E1 - May 22nd

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    THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI
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    THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI
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    Courageous death in combat.
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    Honorable suicide.
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    A warrior's honor is awarded
    only through battle and death.
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    Takauji Ashikaga, a hero
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    who flourished during this turbulent time…
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    A HISTORY OF JAPAN NANBOKUCHO PERIOD
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    …wasn't the protagonist.
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    Lord Tokiyuki!
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    YEAR OF 1333 - KAMAKURA
    WAKAMIYAOJI SHOGUNATE SITE
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    It is time for archery practice.
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    You can't run away anymore, Lord Tokiyuki!
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    Sorry.
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    How nimble!
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    Fool! It's not the time to be impressed!
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    You'll slip and fall, Lord Tokiyuki!
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    Please come down.
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    You don't want to get hurt!
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    Someone stop him!
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    What's all this commotion?
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    We're in the middle of Takauji's send-off.
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    But Lord Tokiyuki--
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    What of the Young Lord?
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    Huh? What an escape artist.
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    That's enough. You may go.
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    But, sir…
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    Excuse me, will you let me through?
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    As always, you're a masterful player
    of hide-and-seek, Young Lord.
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    Mr. Takauji.
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    Takauji Ashikaga.
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    I depart today for Kyo to quell the
    former Emperor Godaigo's uprising.
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    I wish to prove my allegiance to you,
    our future leader, and the Hojo clan.
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    I put my trust in you.
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    I pray the gods be with us
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    and may they bestow prosperity to
    Kamakura and the warrior families.
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    Now, let's get going.
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    Yes.
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    Don't get nervous over Takauji.
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    Kiyoko.
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    You are the rightful heir of the shogunate.
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    One day, you'll be giving him orders.
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    SQUEEZE
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    And I'm going to be your betrothed,
    too, so keep your head up.
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    Funny, I don't remember
    making such a promise.
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    -Smooch. -Lord Tokiyuki!
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    Where did he run off to?
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    I'll bet he's hiding nearby.
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    Sorry, I gotta go, Kiyoko.
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    Catch you later!
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    There he goes.
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    Good grief.
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    All that boy is good at
    is running and hiding.
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    Technically, they're both samurai, but
    Lord Tokiyuki is nothing like Takauji.
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    It's true he will inherit the shogunate,
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    but he's only going to be a puppet
    ruler, just like his father.
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    All right, Lord Takatoki?
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    We'll handle the rest.
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    'Kay.
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    What's wrong with being
    a puppet ruler, Father?
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    They still get to lead lavish lives.
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    Lord Tokiyuki lacks talent,
    and he's weak-willed,
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    but he is kind.
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    He's the perfect marriage candidate
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    for someone from such a
    distinguished house as myself!
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    He's nowhere to be found.
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    We're powerless once the Young Lord
    starts taking hiding seriously.
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    Remember the commotion when he hid
    inside a chest of armor for two days?
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    Rather than all that trouble,
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    wouldn't it be easier
    to just go to training?
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    Even if it's just in name,
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    he will be the successor
    to the shogunate one day.
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    His cowardice and idleness set
    a bad example for the people.
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    Tokiyuki.
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    Father is frail, and on top of that,
    he lacks the conviction to rule.
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    You'll do him a favor by taking
    over as soon as possible.
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    What? But you're the firstborn.
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    Not a chance.
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    If the child of a concubine were to be
    appointed, it would disturb the peace.
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    It's in our bloodline to run away in
    plain sight from anything we don't like.
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    That's not something to be proud of.
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    Lord Tokiyuki!
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    I finally found you.
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    Let's get to our archery practice!
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    Come along!
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    Come along!
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    Come! Come! Come!
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    Big brother, take the dog.
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    Sure.
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    -Tokiyuki! -Lord Tokiyuki!
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    Lord Tokiyuki!
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    Wait, please!
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    Lord Tokiyuki!
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    Lord Tokiyuki!
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    My lord!
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    My lord!
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    Young Lord!
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    I like this Kamakura.
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    And I like to see its people
    smile as they live in peace.
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    I don't need status or honor.
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    Just living in this city is enough for me.
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    Lazy, cowardly. Sure, that's fine.
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    Why would a mere puppet like me
    need the power of pen and sword?
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    You are not lazy, nor are you a coward.
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    Those are merely aspects of the
    monster asleep within you.
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    That is what Father says.
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    Who are you?
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    "Father"?
