# 14 - Drinks and Conversations of Men
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**[00:02] mosuke**
Good evening, moon.
**[00:04] mosuke**
Why don't you keep us
company tonight as we drink?
**[00:08] mosuke**
And...
**[00:10] mosuke**
Why don't we talk a while?
**[00:12] jiro**
Indeed. Let's.
**[00:14] jiro**
Let us talk and drink
to our hearts' content
**[00:18] jiro**
about the tales of our lord,
**[00:23] jiro**
the very righteous
Naoe Kanetsugu-dono.
**[00:34] nar**
The character "gi" (righteousness),
combines "oneself" with "sheep."
**[00:38] nar**
"Sheep" is the same as "beauty."
**[00:41] nar**
Therefore, "gi" means
"to make yourself beautiful."
**[00:46] nar**
I repeat.
**[00:48] nar**
"Gi" truly means
"For one to live beautifully."
**[00:59] nar**
Two eccentrics enter battle.
**[01:05] nar**
Dazzling Sengoku Period Story:
Kanetsugu and Keiji.
**[01:09] nar**
Gifuu Doudou!!
***SIGN*** Drinks and Conversations of Men
**[02:32] mosuke**
Come now, Jirobo.
**[02:35] mosuke**
One more!
**[02:36] mosuke**
One more drink!
**[02:37] jiro**
Why, thank you.
**[02:40] both**
Whoa, there.
**[02:42] mosuke**
Whoa?
**[02:49] jiro**
Though we're not celebrating
anything in particular,
**[02:50] jiro**
this is celebratory sake!
**[02:53] mosuke**
Indeed, it is.
**[02:56] mosuke**
Celebratory sake for our lives
lasting a little longer.
**[02:59] mosuke**
Considering the fact that we were
able to come back from the audience
**[03:03] mosuke**
with the Chief Advisor,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
**[03:05] jiro**
This time, I was definitely
fearing that it'd be the end.
**[03:11] jiro**
Considering everything
relied on the one and only,
**[03:15] jiro**
the unrivaled eccentric,
**[03:20] jiro**
Maeda Keiji.
**[03:22] mosuke**
Indeed.
**[03:23] mosuke**
It could be said that meeting
him was the end of our luck.
**[03:54] kane**
Mosuke!
**[04:07] mosuke**
No way!
**[04:09] mosuke**
From that distance?
**[04:16] kane**
We'll just have to return the favor.
**[04:20] big**
He's trying to do the same
thing as Maeda-dono!
**[04:23] big**
Laughable!
**[04:29] big**
You fool!
**[04:31] big**
Like it'd reach!
**[04:32] big**
Know your place!
**[04:35] keiji**
That's not entirely true.
**[04:46] big**
It's in me!
**[04:52] keiji**
Not bad.
**[04:53] keiji**
The "Love" Crest...
**[04:55] keiji**
That is indeed the Uesugi clan's
strategist, Naoe Kanetsugu.
**[05:00] mosuke**
They were once enemies shooting
arrows at each other.
**[05:04] jiro**
But then in 1588...
**[05:09] both**
Their reunion will lead to them
being called the best of friends.
***SIGN*** Uwanariuchi
**[05:18] dude**
On this day, the 24th of July...
**[05:24] jiro**
Uwanariuchi is a fight among women
**[05:28] jiro**
when a husband remarries
another woman
**[05:31] jiro**
within a month of his divorce.
**[05:34] mosuke**
The first wife gathers helpers
**[05:36] mosuke**
and then barges into the
**[05:38] mosuke**
second wife's kitchen,
wielding wooden swords.
**[05:41] mosuke**
But of course, the second wife
isn't going to take this lying down,
**[05:44] mosuke**
so she gathers helpers, and they
wield wooden swords of their own
**[05:47] mosuke**
for an all-out brawl.
**[05:49] jiro**
However, a third party
is normally called
**[05:50] jiro**
to get in the middle of this
**[05:53] jiro**
and pays the first wife
a suitable amount of money
**[05:56] jiro**
to try to get her to leave.
**[06:00] mosuke**
However...
**[06:03] mosuke**
The helper that the second wife
**[06:04] mosuke**
had hired was an imposter who
was using Keiji-dono's name.
**[06:08] jiro**
Of course, Lord Kanetsugu
didn't stay quiet and
**[06:12] kane**
Now, let's see it!
**[06:12] jiro**
when he tried to
teach him a lesson...
**[06:15] kane**
Your righteousness
towards these men!
**[06:19] mosuke**
Hearing what happened,
Keiji-dono arrived, as well.
