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.
If you're going to hang yourself 
beneath a cherry tree, do it in the spring!
Si tarde o temprano piensas 
ahorcarte, mejor hazlo en primavera.
Si tarde o temprano piensas ahorcarte, 
mejor hazlo en primavera.
Si tu veux te pendre à un cerisier,
 attends au moins le printemps.
Por que não espera a primavera para
se enforcar numa cerejeira?