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Fictional work. Any similarity
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{\an8}Year 60 of the Yamato era. Spring.
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{\an8}Aoteru Misumi,
Auditor of the Borderland General Corps,
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{\an8}delivered a powerful and decisive rebuttal
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{\an8}that crushed the plan of Denki Taira,
Lord of Home Affairs,
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{\an8}to strip Borderland General
Mitsuhide Ryumon of his command.
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{\an8}Meanwhile, Ohga Wajima, Commander-in-Chief
of the Seii army, launched an assault
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{\an8}on Nagamine's isolated Yamato army unit
at Daishoji
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{\an8}as part of the Winter General Strategy.
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{\an8}She further dispatched 12,000 troops
toward Fukui Reihoku Castle,
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{\an8}where Mitsuhide Ryumon was holding out.
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{\an8}With time running out,
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Ryumon steeled himself for a decisive
battle against the advancing Seii forces.
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- All right, then.
- Wait!
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{\an8}An imperial decree from His Majesty
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{\an8}the Emperor of Yamato
to Borderland General Ryumon!
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{\an8}"Ryumon and all soldiers
at Fukui Reihoku Castle!"
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{\an8}"Abandon the castle and withdraw at once!"
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"This is my imperial command!"
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YAMATO
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{\an8}Withdraw?
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{\an8}And no reinforcements?
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{\an8}EPISODE 12: THE FALL OF SEII
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{\an8}With the Seii closing in, abandon
the people and the castle and run?
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"There are occasions when the commands
of the sovereign need not be obeyed!"
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If no reinforcements are coming,
then we should fight!
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Hey, wait!
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Misumi, your prediction was way off.
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"Misfortune and fortune
stand side by side."
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"Yet none know the gate
that leads to either."
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I heard the Seii even executed
their own strategist to uphold the law.
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If that's true, then even if we retreat,
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the people should come to no harm.
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That settles it.
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- Prepare to leave the castle at once!
- Yes, sir!
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- Kaku, you stay here and rest.
- No.
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Even with the imperial edict,
if I stay behind,
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the enemy will be on their guard.
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I'm coming with you.
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That won't do.
If you push yourself now, you'll--
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"What we should truly--"
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"What we should truly fear is not death,
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but failing to live up
to the life we have been given."
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Isn't that right, General Ryumon?
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I feel bad for Dr. Kata,
who tried to heal me.
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But he needs to save the people here
and the wounded soldiers.
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Besides, if I remain here as things stand,
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all the tremendous efforts
Misumi and Asama have made
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will come to nothing.
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For years now, I have repeatedly advised
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that we should compromise on the Toryumon.
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It seems I have finally found
someone worthy of taking my place.
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Are you saying
you have had your illness since then?
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Even you, who understands me better
than anyone in this world, were deceived.
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That bodes well for this plan.
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The storm has passed,
and the ground is firm.
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General Ryumon,
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now is the time to decide.
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- Asama!
- What?
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- Yes, sir!
- You're the rearguard!
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You heard the plan from Misumi, right?
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Then only you, Kaku, and I know it.
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{\an8}CLICK CLACK
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Draw the enemy in, then fall back.
Do your duty.
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Yes, sir!
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Here it comes,
here it comes, here it comes!
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Relay the order to all units.
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We are retreating!
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Yes, sir!
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WAJIMA ARMY HEADQUARTERS
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Retreating?
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{\an8}SEII COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
OHGA WAJIMA
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{\an8}YASUKE KONOURA
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{\an8}Based on their line of march...
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{\an8}FUKUI REIHOKU CASTLE
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...Mitsuhide Ryumon
likely intends to retreat via Ota,
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then follow the coast
to Kanegasaki in Reinan District.
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A southern withdrawal
would force him across the Kinome Pass.
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If we catch them here,
we could wipe them out.
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That's why I expect
he'll take the Ota route.
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But...
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could it be a feigned retreat?
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Your concern is well-founded.
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The current Emperor of Yamato
is little more than Denki Taira's puppet,
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and I doubt Taira would willingly let go
of this chance to seize military control.
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A man like him wouldn't retreat.
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He would push for all-out war.
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{\an8}JIEN HIBI
MITSUHIDE RYUMON
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{\an8}I believe the real intent
behind the imperial edict
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{\an8}is meant to drive Ryumon's forces,
an obstacle to Taira, back to Kanegasaki.
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And, thus, allow Taira to turn the tables
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with the vast Yamato army
under his command.
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DENKI TAIRA
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So Taira is having the Emperor issue
an imperial edict ordering a withdrawal,
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not only to deceive us but Ryumon as well?
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Nothing else makes sense.
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Who could possibly persuade the Emperor
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when Denki Taira
is the one pulling the strings?
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Such a feat would be inconceivable.
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MARUOKA CASTLE
FUKUI REIHOKU CASTLE
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{\an8}At present, the Hibi army has
requested reinforcements to pursue Ryumon.
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If we let him reach Kanegasaki,
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we may never get another chance
to finish him.
