[Kingdom Episode 25 Translation by Kewl0210]
It has been four months since Xin, the boy trying to become greatest general under the heavens,
fought in a war with the State of Wei as his first campaign.
The State of Qin now sorties a force of 200,000
towards their neighbor to the East, Han.
The ladder is set!
Under the Commander Meng Ao,
State of Qin Army General Meng Ao
a collection of noted military commanders in the Qin Army
Han
Qin
are felling Han castles one after another.
And after being notified of the successive victories,
the people of Qin also became greatly excited.
Dad! Look at all the flags!
Ain't there?
But in the midst of that great joy
the State of Qin was about to be gripped by an unprecedented crisis!
Ancient China.
After learning that the era of saints had ended,
human desire was unleashed.
And a storm of violent wars erupted for 500 years
until over one hundred states were reduced to merely seven.
And now, a wind of great history gusts from the State of Qin in the far West.
This is the tumultuous tale of a nameless boy and a young king who brought the warring era to its end!
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Translation kewl0210
itsumo yori hayaku kietetta hoshi zora ni
いつもより早く消えてった星空に
In a starry sky that disappeared faster than it ever has
kusanariatta deai wa
重なり合った出会いは
the many piled up meetings we've had
Editing jagman1x3
ore wo nomikonde iku
俺を呑み込んでいく
swallow me.
Timing G_I_A
kono yume wa kudakenai
この夢は砕けない
This dream cannot be broken.
sabitsukaseta kyoufushin
錆びつかせた恐怖心
Among this rusted fear in my heart
yuragu fuan no naka de
揺らぐ不安の中で
and the anxiety that makes me waver
Typesetting G_I_A
ame wo saegiru shinjitsu
雨を遮る信実
is a truth that interrupts the rain.
Karaoke kewl0210
FZeroWing
dare ni mo ubaeyashinai
誰にも奪えやしない
No one can take it away,
onaji keshiki ni hisonda puraido
同じ景色にひそんだプライド
our pride that lurks in the same landscape.
Encode max80
itsuka kitto kanau ima mo mieru kibou fortitude
いつかきっと叶う 今も見える希望 fortitude
The fortuitous desire I have will definitely come true one day.
yowasa wo sute wa shinai
弱さを捨てはしない
We won't throw away our weaknesses,
oretachi no kienai shiin
俺達の消えないシーン
those are scenes that won't disappear.
furenzokusen no youni hashiru kibou unbreakable heart
不連続線の様に走る希望 unbreakable heart
My desire in my unbreakable heart runs like a discontinuous line.
QC Mistral[sA]
I knew at the start that there's no end.
I've made up my mind, right now it's the time to take the first step.
Distro kokus
Kittie
prefix-
Now's the only time.
Appointment
Emergency report!
Open the gate!
Zhao forces are invading?!
Yes, sir!
Zhao...
Where have they invaded?!
It's in the Northeast, Mayang!
How many soldiers?!
100,000!
100,000...?!
It disappeared soon in the rain,
but we have a report that there was a signal fire coming from Mayang seeking reinforcements!
There's nothing we can do...
General Meng Ao is leading an army of 200,000 to attack Han right now,
Changwenjun
*Ying Zheng's Closest Aide
we have no group inside the country to send as reinforcements.
If the front line nearby the border with Zhao falls,
Li Shi
*One of Lü Buwei's Four Pillars (Close Aides)
the Zhao forces would surge into central Qin immediately.
What's the best course to take?
There is no time to call back Meng Ao, with his army attacking deep within Han!
This is no time to be sitting here with our arms folded!
Raise an alarm for emergency recruitment in the center of Qin for those that were exempt from this war with Han
to gather up 100,000 soldiers!
We'll send them to the front line as reinforcements!
Please wait, your majesty.
Such an important matter should be decided by the war council.
First we need Commander-in-Chief Changpingjun here.
Then hurry!
Our opponent is Zhao!
