1 | ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, ''Toshiie to Matsu'' (Toshiie and Matsu) is a live-action drama made in 2002 by the Creator/{{NHK}} as the 41st of their [[HistoricalFiction "Taiga Drama"]] series (see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga_drama the relevant article]] in Website/TheOtherWiki for details) that covers the rise and fall of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga and UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi, ending the subsequent establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate from the perspective of Maeda Toshiie, one of Nobunaga's retainers, and his wife Matsu. |
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4 | !!This series provides examples of: |
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6 | * BewareTheNiceOnes - Matsu. Even the other retainers are scared when she gets pissed off. |
7 | * CatchPhrase: |
8 | ** Matsu's is "Leave Everything to Me!" |
9 | ** Nobunaga's is "Is... that so?" |
10 | %%* ChildhoodMarriagePromise - Matsu and Toshiie. |
11 | %%* ClingyJealousGirl - Matsu and Nene. |
12 | * CreepyChild - Maeda Keijirou, who is, among other things, a little too happy about potentially blowing his entire family to pieces when his stepfather (Toshiie's elder brother) attempts to blockade the order to exile them from Maeda territory. |
13 | * DarkHorseVictory - Ultimate control of Japan goes to dark horse candidate Tokugawa Ieyasu by virtue of him out-living all of the other contenders (and killing a few of his rivals). |
14 | * DoNotCallMePaul: Toshiie does NOT like being called "Doggie" (his [[EmbarrassingFirstName birth name was Inuchiyo]]); for Hideyoshi, being called "Monkey" almost becomes his BerserkButton and he holds some serious grudges over being insulted. |
15 | * DopeSlap - Toshiie is on the receiving end of a few of these for putting his foot into his mouth. |
16 | * ForegoneConclusion - When introducing each major character, the narration explains what happened to them, but the series also speculates quite a bit on what went on behind the scenes. |
17 | * {{Foreshadowing}} - Happens in-universe when the characters see a portent that means bad things for UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga. |
18 | * {{Gonk}} - A spectacularly unattractive actor plays Mitsuhide Akechi, and this is quite jarring if the viewer is more used to the [[{{Bishonen}} prettier versions]]. |
19 | * HonorBeforeReason - The Maeda clan in general; Toshiie is the worst offender, but Matsu gets played on a few occasions as well. |
20 | %%* HotBlooded - Toshiie. |
21 | * JustJokingJustification: Nobunaga tries to blow off the event detailed in WhatTheHellHero as a joke; it's obvious from the body language of all involved that nobody buys this as an excuse. |
22 | * KissingCousins - Matsu and Toshiie (first cousins; their mothers are siblings). |
23 | * MyGirlIsNotASlut - Toshiie invokes this trope to motivate his otherwise pacifist older brother into fighting. |
24 | * {{Ninja}} - Toshiie's sister in law is rumored to be one, and she hires a few of them to act as Toshiie's bodyguards after he makes daimyo. |
25 | * ThePowerOfFriendship - Toshiie's friendships with Nobunaga and Hideyoshi are what propels him into a position of power, though his sense of honor holds him back just as much; Matsu and Nene's friendship is what keeps things running in the background when Toshiie and Hideyoshi have a brief falling out. |
26 | * RichBitch - Nene pretends to be this in order to deflect criticism from her husband. |
27 | * TheRival - Toshiie and Hideyoshi; furthermore, Matsu considers Tokugawa Ieyasu an enemy because he killed her father in battle. |
28 | * SmugSnake - Hideyoshi, who is reviled by his colleagues for being a perennial kiss-up (Hideyoshi justifies it by claiming that he has no other marketable skills); Tokugawa Ieyasu is presented like this whenever he shows up. |
29 | %%* UnwittingPawn: Toshiie. |
30 | * WhamEpisode - The revolt at Honnoji still manages to [[PlayerPunch sock the viewer in the guts]] even though everyone knows it's coming. |
31 | * WhatTheHellHero - On the day of Oichi's marriage to Katsuie Shibata, Toshiie is the only one who dares to protest that Nobunaga has gone too far when he brings out the gold-plated skull of Oichi's first husband Nagamasa Azai and orders her and her new beau to drink out of it. |
32 | * YamatoNadeshiko: Matsu (gracious and scary) is considered to be this by her peers, though she herself is presented as {{Tsundere}} around Toshiie. |
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