Thank you for the squee! And this was a lot of fun to think about and not-write, if it wouldn't take so much effort and historical/political knowledge, I would want to try.
Thinking about it some more: the last arc at Sekigahara should definitely draw parallels between Yukimura -> Shingen, Mitsunari -> Hideyoshi, and MC -> Kenshin. And nobody -> Ieyasu, which he's pretty upset about that (though I think he gets the Mitsuba to serve him and MC's father to make Dragon's Tears, which of course means she has to make Dragon's Tears too, and it becomes a big brutal Thing). And probably contrasts with an earlier scene where she makes healing!Dragon's Tears as part of diplomacy for Kenshin.
And Yoshitsugu would clearly be the second of Echigo to die (after Kenshin), which may or may not be the reason Kageie betrays Kagekatsu.
I'm sure this part would make me cry.
:D
A lot of the reincarnation endings are just...they got together, yay. But I think you make a case here for why the reincarnation matters, they have something to do together that they didn't manage to accomplish in their first lives together.
I think this is what appeals to me about reincarnation plots -- that things will work out better the second time around, either because the characters have Learned Something or because they have unfinished business.
SLBP definitely rushes some of the reincarnations! Though I feel like characters like Hideyoshi or Mitsuhide would 100% reincarnate with Goals.
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Date: 2020-07-14 08:56 pm (UTC)Thinking about it some more: the last arc at Sekigahara should definitely draw parallels between Yukimura -> Shingen, Mitsunari -> Hideyoshi, and MC -> Kenshin. And nobody -> Ieyasu, which he's pretty upset about that (though I think he gets the Mitsuba to serve him and MC's father to make Dragon's Tears, which of course means she has to make Dragon's Tears too, and it becomes a big brutal Thing). And probably contrasts with an earlier scene where she makes healing!Dragon's Tears as part of diplomacy for Kenshin.
And Yoshitsugu would clearly be the second of Echigo to die (after Kenshin), which may or may not be the reason Kageie betrays Kagekatsu.
I'm sure this part would make me cry.
:D
A lot of the reincarnation endings are just...they got together, yay. But I think you make a case here for why the reincarnation matters, they have something to do together that they didn't manage to accomplish in their first lives together.
I think this is what appeals to me about reincarnation plots -- that things will work out better the second time around, either because the characters have Learned Something or because they have unfinished business.
SLBP definitely rushes some of the reincarnations! Though I feel like characters like Hideyoshi or Mitsuhide would 100% reincarnate with Goals.