Sengoku 24

[Reserved for Illuminati-Manga]

Pg 89
?: Ooooooooooooooh!
Txt: Vol. 24 The Fall of Kanegasaki Castle

Pg 90
?: Well done, mud rat brigade
?: The main forces of the Oda army have arrived

?: We're entering the castle in one burst! Take out your blades and charge!

Pg 91
Box: When Oda army invaded Tezutsuyama, they killed 1,370 Asakura soldiers

?: Ooooooooh!
?: Hey
?: Hey
?: Hey

Box: The surprise attack on the back gate, the taking of the castle, the victory: The morale of the Oda Army was at its crest

Pg 92
SG: Aaah
HY: I can't move anymore....

Nobu: Rat, Dango

HY: I...I have no excuse for my actions
HY: We shall immediately set out to attack Kanegasaki Castle

Pg 93
Nobu: Hmph
Nobu: Well done
Txt: Oda Danjou-no-suke Nobunaga

Nobu: The enemy has already fled from Kanegasaki Castle
Nobu: This that, Kanegasaki Castle has become ours

Pg 94
Box: The Oda Army had won a great victory. Tezutsuyama Castle had fallen. They had also taken over Kanegasaki Castle. And the Asakura had also left Hiketa Castle.
Box: In the Shinchoukou-ki, it is written: "The Oda Army went through Ki no Me Pass, and invaded the land of the Asakura...

Text: ---or that was what should have happened."

Pg 95
NM: Hah hah hah hah hah hah
Txt: Asai Bizen-no-kami Nagamasa

?: My lord
?: Your father, Hisamasa-sama, and the important retainers are preparing an army to strike down Oda Nobunaga.

Note: Shinchoukou-ki: A work compiled by the Oda retainer Ota Gyuuichi. Is thought to be highly reliable as a source.

Pg 96
?: Guh

NM: How—how dare they act on their own like this!
NM: I...I, Nagamasa, am the head of the Asai clan!

NM: The Asakura are our allies, the Oda clan our in-laws, whichever one we choose, it's betrayal
NM: W—wait awhile for my decision!
Diagram: 浅井家=Asai clan　朝倉家=Asakura clan　盟友=Allies　侵攻=Invading　義兄弟=in-laws　織田家=Oda clan

?: But my lord, if you do not make a decision now, your father and the others will gather the troops on their own!!

NM: I-i-i-iiiiiii Ichi.....
NM: Ichiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Pg 97
Txt: Nagamasa's wife, Oichi

Box: She was known as "The most beautiful woman of the age" and was Nobunaga's younger sister
Box: Because of her arranged marriage to Asai Nagamasa, the Oda and Asai clans had become allies.

Pg 98
Oichi: It seems that your father and the high-ranking retainers hate my brother

Oichi: Do you also intend to betray my brother and me?

Nagamasa: For...for your sake I would even kill my father..
NM: How could I betray my revered brother Nobunaga?

Pg 99
Oichi: Ohohohohoho.... What a darling person you are....
Oichi: Now, suckle as you please

NM: My body is large, but I'm timid.....
NM: If only some day I would become like my revered elder brother, Nobunaga...

Oichi: No.... You have always had the potential to become greater than my brother Nobunaga...
NM: Really? Is that really true? ....

Txt: Again, quoting from the Shinchoukou-ki: "They should have invaded the Asakura lands, but...."

Pg 100
?: My
?: Lord....
Txt: Kanegasaki Castle, Tsuruga Province
Oda Nobunaga's main camp

Nobu: What?

Txt: "There came word that Asai Bizen-no-kami of Omi Province had betrayed them."

Pg 101
Box: He was in a desperate situation—The Oda Army was surrounded by mountains, the sea, and the Asakura army. The Asai army would cut off their escape route.
Map: 敦賀湾=Tsuruga Bay　朝倉軍=Asakura Army　金ヶ崎城=Kanegasaki Castle　織田軍=Oda Army　浅井軍=Asai Army

Nobu: It cannot be helped

Nobu: Has that Nagamasa betrayed me?

Box: According to the Shinchoukou-ki, at that time Nobunaga found it hard to believe that Nagamasa had betrayed him..... Perhaps things were so desperate that he sentimentally did not want to believe it.

Txt: Will you die?

Pg 102-3
Txt: Or will I have to kill you, Nagamasa?

?: The Asakura clan are the true allies of our Asai clan!
Box: The Asai army advances towards Suruga
?: Strike down Nobunaga in the name of honor!

Pg 104
HY: Hurry
HY: Hurry
HY: Hurry
HY: No mistake, we're retreating, prepare to flee!
Box: Kinoshita Toukichirou Brigade

SG: Why?
SG: Why are we retreating? I don't what's going on!

HY: Wha? It's all gone to pot! The Asai clan has betrayed us. You should only think of escaping now!

HY: If...if we don't run away, we'll all be massacred! Everyone will die!
HY: D..damn it to hell! I don't care about being promoted anymore! I'll be the first... the first to run!

Box: The Asai clan's betrayal—In a second, shudders ran through the Oda Army
Box: Warriors of the Sengoku era knew first hand that the most difficult of military operations is the retreat.

Pg 105
HY: The Asai army is coming at us from behind like the raging waves!
HY: And in front of us, the Asakura army is coming like the mist!

HY: But!! Don't give up, everyone!
HY: Look!

HY: Though we might be surrounded by clouds and raging waves, the sun will come out for sure!
HY: No matter what, we'll escape!

Pg 106
HY: Alright? We'll definitely
HY: Definitely live!

HY: We will escape, for sure!