12 - Follow Your Heart...

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[00:02] keiji
    How troublesome for the Uesugi.
[00:06] kane
    The Chief Advisor wanted
    to hear about the victory in Sado,
[00:10] kane
    as well as the eccentricity of Keiji-dono.
[00:15] kane
    But Keiji-dono's eccentricity
    is neither an exhibition nor an act.
[00:20] kane
    And asking him just to display it...
[00:25] keiji
    Why...
[00:26] keiji
    Why does Hideyoshi want Echigo that much?
[00:30] kane
    I do not know...
[00:42] keiji
    But this could be dealt with easily
    if you just took my head.
[00:50] kane
    I cannot.
[00:58] keiji
    Why?
[01:00] keiji
    Isn't that why you showed me the letter?
[01:04] kane
    No...
[01:07] kane
    I have come to invite you to a battle.
[01:10] keiji
    A battle?
[01:12] kane
    Our enemy is Toyotomi Hideyoshi!
[01:14] Keiji
    Wha...
[01:20] keiji
    You are so...
[01:23] keiji
    I accept this battle.
[01:27] kane
    It will be a losing one.
[01:32] keiji
    That's what makes it great.
[02:05] Kane
    I present to you, Maeda Keiji.
[02:20] mitsu
    Wha?!
[02:31] mitsu
    What is that top knot?!
[02:50] nar
    Two eccentrics enter battle.
[02:56] nar
    Dazzling Sengoku Period Story:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji.
[03:00] nar
    Gifuu Doudou!!
SIGN    Follow Your Heart...
[04:27] keiji
    But looking back...
[04:29] keiji
    That meeting with Hideyoshi
[04:31] keiji
    was rather exciting.
[04:34] kane
    You make it sound so simple...
[04:37] keiji
    No, it wasn't.
[04:40] keiji
    I mean, Hideyoshi's page,
    at the time, was rather skilled.
[04:46] kane
    Indeed...
[04:47] kane
    He was a man who
    Mitsunari had summoned...
[04:55] kane
    in order to protect Hideyoshi.
[04:58] keiji
    Yes.
[04:59] keiji
    Mitsunari had seen through our resolve.
[05:03] keiji
    I will never forget that face.
[05:07] kane
    Indeed.
[05:09] kane
    Looking back now, it's rather nostalgic.
[05:22] ieyasu
    Oh?
[05:23] ieyasu
    What's this?
[05:24] toshi
    Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh...
[05:26] toshi
    What is the meaning of this?!
[05:40] kane
    He shall show you his eccentricity...
[05:44] kane
    As long as you are willing
    to forgive some rudeness.
[05:49] kane
    We present to you now....
[05:52] kane
    The form of Maeda Keiji's resolve.
[06:51] keiji
    Hmph.
[07:12] mitsu
    M-Maeda Keiji!
[07:26] toshi
    Wha...
[07:28] toshi
    I told you this would happen!
[07:32] mitsu
    Y-You fool!
[07:35] mitsu
    Are you mocking his Highness?!
[07:45] ieyasu
    So he lowers his head, but he's not
    truly lowering it in his heart...
[07:49] ieyasu
    He doesn't even care if he's
    dealing with the ruler of this land.
[08:10] mitsu
    This stance...
[08:11] mitsu
    Could it be?
[08:13] mitsu
    Is he planning to attack his Highness?!
[08:31] mitsu
    This is the end...
[08:51] hide
    That top knot...
[08:53] hide
    is rather amusing.
[09:07] hide
    Maeda Keiji...
[09:09] hide
    Raise your head.
[09:29] hide
    Why?
[09:30] nar
    It was at this time,
[09:33] nar
    that both Hideyoshi and Keiji had seen
    through each other's true intentions.
[09:39] nar
    Hideyoshi was asking,
[09:41] nar
    "Did you not like the fact that I
    asked you to show me your eccentricity?"
[09:49] keiji
    This is my righteousness...
[09:55] hide
    You would risk your life on that?
