[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

OK, I'll have to watch episode eight again. I wish Kaoru Chujo was following this series so he might make one of his excellent guides to the characters and their seiyuu. As it is, I remain confused about who's who.

Hilarious scene with Sasuke and the pineapple, and no word about whether he ever told Osen about his encounter in the tower in episode six. If he did tell her, she obviously forgave him given the present she gave him. (I expected her to give him another "present" after chasing out the children, but then she disappeared?) Apparently their child inherited her eyes!

Why did the fellow with the scroll burn it?

No way Sosuke told Osen!

The fellow with the scroll was Akechi Mitsuhide, the top general who

Spoiler for Historical Spoilers:

eventually ends up killing Oda. The burning of the scroll, I assume, was to signify that he's finally committed to betraying Milord, and Hideyoshi openly speculates about Mitsuhide assassinating Oda later in the ep.

It's obvious that Sosuke is a pawn in the rebels power game, but I think Mitsuhide is too. I think Senno (the tea master) intentionally let Sosuke cater the banquet because he knew Sosuke's absurdly elaborate creations would offend Tokugawa. I get the definite sense that the rebels want to drive a wedge between Oda and Tokugawa. I also think Hideyoshi is trying to push Mitsuhide into rebelling openly, so he can sweep in afterwards and claim to have been loyal all along. Remember, it was Hideyoshi who flew back to the capital after Mitsuhide assassinated Oda, and put him to the sword before taking power himself.