Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan: Noukou Giga - Vol. 13 Ch. 64 - Legitimacy

[MangaDex]

 

[Iratana]

As they say, history is often written by the victor.

 

[Airzpool]

I very hate a person use religion for selfish reasons. If you don't believe in God, don't use the God name. That why many innocent followers suffer.

 

[Azix]

Thank you so much for the chapter! That 2nd to the last page felt like it had that solemn and reserved tone to the entire thing. It gave the sense of no honor gained form such an event and all that's left is the destruction. Oda was fucking amazing with that pose tho...

 

[welcome2atlantis]

Religions :/

 

[Kojirremer]

That last page.

 

[ciera]

Thanks so much

 

[Grimmycoffee]

As a little counterargument, remember that Japan at this time is filled with self-interested warlords that care far more about their influence than anything about the commoners. Heavy tax to finance the war and peasant revolts caused by it are pretty common, even without the ikko-ikki.

They're far from saints, but let's not pretend they're that much worse in comparison to the daimyous.

 

[Ratentaisou]

Thank you so much for the chapter!

 

[flxsemi]

Reminds me of the one line in FMA:B, "the first one to claim to side with justice is the winner."

 

[vannn]

So without the initial justification for alliance against Oda, has history changed enough that he’ll actually have a chance to unite Japan?

 

[Kefrayba]

This is my first time reading about the monk's corruption. But then I only read about this event from various mangas... So I my sources are not the most detailed.

 

[RobbertFruit]

Ok, but what about the women and children in there?

 

[SkyFantasy333]

Context time! The manga doesn't explain this, but the act of the monks carrying Mikoshi into the city while rioting is basically weaponising their religion.

The Mikoshi are portable shrines that are said to house the deity/deities. Today we see them being used in processions to transport the god from one shrine to another or for sacred festivals.

Imagine you're charged with the security of the city, you're damned if you let the monks riot. It'll get bloody if you allow the confrontation to escalate to a melee cause the warrior monks are badass.

You're also damned if you fire arrows wildly into the crowd of protesters because you'll hit the mikoshi, basically committing blasphemy against the Gods.

Ultimately, you can't control your soldiers. It takes just one frightened guy with a bow to fire into the crowd, to start a volley, killing monks and covering the mikoshi with arrows. The monks will use that as another excuse to continue their rioting because the lord of in charge is clearly a heretic.

Worse, everyone else who wasn't killed under those circumstances will also blame the lord because disrespecting the Gods will likely call down disaster upon the country.

Nobunaga actually isn't the first warlord to engage the monks in military conflict, he's just made infamous for it because he had many other detractors who had other bones to pick with him and used it as an excuse.

 

[zz2000]

This chapter mentions the year is 1571.

Spoiler

The WN's latest chapter is set in 1578, 4 more years until the RL historical assassination of Nobunaga.

 

[Druhms]

wololo, propaganda ftw!

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Oh shit, we are already here.

 

[TristhaniaGevra]

You have no idea how much I loved this series

 

[SuperChu132]

i have to say, the mangaka's usage of mirroring is pretty obvious now with the character art, especially the faces, and it's kinda distracting noticing it over and over again when reading

 

[Nunally]

So without the initial justification for alliance against Oda, has history changed enough that he’ll actually have a chance to unite Japan?

If Akechi Mitsuhide isnt rebelled againts him in the end.