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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Gifuu Doudou!!: Kanetsugu to Keiji
Official name：義風堂々!! 兼続と慶次
Chinese name：义风堂堂！兼续与庆次
Other names：正义凛然直江兼续－前田庆次酒物语
Premiered：July 2, 2013
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Historical / War / Combat / Source manga
Original author：原哲夫 / 堀江信彦
Director：ボブ白旗 / 原哲夫
Scenario：今川泰宏
Storyboard：又野弘道 / 齋藤徳明 / 川瀬敏文 / 佐山聖子 / 名村英敏
Co-director：又野弘道 / 関田修 / 木野目優 / 吉田俊司 / 齋藤徳明
Studios：スタジオディーン
Family：Gifuu Doudou!!: Kanetsugu to Keiji
Rating：16+

Gifuu Doudou!!: Kanetsugu to Keiji

Hiding within his heart the secret of his lord's illegitimate child while risking his life to protect him, Uesugi Kenshin's chief retainer, Naoe Kanetsugu, teamed up with the legendary warrior known as history's most infamous wild man, Maeda Keiji.

Never once yielding to any number of powerful men, Kanetsugu and Keiji continue to blaze through the turbulent latter days of the Warring States era, faithfully fighting for justice and their own way of life...

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Jul 2, 2013

EP1 - Kanetsugu and Keiji

Naoe Kanetsugu and Maeda Keiji: two legendary samurai share a drink and look back on the time they first met over sake.
Jul 9, 2013

EP2 - Kanetsugu's Righteousness

The uwanariuchi is about to take place and someone doesn't want Kanetsugu to get involved. Could Maeda Keiji be behind all of this or...
Jul 16, 2013

EP3 - Keiji's Righteousness

Kagekatsu is summoned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and is ordered to conquer the Sado Province. Kanetsugu suspects it may be a trap, but accompanies his lord and prepares to head to Sado. Kanetsugu tells Keiji that he has to leave for a while, and is disappointed because he had a surprise he wanted to show him, but Keiji has his own surprise planned...
Jul 23, 2013

EP4 - Arrival in Sado

The Uesugi army, led by Naoe Kanetsugu and Uesugi Kagekatsu arrive to Sado island, despite being aware that . They meet with the head of one of Honma clans, Honma Takatsuna of the Kawarada-Honma clan that rules over northern Sado. He seems to cooperate with the Uesugi army, but once they try to commence a battle with the other Honma clan, the Uesugi army realizes just how dangerous the two feuding families might be... especially together. However, Kanetsugu has something up his sleeve as well...
Jul 30, 2013

EP5 - Attack on Sado

Knowing that they are in a trap set by the Chief Advisor, Kanetsugu has something up his own sleeve. The North and South armies of Sado continue their farce of a battle and the North sends in farmers dressed up as soldiers into the river to get shot. This adds to the rage of Keiji and Kanetsugu and this pushes them to finally make their move to take Sado.
Aug 6, 2013

EP6 - Episode 6

The battle in Sado concludes with Uesugi's victory. As Kanetsugu and Keiji recall wrapping things up in Sado, they then remember another incident that threatened the fate of the Uesugi clan. When Kanetsugu was younger, he had visited Oda Nobunaga. Nobunaga gives him a folding fan, but also gives Kanetsugu some startling news...
Aug 13, 2013

EP7 - The Truth Spoken to the Moon

Kanetsugu and Keiji discuss with the ghost of Nobunaga on what happened with Kanetsugu bringing the folding fan back to Echigo. A young Kanetsugu, otherwise known as Higuchi Yoroku, went back to Echigo, preparing for his possible death when he learned of his true lineage. He meets with the father who raised him, Higuchi Souemon, and they both go to see Uesugi Kenshin's older sister, Sentouin, where he learns the entire truth of his past.
Aug 20, 2013

EP8 - The Wind of the Men of War

Hideyoshi hasn't given up on trying to get his hands on Echigo. This time, he tries to use Maeda Keiji to bring down the Uesugi clan and get his hands on the province. Kanetsugu is informed of this by an unlikely source, and he plans to head into another battle of wits with Hideyoshi and Keiji joins him, despite their lives being at stake once again...
Aug 27, 2013

EP9 - The Eccentric, Yoroku!

