# 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.