The Village System is stagnating. People are giving up hope. Konoha was literally blown to pieces in a 10-page fight. The strong members and leaders of the villages have largely left the villages to join the Swordsmen of the Mist or Akatsuki.
The villages need strong leaders who are unhindered by needless rules that force them to sit quietly and wait for destruction.
Under the current system, Daimyos cannot attack against attacking forces unless they themselves are attacked. This rule fundamentally doesn't make sense, and is not conducive to the best Village System possible at the current time in particular.
At a time when villages need leaders who can defend them and inspire their soldiers, the villages' strongest members, the Daimyos, are forced to remain as far away from the fighting as possible and, on top of that, they're required to have guards, which takes away even more power from the front of a defending village.
A Daimyo is supposed to be a leader for his village - a beacon of light in times so utterly engulfed by the numb darkness of war. A good leader is characterized by both strong oration and strong action. When, in war, a Daimyo is forced to only conform to the former characteristic of a leader, and is required to not fulfill the latter characteristic of a leader, the entire concept of the Daimyo is rendered moot. In other words, this rule prevents Daimyos from being leaders in wartime.
That makes no sense.
I suggest that the rule be revoked. Villages should be allowed to decide for themselves whether they want to send their Daimyos - their luminous leaders - to the front lines of fighting, or whether they want to protect them, surrounded by guards, in some random bunker, armed with the knowledge that the Daimyo is the primary target of their enemies.
This rule is a hindrance, not a protective blessing, to the Village System, and should be revoked as soon as possible. The rule prevents Daimyos from properly leading their countries in wartime. It prevents Daimyos from being Daimyos, and it prevents villages from properly defending themselves.
The villages need strong leaders who are unhindered by needless rules that force them to sit quietly and wait for destruction.
Under the current system, Daimyos cannot attack against attacking forces unless they themselves are attacked. This rule fundamentally doesn't make sense, and is not conducive to the best Village System possible at the current time in particular.
At a time when villages need leaders who can defend them and inspire their soldiers, the villages' strongest members, the Daimyos, are forced to remain as far away from the fighting as possible and, on top of that, they're required to have guards, which takes away even more power from the front of a defending village.
A Daimyo is supposed to be a leader for his village - a beacon of light in times so utterly engulfed by the numb darkness of war. A good leader is characterized by both strong oration and strong action. When, in war, a Daimyo is forced to only conform to the former characteristic of a leader, and is required to not fulfill the latter characteristic of a leader, the entire concept of the Daimyo is rendered moot. In other words, this rule prevents Daimyos from being leaders in wartime.
That makes no sense.
I suggest that the rule be revoked. Villages should be allowed to decide for themselves whether they want to send their Daimyos - their luminous leaders - to the front lines of fighting, or whether they want to protect them, surrounded by guards, in some random bunker, armed with the knowledge that the Daimyo is the primary target of their enemies.
This rule is a hindrance, not a protective blessing, to the Village System, and should be revoked as soon as possible. The rule prevents Daimyos from properly leading their countries in wartime. It prevents Daimyos from being Daimyos, and it prevents villages from properly defending themselves.