From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 08/04/2014 05:42 PM, Kenneth M. Lin wrote:   
   > I have the aforementioned book but struggled to get into it as it was a   
   > rather tedious read with dialogues that are hard to keep track of in   
   > Japanese.   
   	   
   	Some of the spoken parts are quite laconic.   
   	It would need more panels if speech were added but some of the   
   characters may have had reputations for being tight-lipped.  The most   
   important part that I got from the 2nd part was that the bamboo sword   
   was adopted.  Before this the wooden sword such as Musashi trained with   
   were the rule and these as in Musashi's hands could be deadly weapons.   
      
   	From the first part the lesson the readers were meant to take   
   away was that the daimyo did the right thing in adopting the commoner   
   who is remembered for the foundation work he did 500 years ago.   
      
   	   
      
   >   
   > Iwaaki (岩明 å�‡) is most famous for Kiseiju (寄生砠 
   £), an alien invasion   
   > story taking place in a small town.  The alien is supposed to take over   
   > the brain of the host but one failed and got stuck at the right arm but   
   > then developed friendship with the victim and helped destroyed rest of   
   > the aliens.   
   >   
   > He's currently doing Historie (ヒストリエ), about an obscure Macedonian   
   > scholar Eumenues  that served under Alexander the Great.  This is a   
   > super slow work of love and despite started in 2003, it's only at volume   
   > 8.  With the pace he's going, this story might never finish.   
      
   	I worried about that with the very long fantasy novel, the Wheel of   
   Time but the author did die and a competent man finished   
   the books.   
      
   	bliss   
      
   >   
   > "Bobbie Sellers"  wrote in message news:lrhvlg$acr$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >        YUKI NO TOUGE TSURUGI NO MAI Manga   
   > 雪ã�®å³ ãƒ»å‰£ã�®èˆž; 雪之崖.剑之舞; Snow Ridge, Sword Dance; Yuki no   
   Touge   
   > Ken no Mai   
   > Released: Author & Artist(s):   
   > 2001   Iwaaki Hitoshi   
   > Genre(s): Action, Drama, Historical, Seinen, Tragedy   
   >   
   > The closing stages of Sengoku (Warring States) Japan.   
   > A setting commonly explored in Japanese manga through vivid scenes of   
   > gory battles, samurai, and feats of bravery, honour, and loyalty.   
   > Iwaaki Hitoshi dares to go against the popular grain by not focusing on   
   > the 3 unifiers but on the common people.   
   >   
   > Above from Manga Fox.  Great list of freshly scanalated manga,   
   > Google remains your friend and you can easily locate any that seem   
   > interesting.  Below are my comments.   
   >   
   > Not very common people though,  The first part concerns the   
   > conflict within the Satake clan freshly moved to Dewa province from   
   > their home grounds as a result of choosing the wrong side in the great   
   > battle at Sekigahara.  The lord has adopted an intelligent commoner   
   > into the clan and the old samurai and counselors resent being put aside.   
   >   
   > Well live by the sword die by the sword.   
   >   
   > And the next part concerns a girl raped by brutes who slaughtered her   
   > family and that girl wishes to learn sword fighting.   
   >   
   > By the way there are amusing moments as well as horrific scenes.in both   
   > stories.   
   >   
   > bliss   
      
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