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Wanna give some love to a mangaka that I don't think gets enough credit. Kyoutarou Azuma artist for series like Tenkaichi and Versus as well as the adaptation of King of Fighters.
He can make some heart pumping action and cool visuals.
For me, seeing all of these different manga series from Monthly Shonen Sirius all together in this dynamic layout with their personality shining through in a unifying art style makes me confident in saying Kyoutarou Azuma is up there with guys like Murata and Horikoshi in their artistic skill when they do stuff like this.
#mangaka#art#kyotaro azuma#kyoutarou azuma#versus#one#tenkaichi#Altair: A Record of Battles#Yozakura Quartet#cells at work#ride-on king#That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime#Princess Resurrection#king of fighters
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The Altair: A Record of Battles Manga to End in November 2023
The December 2023 issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine has announced that Kotono Katō’s Altair: A Record of Battles manga will end in the magazine’s next issue on November 25, 2023.
The manga is described as:
For generations the Turkiye Devleti and the Balt-Rhein Empire have stood in stern opposition of each other. Then one night, when an imperial minister is found assassinated, the…
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Hello there Vasco fans.
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Shokoku no Altair Vol.26 (end)
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Thank you so much !!
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After successfully fulfilling his diplomatic mission to the Mamluk Sultanate, Mahmud took the time to go to Jerusalem on his way home for pilgrimage and worship. In the Stratocracy era, he was the only Pasha who visited this holy land. Mahmud wrote a description of this city (during the Mamluk government at that time) in his diary: "This city is always filled with pilgrims and travellers from various countries and various religions. There is the Masjidil Aqsha, which used to be the first Qibla for the Muslims before it was moved to Mecca. "The Al Aqsa Mosque consists of two mosques: the first is the blackish Ash Shakra dome mosque, and the second is the gold dome. The gold color of this second mosque is said to have been built during the Ummayah era. But I don't know anything about the first mosque."
"This city is relatively peaceful and prosperous. Thanks to the Cairo government, which manages it well. And high religious tolerance among its people and immigrants. The population of this city consists of various Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities. However from what I saw, the largest community was many after Muslims, perhaps Jews. Most of them work as traders and skilled craftsmen. It is said that based on the stories of many people here, their community is getting bigger because most of them are refugees from Europe. They fled because of the persecution policies of the tyrannical European kings against them."
"Based on the Sultan's story, this city experienced a terrible fate under the feet of the infidels (crusaders). Then came Saladin from the Kurds, who liberated this city with Allah's permission. But after that, there came an attack by a tribe of horsemen from the Tartars who occupied countries in the Levant and almost took this city, but the Mamluk troops managed to defeat them at Ain Jalut, which became a star of glory for their kingdom, replacing the kingdom of their masters (the Ayyubids). What is clear is that the security and prosperity that I feel in this city will never be achieved except by great sacrifice, and the Mamluks have proven their resilience over it all."
Mahmud Pashas diary (Dr. Ekrem Imamoglu), P.76
Note: Dr Ekrem Imamoglu explains; It seems that Mahmud had difficulty distinguishing or did not know about these two mosques. The truth is, the mosque he is referring to is the Al Qibli Mosque which is black in color. while the new Dome of As Shakrah or Dome of the Rock is golden. But it seems Mahmud probably doesn't know the name of this golden dome mosque at all. so he mistook Al Qibli for the Shakra Dome. vice versa.
left; Al Qibli Mosque. Right: Dome of the Rock. both are part of the Al Aqsa Mosque Complex. not one of them. (Because there has been a misunderstanding circulating, that the Al Qibli Mosque is the real Aqsa Mosque. Even though it is actually not like that).
#shoukoku no altair#altair a record of battles#kotono kato#mamluk#tughril mahmut#jerusalem#palestine#free palestine#trivia#travel#fanfiction#fanfic#kato katono
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Morgen and Nacht from my crossover in the form of a figurine.
By the way, can anyone tell me where it is most convenient to read fan fictions (I have work on the Black Clover, Magi, Altair: Record of battles, Sengoku BASARA, Touken Ranbu and Orient)?
#black clover#magi labyrinth of magic#black clover headcanons#crossover#anime#manga#black clover fanfiction#shoukoku no altair#altair record of battles#orient#orient manga#sengoku dasara#touken ranbu#It's not canon!
