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Please

Please set me free.

Please set me free from...

...such a terrible karma between a man and a woman...

Since Kasuga no Tsubone has died...

...the position of having total control over the Ooku has become vacant.

This position...

...has been granted to Madenokouji Arikoto.

In full command of the Ooku... I am Madenokouji Arikoto.

Final Episode: "I Live Only For You"

"1 Year Later"

Shogun, please push a little more.

A little more!

Shogun, please, just a little more.

Shogun!

Shogun, be firm!

Be a healthy baby...

Be a healthy baby...

Otama-sama!

- Which is it?! - Huh?

Geez! I want to hear if it's a boy or a princess.

It is a Princess.

I see.

A Princess, huh?

Given this current world...

...this won't change who the heir will be, will it?

That's true.

Even if it was a male...

...I think it would take time to find out it they would get the scarlet smallpox someday...

...and get a sense if they would live or not.

Thank you. You may withdraw.

Yes.

At last...

At last, I'm an Oharasama, too. (Churo who slept with the Shogun and delivered a girl)

Otama-sama, it is I, Arikoto.

Ari... Arikoto-sama!

At this time of the birth of a Princess...

...truly, congratulations.

Arikoto-sama, please don't have such reserved manners with me.

There's no one else around, either.

That is true.

Congratulations, Gyokuei.

Thank you very much. It's all thanks to you, Arikoto-sama.

No.

I am now very much reminded of that day.

That day?

The day when the traveling monk told us...

"This is strange."

"In this child's countenance..."

"...there is that he will become father of the entire country in his future."

Until today, with the birth of the Princess just now...

...I thought that was all just foolish nonsense.

Even so, a feeling that it just might be true has sprouted in me.

And somehow, it gets bigger and bigger like a game of Sugoruku. (children's game similar to snakes and ladders)

How will the rolls of the dice turn out?

Will it be Katsu or Onatsu?

Or else Arikoto-sama and me?

I see. This seems like you.

Still, by taking total control of the Ooku...

...I lost at that Sugoruko.

I can only stay by the side of the Princess who was born today...

...and pray she grows up healthy.

Now, come take a look at the Princess.

"The Princess was named Tokuko-sama."

"Born after Oraku-sama's Princess Chiyo-sama..."

"...and following after Onatsu-sama's Princess Nagako-sama..."

"...she was Iemitsu-ko's third daughter."

Shogun, it is Otama.

Princess Tokuko-sama...

What a beautiful baby.

That there could ever be such a beautiful baby...

Otama-sama.

Otama-sama...

Princess Tokuko.

Princess...

If it had been you and I who had a child...

...I wonder which it would have been?

Even so, I guess...

Kasuga would have made Oraku and Onatsu...

...into concubines anyway, wouldn't she?

She would have said it was unreliable having just a single heir.

Princess.

So beautiful.

Princess.

"Several Years Later" Princess Tokuko-sama!

"Iemitsu's Third Daughter - Princess Tokuko" Wait for me!

Princess!

Don't fall and scrape yourself!

Princess Tokuko!

Mother!

Ah, Tokuko!

Princess, take a little of this medicine.

Don't give the Princess some stinging medicine, you insolent fellow!

Otama-sama, this medicine will be most effective at helping her to recover quickly.

That will be fine.

Having her recover quickly is the important thing.

Yes.

All done.

Oh Princess, you were great.

Since it was a large spot, don't say things that will scare the Princess!

No. The Princess is strong.

Did it hurt, Princess?

It did hurt.

You were so patient, weren't you?

"Iemitsu's Oldest Daughter Princess Chiyo" To one cavalry guard, 7 bales was allotted.

Now suppose the remainder of this allotment...

...half-way through their provisions was two bales.

"Iemitsu's Second Daughter Princess Nakago" When several people asked for...

...an explanation to solve this problem...

...first consider that the rations for 3 common soldiers...

...is 33 to 9, making 9 bales all together.

Subtracting that from the 32 bales that were in the warehouse...

...the remainder becomes 23 bales. Next is...

Mother!

Nice to see you!

Mother...

