Katanagatari 3 and Self-Defense?
There may be spoilers?
Question: Is it me or is this any of this below actually in the show? As in, are these questions applicable to the further comprehension of Katanatagari anime, episode 3?
1. The main ‘villain’ inherited a defensive martial arts technique which is based around disarming the opponent and using their weapon against them?
1a. How is it possible that someone with such a technique expect to defeat another whose technique is entirely based on unarmed combat, with bonus advantages against armed opponents? Especially when the other has track record of beating opponents on their home turf, with probably equal or higher caliber weapons?
2. Does improvement on self-defense improve self-confidence? If so, can it attribute to over-confidence? Is this the poison?
2a. What exactly is the poison? The corruption of power?
3. Is this a feminist message?
4. Is her death atonement for the forty-three slain bandits?
4a. Did she realize the slain bandits did not make up for her own atrocious behavior prior to her redemption?
4b. Did she realizes she was no different than the predators of her trustees?
5. Kyotouryu practices different forms of disarming an armed opponent, but is this just one of many ways for a Kyotouryu practitioner to achieve his goal? Is this a preferred way or is there no doctrinal preference?
6. Will we get a story later on that maps out the confidence==weapon theme more blatantly than this episode?
6a. What does that say about the girls who are holding onto swords to help rebuild themselves psychologically?
6b. What does that say about Togame?
Did I just write a post with only questions? Maybe?
Bonus Round: How does this apply to Japan’s feeling of their SDF?
The Nutbladder Ranking: 2010-02
February is 2 days too short I think. It’s jam-packed and I could use that extra time…at least so I can make more progress on the UC Gundam backlog. (I’m holding off on Unicorn until The Time Is Right. Even if that usually means RIGHT THIS MOMENT.) So much stuff, so little time. Let’s get on to it.
[Just to recall, this is just a list of things I found notable during this month.]
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