Why am I here? Who am I?
I completely lost my memory.
I do have memories of the peaceful period called Heisei.
But what did I do there?
Sometimes the image of a woman comes to mind. Who is she?
I'll do it.
The only things I do know is that my name is Ken...
and that I have knowledge about cooking.
That me, became the chef of Oda Nobunaga.
Can I get out of the Warring States period and return to Heisei?
Or else, do I have no other choice...
than to live in this period as a cook?
Come on! Warring States cuisine!
That Tomonori...
I'll make you regret...
opposing this Nobunaga.
What's that? Can you eat that?
It's a truffle.
Truffle...?
Could you stop using those unknown words?
You mumble a lot, it's tiring to be with you.
Well, being with you soothes my heart.
What are you saying?!
Got it? I'll tell you only once again. I'm a man!
Who are you!
Rude fellow!
I am the son of Sanza the Attacker, Mori Yoshinari...
Mori Ranmaru!
Mori Ranmaru...
So he's the handsome boy who served Nobunaga...
until the end during the Honnoji-incident?
What?!
Ranmaru!
Father! - Don't enter on your own will.
Excuse our impoliteness. - Not at all.
Ken-dono, did you get used to living here?
Well, somehow.
And your memory?
It's no good. I still can't remember.
I see. There's no hurry.
Come to me when you're troubled.
Yes. Thank you very much.
For some reason Oyakata-sama is really worked up about something today.
Make him something delicious as to not ruin his mood even more.
Yes.
Well then, excuse me.
Excuse me.
Yoshinari-san is a humble person, isn't he?
Speaking of Mori Yoshinaga, he's a spear expert celebrated for his valor. A brave military commander.
For his own child to lose his live so young...
he'd never expect that.
But I know the history. Their future.
Is it time to be worried about them?
You should live long.
Delicious.
I can't see my past nor future.
What do I do in this time?
Ken, what's wrong?
Ah, it's nothing.
I want everything!
Thank you!
Buying these luxurious ingredients for that Ken...
Ken might be a spy...
from the West.
He speaks as if he's protecting the Western barbarians.
They don't eat human flesh. It's a lie.
Indeed. There's a Western flavor to his food.
If that's the case, what should I do to protect Oyakata-sama?
On the occurrence that you catch that fellow by the tail...
could you Hideyoshi-sama, ask Oyakata-sama...
to reinstate this Inoue Kyonosuke as head of the kitchen, I beg you.
I got it.
Not sweet, a mellow scent.
Is this black thing the true source of the smell?
Yes, that's right.
This dish is a soup with rhizopogon rubescens wrapped in crane meat.
Rhizopogon rubescens?
This. A fungus which grows on the root of a pine tree.
In Europe... in the West...
they're called truffles and are extremely valuable.
The West again, huh?
He must be a spy from the West after all.
Sea bream with duck liver.
Delicious.
This also smells like Western stuff.
What do you think, Saru?
It's quite tasty.
Ken is the head of the kitchen approved by Oyakata-sama after all.
He's different from other cooks.
Ken, I'm satisfied.
Thank you.
I'd like you to show your power at the battlefield too.
Yoshinari, Saru.
It's war. Go to Minami-ise.
Attack Kitabatake.
I'll make Tomonori realize my power.
1569, the 12th year of the Eiroku Era.
For Nobunaga who almost possessed all of Kita-Ise...
it was only Minami-Ise which was left after invading the Ise province.
But Minami-Ise had a great force.
The head of the Kitabatake family, Kitabatake Tomonori...
even with an overwhelming difference in military force...
wouldn't give in to Nobunaga.
Yoshinari, take Ken with you as cook for your army.
Mine?
You and Ken get along.
See whether Ken is of use in the war...
or not.
Your will.
War?
Me in the war? Going to the battlefield?
Translation/Sync: Super Saiyan
Episode 2: The Heisei chef goes to the battlefield! Infiltrate the enemy's kitchen.