Right Chancellor of Qin Lü Buwei
That same Zhao that buried alive 400,000 members of our Qin Army in the Battle of Changping!
The people of Zhao embrace an abnormal hatred for the people of our State of Qin.
Unless we hurry, every last citizen of the State of Qin will be erased from that front line!
An order for emergency recruitment was immediately raised,
and men started the journey to the battlefield.
Even here at Chenghu Village.
Here we go, you guys!
Wei Dao!
Wei Dao
Make sure you earn lots and come back!
Got it.
Wei Ping.
D-Dong Mei!
Please come home safely.
Wei Ping
J-Just wait here for me, Dong Mei!
Mr. Yaun. About how long's it been since I got pushed off this cliff?
Probably about four months.
Is that right?
A pretty decent amount of time's passed!
Long live Lord Xin! Long live Lord Yuan!
This time I'm gonna get that personal training
from that big-lipped general!
Hold on a minute, General Wang Qi!
Please don't give orders to a general, Lord Xin!
What do you meant you're postponing the training?
We subjugated the stateless area just like you said!
The situation has changed a little, it would seem...
The situation changed?
A war has started.
What?!
A war... started...?!
So are we heading to a battlefield right now?!
All right!
Let's do it!
An emergency recruitment isn't an ordinary occurrence.
What the hell is going on?!
I've got to find Zheng and talk to him...
Please, wait! He Liao Diao!
If you're going to meet his highness, I'm afraid it's impossible.
No matter your status, you cannot enter the throne room at this time.
Be at ease.
I am not your enemy.
For now, at least.
I wanted to listen to today's war council,
so I came along with my teacher.
But he told me to wait in this room.
Even my father scolded me, saying it's not a place for children.
Wh-Who are you?!
How rude of me.
I still haven't introduced myself, have I?
Meng Yi
Nice to meet you.
I am Meng Yi.
Timid, are you?
Something wrong with that?
No, it's an important quality.
Here in the palace, or in the battlefield.
Oh, right.
The one you live with is called "Xin", is he not?
I wonder if he's participating in this war with Zhao as well.
You even know about Xin?
You were worried about him, so you came here to get information, did you?
Who in the world is this guy...?
Your prediction is correct.
Currently taking place in front of the throne
is a supremely important war council that will affect the state of this war.
The people of Mayang were all slaughtered down to the suckling children.
Corpses were strewn about the field and blood flowed like a river.
This violence committed by Zhao cannot go unpunished!
How long do you intend to talk about the obvious?
Meng Wu
*One of Lü Buwei's Four Pillars (Close Aides)
Leave everything to me.
With the noted military commanders all dispatched to Han,
the fact that you remained here at Xianyang
cannot be described as anything but a silver lining to a dark cloud,
Meng Wu.
Well then, my king.
We shall appoint Meng Wu as supreme commander of the Qin Army...
Please, do not.
Did you say something, Changwenjun?
I said that we should not appoint Meng Wu as supreme commander.
Stop, Meng Wu!
A single civil officer like you should not intervene.
He's no ordinary civil officer.
Changwenjun has been on the front lines since King Zhao's era, pulling bows and swinging spears.
He's a veteran warrior with rich experience.
Changpingjun
*One of Lü Buwei's Four Pillars (Close Aides)
It would see Changwenjun has some kind of idea.
Might I ask what it is?
There are two kinds of strengths in war.
Attack,
and defense.
General Meng Wu's strength in attack is without shortcomings.
On that point, he may currently be the greatest in all of the State of Qin.
But General Meng Wu has no strength of defense.
And being shorthanded on manpower and the front line crumbling,
this war is unmistakably one that requires strength of defense.
Therefore I cannot entrust this war to General Meng Wu.
I see. What you say does indeed make sense.
But Changwenjun,
is there any military commander besides Meng Wu that is capable of leading 100,000 soldiers currently inside the borders of Qin?
Just one.
He has left the battlefield for a short while to rest his wings,
but he excels in both strengths of attack and defense.
