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Fictional work. Any similarity
to real names or events is coincidental.

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Underage smoking is prohibited.

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Year 51 of the Seiki era. Spring.

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A coup breaks out in Seiro,
the capital of Seii.

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ANTI-SURRENDER FACTION CAPTAIN
MUUTON NAGAO

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Wait, please! Hold on--

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ANTI-SURRENDER FACTION CAPTAIN
ATERUI KURA

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PRO-SURRENDER FACTION PRESIDENT
HARUICHI AZAMI

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Ohga founds a new government,
declaring her resolve nationwide.

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She quickly wins the people's hearts

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thanks to her character
and political prowess.

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HARUICHI AZAMI - DECEASED

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Within Seii, a campaign against Yamato
gains momentum.

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Meanwhile, in Yamato's capital, Osaka…

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Move it, move it! Out of the way!

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I'm running so late! Sorry!

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Hey, hold on!
- Huh?

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This is the Borderland General's Bureau.
Civilians are not permitted inside.

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Idiot!

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I'm the Borderland General Corps
secret officer assigned to Seii!

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SECRET OFFICER
SHINZO HARANISHI

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I need to see
the Borderland General at once!

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NIPPON SANGOKU:
THE THREE NATIONS OF THE CRIMSON SUN

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EPISODE 5:
THE BORDERLAND GENERAL CORPS MARCHES OUT

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What did you say, Ryumon?
A coup in Seii?

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BORDERLAND GENERAL
MITSUHIDE RYUMON

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That's right, Your Majesty.
According to our secret officer's report,

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one month ago, the new Seii government
took complete control of state affairs

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effectively establishing a dictatorship.

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LORD OF HOME AFFAIRS
DENKI TAIRA

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A campaign against Yamato
is gaining momentum across Seii,

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and there is a possibility
that they may invade our country soon.

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THIRD EMPEROR OF YAMATO
FUJI III

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What? That's bad, really bad, isn't it?

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SWEAT SWEAT

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Please rest assured. I will travel at once
to Fukui, on our border with Seii,

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and make preparations in anticipation
of Seii's western campaign.

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Your Majesty, permission to deploy
to the front at once.

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If I leave it to Ryumon,
he'll probably manage to sort things out.

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Very well, Ryumon!
I grant you permission to deploy--

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No!

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No, no, no!

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That won't do, Your Majesty.

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You mustn't approve
the deployment of Ryumon's forces.

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HUH?

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What, why?

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Right.

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Your Majesty,
Seii is merely trying to provoke us.

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According to this report,

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the new Seii government cut unemployment
to less than half in just one month,

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but running a nation isn't that simple.

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Even if people found work,

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most of them
probably aren't eating properly.

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Come to think of it, that's true.

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Besides, Seii's soldiers and food reserves
don't even come close to our levels.

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For them to invade our nation…

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We might as well expect steam
to rise from cold rice.

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So then, Your Majesty,

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why is Ryumon asking permission
to deploy his forces?

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Why has the secret officer's return
been delayed for so long?

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How did Ryumon foresee
the rise of a dictator in Seii?

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Since Your Majesty is wise,
I'm sure you already know.

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His face is way too close!

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No way… I mean,
I don't even want to think about it, but…

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Perhaps Ryumon's in contact with Seii…
Is that what this means?

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But, Lord of Home Affairs,
the report says the officer's delay

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was due to the new Seii government's
tightened security at their checkpoints…

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Reports like that
can easily be tampered with.

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Your Majesty!

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An official from the Archive Bureau
is requesting an audience!

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What?

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Can't you see His Majesty
is in the middle of something important?

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Come back later.

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But we've received
an urgent dispatch from Seii.

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What? What did you say?

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Let them through!

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At once!

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Grand Archivist Tonotsugu Taira

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humbly requests an audience with His
Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Yamato.

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HEIR TO DENKI TAIRA - GRAND ARCHIVIST

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TONOTSUGU TAIRA

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Your Majesty, if my son offends you,
cut me down in his stead.

