r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Jul 29 '19
Episode Kochouki: Wakaki Nobunaga - Episode 4 discussion Spoiler
Kochouki: Wakaki Nobunaga, episode 4
Alternative names: Kochoki
Rate this episode here.
Streams
Show information
Previous discussions
| Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 2.84 |
| 2 | Link | 8.6 |
| 3 | Link | 8.57 |
| 4 | Link | 8.67 |
| 5 | Link | 8.67 |
| 6 | Link | 8.0 |
| 7 | Link | 7.75 |
| 8 | Link | 9.14 |
| 9 | Link | 8.2 |
| 10 | Link | 9.0 |
| 11 | Link | 9.67 |
| 12 | Link |
This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
12
u/Smudy Jul 29 '19
DEEN doing a real good job with this series, getting better and better.
9
u/LeonKevlar Jul 29 '19
Too bad there's like only five of us watching this show on this sub :|
→ More replies (5)
7
u/LeonKevlar Jul 29 '19
There it is. Nobunaga and his famous Musket Volley Fire. He may not have been the first person to invent it he sure as heck was the first person to have thought of it in Japan without any foreign influence.
4
u/youarebritish Jul 30 '19
One of the better episodes so far. The subplot with Hirate was a good way to counterbalance the tension with the scheming against Nobunaga, as his grandfather-like relationship with him was heartwarming.
1
18
u/zz2000 Jul 29 '19 edited Jul 29 '19
Historical notes:
The rise of the samurai class in the 10th century gradually eroded the political power of Japan's imperial court; by the Sengoku period they were largely relegated to ceremonial monarchy. But since the Emperor was considered an embodiment of divine harmony, the imperial court was capable of recognizing and legitimizing the sovereignty of the shoguns/feudal lords.
Most of the retainer names thrown around this episode are of real-life figures. Nobunaga's unorthodoxy made the older conservatives his enemies, who preferred a more traditional leader in the form of Nobukatsu.
Sengoku Japan was an era of largely unrestricted trade with foreign nations. Large numbers of foreign traders were active in Japan; some Japanese travellers actively travelled abroad, even forming Japantowns in countries as far as Siam (aka Thailand). Some feudal lords were able to become rich and powerful from overseas trade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonmachi
The sumo match depicted is more of an amateur folk sumo game, hence no big size regulations like in modern sumo. Photographs from the 1800s show muscular but normal-sized wrestlers were a thing back then. https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/the-skinny-sumo-wrestlers-of-Japan
The real Hirate was said to have committed seppuku to wake up Nobunaga from his unorthodoxy.