Mirumoto Jairuzu

Card Type: Personality
Force: 3
Chi: 3
Honor Requirement: 0
Gold Cost: 7
Personal Honor: 2
Clan: Dragon
Keywords: Dragon Clan, Mountaineer, Samurai, Scout
Card Text: If you are the Defender, Jairuzu may be targeted by the rulebook Cavalry player ability.
Battle: Raise or lower the current battlefield's Province's strength by 2, or by 4 if you control a Mountain card.
Legality: Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai)
Deck: Dynasty

Printings

Rarity: Uncommon
Flavor Text: "I do not care about the Khan, as long as he stays out of our mountains."
Artist: Miguel Coimbra
Card Number: 23
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Rarity: Starter
Flavor Text: "I do not care about the Khan, as long as he stays out of our mountains."
Artist: Miguel Coimbra
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Q: RE: This.
I believe the above answer is incorrect.
It is asked if Infantry Followers on Mirumoto Jairuzu will prevent him assigning during Cavalry Maneuvers per his trait. Zen answered "Yes". His reasoning was that because the trait does not specify what it affects ("Can assign during Cavalry Maneuvers if you are the Defender."), it only affects only the card it is on (the Personality), not the whole unit.
But, as seen here, ONLY units are assigned during Manuevers Segments, not Personalities.
Therefore, the trait MUST affect Jairuzu's unit, not just him exclusively.
A: Having slept on this, I have to agree that the initial ruling is incorrect.
I hate sentences without subjects. Zen Faulkes, "Mirumoto Jairuzu + Infantry Followers", 28 Dec 2007
Q: Would Infantry followers attached to Jairuzu prevent him from assigning during Cavalry Maneuvers if you are the Defender per his trait?
A: Yes.
http://rules.l5r.com/Special_wording_ru ... _to_things: "Restrictions in a card’s traits that don’t explicitly refer to anything are understood to refer to the card itself." Which here, means the Personality alone, not the unit. Zen Faulkes, "Mirumoto Jairuzu + Infantry Followers", 27 Dec 2007