“Both affairs actually start from the rice cooker, which was a new invention from Japan. Maggie’s husband bought her one. Tony then asked the husband to get one for his wife, because she was tired of being a housewife — she wanted to work, and the rice cooker would release her from the kitchen. When he buys her the rice cooker, that’s the beginning of their affair, which eventually kicks off the affair between Tony and Maggie.
To me, the rice cooker was the most important invention in Asia to help liberate women, because they no longer had to tend so much to the cooking. That and instant noodles completely changed the lifestyles of Asian people.”
~ from ~ Wong Kar-wai on 《In the Mood for Love》
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there's currently a free japanese indie film festival being held online! all the films have subtitles in english, spanish (latin america), thai, indonesian, simplified chinese, and traditional chinese
and the films are available to watch worldwide (except japan and some others depending on the movie):
bachiranun (2021)
tenzo (2019), not available in france, belgium, switzerland, korea
an artisan's legacy, tsunekazu-nishioka (2012)
lonely glory (2022)
hanagatami (2017), not available in china, us, canada, uk, and ireland
bon-uta, a song from home (2019)
and your bird can sing (2018), not available in korea, china, taiwan, us, and canada
hey! our dear don-chan (2022)
techno brothers (2023)
a muse never drowns (2022), not available in the netherlands, and canada
a girl in my room (2022), not available in korea, china, and taiwan
follow the light (2021)
the festival will be held until october 31, 2023 :))
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I'd forgotten they tried to beat the boys awake
Usopp is low-key the MVP of Thriller Bark
In an arc full of great gags, this is perhaps the greatest. I'm not sure I could choose between this and Luffy pushing a zombie into its own grave
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(content warning: blood)
Sewed Up Heart
[ID: A Trigun comic done in grayscale with red accents. First, an anatomical heart gushes blood, forming a puddle which shifts into Vash's coat. Vash's gloved hands can be seen sewing up a tear at the hem.
Vash raises his hands, which are now bare and covered in blood. He looks sweaty and distressed, and he raises his coat to his face and cries into it. His clenched hands rip the sewed portion apart, and the red thread leads to a heart whose own stitches are tearing apart. The background gets darker and darker, and the red looks brighter and starker against it.
Then the background returns to white, and brown-skinned hands using embroidery scissors snip a red thread. Wolfwood holds up Vash's repaired coat, grinning proudly, and does a happy thumbs-up in Vash's direction. Vash lifts his head, seeming distant.
Wolfwood holds out the coat. As Vash puts out his hand to take it, the cloth is replaced so Wolfwood is dropping a sewed-up heart in Vash's hand. Vash rubs the coat against his face with a teary smile. End ID] ID CREDITS
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Because someone asked on Reddit and I wished to provide.
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