Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh

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Where there was anger, there was no room for shame. - Mariko's thought

"Our deepest truths are usually the hardest to conceal." - Ōkami

"The best jokes end with shit or death." - Ōkami

"Go to hell."
Tsuneoki grinned, his gaze sharp. "Save me the seat beside you."

Fight not for greatness, but for goodness. - Takeda Shingen

A thing of beauty
A love stronger than fear and
Deeper than the sea
- A poem written to Toyotomi Sena from Takeda Shingen

It was not up to his mother to save him. Just as it was not up to his father to give him answers. That was not the way of life. Only Ōkami could do what needed to be done. It was time for him to forgive his past. Not forget it. Only a fool would forget such things. But if he could not let go of the demons in his past, how could he ever hope to embrace his greatest fear?

"If you'd tried to stop her, you would have failed. And it would have been glorious to behold." - Ōkami about Yumi joining the fight

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