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When Cats Chew Catnip, It Works as a Bug Spray | Science

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When Cats Chew Catnip, It Works as a Bug Spray | Science

A cat chews up and rolls around in the leaves of the silver vine plant. Masao Miyazaki

For even the most aloof cats, just a few leaves of catnip can trigger excited fits of chewing, kicking and rolling around.

Silver vine—or matatabi in Japanese—inspires a similar plant-induced euphoria in our feline friends. The response certainly looks like fun, but until recently, scientists were unsure if the cats’ behavior might actually have other benefits than pure pleasure.

New research, published this week in iScience, suggests that when cats play with (and damage) either catnip or silver vine, the plants’ leaves actually emit higher levels of chemical compounds that do have a benefit: repelling mosquitoes. Both plants can act as a sort of natural bug spray, and when cats chew up the leaves, that bug spray becomes even more effective. Researchers at the University of Iwate in Japan, who have been investigating cats’ interactions with catnip and silver vine for several years, were behind the research.

But rolling around in the leaves is only one component of the cats’ response to these plants. Masao Miyazaki, an animal behaviorist at Iwate University and an author on the study, explained that cats engage in four main behaviors with either catnip or silver vine: licking, chewing, rubbing and rolling. In an earlier study, Miyazaki says they found that rubbing and rolling are very important to transfer iridoids—the chemicals that trigger the cat’s endorphine rush—to cat fur and that repels mosquitoes. If rubbing and rolling in silver vine leaves is a cat’s way of applying bug spray, this still did not explain why, other than getting high, cats lick and chew the leaves as well.

In the new study, the researchers looked more closely at what happens on a chemical level when the leaves get damaged by cats. They first collected intact silver vine leaves as well as leaves that had been chewed on by cats and leaves that they crumpled up by hand. A chemical analysis showed that damage inflicted by both cats and humans caused the leaves to increase their emissions of various iridoids. The chemical cocktail in the damaged leaves was also less dominated by a single chemical, and instead had a more even balance of five different chemicals.

The researchers then tested out these different chemical cocktails to see how cats and mosquitoes each responded to them. When given trays with intact and damaged silver vine leaves, cats spent more time licking and rolling around on the damaged leaves. And when researchers synthesized the chemical cocktails found in these leaves, the cats again spent more time with the damaged-leaf cocktail.

The cats preferred the more well-balanced mixture of iridoids compared to the simpler mixture, even when the levels of nepetalactol, the main iridoid in silver vine, were the same. Previously, nepetalactol was thought to be what attracted cats to it, but this new finding revealed that there was something special about the mixture of chemicals that was extra enticing. “I was really surprised that the combination of iridoid compounds enhanced the feline response,” says Reiko Uenoyama, a graduate student at Iwate University and lead author on both studies.

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The complex chemical mixture that was most attractive to cats was also most repellant to mosquitoes. To compare the insect-repellant properties of the mixtures, the researchers filled a transparent box with mosquitoes and placed a shallow dish inside. When the complex chemical mixture from damaged leaves was added to the dish, the mosquitoes fled more quickly than when the simpler mixture from intact leaves was added.

While silver vine reacted to cat-inflicted damage by diversifying its chemical profile, catnip did not. The researchers repeated all of their experiments with catnip and found very different results. The main iridoid chemical in catnip is nepetalactone—not nepetalactol—and this remains the case regardless of leaf damage. When cats chew on catnip, the leaves vastly increase their emissions of nepetalactone alone.

Despite this different reaction to damage, being crumpled-up still made catnip leaves more attractive to cats and more repellant to mosquitoes. But in this case, the responses were due to higher levels of a single chemical. And when comparing the plants to each other, a large dose of the catnip cocktail was needed to trigger the same response from cats and mosquitoes as a very small dose of the silver vine cocktail. Yet catnip leaves themselves were just as attractive to cats as silver vine leaves because the amount of chemicals catnip leaves emit are so much higher overall.

Why even small amounts of complex mixtures of chemicals are so effective at triggering responses is unclear to scientists. “Unfortunately,” Miyazaki states, “we don’t know why the cocktail reacted more strongly to cats and mosquitoes.” But despite these lingering questions, Benjamin Lichman, a plant biochemist at the University of York who was uninvolved in the study, says this research “highlights the importance of mixtures or cocktails of chemicals in interacting with animals as opposed to single compounds.”

Scientists are still unsure of when this particular cat behavior first evolved. In their previous study, the researchers found that leopards and jaguars will rub their heads on nepetalactol-soaked paper just like domestic cats do. This finding suggests that this behavior that takes advantage of the insect-repellant characteristics of certain plants might have evolved in a distant feline ancestor.

“I just find it so interesting how cats have developed this innate behavior of defending themselves this way,” says Nadia Melo, a chemical ecologist at Lund University who was not involved in the study. She points out that other mammals face similar disease risks from insects, “but you don’t see this in dogs, which are obviously also affected by mosquitoes.”

Catnip and silver vine could be useful for protecting humans from insects as well. The species of mosquito used in this study transmits roundworms to cats and dogs and also spreads many human viruses, like dengue and chikungunya. And Melo’s previous research suggests that other mosquitos are likely to have similar responses. “I think all mosquitoes would react pretty much the same way,” she says.

So the chemicals from catnip and silver vine could prove useful for developing safer and more effective insect repellants for human use. They just might have the side-effect of attracting cats as well. “If someone does not like cats or have allergy to cats,” writes Miyazaki in an email, “they should not use iridoids as repellents!”

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00:00 (열두시) is a fictional girl group South Korean. this group has 10 members: GEEM, Dobi, Ae rim, Soo Yoon, Mei, Aimeé, Reiko, Rina, Jiyu y Doyun.

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00:00 debuted on November 29, 2021 with their mini album "Thinking about You & Me".

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Short Reflection: The Heike Story

It’s possible that Naoko Yamada is the greatest anime director of all time.

To some, that statement might seem like blasphemy. What about Miyazaki, and Hosoda, and Kon, and all those other acclaimed directors with long and storied careers? Yet the more I think about it, the more I realize just how singularly untouchable Yamada’s career has been. Her first role as director was with K-On, a show that single-handedly revolutionized the slice-of-life genre and still remains its best entry to this day. Then, with the first season of Hibike Euphonium, she helped spearhead Kyoto Animation’s greatest work of art ever. A Silent Voice broke down international barriers and achieved mainstream Western acclaim in a way only Ghibli films used to be able to do. Liz and the Blue Bird is the single most beautiful expression of intimacy ever put to film. And while I haven’t yet seen Tamako Market or Tamako Love Story, most of their fans seem to hold them in equally high regard as any of those shows and movies I just talked about. Yamada hasn’t just been cranking out masterpieces since before she was thirty; every single project she’s directed has been a masterpiece. Her track record is unimpeachable on a level that no other anime director can really match. Not even Miyazaki hits it out of the park every single time, but Yamada makes it look easy.

In that sense, it’s no surprise that The Heike Story is as good as it is. Why wouldn’t it be, coming from a director who’s never once fallen short of mastery? Not to mention this is yet another Yamada collaboration with Reiko Yoshida and Kensuke Ushio, the writer and composer who helped bring Silent Voice and Liz to life. You’d have to be crazy to fail with a team that talented. And yet, even by Yamada’s standards, The Heike Story is a mind-boggling feat. It’s an adaptation of a work of classic Japanese literature on par with the Iliad and Odyssey, a tale of the Heike clan’s rise to power and fall from grace. The original story is a sprawling epic full of massive battles and complex political machinations, with countless characters and moving parts to keep track of. At least that’s what I’ve heard; I haven’t read the original story myself, so I have no immediate context for what was changed, added or removed. All I can do is listen to people who have read it and trust their word on the subject. But what I can tell you for sure is this:

This adaptation seeks to tell that story in eleven episodes.

