefully.

Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about...

May your drifting voice reach us!

Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about...

Blessed water, awaken!

Seek it out, seek for it...

Mikumari, share with us. Listen carefully.

Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about...

May your drifting voice reach us!

Seek it out, seek for it, seek ye about...

Blessed water, awaken!

How many voices of Mikumari are there?

There are seven slips.

Dig a hole seven measures deep where the crystal indicates. The water awaits us.

Will that be enough for a well?

Mm-hmm.

Thank goodness.

I didn't know what we were goin' to do when the well dried up.

Praise be the Mikumari-sama.

We're always in your debt, Mikumari-sama.

Much obliged to you.

What's the matter, Komachi?

I'm hungry!

How come? They gotta know it ain't harvest time yet!

Rice ain't the only thing they come to take from us.

I heard tell that recently, they come and took the women, the food,

and anythin' else of worth from Minokichi's village!

Hurry! Take the Mikumari-sama to the shrine! Hurry!

Bandits!

It's almost harvest time.

I think the one that came today was checkin' on the condition of the rice ears.

Is it that time already?

They're goin' to come take everythin' away from us again!

Year in and year out, we ain't growin' our rice just so the bandits can eat it!

Say, ain't there somethin' we can do?

These days, I lay down on the floor, and all I hear is their rumbling.

I can't even sleep!

Ah, for mercy's sake, what're we goin' to do?

We've gotta kill the bandits.

Kill the bandits, you say!?

That's the only way to keep them from comin' back again!

Don't be absurd! How're we supposed to fight the bandits!?

They've rebuilt their own bodies into weapons so that they can fight!

Use your head a little more!

So what, is raisin' rice year in and year out this way without sayin' nothin'

the only thing we can do!?

All us peasants can do is put up with it.

Once the bandits come, we hold our tongues and go out to greet them.

There are a number of villages who opposed them, and they killed everybody.

Compared to that, it's much better for us, since we're allowed to live.

That's ridiculous! How could anythin' be so ridiculous!?

What the hell do we do it for!?

Cut it out, Rikichi! We know how you feel! For now, control yourself!

Let me go! Why, you! Why, you!

We should kill them!

We should kill the bandits!

Grandfather, that's crazy! We can't fight them!

We'll hire samurai.

I ain't ever heard of peasants hirin' samurai, Grandfather.

I've seen it with my own eyes. After the last war ended, the bandits ran wild.

When they did, the only villages they didn't burn were those that hired samurai.

Samurai are the only ones that can take them on.

That's it, Grandfather! Samurai!

Yeah, but samurai are proud men.

Where you gonna find someone hard up enough to listen to the plea of farmers?

We'll let them eat their fill of rice.

Find us some hungry samurai.

If we're goin' to look for samurai, we'll have to go into town.

That's one scary place!

Sure is!

I'll go!

Mm-hmm, you go.

Grandfather!

Might I go along as well?

Kirara, wait.

Grandmother, I can tell which samurai-sama could be of help to us.

Mikumari-sama, findin' a samurai ain't like findin' water.

Besides, the city ain't no place for a young lady to go to.

Rikichi-san will be with me. There is nothing to worry about.

If the Mikumari-sama says so...

Then it's settled. Mikumari, maiden of the shrine, we're counting on you.

Right.

Before the ears of rice start bowin' their heads, come back with some samurai.

Got that?

I will be sure to protect the both of you.

We're grateful, Rikichi-san.

With onee-sama's crystal, we're sure to do fine!

Komachi, you didn't need to come along, too.

I wanted to see the outside, too.

I'm not going to let you have all the good times yourself, Sister.

So that's the reason you're coming, is it?

Ah, I'm so hungry...

Our rice!

Thief!

Our rice! Our rice!

Thief! Thief thief!

Thief thief thief thief thief!

Somebody catch that thief!

Thief!

Hold it, you lowlife!

Samurai-sama, thank you so much!

Really, thank you so much!

No, it was nothing...