The State of Qin's strongest military commander.
You bastard... could you mean...?!
It seems in the long time I've been gone, even this place has gotten exciting.
Is everyone in high spirits?
Xin?
Uh, hey.
You are interrupting a war council.
Begone!
How odd...
I am here because I was called on by that war council.
Don't mess around.
Who would call on the likes of you?!
I called him.
My goodness!
What for, Changpingjun?!
Answer me!
In order for him to accept the position of Supreme Commander of the Qin Army.
What?!
General Wang Qi... Supreme Commander?!
The only one still active from of the wars of the Six Great Generals...
and I'm seeing him with these eyes?!
Changpingjun. Do you think that will make me accept this?
I must insist that you do.
The reason being exactly what Changwenjun just expressed.
There is no attack or defense in war!
All there is is destroying the opponent in front of your eyes, nothing else!
Enough, Meng Wu.
This is my decision as Commander-in-Chief.
It cannot be overturned.
You are nothing more than a relic of a past age!
I do not approve!
I approve of you...
To an extent...
It seems we've gotten that subject out of the way.
Now, would the rest of you please leave for me?
What?!
What is this, General Wang Qi?
In accordance with an old etiquette, before an official indictment can take place,
the appointment ceremony must be performed with the king and I alone.
Without that, I will not lead the Qin Army.
Why are you staying silent, Wang Qi?
I went along with that obvious lie and cleared everyone out.
You must have something you wish to talk with me about.
Well, then...
When your highness's little brother, Chengjiao, rebelled and turned the royal palace into a battlefield,
do you remember what it was I said?
"Gain enough power to match that big talk.", wasn't it?
It looks like it will take a little more time.
I don't deny it. As I am now, I cannot do a single kingly thing.
Wang Qi, at that time
I told you to accept King Zhao's death.
Does the fact that you now say you'll lead the State of Qin Army
mean you've broken free of that?
King Zhao was a great king.
I understand fully.
My king, your one piece of misfortune
is that one cannot see the form of a king that should set an example.
Up until you were nine years old, you spent your life as a hostage in the kingdom of Zhao.
It was another four years after you came back before you took the throne.
Your father, King Zhuangxiang, which you saw before your eyes was Lü Buwei's puppet.
If you had seen one glimpse of the form of King Zhao,
this situation may have been a bit different.
You may be correct, but that is already a moot point.
All I can do is fumble my way forward.
What is it, Wang Qi?
I accept the position of Supreme Commander of the Qin Army,
and will now depart for the front lines.
I remembered the thing I had to tell you.
What is it?
A message to you that was entrusted to me by King Zhao.
A message... from King Zhao?
Due to the sudden invasion by the Zhao Army,
the castle at Mayang has already fallen, the people have been slaughtered, and the region destroyed!
And now, at the vital front defensive line,
Mayang is being attacked!
( Both places have the same romanization. But tone on the second one's "a" is lower. )
If Mayang falls, this tragedy will spread all across our State of Qin!
This crisis and this knowledge will determine the life or death of the State of Qin!
General Wang Qi!
You have been appointed as Supreme Commander of the State of Qin Army of 100,000!
Save Mayang,
and annihilate the State of Zhao Army
that dares trample on our land!
Orders firmly understood.
General Wang Qi is the Supreme Commander?
Father must be dissatisfied...
But Teacher's decision was correct.
The one most fit to entrust this war to truly is General Wang Qi.
I'm not sure I totally understand,
but if such a great general is Supreme Commander,
does that mean we can relax about this war, too...?
We don't know that yet.
What do you mean by that?
There are still aspects of Zhao's current military force we cannot see.
Those are... Oh?
Xin!
Lord Xin,
will you be returning home first?
Perhaps we should notify Lord Diao of the departure...
No need. That guy'll know without anyone telling him.
Xin!
Your highness!
Are you going?
Yeah.
I'm the only one getting a late start.
I'm gonna work more with General Wang Qi later, apparently.