No, you didn’t misread that. The Heike Story condenses the entirety of its source material into a scant eleven episodes. It flows through huge stretches of time with the transience of a leaf on the wind, foregoing the original tale’s epic scope in favor of intimate character drama, rich thematic imagery, and searing portraits of the humanity behind the larger-than-life characters. It focuses not on the sprawling battles and the political scheming (though both are present here, just in smaller doses than you’d expect), but on the turmoil and tragedy of those caught up in the sweep of history, borne inexorably toward their fates. The Heike’s leaders and the ambition that leads them to folly. The Heike’s sons who inherit their fathers’ messes, alternately repeating their mistakes or desperately struggling to escape them. The Heike’s daughters who suffer at home under their society’s sexist expectations while the “great men” who set those expectations lead themselves to ruin. And at the center of it all is a new character written for this adaptation: Biwa, a girl with a cursed eye that can see everyone’s tragic futures bearing down on them, unable to do anything but bear witness as they march ever closer to their inescapable doom.

It’s a work of such staggering ambition that you can’t help but wonder if it’s even possible. Such a titanic story, such a lofty pedigree, trimmed down to just about five hours of atmospheric, deliberate storytelling? Surely not even the greatest artistic minds alive today would be able to pull that off. And to be fair, you can feel the show’s midsection bulging from the stress of everything it has to fit in. There are so many characters, so many locations, so many moving pieces to keep track of, and it can be very easy to lose sight of who’s doing what and why they’re doing it if you’re not playing close attention. Even now that I’ve finished it, I’m nowhere close to remembering every character’s name and place in the narrative. It reminds me a lot of A Silent Voice, which similarly truncated its source material by stuffing 64 manga chapters into just two hours of film. That movie, too, had a bloated midsection as a result of needing to fit so much content into a much smaller package. Perhaps this particular team of creators just likes trying to retell long stories in shorter forms than they’re really designed for. What can I say, every artist has their quirks.

But that’s the thing, folks: this isn’t just any old director we’re talking about here. This is Naoko Fucking Yamada. This is the woman who turned a mediocre 4-koma gag manga about four girls sitting around and sipping tea into a soaring treatise on the magic of friendships forged in youth. This is the woman who took a minor subplot out of its original context and turned into a stand-alone movie that’s one of the best parts of its franchise. Yamada has built her career on spinning gold out of seemingly impossible circumstances. And make no mistake: this anime is as unmistakably a Naoko Yamada anime as Devilman Crybaby was a Masaaki Yuasa anime. It’s so thoroughly filtered through its creator’s sensibilities, fascinations, and perspective that it might as well be a completely original story, an old tale made new by a fresh pair of eyes. It takes a literary work as archetypical as Homer and distills it into something far too specific, far too personal, and far too emotional to get hung up on the occasional awkward spots. A more straightforward, more complete adaptation might have been interesting in its own right, but something tells me it wouldn’t feel nearly as special.

Because just as Yamada and her team accomplished with A Silent Voice, The Heike Story’s truncated narrative is only a minor distraction from an otherwise jaw-dropping triumph. What it lacks in the original’s epic scope, it more than makes up for with the breathtaking intimacy of its animation and direction. Where it stumbles in the finer details of its plot, it covers for with the aching humanity of all its characters and the complex, broken paths they walk. It’s a searing portrait of human weakness and vulnerability, a haunting exploration of the transience of life and the fear of death. But it’s also a celebration of life, and its ability to persevere through grief and loss. It’s a story of love tested in despair thick enough to choke the air from your lungs. It’s a story of finding hope and forgiveness even when the world is being swallowed by cruelty. It’s a story of men who fall short and drive themselves into ruin, but also of those who carry on through blood and tears to seek a better tomorrow. You may not remember every character’s name, but the story makes you care so fucking much that it barely even registers.

And because this is Yamada we’re talking about, that beautiful story is brought to life with some of the best presentation and production this medium has to offer. The show’s cinematography is brilliant, its editing is stunning, its imagery and symbolism bury into your soul and refuse to leave. The watercolor-brush aesthetics, courtesy of Science Saru, drape the proceedings in a potent sense of temporal beauty. The soundtrack is yet another unbearably serene accomplishment from Ushio, with instrumentals that seem to resonate from within your very ribcage. The cast is a murderer’s row of fantastic seiyuus delivering some of the best performances you’re likely to hear in anime all year (Aoi Yuki’s portrayal of Biwa might be one of her best roles ever, and that’s saying a lot). It’s the kind of show where something as simple as a character’s body language, or the placement of a single shot, is enough to make emotions well up within you, just from how beautifully they convey meaning. And the way all these different aspects play off each other culminates in a final act that turned me into a sobbing wreck. God, I’m still not over those last few minutes. I don’t know if I ever will be.

2021 has been a truly remarkable year for anime. We’ve been blessed with some of the most imaginative, impactful, and boundary-pushing works of art this medium’s had in a while. But even among the likes of Sonny Boy, Sk8 the Infinity, Wonder Egg Priority, 86 Eighty-Six, Oddtaxi, and the final Evangelion Rebuild, The Heike Story is a truly singular achievement. It’s my favorite non-sequel anime of 2021, losing out only to Re:Zero and Gintama the Final as my favorite overall of 2021. And if you know how fucking much I love those shows, you know I don’t make that comparison lightly. But really, who else but Naoko Yamada could challenge two of my favorite franchises for the top spot with a massively paired down literary passion project? That, folks, is why she may well be the greatest anime director of all time. And if you’ve let this show slip under your radar, I can only urge you to fix that oversight now. The Heike Story deserves to be seen and celebrated by as many people as possible. It’s a retelling of an old story that will linger for many years to come, passed down through generations like the songs plucked from the strings of a traveling musician. Life is fleeting and all things will one day fall to ruin, but stories this beautiful will remain alive forever, just as enrapturing centuries from now as they were on the day they were first spun. And I give The Heike Story a score of:

9/10

What a wonderful year it’s been. Here’s hoping the anime of 2022 keep kicking ass!

#anime #the anime binge-watcher #tabw #the heike story #heike monogatari #fall 2021 sr #fall 2021 #fall 2021 anime #naoko yamada

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Tomodachi Game Anime Adds Six More Players to Cast List

New challengers approaching! Tomodachi Game today revealed six new cast members that'll join the ranks of its players in the thriller anime's seventh episode next week, titled "I'll Take 20 Million Yen Worth of Your Life."

Here's how they're shaping up:

The new cast members are as follows:

Nana Mizuki (Utano in Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan) as Reiko Tamai

Tetsu Inada (Endeavor in My Hero Academia) as Juzo Kadokura

Kisho Taniyama (Jean in Attack on Titan) as Hyakutaro Onigawara

Tetsuya Kakihara (Keith in My Next Life as a Villainess) as Chisato Hashiratani

Kensho Ono (Akutagawa in Bungo Stray Dogs) as Kei Shinomiya

Daisuke Ono (Jotaro in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) as Banri Niwa

RELATED: Tomodachi Game English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date

Based on the manga by Mikoto Yamaguchi and Yuki Sato, Tomodachi Game is directed by Hirofumi Ogura (Cells at Work!!) at studio Okuruto Noboru, with series composition by Kenta Ihara (Saga of Tanya the Evil) and character designs by Satomi Miyazaki (Attack on Titan animation director).

If you're a fan of death game anime, don't miss new episodes of Tomodachi Game when they drop every Tuesday, right here on Crunchyroll!