**[06:26] both**
Of course, that meant
someone had to pay.
**[06:30] fake**
Maeda Keiji?!
**[06:32] fake**
Th-The real one!
**[06:34] fake**
Damn it!
**[06:49] keiji**
You're not worth rusting my spear.
**[06:52] kane**
Indeed, he is not worth it.
**[06:59] hachi**
I-Is he dead?!
**[07:04] guy**
It's as if a tiger just struck...
**[07:09] keiji**
Naoe-dono, it's been a while since
the battle at Kasugayama Castle.
**[07:16] kane**
Maeda Keiji-dono.
**[07:18] keiji**
I know what's going on.
**[07:20] keiji**
Do as you please.
**[07:23] kane**
You...
**[07:24] kane**
Hear me!
**[07:26] kane**
This is not an uwanariuchi!
**[07:29] kane**
It is a battle of life or death!
**[07:32] kane**
Therefore, we will not be involved.
**[07:35] kane**
I, Naoe, and Maeda-dono
shall observe.
**[07:38] kane**
Fight to your heart's content!
**[07:41] mosuke**
No, no, no!
**[07:44] mosuke**
It's already bad enough
with just one of them,
**[07:47] mosuke**
but when those two are together,
the craziness would increases exponentially.
**[07:51] mosuke**
Because of that, we really
almost died in Sado.
**[07:55] jiro**
Indeed!
**[07:56] bg**
The Honma clan of Sado
kept repeating their internal strife
**[07:57] jiro**
That was all part of the Chief Advisor's
plan to take Echigo from the Uesugi.
**[07:59] bg**
and refused to listen to any
mediation from you.
**[08:07] jiro**
He was trying to make
the point that if the Uesugi
**[08:09] jiro**
couldn't mediate the fighting
between the clans in Sado,
**[08:11] jiro**
that they had no right
to control Echigo.
**[08:16] mosuke**
On top of that,
**[08:18] mosuke**
the Honma clan that was divided
north and south on Sado
**[08:21] mosuke**
were in on Hideyoshi's plan and
pretended to fight each other.
**[08:25] jiro**
Southern Sado would attack
any with the Uesugi flag,
**[08:29] jiro**
but would ignore the
flags of Northern Sado.
**[08:32] fuji**
We shall take care of them
in a single blow!
**[08:43] mosuke**
But our lord went into the enemy
camp to quickly stop the battle.
**[08:52] keiji**
Take that!
**[08:58] seion**
Show these men no mercy!
**[09:03] nuns**
Yes, Milady!
**[09:12] sub**
M-Milord!
**[09:14] sub**
The South's army
is being destroyed,
**[09:16] sub**
and the Uesugi army
is heading our way.
**[09:19] sub**
What shall we do?
**[09:20] sub**
Please decide!
**[09:26] fat**
All troops attack the southern army!
**[09:29] sub**
But, Milord, that's—
**[09:31] fat**
I will not assist a crippled army.
**[09:34] fat**
So we shall strike and destroy
the South's army before Uesugi gets to them!
**[09:39] fat**
That is the only way
we will survive!
**[09:48] taka**
Takatsuna!
**[09:49] taka**
You betrayed us!
**[09:51] fat**
Shut up!
**[09:52] fat**
Sado is all mine!
**[09:58] fat**
What?
**[10:04] kane**
The winners and losers
have been determined in this battle.
**[10:07] kane**
Consequently, there is no need
for any more pointless bloodshed.
**[10:12] kane**
Let those, both North and South,
**[10:14] kane**
who pledge allegiance
to the Uesugi clan, surrender now!
**[10:17] kane**
However, if there are
still those who oppose...
**[10:20] kane**
I, Naoe Kanetsugu...
**[10:22] keiji**
And I, Maeda Keiji...
**[10:29] both**
Shall become fierce dragons
and confront you with righteousness!
**[11:22] jiro**
Nothing less from two men of
battle who work so well together.
**[11:25] bg hide**
At this rate, there's nowhere
I can go to overpower Uesugi!
**[11:26] jiro**
The Chief Advisor's plot
was completely destroyed.
**[11:29] bg hide**
Taking over Echigo will
have to wait for another time!
**[11:33] jiro**
However, there was one man who
cornered our invincible lord,
**[11:36] jiro**
leading him to almost
take his own life.
**[11:41] jiro**
That was none other than...
**[11:43] jiro**
the man who believed in unifying
the country, Lord Oda Nobunaga.
**[12:06] nobu**
How about it,
**[12:07] nobu**
Shindou?
