All language subtitles for 01.Onna Nobunaga 女信長 (2013) V.O.S.English

In 1560.

Europe was in its full prosperity.

Many Christian missionaries
began traveling abroad.

Among them were some Portuguese
missionaries who aimed toward Japan.

At that time, Japan was right
in the middle of war era.

[ Shibata Katsuie ]

The Washizu fort has fallen too.
[ Shibata Katsuie ]

I report.

Our Oda army's Marune fort
has already fallen by the

attack of Matsudaira Motoyasu's
army of the Imagawa clan.

[ Niwa Nagahide ] Our Oda army's
Marune fort has already fallen

by the attack of Matsudaira
Motoyasu's army of the Imagawa clan.

Our Oda army's Marune fort
has already fallen by the

attack of Matsudaira Motoyasu's
army of the Imagawa clan.

We only have 2,000 troops left here.

We may have no choice but to surrender.

Sure enough, they are
samurais from Imagawa troops!

Here. Don't be bashful. Please drink!

Nobunaga retreated in fear
of the great Yoshimoto!!

Come on, let's drink!

Here you go, drink up!

You defeated Oda fortress this easily.
What a splendid work Motoyasu.

Here, drink!

No, I'm on the move to keep
my eyes on the Kiyosu.

Lord Yoshimoto, don't underestimate them.

[ Matsudaira Motoyasu ]
Lord Yoshimoto, don't underestimate them.

[ Matsudaira Motoyasu ] Oda Nobunaga
is not an ordinary military commander.

Oda Nobunaga is not an
ordinary military commander.

[ Imagawa Yoshimoto ]

Motoyasu, you worry too much!
[ Imagawa Yoshimoto ]

[ Imagawa Yoshimoto ]

I report!

Imagawa Yoshimoto's troops
are currently in the

middle of a celebration in
the Okehazama Mountain!

A celebration?

Peasants supplied them Sake for a
celebration of the Imagawa victory.

Are you saying even peasants are
assuming Oda army's defeat?

What is our lord doing?

My lord.

Your outfit means?

To the battle field!

In to the field! Follow our lord!

I'm reporting to Lady Onou.

Our lord has deployed to the battle field!

[ Maeda Toshiie ]
Our lord has deployed to the battle field!

Our lord has deployed to the battle field!

Nobunaga-sama must have determined himself.

[ Onou ]
Nobunaga-sama must have determined himself.

[ Onou ]

That happened in 1560, May.

We have lot more Sake!

Let's pre-celebrate Imagawa
Yoshimoto's rule over the country!

I see. Well, well, well. Even
peasants believe in my ruling power.

What is it?

Nobunaga-sama's gun squad!

[ Kinoshita Tokichiro ]

You! Plotted us!

My lord, retreat immediately! Quick!

During the civil war era,
Oda Nobunaga was a young

daimyo (feudal lord) of
a small country, Owari.

He had set a surprise
attack with just 2

thousand soldiers against
50 thousand troops

of Imagawa Yoshimoto,
who was expected to be

the most likely person
to rule the nation.

And, Yoshimoto's large army was
driven in to a total chaos

by losing their refuge in the
narrow valley of Okehazama.

Circulating the rumor of Nobunaga's
defeat and distribution of

Sake in Okehazama were Nobunaga-sama's
tactics to relax the enemy.

Are you Oda Nobunaga?

For samurai's mercy. Spare my life!

My lord!

My lord.

Well done, Saru (Monkey)!

Yoshimoto's head!

From that victory, Oda Nobunaga's name had
become well known all over the country.

However, Nobunaga-sama was
carrying a deep secret.

- The Lady Nobunaga –

*Eng sub provided by anolibb and Kz*

- Night One -

[ 1534 June, Kiyosu Castle ]

The day Nobunaga-sama was born.

The mother lady Dota,
who was finally blessed

with a child, was
very disappointed.

[ Lady Dota ] The mother
lady Dota, who was finally

blessed with a child,
was very disappointed.

The mother lady Dota,
who was finally blessed

with a child, was
very disappointed.

How could this happen?

Why a girl?

At this rate, the clan will be taken
over by a boy of a concubine.

She assumed that to be a
humiliation as the official wife.

She is truly a beautiful
princess, isn't she?

Really a beautiful princess.

She is not a girl!

You aren't a girl.

As a successor of the Oda clan, you have
to be a stronger man than any other!

Thus, the mother secretly
raised this child as a boy.

By the time Lord Oda
Nobuhide-sama discovered

that secret upon his
return from a battle,

[ Oda Nobuhide ] By the
time Lord Oda Nobuhide-sama

discovered that secret upon
his return from a battle,

[ Oda Nobuhide ] Nobunaga-sama had already
been known as a successor of the Oda clan.

Nobunaga-sama had already been known
as a successor of the Oda clan.

What a ridiculous have you done.

If the fact of Oda successor
being a girl is revealed,

we would face embarrassment
for generations to come!

Please forgive us!

There is nothing else I could do!

Just raise her to be a strong man.

Young lord! Wait!

Young lord!

Young lord, are you alright?

Bring medicine!
[ Hirate Masahide ]

[ Hirate Masahide ]

Masahide!

Why do I have to do things like this?

As an heir of the Oda household,
you are expected to be skilled.

Young lord, be majestic as a man.

Are you sure you are the successor, sister?

Nobuyuki-sama!

No, brother, isn't it?

How splendid!

Ironically, three years after
Nobunaga-sama's birth,

Lady Dota gave birth to a
strong boy, Nobuyuki-sama.

[ Oda Nobuyuki ] Ironically, three
years after Nobunaga-sama's

birth, Lady Dota gave birth to
a strong boy, Nobuyuki-sama.

Ironically, three years after
Nobunaga-sama's birth,

Lady Dota gave birth to a
strong boy, Nobuyuki-sama.

Game over!

How marvelous!

Sure enough, Nobuyuki is very promising!

If this were a real battle, you
wouldn't have been alive, brother.

So this is a Tanegashima rifle.

Yes. An imported firearm from Europe.

With this, I could defeat
any martial arts expert!