High school student Katagiri Yuichi, who values friendship above all else, enjoys a fulfilling life with his close friends Sawagiri Shiho, Mikasa Tenji, Shibe Makoto, and Kokorogi Yutori.

However, after a particular incident, they're dragged into a debt repayment game.

The only way to beat the "Tomodachi Game" is to not doubt their friends. Bound together by solid friendships, the game should've been easy, but– The hugely popular comic that sold over two million copies is finally becoming an anime! Will they trust or betray their precious friends? The true nature of humanity is exposed in the ultimate psychological game!

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Der shy man behind @Shymander, Liam is a timezone-fluid Aussie with a distinct fondness for anime, Eurovision and creating odd stats projects despite hating math.

By: Liam Dempsey

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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DIGIWEEK Day 3: Music

OK SO I didn’t actually think I was going to be making a compilation post like this but it turns out just thinking about Digimon music makes me incredibly emotional because I love it all SO!!!!!! Much. It is the primary way my love of Digimon has stayed strong all these years; no matter what else is going on, and even when I haven’t had access to the shows themselves, I’ve been able to carry the songs with me, and they have been (and continue to be) so incredibly comforting, inspiring, and downright moving that I can’t not share some of my absolute favorites:

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Towa ni Tsuzuke!! Taichi Yagami/Toshiko Fujita, Digimon 10th Anniversary

Every Taichi song is an absolutely gorgeous work of art, but this one gives me so many feelings, and is so incredibly important to me personally. I’ve said it elsewhere, but there was a time when this song was literally the first thing I listened to every Monday morning to get myself ready for the workweek. I WILL very often sing along at top volume in my car, and there isn’t anything anyone can do to stop me. Rest in Peace Ms Fujita, I can’t even begin to describe what your voicework on Taichi has meant to me throughout my life.

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REACH FOR YOU Daisuke Motomiya/Reiko Kiuchi, Natsu e no Tobira 02 audio drama

My absolute favorite Daisuke song, and once again, that is saying a LOT. It’s so hauntingly beautiful, with so much feeling behind it (You have to click through to YouTube to listen, but trust me when I say IT IS WORTH IT!!).

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Tobira DOOR (Acoustic Version) Yamato Ishida/Yuuto Kazama, Tegami ~Letter~ 02 audio drama

[Note: the actual song starts at about the 1 minute 30 mark, and there is a several-minute-long silence on the back end for some reason!]

Both versions of this song are gorgeous, but I think I prefer the acoustic one just a teeny bit more. It just feels so personal and intimate, which, given the context of the drama (Yamato wrote and performed this song for an unnamed girl to help her get through a difficult operation), makes so much sense-- and once again, such an emotional performance. Like most things related to Digimon and music, they didn’t have to go this hard, but they did, and I’m so incredibly grateful obscure gems like this exist (not sure if its existence is a testament to Digimon’s popularity, Yamato’s, or both XD). The seagulls at the end are such a perfect way to cap off the audio drama too, conjuring imagery of a cold, nearly-empty beach in winter, and I’m still in love with the cover art.

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Yuuki o Uketsugu Kodomotachi e Wada Koji, Maeda Ai, Miyazaki Ayumi, Hassy, Ohta Michihiko, Wild Child Bound, Sammy, Tanimoto Takayoshi, We Love DiGiMONMUSiC

Oh geez! All of these are just like, REALLY EMOTIONAL SONGS, sorry about that! Well, this one is yet another “I can’t believe I get to experience so many beautiful things in my earbuds, wow Digimon fans are really spoiled” type of song, and features all the big names and players. I love how their voices come in and out and harmonize together! <3

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Slow Starter Yuujin Oozora & Offmon/Makoto Furukawa & Yu Shimamura, Digimon Universe Appli Monsters Character Song & Original Soundtrack

Hey this one is bright and happy! ...kind of. Once again, THE HARMONIES, MAN. And I just love how Yuujin is so comforting and supportive of his Buddy throughout. It’s such a great duet, and the ending is just so sweet T^T

I'll catch you (you'll catch me) tightly, tightly, tightly I'll never, ever, ever, leave you We'll shut, shut out the hesitation that plagues you (me) Slowly, bit by bit, I'll go towards where you are

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Daisuki-ism, Patamon/Miwa Matsumoto, Digimon Adventure Tri Character Song Album (Digimon Version)

OK, OK! This is the last one, I promise. And FINALLY something cute for cute’s sake (just don’t think about Confession. DON’T THINK! ABOUT! CONFESSION!). I’m guilty of always liking Patamon’s songs. They literally never fail to make me smile. Patapata!!

#digiweek2021 #digimon adventure #digimon adventure 02 #digimon adventure tri #appmon #appli monsters #digimon music #the cactus speaks #Youtube

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Heike Monogatari, presentata la nuova serie animata di casa Science SARU

L’anime vede riunito parte dello staff che ci ha regalato il film La Forma della Voce.

SCIENCE SARU ha svelato di essere al lavoro su di una serie animata chiamata “Heike Monogatari” (The Heike Story), che verrà distribuita in streaming dal 15 settembre, in anteprima sulla piattaforma giapponese FOD di Fuji TV e all’estero da Bilibili e Funimation.

Assieme al film d’animazione intitolato “Inu-Oh”, che la prossima settimana verrà mostrato in anteprima mondiale alla 78ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia, questa è la seconda produzione dello studio fondato da Masaaki Yuasa (Lu e la città delle sirene, Ride your Wave, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Devilman: Crybaby) ispirata all’omonimo romanzo storico firmato da Hideo Furukawa.

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La serie debutterà ufficialmente sulle tv giapponesi da gennaio 2022 e vede riunito parte dello staff de “La Forma della Voce”: la regia è infatti affidata a Naoko Yamada (K-On!, Liz to Aoi Tori), la sceneggiatura è curata da Reiko Yoshida (Non Non Biyori, Violet Evergarden) e le musiche sono composte da Kensuke Ushio (Devilman: Crybaby, Ping Pong The Animation).

Per quanto riguarda il character design, quello adattato per l’animazione da Takashi Kojima (Flip Flappers, Ride Your Wave) si basa sul concept originale della mangaka Fumiko Takano (Dormitory Tomkins).

L'epopea originale racconta la storia dell'ascesa e della caduta del clan Taira durante la guerra Genpei. Nell’anime, le vicende sono narrate dalla prospettiva di Biwa, una ragazzina cieca che si guadagna da vivere come menestrello. Durante uno dei suoi viaggi, la giovane fa la conoscenza di Taira no Shigemori, il futuro erede del proprio clan. L’uomo possiede una vista sovrannaturale ed è in grado di percepire i fantasmi. Dopo il loro incontro Biwa ha una visione, profetizzando la caduta del clan.

Il cast principale dell’anime è composto da:

Biwa: Aoi Yuki (Tanya Degurechaff in Saga of Tanya the Evil)

Taira no Shigenori: Takahiro Sakurai (Arataka Reigen in Mob Psycho 100)

Taira no Tokuko: Saori Hayami (Yumeko jabami in Kakegurui)

Taira no Kiyomori: Tessho Genda (Shingen takeda in Sengoku Basara)

Altri doppiatori, attualmente senza un ruolo confermato, sono: Kikuko Inoue; Miyu Irino; Yumiko Kobayashi; Nobuhiko Okamoto; Natsuki Hanae; Ayumu Murase; Koutaro Nishiyama; Nobuyuki Hiyama; Subaru Kimura; Yu Miyazaki; Inori Minase; Tomokazu Sugita; Yuki Kaji.

