8 - Betrayer's Strike

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[00:00] Gu
    Now, the gods are on my side.
[00:04] Gu
    A silver badge.
[00:06] Gu
    Are those Mongol letters?
[00:08] Gu
    Listen, Shiraishi.
    I wanted to ask you something.
[00:12] Gu
    Why are you risking death here?
[00:15] Gu
    There's nothing in it for you.
[00:16] Gu
    Well... It just ended up that way, I guess.
[00:21] Gu
    I felt like I had to do something
    after watching the islanders
[00:24] Gu
    get slaughtered by the Mongol armies.
[00:28] Gu
    Shiraishi, let's be honest with each other.
[00:32] Gu
    What are you trying to say?
[00:33] Gu
    I'm asking you if you're
    really okay with this.
[00:36] Gu
    If you still have any pride as a samurai,
[00:40] Gu
    then you shouldn't sell
    your services for free.
[00:42] Gu
    You need to fight for a reward.
[00:49] Gu
    Let me hear you out.
[02:21] Gu
    There are people who aren't in the
    Toibarai who know about this castle.
[02:25] Gu
    And we just killed a shit ton of Mongols.
[02:28] Gu
    They'll find us. It's certain.
[02:31] Gu
    We can't stay here.
[02:33] Gu
    We need to get as far away
    from the Mongols as we possibly can.
[02:38] Gu
    Do what you want,
[02:39] Gu
    but we won't abandon this place.
[02:42] Gu
    This castle and the villages along the coast,
[02:45] Gu
    make up the land where
    Toibarai's ancestors' souls dwell.
[02:48] Gu
    The soldiers' morale will fail them
    if they try to fight anywhere else.
[02:52] Gu
    Fighting here is what
    will give us the advantage.
[02:57] Gu
    I see. So that's it.
[02:59] Gu
    You didn't take in all those people
    from the capital and Sasu
[03:03] Gu
    just because of the Emperor's
    orders or your ancestor's words.
[03:06] Gu
    You wanted as many extra men
    as possible to protect this place.
[03:13] Gu
    If you want to leave, we won't stop you.
[03:17] Gu
    But even if you can escape the Mongols,
[03:20] Gu
    can you survive General Winter?
[03:24] Gu
    Alone in the wilderness with
     nothing but the clothes on your back,
[03:28] Gu
    all you'll find is hunger and the cold.
[03:31] Gu
    We're not telling you to fight here.
[03:36] Gu
    Just stay inside the strong stone walls,
    and wait for them to pass.
[03:46] Gi
    Wait!
[03:47] Gu
    Leave him.
[03:56] Gu
    Hey, I heard you told the Magistrate
    to abandon the castle.
[04:02] Gu
    You're not even from this island, exile.
[04:04] Gu
    Don't try to tell us what to do.
[04:10] Gu
    Hey, I heard you're good at some sword
    style called "Gikei style," right?
[04:15] Gu
    Can you give us a lesson with this stick?
[04:21] Gu
    No need for that.
[04:22] Gu
    I'll fight you with this.
[04:25] ---
    Bastard!
[04:31] Gu
    That's not a sword!
[04:34] Gu
    If you want to die, I can use that stick.
[04:36] Gu
    Gikei style is...
[04:44] Gu
    ...a style used to kill.
[04:47] Gu
    Then kill me!
[04:49] Gu
    All of us would be glad to die
    in the land of our ancestors!
[04:53] (Flashback) Gu
    I'll do the best I can to protect it!
[04:59] Gu
    Okay, how about this?
[05:02] Gu
    I'll fight you all at once.
[05:05] Gu
    If you all lose, show me
    your faces and tell me your names.
[05:09] Gu
    Hey, Kuchii and the Toibarai are fighting!
[05:13] Gu
    What?
[05:18] Gu
    The exile from the capital started a fight!
[05:20] Gu
    Let's join in!
[05:21] Gu
    Come and get us!
[05:22] Gu
    You want to fight, asshole?
[05:24] Gu
    The hell you say?
[05:25] Gu
    Get out of here! Damn it!
[05:26] Gu
    Hey, what's all this about?
