![]() PS: And the instructor scheme worked: Nobunaga was so shocked he pulled his stuff together and became the first unifier of Japan. Even then, they knew that the rice didn't harvest itself. Peasants on the other hand WERE property, so much that a samurai killing a peasant using his kirisute gomen, ("licence to cut') had to answer to the daymio for "destruction of property". It was not only a question of pride: execution meant that all properties were forfeit (and in all likelihood your family punished as well), while seppuku let your son inherit and your clan/family live on. What you're thinking about I think is the case of samurai who were guilty of some crimes and would ask to be able to perform seppuku instead of being executed. There's plenty of exemple of seppuku where the samurai did not ask permission to anyone.Ī famous one is the case of the instructor of the young Oda Nobunaga who killed himself as a remuntrance to his pupil, who was not taking his job seriously (that's commitment.) Or am i wrong? No, samurai were noble, so they did not belong to anyone. So for Mugen to cleanse his honor he should've asked for permission first. ![]() ![]() wasn't samurai's life something like of a property of his lord? In a sense, proper seppuku requires his approval. Originally posted by semenant:Also, there is one thing i actually not sure about, so take it with a grain of salt, but. Tl dr MUGGEN WHYYY, please bring him back.(maybe Aido's last gift was a secret fake blood bag and retractable knife? a man can hope). Honestly at the mission i was thinking any minute now yuki is gonna talk some sense into him and he will start his ronin-esque path of revenge. ![]() Regardless of him being spared or if he decides to "release himself", in this manner both the player is satisfied gameplay-wise to have the whole gang for the final showdown and thematically appropriate for his character and ark. Or perhaps the shogun may pardon him(if that is a possibility in this situation). Defeat Noburo, reveal the truth to his lord and both fulfill his full duty and seek absolution at the end. It just doesn't have to happen at that moment. However, he did fail shogun's son therefore death is(could be) inevitable for him. Taking his life at that moment would essentially be giving up on his loyalty. Story wise, anyone of his companions (Especialy Yuki or Aiko) could change his mind (at least temporary) pointting out the fact that the murderer of the shogun's son and Kage-sama are still a very active threat and while he may have failed in his duty to protect the shogun's son, he has a duty to protect the shogun himself. It artificial limits player choice specially when we were just getting the whole band all together for missions and started mixing all their strengths and unique skills to form different playstyles. While thematically appropriate and wholeheartedly gut wrenching(pun not intended), from a gameplay perspective it is I believe not a suitable outcome. In this post i like to argue against Mugen's choice to commit seppuku on mount tsuru and how it could have been either delayed or potential avoided. If you haven't reached this point in game do not continue reading. Spoiler warning: this post discusses heavily details of the game's story, mainly mission 10: mount tsuru. ![]()
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