[09:59] keiji
    That is what an eccentric does, sir.
[10:17] hide
    Then...
[10:18] ieyasu
    By the way, Naoe-dono...
[10:21] ieyasu
    You had said that
    Keiji-dono was your friend...
[10:26] ieyasu
    Then what exactly is a friend?
[10:30] kane
    Friend?
[10:32] ieyasu
    I was asking myself if there
    was anybody who I, Ieyasu,
[10:37] ieyasu
    could actually call a friend.
[10:41] kane
    Then...
[10:42] kane
    A friend...
[10:45] kane
    is someone you can die alongside
     and not say a word.
[10:51] nar
    Ieyasu immediately realized...
[10:54] nar
    that Kanetsugu was ready to die with Keiji.
[10:59] nar
    The thing that was most
    in the way of attacking Hideyoshi
[11:02] nar
    was the presence of the page.
[11:04] nar
    That is why Kanetsugu was watching
    neither Keiji nor Hideyoshi...
[11:11] nar
    Instead, he stared at the page.
[11:15] nar
    Ieyasu had realized that fact.
[11:21] ieyasu
    To die together...
[11:23] ieyasu
    Is that the righteousness of the Uesugi?
[11:29] kane
    Indeed.
[11:30] kane
    It is the treasure that we had
    received from our liege, Lord Kenshin.
[11:53] sent
    Is it another...
[11:55] sent
    ...war?
SIGN    Kenshin's Older Sister and Kagekatsu's Mother
    Sentoin
[11:57] kage
    Mother...
[12:03] sent
    Lord Kenshin would always talk
[12:06] sent
    to Bishamonten for days
    right before going into battle.
[12:13] sent
    You reminded me of that just now.
[12:20] kage
    As for a war...
[12:23] kage
    Kanetsugu is fighting one right now in Kyoto.
[12:31] kage
    Kanetsugu... follow through
    with your righteousness.
[12:35] kage
    If you are unable to follow
    through with your righteousness,
[12:38] kage
    you will just have to fight the Chief Advisor.
[12:41] kage
    Otherwise, Lord Kenshin will laugh at you...
[12:46] kage
    Kanetsugu.
[12:56] hide
    So you're saying that
[12:58] hide
    the righteousness of the Uesugi
    is a treasure passed down from Lord Kenshin...
[13:06] kane
    Like the Lotus that is able to bloom
    a beautiful flower from the dirt...
[13:12] kane
    I would like to think we are
    that Lotus within this world
[13:16] kane
    of Sengoku, the Warring States.
[13:20] hide
    And that flower is.... righteousness?
[13:23] kane
    Yes, indeed.
[13:27] nar
    Kanetsugu's smile was truly kind...
[13:32] nar
    And...
[13:37] nar
    Despite never meeting Uesugi Kenshin,
[13:42] nar
    who was admired as
    the Hero Above the Clouds...
[13:46] nar
    Ieyasu felt as though he had seen him there.
[13:53] nar
    And Hideyoshi also...
[14:02] hide
    This had happened before...
[14:07] hide
    That's right!
[14:09] kane
    What to do...
[14:13] hide
    What do you mean?
[14:14] kane
    I love my lord.
[14:17] kane
    Because of that, I made a promise to him
[14:21] kane
    that we would become a bond for Echigo.
[14:28] kane
    I cannot break my promise.
[14:30] kane
    That is what my love means.
[14:36] kage
    I cannot break that promise, either.
[14:40] kage
    Therefore, in regards to making
    Kanetsugu your retainer...
[14:44] both
    We decline.
[14:51] hide
    This...
[14:54] hide
    This is the same as last time...
[14:57] hide
    I was... by this wind...
[15:08] ieyasu
    Your Highness?
[15:12] ieyasu
    The wind...
[15:14] ieyasu
    that had previously belonged to Lord Kenshin...
[15:23] ieyasu
    It is, indeed, as though a Gifuu,
    a righteous wind, is blowing...
