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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo
Did they say she was 20? I didn't catch that.
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At the beginning of the first episode there's a meeting between Nobunaga and his vassals. Sasuke becomes the butt of a few jokes, one of which was a comment about how much he seems to be enjoying his young wife of twenty.
Oh, and having watched episode two of
[C], I can state for certain that I'm enjoying
Hyouge Mono more.
Edit: I did some research into the historical period because I was surprised by the use of firearms and wondered about the historical accuracy of the atakebune. Both of these turn out to be true portrayals of the "warring states" period.
Firearms came to Japan in 1543 when a Portuguese ship was blown off-course and landed there. The Japanese quickly adopted and refined these new weapons. They had become widespread by 1577. Nobunaga apparently built half-a-dozen atakebune. As episode two notes, their interior walls where lined with iron for protection against enemy weapons. The atakebune represented a major change in Japanese naval battles as conflicts between the vessels themselves replaced hand-to-hand fighting between the sailors on-board.
We've already seen Nobunaga's famous general Hideyoshi, who completed the unification of Japan after Nobunaga was assassinated in 1582. Tokugawa Ieyasu appears in the list of characters at ANN so I'm guessing he'll be appearing soon as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_of_Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atakebune