As a consequence of my wish to protect the village,
many warriors have fallen.
I must brace myself if I want to be a general.
Chojumaru.
Allow me to express my gratitude and apology for what has happened.
I should apologize too...
for acting of my own accord.
Nay! You've been a great help!
This village was really vital to us,
just as Fubuki pointed out, and none of us had realized.
From now on, we will garrison guards in here.
What about the children?
We will take them to Suwa Grand Shrine for now.
Everyone is thankful to Fubuki and Lord Tokiyuki,
and there's no objection to it.
I see...
Also...
Now that I've put you in danger,
I must also be honest with you about myself.
A period...
when you can't predict the future?
As you know, all I see are nebulous futures.
But when I can't see them, I won't be able to do anything in a pinch.
Please keep this a secret from everyone.
God's power...
exists if you believe it.
Some of us seek refuge in it.
With that in mind, Lord Tokiyuki...
I need you to help me regain my strength, just for a bit.
I want you to know as well.
About the source of my power.
There still remain mysterious forces in this world...
that cannot be measured by force or intelligence.
Just like an aromatic history
Just like a dramatic textbook
This is no good, I just can't dance these days
Will you do it or will you be done in? Only destiny can tell
I'll oppose it, I'll sing of it, and I'll run
I don't care about the damage done
I'm just having fun
Fulfillment, ideals, reality
I'll go and take them by the hand Quickly and vigorously
Say Plan A, you got no doubts, it's sunny all about
You had my back, so here's our runway
Say Plan A, you got no doubts, you're alive
They'll laugh, it'll be sad, but you'll be all good
Plan A
Running away is victory
Plan A
Run away to victory
(The Elusive Samurai)
Eels?
I could get some at Tenryu River if that's your order.
What's gotten into you?
Thank you.
I just... feel the sudden craving...
Please, don't tell anyone about this!
That I've lost my divine power!
Why would you need eels to regain your divine power?
Previously, I recovered by eating eels.
There were many reasons for my recovery of divine power.
I just have to try them, one by one.
Eels are a specialty of Suwa.
In winter, their fat is plentiful and their meat tender...
I feel power running through my body!
But my divine power hasn't come back yet...
Seems like it wasn't eels.
Siberian onions?
I feel like...
- eating some... - Eels!
- Yes... - I smell someone cooking eels!
Where is it?
Sure thing. I'll get them at the back hill.
These are wild vegetables favored by mountain priests training in the mountains.
The pungent aroma...
evokes the power to dispel demons.
But I don't think it's this one either.
This rope?
Sure, you can have it.
Shrine maiden outfit?
We have some in the warehouse...
What would you need it for?
I'm just curious about the shrine...
Okay.
In Shinto, men and women are equally essential.
The role of the shrine maiden is especially important.
Since we're keeping this a secret from the maidens...
We'll be doing the ritual to recover my divine power using these straw dolls!
Shrine maiden...?
This won't do!
This isn't a shrine maiden! I need a realistic one!
Shrine maiden!
Done!
That looks bad...
Yeah...
He just gulped down a lot of food for vitality...
And he made a life-size shrine maiden doll...
Bet he's using the rope for some rope play!
Young Master...
He's got quite the fetish...
Don't tell me...
He's already at that level at his age?
You don't get it, do you, Moritaka?
He'd better grow up a pervert from a young age.
Calm down.
Just because our lord is a pervert,
it doesn't change our loyalty to him!
Right!
It's all for him to rebuild the Kamakura Shogunate!
Even if he's a super perverted shogun!
I'll hone my martial and perverted arts as his retainer!
Yeah!
It's a piece of cake!
Yorishige!
Huh?
Wh-What's up?
This is no time to have another serving of eels!
My retainers are getting the wrong idea of me!
It's because of your stupid secret errands!
It's fine.
An enigmatic lord is more likely to be mysterious and dignified.
They think I'm gross!
Come with me!
We'll tell this to everyone and make things clear!
I don't care about your secret anymore!
Now, now...
Just one more left!
I beg you, just one more!