Then, get hold of this in a large
quantity and use them in a battle.

No, no. They are too expensive
to distribute among soldiers.

If it's about money, we can
earn more from commerce.

However, prideful Samurais
do not do business.

Can you win a battle with pride?
Or supply food with pride?

With money, we can maintain
soldiers and make the nation happy.

I see.

Masahide, Nobunaga has a point.

But Nobuhide-sama.

Ask how it is in Europe
from the missionary.

Yohei! Dad!

Yohei fought majestically!

What's majestic about returning like this?

Being drafted for numerous wars.

If there were no wars, he
would have been alive.

How long is this war era going to carry on?

Ha-ha, hurry! Hurry!

How about young Lord?

He is forbidden to do
this since he is an heir.

Ha-ha! Hurry! Hurry!

When Nobunaga-sama's body has started
to show the signs of femininity,

Her little sister,
Oichi-sama was turning in

to a beautiful princess
of the Oda family.

[ Oichi ] Her little sister,
Oichi-sama was turning

in to a beautiful princess
of the Oda family.

Her little sister,
Oichi-sama was turning in

to a beautiful princess
of the Oda family.

Nobunaga-sama felt it was very unfair.

What are you doing?

Take it off!

It's time.

Masahide, why can't I live like Oichi?

That's because you are the
heir of this household!

Takechiyo want to go back now.

Don't be selfish.

Aren't you our hostage
from the Matsudaira clan?

My command is absolute.

But, as month changes
hostage exchange happens.

I will have to be moved
from finally comfortable

the Oda household to
the Imagawa household.

I guess that's right.

Takechiyo, you are also
burdened with a miserable fate.

I should be thankful to be kept alive.
[ Matsudaira Takechiyo ]

We both have miserable fates.

Nobunaga-sama's miserable fate?

Let's believe that one
day we will be set free.

Nobunaga-sama, it's finally
your first battle.

Brother.

Congratulations on your
departure to the battle field.

If you were afraid, shall I go instead?

Are you enthusiastic on going to a place
where risking your life to kill each other?

I just want to contribute
to Oda army's victory.

What's ahead of that battle?

Ahead of a battle is another battle.

Expanding our territory and increasing our
military merits by continuous battle.

Men live for the sake of such battles.

Nobunaga-sama, it was a
magnificent first war experience.

I couldn't kill even one.

Father! I hate battles!

Pursuing this struggle for own
merit by wining territory

and encouraged to bleed
to display own power.

How imprudent this men's world is.

Men's world? Nobunaga.

You were born to be a lord of
the Oda clan in this war era.

You can no longer escape
from the world of battles.

Your brother Nobuyuki said, he
saw battles ahead of a battle.

What do you see ahead of a battle?

A Peaceful nation.

A Peaceful nation?

But that's only a fairytale.

I'm not suited to be a Samurai.

Why don't you dismiss me as
I was killed in this war?

Then give me a freedom
to live as a woman.

Quiet!

Don't say.

Nobunaga, don't say that!

Nobunaga.

Never let me hear those words again.

As a first born child of the
Oda household, succeed as a

head of family and lead this
nation to a peaceful era.

That is the destiny of Oda Nobunaga!!

What is this about?

After all, Nobunaga is not good enough.

We should let Nobuyuki
take over the Oda clan!

Nobuyuki doesn't have a capacity for that.

That may be, but Nobunaga
is not an ordinary man.

That's right. He is not
just an ordinary man.

That is why, my dream
of building a peaceful

nation is better to be
entrusted to Nobunaga.

What are you saying? Nobunaga
will only ruin the Oda household!

Shut up!

The one succeeding the
Oda household is Oda

Nobunaga, the first born
child of the Oda family!

Shut up!

It would have been better
if she was killed by you!

Nobunaga.

Move!

Enough already, Nobunaga-sama.

Your foolish behavior is a common
talk even around the castle now!

I was told to behave majestically. So
I'm living up to the expectations!

If you don't like that, then
expel me from this household!

That won't happen!

For a sake of the alliance, you are
to take Onou-sama as your wife who

is Sir Saito Dosan's daughter and
a princess of the Minou province.

Are you saying I should take a wife?

But I am!

Nobunaga-sama, you are the
successor of the Oda household!

Stop.

And this is how I become the
official wife of Nobunaga-sama.

Onou.

Since you became Oda Nobunaga's wife,
there is something you must undertake.

There is a secret which has to
be protected with your life.

Most certainly, you are?

A big idiot who was born as a
woman, but living as a man.

If you were disappointed, go back to Minou!

So, on a surface I am married to you. But
in reality, I am not married at all?

That means, I could
continue having feelings

for a person whom I
have been longing for?

In that case, I choose to
be a wife of Oda Nobunaga.

Two years later, the father Nobuhide-sama
passed away from an illness.

What on the earth is Nobunaga doing?

His irrationality is nothing unusual.

Is my brother intending not to come?

Oichi-sama.

I'll go look for him.

No, Sir Katsuie. I will.

My lord, my lord!

What supremacy?

How could I do such an extravagant thing?

That incident extended the rumors of
him being a great fool even more.

Masahide.

This is his will.

Hereby dismissing myself, for
the sake of your father, I

do respectfully ask you to
become a lord of the Oda clan.

Lord Nobuhide loved
Nobunaga-sama more than anyone.

When Nobunaga-sama showed
interests for European styles

and commerce, he was very
impressed with your insight.

I am fed up with the way of men's world.
They believe

that pursuing military achievement
is a sense of justice.

I am tired of a world of battles.

So, we need someone to
change the way of men.

To my daughter Nobunaga who
dreamed a peace ahead of battles.

To Nobunaga as a woman, I want
to entrust such dream of mine.

That is why he entrusted the creation
of peaceful nation for Nobunaga-sama.

You did this for letting me know that?

That's why men are….

I shall be taking over the Oda clan.

Now that our father is gone, I'm not
having a woman take over the Oda family.

You were too afraid to say that while
our father was alive, weren't you?

Nobuyuki, I'm surprised to
know you are such a coward.

Are you trying to insult your brother,
who is better than you in everything?

