Ginga Densetsu Weed EP17 - The Struggle In The Blizzard

At Gajou, the minions of Genba return empty-handed, defeated by Kurotora, Akame and Hook. Genba angrily orders Kamakiri to kill them for their failure, but Hougen stops him and says that there are soldiers in his pack that are exceptionally strong and couldn't be stopped and orders the dogs to gather up the bravest of the dogs, planning to have them fight with one another to determine the top generals. As the Ohu army continue their journey, Kyoshiro's army follows them. Kyoshiro's army stumble across Mel, who mistakes them for enemies. Kyoshiro mistakes Mel for an enemy too and chase him. Mel reaches Weed's army and reports to him about the invasion of Ohu and the arrival of Hougen after Weed introduces him to Kyoshiro. Mel says that a battle will take place at Futago Pass. Kyoshiro is hesitant to join Weed's army after what he is done, but joins in after being shocked at Weed thanking him for coming back even though left him. Weed is reminded of his anger at Jerome due to Kyoshiro's return. At Gajou, the top generals of Hougen's army are determined: Kite the greyhound, Batt the weimaraner, Buruge the black mouth cur and Toube the Tosa dog. Akame and the others hear the battle cries at Gajou and realize that the female hunting will begin again and one of the generals will come. The Ohu army reaches near Futago Pass and Weed takes Rocket, GB, Tesshin and Kyoshiro with him to Futago Pass and order Ken and Kagetora to lead the others away if the enemy strikes. Kurotora, Akame and Hook watch form afar as Genba sets out with Toube and some other soldiers to steal females. However, Genba's army comes face to face with Shigure, who has returned with the sons of Kisaragi the Siberian husky from Mutsu. The sons of Kisaragi are: Izou, Shirozaku, Shinsaku, Shintaro, Kogoro and Hichinosuke. Genba orders Toube to kills them and a battle breaks out between the groups as Kame and the others join in. The six sons of Kisaragi try tackling Toube as Genba attacks Akame, but is pinned down Shigure and Kurotora, who are vengeful for their deceased family members. Genba throws away the two Kai-Kens and pins down Akame but Weed, GB, Rocket, Kyoshiro and Tesshin arrive. Weed knocks away Genba and Genba demands to fight with him, but Tesshin stops him and says that he is enough of an opponent for Genba. The Great Dane arrogantly tries attacking Tesshin, but Tesshin, using the different ninja-dog techniques, makes deep cuts on Genba several times. Most of the dogs of Genba's army are defeated and Weed knocks away a dog attacking Izou, as one dog from Genba's army rushes to Hougen to report about the danger. As the fight continues, Akame drags Izou to a safer place as he senses that a strong blizzard is going to blow any moment. Toube demands to fight Weed, since he is the leader. While Toube is fighting with Weed, Genba calls him to back him up, since Toube is the only one who is yet to be defeated in the army. Weed asks Genba if he would surrender, but Genba snaps that he would never surrender, when Kamakiri's army arrives at Futago Pass, having been sent by Hougen to rescue Genba. Genba, gaining confidence after seeing the reinforcement, attacks Tesshin as Toube attacks Weed. Genba manages to pin down Tesshin, but Shigure knocks him away and they stand at the edge of a cliff. Tesshin gives Genba one last chance to surrender and redeem himself, but Genba refuses, at which Tesshin and Shigure grab his shoulders and push him off the cliff along with themselves. Kamakiri and Weed's army run towards one another to attack, when the strong blizzard, Akame had predicted would come, blows out on them, blurring everything and stopping them from having a battle. During the blizzard, Tesshin, Shigure and Genba roll down the cliff and as the reach the bottom of the cliff, Shigure and Tesshin jump away from Genba and Genba hits his head on a rock, badly wounding him. Both Kamakiri and Weed's army are forced to withdraw. In the morning, Tesshin and Shigure returns and Shigure tells his uncle that he has gotten revenge for his brothers. Tesshin says that while they didn't kill Genba, he probably wouldn't be able to return to the battlefield ever again. At the bottom of the cliff, some dogs digs up Genba from the snow as Kamakiri and Toube watches. Genba suddenly wakes up from his unconsciousness and attacks one of his own soldiers before falling down again. Toube and Kamakiri realize that Genba has been brain-damaged so much that he has gotten memory loss and will attack anything around him. Toube is horrified at Genba's state, but Kamakiri feels delighted at Genba's downfall, thinking he can now take Genba's place as Number 2 of Hougen's army.