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Take this, Shingen!
Shut up, Kenshin!
They've been at it all day.
Where do they get all that energy?
Takeda Shingen of Kai,
and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo.
Even after a full day of battle,
neither shows any sign of exhaustion.
They've just got way too much energy.
598 fights and 598 draws...
What are these people?
Episode 4
Confrontation Maiden
So why are these people fighting again?
It all began with a minor argument at a banquet.
An argument?
From what I heard...
I'm the strongest!
No, I am!
Shingen! Kenshin!
So one picked a fight, and the other went along with it?
And then all this happened?
Does a warrior need an excuse for battle?
You fight because someone's there to fight.
Shingen, Kenshin...
I applaud you both!
Warring States generals
are such a pain, in their simplicity.
But those two...
What is it, Hideyoshi?
U-Um...
I might be wrong about this, but...
Say it.
O-OK.
Don't you think that maybe they're good friends?
Maybe.
Why do you think so?
Tell me why.
They both seem to be having fun.
Did you hear that, Mitsuhide?
She truly is an interesting girl.
I should take a photo, to show everyone.
They're moving so fast...
I can't get them in the frame!
Hey! It's dangerous to lean forward that way.
Take this!
Flame Dragon Fan Strike!
Lightning Spear Flurry!
Ow...
I told you.
My phone!
It's broken...
No!
The screen's black...
I told you it was dangerous to get too close.
My phone...
What a bothersome girl.
My phone...
Get up, Hideyoshi.
No...
I'll have mine extra juicy, with cream on top...
I said get up!
We're not here, at Kawanaka Island, to sightsee.
We're after the armor those two possess.
But both are equally stubborn.
If we ask, neither will simply give us the armor.
Indeed.
I refuse.
This Crimson Armor is a sign of the Takeda clan's courage.
I cannot trade it for gold!
Return to Azuchi and inform Nobunaga-dono!
I refuse.
To sell a family treasure, bequeathed by my ancestors,
is out of the question!
Tell Nobunaga-dono never to make such a foolish request again!
Fools, obsessed with war.
What to do?
My lord, I have a plan.
Tell me.
First, we side with one of them,
and defeat the other.
Then, we can
take the armor, as spoils, from the one we defeated.
And take the armor, as a reward, from the victor.
I've already prepared everything.
You fool!
Mitsuhide.
Do you intend to make me
the laughingstock of the entire land?
M-My lord, I didn't...
Idiot!
Does a warrior resort to such tricks?
No!
Never!
I cannot interfere in their battle for such a scheme.
Never suggest that again, understand?
Yes, my lord!
Akerin...
All my photos and contacts are gone.
You're still bothered by that?
Why don't you just get over it, like a woman?
I can't!
You don't understand
how important a cell phone is to a girl these days, my lord!
I do not, no.
You meanie!
What has you so angry?
You're like a kid.
I guess I am a kid!
Hey!
What's wrong, Mitsuhide-san?
Ieyasu-dono, what are you doing here?
I was passing by, on an errand of my own...
Your eyes are red.
Leave me be.
It's my fault anyway.
Yes, you may be right.
H-How did you know...
Never mind.
Did you come here to mock me?
Of course not.
But you're too honest.
Too honest...
You only wish to make Nobunaga-san happy, right?
Then why not do something that will accomplish that?
Make her happy?
Thank you, Ieyasu-dono!
You did it, Mitsuhide!
Good girl, good girl.
Not at all...
I'd do anything to make my lord happy!
I should have, at least, run off after eating.
Why did this happen?
Stupid dummy!
Stupid dummy lord!
I'm not helping her find that armor anymore!
What?
You're all here, right?
Huh?
Listen!
Akerin?
You must not let our lord find out about this.
I'm counting on you.
Um...
H-Hideyoshi!
What are you doing here?
What about you, Akerin?
What are you doing here?
I have no need to tell you.
But you're doing something secret here...
You figured out my secret plan to launch a night strike
on Shingen-dono's fortress, blaming it on Kenshin-dono;
then when both
are even angrier at one another,
to ally with Shingen-dono and defeat Kenshin-dono;
and to finally, retrieve both their armor pieces!
