7 - The Truth Spoken to the Moon 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.) [00:00] 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.