The Samurai
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The Samurai's Ultima Undoing
In 15 forty three the portuguese land on an called tanagashima. And they've brought with them firearms. These transform the nature of samuri conflict, the annoyance of the samurai. The main threat facing the samurai is self destruction. As squabbles erupt into bloody skirmishes, the leaders of the warring clans look for any advantage they can get. A new type of warrior emerges, a soldier whose arsenal contains discretion, stealth and speed. They are called shinobi, but to day we know them by a different name, ninja. It takes three such people - ar oda, nobunaga, toyo tomi, hida yoshi and toku g
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