Have anyone seen the trilogy Tales of the Otori?

[konberry]

if you're interested in battles, ninjas, the samurai code, and japanese settings, this series will meet all those requirements! I began reading it last winter, and the first book was EXCELLENT. It was as if I was reading ancient japanese history itself, but with more deeper plots and betrayals.

so, give your opinion below if you've read it, if not... go read it!:biggrinlo

[Shinigami_Josh]

yeah its really good but shouldent it be read not seen (i heard rumors of a movie though it may be hersay) i waited so long after reading the first to get the others i couldnt find them :(

[Icestorm]

Ive read the first 2! and i enjoyed them alot

[재]

hey! i have read that book too, it was real good book

[Shinigami_Josh]

hanzel what ones its a triliogy or you read them all?

[konberry]

@ josh: oh thanks for pointing that typo out lol :p
and yes I've checked out the author's website site, and apparently, the director of seabisuit and someone else is writing up a script for it, and I can't wait!! XD

there was so much happening in the first book!! takeo being the sole survivor of the hidden, shigeru adopting him and master muto teaching him the way of the tribe XD, and then switching settings to another part of the country, where kaede becomes a rising character.... gahhh it's a great starter :doindadom

[MooL]

Oh! I'm reading this book! I started it a few months ago (gave up because I started some other series), but I liked what I read.

The part about him fooling around in brothels threw me off, though. ._.

But, I guess a samurai's gotta do what a samurai's gotta do. But a movie? Woahh, that sounds nice. Seabiscut was beautifully filmed. I'll be looking forward to that.

[Shinigami_Josh]

lol yeah traveling to the brothels that could throw some one off but its good you should persivere and read

[roman734]

I read the whole trilogy. It was very good. Has all the plot you want in a suspensful book complete with history of ancient japan. Has good base of fiction while retaining the main historical aura of Japan.

P.S. for those who wan to know the hidden actually are... Christians!didn't see that one coming, except for the commandments, that kind of helped.

[Shinigami_Josh]

yeah but there peacful ones real ones well look at the crusades ect...

[Hotaru]

yeah its good.. considering the author is british... anyhow.. i think you guys are talking abt these books right?
Across the Nitingle's Floor,
Grass for His Pillow,
3rd one... not off the top of my head...

Am a boy but i tend to read a lot of girlie japan base novels.. its coz my friend who introduce me to these thngs is a girl... not to miss is..

Cloud of Sparrows;
Autumn Bridge;
Memoirs of a Geisha...

[Shinji]

I love the whole trilogy. I've read them about three times I believe.
The third book is called Brilliance of the Moon.

[Hotaru]

I love the whole trilogy. I've read them about three times I believe.
The third book is called Brilliance of the Moon.
ah.. thats it.. thnx bulten, it had been annoying me for a while now...
the trilogy has a very strange idea of the tribe but it fits in very well with all the ninja stuf...