I did it! I did it!
Now, once I get the armor to Azuchi Castle,
the Date clan's long-cherished desire...
Nice job, for a hick samurai from Oushuu.
Hand that over.
It won't do you any good.
Ieyasu-dono...
I'm going to conquer this land.
And I'll start...
by killing you.
What a failure!
I wasn't able to detect her betrayal...
Curse you, Masamune!
Why did Masamune-san...
But Masamune-san is...
She's...
Hide-san!
Why?
Why?!
Episode 11
Thief Maiden
Hideyoshi!
Did Masamune bring her army?
Ow...
I'm sorry!
Masamune-san!
What?
Are you OK?
Masamune-san!
Masamune!
Masamune, how dare you...
How dare you betray us?
Stop it, Akerin!
She's hurt!
Shut up and get out of the way!
Mitsuhide!
My lord!
Masamune.
If you're down there... How are they attacking my castle?
Hey, what's going on?
I wasn't the only one after the Crimson Armor...
What?
I'm going to kill you.
My lord.
If a cuckoo won't cry,
just wait till it does.
I'm glad I waited.
Too easy.
Hanzou.
Right.
I got as far as stealing the armor from Honnouji.
Why did you try to steal the armor?
So the Date clan could conquer the land.
Shut up!
We need to hurry to the castle!
I'll get that brat!
Masamune-san, are you OK?
My lord.
It's about time for the kid-general, Oda, to return.
Let's go, Hanzou.
Ma'am.
Um... Masamune-san,
you're Date-sensei, aren't you?
At Honnouji, you called me Hide-san.
I never expected to bring you with me.
What do you mean?
When I used this...
That was you?
I had planned to go back to the Warring States era,
to search for the Crimson Armor.
But I ended up in this world instead.
And you were brought with me...
I'm sure that your getting caught up
in this broke a lot of things.
But the Crimson Armor exists in this world, too...
You wanted the Crimson Armor that much?
If I get it...
Sensei!
Anyway, I should tend to your wounds.
If my horse were still here...
The horse, right?
I'll find it.
Please...
My lord...
It's quiet.
Did they fall victim to the castle's traps?
No.
Why would the castle inhabitants fall silent as well?
Those three leaves... That's Tokugawa's flag!
Hanzou.
Yes.
My lord...
My lord!
So that's the path?
My lord is more amazing than usual today...
So amazing, it's scary!
Hanzou!
My lord! My lord!
Hang on!
We're almost to the castle.
Thank you.
Date-sensei... Earlier, I didn't hear you.
Why were you looking for the armor?
Because I am Lord Date Masamune's descendant.
The dream of conquest that my ancestor never attained...
For generations, his descendants have tried to make it a reality.
To forge Japan into what it should truly be.
To make that happen, I...
Sensei!
Date-sensei!
Attack!
Take Ieyasu's head!
That's...
A barrier placed by Ieyasu.
My lord.
I haven't been in a real battle for a while.
Show them the Oda clan's power!
She's crazy.
We don't even know if the armor's legend is true.
The armor...
Sensei?
Thank you.
I'm all right now.
The legend of the armor is true.
But I've never heard of it.
During the era in which you and I lived, the legend is still unknown.
Then how did you hear about it?
One day, a Date clan member, from the distant future,
appeared before me.
You're a Date clan member. As your mother, I think you should live in a way that you stop worrying over the little things. Instead, follow a path that will not shame your family. Why not return? We can discuss it.
I screwed up...
He'd tried to travel to the Warring States period,
but had ended up before me.
It failed then, too?
That aside!
That's...
That the Date clan may conquer...
The Crimson Armor...
Wait!
He appeared and then, just as quickly, disappeared.
At first, I thought it was a dream or an illusion.
But then, I caught a last glimpse of the data,
and I saw he'd found something,
somewhere only Date clan members would know.
If it was true,
then what he'd discovered should still exist in our time.
To find it, I returned to our ancestral home in Touhoku.
To see if it was a dream or reality.
If I didn't find anything, I planned to forget all of it.
But when I followed my dim recollection of the data...
I found them.
A jewel and an ancient scroll, just like the ones he'd had.
I felt the hand of fate.
It wasn't a coincidence that he'd appeared before me.
That is how I discovered the same scroll as the one he'd carried.
And so, I learned the legend of the Crimson Armor.
With that armor, the Date clan could rule Japan.
I could achieve what our clan's founder
had always desired.
But if you did that, wouldn't history change?
Is that possible?
It is.
I wish to fix a perverted history.
If the proper person doesn't come to rule,
a proper history is impossible.
It will not be Nobunaga who rules.
Let alone Ieyasu...
The Date clan's conquest of Japan
is history's true path.
Hanzou.
Ma'am.
Hanzou.
Ma'am.
Hanzou.
Ma'am.
Hanzou.
Ma'am.
Hanzou.
Ma'am.
All of you Hanzous, go at once!
Ma'am.
I never thought she'd get this far.
I'll go get some stuff to patch you up, OK?
I wonder what happened to the armor...
Well, I don't expect Ieyasu to be capable of handling it.
You haven't given up on the armor?
If I leave them alone,
either Nobunaga or Ieyasu will conquer.
That won't change the world at all.
For the world to be led in the correct direction,
I, as a Date clan member, must conquer.
Why do you want to do that?
You're acting kind of weird, sensei.
The armor's made you go nuts!
That may be so.
But that armor... It's worth that much.
At last, this land is mine to rule.
No way!
What is that?
The jewel is responding to something.
It couldn't be the armor!
That's impossible.
That wasn't in the scroll.
Date-sensei!
It's the armor!
The armor has activated!
But why?
Since I have the jewel right here, it shouldn't do that!
This can't be!
How is Ieyasu doing this?
Sensei, is Tokunyan OK?
Controlling the armor's power requires this jewel.
If she wears the armor without the jewel,
it will go out of control!
No way...
Tokunyan!
I never told anyone about the jewel.
I never expected that to work against me!
Damn it.
My lord!
Hideyoshi!
My lord, save Tokunyan!
Something awful is going to happen!
What's going on, Hideyoshi?
What's gotten into you?
Tokunyan's going to—
I made a big mistake.
I wanted to see how far Ieyasu's magic could take her...
I didn't think she'd be able to activate it!
It will be uncontrollable!
That's as far as you go, girl!
You're in the way, doggy.
Shiro!
Ieyasu got the armor...
Shiro?
What happened to Tokunyan?
Hey!
Masamune!
What are you doing here?
The armor has activated.
What?
One who wears the Crimson Armor with evil in their soul
gains power to destroy the land.
That is what the scroll said.
Ieyasu is...
By activating the armor,
she has awakened the evil heart hidden within it...
No...
What will happen to Tokunyan?
Sengoku Otome Style Preview
Time for a three-round fight!
Start!
Hit it, wear it, rock-paper-scissors!
Round One
Hideyoshino Hidaka Rina
Date-Sensei Hirata Yuka
Hit it, wear it, rock-paper-scissors!
It was a tie!
Yes! I did it!
That sucks.
You're such a kid.
What are you talking about, sensei?
Okay, time for the next one!
Round Two
Rock-paper-scissors, shoot!
Okay, let's go.
Right.
Rock comes first. Rock-paper-scissors.
Look over... There!
Rock comes first. Rock-paper-scissors.
Look over... There!
Rock comes—
Make sure you watch next time!
Preview
Battle Maiden