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so what you're telling me is that even though this is a yaoi...it's pretty damn accurate?
I don’t believe it was THAT romantic but yes, they were in a homosexual relationship which was very common in that time.
Well damn, get it ig ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Ranmaru was an attendant to Oda Nobunaga. Recognized for his talent and loyalty, he was appointed to a responsible post. At Ōmi, he was given 500 koku, and after Takeda Katsuyori's death, he was awarded the 50,000 koku at Iwamura Castle. Ranmaru and his younger brothers perished defending Oda Nobunaga during the Incident at Honnō-ji. Ranmaru Mori committed seppuku with Nobunaga. Oda and Mori's lord-vassal relationship followed the shudo tradition, and was widely admired in Japan for its strength.
Shudō (衆道 shudō?) is the Japanese tradition of age-structured homosexuality prevalent in samurai society from the medieval period until the end of the 19th century. The word is an abbreviation of wakashudō (若衆道), "the Way of the young" or more precisely, the Way of young (若 waka) men (衆 shū). The "dō" (道) is related to the Chinese word tao, considered to be a structured discipline and body of knowledge, as well as a path to awakening. The older partner in the relationship was known as the nenja (念者), and the younger as the wakashū (若衆).Shudo, in its pedagogic, martial, and aristocratic aspects, is closely analogous to the ancient Greek tradition of pederasty since the relationship begins when young people are still beardless, before they come of age.