What if-
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu does not resign governing power as in OTL? (due to either refusing to out of choice, or due to him dying before making the decision by sickness or assassination)
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu dies early in the conflict? How do forces loyal to the Shogun react?
- Komei lives into the 1870s? If the Boshin war still continues after is death like in OTL, and the 3rd French Republic does form as in OTL, how would France’s and Britain’s actions on the conflict differ from OTL?
- In general what would the differences if Yoshinobu had been allowed rule for a longer period?