| rdfs:comment | - Motonari is depicted as a young, genius daimyo who only cares about winning. He will use any strategies that can lead him to victory, including those that sacrifice his soldiers, without any hesitation. To reflect this personality, his attacks in Devil Kings can also hit his own allies, though no actual damage is dealt. Motonari also has a belief in the Sun (which he calls 日輪 Nichirin), and he tends to refer to himself as 日輪の申し子 "Child of the Sun". He has a fierce rivalry with Motochika Chōsokabe of Shikoku, whose personality is the opposite of him.
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| abstract | - Motonari is depicted as a young, genius daimyo who only cares about winning. He will use any strategies that can lead him to victory, including those that sacrifice his soldiers, without any hesitation. To reflect this personality, his attacks in Devil Kings can also hit his own allies, though no actual damage is dealt. Motonari also has a belief in the Sun (which he calls 日輪 Nichirin), and he tends to refer to himself as 日輪の申し子 "Child of the Sun". He has a fierce rivalry with Motochika Chōsokabe of Shikoku, whose personality is the opposite of him. He returned in Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Heroes allied with Mitsunari Ishida against the Tokugawa Army. Though he is at bad blood with the Chōsokabe, Motonari convinces Motochika to join the Toyotomi loyalists to fight the Tokugawa. Following the death of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the country fell into chaos. In both the red and blue paths, Motonari fights for the Western Army. The red path has Motonari assisting in the final battle against Ieyasu Tokugawa. He arrives in time to see both Ieyasu and Yoshitsugu Ōtani badly beaten. Yoshitsugu was glad to see Motonari arrive, but the latter calls the former pitiful. This angers Ieyasu, who stands up and ask how Motonari could turn on his "friend". After beating Ieyasu, Mori relishes in the fact that order has come to Shikoku. Yoshitsugu recovers enough to put a curse on Motonari before dying. However, the sunlight appears and removes Yoshitsugu's magic off Motonari. The blue path plays out very differently. Motonari's first move was to have a ceasefire with rival Motochika Chōsokabe. He did so by writing a letter that pinpoints Ieyasu responsible for the attack on Chikoku. Yoshitsugu was pleased with Motonari's move to turn Motochika against Ieyasu, stating that Kanbe Kuroda was the actual culprit behind the attack. Motonari warned Yoshitsugu that his mouth could lead to his death, but the latter assures Mori that he would be fine. Motonari then sets forth to conquer the north. One of his opponents was Yoshiaki Mogami, who was willing to split the country between the two of them. But, Motonari refused and Yoshiaki died in the battle with Mori. As the campaign progresses, Mitsunari and Yoshitsugu try to request reinforcements from Motonari on two occasions. Motonari praises Yoshitsugu for realizing that reinforcements will help in defeating Muneshige Tachibana and Yoshihiro Shimazu. However, he refuses to carry out both requests, the first by being too busy and the second by saying he's fallen ill. The first refusal angers Mitsunari slightly, but Yoshitsugu see that Motonari was probably too busy from the northern campaign. The second time angers the both of them, with Yoshitsugu wandering what Motonari was up to. By the time Motonari's campaign is completed, Motochika has slain Ieyasu. Mori uses the opportunity to attack Mitsunari. Yoshitsugu berates Mori for betraying Mitsunari and swears to kill him. Motonari reveals that he had intended to betray Mitsunari from the start, angering Yoshitsugu more. But Ōtani himself was killed, where Motonari comments that he warned the former about his mouth. When Motonari fought Mitsunari, the latter demanded to know why the former allowed Motochika to carry out his own biddings. Motonari revealed it was all to keep his rival away from him. Realizing that Mori has betrayed him, Yoshitsugu and Motochika, Ishida was more determined to make the strategist pay for his actions. When Mitsunari is knocked to the ground, he realized that Mori had intended to destroy his rival from the start. But, he collapses and dies before he can attack Motonari. News of these events reached Motochika, who is shocked by his rival's actions. As Motonari attacks Motochika's army, both Motochika and his men are angry at Motonari's deception. Before fighting Mori, Motochika calls him out for being disloyal. But Motonari accuses Motochika of doing the same thing, and revealing that it was he and not Tokugawa that was responsible for the attack on Chikoku. Upset and angered, Motochika fights Motonari in one last battle. Defeated, Chōsokabe breaks down and gets upset about the deaths of Ieyasu and his own men. He then charges towards Motonari, who responds by slashing Motochika in the chest. Before dying, he realises that everything he did was wrong and falls to the floor. Mori calls him "a fool to the end".
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