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Recollection 183: The Sleeping Cat and the Crane's Distant Cry

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: And that, Kunimune-dono, was the Mongol Invasion.

Saburo Kunimune: Oh, there's no need to refer to me like that. You're the Tsuru-san who belonged to the Adachi clan—we're swords of the same rank. Call me Saburo.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: You're one of Toshoguu's honored swords, aren't you? Meanwhile, the tokuso ripped me out of the very grave he buried me in.

* Tokuso was the title given to the Hojo clan's heads, whose line acted as regent to the shogun (shikken) for over a hundred years.

** The Adachi clan was annihilated by the Taira clan (stewards of the Hojo clan) in the Shimotsuki Incident. According to legend, Tsurumaru was buried along with its owner, but the grave was exhumed to steal the sword on order of Hojo Sadatoki.

Saburo Kunimune: WAAAH, don't say such horrible things.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: I only jest. Though I never would have expected such an unlucky disaster would come from the sea.*

*The Mongol Invasion was famously thwarted twice because of typhoons. Also he's not joking.

Saburo Kunimune: Do you miss the era of warfare?

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: Hahaha. We're swords of the Hojo clan—it goes without saying that it was catastrophic.

Saburo Kunimune: Bandou warriors...* I believe the Kamakura Shogunate had long reached its limit.

*Bandou is the former name of the Kanto region. Bandou warriors/musha refers to the key players in the Genpei War and subsequent Kamakura period. Most famously the Genji (Minamoto) and Hojo.

Saburo Kunimune: The Genji Shogunate died along with Lord Yasutoki.* The Hojo failed countless times to bring things to an end. This battle delivered the killing bow to that relic.

*The third tokuso/shikken, who died in 1242. The Kamakura period continued until 1333. There were 14 shikken after him. The two Mongol invasions were in 1274 and 1281.

Saburo Kunimune: Humans lose sight of the principles of this world when they get swept up in the torrent of authority. In all honesty, I wonder if the swords created in honor of the Hojo's reign weren't a boon in disguise.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: Regardless of their true feelings, people are willing to join hands and work together just to take down a common enemy.

Saburo Kunimune: You haven't changed at all, Tsuru-san.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: Hey, Saburo. You've been around for so long—has anything good ever happened?

Saburo Kunimune: Lots of things have happened, that's for sure...

Saburo Kunimune: You've probably spent most of this peaceful era looking down on everything from on high, haven't you? But whether you're gloomy or cheerful, the length of each day will always stay the same. So let's turn our anguish and resentment into song, cry them out unabashed, and sustain ourselves that way. That's what I've come to believe.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: You, on the other hand, have completely changed.

Saburo Kunimune: Well, of course I have! It'd be absolutely ridiculous if an old man like me tried acting all authoritarian, wouldn't it? Not unless I was Onimaru Yasutsuna, or Higekiri, or one of Emperor Go-Toba's own kikugosaku (swords personally engraved with a chrysanthemum).

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: Ahahaha, of course, of course.

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im late but happy hiromitsu siblings day for those that celebrate. happy siblings day to my favorite sword gamers

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This is why they don't talk anymore.

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Forgive me, this is not for the faint of heart

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"jealous, jealous, jealous boy..." ft. jiaoqiu

i just got him today lmao

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pink eye situation is crazy

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Uruha and Hiruhiko 🥹🤏💞

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Mudano♀️

(Second pic draw for mutual on twt 🐱)

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OMG WHAT IS THE LORE OF THE BLACK HAIRED GIRL U SHIP WITH TECCHOU??? SHES SO CUTE AND IM GENUINELY SO INVESTED!!

Hello-

I'm so glad you're interested in her !

She is Mika Yashiro- my bsdoc

And for her lore I haven't thought about it yet- heh- sorry 🥹🙏

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Femmasumi and masumi and chiikawamasumi- hahaaaa

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Sad Jouno

Just soft creatures

Doodles from shared canvas with friend

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Jouno Jouno 🍐🍐

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"jealous, jealous, jealous boy..." ft. jiaoqiu

i just got him today lmao

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Forgive me, this is not for the faint of heart

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Day 22

With Kaldo

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This is why they don't talk anymore.