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* AmbiguousSituation: What exactly happened between ''Kishou Hongi'' and this play to trigger the dramatic shift in Tsurumaru's overall attitude, as well as his feelings toward Mikazuki Munechika?
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Amakusa Shirou is the leader of the Shimabara Rebellion despite his young age. However, he isn't ''really'' the leader, as Emosaku, an adult, decided to wage the war in the first place and was only using him as a figurehead to further his goals and inspire the masses. When he is killed prematurely by the Historical Revisionists, the Touken Danshi adopt his name and role, becoming the rebellion's actual leaders, with Emosaku quickly forgetting about the boy since he can use them for the same purpose.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The play is primarily about Matsui Gou's trauma from the Shimabara Rebellion, as well as Tsurumaru Kuninaga's inner turmoil over ensuring the deaths of the Shimabara rebels.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Tsurumaru orders Matsui to side with the Shogunate and participate in the murders of the Shimabara rebels, Buzen Gou confronts him angrily, giving him (and the audience) the impression that he is pissed that Tsurumaru would cruelly subject him to something so traumatic despite his knowledge of Matsui's past. However, he switches up his tone and admits that he's grateful to Tsurumaru for helping Matsui confront his trauma. Even Tsurumaru seems surprised by this turn of events, but agrees to leave Matsui in Buzen's hands.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The play is primarily about Matsui Gou's trauma from the Shimabara Rebellion, as well as Tsurumaru Kuninaga's inner turmoil over ensuring the deaths of the Shimabara rebels.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Tsurumaru orders Matsui to side with the Shogunate and participate in the murders of the Shimabara rebels, Buzen Gou confronts him angrily, giving him (and the audience) the impression that he is pissed that Tsurumaru would cruelly subject him to something so traumatic despite his knowledge of Matsui's past. However, he switches up his tone and admits that he's grateful to Tsurumaru for helping Matsui confront his trauma. Even Tsurumaru seems surprised by this turn of events, but agrees to leave Matsui in Buzen's hands.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: PlayedWith. Amakusa Shirou is touted as the leader of the Shimabara Rebellion despite his young age. However, he isn't ''really'' young, but is more of a symbolic figurehead than anything, as the leader, as Emosaku, an adult, decided to wage one who waged the war in the first place is the adult Emosaku, and was only using him as a figurehead used Shirou to further his goals and inspire agenda by inspiring the masses. When he is After he's killed off prematurely by the Historical Revisionists, Revisionists in an attempt to alter the course of history, the Touken Danshi adopt his name and role, becoming role to ensure that events of the rebellion's actual leaders, Shimabara Rebellion play out as historically intended, with Emosaku quickly forgetting about moving on from the boy since when he realizes he can simply use them for the same purpose.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The play is primarily about Matsui Gou's trauma from the Shimabara Rebellion, as well as Tsurumaru Kuninaga's inner turmoil over ensuring the deaths of the Shimabara rebels.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Tsurumaru orders Matsui to side with the Shogunate and participate in the murders of the Shimabara rebels, Buzen Gou confronts him angrily, giving him (and the audience) the impression that he is pissed that Tsurumaru would cruelly subject him to something so traumatic despite his knowledge of Matsui's past. However, he switches up his tone and admits that he's grateful to Tsurumaru for helping Matsui confront his trauma. Even Tsurumaru seems surprised by this turn of events, but agrees to leave Matsui in Buzen's hands.purpose.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The play is primarily about Matsui Gou's trauma from the Shimabara Rebellion, as well as Tsurumaru Kuninaga's inner turmoil over ensuring the deaths of the Shimabara rebels.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Tsurumaru orders Matsui to side with the Shogunate and participate in the murders of the Shimabara rebels, Buzen Gou confronts him angrily, giving him (and the audience) the impression that he is pissed that Tsurumaru would cruelly subject him to something so traumatic despite his knowledge of Matsui's past. However, he switches up his tone and admits that he's grateful to Tsurumaru for helping Matsui confront his trauma. Even Tsurumaru seems surprised by this turn of events, but agrees to leave Matsui in Buzen's hands.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Tsurumaru orders Matsui to side with the Shogunate and participate in the murders of the Shimabara rebels, Buzen Gou confronts him angrily, giving him (and the audience) the impression that he is pissed that Tsurumaru would cruelly subject him to something so traumatic despite his knowledge of Matsui's past. However, he switches up his tone and admits that he's grateful to Tsurumaru for helping Matsui confront his trauma. Even Tsurumaru seems surprised by this turn of events, but agrees to leave Matsui in Buzen's hands.
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* BrokenTears: Everyone except Ookurikara and Buzen Gou breaks down into these at some point in the play.
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* BrokenTears: Everyone major character except Ookurikara and Buzen Gou breaks down into these at some point in the play.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The story is relies heavily on the idea that no one except Emosaku knew what Amakusa Shirou looked like, allowing Tsurumaru and Hyuuga to take on his role for the majority of the play, despite the fact that he had already begun his uprising by the time the characters arrived.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Tsurumaru and Hyuuga take on the identity of Amakusa Shirou to further the rebellion since the real Shirou was killed by the Historical Revisionists at the beginning of the play.
* DeathOfAChild: As what happened during the real Shimabara Rebellion, children are killed in this musical, with Amakusa Shirou being the first.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Tsurumaru and Hyuuga take on the identity of Amakusa Shirou to further the rebellion since the real Shirou was killed by the Historical Revisionists at the beginning of the play.
