#ueda

[uroko]

칸코쿠마 l 일본여행 · 박현진 · 일본소도시여행가

[cuntnikida]

Atsushi did it. Atsushi looked at this person he barely knows and saw his inner child in them. He chose to not be violent. He chose to be kind. To this stranger, by not killing them. To himself, by not feeling the guilt of murdering someone completely innocent. To his inner child, by showing someone else the kindness he was never afforded as a child. He saw the crying orphan he once was and chose to be different than the headmaster who mistreated him. He chose empathy towards someone who feels as guilty for existing as he often does. He chose to cut not only Ueda's ties, but also his own. "The tiger always does the impossible", he says, whilst attempting the impossible. He's giving someone else physical freedom whilst giving himself the mental and emotional freedom to finally feel confident in his capabilities. To not be the small, scared and sobbing child he once was. He is both literally and metaphorically breaking through the box he's trapped in. Atsushi nakajima, the actions you take. The character you are.

[nobrashfestivity]

Amagatsu UEDA, Yoshihiko and Toshiharu Ito Published by Korinsha Press, Kyoto, Japan, 1995

[hikanatsu-art-archive]

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ueda: tanaka's former supervisor and mentor.

he was formerly a middle school teacher, but one morning, an incident occurred where all the students in his class committed suicide at the same time. while investigating this mystery, he stumbled upon "the company" and joined it to uncover the truth.

the codename "tanaka" was derived from ueda's name, using the character 田 (ta). he has already died in the line of duty. (he doesn't appear in the main story)

[sh1nsoukoku]

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[juturna4]

just realized i havent posted this year #oops heres doodles of my drifter mr ueda featuring amir. and doodles of my operator ueda jr.

[photographed-stars]

Religion has always been an influence on BSD, particularly Buddhism, Christianity, and Shintoism. For Ueda and Atsushi, they are connected to all those religions, Shintoism, though, more so than the other two.

Ueda said in their “1,500 years”, which means they were at least around in 6th century Japan. In 6th century Japan, there was mostly an influence from China, Buddhism, and Shintoism growing. Coincidentally, in Chinese myths, when a tiger had turned 500, then that tiger would become a white tiger, “Byakko”. What I’m saying is, Atsushi’s ability, Byakko, is his connecting piece to Ueda. If Byakko became THE Byakko in the year 500, then it would match up to the historical context of Ueda’s time. And, it fits nice since that would mean that Byakko came to be in the year 0, which could be the connecting piece to Christianity.

But what does this have to do with Ueda? IRL Ueda was said to have some Shinto inspirations in his works. A key part in Shintoism is kami - their ‘demons’, sort of like monsters to us. Byakko, though of Chinese origin, could be seen to be treated like those Kami. For Ueda, I propose that they were actually a Shinto priest. When Ame-no-gozen appeared as the singularity, its domain was that of Torii, those iconic red gates. Torii are entrances to Shinto temples. And, Ame-no-gozen, Ueda’s sword, was originally used for religious ceremonies way back 1500 years ago, leading back to Shintoism. So, Byakko is a kami & Ueda was a Shinto priest at the same time. Much of main series BSD ties back to the light novels, these current chapters specifically to Dead Apple. In Dead Apple, we saw Atsushi visit the tiger room & see his origins with Shibusawa, who got iconic scarring on his left eye from Byakko. In chapter 123, we meet Ueda, a character with a scar on their left eye, who was accessed in an area that only Atsushi could reach due to Byakko and his trauma. I think that Byakko gave Ueda that scar. How? Ueda was asked to do a ceremony with Byakko, maybe a ceremony to seal it away due to its powers or to seal it as a safe bookmark (little thing - never specified what type of bookmark Byakko is like. It could very well be those corner flips, and if it is, then Byakko’s analogy could be that it was flipped too much and the next page started to show, like how Byakko or Ame-no-gozen are showing the future due to their being). But, that ceremony went wrong, causing Byakko to slash Ueda’s face & Ueda to be the one blamed or sealed away in the 4th dimension - they used Ame-no-gozen wrong, now they live in Ame-no-gozen’s space. Now, 1500 years later, the vessel of Byakko meets Ueda in the place Byakko condemned them, now asking for forgiveness.