Aboshi Samojiro: One Fascinating Villain in Hakkenden
Some time ago, I said I don’t like “The Seven Secretary” , because the structure that “The top citizens are evil” and “The bottom citizens are good” is too obvious. In Hakkenden, there are good lords such as Satomi clans and also evil persons in low social position. Among them, Aboshi Samojiro has been very popular since Edo period despite a poverty ronin and a small villain. ・ Aboshi Samojiro’s Character He's a beautiful man specializing in singing and dancing. He's an urbanized playboy, rare in Hakkenden. But he's somehow clumsy. He was an entourage of Ougigayatsu clan, Kanto Kanrei, but was expelled from it and became a poverty ronin and lived nearby Inuzuka Shino, a first hero in Hakkenden. He was illicitly and one-directly loving to Hamaji, the fiancé of Shino. To marry with Hamaji, he flattered to the greedy shouya(the village leader), the enemy of Shino, and stole Murasame Sword, Shino's Treasure. However, he was immediatel...