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 ...
She cut off her lifeline, 
her black hair...
Cortarse su cabello, el que es 
tan importante como su propia vida...
Cortarse su pelo, aquello que es 
tan importante como su propia vida...
Une femme qui coupe ses cheveux,
 la chose la plus précieuse.
Ela cortou seu cabelo negro, sua linha da vida...