6/30/2023 0 Comments Eiji yoshikawa's novel musashiI find Yoshikawa's Kojiro is far more sympathetic than it appears on the surface (though nowhere near the same as Inoue's). I think they're incredibly similar in many ways while obviously being spiritually polar opposites. His interpretation of Kojiro and Musashi's dynamic has been compared to Satan and Jesus, which I still find. Obviously, the Musashi chapters are the most intriguing and offer the most insight into Yoshikawa's vision of this legendary figure. The first half of the book, I could put up with the side characters and their various stories and how they ultimately intertwined, but around the 10th Iori-gets-into-trouble-and-has-to-work-at-the-tea-house chapter, I gave up on reading those seriously. This is one aspect that I lean more towards Inoue in. Yoshikawa's world definitely involves more characters, or at least, focuses on them more than Inoue. Great ending, surprisingly amazingly paced towards the end of an otherwise frustratingly structured book. Finally finished this huge novel last night, after about two years of procrastination on my part.
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