Nobunaga, Demon King - Volume 2: Oda Nobunaga, Resplendent Peak, Shadowed Fall($17.99Value)

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Nobunaga, Demon King of the Sixth Heaven - Volume 2: The Divine Madness The epic conclusion to the saga that paved the way for James Clavell’s SHOGUN. The storm of the Sengoku period reaches its thunderous zenith. Oda Nobunaga, the “rootless” orphan who climbed to the top of a world of blood, has shattered the old order. Now, he embarks on a path where no mortal dares to tread: a quest to transcend the office of Shogun and ascend to godhood itself. The Man Who Would Be God After dazzling the Emperor and the masses with the Umazoroe—the most magnificent military parade in history—Nobunaga held the world in his palm. He could have claimed the title of Shogun at any moment. Instead, he sought a power far more absolute: to become the unprecedented “Guardian God” of the nation. As his legendary rivals, Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, vanish from the earth as if struck down by a divine hand, Nobunaga’s hubris grows absolute. He constructs the celestial Azuchi Castle—not as a fortress, but as a temple to his own divinity. Resplendence and Ruin Experience the most iconic moments of Japanese history through a raw, psychological lens: - The Divine Massacre: Witness the systematic destruction of the Takeda clan and the chilling “mercy” of the Nagashima fires, where Nobunaga’s logic drifts into a terrifying spiritual realm. - - The Shadow of Betrayal: Discover the cold, pragmatic motives behind Akechi Mitsuhide’s turn at Honno-ji. It was not a matter of ancient honor, but a desperate struggle to protect his illicit wealth from a lord who had become too dangerous to serve. - - The Man Above the Gods: At the shimmering peak of Azuchi Castle, Visitor Valignano is stunned to find the icons of Buddha and Christ relegated to a lower floor. Nobunaga declares himself the supreme deity, commanding hundreds of thousands to worship him as a living god. - - The Jesuit Gambit: Meet Yasuke, the legendary African man in Nobunaga’s service. But was he merely a loyal follower? Uncover the truth behind the “man with a special mission” recorded by Father Frois—a clandestine agent in a high-stakes game of global intrigue. - - A Final Mirror: Having lost the only woman who truly understood his intellect, Lady Nō, Nobunaga finds a quiet reflection of his own loneliness in Lady O-nabe, a widow cast adrift by the same cruel fate. The Velocity of the Fall But as he reaches for the heavens, his foundation begins to crumble. Haunted by the fear that his sons lack the martial genius to uphold his divine legacy, Nobunaga’s paranoia ignites a desperate plot to eliminate his own ally, Tokugawa Ieyasu (the future Toranaga of SHOGUN). Witness the blinding peak of a man possessed by his own divinity, and the terrifying speed at which he tumbles toward the abyss. The Soul’s Return Culminating in the inferno of Honno-ji, the man who ruled the world to become a god finally confronts the ultimate truth. In a breathtaking conclusion, the mask of the Demon King falls away, leaving only a man who yearns for the simple warmth he was denied since birth. For fans of SHOGUN and epic historical fiction: Witness the rise of a tyrant, the madness of a god, and the final, heart-wrenching redemption of a lonely soul. The legend concludes here.