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Why do we so often equate strength with moving forward? With speaking louder.With winning faster.With taking what we want before someone else does. Many stories celebrate this kind of strength.And there is nothing wrong with that. But when I think about the Japanese stories I grew up with—especially manga—I notice something different. Again and again, the strongest characters do not rush forward.They pause.They hold back.Sometimes, they choose not to act at all. In Japanes...