24 - To Mount Koya We Go!

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.)
[00:01] Sakon
    All three of you,
    stick out your necks.
[00:05] Sakon
    Stick them out!
[00:20] Keiji
    So he chopped off their heads?
[00:23] Kanetsugu
    Not quite...
[00:31] Sakon
    All of you have died many times over.
[00:34] Sakon
    You have no more
    obligations left in this world.
[00:39] Sakon
    The Tsutsui clan, your vendetta...
    Cast them all away.
[00:41] Sakon
    Come and be my aid in battle instead.
[00:49] Sakon
    Let warriors never err
    in their place of death.
[00:53] Sakon
    Our place of death is the battlefield.
[00:56] Keiji
    I see.
[00:58] Keiji
    Then you all went after
    the three hundred Iga ninjas?
[01:02] Kanetsugu
    That was...
[01:06] Kanetsugu
    the beginning of the battle, for the six of us.
SIGN    To Mount Koya We Go!
[03:02] Kanetsugu
    By the way...
[03:04] Kanetsugu
    Sakon-dono. Why come to our aid?
[03:08] Sakon
    As you know, Uesugi
    keeps Tokugawa in check.
[03:13] Sakon
    Hence, I can't afford for you to die.
[03:15] Kanetsugu
    However, the nation is already
[03:18] Kanetsugu
    under the Chief Advisor's rule.
[03:20] Sakon
    And his lordship is the problem.
[03:25] Sakon
    His lordship has a kidney ailment.
[03:28] Kanetsugu
    A kidney ailment?
[03:31] Sakon
    It's getting worse by the day.
[03:35] Sakon
    He probably does not
    have long to live.
[03:39] Kanetsugu
    Hm...
[03:46] Kanetsugu
    Sakon-dono.
[03:49] Kanetsugu
    This is what you said when you
[03:52] Kanetsugu
    hacked the topknots off those men:
[03:54] Sakon
    If I didn't have duties still remaining,
[03:56] Sakon
    I would gladly let them
    take vengeance on me.
[03:58] Sakon
    However, I still have things left to do.
[04:02] Kanetsugu
    What are those duties?
[04:05] Sakon
    They pertain to a dream of mine,
[04:07] Sakon
    which never came true in the Tsutsui clan.
[04:10] Kanetsugu
    A dream?
[04:11] Sakon
    I presume you, too,
    have the same dream,
[04:15] Sakon
    which you keep hidden deep in your heart.
[04:17] Kanetsugu
    Me?
[04:20] Kanetsugu
    Depending on the outcome
    of the Chief Advisor's ailment...
[04:28] Sakon
    Here's to you, the strategist.
    The fate of the nation
[04:31] Sakon
    is in your hands, with a single battle.
[04:43] Sakon
    Laugh at this old man
    for waxing sentimental.
[04:52] Kanetsugu
    How could I...
[04:55] Kanetsugu
    This is the best sake I've had in a while.
[05:10] Keiji
    I see...
[05:12] Keiji
    the strategist in whose hands
    lies the fate of the nation...
[05:15] Keiji
    you two shared a common dream.
[05:18] Kanetsugu
    Yes...
[05:20] Kanetsugu
    and the dream eventually did come true.
[05:24] Kanetsugu
    However...
[05:26] Kanetsugu
    being caught up in that dream,
[05:30] Kanetsugu
    I thoughtlessly didn't sense
[05:34] Kanetsugu
    the imminent sadness approaching.
[05:53] Kanetsugu
    What's going on?
[05:59] Senbei
    Wh-Wh-What the...
[06:01] Hanada
    A monster!
[06:16] Sakon
    Th-This is...
[06:18] Mosuke
    M-Milord, it's White Cloud...
[06:21] Kanetsugu
    What happened?
[06:24] Kanetsugu
    Jirobo.
[06:30] Mosuke
    Jirobo.
[06:43] Kanetsugu
    Jirobo.
[06:45] Mosuke
    Are you all right, Jirobo?
[06:47] Jirobo
    N-Never mind me...
