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For once, I agree with Brady. (This is a rare occasion! It may be pure happenstance, but I'm hoping it means his many lessons are starting to sink in!) I hope he shares his reasons so I can see if they are similar to mine. Number 4 has best pattern to appeal to my eye today. I'm a sucker for Showa with much white on the face, so #1 and #4 got my attention first. Then I looked for body shape, impression of strength. That's when #3 stood out. Then I looked for motoguro. Again, #3 stood out. I really did not like that result. I wanted more shiroji. Then I tried dissecting parts of the body ... tail tube, shoulder width. Still #3. Looking at the quality of the sumi, can't really tell from pics, but #3 looked as good as any. Then tried to focus on the Hi, and again #3 looked as deep as any, and deeper than some. Then as I kept looking at #3, I started thinking the sumi pattern across the shoulder and around the face are truly powerful ... not as striking as having a Shiro base, but powerful. I then convinced myself that #3 is female ... just something about the body structure. At that point I lost objectivity. I had imagined #3 as a huge, powerful Showa with emblazoned samurai Sumi.
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