A contest? - The emperor decides the outcome...
and the loser accepts the conditions of the winner...
is what I thought.
What kind of contest? - Cooking.
I have to participate in a contest in front of the emperor.
A cooking contest in front of the emperor.
In addition to that, my opponent is the Ishiyama Hongan-ji... in other words Youko.
What will happen if I lose?
What will happen if Oda Nobunaga loses here?
Will history change?
Oda Nobunaga's fate depends on my cooking.
The history depends on it.
Come on! Warring States cuisne!
Translation/Sync: Super Saiyan
This is Confit de Canard.
Final episode: Cooking showdown of fate! Can he return to Heisei!?
Ken.
You have doubts, don't you?
Do you think you can win the contest with this kind of food?
To think that a man
has but fifty years to live under Heaven
Surely this world is nothing but a vain dream
Living but one life,
is there anything that will not decay?
Got it, Ken?
War is always a fight of life and death.
A contest is the same thing.
When you lose, this Nobunaga will kill you!
Fight with your life at stake.
Yes.
I heard you're having a cooking contest?
Yes.
What's wrong? You don't seem to be happy about it.
Perhaps it's "I shouldn't be in this time period."
"I want to return back to Heisei soon."
what you're thinking about?
Mitsuhide-san.
If I'd tell you I want to go back, then how can I do it?
How can I go back?
The last pentad of Usui. (A solar term; lit. when plants start to bud)
The evening of the day when the light of the sun can't be seen and will be like the dark night...
there was a child that was spirited away.
A zashiki warashi -like girl child appears. (a child household ghost/spirit)
There's a legend about the Netherworld shrine at the Hitomiyama in the capital.
On the night of the day of the solar eclipse...
children were said to disappear and appear.
I think it has to do...
with what you call time slip.
The road which ties this time period and Heisei might be there.
According to the Tang Lunar calendar the solar eclipse is in seven days.
The day of the cooking contest.
It's only a legend.
But if it's true...
then you and Youko...
aren't persons who should live in this time period.
Ignore the contest...
and together with the woman called Youko...
return to Heisei.
Marshmellow?
Marshmellow...
A contest?
That's right, a cooking contest.
That Nobunaga relied on me to intermediate the peace negotiations.
I'm perplexed.
We finally might be able to take Nobunaga's head.
But it's still that man who's in control of the capital.
There's no way I can refuse his request.
Kennyo, will you...
accept this contest for me?
If it's for Shogun-sama, then I'll gladly accept.
We got a proposal from the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki.
Saying the contest is a pastry contest between the two cooks.
Pastry contest? - Oyakata-sama.
The strong point of this Inoue Kyonosuke is pastry.
In that case, please let this Inoue Kyonosuke...
There's one more condition.
The ingredients you can take to the imperial palace...
are only three things, which have to be put in these bamboo pipes.
Only three things?
In addition, the Shogun will prepare all sorts of fruits.
Only three ingredients. There's no way we can win.
Well, if you'd ask this Inoue Kyonosuke... I wouldn't know.
Just shut up. - What did you say?
Ken.
Is there...
someway I can help you?
I'm asking you if I can help you!
Ken.
If you lose this battle...
do you know what Oyakata-sama will do?
He will kill me, right? - Fool!
Oyakata-sama will cut his own stomach!
Why? - I don't know either.
I don't know, but it's frustrating...
that Oyakata-sama believes more in you than in us.
That's right, I was taken along by Oda Nobunaga...
and somehow survived up till now.
There's no time to be puzzled, I have to win this battle.
I am Nobunaga's chef!
Answer me. What should I do?
I can take only three things with me in these bamboo pipes.
She will probably go for Western pastry.
To go up against that impact, I have no other choice than to go for Western pastry too.
So I can't go without wheat flour and butter.
The fruits which the Shogun will prepare...
are things which are obtainable in this time...
so something like kaki (Japanese Persimmon), chestnuts and mandarin oranges.
What's wrong?
So, I have to battle with that pastry.
Hideyoshi-san, I've got something to ask of you.
What is it?
There's something I'd like you to obtain.
What is it. Tell me.
