25 - The Endless Story Told of Men

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SIGN    The Endless Story Told of Men
[01:37] Keiji
    I see.
[01:39] Keiji
    So the site was packed
    with farmers of Mount Koya.
[01:42] Keiji
    That must've been a shock to Sagen.
[01:47] Kanetsugu
    Our enemy numbered three hundred.
[01:49] Kanetsugu
    "Those who rely on quantity
    will drown in quantity."
[02:04] Ninja
    We could just gun them all down.
[02:06] Sagen
    No. Look at that.
[02:10] Ninja
    That is...
[02:13] Sagen
    That's right.
[02:14] Sagen
    That's Chief Vassal Ishida
    Mitsunari's Shima Sakon,
[02:17] Sagen
    assistant of Chief Advisor Hideyoshi.
[02:24] Ninja
    How could this be?
[02:26] Ninja
    What's a man like him
    doing in the commotion?
[02:29] Sagen
    Listen carefully.
[02:30] Sagen
    Mount Koya is holy ground
    protected by Hideyoshi.
[02:34] Sagen
    If we act rashly,
    we might fuel the fire
[02:36] Sagen
    of the war between
    Toyotomi and Tokugawa...
[02:41] Sagen
    We have only one recourse.
[02:47] Keiji
    Sagen's panic was understandable.
[02:50] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[02:53] Kanetsugu
    The black, star-shaped marks on my eyes
[02:58] Kanetsugu
    were copied into gem eyes,
[03:01] Kanetsugu
    and a letter written proving
    my connection to Lord Kenshin, reading:
SIGN    Our child is coming.
    Masatora
[03:05] Kanetsugu
    "Our child is coming.
    Masatora."
[03:08] Kanetsugu
    They were hidden within a Jizo Bodhisattva.
[03:15] Keiji
    If that were revealed to the nation,
[03:18] Keiji
    a fight would have ensued
    regarding Uesgui's successorship.
[03:21] Keiji
    Factions would have been formed
    in favor of Kagekatsu-dono
[03:24] Keiji
    or Kanetsugu-dono. The nation
    would have been split in half.
[03:27] Kanetsugu
    That's why the fate of Uesugi
    was riding on Mount Koya.
SIGN    Odawara Memorial Stone
SIGN    Odawara Memorial Stone
[03:38] Sakon
    Bishop Ogo.
[03:41] Sakon
    Please perform a service to pacify the spirits.
[03:45] Ogo
    Well, well.
[03:49] Ogo
    I shall be more than happy to oblige.
[03:53] Ogo
    In the name of Vairocana...
[03:59] People
    In the name of Vairocana...
[04:06] Ogo
    eternal...
[04:10] People
    eternal...
[04:16] Ogo
    purity...
[04:20] Kazuma
    Hey! Where's Hanada?
[04:24] Shinnojo
    You're right. Where is he?
[04:39] Hanada
    Shima-dono.
[04:40] Sakon
    Hanada.
[04:44] Hanada
    I was caught off guard...
    by the Iga ninjas.
[04:47] All
    Hanada!
[04:51] Senbei
    Th-This is...
[04:53] Shinnojo
    What is this...
[04:55] Hanada
    N-Naoe-dono.
[04:59] Hanada
    They gave a message...
[05:02] Hanada
    they said they've given up
    on the Jizo Bodhisattva...
[05:05] Hanada
    but they will kill everyone instead.
[05:13] Sagen
    As of this moment, I am
    dissociating myself from Tokugawa.
[05:16] Sagen
    As a former vassal of Takeda,
[05:18] Sagen
    I will now fight against Uesugi.
[05:22] Sagen
    Toyotomi should have no complaints.
[05:26] Sagen
    I'm taking you on, Naoe Kanetsugu.
[05:36] Sakon
    Hanada.
[05:37] Senbei & Shinnojo
    Hey!
[05:40] Hanada
    Th-This festival...
[05:42] Hanada
    I wanted to see it through...
[05:47] Hanada
    to the very end.
[05:59] Sakon
    Hanada.
[06:07] Shinnojo
    Hanada.
[06:08] Jirobo
    Milord.
[06:09] Jirobo
    Our enemy is desperate.
[06:14] Jirobo
    I know where the grave is.
[06:16] Jirobo
    Bishop Ogo confirmed it for me.
[06:20] Kanetsugu
    All we have to do now is dig
    up the Bodhisattva statue,
[06:24] Kanetsugu
    and quickly toss it into the ritual fire.
[06:26] Kanetsugu
    Then this case will be closed.
[06:29] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[06:31] Jirobo
    Due to Ban Tarozaemon,
[06:35] Jirobo
    the situation became unduly complicated.
[06:37] Jirobo
    He's probably watching it
    all unfold, from somewhere.
[06:47] Kanetsugu
    And I, too, can see.
[06:49] Kanetsugu
    I see a vision of Lord Nobunaga.
[06:54] Kanetsugu
    And this is what he says:
[06:56] Kanetsugu
    "Overcome this battle
    with splendid fortitude."
