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Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

Spoiler for Tuskuru royal family:

Oboro was actually the child of the Emperor before Inkara back before Kenashikourupe became Tusukuru, and Benawi is his distant relative. They have always been the Royal Family.

An interesting piece of trivia, but it doesn't answer my question for several reasons.

Spoiler for first series:

1. Oboro was the child of the emperor in one of Tusukuru's predecessor states, not Tusukuru. His lineage does not give him claim to Tusukuru's throne automatically.

2. Tusukuru was created from a popular rebellion against its predecessor state. A state created in this way would not recognize the royal family of the predecessor state as part of its royal family.

3. When Tusukuru was created, Hakuoro was crowned its emperor over whatever claim Oboro may have had. Tusukuru's people, foreign powers, and the mediators the Onkamiyamukai all recognized him over any claim to the throne Oboro may have had.

4. The imperial court of Tusukuru was built around Hakuoro's leadership and personal charisma, not out of lineage. They are loyal to him, not the blood of the royal family of a predecessor state.

5. Hakuoro is the god emperor of the land of Tusukuru--and possibly the god of all new mankind--a fact that his closest retainers and advisers recognized.

All of these factors indicate that whatever blood relations Oboro may have had with the royal family of Tusukuru's predecessor state is of no importance. If Hakuoro did not specifically hand the throne to Oboro, then Oboro would beat Kuon in a succession crisis only in a few circumstances:

1. The custom in the land of Tusukuru strongly favors male primogeniture, in which case Oboro might succeed as the closest male relative.

2. Tusukuru is run under merit based succession rather than blood succession--like the early Roman empire, the emperor adopts a capable successor rather than pass the throne to his biological children. But if this is the case, then Oboro's line would not be the royal lineage of Tusukuru.

But even under either of these cases, Oboro's claim to the throne would not be based on his blood relations to the royal family of Tusukuru's predecessor state.