8 - The Wind of the Men of War

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[00:07] Toshi
    Haaa...
[00:17] toshi
    Wh-Wh-Wha...
[00:22] toshi
    Wh-What did you just say?!
[00:25] hide
    What a wonderful cup, isn't it, Mitsunari?
SIGN    Ishida Mitsunari
[00:31] san
    Yes, sir.
[00:33] toshi
    S-So... um... uh...
[00:38] hide
    What? I said, Keiji...
[00:41] hide
    I want to meet with Maeda Keiji.
[00:44] hide
    I heard he did an excellent
     job fighting in Sado.
[00:49] hide
    Then I'll just have to hear
    his tales of battle.
[00:53] toshi
    Please wait. He's quite the eccentric...
[00:56] hide
    Yes, exactly.
    I'd like to see that eccentricity.
[01:01] hide
    That's exactly what I want to see.
[01:07] toshi
    No, no, no. Who knows what
     he'll do to you, Milord!
[01:11] toshi
    W-W-W-With a man like that...
[01:13] toshi
    Not to mention, he has
     absconded from the Maeda clan.
[01:17] hide
    That's why I won't ask you.
[01:22] toshi
    Huh?
[01:23] hide
    Uesugi Kagekatsu will be
     just fine as the middleman.
[01:29] toshi
    Th-Thank goodness...
[01:36] toshi
    What a wonderful idea.
[01:56] nar
    The character "gi" (righteousness),
    combines "oneself" with "sheep."
[02:00] nar
    "Sheep" is the same as "beauty."
[02:04] nar
    Therefore, "gi" means
    "to make yourself beautiful."
[02:08] nar
    I repeat.
[02:10] nar
    "Gi" truly means
    "For one to live beautifully."
[02:21] nar
    Two eccentrics enter battle.
[02:27] nar
    Dazzling Sengoku Period Story:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji.
[02:31] nar
    Gifuu Doudou!!
SIGN    The Wind of the Men of War
[03:56] keiji
    For crying out loud...
[03:58] keiji
    I was pretty fed up with the tenacity
    of the Chief Advisor Hideyoshi at the time.
[04:05] keiji
    To think he tried to use me
     to conquer Echigo
[04:08] keiji
    because he couldn't get his hands
     on Uesugi by himself.
[04:12] kane
    Right after the conquering of Sado,
[04:14] kane
    I had finally been able
     to relax for a while.
[04:17] kane
    It was pretty frustrating.
[04:22] kane
    That was, indeed, a life-or-death
    situation for the Uesugi.
[04:27] keiji
    However, the one who lent a helping
     hand throughout that dilemma was...
[04:35] kane
    Ishida Mitsunari!
[04:41] kane
    After that, he would become my brother,
[04:44] kane
    He was a man who lived
    in loyalty and devotion.
[05:05] mosuke
    Sir... Where are we going
     in these mountains?
[05:11] kane
    Because we have been gone
    for a while due to the dealings in Sado,
[05:15] kane
    I want to see, with my own eyes,
    how the land and people are doing
[05:20] kane
    and if anything has changed.
[05:22] mosuke
    Huh?
[05:24] mosuke
    There's no way something would
     change in mountains like this.
[05:27] kane
    Stop complaining.
[05:29] kane
    We still have to look around
    three other mountains.
[05:36] mosuke
    Ow... Why did you stop
     all of a sudden?
[05:46] mosuke
    Wow...
[05:56] mosuke
    In mountains like these...
[05:59] mosuke
    that's rather different.
[06:06] mosuke
    What the heck?
[06:07] mosuke
    Is this a tea room?
[06:18] mosuke
    Eh, he seems to be calling us, sir.
[06:22] person
    This must also be some kind of fate.
[06:24] person
    I shall serve you some tea.
[06:26] mosuke
    Huh? Tea? Why in a place like this...
[06:30] kane
    Why not?
[06:33] kane
    I will accept your offer.
[06:35] mosuke
    Huh?
[06:47] mosuke
    It's hot! Jeez...
[06:50] mosuke
    we've been walking around the mountains,
    so water would have been fine.
[06:55] kane
    You're... not a monk.
[06:59] guy
    Oh?
[07:01] kane
    The cut of that bamboo
    is the work of a skilled swordsman.
[07:06] kane
    A skill not needed for a monk.
[07:09] guy
    A good observation.
[07:12] guy
    However, to take the tea kettle
     and put your sword down
[07:16] guy
    was rather careless of you.
[07:22] kane
    What?
[07:23] kane
    He was able to get
    this much air while still sitting?
[07:26] guy
    The art of Fusegi.
