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And you'll find out in Part 3! Thanks for reading!

Thanks! I, too, expected something terrible to go down, until I had a better idea... You can see it in Part 2.

These are fair points. To add on: Swords were fairly common weapons. Polearms were preferred battlefield weapons, but swords were convenient to wear for daily life. In Japan, only the warrior class had

Thanks! I'm hoping the situation on Steemit turns around too. With any luck, with the new hard fork and community involvement, we'll see brighter days soon.

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Thanks for reading! Hope the future installments continue to live up to your expectations.

Thanks! Training in martial arts, while useful, isn't always necessary. The second-best option is to make friends with martial artists and ask them to see if you did it right. I did that in my latest novels

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I first encountered it in "Be mine, Hero!" "I refuse!" / Archenemy and Hero. It wasn't an isekai story, and the Demon Lord(ess) introduced four crop rotation as part of a larger plan

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A great choice. His first few books are just okay, and riddled with the usual beginners' issues, but his later ones are incredible. He's earned his sobriquet as the dean of urban fantasy.

Off the top of my head, I'd recommend Jim Butcher, Larry Correia, Robert E Howard, C. L. Moore and Leigh Brackett.

I think detailed explanations of magic systems appeal to the kind of personality who wants to know everything in-depth. It is, however, a modern innovation. Such lengthy descriptions require a tolerance

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Jack Vance did it in his Dying Earth series. The magic system had arbitrarily-imposed limits and well-defined uses and rules like a mechanical magic system, but everything else beyond that was left fuzzy

Weapons do not have a will of their own. Their purpose is defined by the will of the ones who use them. So long as men remained flawed, there will always be evil men. So long as there are evil men, we

Both the museum and the shop are steeped in ancient Japanese culture. They're must-see sights if you're ever in the area.

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