9 - The Guinea Pigs

Mar 21, 2026

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Kosho Chronicles Issue #9

To the Reader

The hardest part of learning from Mitose was not learning from Mitose. It was coming back to my school and trying to explain what I had learned to my students. Every visit to the prison gave me something new. Every class I taught afterward felt like trying to describe a color nobody had ever seen.

My students had no idea what they were in for. Neither did I.

The Teaching

Mitose had a phrase he used often. "Keep them confused." That was his favorite term. At first, I thought he was talking about opponents. He was not. He was talking about students.

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9 - The Guinea Pigs

Kosho Chronicles Issue #9

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