[15:33] hide
    Yes...
[15:36] ieyasu
    Maeda-dono.
[15:39] ieyasu
    You truly have a wonderful friend.
[15:46] keiji
    Yes, indeed.
[16:09] hide
    Maeda Keiji!
[16:10] hide
    It was a pleasure.
[16:37] hide
    Were you able to get him?
[16:41] nar
    Hideyoshi had also seen through
    Kanetsugu's murderous intent.
[16:48] nar
    Kanetsugu was ready to fight with the page.
[16:52] nar
    Hideyoshi was asking if the page
    was able to eliminate that attack.
[16:59] page
    I do not know.
[17:01] hide
    Oh?
[17:02] hide
    You, who is said to be
    the best of the Yagyu clan?
[17:05] page
    If my opponent was a living person,
    there would be no problem,
[17:09] page
    but....
[17:11] page
    My opponent is a dead man.
[17:16] nar
    Kanetsugu was a genuine man of war.
[17:23] nar
    If it was for battle,
[17:25] nar
    he would immediately
    be able to throw his life away
[17:29] nar
    without trying to protect himself.
[17:33] nar
    There was no way to block an attack
    from such a man with just a sword.
[17:42] mitsu
    Your Highness...
[17:45] mitsu
    The lands of the East
    are still out of our control.
[17:48] mitsu
    If Date, Hojo, and Tokugawa
    were to band together...
[17:52] mitsu
    and then, if Uesugi also joined...
[17:55] mitsu
    the dream of ruling the land will...
[18:08] hide
    But...
[18:09] hide
    At this rate, this will
    be my losing battle.
[18:13] hide
    Mitsunari, summon Keiji back for the banquet.
[18:18] mitsu
    Wh-What do you intend to do?
[18:24] hide
    I shall present him with
    a reward in front of everyone.
[18:28] hide
    Otherwise, I'll look like a fool.
[18:38] kane
    Sorry to keep you waiting.
[18:39] mosuke
    Milord!
[18:41] mosuke
    Welcome back.
[18:47] jirobo
    No wonder...
[18:49] jirobo
    I thought the presence
    of the shinobi had disappeared.
[18:53] mosuke
    But, wow...
[18:54] mosuke
    That's quite the top knot.
[18:59] keiji
    Ain't it great?
[19:01] kane
    Now...
[19:03] kane
    Let us go home.
[19:04] someone
    Please wait.
[19:24] toshi
    His Highness is really something,
    isn't he, Tokugawa-dono?
[19:29] toshi
    Presenting Keiji with a gift...
[19:32] toshi
    Just thinking about him appearing again...
[19:36] toshi
    I can't even get drunk.
[19:41] ieyasu
    You think he's going to appear
    in some extremely eccentric fashion again?
[19:46] toshi
    It's Keiji we're talking about...
[19:48] toshi
    who knows what he'll do when he gets cocky.
[20:16] keiji
    Sorry to keep you waiting.
[20:21] ieyasu
    Matasa-dono, apparently,
    your worries were for naught.
[20:24] ieyasu
    Keiji-dono has presented himself
    as a rather admirable samurai.
[20:38] hide
    Well, now...
[20:44] hide
    I see... So that's your next eccentric move.
[20:50] hide
    I've been had.
[20:57] hide
    Well done on your eccentricity.
[20:59] hide
    Maeda Keiji, continue to be
    as eccentric as your heart desires!
[21:05] hide
    I shall allow it!
[21:18] keiji
    Yes, sire. Understood.
[21:44] hide
    I see...
[21:46] hide
    It was not Echigo that I desired,
[21:51] hide
    but this wind of righteousness.
[21:57] ieyasu
    Naoe Kanetsugu, eh?
[22:00] ieyasu
    You have touched my heart, as well...
SIGN    Episode 13 The Man of War and the Strategist
[23:41] Kane
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji:
[23:45] kane
    Episode 13
    "The Man of War and the Strategist"
[23:49] kane
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.