[07:28] guy
    This is one of the ninja arts we,
     the shinobi of Tanba, possess.
[07:55] guy
    You've become old, Jirobo.
[08:00] kane
    You know each other?
[08:02] jiro
    There's no shinobi who doesn't know him.
SIGN    Ayatachi Michimune
[08:06] jiro
    Ayatachi Michimune...
[08:08] jiro
    leader of the mountain people
[08:10] jiro
    and head of the Tanba ninja clan.
[08:13] mosuke
    What?!
[08:15] jiro
    And he is a ninja employed
    by the Chief Advisor Hideyoshi.
[08:21] michi
    You've said enough.
[08:35] nar
    At that moment, Michimune was shocked.
[08:39] nar
    He had made a careless mistake.
[08:42] nar
    He thought Kanetsugu was unarmed,
    but he had a steel fan behind his back.
[08:49] nar
    But the two were at a critical distance.
[08:52] nar
    Therefore...
[08:55] nar
    Running...
[08:59] nar
    or attacking...
[09:04] nar
    Only death awaited them either way.
[09:27] michi
    At this rate, I'd have no face
    to show Mitsunari-dono.
[09:32] kane
    Ishida Mitsunari-dono?
[09:34] michi
    Yes...
[09:36] michi
    He asked me to give you this today.
[10:12] kane
    His Highness wants Keiji-dono and I
[10:14] kane
    to personally give him a report
    on the battle of Sado?
[10:18] michi
    Indeed. It's just as the letter
    from Ishida Mitsunari-dono says.
[10:24] kane
    And he says that he'd like
    to see Keiji-dono's eccentricity.
[10:32] kane
    Keiji-dono's eccentricity
[10:35] kane
    is neither an exhibition nor an act.
[10:37] kane
    It's how he lives his life.
[10:41] kane
    And asking him just to display it...
[10:44] michi
    But he cannot decline,
[10:46] michi
    as a request from the man who rules
     the country is the same as an order.
[10:56] nar
    The two of them were well aware,
[10:59] nar
    that Keiji would never agree to this.
[11:01] nar
    Not only that,
[11:04] nar
    Keiji would, without a doubt,
    choose to defy and disobey Hideyoshi.
[11:08] nar
    That was the kind of eccentric he was.
[11:14] kane
    That would mean killing Keiji-dono.
[11:19] michi
    That is why Mitsunari-dono
    gave you that letter.
[11:26] michi
    That official report will soon be taken to
    Uesugi Kagekatsu-dono by a messenger.
[11:33] kane
    To my lord?
[11:35] michi
    Meaning that it would end up being
     an official order to the Uesugi.
[11:40] michi
    Meaning this is the only time you'll be
    able to take care of this quietly.
[11:46] nar
    Kanetsugu realized
    the truth behind the letter.
[11:50] nar
    Mitsunari had given them fair warning,
[11:54] nar
    that Keiji could be
    life-threatening to the Uesugi.
[12:16] kage
    Chief Advisor Hideyoshi!
[12:20] kage
    He's still trying to get his hands on Echigo?
[12:23] kane
    It appears that Hideyoshi-dono
     still holds a grudge.
[12:29] kage
    You mean from...
[12:32] kane
    Yes, sir.
[12:34] kane
    That was when the Uesugi and Hashiba
     were still enemies of enemies.
[12:41] keiji
    You and Kagekatsu-dono
[12:44] keiji
    went to Ochirimizu Castle
    and met with Hideyoshi
[12:48] keiji
    to try to strike a deal
    to take care of Sassa Narimasa.
[12:57] kane
    It was then...
[12:59] kane
    That Hideyoshi had thought to make me
     an immediate follower of him,
[13:03] kane
    and announced that fact.
[13:06] hide
    I would like to have Naoe Kanetsugu.
[13:12] keiji
    At the time, Hideyoshi had
    100,000 soldiers at his back.
[13:17] kane
    One little mistake could have made
    those soldiers head straight to Echigo.
[13:24] keiji
    And yet, Uesugi...
[13:34] hide
    Kagekatsu-dono, you refuse,
    even though I ask this much?
[13:41] hide
    Then the only thing that awaits Echigo—
[13:49] kane
    What to do...
[13:52] hide
    What do you mean?
[13:54] kane
    I love my lord.
[13:57] hide
    So?
[13:59] kane
    Because of that, I made a promise to him
[14:01] kane
    that we would become a bond for Echigo.
[14:11] hide
    And?!
[14:25] hide
    Is he saying that if I want to kill him,
    that I should just do so?
[14:31] hide
    Why?
[14:33] kane
    I cannot break my promise.
[14:36] kane
    That is what my love means.
