7 - The Truth Spoken to the Moon

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[00:00] kane
    Shindou-dono.
[00:02] kane
    Who is this "real father" he spoke of?
[00:04] shin
    I cannot say myself...
[00:09] shin
    If I do, I will end up destroying a country.
[00:13] kane
    It's that severe?
[00:14] shin
    No. That's how much
    of a man is behind this.
[00:19] keiji
    At the time, the loyalty in relationships
[00:22] keiji
    between daimyos and
     their retainers was vague.
[00:26] keiji
    Despite being retainers,
[00:28] keiji
    they, themselves, were guardians
     of their own territory for generations.
[00:34] keiji
    If they were not able
    to protect their territory,
[00:36] keiji
    they threw away their masters.
[00:40] kane
    And the people of Echigo were
     very passionate about their territory.
[00:47] keiji
    Because of that, even Lord Kenshin
    had to become a god.
[00:51] keiji
    Swearing a lifetime of celibacy,
     becoming the avatar of Bishamonten,
[00:56] keiji
    he became a god of war,
     winning every one of his battles,
[00:59] keiji
    and his retainers finally swore
     loyalty to him because of this.
[01:08] keiji
    That's where Nobunaga found an opening.
[01:12] nobu
    Those powerful enough
     to take over a country...
[01:16] nobu
    Are all villains.
[01:35] nobu
    Th-This is...
[01:39] nobu
    That fan was enough
    to make even a god a man.
[01:42] nobu
    That is because Higuchi Yoroku...
    no, Naoe Kanetsugu,
[01:47] nobu
    you are the illegitimate child
    of Uesugi Kenshin!
[02:06] nar
    Two eccentrics enter battle.
[02:12] nar
    Dazzling Sengoku Period Story:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji.
[02:16] nar
    Gifuu Doudou!!
SIGN    The Truth Spoken to the Moon
[03:41] keiji
    Well, well...
[03:43] keiji
    To think that Nobunaga-dono
    would make an appearance.
[03:47] kane
    It appears a rather troublesome
    person has shown up.
[03:51] nobu
    I'm going to butt in for a while.
[03:54] nobu
    Because there's something I can't come
    to terms with on that situation, as well.
[03:59] kane
    You mean the fact that
    I'm still alive and well, even now?
[04:06] nobu
    Indeed.
[04:07] nobu
    It's true that you brought
     the fan back to Echigo...
[04:11] nobu
    So why did Echigo not fall?
[04:14] nobu
    Why didn't Kenshin fall back
     to being just a man?
[04:17] kane
    That's...
[04:20] kane
    Because I was a child of righteousness.
[04:23] nobu
    Righteousness?
[04:25] kane
    Yes.
SIGN    Yoroku (Kanetsugu's Father)
    Higuchi Souemon
[04:43] sou
    I finally got it.
[04:45] kane
    Father.
[04:49] sou
    Ah... Well, if it isn't Yoroku.
    When did you arrive back in Echigo?
[04:55] kane
    I have something I'd like to ask you.
[05:03] sou
    What's this?
[05:03] kane
    It belonged to Princess Tae, the younger
    sister of the former Chief Advisor.
[05:10] sou
    Wh-What?
[05:15] sou
    Yo-Yoroku...
[05:20] kane
    As soon as I got back to Echigo,
[05:22] kane
    I first went to my father,
     Higuchi Souemon.
[05:26] nobu
    I see.
[05:28] nobu
    So you confirmed who your real father was
[05:31] nobu
    and were prepared to die for Echigo?
[05:35] kane
    Yes.
[05:37] kane
    But before that, there was
    something else I wanted to confirm,
[05:41] kane
    so I went to see Lord Kenshin's
    older sister, Sentouin.
SIGN    Rinsenji
SIGN    Sentouin
[05:48] sen
    What? Yoroku had
    an audience with Nobunaga?
[05:51] sou
    Yes.
[05:52] sou
    And the steward of the Konoe clan,
     Shindou-dono, was present, as well.
[05:58] sen
    What?
