Saturday, December 03, 2005
Yoshitsune #45: A New-found Direction 夢の行く先
Yoshitsune, accompanied by Benkei and Saburo starts out for Kumano while worrying about Shizuka. Their worries proved right, as Shizuka is soon caught by Yoritomo's men. Tadanobu loses his footing in the snowy mountain while Jiro stays behind to fight the men.
Meanwhile, Yoshitsune and company gets tracked down by a group of monks. Before they escape, they learn that a girl has been caught and suspect it is Shizuka.
In Kamakura, Yoritomo assembles his men and announces that he is going to create a new world order where warriors rule the country (instead of the imperial court). He sends Tokimasa to Kyoto with a list of names of nobles and officials who are to be removed from their ranks as they have disobeyed him. The list includes even Tomoyasu. Alarmed by Yoritomo's harsh tactics, Go-Shirakawa realises he has to depend on Yoshitsune again. He sends out a secret notice to temples and shrines across the country to shelter Yoshitsune if he appears.
Yoshitsune, who has arrived in Kumano hears of this notice from Go-Shirakawa. He is misled into thinking that Go-Shirakawa has not deserted him and only issued the decree because he was forced by Yoritomo. (Chotto, stop being so naive!! Gaah!!) He writes a letter to Go-Shirakawa in the capital, requesting him to withdraw the decree. After sending out the letter, he moves to Omi just outside the capital and waits for the ex-emperor's reply. There, he is reunited with Kisanta and Yoshihisa, who has returned to the capital and have been staying at Suzaku no Okina's place all this while. (Although it seems like a short time, it has actually been a year since their ship capsized and the group got scattered.)
Go-Shirakawa receives Yoshitsune's letter and realises he is in Omi. However, for fear of Yoritomo (who has sent Tokimasa to Kyoto), he decides not to take any action at the moment.
Yoshitsune receives news that Shizuka is held captive in Kyoto by Tokimasa and worries about her. Meanwhile Tokimasa interrogates Shizuka for Yoshitsune's whereabouts and the names of the people who are helping him. Shizuka remains mum and absolutely uncooperative. (You go girl!!)
Masako and Yoritomo realises Go-Shirakawa is a two-faced man. While appearing to acknowledge Yoritomo, he secretly helps Yoshitsune to rise against Kamakura. Knowing that Yukiie has also been aiding Yoshitsune, he has Tokimasa hunt him down.
Yoshitsune wonders why Go-Shirakawa has not replied him. It is no longer safe for them to continue staying in Omi. They secretly return to the capital with Kichiji's help. Afterall, the most dangerous place is the safest place, as Yoritomo will never expect Yoshitsune to be in the capital, right under their noses.
In Kyoto, Yoshitsune is reunited with Jiro. Utsubo tells Yoshitsune that Jiro has actually arrived at Otoku's place a couple days back. Even when told that Yoshitsune and the rest are at Omi, he refuses to meet them. Kichiji cries in front of Yoshitsune and even tries to kill himself. He is too ashamed to face Yoshitsune because he failed to protect Shizuka. Yoshitsune forgives him and assures him Shizuka is still alive. He thanks him for his efforts.
Tokimasa interrogates Yukiie for Yoshitsune's whereabouts but the latter does not know. (Tokimasa has a message from Yoritomo that angers Yukiie a lot but I don't understand. Probably something insulting. But Yukiie was yelling that Genji does not belong to Yoritomo alone.) Soon, Yukiie is beheaded.
News of Yukiie's execution reaches Kamakura. Yoritomo feels somewhat sorry for the man but Masako says he simply reaped what he sown. (Yappa evil. -_- She can totally pull off as the White Witch if they remake The Chronicles of Narnia in Japanese. Ha!) Masako suggests to Yoritomo to have Shizuka sent to Kamakura.
At Kyoto, Yoshitsune contines to wait for news from Go-Shirakawa and about Tadanobu and Shizuka but lips have been tight even with Suzaku no Okina's help. The kerai bring stuff over from Otoku's place and one of them is Kiyomori's folding screen that Yoshitsune doodled on when he was young. Yoshitsune is reminded of Kiyomori's dream to build a new capital. Utsubo thinks the dream capital could well be Hiraizumi and not Fukuhara. Seeing the folding screen again gives Yoshitsune inspiration and courage. He decides to return to Hiraizumi to build his new capital. Kisanta insists that they must find a way to rescue Shizuka and bring her along. To Kisanta, who is an orphan since young, Yoshitsune and Shizuka are like his parents (But anoo... isn't Shizuka much younger that Kisanta? In RL at least.) and the rest of the kerai, his brothers. There is no way they are leaving anyone behind. Yoshitsune agrees.
