If Rise of the Ronin has made one thing clear to us, it is that Team Ninja It never leaves the audience indifferent. The Japanese developer always gives us titles with a delicious serving of action, but ends up choking due to different circumstances that prevent its projects from succeeding. However, the recent PS5 exclusive can boast one detail.
And the work has an overwhelming amount of historical references, which allows us to enjoy a very realistic version of Bakumatsu. This time in Japan places us during the last years of Lieutenant General of the Shogunate Tokugawaso the story takes place in Yokohama, Edo and Kyoto in the mid-19th century. Western and Asian cultures merged through a constant power struggle and this dichotomy can be felt in the many characters with whom the character develops a relationship.
Many of them are based on people who really existed during those years and, among them all, Nakazawa Koto stands out. We are talking about a samurai who is in the Edo Military Academy, one of the most populated cities and which serves as the headquarters for the Shogunate itself. The woman’s purpose is to be part of the Roshigumi, an elite swordsman corpss which serves as a security team for Yoshinobu Tokugawa, who is heading towards Kyoto.
As with the dozens of secondary schools that populate Rise of the RoninKoto can establish a bond of friendship with the protagonist, although there is a big difference with respect to the rest of the women. And that is that the swordswoman does not consent to a love relationship with her, without further explanation about it, and to discover the truth it is necessary to take a look at the life of the authentic Nakazawa Koto.
Born in 1839, Koto was born in the province of Kozuke and trained from a very early age in the mastery of steel and martial arts. She managed to become part of the Roshigumi after dressing as a man and take advantage of the advantage of being 1.70 m talla considerable height for a woman of those times in Japan. Thanks to her skill with the sword, she managed to defend Kyoto under the gaze of Kyokawa Hachiro.
She was later involved in the difficult political conditions that the nation was experiencing, as there was a deep crisis between the empire and the Tokugawa shogunate. Koto participated in the Boshin War and defended the shogunate from attacks by the Satsuma and Ogi clans, being recognized for great feats on the battlefield. Although in Rise of the Ronin We can see her using a huge sword, she was integrated as an onna-musha, a body of female warriors from feudal Japan.
These soldiers stood out for their use of the naginata, a much more versatile weapon, as well as ranged attacks that did not involve direct confrontation. After that, the Meiji Restoration began and Koto returned to his hometown in 1874 at the age of 30. This is when you can understand why in the video game we cannot maintain a romantic relationship with her, since historical records speak about that She remained single and celibate her entire life..
She was very beautiful, so many men tried to court her, and although there is a story about her getting married, legend has it that with each proposal, she replied, “Don’t marry someone weaker than you. If you want something, defeat them.” Therefore, she would only agree to a marriage if she was defeated in a sword duel, which never happened. One story about her life says that “When Koto dresses as a man, many women fall in love with her. When Koto dresses as a woman, many men fall in love with her.“.
He died at the age of 88, in 1927, in the same city of Tone where he was born and it is said that He enjoyed nature, poetry and a few good drinks of alcohol until his death. Koto Nakazawa was such a relevant figure for Japan that there was even a movie released last year called Koto, the samurai womanaround his figure. In addition, he has also been remembered in a 2017 filmas well as at various events across the nation. Of course, you had to have the stomach to show your feelings to the swordswoman.
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