What do you mean with wanting to go alone?
I don't want Natsu-san or others to be in danger.
What are you saying?
Well, I am the head of the kitchen.
Do you understand what the war is?
Somehow...
Hey, what does everyone at the battlefield want to eat?
Is it time to say that?
You might die when you go to the war you know?!
I got it. And that's why I'm thinking about it.
When you might die the next day...
what is it that everyone would want to eat?
I'll come with you.
Don't. War isn't a place for women.
I'm a man!
What?
This is an order from Nobunaga-sama. Make food before departure.
But slices of abalone (uchi-awabi), dried chestnuts (kachiguri)...
or kombu (kobu) using old-fashioned dishes are no good.
Did you hear that woman?
Uchi Kachi Yorokobu... (Note: This saying functions as talisman for victory)
So I have to make food using ingredients other than the...
essential departure ingredients?
Listen to other people!
Enough! Just do what you want!
Natsu-san, wait!
Idiot.
I'll go alone.
Yuzuke (hot water and rice) with salmon.
Why salmon?
Salmon return to the river where they were born.
This is to make Nobunaga-sama return to here too.
Not bad.
Is what I'd like to say, but...
what happens to salmon after they return?
What happens?
They die.
No good. He's gonna kill me.
A man's life of 50 years
under the sky is nothing compared to
the age of this world.
Life is but a fleeting dream, an illusion --
Is there anything that lasts forever?
That's right. Every living thing will die at one point.
You have to support Yoshinari's army with your cooking.
That's your job.
Yes.
Now departure.
I've never eaten at a place where you don't know if you'll live or die.
I only know that while living in a happy time...
the most happy time is when eating delicious food.
Who was that?
Did she eat the food I made?
Am I a cook from Heisei after all?
Don't think about it. I have to do this now.
I have to make the best dish with these hands.
What's this thing on your back?
It's a cauldron.
I can see that by looking!
The battlefield is a place where your life is at stake.
A pan...
I'm a cook. A pan is my weapon.
What's the use of such a thing?
Saru, Ken might become a burden to you.
We have to defeat Kitabatake first to take over the country.
Everyone. Gain success, gain fame.
Oda Nobunaga commanded 50,000 soldiers...
and started the march to Minami-Ise.
In response, Kitabatake Tomonori at Okawa castle gave directions to...
raise an army of 16,000 soldiers to ambush Oda's armies.
That upstart mountain monkey!
Ambush him!
That Tomonori...
Saru and Yoshinari, take down Asaka castle.
I'll take down the Okawa castle where Tomonori is.
Even though everyone's walking around wearing heavy things...
no one complains.
How strong is their endurance?
Are you alright?
Natsu-san?
Why?
I get to eat good food when I'm with you, right?
I even came here. Don't tell me to go back.
I won't.
But don't do unreasonable things.
Don't treat me as a woman.
So that's Asaka castle, isn't it?
Yes, the branch castle of Kitabatake.
Kitabatake Tomonori, didn't show any response to reconciliation...
and answered with a fight on life and death.
Oyakata-sama got really angry.
But...
But?
Kitabatake Tomonori is a person from a noble family who received the rank of middle counselor from...
the Imperial Court.
We shouldn't be able to advance without resistance.
It would be good if there won't be any bad things.
Bad things?
Kitabatake Tomonori isn't going to give up.
In that case, he has to go on starvation tactics.
Which means that the women and children in the castles will starve.
It's the weak people who suffer in the war.
Yoshinari, you're a nice person aren't you?
I did insufficient studying on history...
so I never thought Oda Nobunaga had such a fine retainer.
You say some strange things, don't you?
Ah, I'm sorry.
At least, let everyone eat some delicious things.
Yes.
Alright...
Dried boiled rice, huh?
In this period of 2 meals a day, it's a good place for malnutrition.
It's not something that takes away tiredness.
