Sengoku Basara 2 Gaiden/Story Translation
This is Keiji's gaiden/story from Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes! A nice bit of background. Again, copying that I've gotten from Gamefaqs, with my own comments in italics. I just need a place I can easily look up this info. |D
Keiji's Gaiden - Old Good Friends.
Opening Video
(A quiet day. Keiji is sleeping in the Maeda mansion. Toshiie and Matsu's voices can be heard)
Toshiie: Ooh, welcome..come in!
Matsu: Keiji, wake up! A friend has come!
(sound of footsteps)
Hideyoshi: Keiji, where are you?
Hideyoshi: Are you up, Keiji? We had to meet today, right?
(Hideyoshi drags away the half-asleep Keiji)
(Scene changes, the two are walking.)
Keiji: Ok, let's go then!
Hideyoshi: Hm!
Chapter 1
Narrator: Maeda Keiji and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, comrades in arms and close friends, headed silently to Tedorigawa, where Uesugi Kenshin, the God of War, was stationed with his troops.
Their objective was mischief, befitting their young age. On top of that, they were planning to put their strength to the test. Will this prank, then, succeed safely?
Keiji: Well then, how about going and testing our strength a little while?
Hideyoshi: Got it, got it...c'mon, let's go!
Title: Friends
[Event at stage start]
(Arrived at Tedorigawa, Keiji hums a song, carefree. He looks at the Uesugi army in the distance, sure of himself)
Keiji: Ok, let us go pay a respectful visit to the lord god of war, then!
(He then calls his friend, behind him)
Keiji: Hideyoshi!!
Hideyoshi: Hm!
(Called by Keiji, Hideyoshi appears. Keiji gets pumped up)
Keiji: Yosshaa!!!
[Stage starts]
Keiji: Hideyoshi, don't let them catch you unprepared!
Hideyoshi: You too, don't let them pluck away your head feathers!
[During the stage]
Kenshin: Two little monkeys fond of pranks.. What is your objective?
Keiji: Hehe, we just want to test our strength a little!
Kenshin: No good! I shall not allow such a thing!
Hideyoshi: Keiji, the god of war is angry... have we overdone it a little?
Keiji: Don't you worry! If things get bad, We'll bow down and apologize profusely, and that'll get us released!
Hideyoshi: B-bowing down and apologizing like that.. if possible, I'd like to avoid it..
Keiji: Hey Hideyoshi, hold back a little, will ya?
Hideyoshi: You too, why don't you use the sword's back?
[Fight against Uesugi Kenshin]
Keiji: The war god's fast, pay attention to his Iai techniques!
Hideyoshi: Heh, no need to worry about me.
Kenshin: Good friends, that is a beautiful thing. But! This and that are entirely different matters.
Hideyoshi: As expected from the war god... not one opening can be found.
Keiji: Don't lose, you can stand up to him without problems!
Kenshin: Sit down now, I shall lecture you until night falls!
Hideyoshi E, er...I'd like to decline, if you don't mind...
Keiji: Getting to know the war god is a good thing... It's something that might prove useful in the future, yeah..
Kenshin: Ooh..you do not fear me...? I shall remember your face..
[Stage clear event]
Kenshin: Wait up, now!!
(The two run off, ignoring Kenshin's words)
Hideyoshi: Hurry up, Keiji!
Keiji: Yeah, let's run!!
(They run away)
Keiji: Hahaha!! We did it!!
(Kenshin looks at them go)
Kenshin: Well well...what troublesome people.
Kenshin: Good friendship is a blessing difficult to obtain..
Treasure it forever.
(He looks at the sketch Keiji has drawn)
Kenshin: ...it's quite similar...
Chapter 2
Narrator: The prank on Uesugi Kenshin, called the god of war, safely pulled, Keiji and Hideyoshi were in good spirits.
With unending confidence in their strength, they thought about helping the peasant villages suffering under samurai oppression.
Keiji: Me and you..if we combine our strength, we should be able to protect anything, no matter what it is.
Hideyoshi: It seems like it..let's give it a try!
Title: Self-confidence
[Stage starts
Keiji: We've come to assist you! Leave it to us!
Hideyoshi: Let's protect them Keiji..no matter what.
[The peasants' houses are attacked - 1]
Hideyoshi: The bosses are 3 people... if we defeat them victory's ours.
Keiji: Ok, I'll protect the houses, you bring everyone to safety!
[The peasants' houses are attacked - 2]
Hideyoshi: Everyone, hurry!
Leave this to us and run away!
Peasants: No gude!
We canna let only ye young'uns be fightin!!
Peasants: We have wir own conviction!!
