To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16 As Masaki Hayato and Aoi appeared, Rodrigo moved closer to the

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15 Rodrigo sat in his cell, staring into nothingness. The days passed

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14 I find myself sitting on the floor of my cell. My back is against the cold

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13 The chief judge, a grey-haired man with an imposing posture, holds out his hand

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12 The silence in the room was broken by a startled look on the faces of those present.

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11 The courtroom was enveloped in an eerie silence, broken only by the creaking of the tatami

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 Rodrigo's cell was in the twilight of dusk, when footsteps echoed in the corridor. As the door

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 Rodrigo watches helplessly as the artisan is brought into the courtroom. Her figure, thin and

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 Rodrigo remembers the days when he first met the craftswoman at the Tsutsumi kiln. Her skill with the

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 A servant advances carrying a tray covered with a dark cloth. The presiding judge gestures for him to

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 Tonight, an insistent sleeplessness prevented me from falling asleep. The dampness of the cell seeped into my

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 The sound of the procession carrying the prisoner reverberated in the narrow corridor leading to the courtroom. The

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4 Rodrigo Tanaka, dressed in a modest prisoner's kimono, kneels on a small straw mat, a goza. In front of him, crossing

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3 Within the Date fief, any serious accusation against anyone, especially a member of the clan, was initially handled by the

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 It is mid-afternoon and Rodrigo is kneeling on a small straw mat that insulates him from the cold of the stone floor. In front

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1 I wake up every day to the sunrise that filters through a small opening in the stone wall of my cell in the form of a faint, warm

My name is Tanaka Ryuunosuke (田中竜之介) or maybe Rodrigo Tanaka. I don't know. My spirit is torn between the longing for my youth in Coria del Río and my samurai soul in Cipango or Nihon (日本), as they

I start with this series, a story that is, for me, spectacular. It is the Keichō embassy. This diplomatic mission was led by the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in 1613 and was Japan's first official

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To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28 And