* NON VUOI PERDERTI NEANCHE UN POST? ENTRA NEL CANALE TELEGRAM! *

Autore: SilenziO)))

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(Illume) July 7th - July 8th, 1583: Smoke and Mirrors

7/7/1583 at sea, western coast of Hokkaido

We've set a course south, but when I asked Funitsu where we were ultimately going, his answer was just to shake his head and mutter, "We're going to be late."

The Scorpion has been acting odd, and I could almost imagine that he's in over his head with his new clan responsibilities, but until he asks for help I really can't render much aid. If I cornered him and ordered him to tell me what's troubling him, it might work or it might only make him resent me. I think I'm going to stick with subtle hints about the fact that we can't help problems we know nothing of.

I do have to admit that knowing that there are things going on that I know little of itches at my mind. I fear I may need to do something somewhat rash if that itch isn't scratched soon.

But the "we're going to be late" comment prompted me to ask, "Late for what?"

Evidently, Funitsu had been sent a package that contained a love letter written a few centuries ago by one Soshi Badayushi. At least, the rather amusing love letter was all I could read. Woven in with the letter was a prophecy, a very specific one, concerning Funitsu, that only he and the librarian could read. I wonder how closely the librarian and Funitsu are related, anyway? The librarian has never said a thing about his origins.

I'll copy the letter here, with the parts that I could not read but had Funitsu read aloud to me.

Anmari, my love

It is with a great sadness that I write to you of my impending betrothal to the Clan Crane Witch, Isada. In 1583 a new Lord Soshi will be named in a time when all of Japan is changing. Oh my love, I am so unfortunate to have a crane wife that is so ugly. Later in that year, he will be forced to abdicate the throne as his mind will be corrupted like his fathers. At least by marrying her, she will become a scorpion and be forced to wear the mask of the Scorpions and thereby forcing none to look upon the visage. The Crane will push them over the edge, only the 2nd son, whose alliance with the crane will keep him safe. I fear greatly what is underneath, that mu-mu that she wears as well. Three who work for the crane, will meet, but not the leader, in the shadow of the scorpion, the beginning of the second week of July 1583. I fear the need for opium will be strong that night, just to wash away the images that I will have to take to my grave. The crane will be wounded by the Scorpion, not enough to fall but the blood that it sheds will make the Scorpion stronger.

There is perchance a happy ending that could be accomplished by this marriage. The dragon stands in the same position but it will not know its fate until too late. It would be easy my love to rid ourselves of Isada and replace her with you. Avoid the war with the crab by calling in a friend. You would have to wear some very unflattering clothing for a time and a mask but it could be done my love. The phoenix will strike upon is rebirth, its rebirth a direction pointed to by the scorpion. Please reply to me as soon as you can, as inspiration has struck and I would love to find you on my are as Isada than Isada herself.

Sometime in the year a third Soshi will be named to Clan Scorpion.

Your loving, devoted, hopefully soon to be husband,

Soshi Badyushi

April 26th, 1206

You can imagine the hubbub that erupted after Funitsu read this letter aloud to us. The Shadow of the Scorpion, I knew could mean one of two things --a beach near the Scorpion ancestral home in Miyazaki, or a system of caves named for the odd overhand over the entrance. Funitsu coughed and gave a significant look Panda's way. "There is another possibility, Lady, but..."

Panda said, "This is one of those conversations that I probably shouldn't listen to, right? I'll be outside." She left, closing the door behind her.

Once she was gone, Funitsu said that the other possibility was that the prophecy was referring to a boat called The Shadow of the Scorpion, a ship run by the Black Hand. "But there's no telling where the ship is, and according to this prophecy, the latest that this meeting could take place is tomorrow. Miyazaki is at least ten days away. We should go there anyway--there's a lot of Crane activity in the town, and there's a schism within the Black Hand threatening--but there's no way, if it's referring to the beach, that we can be there by tomorrow."

Reiko looked up from where she was playing with a little white ball. "If it's truly prophecy, it'll happen no matter what. That's what prophecy is. Don't worry about it."

We decided, in the end, to head down the eastern coast, stopping in Aomori on the way. Just in case, you understand.

7/8 Aomori

What a thoroughly unpleasant town. It's a Unicorn-controlled town, and though I've been through several times my father never let any of us get off the ship here. Walking down the docks, I could see why. People in various states of dying and decomposition hung from poles spaced evenly along the docks and, as far as I could see, farther up into the town. We stopped someone who looked like they belonged and asked what the bodies were about. He said that anyone who acted strangely was strung up; a crude yet effective means of combating the mind control that the Crane have been so successful with elsewhere.

We noted that there were many Cranes strung up, obvious with their white hair and blue and white clothing. Our helpful informant told us that the Cranes had been caught trying to kill the leaders of the Unicorn clan, so they were being hung up on mere principle.

Panda, at this, began to look rather nervous. So did the shaman, for the matter--I saw her step closer to the gryphon. Two different and equally valid reasons for nervousness--Panda because with her hair she can be easily mistaken for a Crane, and Reiko I assume because "acting normally" is something of a strain on her acting abilities. Panda at that point said she was going back to the ship, and asked if I would come with her.

Not wanting to either cause a scene by arguing with the samurai or continue seeing the macabre corpses that swung in the breeze above our heads, I assented.

About half an hour later, the rest returned to the ship with a girl in tow. Young enough that the usual reedy Crane body still read as gawkiness rather than elegance, she was quite obviously a bit frightened. (Though, truly, I saw her throw a canny look Tadaki's way when she thought none were looking. Perhaps she was not as frightened as all that.) She said her name was Kakita Reina--her family one of the more minor in the Crane. Haku bound her securely, and while he was doing so, noted to the rest of us that she had an odd tattoo on her leg--a wakizashi, full-sized. Funitsu explained to Panda and I what had happened--evidently, the girl had run into a Unicorn mob, and our group had asked for custody of her for questioning. Because Storming Bear, the Unicorn Samurai we'd helped the other day, was there, he let us have her.

Funitsu said that the Shadow of the Scorpion was in port here; there had been a hung-up Scorpion who had said that they had been caught stealing supplies for it. This girl, likely, was the key to that meeting that the prophecy had mentioned. He showed us a mirror Bear had taken from the girl and given to him, and said, "She was guarding this with her life. And she asked us to take her with us, because she could show us where the other mirrors are. I'm not sure what the other mirrors are or even what this does, but it sounded interesting enough to at least question her."

The girl sighed, and said, "Fine. Look, you folks seem like good people--and I recognize my Lord's daughter, over there." She indicated Tomika with her chin. "This mirror leads into a pocket dimension, and inside is a mansion of sorts, with all of the creature comforts one could want. Currently, it contains several of the leaders of our clan. I was assigned to take them to a meeting, and I got caught by the Unicorns. Bad luck for me, that the Cranes are currently Clan non grata here."

"Your people are trying to take over the clans, you know."

"That's Arenro. Let's just say that the Crane is only unified out of terror of him, not because all of us agree with his goals. But people who ignore his orders tend to be used as subjects for his experiments."

Reiko as still playing with that little white ball, and at this point she wandered over and looked down at the bound Crane girl. "Who's in the mirror, anyway?"

"Lord Akazawa Tsuneyasu. And two of his attaches, both powerful within the clan of their own right."

Tomika blinked. "My father! You have my father in your mirror?"

The Crane shrugged as best she could with her elbows tied behind her back. "I was going to tell you, but you interrupted me."

"So how do we get into the mirror?"

"Just touch the surface. You'll get pulled inside. Inside, there's a mirror back out--two, actually. One of them leads into the heart of the Crane lands, the other to this mirror here. You'll probably want to avoid using the other mirror. They tend to shoot people who don't wear Crane badges on sight."