* DeathOfAChild: As what happened during the real Shimabara Rebellion, children are killed in this musical, with Amakusa Shirou being the first.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The story is relies heavily on the idea that no one except outside of Emosaku knew what who Amakusa Shirou was or what he looked like, allowing like so that Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Hyuuga to Masamune can take on his role for to correct the majority course of the play, despite the fact history, which makes little sense given that he had the rebellion was already begun his uprising in progression by the time they arrive in the characters arrived.
time period, and the boy grew up in Shimabara, so surely ''someone'' knew him.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: After he's killed off prematurely by the Historical Retrograding Force, Tsurumaru and Hyuuga take onthe identity of Amakusa Shirou to further Shirou's name and role in the rebellion since Shimabara Rebellion to inspire the real Shirou was killed by the Historical Revisionists at the beginning of the play.
masses to join Emosaku's cause and lead them to their destined deaths.
* DeathOfAChild: As is what happened during the real Shimabara Rebellion, children are killed in this musical, with the 17-year old Amakusa Shirou being the first.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: After he's killed off prematurely by the Historical Retrograding Force, Tsurumaru and Hyuuga take on
* DeathOfAChild: As is what happened during the real Shimabara Rebellion, children are killed in this musical, with the 17-year old Amakusa Shirou being the first.
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** Urashima is the first to cross it after being forced to confront the atrocities of war, initially masking his sadness with a smile before breaking down and fleeing as Hyuuga tries to console him.
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* DirtyCoward: Emosaku. After causing the rebellion in the first place, he sells his own faction out to the Shogunate, informing them that they are running out of resources, in order to save his own skin, rather than standing firm on his principles even if it costs him his life. He doesn't get away with it scottfree as he did historically, though, as Tsurumaru ensures he has to live with the guilt.
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* DirtyCoward: Emosaku. After causing inciting the rebellion in the first place, he sells out his own faction out to by telling the Shogunate, informing them Shogunate that they are running out of resources, in order to save resources when his own skin, rather than standing firm on life is threatened, resulting in the massacre of the 37,000 people he recruited for his principles even if it costs cause and leaving him his life. He as the only survivor. Unlike what happened historically, however, he doesn't get away with it scottfree as he did historically, though, off scot-free for his betrayal here, as Tsurumaru ensures he has makes it a point to live torment him with the guilt.knowledge that everything that happens is his fault.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Compared to ''Kishou Hongi'', Tsurumaru's characterization is better established here, as his introductory scene has him having a fairly casual conversation with the Saniwa in which he repeatedly interrupts him and establishes that they've known each other long enough for this type of interaction between them to be "normal." This conversation also reveals Tsurumaru's carefree and somewhat unruly personality.
** Matsui debuts in the musical singing about his obsession with blood. Not that it matters much in this play, as it mainly focuses on the fact that he ''doesn't'' want to kill anyone.
** Compared to ''Kishou Hongi'', Tsurumaru's characterization is better established here, as his introductory scene has him having a fairly casual conversation with the Saniwa in which he repeatedly interrupts him and establishes that they've known each other long enough for this type of interaction between them to be "normal." This conversation also reveals Tsurumaru's carefree and somewhat unruly personality.
** Matsui debuts in the musical singing about his obsession with blood. Not that it matters much in this play, as it mainly focuses on the fact that he ''doesn't'' want to kill anyone.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Compared to ''Kishou Hongi'', Tsurumaru's characterization is better established here, as his introductory scene has him having a fairly casual conversation with the Saniwa in which he repeatedly interrupts him and establishes that they've known each other long enough for this type of interaction between them to be "normal." This conversation also reveals Tsurumaru's carefree and somewhat unruly personality.
**EstablishingCharacterMoment: Matsui debuts in the musical singing about his obsession with blood. blood... Not that it matters much in this play, [[{{Irony}} as it mainly focuses on the fact that he ''doesn't'' doesn't want to kill anyone.anyone]].
** Compared to ''Kishou Hongi'', Tsurumaru's characterization is better established here, as his introductory scene has him having a fairly casual conversation with the Saniwa in which he repeatedly interrupts him and establishes that they've known each other long enough for this type of interaction between them to be "normal." This conversation also reveals Tsurumaru's carefree and somewhat unruly personality.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: On Emosaku's end, at least, as he recovers quickly from the death of the real Amakusa Shirou when he realizes that he can just use the Touken Danshi to spearhead his rebellion.
* FullNameBasis: Matsui frequently addresses Tsurumaru by his full name, while most of the other sword just refer to him as "Tsurumaru."
* TheGhost: Even though he doesn't physically appear in the play, Mikazuki Munechika is name-dropped and alluded to multiple times. It is later revealed that this is because he sent one of his recruits, a Mononobe, to work under Izunokami and sway the course of events to ensure the Shimabara Rebellion happens as it did historically.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: While many innocent people were indeed persecuted during the insurgency, the story emphasizes that neither side was entirely blameless, as even those who joined the rebellion for the sake of their beliefs would slaughter innocents who doubted or refused to support their cause. One of the casualties was the mother of the two young boys whom Touken Danshi befriends, who was killed solely because she didn't want to join the rebellion.
* FullNameBasis: Matsui frequently addresses Tsurumaru by his full name, while most of the other sword just refer to him as "Tsurumaru."
