re: Shogun - Official Series Discussion Thread **Spoilers**

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FX would make a mint if they did a second series with the freedom to deviate from the book. Everyone loves Shogun.

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I’ve seen what happens when Hollywood tries to make up their own endings or addendums to finished properties (Rings of Power, Big Little Lies, Game of Thrones*.)

It never ends well




*obviously a giant asterisk there.



I went back and read the wiki entry on the book because it’s been a while.

Obviously Toranaga was setting things up to his own desires, but he was aiming for peace and a removal of the Portuguese influence in Japan. That obviously included using pawns as sacrificial lambs along the way.

His rise lead to what could be called a “benevolent dictatorship” and time of peace and nationalism for Japan. Hence the name Shogun. While a fictionalized version of events, Ishido was obviously the worse of two evils presented. Toranaga is mostly personified as “a unifier”. Most of History looks favorably on his character.