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>Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Oda, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. One Piece had a very romantic philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it’s not that simple. Oda can say that Momonosuke became Shogun and reigned for a five years, and he was wise and good. But Oda doesn’t ask the question: What was Momonosuke’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these gaijin? By the end of the war, Kaido is gone but all of the gaijin aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Momonosuke pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby minks, in their little mink cradles?"