* TheGhost: Even though he doesn't physically appear in the play, Mikazuki Munechika is name-dropped and alluded to multiple times. It is later revealed that this is because he sent one of his recruits, a Mononobe, to work under Izunokami and sway the course of events to ensure the Shimabara Rebellion happens as it did historically.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: While many innocent people were indeed persecuted during the insurgency, the story emphasizes that neither side was entirely blameless, as even those who joined the rebellion for the sake of their beliefs would slaughter innocents who doubted or refused to support their cause. One of the casualties was the mother of the two young boys whom Touken Danshi befriends, who was killed solely because she didn't want to join the rebellion.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: On Emosaku's end, at least, as he recovers quickly from the death of the real Amakusa Shirou when he realizes that he can just use the Touken Danshi to spearhead his rebellion.
rebellion. makes you wonder if he cared about the real Amakusa Shirou in the first place.
* FullNameBasis: Matsuifrequently addresses Tsurumaru by his full name, while most of whereas the other sword just swords simply refer to him as "Tsurumaru."
"Tsurumaru" or "Tsuru-san" in Buzen's case.
* TheGhost:Even though he doesn't physically appear in the play, Mikazuki Munechika doesn't make a physical appearance in this play, but is name-dropped and alluded to multiple times. It is later several times before it's revealed in the end that this is because he sent one he's been working behind the scenes to correct history with the help of his recruits, a Mononobe, to work under Izunokami and sway the course of events to ensure the Shimabara Rebellion happens as it did historically.
Mononobe recruit.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: While many innocent people were indeed persecuted during theinsurgency, rebellion, the story emphasizes that neither side was entirely blameless, as even those who joined the rebellion for the sake of their beliefs would slaughter innocents who doubted or refused to support their cause. One of the casualties was the mother of the two young boys whom Touken Danshi befriends, who was killed solely because she didn't want to join the rebellion.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How the older sibling dies. He is speared first, and then a group of other men rush in and begin stabbing him to death as he tries to protect his younger brother in his final moments.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How the older sibling dies. dies; He is speared first, and then a group of other men rush in and begin stabbing him to death as he tries to protect his younger brother in his final moments.
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** Emosaku also breaks down at the end of the play after seeing the corpse of the elder brother.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Everyone except Buzen Gou and Tsurumaru Kuninaga about Matsui's connection to the Shimbara Rebellion, as they went into the mission unaware that he has lingering trauma over the role he played in it when he was still a sword.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Despite Ookurikara's admonishing them not to get too involved, lest they unwittingly change history, the Touken Danshi befriend a pair of human children after recruiting them to their cause. The eldest sibling was fated to be killed during the Shimabara Rebellion, leaving the group devastated when they're forced to witness his death, unable to do anything to prevent it.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Emosaku. Even though he made it out of the Shimabara Rebellion with his life, Emosaku is not happy about being the sole survivor, and Tsurumaru made sure he would always carry the guilt of having started a war that claimed the lives of 37,000 people.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Hyuuga and Urashima were the only ones who had no idea what participating in the Shimabara Rebellion entailed, up until they received a letter from the Shogunate threatening to massacre their forces if they failed to surrender. It was only then that it dawned on them what the purpose of their mission was.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Everyone except Buzen Gou and Tsurumaru Kuninaga about Matsui's connection to the Shimbara Rebellion, as they went into the mission unaware that he has lingering trauma over the role he played in it when he was still a sword.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Despite Ookurikara's admonishing them not to get too involved, lest they unwittingly change history, the Touken Danshi befriend a pair of human children after recruiting them to their cause. The eldest sibling was fated to be killed during the Shimabara Rebellion, leaving the group devastated when they're forced to witness his death, unable to do anything to prevent it.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Emosaku. Even though he made it out of the Shimabara Rebellion with his life, Emosaku is not happy about being the sole survivor, and Tsurumaru made sure he would always carry the guilt of having started a war that claimed the lives of 37,000 people.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Hyuuga and Urashima were the only ones who had no idea what participating in the Shimabara Rebellion entailed, up until they received a letter from the Shogunate threatening to massacre their forces if they failed to surrender. It was only then that it dawned on them what the purpose of their mission was.
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** Emosaku also breaks down at the end of the play after seeing the corpse of the elder brother.
brother, finally realizing the weight of what he'd done.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Everyone except Buzen Gou and Tsurumaru Kuninagaabout when it comes to Matsui's connection to the Shimbara Rebellion, as they went into the mission unaware that he has lingering trauma over the role when he played in it was used to slaughter innocent people when he was still a sword.
* InterspeciesFriendship:Despite Ookurikara's admonishing them not to get too involved, lest they unwittingly change history, the Touken Danshi Urashima and Hyuuga befriend a pair of human children boys after recruiting them over to their Emosaku's cause. The eldest sibling was This ends tragically, however, as both boys were fated to be killed during the Shimabara Rebellion, leaving although the group devastated when they're forced to witness younger brother ends up surviving because of his death, unable older brother and the Mononobe's intervention, with the latter meaning they'd be separated from the boy regardless.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Throughout the play, there is little indication that Emosaku cares about anyone other than himself. Even at the end, after all of the rebels have been killed, he asks Chiezu why he has todo anything be the only one to prevent it.
survive to question what the point of the war was, despite having caused the war and the deaths in the first place.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Emosaku.Even though he He made it out of the Shimabara Rebellion with his life, Emosaku is but he's not happy about being the sole survivor, and especially not after Tsurumaru made sure drilled in his head that everything is his fault and that he'll have to live with the guilt in order to fulfill his "role." At first, he would always carry seems to be upset about having to live with the guilt of having started being the sole survivor, seeing it as a war that claimed burden imposed on him rather than actually caring about the lives lost, that is, until he sees the corpse of 37,000 people.