We asked her about her statement that she could find the other mirrors, and she showed us a tattoo on her chest that changed, the mirror locations seeming to change randomly. (It's a good thing she was so flat-chested, otherwise the map would have been quite distorted.) "There are mirrors for many things, it's a major Crane magic specialty. They all do different things."

Everyone except Haku and I went into the mirror. Reiko later related what went on, and I'll write down her account here.

We appeared in a palatial mansion, in a corridor with the other mirror that led to Crane territory. The place is really nice. I could have stayed there all day. We searched through the rooms and finally found Tomika's father, who was sitting in the library, reading. He looked up and said, "Who are you? What are you doing here, daughter?"

Funitsu, who was standing next to Tomika, bowed and said, "Soshi Funitsu, sir. Your son-in-law."

"Ah, I finally meet the man who's allied our Clans." He gave Funitsu a long look, up and down. I couldn't tell whether or not he approved; I think he hasn't made up his mind yet. I mean, really, your daughter sends you a message that she's marrying a member of the traditional enemy of your clan. She's obviously not marrying for love, and all you can hope is that her husband will treat her well. Well, at the very least, that he won't beat her.

Reiko. The story, without editorializing, if you please?

Sorry. Where was I? Oh, yes, Tomika's father. He said, "My daughter looks well enough. Try and make sure she stays that way. So what are you doing here?"

We explained that the Crane girl had been captured through no fault of her own, and had told us about the meeting--which we knew about because of that very silly love letter that what's his face, the Soshi, had written.

"This meeting was not, shall we say, quite above the board. I'm convinced that Arenro's ambition is going to destroy all of us if we don't do something. I was hoping to make an alliance with the Black Hand. I knew that this meeting was very likely a trap, but it was a chance for us to make an alliance that will mean our survival. That chance, however slim, is what brought us here." At this point, Panda coughed left the room. Again! Silly samurai and their honor. Er. Begging your pardon, Lady Yukiko. And--hey! Darnit, sorry, Setto, too. Sheesh, you'd think that after five centuries you'd be used to me calling samurai silly. Er. Anyway!

Funitsu replied, "It evidently wasn't quite above the board within the Black Hand, either. There are...factions. The faction you were meeting with is likely controlled by Arenro. Which means that you've been set up, Lord."

Lord Tsuneyasu shrugged. "Wouldn't you take the same chance if there was even the slimmest of hope of an alliance? Arenro doesn't care whose blood he spills on his way to destroying the clans, and the things he orders..." He closed his eyes briefly. "Those who he forces into the darker ways of magic go mad. If they do not go mad, their souls become so twisted that they are barely recognizable."

Funitsu glanced briefly at Tomika and said, "Why don't we continue this conversation with our entire group present? I think there is a solution, but it may be somewhat bloody."

I went and found Kittycat. He had been gorging himself in the cold room that had meat in it. Silly thing. Remind me to get more pickled eggs.

Thank you, shaman, that's enough.

Any time! I like telling stories.

They came out of the mirror and briefed Haku and I about the preceding. "So, basically, it's a trap. We know it's a trap, which is an advantage, but it's still a trap. If can somehow circumvent this..."

The librarian said, "I know Chikako is on the ship--she's my direct superior. I can ask for a meeting with her, and we can spring a trap of our own." The librarian explained that his three superiors in the hand were named Chikako, Takako, and Minaku. None of them, he said, could be trusted, and all were probably aligned with Arenro.

The rest of us liked the plan of the librarian's, and with a few more details added, we were ready to go. I saw Tomika's father, after determining who Tadaki was, hand him an orb that was identical to the ones that Tadaki and Panda carry. We now have the full set of three orbs--and that alone would make us hunted relentlessly, if our enemies knew.

The librarian carried the mirror into Chikako's meeting room aboard the ship, evidently without incident. When he gave the signal to us, my retinue came out of the mirror, one by one, leaving me and Karasuko behind. The Thrykeen were to hold off the rest of the people on the ship, while my retinue attempted to kill Chikako. When the smoke cleared and Panda called me out, I found my retinue more or less in one piece. Reiko was unconscious, but a quick inspection revealed that she'd merely been knocked out, rather than wounded so badly that she was bleeding to death. Tadaki had been stunned, and was sitting with his back propped against the wall, rubbing his head.

There was also a metal warrior, sitting down, seemingly deactivated now that its master was dead. The Thrykeen stood aside and let a few people into the room. Funitsu said, "Chikako was a traitor. Does anyone else feel like traitors today?"

With glances at the bloody body of their former commander, the Hand members shook their heads and murmured, "No, Lord."

The Scorpion asked for an accounting of what the shadow of the Scorpion had been doing, and they'd replied that a few days ago they had been sent to escort a ship full of Thrykeen warriors south, and today they had been assigned to guard a meeting Chikako had with the Crane. She had evidently been worried that it was a trap and the Crane were going to attack her.

If we didn't know that Arenro was probably behind the meeting, and that Chikako was probably planning to attack the Cranes, I'd feel a bit guilty about turning the tables against her.

The Crane girl, after we untied her, touched her leg and the tattoo of the wakizashi transformed into a real sword, coming away from her leg in her hand. She turned and with a fluid motion that I wouldn't expect from someone as gawky as she is, slapped the sword against Tadaki's leg. The sword disappeared, and as he pulled up his leggings to look, the tattoo that had been on her leg was now on his. The look of astonishment on his face was amusing to watch.

The girl grinned at him. "You look a likely type, wu jen. With this, you'll never be without a weapon. And it's a brother to the sword your Scorpion carries--with the two together, the passage it cuts through reality will go twice as far. There are three more of them, by the way."

At the moment as I write, the librarian, Funitsu, and Tomika's father are negotiating an agreement between themselves and the Crane who aren't sympathetic to Arenro. When I finish here, I'll go add my voice to the proceedings.

I believe we're going to try to find another piece of that key next, which might occasion a trip to Funitsu's home in Miyazaki. We'll see what happens, I'll discuss next moves with my retinue. I believe the librarian needs to find some backup for himself within the Hand, and there are some of his superiors that need to be eliminated to take care of the schism inside the organization. I don't pretend to understand the politics of the Hand, but I have a feeling I might need to before we're done. The librarian and I are due for a long talk, indeed. There's too much I don't know, and what I don't know may in fact harm us.

As are Funitsu and I, but I'm going to need to wait until the Scorpion is ready to talk. I worry that he's in over his head and is trying to handle everything himself. I hope, at least, he's recruited Tomika to help.

Miu's come to sit and bat at the end of my brush. I believe that's my cue to join the others in a discussion of our next move.

Quotes:

"Reiko is such an anime chick." (Laura)

"Why don't we go in and play it by ear?" "Isn't that what all of our plans end up being anyway?" (Reiko and Haku)

"I was like, what, I can't go on a nine?" "Nine's been cancelled today due to lack of interest." (Laura and Bryan)

"Chiaku was a traitor. Anyone else feel like traitors today?" "No, Lord." (Funitsu, various ninjas)

"Did you say 'my brains are so useful?'" (Laura)

(play date: 6/27/2004)

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Hope Restoring Imagines!

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/8kzUJb7

by KokoroThe53rd

A place where you can request DRHR X Reader stuff!

