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The Burden of a Lone Samurai
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Amira Abdul-Salaam
June 09, 2026
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The Burden of a Lone Samurai
Amira Abdul-Salaam
June 09, 2026
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Dialog ATSUKO : You're so tender with her.
Dialog ATSUKO: It seems caring for a child comes as
naturally to you as swordplay.
Dialog YOJIRO: She is unusually well behaved. And, I have
some experience with children.
Dialog ATSUKO: Experience?
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Dialog YOJIRO: I was an orphan. I spent my youth
in the streets of Kyoto.
Dialog YOJIRO: I took it upon myself to feed and
protect the younger ones.
Dialog ATSUKO: You were an orphan?
Dialog ATSUKO: But..how..?
Dialog YOJIRO: How did I become a samurai and master
swordsman in one of the most powerful houses in the S
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Dialog YOJIRO: Like all boys, we'd often play swordsman in
the streets. We’d fashion swords from bamboo an
Dialog YOJIRO: I was 5 years old when I discovered
that I could see between the moments.
Dialog YOJIRO: I could predict my opponent's movements and thus
move and strike before they could even re
Dialog YOJIRO: When I was 7, I discovered I could
earn money by challenging the older boys to duels.
Dialog YOJIRO: When I was 15, I was going to
Sake houses and market places and challenging adults, winning
Dialog YOJIRO: whatever I could to keep the neighborhood kids
fed...
Dialog YOJIRO: Unfortunately
Dialog YOJIRO: I earned a reputation...
Dialog YOJIRO: One day, a very rich, very arrogant young
samurai in training challenged me,
Dialog YOJIRO: offering a bag of gold. When I beat
him, he became enraged, dropped his stick, pulled his s
Dialog YOJIRO: and attacked.
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Dialog YOJIRO: I easily disarmed him...
Dialog YOJIRO: broke his nose and shattered his collar bone.
Dialog YOJIRO: His father, a high-ranking noble demanded that I
be put to death.
Dialog YOJIRO: However, The young man's sensei, Grandmaster Shogo Miyagi
offered an alternative.I was to b
Dialog YOJIRO: When I was 18, he presented me with
these swords, and told me there was nothing more he cou
Dialog YOJIRO: But in this world, swords are banned. I
was an orphan once again. I concealed my swords and
Dialog YOJIRO: It’s a terrible thing, to have no purpose.
Dialog YOJIRO: Then, one day I stumbled into that restaurant.
I’ve been there ever since. That is my place
Dialog YOJIRO: This is why I tell you to abandon
this way of life.
Dialog YOJIRO: It will do nothing but bring you pain,
and then leave you with heartache...
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