[06:03] sen
    What is that?
[06:04] sou
    Nobunaga gave this to Yoroku.
[06:07] sou
    It appears to be
    a keepsake of Princess Tae.
[06:10] sen
    P-Princess Tae?!
[06:22] sen
    Y-Yoroku...
[06:25] sen
    What are you wearing?
[06:28] kane
    It's no fun merely falling
    into Nobunaga's trap.
[06:36] kane
    Now that I've heard
    what needed to be said,
[06:40] kane
    I'll be waiting for him in the afterlife.
[06:46] kane
    I'll let Nobunaga kiss my ass.
[06:49] kane
    Take that!
[06:52] sou
    Wh-What...
[06:54] sou
    You drew the Oda family crest on your ass?
[06:58] sen
    Oh, my.
[06:59] kane
    Eat this!
[07:01] sou
    Y-Yoroku! Stop, you fool!
[07:07] sen
    You eccentric.
[07:10] sou
    For crying out loud.
[07:14] kane
    Sentouin-sama.
[07:17] kane
    My father is Higuchi Souemon,
     without a doubt.
[07:23] sou
    Yoroku...
[07:25] kane
    Therefore, I would like to know
    exactly how I became Souemon's child.
[07:35] sen
    All right...
[07:37] sen
    Since you have that resolve, I shall tell you.
[07:47] sen
    The leader of the Naoe clan
     at that time, Kagetsuna-dono,
[07:52] sen
    had welcomed the Chief Advisor,
     Lord Konoe Sakihisa.
[07:56] kono
    With my power as the Chief Advisor,
    and Kagetora-dono's military might,
[08:01] kono
    we should be able to conquer
     the Kanto area fairly easily.
[08:03] kono
    Then, we'll conquer
    the territories around Kyoto.
[08:06] kono
    We shall return the Muromachi
    Shogunate to how it once was.
[08:10] kono
    That is what Kagetora-dono
    and I aspire to do.
[08:13] kage
    Yes, and that is why you established
     a blood oath with my lord.
[08:19] kono
    But it turns out...
[08:21] kono
    I now have considerably
     stronger proof of that promise.
[08:33] kage
    A baby?
[08:35] kono
    This baby was born from Kagetora-dono
    and Tae, my late younger sister.
[08:43] kage
    Wh-What?!
[08:45] kono
    This is the true proof of my blood oath.
[08:49] kage
    Th-That's impossible...
[08:53] kono
    There we go.
[08:55] kono
    There, there.
[09:00] kono
    You look just like
    Kagetora-dono, don't you?
[09:05] kono
    There...
[09:23] kage
    Did you hear what was just said?
[09:36] kage
    Forgive me... but this is for Echigo.
[09:57] kage
    In Echigo...
[09:59] kage
    even the retainers believe Kagetora-sama
     is the avatar of Bishamonten.
[10:05] kage
    Because of that, our hearts are as one.
[10:12] kage
    And you're saying that despite his oath
    of celibacy to the gods and Buddha,
[10:16] kage
    he had a child with the younger sister
     of the Chief Advisor in the shadows...
[10:22] kono
    What are you saying I should do then?
[10:24] kage
    If a war were to start in Echigo,
[10:27] kage
    the dream that you share with
    Kagetora-sama will never come to pass!
[10:34] kage
    I, Naoe Kagetsuna, shall take that baby.
[10:42] sen
    After I heard what had
     happened from Kagetsuna,
[10:48] sen
    I ended up relying on Souemon,
[10:51] sen
    as he is who I was closest with and
    so could be trusted with this secret.
[10:59] sou
    We are stationed here
    in the mountains year-round,
[11:03] sou
    therefore, no one would be suspicious
    if we suddenly had a baby.
[11:13] sou
    Very well. I, Higuchi Souemon,
     shall guard this child with my life.
[11:26] kane
    But in that case, I should have
     just been abandoned...
[11:30] kane
    No... I should have been killed.
[11:33] kane
    Then Nobunaga wouldn't be taking advantage
     of this situation in his quest for Echigo.
