I am honoured that the alliance between Owari and Mikawa-
Too formal.
Look around you.
Relax a little.
More importantly, Machiyo,
did you make sure the soldiers got some, too?
Yes.
Everyone was overjoyed.
They said you were a splendid ruler.
Did they?
You can't fool me.
Destroying the Imagawa barely got you any territory.
So you're using food to bribe them.
Shut up.
You'll be paying me back another way, got it?!
W-What do you want?
The prettiest girl in Japan!
Are you watching me from heaven, old man Toukichirou?
I'm climbing up the slope to becoming a ladies' man!
chikai no ha furuu setsuna
誓いの刃 振るう刹那
When I swing the blade of my oath,
kanshoku soshite mata kizutsuite
感触 そしてまた傷ついて
that feeling of being hurt once again.
kuchibiru o kamishimenagara
唇を噛みしめながら
As I bite my lip,
nani ga tadashii no ka to tou
何が 正しいのかと問う
I question, what is correct?
anata mamoru demo sono mae ni
あなた 守る でもその前に
I will protect you, but before that,
hatasubeki koto ga aru yo
果たすべきことがあるよ
there is something I must do.
tokubetsu nanka ni naritain janakute
特別なんかになりたいんじゃなくて
It’s not that I want to become someone special,
watashi usotsukitakunai
私 嘘つきたくない
I just don’t want to tell a lie.
inochi o kakete kouya o
命を賭けて 荒野を
In these days of battle,
kakeru tatakai no hibi no naka
駆ける 戦いの日々の中
I put my life on the line and charge across these wastelands.
furimuku to soko ni ite
振り向くと そこにいて
I turn around, and there you are.
furue tomete kureru
震え 止めてくれる
You stop my shaking.
kanashimi no hi ga tojireba yabou no hi ga noboru
哀しみの日が閉じれば 野望の陽が昇る
If these days of sadness end, the sun of ambition will rise.
unmei kettobashi omou mama susumou
運命 蹴っ飛ばし 思うまま進もう
Kick fate aside and we can proceed as we dream.
sekai o rinku shite
世界をリンクして
Link the world together.
Episode Five
The Plan of the Genius Strategist
We just came this way.
I am fairly certain we're following the Kiso River...
This doesn't feel right.
Shibata Katsuie's forces are stuck in the swamp.
Them, too?
There are strange piles of stones that are creating a labyrinth.
I saw something like this in a Romance of the Three Kingdoms manga...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
The Eight Ranks of Stone Warriors!
Koumei's trap!
What?
This is a trap devised by the brilliant strategist Shokatsu Koumei.
They're trying to lure us into the swamp and then flood it with river water.
Goemon, destroy the stones!
Understood!
What are you doing, Monkey?
These are what's locking us in the labyrinth, right?
So we destroy them all!
Someone down there has an interesting idea.
You won't flood the area?
I won't.
My master prefers to avoid needless bloodshed.
After that, Oda advanced her forces to Mino,
but she lost every battle, with no further success in her conquest.
This sucks!
Why can't we win?!
Well, it's because...
There's a genius strategist in Mino.
Even I, the Viper, could not match his wisdom.
He's been called the greatest strategist in history.
He's a trillion times smarter than you morons!
Are you picking a fight?
I've never heard of any genius strategists...
Of course not.
He was Mino's greatest secret.
I will tell you.
His name is-
Takenaka Hanbei.
Anybody who plays these games knows him.
Even without any item bonuses, his INT score is ninety-eight-
If you knew, then you should've told me, you stupid monkey!
I remembered after we fought him!
The question now is how to defeat Mino!
Sure, but...
Our only choice is to get Takenaka Hanbei on our side.
It'd be faster to kill him.
You don't get it.
You need to get all the top-ranked characters you can,
or you're gonna run out of good people later.
It's a basic game strategy.
But Takenaka Hanbei is a man of honour.
I can't imagine he'd join the Oda.
A man of honour, and a kind man.
You're all still alive, aren't you?
Come to think of it, you're right.
He prefers to not shed blood needlessly.
Thus, I think he'd get along with Nobuna-chan.
He's wasted on Yoshitatsu.
As long as Takenaka Hanbei is here, Mino is safe.
A greater genius than even Dousan-sama.
Andou-dono must be proud to be related to him.
No, not at all.
Well, maybe a little.
Why does Hanbei hide himself?
Does he dislike me, Yoshitatsu, so much?
Well...
He was a favourite of my father's.
It's just that Hanbei prefers to hide himself-
I am his lord now!
What retainer hides himself from his lord?!
Y-You're right!
So who brings him?
It'd have to be me.
Are you going to butt in again, Monkey?
This is my event.
Only Hideyoshi can win Takenaka Hanbei over!
Who's Hideyoshi?
Don't worry about it.
Just leave it to me.
And more importantly...
Once I've brought him back, don't forget what you owe me.
W-What I owe you?
The prettiest girl in Japan, what else?!
I-I'm not that cheap.
You'd have to bring down Mino at least...
I know that's not happening.
