23 - The Warrior's Place of Death

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[00:03] Nobunaga
    Out of everything in these times of civil war...
[00:07] Nobunaga
    Kenshin has always been my greatest fear.
[00:10] Nobunaga
    And to me, my most feared enemy,
    is also my truest friend.
[00:20] Nobunaga
    I am taking this to honor my friend.
SIGN    The Warrior's Place of Death
[02:22] Ieyasu
    I see...
[02:25] Ieyasu
    Lord Nobunaga took the Jizo Bodhisattva...
[02:31] Ii
    That Lord Nobunaga again.
[02:33] Ii
    He's a constant thorn in your side, Lord.
[02:37] Ieyasu
    It's worth it.
[02:38] Ieyasu
    It was Lord Nobunaga who inspired me
[02:41] Ieyasu
    to dream of national conquest.
[02:46] Ii
    That makes it all the more unbearable.
[02:49] Ii
    The nation would be in your hands
    if it weren't for Hideyoshi.
[02:58] Ieyasu
    Not yet. Not yet.
[03:00] Ieyasu
    Not yet. Not yet.
[03:02] Ieyasu
    The nation belongs to no one yet.
[03:08] Ii
    Wh-What?
[03:11] Hanzo
    Recently, the Chief Advisor
    has been wetting his bed.
[03:17] Ii
    W-W-Wetting his bed?
[03:32] Hideyoshi
    I've wet the bed.
[03:36] Hanzo
    I assume he has a kidney ailment.
[03:39] Hanzo
    You could say it's an unexpected ambush.
[03:42] Ii
    The Chief Advisor has a kidney ailment?
[03:47] Ieyasu
    The nation is obstinate...
[03:50] Ieyasu
    It constantly refuses to belong to one ruler.
[03:53] Ieyasu
    You have to fight to have longevity.
[03:59] Ii
    Lord.
[04:00] Ieyasu
    The nation will smile upon him...
[04:03] Ieyasu
    who has outlived all others.
[04:07] Ieyasu
    That's bitter.
[04:09] Ii
    Lord! Forgive me.
[04:11] Ii
    I was thinking you had
    given up on national conquest.
[04:14] Ii
    And all this time, Lord, you've been...
[04:16] Ieyasu
    Not yet.
[04:18] Ieyasu
    Not yet.
[04:23] Ieyasu
    Not yet.
[04:25] Ieyasu
    Not yet.
[04:27] Ieyasu
    My dream of national conquest
    is not yet fulfilled.
[04:32] Ieyasu
    Not yet.
[04:34] Ieyasu
    Not yet.
[04:37] Nar
    In fact, eight years later,
    Hideyoshi died at the age of 61.
[04:44] Nar
    But Ieyasu lived eighteen
     more years thereafter...
[04:49] Nar
    and became the absolute ruler of the nation.
[04:54] Keiji
    There you go again.
[04:55] Keiji
    Wait!
[04:56] Kanetsugu
    Hmm?
[04:57] Keiji
    What happened to the caretaker?
[04:59] Keiji
    The old man who appeared
    to Jirobo and Sagen,
[05:01] Keiji
    at the ruins of Honnoji Temple.
[05:04] Keiji
    Who the hell was he?
[05:07] Keiji
    I'm talking about that old man
[05:09] Keiji
    who said he hid the Jizo Bodhisattva
[05:11] Keiji
    by Lord Nobunaga's command.
[05:15] Keiji
    Tell me more about him.
[05:18] Kanetsugu
    Oh, yeah. I forgot.
[05:22] Kanetsugu
    Well,
[05:23] Kanetsugu
    he was an extremely unusual fellow.
[05:36] Jirobo
    Oh... what was that...
[05:45] Sagen
    What is this...
[05:51] Jirobo
    It seems he told you where the cemetery is...
[05:54] Jirobo
    and he told me the name on the headstone.
[06:00] Sagen
    Damn you...
[06:02] Sagen
    such ridiculous mendacity.
[06:04] Sagen
    I don't believe you!
[06:14] Man
    So you don't believe me, huh?
[06:17] Man
    In that case...
[06:21] Man
    How about now?
[06:31] Jirobo
    You are...
[06:43] Jirobo
    Th-That face...
[06:46] Sagen
    Lord Nobunaga's ninja...
[06:49] Sagen
    Ban Tarozaemon!