Ryukyu shochu. (liquor) - Ryukyu shochu?
You can probably get it in the capital.
There's a legend about the Netherworld shrine at the Hitomiyama in the capital.
Can we win if we have that?
We have to win... that's what I think.
I got it. Leave it to me.
I will go too.
Natsu-san? - The capital is my home area.
Such a precious thing...
can't be left to this unreliable Saru.
That'll help. Thank you, Natsu-san.
Wait a second! You think I'm no good?
What? You were still here? - I am.
What should I do?
Inoue-san? - You want to help out?
This is a life and death battle of the Oda clan.
I'm the former head cook.
I cannot stand being looked down upon forever.
Thank you.
Well then, please help me to make butter.
Behtah?
Kenichirou...
Are the preparations going smoothly?
About them...
Oda's cook, Ken, is on your mind, isn't he?
I don't care what kind of relationship...
you and Ken have.
You know why?
Because you're a woman who can't live apart from me.
Can you survive...
this Warring States world if I abandon you?
I can't survive.
In that case, you have to win this battle.
It's done!
What do you think, Ken. This character 'six'.
It's done.
Butter?
[5 days until the contest]
Ah, welcome.
Do you perhaps have Ryukyu shochu here?
No, I don't have that. - I see.
Let's try over there.
[4 days until the contest]
Do you perhaps have any Ryukyu shochu?
I don't. - In the back maybe?
What?
Over there!
[3 days until the contest]
We found Ryukyu shochu!
Thank you very much.
Where's Natsu-san?
Didn't you ask him to do something?
He stayed in the capital and said he'd do some preliminary arrangements for the contest.
What sort of thing?
He said he'd meet us at the Imperial palace on the day of the contest.
I see.
[2 days until the contest]
Alright, it's done.
Can you win with this?
[1 day until the contest]
Ken... why?
Season fruits tart. - Tart?
The decisive factor of the taste...
is the homemade Grand Marnier made with the Ryukyu shochu.
Grand?
I added sugar to the shochu and used it to pickle the mandarin orange peel.
The characteristic of Western pastry is the mellow aroma of liquor.
With Japanese liquor which is not that strong...
it's hard to take out the smell or taste of pickled things.
This is...
It turned out well.
This... Can you make it during tomorrow's contest?
Yes. How is it?
It's delicious. You can definitely win with this.
I don't know how it will turn out.
But I got this knife from Natsu-san.
Fight with this katana, that's what you told me.
That's why I started fighting with this katana.
There's no way I can lose.
Come on!
Oda clan's cook, wait here.
Wait here.
There's a lot of things I want to ask you.
Where and how I lived.
And what you are to me.
Kenichirou...
You've forgotten everything about me, didn't you?
But that's fine.
The me right now, is not a woman who can live with you.
The emperor has come.
No objection. I will leave it up to you.
Well then, before the contest...
I will read out the peace conditions of both parties.
First, Oda's.
If Oda wins...
the Ishiyama Hongan-ji will have to vacate half of the temple for Oda.
Next, the Ishiyama Hongan-ji.
If they win, the Oda party for a period of 10 years...
will not do anything against the Ishiyama Hongan-ji and not interfere with the bakufu.
Therefore, its vassals in the capital will have to leave.
The party that loses this pastry contest will have to accept the winning party's conditions.
Is that fine?
I accept.
Part with the bakufu and the capital if we lose...
This is a matter of life and death for the Oda clan.
How skilled Ken may be...
Youko's specialty is pastry.
You can't win from her.
Nobunaga and his company will lose face in front of the emperor!
Let's start at once.
Cooks, come out!
Please go before me.
What happened to the Ishiyama Hongan-ji party?
Youko?
Why did it turn out like this?
Fighting Kenichirou in this Warring States world...
I'm very sorry. Could you give me a little bit of time?
I will leave it up to you.
Hurry up. You can't make the emperor wait!
It's a battle against the Oda party.
I can't do it.
Youko.
I don't want to part with you.
Abandoning me...
In this Warring States period I'm...
a woman who can only live with Kennyo.
That's why I can't lose.
Please, Kennyo-sama!
