#demon archer

[dailyfigures]

Oda Nobunaga ; Fate/Grand Order ☆ Good Smile Company

[mat2modblog]

Thus began the legacy of Arash being overworked.

[elevenharbor]

dreams in grayscale.

If Sesshōmaru trained as an archer under Kagome’s instruction, he’d look something like this.

...in exchange for him teaching her swordsmanship or some kind of one-on-one combat. (next up)

(clearly i’m having an archery phase)

[gray-recollection]

Next one I forgot was an Oda

[honkaigrandorder]

Oda Nobunaga Bond 10

This has been a day long coming

[shinichameleon]

By Amphibianplane.

BB / Robin Hood / Siegfried / Sieg / Miyamoto Musashi / Mata Hari / Circe / Oda Nobunaga / Katsushika Oui & Hokusai / Sanzang.

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[theoceanthatdrownthemoon-chaldea]

Something interesting in chapter 3 of Type Redline manga. This formation of Nobu’s muskets:

Recall that her NP is named ‘Three lines formation’. In chapter 1 (or the prologue), it was also shown in three lines. This one is from Gudaguda 3 trailer, showing 3 lines:

It’s flipped sideway but the formation of Nobu’s muskets there is the replica of the kuji-kiri formation. It’s translated as ‘Nine (words) Cuts’. If you played Tenchu, especially Tenchu 3 you will find it familiar. The Kuji (nine words) is usually invoked as protection against otherworldly deities. It originates from Taoism and became incorporate in some aspects of Buddhism. They warned that without proper rituals and preparation, invoking the kuji could invite malicious deities instead. The kuji-kiri has wider and more common application. Usually, one would use it to gain protection or supremacy against something. It’s done by writing a character and then perform the cutting diagram over that character. Here, Okita is the ‘object’ to gained control over by the kuji-kiri drawn by Nobu’s musket formation. The intention here is clear: Nobu aims to annihilate Okita. While there are many combination of the 9 characters, usually the meaning is to call up warriors from all direction to attack the thing before the caster. I assumed it’s flipped because we can’t tell if the artist inverted the formation. It’s flipped because Nobu’s a demon king. Nobu isn’t the only Servant to use barrage of fire type attack without manifesting the soldiers/companions. Neither a demon king nor a demon soldier is comparable to that of a human general and soldier. As a demon king, she should have a boost in using concepts versus enacting her real life deed. Using soldiers to fire the muskets would strip her off much of her mobility and mastery in the fighting style she’s been using. More importantly, Sixth Heaven’s Demon King is the final obstacle to true enlightenment. If she doesn’t have the strength and power of an army by herself, she can’t be a demon king let alone the Sixth Heaven’s Demon King. This is a nice reference to her stance that religion should be respected and not relied on. She called herself a demon king thus her attack does not have that mythical attribute of guaranteed elimination of target. It’s a psychological attack sublimed into a (still physic affected) conceptual assault. Her opponent is Okita, a swordmaster that relies on her innate talent and training. If it was someone else that have tie with the supernatural to recognize that diagram, a second of hesitation would let them get caught in her attack. Most likely even the ones without Divinity would be at disadvantage in proportion to the strength of their belief. After all, she does use her terrifying epithet for all its worth. Here is a diagram of kuji-kiri in real life (taken from wiki page):

Note: Once she has her musket fired, I believe the heat and light from them would connect to form a proper diagram, making it simultaneous a piercing physical attack and kuji-kiri attack.

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