Words: 119, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Danganronpa Hope Restoration, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Other

Characters: Reader, Reiko Shimura, Haruhi Miyazaki, Kyou Matsuoka, Naomi Tachibana, Yoshio Matsuda, Shin Shizuku, Aya Hiromi, Yuki Katabana, Mika Aiuchi, Momoka Amari, Hayden Shea, Barbara Kamiya, Hideki Takahashi, ??? Takiyama, Moneko, Monomeow

Relationships: Reader - Relationship, Reiko Shimura/Raeder, Haruhi Miyazaki/Reader, Kyou Matsuoka/Male Reader, Naomi Tachibana/Female Reader, Yoshio Matsuda/Reader, Shin Shizuku/Reader, Aya Hiromi/Reader, Yuki Katabana/Reader, Momoka Amari/Reader, Hayden Shea/Reader, Barbara Kamiya/Reader, Hideki Takahashi/Reader, Saemi Sada/Reader, Sachika Sada/Reader, ??? Takiyama/Reader, Mika Aiuchi/Reader

Additional Tags: Fluff, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Usual fanfic stuff

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Why do cats lick and chew catnip? Cats' strange reactions to catnip make it a better insect repellent

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Why do cats lick and chew catnip? Cats' strange reactions to catnip make it a better insect repellent

Cat rolls on silvervine in the lab. Credit: Masao Miyazaki

Anyone who has seen a cat experience catnip knows that it makes them go a bit wild—they rub in it, roll on it, chew it, and lick it aggressively. It is widely accepted that this plant, and its Asian counterpart, silvervine, have intoxicative properties, but this might not be the only reason that cats rub on and chew the plants so enthusiastically. Researchers in Japan have found that when cats damage catnip, much higher amounts of strong insect repellents are released, indicating that the cats’ behavior protects them from pests. This study appears in the journal iScience on June 14.

Cats’ reaction to catnip and silvervine is so ubiquitous that lead author Masao Miyazaki, an animal behavior researcher at Iwate University, had to know what was going on. “Even in the famous musical Cats there are scenes where you see a cat intoxicate another cat using catnip powder,” he says. Miyazaki began his career in veterinary medicine and developed an interest in how chemicals, such as pheromones, drive companion animals’ instinctual behaviors.

Catnip and silvervine leaves contain the compounds nepetalactol and nepetalactone, iridoids that protect the plants from pests. To see how cats’ behavior was affecting the chemicals released by the plants, Miyazaki worked with chemists at Nagoya University. “We found that physical damage of silvervine by cats promoted the immediate emission of total iridoids, which was 10-fold higher than from intact leaves,” says Miyazaki.

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Researchers in Japan have found that when cats damage catnip, much higher amounts of strong insect repellents are released, indicating that the cats’ behavior protects them from pests. This movie explains major points of the findings. Credit: Masao Miyazaki & Reiko Uenoyama

Not only were more iridoids released, but their composition changed in ways that seemed to encourage the cats. “Nepetalactol accounts for over 90% of total iridoids in intact leaves, but this drops to about 45% in damaged leaves as other iridoids greatly increase,” says Miyazaki. “The altered iridoid mixture corresponding to damaged leaves promoted a much more prolonged response in cats.”

In previous work, Miyazaki and his team showed that these compounds effectively repel Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Now the team has shown that when cats damage the plants by rubbing, rolling, licking, and chewing, the repellent properties are even more effective. The diversification of iridoids in damaged silvervine leaves makes it more repellent to mosquitoes at low concentration.

To test if the felines were reacting to these compounds specifically, the cats were given dishes with pure nepetalactone and nepetalactol. “Cats show the same response to iridoid cocktails and natural plants except for chewing,” says Miyazaki. They lick the chemicals on the plastic dish and rub against and roll over on the dish.”

“When iridoid cocktails were applied on the bottom of dishes that were then covered by a punctured plastic cover, cats still exhibited licking and chewing even though they couldn’t contact the chemicals directly,” says Miyazaki. “This means that licking and chewing is an instinctive behavior elicited by olfactory stimulation of iridoids.”

Next, Miyazaki and his team want to understand which gene is responsible for cats’ reaction to catnip and silvervine. “Our future studies promise to answer the key remaining questions of why this response is limited to Felidae species, and why some cats don’t respond to these plants,” says Miyazaki.

Catnip leaves kitties feline groovy, wards off mosquitoes: study

More information: Masao Miyazaki, Domestic cat damage to plant leaves containing iridoids enhances chemical repellency to pests, iScience (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104455. www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext … 2589-0042(22)00726-X

Citation: Why do cats lick and chew catnip? Cats’ strange reactions to catnip make it a better insect repellent (2022, June 14) retrieved 14 June 2022 from https://phys.org/news/2022-06-cats-catnip-strange-reactions-insect.html

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─ 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐊𝐎' 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄 ﹗

𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑰𝑺 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐊𝐎? . . . ─ 𝐈: 𝗕a𝘀i𝗰 p𝗮r𝘁

｡☆ ﹗ ּ ִ ۫› birth name : Miyazaki Reiko ❪ 宮崎玲子 ❫

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｡☆ ﹗ ּ ִ ۫› nacionality : japanese

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Japanese Names

Hey! It’s Zoe again. I’ve got another list of names for you, this time, Japanese names!

Japanese people have two names - surname (last name) and a given name (first name). Children will typically have the fathers last name, and the woman will usually change their last name to the husbands when they get married. In Japanese, the last name goes before the first name. For example: if the surname is Yamamoto and the given name is Akira, they would be referred to as Yamamoto Akira. In English, they would be referred to as Akira Yamamoto. Japanese people don’t usually have middle names, and middle names are not recognized in Japan (except for foreigners).

(If there are any inaccuracies in this post please let me know and I will fix it ASAP!)

Below is a list of Feminine + Masculine First Names and Last Names:

Masculine: 1. Akira 2. Dai 3. Chiyo 4. Eriko 5. Ebisu 6. Kenji 7. Kentaro 8. Matsuko 9. Michio 10. Nikko 11. Renjiro 12. Daiki 13. Eiji 14. Eito 15. Taiki 16. Noboru 17. Kiyoshi 18. Kenshin 19. Yuki 20. Isamu 21. Haru 22. Jirou 23. Hayato 24. Minato 25. Hinata 26. Kyo 27. Hibiki 28. Ryou 29. Kichiro 30. Takahiro 31. Masaru 32. Hiroto 33. Riku 34. Sora 35. Yuudai 36. Rikuto 37. Kyou 38. Takuma 39. Akio 40. Nori 41. Takehiko 42. Shirou 43. Ken’ichi 44. Saburou 45. Nobuyuki 46. Shiori 47. Michi 48. Youta 49. Arata 50. Kazou

Feminine: 1. Nanami 2. Kiku 3. Momoko 4. Yasu 5. Kasumi 6. Miku 7. Yoko 8. Sakurako 9. Mei 10. Aimi 11. Ayano 12. Minako 13. Yuko 14. Hotaru 15. Shinobu 16. Akari 17. Junya 18. Saeko 19. Sora 20. Itsuki 21. Hana 22. Kaito 23. Sayo 24. Takashi 25. Sakura 26. Ayaka 27. Ume 28. Misaki 29. Moriko 30. Rin 31. Moe 32. Umeko 33. Saki 34. Riyeko 35. Reina 36. Kiyoko 37. Fumiko 38. Yuki 39. Ichiko 40. Matsuyo 41. Jun 42. Fuji 43. Emiko 44. Hiroko 45. Sumiye 46. Tami 47. Tokiwa 48. Nara 49. Nao 50. Reiko

Last Names: 1. Suzuki 2. Tanaka 3. Watanabe 4. Ito 5. Yamamoto 6. Nakamura 7. Sato 8. Hashimoto 9. Yamashita 10. Ishikawa 11. Maeda 12. Fujita 13. Ogawa 14. Goto 15. Okada 16. Maeda 17. Sakamoto 18. Nishimura 19. Miura 20. Okamoto 21. Matsuda 22. Ono 23. Ishida 24. Ueda 25. Morita 26. Hara 27. Shibata 28. Sakai 29. Kudo 30. Yokoyama 31. Miyazaki 32. Miyamoto 33. Uchida 34. Takagi 35. Ando 36. Taniguchi 37. Ohno 38. Takada 39. Murata 40. Sugiyama 41. Sugawara 42. Hirano 43. Matsuo 44. Nomaru 45. Sano 46. Kikuchi 47. Arai 48. Sugimoto 49. Onishi 50. Noguchi

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Yamada and Science SARU's The Heike Story Shares Full Anime Visual

A few hours before the release of the first episode of The Heike Story around the world, the first full visual of the anime was released giving us a full look at the main character Biwa. Alongside the visual, Funimation shared the full synopsis for the series.