**[12:08] shin**
Y-Yes...
**[12:12] shin**
Without a doubt.
**[12:19] nobu**
Those tears can't be helped.
**[12:23] nobu**
Higuchi Yoroku!
**[12:24] nobu**
I shall give that fan to you!
**[12:27] nobu**
Take it with you to Echigo.
**[12:30] kane**
Thank you, I am honored—
**[12:32] nobu**
Take good care of it.
**[12:34] nobu**
That is a keepsake of your mother's.
**[12:37] kane**
My mother's?
**[12:41] nobu**
That's right.
**[12:43] nobu**
The younger sister of the former
Chief Advisor, Konoe Sakihisa,
**[12:46] nobu**
Princess Tae, is your mother.
**[12:49] kane**
B-But...
**[12:53] nobu**
Do you not believe me?
**[12:54] kane**
Indeed...
**[12:55] nobu**
Then quickly go back to Echigo...
**[12:58] nobu**
and ask for yourself...
who your real father is.
**[13:03] kane**
M-My real father?
**[13:07] mosuke**
Moon, you may have been observing
**[13:12] mosuke**
the fact that many had shed
blood and tears because of this.
**[13:20] mosuke**
The gift that Lord Nobunaga
gave to Echigo...
**[13:23] mosuke**
That was...
**[13:28] mosuke**
It was a trap to seal the
Uesugi clan within Echigo,
**[13:31] [SONG] sign red**
Borrowed from Keiji, without permission.
***SIGN*** Borrowed from Keiji, secretly.
***SIGN*** Borrowed from Keiji, by lying to him.
***SIGN*** Borrowed from Keiji, without telling him.
**[13:31] mosuke**
and destroy their dream
of unifying the land.
**[13:37] mosuke**
Because of that, our lord threw
himself away, for the sake of righteousness.
**[13:45] kane**
Sentouin-sama.
**[13:48] kane**
My father is Higuchi Souemon,
without a doubt.
**[13:53] sou**
Yoroku...
**[13:55] kane**
Therefore, I would like to know
exactly how I became Souemon's child.
**[14:06] sen**
All right...
**[14:08] sen**
Since you have that
resolve, I shall tell you.
**[14:23] kage**
A baby?
**[14:25] kono**
This baby was born from Kagetora-dono
and Tae, my late younger sister.
**[14:33] kage**
Wh-What?!
**[14:35] kono**
This is the true proof
of my blood oath.
**[14:40] kage**
*Th-That's impossible...*
**[14:43] kono**
There we go.
**[14:46] kono**
There, there.
**[14:50] kono**
You look just like
Kagetora-dono, don't you?
**[14:55] kono**
There...
**[15:13] kage**
Did you hear what was just said?
**[15:25] kage**
Forgive me...
but this is for Echigo.
**[15:47] kage**
In Echigo...
**[15:50] kage**
even the retainers believe Kagetora-sama
is the avatar of Bishamonten.
**[15:55] kage**
Because of that,
our hearts are as one.
**[16:02] kage**
And you're saying that despite his oath
of celibacy to the gods and Buddha,
**[16:07] kage**
he had a child with the younger sister
of the Chief Advisor in the shadows...
**[16:12] kono**
What are you saying
I should do, then?
**[16:14] kage**
If a war were to start in Echigo,
**[16:17] kage**
the dream that you share with
Kagetora-sama will never come to pass!
**[16:24] kage**
I, Naoe Kagetsuna,
shall take that baby.
**[16:32] sen**
After I heard what had
happened from Kagetsuna,
**[16:38] sen**
I ended up relying on Souemon,
**[16:41] sen**
as he is who I was closest with and
so could be trusted with this secret.
**[16:49] sou**
We are stationed here
in the mountains year-round,
**[16:54] sou**
therefore, no one would be suspicious
if we suddenly had a baby.
**[17:04] sou**
Very well.
**[17:05] sou**
I, Higuchi Souemon,
shall guard this child with my life.
**[17:16] kane**
But in that case, I should have
just been abandoned...
**[17:20] kane**
No...
**[17:21] kane**
I should have been killed.
**[17:24] kane**
Then Nobunaga wouldn't be taking advantage
of this situation in his quest for Echigo.
**[17:30] sen**
Do you think that Omijou-sama
**[17:32] sen**
swore an oath of celibacy
because he wanted to?
**[17:36] kane**
W-Well...
**[17:39] sen**
For Echigo, he had no children.
**[17:42] sen**
He didn't know about
the happiness of normal people,
**[17:44] sen**
and was left to carry
everything upon his shoulders.