In everything? Are martial
arts all what matters?

For a samurai, they are!

I'm not handing over the
Oda household to you.

If you say no, then let's
settle it right here!

You only try to settle by shedding blood?

That's what Samurais are.

You are so pathetic, Nobuyuki.

You couldn't be wise simply
because you are strong.

Shut up Nobunaga! You are just a woman!

After all, men are not good enough.

What's going on? What's the commotion?

Nobuyuki? Nobuyuki!

Was this your instigation?

With this, the Oda household is ruined!

It is not over! It's just the beginning!

Father, I shall grant your wish.

As Oda Nobunaga.

That was the first time
Nobunaga-sama ever killed someone.

And as a successor of the Oda
clan, Nobunaga-sama has subsided

family conflicts after the death
of his father and brother.

Then, in May of 1560, he had
defeated Imagawa army in Okehazama.

Hey, Tokichiro!

Oh, what?

Nobunaga-sama is a great man after all!

Right, Koroku.

He is just like I predicted
him to be, isn't he?

By now they must be talking about Imagawa
army's collapse in the castle town too!

I can see our lord's supremacy with this.

We wiped out the Imagawa clan which
was almost at their supremacy.

Both the imperial court
and the shogunate in the

capital must be recognizing
about the Oda clan.

Then we should go ahead
of other provinces, and

search for a road that
leads to the capital!

Don't be so festive with
this much of victory.

Both east and west are full of enemies.

With the notification
of Nobunaga-sama's

victory, commanders like
Takeda Shingen of Kai,

Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo,
and Asakura Yoshikage

of Echizen, all felt
a shift in the era.

The first to move was
Matsudaira Motoyasu of

Mikawa Province who is a
former hostage tuned to

serve the Imagawa clan. He
also defeated Oda Army's

Marune fort prior to the
battle of Okehazama.

I was siding with the Imagawa
clan and was against the Oda

household which took good
care of me when I was young.

Please accept my sincere apologies.

However, with Yoshimoto dead, I vow
to unite with you and be your ally.

Enough, Takechiyo. No, you
are now leyasu, aren't you?

I think I know what kind of man you are.

I'm so grateful.
[ Matsudaira leyasu ]

Should you forgive me, I will
only desire to fight for you.

What do you fight for?

What for?

I want to create a peaceful
nation with no war.

Peaceful nation?

Do you think it's a fool's dream?

No, it had a strong effect on my heart.

Then leyasu, you too devote all
you have for this purpose!

Yes!

Later the land of Minou, which
used to belong to my father Saito

Dosan, was finally taken back
in 7 years by Nobunaga-sama.

And setting his mind on the
supremacy, he changed the name of

this newly claimed land as Gifu
and moved his residence there.

Building this kind of town in Japan.
It's like Spain!

Is that so?

Brother is always in daze while
listening to a missionary.

[ Oichi ] Brother is always in daze
while listening to a missionary.

[ Oichi ]

It's filled with samurai
and soldier's housing.

The castle town
became flourished.

Since farmers become too busy
in the harvest time to be

soldiers, fulltime soldiers are
employed by the Oda clan now.

Very much like short-tempered
Nobunaga-sama.

Because of that, I hear famers are
delighted to be released from wars.

Onou-sama, you seem happy.

That's because I never thought of walking
around in my hometown ever again.

Because my brother
eliminated county barriers

and old customs,
business is booming now.

There are less inflation
and women are so happy.

Even that is very much like Nobunaga-sama.

His way of thinking is
not of an average men's.

And since Sir Kinoshita
contributed a great amount

of service during Minou
war, he has changed

his name to Tokichiro
Hideyoshi and was granted

the lowest seat of a
senior statesman position.

For someone who started off as
a foot soldier, that was an

unprecedented promotion which
had never happened before.

"Unify the nation by force", isn't it?

At last, we can declare your
intention toward the supremacy!

Former foot soldier shouldn't
speak like you know things!

Our lord is being counted on by the
Ashikaga shogunate in the capital now days.

Thus it is natural for our lord
to aim toward the supremacy.

By this time, we should think of
a way to proceed to the Capital.

If we attacked Azai Nagamasa and
obtained North Oumi, then a road from

Gifu to the Capital would be secured
and our lord's name will resound.

With all due respect Shibata-sama.

Azai Nagamasa is a commander above others.
He has deep family ties

to the Asakura clan of Echizen.
It wouldn't be an easy battle.

So, we should try to reconcile.

Reconcile? Are you
suggesting avoiding

battles and making a
deal with dirty tricks?

War in Minou took us 7 years.

If we spent additional
years for the battles,

It would just be an
obstacle to our supremacy.

For a samurai, battles are everything.

Wouldn't former foot
soldier understand that?

However, governing towards the
supremacy is more crucial than war.

Saru (Monkey). Don't get carried away!!

How unsightly!

Saru (Monkey).

Yes sir!

Don't you wish for an alliance
with Sir Azai Nagamasa, also?

If so, please entrust this matter to me.

Make it so.

With your talent even a former foot soldier
can rise above others. Show it to me.

No matter what kind of blood
you are born into, the

world can be changed
depending on how you do it.

I want to display that to the nation.

Then I shall grant that for you.

Very promising. If you succeeded, you
may request anything as a reward.

Anything?

Do you want Gifu? Or is it Owari?

I don't want any territory. I wish
for your sister to be my reward.

Saru wants Oichi as a reward?

Yes.

I want Oichi-sama…

Don't get carried away!

Forgive me for not knowing my limits.

Oichi-sama, please come this way!

Onou-sama, what's going on?

I want a doctor to see her, but
then her secret would be revealed.

I don't know what to do.

On an occasion like this,
my brother becomes a woman.

To be a woman?

For a doctor's visit, she is
presented not as Oda Nobunaga,

but as a lady in waiting of
the Oda household named Ocho.

Because you rested, you seem better now.

The medicine must have worked.

You look very beautiful.

You look as beautify as Oichi-sama
who is renowned for her beauty.

Don't pull my leg!

Please watch your language.

You are not Nobunaga right
now, but a woman named Ocho.

Yeah.

