#The Fool of Owari [ Nobunaga ]

[nobuverse]

"Anyone want one of these? These mini-nobus keep following me around..."

Nobu, nob!

[writingwhimsey]

All's Fair In Love & War- Nobunaga Ch. 16

Chapter 16

I was in my room, Sato with me , helping me to get ready for the festival. I had given the maids the day off so that they could enjoy the festival with their families. Something I did every year. “So, you invited Lord Nobunaga to join you…is it a date? That’s the term you told me about before…the one from where you originally came from?” She asked as she helped me into my yukata. I could normally do this myself…but my shoulder was still screaming at me when I moved it too much…of course I had been given a medicinal elixir to help with the pain.

“I mean…I guess.” I replied, trying to avoid admitting I had invited him out on a date.

“Well, if that’s the case, I think you should totally let me do something a little different with your hair…and maybe we should even put on just a touch of makeup.” Sato said, grinning at me as she carefully tied the sash at my waist.

“You know it’s traditional for me to wear my hair in a bun.” I told her. “And…I was kind of already planning on applying at least a bit of rouge. Keep everyone from worrying too much about me.”

Sato sighed. “Alright, but I am going to do something just a tad bit different with your hair.” She said. “Now sit down and let me help you out.”

“Last time I checked I was the one in charge here.” I said, giving her a look.

“When we are dealing with diplomatic, economic, and military matters yes you are.” Sato replied. “But when it comes to matters of the heart and getting you all dolled up, I am in charge.”

I sighed and rolled my eyes, but complied and took a seat. Sato was then moving behind me, a cob in hand as she began to run it through my hair. “Why exactly do you seem to be so supportive of the idea of me and Nobunaga getting romantically involved?” I asked her.

“Ava, you have done so much for me and for the people of this land.” She began to explain and I could picture the thoughtful expression on her face. “Ever since we met, you have been the most selfless leader I know. You have also been the most amazing friend to me over the years…when we met you saw me for what I could be instead of what I had been raised to be and you helped me become who I am today. I can see what you and Lord Nobunaga can be. You deserve to be happy and to for once take something for yourself.”

“Well…” I began, but really couldn’t find the words.

Once she had finished combing my hair, Sato was pulling the sides into braids. “You know, we all want you to be happy, my lord.” Sato told me. “We can all see it. There’s really something special between you two. And you know the maids have been saying for years that you need to marry.”

I laughed. “Yeah, they have been pushing that one for a while…and so have the other clans.” I replied. “Though that has never worked out.”

“I think it’s because all possible suitors have been horribly undermatched for you.” Sato replied. “They’ve all been second sons who are just power hungry.”

“True…they couldn’t lead their own clans so that thought they could woo me and marry me and take over mine.” I replied with a frown.

“And Lord Nobunaga doesn’t have a need to take over the Yamada clan.” Sato replied. “You and he are on more equal footing.”

“That’s something weird to think about.” I replied. Me on equal footing with one of the great unifiers of Japan.

“You two are also quite similar.” Sato added, as she finished up a second braid. She was then grabbing hair pins and sticks as she worked to pull back the still loose hair up and into a bun.

“How do you mean?” I asked.

“You know Lord Nobunaga’s original province wasn’t that large.” Sato said. “For quite some time he was known as the fool of Owari, but he rose to power and began his grand ambition of uniting these islands… and look how far he has come…and you had a similar rise to prominence. Which would likely be why he decided to ally with you in the first place.”

“You do have a very good point.” I replied. “Though my rise pretty much started because I wanted revenge on the Ishihara.”

“True, but even through that you still made things better for everyone.” Sato replied. Once she had finished the bun, she took the braids and pulled them back, wrapping them around the bun. “There, your hair is all finished, now let’s get a bit of color on those cheeks and your lips.”

I laughed. “Alright.” I agreed. “Thank you…for always being there for me.” I added.

Sato smiled. “And thank YOU for always being you.” She was then dabbing a bit of rouge on my cheeks, lips, and a touch at the corners of my eyes. “There, you look stunning, my lord.” She was then handing me my small hand mirror.

I looked into it…and honestly I didn’t recognize myself. I had been in warrior and warlord mode for so long…I sometimes forgot what I looked like when I wasn’t. Granted I wore the Yukata every year and it was clearly made of the highest quality silk…but even in the past I have always still looked battle ready. Right now…I just looked like a woman about to attend a festival.

“I think Lord Nobunaga is gonna be speechless.” Sato said with a grin.

I rolled my eyes. “I don’t think anything can make that man speechless.” I replied.

“We’ll just have to wait and see.” She said, still grinning. “Now come on let’s go.”

Sato helped me up and then we were leaving my room. We were soon making our way out to the front of the castle, where the others were already gathered. Everyone was dressed in their finest, ready to celebrate and enjoy the festival.

Of course, I didn’t really notice anyone once I caught sight of Nobunaga. He was dressed in a fine red kimono that had a black and gold collar…and if I wasn’t mistaken was open just a bit more than his usual clothes. Seeing more of his defined chest than normal…struck me with some rather strong and not so innocent desires.

“We’re all set!” Sato declared with a grin, getting the attention of the others.

When Nobunaga’s eyes turned to me…it seemed my appearance must have had an effect on him as well. His eyes widened momentarily before a smile graced his handsome lips. “It is good to see you up and about Ava.” He said.

I fought the urge to pout. This is the part where you’re supposed to tell me I look beautiful. I thought to myself. Instead I smiled. “Nothing plenty of rest and good food can’t take care of.” I replied. “Besides, I’m made of tougher stuff than that.”

“As you are.” Nobunaga agreed.

Masamune was letting out a whistle as he came to stand next to me. “Looking good there, lass.” He said. “I know you’ve invited Nobunaga as your special guest, but you think you can fit in some time for me?”

I just glared at him as I reached up to shove against his chest with my good arm. “Personal space, Masamune. Stay out of mine.”

Nobunaga was then reaching for my hand as I brought it back down to my side and gently tugging, until I was close at his side. “I will not be sharing my title of special guest.” He said to Masamune, fixing a hard look upon the other man.

I had to admit…I felt a bit giddy at the idea of Nobunaga getting what appeared to be jealous over me.

Masamune just laughed. “I’m only teasing…or at least mostly.” He said, grinning.

“Alright, we need to get going.” Jiro said. “We can’t miss the opening ceremony, my lord…especially since you have to give your speech.”

“Why must you always remind me as if I do not already know?” I asked Jiro.

“Because he believes it is his job to be your schedule keeper.” Sato answered.

“Come on, let’s just go.” I said.

We all began to leave the castle together…Nobunaga still holding my hand. His hand was so much larger than mine…but my hand fit just so perfectly inside his. And his touch…it was so warm. I could feel the eyes of the others on us as we made our way to the center of town, but for the most part no one mentioned our joined hands.

“I am looking forward to this festival.” Nobunaga said. “What kind of opening ceremony do you have?”

“It opens with a prayer for a good growing season from the local temple monks. Then we have dancers and musicians who put on a performance.” I answered. “And then afterwards I go up and announce the beginning of the festival.”

“Did your father participate in this opening ceremony?” Hideyoshi asked.

“He did. Then when he started giving me more responsibilities, this was one of the first things he handed over to me.” I replied.

“But before that you still participated in the opening ceremony.” Sato said, grinning at me.

“No need to talk about that.” I replied, knowing exactly what she was getting at.

Nobunaga looked at me intrigued. “Oh? What did you do?” He asked.

“Our lord used to dance with the dancing girls in the troupe.” Sato informed him because she knew I wouldn’t want to. “And she was quite the dancer. Very graceful.”

“I would have loved to have witnessed that.” Nobunaga said, smiling at me.

“Yes, well, I don’t do that anymore.” I replied. “Besides…I mainly participated in the dance as a favor to my mother.” My mother had always joined the dancers and she’d wanted me to join her. So I did, to make her happy…the smile on her face, I can still see it so clearly.

“Yeah Lady Kaede could get you to do just about anything.” Sato said, grinning at me.

“Don’t act like you never fell for my mother’s charms.” I countered. “She would say jump and you’d say how high, my lady.” 

“Well, she was a very special woman.” Sato replied. “And you are most certainly your mother’s daughter.”

