Post by TheBo on Jun 11, 2005 14:57:09 GMT -5
I am deleting the thread this came from, but I wanted to save Heather's post:
And like Yi Soon Shin talks about in earnest, there's also the morale of both the soldiers and the country to think about. No one wants the paranoia and fear that comes from a defeat, but people love a victory.
There be spoliers ahead for the following episode:
IAPD3000 pointed out, too, that Hideyoshi would have demanded Dodo's suicide, but the Minister saw it as a chance to learn from Dodo about the new opponent, and decided to unleash Dodo's rage, as it were, into defeating said opponent.
I know you're not interested in Japanese history or culture, but I hope this helps a little bit! By the way, even though the episode already aired, not everyone may have seen it yet (depending on where they live, or if they missed seeing it) so you have to treat any info that's crucial to an episode as a possible spoiler, so you don't ruin it for others. It's just common courtesy, you know?
Heather said:
Call it war tactics. The Minister lets Hideyoshi believe that Japan has not suffered a loss to keep him from making a rash decision - he probably thought that Hideyoshi would then rush to the front (since he was rarin' to go as it was) and with Yi Soon Shin's sudden, unexpected victory, the Minister wanted to know what exactly they were up against before their Emperor went into harm's way. Remember, they were under the assumption the Navy of Chosun was inferior, and they proved they weren't. War is strategic, like chess. You have to know where to position your pieces for optimum effect, but you also have to be able to predict your opponent's moves.And like Yi Soon Shin talks about in earnest, there's also the morale of both the soldiers and the country to think about. No one wants the paranoia and fear that comes from a defeat, but people love a victory.
There be spoliers ahead for the following episode:
IAPD3000 pointed out, too, that Hideyoshi would have demanded Dodo's suicide, but the Minister saw it as a chance to learn from Dodo about the new opponent, and decided to unleash Dodo's rage, as it were, into defeating said opponent.
I know you're not interested in Japanese history or culture, but I hope this helps a little bit! By the way, even though the episode already aired, not everyone may have seen it yet (depending on where they live, or if they missed seeing it) so you have to treat any info that's crucial to an episode as a possible spoiler, so you don't ruin it for others. It's just common courtesy, you know?