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Shoukoku no Altair
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It’s time to wax poetic about Altair: A Record of Battles (Shoukoku no Altair), a great historical fantasy manga and anime about a very underutilized setting in the fantasy genre: the Ottoman Empire/Turkey. The art is superbly gorgeous and the plot is essentially a war story including the events leading up to it. I’d say the realism in its politics and economics and how those impact relations between countries is the story’s strong point. That, or the fact that the story actively punishes the overly optimistic and idealistic viewpoint of the classic shounen protagonist.
At its core, it’s an alternate history story that reverses the roles of the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, which a lot of readers tend not to like, but as someone who has no ancestral ties to either side of the conflict, it was super interesting to have a non-European nation in a historical fantasy be the main focus of the story for once. That, and I don’t think the story necessarily paints the alt history Turks as the end all, be all good guys. There are definitely points in the story where characters uncomfortably observe how they’re becoming more like the enemy they hate and denounce in their campaign to strike back against their aggressors. And I think a large part of the story is watching the protagonist be forced to compromise his idealistic ideas with the harsh reality of medieval life and being part of a large nation at conflict with others.
Although the anime looks pretty at first glance, I highly recommend the manga instead. The anime is very poorly produced at certain parts of the story that really deserved more. The only good thing I have to say about the anime is that they actually gave the golden eagle (the main character’s companion and a very good boy!) an accurate cry - the golden eagle is often given some other bird of prey’s cry because it sounds less than “impressive”. Aside from that, there are only a handful of scenes I really liked from the anime that did justice to the source material (I SWEAR that One Scene with Beyazit and Balaban was like 80% of the anime’s entire budget).
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ayo wat
But also
#su.txt#just surprised lol#altair a record of battles#intriguing#i downloaded a mN#a manga app* agaib#goddam keyboard
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I've come to realise that a key problem with LOGH for me is that I don't much care for any characters, apart from Magda. Siegfried is a lovely chap while he's around, but Reinhardt and Yang are insufferable. Being a misogynist doesn't make Reuenthal worth a minute's screentime, except to heave him out of an airlock (which will be done immediately, if he ever appears in a fanfic of mine). Oberstein is a straw Vulcan and the rest of the admirals are props, Mittermeyer included. Don't get me started on Frederica the tea lady...
Wouldn't it be nice if there were another set of Germanic military types, in a world of realpolitik and struggle not created as a pedestal for two unremarkable characters, however fantastically vast and intricate that pedestal was? Who faced the horrors of war more directly than any named character in LOGH, and of being good people on the wrong side? Whose depths of courage, likeability and, of course, inclusivity, perhaps deserved galactic conquest under Reinhardt more than slaughter at the hands of Turks?
Shoukoku no Altair. A better military-political drama for the modern era than LOGH will ever be.
#legend of the galactic heroes#logh#shoukoku no altair#altair record of battles#anime#light novel#manga
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The Pirates SMP Kill Tally: an Analysis
(AKA I've been curious about everyone's kill counts for months and finally got around to making the count and the post.)
Obligatory "everything is roleplay" disclaimer.
Criteria for kills
For my own peace of mind, bounties do not count as kills due to the respawn mechanism
We're (mostly) sticking to permanent deaths, so the cast accidentally killing each other in battle via friendly fire does NOT count either
I'm judging by in-game death messages for who got the final blow
Each kill on a Cultist = 1 kill because I don't care about the respawn mechanism on them; I'm just assuming they're all different people and the respawn is to bypass out-of-universe logistics
It's impossible to determine ALL kills due to the established worldbuilding, but we sure are trying our best
Kills are sorted by event for organization; non-event kills and deaths are listed separately
Day 1 / July 30: Recruitment Day
None of the pirates have killed anyone yet! Woo!
