One day, when I opened my eyes...
I time slipped to the Warring States period.
To make matters worse, the only thing I could remember...
was the scenery of the Heisei I lived in and knowledge about cooking.
A mysterious woman crosses by my mind.
Who am I and what did I do there?
Before I knew, I turned into Nobunaga's chef.
I have to survive. With cooking as my weapon.
Come on! Warring States cuisine!
Mixing the precious shrimps and...
shellfish with rice...
What a waste of the shrimps.
Alright, it's done.
Please taste it.
Isn't that soggy?
Delicious! What is this?
A seafood risotto.
Ri-risoto?
Risotto.
In the 12th year of the Eiroku era, Oda Nobunaga succesfully made peace with Ise's Kitabatake family.
On his way back, at the current position of Tsu city in Mie prefecture...
Ueno, he set up his camp.
This is the reward for the subjugation of the Ise province.
Eat to your hearts content.
I will eat this with gratefulness.
This tastes good!
I've never tasted such a treat.
It certainly tastes good.
It's tasty.
This will be energy for the march hereafter.
No, we will withdraw here.
You guys should return and take some rest.
Withdraw? How about Oyakata-sama?
To report what happened to the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki...
I will head to the capital.
The shogun?
For Nobunaga who wanted to unify the country...
the 15th shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, was a thorn in his side.
Nobunaga quickly wanted to limit the...
activities of Yoshiaki.
Please wait.
Are you planning on going to the capital with just horse guards?
That's right.
And I will take Ken with me.
Ken?! If you take Ken with you, then take me...
Fool! You should let the injury on your foot heal first.
A pan saved your life. Please pay respect to it.
Yoshinari-san!
Well, this is awkward.
What is it...? Yoshinari-san.
Not you. I'm paying my respect to the pan.
Oyakata-sama! Please let me accompany you!
Are you disobeying my order?
I didn't intend that in the least.
But the Kitabatake family is a noted family at the side of the shoguns Ashikaga family.
Oyakata-sama defeated that Kitabateke family...
and subjugated Ise without the permission of the shogun.
You might've provoked the shogun.
I think so too.
So to get approval from the shogun...
Ken, I will send you to the kitchen of the shogun.
Kitchen?
Be prepared.
For real?
Oyakata-sama!
Yoshinari. You should come too.
Sending me to the kitchen of the shogun?
Translation/Sync: Super Saiyan
Episode 3: Teriyaki war!! Shogun vs. Heisei chef
This place was formerly under the control of the Rokkaku family who Oyakata-sama defeated.
You don't know what will happen to Oyakata-sama. Don't let your guard down.
Um, may I ask you one thing?
What?
What kind of existence is Oyakata-sama to you, Yoshinari-san?
What kind of? - Yes.
The patron of my life maybe.
Patron of your life?
He hasn't changed at all since then.
At the time Nobunaga's father-in-law Saitou Dousan was under rebellion by his son Yoshitatsu...
he immediately sent reinforcements but the war situation was poor...
and he was forced to withdraw.
I will hold back the enemy here!
You guys go and protect Oyakata-sama!
Die!
Oyakata-sama!
Why did you come back? - Fool!
What if you'd die in vain here?
Yoshinari, come with me.
If you do, then I will show you the world.
What it was what that person could see...
is what an ordinary person like me didn't know, but...
I vowed to dedicate my life to that person.
That day, Nobunaga finally entered the capital.
He entered the Imperial palace to have an audience with the shogun Ahikaga Yoshiaki.
Is it alright for us to come here?
I mean, in this castle...
Yes, the shogun is here.
I was shocked to hear that you invaded Ise on your own accord.
Next time don't move until...
you have my approval, understand?
I will remember it in a corner of my heart.
A corner, you say?
That's what I said.
Oh well, I will let you off.
I'm generous, aren't I?
I heard that your cook will make a banquet this time.
I will present you with honzen-ryouri.
Honzen-ryouri?
Honzen-ryouri is a a ceremonial warrior meal...
with one soup and three side dishes as basis.
