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I decided to write a story, to cure my boredom.
But my brush won't move at all.
Then you should try to conquer the land, Onee-sama.
That would be much more entertaining.
But I'm not interested in conquest.
Conquest...
Not interested.
I'll leave that to Nobunaga-dono.
Then let's send something to Nobunaga-san.
Send something?
I just got a splendid hunting hawk...
I'm sure Nobunaga-dono would love it.
We could have her join us for a hunt...
I can't wait!
I'm really looking forward to it, too.
In many ways.
Episode 5
Ghost Story Girl
What's hawk-hunting?
It means using a trained hawk to hunt.
It's a primary form of entertainment around here.
Your lord is quite a fan of hawks, as well.
Lords from other countries come and bring her hawks.
Does hunting mean I get meat, for once?
A banquet! A banquet!
A banquet with meat from hunted beasts!
I'll come, too!
Shingen-san... And Kenshin-san, also.
Quite a splendid hawk!
Well done, Ieyasu.
No, not at all...
We didn't even invite you guys...
You're not here to regain your armor, are you?
Of course not.
I received a letter
that a splendid banquet would be hosted here.
What?
I'm sorry.
I sent them both a letter...
We were all to go hawk hunting,
and then we'd have a banquet.
I thought it would please you...
Ieyasu, you're a splendid girl.
Would you like to be my retainer?
No, I want to take care of her!
Wait! I want to...
What are you talking about?
Ieyasu-chan is practically my sister!
No, me!
Me!
Then me, too...
You're a dog. What do you want with her?
Well, maybe she could take care of me.
So that's your type...
Don't be jealous.
What? You think you're my boyfriend or something?
Everyone left already, by the way.
Wait for me!
I'm coming, too!
I want meat!
Jeez...
I want meat, too...
Everyone has too much endurance...
Don't fall behind, Hideyoshi!
Don't you want to see my bird's heroics?
Your bird? Which bird?
Tokunyan?
Tokunyan!
I'm sorry, Hideyoshi-san.
Is something wrong?
Not at all.
Let's get going.
If we're late, Akerin will yell at us.
She's not...
Go, go!
What kind of bird is that?
A pheasant... I've never had one.
Anyway, go!
The hawk Ieyasu gave you is well-trained.
Nobunaga-san's just skilled with it.
You flatter me.
You guys can stop talking like a bunch of golfing businessmen.
Let's go!
We can have pheasant!
And duck soup!
But duck noodles might also be good...
You're really hungry, aren't you?
I haven't had meat in forever!
A bunny?
I want to keep it!
Catch it!
It's not coming back.
My lord, what will we do?
Hideyoshi, you want to keep that rabbit?
I do!
Very well!
Everyone, let's go!
It's nearly dark as night.
This area is known as the Sea of Trees.
It really is thick.
Actually, in thick forests like this, don't you normally...
I can't see anything from up here, either.
Yoshimoto-san?
Don't scare us like that!
Hanging from a rope, in a forest...
I can see a light farther in.
Someone might be there.
It would be good to have some light.
Let us go there...
This is a hill of the beheaded, then?
The beheaded?
The heads of those beheaded during a war are buried here.
Oh, so it's a grave.
The light's getting closer.
Indeed.
Is someone there?
What is this?
A tea party here, in the middle of a forest?
That's what you notice first?
They're dead... They're definitely dead!
These must be the ghosts of the fallen Genji warriors.
You're Date Masamune-dono.
Are you a ghost now, too?
No, I'm alive.
Is that an acquaintance of yours, Mitsuhide-san?
This is...
Well, yes...
You look like someone I know, kinda...
I suppose Date-sensei doesn't have boobs that big...
So what are you doing here?
I was trying to travel through this forest,
when I was forced to join them, for their tea...
If you wish not to join them, simply leave.
It isn't that easy.
It seems they're telling one hundred stories.
To leave, I must tell stories that satisfy them.
That's really hard...
One person couldn't do all of the hundred alone!
Everyone, please help me to complete the hundred stories!
Goodbye.
We're in the midst of hawk hunting.
What?
Let's keep hunting!
First, we must find that hawk.
How awful...
Why?
You should give up.
I just got the direction wrong.
Why?!
Shingen, go that way!
We'll go this way.
Right.
Then, this way!
What about this way?
I'm thirsty.
They have some tea, if you want it.
So we have to join the hundred stories, no matter what?
Um, we just happened along this way.
Let us go!
Say something...
If they won't talk, then kill them!
It's useless to wave your blades at the dead.
So what should we do?
We should tell scary stories, like they want.
Ieyasu-chan is right.
I guess so...
What?
I'd really rather not...
Ieyasu is the one who said to do it.
Why doesn't she show us how.
Very well.
Tokunyan looks really spooky.
This story is called "Ohana-san of the Privy."
In an empty privy...
What's wrong?
Is something in your ears?
No.
In an empty privy...