Kanetsugu and Keiji continue to recount their many adventures when they were younger. Keiji asks Kanetsugu how he got to know his spear-bearer, Mosuke. Kanetsugu tells him about their meeting and the sad past that ended up connecting them for the rest of their lives.
Sep 3, 2013

EP10 - Usugumo's Eccentric

Kanetsugu and Keiji finally make it to Kyoto, despite knowing that they are falling right into Hideyoshi's trap. Kanetsugu meets up with Keiji, who is visiting the courtesan, Usugumo. Keiji knows that all he has to do to win this battle, is to lower his head to Hideyoshi, but his pride is giving him a hard time doing that. Meanwhile, Usugumo shows them that they aren't the only eccentrics...
Sep 10, 2013

EP11 - Audience with the Ruler

Kanetsugu and Keiji's audience with Hideyoshi is drawing nearer. Keiji has his own idea on what he's going to do, and Mitsunari has made his own arrangements to try to ensure that Keiji doesn't do anything to get him killed. But then Keiji finally appears in front of Hideyoshi...
EP12 - Follow Your Heart...

Keiji greets Hideyoshi with an outrageous topknot, and is showing blatant disrespect to the Chief Advisor in his greeting. This alone is enough for Hideyoshi to take his life, and the powerful page he had readied is about to strike, but then something unexpected happens...
EP13 - The Man of War and the Strategist

Kanetsugu and Keiji survive the audience with the Chief Advisor, but his page is not satisfied with something and confronts Kanetsugu. Ishida Mitsunari talks about meeting Oda Nobunaga and everyone prepares for the next big battle that awaits them.
EP14 - Drinks and Conversations of Men

Mosuke and Jirobo have some drinks and have a conversation before the moon about their lord, Naoe Kanetsugu and his adventures up until this point.
Oct 8, 2013

EP15 - Episode 15

Hojo Ujimasa, the fief lord of Odawara violates orders and captures the castle of the Sanada clan, forcing Hideyoshi to command the Tokugawa, Uesugi, and Date clans to attack Odawara. Otani Yoshitsugu, the man who persuaded Ieyasu to join his side, visits Kanetsugu. Otani, wounded, requests an answer ...
Oct 15, 2013

EP16 - Episode 16

April, 1590: Hideyoshi finally launches his campaign to conquer Hojo’s Odawara Castle. Meanwhile, Kanetsugu and the Uesugi forces attack Matsuida Castle, but due to Hojo’s vassal Daido Masashige’s strong defense, a stalemate of advancing and retreating ensues. Kanetsugu has a secret plan, however; he takes a dog with him and enters the mountains. That moonlit night above a hill, Kanetsugu hears beautiful sounds of someone playing a flute.
Oct 23, 2013

EP17 - Episode 17

The vassals of the Tokugawa clan scheme to uncover Kenshin’s hidden offspring. “Have you heard of ‘gem eyes’”? An eye is drawn on the back of polished crystal, then inserted into the eye-sockets of the Bodhisattva statue; they are said to resemble real eyes. Kenshin supposedly commanded the crafting of gem-eyes as a memorial offering to Taehime. Now if those gem-eyes have the same characteristic as Kanetsugu’s eyes ... so laughs Ii Naomasa, audaciously.
Oct 29, 2013

EP18 - Episode 18

Date Masamune arrives at the battleground from Oshu, but arrives too late to Odawara; his delinquency angers Hideyoshi, who sentences him to stay confined in Hakone. Prior to the siege of Hachioji Castle, Kanetsugu visits the Hakone hot springs to assess Kojuro’s intentions. But here comes Kojuro’s lord, Date Masamune himself, who raises his fists to the moonlit sky: “I will eventually be ruler”!
Nov 5, 2013