About a mile's walk from here,
there's Mount Moriya, an object of worship for Suwa Grand Shrine.
Fetch me some water from the holy stream that flows there.
I think I'll recover in a click once I drink that.
Then mention it from the beginning!
I wanted to eat eels and onions!
What am I even doing?
It's just his usual whimsical shenanigans, with me involved...
Besides, does divine power even exist?
I still doubt it even now.
All the extraordinary power he showed until now might just be coincidence.
He can lead an army that large.
He wouldn't have to rely on some vague power.
A light?
That's...
The Kagura dance dedicated to God...
Am I seeing things?
She seems to be playing with a myriad of lights...
Brother! Why are you here?
Well...
I'm just here to fetch some water...
What are you doing here, Shizuku?
I was praying with them.
For the fulfillment of your long-cherished desire...
For prosperity in Suwa...
For peace in this world...
Them?
I see...
The fact that he sent you here...
means that Father wanted to show you.
Brother.
Bend over a little.
Close your eyes.
Now you should be able to see them for a while.
Open...
your eyes.
What is this?
The divine beasts that dwell in Suwa's divine territory.
They won't be able to lend any power,
but if we pray here, they'll watch over us,
Now that I look closely, Botan's here too!
I think it just came here recently.
Am I seeing illusions?
Such things exist in this world...
This period was the last time man and wonder coexisted.
(No scribbles) When one saw a specter,
(No scribbles) a great earthquake occurred.
(No scribbles) Tengu flew all over town.
(Future)
Such a story is recorded as fact
(Understood) in an official document.
(Suwa Grand Shrine Official, Mr. S.Y.) The divine storm sank the Yuan army
(Suwa Grand Shrine Official, Mr. S.Y.) during the Mongolian invasion...
We prayed for that to happen.
Many temples and shrines have actually been rewarded
for seriously claiming credit for such things.
At this time, praying was a practical public service,
and huge budgets were being poured into it.
You were asked by Father to come here, right?
Here you go.
I think his divine power is weakening.
Thanks.
I caught a glimpse of wonder.
But they are all nebulous.
They're a faint entity, unlikely to make an impact on this world.
Why would Sir Yorishige want me to see this?
And Shizuku...
I still don't know much about you.
Yeah.
This is a fine drawing.
Bring Tadayoshi here.
Let us begin the story of drawing our heaven.
Tadayoshi!
You finally came!
Tired from your hard work at the Imperial Court?
(Tadayoshi Ashikaga)
I take care of my body perfectly. (Tadayoshi Ashikaga)
(Takauji's Younger Brother) Glad to see you're well, Brother
I will cut to the chase.
I want you to go to Kamakura...
and fortify it.
Is it your usual gut feeling?
Yeah!
I have a feeling the remnants of Hojo are about to wreak havoc soon.
Your gut feeling has been accurate since long ago.
When we were kids,
I once spent three days and three nights ciphering the location of a treasure stash.
All right, he shouldn't be able to solve this!
Treasure hunting? Count me in!
All right.
I'll look for it under the floor in Moronao's room first!
You found the treasure with your gut feeling before I could hand the cipher.
I made it so that no one in this house could decipher it...
I still can't beat your brains even with my gut feeling.
I'm sure you're already thinking of it inside...
Yes.
I am contemplating a hundred different ways to defend Kamakura.
The capital and Kamakura...
If we two brothers can make a firm foundation,
all the warriors in the country will follow Ashikaga's lead.
Right.
Anyway, a hundred ways? That's too many!
It's actually about fourteen, right?
Can you even guess that with gut feeling?
Takauji possessed martial abilities, charisma, and instinct.
Tadayoshi possessed intellect, cool-headedness, and logic.
They were two opposite types of geniuses,
but the brothers got along very well with each other.
That's right!
Take a look, Tadayoshi!
I painted another picture of Buddha!
The Buddha is nice...
Just seeing him fills my heart.
Brother.
We got the finest cedar planks from the Kitayama area.
I was just wondering how they would look as the wall in this room.
Is that so?
Let's do this.