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    You're quite the elusive
    boy, just as I've heard.
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    What? Who's this? What's going on?
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    Honored to make your acquaintance.
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    I am a Shinto priest of Shinano Province.
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    Yorishige Suwa.
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    A Shinto priest from Shinano?
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    Wait, since when did you climb up here?
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    I've been up here all along.
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    I foresaw a future where
    you'd climb this tree.
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    You've got this incredible sort
    of aura around your head.
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    Excuse me if it's blinding!
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    I was born with an innate,
    sacred, holy power,
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    and I just can't stop the flow sometimes!
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    I'll dim it down.
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    I came to pray for Kamakura. To pray
    for protection from its enemies.
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    I have come to report to your father
    that it has been completed.
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    This is Shizuku, my assistant.
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    She is good at secret arts
    and general affairs,
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    and so I have her help me out.
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    What a suspicious man.
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    How did he know I'd be up here?
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    Father has the gift to see into the future.
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    His prayers, on the other hand, are a sham.
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    Shizuku, you didn't have
    to say that last part.
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    Do you still doubt me? Let
    me demonstrate some more.
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    Yes, I can see, Lord Tokiyuki,
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    in the future…
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    you will…
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    No, that's not right.
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    It's rather that…
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    Actually, more like…
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    I feel like… he'll live
    a happy life if he…
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    Wait, happy by whose standards though?
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    That'd work, but…
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    that's more of a life lesson.
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    For that…
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    Well, it'll work out the way it's meant to?
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    Excuse me?
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    Everything you said was vague.
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    I can only see in fragments!
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    I'd spoil the fun if I saw everything!
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    But I see something clearly now.
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    If we were a comedy duo, you
    would be the straight man.
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    That's because you're prattling nonsense!
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    I also saw two years into your future.
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    When you're ten years old,
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    you will become a hero, to shake
    the very foundations of heaven.
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    You will be a lord of war.
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    Some will cower in fear.
    Others will worship you.
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    You will even change the
    fate of the country.
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    This is all I can foretell.
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    You see, this is a very powerful…
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    He's the size of a bean!
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    Father, you revealed too much at once.
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    What a finely attuned instinct
    for detecting danger.
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    That was close.
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    I don't get paid enough allowance
    to get involved with fake shamans.
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    What a foolish man.
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    Even if he tricks someone like me, all
    he'll get is surface-level glory.
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    And he looked so serious
    when he called me a hero.
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    I can't believe someone like
    that was just walking around.
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    Seriously.
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    He was seriously shady.
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    But I think I know what
    this Mr. Yorishige meant.
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    Your knack for elusiveness is
    nothing like mine or Father's.
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    You'd definitely be a hero if
    the right opportunity arose.
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    I have a gut feeling.
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    Huh?
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    What is it?
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    No… Where did I kick it to?
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    Maybe it's caught in a tree.
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    We will now raid Kyo and
    suppress the uprising.
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    May we have the God of
    War's divine protection!
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    Let's go!
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    Viceroy. Viceroy!
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    I bring news.
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    Takauji had been secretly communicating
    with Emperor Godaigo.
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    Our army in Kyo has been annihilated!
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    Samurai have gathered upon
    hearing of Takauji's valor.
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    The Nitta Army has exploded
    in the blink of an eye!
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    Even more, Takauji's eldest son, Senjuo,
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    was entrusted to Yoshisada
    Nitta and appointed general.
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    And they're sending the
    army towards Kamakura.
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    MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTORS
    SABURO KANO AND JIRO SHIOTA
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    DEATH IN BATTLE
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    SHOGUNATE VASSAL CHIKAAKI OF SETTSU, SUICIDE
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    HIS DAUGHTER KIYOKO VIOLATED
    AND BRUTALLY SLAIN
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    FOR THE BOY TO BECOME A HERO…
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    HE HAD TO LOSE EVERYTHING
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    Damn you. Why have you betrayed us--
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    I hear a voice.
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    Who speaks to me?
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    Who is it that guides me
    to be ruler above all?
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    ABOUT 800 PEOPLE OF THE HOJO CLAN,
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    INCLUDING RETAINERS, COMMITTED SUICIDE
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    Father…
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    MAY 1333 KAMAKURA SHOGUNATE LAY IN RUINS
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    We've been waiting for you, Lord Tokiyuki.
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    In his last moments, your father
    commanded me to help you escape.
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    He regrets such young life
    not seeing its days.