EP19 - Episode 19

Tokugawa Ieyasu lies in wait for the Uesugi army as they march toward Hachioji Castle. Ieyasu apologizes to Kanetsugu for Ii’s disgraceful conduct, then suddenly stares into Kanetsugu’s face. On the other hand, Kagekatsu and Kanetsugu infer Tokugawa’s scheme, and dispatch Ninja Jirobo to protect Kenshin’s Bodhisattva statue. However, Jirobo gets abducted by Sagen. Jirobo is in a dangerous predicament, but a giant, armor-clad beast enters the scene ...
EP20 - Episode 20

Jirobo was trapped by Sagen and Iga Ninjas; Jirob’s on the verge of death, but he's saved by a bizarre demon-entity. The secret Jirobo is guarding is of that kind of magnitude. It all started further back in time, in 1559, when Nagao Kagetora -eventually called Uesugi Kenshin- and Taehime, the Chief Advisor Konoe Sakahisa’s younger sister, had a small exchange of mutual feelings ...
Nov 12, 2013

EP20 - Episode 20

Jirobo was trapped by Sagen and Iga Ninjas; Jirob’s on the verge of death, but he's saved by a bizarre demon-entity. The secret Jirobo is guarding is of that kind of magnitude. It all started further back in time, in 1559, when Nagao Kagetora -eventually called Uesugi Kenshin- and Taehime, the Chief Advisor Konoe Sakahisa’s younger sister, had a small exchange of mutual feelings ...
Nov 19, 2013

EP21 - Episode 21

Hideyoshi’s strategy is ruthless. 15,000 troops of the allied forces of Toyotomi storm Hachioji Castle. Even the women and children are not spared; the utterly gruesome rout is over in a single day. Hojo Ujimasa and Ujinao get the news of their fallen castle, and lose their will to fight when Hideyoshi’s Ishigaki Castle suddenly appears. Kanetsugu questions Kagekatsu about their lopsided victory ...
Nov 26, 2013

EP22 - Episode 22

Jirobo, Sagen, Ieyasu, and Shima Sakon: All men with different motives, but they all have one thing in common - they are in pursuit of KenshinÕs Jizo-Bodhisattva statue. Jirobo gets closest to the clue of its whereabouts, and he sends Kanetsugu a report. Jirobo had been on the verge of death, but was saved by White Cloud; now he goes to Daiyoin, TaehimeÕs sister, where he is told a shocking fact by Daiyoin. Kanetsugu reads JiroboÕs report, and sighs ... Oda Nobunaga was in possession of the Jizo Bodhisattva!
EP23 - Episode 23

Nobunaga's Ninja Ban Tarozaemon gives clues to Jirobo and Sagen about the whereabouts of the Jizo Bodhisattva statue, respectively in two parts. Jirobo finds himself all alone as he takes a trip to the mountains with an entire Iga Ninja army, as he must guard Kanetsugu's secret.
EP24 - Episode 24

At an inn on their way, Sakon informs Kanetsugu about Hideyoshios ailment, and speaks of his dream as a strategist. Early in the morning as they are about to leave the inn, a giant body shows up, with white fur smeared in blood.
EP25 - Episode 25

Shimosaka Sagen and a force of 300 Iga ninjas await Kanetsugu at the cemetery of Mount Koya. Though Kanetsugu and party seem to be doomed, his secret scheme proves efficacious. Sagen decides to reject his affiliation with Tokugawa, and determines to fight Kanetsugu one on one. KanetsuguÕs actions are strange; he takes an iron fan in hand, and begins to dance. The battle for the Jizo Bodhisattva, which contains critical secrets of Uesugi, comes to its righteous conclusion.