Miyamoto Musashi 2: The Water Volume: The Water Volume

Author: Yoshikawa Eiji
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: "Today you don’t know tomorrow’s fate. Nobunaga often sang—Fifty years of life, the world’s changes are like dreams and bubbles." Whether they are intellectuals or non-intellectuals, everyone has this experience. The war has subsided, and the streetlights of Kyoto and Osaka are as bright as they were during the height of the Muromachi Shogunate. Even so, people still think: "When will these lights be extinguished again?" The long-standing war has imprinted this worldview, making it impossible to erase easily. In the 10th year of the Keichō era, this book introduces Musashi, who rejects the devoted woman Akō and begins his path of. His innate wildness and strength only become clear after meeting the elderly monk Nikkō, who realizes that the so-called killing intent is actually his own shadow. Especially when he desperately longs to duel with Ishikawa Goemon at the hidden residence of his hermitage, he despises his own shallowness—what can one gain from winning without fame or fortune? Thus, Musashi constantly delves inward while also seeking even tougher challenges outwardly.