I finished watching the anime My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex.It leaves me the impression of worth sof my time. While things had started with the two being hostile against one another, by First episode’s end it seems likely their former relationship maybe shouldn’t be former. If this is how things start, where do things go from here? It’s the maturity of their decision (to hide from their parents the animosity)that goes hand-hand with comedic situations.
See my old post a year ago abou it: https://ashitakaxsan.tumblr.com/post/682585936538796033/upcoming-anime-my-stepmoms-daughter-is-my-ex
The supporting cast is pretty Good,each character is interesting:)
Intelligent and kind Yume is attempting to figure out the true reasons of their misunderstanding(that lead to their breakup),plus to understand why Mizuto is what and how he is.”If he’s not a bad person,nor toxic then how actually is he?”,I daresay this sums up Yume san’s pondering. So can things get mended between them?
My dogs and me visited Tokyo after two years’ absence🚗☺️🐶🐶
It was Nico's first time walking on a Tokyo-safari, so we decided to take a walk around the Kichijoji area, which is not a lively tourist destination. Hug has been to this town several times so she knows the ways around very well, and guided Nico nicely❤️
The Ghibli Museum is located in the forest of Inokashira Park. My favorite character“Robot Soldier” is standing on that rooftop! …Yaaaaay!!
Dragon King – the god of water and dragons in Chinese mythology
Many dragons appear in Chinese folklore, of which the Dragon King is the leader. Also known as the Dragon God, the Dragon King is a prominent figure in Chinese art and religion. He is adopted by both Taoism and Buddhism and is the ruler of all water. Known as Long Wang in China, he has both human and dragon forms and can switch between dragon and human forms. Despite his intimidating and ferocious nature, Long Wan is regarded as a benevolent deity who brings good luck and chi energy to people living near the sea.
The Dragon King is a Chinese water and weather god. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, commanding over all bodies of water. He is the collective personification of the ancient concept of the lóng in Chinese culture.
In East Asian cultures, dragons are most often shown as large, colorful snakelike creatures. While the dragons sometimes have qualities of a turtle or fish, they are most likely seen as enormous serpents.
While some named dragons are associated with specific colors, the dragon king can be shown in any shade. Like other Chinese dragons, he has a “horse-like” head, sharp horns and claws, and a hair-like beard.
Like many weather gods around the world, Long Wang was known for his fierce temper. It was said that he was so ferocious and uncontrollable that only the Jade Emperor, the supreme deity in Chinese Taoism, could command him. His human form reflects this ferocity. He is shown as a noble warrior in elaborate bright red robes. He usually has a fierce expression and poses with a sword.
During the Tang dynasty, the Dragon King was also associated with the worship of landowners and was seen as a guardian deity to protect homes and subdue tombs. Buddhist rain-making rituals were learnt in Tang dynasty China. The concept was introduced to Japan with esoteric Buddhism and was also practised as a ritual of the Yin-Yang path (Onmyōdō) in the Heian period.
I wrote ‘best of both worlds’ and I look genuinely fascinated (I was as it was unreal), but ironically there may soon be a world devoid of four seasons.. that is a scary thought
Unaccompanied violin in a temple in the snow
雪と古寺と無伴奏ヴァイオリン🎻❄️
ずく出して楽しく頑張った
Freezing but sacred! Yes those are heat pads on my soles
From Nagano to the 1/f FANCLUB All Request show (the sheer amount of manuscript floating around the room..! It’s a lot. A lot of very different material!). You can stream it overseas too! And then it’s straight to Miyazaki for another shoot.
Glad that all three will be available for those outside of Japan too… can’t spill the beans, but stay tuned!!
Ent, Treebeard of Fangorn forest - Tree Guardians in literature
Ents are a species of beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world Middle-earth who closely resemble trees. Their leader is Treebeard of Fangorn forest. Their name is derived from an Old English word for "giant".
The Ents appear in The Lord of the Rings as ancient shepherds of the forest and allies of the free peoples of Middle-earth during the War of the Ring. At then, there are no young Ents (Entings) because the Entwives (female Ents) were lost. Akin to Ents are Huorns, whom Treebeard describes as a transitional form of trees which become animated or, conversely, as Ents who grow more "treelike" over time.
The Old Forest, Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, was a terrifying ancient forest beyond the eastern borders of the Shire.
