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==Continuity and Conclusions==
 
==Continuity and Conclusions==
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*Azai Nagamasa reclaims leadership of the Azai Clan from her father, but is forced by loyalty to fight Nobuna and the Oda Clan
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*Rokkoku Shousei continues to cause the Oda Clan problems throughout, as do the Miyoshi Three, however, neither is a particularly concerning threat.
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*Yoshiharu returns alive from the Retreat at Kanegasaki
   
 
==Anime Differences==
 
==Anime Differences==

Revision as of 22:53, 16 April 2014

Retreat at Kanegasaki Arc
Zenki

Light Novel Volumes

Volume 4

Anime Episodes

10-12

Manga Chapters

No information

Is the fourth arc of the series and picks up immediately where the last arc cuts off. The arc begins with Yoshiharu, still covering the retreat from the battlefield at Kanegasaki and Nobuna being shot by Sugitani Zanjuuro during said retreat.

Plot

Jakigan Date Masamune

Back in Oshu, Bontenmaru builds an anti-christ church and summons her aide Katakura Kojuurou. She declares that she will take up the name "Jakigan Masamune", noting how Yoshiharu said her eyes were popular in the future, and decides to overthrow her father, take over the surrounding territories and dominate her way straight into Kyoto, where she will duel Nobuna to see who the real demon lord is. Half terrified, half confused, Kojuurou ends up dragged into it behind her master.

The Retreat

Back in Kyoto Nene is violently woken up by a dream of Yoshiharu's death during the retreat at Kanegasaki. Nene struggles then to get back to sleep, her dream having appeared far too real.

Meanwhile, back in Echizen, Yoshiharu, Zenki and Hanzo are seen contemplating their options and strategies for the retreat effort. Yoshiharu's men propose a suicide tactic, wherein they'll take as many enemies down with them and let their leader get away, Yoshiharu however objects to this immediately. When his men engage the enemy Yoshiharu stands alongside them, seeing the overwhelming difficulty of their situation, he decides to use the infamous "Repeated Volleys" trick Nobunaga invented for rapidly firing an Arqubus, namely, he splits his men into three groups, one to fire the weapons, one to relead the gunpowder and another to light it. Yoshiharu himself takes up an arqubus and prepares to fire, Zenki cautions him, telling him not to hesitate, even if he knows he might take a human life, or he will die. Yoshiharu fires, but all of his troops miss and the enemy backs away only for a moment. The enemy commander, not expecting a second shot to come in time, charges forward and is taken out by Yoshiharu's second shot. Hanzo's ninja then wipe the enemy out and rejoin Yoshiharu's group as they retreat towards the mountains. Upon reaching the mountains, they are beset upon by the Onmyouji Tsuchimikado Hisanaga and his Shikigami.

Kuchiki Valley

Meanwhile Nobuna's group reaches Kuchiki valley, just a stone's throw away from the safety of Kyoto. However, to pass through, they will have to deal with Kuchiki Shinano, a member of the Azai Clan who controls the region. Nobuna breaks down, she recalls the time she made a fuss at her father's funeral since she believed that funerals only help the living cope, she compares that to them opening retreat paths for Yoshiharu, who is more than likely dead already. she only snaps out of it when Inuchiyo slaps her. After regaining her confidence, Nobuna moves out to negotiate with Shinano. However, since Nobuna wouldn't be capable of negotiating with him, Matsunaga Danjou goes to do so instead. Despite fearing that Danjou might betray them, Nobuna's retainers can't stop her from sending Danjou to do the task.

Shinano refuses to allow Nobuna to pass, saying her day is done, however, Danjou, refusing to let even the animals live if Nobuna dies this day, attempts to seduce him in order to get her way. Due to an alluring fragrance in the air Shinano falls for her tricks, and Danjou ends up injecting him with something in the ear, this drug immediately takes hold and permanently transforms him into her puppet. Upon returning to Nobuna, she reveals to her that Shinano has allowed them to pass and given them an escort.

The Heroes end

Yoshiharu's group manages to escape briefly from Tsuchimikado by using the Arqubus to scare off his shikigami(As Zenki points out, they are afraid of rifle fire, including himself, but he's rational about his fear unlike the low level spirits Tsuchimikado uses). However Tsuchimikado presses his pursuit. When their options begin to dwindle Zenki suggests they erase the Shikigami by destroying the Dragon Hole(An opening in the earth where the energy channeled by Dragon Vein's leaks out), but he warns he might dissapear as well. When he reveals that the hole is beside a shrine their troops explore to find caves. half an hour later they locate the Dragon Hole, but hastily charge into it, thus getting themselves caught in Tsuchimikado's trap. Realising that there's no longer any way out, Hanzo and Zenki decide to kill Yoshiharu themselves. Hanzo appears behind Yoshiharu and asks him if he has the resolve to die for his men, Yoshiharu notes that he doesn't want his men to die, but doesn't want to die either or give up on Nobuna, impressed, Hanzo tells him he will now die for his subordinates. Tsuchimikado then emerges from the cave and sees Hanzo holding a blade to Yoshiharu's throat. He notes he will spare Yoshiharu's men in exchange for the general's head, Hanzo acknowledges this but in defiance notes he will instead destroy Yoshiharu's body completely.

