Lord Kunitoki.
It's me, Muneshige.
TOKIYUKI AND KUNITOKI'S UNCLE MUNESHIGE GODAIIN
Uncle...
How is Kamakura?
Where's Tokiyuki?
I've heard that Sir Yorishige Suwa has helped him escape.
We should leave as soon as the sun rises.
Uncle...
It's okay.
The lower-ranked samurai shouldn't be able to recognize us.
I'll distract them somehow.
Please stay hidden.
It's too dangerous!
You are the precious Hojo's son entrusted to me by Sir Takatoki.
I'll protect you, even if it costs me my life.
Uncle...
Yes, and above all...
You're my precious sister's son.
If I mess up, please run away with all your might.
Uncle!
Uncle?
Uncle!
Father!
Everyone!
Lord Tokiyuki!
What a lovely sleeping face... I want to eat it!
Father,
he's having a nightmare now.
There's a limit to how much you can love something...
Come on!
SPARKLE
I can at least kiss him on the cheek!
What on earth are you doing?
You really are so quick on your feet, Lord Tokiyuki.
Apparently, it's called a "wake-up prank" in the future!
PRANK SUCCESSFUL!
-Ta-da! -Who cares?
This is no time to be playing around, Sir Yorishige!
You said you would shelter me in your territory,
but we have been hiding in Kamakura for days now!
About that...
The exit from Kamakura was more heavily guarded than I had expected.
We'll just have to wait a little until the surveillance loosens up.
Surveillance...
All of those flags are familiar to me...
The samurai warriors who pledged their loyalty to the shogunate
betrayed it so easily, and burned Kamakura to the ground.
All of them are led by Sir Takauji.
Behind that kind smile...
I never thought he'd be plotting a conspiracy against the shogunate.
Be rest assured, Lord Tokiyuki.
With this getup,
we can pretend to be a group of priests who had their shrine burned down.
Sir Yorishige,
you said I should avenge them with my running skills,
and that I should reclaim the throne with a game of hide and seek.
But a samurai always fights head-on.
I've never heard of a fight, for a throne, by hiding.
Do you really think I can reclaim the throne...
and avenge everyone?
-Of course! -That scared me!
With my divine eye,
I can see you becoming a hero!
Therefore, Lord Tokiyuki,
please be patient for now.
For now...
let's play a board game while we wait!
Shizuku, get the dice and pawns ready!
Okay, Father.
What a weird board game. What's this "poverty god"?
You'll know when you play it.
Come on, you should join us...
Oh?
I really can't trust those two.
I've got to find the survivors of the shogunate by myself!
Drat, nothing but junk here.
"There is fortune in leftovers," my ass.
Hey, I saw the execution.
Oh, yeah...
I think it was...
Kunitoki Hojo, right?
Yeah, and it was a clean one.
You sure do love that stuff.
No way!
Who are you?
That can't be! My brother...
My brother can't be...
Brother?
Do you mean Lord Kunitoki?
Where are you from?
I... I...
This boy belongs to our company.
We've been indebted to the Hojo family,
so hearing Lord Kunitoki's name made him jump for a bit...
Is that right?
Yes...
What happened to him, if I may?
They said, Lord Kunitoki's uncle, who was in charge of his escort,
disclosed his hiding spot to the enemy, the Nitta army.
BRUTALITY AWARD 1333 HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
GODAIIN: DISLOYALTY, NO SHAME, INHUMANE
While rising, with his nephew's influence...
SWIFTNESS, MAKESHIFT, GREED
...he sold out his nine-year-old nephew,
REPUTATION - NOBUNAGA ODA
...a prince, to the enemy.
Muneshige Godaiin remains one of the most
notorious evil warlords in Japanese history.
Lord Kunitoki was also a Hojo.
So he was decapitated.
I saw the whole thing...
It was a very tragic end for him.
Lord Tokiyuki?
Traitor...
I can't wrap my head around it...
Ashikaga has betrayed us after serving us for generations.
Even the vassal samurai... Everyone betrayed me.
And even my uncle.
There's no one left to trust...
Lord Tokiyuki!
Have you come back to your senses with my holy light?
What's up with that light, anyway?
I can see it.
I can see a future where Godaiin sits down.
I told you I could see the future with my divine power.
Sometimes, he sees irrelevant futures.
There are a lot of enemies around.
It's going to be hard to deal with him.
ENEMY GODAIIN - DUMB
Where is he now?
Would you like to know?
All right.
Let's go see him.
I'll show you how you can win with a game of tag.
With the thought of avenging your brother,
this will be the first step for you in reclaiming the throne!
Damn!
Why did you kick me out?
I scored a big one for you all!
That was a Hojo kid!
So it's because he was the son of a concubine?
The head of a concubine's child isn't worth much, eh?
I guess to go higher up in this board game,
one requires more than Kunitoki's head.
Then...
if I can just get the rightful heir...
I can do it...
If I can get the rightful heir, Tokiyuki...
everyone will have no choice but to approve of me!
He was hated by his own side because of his egregious behavior,
and he seemed to have lost everything.
The greedy beast becomes a demon that chases you to the end.
Tokiyuki! Don't think you can run away from me!
The first winning strategy in tag is to know your opponent.
Let's go back to the hideout, Lord Tokiyuki.
I'll tell you the second winning strategy.
They should be arriving soon.
Right, Father.
Now that you know your opponent, it's easier for you to get your revenge!
Aren't you confident?
