#4.2.19

[ponderwritings]

[7:34pm] turning in your chair, you looked over and jaehyun was standing there at the door frame. when you looked over at him, he was already looking at you. he smiled gently at you as you began to continue your paper for history. your class was first tomorrow. you heard him shuffling, and suddenly his figure was behind you, leaning down to peck your cheek. you loved it when he did that.

[caeliriva]

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

After a rather lacklustre 4th episode, Dororo is back in full force for its fifth one. Rather than introducing us to the focus character for the episode almost immediately, we’re given a bit of time with Dororo and later the Priest trying to help Hyakkimaru out after he’s been overwhelmed by his new sensation of hearing, and then the focus character is naturally introduced as a singing voice that Hyakkimaru is drawn to. And she’s a friendly young lady who works for the local soldiers in order to earn money and feed a group of crippled orphans she’s gathered. Immediately a more interesting concept than “hungry sword” and it’s also just much better paced. Perhaps because this mini-arc will probably be 2 episodes (this was part 1 after all) but the pacing in this episode was just pretty good, letting most of the exposition come through in character actions and stuff and stuff. For example, when old priest dude finds a building he thinks would be super safe for the lady and her orphans to move into other than the Demon occupying it, she vows to work even harder as well as do work for the other army too, and Dororo, worried for her safety, follows her only to see her prostituting herself. It’s like, this is a neat plot twist that the episode hinted at but only made explicitly clear when it was actually witnessed by Dororo himself. Hyakkimaru, eager to help the lady, also runs out to kill the aforementioned Demon, only to lose his leg (like, a flesh and blood leg) due to fighting while ignoring his earlier injuries, so actions have consequences and stuff. He did get his voice back though, and with how quickly his hearing has picked up on Japanese, I wonder how long before we see him talking.

Great episode though, excited to see what’s up next.

[samsi6]

Konzentriert lese ich eine Buchseite. Aufgeregt wartet die nächste Seite darauf beachtet zu werden. Die ersten Kapitel langweilen sich zwischenzeitlich ungeniert. Weiter hinten warten andere Seiten gespannt darauf, ob sie meine Beachtung finden werden. Das ganze Buch ist in innerlicher Bewegtheit. Äußerlich bleibt alles ruhig. Einzig meine Augen nehmen den Unterschied zwischen den gedruckten Buchstaben und der bedruckten Seite wahr. Nach kurzer Zeit und längerer Strecke formt mein Gehirn aus der Wahrnehmung Bedeutung. Die Seite ist anderweitig beschäftigt. Sie versucht die kurze Zeit der Bedeutsamkeit mit Anstand zu zelebrieren. Sie fällt nicht weiter auf. Sie stört mich nicht. Sie erledigt ihre Aufgabe ganz hervorragend. Das haben die Seiten davor auch getan. Die danach werden es auch tun. Für die Buchseite ist die kurze Zwischenzeit ihrer Wahrnehmung ihre Bestimmung. Die Jahre im Regal zählen nicht.

[missinvisibleandco]

"White Space"

(4.2.19)

[edo-vivendum]

I got anxious about food at like.. 2, and I've just been sorta frozen in avoidance since. Ugh.

[ghmusings]

Cool cool cool Maxie & Mac and Bobbie & Liz are making me cry it’s COOL

[honey-and-sting]

In The Garden

I would love to be in the garden, laying in the grass with palms upturned to the spring sun.

I want to hear the running water of the fountain, the gentle rustling of the green leaves, & the chirping of birds.

I want to be somewhere brighter & lovelier than here.