>>713398413I get what you mean but I think a formal request like that is too hokey. Benkei would have probably have killed him under better circumstances if he was fresh, focused, and unhurt (remember that Yoshitsune and his retainers were making a fighting retreat after getting betrayed by an ally). So it's a kind of wordless understanding between the two, that he was a worthy foe and even though he (the Predator) would like to take his head with him he has to chase Yoshitsune. So he lets him die standing instead. I think it works even better when Benkei manages to kill a few of the chasing soldiers even in his dying moments, still being covered in arrows at the end.
I never thought of using the old tech to make the Muramasa blades. Hmmm, not a bad idea at all. I just wrote that Yoshitsune threw the stuff into a volcano because he thought it was cursed demon stuff. I guess the closest thing would almost be a reverse of what you said. Musashi's Predator is a weapon collector, taking the weapons of his favorite prey and making Yautja-influenced analogues so that by the end he is even more of a walking arsenal than regular Predators, but with artistic limitations because he's copying feudal Japan. He's so autistic honorable even amongst his species that he's making copies of Jap shit to duel them with. Sword vs sword, spear vs spear, etc. Get what I mean?
You may hate this idea, but I tried to rationalize the Predator showing up continuously through Musashi's entire life without killing him. I decided that the Predator injected him with nanomachines as a child (having done the same to his father), and left satellites in orbit to track the people he thought would end up being worthy later in life. Most of Musashi's legendary kills were actually the Yautja interrupting the duel and taking his kill, or just beating him to the punch entirely and Musashi got the credit. He was only "worthy" as an old man, but it was actually his peak. He had finally achieved peace.
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