[05:28] Gu
    They just asked me for a sparring match.
[05:33] Gu
    Now, take off your helmets
    and give me your names.
[05:37] Gu
    Fine. We promised we would.
[05:39] Gu
    Nakamaru of Mitsuka.
[05:41] Gu
    Kamaami.
[05:42] Gu
    Jirou.
[05:43] Gu
    Tasuke.
[05:44] Gu
    Will the rest of you take off your
    masks and give me your names, as well?
[05:48] ---
    What?
[05:49] Gu
    If we do have to fight the Mongols here,
[05:53] Gu
    can you entrust your lives to people
    whose faces and names you don't know?
[05:59] Gu
    So, Kuchii Jinzaburou,
[06:02] Gu
    if we do have to fight the Mongols here,
[06:06] Gu
    will you stay in the castle?
[06:09] Gu
    I owe you a debt from yesterday.
[06:11] Gu
    And this is the place where you'll
    really do the best you can, right?
[06:17] Gu
    I guess I've got no choice
    but to help you, then.
[06:19] Gu
    Maybe it was wrong to try and
    give up on a place to protect people,
[06:23] Gu
    instead of trying to protect
    both the people and a place.
[06:26] Gu
    If you stay here, you'll really be able
    to show me all you've got, right?
[06:34] Gu
    Of course.
[06:36] Gu
    But if you just use these walls to hide,
[06:38] Gu
    they won't protect you
    when you need them most.
[06:41] Gu
    I'm going to strengthen
    the castle's defenses.
[06:44] Gu
    You don't need to tell us that.
[06:51] Gu
    Two days ago,
[06:52] Gu
    I left Sasu Valley and arrived
    at a small fishing village.
[06:57] Gu
    I was invited to the house
    of a certain family...
[07:00] Gu
    But for some reason,
    the villagers attacked me.
[07:07] Gu
    I was captured.
[07:09] Gu
    And then the Mongol soldiers arrived.
[07:14] Gu
    I thought it was over for sure that time...
[07:18] Gu
    But this Mongol general
    named Nergui or something...
[07:21] Gu
    He seemed to realize my potential.
[07:25] Gu
    This is a Mongol pass he gave me.
[07:29] Gu
    I can go to meet him any time I want.
[07:32] Gu
    So you're a traitor?
[07:34] Gu
    That's a nasty way to put it.
[07:36] Gu
    Our job is to fight for a liege
    in exchange for the lands he lets us have.
[07:41] Gu
    Whether that liege is Japanese
    or Mongol makes no difference.
[07:48] Gu
    How about it, Shiraishi?
[07:50] Gu
    We can serve the Mongol army
    and win glory for ourselves,
[07:52] Gu
    receive lands from the Mongol general,
[07:54] Gu
    and go back to being landed lords!
[08:00] Gu
    Damn it all!
SIGN    Uriyan Edei's Army 
    Funbishi
[08:02] Gu
    Where the hell did those Japanese escape to?
[08:05] Gu
    I have men looking for them,
SIGN    Uriyan Edei's Army 
    Ochirubato
[08:06] Gu
    but these mountains are bigger than they look.
[08:08] Gu
    They're the perfect place
    for those monkeys to hide.
[08:10] Gu
    It's not like they
    disappeared into thin air.
SIGN    Uriyan Edei's Army
    Choukuru
[08:13] Gu
    Are there no traces at all?
[08:15] Gu
    Let's just ignore the islanders.
[08:18] Gu
    What?
[08:18] Gu
    There are only a few days until the time
    the priests have told us to leave port.
[08:24] Gu
    I believe our best choice is to let
[08:26] Gu
    the soldiers rest before we
    continue our conquest of Japan.
[08:29] Gu
    So we give up?
[08:31] Gu
    Impossible!
[08:32] Gu
    That's what the Japanese want us to do.
[08:37] Gu
    Yes. If we don't know where they are,
    there's nothing we can do.
[08:42] Gu
    We'll call off the pursuit.
[08:43] ---
    Shit!
[08:46] Gu
    I guess I won't get that girl
    I was looking forward to, huh?
