The Ambition of Oda Nobuna - Season 1 - Eps 5: Strategy of the Genius Tactician
After forming an alliance with Motoyasu, the Oda army begin their attack to reclaim Mino from Yoshitatsu. However, their attempts are repeatedly thwarted by Hanbē Takenaka, an Onmyōji and Mino's secret tactician. Dōsan's tells Yoshiharu, Mitsuhide, Goemon and Inuchiyo where they can find Hanbē and convince Hanbē to join the Oda army. Upon reaching Hanbē's home, they soon discover Nagamasa is there as well to convince Hanbē to join his side, hoping to use this to make Nobuna marry him. Yoshiharu and Nagamasa are greeted by a man claiming to be Hanbē who has them take a test that will convince him who's side he will join. However, the test is a ruse as the man claiming to be Hanbē is Hanbē's Shikigami familiar and the real Hanbē is a shy, young girl who hates violence. Meanwhile, Hanbē's uncle is arrested by Yoshitatsu as he is suspicious on Hanbē refusal to come and swear loyalty in front of him and using battle strategies with the least amount of bloodshed and orders Hanbē to come to Inabayama castle or her uncle will be killed. Having a plan to save her uncle, Yoshiharu and Nagamasa accompany Hanbē to meet Yoshitatsu while Mitsuhide, Goemon and Inuchiyo rescue her uncle. Despite her pleas she will never betray him, Yoshitatsu refuses to believe Hanbē as he sees her strategies of sparing her enemies lives as treason. As Yoshiharu calls out Yoshitatsu for treating Hanbē horribly, his allies manage to rescue Hanbē's uncle and attempt to escape. However, Yoshitatsu has taken Hanbē hostage which the frighten girl summons her familiars which defeat Yoshitatsu and his men. After finally escaping, Hanbē swears her loyalty to Yoshiharu after being touched by his kindness and his loyalty to achieve Nobuna's dream.
About The Ambition of Oda Nobuna

Title: The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
First Air Date: 2012-07-09
Last Air Date: 2012-09-24
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.482/10 (from 28 votes)
Language: JA
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 12
Network: AT-X TV Tokyo
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Comedy
Production Companies: Madhouse, Studio Gokumi
Synopsis
The historical romantic comedy follows 17-year-old high schooler Sagara Yoshiharu who one day time-travels to the Sengoku period, where all the major Samurai lords are cute girls. Yoshiharu meets Oda Nobuna, the girl counterpart of Oda Nobunaga, and begins to serve her as a substitute of Kinoshita Toukichirou, who has been dead in the world.
Cast

Takuya Eguchi
Yoshiharu Sagara (voice)

Kanae Itou
Nobuna Oda (voice)

Hitomi Nabatame
Katsuie Shibata (voice)

Rei Matsuzaki
Nagahide Niwa (voice)

Sayuri Yahagi
Mitsuhide Akechi (voice)

Masumi Asano
Hisahide Matsunaga (voice)

Tomoko Kaneda
Goemon Hachisuka (voice)

Misato Fukuen
Inuchiyo Maeda (voice)

Yui Ogura
Hanbē Takenaka (voice)

Emiri Kato
Oda Nobukatsu (voice)