One day, when I opened my eyes...
I had time slipped to the Warring States period.
On top of that, the only things I could remember...
were the scenery of the Heisei period I lived in and knowledge of cooking.
The image of a mysterious woman crosses my mind.
Who am I and what am I doing here?
Before I knew, I turned into Nobunaga's chef.
In will survive, with cooking as my weapon.
Come on! Warring States cuisine!
Episode 4: Ieyasu's betrayal!? Help Nobunaga out of his crisis with tempura!
I never thought we'd go to war straight from Nijo castle in the capital. Episode 4: Ieyasu's betrayal!? Help Nobunaga out of his crisis with tempura!
It's better for me to go to the battlefield alone. You should go back to Gifu. Episode 4: Ieyasu's betrayal!? Help Nobunaga out of his crisis with tempura!
It's better for me to go to the battlefield alone. You should go back to Gifu.
Still saying that to avoid me?
You're wrong.
The battlefield isn't a place for woman to begin with.
How about Kaede?
Kaede-san?
Kaede-san...
Ken!
Being all in a daze...
It doesn't matter where that unfeminine...
person is.
How about you then?
Huh?
What about me? - Hot! Hot!
Hot! Natsu-san...
[13th year of the Eiroku Era (1570) -- April]
In order to attack Asakura Yoshikage...
Nobunaga who got the permission from the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki to attack Echizen...
immediately departed.
Tokugawa Ieyasu's army joined.
The force of Oda's army was enormous.
Soon after entering Echizen they took over Tezutsuyama Castle...
and the next day they attacked Kanegasaki castle.
If we pass Kinome pass like this...
we will immediately reach Asakura's base Ichijodani.
To come to this point...
it hasn't cost us 10 days.
As expected of Oyakata-sama.
Saru, we have a long way to go.
A lot further than Asakura.
The place where I want to be...
Translation/Sync: Super Saiyan
So this is the rumored...
instant yuzuke?
Is that cherry blossom on it?
Yes, it's a pickling of cherry blossom flower.
The vinegar will help the supply of minerals and energy...
which results in the recovery of fatigue.
Minera... I see.
It's delicious.
This tastes great!
If I could eat this everyday...
even Nobunaga-dono would be jealous.
Oyakata-sama!
A messenger from Azai-dono has come.
Nagamasa's?
Azai Nagamasa...
The daimyo of Northern Omi Azai Nagamasa...
was the husband of Nobunaga's younger sister Oichi.
To Nobunaga he was an extremely reliable ally.
But...
This is a letter from Nagamasa to cut off our alliance.
Nagamasa-dono is revolting?!
This must be some kind of misunderstanding!
No, don't say that.
Ieyasu-dono!
The Asakura clan which we're going to invade and the Azai clan...
have had a good relationship since their ancestors.
If Azai-dono thinks of those old favors as important...
Oyakata-sama!
Foolish. It must be a plan from Asakura.
Not Nagamasa.
Another one...
Here!
This is definitely from my hand.
This is the contract I sent Nagamasa.
This is from Oichi-sama.
From Ichi?
Sweetfish...
What? Why would Oichi send sweetfish?
It's a fish trap.
Fish trap? What do you mean?
A fish trap is a trap that is set up across both banks of the river to catch fish.
When trapped in the fish trap...
it can't go with the flow...
Moving together with Azai-dono...
Now is the time to take Nobunaga's head!
Ken was right.
At that time,
Asakura clan from the North...
and Azai clan's forces from the South...
had already departed to do a two-sided attack on Nobunaga's army...
at Kanegasaki.
Excuse me. Oichi-sama.
Retreat!
Make the fire big! Don't let them know we're retreating!
Get horse guards for Oyakata-sama! Hurry up!
We're retreating!
That Nagamasa did it.
To him...
it's his once in a lifetime chance to make reputation through the country.
He turned into quite the man.
This war is the famous in the history of the Warring States, Nobunaga's witdrawal...
The retreat at Kanegasaki.
Good work, messenger.
Stop it!
Why... why did you kill him?!
Enough, Ken! - Is life such a...
trivial thing to you?!
This is war!
Just now, the Azai clan turned into our enemy!
But! - He knows about our retreat...
we can't let that messenger go back.
You are too naive.
Like a child.
Oyakata-sama!
Please let this Hideyoshi in charge of the rear guard!
I will serve you with my life.
I'll leave it to you.
Yoshinari, go to the capital to protect Ieyasu-dono.
I wouldn't have thought that his brother-in-law Azai Nagamasa would betray him.
Nobunaga's rise ends here for now.
The direction of the wind suddenly changed.
What does that mean?
Don't tell me this is the betray of Ieyasu.
