#basara babbling

Kenshin can't be much younger than Shingen. The most mysterious, (not only) age-wise.

Hanbei is not old but definitely older than he looks. Possibly older than Hideyoshi (who I bet is the opposite and appears older than he is). Might even be the senior member of the Toyotomi members we know, but definitely the oldest of the Beis.

when it was just something like: "tag yourself as the Basara character you relate to most"

@dearmadalice

I know like Hideyoshi i don't think is much older thank keiji since they were friends. Can you imagine like some 40 year old guy running around beating people up with like a 22 year old?? nuts.

Considering Sengoku Basara is the defintion of nuts when it comes to beating up people (and ages) and that adding a few years to that gets you exactly what Kanbei and his new found grandpa/bestfriend Ujimasa did in SB3? Yea, I can absolutely imagine that. (that said?? I’m all for inter-generational friendships)

  @genuinefauxthought

On the other end of the spectrum, I always found it funny to think of Shimazu or Tadakatsu as bizarrely young. Shimazu going on and on about handing the country over to the young ones, and it turns out he's in his late 30s, early 40s, at most.

I guess he thinks that if he wants to prepare the crazy youths in Basara for the future he has his work cut out for him. I mean. Just look at them. I don’t even know where I’d place Tadakatsu’s age, mainly because I don’t even know if I view him as entirely human?? It’s another trait he shares with Kotaro, the other super-human (???) who does an exceptional job but doesn’t talk.

  @nekkyousagi

What are even age groups in Basara?! XD No but seriously these all make sense to me! Though I'm kinda reeling from the idea that Mama Hanbei is probably older than Kojuro....OAO

I’m almost certain that’s the case IMO? Where’d you place Kojuro, age-wise? Obviously he’s a few years older than Masamune but I used to think the difference was more, now I think he might not even by in his thirties yet. Having to deal with Bontenmaru/Masamune as his boss he probably just had to mature pretty quickly lol

@kittykittyhunter

Motonari is a CHILD of the Sun.  You can't have a  hold looking like a mouldy okra.

I.... I... I don’t know why this reply just made me think of the Teletubbies, where can I return that mental image please

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I’d say “create the AU you want to see in the world” but I’ll probably never be fast enough to draw comics which is A SHAME because honestly I can see how that’d be hilarious!?

To be fair, Tsuruhime trusts almost everybody EXCEPT Kanbei, and Kanbei trusts basically nobody UNLESS there’s mention of The Key, but usually he’s the manipulator, not the manipulated... I mean the whole lead up went like this: - Kanbei goes “Huh, maybe I can use her divination powers to my advantage” - he somehow tries to win her as an ally by very directly warning her that people will try to use her powers by taking advantage of her naivete and ignorance - it goes as well as you’d expect, not because she goes “whoa you’re right but what about YOU”, but because she goes “!!! How RUDE!” - RIGHT AFTERWARDS Tsuru gets a letter from Yoshitsugu sweet-talking her into working for him and because he’s “SO NICE” she enthusiastically accepts doing their dirty work and needs like three additional reminders by different people of what Kanbei warned her about right at the beginning before she catches on - THE IRONY. - Kanbei and Tsuruhime meet again at Sekigahara where they immediately start bickering again.

Oh! That route split leads to the Maedas! Haha what if he's just going there to get vegetables for Kingo's hotpot? That's extremely likely, isn't it?

Game: shows Tenkai writing a letter to Kingo

Kingo: cries upon reading it