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THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI

THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI

-Is this the way?-Yes.

If we cross the ridge, we'll come across the road the enemies withdrew from.

Oh, my gosh! I just ate a spider's web.

-Don't be so loud.-Lord Tokiyuki.

Gross.

How do you feel now that you've had your first victorious battle?

I guess it was my first battle.

I was just focused on running,

and before I knew it,the enemy's head was right in front of me.

I…

I want to say thank you.

Don't mention it!

There are conditions to winning a war by way of the game of tag.

First, you must be a valuable leader in battle,

which means you will become the top target.

Second, you must have trustworthy retainers who'll act as your weapons.

In order to fulfill these two conditions,

you must not forget your pride as a Hojo orphan.

And you must be a boy of character who people will be drawn to.

If you do those two things,

one day, you can defeat any demon in the game of tag.

I understand.

I swear to return here.

And defeat Ashikaga,who caused all the turmoil!

You are heroic.

And also, I saw another vision a moment ago.

I saw that something terrible would happen if you throw that sword from there.

-Uh-oh.-My lord!

Be careful! Get back!

Tokiyuki narrowly escaped a ruined Kamakura.

For someone of such small stature,he has such a grand fate awaiting him.

The boy who will later shake the country

begins his growth in his new world.

However…

Good morning, Lord Tokiyuki.

You're looking quite good for someone who was running around all day yesterday.

Mr. Yorishige! What is this inappropriate atmosphere with the shrine maidens?

Lord Tokiyuki, try a locust!

I appointed them to bring you breakfast and physical contact

to warm your grieving heart!

And what do you make of this?

As you can see,I've dug a hole to trap you.

I saw a future where you were running down this road to get away!

Since this place is filled with divine energy,

-it gives me a boost of holy power…-He said he saw a vision.

He's still speaking like a sham.

Which means--

No matter where you run off to,I'll know right away.

You see, this is my backyard. My domain!

Behold, this is the Suwa Grand Shrine!

Now.

Come now, let's start your martial and academic arts training.

ANCIENT COURT AND MILITARY PRACTICES

But I'm still acclimating.

The boy who symbolizes Kamakura shogunate's restoration

has no time to waste!

All right, take two! A "running gag" is a word I learned from the future.

But repeating the same joke a third time won't work.

I don't care. Let me out!

I'm sorry, Lord Tokiyuki.

Father is always like this,

-forcing things along on his own terms.-What's this?

He often behaves in eccentric ways,

-and he goes on about nonsense.-Roast deer over rice?

Shizuku, I think I found something tasty.

But he means well, so don't worry.

How can I not worry hearing that?

Father, why would you dig a hole in the road leading to the shrine?

-I'm sorry.-I'm grateful to this man

for saving my life,

but does he have any realistic plans for what's to come?

Suwa Shrine is so much smaller than Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine,

so it's hard to believe that the priest of this shrine

can help me take back Kamakura and defeat Takauji Ashikaga.

SEVERAL DAYS LATER

I can't believe he doesn't get tired of running away so much day after day.

Ugh, I'm tired of digging holes.

That Young Lord… Isn't he spoiled,being the heir to the shogunate?

Maybe he learned to run away from everything.

You're wrong.

At his core, he's honest and earnest.

But he has never understood the reason to study diligently

because he was raised to be a puppet ruler.

He's never had any meaningful goals in his life.

If anything, I'm the one who's lacking.

I haven't proven to him yet

whether I have the power to help him reach his goals!

No one will think I'll run away on a day like this.

Learning the art of war today? It seems most useless for someone like me.

Oh, come on.

I don't need to study.

I'll do what you want.

All I need to do is run around the battlefield, right?

Even while your army is losing!

Lord Tokiyuki,I promise to God, I cannot lose.

You know why?

Because I am a true god.

This rain is in the way.I need to show you something.

Now…

I'll clear the clouds.

Hip, hip…

Hooray!

Hip, hip…

Hooray!

Hip, hip…

Hooray!

Amazing!

The Suwa Sect is composed of warriors who believe in Suwa Myojin,

and they are proud of their strength and iron unity under their faith in me.

Was I able to convince you?

There is a god looking after you.

10,000 men on horseback at one call from god.

If you acquire the qualities of a hero,

it would mean an alliance between a hero and a god.

And even more soldiers will join us tenfold!

So what shall we do today?

I'll go to my desk and study.

That's what I wanted to hear!

-Your aged cheek is surprisingly…-You adorable thing.

-…like a nail file!-Rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub!

I think I'll trust him.

I think he'll make me a hero like he predicted.

I've got those words out of him.

Everyone, you're welcome to go home!

* TOKIYUKI

That was rough in the rain.

Hey, where'd the enthusiasm go? Come on!

Well, they're not always that energetic, you see.

Come on, let's knock out the studying.

-You know a warrior can't lie! Come on.-You tricked me!

-Yorishige Suwa understood Tokiyuki best…-Let's get started.

…and managed to enlighten him on his future.

In just a short while,he had an immeasurable impact.

And now,

the hero hatchling begins to quietly sharpen his fang in the arms of a god.

What a clean fall!

Shut up!

It looks like you're getting used to life in Suwa.

Now, it's time to gain some allies.

Let's gather retainers just for you.

-Yes.-Yes.

Retainers.

WHAT ARE "RETAINERS"?

Yes. Retainers are vassals that form a master-and-servant relationship

with their potent military commander.

And they risk their lives fighting for him.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that

the strength of the retainers is the strength of the lord.

Because you've tragically lost your close family and retainers,

you must rebuild from nothing.

Allow me to introduce them again!

Kojiro is the greatest swordsman of your generation.

And one day he will lead as your military commander.

Sup, Young Lord.

