My daily life with the Shiina sisters

The view returns to the interior of a European-style private villa somewhere in Setagaya Ward.

Imagawa-kun came out on the pretext of going to the restroom and groped his way to the back garden based on his memory.

Mrs. Imagawa looked at her son with a half-smile and then asked about his daily life.

This feeling made Imagawa Kaede a little strange. He didn't understand whether his little thoughts were seen through, or whether the fact that he asked Aunt Asai for Longzhu Masahisa's cell phone number in the car had been known.

However, Mrs. Imagawa looked at Shiina Mahiru who was smiling like a flower, and then looked at her son and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

After sending her son away, Mrs. Imagawa took Shiina Mahiru's hand and asked her to sit next to her. When they first met, she naturally wanted to care about her recent situation, and now the common topic between the two naturally revolved around Imagawa Kaede.

Combining the news she received with the story told by the person in front of her, Mrs. Imagawa naturally no longer had to worry about her son, so she suddenly asked, "I heard that Mahiru has been practicing Kyudo recently?"

"Yes……"

The girl looked a little frightened, as if she was worried that the woman in front of her would be unhappy.

"It seems like you guys have a game next week, right? Then Mahiru will probably invite me to watch your game, right?"

Mahiru was a little surprised when she heard that, but she still said shyly: "I will definitely work hard when the time comes."

No matter what the purpose is, being flattered always makes people feel comfortable. Mrs. Imagawa then asked, "Does Mahiru know naginata techniques?"

“I haven’t practiced this before…”

"In that case..." Mrs. Imagawa paused here intentionally, observing the micro-expression on Mahiru's face, and then pretended to be distressed and said:

"I probably won't be able to teach you in a short period of time. Let Xiao Feng's grandmother teach you when the time comes."

At this point, Mahiru was already a little dizzy, but Mrs. Imagawa smiled and said, "Come to think of it, Xiaofeng seems to have abandoned the sword art for a long time, let's learn it together then."

"Can I really learn?"

"Of course, but don't be disgusted by the fact that it has no school or style."

……

Mrs. Imagawa did not completely disbelieve in her son's abilities. It's just that some things might be discovered later by others due to their slowness, but that doesn't mean they can't be discovered.

In most cases, the reason why things are peaceful and harmonious is that people are willing to pretend they don't know even though they know the truth.

Mrs. Imagawa doesn't blame Imagawa Kaede too much on some things. For her, it is already quite difficult for Imagawa Kaede to make progress overall, and further restraining him would have the opposite effect.

After all, she was young once and had been through that age too.

In this regard, she chose an approach that she thought was more appropriate, which was to let Mahiru have more feelings for Imagawa Kaede, for her, and even for the Imagawa family.

If something really happens one day, this bit of kindness will be far more useful than so-called oppression or threats.

After all, the two of them will still be husband and wife in the future, and in her mind, her plan for Mahiru's future is not just to be a simple vase or something. It would be a good thing to be able to share some of the burden with Imagawa Kaede.

Seeing Mahiru's cheerful steps as she left, Imagawa Mikiko sighed slightly, lowered her head, touched her belly and said:

"From now on, let your dad handle your affairs..."

Ps:

Naginata: It is similar to a wooden pole and a tachi combined together. It is a kind of long-handled weapon of the island country. During the Edo period, there was a period of time when Japanese samurai in the Edo Shogunate were prohibited from carrying naginata.

The naginata martial arts passed down encountered difficulties, but the ban only targeted "large naginata". Therefore, naginata survived as a "must-learn martial arts for women in samurai families".

As a result, a professional school of women's martial arts, "women's naginata," emerged. Later, new naginata techniques were developed as women's martial arts, and were called "shin shiinaginata" (new long handle). It is still popular as a competition event today.

Therefore, for the island nobles, it sounds better to say that women are learning naginata. The introduction of Kaguya in "Kaguya-sama: Love is War" also specifically mentions the naginata skills.

Therefore, the level of naginata practiced by women in the island country should be higher than that of kendo, and the cost of finding someone to learn naginata is higher than the cost of most kendo lessons.

The naginata is a female weapon, so when the head of the household is not around, the mistress will pick up the naginata to protect other old and young people, women and children. This is why Mahiru was so happy when she heard that Mrs. Imagawa wanted her to learn naginata. Of course, another reason is that it was because the protagonist's grandmother taught her.

This is a kind of inheritance relationship, and also a disguised way of recognizing her identity.

As for why there is no stream or school, it is actually a kind of inheritance, and a family like the Imagawa family must have some family martial arts, which may be close to some schools. Although there is no stream or school, it is still quite impressive. Theoretically, some current schools have not been around as long as the Imagawa family.

Moreover, in modern society, you can't really expect to be able to rely on this 1v5. To put it bluntly, it's just a way to show off.

Someone once asked a question, which is which is stronger, the skills honed on the battlefield or the skills learned in general. How should I put it? There are two types of kendo in the island country. One is modern kendo, which is for performance, and the other is actually used to kill people. The means include but are not limited to stepping on the feet, kicking, etc.

Just like BZ's tq Dao, some of their soldiers also practice some light kicking moves.

Ahem... back to the original question.

If it is armor-piercing, it must be a more powerful skill on the battlefield. On the battlefield, the armor-piercing moves of both sides are naturally more open and close with blunt weapons. This is more about using force to smash people to death. And because of the protection of armor, there is naturally no need to deliberately dodge or anything.

But if you don't wear armor, you still have to go for some technical skills.

(The above are all my personal understandings. If there are any errors, please follow the correct ones.)