**[17:46] sen**
Why would I let the child
of my younger brother be abandoned?
**[17:56] kane**
S-Sentouin-sama...
**[18:03] sen**
If I were to abandon you,
**[18:04] sen**
though the people may forgive me,
the heavens would not.
**[18:10] sen**
This was the righteousness of myself,
Kagetsuna, and Souemon.
**[18:15] kane**
So, you're saying that the reason I lived
was because of righteousness?
**[18:22] sen**
Indeed.
**[18:24] sen**
You are the child of
our righteousness.
**[18:35] kane**
I am the child...
**[18:37] kane**
of your righteousness.
**[18:43] mosuke**
But at the time,
**[18:45] mosuke**
the loyalty between daimyos and
their retainers was vague.
**[18:49] mosuke**
Despite being retainers,
**[18:50] mosuke**
if they were not able
to protect their territory,
**[18:53] mosuke**
they threw away their masters.
**[18:54] jiro**
And the people of Echigo were
very passionate about their territory.
**[19:01] jiro**
Because of that, even Lord Kenshin
had to become a god.
**[19:06] jiro**
Swearing a lifetime of celibacy,
becoming the avatar of Bishamonten,
**[19:12] jiro**
he became a god of war,
winning every one of his battles,
**[19:15] jiro**
and his retainers finally swore loyalty to him.
**[19:19] mosuke**
However, if Lord Kenshin
was no longer a god...
**[19:25] ken**
Behold, Yoroku, that moon...
**[19:29] ken**
At first glance, it looks beautiful,
**[19:31] ken**
but if the night sky only had
the moon alone, it would be dull.
**[19:34] ken**
It is the clouds the moon shines upon
that make it appear so elegant.
**[19:40] kane**
But...
**[19:41] kane**
If the clouds get in the way
of the moonlight,
**[19:44] kane**
there is only darkness.
**[19:45] kane**
No elegance or anything else.
**[20:02] kane**
Omijou-sama, do you remember
this folding fan?
**[20:07] ken**
There is no way I can forget it.
**[20:10] ken**
That folding fan belonged
to Princess Tae...
**[20:13] ken**
And...
**[20:14] kane**
And?
**[20:18] ken**
It is the fan of the woman
who I loved the most.
**[20:25] kane**
Omijou-sama...
**[20:32] both**
Nothing less from Lord Kenshin.
**[20:34] both**
He managed to laugh off
Lord Nobunaga's trap.
**[20:38] mosuke**
The two were very much alike.
**[20:42] jiro**
Not to mention, if you happened
to anger our lord...
**[21:13] fat**
What?
**[21:19] mosuke**
Because of that, there was no doubt
about who our lord was related to.
**[21:22] mosuke**
It would eventually be found out
that they were father and son.
**[21:26] mosuke**
Huh?
**[21:30] mosuke**
I'm sorry!
**[21:31] mosuke**
Please forgive me!
**[21:31] mosuke**
I won't say anymore!
**[21:32] mosuke**
This is top secret among the Uesugi!
**[21:34] mosuke**
I won't speak of it again!
**[21:35] mosuke**
So please, just spare my life!
**[21:38] mosuke**
Oh, is that fire real?
**[21:41] jiro**
Yep.
**[21:44] mosuke**
Are you all right, Jirobo?
**[21:46] mosuke**
Hey!
**[21:47] mosuke**
The fire's out now.
**[21:48] mosuke**
Wake up!
**[21:49] mosuke**
It's your turn to talk next!
**[21:51] mosuke**
Poor Jirobo...
**[21:53] mosuke**
Are you okay?
**[21:54] mosuke**
Come on, tell us of the tragic
and lonely life of the shinobi.
**[21:57] mosuke**
Otherwise, I'm going to tell you
"Mosuke's Righteousness:
**[21:59] mosuke**
The Story of the Spear-bearer."
**[22:02] mosuke**
Come on!
**[22:02] mosuke**
Come on!
**[22:03] mosuke**
Come on!
**[22:03] mosuke**
Wake up!
**[22:04] mosuke**
Hurry and wake up!
**[22:05] mosuke**
The siege of Odawara awaits us!
**[22:06] mosuke**
Our troubles are
just about to begin!
***SIGN*** Episode 15 The Virtue of Otani Yoshitsugu
**[23:41] Kane**
Next time on *Gifuu Doudou:
Kanetsugu and Keiji*:
**[23:45] kane**
Episode 15
"The Virtue of Otani Yoshitsugu."
**[23:49] kane**
Let us discuss the path
of righteousness next time, as well.