Four Seasons
Description
He couldn't be shaped.
He couldn't be kept.
He couldn't be taught.
Some people said that he was a failure. Even though he handled the sword excellently his existence seemed to be a mistake.
The whole summer he went from one Samurai to another.
They were told to be his Nenja,
His teacher and lover he would follow as a wakashu out of love, loyalty and affection, but he never felt the urge to do so.
Sometimes he didn't like their personality or behaviour, sometimes he didn't feel like he could learn anything from them.
He wanted to be conviced, he wanted to be amazed.
This guy won't be any different, he thought as he turned around and looked his counterpart in the eyes.
Foreword
Just recently I got really interested in the japanese wakashūdo. It really inspired me to write this. I intent on writing 4 one shots, 4 seasons :)
If you don't know what wakashudo is let me show you the explanation from Wikipedia~ (I'm no expert in this though, just writing out of my imagination)
The man was permitted, if the boy agreed, to take the boy as his lover until he came of age; this relationship, often formalized in a "brotherhood contract",was expected to be exclusive, with both partners swearing to take no other (male) lovers. This practice, along with clerical pederasty, developed into the codified system of age-structured homouality known as shudō, abbreviated from wakashūdo, the "way of wakashū".The older partner, in the role of nenja, would teach the wakashū martial skills, warrior etiquette, and the samurai code of honor, while his desire to be a good role model for his wakashū would lead him to behave more honorably himself; thus a shudō relationship was considered to have a "mutually ennobling effect".
Like later Edo same- practices, samurai shudō was strictly role-defined; the nenja was seen as the active, desiring, penetrative partner, while the younger, ually receptive wakashū was considered to submit to the nenja's attentions out of love, loyalty, and affection, rather than ual desire.
(Wikipedia)
None of the pictures, or characters (or the explanation from Wikipedia) belong to me ^ ^
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