Natsu-san?
Don't peek.
I'm starting cooking, so I came to get some water.
Help me out.
How long have you been watching?
Um, just a little while.
A little while?
You know, just a little.
Idiot.
It's boiling. - Thank you.
Isn't that just fried rice?
Well, look at it.
Like this? - Yes.
I'll put the fried rice in here. And then, the hot water.
Natsu-san, please do it.
What should I do? - Put it on the fried rice.
There's something in the middle...
Delicious! This is great!
Instant yuzuke Warring States style.
Give me some.
Don't push.
Delicious!
What was in there?
I used minced duck meat, radish, carrot and pieces mushroom to fry it.
I put that in the rice and made a rice ball.
When you fry a rice ball you can put a lot of things in it...
and when you pour hot water on it you can eat a warm dish anywhere easily.
I took instant food to the battlefield.
With other words, a quick to make meal.
I don't really get it, but...
you're amazing.
You made everyone this happy.
He's a great man, Ken.
What's up with this?!
With Asaka castle in sight...
why are you acting as fools?!
Oyakata-sama has given you a great responsibility!
Responsibility...
Hideyoshi-san, if you'd like some...
I don't need it!
Mori-dono. I'm borrowing Ken.
What is your intention?
The Kitabatake army set up a camp further ahead.
I'm gonna show...
this fellow what a real war is.
Oyakata-sama lend him to me. Be careful with him.
I got it.
Prepare to join my army.
Japanese dock, dandelion.
Saxifraga stolonifera.
There's a lot of plants that can be eaten.
As one would expect, this period is full of rich nature.
Ken!
What are you doing? Do you understand?
The war is going to start from now. Brace yourself!
Yes.
Let's go.
In-stant?
Haha, how splendid.
So our army's fighting strength was increased by food?
As expected of my kitchen head Ken.
Hideyoshi-sama took Ken-dono with him and went to the enemy line.
Saru did? - Yes.
He wanted to show Ken-dono what real war is.
Saru and Ken, huh?
Let's see what he got.
Listen.
We have to show those Kitabatake fellows what the power of Oda's army is.
War...
The real war has started, huh?
Let's go!
The enemy isn't there?!
What happened?
Watch out!
Hideyoshi-san!
Fool! What are you doing?
Retreat! - Yes.
I won't let you die here!
Thank you, Natsu-san. You were of great help.
Those guys!
Hideyoshi-sama, don't overdo it... - It's no big deal!
We have to attack! - But...
Hideyoshi-san! - What?!
Ah, hot!
It's silver vine, a restorative.
Do you always carry that with you?
No, I plucked it a while ago.
Don't pull the poisoned arrow out, it's better to disinfect it.
This is good.
Bamboo leafs?
Sushi-ya's don't only wrap dumplings in bamboo leafs for display...
they also have a disinfecting and anti-bacterial effect.
Bac-teri-al ef-fect?
Saying strange things again...
You must be a spy from the West!
Would he risk his life to protect the enemy?
Ken, Natsu.
I'll thank you for now.
You saved me.
Not at all.
Alright!
That Kitabatake... I'll teach him a lesson!
Follow me!
Ken-dono!
Is Hideyoshi alright? - Yes.
Okay, everyone! Follow Hideyoshi-dono!
Oyakata-sama didn't put you in my...
army to kill people.
But there might still be people...
who might run away or are wounded.
You don't know what they'll do.
Kill those who come to you.
Kill them... me?
Natsu-san?
When the enemy comes, I'll kill them.
Stay away!
This is a Chinese wolfberry fruit, it might be of use when you eat it.
I can't kill people.
I... - Who are you?
Somehow, save me!
What are you going to do? - There's a kid too. I have to save them.
This is war.
This is no place for you.
Especially not for women.
You're a woman yourself, right? - I'm not a woman.
Ken...
So this is he Warring States period, huh?
How long will this go on?
