I need a word.
im in the middle of working on a comic project that i wrote which explores some samurai philisopihical ideas, ethics, and what not. it is a five issue mini series. its meant to bridge the gap between more manga style stuff like Vagabond and wordy philosophical stuff lke alan moore or dave mckean.
the main character (one of two protagonists) is a wandering fighter, who completely casts off the idea of official training, philisophy, code and honor, etc, and embraces a sort of schopenhauerian idea of the will, striving and endless violence, as the way to enlightenment, living wholly in the moment and violence as the true "way".
for now in the script his name is only "ronin" because he disregards ideas of titles, prestige, masters, etc. except realy, he isnt a RONIN, because he is not searching for a master or even following the way of the samurai.
the artist is currently working on it, but heres the deal. I need a japanese word to replace Ronin as his name, or at least some ideas for it. something that would fit the narrative, like fighter, wanderer, you know, something like that.
thoughts? cool sounding words that could double as a name? ive goggled some terms but as always im unsure of their true meanngs. someone who speaks to help solidify the meaning is correct would be great (ass opposed to a cool sounding word that actuall ymeans like fgt or dirt or something )
basically im trying to avoid a mid 90's kanji tattoo on a girl situation
im in the middle of working on a comic project that i wrote which explores some samurai philisopihical ideas, ethics, and what not. it is a five issue mini series. its meant to bridge the gap between more manga style stuff like Vagabond and wordy philosophical stuff lke alan moore or dave mckean.
the main character (one of two protagonists) is a wandering fighter, who completely casts off the idea of official training, philisophy, code and honor, etc, and embraces a sort of schopenhauerian idea of the will, striving and endless violence, as the way to enlightenment, living wholly in the moment and violence as the true "way".
for now in the script his name is only "ronin" because he disregards ideas of titles, prestige, masters, etc. except realy, he isnt a RONIN, because he is not searching for a master or even following the way of the samurai.
the artist is currently working on it, but heres the deal. I need a japanese word to replace Ronin as his name, or at least some ideas for it. something that would fit the narrative, like fighter, wanderer, you know, something like that.
thoughts? cool sounding words that could double as a name? ive goggled some terms but as always im unsure of their true meanngs. someone who speaks to help solidify the meaning is correct would be great (ass opposed to a cool sounding word that actuall ymeans like fgt or dirt or something )
basically im trying to avoid a mid 90's kanji tattoo on a girl situation
, Mugen was who I was thinking of when I read Kevin's character description!