My throat's bothering me.
Are you not good with these, maybe?
Th-That's not it at all.
Then let's listen to her.
I know.
In an empty privy,
if you knock three times...
Thump.
And then say,
"Are you there, Ohana-san?"
That's the story.
One of the candles went out!
Now we can go back.
Of course not.
A one hundred stories doesn't end
until all hundred stories have been told.
There are ninety-two left.
No way...
At night, when you're walking along a road,
from behind you comes...
In the ruins of a castle, burned during a war,
you can hear a lute...
If you look into the mirror, exactly at midnight...
My lord!
I'm not your lord!
I'm terribly sorry.
Hanging from the ceiling,
in the room where the armor was kept,
was...
Tie her up!
One day, a sinister letter...
I mean, a scroll arrived.
It had only a single character written on it.
Each day, a different letter,
with a different character arrived...
All right. It's my turn now.
A baby was abandoned before a samurai's manor.
The lord of the manor decided to take the baby
and raise it as her own.
And then something amazing happened...
What do you think?
Scary, huh?
Is that all?
What do you mean, is that all?
What kind of amazing thing happened?
What kind?
Like if they all died mysteriously...
You have to tell us that part, or it isn't scary.
Oh, yeah... They're all dead.
It happened hundreds of years ago!
This isn't working...
It's my turn last.
I'll begin.
This story is really scary... You don't want to hear it.
It's supposed to be scary.
Just tell the story.
Don't blame me if you regret it.
All right.
On the grounds of a certain temple, stands a strange cedar tree...
I-If you touch that tree...
Tie her up again!
Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty...
We're hardly getting anywhere...
None of my lord's stories count,
and Akerin's over there freaking out.
What do we do?
I'm out of stories.
I still have some.
Tokunyan's our only hope.
Don't forget me!
My lord, it's one thing to want to do a good job,
but without this, it's no good.
Just leave it to me.
How could I conquer, if I couldn't even do this?
Then that's good, I guess.
And then, they heard a sound in the night.
And the picture...
And she never spoke to anyone again.
And then she woke up, and it was all a dream!
And it was the stupidest thing ever!
But that wasn't scary at all!
Maybe I'll just blow them out!
Nobunaga-san wants to conquer the land, but look at her.
It won't be easy for her.
Wow... She's cute but sharp-tongued.
Then I shall simultaneously eliminate all the candles, with the scariest story ever.
You couldn't possibly...
Oh, I had a really good one that I forgot!
It was a horror story
for the cell phone, and it's really scary!
I'll tell it.
Hideyoshi, give it to me.
You said you'd help me conquer, right?
But...
Just tell me!
All right...
Listen carefully.
OK... Yeah.
You aren't supposed to laugh there!
The story I'm about to tell
could happen to anyone, anywhere.
She seems to have learned how to tell a story.
I guess I get the credit for teaching her.
Actually, she looks really scary...
And then!
Then...
You didn't forget, did you?
And then, there was
a clanking from the vending machine in front of the convenience store.
And then, there was a clanking from the vending machine in front of the convenience store.
Convenience store?
Vending machine?
Oh, crap!
Oh, crap.
No, don't repeat that part.
No, don't repeat...
Huh? They look kind of scared.
OK! I'll go with this.
And what came out of the vending machine
was what the girl was holding when...
This is a true story.
Something terrifying will happen to anyone
who hears it, without repeating it to four others, within four days.
It's over...
The candles...
Nobunaga-dono...
We see that you are one truly worthy to rule.
They spoke.
The dead samurai spoke...
Worthy to rule...
Impressive, Nobunaga-dono.
You really did it.
That was a truly scary story.
It was nothing!
I think they were just scared of you, not the story...
Oh, right. We need to let Akerin go!
Hey, Akerin...
Me, too!
We're back.
We found the hawk, and Mitsuhide's kunai got the rabbit.
Everything worked out.
Let's go back and have a banquet!
I'm pretty hungry, too.
So am I!
That was quite a splendid job.
Nobunaga will undoubtedly collect all of the armor, now that her ego's inflated.
And it won't be long before I take it from her.
Anyway, those Genji samurai were pretty well done.
No, that was not our doing.
What?
Then what did you do?
Nothing, really.
Useless idiot.
Tokunyan was different from her usual self.
Eat up, you guys!
Look what happened to the rabbit!
You said you wanted it.
I didn't say I wanted to eat it!
Don't be like that.
Rabbits are yummy.
I-I'm fine.
OK...
Come on!
Well?
Oda's child general is truly worthy to rule.
The true ancestors have said so.
Well, I guess that's interesting...
In many ways.
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I wanted to hear
a romantic story from your youth.
A romantic story from my youth...
Let me see...
When I was in elementary school,
I liked a boy named Take-chan...
Take-chan?
So Take-chan...
Take-chan moved...
He moved.
Yeah.
Watch next time, OK?
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