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Originally Posted by Jandalman

As for what someone previously said, I aggree that Nobuna is getting too much love by both author and Saru.

Uhh, what? You are aware of the title of the LN, right?
The problem is that the way she was written does not sit well with me.

Spoiler for Bla Bla Bla:

1. She cries, a lot.
If the author's intention was to show how 'strong' and 'determined' Nobuna is when she recovers from her sadness, then he's doing a bad job. Because he uses this format... a lot.

2. Horny/Lewd
Her brain circuitry when she interpreted "Rabu Hoteru", "Intanettori" etc was supposed to be funny? Well if Nobuna is a likable 妃露淫 = ヒロイン = Heroine (this word play is not mine, as it came from 2ch btw), then may be I could tolerate her wanting to bone Yoshiharu when other people were busy fighting. Well it can't be help that they're the main characters.

3. Incompetence and Gullible
Nobuna can't even argue with Manmi Senchiyo when the latter said Nobuna did order the execution of Kanbei's younger sister when the false rumor of Kanbei defecting to Naoie was spreading. Goddamit. Then again, the author did wrote that Senchiyo could be a person of talents that resembled Juubei if she removes her air of unsociability (v8p281). I wonder if more and more hostile girls will be introduced to "resemble Juubei" in the future, including Juubei.......wait What?

And regarding Juubei. I mentioned this several times, and even if she's my favorite girl, I think she should've been punished when she moved Kazumasu from Ise to Osaka, just in case if Nobuna wanted to fight Honbyouji when the temple was going to go against Nobuna's Tenka Fubu with their own Tenka Fubyou (Spread the Cat Across the Land) . Nobuna wasn't prepared for war, but was willing to go all out when Yoshiharu chose to stay at Honbyouji that she forgot about Juubei's insubordination.
But at least Juubei's decision indirectly made Kazumasu joined the football game .

The cockblocking in vol 7 was probably the most retarded one. Juubei even punched Nobusumi to make him spilled out the information regarding Nobuna's whereabouts. That alone was a punishable crime.
Not to mention Juubei's act of leaving Kyou when she should be leading the reserve force in case if Asai-Asakura come attacking Hanbei at Mt Toragoze.
But thanks to the smart Kazumasu noticing there wasn't any contact from Kyou, she came leading her army to defend the mountain. Kazumasu and Juubei should work together if they want to rebel against Nobuna.

Every Nobuna's retainers, save for Juubei, knew that their lord is in love with Yoshiharu, so I don't see any reason for them to cover for Juubei if Nobuna wanted to punish her. Nobuna's failure to remove her rival eventhough she was willing to siege Honbyouji's girls made me wonder, if all the Oda, except for Mitsuhide, Hisahide, Kazumasu, and Hanbei were actually competent.

4. The Azuchi
Oh wait. This is the most retarded event in the books. To quote from Samurai Archive

Did he really believe himself a deity, as the contemporary observer Luis Frois recorded?

Well Nobuna said she wasn't planning to be one, but her plan of her idols betrayed her own thinking. So, what was she thinking?
Was I supposed to be awed by her, or was it supposed to be funny? Because it didn't work for me.

Whenever I involved myself in LN/anime where leadership is concerned, I couldn't help but to compare it to LOGH

Spoiler:

Before Kaiser Reinhard died, he said that his statue can only be built some years after he went to Valhalla (dead), and it should not be as pompous as the previous Emperors from the older dynasty.

Both Nobuna and Reinhard were aiming to destroy the old society/tradition, so that the people would be free. And then I realized I made a mistake when I tried to compare an ant to an elephant.

If there is one good thing to say about Nobuna, she did say of "getting all the fruits", just like Yoshiharu. Then again, this novel would end up becoming The Adventure of Yoshiharu and Nobuna Saving The Kumquat.

I am thankful for the author for writing Juubei the way she is. She doesn't need to take the pages time, but enough time taken to make me care. If she was this "ideal girlfriend" for the MC that the author had in mind, I may end up hating Juubei as well.
People might be hating Juubei when they read her endeavor of cockblocking her Master, but when you have someone like Nobuna as the female lead, it is a great mystery for me on why the author didn't send more and more girls to do the same as Juubei did....oh wait.

Now. To the main point. There is this one deluded guy from 2ch Juubei's thread that tried to spark the hope of NobunaxYoshiharuxJuubei End based on short stories from the GA Bunko Magazine. But I'm more interested in short stories concerning Kanbei vs Hanbei in Golf and Test of Courage (Kimo Dameshi). Have anyone read it? And will they be printed in book format?, because I don't want to tire my eyes from reading from my PC, and I don't own a smartphone :P.