I felt the bitter sweet sting that came with the memories of my parents. They had truly been amazing people and I would always miss them…and these festivals always did make me a bit nostalgic. “Alright, alright. Enough of that. Let’s just get there.” I said, needing to not be crying. This was a celebration after all.

Before much longer, we arrived at the center of the town. With our arrival, the opening prayer was said by the temple monks and then the music started as soon as the prayer ended. The dancers moved gracefully across the stage. The backdrop of the early sunset sky made for a stunning visual.

Once the dancers were finished, it was my turn to step out on the stage. Nobunaga released my hand as I climbed up on the stage. I smiled as I looked out at the people gathered. I was happy to see the usual faces from my lands and the now familiar faces of the people of Azuchi who had come to participate.

“Good evening and welcome everyone!” I greeted, my voice carrying out over the gathered crowd. “On this day, we celebrate new beginnings and look towards the bright future ahead. May the heavens bless us with a bright year filled with peace, prosperity, a fruitful harvest, broader horizons, and new friends.” It was the same speech I gave every year. Short and sweet, but it was what the people loved and expected. There were cheers from the crowd and then I was exiting the stage as the music began to play and the festival began to move into full swing.

“I was half expecting a grand speech.” Masamune said, giving me a teasingly disappointed look.

“It’s the traditional short and sweet opening that the people expect.” I replied. Though, this year those words felt truer than that had before. “Now come on, we have food and games and music and dancing to enjoy.”

We were all heading off then, to walk around and enjoy the festival. We ended up splitting up, each of us wanting to check out different things. Nobunaga and I ended up on our own. “What will you show me first?” Nobunaga asked, looking at me.

“What? You expect ME to entertain YOU?” I teased. “Though I can think of something you’ll like.” I was then reaching for his hand and leading him towards the food vendors. We had a very special one that I had a feeling he would like.

When we arrived at the small cart, we were greeted with a happy smile from the vendor. “Ah, my lord. I am happy to see you as always.”

I returned his smile. “I am happy you have come back to town. We’ll take two.” I said.

He smiled at me. “Of course, my lord.” He was then handing me two sticks with what one would think was blown and sculpted glass in the shape of water dragons.

“What is this?” Nobunaga asked as I handed him one.

I smiled. “Candy.” I answered. “Go on, try it.”

I watched as Nobunaga brought the stick to his lips, his tongue coming out to taste the treat, almost hesitantly as if he didn’t believe it was really candy. His eyes went wide. “That is delicious.” He declared.

I grinned and we paid for our treats, Nobunaga picking and buying some extra for later. “I had a feeling that would be one you would enjoy.”

“I commend you on your first recommendation.” He said, smiling at me.

I couldn’t help but to giggle a bit. We checked out a few more food vendors, before I led Nobunaga to the games. “We didn’t always have all of these games, but they are some additions I have made over the years.”

The games were all variations of simple carnival games I remembered from the future and could replicate here…or some variations of such things. There was also a knife throwing competition, an archery competition. I looked over at Nobunaga. “Are you up for a little friendly competition?” I asked, a grin on my face.

“I am…though it almost doesn’t seem fair…given the circumstances.” He replied, grinning right back at me.

“Well, it’s a good thing then that most of these require only one good arm and I am right-handed.” I replied.

We went first to a ring-toss game, where you had to toss the rings and get them into the bottles. Nobunaga won this competition. I had always sucked at this one even in the modern day. Our next game was where you threw a ball to try and knock over a stack of bottles over. I won this competition.

We did several more of the games, both of us winning some and losing some and even tying at others. Nobunaga was smiling at me, laughter dancing in his eyes as we moved from game to game. 

“This festival is quite entertaining.” Nobunaga said, as we finished the knife throwing competition.

I had to admit that while I was having fun, my shoulder was beginning to scream at me…. But I was nowhere near ready for the night to end. Besides, we still had the fireworks to see. “I’m glad.” I replied, pushing down the pain.

Nobunaga was lifting his hand to my face, fingertips tracing my cheek delicately. “Perhaps we should find a quiet place to sit?” He asked, his eyes looking into mine.

“I’m fine to keep going.” I replied.

“Ava…” he said my name as he leaned in close, his lips at my ear, “We can always return after you have had a rest.”

I felt a shiver run down my spine at his proximity and how his breath tickled my ear. I nodded. “Alright…the fireworks should be starting before long so we can find a good place to view them from.” 

Nobunaga pulled back, smiling at me. “Yes.”

I thought for a moment, remembering where they were going to be set off from and then led Nobunaga to a secluded spot down by the river that ran through my land. There was a bench sitting beneath a tree on the riverbank, one my father had placed there years ago. It had been a favorite spot for him and mother.

We walked over and sat on the bench beside each other and looked up at the night sky. “It’s a beautiful and clear night.” I said, a smile on my face.

“Yes.” Nobunaga replied. I felt his fingers brush my cheek once again. “How are you feeling?” He asked.

“As good as can be expected.” I replied, turning to look back at him. His handsome face was so close to mine. “It still hurts...especially if I move it too much, but it’s nothing I can’t push through.”

Nobunaga was looking intently at my face before looking at my left shoulder. It was as if he were inspecting for blood or any other sign that I had reopened the wound. “Are you certain? You haven’t reopened it?”

“I promise, I am fine.” I replied. “It honestly feels good to be up and moving. I hate just laying around doing nothing…I don’t idle well.”

Nobunaga chuckled at my words, though I could still see the concern in his eyes. It was as if it just wouldn’t leave. His hand moved to fully cup my cheek. “See that you take care of yourself.” He said, his words so gentle, so sincere.

“Why…why do you care so much…about what happens to me, Nobunaga?” I found myself asking. “What am I to you?”

“I…don’t know.” He answered. “It is…to see you hurt or in distress…it makes my chest tighten and ache as it never has before…and when I see you smile or hear you laugh…nothing brings me as much joy…and I find myself…thinking about you even when you are not near and at times it makes no sense…wondering how you are and what you are doing…wondering if you are thinking of me, too…and then when we are together…I am filled with the strangest of desires…I want to reach out and touch you…hold you…”

It sounded like Nobunaga was feeling the same way about me as I was about him. “You have… no idea what you do to me when you say such things, Nobunaga.” I found myself telling him.

“What do you mean?”

I was reaching for his other hand and bringing it to my chest. “Making my heart beat fast like this for one thing.” I replied. “And when your fingers touch my cheek…or when you’ve kissed my forehead…and you consume my thoughts just as you say I do yours.”

Nobunaga seemed surprised by this. His eyes widening and his lips parting as a slight gasp slipped out. “Ava…”

“Nobunaga…”

As we sat there, I couldn’t help but to be filled with my own strange desires as I looked into those carnelian eyes. Without even thinking about it, I lifted my hands and fisted them in the fabric of his kimono…then I pulled him towards me as I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his.

Nobunaga seemed surprised for a moment before his lips twitched into a smile against my own. It only lasted a moment as his arms wrapped around my waist and his lips began to mold and move with mine. I felt his tongue gently prodding at my lips before slipping inside to tangle with my own.

As our kiss deepened and continued, I could hear the boom of the fireworks and I saw the bright colors dancing behind my lids. Though…they really didn’t seem to matter. All that mattered in that moment was Nobunaga and his lips against mine, his arms around me. It was in this kiss that I knew and I could finally give a name to what I had been feeling.

I am in love with you Nobunaga. Truly and deeply, I love you.

[lustfulchaldea]

Stuck down in the boiler room, things must get awfully steamy, doesn't it? Hopefully Kagetora isn't going to find herself with her cock so hot and bothered that she has to let it free... and then spend a full day draining those melon-sized, sweat-soaked nuts in Okita and Nobu~

'Kagetora, could you guard the boiler room for me? Kuku got to Martha again, and It's really important to the Border's success. If Demon King Nobbu and Okita start screwing around like they did with Chaldea's, it could be catastrophic...'

Kagetora had no issues with being the boiler room's guardian. Sure, it wasn't the most glamorous of duties, and she'd much rather be on the battlefield, buuuut...there's something to be said for being the last line of defense against Nobunaga, the only one trusted to handle her and her favorite Saber.

So, stationed up with a book, some snacks, and a load of ice water...She plonked her butt down on one of the least-hot machines, and got to her watch.

