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I'm stupidly passionate about a lot of stuff. flxxdedeyes.straw.page

[blog-of-hubris]

Bearing it all for the World to Witness - Takako Uro

Character analysis on Uro, the culling game player I am the most interested in thus far. *DISCLAIMER* This is MY personal meta on Uro. You can feel free to agree or disagree, nothing I feel is necessarily FACT. Anywho, enjoy! 

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[toothbabyeater]

When you tell people untold stories, when you show yourself more, when you represent underrepresented, they start to see you as more of a human.

[flxxdedeyes]

I've been having thoughts of a The World is Dancing x Inu-Oh AU.... like imagine if the Inu-Oh from World is Dancing was the one from the movies, since I've been loving both I think that crossover would be so interesting, especially when considering how his relationship with Oniyasha would work.

I'd lowkey love to write a fic but I'd rather wait until the anime is finished so I get the gist of it.

Plus I have a bias for the movie Inu-Oh.

[nijigasakilove]

Never in doubt that this was going to be an artistic masterclass given it’s by Cypic, but what a beautiful and inventive way to show Oniyasha realizing the importance of dancing and how it can inspire and bring light to the world.

[potogawaryuiki]

[frewtlewp79]

playing through all of fnac

[decayingweasel]

rip mary schmidt fnac you would’ve served in this outfit

[flxxdedeyes]

Just got done watching what episodes we have of The World is Dancing rn, pretty good tbh!! It reminds me so much of Inu-Oh, though I don't think I love it as much lol, but I still think the animation is great I love how it goes from the typical anime style to a sketchy/watercolor-ish look, and the story's just so far so good. Too early to give a full opinion on that and the characters.

I think the emotional parts could use a little more tbh I wasn't as engrossed as I'd like to be, but I absolutely adored how they portrayed that woman dancing with her full soul in it that made me feel something, probably my favorite scenes so far. I also do like Oniyasha trying to figure out the meaning of dance, so far, but again too early to give a full opinion.

Still though if anyone's thinking of watching The World is Dancing, I'd recommend giving it a shot.

[whatarewereallythough]

*meeting a couple* So which one of you would be ready and willing to give up all your stories and legacy just so the other could live, even as far away from you as possible; and which one of you would refuse to give up your partner's legacy because you've both worked so hard to bring it to where it is that denying yourself the ability to relive it would bring you but a cruel, dark, and cold death?

[flxxdedeyes]

When they're both sweet beautiful gorgeous artists who died tragic deaths only thinking about their also gorgeous lovers so I know I lowkey have zero chance

[crappyyuki]

I like to think that Gary's upbringing as an Oak affected the way he interact with people.

Not just in the "oh people don't wanna talk to me because I'm an Oak" but in the way where people go "dude why is this child talking like this".

Like he doesn't talk like a child when he was like 5 and it makes kids not understand him and creep out several normal adults.

And its not because Gary is smart or he has the intelligence of an adult but Gary just copies the way other people speak and unfortunately its Professor Oak, who also has a shit ton of colleagues that go to his house that Gary becomes the waiter for, so Gary sometimes ends up talking like an encyclopedia or a politician without understanding ANY of it.

I also like the thought of Gary knowing basic political etiquettes since I did make Professor Oak the previous Champion, alongside being the most well known Professor in the world (might call the professors you meet in game as Regional Professors kinda like Regional Champions) and Green was a gym leader.

Also you cannot convince me that Professors and Researchers are not essential in politics. They need to be intertwined at LEAST. Like you cannot make a policy without the approval of the Regional Professors first.

[h2bahb]

sharp-eyed

[lon3lysalsa]

Appreciation post for the beautiful lady Tamaki from Samurai Horror tales

[flxxdedeyes]

I'd always been curious about what the Qian Kusuriuri/Ken would look like, and now that we officially have him (which is still so cool), I wanna share all that I can about my thoughts on what we were given because looking too deep into things is my passion.

These are the main things I want to go over:

The actual Qian trigram

His design

The information we've been given so far

This is gonna be long, so all my rambling's under the cut.

1. The Trigram.

The Qian trigram represents Heaven—it's composed of three solid lines, also making it pure yang, and often used to symbolize all yang things or principles. From what I gathered it also represents creativity, strength, and authority.

Another interesting thing is that it's the patriarch of the Eight Trigrams as it symbolizes the father figure, connoting leaders and figures of authority. This leads me to believe Ken is similar and is the highest in authority, so to speak, of the Eight Trigrams in Mononoke.