Say "Yes" not "Yeah"!

Yeah!

What a beautiful comb!

How about one for you?

My.

Ocho, how about one for you, too?

Very pretty!

Ocho, have you been in love before?

What's love all about?
Don't bore me with it.

I broke up with that person right here.

Wouldn't my wish come true no matter what?

Onou-sama, you are a daughter
of our lord, Sir Dosan.

And also a future wife of a lord of
Kiyosu Castle, Oda Nobunaga-sama.

And before he left, he gave me this letter.

Where is he now?

I would like to believe he is alive.

Holding on to a letter from a
man who cannot be united with.

Women are hard to understand.

But Ocho, you have female
blood in you, too.

Shut up. I've given up on
such a thing long time ago.

Are you alright? Please
get a hold of yourself.

What's happening?

You are awake.

Get your hands off me! How rude!

But you have injury on your arm.

This is nothing. Go away!

Sorry for my rudeness.

Is everything alright, sir Nagamasa?

Oh, Onou-sama and Oichi-sama.

Did you just say sir Nagamasa?

Yes. He is Sir Azai Nagamasa, a
lord of Odani Castle in North Oumi.

[ Azai Nagamasa ] Yes.
He is Sir Azai Nagamasa,

a lord or Odani
Castle in North Oumi.

[ Azai Nagamasa ] He came to Gifu
for a meeting about alliance.

He came to Gifu for a
meeting about alliance.

She is our lord's wife, Onou-sama
and sister, Oichi-sama.

And…?

My lady in waiting, Ocho.

Onou-sama and Oichi-sama,
please do tell Sir

Nobunaga, that I look
forward to the day we meet.

Certainly.

And then, talk between Nobunaga-sama
and Sir Nagamasa have begun.

Allow me to introduce myself.
I am Azai Nagamasa.

I am his father, Azai Hisamasa.
[ Azai Hisamasa ]

In fact, I greatly admire
your Okehazama victory,

and using your bravery
as a great example.

The character for "naga" in
Azai "Naga-masa", shares the

good luck with the same letter
in your name as "Nobu-naga".

However, I Nagamasa do not intend to
become a commander of Oda Nobunaga.

Instead, it would be a great honor to
be an equal ally as sworn friends.

Let us unify the domination
over this country.

Of course, this is a desirable
deal for the Oda clan, too.

Well then, let's drink.

My lord?

We are done for today.

What does this mean Sir Hideyoshi?

If that's the attitude
of the Oda clan, the

Azai clan could get ready
to fight any time!

Please forgive us. Just
give us little more time.

Our lord has not left his room
since he came back to Gifu.

I thought you may be able solve
the mystery, Shibata-sama.

A Mystery?

Seeking alliance himself yet displaying
that kind of attitude toward Sir Nagamasa.

I can't understand.

Saru, he is beyond your comprehension.

That's all.

Besides, I heard you asked for Oichi-sama.

What are you scheming?

Nothing at all!

I just love Oichi-sama dearly.

You want to be a brother in law of our
lord by marring his sister, don't you?

Don't get carried away, Saru! Oichi-sama
is supposed to be granted for me.

Saru!

How long are you intending to do this?

Could it be? Nobunaga-sama.

What are you doing?

This suits you better now.

Your face is that of a woman's.

Oda Nobunaga has fallen
in love, hasn't she?

Don't say a ridiculous thing!
Oda Nobunaga is a man!

Are you giving up just for that reason?

After all, you have female blood in you.

Don't you think you would regret by casting
away such a pleasure rest of your life?

As a first born child of the Oda
household, succeed as a head of family and

lead this nation to a peaceful era.
That is the destiny of Oda Nobunaga!!

Nobunaga-sama is the
successor of the Oda clan.

I seem to be embracing the
feelings which I shouldn't have.

Later, Nobunaga-sama
had a one on one

confrontation with sir
Nagamasa in Gifu castle.

Oda Nobunaga could be a
different kind of person

from what you know as
a military commander.

No matter what kind of person he is, I
will be on his side whenever he needs me.

I will be horned to lose my life for it.

Your feelings won't change no
matter what you are about to learn?

Samurai warriors do not shift their minds.

You are from that time!

Are you sure your feelings
will not change with this?

Not at all.

My desire has just
intensified more than ever.

And then Nobunaga-sama had spent her
time as a woman for the first time ever.

Onou-sama!

This is for Oichi-sama.

I still don't understand why
things turned in to this way.

But I have to accept this for
the sake of the Oda clan.

Onou-sama!

It's a mystery to me too.

It was supposed to be with Sir Katsuie to
begin with, but why with sir Nagamasa?

Sir Hideyoshi, what is this all about?

Don't you know?

It's been decided that Oichi-sama
is to marry Sir Azai Nagamasa.

Onou-sama had said some time ago.

It's customary for women of the war
era to be used as a stratagem.

If my duty is to unite the
Oda and the Azai with

this marriage, then I am
happy to consent to it.

I heard it.

You have decided to have Oichi-sama
to be Sir Azai Nagamasa's wife.

Why didn't you discuss with me?

It's alright, Onou-sama.

This is for the sake of my sister who
had to carry such a rigorous fate.

Besides that, Nagamasa-sama
seemed to be a very nice man.

I will be happy to spend my
life with Nagamasa-sama.

You had Oichi-sama marry without
letting her know the truth.

Did you think it is better
to have your sister, who

carries resemblance of you,
to marry than someone else?

Soon or later she would realize.

A day will surely come when
Oichi-sama would be hurt

by the secret between
Nobunaga-sama and sir Nagamasa.

I dread to think what would happen then.

A few days after Oichi-sama had
left for North Oumi's Odani

castle, a military commander
serving Shogun had arrived.

This man would affect both
Nobunaga-sama and my fate greatly.

Allow me to introduce myself.

[ Akechi Mitsuhide ]

I'm Akechi Mitsuhide.
[ Akechi Mitsuhide ]

[ Akechi Mitsuhide ]

Sir Mitsuhide is a descendant of the
Minamoto clan, and a cousin of Onou-sama.

