Character profile
Nobutsuna Naoe
直江信綱Yoshiaki Tachibana
Biography
Nobutsuna Naoe enters Takaya's life as a mysterious rescuer and becomes his calm, capable right-hand man in a centuries-old struggle against warring ghosts. Born into a Buddhist monk's family, he presents himself as reserved, competent, and protective of Takaya.
Story spoilers
Known in this life as Yoshiaki Tachibana, Naoe appears to carry dark secrets and guilt from previous lives that Takaya cannot remember. Beneath his controlled exterior lies an intense mixture of devotion, desire, envy, and resentment toward Takaya. He may have done something unforgivable to Kagetora's former lover Minako, in a tragedy linked to Takaya's lost memories.
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