The Elusive Samurai — Chapter 1
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The Slaughter of 1333
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 The Slaughter of 1333 CHAPTER 2 Tag 1333 CHAPTER 3 Revenge 1333 CHAPTER 4 Suwa 1333 CHAPTER 5 Hunting 1333 CHAPTER 6 Retainers 1333 CHAPTER 7 Archery 1333
VALOR- OUS DEATH IN COMBAT
FOR A WARRIOR, HONOR IS BATTLE AND DEATH.
NOBLE SUICIDE
ALL RIGHT...
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!
CHAPTER 1: THE SLAUGHTER OF 1333
... BECAME A HERO BY RUNNING AWAY...
BUT ONE BOY...
...AND LIVED TO BECOME A LEGEND.
THE YEAR IS 1333. KAMA- KURA.
HOJO TAKATOKI REGENT OF THE KAMAKURA SHOGUNATE
LORD ASHIKAGA TAKAUJI AND HIS FORCES ARE GOING TO WAR!!
IT'S TAKAUJI- DONO!
THE YOUNG GUARDIAN DEITY OF THE KAMAKURA SHOGUNATE !!
THE HERO ASHIKAGA TAKAUJI...
...IS THE FOREMOST CHARACTER AT THE START OF THE NANBOKU-CHO PERIOD OF JAPANESE HISTORY.
HOW- EVER ...
...HE IS NOT THE HERO OF THIS STORY.
AS USUAL, YOU ARE GOOD AT PLAYING HIDE-AND- SEEK...
... YOUNG LORD.
I AM GOING TO KYO TO QUELL THE UPRISING LED BY THE PREVIOUS EMPEROR, GO-DAIGO.
FUTURE GENERATIONS MUST KNOW OF OUR LOYALTY TO THE HOJO CLAN.
I PRAY THAT YOU DO GREAT DEEDS FOR THE PROSPERITY OF KAMAKURA AND THE WARRIOR FAMILIES.
I KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON YOU, TAKAUJI- DONO.
HOJO TOKIYUKI SON OF HOJO TAKATOKI
KIYOKO
YOU SHOULDN'T FAWN OVER HIM LIKE THAT, TOKIYUKI- SAMA!!
YOU'RE THE FUTURE LEADER OF THE SHOGUN- ATE!
SOMEDAY YOU'LL GIVE HIM ORDERS!
I DON'T REMEMBER US GETTING BE- TROTHED. UM ... AND YOU'RE MY FUTURE HUSBAND, SO STAND TALL!
COME ON! LET'S HAVE A MEAL, JUST THE TWO OF US!
TOKI- YUKI- SAMA!
IT'S TIME FOR YOUR ARCHERY LESSON!!
OVER THERE! THERE HE IS!
Uh-oh...
AGH!
...I DON'T FEEL SO WELL! TODAY ...
SAVE IT FOR TOMOR- ROW!
HE'S SO GOOD AT GETTING AWAY!!
TCH ...
BESIDES, KIYOKO
HIS ONLY SKILLS LIE IN RUNNING AND HIDING.
...WHILE HE MAY BE SUCCESSOR TO THE SHOGUNATE AS YOU SAY...
...HE WILL BE A MERE PUPPET LIKE HIS FATHER.
HE'S NOT AT ALL A WARRIOR LIKE TAKAUJI.
IN APPEARANCE, TAKATOKI STILL COMMANDS THE SHOGUNATE...
We'll take it from here! Okay...
THE HOJO CLAN HAS RULED THE SHOGUNATE FOR GENERATIONS, BUT THE MAIN LINE HAS DETERIORATED.
...BUT HIS ADVISERS HOLD THE TRUE POWER.
I DON'T CARE IF HE'S A PUPPET, FATHER!
AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE DAUGHTER OF A DISTINGUISHED HOUSE!
I'LL STILL LIVE IN LUXURY!
TOKI- YUKI- SAMA...
