Burning
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- He was also a devout Buddhist and was very troubled when he saw Nobunaga burning down Buddhist temples (and everyone inside) on Mt. Hiei.
Source: Useful Notes / Akechi Mitsuhide - In Zodiac the super-villain Hellhound is a devout believer who derives horrible pleasure from burning others to death with his flame powers, seeing Hell as his vision of Heaven surrounded by an eternity of burning flesh.
Source: Hell Seeker -
Oda Nobunaga, a big fan of using fire to solve his problems and forcing enemies to commit seppuku, and who also loathed the Buddhist warrior monks, was ultimately cornered in a burning temple and forced to commit seppuku by an attack by a devout Buddhist.
Source: Death by Irony
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