Furthermore, it was also announced that Aoi Yuuki will be voicing the main character of Biwa, with Takahiro Sakurai, Saori Hayami, Tessho Genda、Shigeru Chiba, Kikuko Inoue, Miyu Irino, Yumiko Kobayashi, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Natsuki Hanae, Ayumu Murase, Koutaro Nishiyama, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Subaru Kimura, Yu Miyazaki, Inori Minase Tomokazu Sugita, and Yuki Kaji voicing additional characters.

The character designer, Takashi Kojima (FLIP FLAPPERS), released a celebratory visual:

Naoko Yamada directs The Heike Story at Science SARU (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken), with longtime collaborator Reiko Yoshida penning the scripts, and Kensuke Ushio doing the music. All three creators worked together on the award-winning A Silent Voice together at Kyoto Animation. Funimation describes the series as such:

A young orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan—also known as the Heike—after their leader witnesses her extraordinary psychic abilities.

Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence, and civil war. Inspired by the 12th-century epic tale Heike Monogatari.

The Tale of Heike premieres its first episode on September 15 on the Fuji on Demand service and on Funimation the same day ahead of the TV premiere in January 2022.

Sources: Funimation, Comic Natalie

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs the YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.

By: Daryl Harding

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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(Illume) Graduation Day

"Are you ready to go, Ito?"

The kitsune was retying his hair in his habitual topknot. He looked down at Reiko and said, "I think so. Are we taking anyone else with us?"

She laughed. "Any trouble we find in Matsue is probably going to be something we can handle on our own. I'm not sure any of the others would really appreciate being dragged along on one of our hunts. Though I imagine more than one would enjoy watching the feeding...but never mind." Her fingertips brushed his hand and she leaned against him affectionately. He slid an arm around her and squeezed briefly, then let her loose and walked down the gangplank.

Reiko had to admit that she had become fond of the male kitsune in the two weeks he'd been with them. She didn't love him, not yet--her suspicions were still too strong--but she felt quite affectionate towards him. In part, that had to do with the fact that Ito and Gryphon were the only two of her friends who understood the easy physicality of kitsune nature, the need for affection and touches beyond simply the sexual. Kitsune lived to love and be loved, and sex was only one expression of that. Unfortunately, since sex was also how they fed, it was the one in the fore of everyone's minds.

Were I my old self, I'd have slept with all of them by now, even if I had to disguise myself to do so. I wouldn't have fed more than a sip, but I wouldn't feel I could trust them if I hadn't tasted them. Now...I've been with them for months, and I have not so much as kissed any of them, outside of healing them. How strange I become. How...un-kitsune-like.

She shook her head and caught up with Ito. It didn't matter. Tonight was a hunt, Ito's graduation exercise. Together, they would find their prey, and Ito would feed. He seemed to have a better understanding now of how to control what he drew, but Reiko knew that the temptation was always there to drink too deeply, to kill as one fed.

If he could not control himself, if he killed whoever he fed on tonight, she would probably have to kill him. It would be a deep and harrowing shame, but she was prepared to do it. In her sleeve she had a needle that she had 'borrowed' from Hiroshi's kit; dipped in poison and contained in a small bamboo case, a single scratch would be enough to kill someone twice Ito's size. And if that didn't work...she glanced down at her hands.

It had been a long time since she'd last killed by pulling a soul from a body. But she remembered how. And she doubted that Ito knew she had the ability. He knew so little of kitsune culture that the gifts of the kitsune shaman wouldn't be known to him at all. It was an advantage, and once she kept close.

Together, they walked from the docks into town, talking of inconsequentials. To all outward appearances, they were simply a couple out for a night on the town. Ito's unusual russet hair drew more than a few glances as they walked down the street, as did Reiko's slim body in her scarlet kimono. They stopped before a sake house, and Ito raised an eyebrow. "Here, you think?"

"It's as good a place as any. If we don't find what we're looking for, we can move on."

The place was small and a bit run-down, but well-lit. And the sake, when it was brought, was good. There were only a few people in the sake house at the moment, all of them apparently locals. Ito leaned over and murmured, "We're looking for people from out of town, right?"

"We're going to have to come back some day, likely. Best to find someone who doesn't live here."

A half hour passed; they whiled away the time in conversation and a friendly dice game, which Reiko consistently lost at. People came and went, and she thought they were going to have to find another place to hunt, when through the door came a samurai-ko, with the mon of the Lion house on her shoulder.

She was pretty enough, though tall, and her armor was in good repair. She had the dust of the road on her, and this being outside of Lion territory, it was a good guess that she was traveling. And better yet, on her way in, her glance had lingered on Ito--and on Reiko. The samurai was hungry, too.

And for that alone, she was perfect. Gifts are more valuable when they are wanted, needed, lusted after; and the samurai looked as if she had been away from home a while. She would take what the kitsune could give her gladly, and not mind what they took from her in return.

Ito and she glanced at each other and nodded, then Reiko stood and walked over to the samurai's table. In a soft voice, she said, "Samurai-sama. Are you waiting for someone? If not, my fiancé and I would be honored if you shared our table with us."

The samurai smiled. "I'd be happy to share your table. I am Matsu Suki."

"And I am Han Reiko, and this is Takahashi Ito. Please, sit with us a spell. You look like a fellow traveler; where have you been?"

It turned out that Suki had traveled to the south on an errand for her master, the Lion Lord. She was on her way back, and it had been seven weeks since she'd seen her family and friends. She was looking forward to being home. Gentle probing revealed that she had neither husband nor fiancé waiting at home.

For their part, Reiko and Ito were (so their story went) in the state of affianced that was nearly as good as married, traveling from Ito's family in a village near Miyazaki to Reiko's family in Tokyo. There they would have another marriage ceremony and be officially married. "It was a political match, but it has turned out rather well. We have...similar tastes in many things." At this, Reiko's hand slipped over to touch the back of the samurai's. She jumped at the contact, turning wide eyes on Reiko, suddenly understanding what was going on...and looking not particularly unhappy about it.

A kitsune hunting alone is a formidably charming thing. Two hunting together can overcome even the sternest of resistance, and the samurai hadn't started out resisting very hard. Even without using their ability to enthrall, they soon enough had her exactly where they wanted her. They laughed and flirted and got the samurai just a little bit drunk, and soon enough they had the samurai saying that she'd rented a room for the night, if they wanted to come with her...

And back to her room they went, where they drank a little more sake and took turns kissing the samurai. Suki was charmingly shy with Reiko, saying that she'd never kissed a girl before outside of the usual play with her childhood friends. But soon she grew bolder, and clothes started coming off.

And after a long, delirious time of simply playing with Suki, Ito began to feed.

Reiko kept in contact with them both, pressing her body close to theirs. The girl's head was thrown back, her eyes closed. Ito was drawing out a thin thread of her life, replenishing his own. Reiko found herself holding her breath as the moment where he would have to stop feeding approached. She felt her own power coiling within her, waiting for the time to arrive.

