Sekigahara Page #6

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I am pursued by Kiyomasa

and the seven fools

I have nowhere to flee

I am asking your house for shelter

I should beg for protection

but have unwisely offended

Kiyomasa will arrive soon

to ask for Mitsunari

I don't see the dilemma

Why not kill him now?

That will not make our lord

the ruler of the realm

Suppose Mitsunari goes free

More lords might come to his support

Naomasa, that's the gamble

Who can conquer all without a gamble?

Acha, what do you think?

A gamble is fine, so long as it is

a well-devised fix to win

That's a fix and not a gamble

A true gamble is a fix, Masanobu

This is a gamble of my life...

my position, territory,

people, everything

All is lost if I lose

I will cast the die only after

every measure is taken to ensure...

Iwill win

Against Mitsunari

Yes. I chose Mitsunari

I agitated him and endured him

to make him my worthy adversary

I created him

My blood still boils to recall

the incident of the stick

Guard and accompany him to Sawayama

tomorrow morning

You are hiding Mitsunari

As you all know, I wish for nothing

except to do what is best

for Lord Hideyori

in Osaka

Kiyomasa,

I thought much about my answer to you

Is it best to hand over Mitsunari

or keep him from you?

I asked with my whole being

Have any of you thought of what's best?

Are you pursuing Mitsunari as a result

of thorough consideration?

I will be asking you to go south

shortly to Kyushu

I swear I will turn not only my land

but all of Kyushu...

into your colors, Lord Tokugawa

Mitsunari lost...

Was not what this man thought

When he learned that Ieyasu

dismissed the Seven

he thought the venom of the dragon

stopped the venom of the snake

He was very satisfied

I'm sleeping under

the same roof as that man

Bold is this night

Amusing, indeed

Hatsume

Hurry UP

North of Lake Biwa, Spring 1600

I'll make it cheap

if you buy all five weaklings

Gotta bring me better ones

if you wanna sell me a package

They're better than before

Don't need the kids

Three girls

Unbind 'em

All right already. Stingy hag

Hurry the hell up

South of Lake Biwa

Sawayama Castle

leyasu declared war

on Uesugi yesterday

He'll come east in a few days

You ninjas go east where he goes

Nip this in the bud. Attack him

when he passes through your territory

You must decide

I said I will take up arms

on a matter being just

When all the world is self-interested

you said it is worthy to run alone against it

Merely running alone against

the current is madness

A man's task is to run upstream to win

That will not make us just

Justice is shattered anyway if we lose

Sakon

We shall divide the land in two

in a battle for dominion

July 12

Thank you for the welcome

The lords advancing together with Ieyasu

and those on the sidelines

will lose the will to fight

if their families are held in Osaka

Even leyasu will have trouble

if hit by Uesugi from the north

and us from the west

Our solidarity will determine the rest

Our success depends

on the Mori house joining us

The Elder Mori has no sway

over his house

His deputy Lord Kikkawa and

I, his advisor, determine our course

Leave the Mori house to me

But, the Elder Mori will not move for free

Please give me a seed for persuasion

If we win, make him

the chief council of thejuni/

Then Mori becomes Tokugawa

Do as he says!

We'll fight under Lord Mori

He shall become the pillar of Toyotomi

and you shall advise him

Sir Ekei

I entrust everything to you

Nobukatsu

My lord

Be seated

We will punish Ieyasu

We will secure the reign of Toyotomi

I pray you give me your lives

Now, there is only...

swift action

Hvogo, Mai

Start an uprise in Echigo

Very good, my lord

Sukeza

Send messengers to the houses

of Mori, Ukita and Oda

Those to Osaka

shall await orders from Sakon

Armed forces shall immediately

dispatch to Omi

Stop those in the West

from joining Ieyasu

Kiyomasa is stuck in Kyushu

The other six are already with Ieyasu

The rest don't want to use force

Persuade them to return to Osaka

Sakon, leave for Osaka tonight

and go encourage the commissioners

And the declaration of war?

I spent all night writing it

Take this. Have the commissioners sign it

Then, deliver it posthaste to leyasu

The mansions of the lords in Osaka

are clumped around the castle

The families of the lords

are like hostages

The news of Mitsunari going to war

terrified those in the mansions

Mitsunari watched Hosokawa's mansion burn

from aboard a ship

M/tsunar/ and his men were

sailing down the Yoda River

to enter Osaka that night

Sakon, we'll to the council's chamber

Till later

Out of my way

Make haste

July 16

Find the commissioners!

They have both gone home

On this important night?

I will call them back

Kiyomasa's wife hid

in a row boat and escaped

Nagamasa's wife and mother

are also missing

It eases my conscience

to have them gone

You are hard on your allies

and easy on your enemies

A self-righteous judge

only creates enemies

Be wary of it

I know

Stay here

The counselors of Hosokawa

set their mansion on fire

Lady Gracia refused to commit suicide

So, they killed her

This is not the outcome I desire

I summoned you because you are

the enforcers of the law

We will increase patrol of the city

On the contrary

Contrary?

Forcefully taking hostages will

create another Lady Gracia and more

It will harden the resolve of the lords

fighting Uesugi

We must cease immediately

You were the one who urged us

to take hostages

I realized I was a fool

So I am correcting my error

That is why I am asking you

If you insist

Now

The battle for dominion

has already started

August 20

Everyone is waiting to see what happens

Ieyasu is still in the east

If he comes, many lords will flip sides

Who cares? Where's the battlefield?

Mitsunari has taken over Ogaki Castle

He's in a stare-down there

with the frontline of the East

Which is Fukushima's castle

leyasu will attack Ogaki Castle

He's good on the field

Not at besieging castles

A siege requires

triple the men in the castle

How do you know that?

Wisdom of a ninja

Then, where is Ieyasu gonna fight?

Where two roads intersect

in Sekigahara

Kyoto

Lady Nene's Residence

Why the sour face?

I burned down Fushimi with Mitsunari

Forget about that

If you're surrounded by the West

You have to go with them

ls Lord leyasu unhappy with me?

He hasn't replied to my letters

Of course. He has to deceive Mitsunari

He won't even greet my messenger

Your counselors

Send their families as collateral

Who would listen?

Kuroda Nagamasa, of course!

Yep. I'll write him a letter

Nagamasa will then entreat Lord leyasu

Don't you worry

Just keep pretending

you're with the West

This is my adopted daughter

Greet the gentleman

My name is Tatsu

She's the youngest daughter of Mitsunari

Lady Nene will protect

the children of Mitsunari

It's better for the future

if Mitsunari lost

However, it's best

if his bloodline continues

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