Hideyoshi: Conviction..?..heh, that's it..
[The peasants' houses are attacked - 3]
Hideyoshi: This world of tumults... how long will it continue to exist?
Keiji: The country will shake and ripple like a stormy sea.. Until someone rises to control it.
[The peasants' houses are attacked - 4]
Hideyoshi: Why must powerless beings be trampled upon?
[The peasants' houses are attacked - 5]
Hideyoshi: Is it birth? Education? The presence or lack of weapons? I despise such a thing! With all my body and soul!
[The peasants' houses are destroyed 1]
Hideyoshi: Damn...! This isn't good, Keiji!
[The peasants' houses are destroyed 2]
Keiji: So is this our limit?... No, we can still make it!
[The Miyoshi trio enters the scene]
Keiji: So it's the third-rate performers' turn now?
[Stage clear event]
(The two have driven off the Miyoshi trio. The peasants are cheering behind them)
Peasants 1-3: We did it!!
Peasants 1-3: Wooh!!
Peasants 1-3: Thank ye!!
(Keiji, in high spirits, turns to Hideyoshi)
Keiji: We did it, Hideyoshi. If our strength is combined we can do it!
Hideyoshi: Hmm..
(Hideyoshi looks at his fists, and seems to be thinking about something. Keiji looks at him seriously)
Keiji: Nasty things must be cut away at the surface.. How about the source of this mess, Matsunaga Hisahide, as next opponent?
Hideyoshi: That schemer, huh.... Ok, I'll be going out on recon then.
(Keiji looks at Hideyoshi leave. Dark clouds gather in the sky, and from afar thunder can be heard. Keiji doesn't notice these obvious ominous signs.)
Final Chapter Narrator: Having helped the peasant village, the two have even more self-confidence, and thinking that if they combine their strength they should be able to save people, they provoked Matsunaga Hisahide, whom the warriors who had attacked the village served, to a "fight".
However, what came after this did not end with a children's fight. Hideyoshi, who had gone out on reconnaissance, did not come back. Keiji ran hurriedly towards Matsunaga's location.
Keiji: It's my fault!! Because I let him go alone..Please be safe! Hideyoshi!!
Title: Fissure
[Event at the start of the stage]
(Hideyoshi is downed, Hisahide close to him. A sword is stabbed through Hideyoshi's hand.)
Hideyoshi: Gh...
Hisahide: Young one, you might not know, but.. Powerless beings are helpless, whatever is done to them. You have tasted the world's truth.
(He suddenly crouches and grabs Hideyoshi's hair, raising his head.)
Hideyoshi: Gh...!!
Hisahide: In addition, the one you have picked as opponent is that kind of person..
(Hisahide lets go of Hideyoshi's head, which hits the ground)
Hideyoshi: Gwah..!!
(Hisahide leaves, without caring in the slightest)
Hideyoshi: Strength..who holds it and who doesn't.. I am really...a powerless existence.
(Hideyoshi raises his head in pain)
Hideyoshi:...sorry, Keiji...!!
[Stage starts]
Keiji: Hideyoshiiii!!!!
Hisahide: A friend has come..? Aren't you quite the lucky one..
Hideyoshi: Don't come, Keiji..Matsunaga is..dangerous..
Keiji: I was naive.. to think that it'd turn into something like this.. Shit, I can't forgive myself!!!
[During the stage]
Keiji: Damn you!! Free Hideyoshi, now!!!
Hisahide: Why are you angry? You have provoked us to this battle. You are quite, quite difficult to comprehend...
Hisahide: Those without strength, once their identity is exposed, are eaten away.. This is the world's truth... what is there to be angry about?
Hideyoshi: I'll come later..flee, Keiji...!!
Matsunaga army general: Brat, quit with this insolence! Shut your mouth!
Hideyoshi: Gwah...!!!
Hideyoshi: This is the end... is giving up the only way out...?
Keiji: Stop with this crap!! If it's lost it's over, you can't come back if you die!!!
Hisahide: In war death is inevitable. I shall teach you two this invaluable lesson..
Keiji: Life carried such a weight... Why didn't I understand it before...!!
[Captured peasants]
Peasant: Young'un! That guy's that way!!
Peasant: That guy was about to help us when..
[Matsunaga Hisahide enters the scene]
(Hisahide has his back turned on Keiji, and his looking at the sword he has in hand. A bit later, he speaks without turning.)
Hisahide: What's wrong young man, you don't say hello?
(But Keiji stares at Hisahide silently. The latter turns suddenly, stares down at Keiji and then walks down to him. Keiji is surprised and flinches back a little. Hisahide then slaps his cheek)
Hisahide: Hello.
