11 - Audience with the Ruler

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[00:01] michi
    It appears that Kanetsugu-dono
    has arrived...
[00:05] michi
    along with Maeda Keiji.
[00:10] mitsu
    Impossible!
[00:11] mitsu
    He should have left or been killed!
[00:15] mitsu
    His Highness is after Echigo!
[00:18] michi
    I had said that it'd be
    life-threatening for the Uesugi
[00:21] michi
    if that eccentric were
    to meet with his Highness...
[00:26] michi
    But Kanetsugu-dono just
    kept smiling in response.
[00:32] mitsu
    Smiling?
[00:33] michi
    Indeed.
[00:35] mitsu
    Why was he smiling...
[00:40] person
    Be careful.
[00:45] person
    People tend to show their
    true nature once they're cornered.
[00:50] mitsu
    True nature?
[00:51] person
    Have you forgotten about
    Naoe Kanetsugu-dono?
[00:56] mitsu
    Naoe-dono?
[00:59] person
    It is a secret among secrets
    that only a few of us know.
[01:09] person
    He is the son of Uesugi Kenshin.
    That is his true nature.
[01:16] person
    He's a much bigger villain to deal with
[01:19] person
    than some silly eccentric.
[01:28] mitsu
    Ayatachi-dono...
[01:30] mitsu
    What do you think Uesugi Kenshin
[01:33] mitsu
    would have done at a time like this?
[01:38] michi
    A while back during
    the battle at Kawanakajima,
[01:41] michi
    he barged into Takeda's camp
    and threw down his sword.
[01:49] michi
    If it were Kenshin...
[01:52] michi
    The life of his Highness would be in danger.
[01:56] mitsu
    Y-You think so, as well...
[02:00] mitsu
    Sakon!
[02:02] mitsu
    Hurry and call for Sakon!
[02:04] mitsu
    I need him to run an errand for me.
[02:13] nar
    The character "gi" (righteousness),
    combines "oneself" with "sheep."
[02:17] nar
    "Sheep" is the same as "beauty."
[02:21] nar
    Therefore, "gi" means
    "to make yourself beautiful."
[02:25] nar
    I repeat.
[02:27] nar
    "Gi" truly means
    "For one to live beautifully."
[02:38] nar
    Two eccentrics enter battle.
[02:44] nar
    Dazzling Sengoku Period Story:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji.
[02:48] nar
    Gifuu Doudou!!
SIGN    Audience with the Ruler
[04:53] person
    Excuse me...
[04:55] person
    Ishida Mitsunari-sama's messenger,
    Shima Sakon-sama, has just arrived.
[05:10] hide
    I see... So you've
    summoned that man.
[05:14] hide
    Mitsunari... that's very like you.
[05:18] mitsu
    Yes.
[05:19] mitsu
    But Milord...
[05:20] hide
    Yes?
[05:22] mitsu
    I beg your pardon, but there's
    something I'd like to ask you.
[05:24] hide
    What is it?
[05:26] mitsu
    The incident at Sado,
    and now this request for an audience...
[05:29] mitsu
    Why do you have such an interest in Echigo?
[05:32] mitsu
    If you truly wished,
[05:34] mitsu
    it'd be easy for you to be rid of
    the Uesugi using Kanetsugu's bloodline.
[05:38] mitsu
    And yet...
[05:42] hide
    Kanetsugu's bloodline...
[05:45] hide
    I can't carelessly touch upon that.
[05:49] hide
    Considering even Lord Nobunaga
[05:52] hide
    tried using that fact
    in his favor and yet failed.
[05:55] mitsu
    Then the event at Ochirimizu Castle still...
[06:02] hide
    I would like to have Naoe Kanetsugu.
[06:08] hide
    Kagekatsu-dono, you refuse,
    despite my repeated pleas?
[06:14] hide
    Then the only thing that awaits Echigo—
[06:22] kane
    What to do...
[06:25] hide
    What do you mean?
[06:27] kane
    I love my lord.
[06:30] hide
    So?
[06:32] kane
    Because of that, I made a promise to him
[06:35] kane
    that we would become a bond for Echigo.
[06:47] kane
    I cannot break my promise.
[06:50] kane
    That is what my love means.
[06:53] hide
    Kanetsugu...