That line is still continuing in current Japanese cuisine.
I will present you a Honzen-ryouri that surpasses the one in this Imperial palace.
Surpassing, you say?
That sounds interesting.
There's no way he can surpass that.
Those country bumpkins must be at a loss.
Got it, Ken? The shogun is under the...
impression that the cooking in the Imperial palace is the best.
Make a capital-like meal like the shogun has never eaten before.
I understand.
As usual, the shogun is angry.
Oyakata-sama might want to tackle...
that anger with your cooking.
I count on you, Ken.
This is the head of the kitchen of the Oda clan.
To surpass Honzen-ryouri...
and declaring it impressively.
Oops, my hand slipped.
What's this?
This is a total away, huh?
A-Away?
Never mind. In any case, we have to take care of the shogun's anger...
and think of a capital dish which...
the shogun hasn't eaten before.
How foolish. We bring the shogun...
every thinkable dish we can.
How annoying.
When it comes to a capital dish, a Japanese taste is essential.
On top of that, an unknown taste.
Sugar...
Sake.
The rest is...
Miso. This is miso too.
Even though this is the kitchen of the shogun, there's something that isn't here.
What's not here?
Ken, what are you looking for? - Soy sauce.
Soy sauce? What is soy sauce?
Ah, no...
I see... in this period soy sauce is an unknown taste.
The raw materials for miso and soy sauce are almost the same.
There's a theory that the supernatant of miso was the model for soy sauce.
Did you see that? He licked the supernatant of the miso!
What an idiot!
Shut up!
This will work.
Is that soy sauce? - No, this is miso.
What?
But it's enough for a substitute.
If I can create soy sauce...
teriyaki!
Come on! Warring States cuisine!
Déglace the meat juice of the quail with sake...
and add the supernatant of the miso we just got and sugar...
and carefully boil it on a low fire.
That smells great!
Yes, it's looks good.
What kind of countryside dish is this?
What is this?
Ken. - Yes.
The soup is Daggertooth pike conger with tree peony.
The cooked food is sea bream.
The steamed food is hiryuuzu (tofu mixed with sliced vegetables)
The cooked thing is quail leek roll teriyaki.
Teruyaki?
No, it's teriyaki.
The character 'teri' which means glaze and shiny.
I see, it certainly shines.
This looks beautiful.
Did he want to decorate the outside of an inside he has no confidence in?
Mild!
The meat is soft and tender...
and the salty-sweet mild juice on top of it...
is also very delicious!
Teruyaki... no, teriyaki!
I have never seen this dish!
How splendid!
Nobunaga-dono!
Give me that cook.
I refuse.
He is my cook. I can't hand him over.
Why?
Isn't that why you had him make food for me?
No.
I wanted shogun-dono to know what exists outside of the well.
The great ocean...
Are you treating me like a frog? (It's a proverb -- The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. )
That great ocean is the thing I'm aiming for.
I need this person on my road.
This...!
Well then, excuse me.
This!
That Nobunaga...
Did you bring shame on me?
Definitely...
I will definitely make him mine.
Ken, Natsu.
I give you some time off. It's alright to have some fun in the capital for now.
No, but...
It's a reward for this occasion. Be grateful.
Yes.
Thank you very much.
Kaede.
I've never smelled such a great smell.
Really.
Alright, it's done.
This, you know...
If I don't wear it once in a while the bugs will damage it.
It really suits you.
Thank you.
Natsu-san as a man is lovely, but of course like this you're double as...
Enough.
And that is?
This is an ujimaru hitsumabushi. (eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice)
Ken's cooking is absolutely delicious!
I tried to make the supernatant of the miso just now.
I thought it'd definitely match with ujimaru too.
That's so you, Ken.
Your head is always full with cooking.
Really...
I was wondering if Ken would change.
Change? Me?
You know, right?
You're being liked by a great daimyo like Oda Nobunaga.
Today you even cooked for the shogun.
No, I mean, I...
You haven't changed at all.
