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Or maybe the whole show was a dream and just an imagining of an old guy who lived and died in England and bought a cool sword from some trader coming back from Japan. Edit: It would explain why all the names and events were non historical. Edit2: what was that about the sword being chipped I don’t recall the scene that referenced.

There is a difference between being valued highly and promoted to some level of significance and being a trusted friend/buddy. The first makes much more sense to me than the latter and I like how the show was more explicit in Toronagas motivations here. John was valuable and was given a position of trust but it didn’t break the lord/vassal relationship.

Well I think that’s a good ending to the series and true to the books. Still felt they could have done Mariko and John better but the show ended on a high note.

Remember Hideyoshi was different because he came from peasantry. Nobunaga and Tokugawa came from families with long noble lineage. Hideyoshi could really never be Shogun since he lacked the birthright for it. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a certain resentment of nobility in his later life once he gained control of Japan.

Well happy with no Nakamura and no Nepo. Also will be nice to have the title return to India again assuming Ding is still not in form. Will be an interesting subtext considering the rivalry between China and India.

It’s pretty well documented history that Ieyasu ordered the sieges and attacks on Osaka that led to Hideyori and his moms suicide. The pretence to the conflict followed by the initial siege plus the false truce to take down Osakas walls followed by the second siege. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyori The Taiko book follows Hideyoshi’s life so it doesn’t cover anything after this death iirc. And like things like Masters of Rome I’m sure there is fictionalized stuff. That’s what happens with historical novelizations.

It covers pretty much all of Hashiba Hideyoshi’s life. Hard to say historical accuracy since it does start very early and I doubt that much was known of his early life. But his exploits post joining Nobunaga are fairly accurate. It basically covers his life. Anyway very good book but not sure what you’re asking.

Are they? I don’t think they are that much better than previous years. East is definitely weaker as well. I mean it all comes down to the same thing that the Celtics deal with. Can they establish a half court offence? It’s what they’ve failed at every time lately in the post season when push comes to shove.

East is so weak that it’s hard to see anyone challenging them there. Knicks and Buck are flawed and injured, Orlando is too young still and everyone else is just mediocre. Basically the six or seven best teams in the NBA this year are the Celtics and like six West teams. I wouldn’t even put Boston at the top of that list but they have such an easy path that having one con flip instead of 2-3 is a big advantage.

I kinda want to read it again. Problem I think with any adaptation of the history is that I know the history well and how the book makes Tokugawa very different is always hard to get around. Plus I was always a Takeda and Hideyoshi fanboy (read Taiko it’s great) so I was never predisposed to like Tokugawa much. Like it’s hard to watch this and hear him swearing over and over to protect the Taikos son when in real history he’s the one responsible for killing him.

Looks like Cynthia Williams is out at WotC. Considering her oversight has been a total shit show not a surprise. Right before earnings release which I guess is not going to be positive. Both MTG and D&D have been run poorly the last few years as Hasbro has committed to milking their customers over building good products.

YouTube ads have doubled in annoyance lately.