6:30 AM.

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12:45 PM

"...Haaa...Haaa...Oh dear...It might...be a *biiit* hot when the Border's running..."

Kagetora is coated in sweat, and when she leans down to sniff herself, she instantly recoils (which looks very odd when her smile is permanently plastered on her face).

Not a good sign.

Her ice water supply dried up an hour ago, and she's already removed her cape and shoulderguards, leaving her exposed in that thin black top as her legs cross over one another.

So, what does Kagetora's mind tell her to do next? What path does the Dragon of Echigo take to relieve herself further of this heat...?

"...Well, they're not coming by, so perhaps I can just..."

...

SHIFFFF....FLOP-THUNK!

"Haaa...oh, that's so much better..."

Kagetora breathes a sigh of relief as her monster cock frees itself from her skirt, third leg smacking against her actual leg as she lets it loose.

Something about her cock just had her burning up between her legs, desperate for even a bit of relief. She hadn't beat off in a week, she was getting stressed as it was thanks to the sweat and the heat, and what she really wanted was to just go back to her room, take a long shower, and never take the quality of her room (and humanity's collection of pornos) for granted ever again.

She could do it, though.

Just a few more hours...Just a few more h-

"WAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THE BOILER ROOM, JUST AS WE LEFT IT! ALTHOUGH, ISN'T IT HOT IN HERE?!"

A loud, boisterous, aggravating voice. Nobu. Though, given the slightly more severe tone, she guessed it was the Avenger Nobunaga, in her first ascension.

Kagetora started packing her heavy dick back into her ill-fitting undergarments, grunting as she rushed herself a bit so Nobunaga wouldn't be able to come in and make fun of her for going balls-out on guard duty...

"Nobu, you're being loud...Also, what do you mean 'just as we left it', the Border's boiler room is logistically way big- GHAK!"

Okita Souji. Nobunaga's cute, bottom-heavy companion for all things silly and goofy, coughing up blood as usual. Kagetora liked her marginally more than Nobunaga; At least they could bond over how stupid the Fool of Owari was.

"Oh, hush, Okita! This is our porn parody! We have to play stupid for a little until our bodies are ravaged by whatever beast lurks within! See? We're not even getting pictures until we're ahegaoing!"

"H-Huh? A porn parody? I-I got picked for a porn parody? But I'm not nearly as curvy as other Sabers..."

"Hey, in this Ascension, I'm not a whole lot either! Clearly our magnetic personalities were the catalysts for this! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"...Can't we get slambred later? I wanted to hang out with the Captain today..."

"Shush, Okita! We're playing the part of ovulating bitches, and we're damn well gonna act like it!"

...

......

.........

Fuck it.

Kagetora can work off all this stress and heat (and the week's worth of backed-up balltar inside her swollen jizztanks) using their fucking insides.

That sounds like a perfect idea.~

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5:57 PM

WHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAM!

"Hgh! Hagh! Hooohgh, Grrrahhh! Come on, aren't you supposed to be the best swordswoman in the Shinsengumi? For a Saber, you're sure losing to my fat fucking lance! You're just as much of a whore as that imbecile!~"

Kagetora's cock, pummeling in and out of Okita's tight, squirting, drooling cunt, was merciless and without care. Okita's Weak Constitution clearly meant nothing to it, because an ass so fucking fat it clapped one cheek against the other when Okita moved meant that Okita was as breedable as any other.

And given the fact that, in the current moment, Okita's womb had already been painted white by that monstrous shaft...It would be hard to say that she wasn't more breedable than others, at the heart of it.

"Gho...ghhhnhhhhGAAAHHHHH!~ Whhuhhhthttt thhheee fuuuhchhhhkkk?~"

Okita checked out 3 orgasms ago, when Kagetora painted her face in cum so much that she STILL could barely see. Sweat oozed from her body as she bore all of Kagetora's frustrations, so flattened by the Lancer's violent breeding press that she was practically peeling off the woman every time Kagetora drew herself up to gouge out her hole again. Her stomach was bloated with seed, and her face permanently stuck in that brainless ahegao...but she could at least say that, was her hips bounced against her new Daddy's, and her eggs fell victim to the daimyo's conquering seed...she was satisfied.

Because, coated in cum, sweat, and her own drool...she was just the way this monstrous stud wanted her to be.

"COME ON, WORK THOSE FUCKING CUNT MUSCLES, OKITA! DON'T YOU WANT TO BE BETTER THAN NOBUNAGA?!"

Kagetora's bellow roused the other participant of their threesome to life, who had been collapsed unconscious on the floor until just that moment.

"D-Dammit, Kagetora...You're so unfair...~! I want you tooo!~"

Nobunaga had ascended herself to her Demon King form a long time ago, probably just before her and Okita's shared tamer had turned the Saber into a cumdumpster and given her such brutally massive amounts of love and attention (in Nobunaga's eyes).

Why? Well, initially it was to stave off the fact that, if she let herself be consumed by Kagetora's lust, this porn parody of herself would be permanent property of the Dragon of Echigo (and her pride wouldn't let that stand). But seeing Demon King Nobunaga had just made Kagetora more feral, and now the Great Unifier of Japan, greatest daimyo of the Sengoku Period, was drooling in a heap on the floor, cunt squirting around nothing as she begged for that fat cock.

"Mhhhorrr, pleassshhhh!"

Nothing could beat it. Nothing else could satisfy Nobunaga anymore, if it wasn't Kagetora's thick, sweaty, violent shaft. It'd collapsed in her womb, gotten her pregnant beyond a shadow of a doubt, and she was considering starting another Singularity when the night was out, JUST so Kagetora would come after her and punishfuck her into submission.

But no, she had to watch as her new owner, Daddy Kagetora, obliterated her best friend (and greatest rival) entirely and utterly, Okita throwing her head back in cumstained bliss every few seconds as she involuntarily squirted around that frustrated dick.

If she weren't entirely devoted to Kagetora's goals and wishes now (and well aware that, with her newly-found loyalty, Okita would probably murder her if she tried to rebel against the Lancer...), she's probably would've tried to usurp her at some point!

But no. Such things are unthinkable now....this just feels too good.~

---

"...Holy shit."

"I know, right? Who could've thought that our origin-"

"IF I'D KNOWN THAT KAGETORA WAS THAT FUCKING HUNG, I WOULDA THROWN MYSELF AT HER YEARS AGO! WHAT THE FUCK, YOU ECHIGO BITCH?!"

"...Nobu, you're using your outdoor voice again. Also, really?"

"...It sounds more pathetic after I think about it."

An awkward silence falls over the two as they continue watching the surveillance feed from the boiler room.

"You think we'll get....yanno...by her too? You know, like the sequel to the porn parody that everyone finds better than the original?"

Okita stares at Nobunaga in silence, as if contemplating whether slitting the Berserker's throat is a good enough way to shut her up....

"I sure hope so, but I doubt it. We're not nearly as popular as them, you know. I think we're just supposed to be gag characters in this event..."

A heavy sigh is shared between the two as they pat each other on the shoulder, getting close to the screen.

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"NOBWA?!"

Silver Nobbu's fucking losing it at all of this, by the way. It JUST got here and it's already dealing with porn shit?! What the fuck?!

That Kiara lady said it'd be chill, not horny as shit!

That's it. The Nobbus are taking preventative measures.

[dream-meister-translations]

FATE GRAND ORDER

GUDAGUDA SUPER GORYOKAKU #1

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DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : I never expected things to come to this.

??? : That's what you always say, Fool of Owari!

??? : You may have walked a long and strange road to become the mighty demon King, but here in this place, at this very moment, our fates are evenly matched.

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : Indeed, thus far... No... No... This must be the power of the Holy Grail...

??? : But of course, with the omnipotentence granted by my wish on the Holy Grail, there's nothing that can stand in my way anymore.

??? : ...Not even you...

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : Hmph... Then so be it.

NAGAO KAGETORA : W-What!? An ambush! But we only just rayshfited!

NAGAO KAGETORA : I'm on my way!!

HIJIKATA TOSHIZO : Ughhhhhhhhh!!

??? : Hold, men!

NAGAO KAGETORA : Guh...!?

HIJIKATA TOSHIZO : Gah...!?

