The Cursed Iris

Sprout 40.5: The Narrator's and Minori's Lesson About Japan

Hey, hey. It's me again, your good ole Narrator with a very special guest. Crazy arc that just happened am I right? A Whole slew of things just happened all at once, but one thing I can say is that he is doing a bang-up job of keeping the interest piqued.

Katsumi's fight against Hokusai had me on the edge of my seat though. I thought Ayame was really gone, but then boom Kaiya saves the day. That dragon is incredible, although sometimes she can be a mean person. Always talking about killing Ayame, so weird.

This little break arc has been interesting as well, because we're seeing the sides of characters we haven't seen before. Katsumi showing his emotional side to Ayame was my favorite! The way they embraced each other it was straight out of a romance! I'm so excited to see them both develop with each other more!

Then there was the introduction of the Dashavatara. They're all so cool, well except for that whisper guy in the kabuki mask. Just looking at him makes me shiver, but they all seem so strong. Plus they are in charge of guilds as well. I can't wait to reach the exam arc, because I know he's not going to disappoint with the introduction of some crazy magic.

Speaking of which all four types of abilities have been explained. Along with the principle of Natural Spirit Energy and Life Force. That should add more 'flare' as Ayame's mother would call it to the fighting styles of Ayame and Kikyo. As shown with both Minori and Aimi using those two forces in tandem it increases the power of your spells. Not only that it helps balance the use of internal spirit energy as well.

Then there was the introduction of the five parts to the soul. The jushou, the kamuy, the yuu, the reishi, and the tama. I thought was an interesting one as well but look I'm getting sidetracked here. I came back (finally) to give you all a lesson on the world right now. Now my special guest is the newest character introduced to the story. Give a hand for Minori the Alpha!

"Wow you are too happy about this," Minori chuckled.

Well of course, it's been 35 chapters since I had a chance to actually talk. Who knows how long it will be before I'm brought back?

"Whatever you say, but I'm grateful that you brought me here."

No problem my friend, by the way your magic is so cool. Especially when you fought those Dark Moon goons. Ha I made a rhyme.

"Aww thank you. My abilities are special as they draw energy from the universe itself. It falls under a special category, which means it's pretty rare."

Now Beta, then WOOSH, BANG, SLASH. It was so amazing.

"I know you didn't call me here to admire my magic..." Minori sighed.

No, no, no I asked you here to help me give a lesson. I'm done fangirling, okay?

"Gotcha. Well seeing that I'm a foreigner that washed up to this land I learned the language pretty quickly not only that I picked up on the customs of this country fairly fast as well," Minori nodded. "Now that was due to the help of the previous Empress."

Oh Empress Saya helped you out?

"She did," Minori nodded. "So the first thing she taught me was the language, which is a slight combination of English and Japanese. Having both the English letters mixed in with the Japanese characters. The next thing was the customs. Being that I came from a mostly male ruled country it was certainly different to come to a matriarchy, and that was something I definitely didn't mind. She told me that even though it's a matriarchy, men are still treated fairly the same."

I see, I see.

"She said it was because of her Great Grandmother's victory in a war that the Azuchi family was able to rise to power outside of their own country. The wizards were finally introduced all over this country without facing prosecution. Thus introducing the ranking system."