A graceful young woman with a bow strapped to her back nearly wept with relief as she read her manual's title.
"Wind-Piercing Arrow Art... I can't believe my luck!"
She had been dreading the possibility of receiving a close-combat manual, knowing her archery background would be useless besides the bow.
Meanwhile, some were neither lucky nor unlucky.
"Venomous Snake Spear... well, at least it's a spear," muttered a young man uncertainly.
He specialized in spear work, true, but his techniques focused on straightforward thrusting attacks.
This manual's emphasis on poison and underhanded tactics which churns his stomach.
A pair of twin brothers looked at each other's manuals and groaned in unison.
"Want to trade?" the first asked, holding up "Yin Ice Blade."
His brother showed "Yang Fire Sword"—they had trained together their entire lives with complementary techniques, but fate had given them opposing elements instead.