??? : Are you THE Kagetora, Dragon of Echigo...? What ridiculous nonsense. To think you would spit on the Northern God of War with such a feeble display of power. Don’t make me laugh.

??? : And you... Oh? Hmm… This spirit… Is this the manifestation of some kind of demon?

??? : One after another, how cunning…

??? : But it’s no use. No matter what kind of warrior you may be...

??? : You cannot surpass me!!

NAGAO KAGETORA : Nobunaga, there's no mistake, they deceived us!

NAGAO KAGETORA : We've been lured into a death trap...

NAGAO KAGETORA : Th-This place… It’s…

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : ...Huh...?

OKITA SOUJI : No...!

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : Master, you must go!

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : It’s as they said. In this place. At this very moment… We have no chance of winning!

MASTER : I'll be back! I’ll save you!

TOSHIZO HIJITAKA : Okita! Saito! I'm going on ahead!!

SAITO HAJIME : Yes, Vice-Captain! I'll cover the retreat! Miss Nagao, I’m counting on you to take care of Master!

NAGAO KAGETORA : It's regrettable... but it seems we have no other choice…

NAGAO KAGETORA : Come Houshou Tsukige! We must break through!

NAGAO KAGETORA : Master! Don't let go of my hand!

??? : Oh, and here I thought you’d hesitate to leave your men on the battlefield. You’re surprisingly ruthless.

??? : You truly seem to understand what it means to be a general in spite of your appearance.

??? : And what of you, Fool? Have you no intention to retreat with them?

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : Heh. You’re right. Normally I wouldn’t be caught dead serving as a Shingari on the rear guard. Such a role is far more suited to an insignificant nobody like him.

HIJIKATA TOSHIZO : Oh, shut up... Who exactly is the small fry here?

??? : Hm. Then why remain here in such a hopeless place?

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : ...Because that is my duty.

??? : Because you are who you are, no...?

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : There's nothing more to it. I am the one who bears the true name of Nobunaga. Which means in this place, at this very moment, there is no retreat.

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : For here is where it all began. The path to my Demon Kingship!

DEMON KING NOBUNAGA : Therefore this… is Okehazama!

??? : Hahaha! Yes! That is exactly right!

??? : And you are the only mistake I ever made, nay, my archnemesis!

??? : Now, let us settle the karmic debt of our past lives!!

━

MASH : We lost connection to their heroic signals...!?

DA VINCI : Yes, it seems once they rayshifted into that Singularity, the connection dropped. We’ve lost our ability to observe them.

RANMARU X : The Singularity in question… Is Okehazama in Japan, is it not?

SION : We were able to track it up until the rayshift… What changed to make it so we couldn't observe it anymore...

SION : Could someone be interfering with the signal, perhaps?

MORI NAGAYOSHI : Hey hey, if it's Okehazama we’re talkin’ about. You can leave it to me. That’s my yard. But y’know, for someone constantly running his big mouth, that Demon King isn't reliable at all, is he?

ODA NOBUKATSU : Huh? Take that back! How can my sister possibly be unreliable?!

ODA NOBUKATSU : The way I see it, if we’re not even getting a reaction from my sister, then something terrible must have happened!

ODA NOBUKATSU : You need to hurry and send out a search, or, or reinforcements!!

DA VINCI : Easier said than done…

DA VINCI : Even the Servants we already sent were pushing the limits of our resources!

YAMANAMI KEISUKE : Demon King Nobunaga, Kenshin, Okita, and Saito… We prepared the very best team we could based on Aptitude, but...

MORI NAGAYOSHI : So you had to send Bishamonten alongside the Demon King? And they still lost? Now that really is something... Just who could do such a thing?

RANMARU X : We don’t know if they’ve been defeated for sure. We must start a search for Master Fujimaru!

DA VINCI : Ranmaru’s right.

DA VINCI : Fujimaru’s not the type of person to be defeated so easily…

DA VINCI : First we need to start investigating the Singularity so we can re-establish observation of their coordinates.

SION : Whether we can observe them or not, there’s still the issue of our dwindling resources.

SION : We won’t be able to provide backup immediately, but, Mr. Goredolf, please select the search team.

GOREDOLF : Y-Yes… You can leave it to me.

GOREDOLF : But I mean… Aren’t things supposed to be more… relaxed… than this with you guys involved?

GOREDOLF : How is it they say it again? Gudagu?

MASH : Director, this is not the time to be lazing around! The lives of Master and the others are at stake.

GOREDOLF : R-right... You’re right! Okay then it’s time to get tough!

━

NAGAO KAGETORA : ...I never thought it would come to this.

OKITA SOUJI : Even together, we’re completely helpless…

NAGAO KAGETORA : An ambush right after the Rayshift... And the enemy in perfect formation…

NAGAO KAGETORA : We were completely baited… What on earth happened…?

SAITO HAJIME : ...It’s best we shift gears and keep moving forward.

SAITO HAJIME : But this IS crazy… No matter how you look at it…

SAITO HAJIME : We need to find a way to break through and retreat.

OKITA SOUJI : Agreed...

OKITA SOUJI : But even if we escape, where exactly do we go?

NAGAO KAGETORA : We go East... If we can cross the mountain, we'll reach Shinano.

NAGAO KAGETORA : At the very least it should throw the enemy off our trail. We can use the darkness as a cover to make it through.

SAITO HAJIME : Alright, let's do it.

??? : I won’t let you escape that easily.

OKITA SOUJI : ...What!?

[redsamuraiii]

The Legend & Butterfly (2023) Review *SPOILERS AHEAD*

In case you don’t know, the movie is out now on Amazon Prime! And I’ve just watched it! So here’s my thoughts!

It’s not what I expected but not in a bad way. Having watched several Japanese historical movies and dramas, I was expecting it to be a war film like Sekighara where it shows the key battles during Oda Nobunaga’s rise to power. However, it’s actually more of a romance focusing on Oda and his wife.

Well, as the name suggest, “The Legend (Oda) & Butterfly (Nohime).

You may think of it as Hollywood’s The Last of the Mohicans where the story centers around two lovers against the backdrop of a war-torn colonial America. Similarly, this movie focus on Oda and Nohime’s relationship and their struggles throughout their marriage against the backdrop of Sengoku Jidai.

So it is a romanticised version of Oda Nobunaga where it shows his human and emotional side as a complex and interesting character. Just as his wife, Nohime, who is equally complex and interesting in a different ways as their opposing personalities and traits eventually drew them closer together.

While the numerous battles are not shown in full, they are either mentioned or show a glimpse to give the audience a taste of what the war is like. For those who are familiar with the history, you will have no problem following it but to those who are not, you may struggle a bit to figure out what battle is that.

Kimura Takuya and Haruka Ayase’s undeniably strong chemistry and acting is enough to make you glued to the screen from the beginning to till the end. For me, seeing the two of them together again after their last drama together many years ago, it is a familiar sight seeing them bickering at each other.

I love the dynamic of their relationships and how they evolved throughout. Oda and Nohime started out differently. Oda was a simpleton who had no ambition to unify Japan which is why he was regarded as the “fool of Owari”. While Nohime was ruthless and ambitious like her father the Viper.

But over the course of the story, the prolonged civil war and strained marriage changes them. Oda became soulless and ruthless, after having to kill many and lose many in order to protect himself from his enemies while Nohime became mellow and sick after losing her child in a miscarriage.

They parted ways for a while after realising they are no longer fit together and how much the other have changed. But the long war eventually bring these two characters back together after they realised what they have become and that they could not survive the harsh world alone without the other.

This is where the interesting twist that caught me off guard happened.

Enter Akechi Mitsuhide. To those who do not know the history, Akechi is the loyal servant of Oda but despite his undying loyalty, he is constantly abused by Oda to the point that he eventually rebel against him leading to Oda’s death at the Honnoji Temple Incident, justifying it as overthrowing a tyrant.

In this movie, it is revealed that Oda’s image as a “Demon King” is actually a facade. An image conjured by Akechi to ensures that his master’s enemies fear him. So the abuse on Akechi by Oda is an act to scare off the palace visitors (rivals) to dissuade any potential enemies from double crossing him. 

