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The Samurai Detectives: Volume 2 explores money and kinship in the Edo underworld

The Conversation · · 757 words · By Hui-Ying Kerr

The article summarizes 'The Samurai Detectives: The Killer on the Streets,' a historical fiction novel set in 18th-century Edo Japan. It describes the plot involving a retired samurai, complex family dynamics, and themes of loyalty and justice. The text highlights the novel's exploration of moral dilemmas and societal structures.

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“Kohei finds the fearsome Kumagoro writhing around a field in agony.”
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“Kumagoro's name translates as 'demon bear' and he is the proprietor of a bar of the same name.”
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“The setting includes a temple famous for a tragic legend of familial loss and despair.”
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“The Samurai Detectives is the second instalment written by Shōtarō Ikenami between 1972 and 1989.”
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Wikipedia entries for Kamen Rider Decade, Shōhei Hino, and Takao Saito do not mention Shōtarō Ikenami or Samurai Detectives.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kamen Rider Decade (仮面ライダーディケイド, Kamen Raidā Dikeido) is a Japanese television show and the 2009 installment of the long-running Kamen Rider series of tokusatsu dramas. As its title suggests, Decade i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kōichi Nihei (二瓶 康一, Nihei Kōichi; May 30, 1949 – November 14, 2024), known professionally as Shōhei Hino (火野 正平, Hino Shōhei), was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in jidaigeki television dra…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Takao Saito (Japanese: 齊藤 隆夫（さいとう・たかを）, Hepburn: Saitō Takao; November 3, 1936 – September 24, 2021) was a Japanese manga artist, although he rejected the term and considered his work gekiga. He was b…
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“The novel is newly translated by Yui Kajita.”
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Wikipedia entry for Yū Kobayashi does not mention Yui Kajita or translation of Samurai Detectives.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yū Kobayashi (小林 ゆう, Kobayashi Yū; born February 5, 1982) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Holy Peak. Some of her most prominent roles include that of Tadamichi Aoba in Dan Doh!!…
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“The story explores the underbelly of 18th-century Edo Japan.”
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Wikipedia entries on Edo and the Edo period confirm the historical context of 18th-centuryቅ Japan, supporting the claim about the story's setting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Edo (Japanese: 江戸, lit. 'bay-entrance" or "estuary'), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Edo developed into a major early-modern urban ce…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Edo Japan, often known simply as Edo (), is a Canadian-founded fast food restaurant chain specializing in Japanese Teppan-style cooking. Founded in 1979 in Calgary, Alberta Canada by Reverend Susumu I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_Japan_(restaurant)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, is the period between 1601 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period
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“The story includes a corrupt samurai willing to kill innocent passersby.”
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“An aged father-warrior seeks his missing son.”
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“A street-vendor aims to 'muscle-up'.”
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“A merchant's daughter keeps disappearing.”
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“A kosamebo ('demon drizzle monk') visits in the rain.”
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“Kohei and his son Daijiro are central characters.”
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“Kohei and Daijiro have a father-son, master-pupil, warrior-comrade dynamic.”
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“The story features recurring characters from previous adventures.”
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“Kohei and Daijiro have more money and food for Daijiro.”
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“Kohei is described as a wily old samurai with age-defying abilities.”
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“The story highlights the temptations of cosmopolitan Edo including sex, money, and violence.”
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“The story explores family betrayals and fatherly care.”
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“The tension between law and morality forms the basis of the stories.”
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“The story includes sword fights resulting in limbs being severed.”
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“The story features mysteries shaped by complicated family relationships.”
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“The story's resolutions are motivated by revenge.”
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“The story addresses power, hierarchy, and money in Edo society.”
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“A tragic, unresolved character from the previous volume returns.”
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“Kohei shows concern for Mifuyu, the warrior-daughter of a powerful lord.”
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“Kohei is concerned about the disappeared son of his son's former teacher.”
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“Kohei hides in toilets to overhear plots of intrigue.”
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“The book highlights the necessity of respect, love, and care for societal stability.”
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