Asian Saga/Awesome

Shogun
 * The eventual victory of . It is difficult to summarise in a few sentences, given that the whole Doorstopper book is a Gambit Pileup, but suffice to say it is absolutely glorious.
 * All of Toranaga's plans count as this, whether it's his, his excellent game of Xanatos Speed Chess when he realises  , or his totally convincing  , if there is a situation where some truly awesome scheming is required, Toranaga always does well.
 * Pilot-Major John Blackthorne:
 * He has one whenever he manages to pull off a particularly difficult nautical manoeuvre, because even though it's a regular occurrence for him, it is repeatedly stated that there are only a few pilots in the entire world at that time who are equal to his skill. A stand out example of this is during, which is a C Mo A for both him and Rodrigues.
 * His faking insanity to distract  at great personal risk is treated as one in-universe by the other characters. As is his
 * Managing to hold his own amongst all his enemies at . Considering how instrumental he was in   even his enemies are impressed that he is able to hold his head high when he has to return.
 * However, perhaps his greatest one is, which is when he fully earns his place among the samurai. Not only that, but he actually manages to stand up and walk after it, which is considered exceptionally strong even by samurai standards.
 * Mariko Buntarou:
 * Whenever she plays around the Yamato Nadeshiko expectations, proving that to be a true YN you must be both very classy and plucky as fuck and showing just how strong she is. Stand out examples include her.
 * However, an entire period of awesome comes during the  Even Magnificent Bastard extraordinaire Toranaga describes   as a "glorious" moment for her.