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Originally Posted by Columbine
Uh... but to some extents it WAS a blood right, surely? Paupers and merchants were considered different castes to the samurai and I don't think it was possible for someone of lower caste to socially migrate up to samurai status.
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That's 100% true, but, consider, everything that made the actual Samurai was nothing in their actual blood.
When it comes to the death of a breed, the mongrel has the last bite.