#hinezumi

[tanuki-kimono]

[Hinezumi - "Fire rat"], first look trailer for the second movie of the Mononoke trilogy to be released in Japan next March!

[mirror-and-mind]

Obsessing over this. Does he ever take the geta off, or are they stuck to him?

[purplealmonds]

Neat detail I spotted upon rewatching Hinezumi 🔥🐁👀

So you know the bit where Kon Kusuriuri swats away the Hinezumi to protect Botan and gets hurt in the process?

Botan not only notices the wound, but also grasps his injured hand as he tries to hide it away! It's so easily missed because it is deliberately obscured by the character placement. If you rewatch this scene, there is a subtle sound cue as well.

Here's a closer look, again obscured by the placement of the hands at the bottom of the screen.

(That makes two humans who were able to physically touch Kon Kusuriuri - herself and Sakashita. Though she has the privilege of touching his skin whereas Sakashita only grabbed his clothed shoulders.)

With both of them, it seems like Kon shies away from the touch because it gets in the way of his duty. I wonder if that reaction to touch, or specifically to first aid, will evolve in Hebigami...

[boy--lilikoi]

入場特典 箔押しﾎﾟｽﾄｶｰﾄﾞ

天秤ｷｰﾎﾙﾀﾞｰ 鈴も鳴るよ

[bearlovesajisai]

The official soundtrack for the Mononoke movies came out!!! As I was taking a listen, I was so happy to see that the insert song in Mononoke Hinezumi 『いとしい いとほしい』 (“Itoshii Itohoshii”) was there as well!

The lyrics are written by さいとういんこ and it's such a beautiful song—but since there are no official lyrics, and basically no one talking about it, here’s the lyrics that I think is being sung and my interpretation no one asked for <3

Disclaimer, this is entirely based on what I hear.

First of all, I believe that the repeating phrase 「なき子」 ("naki ko") and specifically the word 「なき」 (“naki”) is a pun/homonym for “dead/passed away”, “crying”, and/or  “gone/not existing” (「亡」, 「泣き」 ,  and 「無き」) which are all used interchangeably. In my opinion, the word “dead/passed away” is the forefront and fundamental meaning behind the word within the lyrics (considering that the story revolves around the sacrifices of the women in Ōoku make by ab*rting their children). Then it's layered on top with the meaning of “crying”, then another layer added with the other nuances, if that makes sense… They are marked with a * whenever mentioned!

Secondly, the lyrics have an ambiguous vibe in terms of what perspective it is sung in. It feels like 1st person narration of a mother speaking towards their child (but has an uncertainty of whether the child is alive or not). At the same time, however, it sounds like a 3rd person narrator describing a child. 

Lyrics:

名前、なき子の namae, nakikono

名を幾度も重ね na wo ikudo mo kasane

姿、なき子を sugata, nakiko wo

抱き上げてはあやす daki agete ha ayasu

声のなき子は koe no nakiko ha

泣く声夙に止まぬ naku koe tsuto ni yamanu

形、なき（無き）口 [The child with no] Shape, *no mouth

この乳を食む Drinks my milk

母を夢見、ゆるすな haha wo yumemi, yurusuna

燃えて時が朽ちても moete tokiga kuchitemo

名前、なき子の namae, nakiko no

名を幾度も重ね na wo ikudo mo kasane

いとしい、いとほしい itoshii, itohoshii

吾子も言う ako mo iu

Meanings and some interpretations of the lyrics under the cut!

Lyrics + Meanings and Interpretations:

名前、なき（亡き）子の The name of a dead child

名を幾度も重ね Repeating their name so many times

姿、なき（無き）子を A child with *no appearance

抱き上げてはあやす Cradled and comforted

声のなき（無き）子は A child with *no voice

泣く声夙に止まぬ Whose cries does not stop

形、なき（無き）口 [The child with no] Shape, *no mouth

この乳を食む Drinks my milk

母を夢見、ゆるすな Dream of their mother, do not forgive her (The latter lyrics can also be interpreted as "do not acknowledge her as your own mother")

燃えて時が朽ちても Even if it burns and time decays (Here I can't tell what's the subject that is being burned. You can interpret it as the child or the mother)

名前、なき（亡き）子の The name of a dead child

名を幾度も重ね Repeating their name so many times

いとしい、いとほしい Such a lovely child, such a poor child (「いとしい」 and 「いとほしい」 ("Itoshii" "Itohoshii") both means ‘adorable’, ‘precious’, ‘feelings of wanting to cherish’, but the latter has a subtle nuance of feeling sympathy or pity, especially prevalent in old Japanese)

吾子も言う My child says it as well

[bewithdagays]

Balm

Based off my fanfic here

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[ermalilee]

Medicine seller whenever someone tells him he can’t enter somewhere:

[savaralyn2]

Mononoke - Hinezumi