These descriptions are really interesting to me and make me wonder how the character could correspond to them, such as "pure creative force" and "the quality of pure initiative." Not to mention Kenji Nakamura, the series' director, has used the word "bold" to describe Ken so I think these could give some insight as to what his personality could be like.

Another thing to point out is that in modern usage Qian can be applied to decision-making, and with how the Nakamaru also mentioned Ken's keen insight, I think that'll be an integral part of his character.

There's also all this from the article I was reading:

The thing that stuck out to me the most was the horse descriptions: "fine, old, lean, wild." Just based off what we have right now I think these could apply to Ken really well.

If you wanna check this out for yourself (which I recommend it's really interesting stuff), the website I used was masterseanchan.com!

2. The Design

Now onto the design!!! I really love it.

Someone already pointed out everything about it so I'll just pick out the stuff I find the most interesting.

He's wearing a lot of yellow, which is fitting since that and gold are considered the colors of heaven in China, and during times like the Tang dynasty only the emperor could wear yellow/gold which aligns well with Qian being the patriarch of the Eight Trigrams. Not to mention purple is also a color of nobility.

The purple nagatekkou he's got on his arm was typically worn by archers—and archery as a whole often symbolizes focus, which also aligns well with what the director was saying about Ken's keen insight.

He's wearing more battle-ready clothes too, the kimono is shorter and he's wearing hakama pants, likely to make it easier to move around. I'll come back to this later.

Edit: Forgot to mention that a person on Twitter pointed out how he's showing one shoulder like how Shingi does, which I think could be interesting, the heaven trigram imitating a divine being.

The head of his sword reminds me of both a bird and horse to be honest, which aligns with the horse being a symbol of Qian and the director mentioning a vulture motif, so I'm guessing it's a mix of both. There's also a lot of eyes on it which I think could be a symbol of Ken's experience, or perhaps another heaven motif considering angels are often depicted with lots of eyes.

On the other hand, though, I saw a lot of Japanese fans on Twitter point out how the head of the sword resembled the Egyptian god Anubis, which I can definitely see, and how Ken could be inspired by Egypt. It's also interesting to me how in Egypt yellow is often linked to the afterlife and the gods, not to mention Anubis being the god of the afterlife.

Another thing is his eyes, his pupils are a different color than Ri and Kon's. Again, maybe it's a symbol of his experience/how long he's been a Medicine Seller?

What I find the most interesting is his kumadori makeup. Unlike Ri and Kon, his features black and green. Black in kabuki represents evil/malevolence, and green represents the supernatural. Again, I'm gonna come back to this in a second.

As a whole his outfit seems like a motif to his character: very bold and eccentric, but underneath is a symbol of his focus. Not to mention the pose, compared to Ri and Kon, screams confidence lol.

3. The Kusuriuri.

Now onto what information we were given, and here is where I get a lot more speculative.

The "habit of boldly bearing one shoulder" part is a little funny to me, I'm guessing this guy knows his worth lmao, but anyway.

The two things that are most interesting to me is: "he undergoes a sharp transformation the instant a Mononoke appears, revealing a dual nature" and "his exorcism blade features a vulture motif and possesses the power of keen insight."

First I wanna go over the vulture motif, because vultures are often symbols of death, the afterlife, protection, and transformation. They're also well-known as opportunists. The death and afterlife stuff remind me again of the green and black in his kumadori, and the possible Anubis motif for his sword. Plus heaven and spirits kind of go hand in hand.

Then there's the "sharp transformation the instant a Mononoke appears, revealing a dual nature." So, he can be both breezy and focused, and just based off that sentence he seems to pay extra attention to Mononoke considering his sword has the power of keen insight. I actually rambled about this in a comment but I wanted to add it in a proper post with better wording.

The kumadori makeup, vulture motif, Egyptian symbolism, and heaven symbolism all make me wonder if Ken has more of a connection/interest in Mononoke than Ri and Kon do. Considering being the 'patriarch' of the Eight Trigrams means he's had to be around for awhile, and the apparent focus he puts on Mononoke.

Not to mention the more battle-ready clothes, so maybe he's more hands-on with his approach and goes toe-to-toe with Mononoke more often? I think it'd be a cool distinction from Ri and Kon.

But yeah TLDR: My theory on Ken is that he's gonna be of higher authority, but more confident and eccentric, yet he locks in the second he has his eyes on a Mononoke due to a possible fascination with them.

