I was a bit disappointed in this fiction. It came off flat, like there were no characters we were attached to. Taka wasn't in control of any part of the story, so even though it followed him it didn't engage us with him. He was unable to control himself in getting dressed, and didn't get any little thing accomplished with Yoshi. He didn't make any rhetorical points that forced Yoshi to do anything besides say no, no, no, no, no... Kinda boring story.
The only character who really did anything was Yoritomo, and he was there for just a few lines. "Hi, I'm here, suddenly you're in a bag and my prisoner."
I didn't like it...
Now if Taka was expecting Yoritomo to be there, perhaps as his backup because he knew Yoshi wouldn't have done anything it could have shown off Yoritomo and shown Taka as being a man with a plan. I would have much preferred that... Unfortunately that wasn't how it happened, so I'm just disappointed. Flat story, flat Taka, flat Yoshi, and "suddenly here and cool pirate" who just bags Taka like nothing and walks out...
I'm reminded of the pre-launch Lion clan story. Big battle, no one can do anything, Arasou mindlessly charges, suddenly Hotaru steps out, fires 2 shots to end the entire fight and kill Arasou, and gone... Why was the Lion story about Hotaru? Why was a story about Taka visiting the Emperor really about Yoritomo easily abducting him?
Edited by Soshi Nimue