There will definitely be no more twists from now on. Definitely...
Yeah although I think Nishina had her own dry humour, having Akashi back does make it a bit more fun. It's been quite difficult writing him though, but I guess I'll talk about that more as the act progresses.
The deer? I just jumped into a custom battle to get some scenic screenshots for this Act and I was zooming around the map when I saw a group of deer. Waited for one to get into a nice position and snapped the shot. Shogun 2 has deer, bears and two types of birds, if I remember rightly. I wish there was a greater variety of animals, since they're a really cool way of adding flavour to an AAR - bird screenshots are things I've included in both this and Kyoto.