[07:05] kage
    I cannot break that promise either.
[07:10] mitsu
    The two of them had strongly
    objected your request.
[07:16] hide
    At first, I did.
[07:19] hide
    Both of them opposed me.
[07:22] hide
    You ask if this is revenge for that?
[07:24] hide
    It is not.
[07:28] mitsu
    Th-Then why?
[07:33] hide
    Who knows?
[07:35] hide
    We shall probably find out tomorrow.
[07:39] hide
    Let us see exactly what they'll do...
[07:42] hide
    How exactly they'll try
    to protect Echigo this time.
[07:47] hide
    I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.
[08:11] person
    Tokugawa Ieyasu-sama has arrived!
[08:20] person
    Maeda Toshiie-sama has arrived!
[08:26] toshi
    It's finally come...
[08:28] toshi
    This day has finally come...
[08:30] ieyasu
    Well, if it isn't Toshiie-dono.
[08:37] toshi
    T-Tokugawa-dono...
[08:40] ieyasu
    It's a wonderful morning, is it not?
[08:42] ieyasu
    Truly perfect weather for an audience...
[08:45] ieyasu
    Don't you think?
SIGN    Tokugawa Ieyasu
[08:50] toshi
    No, no...
[08:52] toshi
    It would have been better
    if this day had never come.
[08:57] ieyasu
    I was rather looking forward
    to the meeting today.
[09:02] ieyasu
    If you'll excuse me...
[09:08] toshi
    Rubbing in the fact that
    this has nothing to do with him...
[09:11] person
    Naoe Kanetsugu-sama and
    Maeda Keiji-sama have arrived!
[09:17] toshi
    They're here!
[09:40] person
    Please wait here...
[09:57] mitsu
    Why...
[09:59] mitsu
    Why did you come here, Kanetsugu?
[10:10] mosuke
    For crying out loud...
[10:13] mosuke
    Milord even said this would be
    a losing battle, so what's he thinking?
[10:19] mosuke
    Wait a minute.
[10:20] mosuke
    Knowing Milord... if it came
    down to it, a monkey's ass...
[10:26] mosuke
    Ow, ow, ow!
    What was that for, Jirobo?
[10:30] jiro
    This shack and Jurakudai
[10:34] jiro
    are surrounded by Tamba ninja.
[10:40] mosuke
    So we're trapped like rats?
[10:45] jiro
    It means that the matter
    of us leaving alive or not
[10:48] jiro
    depends on what our lord will do.
[10:50] mosuke
    B-But...
[10:57] keiji
    It's true that, to everyone else,
    our actions seemed reckless.
[11:02] kane
    Indeed.
[11:04] kane
    Even if we had gotten through all
    of the ninjas they had around that place...
[11:08] kane
    The one we'd have to face after that
[11:15] kane
    was the terrifying true form
    of Chief Advisor Hideyoshi.
[11:27] kane
    The Chief Advisor's unknown past...
[11:31] keiji
    Hideyoshi's father,
    his family name was Konokage.
[11:35] keiji
    He was a man who lived in the mountains
    and changed his name to Kinoshita.
[11:39] keiji
    A man who did nothing but
    train as a shinobi in Tamba.
[11:44] keiji
    And Hideyoshi was the child
    of that mountain man.
[11:49] keiji
    Indeed...
[11:51] keiji
    Hideyoshi's form was
    not that of a monkey.
[11:57] keiji
    It was his heavily-trained body and
    shinobi techniques that made him a monkey.
[12:04] kane
    That is why Lord Nobunaga
    drafted Hideyoshi,
[12:08] kane
    and affectionately referred
    to him as "Monkey."
[12:11] keiji
    Yes.
[12:12] keiji
    And up against that monkey,
[12:14] keiji
    even if we had one sword,
    we would not have a second.
[12:18] kane
    And that was not the only surprising thing.
[12:47] mitsu
    Your Highness... Everyone has
    gathered in the inner citadel.
[13:22] mitsu
    Kanetsugu...
[13:24] mitsu
    I am sorry!
[13:26] mitsu
    I had no other choice...
[13:54] keiji
    The overwhelming murderous intent
    that even reached our location...