...MAY BE TALENTLESS AND WEAK WILLED, BUT HE'S KIND!
IN VALOR, BREEDING, LINEAGE, AND FAME...
INSPIR- ING, ISN'T HE?
...HE'S ALL THAT A WARRIOR SHOULD BE!
...CAN COMPARE TO ASHIKAGA TAKAUJI!
NO SAMURAI IN KAMAKURA...
NOT ONE AMONG THE WARRIORS ...
...EXPECTED ANYTHING FROM THIS BOY.
...AND UNFIT TO BE A WARRIOR ...
THE YOUNG NOBLE WHO APPEARED WEAK WILLED...
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!
HIS NAME MAY BE MENTIONED BRIEFLY IN TEXTBOOKS...
...BUT EVERYONE FORGETS IT AFTER THE TEST.
...WAS HOJO TOKIYUKI.
HOW- EVER
HE WOULD COME TO PROVOKE A STORM IN THIS TURBULENT TIME.
HE WAS AS VIBRANT ...
...AS A SHONEN MANGA HERO.
OH NO!
...HE CAUSED AN UPROAR BY HIDING IN AN ARMOR STORAGE BOX FOR TWO DAYS!
IF HE HIDES, WE'LL NEVER FIND HIM!
ATTENDING LESSONS WOULD BE MUCH EASIER!
HE IS THE SHOGUNATE'S SUCCESSOR, ALTHOUGH IN NAME ONLY...
...BUT HE IS LAZY AND COWARDLY AND SETS A POOR EXAMPLE.
LAZY ...
COW- ARDLY ...
SURE, BUT...
...WHY WOULD A MERE PUPPET LIKE ME NEED THE POWER OF PEN AND SWORD?
...LIKE KAMAKURA.
AND I LIKE TO SEE ITS PEOPLE SMILE AS THEY LIVE IN PEACE.
JUST LIVING IN THIS CITY IS ENOUGH FOR ME.
I DON'T NEED STATUS OR HONOR.
AS LONG AS LOYAL WARRIORS LIKE TAKAUJI- DONO ARE AROUND...
...THE SHOGUNATE WILL REMAIN UNTROUBLED.
THOSE ARE MERELY
THAT'S WHAT FATHER SAYS.
...ASPECTS OF THE MONSTER ASLEEP WITHIN YOU.
YOU AREN'T LAZY...
...OR COWARD- LY.
A SHRINE MAIDEN?
WHO ARE YOU?
AND WHO'S YOUR FATHER?
JUST AS I'VE HEARD, YOU ARE ELUSIVE!!
G Y A A A H !
I'M SUWA YORISHIGE! A SHINTO PRIEST FROM SHINANO PROVINCE!!
PLEASED TO MEET YOU, TOKIYUKI- SAMA!
I'VE BEEN UP HERE ALL ALONG!!
I FORE- SAW THE FUTURE AND KNEW YOU'D COME UP HERE!!
WHEN DID YOU CLIMB UP HERE?!
I'LL DIM IT DOWN.
I WAS BORN SACRED! SO MY HOLINESS SEEPS OUT!!
OOPS! SORRY!!
...THAT'S A BRIGHT SHINE YOU'VE GOT.
I CAME TO PRAY FOR THE PROTECTION OF KAMAKURA FROM ITS ENEMIES...
SHE'S SKILLED AT SECRET ARTS AND CLERICAL WORK. SHIZUKU IS MY HELPER.
...AND MUST REPORT TO YOUR FATHER THAT I'VE FINISHED.
THAT LAST BIT WAS UNNECES- SARY! SHI- ZUKU!
TOKI- YUKI- SAMA... TELL ME AGAIN ...
I DON'T TRUST THIS GUY.
BUT HE'S SLOPPY ABOUT PRAYERS. FATHER'S HOLY POWER GIVES HIM PRESCIENCE.
...HOW YOU KNEW I'D BE UP HERE?
