Sensei shook his head with furrowed brows. “Not chance, but rather, destiny. Transmigration of the soul.” I see, I replied. I, uh . . . Japanese class was not my best subject. “That’s because you didn’t study hard enough,” Sensei said judgmentally. “Tsukiko, the idea of karmic destiny comes from the Buddhist concept that all living things are reincarnated again and again.”