[06:52] Jirobo
    You were supposed to
    have died with Nobunaga,
[06:54] Jirobo
    in the Honnoji Temple incident!
[06:57] Sagen
    What's the meaning of these antics?
[07:04] Tarozaemon
    Don't you know?
[07:06] Tarozaemon
    This is Uesugi and Tokugawa's war.
[07:08] Tarozaemon
    Now what could be more
    entertaining than that?
[07:15] Tarozaemon
    Lord Nobunaga and I...
[07:19] Tarozaemon
    will enjoy this war together.
[07:35] Sakon
    So he gave the cemetery's location
     and the name on the headstone separately...
[07:39] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[07:40] Sakon
    And what become of the ninja, Jirobo?
[07:47] Sagen
    Don't bother.
[07:54] Kanetsugu
    Probably...
[07:56] Kanetsugu
    the two of them were at a stalemate.
[07:59] Kanetsugu
    And after he had
    White Cloud deliver this letter,
[08:02] Kanetsugu
    Sagen headed to the cemetery,
    and Jirobo went after him.
[08:18] Sakon
    I see...
[08:20] Sakon
    So that's how it was.
[08:24] Sakon
    Speaking of which, where is that fighter dog?
[08:30] Kanetsugu
    He couldn't help himself.
[08:32] Kanetsugu
    He must've gone after Jirobo.
[08:39] Sakon
    Farewell.
[08:41] Kanetsugu
    I wish I could have been
     more hospitable.
[08:44] Mosuke
    Yes.
[08:47] Kanetsugu
    This is sake from Echigo.
[08:49] Mosuke
    Please.
[08:50] Sakon
    I am grateful.
[08:52] Sakon
    Let us drink together next time.
[08:54] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[08:57] Mosuke
    Huh?
[09:05] Mosuke
    Who is that guy?
[09:08] Sakon
    Hand me the spear.
[09:12] Sakon
    I am familiar with these people.
[09:24] ---
    Above you!
[09:40] Sakon
    Hold on.
[09:42] Sakon
    That is not necessary.
[09:44] Mosuke
    Huh?
[09:45] Mosuke
    Why?
[09:52] Sakon
    You are in front of Uesugi's main encampment.
[09:54] Sakon
    You have behaved insolently.
[09:59] Sakon
    Get out. Now!
[10:13] Sakon
    Pardon me.
[10:25] Jirobo
    Such clear skies.
[10:28] Jirobo
    Perfect weather for traveling.
[10:31] Jirobo
    Don't you think so, Sagen-dono?
[10:35] Jirobo
    Huh?
[10:39] Sagen
    Don't talk loosely with me.
[10:41] Jirobo
    We're travel companions.
[10:43] Jirobo
    Like Tarozaemon suggested, let's get along.
[10:47] Sagen
    Are you trying to be funny?
[10:49] Jirobo
    Oh, not at all.
[10:51] Jirobo
    After all, you're guiding me
    to the Jizo's hiding place.
[10:55] Jirobo
    I'm grateful.
[10:59] Sagen
    In that case, look forward to it.
[11:01] Sagen
    I'll guide you straight to hell,
[11:03] Sagen
    and tear your loud mouth to shreds.
[11:11] Jirobo
    By the way, believers are making
    pilgrimages around here.
[11:16] Jirobo
    This road we're on is one of
    Saigoku's Thirty-three Holy Grounds.
SIGN    The
    Thirty-three
    Places
    Pilgrimage
[11:20] Jirobo
    This is the road to the Kishu
    domain's Kokawadera Temple.
[11:23] Jirobo
    Maybe we can do the "Thirty-three
    Places Pilgrimage, too.
[11:23] Jirobo
    The
    Thirty-three
    Places
    Pilgrimage
[11:26] Jirobo
    What do you say?
[11:29] Jirobo
    The great sanctums
    of Kishudera Temple must've been
[11:33] Jirobo
    burned to the ground in the
    Chief Advisor's attack on Kishu.
[11:35] Jirobo
    Poor Jizo-sama,
    to be at a cemetery like that.
[11:39] Jirobo
    What do you think, Sagen-dono?
[11:42] Sagen
    What makes you think
    I'm going to that cemetery?
[11:45] Jirobo
    Oh? Is that so?
[11:47] Jirobo
    In that case, further ahead...
[11:50] Jirobo
    is Mount Koya.
