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Gokushufudou: The Way Of The House Husband Chapter 9 (Part 1)

(Part 2 here!)

Trying a new release method! because these kinds of posts seem to get more notes heh… part 2 will have the DL link and some extra stuff!

Recently, Gokushufudou’s been nominated for the Da Vinci x niconico Next Big Thing Manga Award, which is a pretty big deal - see here for how you can support it and other series!

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Discussing the dangerous death scene from Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood in Mifune: The Last Samurai (Steven Okazaki, 2016)

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Kurosawa was a fucking madman

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For my 3D production class I had to create a three shot short that was a remake of an existing movie scene- with muppets. I ran out of time to do the particle water effects, but this is basically Pacific Rim anyway.

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A day late, but i had to get this done

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A Jaded Hero

(From Akira Ishida’s manga adaption, Volume 16)

“I don’t have a reason to save them, but despite everything… I can’t bring myself to hate everything. After all, they’re all great people. They’re kind and warm. It’s just that they don’t show me that kindness or warmth.”

“Humans are for the most part basically good people… So no matter how painful it might be for me… I can’t break this world that’s important to someone.”

I’ve extracted some of my favorite lines from this exchange. It’s honestly a pity that this scene came so late into the story, because this gives Hero a layer of depth that he was somewhat lacking up until his backstory was revealed.

Despite knowing that most humans don’t accept his existence, and experiencing their scorn by being mocked and called a monsters, Hero doesn’t reject humanity. He doesn’t take joy in their suffering, or see their war against the demons as some sort of divine retribution. He sees the good in humanity and decides that it is worth saving, even if he has little to no hope of ever experiencing that goodness.

I really like this concept for a hero, because the hero acknowledges that “yeah, I’m not really gaining anything from this, but this was never about me as an individual to begin with.” It’s part of what I love about Mamare’s narratives: Life isn’t about the individual, but about the community. The most effective change is one that helps your surroundings, not just yourself or your personal circle. And eventually, good things will come back around to you, even if it takes a while.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about this last passage as it applies to Log Horizon.

“Yeah, I’m not really gaining anything from this, but this was never about me as an individual to begin with.”

This reminds me why I mildly disliked the change made in the anime during the Goblin Raid arc, where the kids decide to fight against the monster hordes after stumbling on a destroyed village and finding the doll of the girl who’d waved at them earlier. (In the light novel, they get their resolve while just walking around on patrol for goblins.)

Yes, the monster swarm has real implications for the Landers, and yes, saving them is the morally right thing to do. But what made the original scene poignant to me is that the adults posed the question, “aside from saving Landers, what will we gain from protecting the smaller villages?” Tohya comes to the conclusion that they shouldn’t need a reason to act; they should act because they have the power to.

Nyanta’s speech in volume 8, though it may have fallen on deaf ears in-story, still resonates with me for a similar reason. I don’t have the volume on hand to reference, but I remember a line akin to “Children didn’t ask to be born into the world.”

Londark’s perspective was “I didn’t ask to be brought here, so why should I care about what happens to it?” Nyanta’s response, as well as Hero’s motivations above, twist that viewpoint around. Sure, they didn’t ask for this either, but neither did anyone else. They should care about what happens to the world because they’re not the only ones in it. They might be hurting or broken inside, but just because they’re suffering doesn’t mean they have any right to make others suffer.

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“I pull out my crossbow.”

“I pull out my crossbow!”

“I pull out MY crossbow!”

“I pull out /MY/ crossbow!!”

“I pull out //MY// crossbow!!!”

“DO YOU ALL HAVE CROSSBOWS?!”

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File this under “Sorry/Not Sorry”

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Scarmiglione by Félix Labisse, 1974. Oil on canvas.

Wikipedia:

Scarmiglione is one of the twelve named Malebranche in the 8th Circle of Hell’s 5th Gulf, where corrupt politicians are immersed in burning pitch, the Malebolge, from the Inferno of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy.

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