Martyrdom
We parted ways with Drake and his daughters and immediately returned to the 35th level.
When I thought about it, I thought Mary was more interested in the holy sword Excalibur, so it's a little surprising.
Well, since Mary is a battle fanatic, she might have been more interested in fighting the Blackbeard Pirates.
We immediately take out the Golden Skull from the magic bag and head for Donut Island.
"My arms are shaking!"
Mary is full of enthusiasm.
Having watched Mary get killed by Kojiro twice, I don't understand where that kind of enthusiasm comes from.
After all, it's like going to get killed.
"Master. That way of thinking is dangerous. You know that Mary-san will be killed, but you're still so carefree."
Shiro reads my mind and scolds me.
I don't really understand how Shiro can remain calm even though she knows she's going to be killed.
"My job is to fulfill Master’s selfish desires, so that’s fine!
I can't stand it when Master dies and I'm the only one left alive!"
"Is that what it is?"
"That's what it is."
I don't understand Shiro's way of thinking.
Is it the idea of martyrdom?
Maresuke Nogi is the one who did it.
After Emperor Meiji passed away, he died as a martyr.
When I was still a high school student in Japan, I still remember being a little scared when I read Ryotaro Shiba's book.
To digress for a moment, Maresuke Nogi was an army general from the Choshu clan who commanded the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
The origin of this crazy personality that was loved by everyone is the immeasurable influence of his mentor, Bunnoshin Tamaki.
Yes, he was the uncle of Shoin Yoshida, the crazy thinker of the Choshu clan.
Incidentally, the Matsushita Sonjuku, which Shinsaku Takasugi and Hirofumi Ito are said to have attended, is often mistaken to have been opened by Shoin Yoshida, but it was originally a private school opened by Bunnoshin Tamaki.
Shoin Yoshida simply inherited Matsushitasonjuku, which was founded by Bunnoshin Tamaki.
Therefore, like Maresuke Nogi, Shoin Yoshida, a student of Bunnoshin Tamaki, is also a patriotic ghost who wishes the Emperor to long live.
Because, in his own words of resignation, he said, [I know that it would end so if I act thus, but I can't help but do this. That's the Japanese spirit called yamato-damashii]
Perhaps, [Even though I knew that I would be punished by the Shogunate (death penalty) if I boarded the black ship, there are times when I must do something for the sake of national development, and that's what the Yamato spirit is all about!]
This must be what he meant.
He knew that if he was caught, he would be punished by death, but he boarded a black ship and went to America, blindly believing that studying Western technology would be good for Japan.
Huh?
Yoshida Shoin was a genuine patriot who only advocated the Emperor's exclusion of barbarians! Or wasn't he just a crazy man who was always screaming, you say?
No, no.
No, he was not.
All the people who graduated from the Matsushita Sonjuku in the Choshu clan were very intelligent.
It was only at the beginning that he was shouting.
Takasugi Shinsaku's faction was the most extreme among the graduates of Matsushita Village School, and they were responsible for the [British Embassy burning incident] and the [Yo! Seii taishogun! incident] (This is an incident in which Takasugi Shinsaku gave a wild comment to the Shogun who was visiting Kyoto. At that time, when the Shogun passed by, it was common practice to get down on one's knees and wait for him to pass by), and he was suddenly placed under house arrest by the Choshu clan.
While under house arrest, Takasugi Shinsaku somehow traveled to Shanghai under British rule, where he saw Chinese people being treated like slaves by the British, and realized that he could not go on like this.
Like his teacher Shoin Yoshida, he wanted to steal Western technology and escape becoming a colony of Western powers!
And he tries to liberate the countries that were colonized in Asia from the Western powers!
Similarly, Hirobumi Ito and Kaoru Inoue, who were members of Shinsaku Takasugi's faction and were active in the first half of the end of the Edo period, came to believe that Japan had no future unless they learned Western technology and became rich and powerful by studying in England while their boss, Shinsaku Takasugi, was under house arrest.
Well, perhaps because they were the most outspoken members of the Choshu clan, Shinsaku Takasugi's group was able to survive without participating in the Battle of Hamaguri-gomon, where most of the Choshu clan's members died.
Incidentally, most of the outstanding figures of the Choshu clan died before the Meiji Restoration.
In fact, the Choshu clan was the only clan that hung on for dear life at the end of the Edo period.
The Satsuma clan was the best of the best and killed many Choshu clan members on the side of the Shogunate during the Hamaguri-gomon Incident.
In short, the Satsuma clan shed almost no blood at the end of the Edo period.
If Genzui Kusaka and Toshimaro Yoshida, who were said to be the "three great masters" along with Shinsaku Takasugi from Matsushita-murajuku, had lived, it is said that Takamori Saigo would not have been able to make a big name at the Meiji Restoration.
In fact, after the Meiji Restoration, Saigo Takamori himself said, [If Kusaka-san had lived, I would not have been able to put on a big name as a councilor].
He says so himself.
"Master, you are going too far off track!
Why did you go from the story of martyrdom to the story of Master's favoritism for Choshu?"
Shiro chastises me for thinking so long.
"It can’t be helped! I like the end of the Edo period, and the reason I’m a Choshu fan is because of Ryotaro Shiba!
Anyone who reads all of Ryotaro Shiba's books will become a Choshu fan!"
"That's true..."
Apparently, Shiro, who can read my mind, also read the Shiba Ryotaro that I had in my head and became a Choshu fan.
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