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** Either that or that he just doesn't care and is purposefully spiteful.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: [[The Dragon|Kurogane]], a man who is no stranger to war, bloodshed and assassinations, is outraged when Lady Kaede orders [[The Pollyanna|Lady Sué's]] death.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Tsurumaru. Done offscreen, thankfully.

* [[Flaw Exploitation]]: Lady Kaede exploits {{spoiler|Hidetora's pride, Taro's lack of assertiveness, and Jiro's obsession with virility}}.

* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Taro. {{spoiler|Not that Jiro does any better.}}

* [[Heroic BSOD]]

* [[It Got Worse]]

* [[The Jester]]: Kyoami's job.

* [[Jidai Geki]]

* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Be honest. Didn't everyone cheer a little when Kurogane treated Lady Kaede to a well-deserved, justified death?}}

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: What happens to the Third Castle.

* [[Lady Macbeth]]: Lady Kaede.

* [[Seppuku]]: Lady Kaede's mother after Hidetora took the First Castle; Hidetora's concubines during the attack on the Third Castle. In addition, {{spoiler|Jiro, Kurogane, and Jiro's other main retainers presumably do so offscreen when the First Castle is about to be destroyed.}}

** Averted in Hidetora's case. [[Breakable Weapons|It pays to have an extra sword on hand in times like these.]]

* [[Smug Snake]]: Lady Kaede.

* [[The Sons and the Spears]]: Hidetora tries to use this to encourage his sons to stick together. The meaning is slightly hindered by Saburo managing to break it anyway.

* [[Tragedy]]

* [[Trash the Set]]: The burning of the Third Castle.

* [[Unfriendly Fire]]: {{spoiler|Taro meets his end this way.}}

* [[War Is Hell]]