[13:58] keiji
    It was apparent that he was skilled,
[14:00] keiji
    and his skills with a sword
     surpassed our own.
[14:03] kane
    Yes... I would never have imagined
[14:06] kane
    such a man had been summoned
[14:09] kane
    to this meeting, as well.
[14:12] keiji
    It was even more proof that
    Mitsunari was truly trying to stop us.
[14:38] kane
    It appears that the stage is set.
[14:41] keiji
    Indeed.
[14:42] keiji
    At least half of the people present
    in the inner citadel are enemies.
[14:46] kane
    It appears to be a worthy place for a battle.
[14:50] keiji
    It wouldn't be any fun, otherwise.
[14:56] kane
    Then this battle with the ruler...
[15:00] keiji
    There is but one path to follow!
[15:03] both
    Let us head toward our deaths!
[15:13] mosuke
    What's that drumming?
[15:14] jirobo
    The meeting has started.
[15:16] mosuke
    I pray that everything goes well.
[15:24] someone
    Naoe Kanetsugu-dono
    has arrived at the meeting!
[15:51] toshi
    So this is Naoe Kanetsugu...
[15:54] toshi
    Exactly what kind of man is he?
[16:00] nar
    First, the order to conquer Sado...
[16:03] nar
    and then wanting an audience
    with Maeda Keiji...
[16:07] nar
    All requests from the ruler
    of the land in this era
[16:13] nar
    were the same as absolute orders
    that no one was allowed to decline.
[16:18] nar
    On top of that,
[16:20] nar
    this not only would risk
    Kanetsugu's life and the fate of Echigo,
[16:26] nar
    but it wouldn't be
    an exaggeration to say that
[16:30] nar
    everything was in the hands
    of Hideyoshi and his want for Echigo.
[16:35] nar
    And it was very possible for
    Hideyoshi's hands to crush the fate of Echigo.
[16:55] mitsu
    Well, Kanetsugu?
[16:57] mitsu
    Do you finally understand that
    you're not going to be able
[17:00] mitsu
    to lay a finger on his Highness?
[17:13] mitsu
    C-Could it be that fuel is just
    being added to the fire now?
[17:48] hide
    Welcome, Naoe Kanetsugu.
[17:51] hide
    I haven't seen you since
    Ochirimizu Castle.
[17:54] hide
    Well done on conquering Sado!
[17:57] hide
    Kanetsugu, you shall now
    personally be in charge of Sado.
[18:03] kane
    Yes, Milord.
[18:07] kane
    I will inform my lord, Uesugi Kagekatsu.
[18:20] hide
    Loyal as ever, I see.
[18:26] hide
    And where is Maeda Keiji?
[18:37] mitsu
    Your Highness,
[18:38] mitsu
    the reason that Naoe-dono is here
    today is to report the victory in Sado...
[18:42] mitsu
    Therefore, it appears that he is
    holding back and waiting in the hall.
[18:49] hide
    Then hurry up and call him in!
[18:51] hide
    Let us hear about these
    heroic stories from Sado.
[19:00] toshi
    Naoe-dono,
[19:02] toshi
    I'm going to say this right now!
[19:05] toshi
    Keiji has absconded from our clan,
[19:08] toshi
    so he has nothing to do with us.
[19:11] toshi
    Therefore, this is your...
[19:19] kane
    I have brought him here
[19:23] kane
    because Keiji-dono is my friend.
[19:29] ieyasu
    Friend?
[19:34] hide
    Then hurry and bring him in!
[19:36] hide
    Hurry!
[19:42] kane
    Understood, Milord.
[19:44] kane
    I believe the preparations are finally ready.
[19:48] mitsu
    Preparations?
[19:56] kane
    Well, then...
[19:59] peeps
    Maeda Keiji-sama,
    his Highness is calling for you.
[20:02] keiji
    Understood.
[21:07] people
    Wh-What?!
[21:12] Kane
    I present to you, Maeda Keiji.
[21:30] mitsu
    Wha?!
[21:48] mitsu
    What is that top knot?!
SIGN    Episode 12 Follow Your Heart...
[23:41] Kane
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji
:
[23:45] kane
    Episode 12
    "Follow Your Heart..."
[23:48] kane
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.


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Updated 2026-06-21 09:51:56 UTC by whimsee