Akechi volunteered to kill the monks, women and children on Mount Hiei to further demonstrate the power and ruthlessness of his lord, Oda. Although it was indeed Oda’s wish to kill them all to ensure no future uprising but Akechi took a step further by burning them all to death.

When Oda got back together with Nohime, he was reminded of his humanity and his early younger days as a simpleton when he first met her. Seeing this, Akechi realised that Oda could no longer put up with the image of a ruthless leader, someone weak could not have the strength to unify Japan.

So he rebelled against Oda, to overthrow him and to unify Japan himself. Yeah, it’s crazy. But wait till you hear what happens next. Before Oda departed for Honnoji, he promised Nohime, that once his enemies are crushed, he would return and bring her away to the sea to foreign lands as she wished.

Nohime has the heart of an adventurer, who had always want to travel to see life beyond the sea. Something Oda learns of when he first married her. Now seeing her in a fragile state, he intends to fulfil her wish before she dies. And for a moment, that’s what I thought happen as it shows Oda escaping Akechi.

He survives and returns to Nohime in Azuchi Castle to flee to the port where they boarded a Western ship to go Europe. And for a while, I thought I could go with this happy ending even if it’s fictional, but it is later revealed that is what Oda and Nohime was thinking at their respective places before their death.

Oda died at Honnoji Temple by committing seppuku just like in history and Nohime died at Azuchi Castle in her sleep. So it’s actually a story about love and loss, dreams and ambitions, something we all seek in life but only a few ever find. To me it’s a beautiful but bittersweet film worth watching.

The cinematography and music score is amazing. It’s not historically accurate but still as beautiful as The Last Samurai. Although personally, I wish they had left with that happy ending of the two of them heading to Europe. It’s a historical fiction meant to be enjoyed, not a documentary meant to be analysed.

[yuriko-mukami]

"Umh... I wrote some notes for the history class. I hope I got everything correctly but, of course, it can be I memorized something in a wrong way..."

"If someone wants to check it out, here are my sheets. Feel free to add more notes and corrections to it."

Yuriko’s History Notes

~The Sengoku Period~

The Onin War

The Onin War was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477 and initiated the Sengoku period. Onin refers to the era when the war started while it ended during the Bunmei era. It was a dispute between a high official Hosokawa Katsumoto and a regional lord Yamana Sozen but it escalated into a nationwide civil war that collapsed the feudal system of Japan.

Daimyo to know

Oda Nobunaga - the first of the three great unifiers

Toyotomi Hideyoshi - the second of the three great unifiers and the man who ended the Sengoku period

Tokugawa Ieyasu - the third of the three great unifiers, the only one out of the three who managed to receive the title of shogun and created Tokugawa shogunate which ushered in the Edo period. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan for 260 years.

Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Oda Nobunaga was one of the great three unifiers of Japan, the other two being Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide and was born on 23 June 1534 in Owari Province. In his youth, he was known as the Fool of Owari.

Tanegashima, the matchlock guns, arrived in Japan by the Portuguese Empire and were used by the samurai class and their footsoldiers. The guns changed the way of the war in Japan forever. Oda Nobunaga ordered 500 of these guns to his army which gave him a huge advantage in the war. He was also interested in trading with the Europeans. He collected pieces of Western art but also arms and armor and was probably one of the very first Japanese who wear European clothes. He was also a patron of Jesuit missionaries in Japan and supported the rise of the first Christian church in Kyoto.

Before his death, Oda Nobunaga was the most powerful warlord (daimyo) in Japan. He died at Honno-ji when Akeshi Mitsuhide surrounded the temple with his army. Oda Nobunaga committed seppuku (suicide) and told his page, Mori Ranmaru to run. Mori set the temple on fire so that no one could decapitate Oda. After that Akeshi also attacked Oda Nobutada, the eldest son and heir of Nobunaga. Also, Nobutada committed suicide.

Akeshi Mitsuhide didn’t manage to hold the power after his deeds because Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s army defeated him, and he was murdered by bandits when he was fleeing. That made Toyotomi as Oda’s successor.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi started his life on 17 March 1537 as a peasant. He became Oda Nobunaga’s retainer and sandal bearer but continued unifying Japan after his lord had died, finally ending the Sengoku period by thwarting the Kunohe Rebelion launched by Kunohe Masazane against his rival Nanbu Nobunao. The rebellion spread across Mutsu Province. Toyotomi Hideyoshi backed Nobunao along with Tokugawa Ieyasu, sending a large army to defeat the rebels. Kunohe Masazane was outnumbered, and he surrendered Kunohe castle. That was the final battle of the Sengoku period and completed the unification of Japan.

About Sengoku Period’s Meaning for Japan’s future

After the Onin war, the feudal system collapsed, and the Sengoku period was constantly warring over the power in the country. The unification returned the piece and the Tokugawa shogunate ruled for over 200 years but was overthrown in the mid-19th century. The resignation of the 15th Tokugawa shogun led to the restoration of imperial rule. Japan has already started to modernize during that time and the less feudal form of governance was formed in Meiji Restoration.

~Other Notable People~

The Theory of Uesugi Kenshin

There is a theory about a great warlord Uesugi Kenshin that he was actually a woman. The theory is based on a report from the 16th century and is written by a Spanish person to King Philip II. In the report, Uesugi is referred to as an aunt of Uesugi Kagekatsu. The other evidence supporting the theory is that Uesugi Kenshin had stomach cramps monthly and his military campaigns were planned around these cramps. The cause of Uesugi’s death is recorded in Todaiki as uterus cancer.

Other than that, Uesugi Kenshin had interested in historical novels, poetry, and calligraphy aimed at the female audience. His appearance is rather feminine if you look at his portraits from the Sengoku period. He was also allowed freely enter women’s quarters in the Kyoto Imperial Palace. He had no children, wife, or concubine. 

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1548 and was a swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, and ronin who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels. He was known as a sword-saint of Japan. He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryuu style of swordsmanship and also wrote books called The Book of Five Rings and The Path of Aloneness.

Izumo no Okuni

Izumo no Okuni was born in 1578 and was a shrine maiden in the Grand Shrine of Izumo. She is believed of inventing kabuki theater. She started to perform her new art style of kabuki (the art of singing and dancing) in the theater on the riverbed of the Kamo River in Kyoto. Her kabuki became popular and was known for performers who were often lower-class women.

While this was the start of the kabuki theater, female actors were later banned, and it became an all-male form of theater which it still is in these days.

[gainprincess]

Her favorite activities include lobbing corn muffins at the back of Kagetora's head while in the cafeteria

and then laughing afterwards

"Nobunaga..."

Kagetora's hissing snarl is offset by the smile on her face, though it's shaky even as she turns to face the tubby Fool of Owari. Her heft claps and wobbles against itself as she adjusts her chestwraps to keep her bra in check.

"You know, it's funny...I was so sure you'd be eating those, since your piggish throat can't get enough. Maybe you need some refills, hm? I can help with that.~"

She's grabbing all the corn muffins Nobunaga's lobbed at her, and resting them atop her heaving gut as she gets to her feet, lumbering slowly towards the Archer.

Is this how they flirt, or genuine animosity? No one really knows, but Kagetora's intent on shoveling these corn muffins down Nobunaga's chin-swaddled throat regardless.

[koorinohebi]

Revamped Tags

So I remade my long-ass list of tags. They are under the cut because long. Anyway, I'm also going to remake my current shipping tags because I think they need to be revamped as well. So if you want a ship tag with Kiomi or any of the muses of this blog, feel free to like this post. Only requirement is that our muses have interacted.

