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** [[ForegoneConclusion Yoshio fails to kill Oda before his betrayal by Akechi Mitsuhide]]. His vengeance taken from him, [[DrivenToSuicide he ends his own life]].

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** [[ForegoneConclusion Yoshio fails to kill Oda before his betrayal by Akechi Mitsuhide]]. His vengeance taken from him, And with Yoshio's VengeanceDenied, [[DrivenToSuicide he ends his own life]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Yoshio realizes [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome vengeance against Oda isn't in the cards for him]], so he does his best to get over the tragedy... until [[HistoryRepeats Oda sets his sights on the new village he's settled down in]]. [[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Realizing he can't let Oda continue his acts of cruelty]], he vows to both avenge his past and defend his present from the warlord with the help of [[RagtagBandOfMisfits an army of his own]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Yoshio realizes [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome vengeance against Oda isn't in the cards for him]], him, so he does his best to get over the tragedy... until [[HistoryRepeats Oda sets his sights on the new village he's settled down in]]. [[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Realizing he can't let Oda continue his acts of cruelty]], he vows to both avenge his past and defend his present from the warlord with the help of [[RagtagBandOfMisfits an army of his own]].

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* '''Justified''': Yoshio's village and family were destroyed for little more than being in Oda's way, [[AndThatsTerrible and that hurts]]. Yoshio believes Oda must be held accountable for his actions [[MilesToGoBeforeISleep because that's all he has left]].

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Yoshio's village and family were destroyed for little more than being in Oda's way, [[AndThatsTerrible and that hurts]]. Yoshio believes Oda must be held accountable for his actions [[MilesToGoBeforeISleep because that's all he has left]].
** Yoshio has a strong sense of honor, which means [[{{Determinator}} he's not going to let wanton cruelty slide no matter who instigates it or what it costs him to confront]].



* '''Enforced''': Yoshio has a strong sense of honor, which means [[{{Determinator}} he's not going to let wanton cruelty slide no matter who instigates it or what it costs him to confront]].

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* '''Enforced''': Yoshio has a strong sense It's part of honor, which means [[{{Determinator}} he's not going to let wanton cruelty slide no matter who instigates it or what it costs him to confront]]. a RevengeBeforeReason {{Aesop}}.

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* '''Subverted''': Yoshio confronts Oda, but [[ManipulativeBastard his shrewdness and charisma]], [[VisionaryVillain along with the scope of his vision of a unified country]], manage to win Yoshio over, [[DefeatMeansFriendship turning a bereaved and angry young man into one of his most trusted lieutenants]].

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Yoshio confronts Oda, but [[ManipulativeBastard his shrewdness and charisma]], [[VisionaryVillain along with the scope of his vision of a unified country]], manage to win Yoshio over, [[DefeatMeansFriendship turning a bereaved and angry young man into one of his most trusted lieutenants]].
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** Turns out [[NotMeThisTime Oda personally didn't personally order the slaughter,]] it was done by some of his men who were particularly bloodthirsty, liked to KickTheDog, and disobeyed Oda's orders ForTheEvulz. [[NobleDemon Not amused with the non-warranted slaughter]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards Oda executed the culprits in public]], thus [[AlreadyDoneForYou Yoshio no longer have reasons to be vengeful on him.]]
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** Yoshio [[KillEmAll is slaughtered along with his people]]. No man, no vengeance.

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** Yoshio [[KillEmAll is slaughtered along with his people]].people. No man, no vengeance.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Yoshio realizes [[RealityEnsues vengeance against Oda isn't in the cards for him]], so he does his best to get over the tragedy... until [[HistoryRepeats Oda sets his sights on the new village he's settled down in]]. [[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Realizing he can't let Oda continue his acts of cruelty]], he vows to both avenge his past and defend his present from the warlord with the help of [[RagtagBandOfMisfits an army of his own]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Yoshio realizes [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome vengeance against Oda isn't in the cards for him]], so he does his best to get over the tragedy... until [[HistoryRepeats Oda sets his sights on the new village he's settled down in]]. [[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Realizing he can't let Oda continue his acts of cruelty]], he vows to both avenge his past and defend his present from the warlord with the help of [[RagtagBandOfMisfits an army of his own]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty The act of vengeance against Oda brings Yoshio no closure]], and he spends his remaining years wandering the land as a broken vagrant.
** [[ForegoneConclusion Yoshio fails to kill Oda before his betrayal by Akechi Mitsuhide]]. His vengeance taken from him, [[DrivenToSuicide he ends his own life]].