I never would've thought you'd be training under Wang Qi.
I haven't actually been taught anything from the general himself yet, though.
What?
Did the king come here in person just to say that?
Just be careful, Xin.
No need to tell me that!
Well, I'd like it if that was all...
But what's up, Zheng?
You're making an awfully gloomy face, ain'cha?
This invasion by Zhao was completely unforeseen.
I guess unpreparedness is the greatest enemy, huh?
True.
In the past, Zhao was a mighty foe...
But that's only since the Three Great Devas.
Three Great Devas?
Lin Xiangru, Lian Po, and Zhao She.
They were great Prime Ministers and Generals that spread war equal to those of our Six Great Generals.
Equal to the Six Great Generals?
But those Three Great Devas are already gone
and no one who can succeed them in power has been seen.
We had predicted that the current Zhao would not be able to move an army to attack Qin.
But those Zhao guys came anyway.
I've heard King Dao Xiang is very cautious...
I doubt he would send his army unless he had considerable confidence.
Don't worry about it!
We've got General Wang Qi!
Lord Xin!
And we've got me, too!
You must be glad about what happened back there, Zheng.
The appointment ceremony.
In that huge room with all the ministers watching,
he got appointed by you. Not bad.
Okay, I'm going!
Wait, please! Lord Xin!
I pray for your good luck in battle!
They're gone, aren't they?
Yeah.
He Liao Diao.
Do you want to go try your hand at the battlefield as well?
Meanwhile, the soldiers gathered by the emergency recruitment
marched north without any formation as a military unit.
There! Over there!
Ze Gui
Oh, Mr. Wei Ping, Mr. Wei Dao.
Wuchang Ze!
It's been a while!
You two seem to be doing well.
You could tell?
Those weaklings are here again!
Shan He
Zie Ci
Pei Lang
Fa Jian
Oh, you guys are here, too?!
Of course.
We've been itching for a fight!
Look.
Tien You
Zhong Tie
Tien You and Zhong Tie are here, too.
All of our comrades we fought with through the fierce battle against Wei are here!
No matter who the enemy is this time, there's no way we'll lose!
By the way, that kid...
Wasn't he with you?
Oh? You mean Xin?
We were looking all over for him on our way here...
Don't tell me that kid... isn't coming?
You've got nothing to worry about!
With everyone else coming, there's no way that guy would stay behind!
I dunno where he's loitering around, but you can bet he'll be here!
Because that guy's our Hundred-Man General!
Lord Xin!
You don't need to rush so much!
I ain't rushing, Mr. Yuan!
I just wanna see them soon!
Everybody,
wait for me!
michi wa tsuzuku yume wo oimotome
路は続く 夢を追い求め
The path goes on, chasing after a dream.
nozomu saki ni kimi no ashita wa aru no?
望む先に 君の明日はあるの？
Will your tomorrow be at the place my hopes lead?
kizutsuite kokoro mo mada kawaku nara
傷ついて 心もまだ渇くなら
If I get hurt and my heart is still thirsty,
koko e kite nando demo utau kara
ここへ来て何度でも歌うから
I'll come here and sing as many times as it takes.
owari naki tatakai no naka de
終わりなき戦いの中で
In this endless battle
kimi wa tsuyoku kawaru
君は強く変わる
You change to become stronger.
kono sora wo kirisaita ikazuchi wa kimi
この空を切り裂いた 雷は君
The lightning that cut apart this sky is you.
osore wo koete tachimukau hikari no ya hashiridasu
恐れを超えて立ち向かう 光の矢 走りだす
The arrow of light that overcomes fear faces forward and shoots forth.
tsukamu sadame shinjitsuzukeru no...
掴む 運命 信じ続けるの…
I'll grab onto the destiny I've always believed in...
Preview
Impossible... It can't be!
He's dead!
That man is not a human.
The heavens fear him and the earth trembles!
War God Pang Nuan
Next time,
War God Pang Nuan
End