I won't change.
I'm glad, Ken should be Ken.
It'd be nice if this happiness would go on...
Good morning.
Thanks for this.
That woman again.
Why is she all I remember?
What is she to me?
How did I live in the Heisei period?
I might've lived...
a more calm and happy life than right now.
But I, like this...
No, no good!
The blacksmith Goddess will be jealous!
To continue blacksmithing, I have to protect my virginity!
That, you know, not yet...
Not yet?
No good.
No, a grain of rice...
Ah, what...
I'm sorry.
Why are you apologizing?
Somehow...
Thanks for the food!
Natsu-san!
Hey... Ken?
Ken!
Natsu-san...
Yes?
I...
Is that Oda clan's cook? - Who are you guys?
Take him!
Come! - Ken!
Let me go!
Ken! - Natsu-san!
Shit... - Ken!
Natsu-san!
What did you guys do to Natsu-san?
Lower your head!
He has arrived.
So you brought him with you.
Forgive my retainers for being...
a little violent.
You are my cook.
You will become the cook of the shogun.
So did you only act like this to steal me away?
Of course I will give you more compensation than Nobunaga. I will also give you a rank.
Let's also enter you in the clan. How about it?
What? What is it you want?
Natsu-san... what happened to her?
What, a woman?
There, there, please leave it to me. I'll prepare some pretty girls for you.
Better women than country girls from Gifu or girls from the capital.
So this is the shogun?
Is he a person who stand above people?
So, what about it?
I'd like to taste that teruyaki...
I refuse.
I don't want to serve under you!
Rude fellow!
You...
Did you think you could go back safely to Nobunaga?
I'll tell you once.
Be my cook!
That great ocean is what I aim for.
I need this person on my road.
I'll give you anything you want.
Money, girls, reputation!
I can't stand still in this time either.
I will change it.
I refuse!
I am Nobunaga's cook!
Enough! Kill him!
Kaede-san!
What is this uproar?
Nobunaga!
Oda-dono! You're in front of the shogun!
Get off your horse!
What thoughtless...
When I used Ken you immediately snapped.
Thinking I'd take over the country for you.
What?!
Enough, it's time for you to...
realize that you are my puppet!
What did you say?
I am the shogun!
I bring an end to wars, subjugate the world.
Foolish!
What can you, with just a title, do?
Look at the great ocean.
I the country won't be one soon...
we can't catch up with the West and the Ming.
The West? Ming?
What are you saying?
Make a new society that's not inferior in the world.
I am the only one who can do that!
The world?
Are you insane?
It's fine if you can't understand.
But just sit down obediently.
What are you doing? Quickly get the palanquin!
Dono!
Bitter!
Letting me taste mud, I will not forget that!
Dono!
Ken! - Natsu-san!
I'm glad you're safe.
So I was used as bait?
To drag out the shogun...
to this informal place.
The fact that he let me watch you...
means that he is concerned about you.
Nobunaga-sama properly thinks about you.
Is he cruel or nice? I really can't understand him.
Got it! On the new years banquet tomorrow...
a lot of daimyo from all around the country will come to greet Oyakata-sama.
Hideyoshi-sama! Hideyoshi-sama!
Just now... the estimated amount of people for the banquet...
has drastically increased.
What? Drastically?
All the people who wanted to greet Oyakata-sama for the new year by all means...
More important, an increase of how many people?
200 people.
200 people?!
That's double the amount!
Ken! Can you adjust to that?!
Yes. If you supply ingredients I can make it.
But... - But?!
We don't have enough plates.
What a thing...
This will bring disgrace to Oyakata-sama.
Well then, please explain the circumstances to Oyakata-sama quickly...
Do you want me to beg him for forgiveness, you fool?!
This is about accomplishing the banquet or me...
committing seppuku. - Seppuku?!
200 people? - Yes, even Hideyoshi-dono...
never would've thought that the amount of guests would increase that much.
Those increased guests...
aren't they from the capital?
From the capital?
Everything is going according to plan. - I see.
