[DeepL Translation - needs review]
Drama adaptation to be determined!
Starring/Producer/Action Planner Junichi Okada
Director Michito Fujii
World exclusive distribution on Netflix
Death Game x Meiji Era
The exciting samurai battle royale begins!
Cover illustration by Sui Ishida ("Tokyo Ghoul" and "Chojin X")
Money, life, or pride?
What is the reason for holding a sword?
It is the 11th year of Meiji. Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto at midnight.
A mysterious letter announces that "those who excel i...
Really hard, but useful for historical vocab and history
The vocabulary that comes up in this book is no joke. It's set during the Meiji Restoration and the book is written with an old narrative style. It uses strange terms like はきとせぬ instead of the more general はっきりとしない. It uses old measurements for things, like 尺 and 寸 for height, 里 and 町 and 間 for distance. It discusses lots of historical moments, such as 戊辰戦争 and 幕末 and uses old names for the prefectures, 土佐, 薩摩, etc. Overall, it's not for the faint of heart, but it was really interesting none the less. Would not recommend if you are below N1 level.
I've read other fairly difficult stuff before like 三体, but whereas something like 三体 focuses on explaining difficult stuff in a prose-fairly straight forward way, this book is the opposite, it explains fairly simple stuff in flowery/old difficult language. Normally I don't love when books do that, but it felt fresh and well done here.