Line #8 Series/ToshiieToMatsu


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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