[11:58] Jirobo
    If we're headed to Mount Koya,
    we're in trouble.
[12:01] Jirobo
    That place is associated with Kobo Daishi.
[12:04] Jirobo
    They say there are 20,000
    to 30,000 graves there.
[12:07] Jirobo
    You can search and search,
    and never see the end of it.
[12:12] Sagen
    You sure talk a lot, Jirobo.
[12:17] Jirobo
    So, is it Mount Koya?
[12:19] Sagen
    What is?
[12:20] Jirobo
    You know, the grave with Jizo
    Bodhisattva buried in it.
[12:31] Nar
    There was a reason why Jirobo
    did a lot of talking.
[12:35] Nar
    He was carefully watching for clues,
[12:40] Nar
    by observing Sagen's
    reactions and facial expressions.
[12:45] Jirobo
    So Mount Koya it is.
[12:48] Sagen
    Why do you say that?
[12:50] Jirobo
    Your eyes twitched.
[12:52] Jirobo
    Upward, to the right.
[12:57] Sagen
    You bastard...
[12:59] Sagen
    So you think you've got
    a read on me, do you?
[13:07] Jirobo
    Thanks for your help, Sagen-dono!
[13:14] Jirobo
    This can't be...
[13:17] Jirobo
    They're Iga ninjas!
[13:34] Sagen
    It's your turn to go first.
[13:37] Sagen
    You be the guide.
[13:40] Sagen
    Because if you don't,
    these three hundred Iga ninjas
[13:44] Sagen
    will dig up each and every grave,
[13:46] Sagen
    tens of thousands of them, if need be.
[14:34] Kanetsugu
    Sakon-dono?
[14:36] Mosuke
    And those three men from yesterday.
[14:39] Sakon
    These men...
[14:42] Sakon
    have requested me to relieve them.
[14:44] Kanetsugu
    Relieve them?
[14:46] Sakon
    They say they are going
    to perform harakiri here.
[14:51] Sakon
    They are men of the Tsutsui clan,
[14:53] Sakon
    of the guardian Daimyo of Yamato.
[14:56] Kanetsugu
    Of the Tsutsui clan...
[14:58] Nar
    Shima Sakon was once a vassal of that clan.
[15:03] Nar
    After the death of his lord,
[15:06] Nar
    he had differences with
    his successor, Tsutsui Sadatsugu,
[15:08] Nar
    and thus resigned his post.
[15:10] Nar
    This was a part of his personal history.
[15:13] Sakon
    When I left the Tsutsui clan,
[15:17] Sakon
    they sent assassins after me,
    and I killed them all.
[15:21] Sakon
    These three are the sons of those men.
[15:25] Mosuke
    So they were on a vendetta?
[15:28] Sakon
    That is correct.
[15:29] Sakon
    These men are forbidden to return home...
[15:31] Sakon
    if they do not kill me first.
[15:35] Mosuke
    The so-called warrior's code of honor.
[15:38] Sakon
    They are the sons of men
    who were my friends at one time.
[15:44] Sakon
    If I didn't have duties still remaining,
[15:48] Sakon
    I would gladly let them take vengeance on me.
[15:51] Sakon
    However, I still have things left to do.
[15:55] Kanetsugu
    So that kind of thing...
[15:56] Kanetsugu
    must have been going on for years.
[15:59] Sakon
    But all they have to do is wait.
[16:03] Sakon
    Then they can kill me.
[16:06] Sakon
    It's the least I can do for my friends.
[16:09] Kanetsugu
    Sakon-dono.
[16:11] Kazuma
    But we have been after you for three years...
[16:14] Kazuma
    We have tried challenging you
    more than ten times already, Shima-dono.
[16:18] Shinnojo
    And yet, you have repelled us
    every time, and thoroughly.
[16:21] Senbei
    We should be dead many times over by now.
[16:25] Kazuma et al.
    Thus, you must kill us, Shima-dono.
[16:28] Kazuma et al.
    We deserve it.
[16:34] Mosuke
    Those guys...
    Their logic is crazy.
[16:37] Kanetsugu
    However... They mean what they say.
[16:41] Kanetsugu
    There is no trace
    of lie or deceit in their eyes.
[16:45] Kanetsugu
    And that's the problem.
[16:49] Sakon
    Oh...
[16:51] Sakon
    I see you are on your way somewhere.
[16:53] Sakon
    Pardon me for diverting you.
