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SLBP: Mitsuhide Act 1
Nov. 26th, 2019 10:15 pmThe most enjoyable of the SLBP routes I've done so far. Mitsuhide is lovely to spend time with *and* kind to the MC (most of the time) *and* has an interesting character arc that speaks to my interests but doesn't personally attack me.
Mitsuhide, in this version, is a kind, ethical, honorable man. The man he serves, Demon King Nobunaga, is more interested in power than in morals. But the honor of a Samurai lies in loyal service to his lord, even when he's acting badly. Mitsuhide has to navigate between his ethics and his honor, knowing that he won't ever be able to be true to both and might not be able to be true to either. We know - historical spoiler - that it is all going to end in painful death for both him and Nobunaga, but that's for act 2. This part ( spoilers )
So yay, this game is actually capable of giving me a route that makes me happy and doesn't just turn me into a curled-up ball of complicated thoughts and feelings. They may have done this just so that the inevitable angsty death in Act 2 hurts even more, though. I'm a little worried about that. But I can always pick the AU happy ending in which no one dies. I might do that.
Mitsuhide, in this version, is a kind, ethical, honorable man. The man he serves, Demon King Nobunaga, is more interested in power than in morals. But the honor of a Samurai lies in loyal service to his lord, even when he's acting badly. Mitsuhide has to navigate between his ethics and his honor, knowing that he won't ever be able to be true to both and might not be able to be true to either. We know - historical spoiler - that it is all going to end in painful death for both him and Nobunaga, but that's for act 2. This part ( spoilers )
So yay, this game is actually capable of giving me a route that makes me happy and doesn't just turn me into a curled-up ball of complicated thoughts and feelings. They may have done this just so that the inevitable angsty death in Act 2 hurts even more, though. I'm a little worried about that. But I can always pick the AU happy ending in which no one dies. I might do that.