[07:06] Kanetsugu
    In that case...
[07:18] Kanetsugu
    We have one thing left to do...
[07:20] Kanetsugu
    to head to the Jizo's grave!
[07:31] Ogo
    Shima-dono.
[07:33] Ogo
    Have no worry.
[07:35] Ogo
    No matter what happens
    on our mountain now...
[07:38] Ogo
    We will pretend to not see.
[07:41] Sakon
    Yes...
[07:42] Sakon
    It seems this battle has escalated...
[07:46] Sakon
    It is now beyond our control.
[07:48] Ogo
    Well, well.
[07:56] Sakon
    I must go.
[07:58] Jirobo
    Please wait.
[08:11] Sakon
    They were disguised as farmers?
[08:15] Jirobo
    Yes.
[08:16] Jirobo
    We did amass several thousand farmers,
[08:19] Jirobo
    but the three hundred Iga ninjas
    used it as an opportunity
[08:23] Jirobo
    to hide among them.
[08:31] Shinnojo & Senbei
    Na...
[08:33] Shinnojo & Senbei
    Naoe-dono...
[08:43] Shinnojo
    Naoe-dono, is something wrong?
[08:47] Kanetsugu
    Well, what the hell.
[08:51] Kanetsugu
    Let's dance a little.
[09:01] Shinnojo
    D-Dance?
[09:03] Senbei
    But they're mingled with the farmers.
[09:07] Kanetsugu
    So what.
[09:09] Kanetsugu
    It'll be more fun in front of assassins.
[09:13] Shinnojo; Senbei
    Wh... Wh-What?
[09:18] Kanetsugu
    Mosuke.
[09:19] Kanetsugu
    Blow the conch shell.
[09:21] Mosuke
    Yes.
[10:25] Sakon
    Such magnificent gallantry.
[10:30] Mosuke
    But I can sense it.
[10:33] Jirobo
    Yeah.
[10:36] Jirobo
    The painfully menacing
    presence of the assassins.
[10:47] Sagen
    That Naoe Kanetsugu...
[10:50] Sagen
    is certainly an unusual fellow.
[10:53] Sagen
    But know this.
[10:56] Sagen
    That dance of yours will be your last.
[11:08] Kanetsugu
    "This is my wish..."
[11:12] Kanetsugu
    "To die beneath the flowers..."
[11:15] Kanetsugu
    "in spring..."
[11:21] Mosuke
    What is that?
[11:24] Jirobo
    That's a poem by Saigyo.
[11:29] Kanetsugu
    "in the second month..."
[12:05] Kanetsugu
    "During the full moon."
[12:09] Farmers
    During the full moon.
[12:13] Impostor farmers
    Wh-What the?
[12:14] Impostor farmers
    What?
[12:15] Impostor farmers
    What's going on?
[12:16] ---
    What was that?
[12:27] Impostor farmer
    Wh-What?
[12:29] Impostor farmer
    Full moon?
[12:42] Shinnojo
    Wh-What happened?
[12:44] Jirobo
    "During the full moon" was the signal.
[12:47] Sakon
    It's a common strategy on the battlefield...
[12:49] Sakon
    for ferreting out enemies
    mingling with allies.
[12:53] Shinnojo
    B-But they're just farmers.
[12:56] Shinnojo
    How can they fight so well?
[12:58] Sakon
    No.
[12:58] Sakon
    They're not farmers.
[13:04] Sakon
    They are soldiers of the
    Chief Advisor's brother,
[13:06] Sakon
    Toyotomi Hidenaga,
    Yamato's Major Counselor.
[13:12] Sakon
    They're his infantrymen,
    well seasoned in battle.
[13:18] Sagen
    I-Incredible!
[13:20] Sagen
    We've been outmaneuvered!
[13:23] Sakon
    The designer of this brilliant plan...
[13:29] Sakon
    is none other than the leading
    chief vassal of Echigo's Uesugi...
[13:32] Sakon
    Naoe Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu
[13:42] Senbei
    We will join you!
[13:44] Senbei
    This is our place of death!
[13:49] Kanetsugu
    Mosuke!
[13:50] Kanetsugu
    Dig up the Jizo now!
[13:53] Mosuke
    Got it!
[13:55] Sagen
    What?
[14:04] Jirobo
    You can turn heaven and earth upside down,
[14:06] Jirobo
    but I still won't tell you the name.
[14:11] Sagen
    I get it. It's an unmarked grave!
[14:15] Mosuke
    Dig right there.
[14:18] Iga Ninja
    Bastard!
[14:19] Iga Ninja
    Your dare mess with us...
[14:27] Jirobo
    Nice try.
[14:38] Sakon
    H-How could this happen?
[14:42] Mosuke
    I found it!
[14:44] Mosuke
    I found it!
[14:46] Mosuke
    It's the real thing.
[14:49] Mosuke
    The black, star-shaped marks
[14:51] Mosuke
    are the same as Milord's!
[14:56] Kanetsugu
    All right, hurry!
