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gsoda3

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  1. i think it speaks more to how rushed of an ending the book was. i didn't like the book ending. another difference between the book and this show is yabu's character. i remember him being more sinister in the book but the way he was played here makes him a lovable goofball with an unfortunate bent toward self preservation in a culture that expects loyalty to the point of death. i think i like this portrayal more- he's almost a touchstone to modern sensibilities.
  2. yes, toranaga says he'll never let blackthorne leave. he'll keep destroying his ships.
  3. but he doesn't and we know that dream sequence is just a hallucination b/c he sends mariko's rosary to the bottom of the lake with fuji.
  4. not related. akechi mariko, tonomoto akinao.
  5. Good thoughts. In the book I believe the trade Mariko makes with the church is anjin's life in exchange for her knowledge of toranaga's plans, which includes burning the boat which is why she leaves him money in her will from her estates to rebuild.
  6. that's about how we've been playing the past 2 months. lockdown defense and ok enough offense. at times ugly offense, at time high octane v12 but mostly ok.
  7. i don't like PJ at the line. please make them both.
  8. where's the T on westbrook for that...
  9. it's gonna be a bad morning if we lose.
  10. there's a scene in the book and in the 80s tv show where toranaga gets anjin to dance and sing a sea shanty for him during dinner. it's an absurd scene but that's what came to mind when toranaga said he makes me laugh. he's his trained monkey.
  11. getting the band back together are we
  12. luka gets fouled twice. and there's a whistle but it's a T on luka.
  13. that can't be a foul if paul george taking out hardaway isn't a foul
  14. we lose every game maxi does not play.
  15. that was the point. it's supposed to be a reveal, a heel turn for toranaga. he's a narcissist who sacrificed his son, hiromatsu, and mariko, amongst all those villagers and samurai just so he could become shogun. he was the bad guy all along, just as bad as, if not worse than, ishido. no it's done. it's part of an epic saga but clavell's other books are set a couple hundred years later.
  16. i think luka's off because he's working so hard on defense. his legs are gone. ugh PJW is killing us on offense.
  17. He has been so good on defense. But he gives me heartburn on offense.
  18. Lol Luka passing up an open elbow jumper to take a contested three-pointer 3 ft behind the ark. All good if you make it though
  19. people can't read cursive? that's a real problem? i thought my kids were just being stupid.
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