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far east feast disoriented in the orient kabuki theater masks violence meekness machismo submission samurai epic musashi miyamoto from savage maniac killer to wise and noble fencer of middle age only a few hundred corpses to wisdom killing whoever insults him or whoever challenges him or whoever he so pleases fending off ambushing armies and slicing the life out of opponents with a single stroke pursued by women he has forsaken hunted by men he has never met taken in by geishas challenged to duels at sunset in rice paddies and gates to cities on beaches bushwhacked by brigands mount fuji in the distance wisdom years away and with wisdom comes heavy sadness and deep wrinkles between the eyes obnoxious laughing zen priest is always so hysterical why wont he shut up and let me out of this tree let me out of this attic give me some advice that doesnt put my life in peril offer me shelter from the brigands feed me bathe me clothe me just dont trick me there is a long way to go after my battle with the great longswordsman until i find something something