A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
A player, 1 June 2010
I have 3 lions in play, one of them was targeted by The Direct Approach.
My opponent has Mizuhiko basic in play, and declares an attack. As a Naval action, he attaches In Aikune's Name, and uses it, destroying the two samurai that could perform actions.
Can I use Chugo Seido to redirect the targetting?
Chugo Seido Reaction: When another player's action would target one of your personalities, destroy this card: The action instead targets one of your Samurai of your choice at the same location, if legal.
In Aikune's Name Battle: Destroy this Shugenja: Destroy two target cards without attachments in the enemy army.
The Direct Approach Open: Give a target Personality -1F for each of his keywords other than Clan alignments. If his Force is now 0, he may not perform actions
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 1 June 2010
I have 3 lions in play, one of them was targeted by The Direct Approach. My opponent has Mizuhiko basic in play, and declares an attack. As a Naval action, he attaches In Aikune's Name, and uses it, destroying the two samurai that could perform actions. Can I use Chugo Seido to redirect the targetting?
Assuming all the "Lions" in question are samurai with no attachments...
By targeting two Personalities, In Aikune's Name is targeting the "one" Personality required by Chugo Seido (http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Special_wording ... _of_things). So Chugo Seido is fine.
The Direct Approach is irrelevant here as far as I can tell, since neither In Aikune's Name or Chugo Seido concerns performance.