18 - The Death Robe of Date Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:04] Ii     I see them. [00:06] Ii     So he is Lord Kenshin's offspring. [00:10] Hanzo     Then if we acquire the Jizo Bodhisattva     with black marks on the eyes... [00:16] Hanzo     internal strife of the Uesugi     clan would be guaranteed. [00:21] Ii     That about sums it up. [00:26] Hanzo     However, where is that     Bodhisattva statue? [00:30] Sagen     For us to find out where it is... [00:32] Sagen     we must trace steps from     the sculptor of Nara's Shukuin. [00:39] Hanzo     I see... [00:43] Hanzo     Regarding this matter... [00:44] Hanzo     who else in the Ii clan knows about it? [00:48] Ii     Just me and Shimosaka Sagen here. [00:52] Hanzo     I see... [00:55] Hanzo     In that case... [00:59] Hanzo     The left hand... [01:07] Ii     Sagen... You have a left hand! [01:11] Hanzo     You... [01:13] Hanzo     So you've endured by pretending     to have only one arm, [01:16] Hanzo     for emergencies such as this. [01:19] Sagen     I am Takeda's Mitsumono, after all. [01:25] Hanzo     How dutiful of you. [01:28] Hanzo     I'm impressed. [01:29] Hanzo     Take my men with you to Nara. [01:32] Hanzo     I will put you in charge of the investigation. [01:37] Sagen     Lord, are you fine with this? [01:45] Ii     I'm fine with it. [01:54] Sagen     Very well. My wizened body... [01:58] Sagen     will finally be put to use. SIGN    The Death Robe of Date [03:37] Kanetsugu     I heard Takeda Shingen got word     about the Jizo Bodhisattva. [03:41] Kanetsugu     He's been sniffing around for it. [03:44] Kanetsugu     Until just recently... [03:46] Keiji     With Ii Naomasa, the successor     of Takeda's Red Armor Army, [03:50] Keiji     and Shimosaka Sagen,     one of Takeda's Mitsumono... [03:54] Keiji     Odawara was brimming with interesting men. [03:58] Kanetsugu     And there's the one, [04:01] Kanetsugu     most exceptional man of them all. [04:05] Keiji     That would be... [04:06] Keiji     the man from Oshu. [04:18] Nar     1590, sixth month, fifth day. [04:29] Nar     Date Masamune [04:31] Nar     arrived in Odawara with his army. [04:34] Nar     However, on the seventh day     of the same month... SIGN    Odawara     Castle SIGN    Ishigakiyama SIGN    (Ichiya Castle)     Mount Ishigaki SIGN    Hakone SIGN    Hakone Sokokura SIGN    Hakone Sokokura Hot Springs [04:38] Nar     having arrived too late to battle, [04:41] ---      [04:41] Nar     he was punished by confinement at Hakone Sokokura. [04:46] Toshiie     That young upstart, Date. [04:48] Toshiie     I have better things to do. [04:50] Nar     Furthermore, Maeda Toshiie     had been dispatched [04:53] Nar     to interrogate him     concerning the delinquency. [04:57] Toshiie     He'll commit seppuku! [04:58] Toshiie     Seppuku! [04:59] Toshiie     Seppuku, seppuku! [05:23] Nar     Kanetsugu, [05:24] Nar     having been repeatedly pressed by Hideyoshi [05:27] Nar     to hastily bring down Hachioji Castle, [05:31] Nar     came to visit Hideyoshi [05:34] Nar     on the pretext of making     a reconnaissance report. [05:37] Hideyoshi     What do you think of this     castle, Kanetsugu? [05:40] Kanetsugu     Pardon? [05:41] Hideyoshi     Look forward to it. [05:43] Hideyoshi     This will be the castle that     will bring down Odawara Castle. [05:45] Hideyoshi     You could say it's my strategic masterpiece! [05:48] Hideyoshi     And when it goes down,     I'll invite you to come see it. [05:52] Hideyoshi     So hurry up and bring down Hachioji Castle. [05:59] Hideyoshi     What's the matter with you, Kanetsugu?     You look so glum. [06:04] Kanetsugu     My lord... [06:06] Hideyoshi     I see. You're worried about that Date kid. [06:09] Kanetsugu     That is not it. [06:11] Kanetsugu     I am concerned about     when Maeda Toshiie-dono [06:12] Kanetsugu     will be returning to the battlefield      from his interrogation of Date-dono. [06:18] Hideyoshi     Uesugi is strong enough, [06:20] Hideyoshi     so it wouldn't make a difference     if Toshiie were missing. [06:22] Hideyoshi     Wouldn't you say? [06:24] Hideyoshi     However, Date ignored my commands. [06:28] Hideyoshi     He'd better be prepared for the consequences. [06:33] Hideyoshi     What's the matter? [06:34] Hideyoshi     Will Uesugi take this as     an opportunity to attack Oshu? [06:39] Kanetsugu     No. [06:39] Kanetsugu     But there is one man I would miss,     if I were never to see him again. [07:09] General     