TL: Theredsargeant
Tentative TL: Cooper Schmidt, Stratos780
The next thing I knew, I became a baby.
Seriously, I didn’t understand it, but people dressed like people from a period drama came to check on me, so I gradually figured out the situation. Perhaps this is reincarnation, and a retrograde reincarnation at that. I don’t know the exact date, but it looks like the scenery of the Taiga I saw the other day, so maybe it’s the Warring States period?
(T.L. Note: Did some research, apparently Taiga is a television drama series on Japan history.)
Although I don’t remember the name I had in my previous life, I used to read a lot of reincarnation novels, so at first I thought that reincarnation in the Warring States period was going to be amazing… at first.
It was the first New Year’s Day after my reincarnation that things suddenly took a turn for the worse. It seems that I was born into a very wealthy family, and many of my house’s retainers are having a party to celebrate the new year and to unveil me.
“Happy new year. We all would like to congratulate you for being blessed with a son.”
“Mm. Everyone is in a great mood. Tonight is the celebration of my son, Sanboshi, so please enjoy yourselves.”
(Wow, they are all prostrating so deeply. Wait. No way. Am I in a Daimyo’s family?)
(T.L. Note: Daimyo = One of the most powerful subordinates of the shogun.)
I would regret this next action for the rest of my life. I looked back as I recalled the large family crest behind me from a Taiga, speaking unconsciously.
“Oda…”
Eh! Isn’t that Oda Nobunaga’s coat of arms? Could it be that I am the grandson of Oda Nobunaga?
“Oh, Sanboshi has spoken! Hahaha! I never thought that the first word you would say would be “Oda”. How appropriate for a true-born Oda clan son!”
My father laughed excitedly, but they’re not the only one who was excited. I am Sanboshi! My father is Oda Nobutada and my grandfather is Nobunaga!
I couldn’t help but wrap my head in my hands. The reason was that I had a problem.
Oda Saburo Hidenobu, whose childhood name was Sanboshi, inherited the Oda clan after the Honnouji incident after the Kiyosu Conference, with Hideyoshi acting as his guardian.
To be honest, that’s all I know, but what happened to him after that? I’m pretty sure he’s going to die prematurely. I know that Hideyoshi would become the ruler of Japan, but I don’t really know much about Sanboshi.
First of all, taking over the reins at the age of three means that I will absolutely be turned into a puppet! Sanboshi’s likely not very famous because he was made into a decoration by Hideyoshi… but if he was still the master, it would have been the Oda family that unified the country.
What should I do… the Honnouji incident is unstoppable and will happen when I’m three years old, so I have only two years to prepare. Come to think of it, I think I read somewhere that if Nobutada had lived, the Oda family would not have collapsed.
If you think about it, it’s true. Nobunaga handed over the governorship to him early, and his heir, Sanboshi, was born. He was successful in the attack on Takeda, so it should have been smooth sailing.
To begin with, why were you in the vicinity during the Honnouji Incident? There was still Uesugi and Hojo, and I’m sure Takeda’s reign in the old territory wasn’t over yet. It’s really a mystery to me.
Anyway, all I can do is to train my body and knowledge before the Honnouji Incident and get my vassals to recognize me. And I won’t let my father die!
As I watched the party in front of me, I was determined not to let myself lose this happiness. But I can’t help but feel a little down.
Dear God, isn’t your reincarnation a little too hard?
This is the story of the revival of the Oda family by a reincarnator with little to no historical knowledge
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