impartiality becomes harder as the years go by, personal bias and years of understanding his men, in a way, has ensured the grand general has grown the slightest bit more favourably towards those who remain part of his clan as opposed to the one's who remain elsewhere. perhaps that is why he does not find it in himself to shout, as he approaches kanetatsu late in the evening, once all the rowdiness of the days events seems to have calmed down, stoicism his vice by lieu of the way his gaze wavers slowly, cautiously, to ensure he does not remain hurt. ❛ i'm not blaming you, ❜ a rarity for one to hear from him, nowadays. ❛ i'd just like to know what has transpired, ❜ / from tatsuomii!!
He wasn't being blamed but he still felt thoroughly chastised with just a couple of words. Naoe was still a little hot tempered but he took his position seriously! Perhaps a little too seriously.
"It was nothing--" He was tempted to cross his arms but out of respect, he didn't.
"Naotora-dono just thought it was okay to try and poach some of the Uesugi for the Takeda so I thought it best to tell him no." And it wasn't just anyone! He tried with Masaki, who was his vassal. Naoe just vehemently argued against it which caused more of a kerfuffle than he was expecting it to which roped in more Takeda and more Uesugi. Why Tatsuomi was friends with the outsider and other general was beyond him. The man was infuriating.
I've been thinking about this since the second the new chapter dropped but I wonder if Naotora will manage to become the first Takeda in history to break off the "Takeda curse" of killing their own fathers... because in his case, Naoe might end up doing it in his stead
Anonymous said: i know there are 5 of them instead of the optimal 3 but kuroko, fmk +the grand generals
FMK - send 3 names
“ The five grand generals?” And she was going to have to kill at least one of them? That…definitely wasn’t ideal. She didn’t wish ill on any of them as it stood. (That didn’t mean that she didn’t have countermeasures and plans on hand should one of the other clans move against them. It was just being prepared.) She just needed to assess this situation logically.
“ Marry Tatsuomi, first of all. “ This one she is at least confident in without hesitation. But things were murky with the other generals. “…I suppose sleep with Shishikado? His knowledge with oni is extremely useful as an ally.” Which left Soma, Naotora, and Tsubasa to decide the fates of in this hypothetical game. “ I’ve never consider such an act before, but sleep with Tsubasa. I like her approach to matters and I think she’d be easier to discuss matters with than some others. Her reservations are usually well-founded but not immovable. “ She nods with a fairly confident gesture. Except…that meant killing at least one or both of the other two. “ Sleep with Naotora. He’s a valued ally to our band and works well with us. He was a crucial component to my plan with the black dogs and Orochi after all. “ To which she was very thankful.
Which meant…. “ My deep apologies to him, but kill Soma. “ Ah, that probably wouldn’t go over well. “ If it comes to a battle of wills where both sides have facts, and he is on the other side, there’s almost no chance to sway him. He’s strong, which is beneficial as an ally, but a bigger threat if he is in opposition. He also seems to be less inclined to have the adaptable nature of the Uesugi band or the Takeda band, and less likely to have common goals. So for that reason, I’d choose him out of them all. But it is nothing personal against him. Only strategic. “
have i ever talked about how suspicious i am of Naotora purely because he has hair-horns
because.... oh wait let me think of who else had hair horns and who just so happened to be hiding something major from us UH FUCKIGN MICHIRU WHO ENDED UP WORKING FOR THE OBSIDIAN EIGHT AND WAS MADE IN THE OBSIDIAN GODDESS'S IMAGE???????? LIKE HELLO???????????
OHTAKA I SEE YOU, NAOTORA IS HIDING SOMETHING AND I'M WAITING FOR IT TO BE LIKE REVEALED THAT HE'S LIKE A LITERAL KISHIN OR SOMETHING
manga readers i'm not caught up pls don't hurt me with spoilers but i feel like i have a right to be suspicious