Unaware of the revelation Lucy is currently undergoing on the other end of the couch about her identity, Musashi munches on her popcorn. The movie is cheesy, but she's enjoying it.
She does turn to look at Lucy when she asks about the Kojiro she remembers. "Dunno. Back home, I never met the guy!" She admits cheerfully. Then she has to think for a moment; her memory is long, and it's been a very long time since she left her original timeline. "...Actually, come to think of it, I don't think he existed in my original world." She admits. "He doesn't exist in a lot of them. He's one of those, you know, narrative devices. A way of symbolizing all of my opponents and my philosophy in a single encounter." Something cooked up by later authors to dramatize the life of Miyamoto Musashi, and inadvertently provide lots of fodder for future anime and video game writers.
"I've met versions of him that existed in other worlds. Don't think any of them were quite as bad as Mr. Personality here. Good fights though, when I could get them. Oh, yeah, you're about to see why."
On the screen, the actor Kojiro stands alone in the gardens of his manor, concentrating, nodachi in hand, ready to strike. On a nearby branch sits a bird, a swallow, hopping about. Everything about this sequence attempts to build tension, cutting from Kojiro to the bird, and back again. Kojiro's sword is also shown prominently as the music builds. Finally, the swallow takes flight, and Kojiro's eyes open in a flash of anger. The sword strikes once, but this is followed by three cuts of it attacking from different angles, as if it was somehow three different strikes in one. Of the swallow, we only hear it cry out once, and the sound of something hitting the ground. The screen is suddenly filled with the text, both in katana and translated English Tsubame Gaeshi; Swallow-Reversal, Kojiro's signature ability, rather hamfistedly showcased on an actual swallow. A single sword stroke that cuts three times. For the production values the movie has shown thus far, it's actually quite competently executed.
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She does turn to look at Lucy when she asks about the Kojiro she remembers. "Dunno. Back home, I never met the guy!" She admits cheerfully. Then she has to think for a moment; her memory is long, and it's been a very long time since she left her original timeline. "...Actually, come to think of it, I don't think he existed in my original world." She admits. "He doesn't exist in a lot of them. He's one of those, you know, narrative devices. A way of symbolizing all of my opponents and my philosophy in a single encounter." Something cooked up by later authors to dramatize the life of Miyamoto Musashi, and inadvertently provide lots of fodder for future anime and video game writers.
"I've met versions of him that existed in other worlds. Don't think any of them were quite as bad as Mr. Personality here. Good fights though, when I could get them. Oh, yeah, you're about to see why."
On the screen, the actor Kojiro stands alone in the gardens of his manor, concentrating, nodachi in hand, ready to strike. On a nearby branch sits a bird, a swallow, hopping about. Everything about this sequence attempts to build tension, cutting from Kojiro to the bird, and back again. Kojiro's sword is also shown prominently as the music builds. Finally, the swallow takes flight, and Kojiro's eyes open in a flash of anger. The sword strikes once, but this is followed by three cuts of it attacking from different angles, as if it was somehow three different strikes in one. Of the swallow, we only hear it cry out once, and the sound of something hitting the ground. The screen is suddenly filled with the text, both in katana and translated English Tsubame Gaeshi; Swallow-Reversal, Kojiro's signature ability, rather hamfistedly showcased on an actual swallow. A single sword stroke that cuts three times. For the production values the movie has shown thus far, it's actually quite competently executed.