(Keiji keeps staring at Hisahide, holding his red cheek. Hisahide looks at him again.)
Hisahide: A shame, young man. To teach about the world to ignorant children is an adult's duty.. This is what this is.
[Fight against Matsunaga Hisahide]
Hisahide: Come on, open your mouth and give me your thanks. I am the adult that will teach you about the world.
Hisahide: Worried about your friend, young man?
Keiji: I believe in Hideyoshi.. He'll never ever die.
Hisahide: Hahahahaha!!! You hypocrite!!
Hisahide: So this is hypocrisy..hahaha, the sordid act of dividing food with someone when you are about to starve!!
Keiji: What're you laughing about...what's so funny!!?
Hisahide: We won't lose anything..you believe this. This is so funny it hurts!!!
Hisahide: I like very much people who, like you, have no idea of how infinitely small they are..
Hisahide: Looking at you provokes a sweet reaction in me... The urge of crushing a lovely bird between my fingers..that very feeling.
Keiji: This guy is dangerous... different from whoever I met until now. If I don't escape with Hideyoshi quickly...!!
[Hisahide retreats because the fire has spread]
Hisahide: Time over, huh...you are quite lucky too. Take care of the life you have been spared with... then I bid my leave.
[Stage clear event]
(After Hisahide withdraws, Keiji runs to the room where Hideyoshi was imprisoned.)
Keiji: Haah...haah...haah....
(Finding Hideyoshi, he is shocked)
Keiji: ...!!!
(At Hideyoshi's feet lie some dead soldiers.)
Hideyoshi: Haah...haah...haah...(he is fatigued)
Keiji: (looking around) Everyone's...dead... Hideyoshi, did you....?
Hideyoshi: There was no other way.. Because of being powerless... I didn't want to lose everything because of that.
Keiji: I understand that, but.. But isn't killing them going overboard...?
Hideyoshi: Being powerless is a sin.. Those without strength cannot grasp anything. Looking at some dream, letting everything slip away... I shall not stand for this!!Keiji: Hideyoshi....
Hideyoshi: Keiji..surely you cannot understand.
(Hideyoshi turns away from him)
Hideyoshi: I will obtain strength. Looking forward, and never turning back.
(Keiji looks at the pained Hideyoshi leaving, uncertainty in his heart. The Todaiji burns in the background)
Ending Video
(A quiet day. Keiji is sleeping in the Maeda mansion.)
Matsu: Keiji, wake up! Food's ready!!
(Keiji, woken up by that voice, gets up silently and looks in the direction where usually someone showed up from. But no one is here this time....)
Keiji: Friends aren't coming...huh.
(Said this, Keiji has a kind of nostalgic look on his face...)
Keiji's Gaiden - Old Good Friends.
(A quiet day. Keiji is sleeping in the Maeda mansion. Toshiie and Matsu's voices can be heard)
Toshiie: Ooh, welcome..come in!
Matsu: Keiji, wake up! A friend has come!
(sound of footsteps)
Hideyoshi: Keiji, where are you?
Hideyoshi: Are you up, Keiji? We had to meet today, right?
(Hideyoshi drags away the half-asleep Keiji)
(Scene changes, the two are walking.)
Keiji: Ok, let's go then!
Hideyoshi: Hm!
Narrator: Maeda Keiji and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, comrades in arms and close friends, headed silently to Tedorigawa, where Uesugi Kenshin, the God of War, was stationed with his troops.
Their objective was mischief, befitting their young age. On top of that, they were planning to put their strength to the test. Will this prank, then, succeed safely?
Keiji: Well then, how about going and testing our strength a little while?
Hideyoshi: Got it, got it...c'mon, let's go!
Title: Friends
[Event at stage start]
(Arrived at Tedorigawa, Keiji hums a song, carefree. He looks at the Uesugi army in the distance, sure of himself)
Keiji: Ok, let us go pay a respectful visit to the lord god of war, then!
(He then calls his friend, behind him)
Keiji: Hideyoshi!!
Hideyoshi: Hm!
(Called by Keiji, Hideyoshi appears. Keiji gets pumped up)
Keiji: Yosshaa!!!
[Stage starts]
Keiji: Hideyoshi, don't let them catch you unprepared!
Hideyoshi: You too, don't let them pluck away your head feathers!
[During the stage]
Kenshin: Two little monkeys fond of pranks.. What is your objective?
Keiji: Hehe, we just want to test our strength a little!
Kenshin: No good! I shall not allow such a thing!
Hideyoshi: Keiji, the god of war is angry... have we overdone it a little?