Katakura-sama. [07:11] General     You have a visitor. [07:12] Kojuro     Who is it? [07:13] General     It is Naoe Kanetsugu-dono. [07:18] Kojuro     Well... [07:20] Kojuro     perhaps I should treat him to a bath. [07:22] Nar     In those days, the greatest show of     hospitality to guests was to draw them a bath. [07:29] Nar     And they are in Hakone, [07:32] Nar     so a bath would be a perfectly fitting treat. [07:38] Kanetsugu     What a fine bath. [07:40] Kanetsugu     I'd expect no less from Hakone. [07:44] Kanetsugu     But it's been troublesome... [07:47] Kanetsugu     putting up with the Chief Advisor's moods. [07:50] Kojuro     He's still the same. [07:52] Kanetsugu     Perhaps it was impertinent of me, [07:54] Kanetsugu     but I went to see how his lordship was doing. [07:58] Kojuro     Were things as you had expected? [08:01] Kanetsugu     How unusual. [08:03] Kojuro     Hm? [08:04] Kanetsugu     To see a strategist of your     caliber look so puzzled. [08:09] Kojuro     Our lord Masamune's intentions     are blatantly obvious. [08:13] Kojuro     So I have no excuses. [08:16] Kanetsugu     His intentions? [08:17] Voice     I'm coming in. [08:18] Kanetsugu     Huh? [08:32] Kojuro     Lord. [08:38] Kanetsugu     You must be Date Masamune-dono. SIGN    Date Masamune [08:59] Masamune     You're big. [09:01] Masamune     Are you Naoe? [09:02] Kanetsugu     Yes. [09:04] Masamune     I have heard about you. [09:06] Masamune     I have come to see your face. [09:07] Kanetsugu     We are gladdened by     your army's participation. [09:11] Masamune     It's nothing. [09:12] Masamune     The Chief Advisor stubbornly     insisted we go, so we went. [09:24] Masamune     This is heaven. [09:26] Masamune     How thoughtful of the Chief Advisor... [09:29] Masumune     for letting us enjoy this luxurious bath. [09:35] Masumune     Hey, Naoe. [09:38] Masumune     People say I resemble Lord Oda Nobunaga. [09:43] Masamune     If only I had been born earlier. [09:52] Masamune     But... [09:54] Masamune     that's not how it is! [10:04] Masamune     I am younger than anyone. [10:06] Masamune     Geezers are ready for the grave. [10:12] Masamune     Hence... [10:18] Masamune     I will eventually be ruler. [10:30] Kanetsugu     Interesting. [10:31] Kojuro     He behaved no differently with the interrogator,      saying whatever he pleased. [10:35] Kojuro     Indeed, our lord is just a child. [10:39] Kojuro     A big child. [10:41] Kojuro     That is why he has no guile. [10:43] Kojuro     He has no devious ploy     to conquer the nation. [10:48] Kojuro     And that is also why     he is the most trustworthy. [10:51] Kojuro     I wonder what the interrogator     relayed to the Chief Advisor about him. [10:55] Kanetsugu     Even if he relayed nothing, [10:56] Kanetsugu     there's a man by the Chief     Advisor's side who could infer it all. [11:01] Kojuro     Who? [11:02] Kanetsugu     Sen-no Rikyu. [11:05] Kojuro     The greatest tea ceremony     master in the world? [11:08] Kanetsugu     Yes. [11:09] Kanetsugu     It's Rikyu-dono's perspectives... [11:11] Kanetsugu     which the Chief Advisor trusts,     more than anyone else's. [11:15] Kojuro     But even his tea could     become a deadly poison. [11:27] Kanetsugu     He's already dead, anyway. [11:47] Kanetsugu     Kojuro-dono. [11:50] Kanetsugu     Can you hold that moon in your hands? [11:56] Kojuro     It would be as impossible as telling     my lord to keep his intentions hidden. [12:04] Kanetsugu     You think so? [12:13] Kojuro     Th-That's... [12:16] Kanetsugu     Strategists must never give up in battle. [12:28] Kojuro     My lord. [12:30] Masamune     Could the rumor be true? [12:34] Kojuro     That Naoe-dono is the actual     son of Lord Kenshin? [12:39] Masamune     Because the more I observe Naoe... [12:43] Masamune     the more the rumor strikes me as true. [12:46] Kojuro     If it were true, he would be a big deal. [12:51] Masamune     Hm? [12:52] Kojuro     Lord. [12:53] Kojuro     Would you be able to keep the fact hidden, [12:55] Kojuro     that you are Date's heir, [12:57] Kojuro     of Oshu's local commissioner,     and become my vassal? [13:01] Kojuro     Would you be able to die     for me, as my vassal? [13:06] Masamune     Hmm... [13:07] Kojuro     He is so wild at heart,     even the world is too small for him. [13:13] Kojuro     But he lives from day to day,     while hiding his true nature. [13:18] Kojuro     He lives only for the sake of righteousness. [13:22] Masamune     