I will give you the cedar planks for free.
In exchange, may I have this magnificent painting...
of the Buddha instead?
Oh!
So you understand the greatness of the Buddha!
Feel free to take it.
I'll leave Kamakura...
in your hands now.
Who's there?
Lately, my brother's intuition has been too sharp...
Too sharp even for him.
It makes me doubt if he's still human.
Keep the Buddha painting only and burn the rest.
Yes.
I can't show this painting to my brother's followers.
Is he aware himself?
That he only...
sees the Buddha as prey?
Takauji Ashikaga took Kamakura.
And Tadayoshi was about to protect it.
Less than a year and a half remained before the clash
between the brothers who had risen to power
and Tokiyuki Hojo.
I knew Shizuku would notice my disorder!
Who is she?
And that bizarre scene...
What Shizuku does is her business.
She'll tell you herself someday.
Oh!
The divine power is coming back to me!
I think...
You think?
The divine beasts you have seen are a form of divine power.
Divine power is the power to exist beyond the reach of human eyes.
Beyond the reach of human eyes?
It's the same as you, Lord Tokiyuki.
If there were more eyes in the world,
and more social surveillance,
there would be no one as influential and wanted as you are.
This goes the same for the bandits the other day.
It is "power" that can only exist because of a place beyond the reach of human eyes.
However, right now...
This "power" is about to be exhausted.
Once the right to own land was guaranteed through gratitude and devotion,
people became more attached to the land,
and the area where people lived expanded.
As the world of man expands,
the invisible places and power diminish.
Even wonders like this...
will no longer be.
The frozen Suwa Lake is split in half!
This is Suwa Lake's specialty, omiwatari.
Everyone now believes that Suwa Myojin causes it with his divine power.
Still...
As more and more people see this,
one day it will be explained as a natural phenomenon.
In other words, the more power people have,
the more God's power disappears.
If people see only reality,
then God and divine power will all disappear.
That's the way of the times.
W...
Will you also... disappear someday, Sir Yorishige?
I have regained God's light to the fullest!
My divine power is invincible!
That's where your light comes from?
The point is now...
This is the last period in which invisible forces can play an active role!
And your abilities...
are perfect for this period as well!
You are not a god, just a mere human.
Live your present to the fullest.
The playing ground we're on now will eventually melt into water.
We will play through the changing times with no regrets!
Okay!
Oh...
Right...
You should clean up your own mess after "playing".
Hm?
I wish I didn't see him like that...
My disappointment is immeasurable...
I can't believe he used Lord Tokiyuki to gather his hobby tools...
Wowie!
I fail to see his intention to do that outside with impunity...
I feel you...
This must be a play only gods are allowed to...
It's so high level,
it's actually godlike!
The realm was so invisible to man,
that it is said to have attracted divine power...
Let's go and do the Kamakura DANCE Until the sun comes up in the morning
Times will change again and again But they're all loveable and great
Step, tap, dance to the rhythm
Kamakura style!
Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun, Asuka, Nara, Heian
This is KA-MA-KU-RA
From Nanbokucho to Reiwa
Kamakura style!
Let's make an iihako (1185)
Let's make an iikuni (1192)
You know all the theories? What a genius!
Kamakura was full of emotions
Keep on going, like a wild horse, until you reach Nanbokucho
Doing our best, Kamakura, represent
Playing some dog-shooting competition in the field
Robes, garments, we'll wear them on a date
Kamakura style!
Japanese poems, essays, I enjoy them all
In praise of shrines and Buddhist temples
It doesn't matter what period of history we're in
We just can't stop having fun!
Well now!
Let's go and do the Kamakura DANCE Until the sun comes up in the morning
Times will change again and again But they're all loveable and great
Go the way, while you're bored and listless
Play those Japanese instruments and fly away
Link this culture to the far future
Go do the Kamakura DANCE Let's raise some hell!
When you hear that humming
Step, tap, dance to the rhythm
Step up, and grow up
Kamakura style!
(Episode 11 (1334) - Samurais Who are Eager to Die & An Elusive Samurai) Coming forth!