Meanwhile, Nobuna, who made it back to Kyo territory, is suddenly struck twice by sniper shots and falls off her horse.

Saru Rescue Operation

Nene, having heard of the recent events, enters Hounou Temple and is escourted by Nagahide into Nobuna's room. Belchior, who has treated Nobuna's wounds, notes that she is only still alive due to the fact that Yoshiharu's "Nanban Clock" blocked the bullets which struck her and caused them to lose momentum before they could pierce her intestines. With this, the Oda clan cannot send help for Yoshiharu, since the Miyoshi Three have taken the chance to cause trouble once again. Nobuna is slowly fading due to her will to live weakening as she suffers nightmares of Yoshiharu's death. Realising the only logical way to save her is to bring Yoshiharu to her alive, Mitsuhide, Motoyasu and Inuchiyo volunteer to head out as Nene utters prayers and drenches herself with a bucket of water in the hopes of any god saving the ones she cares about.

As they pass Mount Miei, where Nobuna was shot, they conclude the assassin was once again Sugitani Zanjuurou and that the anti-female practices of the monks make it likely that they are against Nobuna, who is more or less a female on her way to becoming the ruler of the country. Concluding that the monks have sheltered the sniper, they choose to deal with them later and continue along their path to rescue Yoshiharu.

The rescue team arrives on the scenes at the exact moment that Tsuchimikado had Yoshiharu and Hanzo cornered and bear witness as Yoshiharu notes he will choose how he dies rather than letting his head fall into the hands of the enemy. Hanzo then obliges and uses the group's last bomb to destroy Yoshiharu's body completely. Juubei snaps, she charges at Tsuchimikado in a vengeful attempt to strike him down and ends up falling into a trap he set, she and her horse then fall down into a crack in the earth. Motoyasu, reduced to tears by the sight, pleads with Hanzo to explain himself and save at least Juubei, but Hanzo simply replies that his master's life is more important than Juubei's and that Yoshiharu chose to die, so he graps her and runs to safety.

Burn Mount Hiei

Katsuie and Nagahide head out to meet the Azai-Asakura army before it can enter Kyoto, however, they are told that the alliance has formed a camp on Mount Hiei, where women are forbiddon the enter. Suddenly they're beset upon by an army of monks led by Shoukakuin Gousei. However, after being pushed back by Katsuie's strength, Gousei retreat back to Mount Hiei's safety.

Back at Mount Hiei, Azai Hisemasa, who has begun to cowar upon hearing that Nobuna has not yet died, is reassured by Asakura Yoshikage. Hisemasa asks Yoshikage to give the title of ruler to his "son" Nagamasa when Nobuna dies, out of pure disinterest, Yoshikage agrees. Gousei notes, bluntly, that he only cares about the ruler not being a woman like Nobuna(Totally ironic, as Nagamasa is secretly a woman too). Gousei then has Sugitani brought in, but sends the man away upon hearing that he chose not to shoot Nobuna in the head due to the mesmerising smile she gave off. The topic then grasps Yoshikage's interest, who wonders just how beautiful Nobuna actually could be. Tsuchimikado then enters, revealing he killed both Yoshiharu and Mitsuhide to the rest of his allies.

Belchior and Nene are faced by Matsunaga Danjou, who notes her drugs can save Nobuna by giving her good dreams. Belchior, of course, doesn't trust Danjou, but is out of options and as such allows her to make her move. Danjou enters Nobuna's room and gives her the drug, noting that she will get her revenge upon the monk who shot Nobuna and recalling her own troubled past in dealing with said monks. Nobuna then has a much more pleasant dream, rather than seeing Yoshiharu die, she sees a dream of him coming back as a big hero who survived the retreat, restored Nagamasa to Azai's head, used their alliance to defeat Asakura, gained enough funds from Imai Soukyo to make the Oda the strongest army in Japan, and effectively has become famous enough to marry Nobuna. Completely swept away, and yet convinced that this is reality, Nobuna ends up going along with him to their wedding in an unusually(for her) willing manner. At the wedding however, Nobuna hesitates, and Yoshiharu marries Mitsuhide instead, this sudden event causes Nobuna to start shooting her Arqubus and scar everyone off.

After waking from her dream Nobuna is distraught by the reality and given another drug by Danjou, this one to keep her in a dream-like state while awake. Finally, Inuchiyo returns with news of Yoshiharu and Mitsuhide's deaths, Nobuna, emotionally dulled by Danjou, almost like a puppet, gives the order to attack Mount Hiei, nobody is allowed to survive.