After my lord Saito Dosan
had passed away, I

have been moving across
various provinces.

And a few years ago I began to serve
for the Asakura clan in Echizen.

But why are you serving Shogun now?

While Ashikaga Yoshiaki-sama was escaping
from the Capital, he was hiding at

the Asakura household for a while. I
became close to him during that time.

Because of that, you abandoned the
Asakura clan and moved on to Shogun.

Unfortunately, Asakura
Yoshikage-sama doesn't

seem to be focusing
on the supremacy.

However, Ashikaga Yoshiaki-sama
has great ambitions.

As a brother of the assassinated 13th
Shogun, he is aiming to be a next Shogun.

No matter who becomes next shogun,
shogunate no longer has power.

Because they are powerless, I
want you to be backing them.

But I hear Sir Yoshiaki is a
strategist who is tapping on Takeda of

Kai, Uesugi of Echigo, and Asakura
of Echizen for the same matter.

I see. Has to be cautious
with Yoshiaki-sama, then.

Even so, I wish you to trust me.

There is no trust in you.

This talk is over.

Please wait!

I strongly recommended Nobunaga-sama to
Sir Yoshiaki thus allowed being in Gifu.

Why me?

Because of your European influence.

I want to have a peaceful nation.

Sir Akechi Mitsuhide?

What kind of man is he?

Isn't he your cousin?

I see. So he is alive!

Could it be, Onou?

Is the person you've been longing
for is Akechi Mitsuhide?

A man who stole your heart.

It's increasingly interesting.

What are you thinking of?

I want to probe into his real intention.

It's been a long time. Here is Onou.

It's been a long time.

You look more beautiful than ever.

I have been anxious about your wellbeing.
I am glad you are well.

Truth is I have become
tired of this war era.

While wandering about various
providences to look for

a refuge, I have been awakened
by European influence.

To receive teachings of the
missionaries I went as

far as Kyushu, and then
it's been 10 years already.

10 years under European influence?

Sorry for my rudeness.

She is Nobunaga-sama's cousin
and my lady in waiting, Ocho.

Miss Ocho, are you interested
in European styles?

In fact I think only Nobunaga-sama
understands European style within Japan.

Using line of spears and
Tanegashima rifles in battle.

Separating soldiers from farmers
to create full time battle troops.

Encouraging commerce by
implementing free markets.

All are European styles. It
is astonishing foresight.

Avoiding useless quarrels by securing
alliance with sir leyasu and sir Nagamasa.

I assume they are all for the creation
of peaceful and tranquil nation.

Let me humbly say, my
determination is the same.

Please do inform Nobunaga-sama
about this, Onou-sama.

I shall do so.

I am infatuated with Oda Nobunaga.

I want him to rule the country.

At that time, Nobunaga-sama
was already attracted to

Sir Akechi Mitsuhide's
intelligence and elegance.

1568, September 7th.

To make Ashikaga Yoshiaki the
next shogun of Muromachi-Ashikaga

shogunate, Nobunaga-sama departed
Gifu by leading 60 thousand troops.

After defeating Rokkaku
Yoshitaka army in South Oumi,

he had finally entered
the Capital on the 26th.

He gained total control over the vicinity
of the Capital only within 10 days.

Within Oda army were Sir
Tokugawa leyasu, formerly known

as Matsudaira leyasu, and
Sir Nagamasa's union army.

Sir Mitsuhide's army in the
Capital was part of this also.

Women! Women!

The town was in chaos for the
fear of violent soldiers.

I ordered neither riot nor violence!!

However, since Nobunaga-sama had
put strict military discipline in

action, not even one grain of rice
was stolen and no woman was abused.

That made people of the
capital broke out in ovation.

And then on the 18th of October.

With Sir Mitsuhide's guidance,
[ Emperor Ougimachi ]

[ Ashikaga Yoshiaki ] Sir
Ashikaga Yoshiaki was

successfully placed as
the fifteenth shogun.

Sir Ashikaga Yoshiaki was successfully
placed as the fifteenth shogun.

Nobunaga-sama has obtained a position
as a Shogun's representative.

Wait up! Wait up, father.

Let me express my gratitude.

Father?

You are a birth parent of
Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

So let me call you as such.

Sir Yoshiaki, the difference
between you two is only 3 years.

Calling him father is a bit much.

But how else can I address my gratitude.

Oh, yes. I shall make you
a Shogun's Deputy then.

So you are placing a birth parent of
shogun in a position below shogun?

No, that was not my intention.

I was just simply trying to
show my respect to you, father.

Instead of a title,
Nobunaga-sama would be more

honored with control over
Sakai, Kusatsu, and Otsu.

Oh, how greedless.

I respect you even more.

It's for commerce. I will
abolish the barriers too.

Commerce? Abolishing barriers?

What's the meaning behind those things?

You don't have to understand.
Your role is over, then.

I am returning to Gifu castle tomorrow.

Wait, father.

Won't you stay in the
Capital and protect me?

Without you, I will be too
anxious to sleep at night.

Don't worry. Akechi
Mitsuhide is enough here.

What's with him?

Mitsuhide, does Nobunaga have any real
intention of protecting me as a shogun?

Nobunaga-sama is someone who has
a foresight for the forthcoming.

It is possible for ambitious
Sir Yoshiaki to betray

since he has accomplished
to be a shogun now.

I shall be staying by a shogun's side.

That's what worries me.

I think Sir Mitsuhide seduced
Nobunaga-sama very well.

It's unsettling, isn't it?

Hanzo?

[ Hattori Hanzo ]

Sir Tokichiro Hideyoshi seems to have
a great ambition. [ Hattori Hanzo ]

Also, you need to be careful with
sir Nagamasa and sir Mitsuhide.

Please be cautious.

As Nobunaga-sama gets closer to his
supremacy, there will be bigger turbulence.

That night, Nobunaga-sama
invited Sir Azai

Nagamasa to Honnoji-temple,
where he was lodging.

[ Honnoji temple ] That night,
Nobunaga-sama invited Sir

Azai Nagamasa to Honnoji-temple,
where he was lodging.

That night, Nobunaga-sama
invited Sir Azai

Nagamasa to Honnoji-temple,
where he was lodging.

