Mitsunari Ishida was killed in the Battle of Sekigahara. Following the war, a meeting is held at Edo Castle to determine the fates of those that had stood against the Tokugawa clan. Yukimura Sanada's sentence, in particular, attracts heated debate from all those present. Amidst all the voices baying for his blood, not least Hidetada Tokugawa, who had fallen in battle to Yukimura, and was late in reaching Sekigahara as a result, Ieyasu Tokugawa asks Yukimura's brother, Nobuyuki, for his thoughts.
While Mitsunari's Western Army had 
the upper hand in the early going,
في الوقتِ الذي كانتِ اليد الطولى لجيشِ ميتسوناري الغربيّ في الانطلاقة الأولى
Während Mitsunaris West-Armee
zu Beginn die Oberhand hatte,
a pesar de que el Ejército del Oeste 
dirigido por Mitsunari había tomado ventaja,
a pesar de que el Ejército del Oeste 
dirigido por Mitsunari había tomado ventaja,
qui semblait jouer en faveur
des troupes de Mitsunari,
sebbene l'esercito occidentale di Mitsunari
sembrasse avere la meglio in un primo momento,
apesar de o Exército do Oeste de 
Mitsunari ter a vantagem no começo,