Summary
With just two episodes left in its single season,Shoguncontinues to surprise.
That’s not the chronological start of her part in the story, however.
Ochiba doesn’t seem immediately content with this idea and avoids giving Ishido an answer right away.
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At the end of the episode, though, she accepts his offer.
Thanks to Toranaga, we get to learn more about this antagonistic power couple.
Either Toranaga or Ishido would rise to power.
To even this out, he sought to make Yabushige his double agent, but it didn’t work.
Perhaps he can even have an heir of his own on the throne, eventually.
However, Ochiba’s motivations are more practical than that.
“As a girl, Ochiba lost her father and grew up afraid ofsomething similar happening to her.
Lady Ochiba doesn’t command military forces, for example, and depends on Lord Ishido in this sense.
Episode 9 is titled “Crimson Sky,” the operation that Toranaga considered asa way of invading Osaka.
Regardless, this showdown has a lot of promise.
Shogunis streaming on Hulu in the U.S. New episodes are released weekly on Tuesdays.