Finally, Oda Nobunaga is a
commander of the supremacy.

Sir Nagamasa thanks for your help.

I did what I needed to do as an ally.

Was the letter from my
father Hisamasa delivered?

My father believes that I should be granted
a position as a shogun's deputy in return.

Do you also wish for that?

Azai Nagamasa's name is
just enough to help for

the supremacy without
a title in shogunate.

But...

If you still insist, then add something
more to your accomplishments.

And become a commander who
surpasses Oda Nobunaga.

After the country is in peace, I want to
entrust the reign to you, Azai Nagamasa.

Are you saying you would hand
over your supremacy to me?

When that time comes, Oda Nobunaga would
be fine to be Azai Nagamasa's subordinate.

You think of me that much…

This is European Sake made from grapes.

So this is European.

Oichi told me this was your favorite.

Is Oichi doing well?

Yes.

She gave birth to a healthy child the
other day, and wishing to delight you.

I see. So she had a child.

Creating an heir is my duty
as a lord of the Azai clan.

But my heart is forever with Miss
Ocho, who is also Nobunaga-sama.

From the Capital, Sir Akechi Mitsuhide
sent a fast horse carrier to Gifu.

I report.

While you were away from the
Capital, internal hostile

forces were plotting to
attack the shogunate.

They didn't understand our
mercy to keep them alive.

Let's hurry to the capital at once.

If Sir Yoshiaki was killed, our supremacy
would go back to the start line.

But because of sudden snow the
troops were slow to move forward.

We cannot proceed in this snow.

It's alright. Mitsuhide is in the Capital.

Even so, do you think he
would be able to protect?

Since North Oumi is closer
to the Capital, Sir

Azai Nagamasa should
hurry in to the Capital.

This may become his best
accomplishment yet.

You don't have to go, Nagamasa.
Sir Asakura also agreed.

Why should we devote any
more to Sir Nobunaga

who didn't even grant
you a noble position?

Father, Oda Nobunaga is
a military commander

who would always
reward hard work.

Keep your faith in him and wait.

Did something happen between
you and Sir Nobunaga?

Sir Asakura, what do you mean by that?

If you are the youthful vigor I
knew, you'd rather nip Nobunaga's

chance in the bud, and rise
for the supremacy yourself!

How about keeping some distance from him?

What are you scheming?

Is it really OK to hand over the
supremacy to Nobunaga just like this?

Any commander ought to think like this!

Sir Nagamasa, it's time to get ready.

I have my own way of doing things!

You are just being used by Oda Nobunaga!

Are you departing to the
battle front again?

For you, Oda Nobunaga is more
precious than anything else.

Are you trying to criticize me, too?

I just want you to hold
Chacha at least once!

Don't get carried away
as a mere substitute!

Did you just say “substitute”?

Isn't it the truth?

You married me as your
sister's substitute who

can't marry anyone due
to her pity fate, right?

Did you just say “sister”?

Not a brother, but a sister.

Not as a man but as a woman, you have been
having an intimate relationship with her?

Haven't you been told about that?

That's why I've been
treated as a stratagem.

My lord! My lord!

Depart to the battle!

We are too late.

Surely, Sir Yoshiaki is already…

Father! Father! Father!

Finally you arrived! I have been just
praying and eagerly awaiting you!

Sir Yoshiaki, are you OK?

Thanks to a very brave samurai,
I narrowly escaped death.

It was Azai Nagamasa, right?

Ah, no.

Of course both Sir Nagamasa and Sir leyasu
came for me to get rid of enemy soldiers.

However, closing on the
enemy and escaping a

desperate situation was
Mitsuhide's tactics.

Mitsuhide's tactics?

Get in position!

Ready!

Fire!

He lined up soldiers there
with Tanegashima rifles then

enemies had nowhere to run but
to become helpless targets.

Nobunaga-sama!

Mitsuhide, is this another
European style from Spain?

I copied strategy from an Italian fortress.
It's the cross fire tactics.

Italian tactics?

Without Mitsuhide I would have been dead.

That Mitsuhide also took
a bullet on his chest.

A bullet on your chest?

I'm ashamed to admit such an error.

But fortunately, I
was saved by this

European armor I received
from a missionary!

Here.

Nobunaga-sama, you use this from now on.

So this is European style armor!

Sir Yoshiaki. Akechi Mitsuhide will be
employed by the Oda clan from now on.

Any objections?

If that's what you say,
father, then of course.

Then, for this achievement, I grant
Mitsuhide the reward amount of 4,000.

4,000?!

But he just became our commander!

What do you think, Mitsuhide? Unsatisfied?

No, for someone like me.

Thank you very much. It
is a grateful honor!

Aren't you drinking today?

I don't feel like drinking.

Before coming over to the previous
battle, I had dispute with my father.

But I shook him off and departed.

For that, I want a reward.

I told you to increase your achievement
if you wanted a noble position.

Wasn't this battle a
good enough achievement?

You helped, but leyasu of Mikawa also did.

Furthermore, your achievement didn't exceed
that of Katsuie and Hideyoshi either.

In addition, Mitsuhide's great strategy.

Do you also have intimate
relationships with them?

Answer me honestly!

Intimate? Nobody.

I won't accept lies.

I never lie.

What's so funny?

I am happy to have you jealous.

My insecure feeling caused by Oichi.
Same is happening to you.

That made me happy!

I am not talking about that.

I'm only thinking about
you and no one else!

I'm talking about the title.

I swear I haven't changed my mind
about entrusting my supremacy to you.

So you vow to me too.

You'll have faith in me over your father!

I see. Was that so?

Our lord is a woman!

That explains everything!

That secret could stir
things up significantly.

You didn't tell anyone else, did you?

Of course not.

Good. That secret must not
be revealed to anyone.

Hideyoshi-sama?

I want this to be my own
as the final tactic.

Good job!

After that, Nobunaga-sama
constructed Nijo Castle in the

Capital for securing the shogunate
and Sir Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

I'm overjoyed, father.

With such an extraordinary castle, my
authority would be even more powerful.

