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" I'm not usually into either A) baseball or B) samurai, but my attention was captivated by this dense, thought-provoking novel.

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Koji, though loves baseball and trains and doesn't understand his father or uncle." Toyo Shimeda's uncle Koji takes his life following a failed rebellion against the emperor and Koji's father rails everything modern in his newspaper articles and plans to take his life by sekuru. "As Japan becomes colonialized by the U.S., American customs like baseball gain popularity while traditions like Samurais are outlawed. Baseball might just be the answer, but will his father ever accept a “Western” game that stands for everything he despises?

As the gulf between them grows wider, Toyo searches desperately for a way to prove there is a place for his family’s samurai values in modern Japan. It all has something to do with –the way of the warrior–but Toyo doesn’t understand even after his father agrees to teach it to him. And worse, Toyo fears that his father may be next. Although Uncle Koji’s defiant death was supposedly heroic, it has made Toyo question many things about his family’s samurai background. Toyo isn’t afraid to prove himself He’s more troubled by his uncle’s recent suicide. Still, he’s taken aback when the seniors keep him from trying out for the baseball team–especially after he sees their current shortstop. From his first day at boarding school, Toyo Shimada sees how upperclassmen make a sport out of terrorizing the first-years. High school can be brutal, even in turn-of-the-century Japan. As the gulf between them grows wider, Toyo searches desperately for a way to prove there is a place for his family's samurai values in modern Japan.Tokyo, 1890. It all has something to do with "the way of the warrior", but Toyo doesn't understand, even after his father agrees to teach it to him. Although Uncle Koji's defiant death was supposedly heroic, it has made Toyo question many things about his family's samurai background. Toyo isn't afraid to prove himself He's more troubled by his uncle's recent suicide. Still, he's taken aback when the seniors keep him from trying out for the baseball team, especially after he sees their current shortstop. Tokyo, 1890: High school can be brutal, even in turn-of-the-century Japan.įrom his first day at boarding school, Toyo Shimada sees how upperclassmen make a sport out of terrorizing the first-years.