Two days after departure, as vanguard for Oda's army...
Hideyoshi's and Mori Yoshinari's armies attacked Asaka castle.
The injured Hideyoshi also immediately returned to the front...
and was said to fight incessantly like fire.
Kinoshita Tokichiro Hideyoshi...
has taken over Asaka castle!
Saru, Yoshinari, good work on taking over Asaka castle.
In the progress of the war, our army...
was the best as if we had an overwhelming advantage.
No, we had a hard time.
We failed with the Okawa castle where Tomonori and his son Tomofusa are.
They're holding the castle with 7000 soldiers in a resistance to the bitter end.
They don't have a lot of provision, so I don't think it'll take long.
If the war goes on any longer then there will be a lot of damage to our army.
Reconciliation or general attack...
When at a loss of what to do, to win them over might be the best thing to do.
A half-hearted reconciliation doesn't have any meaning.
Call Ken.
Ken, use Yoshinari's army...
to buy up the seafood in Ise.
The seafood in Ise?
I'll have you end the war.
Me? - That's right.
But...
When you fail, I'll kill you.
It'd be better if I won't have to.
I got it.
Lending the kitchen to them before the talks?
Father. Are they planning on poisoning the food?
Proposing peace, but killing.
That wild and rude mountain monkey of a Nobunaga would do that.
What is he planning?
What do we do?
It's alright.
But if he's being suspicious then...
kill that cook immediately.
This is no good.
The guys in the castle are on starvation tactics...
so they haven't eaten anything here and are starving, right?
It seems so.
If we enter that place while carrying this...
That's why I said I'd go alone.
As if I'd let you go alone.
See.
Hello.
It's food!
Get them!
These are ingredients for Kitabatake-sama's meal!
Excuse me.
As I thought, it's absurd. There's no way we're gonna get out of here safely.
It's alright. Don't worry.
I'm borrowing your kitchen.
What is Nobunaga-sama making you do?
Is it for the negotiations to go well?
That's Nobunaga-sama's business.
He should want to make the Kitabatake family surrender by all means.
Surrender?
That's impossible.
They're guys who don't even give in after being on starvation tactics for this long.
That's right.
What is the thing that's driving their hearts?
What is the absolute blow to end it?
Kitabatake Tomonori is a person from a noble family who received the rank of middle counselor from...
the Imperial Court.
We shouldn't be able to advance without resistance.
I'll show them the best dish. With this katana.
Come on! Warring States cuisine!
Well then, let me hear Oda Kazusanosuke-dono's idea.
Even if we continue this useless war even more...
there's nothing for both of us to win.
What are you saying?
I'll show you that we can hold out for even 5 years.
What is he doing?
I don't know.
This war was one that Oda-dono...
one-sidedly started in the first place.
It would be best to withdraw.
Think about this and answer.
That answer will decide whether this Ise will be a peaceful place...
or one with scorched earth where not even one plant remains.
This man is just an upstart mountain monkey...
who rose to power with just force.
I won't lose from a guy like this with no accomplishments.
I can't lose.
I'm an influential person who even affects the Ashikaga shogun family...
a cultured person.
Dinner has been prepared.
It's regrettable if you think it's poisoned.
Kitabatake-dono, you can choose a dinner table for yourself.
I don't think so.
Bring it.
Father. This is an arrangement of food I've never seen before.
It's really pretty.
The spiny lobster is from our sea.
I'll eat plenty.
What's this?
I've never eaten such a sticky deliciousness.
Father. This oyster...
The faintly sour burned soup is still sweet.
This garden eel and abalone are also very soft...
It fits well with the sour dish.
These are all delicacies I've never eaten before.
What is this food?
Ken, explain them.
Yes, I will explain.
First, the spiny lobster was cooked in miso mixed with mustard and has gold leaf.
It's that sticky because of the animal fat.
Animal fat?
That animal fat melted and I sautéed the shrimp.
Sauté?
