(August 10, 2023 at 7:48 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The Japanese fighting soldier and sailor was as fierce as they come. There is no nobility in war.
The fun thing about the 20th C. "samurai" was that they never defeated China, even when it was fighting them AND a civil war. Definitely not bushido material.
Yamamoto Isoruku was adopted into a samurai family to give the line some much needed new blood.