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> Based on Momoiro's post about Grampa Nagakura...
> If you were grandson/daughter who would you choose
> to spend your
> Sundays with
>
> a) Grampa Nagakura Shinpachi...every now and then
> during the movie
> he'll ask you what the heck is going on in the plot
> (his memory/vision
> aren't so good anymore)...its either the same movie
> over and over
> again or the same story about the Shinsengumi over
> and over
> again...you choose your own form of torture ^_^

I guess my favorite tale on Nagakura Shinpachi is that
incident he had with the local yakuza when he was
already a grandpa ^^

For those who don't know the story, it goes like this:
it's said that once Nagakura and his little grandson
were strolling around to enjoy the weather and all.
Nagakura was quite old by then, walking with the help
of a walking stick and his back was already curved
thanks to his age.

During the stroll, a bunch of local yakuza bumped on
Nagakura, who almost fell. The yakuza laughed a lot
but Nagakura was willing to let go. However, his
grandson got enraged and yelled "what do you think you
are doing to my grandpa?!" to the yakuza, who, in
their turn, got enraged and said in a menacing voice,
"who do you think you are, shrimp?!". The boy got
frightened and hid himself behind Nagakura. The
yakuzas said, "out of the way, old man, or else you
too will suffer the consequences!". Then, Nagakura
raised his eyebrow, tossed the walking stick away,
straightened up his back and, without saying anything,
glared in such a manner to the yakuza that they got
frightened and ran away. Then, Nagakura calmly got his
stick from the ground, curved his back again and he
resumed the stroll with his grandson.

By far, this is my favorite story on Nagakura (though
there are many interesting stories about him) ^^ And
it reminds me of Mr. Miyagi from Karate Kid :D

Serizawa Kamo




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Serizawa Kamo <serizawakamo@...> wrote:

>>I guess my favorite tale on Nagakura Shinpachi is that

incident he had with the local yakuza when he was
already a grandpa ^^<<

:-D I *liked* that story!! Got any more???

Doesn't this say something about chi/ki?

As always, I return to RK Saitou... can you just imagine the look in *HIS* eyes in such an encounter! He'd probably paralyze them where they stood (kind of like Udou Jin'eh).

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S.K. most of us have NEVER heard of these stories ^_^ so thanks for
telling this story about Grandpa Nagakura...I'm sure after he resumed
his walk with his grandson he may have said something like
this..."back in my day...I would wipe the floor with guys like that
(chuckle chuckle) say grandson did I ever tell you about my encounter
with sumo wrestlers and what Serizawa Kamo did to them?"

I bet when members of the Shinsengumi were old and had to babysit
grandkids they probably thought..."wow, I never thought I'd get
married not to mention have grandkids" ^_^

--- In SHQ@yahoogroups.com, Serizawa Kamo wrote:
> I guess my favorite tale on Nagakura Shinpachi is that
> incident he had with the local yakuza when he was
> already a grandpa ^^
>
> For those who don't know the story, it goes like this:
> it's said that once Nagakura and his little grandson
> were strolling around to enjoy the weather and all.
> Nagakura was quite old by then, walking with the help
> of a walking stick and his back was already curved
> thanks to his age.
>
> During the stroll, a bunch of local yakuza bumped on
> Nagakura, who almost fell. The yakuza laughed a lot
> but Nagakura was willing to let go. However, his
> grandson got enraged and yelled "what do you think you
> are doing to my grandpa?!" to the yakuza, who, in
> their turn, got enraged and said in a menacing voice,
> "who do you think you are, shrimp?!". The boy got
> frightened and hid himself behind Nagakura. The
> yakuzas said, "out of the way, old man, or else you
> too will suffer the consequences!". Then, Nagakura
> raised his eyebrow, tossed the walking stick away,
> straightened up his back and, without saying anything,
> glared in such a manner to the yakuza that they got
> frightened and ran away. Then, Nagakura calmly got his
> stick from the ground, curved his back again and he
> resumed the stroll with his grandson.
>
> By far, this is my favorite story on Nagakura (though
> there are many interesting stories about him) ^^ And
> it reminds me of Mr. Miyagi from Karate Kid :D
>
> Serizawa Kamo
>
>
>
>
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In a message dated 6/15/2004 6:13:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, secretarytocapt3@... writes:

> S.K. most of us have NEVER heard of these stories ^_^ so thanks for
> telling this story about Grandpa Nagakura...I'm sure after he resumed
> his walk with his grandson he may have said something like
> this..."back in my day...I would wipe the floor with guys like that
> (chuckle chuckle) say grandson did I ever tell you about my encounter
> with sumo wrestlers and what Serizawa Kamo did to them?"
>
> I bet when members of the Shinsengumi were old and had to babysit
> grandkids they probably thought..."wow, I never thought I'd
> get
> married not to mention have grandkids" ^_^

Yes S.K.!!! Thank you so much for that wonderful tale! It's so hilarious! Does that sort of remind anyone else of the famous scene in RK where Kenshin goes to rescue Yahiko and the Yakuza boss realizes he "has the eyes" of a REAL manslayer? I wonder if that's what those Yakuza creeps were thinking when Nagakura stared them down?

I wonder how many of those Shinsengumi members thought directly after that "You know, fighting those Ishin dogs was less of a headache than this!" -grin-

-MissBehavin