Oda Nobunaga was actually already giving Asai Nagamasa plenty of face, having invited the two allies early to wait, all to show the sincerity of an alliance. In the end, Asai Nagamasa didn't show him any respect at all; what had been agreed upon early was suddenly changed, with no regard for him as a person.
Harano hadn't expected such a bizarre twist to happen halfway through, either. From a historical perspective, the early cooperation between Oda and the Asai Family had actually gone quite well. During Oda Nobunaga's campaign against Minoh, Asai Nagamasa did indeed pin down the Rokkaku family, making Oda's conquest of Minoh unusually smooth. Who would have thought that even reaching an alliance agreement at first was full of bumps and snags.