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* '''Exploited''': Yoshio's blind rage is [[TeachHimAnger channeled]] by Oda's rivals to make him a formidable opponent to.

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* '''Exploited''': Yoshio's blind rage is [[TeachHimAnger channeled]] by Oda's rivals to make him a formidable opponent to.to the warlord.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin declares an action to be unforgivable]] and opts for revenge on the wrongdoer.

* '''Straight''': After his village is burned down and his people murdered by the army of [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Oda Nobunaga]], [[SoleSurvivor Yoshio]] swears revenge.
* '''Exaggerated''': A vow to destroy Oda comes from Yoshio after [[FelonyMisdemeanor Oda refuses to tip at the cafe where Yoshio works]].
* '''Downplayed''': Yoshio considers the slaughter and razing of his village [[{{Understatement}} a rather unpleasant]], [[PragmaticVillainy but totally understandable]], act for a warlord. [[RevengeBeforeReason That doesn't stop him from pursuing Oda's downfall]].
* '''Justified''': Yoshio's village and family were destroyed for little more than being in Oda's way, [[AndThatsTerrible and that hurts]]. Yoshio believes Oda must be held accountable for his actions [[MilesToGoBeforeISleep because that's all he has left]].
* '''Inverted''': Even after the slaughter of his people, Yoshio lets Oda live because [[UndyingLoyalty he believes in Oda's cause more than anything else]].
* '''Subverted''': Yoshio confronts Oda, but [[ManipulativeBastard his shrewdness and charisma]], [[VisionaryVillain along with the scope of his vision of a unified country]], manage to win Yoshio over, [[DefeatMeansFriendship turning a bereaved and angry young man into one of his most trusted lieutenants]].
** Yoshio's vengeance is cut short by [[{{Anticlimax}} his death at the hands of looters in the remains of his village]].
* '''Parodied''': Yoshio is given a [[BecauseDestinySaysSo sudden premonition]] that he will [[ShootTheShaggyDog waste his life]] chasing after a [[MetaphoricallyTrue demon king for a foolish cause]]. [[IdiotHero He's ecstatic]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Yoshio realizes [[RealityEnsues vengeance against Oda isn't in the cards for him]], so he does his best to get over the tragedy... until [[HistoryRepeats Oda sets his sights on the new village he's settled down in]]. [[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Realizing he can't let Oda continue his acts of cruelty]], he vows to both avenge his past and defend his present from the warlord with the help of [[RagtagBandOfMisfits an army of his own]].
* '''Averted''': Yoshio knows nothing of his village's fate [[LateToTheTragedy as he is out of the country at the time]].
** Yoshio [[KillEmAll is slaughtered along with his people]]. No man, no vengeance.
* '''Enforced''': Yoshio has a strong sense of honor, which means [[{{Determinator}} he's not going to let wanton cruelty slide no matter who instigates it or what it costs him to confront]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "I have a feeling this Oda is going to [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil drive me to extremes]]."
* '''Invoked''': Oda [[KickTheDog deliberately targets the weaker villages]] to see if anyone has the stones to declare vengeance against him.
* '''Exploited''': Yoshio's blind rage is [[TeachHimAnger channeled]] by Oda's rivals to make him a formidable opponent to.
* '''Defied''': Yoshio [[{{Forgiveness}} pardons Oda for his crimes]], believing [[{{Foreshadowing}} the gods will bring due justice in time]].
* '''Discussed''': Oda has a conversation with his top generals on the necessity of vengeance to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem provide useful illustrations of what happens to the blade of grass that grows too high]].
* '''Conversed''': Yoshio is dissuaded from taking vengeance by [[CynicalMentor a wise old man]] who [[MyGreatestFailure tried and failed]] to stop Oda for doing the same thing to his village long ago.
* '''Implied''': Yoshio and Oda's families [[SecretLegacy share a rivalry stretching back ages]], with the slaughter of Yoshio's village serving as the straw breaking the camel's back.
* '''Deconstructed''': [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty The act of vengeance against Oda brings Yoshio no closure]], and he spends his remaining years wandering the land as a broken vagrant.
** [[ForegoneConclusion Yoshio fails to kill Oda before his betrayal by Akechi Mitsuhide]]. His vengeance taken from him, [[DrivenToSuicide he ends his own life]].
* '''Reconstructed''': The failure of Yoshio's revenge and Oda's demise together become [[AnAesop a cautionary tale against both vengeance and cruelty]].

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