Bleach: Burîchi (2004–2012): Season 2, Episode 12 - Hoshi to norainu - full transcript

[♪♪♪]

[GRUNTING]

[BOOMING]

Ah!

[GRUNTING]

[IN HEAD]:
He got me.

What was that
just now?

What was it,
Zabimaru?

Damn it.

It hurts.

My body feels heavy.



I can't move
my legs.

I can't lift
my arms.

Damn it.

Have I lost?

Damn.

Ah!

Rukia. I...

[GASPING]

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[BOTH GASPING]

[GROANING]

[♪♪♪]

When she left,

I was the one who didn't go
after her.



[BELLS CHIMING]

RENJI:
Hanging Dog, the 78th district
in South Rukon.

To the North,

South, East, and West,
Rukon has 80 districts.

District One has
the highest standard of living.

So to be
poor kids like us,

living in a place like
the 78th district,

well, that made us pretty much
the lowest of the low.

Get out of here,
ya street rats.

Hey.
Watch it, ya old grouch.

RENJI:
Every day was a challenge.

And it wasn't the kind of place
where grownups cut you slack,

just because
you're a kid.

Ah!
I said beat it!

All right, all right.
Come on.

RENJI:
But we did whatever
we had to do to survive.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Okay,
let's do it.

[YELLING]
Hey!

I'm going to beat
the living daylights outta you!

[GRUNTING]

Ow!

Take that,
ya old goat.

Go,
grab whatever you can.

[GIGGLING]

This is water.
This one's candy.

Why you thieving
little bastards.

All right.
Let's get outta here, guys!

Hey!
[YELLING]

Put that stuff down,
you worthless street vermin,

or I'm going to pound
you all into jelly.

This is bad,
Renji.

I think he's really
pissed off this time.

Then you better just
shut up, and keep running.

Oh, you think you can outrun me,
ya thieving little punks.

Just wait.
You've got another thing coming.

RENJI:
Life was hard in that town.

And we hated
every minute of it.

Ah!

You maggots are gonna be sorry
you messed with me!

Now I've got you,
you little brats!

[YELLING]

Huh?
Huh?

Ah!

[GROANING]

I'll kill you--

[YELLING]

Now follow me.
Hurry!

Hey, wait.

Who the hell
are you?

You want to stand
around asking question?

Or you want
to get away?

Let's go.

Good call.

RENJI:
It was on those mean streets
that I first met Rukia.

[LAUGHTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

RENJI:
Here.

What do you got
in the bag?

I divided up all
the stuff we got.

Here.
This is your portion.

Thank you.

See,
it's rock candy.

Rock candy?

RENJI:
You're kidding, right?

Don't tell me you've never
even heard of it.

Try it.
It's sweet.

Okay.
BOY: Give it back.

That's my, mine.
No, it's mine.

Give me back
my candy.

You want it back?
Then take it back, you shrimp.

Ow!

MAN:
Oh, great.
Now look what you've done.

If you'd have
let me have it,

I might have given you some,
you stupid kid.

[CRYING]

Cut out the crying,
you little baby.

It was just
a little candy.

It would have been
wasted on you, anyway.

You don't have an ounce
of spirit energy.

So what good
are you?

Now just shut up already.
Hey.

Huh?

What kind of a pathetic creep
steals from a little kid?

Why you....

I'll teach you to mind
your own business.

Whoa!

[GRUNTING]

We may not
get hungry.

But we can all smell, and we can
all taste. You got that?

We're all the same.

And happiness should be
shared with every one of us.

If we hurt each other,

than we're no better than
those horrible grown ups.

Agreed?

Mhm.

BOY 2:
Wow, she's tough.

[WHIMPERING]

Don't cry,
little one.

Here,
take this.

Huh?
Oh!

RENJI:
I knew she wanted it
for herself.

But she give it away,
just like that.

That's the way
she was.

RENJI:
But it's not like
she was soft.

Rukia was tougher
than most men I know.

She didn't take any crap
from anyone.

She even kind of
talked like a man.

RUKIA: Hey, Renji.
Huh?

Whatcha doing?
Did you come looking for me?

Um, no,
I, I just--

[SCOFFING]

Why would I be looking
for you?

RUKIA: You're so weird.
[GIGGLING]

[LAUGHING]

How dare you
laugh at me?

[LAUGHING]

You're the weird one.

You got a lot of nerve,
you know that?

I'm going to be a
Soul Reaper someday...

RENJI:
It didn't matter
what she was doing.

There was something
classy about Rukia.

Stop laughing at me.

[PANTING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

RENJI:
Rukia, what's the matter?

Nothing.
I'm right behind you.

Whoa.
Look at that rickshaw.

That's the coolest
one I've ever seen.