Furnishing a tearoom with first class
tea utensils would be even better.

Of course, I'm not forgetting
about your compensation father.

I will give you a position
as a vice-shogun.

Let us govern Japan together.

Don't get me wrong.

The one giving rewards is
someone above you. It's me.

Keep in your mind that the one
ruling the country is this Nobunaga.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki
is merely a puppet.

My lord, you are being too rude.

Mitsuhide, are you siding with this puppet?

A Puppet?

Please control yourself.

It's because you have
spoiled him to begin with!

Thus this puppet got puffed up.

Shogun is here because of Nobunaga. It's
not Nobunaga is here because of Shogun.

Have him write a pledge for that.

Until then, you won't be allowed
to come inside Gifu castle.

Countryside Daimyo is being carried away.

Perhaps I sided with a wrong person.

What's up?

There is a suspicious movement
within the shogunate.

Sir Ashikaga Yoshiaki has
been sending letters

to many daimyos to
defeat Nobunaga-sama.

To Mouri of the Southwest, Takeda
of Kai, and Uesugi of Echigo.

Especially he seems
to have the highest

expectations to Sir Asakura
Yoshikage of Echizen.

That's the same person who hid Sir Yoshiaki
and employed Sir Mitsuhide in the past.

What are you trying to say?

Just in case Sir Mitsuhide
was a part of this betrayal.

Mitsuhide is a traitor? On what ground?

I just think we need to be cautious.

Sir Mitsuhide visited Gifu
at the end of that year.

How awkward.

Refusing to see you because he dislikes
Sir Yoshiaki and blaming you on that.

Even I have tough time to
comprehend my lord's moody temper.

I had an important thing to tell him.

I will see you some other time.

Since you came over.

Ocho has been looking forward to hearing
more about your European stories.

Then, I will show you an European
map which I brought for our lord.

By connecting Barcelona,
Valencia, Genoa and Naples via

their harbors, Spain succeeded
to secure their prosperity.

Most likely, our lord is
thinking of something similar.

Delivering goods gathered in northern
port of Tsuruga to Otsu via Lake Biwa.

And build commerce routes to
Kyoto, Sakai, and Kusatsu.

So we can create a wealthy country
that doesn't fall behind Spain.

No, perhaps he may be thinking
about creating entirely new Japan.

A new Japan?

A country which is built
by people without war.

A country without war?

For that sake, Tsuruga harbor
must be secured first.

To do that, Echizen's Asakura who
governs Tsuruga needs to be defeated.

Defeating the Asakura Clan?

Did Nobunaga-sama say so?

No. But if our lord knew what
Yoshiaki-sama is scheming with

Sir Asakura, I'm sure he would
be setting off to Echizen.

But, is Sir Asakura that
capable of an enemy?

The one I am afraid of is not Sir
Asakura, but Sir Azai Nagamasa.

If the Azai rose their army after the
Oda is inside Echizen, then the Oda

would be in a difficult situation by
getting caught between the two armies.

Because Sir Nagamasa is an ambitious
commander above the rest, he

may be thinking about defeating Oda
Nobunaga for his own supremacy.

That's ridiculous. There is no way.

Ocho!

Don't you think you
are saying offensive

things to both Sir Nagamasa
and Nobunaga-sama?

Miss Ocho.

Not knowing what would happen next is
exactly what the war era is about.

Akechi Mitsuhide is remarkable.

Are you saying he guessed everything?

No. He has been thinking
further ahead than me.

Sometimes I get scared of
Mitsuhide's intelligence.

He made me support the shogunate and
moving me to attack the Asakura.

He could be a dangerous vassal who
is trying to manipulate Nobunaga.

We need a justification to
defeat the Asakura clan.

A justification?

For preventing the union
of strong daimyos, who

don't favor rise of the
Oda, to come against us.

What to do for that?

And then, everything happened
as Sir Mitsuhide predicted.

Nobunaga-sama met with Emperor
Ougimachi all by himself

to display his ranking
to be equal as a shogun.

As a representative of the shogunate,
Nobunaga-sama will proceed to the capital.

Therefore, come over to greet. Send
such letters to daimyos of the country.

Because Sir Asakura is very arrogant,
he would be sure to ignore that.

Then, we would have a good
justification as to defeat the rebel.

Shutting out powerful
commanders with the shogunate

authority would promise
Nobunaga-sama's victory.

In a rare possibility of
the defeat, our lord would

be the rebel and what's
ahead would be hell.

You were born to be an heir of
the Oda clan in this war era.

What do you see ahead of the battle?

Peaceful country.

And then, in April.

Nobunaga-sama has deployed for defeating
the Asakura clan with 30,000 soldiers.

What? They attacked the Asakura
knowing our relationship with them?

My brother does an awful thing.

However, Sir Asakura is
the one who went against

Sir Nobunaga as a the
shogunate representative.

You don't have to hide it.

I heard this from your father.

You got letter from Ashikaga
Yoshiaki-sama, didn't you?

If you defeat Nobunaga, then you would be
granted a position as a shogun's deputy.

If that happened, Nagamasa-sama
would replace Oda Nobunaga.

Are you telling me to defeat Sir Nobunaga?

To me, he is a dear brother since young.

However, he killed his own
brother for his supremacy.

You hate being Nobunaga's
substitute that much?

Naturally, for a woman.

You are at the crucial
moment, Nagamasa-sama.

I guess, it's impossible, isn't it?

Oda army has kept conquering
Tezutsuyama castle,

Kanegasaki castle and
Hikita castle in row and

reached the Sea of Japan.
There, Nobunaga-sama

finally took over long
wished Tsuruga port.

Nobunaga-sama's dream
of creating a peaceful

nation was almost
becoming a reality.

This ocean with the passage to
China is already yours, my lord.

This will make a path for
commerce from Tsuruga port ready.

By the way, my lord.

Sir Tokugawa leyasu
came over all the way

form Mikawa, but where
is Sir Azai Nagamasa?

I didn't ask Sir Nagamasa
to deploy any soldiers.

What!?

Were you considering about their
relationship with the Asakura?

However, if his father Sir Hisamasa
convinced him to side with the Asakura?