the older brother, who has been misidentified as Amakusa Shirou, and has a breakdown as he realizes the gravity of what he has caused.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Hyuuga and Urashima were the only ones who had no idea what participating in the Shimabara Rebellion entailed, up until they received a letter from the Shogunate threatening to massacre their forces if they failed to surrender. It was only then that it dawned on them what the purpose of their missionwas.was: to ensure that all 37,000 rebels die.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Everyone except Buzen Gou and Tsurumaru Kuninaga
* InterspeciesFriendship:
* ItsAllAboutMe: Throughout the play, there is little indication that Emosaku cares about anyone other than himself. Even at the end, after all of the rebels have been killed, he asks Chiezu why he has to
* KarmaHoudini: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Emosaku.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Hyuuga and Urashima were the only ones who had no idea what participating in the Shimabara Rebellion entailed, up until they received a letter from the Shogunate threatening to massacre their forces if they failed to surrender. It was only then that it dawned on them what the purpose of their mission
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* NaiveNewcomer: Hyuuga Masamune, who has no knowledge about the Shimbara Rebellion and thusly can ask questions about it in place of the audience. Urashima also fulfills this role to a lesser degree.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Hyuuga Masamune, who has no knowledge about the Shimbara Rebellion and thusly can ask asks questions about it in place of the audience. Urashima also fulfills this role to a lesser degree.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: To save the lives of missions of people from the future, the members of this team have to a rebellion that will ensure the deaths of 37,000 people, many of them innocent women and children. Their mission weighs heavily on them, and this contributes to Tsurumaru's ire towards Mikazuki Munechika, who was manipulating events behind the scenes, as he perceives Mikazuki to be treating the Shimabara rebels more like statistics than like living, breathing individuals.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: To save the lives of missions of people from the future, the members of this team have TheNeedsOfTheMany:
** PlayedStraight with Tsurumaru's team. They don't want toa rebellion that will ensure the deaths of the 37,000 people, rebels, many of them whom are innocent women and children. Their children, but they have to in order to preserve the future, which is their mission weighs heavily on them, and this contributes to Tsurumaru's ire towards as Touken Danshi, no matter how painful it is for them.
** InvertedTrope with Mikazuki Munechika, who goes along with ensuring the deaths of 37,000 people but sends in his recruit, who wasmanipulating events behind likely also someone who was historically intended to die but was spared by him, to rescue the scenes, as he perceives Mikazuki younger brother. This enrages Tsurumaru enough to be treating rant at the Shimabara rebels more like statistics than like living, breathing individuals.crescent moon about Mikazuki's hypocrisy, though the rant itself was also laden with hypocrisy, as Tsurumaru very well could have found a way to save some people in a way that wouldn't alter history significantly but chose to ensure they all died while forcing his teammates to do the same.
** PlayedStraight with Tsurumaru's team. They don't want to
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Just by Tsurumaru's attitude alone, it would be hard to guess that he is not only among the Honmaru's oldest swords, but also among the most senior in terms of how long he has served under the Saniwa. However, it's gradually revealed throughout the play that this is, at least in part, a mask he puts on, and that he's far more mature, cunning, and capable than he pretends to be at times.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Emosaku is the only rebel survivor, save for the unnamed young child saved by the Mononobe; however, his survival is portrayed as a punishment for starting the war in the first place. By the play's conclusion, the experience and realization that everything that happened was his fault have broken him completely.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Emosaku is the only rebel survivor, save for the unnamed young child saved by the Mononobe; however, his survival is portrayed as a punishment for starting the war in the first place. By the play's conclusion, the experience and realization that everything that happened was his fault have broken him completely.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Just by Tsurumaru's attitude alone, it would be hard to guess that he is not only among the Honmaru's oldest swords, but also among the most senior in terms Tsurumaru hides his cunning and calculating nature behind a mask of how long he has served under the Saniwa. However, it's gradually revealed throughout the play that this is, playfulness whimsy, at least in part, a mask until he puts on, and that he's far more mature, cunning, and capable than he pretends to be at times.
gets serious... or angry.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Emosaku is one of the onlyrebel survivor, save for survivors of the unnamed young child saved by the Mononobe; however, rebellion, but his survival is portrayed treated as a punishment for starting the war in the first place. By place, as he will have to live the play's conclusion, rest of his life with the experience blood of 37,000 people on his hands, questioning the war's purpose and realization whether it was worth having waged given that everything that happened was his fault have broken him completely.it accomplished nothing.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Emosaku is one of the only
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* TheStoolPigeon: The Mononobe's role in this play is to snoop around the Shimabara faction and report any changes or findings to Izunokami so that he can take action against them. It is also implied that Mikazuki was telling him what courses of action the Shimabara faction would take so that he could inform Izunokami.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Historical Revisionists disappear from the narrative after killing Amakusa Shirou, with the true danger the Touken Danshi face from there becoming the psychological harm that taking part in the rebellion causes them.
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** The Historical Revisionists disappear from the narrative after killing Amakusa Shirou, with the true danger the Touken Danshi face from there becoming the psychological harm that taking part in the rebellion causesthem.them.
** The audience never learns of what happened to the younger brother after he's rescued by the Mononobe and taken to Mikazuki Munechika.