Keiji: Don't you worry! If things get bad, We'll bow down and apologize profusely, and that'll get us released!
Hideyoshi: B-bowing down and apologizing like that.. if possible, I'd like to avoid it..
Keiji: Hey Hideyoshi, hold back a little, will ya?
Hideyoshi: You too, why don't you use the sword's back?
[Fight against Uesugi Kenshin]
Keiji: The war god's fast, pay attention to his Iai techniques!
Hideyoshi: Heh, no need to worry about me.
Kenshin: Good friends, that is a beautiful thing. But! This and that are entirely different matters.
Hideyoshi: As expected from the war god... not one opening can be found.
Keiji: Don't lose, you can stand up to him without problems!
Kenshin: Sit down now, I shall lecture you until night falls!
Hideyoshi E, er...I'd like to decline, if you don't mind...
Keiji: Getting to know the war god is a good thing... It's something that might prove useful in the future, yeah..
Kenshin: Ooh..you do not fear me...? I shall remember your face..
[Stage clear event]
Kenshin: Wait up, now!!
(The two run off, ignoring Kenshin's words)
Hideyoshi: Hurry up, Keiji!
Keiji: Yeah, let's run!!
(They run away)
Keiji: Hahaha!! We did it!!
(Kenshin looks at them go)
Kenshin: Well well...what troublesome people.
Kenshin: Good friendship is a blessing difficult to obtain..
Treasure it forever.
(He looks at the sketch Keiji has drawn)
Kenshin: ...it's quite similar...
Narrator: The prank on Uesugi Kenshin, called the god of war, safely pulled, Keiji and Hideyoshi were in good spirits.
With unending confidence in their strength, they thought about helping the peasant villages suffering under samurai oppression.
Keiji: Me and you..if we combine our strength, we should be able to protect anything, no matter what it is.
Hideyoshi: It seems like it..let's give it a try!
Title: Self-confidence
[Stage starts
Keiji: We've come to assist you! Leave it to us!
Hideyoshi: Let's protect them Keiji..no matter what.
[The peasants' houses are attacked - 1]
Hideyoshi: The bosses are 3 people... if we defeat them victory's ours.
Keiji: Ok, I'll protect the houses, you bring everyone to safety!
Hideyoshi: Everyone, hurry!
Leave this to us and run away!
Peasants: No gude!
We canna let only ye young'uns be fightin!!
Peasants: We have wir own conviction!!
Hideyoshi: Conviction..?..heh, that's it..
Hideyoshi: This world of tumults... how long will it continue to exist?
Keiji: The country will shake and ripple like a stormy sea.. Until someone rises to control it.
Hideyoshi: Why must powerless beings be trampled upon?
Hideyoshi: Is it birth? Education? The presence or lack of weapons? I despise such a thing! With all my body and soul!
Hideyoshi: Damn...! This isn't good, Keiji!
Keiji: So is this our limit?... No, we can still make it!
Keiji: So it's the third-rate performers' turn now?
[Stage clear event]
(The two have driven off the Miyoshi trio. The peasants are cheering behind them)
Peasants 1-3: We did it!!
Peasants 1-3: Wooh!!
Peasants 1-3: Thank ye!!
(Keiji, in high spirits, turns to Hideyoshi)
Keiji: We did it, Hideyoshi. If our strength is combined we can do it!
Hideyoshi: Hmm..
(Hideyoshi looks at his fists, and seems to be thinking about something. Keiji looks at him seriously)
Keiji: Nasty things must be cut away at the surface.. How about the source of this mess, Matsunaga Hisahide, as next opponent?
Hideyoshi: That schemer, huh.... Ok, I'll be going out on recon then.
(Keiji looks at Hideyoshi leave. Dark clouds gather in the sky, and from afar thunder can be heard. Keiji doesn't notice these obvious ominous signs.)
However, what came after this did not end with a children's fight. Hideyoshi, who had gone out on reconnaissance, did not come back. Keiji ran hurriedly towards Matsunaga's location.
Keiji: It's my fault!! Because I let him go alone..Please be safe! Hideyoshi!!
Title: Fissure
[Event at the start of the stage]
(Hideyoshi is downed, Hisahide close to him. A sword is stabbed through Hideyoshi's hand.)
Hideyoshi: Gh...
Hisahide: Young one, you might not know, but.. Powerless beings are helpless, whatever is done to them. You have tasted the world's truth.
(He suddenly crouches and grabs Hideyoshi's hair, raising his head.)
Hideyoshi: Gh...!!
Hisahide: In addition, the one you have picked as opponent is that kind of person..
