Aight real talk, this arc will give birth to a completely new version of Ousen. He was kinda lacking in character development before Hango and it’s starting to shape up now. First off we now know Ousen has good intentions when it comes to his dream kingdom as said by Akou, he’s not out there to shed blood for the sake of it.
There’s this from history also “Wang Jian also forbade his descendants from joining the military anymore because he believed that he and his son had already taken away many people’s lives on the battlefields. This should not become a family tradition.”
He’s the closest character to Sei when it comes to ideals, and he’s bred like royalty with his mannerisms. The loyalty his men hold for him is off the roof too, biggest example being the arsonists he assigned to destroy Gyou’s granaries
For him to lose most of what he’s built thus far is an astronomical blow, this is the perfect chance for Hara to truly introduce us to the man known as Ousen (+ face reveal). This style of writing combined with Akou’s last affirmations before laying his life for Ousen really make me think something huge is inbound for his character, it feeds
@Lee Ba Shou final villain theory basically