I didn't practice how to fight properly.
There's no need to worry.
There are some people I want to introduce to you.
They will become your limbs,
and they'll surely be of great use in battle.
MUSASHI - SHIMŌSA - HITACHI
Yeah! I've bought all the bean fields in Shimousa Province!
Double the profits!
Hey! Don't give me the poverty god!
It also turns into the emperor god of poverty.
I can't see them as being helpful at all!
Also, isn't that quite a futuristic board game?
THE CREATOR
Nice to meet you, Young Lord.
Name's Kojiro Nezu. Hope we get along.
I'm Ayako Mochizuki! Nice to meet you, Young Lord!
They are the children of the Nezu
and Mochizuki families who serve the Suwa family.
And the Suwa family also serves the Hojo family, so there you have it.
They're also close to your age,
and are excellent in combat, so I hope you can...
put their power to use in this vengeance.
I... I'm Tokiyuki Hojo.
Nice to meet you.
Yes!
What do you think of him?
He's so cute! I want to piggyback him!
He's surely not that strong.
Also, he told us to serve a young lord who has lost his family...
Lord Yorishige sure is particular.
If he's not strong, then we just have to protect him.
Yeah.
Now, Lord Tokiyuki,
shall we avenge the demon that is following us?
Here he comes.
Oh, how delicious...
Godaiin...
Uncle...
Oh, Sir Tokiyuki!
If it isn't you!
I'm glad you're safe!
Sir Yorishige told me he'd take you to Suwa,
so I thought you'd be here...
Are you alone? But don't worry...
I, Godaiin, have arrived, so it's all right now.
Let's run together!
Uncle.
Yes?
Why...
did you sell out my brother?
I see...
-I made a slip! -Young Lord!
You knew that I would come looking for you.
So, you had your friends sneaking at the back to avenge me.
Also, your fake innocent face was brilliant!
Such wisdom is unthinkable for a child!
But you see, Sir Tokiyuki...
The reason I was entrusted to escort Sir Kunitoki
wasn't just because I'm his uncle, or his close relative!
I'm strong enough to be entrusted...
with escorting him.
I'm gonna chop those two kids to death, cut off your legs, and take you away.
Then, I'll rise up in this board game!
The dice are cast.
Will it become a war, or a mere game?
A turbulent game of tag, with lives on the line.
It shall begin...
NANBOKUCHO GAME OF TAG
...now!
DEMON, MUNESHIGE GODAIIN
What's wrong, Sir Tokiyuki?!
Your vengeance is right before your eyes!
Stay away from him, you scum!
Out of my way!
-Dammit! -Come on!
Come on, come on! There!
Young Lord, stay behind me!
He leaves no openings, and his swings are strong!
I can't fight him while protecting Young Lord...
What do we do now, Sir Yorishige?
It's children against an adult.
If the surprise attack fails, there is no other way to win!
Three kids carrying out a surprise attack...
Who cares about that!
My strength is that I can adapt quickly to situations,
to the point that I can even sell out an imperial heir!
Stop making this difficult, Tokiyuki!
Even your brother didn't resist!
The shogunate was overthrown by Ashikaga,
and the times became turbulent.
Only those who can instantly adapt...
to the flipped board game can survive.
Tokiyuki!
Tokiyuki! Tokiyuki!
You are a relic left behind in time!
Just give up and be the source for me to go up in ranks!
Young Lord!
Kojiro, Ayako!
You two should back down!
But why?
Just go back.
Take a closer look at him.
Who has the ability to adapt to turbulent times?
For real?
He's seeing through all those fast sword strokes...
And he also seems to be enjoying it...
It's not something you can get by practice...
He's a genius...
An elusive genius!
Lord Tokiyuki isn't a coward.
He's simply in love with escaping.
One wrong step can be fatal, and if caught, instant death.
He's a monster of survival instincts who can truly enjoy such a predicament.
Before the chaos,
the young master I saw at the peaceful Kamakura
was friendly, unarrogant, kind-hearted and companionable.
He also disliked fighting,
and always ran away from practice. These are his shortcomings.
You can find an ordinary child like him anywhere...
On the battlefield, he becomes a gleeful monster,
happily playing tag with the fiercest opponents!
Shizuku, Kojiro, Ayako.
Don't you find it interesting to serve an heir like him?
I've never heard of a general being good at running away.
But, well, if you say so, this might be interesting.
I simply want to be friends with him!
All right!
Have another go at him!
Yes!
Don't try to protect him.
Believe in his elusive ability.
On the other hand...
PSSH
...his offensive skills are hopeless.
You rotten kid!
You two should look for an opening, and present him to the young lord!
If I have to run away for the rest of my life while he keeps trying to kill me...
Someday...
You two!
Get him!
Don't protect the young lord from him!
Tokiyuki!
How persistent!
But present the enemy to him!
Now, Young Lord!
Brother, Father,
people of Kamakura...
This one head might not be enough,
but please...
accept this souvenir for your journey to death!
Huh?
Where did it fall from?
Me, becoming a hero?
Even you're making fun of me, huh?
No... I wasn't trying to...
Come on, let's get inside.
What's for dinner tonight?
Tokiyuki!
Go for it!
I think... you can do it... if you try...
What do you mean?
You sound like the bogus fortune teller.
Huh? You think so?
That wasn't a compliment.
What's for dinner tonight?
I prefer sea bream.
That's nice.
Coming forth.
EPISODE 3: A FOREST INHABITED BY A GOD