[08:51] Gu
    If I may, General...
[08:53] Gu
    What is it, Nergui?
[08:55] Gu
    While you were gone,
[08:58] Gu
    I convinced several
    of the islanders to act as spies,
[09:01] Gu
    and spread them throughout the island.
[09:03] Gu
    If we're lucky,
[09:06] Gu
    they might tell us where our foes
    are hiding as soon as today.
[09:10] Gu
    That changes things.
[09:14] Gu
    Our commanders have given us
    the capital, the best meal on the island.
[09:22] Gu
    We need to make sure we suck it
    down to the marrow of its bones,
[09:25] Gu
    or it just wouldn't feel right, would it?
[09:27] Gu
    What do you think, Shiraishi?
[09:30] Gu
    It's not a bad deal, is it?
[09:32] Gu
    They might make us governors if we're lucky!
[09:38] Gu
    Why are you so worried?
[09:40] Gu
    Do we have anything left to lose?
[09:45] Gu
    We do.
[09:49] Gu
    I don't want to lose my soul, as well.
[09:53] Gu
    I appreciate the offer,
    but I can't betray everyone.
[09:57] Gu
    Sheesh... My brother was the same way.
[10:01] Gu
    "Duty." "Soul."
[10:03] Gu
    While he was fretting and worrying,
[10:05] Gu
    someone else took the initiative, and he died.
[10:07] Gu
    And that someone was me!
[10:11] Gu
    You're an exile.
    It's the same for you, right?
[10:15] Gu
    Is your soul so wonderful
    you'd miss it if you lost it?
[10:21] Gu
    Enough, Obusuma.
[10:23] Gu
    I'll let you go, just this once.
[10:25] Gu
    Go.
[10:28] Gu
    How nice of you.
[10:31] Gu
    I owe you one!
[10:43] Gu
    I knew exactly what you'd do.
[10:44] Gu
    Damn it...
[10:50] Gi
    Why did you kill him, mister?
[10:53] Gu
    You're one of the divers from before?
[10:56] Gu
    Look.
[10:57] Gu
    He was working with the Mongols.
[11:01] Gi
    A traitor?
[11:04] Gu
    But I didn't need to kill him.
[11:08] Gi
    No, you did the only thing you could do!
[11:11] Gi
    I'll tell everyone for you!
[11:15] Gi
    I'll go bring someone.
[11:18] Gu
    Wait.
[11:20] Gi
    What? Mis—
[11:33] Gi
    Why?
[11:45] Gu
    I'm sorry.
[11:50] Gu
    I-I changed my mind about you.
[12:06] Gu
    Obusuma Saburou...
[12:08] Gu
    I can work with the Mongols,
[12:10] Gu
    but not with scum like you!
SIGN    Chikuzen Dazaifu Magistrate Fortress
[12:29] Gu
    How goes the loading of the ships?
[12:31] Gu
    It will take more time.
[12:33] Gu
    Get as many ships as you can,
[12:36] Gu
    loaded with all the arrows
    and provisions you can find.
[12:39] Gu
    And then we need
    as many troops as we can get.
[12:41] Gu
    Once they're here, we'll have them
    board and head for Tsushima!
[12:50] Gu
    There are people out there who
    will fight for men they've never met...
[12:55] Gu
    Just wait,
[12:57] Gu
    Kuchii Jinzaburou.
[13:04] Gi
    Jinzaburou!
[13:06] Gi
    I want your honest opinion.
[13:10] Gi
    Are reinforcements coming? Or not?
[13:14] (Flashback) Gu
    I'm sending 3,000 soldiers to Tsushima.
[13:17] Gu
    They are.
[13:18] Gu
    He'll keep his promise.
[13:21] Gu
    A samurai always does.
[13:23] Gu
    He said he'll send reinforcements,
    and now he has to.
[13:27] Gu
    The Shouni Clan are duty-bound
    to defend Tsushima.
[13:32] Gi
    I see.
[13:34] Gi
    That's rare...
[13:36] Gi
    You're never optimistic.
[13:40] Gi
    But we don't know
    for sure that they'll come.