Ieyasu-dono, please come with me.
Ken, I'm pleased with you.
Let's see each other again.
Yes...
Oyakata-sama, please go to the capital soon too.
I just brought the horse guards.
I don't need them. Riding horses will bring public notice.
No, but...
There is an animal trail where horses can't enter.
Animal trail?
Kaede, lead the way.
Ken, you should come too.
That's too reckless!
You don't know where Azai and Asakura's guys hide!
It's a matter of life and death.
Hurry up.
I understand.
Kinoshita Tokichiro Hideyoshi.
Let's meet each other again if we survive.
Hideyoshi-dono! What are you laughing at at such a time?!
Shut up!
It's been a while since Oyakata-sama called me by my human name. (Instead of Saru)
Ken! - Natsu-san, why did you come back?
I'll come with you! - Don't.
It's too dangerous to be with Oyakata-sama.
That's why. I don't want to be separated from you at this place.
Natsu-san...
Ken! Why are you dawdling?
If we do encounter danger...
leave us and run. Got it?
Let's go!
The opponent is fully aware that...
a retreat is a disadvantage to us.
By doing this, the unprepared opponent...
is no match to this Oda army!
Even though he's been running fast, his speed isn't dropping at all.
Exactly what is happening to his heart?
Even if I drop out here...
I'm sure he won't look back.
In less than an instant he passes by, just like his life.
No!
Oyakata-sama!
It appears to be sprained.
Wait. It's dangerous to pass a snow-covered road with that leg.
I will get up before it's covered with snow.
Oyakata-sama!
This smell...
It's firewood. Ken, there's firewood burning somewhere.
Which means...
Please wait here.
Ken!
Excuse me. We're lost.
Could you open up?
There's no one is this run-down house.
Excuse me.
It opened...
We are not suspicious. Could you...
lend us your roof for the night so we can endure the weather?
As expression of our gratitude, please take this rice...
You didn't have to take it like that...
Couldn't you find a better place?
I'm sorry. - So we're staying here for the night?
Not bad.
I can't eat anymore...
I wonder why Oyakata-sama took me along...
Because he needs you that much.
Is that what you want me to say?
Not really.
It's a gamble.
You have luck that got you out of multiple dilemma's up to now.
That's why I bet on it.
Asakura's people... or perhaps Azai's?
Or is my intuition off?
Where are you from?
The capital. - The capital?
Then show me your hands for a little bit.
My hands?
Such soft hands...
You're no warrior. - I'm a cook.
A cook?
But this is a famous military commander from some place...
and a woman.
Well, this one will do.
I'm Shingo.
It's cold here. Please come in the house.
It appears to be the head of the house. Why not accept his offer?
You do seem to have some strange luck.
I don't like warriors. You never know what they'll do.
But aren't you a common foot soldier?
I'm no foot soldier. I'm just a servant.
Servant?
He's a temporary servant. His job is to transport things or to do some chores.
I don't want to go to the war, but it can't be helped if the village head tells me to do so.
Then there's also the land tax.
I made some rice porridge.
Look at that, Gosuke. Isn't rice from the capital pretty?
He might be able to eat this.
Eat.
Gosuke. Try to eat it.
What's wrong, Gosuke. Eat.
Try to eat it. Gosuke.
Does that child have some kind of illness?
I don't know. He hasn't eaten anything since the day before yesterday.
Come on. A little bit more.
This way he might die.
Hey, Gosuke.
Excuse me.
Don't just touch our child!
He doesn't have a fever. But he's lost quite some weight.
He might be weak because of malnutrition.
Natsu-san, what ingredients do we have on hand?
Ingredients, you say? We left in such a hurry.
We only have some miso and salt.
So we don't have anything really nutritious, huh?
Ken, do you think you can make something?
Not yet.
Cow shed?
What's wrong, Ken?
Where are you going? - The cow shed!
Natsu-san, put snow in the tub. - Snow?
Hey, Ken!
Sometimes, he shows the face of man.
He started something again, huh.
It'd be nice if he'd tell me more though...
Ah, cold!
What are you doing with that cow milk?
I don't know. - It's the supernatant of the milk.
He licked it. - Yes, the taste of fresh cream.
It contains a lot of fat.
I wonder if it'll work.
What are you doing? - There's butter.
What is there?
Shut up and watch.
Darn it... still nothing?
Natsu-san, bring me more snow.
Hey! You!
Honey, you can do it now...
Wait. - Right now the women can't make a noise.
Just wait.
If I stop my hand now, I'll have to start all over again.
Please! Harden!
Hey! He asked me!
Pretending to be nice in front of Ken.
Kid.
What did you just say?!
Alright.
