Ep. 1: Furuta Sasuke negotiates for the Hiragumo teakettle while Nobunaga tests his loyalty with a warship.

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In October 1577, Furuta Sasuke, a 34-year-old vassal of Oda Nobunaga, travels to Shigisan Castle to negotiate with Matsunaga Hisahide, who allied with the Mori Clan and Ikko-ikki. Nobunaga offers a pardon for the Hiragumo teakettle, but Hisahide refuses, strapping the kettle filled with gunpowder to his chest before it explodes, leaving Sasuke with the top. By 1578, Nobunaga displays the Great Atakabune, a massive sea vessel. After Nobunaga executes a merchant for inconsistent opinion rather than disrespect, he challenges Sasuke to determine whether the artistic Hiragumo teakettle or the military Great Atakabune is superior.