Ask Mitsuhide

"Ask Mitsuhide" Release: A Dialogue Without Answers, Called from Honnō-ji in Flames
"Ask Mitsuhide," a song depicting the shocking betrayal etched in history from Nobunaga's perspective, has been released.
Beginning with the powerful opening "With burning ambition in my heart, I raced through a chaotic world," this song vividly portrays the complex emotions of Oda Nobunaga, who was advancing toward national unification, when confronted with betrayal by his most trusted retainer, Akechi Mitsuhide.
The progression from "Days when we shared tears under the same flag" to "The unwavering spear tip eventually turned toward me" expresses the shock of the moment when a comrade-in-arms becomes an enemy and Nobunaga's inner lamentation. The line "This is the hour of Honnō-ji, embers scattering in disarray" conveys the tension of the historical tragedy.
The repeated phrase "Ask Mitsuhide" carries both an earnest inquiry about the true intentions behind the betrayal and the irony of fate that answers can no longer be obtained. The wish "If time could be turned back, I would listen once more" reveals a sense of regret that there might have been a possibility for mutual understanding.
This song is not merely a recreation of history but a work that questions universal themes in the modern day-trust and betrayal, ambition and setback, and the tragedy of those who could not understand each other.