Right now, Nobunaga's kitchen...
No, that Ken, must be in great trouble.
If he can't satisfy the guests then...
Nobunaga's repuation will drop to rock bottom.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow!
What do we do? Gather up all of those in the city?
In that case there won't be uniformity in the shape and design.
De... desi... - Never mind.
We can't just pull out plates that we obtained...
easily in the city in front of the daimyo.
You're right.
We can't just give them one plate per person...
like we did in the war with the risotto, right?
What was that just now?
Ken!
What happened? You were in a daze.
Right now, just some memories...
I might be able to use that.
Thank you, Natsu-san!
Than... kyou?
kyu?
Please!
No way!
I won't allow such a strange banquet.
This is the only thing we can do.
Please! - No way!
He's lowering his head you know!
So what. I haven't approved it yet.
If you want to do it, then do it with the two of you.
I won't lend you a hand.
Wait! You want us to make food for 200 people?!
Natsu-san, enough...
Let's go!
But if this banquet ends as a failure, it's not just Hideyoshi-sama...
but what will happen to us?
Why is it our problem. It's all his problem.
Wait!
[Banquet fails because of not being able to cook --> responsibility of all cooks]
[Failure because of what Ken says --> Only Ken's responsibility]
And then I will make my comeback as head of the kitchen!
Head! This Inoue Kyonosuke of poor ability will give you his cooperation after all.
Thank you.
Alright everyone, follow the rules of the head.
Make the best food for the sake of Oyakata-sama!
Look.
There's guests who we visited right the other day.
That's the shogun's...
It'd be good if this party will be satisfying.
That Nobunaga...
I will bring shame to your existence.
I wonder if this strange way will work out...
It's sink or swim.
Bring out the food!
Let's go!
What's that?
Everyone, please gather over here...
and only put the food you like on your plate.
Put them on a plate... by ourselves?
By yourself. Please bring a plate.
What? - How strange!
This is salt-grilled sea bream and shrimp.
This is red and white fish paste and...
Eggplant crane jar.
Is that fish paste? What a vivid color!
In that case I'll take two colors.
I'll take the shrimp! I will only take the things I like!
Certainly, like this one plate will be sufficient, but...
What is this? This strange banquet.
Making the guests get the food...
No, it's brilliant!
Just take the food you like.
It's indeed a new technique!
Isn't this innovative banquet of Oyakata-sama presented...
by the directions of Hideyoshi-dono!
No, but... - It's certainly like that.
Isn't this a lot better than...
eating food you don't like?
Right. - Well then, without delay...
Ken, what kind of style is this?
This is called a buffet.
Buffet food...
started in the 33th year of Shouwa (1958) in Tokyo's imperial hotel.
The style where all dishes were...
lined up on a table and guests could get what they want got really popular...
and spread throughout Japan.
Buffet...
This might even get popular in the capital.
Delicious.
Good work, Ken. I will send you a reward.
Another achievement from that fellow...
This is not my achievement.
Hey, Ken.
It's the achievement of Inoue-san and all the cooks here.
Please give them the reward.
Don't you need it? - No.
You're a strange fellow.
Divide it among you.
How stupid. Even though you could get that yourself.
Ken, we will go to the capital soon.
The capital again?
It seems that the shogun still doesn't know his position.
I have to tell him once more.
Show off.
Giving your achievement to others is not good.
That's right... - It's not like I'm doing it for...
Ouch!
Status won't hurt.
Of course!
Together with painful memories.
Because of you.
If you'd commit seppuku here...
you wont be able to take over the country, right?
The country? Me?
Ah, no!
You should also reach the point that you can say that.
The country, huh?
Inoue-san. - What is it?
I'm not giving it back.
You said you didn't want it.
It's not about that. Won't you come with me to the capital?
What?
On January 23rd of this year, the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki...
was sent Nobunaga's vermilion seal letter...
consisting of 5 provisions.
Leave the country to Nobunaga and...
the shogun's opinions don't matter?!
That would restrict Yoshiaki's political power severely.
