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« on: July 29, 2002, 09:00:50 pm »
Hey guys, I need a bit of your time if you don\'t mind! I was thinking about the name is was using and Shinji is from a mecha anime and all.. so I thought I\'d chose something more.. appropriate with the sword-esque type of world.. hence, I came across Sasaki Kojiro Genryu and Miyamoto Musashi, the most famous and strongest swordsmen ever in Japan. I\'ll give you a bit of history, and what names I can pick.. try to pick the ones that sound cool stuff.
Musashi is the most famous Japanese swordsman ever, his religion was called \"The Way of the Sword\" a branch of Zen Buddhism. Musashi was a ronin in his youth, looking for opponents, though as he became older he turned into a philosopher, but still battled. Musashi, hence, was extremely spiritual. Musashi was the first to utilize two blades in combat.
Sasaki was Musashi\'s skilled rival, aristocratic, intelligent, extremely good with ladies, though not a womanizer, while Musashi was a rough type of person.
Finally, the two were set to duel on a small island off of Japan. Sasaki arrived first, but after waiting for a supposed five hours, Musashi finally arrived. Sasaki was extremely angry at his rival, and in his anger he unsheathed his huge drypole longsword and tossed the sheath away. I don\'t remember exactly what Musashi said but it was something like \"A warrior without his sheath is nothing\". And after this, Musashi struck down Sasaki in a single blow, it may have been two but no one knows.. anyways, it was kinda fair and kinda not.. but you get it. Anyways, that was Musashi\'s final battle, and he named the island \"Gairyu\" after Sasaki.
So now that I\'ve given you the background, here\'s the names
Musashi
Miyamoto
Sasaki
Kojiro
Genryu
You take your pick. Thanks alot! ^_^!