Samurai 7 Season 1 Episode 17

Komachi's friend: Kambei's fighting a one-man war now. He's not letting the other samurai help.
Komachi: Yeah, Momataro and Heihachi are busy rebuilding stuff, but everyone else is just bored.

Komachi: Kiku's feeling kind of lonely now.
Komachi's friend: How come?
Komachi: Cause Kambei isn't here.
Komachi's friend: Oh yeah, that makes sense.
Kikuchiyo: Shut up!
Komachi: Kiku acts like he doesn't like him, but he's followed Kambei from the start.

Messenger: For his inability to find the envoy's assassin, Ayamaro has been stripped of his title. He will remain in the capital until the emperor decides his fate.
Tessai: His fate?
Ukyo: Poor father, whatever shall we do?
Messenger: The emperor would like you to continue your father's duties as magistrate.

Kirara: Is that a book about war?
Katsushiro: Yes. Since the fighting ended, I've felt uneasy, like I still crave the battlefield.

Kikuchiyo: Hey, what is a samurai, anyway?
Heihachi: Look in a mirror. You'll see one staring back.

Kikuchiyo: Hey, what are you rats laughing at?
Komachi: You're just not cut out for harvesting work, Kiku.
Kikuchiyo: Excuse me, I may look like this now, but in my farming days, they called me, "Swift God to the rice field workers.