@SwordSong got to check out Immortal and Vagabond - lol i completely forgot about Samurai Warriors used to play that and dynasty warriors back in tge day, thanks to that game anytime i hear Akechi Mitsuhide or read his name in anything Japanese history related, i always think of a handsome youthful guy with long flowing hair 🤣
True, and saw Korean dramas use him as a villian role bec of he was involved in invasion of Korea i guessing.
Also reminds me of Amakusa who also had a villian-ish role in kenshin and ninja scroll series.
Interesting you also have merchant ancestry? Thats awesome you found a connection with him and fun to see how it comes along
True he would have been the minority and misunderstood at the time and yep youre right they were rigid with rules too, i rem at one point they locked off outsiders, on the flipside, they managed to keep lots of their rich culture intact.
Nice look forward to your versions of these Korran officers and Hideyoshi.
Random memory: if i remember Hideyoshi was responsible for Mitsuhide defeat, but i forget.
I haven't actually read Vagabond myself (it revolves around Musashi Miyamoto, and is by the same author/artist who made Slam Dunk); I collected several of the cover art and several scanned pages to use as drawing reference, but I'm wary of actually jumping into it because it's currently on hiatus and I'd rather not start a series that might not actually finish 
what I mean by having merchant ancestry is that my family do business. I'm actually starting to get into the business stuff myself after a decade of trying to dodge the task (which is why I haven't been able to work on my creative projects too much, unfortunately)
I did manage to finish 1 an old wip illustration for Yukinaga after months of distraction & procrastination, although it's a weird historical crossover pic instead of anything related to the story:
He looks so happy in this pic, which i's a rarity XD