[06:50] Jirobo
    White Cloud needs care...
[07:00] Kanetsugu
    Oh, no...
[07:03] Kanetsugu
    What happened?
[07:06] Jirobo
    But...
[07:10] Kanetsugu
    Don't worry about him. You may speak.
[07:12] Kanetsugu
    This is Shima Sakon-dono.
[07:14] Kanetsugu
    He knows everything.
[07:20] Jirobo
    In that case...
[07:25] Sagen
    Jirobo.
[07:29] Sagen
    I'll tell you where we're headed.
[07:33] Sagen
    As you've guessed,
    the Jizo is at Mount Koya.
[07:39] Sagen
    But before we go, you'll tell
    us the name on the headstone.
[07:44] Jirobo
    You just don't get it, do you?
[07:47] Jirobo
    You can turn heaven and earth upside down,
[07:49] Jirobo
    but I still won't tell you the name.
[07:52] Sagen
    No.
[07:53] Sagen
    You will tell us, like it or not.
[07:56] Jirobo
    Not a chance!
[08:05] Sagen
    Bastard!
[08:06] Sagen
    You won't get away!
[08:34] Sagen
    Don't kill him! Capture him alive!
[08:52] Sagen
    As I expected, there he is.
[08:54] Sagen
    But I'm ready for you this time.
[09:00] Jirobo
    What?
[09:02] Sagen
    Fire!
[09:08] Jirobo
    White Cloud!
[09:24] Jirobo
    Those bastards...
[09:25] Jirobo
    were armed in case
    White Cloud showed up.
[09:33] Jirobo
    But he...
[09:37] Jirobo
    even after the barrage of bullets...
[09:42] Jirobo
    He carried me here...
[09:44] Jirobo
    and kept running,
[09:46] Jirobo
    all the way from near Mount Koya.
[09:49] Sakon
    What?
[09:50] Sakon
    All the way from Mount Koya?
[09:53] Jirobo
    That's where the Jizo Bodhisattva is...
[09:59] Kanetsugu
    I see...
[10:23] Kanetsugu
    White Cloud.
[10:25] Kanetsugu
    You have done splendidly.
[10:30] Jirobo
    Hey, White Cloud.
[10:33] Jirobo
    Isn't that great?
[10:35] Jirobo
    Milord has praised you.
[10:44] Jirobo
    Good.
[10:46] Jirobo
    You are happy?
[10:49] Jirobo
    I am happy, too, White Cloud.
[10:55] Kanetsugu
    You...
[10:59] Mosuke
    You guys probably think he's just a dog...
[11:08] Mosuke
    but he's family to us.
[11:14] Mosuke
    I'll never forget when
    he was a tiny puppy this big.
[11:21] Mosuke
    His mother was killed by a bear...
[11:32] Mosuke
    But he didn't run.
[11:35] Mosuke
    He stood guard to try protect his mother.
[12:07] Mosuke
    Milord was struck by the dog's
    filial duty to his mother...
[12:14] Mosuke
    and came to his aid.
[12:20] Mosuke
    However...
[12:27] Mosuke & Jirobo
    Milord!
[12:28] Kanetsugu
    It's all right.
[12:32] Kanetsugu
    It's a war-torn world.
[12:35] Kanetsugu
    He's got the right spirit for survival.
[12:37] Mosuke
    Milord said he's a compassionate
    and courageous dog...
[12:41] Mosuke
    and decided to make him a vassal.
[12:45] Mosuke
    And then...
[12:46] Mosuke
    and then...
[12:48] Mosuke
    White Cloud was always with us...
[12:50] Mosuke
    in every battle...
[12:58] Jirobo
    Milord...
[12:59] Jirobo
    will you let me care for this dog?
[13:03] Jirobo
    I've been wanting to train a ninja dog.
[13:08] Kanetsugu
    A ninja dog?
[13:10] Kanetsugu
    I like it.
[13:12] Kanetsugu
    All right, Jirobo.
[13:13] Kanetsugu
    You can care for this dog.
