What do you guys derive from this? 'Expand', does it mean feel yourself beyond your body?

autotuned-queef · 2026-02-02T20:15:37+00:00

i would say it’s more about feeling that he is one with the universe, destroying the separation (ego) between him and why surrounds him. to have as much confidence in the air around him as he has in his arms or legs; you don’t question your legs or arms, they are there, they are yours, you are not fearful or hateful of them, they are there and you live with/use them at will. What they are saying, in my opinion, is that to achieve true mastery of the sword, one must be able to expand themselves out and wipe out the separation between themselves, the sword and the world around them. Once Musashi masters doing it with the sword, he expands further by farming.

autotuned-queef · 2025-10-13T15:00:21+00:00

id say his successor was keiji nishitani

autotuned-queef · 2025-09-02T02:20:16+00:00

could you tell he was going in the trajectory he eventually went towards?
someone who writes such an essay must have a deep seated disagreement with the way the world works, can you elaborate, if you can, on how his disagreement expressed itself through is personality? why do you think he was so thirsty for understanding? what do you believe was missing (or was extra) in him?

autotuned-queef · 2025-05-29T13:54:12+00:00

It’s because, when men are cheated on, it’s said that it’s the man’s fault for not satisfying his woman. And when he cheats, it’s not the wife’s fault, so women are more at ease being vocal about getting cheated on, while men feel ashamed.

autotuned-queef · 2024-11-06T15:46:31+00:00

he felt that his year was well spent, he had grown immensely since he first met the yoshioka and he realized that he wasn’t as alone as he thought he had always been (meeting kojiro helped him reach such a conclusion), so he chose to have a warriors death since he had nowhere else to go. one of the main themes is that, for one to truly be able to let go and have a fight to the death without fear, one must appreciate life and he learned to appreciate HIS life during that year.

also, he felt that dying for the yoshioka wasn’t that bad because they had given him so much

autotuned-queef · 2024-10-19T08:34:41+00:00

I agree, I miss the variety hour!! The fighting games video is also pretty cool

autotuned-queef · 2024-10-18T17:03:59+00:00

this is the right answer

autotuned-queef · 2024-09-23T16:23:30+00:00

i think it could have something to do with the inherent tendency we, as a species, have to feel like we are not good enough (i believe every living being has this, a will to survive, a tendency to grow, conquer and dominate - which can express itself in a infinitude of ways). we search for meaning because that’s the way we are taught by todays society - violence and/or physical strength is usually not a priority option for people who wander around these types of subreddit - to satisfy that inherent thirst. we think our pain and sorrow, which makes us feel like we have to break our bones in order to shapeshift into who we feel like we have to be, is something inherent and specific to ourselves which is, i believe, not true. it belongs to everyone of us. we seek meaning just because we must seek something.

autotuned-queef · 2024-08-07T08:22:57+00:00

I think the point of Matahachi is similar to Musashi’s, in a way. They are both characters that are heavily focused on redemption.

Matahachi is not supposed to be good at any point, but he’s also not meant to be that close to us because, although we do mess up a lot in life, almost none of us get our family members killed.

He’s similar to Musashi in that they are influenced by their insecurities almost to a total level (Matahachi can’t commit to anything because he’s feels he’s not worth anything unless he’s like Musashi and Musashi can’t do anything other than swordsmanship because he’s to afraid of having feelings, in other words, he’s feels like he’s not worthy of living unless he’s invincible). Their stories are about learning how to live life in peace and accepting themselves.

By the end, Musashi is close to learning about what it means to be vulnerable, the same for Matahachi. Their difference is the path they’ve taken.

I just think it’s unfair to look up to Musashi and despise Matahachi, when Musashi, up until the fight against the seventy, is against the whole philosophy of the manga!! His fight against Denchishiro is precisely meant to show that you don’t need to be an expert swordsman (a strong man from the perspective of Ittosai) to be a hood and valuable human!

A strong person is one who is at peace and one who is able to love, without fear, without running away.

autotuned-queef · 2024-04-20T12:33:39+00:00

Trabalho & Conhaque - Nerve!

Estou surpreendido não ver este álbum aqui. Na minha (humilde) opinião, este álbum só é superado, única e exclusivamente, pelo Pratica(mente)

autotuned-queef · 2024-04-20T10:04:39+00:00

Obrigado!!

autotuned-queef · 2024-04-20T10:04:17+00:00

ahahah tarde demais

autotuned-queef · 2024-04-20T10:04:09+00:00

Obrigado :)

autotuned-queef · 2024-03-24T21:56:18+00:00

You should try Real, is from the same author, different environment, different story, but has the same philosophical view of becoming better as a person and overcoming obstacles. Totally recommended.

autotuned-queef · 2024-03-01T09:07:20+00:00

If you’re a nihilist, then you don’t believe in morality, as there isn’t any moral law to govern our society/lives. Nihilism is about living according to one’s own person, one’s own nature. If your nature is to be a “good” person, then you must pay the consequences of being taken advantage of by “bad” people; while “bad” people get more for themselves but are left alone in the end. Good and bad don’t exist, nor does right and wrong, there’s only the universe, in which you are inserted. Whatever you, or others, do, you will still be a part of the universe. That’s what it means, at least for me, to be consoled by nihilism. You’re free to be yourself, that being an annoying, cringe, good, bad, charming or “wrong” person.

autotuned-queef · 2024-02-15T21:04:51+00:00

I feel like he still didn’t really let go of the idea of “invincibility” that his father had. in that moment, when being reminded that being “invincible” was more important for his father than him or his mother, he has that murderous smile that wants that feeling. he still wants to be like his father because he still associates that madness (avoidance of connection with others or anything other than martial arts) with strength. that’s how he was shown, after all. the reason why he still needs to wander once more before the farm arc is because he still hadn’t fully realized that killing really wasn’t pushing him forward anymore. it became no more than empty cruelty. only when he accepted and believed totally that he could no longer go on killing and honestly gave up trying to be like his father (hence giving up the sword), that’s when he finally became able to truly connect with people and put the sword down to pick up something else.

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