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Nanjaga

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About

In Tensho 10 (1582), Oda Nobunaga was betrayed by his vassal Akechi Mitsuhide and met a tragic end at the Honno-ji Incident just as he was about to unify Japan. However, a mysterious creature calling itself "Kuma" appeared before the flame-engulfed Nobunaga, informing him that his death was a historical necessity. To avoid death and live out his natural life as the ruler of Japan, Nobunaga was sent back in time seven years (1575) through a time leap (Return by Death). Upon returning to the past, Nobunaga immediately cut down the future traitor Akechi Mitsuhide, but the next moment, he was somehow pulled back to the burning Honno-ji and killed for a different reason. In this looping world, simply killing Mitsuhide or trying to force history to change triggers the "force of history" (the gravity of a bad end), ensuring Honno-ji always burns. Furthermore, Nobunaga's own arrogant personality and unreasonable workplace harassment of his vassals continue to trigger rebellions. This is a Sengoku respawn epic comedy where the insolent Oda Nobunaga, with an overwhelming positivity that refuses to be discouraged no matter how many times he is killed, seeks the "Honno-ji Survival Route" through endless cycles of death and rebirth.

Characters

Oda Nobunaga

The well-known Demon King of the Sixth Heaven. After dying at the Honno-ji Incident, he is guided by Kuma to repeat time leaps, aiming to redo his unification of Japan. He has an insolent personality and treats people as tools. He is fundamentally overconfident and extremely self-centered. Even when he intends to speak kindly to Mitsuhide, he ends up saying things like, "The shine of this head is like a suit of armor," inadvertently earning his resentment.

Kuma

A mysterious bear who invited Nobunaga to time leap. He has a bad attitude but looks after Nobunaga in various ways. While he can help Nobunaga in the physical world, he usually watches him from a mysterious space. When helping in the physical world, he takes on a human form.

Oharu

Originally a maid serving Lady No, she felt indebted to Nobunaga for giving her konpeito candy when she was young (though this was just Nobunaga's way of covering up the fact that he was erasing troublesome vassals to avoid the Honno-ji Incident). After Lady No's death, she fled the castle and grew into a loyal female warrior. She follows Nobunaga. She has a delinquent-like temperament, trying to solve everything with guts and spirit. She favors a greatsword. While Lady No was alive, she spoke in the typical polite tone of a young maid.

Lady No

Nobunaga's legal wife. A kind-hearted woman who devotedly cares for even the insolent Nobunaga. In the official history, she had already passed away before the Honno-ji Incident.

Akechi Mitsuhide

The man who instigated the Honno-ji Incident. In one timeline where Nobunaga was too kind to him, he united Western Japan and became a "Supreme Overlord" who cornered Nobunaga with a massive army. He is extremely self-conscious about his bald head, to the point of being sensitive to any words starting with the sounds "ha" or "ge," such as "Hado" (Supreme Rule) or "Geji" (Command).