Kanbē makes me chuckle, even when threatening to kill everybody. I like a feisty loser.
Hope you enjoy reading~
Sengoku BASARA 3 Bloody Angel is written and drawn by Ryu Itō with the supervision and cooperation of CAPCOM.
-FIFTH DESTRUCTION-SOLDIER: Leader?!
Why are we turning back?!
KANBĒ: Gahahahaha!
KANBĒ: This time around…
I'll be taking over the country!
MITSUNARI: Kuroda Kanbē…
-FIFTH DESTRUCTION-
-REQUIEM OF RED BLOOD-KANBĒ: Heheheh.
KANBĒ: At last…at last I have a second chance…
How many months and years has it been since you put me in that hole in the ground?
AYUMU: Ku...Kuroda…
Kanbē…?
…Why is he chained to that huge iron ball...?
KANBĒ: Hm? What? That mug of yours...is unfamiliar.
Kid…you're part of the Toyotomi, but you've never heard of my humble self…?
AYUMU: Huh?! Ah…yes, that’s…!
KANBĒ: Hmph…young people these days.
Well, whatever. Since I got no choice, I’ll tell you…
My true identity is-
YOSHITSUGU: An idiotic man cast out by Toyotomi.
KANBĒ: Gyo…Gyōbuuu! How dare you ruin my self-introduction!
KURODA KANBĒ
FORMER TOYOTOMI SUBORDINATE
KURODA ARMY GENERALYOSHITSUGU: It's an old story from before you became Toyotomi’s physician, Ayumu.
KANBĒ: Heeey! Stop ignoring me will ya!
MITSUNARI: Every last inch of you is completely insignificant!
Moreover…
You understand the sin you have committed by destroying that gate, don’t you…?
KANBĒ: Son of a…! Damned Mitsunari and Gyōbu…you’re always like this…!
If it weren't for you, by now I’d be…
KANBĒ: By now I’d be…!
NARRATOR: Despite Kuroda Kanbē being an underling of Toyotomi, he was openly ambitious.
That ambition…
Was to defeat Hideyoshi before Toyotomi took control of Japan, and then plunder the land himself.
Kanbē steadily proceeded with his plan.
In order to deduce Hideyoshi’s weaknesses, he stole a strategic map.
KANBĒ: Yeees, I’ve done it! What an easy victory!
None of those Toyotomi guys are even aware of my plan!
KANBĒ: Now the country is…
PAPER: 'You damn fool.'
(Wow, Mitsunari has beautiful handwriting)
MITSUNARI: Kanbē… you bastaaard!
KANBĒ: Mi…Mitsunari!
Gyōbu!
MITSUNARI: I had not thought it possible, but after spying on you…
You are manoeuvring just as Gyōbu said you would…
KANBĒ: Wha…as he said I would…
YOSHITSUGU: I suppose you thought you'd deceived us…
YOSHITSUGU: But your thoughts…
Are easy to read.
KANBĒ: Wh…Wh…
WHYYYYYYY?!
After that…I was chased far to the south, forced to slave away in that gloomy pit, day in, day out…
KANBĒ: If it weren't for you…
I’d have already unified the country by now, dammit!
MITSUNARI: Even assuming that your plan hadn’t been discovered, the likes of you could never deceive Hideyoshi-sama and Hanbē-sama.
To begin with, Hanbē-sama spared your life out of kindness. You should be grateful.
KANBĒ: Hmph…don’t underestimate me.
I know all about it, Mitsunari…
KANBĒ: Since Toyotomi Hideyoshi was killed, your beloved Takenaka Hanbē…
Has gone soft in the head...
MITSUNARI: You…
You bastard…!
KANBĒ: Whoa, take it easy, Mitsunari…!
KANBĒ: Get too close too quickly and I’ll send this iron ball flying straight at the living quarters!
You know what’ll become of Takenaka Hanbē if that happens, don’tcha?!
Heheheh…this time around I’ll beat you…
KANBĒ: And seize hold of the country!
KANBĒ: Haha!
How d’ya like that, Mitsunari?!
How does it feel to get a taste of the iron ball you chained me to?!
