| But that is not the Japanese way Mickey!
The high end breeders are very talented people, definitely entreprenurial in nature and come with very very big egos! LOls.
My bud Sakai refers to himself as ' the challenger' and often jokes about how he likes the 'horses' ( suggesting he is a gambler who by his will and his gifts, wins against stacked odds) By the way, he also jokes that he has no money because of the horses but then smiles ( as 'IF"!)
Momotaro is also a serious entrepreneur who made his fortune in the restaurant business. Sakai also owned restaurants but not near the scale or scope of Maeda.
At any rate, the pearch boy was a story of struggle and hardship against great odds but the little peach boy wins the day.
This story is not unlike the story of carp struggling against the current and steps of falling water, only to succeed and become the immortal dragon of glittering scales.
So whether struggling carp, gambler, challenger or peach boy, the lesson is clear. And it is a perfect lesson for any serious koi breeder.
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