History is written by the survivors.
So, uh… how’s everyone doing out there? Still thinking about That Scene? If you’re anything like me, you haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. You may have had trouble sleeping the night after because you were thinking about it so much, reorganizing events, questioning past assumptions, and feeling oh-so-many feelings for oh-so-many characters. And rest assured, we’re gonna expend some serious word count on That Scene today. But there was some excellent build-up to it as well, so let’s rev up to it by first talking about how Rakugo Shinju set the tone and stage this week for the reveal heard ’round the world.
The Josei Next Door 
huh…I didn’t think much of the 南無阿弥陀仏 on the grave; I just figured it was a common East Asian prayer. You see it in Chinese literature too
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It is pretty common. Pure Land Buddhism was/is one of the more prevalent Buddhist sects across at least China and Japan (and possibly other parts of mainland East Asia as well, but I haven’t studied other nations to any extent so I couldn’t say for sure). So I’m not surprised that you’ve seen it a lot before!
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