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But if we pursue them now,
we can take down Ryumon and Kaku,
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draw out the Yamato forces
lying in wait at Kanegasaki,
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and force them
into the Winter General Strategy.
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Letting Ryumon escape
won't help the people.
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Here, you must strike down Ryumon
with your own hands
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and demonstrate that authority.
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Our main force
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will now join the Hibi army
and pursue Ryumon's forces.
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Everyone, follow me.
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WAJIMA - KONOURA
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{\an8}HIBI - TABUCHI
RYUMON - KAKU - ASAMA
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BANG
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{\an8}HIBI - TABUCHI
RYUMON - KAKU - ASAMA
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WAJIMA - KONOURA
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GALLOP GALLOP
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BORDERLAND GENERAL CORPS
DEPUTY MASTER OF ARMS
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SURNAME: ASAMA
GIVEN NAME: YOSHITSUNE
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{\an8}WHOOSH
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ADVANCE
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{\an8}CRASH CRASH CRASH
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{\an8}COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WAJIMA
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Good work.
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Year 60 of the Yamato era. Spring.
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The Seii Western Expedition, in which the
northern nation committed 70,000 troops,
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was shattered by the stratagems of
Yamato's military adviser, Yasuaki Kaku.
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More than 10,000 Seii soldiers,
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along with Commander Jien Hibi,
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Staff Officer Hakuyaku Tabuchi,
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and Yasuke Konoura,
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fell at Ota
while shielding their commander.
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The battle would later be known as
"The Ota Scrapped Car Ambush."
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Seii Commander-in-Chief Ohga Wajima,
captured by the Ryumon army,
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approved an immediate
ceasefire and withdrawal.
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As the Kura army and more than
50,000 Seii soldiers devoted to Wajima
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complied and retreated to their homeland,
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Second Division Commander Daikichi Konoura
and over 100 Seii soldiers refused.
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They continued to resist
and were put down by the Nagamine army.
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This brought about a truce
between Yamato and Seii.
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A peace conference
was set for the following month.
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Mr. Ryumon, I wonder
if any good candidates will come today.
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Mr. Ryumon,
you are really strict, you know.
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You haven't hired a single person
this month or last month.
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You should compromise a little.
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I cannot compromise.
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For the sake of this country's future.
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The future of this country, you say?
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They might just make this country,
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this "Nippon,"
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into a peaceful world
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without war.
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One I could never bring about.
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I'm sure of it...
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Year 60 of the Yamato era. Spring.
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Strategist Yasuaki Kaku
died on his journey home.
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He was 32.
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PLUM TREE AND WHITE-EYED BIRD
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YEAR 42 OF THE BUO ERA
YEAR 60 OF THE YAMATO ERA - BUO
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9:25, 16 DEGREES CELSIUS
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Yamato Calendar Year 60, spring.
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ODAWARA
(FORMERLY KANAGAWA)
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Buo, Odawara.
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{\an8}FIRST EMPEROR OF BUO
MOMOKUNI HOJO
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{\an8}What? Yamato predicted our move?
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{\an8}PRIME MINISTER AND STRATEGIST OF BUO
JURO MUSASHIKAMI
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{\an8}Your Majesty,
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Lord Musashikami reports
that a young man from the Ryumon faction
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apparently persuaded the Yamato Emperor.
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Wow, seriously?
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I thought when Lord Taira mobilized his
massive army, that would be our chance.
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How boring.
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Lord Musashikami asks,
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"What shall we do about the surprise
attack on Osaka, Yamato's capital?"
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Let's just call it off.
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Recall all the warships.
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Oh, and make sure Yamato doesn't find out.
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All right, that's enough of that.
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Everyone, dismissed!
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Yes, sir!
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Oh, right.
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Himehito?
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I heard you and the Yamato Emperor
share the same Japan-era ancestor.
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So I thought,
"Wait, are those two related?"
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But apparently you're not.
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Anyway, I doubt you will,
but just in case...
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Don't think about
joining forces with Yamato
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to found a nation called "Nippon."
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Um, Your Majesty,
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I'm sorry,
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but I don't quite follow
what you're saying.
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LMFAO!
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Well, the fact you're even here
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just shows how magnanimous I am.
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Keep that in mind.
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{\an8}The young man who persuaded
the puppet emperor...
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{\an8}DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY
HIMEHITO OHKIMI
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{\an8}Well, quite the interesting kid.
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{\an8}YAMATO
OSAKA
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{\an8}Yamato, Osaka.
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The Imperial Palace.
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A solemn funeral was held for all members
of the Borderland General Corps
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who fell in the Seii Western Expedition.
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ONE MONTH LATER
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One month
after the Seii Western Expedition,
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delegations from Yamato and Seii
gathered in Osaka's Naniwa District
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for the so-called
"Naniwa Peace Conference"
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to set postwar policy.
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SEII - BUO - YAMATO
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In that conference, it was agreed
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{\an8}that the Seii-held Kaga Province
would be demilitarized,
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{\an8}and a new territory would be created
from part of Kaga.