Survivour's Struggle

Yoshiharu is revealed to have survived the battle with tsuchimikado, the one who was blown up by Hanzo was in fact Zenki, who had assumed Yoshiharu's form. However, the plan failed, since Hanzo was forced to take his master to safety he never rescued Yoshiharu. As a result of this, Yoshiharu uses the cover of night to attempt to walk back to Kyo on his own. Suddenly, while thinking of Nobuna and Nene, his "family" of this world, he collapses from an arrow planted sharply in his back, his heart then stops beating.

Mitsuhide is also revealed to have survived, as after falling into Tsuchimikado's trap her horse held on to the cliffside long enough for her to regain consciousness, stab her sword into the side and climb up. Realising the trick that Hanzo had used, Mitsuhide sets about finding the real Yoshiharu, and discovers his unresponsive corpse nearby. Realising his heart must've only recently stopped beating, Mitsuhide performs emergency CPR on him and manages to get him breathing again. However, Yoshiharu neither regains consciousness nor much strength, as whatever heartbeat has been restored is still very weak. Realising it's winter, and that Yoshiharu's body is on the verge of dying from a combination of his wounds and sheer exhaustion, Juubei takes him to a cave where she can ignite a fire without alerting the enemy to their location. When even the fire does not prove to be enough, Mitsuhide removes her clothing and shares her bodyheat with Yoshiharu(This is actually a very effective survival technique when people become trapped in frozen mountains and storms, as one can learn from Emperor Penguins, this is their whole strategy for surviving in the frozen regions they call home). As she recalls the night when Yoshiharu and Nobuna saved her from Matsunaga Hisehide's attack, Juubei contemplates why Yoshiharu always looks at her with a sad expression in his eyes, she notes to herself that until she knows the reason for that, she cannot allow him to die. Suddenly, Yoshiharu begins to talk in his sleep, dreaming that he's back home in the pressence of his mother and telling her about his "dream" of going to the Sengokue Period and finally dying alone during the retreat. Mitsuhide plays along and comforts him. This causes her to notice that beneath the confident facade he always showed others, Yoshiharu truly was from a peaceful world and as a result was harbouring a terrible burden in their warring one. Suddenly Juubei pushes Yoshiharu away and freaks out, realising what it would mean if anyone saw her holding him to her chest naked, however, as he complains about the cold, Juubei relents and returns to his side. She realises that some pursuers are gathering outside of the gave and begins to act like a pair of lovers, who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, to get them to leave. Finally, Juubei asks the sleeping Yoshiharu why he had such a sad look in his eyes when he saved her. Juubei wonders if perhaps he knows her fate and wants to save her from it, and begins to plead with him to help her, since she knows how easily she is led astray and how likely she is to get herself killed in a horrible tragedy. Given what she saw back then, Juubei admits outright that she's probably fallen in love with him ever since that day.

Suddenly, Yoshiharu awakens, confused by the situation he finds himself in. Juubei tries to continue her act as lovers, but accidentally uses her full name and alerts the soldiers outside, who thus charge in. Juubei prepares to fight, but Yoshiharu can't move and her right arm is dislocated from her earlier fall, finally, she resolves to die in his defence against a squad of enemy soldiers with but one broken sword in hand.

Continuity and Conclusions

  • Azai Nagamasa reclaims leadership of the Azai Clan from her father, but is forced by loyalty to fight Nobuna and the Oda Clan
  • Rokkoku Shousei continues to cause the Oda Clan problems throughout, as do the Miyoshi Three, however, neither is a particularly concerning threat.
  • Yoshiharu returns alive from the Retreat at Kanegasaki

Anime Differences

  • The Arc differs vastly from the Light Novel to the Anime in various points.
    • Firstly, Kampaku Konoe Sakihisa becomes the main antagonist by the end of the anime version and is killed when he sets fire to mount Hiei, in the Light Novels, though still an antagonist, the man remains a manipulator behind the scenes for quite a deal longer than in the anime.
      • To top it off, in the Light Novel version of this Arc, Konoe doesn't even appear full stop inside of Mount Hiei.
    • Mount Hiei is not burned down in the Light Novels, as Nobuna instead manages to regain her senses due to Yoshiharu's timely arrival and deals with the matter diplomatically.
    • Zenki's true power is never observed in the anime, whereas in the Light Novels he uses his powers against an army of low level Shikigami used by Tsuchimikado and completely crushes all of them without anyone but Hanbei and her oponent even realising what happened.
      • To add insult to injury, Zenki continues to hit Tsuchimikado in the back of the head telepathically as the child runs away down the mountain.
      • Another point is that in the Anime Tsuchimikado neither appears nor is even mentioned, he also has yet to appear in any Illustrations of the novel.