[13:17] Jirobo
    For starters, he should have a name.
[13:19] Kanetsugu
    Hm...
[13:21] Kanetsugu
    Well, then.
[13:27] Kanetsugu
    Look at this guy.
[13:29] Kanetsugu
    He looks like that white cloud.
[13:33] Kanetsugu
    Thus shall you be named...
[13:36] Kanetsugu
    White Cloud!
[13:54] Jirobo
    White Cloud...
[14:20] Kanetsugu
    White Cloud.
[14:23] Kanetsugu
    This giant tree is your headstone.
[14:27] Jirobo
    Perfect for you... For your giant body.
[14:33] Kanetsugu
    This giant tree overlooks the road
     tying Echigo and the capital together.
[14:40] Kanetsugu
    We'll always pass by it
    on our way to the capital.
[14:44] Kanetsugu
    We can see him every time we go there.
[14:48] Jirobo
    You won't have to be lonesome here...
[15:09] Kanetsugu
    Jirobo.
[15:11] Kanetsugu
    It's off to battle now.
[15:13] Kanetsugu
    We must avenge White Cloud.
[15:17] Jirobo
    Milord...
[15:22] Jirobo
    Yes!
[15:25] Kanetsugu
    Get ready.
[15:27] Kanetsugu
    To Mount Koya we go!
[15:48] Ninja
    Look at all of these headstones.
[15:58] Sagen
    We'll start digging up the graves
    when the monks are asleep.
[16:01] Ninja
    Yes.
[16:03] Sagen
    Though we couldn't get
    Jirobo to divulge the name
[16:05] Sagen
    on the headstone...
[16:07] Sagen
    we can still find it,
    if we all work together.
[16:12] Ninja
    Sagen-sama.
[16:13] Sagen
    Hm?
[16:15] Sagen
    What is it?
[16:16] Ninja
    I have word that Jirobo
    is headed here, with others.
[16:22] Sagen
    I would've guessed he'd return with aid.
[16:26] Sagen
    How many of them?
[16:27] Sagen
    A hundred?
[16:28] Sagen
    Two hundred?
[16:30] Sagen
    Or is it a thousand?
[16:32] Ninja
    Well, counting Jirobo...
[16:36] Ninja
    there are seven of them.
[16:37] Sagen
    Seven?
[16:38] Sagen
    Are you kidding?
[16:40] Ninja
    According to report,
    the premier of Echigo's Uesugi,
[16:45] Ninja
    Naoe Kanetsugu, is among them.
[16:47] Sagen
    Wh-What?
[16:52] Sagen
    Kanetsugu himself?
[17:01] Sagen
    Hm...
[17:03] Ninja
    Trouble, Sagen-sama!
[17:06] Sagen
    What?
[17:07] Sagen
    What now?
[17:10] Sagen
    What is that?
[17:17] Keiji
    That must've surprised Sagen.
[17:22] Kanetsugu
    It was my secret strategy
    against the three hundred Iga ninjas.
[17:29] Nar
    Kanetsugu's secret strategy...
[17:32] Nar
    First, the party split in two
    in front of Mount Koya.
[17:41] Nar
    And the place where Sakon
    went was the key...
SIGN    Ogo's residence
[17:47] Mokujiki Ogo
    Well, well...
SIGN    Mokujiki Ogo
[17:51] Nar
    Mokujiki Ogo...
[17:54] Nar
    an elderly monk who,
    during Hideyoshi's attack on Mount Koya
[17:58] Nar
    in 1587, miraculously saved Mount Koya
[18:01] Nar
    by peaceful negotiation,
    as a representative of the mountain.
[18:06] Nar
    He subsequently served Toyotomi
[18:10] Nar
    and held the position of power
    over matters on the mountain.
[18:15] Ogo
    So Shima-dono, you,
    the Chief Retainer of Ishida-sama,
[18:20] Ogo
    have come all the way to Mount Koya. Why?
[18:24] Sakon
    I will create somewhat
    of a commotion on the mountain...