=== Mun Tags ===

Beyond the Bounded Field || OOC Craft Essence || Commissioned Piece Limelight || Commission Drawing Board || My Art

=== General Purpose Tags ===

⩤ Throne of Heroes ⩥ Gallery ⩤ Unprompted ⩥ ⩤ Starter ⩥ ⩤ The Meme ⩥ ⩤ HQ Report : Dash Comm ⩥ ⩤ Simulation Room : Dash Games ⩥ ⩤ The Grind : Memes and Games ⩥ ⩤ Order Restored : Answered ⩥ ⩤ Dailies : Anon ⩥ ⩤ Attention : PSA ⩥ ⩤ Mystic eyes of .Crack. Perception ⩥ ⩤ tw : ⩥ ⩤ Inbox Call ⩥ ⩤ Preparing to Rayshift : Queue ⩥ ⩤ Take my Hand : Wishlist ⩥ ⩤ Drums of War : Music ⩥ ⩤ War Council : P . R . O . M . O. ⩥ ⩤ Loyalties : P.r.o.m.o ⩥ ⩤ Stashed ⩥ ⩥ Cont'd from x

=== Muse Tags ===

⩤ Blog Shenanigans ⩥ ⩤ Muse Commentaries ⩥ ⩤ Visage ⩥ ⩤ Saint Graph : Headcanons ⩥ ⩤ Battle Records : Aesthetics ⩥ ⩤ To each their own reveries : Musings ⩥ ⩤ Chaldea Lunchtime : Conversations ⩥ ⩤ Interlude : Drabbles ⩥

⩤ To each their own devices : Kiomi ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Kamo Serizawa ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Mitsuhide Akechi ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Takechi Zuizan ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Tanaka Shinbei ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Chen Gong ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Okuni ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Lanlan Fang ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Major Magatsu ⩥ ⩤ To each their own devices : Major Reiter ⩥ ⩤ Echoes : Guest Muse ⩥

=== Verse Tags ===

⩤ Singularities : Main ⩥ ⩤ Remnants : AU ⩥ ⩤ Event Horizon : Crossovers ⩥

=== Friend Tags (Ever growing) ===

Arai-chan ⩤ Sarutobi Arai : Sister-in-Arms ⩥

Assortedsnacks ⩤ Touken Danshi : Kikkou Sadamune ⩥

Aurivore ⩤ Gilgamesh : Majesty Defined ⩥ ⩤ Kogil : Decadent Exuberance ⩥

Caemthe ⩤ Demon King of the Sixth Heaven : Oda Nobunaga ⩥

Gemsofchaldea ⩤ Jack : A Child Beloved ⩥ ⩤ Da Vinci-Chan : The Universal Beauty ⩥

Getsuruito ⩤ Momochi Tanba : The Great Ninja Master ⩥ ⩤ Pang Tong : The Fledgling Phoenix ⩥

Historias-Multorum ⩤ Hinata Hyuuga : Delicate Breeze ⩥ ⩤ Tsunade : Densetsu no Hime ⩥ ⩤ Izuna ⩥ ⩤ Shizune ⩥

Homeport ⩤ Sakamoto Ryouma : The Miracle Worker ⩥ ⩤ The Evil Mastermind : Takasugi Shinsaku ⩥ ⩤ Hizen Tadahiro : The Sharpest Edge ⩥

Kiicho ⩤ Kicho : Enchanting Pearl of Mino ⩥ ⩤ Nohime : Ties Severed ⩥ (Mitsuhide)

Lovedloyalty ⩤ A Saber Among Shadows : Okada Izo ⩥ ⩤ Alter Ego : Okada Izo ⩥ ⩤ Mori Nagayoshi : Blood Soaked Loyalty ⩥ ⩤ Beowulf : The Grendel Buster ⩥ ⩤ Leonidas : The King of Sparta ⩥ ⩤ Phantom : Angel of Music ⩥ ⩤ Shuichi : Spiral Bound ⩥ ⩤ Mephistopheles : Deals with the Devil ⩥

⩤ Hitokiri Izo : Hound of the Kinnoto ⩥ (Tosa) ⩤ Okada Izo : The Ghost of Tosa ⩥ (Redline) ⩤ Mori Nagayoshi : Demon of the Battlefield ⩥ (Blog Servants, Redline) ⩤ Old Man Li : Old and Strong ⩥ (Blog Servants, Redline)

Moonlightmagus ⩤ Yuuki : Friends Forever ⩥ ⩤ Na'amah : A Demon Dancing through Emotions ⩥

Mysticallities ⩤ Tristan : A vicious fairy knight ⩥ ⩤ Strange Amalgamation : Rintsuka ⩥ ⩤ Liber : The Ancient Arbitrator ⩥

Nobuverse ⩤ Chacha : A Radiance of Warmth ⩥ ⩤ Nobunaga Oda : The Avenging Fool of Owari ⩥ ⩤ Summer Nobunaga : Blazing Rockstar! ⩥ ⩤ Nagao Kagetora : The Dragon of Echigo ⩥ ⩤ Lancer Class : Mei Fan ⩥

⩤ Nobunaga Oda : Enemy at Honnouji ⩥ (Mitsuhide)

Nulltune ⩤ Hakuno : Shards of Moonlight ⩥

Madamhatter ⩤ Sophie : A Dutiful Heart ⩥

Soulsbetrayed ⩤ Avenger Class : Izou the Manslayer ⩥ ⩤ Touken Danshi : Tensho Koshirae ⩥ ⩤ Hosokawa Gracia : Beloved ⩥

Spookums ⩤ Witching Hour : Gabriella ⩥

Summoned-Anima ⩤ Ashiya Douman : The Humble Priest? ⩥

Super-Kame-Love ⩤ Aina Kichida : The Turtle Sage ⩥

Tenkoseiensei ⩤ Assassin Class : Yan Qing the Wingman ⩥

[aeswna]

Sengoku A Live ~Translation~

Main chapter: season 1

-Chapter 0 episode 0-3

- Error occurred -

----What is purpose of your life?

Turbulent times

A damp wind aimed the armor of the mounted samurai,and dust flies in gap between them as they stand staring at each other for their lives.

[???]"huh asakura Uesugi,Miyoshi,chosokabe,kuroda...I see imagawa and matsudaira are also there, which Is a quiet an interesting lineup.

[???]"Once they successfully stopped me from going to Kyoto, the raccoon dogs with something in their stomachs will face each other and have a friendly bouquet?"

[???]"Listen up you ignorant fools of the world!"

[???]"For me who will one day become a ruler of Japan country, this war is truly a feast"

[???]"The clique of the weak excite me. I can't help but feel happy. Involuntarily."

[???]"It makes me want to start singing"

[???]"Let's go!"

---The man who aimed to unify the country risked their lives in numerous battles

---They have been countless battles including that have no place in history.

In 1552 the dragon of Echigo and the tiger of Kai set up the camp near the river and glared at each other. However at the Uesugi camp-

[Kenshin Uesugi?]"What the river is flooding]

[samurai]"yes! We all know that this is a battle we cannot back out of! But now retreating is the only option...!"

[Kenshin Uesugi?] How long does it take for the water to get here?]

[samurai]"we're running out of time! Please make your decision!]

[Kenshin Uesugi?]...if so-

-Meanwhile at Takeda camp--.

[Takeda Shingen?]"Hmm- could that sound be..?

[samurai]"My lord! The river has flooded"

[Takeda Shingen?]"Don't worry the person in front of you will be watching the situation, so everyone wait on the high ground!]

[samurai]"What! That place is dangerous! My lord!"

--in 1559, at the Battle of owari, the Oda army, which controlled Owari, seemed to have the upper hand.

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Hmph, the siege network is unsurpassed. The battle situation is overwhelming in our favor"

[???] It's a trap, Nobunaga-sama...!

[Oda Nobunaga?]"What...? Who are you!? Show yourself and tell me the details!"

[???] I am Nobunaga-sama's ally...! There is a sign of a surprise attack by multiple soldier from them rear! Please run away immediately!!!!!

[Oda Nobunaga?]"it's was a surprise attack...!?

--in 1590, during Odawara conquest, Date Masamune, who had been separated from the army..

[Date Masamune?]"Ugh--!"

[Samurai]"You're an inexperienced swordsman. My heart can't catch up.

[Date Masamune?]"Haha, nice. I'm holding a sword so I can cut down people with big mouth like you."

[Samurai]"An increase number of young warrior, who are as good as babies,are talking. I'll cut your arm!!

[Date Masamune?]"!?"

--in each Battle, the flames of life for the warlord is about to go out.

-December 31, 2022-

[???]" Oda Nobunaga, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin...oh, maybe I should add Sanada Yukimura and some ninjas too..

[???]"Well I don't believe that"

[???]"Program that summons a Sengoku Warlord"

[???]"But if it true..."

-After the player murmur, the sound of enter key being pressed echoed-

[yocchan you're late. The new year will soon be here]

[I look around the crowd, searching for my uncle who I'm meeting]

___Shibuya on New Year's Eve__

Everyone was watching with joy on their faces was the annual year-end singing contest projected on a large screen.