Nagamasa will come here
on his own will for sure.

Why do you think so?

That is….

Because he is in love with Oda Nobunaga.

But. My lord.

I report, my lord.

There is some movement in Odani Castle.

Is Nagamasa finally coming?

According to our sources, Sir
Azai has deployed 3,000 soldiers.

That would be a reassuring reinforcement.

That won't be reinforcement.

What?

Azai Army is preparing to
shut our retreat route.

Preparing to shut us out? Don't
tell me uncertain thing!

The Azai is our ally and also
our lord's brother in law.

It's too quick to determine as a betrayal.

It is justifiable to assume
them sending us reinforcement.

If so, then a messenger
should have been here.

If they were planning be on our side, they
should have been moving much earlier.

Moving at this timing must
mean that the Asakura and

the Azai are planning to
catch us between the two.

What would you know about Nagamasa?

Betrayal would be an absurd!

Trying to give me unnecessary concerns.

What are you trying to do?

This could be a trap.

The Asakura could have set
this up to confuse us.

They could have given our agents
false information intentionally.

That's right. That must be it.

Anyways, I will verify the detail.

Is Sir Tokichiro Hideyoshi here!?
Tokichiro!

What's the matter, Koroku?
What's with this arrow?

I was attacked by Azai
Nagamasa army from the back.

Attacked by Sir Nagamasa?

This is the result of loosening our
guard by assuming them as allies.

Does this mean they raised army
against us by betraying our alliance?

This must be some misunderstanding.
This is also a trap by the Asakura.

I need to double check the detail.

My lord.

I report to my lord.

What is it, leyasu?

There is a guy who has a message
from Oichi-sama of Odani Castle.

Here is her comfort gift.

From Oichi?

Red beans as a comfort gift?

Could this be some kind of message?

All ends of bags are shut with strings.

With my guess, this means
Asakura Yoshikage of Echizen in

the front and Azai Nagamasa
of North Oumi in the back.

Meaning, our army's
retreat routes were shut.

Rat in a bag? Ridicules!!

How do you know this was
really sent by Oichi?

This is.

This is what Oichi-sama has been using.

Sir Nagamasa's betrayal is
already an unconditional fact.

If so, we are literally
rats in a bag surrounded

by enemies in the
front and the back.

It is critical.

Oichi-sama must have sent a
message with same feeling.

She must have wanted to save you, my lord.

No.

Oichi has a good reason to betray me.

Anyways, for the time being,
you must retreat now.

To run away?

What's there to afraid?

Just attack Odani and defeat Nagamasa.

But that would turn everything
in to our enemy's expectation.

If we didn't escape, Nobunaga-sama's
life would be in danger.

However, even escaping from
here is very difficult now.

Go over Kuchiki Mountain, and then
escape to Kyoto with minimal number.

I have arranged replacement hoses at a lake
front inn just for this kind of occasion.

Were you expecting this to
happen from the beginning?

Are you saying you were sure
about Nagamasa's betrayal?

Saving our lord's life is vassal's duty.

Please hurry. The capital may
be full of rumors already.

Sir Yoshiaki might get
moving on this occasion.

It is important to display your wellbeing
in the capital and subside the turmoil.

Leave anything else up to me.

I will lead a last unit guard with my life.

Don't get carried away. I can't
leave that duty only to you.

Then, let me!

No. Saru.

You stay here with Mitsuhide
and lead the last unit guard.

Get the horse!

Everything became just as
Sir Mitsuhide predicted.

Sir Mitsuhide, are your
eyes facing our lord?

Or, facing Sir Yoshiaki?

Else looking at your own ambition?

That's the biggest mystery to me right now.

My wish is to create a peaceful nation.
That's all.

Let's defeat Oda Nobunaga and display Azai
Nagamasa as the ruler of this country.

I see. Sir Nagamasa has betrayed.

Nobunaga-sama had two
sentiments in her heart when

she was given no choice but
to retreat unexpectedly.

One was the terror toward now enemy
Sir Nagamasa publicizing the

secret and losing everything she has
built and ruin the Oda household.

You became a successor of the Oda
household and be a strong man!

As a leader of the Oda, lead
the country to the peace

with balance. That the
destiny of Oda Nobunaga!!

No matter what kind of blood
you are born into, the

world can be changed
depending on how you do it.

I can't entrust the Oda
household to a woman.

Be majestic as a man.

I want to create a country without war.

A country without war?

To Nobunaga as a woman, I would
like to entrust that dream of mine.

And then the other one was….

After all, you have female blood in you.

It is customary for women of the
war era to live as a stratagem.

What I am afraid of is Sir Azai Nagamasa.

I want to entrust my
supremacy to Azai Nagamasa.

Sir Nagamasa's betrayal is
already an unconditional fact.

But my heart is forever with Miss
Ocho, who is also Nobunaga-sama.

It was a sorrow of Ocho as a woman
who was betrayed by Sir Nagamasa.

Make Nagamasa learn how
imprudent to betray me!

I am the one who rule the country!

After all, men are creatures who
just want to display their powers.

If you are just seeking
puppets who only reply “as

you wish”, then don't have
a council to begin with.

I am not being Nobunaga with my own wish!

If my feeling for Sir Mitsuhide is
answered, I don't mind losing my life.

I wish I could be an ordinary
woman by throwing away Nobunaga.

I was wondering if something
had happened between the two.

Between the two?

I don't wish to depend on a man.

It is all for the creation
of peaceful country.

Burn down the Hieizan-temple?
To attack with fire?

Why this killing? What is this killing for?

Please kill Nobunaga. Nobunaga!

I regret to be born as a woman.

Not all men are heartless toward women.

I got hold of very important
secret in my hand.

I have a final tactic
which no one else has.

Takeda of Kai has moved!?

They deployed 30,000 soldiers.

What had happened?

It's hell.

Make me a wife of the ruler.

It sounds as if you are
recommending me to rebel.

To the battle field!

The time has come.

My lord, it's the rebellion.

This is an excellent answer.

Use Nobunaga being
a woman for your

motivation and try slicing
my neck in sleep.