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Norio Nanjô's novel The Suruga Castle Tournament chronicled the martial competition organized by the soon to be disgraced Tokugawa Tadanaka (younger brother of shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu) in which men broke tradition by fighting with metal katana rather than wooden bokken. The anime pulls away from the lethal confrontation on the wings of a cicada, but from that point on, it rarely blanches from depictions of appalling violence. In blinks, the sun bleached scene is peeled away to reveal the straining musculature of the swordsmen. there is no excuse." To which another corrects "To a swordsman with an unbending spirit, having a cruel fate given to him indeed stirs his soul and it will finally." The statement is cut short as the blind man draws his sword underhand, drives the point into his damaged right foot, and contorts his body with torso straining into a ninety degree bend. The one armed swordsman puts his scabbard against his shoulder and draws.Īn official observes "Violating the garden with this show unworthy to be called martial arts. the cicada buzz reaches a screeching pitch. The two are told to exhibit their skill without hesitation. They were even more taken aback when a hobbling blind man, lead by a gaunt woman, entered the west gate. Observers were shocked when a one armed samurai entered the east gate of the proving ground. In 1629, during the administration of the third Tokugawa shogun, a rivalry that had festered in sword school conflicts was settled in the courtyard of Suruga Castle.