Everyone seems to be looking forward to something int the new year.

[Huh? I wonder what's going on the image in my vision is messed up right now]

Suddenly, Shibuya was plugged into darkness

It was as if time has stopped at this very moment...

[???]....

[???]....hah? What is this..?

When the men opened his eyes Shibuya was cover in a white haze and everything had stopped

The people, the noise, the twinkling stars.

Expect for the one man

[???]"Hey Hey, is this some kind of prank?

That moment

A strong wind blew and a mysterious sound echoed thought the era.

[3 people]"...."

[3 people]"...."

[3 people]"...."

[3 people]"...."

[???]" Ha?...what are they..?

[???]"Ha...what are they?"

[3 people]"...."

[3 people]"...."

[3 people]"...."

[3 people]"...."

Suddenly, men in armor appeared in Shibuya, where time had stopped.

[Akechi Mitsuhide?]"....This place is..."

[Date Masamune?]"...Hah?Huh,what happened to this place?

[Kenshin Uesugi?]"is it fog that's gathering in it?... Is it illusions?

[Takeda Shingen?]"That family crest is it yours?"

[Uesugi Kenshin?]"! Takeda-"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"......What?"

[Date Masamune?]"huh? Did you just say something?"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Am I...dead...?

[Date Masamune?]"Ha?"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Answer me"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Who are you guys!"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Why are you here?!"

[Date Masamune?]"No no I want to hear it"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"....

*[Ishida Mitsunari?]"....

[Date Masamune?]"Eh...did I dead because of that? I was cut down by that angry guy...?"

[Takeda Shingen?]"In the foreground is flooding water.."

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Surprise attack...damn it!"

[Uesugi Kenshin?]"Everyone was facing theirs own end

[3 people]"...."

[Uesugi Kenshin?]"....I see. So this must be the place we reach after death.."

[Hattori Hanzo?]"After death..."

[Canada Yukimura?]"...No way..."

[Fuuma Kotaro?]"..is this what death is like?"

[Katakura Kojuro?]"I will not admit it! My master is dead..."

[Date Masamune?]"......"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"I won't admit it either! Im died without achieving the unification of the country."

[Oda Nobunaga?]"----!"

[???]"ah...?"

The two men's eyes meet and they stop moving for a moment.

The first to open his mouth was---

[???]"Who are guys? You're all pretty old fashioned for characters in my dreams"

[Ishida Mitsunari?]"Who are you, lord? It's a really strange look though."

[Katakura Kojuro?]"it's dangerous. Come closer a little closer to me. The area we just saw along with everything else, is probably a clever illusions set by the Hojo soldier"

[Date Masamune?]"if it's an illusion, does that mean we're not dead yet?"

[Mitsunari Ishida?]"But why are they stopping their movement...? There are so many things that are incomprehensible."

[Mitsunari Ishida?]"Maybe it's best to wait and see for a while"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Hah let's wait and see....! If it's a illusions this is a battlefield!"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Slash the enemy and connect this life to the world!"

with that voice ringing out all around , the man swiftly drew his sword

The other samurai follow suit, drawing their sword one after the other.

[Hattori Hanzo?]"hmm, you can do it. But the illusion doesn't work in me."

[Hattori Hanzo?]"Here we go"

__the man with two sword

With brilliant movement, he rushes through the still people

[Fuuma Kotaro?]"..."

[Hattori Hanzo?]"Wow, Even though it was a powerful attack, it was easily stopped."

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Your sword is still blue!"

[Yukimura Sanada?]"it'll turn red in no time!"

[Mitsunari Ishida?]" I can fight well in this situation...well let's join forces."

[Toshiie Meada?]" I won't let you lay hand on lord Nobunaga!"

[Ishida Mitsunari?]"Damn it...! What strength!"

[Toshiie Meada?]"Ha! You're pretty good at it. But that sword won't reach Nobunaga-sama!"

*[Ishida Mitsunari?]"Your excellency.... Pervious why did Maeda get in the way Dengun's army?"

[Sanada Yukimura?]"Oi,oi,oi! That's about as much as a big mouth slap! Do it like you're going to die!"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"That's fun kid! Cut or be cut in any situation!"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Therefore, I will completely cut down everyone expect the Oda force here---

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Take over the world!"

At that time-

[Oda Nobunaga?]"---!"

Music began to play from the large screen...

[Large vision audio]"Next up is the most talked about song of the year! It became a huge hit, so to speak, unifying the country"

[???]"!? This song is..."

[Hattori Hanzo?]"This is first time I've heard of something like this..."

[2 people]"......"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"oh...---this song"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"I like it"

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As music flies the street of Shibuya, the fog begins to recede..

And when the music stops

Times has returned

[Huh?]

[What was Im doing? I remember there was a power outage..]

[I looked around the town in a panic and the people around me were also in a state of restless]

[Perhaps due to the power outage, the vision is still dark]

[???]"The song that just play now.."

[huh? When did yocchan come?]

[As I'm confused by my uncle's behavior, I heard the sound of a police car siren.]

_a voice boomed over the speaker_

[police officer]"Hey those Cosplayers! I'm going to ask you a few questions, so please stay where you are"

[ I turn around and saw men in armor standing there with sword in hand.]

[Before I knew it..]

[Sanada Yukimura?]"....Eh.. what's going on?"

[Katakura Kojuro?]"even the enemy seems confused by the level of perfection of the technique. Maybe we should leave this place for now."

[Date Masamune?]" Well then let's go quickly"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"I won't let anyone escape! Wait----!"

[Woman]"The police are here. Are those warlord unauthorized performances?"

[Male]"As expected of Shibuya, there are some crazy people here."

[???]"Shibuya.."

[Akechi Mitsuhide?]" Well then. I guess I have to handle this somehow."

[Yocchan]"You guys, follow me!

[Eehh!?]

[Akechi Mitsuhide?]"! That person is the one from earlier"

[Yocchan]"This way! Everybody come with me!"

[Yoochan's warm hand grab my arm.]

[Yocchan]“i want to help them! Let's run to the parking lot!"

[Helping....are you acquainted with that cosplay group?]

[2 people]"...."

[2 people]"...."

[2 people]"...."

[Yocchan]"why aren't you guys moving? Either you stay here and get caught or run away with me... which is it!"

[Mitsunari Ishida?]"For now on , is it a good idea to leave this place with that person"

[Wow some people are really following....]

[police officer]"Hey! you guys wait! Wait----!"

[Yocchan]"ha...ha..ha, okay the police out of the way we're almost to the car--"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Stop!"

[!?]

[surprised by the angry shout that echoed from the Alley, I stopped in my track.]

[The man in sengoku warlord costume pulls out his sword and points the tip at]

[point here]

[What...!?]

*[Yocchan]"...I see"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"who are you guys? Tell me your names!"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"State your name!"

[I'm (Name) ]

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"I am Yoshiaki Ashikaga"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Ashikaga, you say?"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"If you want to know more than that, put away all that nonsense and come prepared."

[Oda Nobunaga?]"...."

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"(Name) Let's go"

[uh, yeah...!]

[I followed Yocchan, Who gingerly moved away from the sword and started walking leisurely]

[many voice]"10!! 9"

[Ahh...it's the New Year countdown]

[I couldn't help but turn around when I heard voice coming from the main street.]

[7,6]

[Hattori Hanzo?]"What should we do?"

[Fuuma Kotaro?]"....I Will follow"

[Hattori Hanzo?]"Well, he seem like someone I can have conversations with anyway~."

[many voice]"5!,4--

[Date Masamune?]"I'm going too. I'm not going anywhere. I'm moving forward to listen to what you have to say."

[Mitsunari Ishida?]"Right now, understanding the situation is the top priority."

[Takeda Shingen?]"I see. Is the the middle of illusions or the afterlife?"

[Takeda Shingen?]"I have to find out if it's reality or not."

[Many voice]"3!---2-"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"....."

1!---

[many voice]"Happy New Year!---"

[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]"Look. You too, come on"

[Oda Nobunaga?]"Don't Tell me want to do."

[Although he said this in a voice that oozed dissatisfaction and disbelief, he sheathed his sword and start walking]

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"Well, come in it's my castle"

[Hattori Hanzo?]"This is...the castle...?