Ivy / Corruption: Aimsey (1)
Iris / Cultists: Guqqie (1)
Day 36 / Sept 3: In Too Deep
Against all odds, no one technically dies. Michela shot the crystal that freed Ivy and the Corruption, but by that point, Ivy's been using Aimsey's body as a puppet anyway and p!Aimsey has been officially listed as "fallen" on the POWCreations Twitter since Day 1. So no, Michela did not kill Aimsey; Ivy and the Corruption did
Day 76 / Oct 13: The Rescue Mission
Acho: 1 Cultist, shot from above
Apo: 1 Cultist, shot just after the release of the Yetis
Scott: 1 Cultist, stabbed with a kitchen knife
Iris / Cultists: Marnie (1)
Day 77 / Oct 14: The Revenge Raid
Acho: 5 Cultists
Graecie: 1 Cultist, killed in melee
Kuervo: 1 Cultist
Kyle: 3 Cultists
Owen: 1 Cultist
Ros: 1 Cultist
Scott: Altair, the Right Hand of Iris, who seemingly respawns later for some reason (0.5)
Shelby: 1 Cultist, three-shot
Shep: 1 Cultist
Water: 1 Cultist
Iris / Cultists: Hook (1)
Day 93 / Oct 30: Halloween
Captain Golden Beard and her crew of 890 pirates (i.e. 891 in total) were technically killed by the cursed gold created by Nocturnus and Eclipsa
Nocturnus: Mufasa (1; but I personally don't believe it)
Seapeekay: Nocturnus (1); while two rounds were fought on-stream, both Owen and Martyn's YouTube adaptations use the first round as standard, so that's what I'm going with
Day 112 / Nov 18: Final Wishes
Against all odds, no POV character dies again! It's just the Faction Isles backstory drop lore event. That being said...
Iris / Cultists: Many unnamed individuals; including dozens of villagers [only one named character, Icarus, but identifies the Logkeeper and their cousin (1), brothers (2+), friends (2+)], many unnamed pirates [presumably incl. "Mrs. Caravel" and her two children] (10+)
Although most, if not all pirates end up having to kill the vengeful wraiths/ghosts of the townsfolk, as with Aimsey's case, they were dead to begin with and thus don't count
Day 134 / Dec 10: The Finale
Annotation: Only Take 2 of the Battle on the Faction Isles is counted, but Take 1 kills are recorded for reference.
Apo: 5 Cultists
Graecie: 4 Cultists
Jojo: 1 Cultist in Take 1 of the battle, 5 Cultists in Take 2, Ohca / Insane Cultist (6)
Kuervo: 2 Cultists
Kyle: 6 Cultists
Oli: 2 Cultists, Pip by accident (3)
Ros: 1 Cultist in the Take 1 of the battle
Scott: 1 Cultist
Seapeekay: 1 Cultist
Shep: 4 Cultists
Water: 2 Cultists
Iris / Cultists (offscreen): Olive (confirmed by cc!Apo), Sniff (confirmed by cc!Apo), Scar, Shelby, Puffy, Eret (confirmed by cc!Apo), Reddoons, Tubbo, Michela (9)
Ohca / Insane Cultist specifically: Claud, Saffrie, Finn, the Enchantress, Katie (5)
Other unnamed Cultists: Digby (1)
Ivy / Corruption: Iris (1)
Ivy's own death is hard to pin down, because the positive magick countering the Corruption in her is literally the Power of Love and Friendship, with Cruppy as a sacrifice; it can't be attributed to Iris because she's already dead by that point, but the cast didn't exactly do anything to kill her either
Non-event kills (known)
Iris / Cultists: "Dai", Bek on Day 125 / Dec 1, Will on Day 130 / Dec 6 (3)
Bek: 2 unnamed Cultists that captured her on Day 125 / Dec 1 (2)
Kuervo: Commanders Francesco, Miria, Charrio, Rosaria, Tapia, Miguel, Travis, and Ernesto of the Nayan Armada [Javi and Rodrigo survived the rampage, would technically be 1st degree murder due to premeditation; but let's be honest, we're cheering him on because they're tyrants]; 1 unnamed Cultist on Day 126 / Dec 2 (9)
Martyn: Jeffery on Day 125 / Dec 1
Sausage: At least 2, 4, or 5 unnamed naval soldiers holding his uncle captive in his backstory, arguably in self-defense; reports are inconsistent and the canonicity of the 4 or 5 is questionable because psychotherapy is anachronistic for the setting
Shep: At least one unnamed individual on Captain Merton's orders; p!Will's case could either be 2nd degree or voluntary manslaughter under US laws [for reference only] (1.5+)
p!Acho technically wasn't killed by anyone, but if we had to determine a killer, it would be whoever set up the trap and ultimatum in Kishi in the first place; however, since that person's identity is unknown and presumably lost to time, we cannot say for certain who is to blame. Same would go for Mahara and perhaps countless others
