âThereâs a tale in the Kabbalah that suggests that the Angel of Death is so beautiful that on finally seeing it (or him, or her) you fall in love so hard, so fast, that your soul is pulled out through your eyes.
I like that story.Â
Thereâs an Islamic story that declares that the Angel of Death has huge wings covered in eyes, and that as each mortal dies one of its eyes closes, just for a moment.
I like that story too, and take pleasure in imagining huge wings, and a ripple of ever-opening, ever-closing beautiful eyes.
And thereâs a touch of wish fulfillment in there too. I didnât want a Death who agonized over her role, or who took a grim delight in her job, or who didnât care. I wanted a Death that Iâd like to meet, in the end. Someone who would care.
Like her.â
Neil Gaiman
illiterate dairy maid in 1750, hundreds of years before germ theory was even thought of: because of my exposure to cowpox, im immune to smallpox. if we expose people to cowpox, they wonât die of smallpox
upper middle class college educated mother with internet living in the year of our lord 2018: vaccines are the devils handiwork and a conspiracy iâd rather my child die of polio than be the autism
And I ended up being partially right and wrong. I neglected the fact that Okada was a peasant and pretty much the same as Hijikata (since Hijikata was a renown samurai, but did not hail from a samurai/noble class). Aside from all of that, MAN Youchirouâs backstory was compelling, if not super short.
Youichiroâs such a good foil to Hijikata and Nagakura: the former is tired of life, tried to retire with his Ainu wife, but is still cursed until the very end with dementia. Kind of like divine retribution for all those people he killed huh? Meanwhile Hijikata and Nagakura are continuing to chase their dreams for an Ezo republic, fight off the imperial soldiers, and defend what they thought was the âcorrectâ way to govern a country. Hijikataâs question to Nagakura âWe can still keep running, right Gamushin?â still resonates in me because he realizes that he too is approaching old age and perhaps, his dream may also come to an end.
I was disappointed that the Nemuro arc was short (only 3 or so chapters) but itâs a poignant one that really points out Hijikataâs character in both GK and IRL. Itâs a nice contrast to the Baruto arc where he was portrayed as the real demon vice commander of the Shinsengumi.
I believe this is from Ghost Stories. The series didnât do too well in Japan, so when it was translated and dubbed in English, the VA studio was given a rough outline of the plot and were told to do âwhateverâ.Â
It is official. Golden Kamuy is on fire with all these famous VAs lined up. For the record: Nihei is voiced by Akio Ohtsuki (VA of Rider from Fate/Zero), the NikaidĆ Brothers are voiced by Tomokazu Sukita (VA of Karasuma from Assassination Classroom) and Henmi is voiced by Toshihiko Seki (VA of Iruka-Sensei from Naruto).
Costest of Ogata Hyakunosuke from âGolden Kamuiâ
I wanted to shave my beard so I thought Iâd try a costest of ogata đ
Hope I have some followers that loves golden kamui x)
Anyway sorry about the lack of content, I had some work and other stuff to doâŠ
Love yâall and keep being amazing â€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïž
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Reading chapter 151 was definitely heart-wrenching on Asirpaâs part, because really, no child should have to endure the death and truth of their parent. But Iâm more interested in the identity of the new convict down at Nemuro. Apparently heâs an old geezer hooray for more elderly representation! and a badass that Hijikata remembers.
Now when we hear âmanslayerâ, most anime fans immediately think of the beloved yet ruthless Himura Kenshin/Battousai from the Rurouni Kenshin series. Since Noda is notorious for creating characters that are inspired by RL people, events, and references; I didnât even question the possibility that Kenshin was the direct inspiration for Youichirou. But I dug a bit deeper and apparently, even Kenshin was partially inspired by the RL figure: Kawakami Gensai, one of the infamous four hitokiris (manslayers) during the Bakumatsu era. For anyone who needs a bit of a refresher, the Bakumatsu era preceded the Meiji Era and was a period of upheaval between the old shogunate and the New Meiji Government. Both Hijikata and Nagakura were hailed from this era.
So we have potentially four hitokiris that couldâve served as the inspiration for Youichirou. We donât have much information about Youichirou from chapter 151 by itself, but given the time period of Golden Kamuy, each RL assassinâs activities in Kyoto, and the possible confrontation with Hijikata in the 1860s; we might just be able to predict who Youichirou is. Letâs take a closer look:
Kawakami Gensai
One of the most famous hitokiris of the era and the partial inspiration for Himura Kenshin. Heâs a practitioner of a high-speed sword style that allows him to assassinate people in broad daylight, which is an amazing feat in itself. One simply doesnât assassinate people in broad daylight with a sword where itâs so obvious, so that could be pretty cool to see in GK.
