Deep Thoughts: Reflections of Minamino Shuichi
Its been almost a year now since the end of the tournament, and I sit here, at my desk, writing what I should have written months ago. I write about myself. My name is Minamino Shuichi, but I am also known as Kurama, Devil Fox, Youkai of the realm of Makai. To my friends who know of Makai, I am known simply as he. By he I mean Kurama, the devil fox who inhabits my very body and soul, and who I am, in more ways than one. I have lead a double life ever since I came of age, both as Kurama and Shuichi. I feel the power of Kurama pulsing through me every day, aching to be free, but ever since the tournament I have refused to release the Devil within me. I cannot allow him to be free anymore. During the tournament while fighting with Shigure, I realized that for me to move on I must leave my past behind. To choose the life I want to lead, not what Kurama wants me to. I know it is a difficult choice, to ignore a part of myself that I have always grown up with. But now, I feel that I can do so. My friends may know me always as Kurama, but in my eyes and in my soul, the Devil Fox is no more. He will always be a part of me, there ion the dark recesses of who I am, but i can feel at ease knowing that I can put him behind me and go on with my life as Shuichi. The Devil Fox exists no longer, there is only Minamino Shuichi, and I feel that life can go on without the power of the Devil Fox form. He will torment me day and night, but I must stay strong, or face the consequences. My Rose whip shall be enough if it is ever needed, I will make sure of it. I must train harder and harder, but since the worlds of Makai, Reikai, and Ningenkai are at peace for now I can relax for awhile. But I must always be vigilant, with my fellow friends at my side, I must be ready to return to action if we are ever needed again. Yes, I will be strong, and I can make it, for without a strong soul, ones body is weak, for that is where the heart of one lies. Physical strength is not enough, your soul must be clean and pure as well, or it will ultimately fall. No one can escape this fate. That is why I must forsake the Youkai within me. its power is evil and destructive, it is what I used to be, cold heartless, pitiless. It embodies all that I have learned to put aside through love. Love, that word used to have no meaning to me if it were not for the love of my mother. My mother, such an angel she is, she did not deserve a son like me, nor did she deserve for her son to be possesed by a Youkai, but I have no regrets of this life I have led. I am smart, intelligent, handsome and humble, I have learned many things among this life I have lead. Now I lead it into the future, forever Shuichi, no longer Kurama. In my heart I am Kurama by name only, but when my friends call me that I can smile as I know the Devil Fox will torment me no longer. This is the end of the Youkai and the beginning of the Ningen, I have no regrets.
Humbly yours,
Kurama/Minamino Shuichi
Its been almost a year now since the end of the tournament, and I sit here, at my desk, writing what I should have written months ago. I write about myself. My name is Minamino Shuichi, but I am also known as Kurama, Devil Fox, Youkai of the realm of Makai. To my friends who know of Makai, I am known simply as he. By he I mean Kurama, the devil fox who inhabits my very body and soul, and who I am, in more ways than one. I have lead a double life ever since I came of age, both as Kurama and Shuichi. I feel the power of Kurama pulsing through me every day, aching to be free, but ever since the tournament I have refused to release the Devil within me. I cannot allow him to be free anymore. During the tournament while fighting with Shigure, I realized that for me to move on I must leave my past behind. To choose the life I want to lead, not what Kurama wants me to. I know it is a difficult choice, to ignore a part of myself that I have always grown up with. But now, I feel that I can do so. My friends may know me always as Kurama, but in my eyes and in my soul, the Devil Fox is no more. He will always be a part of me, there ion the dark recesses of who I am, but i can feel at ease knowing that I can put him behind me and go on with my life as Shuichi. The Devil Fox exists no longer, there is only Minamino Shuichi, and I feel that life can go on without the power of the Devil Fox form. He will torment me day and night, but I must stay strong, or face the consequences. My Rose whip shall be enough if it is ever needed, I will make sure of it. I must train harder and harder, but since the worlds of Makai, Reikai, and Ningenkai are at peace for now I can relax for awhile. But I must always be vigilant, with my fellow friends at my side, I must be ready to return to action if we are ever needed again. Yes, I will be strong, and I can make it, for without a strong soul, ones body is weak, for that is where the heart of one lies. Physical strength is not enough, your soul must be clean and pure as well, or it will ultimately fall. No one can escape this fate. That is why I must forsake the Youkai within me. its power is evil and destructive, it is what I used to be, cold heartless, pitiless. It embodies all that I have learned to put aside through love. Love, that word used to have no meaning to me if it were not for the love of my mother. My mother, such an angel she is, she did not deserve a son like me, nor did she deserve for her son to be possesed by a Youkai, but I have no regrets of this life I have led. I am smart, intelligent, handsome and humble, I have learned many things among this life I have lead. Now I lead it into the future, forever Shuichi, no longer Kurama. In my heart I am Kurama by name only, but when my friends call me that I can smile as I know the Devil Fox will torment me no longer. This is the end of the Youkai and the beginning of the Ningen, I have no regrets.
Humbly yours,
Kurama/Minamino Shuichi