Treebeard, called by Gandalf the oldest living Ent and the oldest living thing that walks in Middle-earth, is described as being around 14 feet (4 m) tall:
A large Man-like, almost Troll-like, figure, at least fourteen foot high, very sturdy, with a tall head, and hardly any neck. Whether it was clad in stuff like green and grey bark, or whether that was its hide, was difficult to say. At any rate the arms, at a short distance from the trunk, were not wrinkled, but covered with a brown smooth skin. The large feet had seven toes each. The lower part of the long face was covered with a sweeping grey beard, bushy, almost twiggy at the roots, thin and mossy at the ends. But at the moment the hobbits noted little but the eyes. These deep eyes were now surveying them, slow and solemn, but very penetrating.
Tolkien called the collection of such writings a legendarium (legend space, legend system).
During most of his own life conservationism was not yet on the political agenda, and Tolkien himself did not directly express conservationist views—except in some private letters, in which he tells about his fondness for forests and sadness at tree-felling. In later years, a number of authors of biographies or literary analyses of Tolkien conclude that during his writing of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien gained increased interest in the value of wild and untamed nature, and in protecting what wild nature was left in the industrialised world.
Nearly 100 years after Tolkien's time, the destruction of forests, trees and nature continues unabated. Moreover, because of the historical background, I could not believe my eyes when I saw several WWI war photography in his biography. The clothing, background and even the tactics are almost identical to the ongoing war photos. The only difference appears to be in black and white or colour.
It is obvious that human society has made little progress in more than 100 years. In the face of the whole universe, a century is probably just a fraction of a second. Alternatively, there is a good chance that what we think of as evolution may actually be degeneration.
After all, it may just be a bunch of half-monkeys who are conceited and not knowing their places. We should realise this and learn from other creatures who do not go against nature. Don't get caught up in what you can see, but don't forget that there are things you can't see.
남노당 출신인 재일조선인 공산주의자는 이렇게 말했다. “나의 고향 제주도 마을에서는 일찍이 남편을 잃은 과부가 마을의 젊은 여성들을 데리고 중국으로 건너가 위안소를 운영해 많은 돈을 벌었다. 그래서 마을 사람들은 모두 자기 집안의 딸도 위안소에서 일하게 해달라고 그 여자에게 부탁했고, 다수가 돈벌이를 위해 위안부가 되었다.”
だから、反日政策を進めた李承晩政権も日本との国交正常化交渉で慰安婦への補償は求めていない。
그래서 반일정책을 추진한 이승만 정권도 일본과의 국교정상화협상에서 위안부에 대한 보상은 요구하지 않았다.
그 원흉은 강제연행, 성노예설을 퍼뜨려 나간 한국과 일본의 거짓말 세력이다. 일본의 아사히신문이 직업적 거짓말쟁이인 요시다 세이지의 강제연행 허위증언을 반복적으로 크게 보도했다. 일본인 활동가가 한국에서 전위안부들을 찾아다니며 일본 정부를 상대로 재판을 일으켰다. 원고인 전위안부들는 강제연행되었다고는 말하지 않았는데, 그들의 증언을 날조한 것도 아사히 신문이다.
그리고 정대협과 유족회라는 한국의 양대 반일단체가 일본발의 이 거짓말을 한국에서 대대적으로 확산시켰다. 그것을 한국의 신문, TV가 제2의 독립운동인 것처럼 크게 보도했다. 그리고 놓칠 수 없는 것은 한일의 거짓말 세력이 북한과 긴밀한 연계를 취하고 있었다는 것이다. 최근에 정의연의 전 이사장이자 국회의원인 유미향과 현 정의연 이사장인 이나영이 도쿄에서 북한의 앞잡이인 조총련의 행사에 참석한 것이 이를 상징하고 있다.
그런데 한국과 일본의 진실세력은 민족감정 등을 이유로 좀처럼 협력할 수 없었다. 일본에서는 지난 30년간 진실세력이 싸움을 이어가, 아사히 신문이 요시다 세이지의 증언을 거짓말이라고 인정해 과거의 기사를 철회하기까지 이르렀다. 한국에서도 2019년부터 이곳 위안부상 바로 옆에서 ‘위안부는 매춘부’, ‘위안부상 철거’를 외치는 한국의 진실세력이 반격을 시작했다. 그리고 마침내 지난해와 올해 도쿄와 서울에서 한일의 진실세력이 합동 심포지엄을 개최하기에 이르렀다.