They will rescue Shizuka and go to Hiraizumi together.
~End of Episode 45~
Meanwhile, Yoshitsune and company gets tracked down by a group of monks. Before they escape, they learn that a girl has been caught and suspect it is Shizuka.
In Kamakura, Yoritomo assembles his men and announces that he is going to create a new world order where warriors rule the country (instead of the imperial court). He sends Tokimasa to Kyoto with a list of names of nobles and officials who are to be removed from their ranks as they have disobeyed him. The list includes even Tomoyasu. Alarmed by Yoritomo's harsh tactics, Go-Shirakawa realises he has to depend on Yoshitsune again. He sends out a secret notice to temples and shrines across the country to shelter Yoshitsune if he appears.
Yoshitsune, who has arrived in Kumano hears of this notice from Go-Shirakawa. He is misled into thinking that Go-Shirakawa has not deserted him and only issued the decree because he was forced by Yoritomo. (Chotto, stop being so naive!! Gaah!!) He writes a letter to Go-Shirakawa in the capital, requesting him to withdraw the decree. After sending out the letter, he moves to Omi just outside the capital and waits for the ex-emperor's reply. There, he is reunited with Kisanta and Yoshihisa, who has returned to the capital and have been staying at Suzaku no Okina's place all this while. (Although it seems like a short time, it has actually been a year since their ship capsized and the group got scattered.)
Go-Shirakawa receives Yoshitsune's letter and realises he is in Omi. However, for fear of Yoritomo (who has sent Tokimasa to Kyoto), he decides not to take any action at the moment.
Yoshitsune receives news that Shizuka is held captive in Kyoto by Tokimasa and worries about her. Meanwhile Tokimasa interrogates Shizuka for Yoshitsune's whereabouts and the names of the people who are helping him. Shizuka remains mum and absolutely uncooperative. (You go girl!!)
Masako and Yoritomo realises Go-Shirakawa is a two-faced man. While appearing to acknowledge Yoritomo, he secretly helps Yoshitsune to rise against Kamakura. Knowing that Yukiie has also been aiding Yoshitsune, he has Tokimasa hunt him down.
Yoshitsune wonders why Go-Shirakawa has not replied him. It is no longer safe for them to continue staying in Omi. They secretly return to the capital with Kichiji's help. Afterall, the most dangerous place is the safest place, as Yoritomo will never expect Yoshitsune to be in the capital, right under their noses.
In Kyoto, Yoshitsune is reunited with Jiro. Utsubo tells Yoshitsune that Jiro has actually arrived at Otoku's place a couple days back. Even when told that Yoshitsune and the rest are at Omi, he refuses to meet them. Kichiji cries in front of Yoshitsune and even tries to kill himself. He is too ashamed to face Yoshitsune because he failed to protect Shizuka. Yoshitsune forgives him and assures him Shizuka is still alive. He thanks him for his efforts.
Tokimasa interrogates Yukiie for Yoshitsune's whereabouts but the latter does not know. (Tokimasa has a message from Yoritomo that angers Yukiie a lot but I don't understand. Probably something insulting. But Yukiie was yelling that Genji does not belong to Yoritomo alone.) Soon, Yukiie is beheaded.
News of Yukiie's execution reaches Kamakura. Yoritomo feels somewhat sorry for the man but Masako says he simply reaped what he sown. (Yappa evil. -_- She can totally pull off as the White Witch if they remake The Chronicles of Narnia in Japanese. Ha!) Masako suggests to Yoritomo to have Shizuka sent to Kamakura.
At Kyoto, Yoshitsune contines to wait for news from Go-Shirakawa and about Tadanobu and Shizuka but lips have been tight even with Suzaku no Okina's help. The kerai bring stuff over from Otoku's place and one of them is Kiyomori's folding screen that Yoshitsune doodled on when he was young. Yoshitsune is reminded of Kiyomori's dream to build a new capital. Utsubo thinks the dream capital could well be Hiraizumi and not Fukuhara. Seeing the folding screen again gives Yoshitsune inspiration and courage. He decides to return to Hiraizumi to build his new capital. Kisanta insists that they must find a way to rescue Shizuka and bring her along. To Kisanta, who is an orphan since young, Yoshitsune and Shizuka are like his parents (But anoo... isn't Shizuka much younger that Kisanta? In RL at least.) and the rest of the kerai, his brothers. There is no way they are leaving anyone behind. Yoshitsune agrees.
They will rescue Shizuka and go to Hiraizumi together.
~End of Episode 45~
// posted by snuffles @ 10:15 PM 