Do you dislike mathematics, Princess Chiyo?

No.

That is a lie, is it not, Older Sister?

You are always falling asleep during it.

Is that true, Chiyo?

Yes.

When Arikoto teaches me legends and poetry...

...it is so much fun that I truly forget the time...

You wish me to teach mathematics to Princess Chiyo as well?

Even if you are busy, this is Princess Chiyo's earnest wish.

Only if Arikoto teaches her will she learn the mathematics she dislikes so much...

I understand.

Truth is though, I am also somewhat weak in mathematics...

But for the Princess's sake...

Please do so.

Yes.

Still, all of the Princesses are such individuals, aren't they?

Coming from different fathers, it could be said that would only be natural.

Arikoto.

Who among those three Princesses...

...do you think has the greatest ability to become Shogun?

Why do you ask me such a thing?

I don't think I can give birth to any more children.

Each time until Tokuko, my difficulty in giving birth has gotten much greater.

If that is the case...

...then I need to say who among those three princesses will be the next Shogun.

What do you think, Arikoto?

Being in full control of the Ooku, you cannot bring yourself to say it?

I am very sorry.

That's fine.

The thing is, the one who will succeed me...

...is still a looong ways off.

It is as you say.

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Yes, Princess Tokuko.

You are sure to become Shogun someday.

- Shogun? - That's right.

This country's greatest and most important person.

This was decided long before you were born.

Both Arikoto-sama and myself...

...are eagerly awaiting the day when...

...Princess Tokuko becomes the Shogun.

You won't forget that, right, Princess Tokuko?

What a good girl.

"That year, Iemitsu-ko was working energetically..."

"...in order to further establish the Shogunate."

At this time, Matsudaira Izunokami Nobutsuna...

...and Councilor Abe Bungonokami Tadaaki...

...will each be given increases in koku.

- Yes! - Yes!

The insects...

...die each year to be followed by insects being born in the next.

And in this way...

...they make their Autumn calls, and die again.

Truly, the life of an insect...

...is an ephemeral one.

I envy them.

Masakatsu-sama.

There is a certain something I have wished to ask you since long ago.

What could it be?

At the time when the current Lord first became Shogun...

...I heard you were asked if you wished a command to leave the castle and become a monk, Masakatsu-sama.

Why was it...

...that you remained in the Ooku?

I...

...have served under two Shoguns.

This Shogun...

...and this Shogun's father as well...

For those two Shoguns...

...I served them with all my heart and soul.

Even if...

...it was a role I could not speak about to anyone...

...I was proud of it.

I wished to fulfill it.

Tokuko.

Princess. Wait up...

Tokuko, wait up!

Hey!

Wait. Here, here, here.

Look, I've caught you.

Tokuko has lost.

Ah... the Princess is so heavy.

This is Mom's surrender.

Ah...

Tokuko. Let's take a little break.

- Go over there. - Yes.

Let's go.

Arikoto.

I don't know why, but...

...I can't stand up.

Take me to my room.

And then call secretly for the doctor.

"Then two months passed."

"Iemitsu-ko remained in her bed."

Am I going to die?

Don't be absurd.

It is just the change of the seasons.

Your fatigue has accumulated and this is what you see.

"Iemitsu-ko's illness was unexpectedly severe."

"A variety of incantations and prayers were performed..."

"...but there was not even one sign of her recovering."

Onatsu.

Am I going to die already?

Everyone is saying so, aren't they?

What are you making such foolish statements for?

That would only sadden Princess Nagako.

She is more gentle than the other Princesses.

Recently, not only gentleness...

...but her nurses have been saying things such as dignity have appeared in her as well.

There are certain others as well...

...who think Princess Nagako is the one who most closely resembles you.

Otama.

Am I going to die?

Speak honestly.

You must have a strong spirit.

I was told it was just an ordinary cold.

Princess Tokuko-sama will still be needing you for a long time.

Truly, you would be surprised by Princess Tokuko this time around.

You could say she was born with a great talent.

Above all, I feel she has inherited your temperament.

Onatsu was saying much the same thing, too.

