Current Episodes Thread
Ueda is getting on my nerves. His taunting of Musashi, about whether he'll go down the dark or light path, just came across as naive to me and the readers. We already know what path he's on, and idle ghost speculation isn't enough foreshadowing to be effective. Consider this ... my first formal Inoue critique.
I'm glad Matahachi fought the urge to run away, like he's done his whole life, and stick around. Maybe at the end of this, he'll come away a better man. I think this could also be the turning point for him, when he truly joins the monastery to become a monk. Of course, knowing him, probably not =).
Ueda is getting on my nerves. His taunting of Musashi, about whether he'll go down the dark or light path, just came across as naive to me and the readers. We already know what path he's on, and idle ghost speculation isn't enough foreshadowing to be effective. Consider this ... my first formal Inoue critique.
I'm glad Matahachi fought the urge to run away, like he's done his whole life, and stick around. Maybe at the end of this, he'll come away a better man. I think this could also be the turning point for him, when he truly joins the monastery to become a monk. Of course, knowing him, probably not =).