Nobunaga the Fool - ep19

This episode is your classic power-up episode, that they are force to obtain a greater power to defeat a difficult foe. Also what was very fitting for this episode was Kenshin drawing the wheel of fortune, because it represents the willingness to accept your fate regardless of what it is even if that fate is death. In the end Jeanne, Nobunaga, and Kenshin travel to face themselves to gain strength from the dragon. The towards the this end it seem that only Nobunaga and Kenshin is accept while Jeanne is left behind. However later we see that you don't have to pass through the gate to be tested since Jeanne is being tested without passing the gate. Then you have Mitsuhide is being test even though he stayed behind in Owari.

What is interesting is how they are creating a connection to Christianity, in-particular the last supper. That initially the reference to savior-king was seen as nothing more that the construction of the plot nothing more. However it a veiled reference to Jesus Christ and then the 12 Shinki users is in reference Jesus Christ apostles. That the truth that Da Vinci is seeking is the picture of the last supper. Although we are still starting to get a glimpse into who is going to play which parts. There is Akechi Mitsuhide which is cast into the role of Judas the betrayer. Then there is Jeanne who is place in the role of Mary, if Jeanne is Mary that it is most likely that Nobunaga is Jesus Christ but from an historical perspective that would be strange. Which is going to be interesting how the rest is going to play out and how they will work the last supper into the rest of the story.