Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-25936766-20170624145331

Mmmm...Hattori Hanzo, the "first japanese Ninja", actually a front-line soldier who preferred to ride into battle with a spear.

Born Hattori Masanari, loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, made his "debut" in the Battle of Anegawa at the age of 16 and got himself the nickname Oni no Hanzo, or "Devil Hanzo". Master of Iga ninjutsu, before the aforementioned battle he served Tokugawa as a backup force against the Imagawa, from the shadows.

He even rescued his first wife and son from an Imagawa remnant right after his declaration of independence.......and then was ordered to cut them down due to rumors of them conspiring with the Takeda. Though supposedly, Hanzo had someone else do it because he couldn't bear to shed the blood of his lord.

After the defeat of Mikatagahara, he participated in one of Tokugawa's greatest survival gambits: As Tokugawa and his forces retreated to Hamamatsu, there were only 5 retainers left including him. So Tokugawa convinced the Takeda into thinking he had set a trap in the castle to stop their advance.

Then he sent Hanzo and his ninjas to wreak havoc in the Takeda camp, which convinced Takeda Shingen that Tokugawa really had set a trap there, when there was no trap in reality, and forced them to retreat.

Hanzo's biggest accomplishment was during Tokugawa's journey through the Iga village while fleeing from Mitsuhide's forces, after Mitsuhide killed Nobunaga. Hanzo used his "ninja connections" to create a safe path for Tokugawa until he reached his domain.

It's not known how Hanzo died exactly. Some say he was lured into a naval battle with Fuuma Kotaro and died when his ship got burned down, but historical records say he probably died of sickness shortly before Tokugawa took control of the land. In any case, the Hanzomon/Gate of Hanzo in Tokyo is named after him, and is supposedly where he was buried.

And in the end, no one noticed that Hanzo only had "Ninja" as a side-job at most.

................So, can anyone tell me any similarities between Hanzo Hattori and Ren's father? Because I see none.