** The Historical Revisionists disappear from the narrative after killing Amakusa Shirou, with the true danger the Touken Danshi face from there becoming the psychological harm that taking part in the rebellion causes
** The audience never learns of what happened to the younger brother after he's rescued by the Mononobe and taken to Mikazuki Munechika.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Amakusa Shirou is the leader of the Shimabara Rebellion despite his young age. However, he isn't ''really'' the leader, as Emosaku, an adult, decided to wage the war in the first place and was only using him as a figurehead to further his goals and inspire the masses. When he is killed prematurely by the Historical Revisionists, the Touken Danshi adopt his name and role, becoming the rebellion's actual leaders, with Emosaku quickly forgetting about the boy since he can use them for the same purpose.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Tsurumaru orders Matsui to side with the Shogunate and participate in the murders of the Shimabara rebels, Buzen Gou confronts him angrily, giving him (and the audience) the impression that he is pissed that Tsurumaru would cruelly subject him to something so traumatic despite his knowledge of Matsui's past. However, he switches up his tone and admits that he's grateful to Tsurumaru for helping Matsui confront his trauma. Even Tsurumaru seems surprised by this turn of events, but agrees to leave Matsui in Buzen's hands.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** The older sibling is extremely protective of his brother and only participates in the rebellion despite his disagreement with it because he does not want him to starve. In the end, he also dies protecting him.
** {{Inverted|Trope}} in the aforementioned death scene, as the little brother initially tries to protect his older brother by throwing rocks at Matsui, who he knows is there to kill them both.
* BreatherEpisode: Or breather segment, in this case. For the most part, whenever Izunokami's ignored and incompetent underlings appear on screen, the tone is lighthearted and comedic compared to the pretty depressing main events.
* BrokenTears: Everyone except Ookurikara and Buzen Gou breaks down into these at some point in the play.
* CallBack: Tsurumaru references Mikazuki's message from ''Kishou Hongi'' about some people having to play tragic roles in history in both of his musings on Mikazuki.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The story is relies heavily on the idea that no one except Emosaku knew what Amakusa Shirou looked like, allowing Tsurumaru and Hyuuga to take on his role for the majority of the play, despite the fact that he had already begun his uprising by the time the characters arrived.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Tsurumaru and Hyuuga take on the identity of Amakusa Shirou to further the rebellion since the real Shirou was killed by the Historical Revisionists at the beginning of the play.
* DeathOfAChild: As what happened during the real Shimabara Rebellion, children are killed in this musical, with Amakusa Shirou being the first.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Urashima is the first to cross it after being forced to confront the atrocities of war, initially masking his sadness with a smile before breaking down and fleeing as Hyuuga tries to console him.
** Urashima crosses it again with Matsui and Hyuuga after they witness the deaths of the brothers, although the younger sibling turns out to be still alive.
* DirtyCoward: Emosaku. After causing the rebellion in the first place, he sells his own faction out to the Shogunate, informing them that they are running out of resources, in order to save his own skin, rather than standing firm on his principles even if it costs him his life. He doesn't get away with it scottfree as he did historically, though, as Tsurumaru ensures he has to live with the guilt.
* EmpathicEnvironment: The earth shakes and waves crash when Tsurumaru shouts at the end of his rant, adding emphasis to what he was saying.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Compared to ''Kishou Hongi'', Tsurumaru's characterization is better established here, as his introductory scene has him having a fairly casual conversation with the Saniwa in which he repeatedly interrupts him and establishes that they've known each other long enough for this type of interaction between them to be "normal." This conversation also reveals Tsurumaru's carefree and somewhat unruly personality.
** Matsui debuts in the musical singing about his obsession with blood. Not that it matters much in this play, as it mainly focuses on the fact that he ''doesn't'' want to kill anyone.
** Hyuuga's debut song has him singing about pickled plums, which are all but stated to be his TrademarkFavoriteFood.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Tsurumaru Kuninaga is pretty much the main character of ''Paraiso'' and he is revealed to be one of Honmaru's oldest swords in terms of both age and length of time living there and protecting history.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: On Emosaku's end, at least, as he recovers quickly from the death of the real Amakusa Shirou when he realizes that he can just use the Touken Danshi to spearhead his rebellion.
* FullNameBasis: Matsui frequently addresses Tsurumaru by his full name, while most of the other sword just refer to him as "Tsurumaru."
* TheGhost: Even though he doesn't physically appear in the play, Mikazuki Munechika is name-dropped and alluded to multiple times. It is later revealed that this is because he sent one of his recruits, a Mononobe, to work under Izunokami and sway the course of events to ensure the Shimabara Rebellion happens as it did historically.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: While many innocent people were indeed persecuted during the insurgency, the story emphasizes that neither side was entirely blameless, as even those who joined the rebellion for the sake of their beliefs would slaughter innocents who doubted or refused to support their cause. One of the casualties was the mother of the two young boys whom Touken Danshi befriends, who was killed solely because she didn't want to join the rebellion.
--> "There are no wars with clear-cut white and black sides. There's black in the white, and white in the black. Either may well have even red or blue. When you put it into words, everyone has their own reason for waging war."
* HypocrisyNod: Tsurumaru criticizes Mikazuki's tendency to do things alone, then laughs about how similar they are because he also prefers to do things alone and spends most of the play taking on the major responsibility of ensuring the deaths of the rebels in the Shimabara faction by himself.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How the older sibling dies. He is speared first, and then a group of other men rush in and begin stabbing him to death as he tries to protect his younger brother in his final moments.
* IndignantSlap: Or punch, in this case. Matsui punches Tsurumaru in the face for his apparent uncaring attitude after they all witness the brutal murder of a pair of child siblings. This punch ends up helping Tsurumaru better express his grief over the situation, which he offloads when everyone except Ookurikara has gone on ahead of them.
* InelegantBlubbering:
** Matsui, Hyuuga, and Urashima are reduced to tears after the witnessing the brutal murder of the pair of siblings they befriended. They recover when it turns out the younger sibling is still alive, just in time for one of Mikazuki's recruits to come collect him.
