Ashikaga Yoshiteru Nana Daiba/Bond Story

*13th Shogun of the Muromachi period. Despite the political struggle with the powerful Miyoshi clan in the Kinai region, he tried to restore the glory of the Shogunate. From "Sengoku Legend."*

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Bond Level 15 Talk
* Bond Level 30 Talk

Junnana♪

 **Nana:**"Ashikaga Yoshiteru: Wandering Shogun", "Ashikaga Yoshiteru: Master Swordsman", "The Falling Ashigkaga Shogunate"... And also "Yoshiteru and Sengoku Daimyo".

 **Nana:**That's all the books I've borrowed from the library.

 **Junna:**There are surprisingly a lot of books related to Sengoku period shoguns. There are quite a few on my role, Mori Motonari, as well.

 **Nana:**The character analysis can change so much depending on the book, so it's tricky to understand your role.

 **Nana:**Also, the Sengoku period is a cycle of becoming allies and then betraying one another, so it's difficult to grasp the relationships too. There are varying explanations as well, so it's hard to decide which book to use as reference.

 **Junna:**Looks like you're having a tough time too.

 **Nana:**Huh?

 **Junna:**Last night, Karen was asking me why Nobunaga-san and Mitsuhide-san fought even though they're friends.

 **Nana:**If I remember correctly, we still don't know the reason why Mitsuhide betrayed Nobunaga, right?

 **Junna:**Yeah. There are a few plausible theories, but they're all speculation. The only way we can know the real reason... might be to travel back in time and ask them directly.

 **Nana:**Heh heh, if only. Hmm... Is there no other way to better understand Sengoku period shoguns?

 **Nana:**What do you do? Just read a ton of reference literature?

 **Junna:**Of course that's important too, but simply reading it isn't enough. You need to be able to use your own imagination with history.

 **Junna:**For example, when your Ashikaga Yoshiteru became Shogun, the Ashikaga shogunate lost its power and fought with warlords from over the nation.

 **Junna:**A shogunate that's lost its power has no military force to intervene. That's when Yoshiteru uses his title as Shogun to call for a ceasefire. He negotiates with various daimyos and gains recognition for the shogun's authority.

 **Junna:**He used this opportunity for the whole nation to know the name of the shogunate and regain power.

 **Nana:**Yeah. Yoshiteru worked hard to bring power back to the shogunate.

 **Junna:**Yes. And this is just from my imagination, but maybe Yoshiteru was trying to put an end to the Sengoku period with a method that doesn't involve fighting.

 **Nana:**What do you mean?

 **Junna:**Did you know that Yoshiteru gifted a character from his own name to several daimyos?

 **Nana:**Yeah, I've read about that. Before Uesugi Kenshin started referring to himself as Kenshin, he took the "Teru" character from Yoshiteru and used the name Uesugi Terutora.

 **Junna:**Yes. And Mori Motonari's grandchild took the "Teru" character and used the name Mori Terumoto. Shimazu Yoshihisa of Satsuma province took the "Yoshi" character.

 **Junna:**There are over 60 warlords across the nation who received Yoshiteru's name.

 **Nana:**Wow! I didn't know there were that many!

 **Junna:**Yeah. Back then, it was common for parents to pass their name down to their children.

 **Junna:**Perhaps Yoshiteru wanted to make the entire nation into one big family to put an end to the world of war.

 **Nana:**Big family...

 **Junna:**Oh, but that's just my thinking. You should play Yoshiteru the way you have in your mind.

 **Nana:**No, you might be right. When I think about how I want it to be...

 **Nana:**I want to play a kind and strong Ashikaga Yoshiteru... I'm sure he was thinking that fighting alone can't put an end to a world of war!

