Baika Watan [Plum Conversation]
They thought Karamatsu had died.
Ichimatsu was always a quiet observer. If all of his brothers dressed the same way, put on masks, and remained silent, just the ways they carried themselves served as identifiable markers. So when Osomatsu walked in, Ichimatsu immediately could tell that something was different.
That wasn't Osomatsu. It was Karamatsu, pretending.
At the time, he kept silent, to see if his other brothers noticed small Karamatsu habits that gave him away. Unexpectedly, Jyushimatsu had also noticed that Osomatsu was not truly Osomatsu. Jyushimatsu somehow saw that Karamatsu, like an antiquated gr