Monday, January 20, 2014

Nobunaga the Fool - ep03


It seem that the current ruler of Owari, Nobunaga's father is not so willing to accept his eldest son's decision to accept his decision of taking in these foreigners. That in the end Nobunaga sees it as pointless to argue with his father, that he is going to do what ever he wants. However he tries to argue his case by sending Mitsu, but it turns out to be fruitless attempt. It seems that they only thing that will change his mind is results, because the Lord of Owari believe them to be spies sent from Takada. Although it doesn't take long for an opportunity to a raise for them to prove their worth, with Takada once again attacking.

Unfortunately Nobunaga's Giant War Armor isn't ready so he has to go out with out it. However this doesn't mean that he isn't prepared to deal with the enemy's armors. That the armors can be stopped by send an arrow in between the slots on the armor to kill the pilot directly rather than trying to destroy the armor itself. Then when Nobunaga is running low on arrows does Jeanne or rather Ranmaru show up with more arrows for Nobunaga because he didn't think ahead enough. Although it is not long after this that Hideyoshi arrives with Nobunaga's armor.

Now inside his armor it doesn't take long for Nobunaga to start tearing into his enemy. However his assault is stop by the arrival of Takada Shingen the enemy general wanting a one on one match with Nobunaga. That it is in this fight that we see the short coming of “The Fool” because it doesn't have a device called a Shinki and this device supposedly allows the armor to use magic. Since his enemy is able to manipulate fire and wind at will. Although he can't control it once it set something a blaze, which puts Ranmaru in danger when she goes out to save some children from the fire that is burning around their home.


That in end she freezes up because it reminds her of the vision she has had of being burnt alive. However she is saved by Nobunaga after he has retreated for his battle. Although it seems that he didn't just save her out of heartfelt compassion but he want to by some time because to him the current weather seems unnatural. That he was right because the storm was cause by Himiko no Yamatai, and she wanted to show off her Shinki to Nobunaga so that he would agree to her terms. In reality Nobunaga doesn't have a choice because without it Shingen will kill him. Nobunaga doesn't give it much thought and the way she worded seems like all she wanted was ally herself with Owari so it wouldn't be his problem by his fathers. It isn't until all is said and done that he realize what Himiko meant by bond, that she phrased it that why so he wouldn't realize that term was their betrothal. Now that he said it he can't really go back on his word. It clear now with his ability to use lighting that he will win or at least force Shingen to retreat. The question is how will this complicate Nobunaga's life.

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