Wow... so the English translation had been spotty at best until now, but for the final page of this really engaging story, where they needed to stick the emotional landing, this was SERIOUSLY botched. Spoilers obviously.
The samurai's smelly wife left a cache behind, containing the samurai's true love's head and two notes, one from the true love, and one from herself.
Fan Translation -
True Love:
If the love is genuine I pity the princess
Wife:
Two will not be served in the world
Original Japanese-
True Love:
恋実らさば
姫様悲し
Wife:
二方に仕えん
あの世にて
The first letter is completely warped, and the second is completely inverted. I am not fluent in japanese, but obviously the TL reads completely wrong given the context. Its like they read all this malice into the two women where throughout the story you could tell it was the exact opposite.
The first one died so the samurai might move on and both him and the noblewoman might find some sort of happiness, and then the noblewoman, overcome with loyalty to the one person in her life who saw her as a human being, immediately self sacrificed. Coming up with 'Two will not be served in the world' is completely laughable! Obviously she killed herself so she can attend to both the man who did her right and the woman who gave up her life to give them a chance.
Don't shoot me for consulting AI, and feel free to correct me. But this seems like a more accurate rendering.
True Love:
If our love were ever fulfilled,
the princess would only suffer.
Wife:
In the next world,
I shall serve you both.
Really amazing story.
