Nobunaga's rise doesn't feel like destiny, it feels like a kid figuring out who he is while everyone around him demands he become a god. The show trusts you to care about the small moments between the battles, the jokes with his brother, the way loyalty actually costs something when you're asking it of people you love. By the finale you're watching a teenager harden into a legend, and it hits because you saw every choice that broke him into shape.

Oda Nobunaga is not yet the feared warlord and demon king of history. For now he is a teenager, just starting down the road toward greatness with his younger brother and a band of devoted followers at his side. Questions of succession, acts of betrayal and open battles all test these young men, as do the bonds they form with one another. Every hardship they face points toward a future in which they may grow into powerful men, long before Nobunaga sets out to rule Japan. This twelve-episode action and adventure drama also carries a thread of romance.