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W: BRETHREN
R: Mizuguchi, is this how you handle things?!
E: Riki-Oh!
E: Something's wrong with her!
R: What?!
E: She has a terrible fever!

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violence35 BRETHREN

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G: Welcome, welcome!
G: How about it, young man? This daikon radish is super cheap!

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G: Welco...
E: Ahaaha! I'm home, mommy!
M: What do you want?
M: In this house, we don't have rice for a big idiot like you to eat!
M(2b): Who's the one who abandoned the shop and his mother!? Coming back all of a sudden to say sorry won't fix things like broken bowls...or bonds between mother and son!!

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M: That child is...
E: She's sick! That's why I brought her here.
M: You idiot! Why didn't you say so in the first place?!
M: She's alright now.
M: It was just a normal cold.
M: Don't worry about the fever. When small children get colds, their fever also tends to get high.

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M: Just feed 'em something tasty and they'll be feel better in no time.
R: Auntie...
M(2b): I know, you're both in trouble here. But don't worry. The citizens of this town have always been good people.
M: Do you intend to leave this girl here?
M: Poor thing...it looks like she has some very painful memories. Even when she's asleep, this girl cries.
M: Let's make it so she doesn't get any more.

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M: Welcome, welcome!
G: You seem even more energetic than usual today, Suga-san.
M: Yeah! Must be 'cause my stupid bottomless pit of a son came home.
G: Aw, come on now. It looks to me like you're so happy you could cry.
M(2b): Huh?! What's there to be happy about?! If you keep saying weird stuff, I'll pop you one!

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R: What's wrong? Aren't you going to play with everyone?
E(2b): Ah....you're too embarassed to go out and play, right? Alright, just leave this to me.
E: Heeey, Takeshi! Get over here!
T: What is it?!
E: C'mon, let this girl play with you.
T: Eh?
T: Hm...alright!

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E: Heheheh....that's Takeshi, the kid from the shop next door.
E: I'm the leader of this town, you know. They'll listen to anything I say, aha, aha!
R: This is the first time I've seen her smile like that.
R: I don't want her to have any more painful memories.

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Z(right): Mizuguchi's holds authority that can trump even yakuza...
Z(middle): He has connections with key men in the government.
Z(left): Picking a fight with Mizuguchi is like stepping on the tail of a monstrous tiger.
G: Mama...
G: Mama...
M(right): Poor thing...it looks like she has some very painful memories.
M(left): Even when she's asleep, this girl cries.

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M: Where are you off to in the middle of the night like this?
R: Thank you for everything you've done.
M: You really think this is a proper time to leave?
R: If I stay here, I'll just be causing trouble for everyone.

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M: And what about the girl?
R: It may sound selfish, but I think the safest thing for that girl is to stay here...
M(3b): Yeah, you're right. It'd certainly be safer than if she stayed with you. But that's a very mature way of thinking.
M: But desertion can deeply wound children's hearts.
N: Thrown away from my only remaining family in this world...you could never understand the pain of that young heart!!

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M: Her parents left her, and her heart has nothing to rely on. If you leave her too...what will happen?
M(2b): What do you say? At least stay here until she gets used to her new home.
M: This is a personal request too.
M(2b): Not only that, but I've also been thinking...if you left, my son might leave home again too.
M(2b): He's such a stupid son it's almost cute. And I'm getting pretty old in my years....
M: Wh...what's that sound?!

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G: What's all that racket at this hour?!
G: HUH?!

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G: Alriiiiight! Everything in our way's gonna be dead meat!!
G: Hiiiieeeeee!!

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G: Auuggh!!

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E: Wh....what's going on?! Is it another earthquake?
R: Wake up, Eisaku! It's Mizuguchi's men!
E: What?!
G: Hiiiieeeee!!

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R: Eisaku, they're trying to flush me out. Take your mom and the kid and get out of here!
E: Yeah right!! Do you wanna die?
R: Even if I die, there will be no one to cry for me. But you still have a mother left!
M: Don't be a fool!!
E: Eeeh!!

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M: I've been prepared for something like this to happen ever since Eisaku came home!! If we run, it'll be together!!
M: And you said there would be no one to cry for you if you die, but..
M: If you do die, this girl will cry!!
R: Auntie...
G: Heeeey, Riki-Ohhhh!! Get out here!
G: Lost your nerves yet?!

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G: Riki-Oh, we know you're around here somewhere!!
R: Kuh...
E: W..wait, Riki-Oh!
E: You can't go out there!

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T: Uuu..
T: D...dad...
T: Dad!!
E: It's Takeshi's voice!
G: Takeshi-chan!

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G: Heheheheh...looks like the rats finally came crawling out!
G: Keep your eyes peeled, everyone! Finish 'em off in one shot!
T(2b): D...damn you!! You killed my father!!
G: Takeshi-chan!
G: Heheheh....
G: Hikuh!!
G: Wh..who was that!?

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G: R...Riki-Ohhhhhh!!
G: H...huh?! He disappeared!!

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G: Hey!! Riki-Oh d-disappeared!!
G: You idiot! That isn't fucking possible!!
G: That bastard needs to wake up...

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G: Th...there's someone coming out of the fire!
E: That's one of the Mizuguchi gang's "Three Crows"....Iwato Genji!!

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Written on his forehead: "Pass on in Peace"
I: So this little guy's Riki-Oh, huh?