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The Yamato-Seii international peace
organization, the "Nippon Federation,"
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would administer the territory,
and the two nations would jointly govern.
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This marked the first attempt
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at a peaceful resolution
since the Three Nations Period.
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A decision on the fate
of Seii Commander-in-Chief Ohga Wajima
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was postponed
to a future session of the assembly.
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Well, I guess that about wraps things up.
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All thanks to me, the rightful heir of
the Asama clan, serving as the rearguard.
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{\an8}DEPUTY MASTER OF ARMS
YOSHITSUNE ASAMA
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{\an8}No, I guess it's thanks
to Strategist Kaku and all the others.
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{\an8}AUDITOR
AOTERU MISUMI
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{\an8}Given the history between Yamato and Seii,
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building a true alliance
will be a long, difficult road.
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But I believe walking that road
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is the surest path
to realizing peace across the land.
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Well, the one who's gonna make
that world happen isn't you. It's me.
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If you put your knowledge to use,
it might be possible
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to secure the borderlands
and end the Sangoku period.
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The reunification of Japan
wouldn't just be a dream!
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Saki, because you believed in me,
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I found the courage to keep going.
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But we're still only halfway there.
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Saki, I swear I'll make this world--
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Auditor Misumi!
Deputy Master of Arms Asama!
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By order of Borderland General Ryumon,
report to headquarters immediately!
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Oh, what's this?
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Don't tell me
my promotion finally came through.
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Speak. What happened?
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We have received word
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that Seii Commander-in-Chief Ohga Wajima
was attacked and assassinated
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on her way back from the peace conference!
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What?
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- Assassinated?
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The dozen Yamato soldiers and two
Taira ministers with her were killed too.
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According to witnesses in Shiga,
where the attack took place,
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the assailants
were wearing Seii military uniforms!
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What? You've got to be kidding me!
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Just when we were
about to work together with Seii...
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I mean, wasn't the Seii Commander-in-Chief
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well-regarded
by her people and her troops?
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However well-regarded she may have been,
she seized power through a coup.
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It's only natural
that some would hold a grudge against her.
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Yeah, but something's
not right about this!
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Exactly!
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YAMATO
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Why were Seii soldiers in Shiga,
which is Yamato territory?
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{\an8}And how did they know
Ohga Wajima's escort route?
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Then there's the fact that two of those
traveling with her were Taira ministers...
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TAIRA
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What is it? What's wrong?
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It can't be!
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Right.
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Good work on the Shiga matter.
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The Seii men we hired
under the pretext of assassinating Ryumon
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have all been disposed of.
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Right.
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They probably never imagined
the one they killed
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was the very Commander-in-Chief
they worshipped.
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Indeed.
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The look on their faces
when I told them the truth...
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It was quite the sight.
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Yukihanecchi. Within two seconds.
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What?
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From here on, it's our turn.
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BORDERLAND GENERAL HQ
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That same day,
Lord of Home Affairs Denki Taira
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arrested and imprisoned Mitsuhide Ryumon,
accusing him of causing the incident
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through negligence in border security
and of worsening relations with Seii,
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a nation that could have become an ally.
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OUTSIDE THE IMPERIAL PALACE
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Borderland General Corps members
denounced it as an unjust arrest
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and demanded
that the Emperor pardon Ryumon.
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But Taira sealed off the Imperial Palace
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and imprisoned 34 members, including
Aoteru Misumi, on the same charges.
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MAIN HALL
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Furthermore, Denki Taira placed the blame
for the nation-shaking incident
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on Yamato's third emperor, Fuji III,
for having trusted Mitsuhide Ryumon.
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With Taira assuming full authority,
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Fuji III was redefined
not as the head of state,
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but as a symbolic figure.
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SEII
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Meanwhile, Taira issued
an ultimatum to northern Seii,
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using as his pretext the claim
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that Seii soldiers had killed
Yamato soldiers and their families.
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Seii denied any involvement,
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and since the incident
also involved Wajima's assassination,
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they withheld a final response.
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Dissatisfied, Denki Taira
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nullified every agreement
reached at the Naniwa Peace Conference
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and declared war on Seii.
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NEWSPAPER
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"Seiro, the capital,
fell with little resistance."
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"Wherever the Yamato army
led by the Lord of Home Affairs passed,
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not even a child's cry could be heard
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and the corpses of countless Seii people
blocked the flow of the river."
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THE EVENING SUN NEWSPAPER
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Just like I promised you,
I'll climb my way to the top from here.
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I'm pretty amazing, after all.
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No matter where you end up,
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you are the kind of man
who never gives up.
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Right, Aoteru Misumi?
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No matter how much we join hands
with other nations
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and strive for peace...
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if we don't change this country,
rotten to its core, none of it matters.
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Someone has to start.
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Whether others help or not
is beside the point.
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I'll be the one to start.
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Denki Taira, the day will come.
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TAIRA - PEACE
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Just you wait!
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END OF THE SEII WESTERN EXPEDITION ARC
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{\an8}Creative Supervisor : Hideo Kimura