Yukibana no Tora - Vol. 1 Ch. 2

[MangaDex]

 

[Yatsuki]

I love this series but all the history info gave me a bit of a headache and reminded me of how I just gave up looking up words in the dictionary when I read RAW chapters like these....

Thank you so much for the translation! I wish more people would be interested in this series too ^^.

 

[Krune]

Best girl Torachiyo. Though its a shame her father seems set on her being the family thug.

 

[boldmonkey]

@Krune
Military weakness meant death and destruction for many thousands of people in those days. Tora's father has heavy duties and responsibilities. It's understandable he'd be pissed at having a son who can't assume those responsibilities.

 

[GemaJPTL]

Director Commentary (Pulled from the TL page):

 

[Purplelibraryguy]

These Japanese hilltop fortresses are really interesting. They look totally weird (and frankly, not that serious) to an eye used to Western medieval castles. But they have their own strengths. The sort of scattered design, where there's gaps between the strongpoints, lets them use terrain that might not work for a centralized medieval castle. And while it might mean individual bits can be defeated in detail, trying to use the spaces between to mount attacks would open the attackers to crossfire, and taking one part leaves most of the puzzle still intact, unlike a Western castle where usually one big breakthrough is close to the end.
That said, IMO a Western medieval siege train would cream one of these things.