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[shions-ponytail]

Something interesting to note from the latest trailer is the cast list for Cour 2. It includes the seiyuu of deceased characters like Mirei, Ramaga, and the Last Name Group. So either they'll make a return, or we'll get some flashback scenes with them later. Additionally, the og troopers are on that list as well (not just Ryo). So don't worry about not seeing them again; I'm sure they'll show up as support.

[fallloverfic]

Previews for 鎧真伝サムライトルーパー | Yoroi Shinden Samurai Troopers Episode 9: Outbreak are up!

Summary: ナスティは秘密裏に何者かと繋がっていた！ その謀略により紫音は断腸の思いで傷ついた仲間たちを妖邪界に残してしまったことに、やり場のない怒りを感じる。一方、次々と犠牲になる十勇士の苗字組たち。残りのカケイとモチヅキは遂に反旗を翻す。そして約束された期日を迎え、妖邪城へと乗りこむ凱たちの前に立ちはだかるのは――。

English machine translation (Firefox plug-in): "Nasti is secretly connected to someone! Shion is heartbroken that Nasti has left his injured comrades behind in the evil world due to this plot, and feels an anger that she cannot express. Meanwhile, the Last Name Group of the Ten Braves are falling victim one after another. The remaining members, Kakei and Mochizuki, finally rise up in rebellion. And as the appointed date arrives, Gai and his friends enter the evil castle, but standing in their way is…"

The new OP with Shion and Jun was also uploaded to YouTube:

The series website, twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Sunrise's website.

[choujinx]

DRUG & DROP (2011-?) by clamp

[tanuki-kimono]

Irezumi kei (tattoo penalty) as depicted in the [徳鄰厳秘録 - Tokuringenbiroku], a kind of penalty instruction book compiled in 1814, digitalized by the National Archives of Japan.

CW for this post about Edo period judiciary => mentions of physical punishment, torture, death penalty (text only, no details, no graphic illustrations) . The irezumikei pages above are p.19 to 25.

I won't reproduced the illustrations here, but the Tokuringenbiroku book also presents other Edo period "punishments" and death penalties, like different types of goumon (torture), gokumon (decapitation and exposure of the head to public view), kakei (stake), haritsuke (crucifixion), or tameshigiri (sword cut testing, here on executed convict corpse). Please proceed to the full book according to your sensibilities!

Back to irezumi kei : the markings of character Akaza (from Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon's Slayer) are directly inspired by those, same for Mugen in Samurai Champloo for example:

After Tokugawa Yoshimune's reforms abolished bloodier punishments (nose or ear cutting) for lesser crimes (like theft, gambling or fraud), irezumikei spread, inspired by Chinese bokkei practices.

Yet, zainin (lawbreakers) were also often beaten or whipped (tataki), which could be a "light" sentence or more far extreme one. Women tended to be imprisoned instead.

Punishment tattoos also often went alongside tokorobarai (banishment), which had several levels depending on the crime. You could be banished to a remote island, just away from your city, or forbidden to enter a certain perimeter.

Exile is why different areas had different marks, placed on the arms or faces, easily identifying the person as a criminal convicted in another region.

Number of lines or dots were often used to symbolize repeated offences (pic below source). Most of the times, getting 3+ irezumikei could grant you death penalty.

Irezumikei maybe be why criminals came to use extravagant tattoos, as to cover their infamous marks, leading to the yakuza association with body ink.

Yet, other strata of population also favored figurative tattoos, so the link between criminals and tattoing in Edo period is not self-evident.

Some shapes of -sode (sleeve part of a tattoo) for example left arm interior bare, maybe to prove then that no armband tattoo was hidden underneath a bigger design.

[incorrecteyeshield21]

Mizumachi: I’ve accidently eaten a post-it note before. It was on my sandwich. Kakei: Sorry, Mizumachi, say that again? Mizumachi: Mizumachi: Nothing.

[noa-ciharu]

As I promised @gabbylyons I'll be spiraling into new kinky insanity: ultimate clamp bottom poll. I understand this is a difficult question that requires alot of introspection, self-reflection and mental gymnastic hence poll will be open for a week

Our candidates:

Who is the bottomest bottom?

Watanuki

Fai

Yukito

Yue

Kamui

Subaru

Kakei

Kazahaya

Voting ended onFeb 18, 2023

[muratagawa]

筧（かけひ）

[ayu-san12]

💜Kakei Sumire Tarot card💜