ѕв ιмαgιиєѕ✔️|| Sengoku Basara ||

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Motonari warned Yoshitsugu that his mouth could lead to his death, but the latter assures Mori that he would be fine. Motonari then sets forth to conquer the north. One of his opponents was Mogami Yoshiaki, who was willing to split the country between the both of them. But Motonari refused and Yoshiaki died in the battle with Mori.

As the campaign progresses, Mitsunari and Yoshitsugu try to request reinforcements from Motonari on two occasions. Motonari praises Yoshitsugu for realising that reinforcements will help in defeating Tachibana Muneshige and Shimazu Yoshihiro.

However, he refuses to carry out both requests, the first by being too busy and the second by saying he's fallen ill. The first refusal angers Mitsunari slightly, but Yoshitsugu see that Motonari probably was too busy from the northern campaign. The second time angers the two of them, with Yoshitsugu wandering what Motonari was up to.

By the time Motonari's campaign was finished, Motochika has slain Ieyasu. Mori uses the opportunity to attack Mitsunari. Yoshitsugu berated Mori for betraying Mitsunari and swore to kill him. Motonari reveals that he had intended to betray Mitsunari from the start, angering Yoshitsugu more.

But Otani himself was killed, where Motonari comments that he warned the former about his mouth. When Motonari fought Mitsunari, the latter demanded to know why the former allowed Motochika to carry out his own biddings. Motonari revealed it was all to keep his rival away from him.

Realizing that Mori has betrayed him, Yoshitsugu AND Motochika, Ishida was more determined to make the strategist pay for his actions. When Mitsunari was knocked to the ground, he realised that Mori had intended to destroy his rival from the start. But he collapses and dies before he could attack Motonari.

News of these events reached Motochika, who was shocked by his rival's actions. As Motonari attacks Motochika's army, both Motochika and his men are angry at Motonari's deception. Before fighting Mori, Motochika calls him out for being disloyal.

But Motonari accuses Motochika of doing the same thing, and revealing that it was he and not Tokugawa that was responsible for the attack on Chikoku. Upset and angered, Motochika fights Motonari in one last battle. Defeated, Chosokabe breaks down and gets upset about the deaths of Ieyasu and his own men.

He then charges towards Motonari, who responds by slashing Motochika in the chest. Before dying, he realises that everything he did was wrong and falls to the floor. Mori calls him a fool to the end.

Gameplay:::
Motonari's moveset focus on setting traps. This makes maximizing his potential tricky, but if executed correctly inflicts a good amount of damage. Additionally, his "persistent" skills (those which stay even after Motonari's animation has finished) all have an extra effect when he taunts, giving the player more options to his trap.

History-life:::
Mōri Motonari (毛利 元就, 1497-1571)

Was a prominent daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
Sandwiched between the powerful Amago and Ōuchi clans, Motonari led the clan by carefully balancing actions and diplomacy. Eventually, Motonari succeeded in defeating both and controlled the entire Chūgoku area. In his late years, he crushed the Ōtomo clan of Bungo province.

He had three sons, Mōri Takamoto, Kikkawa Motoharu, and Kobayakawa Takakage, whom he encouraged to work together for the benefit of the Mōri clan. In one instance, he is said to have handed each of his sons an arrow and asked each snap it.

After each snapped his arrow, Motonari produced three arrows and asked his sons to snap all three at once. When they were unable to do so (according to a legend still taught today), Motonari explained that one arrow could be broken easily, but three arrows held together could not.

Skills:::
🔆Sen no Te "Hatsu"
先の手「発」 (Preceding Hand "Depart")
Appearance: Sengoku BASARA 2

🔆Kaeshi Te "Ten"
返し手「転」 (Reversal Hand "Turn")
Appearance: Sengoku BASARA 2

🔆Hajiki Te "Heki"
弾き手「壁」 (Repelling Hand "Wall")
Appearance: Sengoku BASARA 2

🔆Nuki Te "Retsu"
抜き手「烈」 (Extracting Hand "Ardent")
Appearance: Sengoku BASARA 2

🔆Fuuji Te "Kai"
封じ手「懐」 (Sealing Hand "Bosom")
Appearance: Sengoku BASARA 2

🔆Kinji Te "Baku"
禁じ手「縛」 (Forbidden Hand "Bind")
Appearance: Sengoku BASARA 2

Trivia:::
🌅So far, Motonari has the most number of elemental weapons, having a total of four elemental weapons. In addition to the 2 "default" elemental weapons, his joke weapon and his last weapon are also elemental.

By targeting his barrier with his solar ray, in Sengoku Basara 3, you can reflect the ray and get more hits.
Motonari has the fastest/shorten taunt among all playable characters. This makes taunting less risky compared to other characters.

🌅Motonari is one of the two characters who can attack allies by default (the other one being Akechi Mitsuhide).