IF YOU DON'T TRUST ME... ...THEN I'LL LOOK EVEN DEEPER!
...YOUR FUTURE, TOKIYUKI- SAMA!
I CAN SEE...
...TO BECOME ... YOU WILL AND ...
...OR MAYBE ...
ANY- WAY, I THINK ...
FURTHER- MORE, WILL SORT OF AND-NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT...
WHAT ?!
IF YOU THEN HAPPI- NESS IS SURE TO- NO, WAIT.
BUT I SAW ONE THING CLEARLY! IN COMEDY DUOS, THERE'S A STRAIGHT MAN AND A FUNNY MAN, AND YOU'RE MORE OF A STRAIGHT MAN!
WELL, I ONLY KNOW BITS AND PIECES! IF I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING AHEAD OF TIME, NOTHING WOULD BE ANY FUN!!
THAT WAS INCREDIBLY VAGUE!!
SO WHAT'S THAT MAKE YOU ?!
FURTHER- MORE...
...I SAW THE FUTURE TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
WHEN YOU ARE TEN YEARS OLD...
...YOU WILL BE A HERO WHO SHAKES HEAVEN.
AS A LORD OF WAR...
THUS, YOU SHALL ALTER THE DESTINY OF JAPAN.
...AND OTHERS WILL REVERE YOU. ... SOME WILL FEAR YOU...
BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY STRONG--
THAT IS ALL I KNOW.
WHAT?! HE RAN AWAY?!
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ALLOWANCE TO WASTE IT ON CON ARTISTS!
HMM ... HE HAS A KEEN SENSE OF DANGER.
IT'S NO WONDER HE DOESN'T TRUST YOU WHEN YOU SAY SUCH THINGS.
THAT WAS CLOSE!
ALL HE'D GET FROM ME IS FAKE SPLENDOR ANYWAY. WHAT A DUMMY ...
...AND LOOKED AT ME...
BUT HE CALLED ME A HERO...
...SO SERIOUSLY.
YOU'RE OLDER, SO YOU'RE FIRST IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION!
SUCCESSION BY A CONCUBINE'S SON CAUSES STRIFE!
TOKI- YUKI!
NO THANKS!
FATHER IS ILL AND WEAK WILLED.
YOU SHOULD TAKE HIS PLACE SOON!
AND YOU'RE PROUD OF THAT?
OPENLY AVOIDING WHAT WE DON'T LIKE TO DO IS IN OUR BLOOD!
HOJO KUNITOKI TOKIYUKI'S HALF BROTHER
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT SUWA-DONO TOLD YOU.
YOU'RE MUCH BETTER AT EVASION THAN FATHER AND I ARE.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK! ...YOU COULD BE A HERO.
IN CERTAIN CIRCUM- STANCES ...
ONE MONTH LATER...
... TOKIYUKI'S BROTHER KUNITOKI ...
...WAS BE- HEADED.
AND HIS FATHER, TAKATOKI
HIS WEAPONS MASTERS KANO SABURO AND SHIOTA JIRO... ...DIED IN BATTLE.
AND ATTACK- ERS VIOLATED AND MURDERED ...
VASSAL OF THE SHOGUNATE SETTSUNO CHIKAAKI...
... CHIKAAKI'S DAUGHTER KIYOKO.
...HE HAD TO LOSE EVERYTHING.
WHY YOU! DID YOU BETRAY US?
NAGOE TAKAIE SECOND-IN-COMMAND OF THE SHOGUNATE ARMY
ONLY 24 DAYS HAD PASSED SINCE TAKAUJI TOOK UP ARMS...
...AND THE KAMAKURA SHOGUNATE, WHICH THE BOY WAS TO INHERIT, LAY IN RUINS.
...GATHERED IN A TEMPLE AND COMMITTED BLOODY SUICIDE.
