ShoNuff ShoGun, Chapter III

Part the third: (Glossary)
Toranaga's Solution

When we last saw him, Lord Toranaga, searching in vain for a workable solution to the dilemma of cultivating Anjin- san, was quite beside himself and had desperately cried...

Aye de Mi! What shall I do with such a hakuchi? .The peasant has absolutely no class whatsoever! Mama mia, tell me... what shall I DO? .he howled, now distraught to the point of tears.

At wits end, since the Anjin despite repeated warnings continued
to gorge on bacon double-cheeseburgers, eat with his fingers and slurp his soup, Toranaga, his mind now quite made up, resolved to bring the pilot to salvation despite himself, no matter how difficult the task may seem ... no matter what the cost may be.

With heavy heart he therefore reluctantly carried out his vile threat, forbidding the Englishman to eat breakfast with him.

Banned to the confines of the low-class dining hall, Anjin-san was commanded to remain until he had cultivated a quite proper diet, developed decent table manners and become proficient with his usage of chopsticks to the point where he could at the very least nab a passing fly without pause for thought.

... as our story continues to unfold, The Lord and Master's thoughtful considerations at long last bear fruit...

AHA!!! said Toranaga-sama jumping to his feet in excitement.

EUREAKA!!! he screamed.

THIS - is it!!!

THIS - is - the answer!!

"I shall forbid Anjin-san consumption of whale meat, daikon pickle, miso soup, ramen and hot tea for no less than 30 days."

That... he cried, "will teach him proper respect for the superiority of heart-healthy, low-fat, low-sodium, no MSG, Nipponese cuisine."

"Besides" he reasoned to himself, ."A change in his fare would be so good for him!! .When I even dare to think about his present intake of trans-fat and cholesterol it makes me quake in my very clogs."

After he starves for awhile and finally realizes that a most excellent Japanese diet could be his for the asking, he'll come around to doing things the proper way in short order, sure as Bob's-your-Uncle!"

Pleased with his crafty plan, Toranaga summoned his shitsuji and ordered him to summon Anjin-san's shitsuji in order to order him to summon Anjin-san in order that he could inform him to answer the order of summons given to his shitsuji by order of the shitsuji of Toranaga, great and powerful Shogun and High Lord of The Canton.

... "forthwith!"... "and be quick about it!" snarled Toranaga-san, now in quite bad temper to his shitsuji.

The shitsuji, being somewhat confused as to exactly what he had just been ordered to do, hesitated and lingered on uncertainly...

... to be continued ...

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Chapter IV of
 ShoNuff ShoGun