Talk:Heshikiri Hasebe/@comment-2600:8801:1B09:7200:CF9:4E99:1E19:D93D-20180305014759/@comment-49.151.168.103-20180305022610

I'm no expert but I will try to explain based on what I understand from his story

Before kiwame training Hasebe seems to bear a grudge towards that man (Nobunaga) for giving him away (as a sword) to a lowly vassal (Kuroda Nagamasa). As a sword who has been loyal to hus master Hasebe seems to think that Nobunaga thoitho little of him.

But during his kiwame training he seems to have realized that he was being offered as a gift to Kuroda, because Nobunaga was wary of Kuroda. It seems that knowing the man's wit, Nobunaga decided to offer his favorite sword as a sign of friendship and goodwigoo. Thus Hasebe realized that he wasn't discarded; if anything the fact that he was used this way assured him that he was valuable for Nobunaga.