[13:43] Gi
    So stay sharp.
[13:45] Gu
    Just the promise of reinforcements
    is keeping everyone's spirits up.
[13:52] Gu
    But... I don't know if it's
    really going to happen.
[13:55] Gu
    They would have the terrain advantage
    if they fought the Mongols at Kyushu.
[13:58] Gu
    I can't believe they'd abandon it and
    send their troops across dangerous seas.
[14:05] Gu
    But if reinforcements do come...
[14:09] Gu
    It means we can do more, but...
[14:16] Gi
    Onami-chan!
[14:19] Gi
    How horrible...
[14:21] Gi
    It's my fault.
[14:23] Gi
    I should've come sooner.
[14:25] Gu
    From the look of things, it would've
    been too late, even if you had.
[14:28] Gi
    Magistrate...
[14:30] Gu
    What was the cause of death?
[14:32] Gi
    This piece of shit samurai must
    have tried to rape Onami!
[14:36] Gi
    But she fought back and killed him, too!
[14:38] Gi
    He tried to put his hands on other
    women, and nobody liked him!
[14:45] Gi
    Is something wrong, Magistrate?
[14:51] Gu
    No.
[14:52] Gu
    Let's bury Nami.
[14:55] Gu
    Obusuma Saburou is dead?
[14:57] Gu
    Yeah.
[14:58] Gu
    He and one of the diving
    women killed each other.
[15:01] Gu
    What happened?
[15:02] Gu
    No idea. Maybe he grabbed her butt?
[15:06] Gu
    Loser.
[15:07] Gu
    That's terrifying...
[15:09] Gu
    I need to be careful around those women, too.
[15:12] Gu
    He looked like a decently skilled warrior...
[15:17] Gu
    It's odd that he'd be killed so easily...
[15:19] Gu
    I guess we should go bury him.
[15:22] Gu
    We all fought on the same
    battlefield two days ago.
[15:27] Gu
    Hey, where's Shiraishi-dono?
[15:30] Gu
    No idea.
[15:31] Gu
    He missed dinner,
    and I haven't seen him since.
[15:44] Gu
    So there's a castle in the
    mountains on the north side?
[15:48] Gu
    And the escaped islanders are hiding there?
[15:53] Gu
    That's good to know.
[15:55] Gu
    General, this silver badge is real,
    but we can't trust him.
[16:00] Gu
    This isn't the man I gave it to.
[16:03] Gu
    The safe thing to do would be to kill him.
[16:07] Gu
    You said your name was Shiraishi?
[16:09] Gu
    Your reward will be dependent
    on what you do now.
[16:15] Gu
    It's dependent on what you do now.
[16:18] Gu
    So you'll trust me, then?
[16:20] Gu
    I want to keep as many
    of my soldiers alive as possible.
[16:25] Gu
    Help me out with that.
[16:27] Gu
    First, can you tell me the
    weaknesses of that castle?
[16:33] (Flashback) Gu
    Do they have enough defenders?
[16:39] Gu
    They don't have enough defenders
    to protect a castle that size, I think.
[16:44] Gu
    I see.
[16:46] Gu
    So if we concentrate our forces
    on a single point of attack,
[16:48] Gu
    the other points will
    become undefended, huh?
[16:54] Gu
    It's possible.
[16:56] Gu
    So, are there a lot of things
    to plunder in the castle?
[17:01] Gu
    Provisions, weapons, cloth, treasure...
[17:05] Gu
    And more than anything, slaves!
[17:09] Gu
    Especially the women and children.
[17:11] Gu
    Only if we can take them alive, though.
[17:14] Gu
    I shudder to think of the
    terrible thing I've done,
[17:18] Gu
    but I can't turn back now.
[17:23] Gu
    Yeah, there's plenty.
[17:26] Gu
    There's tons of treasure
    inside that mountain.
[17:29] Gu
    If I've already betrayed them,
    I may as well keep doing it!
[17:33] Gu
    Karaun, did you see that
    expression he had for a moment?
[17:37] Gu
    An expression of pain.
[17:39] Gu
    And it was real.
[17:41] Gu
    The face of someone who betrayed
    his comrades and is overcome with guilt.
