Yukimura, the more idealistic warrior, sides with Mitsunari, the man who is morally in the right but whose aloof & impersonal way of governing has alienated him from many of the daimyo of Japan. As the sides in the new war are drawn, the Saneda's find themselves torn between their ideals & their familial bond. Victory at Odawara is meant to symbolise the tantalizing realisation of a unified Japan, before Hideyoshi's sudden death plunges the realm back into uncertainty as Mitsunari & Ieyasu, named as regents, come into conflict with each other (as you might expect, Samurai Warriors deals with Hideyoshi's disastrous & bloody invasions of Korea by pretending they didn't happen). The Saneda brothers, Yukimura & Noboyuki, now find themselves fighting on the side of shogun Hideyoshi at the siege of Odawara castle (1590), the last holdout of the Hojo clan & the last battle in Hideyoshi's campaign to unite Japan.
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