@@Jim58223 Yeah, I was hoping too when I first read this story, but if you're familiar with traditional Japanese stories, I'm not surprised it went with the sadder route.
@@radoslavkosil7450 There are few stories about Yorimitsu in this collection, but that one is sadly, not a part of it. I believe that is actually the most famous story about him.
I feel like if he somehow regretted the shot and wanted to believe it wasn't him. You mentioned that shooting the innocent animal would be against his morals, he tried to avoid it but had to do it and then had to choose if he would hit the target, killing the innocent animal or miss and shame his clan. So probably he chose the clan and shot the fox for the sake of the clan. But he never wanted it so he wanted to believe that it wasn't him. Or he hoped he would miss and save the animal, but he still hit the target that meant fox's death but it saved the clan's name. So he would also try to miss but then he noticed he hit the fox. So he could believe that the deity moved the arrow to save the clan even if he chose to save the fox. Either way it looks like he didn't want to hit the target and believed or just wanted to believe that it indeed wasn't his doing. Not just being humble ans saying it's not his doing alone but it's thanks to the deity, but somehow believing or wanting to believe that he didn't kill the innocent fox. More like being in a denial than just being humble.
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Oh I thought the fox might live, welp. Anyway nice haircut.
@@Jim58223 Yeah, I was hoping too when I first read this story, but if you're familiar with traditional Japanese stories, I'm not surprised it went with the sadder route.
My favorite story/folktale with minamoto no yorimitsu was when he killed tsuchigumo with his man.
@@radoslavkosil7450 There are few stories about Yorimitsu in this collection, but that one is sadly, not a part of it. I believe that is actually the most famous story about him.
I feel like if he somehow regretted the shot and wanted to believe it wasn't him. You mentioned that shooting the innocent animal would be against his morals, he tried to avoid it but had to do it and then had to choose if he would hit the target, killing the innocent animal or miss and shame his clan. So probably he chose the clan and shot the fox for the sake of the clan. But he never wanted it so he wanted to believe that it wasn't him. Or he hoped he would miss and save the animal, but he still hit the target that meant fox's death but it saved the clan's name. So he would also try to miss but then he noticed he hit the fox. So he could believe that the deity moved the arrow to save the clan even if he chose to save the fox. Either way it looks like he didn't want to hit the target and believed or just wanted to believe that it indeed wasn't his doing. Not just being humble ans saying it's not his doing alone but it's thanks to the deity, but somehow believing or wanting to believe that he didn't kill the innocent fox. More like being in a denial than just being humble.