Did you do it?
Only a little bit until the liquid and fat separate.
I did it.
Is this but-tah?
Is that dried taro?
Could I use some of that?
Natsu-san, I decided on the menu.
Dried taro risotto. Let's start cooking.
Let's make it!
Put one spoon of butter in the hot pan.
Put the raw rice in there and sauté it.
Add water when it's cooking.
Add the finely chopped dried taro.
After that, let it simmer for a while.
This is a dried taro risotto.
Please let the child eat it.
That mysterious food might be poisoned.
Ken made that!
I tasted it for poison. Ken, serve another bowl.
Yes.
He ate it. - Gosuke.
Gosuke!
Gosuke...
Butter is the king of animal fat and is very nutritious.
It contains a lot of vitamin A and recovers fatigue and physical strength as effect.
And it seems that they originally used it as medicine instead of food.
This is... a medicine?
You can preserve it if you put it in the snow.
Please give him small amounts until his physical strength recovers.
Yes. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Gosuke, here...
Eat it. He ate it.
Let's go.
Be prepared! - You can't hide!
Where are they?
How embarrassing. They left through the back when we were dozing off.
What?
She looked good...
we would've gotten some good money for her head.
Why did you make food at that time?
You could also pretend not to care.
Because I felt that the kid's eyes were asking for it...
wanting to live.
Eating is living.
As a cook, I do the little that I can to help out.
Excuse me for getting carried away.
To think that a man...
has but fifty years to live under Heaven…
Surely this world is nothing but a vain dream.
Let's go before the mist clears. - Yes.
After that, Nobunaga...
without Asakura and Azai's people noticing...
safely returned to the capital and shortly after returned to Gifu.
Hideyoshi who served as rear guard splendidly prevented Asakura's pursuit.
What Azai?! What Asakura?!
As if they were no there!
After this he was acknowledged as a prominent military commander.
On the other hand, Ieyasu who had stayed in the capital...
was in his regular temple.
If I distance from Nobunaga-dono?
Go with Asakura Yoshikage's rebellion...
because even his brother-in-law Azai Nagamasa betrayed him...
the expansion of the anti-Oda force will be inevitable.
It's a given that a lot of defectors will appear.
Certainly, right now Ieyasu-sama and Oda-dono...
are allied.
I know.
Betrayal or rebellion depending on the circumstances...
are usual in this world of Warring States.
That's right. It's better to make your decision quick.
Ieyasu is betraying us?
We don't know for sure.
But his trusted retainer Sakai-dono...
has been seriously observing the situation of this time's retreat...
Oyakata-sama, after Azai...
for Ieyasu-dono to now break his ties...
This is no time to think about the unification of the country.
Indeed. We have to go to the capital once more.
Did you hear that, Ken?
Yes...
Go to the capital right now and let Ieyasu eat something delicious.
I already decided on the ingredients.
It's sea bream. - Sea bream?
Make sure you get a hold of Ieyasu's heart with your cooking.
Go.
How do I get Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart?
So he got you another difficult task.
What should I cook for him?
Sea bream...
If I'd just know a little bit more of Ieyasu-san's likes.
It's impossible, you met him only the other day.
This feels great!
But I do know a lot about that person...
I met only a few days ago.
Something even people close to him don't know.
Don't stare at me like that. That's embarrassing.
Don't stare at me like that. It's embarrassing.
Wedding?
We...? What?
No, it seems that I just remembered something about Ieyasu-san.
I see. This!
Do you have an idea?
Speaking of Tokugawa Ieyasu, it's tempura!
Tempura, the general name for oil cooking...
where seafood and vegetables are deep-fried in batter got it's present form...
in the early Edo-period.
It was said to be the favorite dish of Tokugawa Ieyasu in his last year.
Where? Why do you known about Ieyasu-san's last year?
Ah, no...
Anyway, let's make tempura. With that sea bream.
Yeah... I don't really understand but I'd love to see that tempura.
Let's go with that! - Alright, let's strike while the iron is hot.
Ken, wait...
What a splendid sea bream!
By cooking this, I got the order to recover...
Tokugawa-sama's fatigue. - I see.
You can even obtain a sea bream in this capital.
Oh well.
You can use this kitchen.
Thank you.
You better think of a good plan.
Or else tono's has already made up his mind.
What's up with that Sakai person? He's totally treating us like the enemy.
I can already smell Ieyasu-san's betrayal.
That's why they call him tanuki oyaji (cunning old man) a lot.
Tanuki? - Oh well, never mind.
Let's start cooking.
Yes! Tempura, right?
Put a lot of oil in the pan to start... Ah!
Natsu-san?
I forgot to buy it.
I forgot to buy oil.