His mentor, Miyabe TeizĆ, was killed in a Shinsengumi raid thatâs known as the âIkedaya Incidentâ in Kyoto, but I have no idea if he was present or not. Gensaiâs only confirmed assassination as of far is Sakuma ShĆzan, in addition to other assassinations that may have been pinned on him.
After his surrender, he was imprisoned, then released under a new name and occupation, and then imprisoned again for harboring essentially war fugitives. Execution swiftly followed after that.
Kirino Toshiaki
He hails from the Satsuma province and is a practitioner of Ko-jigen-ryĆ«, a much faster version of jigen-ryĆ«. In chapter 99, Ogata states that Lieutenant Koito is a practioner of jigen-ryĆ«, which is a Satsuma swordplay that even the Shinsengumi feared. So consider it this way: Kirinoâs swordplay is basically Koito but on steriods. That is fucking frightening.Â
After his assassination stints in Kyoto, Kirino because a high ranking officer for the Satsuma forces underneath the new Imperial Army. He apparently died after the Satsuma Rebellion (1877), so that means he outlived the rest of the four assassins.
Tanaka Shinbei
Despite his peasant background, he was such a renown hitokiri that he was elevated to samurai status. Heâs regarded as the âCaptain of Assassinsâ given the number of kills heâs racked up over the years and was involved in the assassination of Ii Naosuke, which was the assassination that sparked off the commonplace assassinations that later took place in Kyoto.
Because of him and his organizationâs assassinations, the Shinsengumi was created. Around that same year (1863), he was taken in for questioning and later committed sepukku.
Okada IzĆ
The hitokiri with the least amount of information about him. Born a peasant and eventually scaling up the ranks, he was involved in the same assassination organization with Shinbei. Heâs had a record of two assassinations to date before his capture, torture, and execution.
Given all of these clues we have here, my bets on Youchirouâs identity is either inspired by Tanaka Shinbei or Okada Izo. Some people may argue itâs Gensai or Kirino since Gensai has the most information about him to date (and arguably the most popular in media) while Kirino lived onward to the 1877, which makes him a more liable candidate for Golden Kamuyâs early 1900s period. Plus, who doesnât want to see a Kirino-inspired character who uses ko-jigen-ryu against our GK Hijikata? But knowing Noda, heâs the kind of guy who goes for the most unconventional thing, so Gensai couldâve been considered too mainstream and scrapped. Kirinoâs role in the Imperial Government wouldâve not made sense GK since convicts like Hijikata were anti-Imperial Government & Kirinoâs affairs in the Satsuma Rebellion happens at the southern tip of Japan. Itâs unlikely that even if he was captured, Kirino-inspired-Youichirou wouldâve be transported all the way to Hokkaido for prison.
So why Tanaka? In Golden Kamuy, Hijikata mentions that Youchirou has âassassinatedâ countless important people, which is a major highlight of Tanakaâs career than anyone else on the list. Tanakaâs assassinations happened during the same time as the Shinsengumiâs formation, so I imagine that if Tanka = Youchiro, it would make sense that GK Hijikata wouldâve only seen him once before the alleged suicide. Furthermore, that kind of grandoise exit sounds like something Noda would want to capitalize on and twist it around so that the suicide turned out to be false.Â
What about Okada? Okada is another choice simply because he has the least information about himself. While Noda is notorious for his references, Okadaâs lack of personal history (at least according to Wikipedia) wouldâve allowed Noda a lot of breathing room to craft him into a compelling character that either foils or compliments Hijikata, potentially drawing references from the other 4 assassins or someone else. To be honest, a character that is an amalgamation of the assassins would be pretty cool to see.
Overall, these are just my general thoughts on Youchirouâs identity. I could be absolutely wrong when more information about Youchirou comes out, so donât quote me as a reliable source. Other than that, feel free to message me or comment below to continue the conversation!
I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they werenât sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.
Isnât it glorious. Gil and his gate vs Endiku who too has access to the gate. This is a fight, a proper fight that I dream of when I picture 2 heroic spirits going at it.
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