Don't abandon me!
Well then, shall we go?
Manadarin oranges, chestnuts, kaki, just as I thought.
Presentation will be in order of completion.
Both cooks, start!
There's no time limit.
But it will give off a bad impression if I'm slower than the opponent.
We have to hurry up with the tart crust.
What's that?
Tartlet!
Tart... so the same thing as us?
They're making a tart too.
Moreover, they've made their tartlets in advance.
The thing we're going to make now...
have they already made it?
That's right. We're one step behind.
Making it from scratch here is my mistake.
I never thought they'd have made tartlets.
So they brought the filling of the tartlets with them too.
What's that? I've never seen something like that.
A pastry bag with a cap...
That shouldn't exist in 16th century Japan.
The pastry bag with a cap...
was invented by Antoine Carême who was described...
as the King of Chefs in the 19th century.
If you want, you can try some later.
Hey, what's wrong?
They're done already.
What is Ken doing?
Why isn't he moving?
As I thought, when it comes to pastry...
Youko is one or two levels better.
The more he has to wait in this cold...
the emperor's impression will get worse.
Not yet...
And? Does it fit me?
It really does.
Liar.
Let's do it like this.
No, I mean.
When we marry...
Is this a proposal?
Delicious.
The time when you eat something delicious is the best, isn't it?
Youko...
What happened?
Did you remember?
Yes, Youko and I...
I'm done!
Fast...
Ken, you're my head cook.
Living and dying is the same!
That's right, we're in the middle of a match.
Focus!
What to do? What should I do?
I will present you the dish of the Ishiyama Hongan-ji.
There's no way I can make a tart anymore.
Change of menu.
But what I have here...
is just wheat flower, butter and grand manier.
With these three things...
which dessert can I make in a short amount of time?
What's up with you?
What?
I'm very sorry!
That's it.
Natsu-san, remove the peel of the mandarin orange and split it into pieces.
I got it.
Inoue-san, please collect the boiled down juice and grate the peel.
I don't know what you're doing, but I've got no other choice than to do it!
These are two kinds of boat shaped tartlets.
That looks beautiful.
With all respect, this Ishiyama Hongan-ji residential retainer Shimotsuma Rairen...
will enjoy this food first to taste for poison.
Is this a bamboo ladle from the Ming?
I thought you could eat without getting your hands dirty like that.
How thoughtful. Really good.
This is!
The custard cream is a mix of egg yolk, sugar and wheat flower...
and is a red bean paste-like pastry from the West.
It matches the sweet and sour taste of the mandarin orange very well.
And this is?
This is also...
Chestnuts, a Mont Blanc tart, huh?
So their bamboo pipe filling...
was custard cream and marrons paste...
That's a big gap when it comes to time.
We can't win with something...
that's just good.
That looks delicious.
This is very delicious.
Splendid!
You may go.
The emperor also seemed to be very pleased.
Thank you very much.
But what is the Oda party doing?
Letting the emperor wait like this...
Ken, what are you doing?
Ken! Is this fine?
Mine too. - Thank you.
Alright, let's start.
Come on! Warring States cuisine!
What is that? It's like thin silk...
Another one. - Ken, what is this?
It's a crêpe. - Cre-puh?
A thing that is a mix of butter and wheat flower with water and then baked lightly.
Crêpe means shrinkage.
The word comes from shrink and ripple.
When I looked at the ripples in the bucket of water you dropped...
I thought of it. Thank you, Natsu-san.
No, I...
Alright, it's done.
What is that simple thing?!
Is that it?
No, it still needs the finishing touch.
Natsu-san, give me the grand manier. - I got it.
This is...
What's that? This is no good, Ken!
Solar eclipse?
The solar eclipse is in seven days.
The day of the contest.
It's like Mitsuhide-san said.
I can do it. This is the perfect chance.
Chansu?
Ken! As expected of my cook!
You even have the sky as your ally.
Oyakata-sama.
Come on!
The Oda party is done.
A Western pastry, Crêpe Suzette.
Well then, Oda clan vassal, Kinoshita Tokichiro Hideyoshi...
will enjoy this as poison taster.
