I couldn't take it off my mind. A scene in a Samurai series (for those of you who are familar with Anime, i'm refering to the Kenshin OVA) where a Master of a clan who asks a woman to be the assassin's sheath. A sword needs a sheath, but a man? This Samurai was implying that a woman can and should hold her man, and not let him destroy himself. We all have views on how relationships should be; there are those who prefer the traditional man working and woman at home combination, others prefer an equal shared relation, and some other types which I cannot think of at the moment. I love the concept of a woman being a man's sheath, beautiful concept.
Do you want to know what happened to the Assassin (Kenshin) in the series? (Spoiler incoming if you are planning to watch it..) He and the Woman fell inlove. What he didn't know was that she was seeking revenge secretly for her dead fiance, a guard he had killed previously. After months together, in a murderous plot by her people they lead him to believe that she was a traitor. He persued her, broken, and confused.. He ended up killing her mistakenly. Sad ending, but very beautiful story.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
A Man and a Woman
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revenge never ends well!
She tried to stop her people and got caught in the mess. A beautiful story. It depends on the person, Kenshin had a self-destructive personality. I guess the idea is for the woman to complete the man and she was the perfect thing he needed.
cixousianpanic: It never does, does it, I think revenge is a weak person's motivation :/ But many of the good stories include revenge because of how bitter it is!
Netherwind: Exactly. He does have a self-destructive personality, what is more amazing is what he does later on in the story...
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