This would have been less obvious to an audience reading it piece-by-piece in a newspaper than reading it consolidated in novel form with the ability to flip back. The book contains a few too many coincidences to completely suspend disbelief. Keep in mind both were serialized, and there are some problems in that format, which are more evident in Musashi. Taiko was highly edited from the Japanese original, which was sprawling and had a lot more subplots and minor characters than the better-focused English translation. I found it more epic and the translation was stronger. I personally enjoyed Taiko the most, and would recommend that if you had to choose only one of them. Both are stand-alone novels, however, and can be read, understood and enjoyed in any order. Musashi appears to have been written earlier, but the preceding historical events would have been well-known to its Japanese audience, whereas foreigners might feel lost without the context. Musashi appears to have been written earlier, but theā¦more I'd recommend Taiko first, as historically the events in Musashi follow those in Taiko. Dustin Dye I'd recommend Taiko first, as historically the events in Musashi follow those in Taiko.
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