Knightly Advice Page #4

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Osaka rice merchant, Naniwaya.

Naniwaya?

Masaemon's my father.

Naniwaya Masaemon.

Have you forgotten him?

How could I ever forget

Sir Naniwaya's name?

For me, and for the first Shogun...

Naniwaya is our saviour.

The Osaka Winter Battle

was going badly for ourside.

We ditched our provisions and retreated.

Our main army

was on the verge of starvation.

Naniwaya crossed the river

by cover of night.

He delivered 20 bales of rice.

I held his hand and wept with joy...

and the first Shogun personally wrote...

a letter of thanks to Naniwaya.

Are you here sightseeing?

No, I have a request

upon which my life depends.

Upon which... your life depends?

Yes, the request is... it concerns you.

Me?

I want to marry you.

You want me to marry you?

Yes.

Boss, did't I say we had a crisis?

You've come at a bad time, Miss.

I'm not in a mood for jokes tonight.

Joke? It's not a joke.

I didn't come all this way...

just for a joke.

How dare you impersonate

Naniwaya's daughter.

I'll rip the truth out of you.

Tasuke, do I look like I'm pretending?

Of course not.

But boy, this makes me nervous.

Here, wipe your sweat.

I can't.

Why?

I don't want to smell like a woman.

Better than smelling like a fish.

Master... I think you should listen

to what she has to say.

No way. This is ridiculous.

At first, my Dad said the same thing.

But then, he said he understood

even if no one else might.

What happened next?

Then he said, if you're that set on it,

go and talk to Sir Okubo about it.

Which means you have to listen to her

because you are indebted to Naniwaya.

He's right.

And what started all this?

I'll never forget.

It was April 17th of last year.

That's the anniversary

of the first Shogun's death.

A distinguished man of about 70

stood by my pillow...

What did he look like?

Well, he had on this crown...

He was holding a staff.

And he stood like this.

Oh, that's the first Shogun.

And this is what he said...

"Your husband to be is Hikozaemon Okubo".

"Yu, hurry...

go arrange this marriage".

How dare you use

our Shogun's name in vain.

But Master... you always talk

about dreaming of the Shogun.

If this is his will...

then it must be done.

You two must decide on the details.

I think we should leave you two now.

Tasuke, you come, too.

I'll take you someplace interesting.

First, it was Lord Fukushima...

The next year, Lord Tanaka...

Two years later, Lord Mogami.

They all had their clans discontinued

and their territories confiscated.

I'm very concerned about our welfare.

It could be our clan next.

I bet our Kato clan is next.

We have to stop the Shogunate.

So, as our secret pact...

if you three rise up in the west, the

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