Please let me know if I got anything wrong :'), and I'd love to hear anyone else's thoughts!

[decayingweasel]

this didn’t get much love on twitter and it upset me a little as i worked a good bit on it … little tung tung mary

ummm i there’s also a version i made without the filter below

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[thatlocallittlegremlin]

A Thought I Had Rewatching Mononoke

I was rewatching Mononoke 2007 and a thought came to me, specifically about The Medicine Seller (of Ri)'s personality. !! Spoilers for episodes 9, 10, and 11 of Ayakashi; Samurai Horror Tales and TW for mentions of non-con!! My dad had already seen both the movies (I made my parents watch them for my birthday), so I was showing specific arcs of the show to my dad since he agreed to watch it with me (ty Dad ^w^). Because he didn't want to watch the OG and get stuck reading subtitles for most of the episodes and missing visual details, I put it onto the Dub. Now, personally, I am not a Dub girly, but I did find myself enjoying it just because I was realizing that there was certain jokes I wasn't getting due to me not being a native Japanese speaker. All of that got me thinking about The Medicine Seller's actions and words choices, specifically his attitude towards humans.

In the show, The Medicine Seller really seems to have this, almost disdain for the living humans that are connected to the Mononoke, with the exception of a few humans he seems to like; for example, Kayo. That being said, unless you are someone like Kayo (someone who really doesn't have much to do with the creation of the Mononoke and was unfortunately caught in the crossfire), he really seems to have this barely contained dislike of humans. It's never really explained or expanded upon, but neither really is anything else about him and it's consistent enough throughout all of his appearances that it could very easily just be a personality trait of his, but I'm not 100% sure. Since I was rewatching the 2007 Mononoke show, I figured why not revisit the place where The Medicine Seller of Ri is first introduced; the final arc of Ayakashi; Samurai Horror Tales, and it was there that I really got this thought from. I actually think that this original Bakeneko arc was what caused Ri to have such a disdain for humans. !! There will be spoilers beyond this point !! In this arc, the Sakai family are being haunted by a Bakeneko resulting from the grudge of a woman one of the men of the family kidnapped and kept hostage. By the end of the episodes, we learn that the woman (named Tamaki) was caged, abused, and s3xually used by multiple men in the family. While captive, Tamaki managed to find a kitten, which she nurtured secretly until she eventually starved to death and her grudge then passed to her kitten, which then became the Bakeneko. Throughout these episodes, The Medicine Seller is quite a bit more expressive than in the 2007 show; he's more animated, he actively voices his anger and disapproval when the humans say/do/attempt to do something stupid, he reassures Kayo when she is scared, and he makes a lot more dry jokes. We watch him get hurt, we watch him mess up, we watch him get knocked out and temporarily lose. I think the biggest difference between his Ayakashi depiction and his 2007 depiction, however, is probably his face. He grins, he scowls, he expresses visible shock and pain, his nose wrinkles in distaste, etc, etc; all these things that he doesn't really do in the 2007 show. The part where that changes, however, is after finding out the Makoto and Kotowari; the Truth and Reason. After he learns about what actually happened, why the Bakeneko came into being, that previous expressiveness kind of shuts down. We watch Kayo sink to the floor in tears and Odajima (another character who didn't actually have anything to do with Tamaki's abuse) cover his eyes as if he was going to be sick. But The Medicine Seller? He just stands there. If you watch through the credits, there's a bit at the end where they wrap up the arc, Kayo saying she's going to go back to her parents house, Odajima not knowing where he's gonna go after, yada yada, and there's a part where The Medicine Seller has to talk with the main abuser post slaying of the Bakeneko. The Medicine Seller looks so, disgusted by the man, he really just looks like he wants out of there ASAP. His behavior then mirrors his 2007 counterpart for the rest of the final episode, a lot more unreadable and flat. And this is where I tie back to my original thought; I think that this specific mission might be the reason he holds such a disdain for humans, specifically human men (there are very few women he dislikes or shows outward animosity to in the show). He's clearly much younger during the Ayakashi Bakeneko arc than he is in the main show, his powers aren't as refined, and he makes a few incorrect guesses and mistakes, which can absolutely explain why he's so much more expressive. That being said, The Medicine Seller of Kon is also expressive, but his powers are very strong and refined, so I think the main reason why the Medicine Seller of Ri is the way he is is because he'd seen the ugliness of humans at a much younger age than Kon; it's why he's so much less likely to deal with people's bullshit than Kon would be. Anyways, that's it! Just a thought I had.