 **Junna:**I also want you to play that kind of Yoshiteru.

 **Nana:**Thank you, Junna-chan.

 **Nana:**Oh! What do think about me giving everyone in Seisho my name?

 **Junna:**Huh?

 **Nana:**I also want to give everyone my name like Yoshiteru gave his to the Sengoku period warlords♪

 **Junna:**Sounds like fun. But if you're giving away one character, since your name is "Nana", it'd be "Na" either way.

 **Nana:**Yeah♪ If I give away one character from "Nana", then Karen-chan would be... "Karena?"

 **Junna:**Or maybe "Nakaren"... Neither sound right.

 **Nana:**Hikari-chan would be "Hikarina"? Or "Nahikari"? Oh! "Nanahikari"!

 **Junna:**It sounds like a name some comedic duo would have.

 **Junna:**Tsuyuzaki-san would be "Mahiruna"? Or "Namahiru"?

 **Nana:**Mahiru-chan on stage would be "Namahiru" I feel. Heh heh, everyone ended up with weird names.

 **Junna:**Maybe, instead of adding a character, we could try replacing it. For example, swapping Tendo-san's "Ya" from "Maya" into "Mana".

 **Nana:**Oh! I like that! Tendo Mana-chan♪

 **Junna:**And for me... Oh? I already have it.

 **Nana:**Yeah♪ You already have me in your name♪ It's like we're a family♪

 **Junna:**Which means, I'm your child?

 **Nana:**Heh heh.

 **Junna:**But if it's "Junna", the Nana disappears so maybe... "Junnana"?

 **Nana:**Yeah! That's it! Me and you make "Junnana"♪ Bana-nice♪

Nana's Sense of Observation

 **Nana:**Ashikaga Yoshiteru learned sword fighting from Kensei Tsukahara Bokuden. After learning the secret technique, he was called a kengo shogun... I see.

 **Nana:**Yoshiteru can read the opponent's slightest movements and attack before they've drawn their sword.

 **Nana:**It's all thanks to Ashikaga Yoshiteru's keen sense of observation...

 **Nana:**Sense of observation...

 **Nana:**I've heard that a sense of observation can be acquired through the habit of observing everything around you. When it comes to what I can observe around me...

 **Junna:**Hey. Still studying?

 **Nana:**No, reading this.

 **Junna:**"Ashikaga Yoshiteru: Master Swordsman"?

 **Nana:**Yeah. I was reading the books I borrowed from the library.

 **Junna:**Sounds interesting. I also want to look up Yoshiteru. Maybe I'll borrow some books from the library too.

 **Nana:**Then let's go together next time. I'll give you some recommendations.

 **Junna:**Thanks. I'll also give you some of my recommendations for books on the Sengoku period.

 **Nana:**Okay♪ Great♪

 **Nana:**(Oh, that's right. Maybe I'll test out my observational skills on Junna-chan.)

 **Junna:**I finished preparing for tomorrow's rehearsal, so next...

 **Nana:**(She's definitely going to do some stretching...)

 **Junna:**Nana, I'm going to take a bath first.

 **Nana:**Huh?

 **Junna:**...? What's wrong? You look so surprised...

 **Nana:**It's nothing. Enjoy your bath.

 **Junna:**Okay, thanks.

 **Nana:**Bath, huh... Looks like my sense of observation still has a ways to go.

 **Nana:**All right♪ I'll keep on observing Junna-chan until I'm at Yoshiteru's level♪

 **Nana:**\*yawn\*

 **Junna:**What's the matter? Not enough sleep?

 **Nana:**I'm just sleepy because I was observing all night last night... \*yawn\*

 **Junna:**Observing?

 **Nana:**Ah! Nothing! I was reading and wanted to find out what happens next, so I ended up not sleeping!

 **Junna:**Is that... so?

 **Nana:**Yeah! The weather's great today!

 **Junna:**...?

 **Nana:**(If Junna-chan notices, she'll probably stop me... I have to observe her in secret!)

**Teacher:**After the Onin War that lasted for 11 years, the Ashikaga shogunate fell apart and Japan fell into 100 years of civil wars.

 **Junna:**......

 **Nana:**(Junna-chan looks happy during Japanese history and English classes. But when she's twirling her pen, it means she's bored.)