[18:28] Sakon
    I wanted your permission.
[18:34] Ogo
    Oh...
[18:35] Ogo
    What do you intend to do?
[18:42] Sakon
    Please post this on bulletins.
[18:49] Ogo
    Well, well...
[18:53] Sakon
    Will you accept my request?
[18:54] Ogo
    Of course.
[18:56] Ogo
    After all, it is the request
    of Yamato's Major Counselor.
[19:11] Ogo
    The Major Counselor has interesting ideas...
[19:15] Nar
    The Major Counselor of Yamato...
[19:18] Nar
    He managed all of the political
    dealings during Toyotomi's reign.
[19:21] Nar
    He was by birth and by reputation
    Hideyoshi's right-hand man,
[19:25] Nar
    his actual brother, Toyotomi Hidenaga.
[19:29] Nar
    Thus, Ogo had no qualms...
[19:34] Nar
    What was it that transpired
    from the bulletins?
[19:40] Sagen
    Wh-What the...
[19:54] Ninja
    How many of them are there?
[19:56] Ninja
    A thousand?
[19:57] Ninja
    Two thousand?
[19:59] Sagen
    I know what this is.
[20:00] Sagen
    Kanetsugu has planned
[20:01] Sagen
    to mingle with the crowd
    and dig up the Jizo grave.
[20:06] Messenger Ninja
    But there are only three hundred of us.
[20:09] Messenger Ninja
    It would be impossible
    to keep an eye on all of them.
[20:12] Sagen
    But why are these farmers
    gathered together?
[20:15] Messenger Ninja 2
    Sagen-sama.
[20:16] Sagen
    Hm?
[20:17] Messenger Ninja 2
    This.
[20:20] Kanetsugu
    Mount Koya is
    the paradise of Maitreya.
[20:23] Kanetsugu
    The many spirits who have passed
    in the Battle of Odawara
[20:25] Kanetsugu
    are coming to pay homage to Daishi.
[20:28] Kanetsugu
    Thus to prepare this holy ground,
[20:31] Kanetsugu
    I command you to clean
    the Okunoin Temple.
[20:34] Kanetsugu
    For each of you who
    participates in this good deed,
[20:37] Kanetsugu
    there will be a reward of 100 mon.
[20:42] Kanetsugu
    "How blessed it is.
    Daishi is still among us,
[20:46] Kanetsugu
    even in the crags of Mount Koya."
[20:52] Kanetsugu
    Naoe Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu.
[20:57] Sagen
    What in the...
[20:59] Nar
    Sagen then realized, that though
    he had the unquestionable
[21:03] Nar
    advantage of three hundred
    Iga ninjas backing him,
[21:07] Nar
    he had overvalued the idea of quantity...
[21:11] Nar
    Indeed, as they say:
[21:13] Nar
    "Those who rely on quantity,
[21:16] Nar
    will drown in arrogance and quantity."
[21:18] Sagen
    So this is Naoe Kanetsugu!
[21:25] People
    What a blessing.
[21:26] People
    What a blessing.
[21:26] People
    100 mon just for cleaning!
[21:29] People
    What a happy occasion!
[21:31] Kanetsugu
    It's more than worth it!
[21:33] Kanetsugu
    Endeavor in cleaning,
[21:36] Kanetsugu
    for the sake of the many spirits and Daishi!
[21:46] People
    This is a boon from Daishi.
[21:48] People
    What a blessing. What a blessing.
[21:50] People
    100 mon! 100 mon!
[21:50] Senbei
    Wh-What an incredible sight.
[21:52] People
    It's a boon!
[21:53] Kazuma
    So this is Naoe Kanetsugu's style of battle...
[21:54] People
    What a blessing. What a blessing.
[21:57] Hanada
    It's...
[21:58] Hanada
    it's like a festival.
SIGN    Episode 25: The Endless Story Told of Men
[23:40] Nar
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji:
[23:44] Nar
    Episode 25
    "The Endless Story Told of Men."
[23:50] Nar
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.