I'm sorry!
It's alright, Natsu-san.
We can just make oil from duck like we always do.
A duck is no good!
This is a temple!
Animal flesh is prohibited in temples!
Stupid...
Stupid! I'm stupid! Stupid!
No good. What can I use to make oil?
That's...
Are you going to make oil from this Camellia Japonica?
That's right.
It's still a bit unripe, but it's oily enough.
Oiri? - I can make it...
if I use the technique of boule de crevette.
Crebret...
Let's make oil using that.
First, crush the Camellia Japonica.
Put them in pan with boiling water.
Oil came floating.
Scoop this and put it in a different pan.
Boil it and extract it.
Amazing, it has a gold color.
The camellia oil is complete.
That's amazing, Ken!
You really made oil from fruits.
But it's impossible to fry with this amount of oil.
Let's sauté.
Sote?
Come on! Warring States cuisine!
The first time I met Nobunaga-dono...
I was still called by my childhood name Takechiyo.
That time I was taken as a prisoner to the Oda-clan.
From the gloomy room I was imprisoned in...
I always looked outside.
That was the first time.
He was free and bright.
He was shining to the degree of making me jealous.
That shine...
Is that the current Oda-dono as expected?
Sorry for making you wait. - Oh, you're done?
Sautéed sea bream, tempura style.
I've never seen this sea bream dish.
I will eat it without delay.
The outside is fragrant, the inside is warm and soft.
How tasty...
Thank you.
Sea bream tempura, huh?
It might be the most delicious thing in this world.
Takechiyo, wanna eat?
I don't need that!
Then what is it you desire?
Sea bream! A big sea bream!
You're cheeky for a prisoner!
I want to eat sea bream!
Let's do it like this. If I need you in the future...
I will let you eat the most delicious sea bream in this world.
How about it?
So you remembered...
It means that you need me, right?
Nobunaga-dono...
Ken, tell Nobunaga-dono.
This Tokugawa will be there during the next war!
Ieyasu-sama!
Who ever the opponent is.
Understood.
So the war is gonna start? - Yeah.
A lot of people will go through the same thing like me again.
Losing those who are important to you...
Ken!
Bring Oyakata-sama food. - Yes.
Dried shrimp and onion fried rice.
It's fried rice.
The calcium in the dried shrimps...
will have the effect of gaining control of your excitement.
Unfortunately my feelings...
is not something you can control with your food.
Nagamasa...
I will make you realize what big of a mistake you made.
At last, Nobunaga...
departed for Omi to subjugate Azai Nagamasa...
his brother-in-law who now had betrayed him.
Exterminate them all!
Not here either.
Oyakata-sama! The whole thing is completely empty!
They ran away. How graceless.
We will wait for Yoshinari's unit here. Start the preparations for the meal right away.
But I'm kind of relieved. That we didn't get a war.
That's right.
It's still hot.
Which means that it hasn't been long since they ran away.
That water looks good.
My throat is so dry.
Don't drink it! It might be a trap.
A trap?
What? You caught Asakura's cooks?
That, and...
It appears that they were hiding in the cellar.
What is your name?
Higoroku...
Higoroku, drink.
Not drinking it? - No, that...
Drink.
This fellow!
Kaede-san...
So it was poisoned.
Ken, your intuition was right.
Yes.
Ken, pretend to be Higoroku.
Invade Odani castle with them.
Oyakata-sama, are you making Ken a spy...
and sending him to Asakura's base?
The Azai-Asakura army is a hurried alliance.
Even if there's people who know Higoroku's name, they won't know his face.
Except for these guys.
Kaede, look after them.
If you do anything suspicious you will end like Higoroku.
Yes.
But what do I have to do?
To give them back what they deserve.
I'll leave the way of doing it to you.
Fighting poison with poison?
But if he serves poisoned food at the opponent's castle...
Is Oyakata-sama planning on disposing Ken?
You can do it right?
Understood.
Take them.
Stand up!
Sending me to the kitchen of the enemy?
Does that mean he made me a spy?
Children's meal for Nobunaga's sister!?
Burn down the town!
Warring States children's lunch.
[What is a Warring States children's lunch!?] Warring States children's lunch.
This is a message from Nobunaga-sama to Oichi-sama. [What is a Warring States children's lunch!?]
Older brother... [What is a Warring States children's lunch!?]
Older brother...
[Poisoning Nobunaga's sister!?] Older brother...
Are you Nobunaga's spy?! - Oichi-sama will die! [Poisoning Nobunaga's sister!?]
[Will the cook who turned into a spy die in the Warring States!?]
I don't want to die! I will live! [Will the cook who turned into a spy die in the Warring States!?]