UPON REALIZING THAT KAMAKURA HAD FALLEN, OVER 800 MEMBERS OF THE HOJO CLAN AND ITS FOLLOWERS...
FATHER
Namu Shakamuni
I HAVE BEEN WAITING, TOKIYUKI- SAMA.
SO HE COMMANDED ME TO HELP YOU ESCAPE.
AT THE END, YOUR FATHER SAID...
...HE COULD NOT BEAR THE THOUGHT OF YOU DYING.
I WILL SHELTER YOU...
...IN MY TERRITORY OF SUWA IN SHINANO.
MY DIVINE SIGHT SHOWED ME THIS POSSIBILITY...
...SO I PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
...YORI- SHIGE.
... YOU HERE ? WHY ARE ...
GO AND SECURE THE ROAD TO SUWA.
I HAVE FOLLOWERS AND A MOUNT ON A NEARBY HILL.
LET US GO AT ONCE.
I SHOULD OPEN MY STOMACH ...
...LIKE MY FATHER AND THE OTHERS.
IF YOU DIE, WHAT WOULD BECOME OF JAPAN?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WELL...
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME?
STOP MUTTERING ABOUT THE FUTURE! IT'S UNSEEABLE!!
TO PEOPLE LIKE IT'D BE A BIT
THE TRAITOROUS WARRIORS WROUGHT UTTER DESTRUCTION UPON KAMAKURA.
IT WAS LIKE A SCENE FROM HELL.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE ...
...THAT ASHIKAGA TAKAUJI WOULD BE SO SAVAGE.
...WHEN HE SMILED THAT DAY?
WAS HE FAKING
"YOU CAN'T RUN FROM ME, YOUNG LORD!"
YOU WILL HAVE REVENGE, TOKIYUKI- SAMA!
THIS SMILE TOO...
...COULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN ANOTHER DECEPTION!
AND I WILL LEND YOU MY STRENGTH!
FATHER ...
FRAUDULENT? BUT I'M POSITIVELY BURSTING WITH SACREDNESS!!
FRAUD IS FRAUD.
HOW RUDE!
I REFUSE TO TRUST A FRAUD- ULENT SHAMAN!
YOU'RE FAMILY! BACK ME UP HERE!!
THAT'S OBVIOUS. LOOK. WE CAN'T AVENGE MY FATHER.
IT TOOK MINAMOTO YORITOMO FIVE YEARS TO DEFEAT THE HEIKE CLAN.
BUT TAKAUJI LAID WASTE TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY IN JUST 24 DAYS.
THE OTHER DAY...
...TO SOMEONE STRONG LIKE ASHIKAGA TAKAUJI.
BUT FUTURE GENERA- TIONS WILL ONLY APPLY THAT WORD...
...YOU WERE SPEWING NONSENSE ABOUT ME BECOMING A HERO.
IT IS A DISGRACE FOR THE DEFEATED NOT TO DIE.
VERY WELL ...
...THEN DIE!
SO LET ME DIE LIKE A WARRIOR...
...ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
THAT'S THE HOJO BOY!!
IN THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR...
...AND THRUST INTO THE ABYSS OF DEATH...
THAT IS THE PLACE WITHIN YOU...
...WHERE A HERO SHINES!
HEY...
...I COULD'VE DIED!
YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO DIE...
...AND YET YOU JUMPED OUT OF THERE TO SAVE YOUR SKIN.
THAT WAS THE HERO IN YOU.
RUNNING AND HIDING ARE GOOD SKILLS FOR A HERO.
YOU HAVE AN UNMATCHED TALENT FOR STAYING ALIVE.
YOUR SURVIVAL ... ...IS MON- STROUS.
AND YOU THRILL AT WALKING THE LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
TAKAUJI MAY HAVE SLAIN MANY LORDS AND SEIZED POWER...
...BUT YOU WILL VEX HIM.
BECAUSE NEXT HE MUST KILL THE RIGHTFUL HEIR TO THE KAMAKURA SHOGUNATE...