It must belong to
someone famous.

Check it out,
red leather seats.

It's so shiny you can see
your face in it.

Whoa.
Look at that.

Can you believe he's
gonna become a Soul Reaper?

I remember when
he was still just

a skinny kid in
the neighborhood.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Now he's
the local hero.

I'm gonna be
a Soul Reaper, too.

Oh, yeah, sure.
You don't have a chance.

Soul Reapers have to have
a ton of spirit energy.

MAN 1:
He's right.

The three of us
put together

don't have enough
spirit energy for that.

MAN 2:
Ah, I can dream,
can't I?

Argh!

Get your sticky fingers
off that paint job.

Thank you, sir.
I'll be on my way now.

Hey, look!
He's about to come outside.

We're all rooting for you.
MAN 1: You can do it.

[CLAPPING]

WOMAN:
It's him!

[EXCITED CHATTER]

Hey, Rukia,
are you okay?

What's wrong?

What happened to you?

What's the matter
with your friend?

I imagine you must be weak
from hunger, aren't you?

No.
Why would you think that?

Feeling hunger
in this world

where no one is supposed
to get hungry,

I was also confused
about it at first, too.

But it's a reality that we
all have to accept eventually.

I think what happened just
now is that your body felt

my spiritual pressure
when I passed by you,

and it instantly used
up all your energy.

Here, why don't you
eat some of these.

That should help
to restore your strength.

Oh, thank you.

[GRUNTING]

Ah!

Whoa!

That's awesome,
Renji.

You're going to get to be
a Soul Reaper someday for sure!

You're damn right!
Huh?

[GIGGLING]

Whoa, yours is even bigger
than Renji's.

Amazing, Rukia.

[GRUNTS]

BOY 1:
Rukia, you and Renji are both
gonna become Soul Reapers, huh?

RUKIA:
Nah, I wouldn't worry
about that.

I'm not going to go anywhere,
you guys.

Really?

We're gonna keep this gang
together forever.

Excellent!
That's fantastic!

Right, Renji?

Uh, sure.
Why not?

ALL [IN UNISON]:
Yay!

We're gonna be
friends forever!

[IN UNISON]:
Forever!

[LAUGHING]

BOY 1:
Let's go!

RENJI:
With or without
spirit energy,

didn't seem to matter
so much back then.

At least it didn't
to Rukia.

We may have lived among
the lowest of the low,

but she always shined.

Ah!

Renji, there's one
coming your way.

Okay,
I got it.

[GRUNTING]

Hey, you're just gonna scare
all the fish away doing that.

Ah!

Now what are
you doing?

Trying to make friends
with them down there?

[GASPING]

[PANTING]

No,
I'm okay.

Thanks for asking.

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Huh?

They're flowers.

Flowers?

Ha!

RENJI:
Ha!

Hey, check this
one out, you guys.

Am I talented
or what?

If you've got that fire ready,
then we'll cook this baby up.

Yeah.

[BOYS GIGGLING]

[CHUCKLING]

Why are you just standing
around? Get the fire ready.

Whoa!
Hey!

Come on.

RENJI:
Day after day,
night after night,

we were always
together.

And so, though we didn't
realize it at the time,

we had become
a family.

[LAUGHING]

That was what
we had to do.

It was how
we survived.

But we knew it was still
no kind of a life.

We were still pathetic people,
living pathetic lives

in a terrible,
ugly place.

All the grownups were
either thieves or murderers.

And all the kids
were delinquents.

And to get out
of that life,

well,

there was only
one way.

Renji.

I think we should become
Soul Reapers.

If we do that, then we can
live in the Seireiti.

I've had enough,

lived in this ugly place
too long.

RENJI:
Each of us came to this
merciless town on their own.

Each one of us
had struggled alone,

until finally we had come
together out of necessity.

In order to survive,
we became a family.

But in the end, that cruel
place had still proven

to be too much for us,

too much for any makeshift
family of kids.

It had been 10 years since
Rukia had come,

and now we looked around.

And all the rest of
our friends...

Were gone.

Yes,
let's becomes Soul Reapers.

RENJI:
Shortly after the day we made
that fateful decision,

we both entered
the Soul Reaper academy.

We quickly learned
we were different from

the rest of the spoiled brats
from noble families.

Yes, yes,
I know that one.

Let me give the answer,
sir.

I know it.

I'm glad to hear it.

And in the future,

if I need a substitute,
I'll think of you.

But as I am
not dead yet,

I'll do the explaining
in this classroom.

And you'll do the listening,
if you don't mind, young man.

[CLASSMATES CHUCKLING]

CLASSMATE 1:
What a total loser.

You'd think it's his first time
in a real classroom.