** Emosaku also breaks down at the end of the play after seeing the corpse of the elder brother.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Everyone except Buzen Gou and Tsurumaru Kuninaga about Matsui's connection to the Shimbara Rebellion, as they went into the mission unaware that he has lingering trauma over the role he played in it when he was still a sword.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Despite Ookurikara's admonishing them not to get too involved, lest they unwittingly change history, the Touken Danshi befriend a pair of human children after recruiting them to their cause. The eldest sibling was fated to be killed during the Shimabara Rebellion, leaving the group devastated when they're forced to witness his death, unable to do anything to prevent it.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Emosaku. Even though he made it out of the Shimabara Rebellion with his life, Emosaku is not happy about being the sole survivor, and Tsurumaru made sure he would always carry the guilt of having started a war that claimed the lives of 37,000 people.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Hyuuga and Urashima were the only ones who had no idea what participating in the Shimabara Rebellion entailed, up until they received a letter from the Shogunate threatening to massacre their forces if they failed to surrender. It was only then that it dawned on them what the purpose of their mission was.
* LyingToProtectYourFeelings:
** The older boy keeps their mother's death a secret from his younger brother, who believes she just left.
** Tsurumaru also purposefully keeps Urashima in the dark about their mission until he discovers it for himself.
* MoodWhiplash: In a fairly lighthearted scene in the middle of the play, Hyuuga pretends to be a relative of Hideyoshi Toyotomi in an attempt to recruit more rebels for the Shimabara faction, but the people he tried to recruit brush him off, saying he doesn't look like a monkey enough to be related to him, though they change their minds mid-discussion and admit he does look a little like a monkey, which slightly hurts Hyuuga's feelings. Then, abruptly, a group of Shogunate soldiers charge into the scene and brutally slaughter everyone except the Touken Danshi.
* NaiveNewcomer: Hyuuga Masamune, who has no knowledge about the Shimbara Rebellion and thusly can ask questions about it in place of the audience. Urashima also fulfills this role to a lesser degree.
* NecessarilyEvil: The Touken Danshi have to knowingly lead 37,000 people to their deaths to ensure that history proceeds as intended. A lot of these people are innocent, which causes them nothing short of intense grief over the roles they have to play.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: To save the lives of missions of people from the future, the members of this team have to a rebellion that will ensure the deaths of 37,000 people, many of them innocent women and children. Their mission weighs heavily on them, and this contributes to Tsurumaru's ire towards Mikazuki Munechika, who was manipulating events behind the scenes, as he perceives Mikazuki to be treating the Shimabara rebels more like statistics than like living, breathing individuals.
* NoNameGiven: Neither of the young boys are named in the musical. This is relevant in the end, because the boys' anonymity to the audience and the characters in the story allows the elder brother who was killed to assume the identity of Amakusa Shirou in death, allowing history to (almost) fully correct itself[[note]]The real Amakusa Shirou was executed and had his head mounted on a spike, but the characters don't mention it [[/note]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Just by Tsurumaru's attitude alone, it would be hard to guess that he is not only among the Honmaru's oldest swords, but also among the most senior in terms of how long he has served under the Saniwa. However, it's gradually revealed throughout the play that this is, at least in part, a mask he puts on, and that he's far more mature, cunning, and capable than he pretends to be at times.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Emosaku is the only rebel survivor, save for the unnamed young child saved by the Mononobe; however, his survival is portrayed as a punishment for starting the war in the first place. By the play's conclusion, the experience and realization that everything that happened was his fault have broken him completely.
* TheReveal: The nameless man who relayed information about the Shimabara rebels to Izunokami was a Mononobe, a member of Mikazuki's faction.
* StepfordSmiler: Tsurumaru, full stop. He spends the majority of the musical pretending to be unfazed about the villainous role he has to play, but his mask cracks several times under the mental and emotional strain, until it shatters completely at the end of the play, causing him to tearfully lash out at Mikazuki Munechika, who is represented by the crescent moon in the sky.
--> "Are you kidding me? "There are those in the flow of history who have a tragic role to bear?" What is history to you? The ones whose names went down in history aren't the only ones who made it, you know...?! Help them! Save them! All 37,000! They're not just a number! Each had their own life! They were alive! Take them with you. Take them to the tranquil sea, to Paraiso! If you can do it, then do it!"
* SuddenlyShouting: Tsurumaru Kuninaga does this when Urashima and Matsui try to argue against him and the other Touken Danshi killing human beings.
--> "'''If you have a problem with that-!''' ...[[ImpliedDeathThreat would you like to quit being a Touken Danshi?]]"
* WarIsHell: TheMusical. It's probably one of the musicals that pushes this idea the most.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: When confronted by Tsurumaru about why he is choosing to massacre the troops, "Chiezu" tearfully admits that he doesn't want to in the first place, but feels compelled to in order to maintain the peace established by Ieyasu, believing that if people grieve and regret what happened to Shimabara after they fought back, nothing like the rebellion will happen again. Tsurumaru sympathizes with his reasoning, and feels vindicated in having someone to share his pain with.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Historical Revisionists disappear from the narrative after killing Amakusa Shirou, with the true danger the Touken Danshi face from there becoming the psychological harm that taking part in the rebellion causes them.