AYUMU: Hanbē-sama no longer…
Has any hope of recovery.
No matter how much he wants to believe otherwise…
Even Mitsunari-sama must understand...
KANBĒ: One more should do it!
KANBĒ: Gahahahahaha!
Serves you right, Mitsunari!
AYUMU: And yet…
KANBĒ: Now the country is…
AYUMU: And yet Mitsunari-sama is…
KANBĒ: …Still standing after all those blows…
As expected of you, Mitsunari…
But playtime ends here…!
YOSHITSUGU: Wait, Kanbē!
KANBĒ: Whaddya want, Gyōbu?! I'll kill you next, so till then keep quiet…
YOSHITSUGU: Think about it, Kanbē…
If you win, then you can send us all to hell. But…
Someone in the Toyotomi knows the whereabouts of the key to your shackles.
If you kill everybody, you’ll have to drag that huge iron ball around for the rest of your life.
KANBĒ: Th…THAT’S RIGHT!!!
How could I have forgotten something so important?!
AYUMU: …Su…surely, forgetting about it must mean he’s still adjusting…
YOSHITSUGU: If you leave now it won’t reflect badly on you.
How about calling a truce for the time being?
KANBĒ: Dammit…if only I knew where the key is, these guys…
These guys….!
HANBĒ: Hideyoshi…where’s Hideyoshi?
HANBĒ: Where in the world are you…?
Hideyoshi…!
MITSUNARI: Hanbē…sama…?
Don’t come outsid-
KANBĒ: Heheheh…
Guess my luck…
Hasn’t run out after all!
KANBĒ: Suddenly the tables are turned, Mitsunari…Gyōbu!
Now, tell me the key’s whereabouts!
If you refuse, he dies!
HANBĒ: Uh…Hideyoshi…
Hideyoshi…!
Hideyoshi...!
*screams*
KANBĒ: To think the greatest mind of the Sengoku Era is in this sorry state…he might as well be dead.
AYUMU: Mitsunari…sama…
MITSUNARI: I…
HANBĒ: *coughs*
MITSUNARI: What must I do? Please tell me, Hanbē-sama…
HANBĒ: *panting*
HANBĒ: …Is that…
An angel I see before me…?
MITSUNARI: I…
HANBĒ: Mitsunari-kun…
I, who will not be taken advantage of by anyone, who became disenchanted with the world…
Have dedicated my life to Hideyoshi.
His greatness has far exceeded my wildest imagination…
I even began to believe those fists of his were surely the hands of a god.
HANBĒ: Hideyoshi is a man worth giving my all for.
And that same Hideyoshi…
Created a beautiful angel like you.
AYUMU: Mitsunari-sama...!
KANBĒ: Come any closer and I’ll kill him!
HANBĒ: Mitsunari-kun, I have a request.
Supposing…there comes a time when my life no longer holds value…
HANBĒ: At that time, please end it with your own hands.
HANBĒ: Yes. That is…
HANBĒ: Your duty…
HANBĒ: *coughs*
*chokes*
HANBĒ: …ah…
Hideyoshi…
HIDEYOSHI: Hanbē…
Where shall we aim next?
HANBĒ: Hideyoshi…!
MAGOICHI: You’re in the way. What happened to Ishida…?
MAGOICHI: Ishida.
Is this what you’d call your way of life…?
MITSUNARI: …Saika Magoichi.
MITSUNARI: You defied Hideyoshi-sama and Hanbē-sama…I don’t need your power.
Rather, with these hands…
I will bury you all…!
MAGOICHI: We, the proud Saika Faction!
Hereby conclude our contract with the Toyotomi!
AYUMU: While gazing intently at Hanbē-sama…
Mitsunari-sama spoke to him.
I don't know what was said…
AYUMU: But I finally realised something...
The reason why, back then, I didn’t follow Ieyasu-sama.
I no longer have any doubts.
I want to see it for myself.
AYUMU: Even if Mitsunari-sama’s way of life…
Will only lead to despair.
Seems Ayumu's infatuation with Mitsunari may come to nothing, since Mitsunari is such a hit with the ladies...
Next week is a busy one but I'll try and get Chapter 7 finished for the weekend.