Against our pastry...
a live performance sensation, à la minute...
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, lips, a dessert which uses all five senses.
Even if I win when it comes to technique...
you, because of using fire, were better, Kenichirou.
What a mellow aroma...
The warm sweetness spreads through the body...
This is beyond good...
A warm pastry... going against the coldness here...
I want to eat it.
Why am I not a taster for poison?
Even though usually, the Ishiyama Hongan-ji...
wouldn't lose that easily to Ken's cooking.
This, also...
I have never tasted something this delicious in my life...
Emperor...
Cook over there, your pastry...
was presented to Me at the supreme moment.
That's splendid.
Thank you very much.
The decision.
In this contest, both parties did excellent...
therefore...
it's a draw between the two parties, no conditions...
and should immediately...
ceasefire.
A draw?
Immediately ceasefire?
I see, that's how it is.
As you wish.
This time you outwitted me.
I'm looking forward to the next time we meet.
Oda-dono.
I've got no use for you anymore.
Just go somewhere.
Outwitted? Oyakata-sama did you..
perhaps aim for this draw?
Saru.
Who do you think I am?
Go back to the castle and prepare for a banquet.
Wait, please!
There's something I'd like to ask you.
Nobunaga-sama, let Ken go please.
The emperor receives a lot of support from us and Nobunaga.
He should not want to choose a side.
Nobunaga, by letting a third person not clearly decide who is the winner or loser...
used cooking as a way to lead the emperor's heart into a draw.
He knew that if it's that cook Ken...
it wouldn't end up in an obvious loss.
He made fun of me.
That Nobunaga...
Well then, as planned...
Youko, your further life will change one way or the other.
Ken and Youko-san...
come from a village far away, a far away village where we can't go.
They were in a love relationship!
Nobunaga-sama, please let Ken together with Youko-san...
return to that far away village!
Ken has to go back.
There's no time.
What are you saying?
Ken, let's go to the Netherworld shrine.
You can still make it in time!
Why are you saying that?
It's the shrine that will connect to Heisei on the night of the solar eclipse.
You're saying that I should go back to Heisei?
That's right.
Go back to Heisei together with Youko-san.
Th Netherworld shrine, huh?
Interesting.
Natsu, lead the way.
Ken, do you want to go back?
I...
Say it clearly!
I remembered about Youko-san.
But that's it.
I still can't remember anything else.
But you will remember that when you go back!
There's no time. Hurry up!
But still...
I want to be together with you.
With Natsu-san, and Nobunaga-sama too.
You're faster than I thought.
Too bad.
I wanted to go to that Heisei place too.
Damn it!
Everyone, it's war!
Ken!
You open up your way!
It all depends on you!
Natsu-san, lead the way.
To the Netherworld shrine.
Ken, if you climb the stairs over there...
you will reach the Netherworld shrine.
Natsu-san.
I'm going.
Let's go.
It's over there.
Youko, go back to Heisei.
Kenichirou, how about you?
I will stay here. I want to stay here.
I see...
I'm sorry.
I can't stop or blame you.
Go back home, I want you to be happy.
Why?
What did you do?
What else, besides coming back to you?
Fool.
Ken! - Did he come back?
What's up with that?
Isn't it strange for men to embrace each other?
You're right.
Why are you still here? Wasting someone's good favor.
I'm sorry.
Do you know why...
I wanted to make you go back to Heisei?
I'm sure you...
will get in the way of my plans. That's what I thought.
Plans?
Just kidding!
Don't be so serious.
I'm Oyakata-sama's loyal retainer.
Well, then.
Oyakata-sama only loves him.
They make me sick.
He, and Oyakata-sama too.
Ken stayed in the Warring States period.
And is living in this time from now on too.
Sea bream à la vapeur with hamaguri (clam) butter sauce.
Spiny lobster thermidor.
Abalone with white kidney beans salad.
It's really strange. Very delicious.
Thank you very much.
Today more than yesterday, tomorrow more than today...
I will advance forward.
Follow me, Ken!
Yes!
I will see it with my own eyes.
This person's fate in this time period...
as Nobunaga's chef.
Come on!
Warring States cuisine!
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