* YouWillBeBeethoven: Amakusa Shirou dies early in the story, leaving Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Hyuuga Masamune to assume Shirou's identity and spearhead the rebellion in his place. Averted in the end, however, as the nameless older brother is mistakenly identified as Amakusa Shirou instead.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Amakusa Shirou is the leader of the Shimabara Rebellion despite his young age. However, he isn't ''really'' the leader, as Emosaku, an adult, decided to wage the war in the first place and was only using him as a figurehead to further his goals and inspire the masses. When he is killed prematurely by the Historical Revisionists, the Touken Danshi adopt his name and role, becoming the rebellion's actual leaders, with Emosaku quickly forgetting about the boy since he can use them for the same purpose.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Tsurumaru orders Matsui to side with the Shogunate and participate in the murders of the Shimabara rebels, Buzen Gou confronts him angrily, giving him (and the audience) the impression that he is pissed that Tsurumaru would cruelly subject him to something so traumatic despite his knowledge of Matsui's past. However, he switches up his tone and admits that he's grateful to Tsurumaru for helping Matsui confront his trauma. Even Tsurumaru seems surprised by this turn of events, but agrees to leave Matsui in Buzen's hands.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** The older sibling is extremely protective of his brother and only participates in the rebellion despite his disagreement with it because he does not want him to starve. In the end, he also dies protecting him.
** {{Inverted|Trope}} in the aforementioned death scene, as the little brother initially tries to protect his older brother by throwing rocks at Matsui, who he knows is there to kill them both.
* BreatherEpisode: Or breather segment, in this case. For the most part, whenever Izunokami's ignored and incompetent underlings appear on screen, the tone is lighthearted and comedic compared to the pretty depressing main events.
* BrokenTears: Everyone except Ookurikara and Buzen Gou breaks down into these at some point in the play.
* CallBack: Tsurumaru references Mikazuki's message from ''Kishou Hongi'' about some people having to play tragic roles in history in both of his musings on Mikazuki.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The story is relies heavily on the idea that no one except Emosaku knew what Amakusa Shirou looked like, allowing Tsurumaru and Hyuuga to take on his role for the majority of the play, despite the fact that he had already begun his uprising by the time the characters arrived.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Tsurumaru and Hyuuga take on the identity of Amakusa Shirou to further the rebellion since the real Shirou was killed by the Historical Revisionists at the beginning of the play.
* DeathOfAChild: As what happened during the real Shimabara Rebellion, children are killed in this musical, with Amakusa Shirou being the first.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Urashima is the first to cross it after being forced to confront the atrocities of war, initially masking his sadness with a smile before breaking down and fleeing as Hyuuga tries to console him.
** Urashima crosses it again with Matsui and Hyuuga after they witness the deaths of the brothers, although the younger sibling turns out to be still alive.
* DirtyCoward: Emosaku. After causing the rebellion in the first place, he sells his own faction out to the Shogunate, informing them that they are running out of resources, in order to save his own skin, rather than standing firm on his principles even if it costs him his life. He doesn't get away with it scottfree as he did historically, though, as Tsurumaru ensures he has to live with the guilt.
* EmpathicEnvironment: The earth shakes and waves crash when Tsurumaru shouts at the end of his rant, adding emphasis to what he was saying.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Compared to ''Kishou Hongi'', Tsurumaru's characterization is better established here, as his introductory scene has him having a fairly casual conversation with the Saniwa in which he repeatedly interrupts him and establishes that they've known each other long enough for this type of interaction between them to be "normal." This conversation also reveals Tsurumaru's carefree and somewhat unruly personality.
** Matsui debuts in the musical singing about his obsession with blood. Not that it matters much in this play, as it mainly focuses on the fact that he ''doesn't'' want to kill anyone.
** Hyuuga's debut song has him singing about pickled plums, which are all but stated to be his TrademarkFavoriteFood.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Tsurumaru Kuninaga is pretty much the main character of ''Paraiso'' and he is revealed to be one of Honmaru's oldest swords in terms of both age and length of time living there and protecting history.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: On Emosaku's end, at least, as he recovers quickly from the death of the real Amakusa Shirou when he realizes that he can just use the Touken Danshi to spearhead his rebellion.
* FullNameBasis: Matsui frequently addresses Tsurumaru by his full name, while most of the other sword just refer to him as "Tsurumaru."
* TheGhost: Even though he doesn't physically appear in the play, Mikazuki Munechika is name-dropped and alluded to multiple times. It is later revealed that this is because he sent one of his recruits, a Mononobe, to work under Izunokami and sway the course of events to ensure the Shimabara Rebellion happens as it did historically.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: While many innocent people were indeed persecuted during the insurgency, the story emphasizes that neither side was entirely blameless, as even those who joined the rebellion for the sake of their beliefs would slaughter innocents who doubted or refused to support their cause. One of the casualties was the mother of the two young boys whom Touken Danshi befriends, who was killed solely because she didn't want to join the rebellion.
--> "There are no wars with clear-cut white and black sides. There's black in the white, and white in the black. Either may well have even red or blue. When you put it into words, everyone has their own reason for waging war."
* HypocrisyNod: Tsurumaru criticizes Mikazuki's tendency to do things alone, then laughs about how similar they are because he also prefers to do things alone and spends most of the play taking on the major responsibility of ensuring the deaths of the rebels in the Shimabara faction by himself.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How the older sibling dies. He is speared first, and then a group of other men rush in and begin stabbing him to death as he tries to protect his younger brother in his final moments.
* IndignantSlap: Or punch, in this case. Matsui punches Tsurumaru in the face for his apparent uncaring attitude after they all witness the brutal murder of a pair of child siblings. This punch ends up helping Tsurumaru better express his grief over the situation, which he offloads when everyone except Ookurikara has gone on ahead of them.
* InelegantBlubbering:
** Matsui, Hyuuga, and Urashima are reduced to tears after the witnessing the brutal murder of the pair of siblings they befriended. They recover when it turns out the younger sibling is still alive, just in time for one of Mikazuki's recruits to come collect him.