[17:45] Gu
    That's the face of a true traitor.
[17:48] Gu
    And anyone without that sense
    of guilt can't be trusted.
[17:54] Gu
    The Mongols prize those
    who agree to serve us willingly.
[17:58] Gu
    You were the first Japanese
    to surrender to us.
[18:01] Gu
    And you will receive
    the best treatment of them.
[18:04] Gu
    Now, my new Japanese friend,
[18:06] Gu
    you may split the spoils with me.
[18:14] Gu
    This is sulfur.
[18:16] Gu
    If you cover a stick with it,
    you can use it to easily start fires.
[18:20] Gu
    It stinks.
[18:21] Gu
    If they got it locally,
    it's probably from Iwo Jima.
[18:25] Gu
    It's usually used as medicine, right?
[18:27] Gu
    I'd like some later.
[18:36] Gu
    By the way, it seems
    we're missing some exiles.
[18:39] Gu
    That big one...
[18:41] Gu
    Oh, I haven't seen Shiraishi
    since this afternoon.
[18:45] Gu
    This afternoon?
[18:47] Gu
    Nobody saw him?
[18:50] Gu
    What's on your mind?
[18:53] Gu
    I'll come out and say it.
[18:54] Gu
    I'm thinking his disappearance
    might have something
[18:57] Gu
    to do with the death
    of a man named Obusuma.
[19:01] Gu
    What do you mean?
[19:03] Gu
    The man's collarbone
    had been sliced clean through.
[19:07] Gu
    The short katanas the women
    carry couldn't do that.
[19:10] Gu
    It was a tachi katana...
[19:16] Gu
    Hey, everyone.
[19:18] Gu
    Shiraishi! Where were you?
[19:22] Gu
    I was following this thing.
[19:25] Gu
    That's a huge boar.
[19:27] Gu
    Nice work!
[19:31] Gu
    It was tough.
[19:36] Gu
    I'm happy to get a chance
    to rest by the fire.
[19:39] Gu
    We haven't had time until now.
[19:42] Gu
    You guys are like a bunch of old geezers.
[19:45] Gu
    We've got no drink, and I'm bored!
[19:47] Gu
    Somebody sing!
[19:49] Gi
    Yes...
[19:51] Gi
    It doesn't have to be loud. Someone sing.
[19:55] Gi
    Kano, how about you?
[19:57] Gi
    A cheerful song.
[19:59] Gi
    Something that would help us feel like
    we made it through the day, and sleep...
[20:04] Gi
    But I'm just a guard...
[20:06] Gu
    It's our job to bring peace
    to the princess's heart.
[20:11] Gi
    How about we sing one of the hayauta
    songs we learned as children?
[20:15] Gi
    I'll sing the sue part.
[20:17] Gi
    You honor me too highly, Princess.
[20:19] Gi
    Give it up, Kano.
[20:25] Gi
    All right. I can't promise
    it will be any good, but...
[20:31] Gi
    Where is the branch I shall rest on tonight?
[20:39] Gi
    It's far ahead, beyond the mountains.
[20:47] Gi
    A kotsuzura tree deep in the mountains.
[20:55] Gu
    Hmph! I know a more elegant song than this.
[20:55] Gi
    A kotsuzura tree as the sun sets...
[20:59] Gu
    I'm sure you do,
    but I'd rather they sing than you.
[21:03] Gi
    Grab on to the heron's neck...
[21:11] Gi
    It's so long, so very long...
[21:28] Gu
    Hey, look! Smoke signals!
[21:33] Gu
    The Mongols are coming?
[21:36] Gu
    They found this place?
[21:38] Gu
    I don't know.
[21:39] Gu
    But they're heading straight here.
[21:42] Gu
    They'll reach Kanatanoki
    Castle this afternoon.
[21:48] Gu
    So they're here...
[21:50] Gu
    Now that the Mongols had a target,
    they marched straight for it.
[21:54] Gu
    Their march was filled with confidence.
[22:00] Gu
    The battle of Kanatanoki Castle had begun.
SIGN    Episode 08: Betrayer's Strike