The question was...
Could someone who was unreliable and full of bad taste, yet rarely lied, be trusted? The answer was yes!
Unreliable was one thing, and bad taste was another, but the important part was that he rarely lied!
On top of that, Sogo Doma had the thriving Doma Family behind him. His status alone made it impossible for people to ignore his words. Even if they later realized they had been led around by the nose, upon closer thought, he really had not lied about anything. All he had done was mix a few suggestive remarks into the truth.
If they ignored those suggestive remarks, they would not have been fooled in the first place...
However, the suggestive things Sogo Doma said were often framed from their perspective. Or rather, they had already harbored such thoughts in their hearts, only suppressing them because of conventional values. In truth, Sogo Doma merely magnified the thoughts already within them.
And then there were his twisted arguments... Pah, rather, he could always find supporting viewpoints in famous quotes and even common sayings to egg people on... Cough, to persuade them.
As an aside, doing that was not difficult at all. After all, most famous quotes and proverbs contradicted one another. For example: "A rabbit does not eat the grass near its burrow," but then what about "The terrace nearest the water gets the moonlight first"?
Or: "A good horse does not turn back to graze," but then what about "When a prodigal returns, he is worth more than gold"?
Umm...
All that could be said was that, with his persona, background, connections, and the backing of famous quotes, Sogo Doma found it absurdly easy to fool—cough, incite—people.
Compared to him, what did Katsura Kotaro have? Not even a hair!
As for