Why Mitsuhide?
He is my favourite character in SenBasa by a long shot. This is quite unusual for me, because I am usually a firm fan of the 'heroic' characters as opposed to the villains. The original reason I found him so intriguing was because of how different he was to the interpretation of Akechi Mitsuhide I was used to. It's pretty much the opposite, in fact.
What's In The Name?
'Reaper' fits his whole image, and he does refer to himself as such once in the game script. It was also the name given to him instead in Devil Kings, the watered down cousin of SenBasa.