I'll help you out, child.
You may have Mitsuhide as a guide.
Lookie here... No, you can't have it yet!
Sweetfish!
Lookie, lookie... Okay, eat it!
I caught an Inuchiyo!
What are you playing around for?!
Has your rotten brain forgotten your job already?!
Calm down.
If you play Hideyoshi's route in Legends of the Civil Wars,
Hanbei joins you.
Then you know, of course,
that Takenaka Hanbei is an Onmyouji.
It feels like a ghost might appear.
They do!
That's why nobody comes here.
Hanbei's an Onmyouji? This is news to me.
Mitsuhide!
Andou Morinari-dono!
I thought you were in Owari with Dousan-sama.
I see.
So you've come to convince Hanbei to join you.
Glad you understand.
We haven't been getting along with Yoshitatsu-sama lately.
I should've gone with Dousan-sama...
Then it's okay, right?
We are still retainers of the Saitou family of Mino.
It'll take more than mere words to convince us.
Asai Nagamasa!
Monkey?
You again?
What are you doing here?
I guess we're here for the same reason.
With Takenaka Hanbei at my side, Mino will fall.
What the hell is this?
A wedding invitation Asai Nagamasa sent to all the daimyos.
That was called off!
You haven't given up yet?
If I bring her Mino, Nobuna-dono won't be able to refuse.
The marriage is as good as done.
I told you.
I won't give you Nobuna!
Interesting.
So it will be a showdown to see which of us gets Takenaka Hanbei.
Sounds good to me.
I'd prefer you not decide this in my absence.
A ghost!
A pleasure to meet you.
I am Takenaka Hanbei.
I'm...
Monkey-dono of the Owari Oda clan.
And the young daimyo of northern Oumi,
Asai Nagamasa-dono.
So you know all about us.
Then I'll get right to the point.
Join the Oda-
You were going to have a showdown, yes?
One of these is the correct one.
The first to eat it wins.
However, one of them is poison.
Poison?
Hell no!
You get me, and Mino.
A prize worth more than your life.
That's not a good idea.
I promised her I wouldn't die!
S-Spicy!
Too bad.
That was a hot pepper bun.
I won't lose!
A wasabi bun.
Two left.
Who gets it first?
I'm guessing black!
No, blue is right!
That was a rock!
M-My teeth...
None of them were the right one!
What fools.
A ghost did appear!
You tricked us!
It's your fault for being tricked.
You idiot!
What did you kill him for?
Monsters are supposed to be exterminated.
You killed the Saitou family's strategist...
If this becomes known, Nobuna-dono's reputation will be ruined.
This is bad.
Bring him back to life!
No response.
It seems to be a corpse.
He's just playing!
Wait, he's gone!
Where did he go?
Find him!
There!
Don't be mean to me...
Who are you?
T-Takenaka Hanbei...
You're Takenaka Hanbei?
Yes...
Um, please don't be mean to me.
I won't.
I can't believe the Hanbei-dono I looked up to...
I'd never be mean to such a cute girl.
...was a little girl like this.
Zenki-san, please.
I am Hanbei's double, Zenki.
I have revived.
Double?
Indeed.
My master, Takenaka Hanbei, is bullied because of her talents.
So I took her place.
And she's also very shy.
She has a habit of deliberately angering people to see if they'll be mean to her.
Will you be mean to me?
Nope.
Bring me Hanbei!
But...
You're saying you can't obey orders from the likes of me?
You must think, too, that I'm not half the man my father is!
N-Not at all!
Revolutions have been a part of Mino's history for ages.
The strong take the land for themselves.
Hanbei plans to chase me from my throne and have Mino for himself.
Yoshitatsu-sama, what are you...
I'll listen to Hanbei's excuses.
Until then, you will go to prison.
Wait, Yoshitatsu-sama!
Every single one of you,
haunted by the ghost of Dousan...
If Hanbei does not come, they will be executed.
A hostage?
That's really low.
If they're this serious...
You may be killed if you go.
What is Saitou Yoshitatsu thinking?
Without Hanbei, Mino is nothing.
He needs a sharp blade.
But too sharp a blade puts him at risk.
Yoshitatsu got cold feet.
Humans never change.
They only think about themselves.
Let Andou die.
If Andou dies, Hanbei will come to hate Yoshitatsu.
She will attack Inabayama Castle to avenge her uncle.
Mino will belong to me and Nobuna-dono.
Hell no!
I refuse to do anything that will make a girl sad!
Andou is still safe.
Good...
Good work, Goemon.
I want you and Goemon to rescue Andou.
What will you do?
I'll buy time with Hanbei.
You're going to take her?
Not Hanbei-chan. Hanbei.
I'll have Zenki take her place again.
No.
I'll go.
It would be dishonourable to deceive Yoshitatsu-sama.
But...
If I tell him the truth, that I'll never betray him,
he'll understand!
You're a very stupid person.
Things aren't that easy.
I'm sure he will...
Fine.
Let's go then.
Yoshiharu-san?
I am Takenaka Hanbei.
Y-You are?
