Asian Saga: Difference between revisions

* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Dirk Struan knows all to well what conditions on ships are normally like, so he makes sure to pay wages on the day, in silver, and equips his ships with the best of everything. Sailors fight for the chance to work aboard one of his ships.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Asking whether or implying that Toranaga wants the Shogunate for himself is the only thing that consistently [[Samurai|gets an emotional reaction out of him]]. {{spoiler|[[Red Herring|That being said...]]}}

* [[Canon Welding]]: ''King Rat'' was originally not part of the Saga; although it's set in Asia, it's different in style (and much shorter) than the others. Then the protagonist showed up as a supporting character in ''Noble House''...

* [[Continuity Nod]]: ''Noble House'' has countless:

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Venus Poon in ''Noble House'' complains about her lover promising her one, until he finally gives it to her.

* [[Soap Opera]]: The adaptation of ''Noble House'' plays a lot like the nighttime soaps that were popular at the time.

* [[Ninja]]: ''Shogun'' features a ninja attack at one point. {{spoiler|They fail to kill Mariko/Gracia Hosokawa only because she commits suicide.}}

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* [[Privateer]]

* [[Seppuku]]. Subverted by {{spoiler|Blackthorne}} who attempts it but lives to tell, still getting benefits as it raises other people's opinion of him. Played straighter by {{spoiler|Mariko, who commits suicide before being killed by [[Ninja|ninjas]], and before killing herself she states that her death shall be seen as seppuku. It does, and since her master Toranaga's [[Batman Gambit]] depended on her commiting suicide, he wins his bets and becomes shogun.}}