[11:41] sen
    Do you think that Omijou-sama
[11:42] sen
    swore an oath of celibacy
     because he wanted to?
[11:46] kane
    W-Well...
[11:49] sen
    For Echigo, he had no children.
[11:51] sen
    He didn't know about
    the happiness of normal people,
[11:53] sen
    and was left to carry
    everything upon his shoulders.
[11:56] sen
    Why would I let the child
    of my younger brother be abandoned?
[12:06] kane
    S-Sentouin-sama...
[12:12] sen
    If I were to abandon you,
[12:14] sen
    though the people may forgive me,
     the heavens would not.
[12:17] sen
    This was the righteousness of myself,
     Kagetsuna, and Souemon.
[12:25] kane
    So, you're saying that the reason I lived
    was because of righteousness?
[12:31] sen
    Indeed.
[12:34] sen
    You are the child of our righteousness.
[12:45] kane
    I am the child...
[12:47] kane
    of your righteousness.
[12:55] nobu
    I see.
[12:57] nobu
    So you were spared
    because of righteousness.
[13:02] nobu
    But that can't be the only reason
[13:04] nobu
    you were able to protect
    Echigo from my plans.
[13:08] kane
    Indeed.
[13:10] kane
    And then I went to meet
     Lord Kenshin for the first time...
[13:16] sen
    Now, Yoroku, go to the battlefield...
[13:20] sen
    And meet Omijou-sama.
[13:23] sen
    There, you should be able to discover
    what you should do with regards to that fan.
[13:59] kane
    Omijou-sama!
[14:01] ken
    Yoroku...
[14:03] ken
    Come admire the moon with me.
[14:13] nobu
    And?
[14:14] nobu
    Don't tell me that you suddenly wanted
    to live after drinking with Kenshin.
[14:19] kane
    No...
[14:21] kane
    But on that night,
[14:22] kane
    I had learned from Lord Kenshin
    where it is that I should die.
[14:27] nobu
    Where you should die?
[14:30] kane
    Yes, for that is the
    righteousness of Uesugi.
[14:35] ken
    Yoroku!
[14:36] ken
    If you are a samurai, do not cut open
    your belly without fighting.
[14:41] ken
    Die on the battlefield!
[14:43] nobu
    So...
[14:44] nobu
    he told you to die on the battlefield.
[14:47] kane
    Yes.
[14:48] kane
    Those words from Lord Kenshin
     lived on among the Uesugi clan,
[14:52] kane
    even while we were in Sado.
[15:09] kane
    Fujita-dono... What is it?
[15:16] fuji
    It seems that the Honma clan
[15:19] fuji
    are fussing about the fact that Takatsuna
     called you Kenshin back there.
[15:24] kane
    What of it?
[15:29] fuji
    Before I came to serve the Uesugi clan,
[15:32] fuji
    there were suspicions,
    among the Takeda clan...
[15:35] fuji
    that you may be
    the orphan of Lord Kenshin.
[15:39] kane
    Such suspicions...
[15:43] fuji
    Do not underestimate
    the shinobi of the Takeda clan.
[15:47] kane
    Then, did you come to strike me down?
[15:49] fuji
    If... it is true.
[15:54] fuji
    If Echigo is a two-headed dragon,
[15:57] fuji
    then it will eventually tear itself apart!
[16:02] nobu
    As expected...
[16:04] nobu
    you were a danger
     for the Uesugi clan...
[16:08] kane
    Yes. But Fujita-dono's words
    couldn't be helped.
[16:13] keiji
    Indeed. In the end, he was
    just speaking for Echigo,
[16:17] keiji
    and feared that the province
     would be split in two.
[16:20] kane
    Two years later, in June of 1578,
     after Lord Kenshin died,
[16:26] kane
    his adopted son from the
     Hojo clan, Uesugi Kagetora,
[16:30] kane
    and his adopted son from the
    Ueda Nagao clan, Uesugi Kagekatsu-sama,
[16:34] kane
    fought for command.