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What, your son?

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Your Imperial Majesty,
the Emperor of Yamato,

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I bring you a report
from the Archive Bureau.

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A man by the name of Muuton Nagao,

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Seii's Chief Negotiator
and Governor of Kaga Province,

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has expressed his intent
to defect to Yamato,

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along with Kaga's soldiers and territory.

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This is good news, right?

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Also, his name's "Muuton"?
Seii really does have some peculiar names.

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Right.

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According to the secret officer's report,

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Nagao is one of the closest aides
to Seii's Commander.

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For someone like him
to defect to Yamato… Right.

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That's great news, isn't it?

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Yes, Father!

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They say that since Nagao
never took much interest in the coup,

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he was suspected of treason and reassigned
to the border province of Kaga.

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On top of that, Seii's Commander…

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Ouch!

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…made groundless accusations against him

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and had him flogged.

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Flogged?

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I sent a messenger to Kaga to verify
whether the dispatch was genuine.

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The messenger returned a short while ago

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and said, "Nagao's wounds
were so icky and oozy

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that I couldn't even bear
to look at them."

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Those were his exact words.

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Icky… Oozy…

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This is what they call
"seizing the moment"!

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We should send soldiers,
food, and supplies to Kaga at once

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and get everything set up on the ground.

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That is all.

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PHEW

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All right.

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Then we must send transport units
to Kaga at once--

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If I may, Your Majesty,

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I would urge you
to proceed with caution here.

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What?

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This is clearly a Seii ruse,

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likely from the Thirty-Six Stratagems,
number 34, the "Self-injury Stratagem."

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"Self-injury Stratagem"?

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When you deliberately
injure yourself or an ally,

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exploiting the human tendency
to trust those who are wounded,

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to deceive the enemy.

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Flogged on purpose? Is he a masochist?

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Seii tried the same stratagem on Yamato
12 years ago.

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Strategist Kaku,
who was newly enlisted at the time,

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was able to see through
Seii's deceptive plan beforehand.

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Because of this, we managed to defeat
Seii's Commander-in-Chief and win.

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That commander's name was Wajima.

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And Seii's current Commander-in-Chief
is also a Wajima.

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Your Majesty,
please use your wise judgement.

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Ryumon's got a point.

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Wait, so what am I supposed to do?

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Your Majesty!

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You mustn't trust this baldy!

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Baldy?

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Baldy? What?

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If I may, Your Majesty.

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If we miss this opportunity, our northern
campaign will become far more difficult.

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My information is reliable.

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Your Majesty, I urge you to decide wisely.

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Why the heck… No…

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I don't know what to do!

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Your Majesty.

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Have you already forgotten
what I said earlier?

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Your Majesty's only allies are…

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the Tairas alone.

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I am issuing an imperial order!

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Grand Archivist Tonotsugu Taira,

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send 30,000 regular soldiers
from Fukui to Kaga!

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At once!

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Borderland General Mitsuhide Ryumon!

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I want you to lead 5,000 soldiers
and support Grand Archivist Taira!

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What?

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THUD - BANG

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Well, I'm counting on you!
You're dismissed!

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Please wait, Your Majesty!

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If this is a ruse by Seii,
we will lose a vast part of our army!

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Please rescind the imperial order!

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PITTER PATTER

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Baldy, baldy.

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Tonotsugu may not look like it,
but he's still a child.

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Take good care of him, yeah?

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You know what will happen
if my son dies, don't you?

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The "Self-injury Stratagem"
from external enemies,

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and the "Alienation Stratagem"
from the enemies within.

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Jeez.

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STRATEGIST
YASUAKI KAKU

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You're really in a bind, Mr. Ryumon.

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Were you able to hear us from out here?

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Oh? So I was right?

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I said that on a hunch.

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Kaku,

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how do you read the situation?

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It's bad. Really bad.

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From Seii's standpoint,
it's the perfect chance to strike Yamato.

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From that fat bastard's standpoint,

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it's the perfect chance
to seize full control of your command.

