This is a modeling shoot my Dad did on Mt Fuji, Japan, sometime in the eighties. He said it's the coolest shoot he ever did.

They were by no means perfect, and they encountered setbacks, but the men who sought to pave way for greatness had extraordinary aspirations.

Kaizan Nakazato passed away while writing the epic novel "Daibosatsutoge", saying, "Even if the readers get bored, I will continue to write and write!"

In modern times, Ryo Hanmura declared that he will complete the writing of “Yoseiden", another everchanging and surreal fantasy literary series, before he dies.

People don't call them literary giants, but their unwavering will to keep writing is none other than ambitious."

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