No. Princess Nagako-sama and Tokuko-sama have completely different temperaments.

- So that's not... - That's enough.

Withdraw.

Shogun.

I apologize if I have offended you!

I wonder if I am going to die?

Arikoto, answer me.

As I thought, I am.

They are all liars.

Arikoto.

Yes?

I asked you this before.

Of the three Princesses...

...who among them should bear the Tokugawa line?

Do you pick Princess Tokuko?

In the first place...

...Otama became a concubine under your orders.

That's true, isn't it?

It's certainly true that Princess Tokuko...

...is the youngest of the children.

And she possesses considerable looks.

I am apprehensive, Shogun.

Tell me.

Your father, Iemitsu-ko...

...did once, following the fashion of precedence by age...

...became Shogun in that way as well, did he not?

If you were to ignore the order in which they were born...

...you could not avoid a dispute.

So you say Princess Chiyo, huh?

Very well.

What I have left undone...

...is so much.

Shogun, you have done well.

You sent men from the Ooku into Yoshiwara, did you not?

At the time, I thought that was a cruel thing to do.

However, I was told by Den'emon.

That thanks to you...

...the number of small children in the city of Edo has increased.

What you have done...

...will surely go down in posterity.

Thank you, Arikoto.

But...

...I was not such a person from the start.

What I accomplished...

...was only so I would not dirty my Father's name.

Chiyo.

Nagako.

And will you not also call for Tokuko?

Arikoto-sama...

Weren't you also hoping for Princess Tokuko to become Shogun?

So why?

Why...

Gyokuei.

Why didn't you speak up for that child to the Shogun during that time?

I am sorry.

At that time...

...I was thinking only of myself...

...and so could not fulfill what your wishes were...

It's strange that Arikoto-sama can't understand this!

What they call a parent is a foolish thing.

I'm sure that if it had been Arikoto-sama's child...

...I think you would have wanted them to become Shogun.

Perhaps so.

However, I...

...was unable to become a parent.

Forgive me, Gyokuei.

This was in order to avoid an unnecessary conflict.

"Keian 4 (1651) April 20th" Mother!

"Keian 4, April 20th."

"Having poured out her life for the sake of this country..."

"...the woman Shogun, Iemitsu-ko, passed away."

"To the end, on official documents..."

"...she was written down as being her father, the third Shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu-ko."

Father, the people of the lower classes have been gossiping.

Why haven't you, Izunokami, followed after the Shogun in death?

The Shogun left behind a Will prohibiting following her in suicide.

Still, as one of the Rokuninshu...

...you should commit hari-kiri along with Abe Shigetsugu-sama and Hotta Masamori-sama.

In spite of that, why would Father, as a council elder...

It's fine, Terusuna.

Now that the Shogun is gone...

...there is work for me to do.

The Shogun, in order for the Rokuninshu to solve problems...

...has strengthened the power of the council elders.

Terusuna.

Dying is easy.

"Still, there was just one in secret..."

"...who was permitted to follow Iemitsu-ko in death by committing suicide."

Masakatsu-dono...

You, too, were still...

...in love with the Shogun.

You have gone alone.

"Father."

"Masanori."

"I have come to meet you."

Such a gentle expression.

A calm face.

"Will"

Nono.

I was watching you just now.

I was reminded of your father when he was young.

You look just like him.

Speaking of which, I had a dream about Father this morning.

I do not know his face...

...but because he was there with Brother, I could tell it was him.

Mistress! Lady!

A messenger has come from the Shogunate.

Truth is, I am extremely sorry.

From the dead Masakatsu-sama, there was a note for the Lady Yuki-dono.

Because it was said to have been found just now...

...I hurried to deliver it to you immediately.

"Will"

"Masakatsu"

This is a note from 17 years ago?

Well then... I will go.

Ah... Excuse me!

Please, leave it at that.

What does Father say?

That morning...

That morning?

That morning when we parted...

He apologizes for it.

"With this good wife..."

...he wrote.

Mother.

I guess Father...

...is still alive, is he not?

No.

I am sure...

...he has moved on to the next world already.