[16:56] Sakon
    But let me ask you this.
[16:57] Sakon
    Where are you, a person
     of authority of the Uesugi clan,
[17:00] Sakon
    going on horseback in the rain?
[17:03] Kanetsugu
    For the reason you are aware, Hattori Hanzo
[17:07] Kanetsugu
    has mobilized a large number of ninjas in Iga.
[17:11] Kanetsugu
    Approximately three hundred of them.
[17:16] Kanetsugu
    My friend, Jirobo,
    will confront them all alone.
[17:23] Sakon
    You are going to his aid?
[17:25] Kanetsugu
    It would go against righteousness
    to leave a friend in a lurch.
[17:28] Sakon
    But that's two against three hundred.
[17:31] Sakon
    It's recklessness.
[17:33] Kanetsugu
    "If you fight to die, you will live."
[17:36] Kanetsugu
    "If you fight to live, you will assuredly die."
[17:39] Kanetsugu
    Those are the words of Lord Kenshin.
[17:43] Nar
    Sakon knew from his smile,
[17:47] Nar
    that this man was ready to die.
[17:51] Nar
    Ieyasu's plot to seek the Jizo Bodhisattva
[17:53] Nar
    would be rendered meaningless
[17:55] Nar
    if Kanetsugu were dead.
[17:59] Nar
    The loss of his one life
    would save all of Echigo.
[18:03] Nar
    There was more than ample reason
[18:05] Nar
    for Kanetsugu to expedite his death.
[18:10] Sakon
    Well, well...
[18:12] Sakon
    Ieyasu would never guess
    you would get involved.
[18:15] Kanetsugu
    That's what makes it interesting.
[18:20] Mosuke
    W-Wait just a second.
[18:22] Mosuke
    I'm here, too, you know.
[18:23] Mosuke
    I promised Milord here,
    that I'll be his spearbearer to the death.
[18:27] Mosuke
    So it's three against three hundred.
[18:34] Sakon
    In that case, I cannot afford
    to miss your death flower.
[18:39] Sakon
    I shall respectfully witness
    the scattering of its petals.
[18:43] Sakon
    Thus... Let me go with you.
[18:48] Kanetsugu
    Do as you please.
[18:50] Sakon
    I have decided.
[18:53] Sakon
    But first this...
[18:55] Sakon
    As you all have heard, I must hurry off.
[19:01] Sakon
    I don't have time to do you one at a time.
[19:14] Sakon
    All three of you,
    stick out your necks.
[19:18] Sakon
    Stick them out!
[19:55] Kazuma
    Wh-What...
[19:59] Sakon
    All of you have died many times over.
[20:02] Sakon
    You have no more
    obligations left in this world.
[20:06] Sakon
    The Tsutsui clan, your vendetta...
    Cast them all away.
[20:10] Sakon
    Come and be my aid in battle instead.
[20:14] Kazuma
    You mean the battle you were talking about,
    against three hundred Iga ninjas?
[20:19] Shinnojo
    In comparison to their number...
[20:21] Senbei
    we don't stand a chance...
[20:24] Sakon
    That makes six men.
[20:27] Sakon
    And our commander is...
[20:31] Kanetsugu
    I am Naoe Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu.
[20:35] Kazuma
    Wh-What?
[20:37] Kazuma
    The premier of Uesugi!
[20:42] Sakon
    It is Naoe-dono and myself.
    Are you dissatisfied?
[20:45] Kazuma
    Oh, n-no...
[20:48] Nar
    The young men's hearts trembled.
[20:52] Nar
    It would be a reckless battle.
[20:54] Nar
    They would assuredly lose.
[20:58] Nar
    However, they could die together
    with two civil war heroes.
[21:03] Nar
    They could think of no better
    place of death for a warrior.
[21:10] Sakon
    Let warriors never err
    in their place of death.
[21:13] Sakon
    Our place of death is the battlefield.
[21:18] Kazuma et al
    Shima-dono.
[21:42] Kanetsugu
    Shima-dono...
[21:45] Kanetsugu
    You are truly...
[21:49] Sakon
    Naoe-dono, this too is destiny.
[21:53] Sakon
    We are coming to aid you in battle.
SIGN    Episode 24: To Mount Koya We Go!
[23:40] Nar
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji:
[23:44] Nar
    Episode 24
    "To Mount Koya We Go!"
[23:50] Nar
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.