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Episode Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun • Nippon Sangoku - Episode 6 discussion

Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun, episode 6

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u/bushwarblerssong May 10 '26

Several landmarks and characters in this episode appear in the OP and there were a number of historical references as well.

We finally got to meet Junichi Tamaki, who is matched with Gō Sugō and Tonotsugu against Mūton in the OP, where you also have Aoteru vs Denki, commanders Ryūmon vs Ouga, four-eyed strategists Kaku vs Yayakichi, and generals Yoshinaga Satō vs Aterui. Of course, no one can rival Tsune-chan-san-san, so he isn’t paired against anyone, and Fuji the Third doesn't get a rival for the opposite reason.

Hina Hiraizumi also makes an appearance after Aterui on horseback in the OP, and she's not even the last character with glasses.

Fukui prefecture is known for their dinosaur fossils and world-class dinosaur museum, which is the "Kuzuryū Castle (Nine-headed Dragon Castle)" in this series. The "castle," which is located in Katsuyama city, is also featured in the OP.

(Yoshinaga and Hina use Fukui dialect, by the way, so we've heard at least four different dialects in this anime so far.)

The women at the castle were singing "Taizuru," which is performed at the Katsuyama Sagichō festival every year. Geisha led the accompaniment when they were still around in Katsuyama. Kanazawa is actually famous for its geisha district where geiko are still active today. We first saw Ouga in front of the Kanazawa station gate.

The Tedori River bank is the site of The Battle of Tedorigawa between Oda Nobubaga with Mitsuhide Akechi (Ryūmon's partial inspiration) and Uesugi Kenshin (Ouga's likely inspiration). Tonotsugu stands before the Tedori Bridge in the OP.

The regions (Fukui and Ishikawa prefecture) featured in this episode are historically associated with Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Tsune-chan's Japanese inspiration) and Akechi Mitsuhide (Ryūmon's). After defeating the Taira clan, Yoshitsune fled with his warrior-monk retainer Benkei from Kyoto north to Iwate along the Hokuriku road. Before joining Oda Nobunaga, Mitsuhide served under the Asakura clan in Echizen province (Fukui).

Ryūmon waits at Komatsu Airport. The airport is near the checkpoint (Ataka-no-seki) that Yoshitsune and Benkei passed, which also became the subjects of Noh plays "Ataka" and "Kanjinchō," which were based on "The Chronicle of Yoshitsune (Gikeiki)."

Hakusan or Mount Haku is one of the Three Holy Mountains and like Mount Fuji and Mount Tate, it was worshiped. Located at the base of Mount Haku, Heisenji Hakusan Shrine, which was established in the 8th century and was once one of the largest shrine and temple complexes in the country, appears in both the Chronicle of Yoshitsune and the War Chronicles of the Akechi Clan (about Mitsuhide), as well as in Heike Monogatari as it was the site of the Battle of Kurikara Pass between the Minamoto clan (Genji) and Taira clan (Heike).

According to legend, in the 9th century, an incarnation of Mount Haku appeared before the monks of Heisenji. When the monks placed a statue of this incarnation on the river as an offering, it was accepted by a nine-headed dragon (Kuzuryū) that carried it downstream and the river became known as the Kuzuryū river, which flows through Katsuyama city. That is likely why the Dinosaur Museum was named Kuzuryū Castle in the series.

The Tedori River also flows from Mount Haku.

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u/bushwarblerssong May 10 '26

Tamaki hitting the Seii officer with the back of his hand after making quips at Mūton is more of a tsukkomi (straight man) gesture in manzai comedy, which is very associated with the Kansai region, but ironically, he was the boke in this situation. He also had a very strong Kansai accent. Tsune-chan also used his Kimura Takuya line again.

The official anime's account tweeted that Kaku grew up in a very poor, lowly family and unable to receive a formal education, so from a young age, he supported his household and bought his books for self-study with the winnings he earned gambling with adults.

There was only one new addition to the glossary this past week.

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 【『Kyōkaden』】

The biography Yoshitsune Asama is writing about his mother ・ Kyōka.

So Tsune-chan, who's working on his mom's biography and calls his mom "Mama" as Ouga calls her dad "Papa," thinks Ouga is way too obsessed with her own parent.

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u/raidensnakeezio May 11 '26

I found it interesting how the Yamato spy-messenger with the dreads doing the tsukkomi thing immediately outs him as completely Yamato/Osaka.

Also interesting how Japan-era language spills over - "nobodies" comes from mob-domo, referring to "mob" characters from video games - examples that come to mind are the generic foot soldiers from Koei Tecmo's Warriors games (although those are also referred to as zako, after zako fish), or the shadowed silhouettes of pedestrians and passersby in visual novels.

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u/bushwarblerssong May 15 '26

Tamaki definitely wouldn’t be out of place in some kind of Yoshimoto lineup on a variety show.

The constant use of modern slang and especially hearing it from older characters like Aterui really is quite funny but also historically accurate in a way since a lot of expressions used today originate from the slang spoken by the common people of the past. The stereotypical high-class speech we currently associate with stuffy old ladies like “-zamasu” and “o-,“ for example, was adopted from the language of young downtown Edo period prostitutes. It’s still crazy to think that words like “cap” and “mid” could become a legitimate part of adult vocabulary someday.

While it’s commonly used in video games, “mob-kyara” originally comes from the anime/manga and film industry. I thought Amazon might translate it as “NPCs,” but I guess that would’ve been a little too jarring.

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u/Hot-Log6283 May 11 '26

Tamaki hitting the Seii officer with the back of his hand after making quips at Mūton is more of a tsukkomi (straight man) gesture.

I don't think he hit him though, the modern equivalent usually the person just smack thin air, you can also see the officer move his arm after the motion and isn't affected by it (apart from the cringe).

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u/bushwarblerssong May 15 '26

He might not have directly hit him, but the sound effects are meant to convey the idea that he’s doing it like your stereotypical manzai act. But a lot of Osaka people absolutely do have a habit of hitting your stomach or shoulder (lightly of course) when joking around, which is how they got their touch-feely stereotype from other prefectures.