*[Fuuma Kotaro?]"...."

[Takeda Shingen?]"Ashikaga-sama I'd like to ask you something straight away."

[Takeda Shingen?]"when I met you in the (land of black and white)a while ago. What were you doing there?"

*[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"The land of Hakubu...Do you mena Shibuya?"

[Takeda Shingen?]"Shibuya....?"

[Mitsunari Ishida?]"I would also like to ask you a question. That place and this current situation are to vivid for a illusions. Do you know something sir?"

[Um...! What are you talking about? Illusions or something..?]

[My uncle doesn't know anyone like you..!]

[Date Masamune?]"If we just met for the first time, why did you helo us?"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"Because I knew it"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"You guys are my Destiny"

[3 people]"Destiny.....?"

[Yocchan...?]

[In recent years, he has lost his will]

[The reason is that there is nothing that can be done easily.]

[That's why I was always worried about him-]

[Now......ever since I met these people,I feel full of energy]

[I wonder how long it's been since I saw Yocchan like this......]

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"Romantic stories need background music"

[While saying this, yocchan stand in front of the music player and presses the play button]

[Hattori Hanzo?]"Wow,this sound..... singing? Where is it coming from?"

[Mitsunari Ishida?]"How lovely...no, how gorgeous? I heard the song earlier,but this is the first time I've heard something like this."

[Date Masamune?]"......Hey, isn't that the song from earlier?"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"!"

[Fuuma Kotaro?]" I want to listen to that again too."

[Oda Nobunaga?]"......"

[That song from earlier? What are you talking about?"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"----!"

[There was a power outage at the scramble intersection, so I don't think there was any music playing...."

[Fuuma Kotaro?]"........Eh"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"Ah..."

Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"I see"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"Is that so"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"That song....I see..haha! Hahaha!

[Yocchan..?]

[Oda Nobunaga?]"What are laughing at?"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"No, no I just thought about it. I haven't thrown away my life yet"

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"---Hey, you guys"

[2 people]"....."

[2 people]"....."

[2 people]"....."

[Yoshiaki Ashikaga]"Would you like to join me to take over the world with song?"

-The end of chapter 0-

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- Disclaimer -

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Not all translations in this are correct..I have tried my best to translate this so please don't steal it.

If it has any mistakes wrong in this translation please let me know , this is my first time doing this kind of blog..

-Notes-

English is not my first language so please forgive me if there are typos in this translation....🙇🏻‍♀️There are likely to be many typos, so if you see any mistakes, please tell me.

[pandapupremade]

Under the cherry blossoms, find a samurai and maybe even...a lover

good morning i wwjdhgndfkjhnkn im very happy with how this came out...reblogs appreciated but absolutely not required, my s/i uses they/she pronouns!

[gray-recollection]

Next one I forgot was an Oda

[nobuverse]

"It is I-! Emerging from the great depths of darkness to come bring terror and jealousy to all those who oppose me! Tremble before me! The great! The mighty ! The one and only: Nobuuuunaga !"

And what was a great hero without ae dramatic entrance?! Hell yeah!

[withanina]

***Trigger warning: Self loathing, gender discrimination, murder, suicide(premeditated and aftermath)*** 

[Image description- series of black and white 3-koma manga panels. The art is in gudaguda style, cute chibi type characters who only have one eye and a mouth to express emotion.

Image 1- Titled “Tale of the Fool of Owari”. Credits below say “ Translated by @AelenAltria ; Beta by @butchcorgi ; Typeset by @Azenon“

     Panel 1: A soliloquy starting as the speaker, Oda Nobukatsu, looks at the back of his sister, Oda Nobunaga, stating “My older sister is incredible.”

    Panel 2: “I am incompetent” Nobukatsu states, smiling at the simple truth, as we see him in his formal japanese clothes.

     Panel 3: “But for some reason, it was always my older sister who was viewed as a fool, not me.” Nobukatsu is seen turning back, away from Nobunaga’s cheerful walk listening to gossip saying “What’s with that outfit? You’re a woman!”, “She’s really gone mad.”, “The Odas don’t have much time left.”

Image 2-

     Panel 1: “The guys who make my sister out to be a fool always say the same thing,” Nobukatsu continues as he stares at his sister’s back again. “ “You’re a woman, why are you like this?” “

    Panel 2: “Then what does that make me,” Nobukatsu wonders, frowning. “Someone who’s incompetent even as a man?”

    Panel 3: “One time our father asked us, “What is the thing you need most to protect the country?” “, Nobukatsu recalls. He and Nobunaga are both seated respectfully in front of their father, whose face is in shadow. Nobukatsu replied emphatically, “I answered that you need an excellent commander and many soldiers to serve you.”

Image 3-

    Panel 1: “Firearms.” Oda Nobunaga’s face is mostly hidden, but the visible expression is one of total confidence. “My sister’s answer was just one word,” Nobukatsu remembers.

    Panel 2: “ I couldn’t really get how you’d protect a country using firearms, but I was sure my older sister could pull it off.” Nobukatsu’s expression is marked as confused as he has a smile, but a question mark floats beside him. “But for some reason, Father had a bitter look on his face.”

Panel 3: “It was around that time that my sister started to parade around the castle town dressed much more eccentric than before,” Nobukatsu recalls, as we see him worriedly chase after Nobunaga( dressed as Kippoushi form of Maou Nobunaga- Long ponytail, sword at their waist, alcohol gourd in their left, another sword in their right)  who is merrily advancing. “And she was ridiculed as a fool that much more”

Image 4-

    Panel 1: “It was a given she would succeed our Father when he passed away,” Nobukatsu explains, his expression now troubled as he frowns slightly. “But for some reason, our retainers came to welcome me instead of her. For some reason they kept insisting she was incompetent.”

    Panel 2: “ I don’t get what they’re saying...” Nobukatsu is now a pure black silhouette, his eyes and mouth visibly sad and upset. “Why are they saying this, why, I don’t get it, I just...”

    Panel 3:”Ah, I see now...” Nobukatsu’s silhouetted face is now a bright smile as he understands. “They’re all fools”

Image 5-

    Panel 1: “There’s no way these idiots deserve to be my sister’s vassals,” Nobukatsu states, gazing at Nobunaga’s distant back. “And of course, neither do I!”

    Panel 2: The silhouetted Nobukatsu stands among the corpses of the unfaithful vassals, most of whom are pierced by swords or arrow. Nobukatsu stands in the center, a large smile on his face. Noticeably, his ponytail has now taken Nobunaga’s trait of being seemingly on fire.

    Panel 3: “It serves you right, fools.” Nobukatsu is sitting in ceremonial white robes, a bright expression on his face. In front of him is a blade on a small tray. “Come now, Sister- All that’s left to do is kill my incompetent self!”

Image 6-

    Panel 1: A close up of Nobukatsu, hiding the top of his face. A joyful smile covers his face and his hair retains some of the previous flame trait.

    Panel 2: The background has now changed to black, and the characters are more pale outlines than before. “I leave the rest to you, Sister” Nobukatsu’s final words as Nobunaga stands in front of her disemboweled sibling, her expression isn’t shown but her hair is noticabley whiter even against the black background. “Ah... But if I could only do one more thing...” Nobukatsu says.

    Panel 3: ‘I wish I could’ve had just a little more fun with you...’ Nobunaga is seen advancing energetically again, possibly dancing the Atsumori.

Image 7- “Sister! Let’s go get some ice cream in the cafeteria!” Nobukatsu cheerfully suggests, he is now wearing his military cap and uniform with the cape. He is cheerfully running towards Nobunaga, who is in her Archer uniform. “Come on, don’t follow me around!” Nobunaga complains as she heads forward, a smile on her face.

End Description]

From Koha-Ace 2019 Winter special by Keikenchi.

I don’t think I’d believe you if you told me I’d get so attached to Nobukatsu, but here we are and I love this child so much. He needs to get adopted into my Chaldea ASAP to be with his sisters!

[odatodeath]

[toreii]

Getting Nobu-nii-sama’s blessings part 2

[thessaliah]

neat

The Fool of Owari gets acknowledgement in the merchandise for Chaldea’s Boys Collection 2020 afterparty: