Nobunaga the Fool - ep05

Now the plot is thickening with the advisers making plans to assassinate Nobunaga, coupled with the arrival of Julius Caesar who desire the destruction of Oda castle so that he can have Ichihime. This leads into the conflict between Nobunaga and Nobuhide over that action they should take. Nobunaga believes that they should go to war and expand Owari territory while his father favors stability. That the very act of going to war threatens this stability that he favors, this means that the only thing that Nobunaga can really do is try to learn more about the shinki. Also to do this he needs Himiko's help but as things are going it seem his marriage to her is going to be in name only, or at least for now which is only nature because you can't think of a child as a woman.

Then with the ground tension in the castle combine with Nobunaga increasing desire to go to war with his growing power leads to a drawing of another card. This time it is the reverse tower which is supposed to symbolize conceit and divine anger. That this card seems to perfectly symbolize Nobunaga and with Mitsuhide over hearing this he set a plan in motion that would allow Nobunaga to act. That as Nobunaga is preparing to make the first move by attacking Takada Shingen he is poisoned by taking a drink from a tainted sake cup before going into battle. Which ironical Takada attack just as he is poisoned.

That with Nobunaga incapacitated his father Nobuhide has to rise up and go to battle in his stead. That with this poisoning it is also protect him from future assassinate attempt because he will be under a more watchful eye, that if the advisers try anything they will be suspected of being spys for Takada and be executed because of this association. While it turns out that the person that really poisoned Nobunaga was Mitsuhide so that he could go into battle at the most opportune time so that he could be see as a hero and not a fool. Although things don't exactly go as planned with the arrival of Julius Caesar, with this event Nobunaga can't fight both Caesar and Takada. Which allows for Caesar to progress to the castle unopposed however he is ultimately stop by Nobuhide sacrificing his life to protect the castle which ultimately cause Caesar to retreat under the force of Nobunaga's divine anger. Which leads to the truth of the reverse tower card, symbolize Nobuhide's death and Nobunaga's anger of the loss of his father.