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Still, it's not like we're out of options.

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I thought you might also have
something in mind.

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Meaning you do too, Mr. Ryumon?

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Yes.

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Tomorrow at noon, we'll convene a meeting.

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Gather the Borderland General Corps
at the bureau.

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Got it. Everyone?

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Yeah. We'll need the rookies
to step up too.

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Ten days remain until
Seii's western expedition.

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SECRET OFFICER'S REPORT BACK

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YAMATO YEAR 60, SPRING

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The next day, in Dotonbori.

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What?

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AUDITOR
AOTERU MISUMI

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They're sending 30,000 regular soldiers
from Fukui to Kaga?

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DEPUTY MASTER OF ARMS
YOSHITSUNE ASAMA

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They suspect a ruse,

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yet they're sending transport units
right into Seii's territory.

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That's nothing short
of walking willingly into a trap!

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Has the Emperor been so taken in
by Denki Taira's empty rhetoric

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that he would let the last three years
of Farmer-soldiers policy go up in smoke?

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As the ruler of this nation,

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does he not care about the lives
of soldiers and civilians?

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Same goes for Borderland General Ryumon!

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For over 20 years,

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this country has been weakened
by the Tairas' tyranny,

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yet Borderland General Ryumon,
as supreme commander,

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risked his life defending it
against invasions from two nations!

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For him to allow Taira's son
to take command so easily…

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It's outrageous!

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All right, I've made up my mind.

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I will admonish Borderland General Ryumon
before the council!

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Hold on.

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Here.

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Don't be impatient, Misumi.

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Right now,
this is still an information war.

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Meaning, we don't know who's right yet.

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Besides, you said it yourself, didn't you?

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History is made up entirely of exceptions.

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We can't change the fact that
Borderland General Ryumon lost command.

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TAIRA

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However, with the right strategy,
we can still turn the situation around.

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RYUMON

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Yes. As they say,

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"Judge matters by merit,
judge action by its timing."

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Thank you, Mr. Tsune.

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It's nothing.

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I managed to get through
to that hardheaded Misumi.

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Man, I really am something!

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NOON

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Now then.

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Here in Kanazawa is where we rendezvous
with Muuton Nagao.

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Kanazawa still has plenty
of Japan-era buildings,

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so it's practically a fortress.

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It's ideal for laying an ambush,
with the Tedori River at our backs.

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Once we advance to Kanazawa,
there's nowhere to run.

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If Nagao's surrender is a lie,
our army will be wiped out.

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The Tedori River is one of Japan's
fastest-flowing rivers.

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With the snow melting,
it could be flooding.

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If we're ambushed at the crossing,

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there's a 90% probability
that our unit will be wiped out.

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And if Taira's son ends up dead,
Mr. Ryumon's command…

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no, even his life will be in danger.

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Right Lieutenant General Sugoh
and Left Lieutenant General Nagamine

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have left Osaka with Grand Archivist Taira

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leading the vanguard
and the main force, respectively.

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We'll be heading to Kaga as well.

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That's all.

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Hold down the fort while we're gone.

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What? Hold down the fort?

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Strategist Kaku.

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Chief Strategist
of the Borderland General Corps.

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00:14:03,510 --> 00:14:05,512
Three years ago,
at the Battle of Nagashino,

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they say he predicted
the Buo army's position

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00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:11,059
and succeeded in ambushing them
with just 20 men.

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00:14:11,726 --> 00:14:15,522
He's racked up numerous achievements,
and the soldiers all say the same thing.

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"Kaku never fails."

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00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:19,401
That said…

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DEEP THOUGHT

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00:14:20,402 --> 00:14:22,946
…why share the current situation
with those of us staying behind?

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What the heck? They totally need me!

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ANGER

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Leaving me out? No, this is messed up!
I'll tell him. I'll set him straight!

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If I may!

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Borderland General Ryumon,
permission to speak, sir.

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CHIEF CLERK
KINTA MORIYAMA

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Chief Clerk Moriyama, you may speak.

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Thank you, sir.