...BUT YOU EXCEL AT ESCAPING DEATH.
TAKAUJI KILLED TO BECOME A HERO...
...BUT YOU WILL LIVE TO BECOME A HERO.
YOU ARE HEROES WITH OPPOSITE FATES.
OF COURSE
...VICTORY WILL REQUIRE MORE THAN RUNNING AND HIDING.
What the
Aim !!
MILITARY MIGHT...
WISDOM
I WILL PROVIDE THESE SO THAT YOU MAY WIN.
...TAKAUJI IS SURE TO COME SEEKING YOUR DEMISE.
AS LONG AS YOU DRAW BREATH...
NOW!
THE FATE OF JAPAN HANGS ON A GAME OF TAG!
UNTIL THAT TIME, RUN AND HIDE AND GROW STRONG...
...SO YOU MAY VANQUISH THE DEMON PURSUING YOU.
WHAT DO YOU GET FROM HARBORING THE CHILD OF A FALLEN HOUSE?
YORI- SHIGE- DONO...
I DO THIS OUT OF LOYALTY TO THE HOJO CLAN!
...WHAT DO YOU WANT?
BUT I DOUBT YOU'D BELIEVE A FRAUD LIKE ME!
I WILL EXPLAIN SOMEDAY...
...ONCE YOU'VE RECLAIMED KAMAKURA.
... BUT ONLY ...
MY FAMILY LIES DEAD...
...AND I SHOULD'VE DIED WITH THEM.
...AM SHAME- LESS.
...I'VE AWAKENED TO THE JOY OF LIFE.
BUT THANKS TO YOU ...
YORI- SHIGE- DONO...
...I'LL HOLD YOU TO YOUR WORD.
I SERVE YOU UNTO THE PITS OF HELL.
BUT OF COURSE.
...IN TWO YEARS TOKIYUKI WOULD SHAKE ALL OF JAPAN.
JUST AS YORI- SHIGE PROPHE- SIED ...
...THIS BOY OUTRACED ALL THAT BEFELL HIM...
IN AN AGE WHEN "HONORABLE DEATH" WAS COMMON...
...AND ATTEMPTED TO OVER- THROW THE EMPEROR.
THUS BEGAN THE TUMUL- TUOUS LIFE...
...OF THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI PRINCE.
1333 HOJO TOKIYUKI SSR
NANBOKU-CHO COMPATIBILITY
ABILITIES
MARTIAL ARTS 6 SAVAGERY
POLITICS
CHAOS
INGENUITY 22
LEADERSHIP
RUNNING AND HIDING
CHARM
ELUSIVENESS: COMBINED TECHNIQUES IN RUNNING AWAY, EVASION, AND STEALTH LIKES SEA BREAM SASHIMI: GIVES 30 PERCENT INCREASE TO HAPPINESS COMMENTS
SKILL NOTE
EMBLEM
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, HE'S PENNILESS, SO WATCH OVER HIM!
MITSUUROKO (THREE SCALES)
Chapter Summary
The much-anticipated The Elusive Samurai (Official) - Volume 1 Chapter 1 has dropped, and readers are already buzzing with excitement! The biggest reveal that sent fans "insane" was learning that this new series comes from the mangaka behind the beloved *Neuro*. Many are confidently predicting another fantastic ride, brimming with laughs and good storytelling. 😂
Chapter 1 certainly delivered on the humor, with one commentor cracking up over a character's ability to "reduce his sacred light." It seems the debut chapter hit all the right notes, hooking readers instantly with its "shounen deliciousness." However, amidst the positive vibes, an interesting question has emerged: will the author strictly follow historical events? 🤔 If so, some readers are bracing themselves for a potential tragedy for Tokiyuki, suggesting a "tragedy tag" might be in order down the line. Despite this historical speculation, everyone agrees The Elusive Samurai (Official) - Volume 1 Chapter 1 has started strong!