(Hisahide lets go of Hideyoshi's head, which hits the ground)
Hideyoshi: Gwah..!!
(Hisahide leaves, without caring in the slightest)
Hideyoshi: Strength..who holds it and who doesn't.. I am really...a powerless existence.
(Hideyoshi raises his head in pain)
Hideyoshi:...sorry, Keiji...!!
[Stage starts]
Keiji: Hideyoshiiii!!!!
Hisahide: A friend has come..? Aren't you quite the lucky one..
Hideyoshi: Don't come, Keiji..Matsunaga is..dangerous..
Keiji: I was naive.. to think that it'd turn into something like this.. Shit, I can't forgive myself!!!
[During the stage]
Keiji: Damn you!! Free Hideyoshi, now!!!
Hisahide: Why are you angry? You have provoked us to this battle. You are quite, quite difficult to comprehend...
Hisahide: Those without strength, once their identity is exposed, are eaten away.. This is the world's truth... what is there to be angry about?
Hideyoshi: I'll come later..flee, Keiji...!!
Matsunaga army general: Brat, quit with this insolence! Shut your mouth!
Hideyoshi: Gwah...!!!
Hideyoshi: This is the end... is giving up the only way out...?
Keiji: Stop with this crap!! If it's lost it's over, you can't come back if you die!!!
Hisahide: In war death is inevitable. I shall teach you two this invaluable lesson..
Keiji: Life carried such a weight... Why didn't I understand it before...!!
[Captured peasants]
Peasant: Young'un! That guy's that way!!
Peasant: That guy was about to help us when..
[Matsunaga Hisahide enters the scene]
(Hisahide has his back turned on Keiji, and his looking at the sword he has in hand. A bit later, he speaks without turning.)
Hisahide: What's wrong young man, you don't say hello?
(But Keiji stares at Hisahide silently. The latter turns suddenly, stares down at Keiji and then walks down to him. Keiji is surprised and flinches back a little. Hisahide then slaps his cheek)
Hisahide: Hello.
(Keiji keeps staring at Hisahide, holding his red cheek. Hisahide looks at him again.)
Hisahide: A shame, young man. To teach about the world to ignorant children is an adult's duty.. This is what this is.
[Fight against Matsunaga Hisahide]
Hisahide: Come on, open your mouth and give me your thanks. I am the adult that will teach you about the world.
Hisahide: Worried about your friend, young man?
Keiji: I believe in Hideyoshi.. He'll never ever die.
Hisahide: Hahahahaha!!! You hypocrite!!
Hisahide: So this is hypocrisy..hahaha, the sordid act of dividing food with someone when you are about to starve!!
Keiji: What're you laughing about...what's so funny!!?
Hisahide: We won't lose anything..you believe this. This is so funny it hurts!!!
Hisahide: I like very much people who, like you, have no idea of how infinitely small they are..
Hisahide: Looking at you provokes a sweet reaction in me... The urge of crushing a lovely bird between my fingers..that very feeling.
Keiji: This guy is dangerous... different from whoever I met until now. If I don't escape with Hideyoshi quickly...!!
[Hisahide retreats because the fire has spread]
Hisahide: Time over, huh...you are quite lucky too. Take care of the life you have been spared with... then I bid my leave.
[Stage clear event]
(After Hisahide withdraws, Keiji runs to the room where Hideyoshi was imprisoned.)
Keiji: Haah...haah...haah....
(Finding Hideyoshi, he is shocked)
Keiji: ...!!!
(At Hideyoshi's feet lie some dead soldiers.)
Hideyoshi: Haah...haah...haah...(he is fatigued)
Keiji: (looking around) Everyone's...dead... Hideyoshi, did you....?
Hideyoshi: There was no other way.. Because of being powerless... I didn't want to lose everything because of that.
Keiji: I understand that, but.. But isn't killing them going overboard...?
Hideyoshi: Being powerless is a sin.. Those without strength cannot grasp anything. Looking at some dream, letting everything slip away... I shall not stand for this!!Keiji: Hideyoshi....
Hideyoshi: Keiji..surely you cannot understand.
(Hideyoshi turns away from him)
Hideyoshi: I will obtain strength. Looking forward, and never turning back.
(Keiji looks at the pained Hideyoshi leaving, uncertainty in his heart. The Todaiji burns in the background)
(A quiet day. Keiji is sleeping in the Maeda mansion.)
Matsu: Keiji, wake up! Food's ready!!
(Keiji, woken up by that voice, gets up silently and looks in the direction where usually someone showed up from. But no one is here this time....)
Keiji: Friends aren't coming...huh.
(Said this, Keiji has a kind of nostalgic look on his face...)