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Given the circumstances, it may be wise
to align ourselves with Seii!

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Let's hear your reasoning first.

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At present, Seii is inferior to us
in military strength,

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and their reserves are also insufficient.

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However, Seii's Commander, Ohga Wajima,

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is said to be benevolent
to a righteous cause.

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She's also easy on the eyes, and has
a good reputation among the people.

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Really?
- That's right!

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Meanwhile in Yamato,

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the Taira clan amasses more power,

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and the Emperor's authority
has already been lost.

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Frankly, there is no hope
for Yamato's future!

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That's true.

283
00:15:12,662 --> 00:15:14,248
He's got a point.
- True.

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To achieve peace across the land,
we should abandon Yamato

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and swear allegiance to Seii's Commander,
who is benevolent to a righteous cause!

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I beg you to consider this as well.

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As do I! Please swear allegiance to Seii!

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Swear allegiance to Seii!
- Swear allegiance!

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00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,222
I ask this as well!

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00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:41,358
Strategist Kaku! What's so funny?

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00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:43,068
Well, I mean…

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seeing how completely brainwashed you are,
I couldn't help it.

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00:15:46,821 --> 00:15:47,656
What?

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00:15:48,323 --> 00:15:50,075
Kaku, do you have something to say?

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00:15:50,659 --> 00:15:52,118
Oh, yes.

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00:15:53,078 --> 00:15:55,830
Then let me ask you, Chief Clerk Moriyama.

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00:15:56,831 --> 00:15:59,181
What is this "benevolence"
of Commander Wajima?

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It's this!

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She hands out porridge to people in need,
and saved the people with her reforms!

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That's benevolence!

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00:16:07,175 --> 00:16:08,552
Oh?

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00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:11,471
Well, hold on.
The rice used to make that porridge

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came from the land tax the people
had overpaid to the old Seii regime.

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In other words, their own money.

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00:16:16,518 --> 00:16:20,105
Isn't it only right to return the money
from those taxes back to the people?

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Wajima never told the people any of that,

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and instead acted as if
she had given them the porridge herself.

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00:16:25,777 --> 00:16:30,866
Then she pushed through reckless reforms
and, with her eloquent speeches,

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led her people not toward peaceful lives
but down the path of war.

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That is not true benevolence.

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PEACE ACROSS THE LAND

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But…

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Exactly!

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00:16:40,834 --> 00:16:42,085
Well… figures.

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00:16:42,752 --> 00:16:45,102
And what of Wajima's
so-called righteous cause?

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To… to protect Seii loyalists in Fukui,

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and subjugate Yamato,
the very land that gave rise to Seii!

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That is a righteous cause!

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00:16:54,097 --> 00:16:54,931
You have it backward.

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Backward! Backward?

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00:16:57,517 --> 00:17:00,979
Seii only began clearly proclaiming
a righteous cause

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after Ohga Wajima
became Commander-in-Chief.

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00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:06,860
You can also think of it this way.

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She's not seeking to conquer Yamato
because of some righteous cause.

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00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:14,659
Rather, she's proclaiming
a righteous cause to hide her true motive.

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00:17:15,535 --> 00:17:17,245
Her true motive…

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00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:20,415
Revenge for her late father,
or something along those lines… How dumb.

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00:17:20,498 --> 00:17:24,961
Throughout history, dictators have
waged war under seemingly noble banners.

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00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,297
Driven by revenge,
she deceives the people,

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drags them into conflict,

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00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:32,332
and seeks not peace across the land,
but only the conquest of Yamato.

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00:17:33,219 --> 00:17:35,597
That is no righteous cause.

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00:17:36,181 --> 00:17:38,600
Ohga Wajima is
nothing but a foolish dictator

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masquerading as a virtuous leader.

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00:17:40,769 --> 00:17:42,319
She is unfit to rule the world!

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00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:44,898
How can you be so sure?

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00:17:46,149 --> 00:17:48,735
I have good instincts.

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RUSTLE RUSTLE

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SLIP

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OHGA WAJIMA

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00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:52,823
What's this?