Impossible!
Hanbei is a man!
I was using a double for reasons of my own.
This girl?
I refuse to believe it.
You've caught us by surprise.
You truly are a master strategist.
Um, my uncle...
When you are no longer suspected of treason, I will return him to you.
I'd never betray you!
Those are just words!
I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
This is certainly unexpected.
You truly have no intention of betraying me?
I do not.
Then why have you let the Oda go,
despite having many opportunities to destroy them?
I didn't want there to be any unneeded-
It is the job of a strategist to slay all the enemy!
I'm sorry!
Enough already!
You can kill the enemy, but they'll just keep coming!
But what if the soldiers who run speak of how terrified they were?
Mino has a genius strategist.
Attacking is useless.
Won't everyone realise that?!
And you say that was Hanbei's intention?
She allowed the enemy to live, and won anyway.
That's why she's a genius, right?
A strategist so powerful is even more dangerous.
Takenaka Hanbei has no intention of rebelling.
She may not have the intention, but she has the capability.
That is her crime.
Puny.
Far too puny.
What?
A true lord uses the best men he can find to rule his country!
That was what Saitou Dousan did!
Why, you...
Kill them!
That mark... The Asai family?
Indeed. I am Asai Nagamasa.
Why is the young daimyo of Oumi here?
I...
The Oda monkey was planning to use Hanbei to assassinate you.
I've come to stop them.
So that's Nobuna's monkey?
You betrayed us!
You're the one who made things worse!
Now I'll just have to join with Mino and take Nobuna-dono for myself!
You-
Sorry, but I'm not interested.
What?
Capture Nagamasa alive.
I don't care about the monkey.
Kill him.
Guess that didn't work.
Shut up!
Intruders!
Sagara, we've saved Andou!
Thank you, Goemon.
Nagamasa, we're leaving with Hanbei-chan.
Don't give me orders!
What are you going to do with Hanbei-chan?
I won't kill her.
A lord makes use of the best men he can find, yes?
I'll have Hanbei be my concubine, so she doesn't get any ideas.
Concubine?
I need your power to surpass my father.
Together we will conquer Japan.
Right, Hanbei-chan?
Run!
Run away!
You can't leave me-
I'm taking back my master.
What?
Did we just... capture Inabayama Castle?
We did indeed.
Hanbei-chan!
She's got a bad fever.
T-This always happens when I've used too many spells.
Hanbei-chan!
Damn it!
What are you going to do?
We can't treat her here.
You'll abandon a castle you've captured?
I can't trade it for Hanbei-chan!
Goemon, let's go!
Fool.
I'm sorry you had to do all this for me.
It's fine. Don't worry about it.
But if you'd just ignored me...
She wouldn't want to get the castle that way anyway.
We'll go back and get it.
Fair and square, the way Oda Nobuna likes.
She's a very important person to you, isn't she?
Well...
If she's that important,
then you should lead the Oda clan and conquer Japan.
Hiding her somewhere safe...
That's not right.
I want to let her shine.
Like the moon in the night sky...
She shines when she's trying to conquer.
If she stops being herself, there's no point.
A bright light always casts a shadow.
And handling that is our job.
Protecting her, and letting her shine.
That's just selfishness.
Any time you gain something, you'll lose something.
You can't have everything.
Sure I can.
That's just being a kid.
I'm fine with being a kid.
I don't want to lose anything.
You're a dummy, Yoshiharu-san.
Maybe.
Too big a dummy for me to leave you alone.
I want to protect you, and let you shine, too.
Takenaka Hanbei will serve not the Oda clan,
but Sagara Yoshiharu.
Okay, my lord?
tada jidai no mannaka
ただ 時代の真ん中
Being just a bystander in the middle of this era,
tatasarete tomadou toki ni
立たされて 戸惑う時に
when I am stopped, when I am troubled,
te o hiitekureta hito e
手を引いてくれた人へ
I look to the person who’s been holding my hand...
dekiru koto sagashita
出来ること探した
...and find what I can do for them.
kizutsukinagara warau sugata
傷つきながら 笑う姿
While being hurt, you smile,
kokoro no ura namida ga mieta
心の裏 涙が見えた
but inside your heart, there are tears.
sukuimotomeru koe kikitoreru no wa
救い求める声 聴き取れるのは
The ones who can hear your cries for help,
yurusareta mono dake
許された者だけ
are those few you allowed.
kazoekirenu arashi o koete
数え切れぬ 嵐を越えて
I overcome countless storms.
anata no yami saku hikari ni naru
あなたの闇 裂くヒカリになる
I will become the light that shatters your darkness.
mou mayowanai tomo ni ikitai
もう 迷わない ともに生きたい
I will no longer hesitate. I want to live by your side.
chikau yume ga donna mubou de atte mo
誓う夢が どんな無謀であっても
No matter how reckless the promised dream is.
oboeteite shinjirareru basho wa
おぼえていて 信じられる場所は
Remember, the place you can believe in,
koko ni aru to
ここにあると
is right here.
Episode Six
Sunomata Castle