...especially when pretty much all of them have had tragic lives.
Which is why it's hard to care for Makie's. She really hasn't had it worse than Rin, or Hyakkurin, and actually had more ways out, she'd just rather whine and dwell than do anything about it. Makie had a father who hated her because she was a good fighter and a mother who hated her because her father did, and she chose to let that beat her. She didn't have a band of murderers murder her father and rape her mother in front of her when she was 14, or a husband who murdered both her children and then have the law take his side over it. In another book, I could be all about Makie, but here, it's kinda hard to care.
She very much deserves it, too. ...I just hope Samura doesn't go nuts and hook her and Manji up.
Rin always deserves cuddling, Hyakurin agrees. I've always figured it doesn't matter whether Rin/Manji is romantic or not, really. He's never going to leave her(assuming he lives through it all) unless he finds someone he deems good enough to take care of her, and that'll probably never happen. Magatsu's a possibility, though I'm not sure he'd be comfortable with it as girls who rely on him tend to die bad deaths. Way I see it, if Manji and Rin both survive, it'll probably happen eventually anyway(esp given the "your man" "your girl" comments and Manji's "my woman") but not for some time. But I also kinda see both Manji and Anotsu dead at the end, anyway, so...
Seems likely. One of the endearing things about Magatsu is his pragmatic exterior over what is clearly a pretty soft, idealistic heart. Similar to Manji, of course, but still, at the end of Autumn Frost, where Manji hands him money, he seems more willing to open up than Manji is (who seems pretty determined to keep him at a distance). I wonder how young he really is.
Magatsu is very much a softie at heart, and he has a serious hero complex. In Autumn Frost, I think Manji was trying to not get close to someone he figured he'd have to kill eventually, as Magatsu was already worrying about Anotsu. Though, in Last Blood, when we see Manji approaching, he looks really bulky, but is walking alone, and then when he gets closer, Magatsu is beside him, hacking up a storm...I've always wondered if Manji came across Magatsu on the way back(IIRC, we don't see all of Magatsu's fight, just some, and then him coming back) was hauling him back. them dumped him as soon as he realized they were in sight.
I've always figured Magatsu was about Anotsu's age, so probably 21-24.
You definitely should! The BOTI love needs to be spread and that scene in particular: "We're...killing mosquitoes!" "With swords??"
And, of course, she's not fooled for a second...and they're not brave enough to go at it again.
It sounds like it could be an awesome story in itself. Skinny little peasant boy with thirst for vengeance meets lonely samurai boy with thirst for vengeance. I would assume everyone else in the Itto-ryu must have been a great deal older than Magatsu when he joined and that he had to go through social hell. God, I want that story to be told.
I've always wanted a flashback just to see if I'm right. A lot of the Itto Ryu refer to Magatsu as a kid but view him as being higher authority, which makes me think he was around Anotsu since before there was an Itto Ryu. I really hope it comes up before the book ends.
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Which is why it's hard to care for Makie's. She really hasn't had it worse than Rin, or Hyakkurin, and actually had more ways out, she'd just rather whine and dwell than do anything about it. Makie had a father who hated her because she was a good fighter and a mother who hated her because her father did, and she chose to let that beat her. She didn't have a band of murderers murder her father and rape her mother in front of her when she was 14, or a husband who murdered both her children and then have the law take his side over it. In another book, I could be all about Makie, but here, it's kinda hard to care.
Rin always deserves cuddling, Hyakurin agrees. I've always figured it doesn't matter whether Rin/Manji is romantic or not, really. He's never going to leave her(assuming he lives through it all) unless he finds someone he deems good enough to take care of her, and that'll probably never happen. Magatsu's a possibility, though I'm not sure he'd be comfortable with it as girls who rely on him tend to die bad deaths. Way I see it, if Manji and Rin both survive, it'll probably happen eventually anyway(esp given the "your man" "your girl" comments and Manji's "my woman") but not for some time. But I also kinda see both Manji and Anotsu dead at the end, anyway, so...
Magatsu is very much a softie at heart, and he has a serious hero complex. In Autumn Frost, I think Manji was trying to not get close to someone he figured he'd have to kill eventually, as Magatsu was already worrying about Anotsu. Though, in Last Blood, when we see Manji approaching, he looks really bulky, but is walking alone, and then when he gets closer, Magatsu is beside him, hacking up a storm...I've always wondered if Manji came across Magatsu on the way back(IIRC, we don't see all of Magatsu's fight, just some, and then him coming back) was hauling him back. them dumped him as soon as he realized they were in sight.
I've always figured Magatsu was about Anotsu's age, so probably 21-24.
And, of course, she's not fooled for a second...and they're not brave enough to go at it again.
I've always wanted a flashback just to see if I'm right. A lot of the Itto Ryu refer to Magatsu as a kid but view him as being higher authority, which makes me think he was around Anotsu since before there was an Itto Ryu. I really hope it comes up before the book ends.