 **Nana:**(And when she pushes up her glasses with her finger...)

 **Junna:**...?

 **Nana:**......

 **Junna:**(I wonder what's wrong? I can feel a strange gaze from Nana...)

 **Junna:**There's so much... Are you sure?

 **Nana:**Yeah♪ Banana Special Lunch. Dig in♪

 **Junna:**Thanks. I was starving after rehearsal.

 **Nana:**(What's Junna-chan going to start with? My guess is sandwich...)

 **Junna:**Then I'll start with a sandwich.

 **Nana:**Yay!

 **Junna:**Huh?

 **Nana:**Oh, nothing♪ I'll have a sandwich too♪

 **Junna:**......

 **Junna:**......

 **Nana:**\*stare\*

 **Junna:**...!

 **Nana:**Oh, oops. Gotta wash the dishes.

 **Junna:**\*stare\*

 **Nana:**La lala♪

 **Junna:**I'm going to take a bath.

 **Nana:**Me too.

 **Junna:**Huh? Don't you have to wash the dishes?

 **Nana:**I'll do it after♪ Junna-chan, let's take a bath together♪

 **Junna:**......

 **Nana:**(There's still so much I don't know about Junna-chan.)

 **Nana:**(I'm so close to her, yet there's so much I don't know... Is this why people always want to learn more about others?)

 **Nana:**(I wonder what Junna-chan is thinking right now?)

 **Junna:**What is it?

 **Nana:**Huh?

 **Junna:**You keep sending me furtive glances... What is it?

 **Nana:**Huh? You noticed?

 **Junna:**Of course. Anyone would.

 **Nana:**Sorry.

 **Junna:**You have a reason, right?

 **Nana:**Yeah, actually...

 **Junna:**To develop your observational skills... But I don't think observing me is going to help you prepare for your role.

 **Nana:**It might not, but I wanted to try a different approach.

 **Junna:**That's fine, but...

 **Nana:**I realized after observing you that there's still a lot that I don't know about you.

 **Junna:**For example?

 **Nana:**When you have muscle pain, you'll go like this with your legs and massage them as you head to your bath.

 **Junna:**...!!

 **Nana:**And your sleeping face is adorable and you sometimes talk in your sleep...

 **Junna:**Stop! No more! No more observing me!

 **Nana:**What?

 **Junna:**Try putting yourself in my shoes. When you're constantly being watched, you can't relax.

 **Nana:**...Sorry. You're right.

 **Junna:**I know you're serious about preparing for your role, but I don't think observing me will be much help. If you have that much time, there are other things you can do, right?

 **Nana:**But it wasn't a waste.

 **Junna:**Huh?

 **Nana:**It made me want to learn more about you♪

 **Junna:**...That's why you're not allowed to observe me.

 **Nana:**I won't observe. I'll just watch♪

 **Junna:**Then I'll watch too.

 **Nana:**......

 **Junna:**......

 **Junna:**Heh heh. What are we doing?

 **Nana:**Heh heh. Who knows?

 **Junna:**We have an early day tomorrow, let's just go to bed.

 **Nana:**Okay♪

 **Junna:**......

 **Nana:**What's the matter, Junna-chan? Can't sleep?

 **Junna:**My Mori Motonari also needs observational skills, so I was thinking to observe your sleeping face.

 **Nana:**What? Now you're doing it too?

 **Junna:**It's not fair that only my sleeping face got observed.

 **Nana:**I guess so...

 **Junna:**Heh heh, just kidding. Let's both do our best with preparing for our roles.

 **Nana:**Yeah♪

 **Nana:**It doesn't say in any literature what kind of move Ashikaga Yoshiteru's "Hitotsu no Tachi" is like. It really is like a secret technique!

 **Nana:**Ashikaga Yoshiteru gifted his name to warlords across the nation. That's over 60 people!

 **Nana:**Maybe Yoshiteru wanted to unite the nation into one big family to put an end to the world of war.

 **Nana:**It's what Junna-chan said, but I want to believe in it. I'll play a gentle and strong Yoshiteru, so look forward to "Sengoku Legend"♪