[14:58] Kanetsugu
    Throw the Jizo in the fire!
[14:59] Mosuke
    Yes!
[15:09] Kanetsugu
    Mosuke!
[15:18] Jirobo
    He finally showed up...
[15:20] Jirobo
    Shimosaka Sagen.
[15:24] Sagen
    You did a fine job.
[15:27] Sagen
    It appears there's not one Iga ninja
[15:30] Sagen
    remaining, out of three hundred.
[15:34] Sagen
    But that's not important.
[15:38] Sagen
    I have but one aim...
[15:41] Sagen
    to get that Jizo Bodhisattva...
[15:45] Sagen
    and you, Naoe Kanetsugu.
[15:51] Jirobo
    Milord, let me finish him off.
[15:53] Kanetsugu
    No.
[15:54] Kanetsugu
    I must avenge White Cloud.
[15:57] Kanetsugu
    I will take you on.
[16:01] Sagen
    I'll take you to hell with me.
[16:08] Sagen
    I may have only one arm...
[16:10] Sagen
    but I'll match my death with yours...
[16:12] Sagen
    My sword shall not fail!
[16:22] Sagen
    He doesn't know I have a left arm,
[16:24] Sagen
    and that will be his undoing.
[16:26] Sagen
    Go ahead! Slash at me with your sword!
[16:31] Sagen
    At which time...
[16:59] Sagen
    So you're giving me a chance!
[17:06] Sagen
    What?
[17:15] Jirobo
    S-Sagen has a left arm!
[17:33] Sagen
    Why?
[17:35] Sagen
    Why did you draw the iron fan
[17:37] Sagen
    and not the sword?
[17:38] Sagen
    You were supposed to draw the sword!
[17:41] Kanetsugu
    I could hear her.
[17:44] Kanetsugu
    She was screaming at me:
[17:46] Kanetsugu
    "Don't draw your sword!
    Draw the iron fan!"
[17:48] Kanetsugu
    I heard her voice.
[17:52] Jirobo
    Wh-Whose?
[17:55] Mosuke
    It's Taehime-sama.
[17:58] Mosuke
    It must be Taehime-sama.
[18:04] Sagen
    Taehime, did you say?
[18:07] Kanetsugu
    It seems my fate won't
    have me die just yet.
[18:16] Sagen
    Who knew you had that kind of aid...
[18:19] Sagen
    I am no match for you, after all...
[18:25] Kanetsugu
    Sagen!
[18:34] Sagen
    I was so close to defeating
    the Uesugi nation.
[18:39] Sagen
    Jirobo...
[18:42] Sagen
    Finish me!
[18:43] Jirobo
    Sagen.
[18:51] Sagen
    You and I are old ninjas...
[18:54] Sagen
    I ask you this favor of mercy.
[19:07] Kanetsugu
    Sagen.
[19:09] Kanetsugu
    You...
[19:11] Sagen
    What a good way to die...
[19:15] Sagen
    This is, indeed...
[19:19] Sagen
    a ninja's cherished ambition!
[19:29] Keiji
    I see...
[19:31] Keiji
    so Sagen was ready to die.
[19:36] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[19:37] Kanetsugu
    And...
[19:40] Kanetsugu
    so was the Jizo Bodhisattva.
[19:45] Sakon
    And now...
[19:47] Sakon
    this battle has come to an end.
[19:49] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[19:51] Kanetsugu
    However...
[19:54] Kanetsugu
    You can never let your guard down
[19:56] Kanetsugu
    with Tokugawa Ieyasu.
[20:02] Sakon
    By the way...
[20:04] Sakon
    was Lord Kenshin's letter
    in the Bodhisattva statue?
[20:08] Kanetsugu
    Yes. It certainly was.
[20:13] Sakon
    Th-This is...
[20:15] Sakon
    only a drawing of the eye!
[20:18] Jirobo
    What?
[20:19] Mosuke
    Aww... All that for nothing.
[20:24] Kanetsugu
    It's fine this way.
[20:27] Kanetsugu
    There never was anything to connect
[20:29] Kanetsugu
    me to Lord Kenshin.
SIGN    Our child is coming. Masatora
[20:56] Kanetsugu
    Th-This is...
[21:01] Mosuke
    Heat-sensitive watermark!
[21:04] Sakon
    Why did Lord Kenshin do this?
[21:07] Jirobo
    It must have been a protective
    measure for his son...
[21:12] Jirobo
    no matter what befell
    the Jizo Bodhisattva.
[21:18] Kanetsugu
    Ah...
[21:23] Nar
    Kanetsugu called forth,
[21:25] Nar
    "Father" and "Mother" in his heart,
[21:30] Nar
    but without vocalizing.
[21:36] Nar
    He must never call
    Lord Kenshin his father,
[21:41] Nar
    and Taehime his mother...
[21:42] Nar
    not in this world.
[21:46] Nar
    Such was his firm determination.
[21:51] Nar
    This was, indeed, the child of destiny...
[21:56] Nar
    Naoe Kanetsugu's righteousness.