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Mitsuhide tries to appeal to the other lords, but no clans will support him, since they dislike and mistrust him for his betrayal, not even the Hosokawa clan who are linked through marriage with his daughter Tamako (later known as Hosokawa Gracia). Within 13 days of his rule, [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] decides to take revenge and confronts him and beats the tar out of him in the Battle of Yamazaki. Mitsuhide retreats... [[Karmic Death|then gets killed by peasants with bamboo spears]]. Although there were rumors that Mitsuhide didn't die, but instead retired, and later resurfaced as a monk named (Nankobo) Tenkai.
Opinions to this day vary about Mitsuhide, and probably split into two main camps. One camp see Mitsuhide as being justified in his betrayal, or they like giving Nobunaga a [[Historical Villain Upgrade]], so in turn they promote Mitsuhide to the [[Lovable Traitor]]. The other camp think he's a disgrace to the [[Samurai]] name and prolonged the war by halting Nobunaga's unification of the country; he's essentially the [[The Bible
Maybe he's not a very prominent daimyo, but Mitsuhide remains a popular figure in the Sengoku era, if only because he took down the primary juggernaut of the time.
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* ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' series opted for the "hero" Mitsuhide, who can be seen as a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] who eventually becomes disgusted by Nobunaga's behaviour and decides to finish him off.
** He's back for another villainous role in ''[[Kessen]] III'' (by Koei, the same guys behind ''[[Samurai Warriors]]''), but only because they decided to make Nobunaga a real sympathetic main protagonist. And even then, he wasn't as over-the-top as the ''Basara'' version.
* Mitsuhide appears in a villainous role in the Japanese scenario of ''[[
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