![]() ![]() Though Seiji was the one who subdued the demon and brought it to his mercy, Dojishinsai was sealed by the kunoichi Tsubaki. Upon defeating and sealing Dojishinsai, Seiji became known as a "the Dragon of Sawasaki", and became local legend. Wanting to test his skill, Seiji stepped up and was the only warrior to challenge the monster. The following year, a powerful oni called Dojishinsai (怒地震災 "Rage Earthquake Calamity") attacked Sawasaki. It is said that he briefly spent some time as a mercenary for the King of Ayutthaya.Īt the end of the year 1588, Seiji returned to the Takazaki clan a more mature and experienced man, ready to serve his lord once again. While he initially had feelings for Lingmei, they eventually faded by the time he returned to Japan.īefore returning to Japan, he also traveled further across China into Southeast Asia. Others just saw his desire to entertain people. Some claimed that he just did it to impress Lingmei. In their off time, Seiji would often share his own war stories with the other students. He also developed a close relationship with Master Tong's daughter, who was also his favorite training partner. Though he performed well with all weapons in the curriculum, he favored and excelled in the use of the dao, or Chinese saber, due to his previous training with Master Raikyo. Over the course of one year, Seiji improved his skills in Chinese hand to hand combat and weaponry, and eventually gained the respect of his classmates, who would see him as one of their own. Despite initial backlash against the seemingly cocky foreigner, the old master who ran the school, Tong Wufan, insisted on training him, curious as to how a Japanese samurai would know Chinese techniques. He challenged them with his own Shaolin style, only to be defeated by one of the students. In China, Seiji came across a martial arts school in a small village. Starting in the northern parts of Korea, he traveled through the steppes of Manchuria and Mongolia, where he quickly learned survival tactics. Though he would not limit himself to Japan he would travel across East Asia to honor his father, who had traveled to the Asian mainland many times during his days of piracy, particularly Korea and China. This loss motivated Seiji to set out on a personal training pilgrimage. His father Seibei was known to have died in this battle.Ī year later, the Takazaki clan was taken over by Hideyoshi Toyotomi's forces. When Seiji was 18, he defeated Lord Yasuda, a rival daimyo to the Takazaki clan. The sword itself was known as Byakko (白虎), after the White Tiger constellation. Master Raikyo would give Seiji a Wo Dao as a gift a Chinese sword built in the Japanese style. Having stayed in Japan after their defeat, Raikyo agreed to teach Seiji in the way of Shaolin martial arts from China, including barehanded kenpo training and basic skills and forms with multiple weapons. Starting from when he was 12, Seiji's father would frequently take him to visit Raikyo (雷共 Léi Gòng, JPN: Raikyō), a Chinese pirate who served alongside Seibei in his pirate crew. ![]() At his coming-of-age ceremony, he would take the adult name Kazunari. ![]() Upon capture, Seibei swore to end his life as a pirate, and to become a soldier under the Takazaki clan.Īs his father and Lord Nobuhiro were close, Seiji became best friends with the lord's eldest son, Hirosuke, who was almost the same age. During his time as a pirate, Seibei raided a port city called Sawasaki, where his crew was dispatched by samurai under the local daimyo, a Sengoku veteran named Nobuhiro Takazaki. Seiji was the only son of the former pirate Seibei Kazemaru. ![]()
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