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Although noted for many things, including a mastery of tactics, (most famously, at the Battle of Okehazama, Nobunaga's forces, numbering at most 3000, defeated an army of around 25,000 through a combination of daring, misdirection, a brilliant surprise attack, and more than a little luck) revolutionizing the ways Japanese armies used firearms, and completely changing the economic system of and the way wealth was counted in Japan, Nobunaga is chiefly remembered for his ruthless and brutal nature, and it is these traits that dominate most depictions of him in any period pieces or games. Nobunaga's actions leave him ripe for playing the part of the villain, as his most infamous deeds include the burning of powerful Buddhist temples critical of him, and the slaughter of the thousands of men, women and children that lived in them. Even the kinder portrayals of him tend to show him as a man fueled by ambition and greed, in many others it is either speculated or explicitly said that he has either [[We Didn't Start the Fuhrer|become a demon or made a literal]] [[Deal with the Devil]] to carry out his ambitions.

Compare with other historical figures [[Miyamoto Musashi]] and [[Yagyu Jubei]]. Almost always a [[Big Bad]], [[Evil Overlord]] and [[0% Approval Rating]] dictator when he is receiving a [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] in fiction. And a [[Magnificent Bastard]] as well (though this one can be applied in real life too).

 

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* [[Bad Boss]]: Nobunaga did not treat even his inner circle well, being notably cold and tactless even to his highest ranking generals. Perhaps he was paranoid about betrayal or disloyalty, but if so Nobunaga might have turned it into a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]].

** He apparently also had a habit of making fun of his subordinates, such as mocking Akechi Mitsuhide's poetry (which was actually considered pretty good), and calling [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] "monkey" and "bald rat" (because of his shortness and peculiar face).

* [[Badass Creed]]: ''Tenka Fubu'' -- "Take the country by military power."

* [[Badass Moustache]]: Just look at the page picture.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] / [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: In his early life, he's called "The Fool of Owari". Then Okehazama happens, Nobunaga sheds the "Moron" part and becomes a complete [[Badass]].

** A disguise he might have been all too happy to keep up, had his original province of Owari not been in the path of an eastern warlord marching westward to Kyoto, forcing Nobunaga to make a stand or capitulate.

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Nobunaga had a rather disturbing tendency to burn and raze the strongholds of his enemies... with his enemies still inside them.

* [[Never Bring a Knife to A Gun Fight]]: Part of why he was so successful was that he basically wrote the book on firearms in warfare till the invention of the metallic cartridge.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]

* [[Otaku]]: An inversion. He was tremendously interested in Western culture. He is accepted to be one of the first men to wear Western clothes, collected Western trinkets and supported Christian missionaries, though he didn't convert (It may have been purely pragmatic, one of his significant enemies was militant Buddhists). He also saw the advantage of gunpowder weaponry and used them to great effect, more so than other Daimyos.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In the film for ''[[Ghost Sweeper Mikami]]'', both Oda Nobunaga and his vassal blamed for his death, Akechi Mitsuhide, appear. In a uncommon aversion, a ghostly Akechi defends his apparent betrayal by explaining that Nosferatu killed the original Oda, transformed himself and took his place, leading to the famed brutality.

* Nobunaga is a target of the ninjas in ''Shinobi no Mono''.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

 

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