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    I will shelter you in my
    territory of Suwa in Shinano.
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    Yorishige Suwa…
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    How come you're here?
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    We're short on time.
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    Now come.
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    I foresaw this tragedy with my divine eye.
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    We have been taking defensive
    measures for this event
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    in the case of its slightest chance.
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    My men and horses are hidden past this hill.
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    We must go quickly.
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    No.
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    I'll end my life like
    my father and our clan.
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    I won't allow it.
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    What will happen to Japan
    if you were to die here?
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    What of it?
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    You know, it'll…
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    I think…
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    But who am I to decide that?
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    I guess your death won't
    bring that big of a change.
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    It may be a little… for those guys, but…
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    Not that it's a big inconvenience…
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    It's hell on earth.
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    Kamakura is being completely destroyed
    by the traitorous samurai.
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    Takauji Ashikaga.
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    For him to be this thorough…
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    Takauji…
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    Who are you?
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    I'm a vassal from Shimotsuke.
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    Takauji Ashikaga.
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    Young Lord, you can't run from Takauji!
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    That smile of his before…
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    Was it all a lie?
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    Let's get revenge, Lord Tokiyuki.
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    I, Yorishige, will help you.
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    This smile is also a lie.
    It's absolutely a lie.
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    LOOMING
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    Go away.
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    Do you really think I could
    trust a fake shaman like you?
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    How rude!
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    You dare call me a fake while I am
    simply overflowing with holy energy?
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    Father, a fake is a fake,
    so don't make excuses.
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    My own Shizuku! Back me up!
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    We can't avenge my father.
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    It's obvious if you look.
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    Even for Yoritomo Minamoto, it took
    five years to defeat the Heike clan.
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    Was there a man before Takauji who
    destroyed an entire country in 24 days?
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    The other day, you spouted nonsense
    that I would become a hero,
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    but future generations
    will only apply that word
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    to someone strong like Takauji Ashikaga.
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    Since I've been defeated, it would
    be a disgrace if I didn't die.
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    So let me die like an honorable
    warrior, like my people did.
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    Very well.
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    Then die.
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    It's the Hojo child!
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    When you're in the depths of despair
    and thrown into the abyss of death…
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    Hey.
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    …that is where the hero within you shines!
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    Hey. I could have died.
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    You said it would be a
    disgrace if you didn't die,
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    yet you jumped out of
    there to save your skin.
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    That was the hero in you.
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    Running and hiding are
    good skills for a hero.
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    Above! Shoot to kill!
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    Your survival instinct is monstrous.
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    You know better than anyone how to survive.
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    You love the tingling tension
    between life and death.
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    What a pain for Takauji who just killed
    our lord and took a whole country.
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    Because the one he should
    definitely kill next,
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    the one who will inherit
    the Kamakura shogunate,
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    has more talent than anyone to escape death.
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    Takauji becomes a hero by killing,
    and you become a hero by living.
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    You two are heroes with opposed fates.
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    Of course, you can't win
    if you only run and hide.
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    Allies, military strength, intellect…
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    Everything you need to
    win, I will give to you.
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    As long as you're breathing, Takauji will
    eventually come to kill you himself.
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    Till then, you'll run and
    hide, become stronger,
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    and defeat the demons that come for you.
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    Now, it's time to start the game
    of tag to reclaim the throne!
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    Mr. Yorishige, what do you really want?
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    What do you gain by saving the
    child of a ruined country?
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    It is all for my devotion to the Hojo clan!
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    If a fake shaman were to say that,
    I doubt you would believe it.
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    I'll tell you everything someday.
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    When you take back Kamakura.
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    I'm a disgrace.
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    As the son of a samurai,
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    I'm supposed to be dead alongside my people.
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    Because of you, I've awakened
    to the joy of living.
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    Mr. Yorishige, I'll have you
    take responsibility for this.
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    Of course.
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    I will serve you unto the pits of hell.
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    Just as Yorishige prophesied,
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    in two years, Tokiyuki
    would shake all of Japan.
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    In a time when death is the honorable path,
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    this boy outraced all that befell him
    and attempted to overthrow the shogun.
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    Thus began the tumultuous life
    of the elusive samurai prince!
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    NANBOKUCHO - REIWA
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    1185 KAMAKURA
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    1192 PARADISE
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    ELUSIVE SAMURAI
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    KAMAKURA
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    EPISODE 2 (YEAR OF 1333): THE GENTLE UNCLE