So that's how Naoe Kanetsugu is. [13:30] Masamune     Then there is only one path     for me to take, Kojuro. [13:36] Kojuro     Yes. [13:48] Masamune     Well... [13:49] Masamune     I'll trust you to put in a good word for me. [13:55] Nar     Subsequently, through Maeda Toshiie, [14:01] Nar     Masamune requested that Rikyu     instruct him in tea ceremony. [14:04] Nar     Rikyu consented readily. [14:09] Nar     Of course, Rikyu immediately could     tell Masamune's inner character. [14:21] Nar     Which, in turn, paved the way      for Masamune's troubles. [14:31] Hideyoshi     He wants instructions in the tea ceremony,      as his last wishes? [14:38] Hideyoshi     Now I really want to see him face-to-face. [14:56] Mosuke     Uh... [15:01] Kanetsugu     Soldiers are coming. [15:04] Mosuke     Huh? [15:06] Kanetsugu     The ground is quaking. [15:08] Mosuke     What? [15:14] Mosuke     What's coming? [15:24] Mosuke     M-Milord! [15:25] Mosuke     Look! [15:35] Mosuke     That is... SIGN    Eight Swords Bishamon [15:37] Mosuke     the flag of Uesugi's     Eight Swords Bishamonten [15:41] Kanetsugu     Why is the lord here in Odawara? [15:50] Kagekatsu     The Chief Advisor intends... [15:52] Kagekatsu     to make a show of Date's punishment. [15:56] Suibara     Yeah... [15:58] Suibara     for that very cause, high daimyo lords     have had to gather in Odawara. [16:05] Suibara     Argh. [16:06] Suibara     It's the end of Date. [16:08] Suibara     I shall respectfully witness his demise. [16:11] Kanetsugu     Or... [16:13] Kanetsugu     this might just turn out to be a gala event. [16:17] Suibara     What?! [16:25] Kagekatsu     Kanetsugu. [16:26] Kagekatsu     What do you mean? [16:28] Kanetsugu     Date Masamune is quite an actor. [16:46] Toshiie     Why must I be in charge of these meetings? [16:50] Toshiie     Don't they know how much all this is costing? [16:53] Toshiie     And that Date Masamune     is just like Keiji. He's unpredictable! [17:00] Toshiie     He makes me sick with worry. [17:03] Toshiie     Date-dono, it is time. [17:06] Kojuro     Yes. [17:07] Kojuro     My lord, your garment. [17:12] Toshiie     What's taking him so long? [17:15] Toshiie     If he's late again,     the Chief Advisor will be displeased... [17:19] Toshiie     Masamune would have to commit seppuku. [17:53] Suibara     Hey, Kanetsugu... [17:56] Suibara     that retainer of Tokugawa over there... [17:58] Suibara     his eyes are shooting daggers at you. [18:03] Kanetsugu     Oh, him. [18:04] Kanetsugu     We had a drinking contest a few days ago. [18:10] Suibara     You drank him under the table, didn't you? [18:14] Kanetsugu     He underestimated me,     a man from Echigo. [18:19] Ieyasu     You. [18:19] Ieyasu     Stop it with your menacing energy. [18:21] Ieyasu     What if the Chief Advisor senses it?     What would you say to him? [18:24] Ii     Yes, but... [18:27] Ieyasu     First things first. [18:44] Soldier     Announcing the arrival [18:45] Soldier     of Date Masamune-dono. [19:15] Ieyasu     Well... [19:17] Suibara     He's wearing a death robe! [19:20] Suibara     How strange. [19:22] Suibara     Is this the kind of thing [19:24] Suibara     someone about to be given     a death sentence would do? [19:48] Voice     Lord! [19:48] Voice     The short sword! [19:49] Masamune     Yeah. [20:09] Kojuro     Lord. [20:10] Kojuro     It is safely in my hands. [20:13] Masamune     I am grateful my insolence     has been admonished. [20:46] Hideyoshi     Kid... [20:47] Hideyoshi     Had you been just a little later... [20:49] Hideyoshi     you would've lost your head. [21:00] Hideyoshi     It is noble that you have     brought your army to Odawara. [21:03] Suibara     Wh-Wh-What? [21:06] Suibara     This is ridiculous. [21:09] Kanetsugu     Looks like Date-dono has been given clemency. [21:17] Ii     This was the Date strategist     Katakura Kojuro's persuasion. [21:22] Ii     Such phony theatrics. [21:26] Ieyasu     No, no. [21:27] Ieyasu     It's the kind of theater     the Chief Advisor enjoys. [21:30] Ieyasu     It endeared him far more effectively     than being spiteful and defiant. [21:49] Kagekatsu     Who is he? [21:50] Kanetsugu     Katakura Kojuro. [21:53] Kanetsugu     He is my formidable friend. SIGN    Episode 19: The Ninjas Take Action [23:41] Nar     Next time on Gifuu Doudou:     Kanetsugu and Keiji: [23:45] Nar     Episode 19     "The Ninjas Take Action." [23:50] Nar     Let us discuss the path     of righteousness next time, as well.