This is no Little Prince, that's for sure. You must kill the fox, burn the rose, murder the businessman, if any of them tries to take control over your princedom. There's no time to be nice! There's only time to seem to be nice. At the end of the day, it is better to be feared than loved, if you can't be both. Nevertheless, keep in mind chapter 23.
The Prince was written in the 16th century and a couple of its ideas are too contemporary. It is a major treatise that influenced several political leaders throughout history. Machiavelli is widely regarded as the father of modern politics by taking away any trace of theology and morality from his works. (That is something no one has ever said before.) I should have read it long ago, but everything has its time, I suppose.
So, there are a lot of concepts that should just stay in the book and a few which you may apply to everyday circumstances. It delivers what you are waiting for, if you want to know how to have and keep power to yourself, no matter the head you are crushing, and all that using a fairly straightforward language. It is a short book and easy to understand, even though the notion of achieving glory, power and survival, regardless of how immoral you have to be... it is not difficult to comprehend; that we get.
Cruelty, wickedness, immorality; all those things apparently needed to achieve greatness, all of them printed long ago in the form of a little book, just like that... From a twisted point of view, sometimes, it is almost a bit funny.
It was an excellent read.
5/5 Stars (%100/100)
I can't think of anything wrong with this volume. This is probably my favorite book out of all 23 volumes. Mt. Nagatumo arc continues with even more difficult battles against spiders. I really like Rui's design and powers even though I hated him at first. The star of this volume is chapter 40 that shows Hinokami Kagura for the first time. Even though this was one of the best scenes in the series or even in anime history, it is at least 2 times better in anime with brilliant animation, soundtrack (Kamado Tanjiro no Uta), and art style. Nezuko also shines in this volume along with Giyuu who comes back after many chapters. Tanjiro's kindness towards someone like Rui is also very touching. Overall, it is a very powerful, sad, and important volume in the whole series.
