国盗り物語（四）読み終わったー！

Just finished reading Kunitori Monogatari (Episode 4)!Let me ramble on about how I’m feeling right now.

織田信長、ブレない。最初から最後までずっと。「是非に及ばず」って…最後まで潔すぎて、かっこいいにも程がある。

Oda Nobunaga – totally unshakable, from start to finish.That "I accept my fate" line at the end of his life?

So dignified, so him. Cool to the very end.

明智光秀、愛に溢れた人だったなぁ。物語の後半はもう、心が壊れてたように見えた。戦国のリーダーとして生きるには、優しすぎたのかもしれないね。

Akechi Mitsuhide – such a deeply loving soul.By the second half, it felt like his heart was falling apart.Maybe he was just too kind to survive as a leader in the Sengoku era.

信長の好奇心とか、優しさがほんと魅力的で。特に、お父さん（信秀）のことを「おでい」って呼ぶのが可愛かった。※「おでい」って、御出居様(おでいさん）って読んで、お父さんに対する敬語らしいけど、あえて「さん」つけないところに、信長のちょっと偉そうなとこ出てて、それもまたよき。

Nobunaga’s curiosity and quiet kindness were oddly charming.Especially how he called his father (Nobuhide) "Odei" – it was kinda cute.Apparently "Odei" comes from a respectful term, but the way he skipped the "san" made him sound a bit cocky… and I loved that.

信長の孤独と、道三への想い。ここが一番心に残ってるかも。考えるだけで泣ける。「成瀬は天下を取りにいく」の成瀬と重なる気がして…私だけ？😅

Episode 3の「マムシ生きていろっ！」のセリフがもう忘れられない。その前後の感情の描写がまた、グッとくる。でも私、登場人物を勝手に脳内で創り上げて、もう歴史上の人じゃなく、身近な知り合いになっちゃってる（笑）

Nobunaga’s loneliness, and his feelings for Dosan…This part really stayed with me. Just thinking about it makes me tear up.(Am I the only one who sees a bit of Naruse in him? LOL)"Stay alive, Mamushi!" – I can’t get that line out of my head.The emotional build-up around it was just so powerful.Honestly though, I end up mentally recreating the characters so much,they don’t even feel like historical figures anymore – they’re part of my story now.

<<私の癖：物語と自分とのリンクを探したがる>>🤣

<<My quirk: always looking for weird little connections between stories and my own life>>

1月に泊まった宿の住所が、「京都市下京区四条通西洞院」だったんだけど、これ、偶然にしては出来すぎじゃない？？

The hotel we stayed at this January was in…“Shijo-dori Nishinotoin, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto.”Tell me that’s not fate! Too perfect to be a coincidence.

あまりの縁に、感動して眠れなかった。

I was so moved by the connection, I couldn’t even sleep.

南蛮人にお餅あげて、南蛮文化にわくわくしていた若い信長くん

I kept picturing young Nobunaga, so thrilled by Western culture, offering mochi to that European visitor and listening intently.

そして、最後には、本能寺に火をつけて、切腹したのか…って思ったらもう。

And then… that same Nobunaga, at 48, set fire to Honnoji and took his own life — right around where we were staying.

しかも、中学の修学旅行で泊まった宿、あれ、新京極のすぐ近くで、今の本能寺のすぐ裏だったんだって！（秀吉が作り直した本能寺）

What are the chances? Even the hotel from our middle school trip was right behind the current Honnoji Temple, near Shinkyogoku. (The one rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.)

で、このエピソード4には「大津」が何度も出てくるんだけど、私達、去年の11月に大津行った。…で？って思うかもしれないけど、こういう偶然、私は「感動の縁」って呼んでる。😆

And in this episode, Otsu shows up a lot.I was actually there last November!…Okay yeah, maybe it means nothing. But I call these moments"emotional fate connections" – they get me every time. 😂

そしてもっと関係ないけど、泊まった宿のあった「膏薬の辻子」は、あの藤原公任の屋敷があった場所らしい。公任といえば、「ひかる君へ」に出てきた彼。めっちゃいい人だったなぁ、後半ね。

Also totally unrelated, but that hotel was on Koyaku-no-Zushi –apparently where Fujiwara no Kinto had his residence.He shows up in Hikaru-kimi e, right? He turned out to be a really good guy in the end.

歴史なんて大嫌いだったのに。今、こうして昔から続く縁にロマンを感じてる自分がいる。

I used to hate history. Seriously.But now I find myself romanticizing these ancient connections.It’s kinda wild.

これって、歴史に目覚めちゃったってことかもしれない。

Maybe I’ve officially caught the history bug.

平安中期や、戦国・安土桃山時代に、自分のご先祖さまはどう生きてたんだろう？そんなことまで気になり始めた。

Now I’m even wondering how my own ancestors lived during the Heian or Sengoku periods.How did they survive? What did they dream of?

手を出すのをためらってた歴史小説、読んでよかった！

That historical fiction I hesitated to pick up?So glad I read it. Totally worth it.