342
00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:55,825
Isn't this
from the secret officer's report?

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00:17:56,493 --> 00:17:57,744
That's…

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00:17:57,827 --> 00:18:01,248
"Commander Wajima's totally my type.
She seems nice, too."

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00:18:01,331 --> 00:18:02,791
"Maybe I'll defect to Seii!"

346
00:18:02,874 --> 00:18:03,792
Get a grip.

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00:18:04,334 --> 00:18:07,462
No, but I mean,
at least compared to the Tairas…

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00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:09,339
We, the Borderland General Corps,

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00:18:09,923 --> 00:18:13,343
have never fought
for the prosperity of the Tairas.

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00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:17,013
We fight to bring peace to the land.
A far greater cause.

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00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:23,562
To serve
in the Borderland General's forces

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00:18:23,645 --> 00:18:25,445
without grasping something so basic…

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00:18:25,897 --> 00:18:27,357
Utterly laughable.

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00:18:30,568 --> 00:18:31,528
Auditor Misumi.

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00:18:32,237 --> 00:18:33,196
Yes, sir.

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00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:35,490
What is his offense under military law?

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00:18:36,324 --> 00:18:37,374
With your permission.

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00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:41,121
Chief Clerk Moriyama incited disloyalty
among the ranks during the council,

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00:18:41,204 --> 00:18:42,789
undermining morale.

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00:18:42,872 --> 00:18:46,372
Under military law, three years of exile
would be a proper punishment.

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00:18:46,501 --> 00:18:49,838
And what about those
who sided with Moriyama?

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00:18:50,755 --> 00:18:54,425
All responsibility lies with Moriyama,
who incited the others.

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00:18:55,009 --> 00:18:57,709
I believe those who sided with him
should be pardoned.

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00:18:59,514 --> 00:19:04,811
Very well. I sentence Moriyama to exile
and pardon those who sided with him.

365
00:19:04,894 --> 00:19:06,312
Take him away.

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00:19:09,399 --> 00:19:11,818
War is fast approaching.

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00:19:12,485 --> 00:19:16,531
Any reckless talk in the bureau
will be punished under military law.

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00:19:18,032 --> 00:19:20,660
All right then.
Hold down the fort while we're gone.

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00:19:20,743 --> 00:19:21,703
Yes, sir!

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00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,880
OSAKA - YAMATO YEAR 60, SPRING
16:21, 12 DEGREES CELSIUS

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00:19:34,215 --> 00:19:35,383
It's finally happening.

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00:19:35,466 --> 00:19:36,301
Yeah.

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00:19:36,384 --> 00:19:38,094
If everything goes as planned,

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00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:41,227
they'll send 30,000 regular soldiers
to Kaga and that's that.

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00:19:41,639 --> 00:19:44,476
Still, between Denki Taira's son

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00:19:44,559 --> 00:19:47,103
and the possibility
that Muuton Nagao's surrender is a ruse,

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00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:48,986
there's plenty of cause for concern.

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00:19:49,731 --> 00:19:52,526
Mr. Tsune,
from what we saw at the council,

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00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:56,359
I think it's safe to assume those of us
staying behind have a role to play.

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00:19:56,905 --> 00:19:57,780
What role?

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00:19:58,448 --> 00:19:59,866
That I don't know.

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00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:01,034
You don't say.

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00:20:01,784 --> 00:20:05,038
That said, some things don't add up
at the moment.

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00:20:05,121 --> 00:20:07,165
First, the fact that they held a council

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00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:09,748
and briefed those staying behind
on the situation.

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00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:11,545
As you know,

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00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:17,008
only Borderland General Ryumon
can deploy soldiers by imperial order.

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00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:21,638
Sharing the situation casually
with those of us who have no authority

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00:20:21,721 --> 00:20:24,265
would only stir anxiety and confusion.

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00:20:24,849 --> 00:20:27,143
So you think
there's something else going on?

