I was working on YouTube, playing clips from NHK's epic drama series.

It sounds good to say "warring feudal lords," but I now realize that they are antisocial forces (gangs, etc.) after all.

Well, it is a malicious view.

First, there is no concept of the "rule of law," so it is no wonder that "violence" has been the only means of governance.

However, if I dare to look at this from the rule of law perspective, it goes like this.

- A Sengoku Daimyo is a "yakuza boss," and a princess is a "Sis."

- The helpless people who are not part of that yakuza group are always the victims of genocide, humiliation, and robbery.

- What could have opposed the yakuza called "daimyo" would have been the "armed religious cult group" called the Ippou Brotherhood.

In general, NHK's historical dramas can be summed up as dramas depicting the lawless days of antisocial forces with no other means of mediating their interests than "violence.

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For example, the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) --,

- Not the Tokugawa family, but with the Kanto designated gang "Tokugawa-gumi" and its subordinate gangs,

- Not the Toyotomi family, but some administrative bureaucrats (the Ishida clan), led by the Mouri clan, a Shikoku-designated gang, who saw merit in the survival of the "Toyotomi clan" rather than the Toyotomi family,

Armed power struggle between the above two forces.

It is easier for me to grasp that.

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With this in mind, it seems to me that the current operation of what is called "democracy" or "rule of law" is a "miracle."

I hope this continues -- no, it is enough for my lifetime.

What happens after I die is not my concern.