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A collection of short, funny, heartfelt stories about a wandering samurai encountering modern America.
The samurai walks into a Mexican restaurant in Houston and is given chips he did not order. He drives — somehow — through a Waffle House at 4 a.m. and is given hash browns “scattered, smothered, and covered.” He is held a door by a teenager in a hoodie. He is called “honey” by a woman who has never met him and will never meet him again.
He keeps a small notebook. This is that notebook.
The book collects the thirty most-read NOBUNAGA stories from X — chips and salsa, biscuits and gravy, the Animal Style, the stranger who renamed him Banana, the bottomless sweet tea — gathered into one place to read in order, without scrolling.
Each story is short — five minutes, sometimes two. Each one is built on the same simple machine: an old-world samurai applies his old-world seriousness to a very ordinary American thing, and the ordinary American thing turns out to be quietly wonderful.
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The samurai has a strict policy on intruding upon strangers.
He came for honor.
He stayed for free refills.
Self-heating coffee mugThe diner refill, now following him home.
Hand-crank coffee grinderHe grinds the morning by hand. America calls it espresso.
Camping coffee makerCoffee on the road. Honor in a small pot.
Milk frotherFoam, as if the diner came with him.
Cast iron Dutch ovenA pot large enough for a Sunday truce.
BBQ prep tubThe backyard feast begins in this tub.
Crocodile corn holdersCorn on the cob, held by crocodiles. He wrote that down.
Gnome garlic keeperA small gnome guards the garlic. He salutes it nightly.
Desk clamp power stripAmerica hides a hundred outlets in one strip.
Neck pillow for the roadThe long road asks for a neck that still bows.
Battery tenderThe truck sleeps. The battery does not.
Marine radioThe coast speaks in radio. He answers with a bow.