Total kills in the SMP-era (i.e. does not count distant worldbuilding kills)
* is counted for kills NOT in self-defense; battlefield kills or fighting back against captors ARE considered self-defense
Acho: 6, all unnamed Cultists
Apo: 6, all unnamed Cultists
Bek: 2, all unnamed Cultists
Jojo: 6, incl. Ohca / Insane Cultist
Graecie: 5, all unnamed Cultists
Kuervo: 12, incl. 8 tyrants* and 4 unnamed Cultists
Kyle: 9, all unnamed Cultists
Martyn: 1, specifically Jeffery*
Oli: 3, incl. Pip (by friendly fire) and 2 unnamed Cultists
Owen: 1 unnamed Cultist
Ros: 1 unnamed Cultist
Sausage: At least 2 (possibly 4 or 5?), all unnamed soldiers
Scott: 2.5, all Cultists
Seapeekay: 2, incl. Nocturnus and 1 unnamed Cultist
Shelby: 1 Cultist
Shep: 6.5+, incl. unnamed persons*, p!Will* (only 0.5 because the Cultists dealt the final blow), and 5 unnamed Cultists
Water: 3, all unnamed Cultists
Iris, via petrification: 15* named in SMP era; not counting deaths revealed in the Final Wishes event because they're pre-SMP era
Ohca / Insane Cultist: 5 named
Other unnamed Cultists: 1 named
Ivy: 2 named, specifically Aimsey* and Iris
Nocturnus and Eclipsa: presumably 1* named in SMP era; not counting the ~891 backstory deaths from the Golden Isle subplot*
Summary
The characters with the most known kills are Nocturnus and Eclipsa (~892), but Iris would theoretically have the most kills overall stretched out over a millennium; just because the Corruption took over some islands and settlements doesn't necessarily mean the people who lived there died to it (we need hard evidence for that, and we don't)
The only POV characters who have committed murder/manslaughter (i.e. killed outside the battlefield or captivity) are Kuervo, Shep, and Martyn, in that order in kill tally
Despite the above statement and having the most kills for a POV character, Kuervo is still sympathetic owing to the fact every named person he's killed was an autocratic tyrant
On the battlefield, the POV character with the most kills is Kyle, at 9 overall
The survivor who killed the least people is Cleo, at 0 kills; followed by Eloise (0 kills excluding bounties); then Owen (1 kill excluding bounties); then Ros (1 kill excluding bounties and finale battle Take 1)
For the above, Martyn is in that weird spot of "we don't know his whereabouts post-finale" AND he technically also only has 1 kill, but it was premeditated, even if he got the wrong target in the end (i.e. his kills were 100% premeditated)
The deceased character who killed the most people is Acho, at 6 kills, all unnamed Cultists; to note, star is also the first known POV character to get a kill during the canon era by sniping a Cultist during the Rescue Mission
I am NOT studying law for a reason LMAO
EDIT: Corrected p!Sausage's kill count because I completely forgot about his backstory when I made this post.
#pirates smp analysis#pirates smp ensemble#isleposting#pirates smp#my post#scurvyblr#aqua's mcytblr resources
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Altair: A Record of Battles Manga Takes Break, and Will End in "a Few" Chapters
The official Twitter account for Kotono Katō’s Altair: A Record of Battles manga has announced that the manga will be on hiatus and will not publish a new chapter in the April 2023 issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine on February 25, 2023. The Twitter account also revealed that the manga will end in “a few” chapters, and that Katō is currently working hard on the climax scene.
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Hello there Blanca fans.
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if you liked vinland saga, you should really be checking out altair: a record of battles. it's more political (like canute pov style) but also tackles how glory blinds people and the mc wanting to avoid war and violence
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Shoukoku no Altair Volumes 20-25
#shoukoku no altair#kato kotono#shokoku no altair#altair a record of battles#artwork#volume covers#tughril mahmut#iskender
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