Your Father...

...has fulfilled his mission admirably.

Now, begin the official business.

- Let us hurry and prepare. - Yes.

"The next Shogun was formally settled upon as Ietsuna-sama, the former Princess Chiyo."

"The other two Princesses were granted the same stipends..."

"...and left the castle."

- We must make these repairs to the gardens. - Yes.

It has been a long time since I have seen you in this form.

I thought Arikoto-sama would also enter the priesthood.

Strange, is it not?

When we were brought here...

...I feel I would have said I wished to return to being a monk, too.

When do you leave the castle?

- Tomorrow. - I see.

So you will no longer be able to see Princess Tokuko anymore.

No, she is no longer a Princess, is she?

Yes.

Upon her ceremony of adulthood, her name was changed to Tsunakichi.

It is a good name. Congratulations.

Thank you very much.

I thought...

...I would never leave Arikoto-sama's side.

That such a day would come...

Still...

Because I will be leaving Tsunakichi-sama alone...

...please forgive me.

I must ask for your forgiveness too, Gyokuei.

After having you attend to the dead Shogun's side...

...I was the one who recommended that Ietsuna-sama be chosen by preference of age...

It's fine.

What Arikoto-sama has done...

I am already...

...fine with all of it.

Besides...

My becoming father to a Shogun was just an absurd dream of mine.

This is our parting... Arikoto-sama.

Yeah.

Please take care of your health.

You, too... And Tsunakichi-sama as well.

Gyokuei!

Thank you, Gyokuei!

Simply because you were there...

...I could be in the Ooku until today.

Thank you.

"Young master! Young master! I can see Edo Castle!"

"You will come to Edo Castle and enter the Ooku."

"Say 'yes'!"

"I have no reason to want to live in the Ooku!"

"You are greatly mistaken!"

"This looks best on the Shogun."

"You should act responsibly and know when to quit! This is unsightly!"

"Such a coward should just die!"

"Please kill me."

"You have become beautiful."

"You and I both... have come a long ways, haven't we..."

"Arikoto..."

"Do you remember that promise?"

"That if I couldn't become pregnant with you..."

"...we would die together."

"Yes."

"My heart has not changed at all since that time."

"That time has finally come."

"Shogun."

"Arikoto..."

"Yes."

"You mustn't, after all."

"You must live."

"When Chiyo becomes the 4th Shogun..."

"...other than you..."

"I can think of no substitute for her father and guardian other than you."

"For Chiyo's sake..."

"No..."

"Live for my sake."

"Even after my death."

"Just for my sake..."

"Yes."

"Arikoto."

"I love you."

"Even when our bodies couldn't connect..."

"...that is why..."

"...you are different from anyone else."

"You are special to me."

"I'm glad for this."

"That you and I..."

"Yes."

Nakanai de ai ga kanashimi no fuchi de kogoenu you Don't cry, love isn't frozen in the abyss of sorrow

Nageki kanashimedo Grieving and moaning is useless

Sono gai mo naku koe wa todokanai Your laments will go unanswered

Mujou ni sugiteku ima wo ikite yuku Just go on living now with the evanescence of life

Anata sae ireba ii As long as there is you

Kono sekai de subete wo kanjite itai I want to feel everything in this world

Tada hitotsu dake daiji na mono wo dakishimete Embracing you is the one and only important thing to me

NEVER MAKE ME CRY AGAIN

"Arikoto... Arikoto."

Shogun.

Um, Arikoto.

I want to play Sugoruku with you.

Ow...

Arikoto, that hurts.

"Kasuga no Tsubone-sama..."

"When this country was on the verge of collapse, you took command."

"And that is why, Kasuga no Tsubone-sama..."

"That is why, Kasuga no Tsubone-sama..."

Are you ready? Well then...

"...I have a feeling this country will not collapse yet."

The Shogun comes!

"And, 30 years after that..."

"A new Ooku legend begins"

"The Man Who Chose Power Over love"

"The Woman who Lived for Fate rather than Love"

"The Ultimate Pure Love in the Ooku's History"

"Ooku ~Eternity~"