[Yukimura stares at him for a few moments, before leaning forwards a little conspiratorially towards the communicator.]
You... are aware the emperor is merely something of a figurehead?
[It's not much of a brag to claim emperor-hood when the Shogunate and daimyos had more influence over immediate clans and Japan on the whole. Even he's aware of this.
And he can't imagine Date Masamune recognising anyone as an ultimate ruler, other than himself.]
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You... are aware the emperor is merely something of a figurehead?
[It's not much of a brag to claim emperor-hood when the Shogunate and daimyos had more influence over immediate clans and Japan on the whole. Even he's aware of this.
And he can't imagine Date Masamune recognising anyone as an ultimate ruler, other than himself.]