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From: guy@slu70.UUCP (Guy M. Smith)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Character Expansion
Message-ID: <148@slu70.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 13:26:35 EST
Article-I.D.: slu70.148
Posted: Thu Feb  6 13:26:35 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 10-Feb-86 14:03:40 EST
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Organization: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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Summary: Tomoe Gozen

In article <1169@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>, Slocum.CSCDA@HI-MULTICS.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU writes:
> From: Slocum@HI-MULTICS.ARPA
> 
>    The Tomoe Gozen series by Salmonson
>        I haven't read the third book, but Tomoe Gozen stays the
>        Samurai warrior throughout.

Not quite. She cuts her hair and becomes a Buddhist nun (esoteric sect). She
still carries her swords and uses them but the book deals somewhat with the
conflict between her samurai past and her current status as someone at least
nominally devoted to helping all sentient beings. I suspect that more books
are in the offing and I hope that this issue gets explored more. Her original
samurai persona was a bit one-dimensional (which may be an accurate reflection
of how they actually were). Now she is developing into a more complex and
interesting character. Well worth reading (I even shelled out for a new book
instead of waiting for it to show up used or in the library). It's called "The
Thousand Shrine Warrior" (after the name of her sect).