It appears that Nobunaga-dono...
has mistaken himself with the shogun.
Is that so?
Do you understand?
Asakura.
There are still daimyo's who resent Nobunaga.
Leave it to this Asakura Yoshikage.
Like this, Nobunaga entered the capital...
one month later.
Right...
I heard that the new years banquet you gave was a great success.
As one would expect, you've heard it fast.
You showed something that was never seen before right?
It's too bad that I couldn't eat it.
I thought you'd say that.
The Oda clan is in charge of the banquet today.
I'm thankful, but...
we have skilled cooks in this palace.
It has already been decided.
How can you on you own...
More important, there is something that was on my mind...
Has someone seen Asakura Yoshikage?
I repeatedly sent a messenger...
and told him that I'd go to greet Shogun-dono in the capital.
Is that so?
Shogun-dono.
You surely haven't ignored my letter and...
sent away Asakura-dono in secret, right?
No, I'd never do such a thing.
Since Asakura rose to revolt...
there's only one thing to do.
Please wait, Oyakata-sama. After the Kitabatake family...
if you'd also just invade the Asakura family as you please...
Who said I'd invade as I please?
So you'll ask the shogun?
Ken.
Get the approval of the shogun with your cooking.
To attack Asakura that is.
No, but the food has almost been finished.
Redo it!
If the shogun accepts it, then another war will start...
So war or not depends on my cooking...
As expected of the cook of the Oda-clan. They've got great skill.
But it seems that the head of the kitchen is a wanderer whose identity is unknown.
Is that?
His position as head was taken by that man.
That's kind of pitiful. - Really.
That Ken!
Why did you take me with you?
Ouch!
Hey, Ken! We've almost finished all of the preparations.
Redo everything.
Redo it?
I'm sorry.
Wait a minute, Ken. We don't have the time for that.
Ken!
It's Inoue-san's turn.
Did you hear that? This head wants me to clean up for him!
You're wrong. - Isn't that so?!
Shut up and listen.
You are more knowledgeable about this period's cuisine than I am.
This period?
Moreover, you...
have knowledge about local specialties and products from around the capital and other provinces, is what I heard.
Please tell me about the local specialties from the provinces I tell you.
I'll think of a way of cooking that won't take a lot of time.
So... please!
It can't be helped. Please tell me.
A crab cocktail and...
Mackerel and momentary smoked pulp plum sauce.
He made this in that short amount of time...
He redid it...
and he must've put Nobunaga's intention in there.
I don't know.
I see.
Oda-dono's intention has been splendidly put in it...
Do you understand it, Ieyasu-dono?
The first shogun of the Edo shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu!
Echizen's crab and mackerel tastes great, as I thought.
I see! Echizen...
The daimyo of Echizen, Asakura!
Eat Echizen...
or in short, Oyakata-sama's decision to conquest Asakura.
So shogun-dono eating this means...
I acknowledged the conquest of Asakura.
How stupid... is he for real?
I can't have Nobunaga becoming more arrogant than this.
But who can go against this man...
at this place?
How was it?
Please eat.
Shogun-dono.
Nobunaga!
I can't... No one can.
Someone, kill this man.
Delicious.
In a provoking way.
I received the approval of the shogun.
Attack Asakura.
My cooking turned into the green light for war...
[Tokugawa Ieyasu's tenpura!?]
Exterminate all of them!
Ieyasu's betraying? - When speaking of Tokugawa Ieyasu, tenpura!
[Can tenpura stop Tokugawa Ieyasu's betrayal!?] Ieyasu's betraying? - When speaking of Tokugawa Ieyasu, tenpura!
Nobunaga-dono... - Withdraw! [Can tenpura stop Tokugawa Ieyasu's betrayal!?]
Nobunaga-dono... - Withdraw!
[Breakdown between Nobunaga and the Heisei cook!!] Nobunaga-dono... - Withdraw!
Stop it! Is life such a trivial thing to you?! [Breakdown between Nobunaga and the Heisei cook!!]
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