And you hid here
to get more information, correct?
I can't look away for a minute!
Um, this is the first I've heard of this...
You know, it's really easy to get Kenshin
and Shingen's names mixed up, isn't it?
No, I...
Forget it!
Capture her!
Ma'am!
Bye!
Wait!
Stay still!
Throw her in back of the woodshed!
What's wrong with Akerin?
Our lord just got mad at her.
At this rate, she'll turn into a bad guy!
What should I do?
That Hideyoshi...
She ran off, without even eating.
This is...
You never ate your dinner,
and you're certainly in a strange position now.
But that aside...
My lord, please stop Akerin!
Who's there?
My lord!
I told you not to interfere with Shingen and Kenshin's battle.
Why did you disobey?
W-Well, I...
Hideyoshi told me everything.
Prepare yourself.
Don't think I'll let you get away with this.
Let's finish this today!
Sounds good to me!
Wait!
Nobunaga-dono!
I can't see...
You look so cute, Akerin!
Why, you...
Nobunaga-dono, what are you doing?
If this concerns the armor, I've already refused.
Yes, it concerns that.
How about it?
Want to have a battle with me for the armor?
A battle?
You want me to wager a treasure
that I received from my ancestors?
Don't be stupid!
What reason have you to fight us?
I have a reason.
Your fights are weak. I can't bear to watch.
A battle with a fixed outcome
is an embarrassment to a warrior.
Fixed?
Take that back.
Our battles are always real...
Nonsense!
A war means taking lives.
But as you've fought,
you've begun to take joy in this.
Thus, days and months have passed,
without settling this.
And here is the result!
I'll make you take this seriously!
What a powerful fighting aura...
You first, Shingen!
That's Kenshin-san's technique!
Nobunaga, why do you seek the armor?
To conquer the land!
To conquer?
Why do you wish to conquer?
Then I ask you, Shingen! Kenshin!
Both of you
have been born as generals during these wars.
Why do you not seek conquest?
Why...
Why do we not seek conquest?
Why be a warrior, if you do not aim for the mountain's summit?
Silence.
You have no right to speak like that to me, young one!
Flame Dragon Fan Strike!
My lord! My lord!
Cruel Blade!
What?
Shingen!
I'll give you the armor.
But... But not for free.
What?
I'm not averse to admitting my defeat.
But I refuse to live in shame.
If you want the armor,
then take my head, Nobunaga.
That is my condition.
Understood.
W-Wait, my lord!
My lord!
Wait!
Kenshin, what are you doing?
Move, Kenshin.
If you don't, I will take your head, too.
Very well.
K-Kenshin.
I beg you, Nobunaga-dono.
Take my life and spare Shingen-dono!
Wait, Kenshin!
You plead for my life?
What do you think you're doing?
What else?
I can't stand
for you to be defeated by anyone but me.
Now, Nobunaga-dono.
Take my head!
I'll give you the armor, as well!
Kenshin, you...
My lord...
Akerin, what do we do?
Your heads aren't even worth displaying.
All right!
Now I have half the armor!
Splendid, my lord.
You even saw that Kenshin-dono
would beg for Shingen-dono's life...
I'm overwhelmed by your strategy's depth.
I see!
That was all part of your plan?
You're amazing!
I wasn't thinking about what Kenshin would do at all.
I really planned to take Shingen's head.
My lord!
Mitsuhide!
Don't wash that face off until I tell you.
That's so hilarious!
I shall not thank you, Kenshin.
Nobunaga-dono said it, didn't she?
Take care of your elders.
I just obeyed that rule.
That's terrible.
But truly...
Yes, Nobunaga-dono's strength is the real thing.
To conquer, huh?
Now...
Let us fight...
Fair and square!
We can't let Nobunaga hold the lead!
Winner: Nobunaga
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Did you know, Date-san?
Date-san...
Date-san . . .?
That's you . . .
That's you.
One more time.
One more time!
One more time.
One more time!
I was thinking that
someone else, besides you, had appeared!
someone else, besides you, had appeared . . . !
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