Diary of a College Samurai

[Toby Christensen]

Some suggestions -

Diary of a Teen RBSD'er
Diary of a Teen ARMA Student*

The College Samurai is so pathetic and naive he's loveable. I'd have sake with him any time (avoiding squeezes on the arse and invitations to join in his class in case he made me his "apprentice")

*I respect ARMA a LOT. I think if they had feasting etc SCA would be out of business in no time.

[Shadowstalker]

Heheh, good stuff, good stuff.

I like it so far and can't wait to see what happens next. Maybe he should look into laws in modern Japan. (as far as I know the last time Seppuku was used was sometime in the 60's) also, i'm wondering if he realizes 'Hara-kiri' is considered a more vulger/slang term for 'Seppuku'...or if i'm the one with erroneous information...

I'm aware of that. He isn't. That's part of the joke. And I believe in the 60's it was actually a demonstration against something, rather than anything actually judicial.

[selfcritical]

Some suggestions -

Diary of a Teen RBSD'er
Diary of a Teen ARMA Student*

The College Samurai is so pathetic and naive he's loveable. I'd have sake with him any time (avoiding squeezes on the arse and invitations to join in his class in case he made me his "apprentice")

*I respect ARMA a LOT. I think if they had feasting etc SCA would be out of business in no time.

Diary of the Systema Teen

[Bluto Blutarsky]

I think if you are going to do ARMA it would be funnier if you had him middle aged with a wife and kids and his motivation is a mid-life crisis.

Or diary of a yuppie systema student. I like how the age group got older from Ninja to Samurai, I think that helps force a difference in the story rather than just some deluded teen getting obsessed with MA. Actually Diary of a 40 something SCA student would be funnier because they actually have events where they "live mideval" life and such while arma just teaches techniques so you could have the guy actually believing he is a knight and showing up to work in armor or something.

But its your diaries, these are just suggestions.

[Gosai]

I'm aware of that. He isn't. That's part of the joke. And I believe in the 60's it was actually a demonstration against something, rather than anything actually judicial.

Ah, I was just wondering if it was you or him who didn't realize that. And I can't really remember what it was...I think your right about it being a demonstration...I was watching that show on he history channel about Samurai (it was somewhere around 1-2 hours long...I can't remember specifics but wouldn't mind watching it again)

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...History channel is still a credible source of information right?

[Shadowstalker]

Ah, I was just wondering if it was you or him who didn't realize that. And I can't really remember what it was...I think your right about it being a demonstration...I was watching that show on he history channel about Samurai (it was somewhere around 1-2 hours long...I can't remember specifics but wouldn't mind watching it again)

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...History channel is still a credible source of information right?

I don't know. I don't really watch TV. I think it is though. And even if it's not 100% accurate, I have seen some shows and they're generally entertaining and at least somewhat informative, but, if it's important i'd be sure to verify...

Also, I'm gonna apologize now before anyone gets their hopes up. I don't know much about Systema (read: anything) and little enough about SCA. I took this over after actually speaking with Shinkengata about how he felt about my doing a more serious take on the Teen Ninja thing (though I like the Samurai diaries better) as I saw a chance for something really interesting to come out of it. He mentioned that he was leaving and he needed a successor, I volunteered and voila. So, as I said, my apologies but I just got lucky in that I know a lot about both japanese and pseudo-japanese culture, having had experience with the "college samurai" types before. and an ex who was into everything japanese. Long story short, I apologize but I can't do justice to any of the ideas i've seen so far, and if I could I'd rather wait a bit and see how well received my samurai stuff is over a slightly longer term. But we'll see.

[Silvan]

Zankoku na tenshi no you ni
Shonen yo, shinwa ni nare

[Robstafarian]

Ah, I was just wondering if it was you or him who didn't realize that. And I can't really remember what it was...I think your right about it being a demonstration...I was watching that show on he history channel about Samurai (it was somewhere around 1-2 hours long...I can't remember specifics but wouldn't mind watching it again)

...

...History channel is still a credible source of information right?

I saw that. I think it was in the 50s, a Japanese army officer protesting the American occupation. He took over a Japanese army building and committed Seppuku inside after giving a speech on the balcony or some such.

[Shadowstalker]

I saw that. I think it was in the 50s, a Japanese army officer protesting the American occupation. He took over a Japanese army building and committed Seppuku inside after giving a speech on the balcony or some such.

If memory serves his second was rather incompetent. Makes ya shudder.

[Vulgar42Ox]

you should make a website, with episodes of the college samurai

[Kane Hosokawa]

you should make a website, with episodes of the college samurai

He does.

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Actually what would be truly bad ass is a take off on the Hagakure. Except it is a series of short writings about the actions of different "college samurais".

[Shadowstalker]

Actually what would be truly bad ass is a take off on the Hagakure. Except it is a series of short writings about the actions of different "college samurais".

I really like this idea, actually. I recently promised my best friend that I'd read Hagakure, so I'll keep this in mind as I do.

[Gosai]

I've heard of Hagakure but I haven't read it yet. I was put under the impression that it was a 'ninja instruction manual' more or less.

What is it actually?

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Hagakure is a collection of little short stories (mostly each one is no longer than a paragraph) that describes instances of actions by the samurai.

The anecdotes are supposed to be a "window into the mind" of the samurai and how they act and react in society to describe the code of bushido.

The anecdotes were related to a hermit or monk or something (can't remember) by a masterless samurai and the monk/hermit recorded the anecdotes.

I would be EXTREMELY pissed to find a ninja larper is naming his training manual after the hagakure.

The reason I suggested it is because in a large number of the anecdotes it has a samurai or someone bieng put to death or commiting seppuku. That would be funny in a "college samurai larping" context I think. It would take a huge amount of work though.

I was Thinking about it because I recently just found my copy that I thought I lost.