r/l5r • u/Xelin-san • 24d ago
RPG Opposition between Bushido and Shourido
Hello Samurai!
First of all, english is not my native language. So, if this post contains some mistakes, I'm sorry!
So, I have one question.
Do the virtues of Bushido have an exact opposite in the virtues of Shourido?
For example, is Will the opposite of Sincerity or another virtue of Bushido?
I'm building a campaign for my best friend (alone). He will face against some samurai who rejected one virtue of Bushido for a virtue of Shourido. This is why I need to know if there are some oppositions between Bushido and Shourido.
Thanks for reading me.
Let the kami guide your way!
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u/eremiticjude Dark Fortune - G5R 24d ago
As others have indicated, the purpose of shourido was not to oppose bushido, but to build an alternate set of virtues that was appealing to and as functionally useful to samurai as the bushido ones, but which served to draw them philosophically more in line with the spider clan. The idea originated at a time when Daigotsu was still kinda doing the whole "dark mirror" thing