Ayako has unrivaled physical strength and is brimming with artistic talent.

She remains a lady even in battle.

Young Lord!

Shizuku is attentive and versed in several secret arts.

As a servant, she takes care of the general affairs at home.

These three are your age,but I know you can count on them.

First, get to know them well,

and show that you know how to utilize their skills.

If you all grow up together, like family,

then eventually you will have tight-knit, reliable retainers.

And in the future, we'll recruit more talent as we come across them.

The number of your retainers is sure to grow!

In the future, this is what they call

a hero's journey.

Who cares?

Right, then, what shall I do, my lord?

I'll do anything you ask.

Anything?

Of course. We're retainers!

Then let's play tag!

Oh, not that.

Instant rejection!

My lord, once you start running,you go far into the horizon.

YAY

Right? In a way, it's amazing how much energy you have to run.

If we're gonna do something fun,let's sneak into the samurai's houses,

the ones that betrayed you for Ashikaga.

Then we'll all take a dump and rub it in everywhere.

How crass!

-Let's do push-ups till someone gives up!-That sounds like hell!

I want to see how many marbles will fit in an ants' nest.

What's wrong with you?

-What is wrong with…-One, two…

…my retainers?

Young Lord, how about we go hunting?

It's fun and it'll be good training.

Are those of the shrine allowed to kill animals?

It's okay.

Suwa Myojin is also a God of Hunting.

Unlike other Shinto sects,we hunt and eat like crazy.

What a strange god.

Lord Yorishige.

It seems Lord Tokiyuki's group has gone hunting.

I saw that.

I saw the tribulations they'll face too.

Surprise!

-Wow. Close one. By your standards.-What do you mean "by your standards"?

It's hard to see through the foliage here.

Wow!

Here, my lord! One more time.

Found you!

Dang, Mr. Rabbit is fast.

She's a monster.

Right? I've seen her turn rabbits into red mist plenty of times.

Wait!

What is that beast?

It was rumored in the neighboring province

that there's a huge flesh-eating Ox Demon in these hills.

Lord Tokiyuki,

your adversary is a man who subjugates far more ferocious beasts.

Show me how you can combine strength with your allies

to splendidly take down this beast.

NANBOKUCHO GAME OF TAG OX DEMON BOTAN

It won't even pierce its skin.

Retreat! Retreat to higher ground!

We can't defeat it with just the two of us.

We will guide the Young Lord while we run.

Okay!

No, we can defeat it.

-Shizuku!-Since when did you get to safety?

Kojiro, Aya,it's not just you two anymore.

We have Lord Tokiyuki.

Me?

CURRENT LOCATION

Lord Tokiyuki, you evade the beast while leading it to the larch.

DESTINATION

While you do that,Kojiro and Aya will wait for it there.

You two already know, right?

What's under the tree.

-Yes.-Yes.

All right, my lord.Till then, it's all yours!

Hey, wait! What do you mean it's all mine?

And you want me to lead it while dodging it?

That's insane!

What kind of retainer makes their lord be

a part of this sort of plan!

He says that, but he's evading in ungodly rapid succession!

Looking good!

Our lord has an astounding talent in dodging.

Let's fine-tune it!

It's ready!

-Straight under the tree!-All right!

Hey! What am I supposed to do with it now?

Come on, you swine,

for baring your fangs at Tokiyuki Hojo's party,

I'll make sure you regret it.

Neither arrow nor sword could hurt you.

You wouldn't die even if you fell off a cliff.

I'm sorry,

but what awaits you there is the blade of god.

The water feels just right.

Hot springs are a Suwa specialty!

Good heavens.

-Yay!-Yay!

-We killed the beast in no time.-That was hard.

I want to butcher and eat it…

Once we saw the bow wasn't effective,we figured out how

to work with each other's individual strengths.

We used our resourcefulness to our advantage,

and didn't hesitate to deal with this unknown monster.

Young Lord! Let's go to the spring!

But what was this beast?

It was probably a beast remaining from ancient times.

It didn't even have family to bear offspring.

If there were others of its kind,

it probably wouldn't have fallen under the influence of evil.

From now on,

let's conduct Tokiyuki party's strategic meetings in the hot springs!

I like that!

I'm going to bring ice from the ice chamber

and some mandarin juice.

You know, "Tokiyuki Party" is too obvious to enemies.

Let's think of something more vague!

Let's see…

Since we're a party that uses our lord's "running" as its main tactic,

"Wrap Up Your Tail and Flee Party"!

Lame!

-Sweet-tooth Party!-Definitely not!

Born to Runner Up Party.

I don't think that's good?

-Loser's Pick Party!-That hurts!

Flighting Escaping Just Run Party!

That's so long!

-Although I've lost everything…-Hi-yah!

…they cheer me up by treating me like a friend.

And still, they don't forget that I'm their lord.

I know!

What about "the Elusive Warriors"?

How'd you come up with that?

Because we are warriors for an elusive lord!

Yes. The Elusive Warriors. That's good.

These retainers are too good for me.

Let's all grow strong together in this land!

Now, let's eat the good parts of that beast first.

We'll tell Lord Yorishige about it after.

What?

What the…

Why did you eat our whole catch,you dumb god!

It was a pitiful beast that fell to the influence of evil!

I'm purifying its soul in my sacred stomach.

BEAST THAT'S STRANGE TO ME WILL WANDER IN GLOOMY DARKNESS

-Shut up! Give me back my meat!-You're a gluttonous god!

REJECTED

What is going on in this god's stomach?

I see.

I can see it.

Yorishige of Suwa is plotting something wicked.

I'll never let him get away with it.

EPISODE 4 (YEAR OF 1333): SADAMUNE APPEARS! Let's go!

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