SIGN    Otate Castle
SIGN    Kasaugayama Castle
[16:37] keiji
    Because of that, the Uesugi clan
    was split in two and fought...
[16:43] keiji
    Otherwise known as the Siege of Otate.
[16:53] keiji
    In the end, Kagekatsu-dono had won,
[16:56] keiji
    but it took three whole years
    for the siege to completely end.
[17:02] kane
    Because of that, they could not let
     the same thing repeat itself ever again...
[17:08] kane
    And that's where Keiji-dono's
    cleverness came in.
[17:23] kane
    Milord.
[17:33] keiji
    I've invited Kagekatsu-dono.
[17:39] nobu
    And?
[17:40] kane
    When he was young,
[17:42] kane
    Kagekatsu-sama was told about
    my background by Sentouin-sama.
[17:48] kane
    And...
[17:51] kage
    Omijou-sama's child, Higuchi Yoroku,
    and I will form a bond to protect Echigo!
[17:59] nobu
    A bond?
[18:00] kane
    Yes... Because of that...
[18:04] kage
    I've heard the situation.
[18:12] kage
    You'll just have to find out if Kanetsugu is,
    or is not, the child of Lord Kenshin
[18:18] kage
    by asking him yourself in the afterlife!
[18:23] kage
    The only one who knows
    that answer is Lord Kenshin himself!
[18:36] kage
    But then...
[18:37] kage
    Lord Kenshin will be angry.
[18:40] fuji
    What?
[18:41] kage
    If you are a man of war,
    die on the battlefield.
[18:48] ken
    Yoroku!
[18:49] ken
    If you are a samurai, do not cut open
    your belly without fighting.
[18:53] ken
    If you are a man of war,
    die on the battlefield.
[19:05] fuji
    That is, indeed, Uesugi's righteousness.
[19:10] nobu
    I see...
[19:13] nobu
    Die on the battlefield, huh?
[19:17] nobu
    But there is still something
     that I don't understand.
[19:19] kane
    What might that be?
[19:21] nobu
    That folding fan.
[19:23] nobu
    You took that fan with you
     and met with Kenshin.
[19:26] nobu
    So why did my plan not work?
[19:30] kane
    Because on that night...
[19:34] ken
    Behold, Yoroku, that moon...
[19:38] ken
    At first glance, it looks beautiful,
[19:40] ken
    but if the night sky only had
    the moon alone, it would be dull.
[19:43] ken
    It is because of the clouds the moon
    shines upon that gives it its elegance.
[19:48] kane
    But...
[19:50] kane
    If the clouds get in the way
     of the moonlight,
[19:53] kane
    there is only darkness.
[19:55] kane
    No elegance or anything else.
[20:11] kane
    Omijou-sama, do you remember
     this folding fan?
[20:16] ken
    There is no way I can forget it.
[20:19] ken
    That folding fan belonged
     to Princess Tae...
[20:22] ken
    And...
[20:23] kane
    And?
[20:27] ken
    It is the fan of the woman I loved the most.
[20:33] kane
    Omijou-sama...
[20:39] nobu
    What? So Kenshin actually laughed...
[20:43] kane
    Indeed. It was very innocent laughter,
[20:46] kane
    that felt like he had gotten
    something off of his chest.
[20:50] nobu
    I see. I guess that would
    make it rather hard to die.
[21:03] nobu
    Good heavens! Good heavens!
[21:11] nobu
    I am now satisfied.
[21:26] keiji
    So he left.
[21:28] kane
    For crying out loud... How selfish.
[21:33] kane
    But...
[21:34] kane
    You really saved me back then.
[21:37] keiji
    But I had seen the truth concerning you,
[21:41] keiji
    so there was no point
    in going to the afterlife.
[21:45] keiji
    Without a doubt, at that moment,
[22:03] keiji
    Bishamonten was standing
    upon your back.
SIGN    Episode 8 The Wind of the Men of War
[23:41] Kane
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
     Kanetsugu and Keiji:
[23:45] kane
    Episode 8
    "The Wind of the Men of War."
[23:49] kane
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.