Gifuu Doudou!! 12

GIFUU DOUDOU #12

tl by molokidan

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Chapter 12 - Nobunaga's Souvenir

1: Dewa no Kuni - Yonezawa
2: Doumori Mountain, Tsukimidaira
3: Hey, moon...
4: I'm not supposed to tell anyone about what happens next...

118)
1: But...
2: You may have already seen it yourself...
Chapter 12 - Nobunaga's Souvenir

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1: The blood and tears of many were spilled because of this...
2: Hoo.
3: Because of the souvenir
4: Nobunaga gave to Yoroku...!

120)
1: It was a trap
2: meant to seal the Uesugi clan within Echigo, and steal their dreams of unification!
3: Because of it,
4: Yoroku abandoned himself...

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1: The young Yoroku,
2: chose "duty!!"
3: The japanese kanji symbol for "duty" combines the two symbols for "Self" and "Sheep." In this case, the "sheep" symbol is synonymous with the symbol for "beauty." Therefore, "duty" in Japanese means to "beautify oneself." I repeat: To follow one's duty means to life beautifully.

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1: Hoh...
2: Shindou Nagaharu
3: He was a special steward to Konoe Makihisa who dealt with regents, advisors, and domestic politics. At this time, Makihisa had been ordered by Nobunaga to travel to Kyushu in order to make peace with the leaders of the Tsushima and Sagara clans. Shindou dealt with all matters during his absence.
4: So this
5: is the cypress fan!
6: Yes, my lord.
7: Lord Makihisa's younger sister, Tae-hime, owned it.
8: It's a memento to her.

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1: I heard that she was very beautiful...
2: Yes, my lord.
3: She was an ephemeral being...
4: It's been 16 years since she passed away...
5: My lord.
6: Master Hashiba and Master Higuchi Yoroku have arrived.
7: Wha?!

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1(2b): Mmm. Send them in.
2: Wahaha!
3: Eheheh!
4: I heard that today's present
5: is one that Lord Nobunaga hand-picked himself!
6: You're quite the lucky fellow, you know!

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1: You make it sound like YOU'RE the one who's really getting the present.
2: What's wrong?
3: Is there something on my face?
4: N...no, sir.
5: Sorry, but I just saw someone who looks very similar to you...
6(2b): So...I was just...s-surpirsed...please excuse me.
7: Hoh.

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1: And who would that be?
2: I'm sure you're familiar with him, Master Hashiba...
3(2b): It was just..umm, an accidental resemblance...
4: Like I said, who is it?
5: Ehee?!
6: The truth is, I was also thinking about how Master Yoroku resembles a certain someone...
7: But I just couldn't remember the person's name!
8: Weeeeell?
9: Th...then
10: I shall name him!

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1: It's
2: Lord Konoe Makihisa!
3: Eh?
4: I look like him?
5: Well, well!
6: You think I look like such a regal person, huh?!
7: Tahahaha!

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1: Hiiee!

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1: Yoroku.

131)
1: Why
2: is Shindou, one of Lord Makihisa's stewards here...?

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1: I, Higuchi Yoroku,,
2: have arrived.
3: Ohh...

134)
1: Well, Shindou?!
2: Yes.
3: W...without a doubt...
4: He looks just like...
5: Tae-hime...

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1: That noble child
2: has grown to become such a beautiful young man...
3: Hm?!
4: Wh...what is he crying for?!

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1(2b): D...d...
2: Don't tell me?!
3: This was the real reason why
4: Lord Nobunaga allowed Yoroku to meet him?!