Historically Kennyo and Shingen are brothers-in-law.
Hongan-ji's monastic order doesnāt forbid marriage for the monks, so Kennyo is married to Shingenās sister.Ā
Iāve always wanted them to meet in-game, but it hasnāt happened yet (I think?). Unless it happened in the epilogue, then I wouldnāt know. I never buy Shingenās epilogue.
It was a shame he died in the game. When Hideās in power he got the Ikko-ikki to HELP Hide, and so Hide allowed a new Hongan-ji to be built (you can still visit that now in Kyoto). THAT TIME WHEN HE APPEARED IN AKECHIāS SEQUEL, HIDE INVITED HIM WITHOUT WARNING AND THEY WERE LIKEĀ
Hide: āPresenting our wonderful guest! The one and only Kennyo!!ā
Kennyo: āYeeeaaahh!! It is I, the great Kennyo!āĀ
While... the MC is like O___O
And Iām O____o Ā too because dafuq just happened
It would be super funny if they were friends, I swear. Ā
Maybe they would allow him to live in Hideās sequel, since he needed to be dead because... Nobu... needed angst buffer... or something...Ā IDK, VOLTAGE LOGIC
Also, Iām not entirely sure but I think in Japanese Kennyo speaks in Kansaiben, because he often uses terms that Iām not familiar with, and he addresses people with -han. I heard using -han instead of -san is a Kansaiben thing. And plus Kennyo is from Osaka too. When he was still in control, his Hongan-ji is in the place where Osaka Castle.Ā
Iām not that far in yet, but I donāt think they rendered his speech any differently in English? I was hoping theyād do something about it, if it really was Kansaiben. Oh well.