Next is oyster gratin.
Miso, eggs, vinegar, mayonnaise...
I made a Western style soup, put it on the oyster and heated it.
And a nigirizushi of fish from this season.
So sushi is crucian carp or koi carp mixed with salt and rice...
where you only eat the spoiled fish?
That is narezushi.
I obtained some very fresh fish today...
and made it into nigirizushi.
Nigiri...
Sauté, nigiri...
I don't know those words.
Of course you don't know.
The model for raw sushi was made in the latter half of the Edo period.
So it's food from the far future.
Head of the kitchen.
You should look close at the food...
this person made.
Exactly what is this food?
I don't know.
What do you mean by that?
I don't know.
Cooking techniques are divided in baking, boiling and steaming, those three.
But the food of this man...
isn't one of any of those.
Using fat, using flames...
It's a cooking technique I've never even seen in the capital.
It's as if he's using magic...
to make this beautiful, brilliant, good flavored food.
I heard Oda-sama has an acquaintance from the West.
Maybe it's related to that...
No, it's not wrong to call gratin Western style food, but...
the way of cooking is from China- from the Ming.
West, Ming...
I don't know.
I don't know anything.
Maybe I even lose to Nobunaga...
on the part of culture?
The difference in army is obvious, if we fight even more...
Tomonori-dono.
I'd like you to accept my...
second son Chasenmaru into the Kitabatake family.
To win from this man I have...
nothing.
I comply with your reconciliation.
I will hand over the Kitabatake family...
inheritance to your second son Chasenmaru.
We did it.
Ken, look at that. Everyone's relieved.
Ken's cooking saved everyone.
It starts now. There's a long way after this.
Spiny lobster, huh? That was quite good.
Ken, are there still ingredients left?
Yes.
Go to the Grand Ise shrine tomorrow and cook there...
and treat everyone as reward.
Yes.
Nobunaga visited the Grand shrine at Ise...
and about the food boxes his subordinates provided...
rumors spread that it was splendid...
It is said that this was the model for...
the lunch boxes people eat during cherry blossom viewing and other occasions.
So spiny lobster is this delicious.
I wonder if it's because Ken made it.
What?
You're cute like this, but...
the Natsu-san I witnessed at the river was even more lovely.
Lo-lovely, what are you saying?!
It's true. - Don't say that!
Next time you say it I'll beat you up.
What is so funny about it?
Enough. I'll just eat by myself.
Natsu-san, I was just kidding!
It seems that I'm intruding.
Not at all.
Nobunaga-sama, may I ask you something?
What?
Even though you don't believe in God or Buddha...
why did you visit the Grand shrine at Ise?
Do you want to know? - Yes.
Because they're not my enemy.
When God or Buddha are enemies then I'll kill them. Just like that.
After this I'll go to the capital. You should come with me.
Yes.
Escape while you can.
Serving Nobunaga-san will become more of a hell eventually.
Hell...
Natsu-san.
He said we're going to the capital, your birthplace.
Ken...
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
The capital, huh? Sounds fun!
I'll just eat this below.
Delicious.
I don't even know who I am.
I don't know why I...
time slipped and came to this period.
Hurry up!
But I can't die. I'll survive.
Whatever happens, as Nobunaga's chef...
in this Warring States period.
[Teriyaki brings the shogun to tears?]
I'll send you to the kitchen of the shogun.
[Heisei's soy sauce can change history!?] I'll send you to the kitchen of the shogun.
Soy sauce was still unknown in this period. [Heisei's soy sauce can change history!?]
Soy sauce was still unknown in this period.
Teruyaki? - It's teriyaki. [Teriyaki brings the shogun to tears!?]
Bring me that cook. [Teriyaki brings the shogun to tears!?]
Bring me that cook.
[The shogun imprisons Nobunaga's chef!] Bring me that cook.
Don't. - Let go! [The shogun imprisons Nobunaga's chef!]