** Emosaku also breaks down at the end of the play after seeing the corpse of the elder brother.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Everyone except Buzen Gou and Tsurumaru Kuninaga about Matsui's connection to the Shimbara Rebellion, as they went into the mission unaware that he has lingering trauma over the role he played in it when he was still a sword.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Despite Ookurikara's admonishing them not to get too involved, lest they unwittingly change history, the Touken Danshi befriend a pair of human children after recruiting them to their cause. The eldest sibling was fated to be killed during the Shimabara Rebellion, leaving the group devastated when they're forced to witness his death, unable to do anything to prevent it.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Emosaku. Even though he made it out of the Shimabara Rebellion with his life, Emosaku is not happy about being the sole survivor, and Tsurumaru made sure he would always carry the guilt of having started a war that claimed the lives of 37,000 people.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Hyuuga and Urashima were the only ones who had no idea what participating in the Shimabara Rebellion entailed, up until they received a letter from the Shogunate threatening to massacre their forces if they failed to surrender. It was only then that it dawned on them what the purpose of their mission was.
* LyingToProtectYourFeelings:
** The older boy keeps their mother's death a secret from his younger brother, who believes she just left.
** Tsurumaru also purposefully keeps Urashima in the dark about their mission until he discovers it for himself.
* MoodWhiplash: In a fairly lighthearted scene in the middle of the play, Hyuuga pretends to be a relative of Hideyoshi Toyotomi in an attempt to recruit more rebels for the Shimabara faction, but the people he tried to recruit brush him off, saying he doesn't look like a monkey enough to be related to him, though they change their minds mid-discussion and admit he does look a little like a monkey, which slightly hurts Hyuuga's feelings. Then, abruptly, a group of Shogunate soldiers charge into the scene and brutally slaughter everyone except the Touken Danshi.
* NaiveNewcomer: Hyuuga Masamune, who has no knowledge about the Shimbara Rebellion and thusly can ask questions about it in place of the audience. Urashima also fulfills this role to a lesser degree.
* NecessarilyEvil: The Touken Danshi have to knowingly lead 37,000 people to their deaths to ensure that history proceeds as intended. A lot of these people are innocent, which causes them nothing short of intense grief over the roles they have to play.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: To save the lives of missions of people from the future, the members of this team have to a rebellion that will ensure the deaths of 37,000 people, many of them innocent women and children. Their mission weighs heavily on them, and this contributes to Tsurumaru's ire towards Mikazuki Munechika, who was manipulating events behind the scenes, as he perceives Mikazuki to be treating the Shimabara rebels more like statistics than like living, breathing individuals.
* NoNameGiven: Neither of the young boys are named in the musical. This is relevant in the end, because the boys' anonymity to the audience and the characters in the story allows the elder brother who was killed to assume the identity of Amakusa Shirou in death, allowing history to (almost) fully correct itself[[note]]The real Amakusa Shirou was executed and had his head mounted on a spike, but the characters don't mention it [[/note]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Just by Tsurumaru's attitude alone, it would be hard to guess that he is not only among the Honmaru's oldest swords, but also among the most senior in terms of how long he has served under the Saniwa. However, it's gradually revealed throughout the play that this is, at least in part, a mask he puts on, and that he's far more mature, cunning, and capable than he pretends to be at times.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: Emosaku is the only rebel survivor, save for the unnamed young child saved by the Mononobe; however, his survival is portrayed as a punishment for starting the war in the first place. By the play's conclusion, the experience and realization that everything that happened was his fault have broken him completely.
* TheReveal: The nameless man who relayed information about the Shimabara rebels to Izunokami was a Mononobe, a member of Mikazuki's faction.
* StepfordSmiler: Tsurumaru, full stop. He spends the majority of the musical pretending to be unfazed about the villainous role he has to play, but his mask cracks several times under the mental and emotional strain, until it shatters completely at the end of the play, causing him to tearfully lash out at Mikazuki Munechika, who is represented by the crescent moon in the sky.
--> "Are you kidding me? "There are those in the flow of history who have a tragic role to bear?" What is history to you? The ones whose names went down in history aren't the only ones who made it, you know...?! Help them! Save them! All 37,000! They're not just a number! Each had their own life! They were alive! Take them with you. Take them to the tranquil sea, to Paraiso! If you can do it, then do it!"
* SuddenlyShouting: Tsurumaru Kuninaga does this when Urashima and Matsui try to argue against him and the other Touken Danshi killing human beings.
--> "'''If you have a problem with that-!''' ...[[ImpliedDeathThreat would you like to quit being a Touken Danshi?]]"
* WarIsHell: TheMusical. It's probably one of the musicals that pushes this idea the most.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: When confronted by Tsurumaru about why he is choosing to massacre the troops, "Chiezu" tearfully admits that he doesn't want to in the first place, but feels compelled to in order to maintain the peace established by Ieyasu, believing that if people grieve and regret what happened to Shimabara after they fought back, nothing like the rebellion will happen again. Tsurumaru sympathizes with his reasoning, and feels vindicated in having someone to share his pain with.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Historical Revisionists disappear from the narrative after killing Amakusa Shirou, with the true danger the Touken Danshi face from there becoming the psychological harm that taking part in the rebellion causes them.
* YouWillBeBeethoven: Amakusa Shirou dies early in the story, leaving Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Hyuuga Masamune to assume Shirou's identity and spearhead the rebellion in his place. Averted in the end, however, as the nameless older brother is mistakenly identified as Amakusa Shirou instead.
