Making this thread separate from the general discussion & spoilers talk, since not everyone has interest in historical spoilers and it's a pain being all careful about mentioning spoilers. So with this thread just want to be full on openness with Kingdom historical info and any conversations pertaining to that.
To start it off, in reply to the brotha @TheKnightOfTheSea
1. What are your impressions of Raku'a Kan?
My impression? NGL to you my guy, but bro seems to be a Akou/Rokuomi level general lmao. However, since he's the main general of Han, I reckon he could probably be something like Choutou & Mougou.... or at best Kouchou. But yea not really a strong impression so far.
2. Do you think there's any significance behind the fact that we've yet to properly see the face of Sei's father in a flashback?
I think the significance is just to illustrate how irrelevant he is to the story. BUT it could be played by Hara to where there is something he left behind for Sei or things of that nature that end up helping Ei Sei down the line. Since Sei laters gives him the title "Taishang Huangdi" or something like that. Which is an honorary title granted to ex emperors in their honor that Ei Sei started with his father. Liu Bang does something similar for his father as well, and these two were VERY close to each other. So based on that, yea this dude very well could be an impactful character for Ei Sei.
However, it'd be all to Hara's creativity the things he'd write between Sei & his father, rather than anything historical based. His thought process would be something along the lines of : "Hmmm what could Qin Shi Huang's father have done for him, that made him give his father a title of that magnitude despite being long dead".
3. When do you expect Kouen to appear?
There's two options for his intro:
- Around Ouhon's big Chu campaign, which is in about 6 years in-verse time. That'll be our first exposure imo to the big structure Chu and their military build up. Could be something like the Juuko boys getting taken down by Ouhon and whoever else is with him that campaign, then Kouen comes in to stop Ouhon and co's advance.
OR
- Around the time Riboku gets taken down, and there's a political discourse related to the Chu King-Prince that takes place, so around that time could be a perfect way to introduce Kouen as well as the next big threat, where he's stabilizing the stiuation in Chu, because Karin-Rien can't do it. (Since he's already sort of implied to be a bigger entity than the two as Rien went to seek his advice despite being prime minister).
4. Do you think Ri En is legit? Like, do you think he'll be a big political opponent?
I don't think we'll ever get a legit political opponent at all, just because everything is so military related. So all the opponents would have to be military based.
Kanpishi had the potential to be that, but Hara turned him into motivation for RiShi instead. I just don't see how Oda can write a political scenario with a dude from another state while they're doing a conquest. Unless it's sum shit related propaganda warfare.
5. Thoughts on Karin's backstory with her Brother.
Still holding out for the Kanki-Karin backstory, would be something like a tragic ending. But likelihood is it'll just be some minor inspo background story for her character during in-battle. I don't have any high hopes for it.
6. What's your personal favorite Kingdom character design?
Ousen & Yotanwa (when properly drawn)
7. Do you think we'll see Zhao Gao(forgot his Kingdom name) in a major role in the future?
If Hara sticks to his words and takes it all the way to the Han Dynasty (which I hope he does as I would love to see Liu Bang's story), then yea without a doubt Zhao Gao will get a major role in the future.
8. How do you expect the Prince of Yan storyline to go?
NGL to you, but I have 0 idea on this storyline and the historical relevance of the prince of Yan, so you'd have to explain it to me first.
To start it off, in reply to the brotha @TheKnightOfTheSea
1. What are your impressions of Raku'a Kan?
My impression? NGL to you my guy, but bro seems to be a Akou/Rokuomi level general lmao. However, since he's the main general of Han, I reckon he could probably be something like Choutou & Mougou.... or at best Kouchou. But yea not really a strong impression so far.
2. Do you think there's any significance behind the fact that we've yet to properly see the face of Sei's father in a flashback?
I think the significance is just to illustrate how irrelevant he is to the story. BUT it could be played by Hara to where there is something he left behind for Sei or things of that nature that end up helping Ei Sei down the line. Since Sei laters gives him the title "Taishang Huangdi" or something like that. Which is an honorary title granted to ex emperors in their honor that Ei Sei started with his father. Liu Bang does something similar for his father as well, and these two were VERY close to each other. So based on that, yea this dude very well could be an impactful character for Ei Sei.
However, it'd be all to Hara's creativity the things he'd write between Sei & his father, rather than anything historical based. His thought process would be something along the lines of : "Hmmm what could Qin Shi Huang's father have done for him, that made him give his father a title of that magnitude despite being long dead".
3. When do you expect Kouen to appear?
There's two options for his intro:
- Around Ouhon's big Chu campaign, which is in about 6 years in-verse time. That'll be our first exposure imo to the big structure Chu and their military build up. Could be something like the Juuko boys getting taken down by Ouhon and whoever else is with him that campaign, then Kouen comes in to stop Ouhon and co's advance.
OR
- Around the time Riboku gets taken down, and there's a political discourse related to the Chu King-Prince that takes place, so around that time could be a perfect way to introduce Kouen as well as the next big threat, where he's stabilizing the stiuation in Chu, because Karin-Rien can't do it. (Since he's already sort of implied to be a bigger entity than the two as Rien went to seek his advice despite being prime minister).
4. Do you think Ri En is legit? Like, do you think he'll be a big political opponent?
I don't think we'll ever get a legit political opponent at all, just because everything is so military related. So all the opponents would have to be military based.
Kanpishi had the potential to be that, but Hara turned him into motivation for RiShi instead. I just don't see how Oda can write a political scenario with a dude from another state while they're doing a conquest. Unless it's sum shit related propaganda warfare.
5. Thoughts on Karin's backstory with her Brother.
Still holding out for the Kanki-Karin backstory, would be something like a tragic ending. But likelihood is it'll just be some minor inspo background story for her character during in-battle. I don't have any high hopes for it.
6. What's your personal favorite Kingdom character design?
Ousen & Yotanwa (when properly drawn)
7. Do you think we'll see Zhao Gao(forgot his Kingdom name) in a major role in the future?
If Hara sticks to his words and takes it all the way to the Han Dynasty (which I hope he does as I would love to see Liu Bang's story), then yea without a doubt Zhao Gao will get a major role in the future.
8. How do you expect the Prince of Yan storyline to go?
NGL to you, but I have 0 idea on this storyline and the historical relevance of the prince of Yan, so you'd have to explain it to me first.