[14:39] hide
    Kanetsugu...
[14:51] kage
    I cannot break that promise either.
[15:06] hide
    Why you...
[15:12] kage
    Does he still hold a grudge from that time?
[15:16] kane
    Hideyoshi was also a man of battle.
[15:18] kane
    He knew what would happen
[15:21] kane
    if he struck down two defenseless men.
[15:24] kage
    That would mean Echigo's soldiers
     all died for the sake of righteousness.
[15:24] sign
    Righteousness
[15:29] kane
    And soldiers who know
    they're dead men are strong.
[15:32] kane
    Even if their enemies were 100,000,
    their enemy would have suffered.
[15:37] kage
    So that means...
[15:40] kane
    Of course, we only have one choice...
[15:56] person
    I see...
SIGN    Sen no Rikyu
[16:02] person
    So if Keiji-han were to do something,
[16:05] person
    Uesugi-han would have
     been held responsible
[16:08] person
    because he's the middleman.
[16:13] mitsu
    It appears Milord is still after Echigo.
[16:17] person
    Be careful.
[16:19] person
    People tend to show their
     true nature once they're cornered.
[16:24] mitsu
    True nature?
[16:26] person
    Have you forgotten about
     Naoe Kanetsugu?
[16:30] mitsu
    Naoe-dono?
[16:33] person
    It is a secret among secrets
    that only a few of us know.
[16:43] person
    He is the son of Uesugi Kenshin,
    that is his true nature.
[16:50] person
    He's a much bigger villain to deal with
[16:53] person
    than some silly eccentric.
[17:10] kane
    Despite how secret it was,
[17:14] kane
    there were a few others
     who knew of my secret.
[17:18] keiji
    And among those few
    were Mitsunari and Rikyu.
[17:23] kane
    Rikyu-dono had met with
    Kenshin-dono before,
[17:27] kane
    and while in audience with Mitsunari-dono,
    he compared me to a tree peony,
[17:32] kane
    a flower from the crest of my mother's family, after seeing the family resemblance.
[17:45] kane
    He saw the shadow
    of Lord Kenshin upon me.
[17:50] keji
    In addition, he'd also seen
    what actions I would take.
[18:21] keiji
    What's this?
[18:22] kane
    The letter from Ishida Mitsunari-dono.
[18:35] keiji
    How troublesome for the Uesugi.
[18:38] kane
    I will be heading to Kyoto.
[18:42] keiji
    By yourself?
[18:44] kane
    Yes...
[18:58] keiji
    That means nothing I can say
    will change your mind.
[19:19] keiji
    Let us fight.
[19:29] nar
    Kanetsugu knew...
[19:32] nar
    Keiji was saying...
[19:35] nar
    that this would all be easily settled
     if he just took his head.
[19:40] nar
    And Kanetsugu...
[19:43] nar
    understood that Keiji was more
    than willing to be struck down.
[19:51] kane
    No.
[19:53] keiji
    To protect their country, friends...
[19:56] keiji
    no, even family, will
     draw swords on each other.
[20:01] keiji
    That is what a samurai does.
[20:06] kane
    I cannot.
[20:21] keiji
    Why?
[20:23] keiji
    Isn't that why you showed me the letter?
[20:27] kane
    No...
[20:31] kane
    I have come to invite you to a battle.
[20:34] keiji
    A battle?
[20:36] kane
    Our enemy is Toyotomi Hideyoshi!
[20:39] Keiji
    Wha...
[20:40] kane
    Facing Hideyoshi at Jurakudai
    would be a good opportunity.
[20:44] kane
    As long as we can prepare
     for our possible deaths,
[20:47] kane
    he is not an unbeatable enemy.
[20:51] kane
    However, then the world will,
    once again, become a world of war.
[20:56] kane
    Even if I am gone,
[20:58] kane
    Echigo will gradually prepare for war.
[21:03] keiji
    You are so...
[21:09] nar
    It was then that the cool wind
    of men of war passed through.
[21:15] nar
    It was a very proud
    wind of righteousness
[21:20] nar
    that was trying to forget
     the peaceful world.
[21:30] keiji
    That's right.
[21:31] keiji
    That is, indeed, true justice
    in the world of the warring states.
[21:38] keiji
    I accept this battle.
[21:42] kane
    It will be a losing one.
[21:47] keiji
    That's what makes it great.
[21:50] kane
    You are quite a person.
[21:53] keiji
    Look who's talking.
SIGN    Episode 9 The Eccentric, Yoroku!
[23:41] Kane
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji:
[23:44] kane
    Episode 9
    "The Eccentric, Yoroku!"
[23:49] kane
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.