[Kiryu]

Nobunaga The Fool 19:

So it turns out that Monkey isn't dead? Huh…kinda takes away the emotional blow from the previous episode a little.

I mentioned before that Jeanne was the most useless character in the show? I take that back, because I think Mitsuhide easily takes that crown.

He's pretty much a background character at this point, and hasn't really done anything noteworthy, not since killing Nobu's brother to ensure that he becomes Lord.. Mitsuhide's been portrayed as kind of the Miichi of the show. He's supportive of Nobu but there's this dark side to him that we haven't really seen get brought out. They've never really gone into depth with it which is a shame. I honestly get the feeling that the writers are afraid to take him totally down the path of the dark side.

Other then that, this was a pretty solid episode even if it wasn't as action heavy as the last. We have Jeanne and Nobu obtaining power from the dragons by completing a Trial so hopefully this means their Mechs will be seeing an upgrade soon.