Well, honestly,
what do you expect?

You know where he's from,
right?

CLASSMATE 2:
He's just
District 78 trash.

All right,
quiet down.

Let's move on to
the next problem now, class.

Renji.

I-I was just
studying.

I have lots of extra work
because of this

advanced placement class
I've been promoted to.

So I don't have much time
to hang around, like you do.

I've got so much
work to do.

About the other students,

I know they were making fun
of you earlier,

but I liked
your eagerness.

Uh, oh?

Keep it up.

Don't let a bunch of
stuffed shirts

keep you from
being yourself.

You got it?

What?
What do you mean, be myself?

You know what I mean,
Renji.

Most of the other students here
come from nobility.

They don't understand
the kind of existence

we had back in
Hanging Dog,

so they'll never
accept us.

And that's something
we can never change.

That's true.

RENJI:
So even though we had left
the Rukongai behind,

and it made it
into the academy,

there was still a huge
gap between us...

And them.

I swore then and there I would
make them eat their words,

somehow.

[PANTING]

[SCREAMING]

Oh,
sorry about that!

Rukia,
guess what just happened?

I passed the second exam.
Isn't that great?

Now if I pass
the next one I--

RENJI [IN HEAD]:
Those are kenseikan.

What are nobles
doing here?

Well...

It would seem our deliberations
have been interrupted.

Take a few days,
and consider the situation.

We are looking forward
to hearing a favorable answer.

[THUMPING]

RENJI [IN HEAD]:
This amazing
spiritual pressure.

It's so strong.

I can't even
look into his eyes.

RUKIA:
Renji.

Oh, uh, Rukia,
how are you doing?

You had some pretty important
looking visitors there, huh?

Sorry to interrupt.

So tell me, what was
that all about anyway?

Oh, so it's a secret,
huh?

That was the Kuchiki family,
Renji.

They wanna adopt me
as their daughter.

They said that they're going
to let me graduate right away,

and then,
after that,

they can make arrangements
to put me

straight into one of
the 13 court guard squads.

Renji...

I don't know
what to do.

Ah! Rukia, what do you mean?
Of course you know what to do.

You say yes, Rukia.
This is fantastic!

Don't you see?
You're in.

The Kuchiki's are a
powerful noble family.

And now you're going
to become one them.

[LAUGHING]

You're gonna live the rest of
your life in luxury,

Rukia,
wearing fine clothes.

Hey,
I wonder what nobles eat.

[LAUGHING]
Man, I'm jealous.

And not only that...

[LAUGHING]
Wow!

You're gonna get
to graduate immediately.

This is wonderful news, Rukia.
[LAUGHING]

You think so?

I'm practically speechless.
Ha-ha-ha.

Thank you.

RENJI:
Rukia had finally found
a family,

a real family.

And I knew
I mustn't interfere.

That's what I had
to keep telling myself.

[GASPING]

But now that
I think back,

I think I was just scared
to lose her,

to lose the only family
I ever had.

Not only that,

I didn't want
to face the fact

that I'm nothing more
than a stray dog.

And I'm so sick
of it.

[GRUNTING]

All I do is bark wildly
at the moon.

I don't have the guts
to actually bite.

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

All this time,
I've been blaming you

for the fact that Rukia
has been imprisoned.

Every time I thought of you,
it made my blood boil.

But I was wrong.
It wasn't you.

It was me
from the start,

because I didn't stop Rukia
from going to the Kuchiki's.

I didn't want her to go. But I
never imagined that if she did,

she'd end up being
a condemned criminal.

I thought she would
find happiness.

I really believed that.
How could I have ever known?

And I wanted so badly
to surpass Captain Kuchiki...

For taking Rukia
from me.

From that first day I saw him,
I pursued him.

I trained with only
that thought in mind.

But even to
this day,

not once have I been able
to beat him.

He's just too strong.

As much as
I wanted to,

I just didn't have
the strength

to get Rukia back
that way.

So Ichigo,

now I'm swallowing
my shame and my pride,

and I'm asking you
to save Rukia.

[GASPING]

Will you promise?

I'm begging you.

Will you save her?

[GASPING]

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Yes.

RENJI:
Light a fire to the fang
that cannot be reached,

so that I do not have
to see the star,

so that I do not slit
this throat.

[♪♪♪]

[WOMAN SINGING IN JAPANESE]

I am this century's premiere
spiritualist, Don Kanoji.

ICHIGO:
Huh?

KANOJI:
This reeks of bad things.

ICHIGO:
What about the fight?

KANOJI:
That definitely smells
like bad spirits.

ICHIGO:
And my injury?
And Renji?

KANOJI:
You kids watching at home,
just you wait.

ICHIGO:
Hey, what's the deal here?