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00:20:27,810 --> 00:20:29,103
Yes. Second,

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00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:32,983
Right Lieutenant General Sugoh
and Left Lieutenant General Nagamine

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00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:35,766
were sent ahead with Taira's son
as the advance party.

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00:20:36,027 --> 00:20:37,111
And third,

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00:20:37,695 --> 00:20:39,281
there's that.

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00:20:39,364 --> 00:20:41,991
Is that Chief Clerk Moriyama?

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00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:43,618
What about him?

398
00:20:43,701 --> 00:20:45,704
He's just being sent into exile, isn't he?

399
00:20:45,787 --> 00:20:48,915
Yes. He's being exiled
to Oda in Fukui-Echizen.

400
00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:51,626
It goes without saying
Echizen crab is delicious.

401
00:20:51,709 --> 00:20:53,211
It's known for its connection
to Oda Nobunaga,

402
00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:55,213
the warlord to implement
the soldiers, farmers separation.

403
00:20:55,296 --> 00:20:57,549
Nobunaga's statue is in Oda,
built in the first year of the Heisei…

404
00:20:57,632 --> 00:20:59,182
Back to the main point, Misumi.

405
00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:03,847
Right. What's worth noting
is the number of escort soldiers.

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00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:06,224
Roughly 200, I'd say.

407
00:21:06,307 --> 00:21:08,810
Seems a bit excessive,

408
00:21:08,893 --> 00:21:12,689
but I guess it'd be bad if he escaped
and passed information to Seii?

409
00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:14,357
That's certainly possible.

410
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,110
But what you just said, Mr. Tsune,

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00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:20,321
could also be seen as a justification
after the fact.

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00:21:21,572 --> 00:21:23,825
Then why the extra soldiers?

413
00:21:24,409 --> 00:21:25,619
That I don't know.

414
00:21:25,702 --> 00:21:27,203
You don't say.

415
00:21:28,037 --> 00:21:31,833
What if Moriyama's suggestion
to swear allegiance to Seii and his exile

416
00:21:31,916 --> 00:21:34,961
was all orchestrated
by Borderland General Ryumon

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00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:37,923
and Strategist Kaku
to serve some sort of purpose.

418
00:21:38,006 --> 00:21:38,840
What?

419
00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:40,091
But if that were true,

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00:21:40,717 --> 00:21:43,678
it doesn't add up
that I wasn't told beforehand.

421
00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:48,767
Unless they somehow anticipated
that I'd sentence Moriyama to exile.

422
00:21:48,850 --> 00:21:50,143
No, even if that were true,

423
00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:52,646
Chief Clerk Moriyama's acting
was far too convincing!

424
00:21:52,729 --> 00:21:55,273
You can't sweat that much just by acting.

425
00:21:55,898 --> 00:21:59,152
Could it be
that those two even anticipated

426
00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:02,155
Moriyama would suggest defecting to Seii?

427
00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,039
SWISH - CLACK CLACK CLACK

428
00:22:11,122 --> 00:22:13,458
Though there are many tadpoles
under the sun,

429
00:22:14,042 --> 00:22:15,960
only a rare few become frogs.

430
00:22:18,296 --> 00:22:20,966
Lie on firewood and persuade the heavens.

431
00:22:21,049 --> 00:22:24,552
Therein lies the key
that determines victory.

432
00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:32,185
PAT PAT

433
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:35,897
YAMATO

434
00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:41,694
For you to leave parting advice, Kaku,
you must see great potential in Misumi.

435
00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:46,157
Whether he remains merely gifted,
or becomes a true prodigy…

436
00:22:46,824 --> 00:22:50,119
I simply chose to bet on the latter.

437
00:22:50,620 --> 00:22:53,039
Year 60 of the Yamato era. Spring.

438
00:22:53,122 --> 00:22:55,917
Aoteru Misumi was but 18 at the time.

439
00:22:57,085 --> 00:22:58,712
The course of the world
is set into motion.

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00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:00,922
LIE UPON FIREWOOD
AND PERSUADE THE HEAVENS TO CLAIM VICTORY