Ito arched his back, obviously struggling with something within himself, the old instincts and everything he had once been fighting with his new training. Reiko could feel him desperately wanting to throw himself open to this girl, to take everything from her that she could give him, and she could feel him fighting that urge with tooth and claw. She prayed that she had not underestimated the other kitsune.

She could feel him reaching, opening, taking--

And his control slammed down, closing the conduit, breaking the connection.

She found herself shuddering with the two who were entwined beside her as both of them found their release. Her own shiver was not of pleasure, but of relief. Ito had passed his test. She wasn't going to have to kill him.

Not today, at least.

Suki had fallen deeply asleep in moments, as everyone she'd ever fed on did. Ito was barely awake himself, curled up around the samurai, a small, sated smile on his lips.

And for a while, they lay like that, two kitsune curled like parentheses around one tall samurai, open window bringing them the smell of the tide, the sea.

Ito slept and soon Reiko started to nod off. Rhythmic breathing by the samurai was lulling her to sleep. The room started to get lighter and Reiko started awake, thinking that the morning was dawning, but the light was not coming through the windows. Ito's chest was starting to glow with a blue light that grew in strength and pulsed like a heartbeat. It remained motionless for a minute and then the light started to move, travelling under the skin it floated upward into the neck of Ito. It passed, rippling the skin as it went, through the face. Blue light exploded out of Ito's right eye as it passed underneath, bulging the eye out as it went. It finally stopped in the center of his forehead, then as quickly as it started glowing, it stopped, seeming to sink into the brain.

Reiko lifted an eyebrow, curious as to what that could have been. Just as she was thinking about getting up to investigate, Ito sat up.

In a very feminine voice, but one that would send chills up any spine, it said, "The sleeper awakens."

Reiko half lidded her eyes and quickly tried to resume a sleeping breathing rhythm.

The voice continued, "Ah Han Reiko, sleeping so peacefully tonight as you have for many nights now. So old and so foolish, such a simple test for the boy. Now will you trust him? Now will you love him?" Ito's hand brushed through Reiko's hair.

"Probably." Ito smiled. Into his hand, he produced a small vial filled with a clear liquid, a small needle attached to it. Quickly he struck, plunging the needle into the heel of the sleeping samurai. She jerked in her sleep, but folded herself around Reiko and continued to slumber.

"No samurai would do the vile acts that you have perpetrated tonight. Your death will be long and lingering," the Ito creature said, and then turned to Reiko. "Sleep well and long, Reiko, your distraction of the boy has made me late."

The kitsune known as Ito silently left the room.

Reiko lay frozen for only a moment after he left. Late? Late for what? Ah, kami, I have to follow him. Sorry, Suki. If I can, I'll return. She slid out of the samurai's embrace and whispered a spell, her naked form fading to silver and then vanishing. She changed then, nosing the screen open and swiftly shutting it behind herself. He'd gone downstairs, and she followed, nose twitching and ears pricked forward.

She trailed Ito down to the docks. He vanished inside a warehouse, not bothering to close the door behind him. Reiko whined gently; should she follow? If she were caught now, none of her mortals would know where she was. She could be killed now and nobody would ever know her fate.

But the need to know was greater than the risk. She crept inside, so quiet, and dropped to her belly by the door.

She could hear three voices beside Ito's, and the air stank of magic. She could hear Ito's voice, that oddly feminine tone still talking. He was telling them, at that moment, where Akechi was. Then he started telling them about the capture of the Shrike. She almost whined, despite herself. And I almost took him to Skyhome with us.

He spent a long time talking to them. He referred to one of them as Akemi, but she didn't catch any other names. She put her head down on the smooth wood of the floor, thinking. I have to kill him. But if I kill him, any hope of our race's future dies with him. She'd heard enough, so she rose and slipped out the door once more, knowing that her only hope to survive the rest of the evening was to pretend she'd been sleeping all the while. If Ito suspected what she knew, he would probably kill her out of hand.

On the way back, she worried at the problem of Ito in her mind. If I tell the others, they'll want to kill him. In fact, they may kill him over my objections. That may be a ticklish situation, right there. If I don't tell them, though, he'll be the downfall of all we do. If there was a way to neutralize him without killing him...

But there was. She bore the proof that there was in the sigils that glowed on her body. Lin won't help. But the Demonbane might. If we--I--offered him the right price. She turned that thought over in her mind, wondering fearfully what, exactly, her father would want in return for his help. Am I reduced to asking my most implacable enemy for a favor? Ah, kami, so low am I brought.

She arrived back at the inn the samurai-ko was staying at, and still invisible she slipped upstairs. Outside the room, she cocked her head; she could hear the breathing of the sleeping samurai and none else. Cautiously, she slipped into the room, wary.

There was nothing but Suki, sleeping deeply on the mat. Good, good. I have some time before Ito returns. Best make the most of it. She shed her fox shape and began to explore the samurai-ko's pack. In one of the pockets, she found a charcoal stick and some paper. Perfect. In a hurried hand, she wrote on the paper, characters sloppy in her haste but still readable.

Matsu Suki. I am so sorry, but I am afraid you have been poisoned. It is a slow poison, and I'm not sure how long it takes to kill. I beg you, make your way to a healer soon; perhaps something can be done.

One more thing: if you are pregnant, and you survive the poison, I ask you to keep the child. If it is a girl, it is more important than you can guess.

Again, I am so very sorry, samurai-sama.

Reiko

She folded the note and returned the charcoal to the pocket she'd found it in. Where to leave it so Ito would not see but Suki would find it as soon as she could? Reiko's gaze lit on a pair of boots that were lying near the rest of Suki's armor. The note would be invisible, but when she put her boot on, she would feel the note and, of course, investigate.

Thought was action and soon Reiko, visible once more, was ensconced on the mat with Suki wrapped around her. Even knowing that Ito had poisoned her, she was grateful for the contact of skin against skin. It cleared her mind and comforted her. She couldn't get around the need to tell her mortals what had transpired this night, as much for the fact that they would stop talking freely around the male kitsune as for an explanation of why they needed to go to Sapporo, to talk with the Demonbane.

The fear of her father was a cold lump in the pit of her stomach. She remembered the bright pain of the knife along her arms; she had four healing wounds now on them. She had used a very small bit of illusion on them, enough to hide them in the darkness of a lamplit room. If either Suki or Ito had noticed, neither of them had said anything. I'm going to have to face him, knowing what I know. I'm going to have to talk to him. In the darkness of the room, she could admit to herself that the Demonbane frightened her, even more than the prospect of death. Not quite so much as the idea of kitsune passing from the world entirely, but it was close.

And, too, she was daunted by the idea of telling her mortals that they had been harboring a spy. She supposed she would see exactly how persuasive she could be; her talent for talking people into things would be the only thing between Ito and a swift death by Panda or Funitsu's blade. If she failed, Ito would die.

And hope for her kind would die with him.

She heard the soft sound the the screen sliding back and closed her eyes, slowing her breath to match Suki's. She felt a hand on her shoulder and stirred as if waking, opening her eyes.

Ito looked down at her, fully dressed. He said in a low voice, "It's time to go, Reiko."

She nodded and yawned sleepily. Ito did an excellent impression of being sleep-rumpled, his clothing disarranged as if he'd just pulled it on without really looking. He's good, damn it. He's good. Only mischance betrayed him--and the fact that I didn't feed and was slow to fall asleep.

But her face showed nothing of her thoughts. She pulled on her own clothing quickly and followed Ito out.

Her last sight of Suki, as she carefully slid the screen shut, was of her sprawled on the mat, a soft smile on her face. She fixed that image in her mind, to remember when Ito was trying to charm her. One more innocent who might die because of me. I swear, if he cannot be bound, I will kill him myself.

She only hoped that she could keep that promise.

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