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nilthonsjapaneselitblog · 2 years

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5 Interesting Novels related to Japan

Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo

In old Edo, the past was never forgotten. It lived alongside the present, in dark corners, and in the shadows. In these tales, award-winning author Miyuki Miyabe explores the ghosts of Japan, and the spaces of the living world they inhabit. Written with a journalistic eye and a fantasist’s heart Apparitions bring the restless dead, and those who encounter them, to life. (Amazon)

I Am a Cat

"A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action…" --The New Yorker Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. (Amazon)

See You When The Snow Falls

Yamato Satoshi is a high school student when he finds a Snow Maiden spirit in the snowy mountains near Nagano. Her name is Yuki, and she has an unfulfilled desire preventing her from passing on. She wants to try all the drinks in nearby vending machines! With no one else who can see her, Satoshi is the only one who can help. He returns to the mountains every winter, bringing her new offerings every time, hoping she can find peace.

While helping her pass on throughout the years, Satoshi struggles with growing up, starts dating, and makes mistakes. He stands at the border between youth and adulthood while she is on the border between the living and the dead (Amazon).

Mist of Iga (Sons of Yokai)

1581, In the midst of Japan’s warring states, a group of four shinobi have just become some of the few survivors of a scattered tribe. The legendary warlord, Nobunaga Oda, a man obsessed with the unification of Japan, is responsible for the devastation upon the shinobi’s home village. In order to avenge their clan, two young brothers make a pact with the former comrades of their father. Unaware, the shinobi are dragged into a mysterious journey in search of a legacy left by their departed mentor that will change the destiny of a nation. (Amazon)

I Met You After the End of the World

A deadly pandemic sweeps across the world, and Yamada Daisuke is the only survivor in Tokyo. Get up early, fight rush hour, work until the last train – it’s all over. He doesn’t have to worry about anything anymore. Even money has lost its value because there is nowhere to spend it.

But things do get quite lonely as the last man standing. He has the city all to himself and no one to share it with.

One day he meets Sayaka – a girl who came from outside Tokyo. They decide to stick together because there is no one else left. A high school girl and an office worker. Two people who would’ve never met otherwise.

They decide to travel together all over Japan. Side by side. Partners at the end of the world. But what will they find on their journey? (Amazon)

I am Blue, in Pain, and Fragile

Two young people in their first year of university, drawn to each other’s passion, establish a secret society to pursue those ideals. But as time passes, the demands of a world that isn’t kind to dreamers threatens to force them apart, filling the space between them with shattered hopes and the fallout of lies. A tender, tragic tale about growing past pain and the cruelty of youth, by acclaimed author Yoru Sumino. (Amazon)

I Have a Secret

Five high school classmates hold secrets close to their hearts–hidden talents, unspoken feelings, and buried pain. As they collide with each other on the path to growing up, they might jostle some of those secrets free. (Amazon)

I Had That Same Dream Again

An unhappy girl who engages in self-harm, a woman ostracized by society, and an old woman looking to live out her twilight years in peace—what could three such different people have in common? That’s what grade schooler Koyanagi Nanoka is trying to find out. Assigned by her teacher to define what “happiness” means to her, Nanoka sets out to get to know these three strangers—and through them, perhaps, to know herself too. (Amazon)

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

One summer morning before school, Kaoru hears an unsettling rumor—of a mysterious tunnel that can grant any wish to those who enter it, but ages them dramatically in exchange. At first, he writes it off as nothing more than an urban legend, but that very night, he happens upon the selfsame passage: the Urashima Tunnel. As he stands before its gaping maw, a thought occurs to him—if this tunnel truly does have the power to grant any wish, could he use it to bring his younger sister back from her untimely death five years prior? Yet when he returns to explore the tunnel the next day, he finds he’s been followed by the new girl in class: a total enigma by the name of Anzu. She takes an interest in Kaoru, and they agree to work together to investigate the time-twisting tunnel and uncover its mysteries. Together, they might achieve their deepest desires…but are they prepared for what it may cost them? (Amazon)

Snow Country

At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only one outcome. In chronicling the course of this doomed romance, Kawabata has created a story for the ages, a stunning novel dense in implication and exalting in its sadness. (Goodreads)

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30 Day Ginga Challenge, but I do it all at once

Yeah fuck it, like I said in my previous post every time I try to do this new Ginga challenge I fuck up and never finish it. I think I only ever got past like Day 6 on this list but this is the only way I’m gonna finish it now lol.

As I said before... ik this isn’t the write way to do a Ginga challenge but what the hell. Prompt list created by @jersokoi

Also these are just my opinions, please don’t take them personally or as the gospel. If you’re upset by me liking/not liking something then feel free to do your own version of this challenge. It literally costs you nothing.

This is gonna be looooong so here we go

Day 1: Favorite Character Kyoushiro, excluding The Last Wars and Densetsu Noah. I know Ginga characters are rarely consistent and almost all of them end up being ruined in some way at some point but I still love Kyoushiro for his character in his debut and most parts of GDW, especially the Russian arc. You guys know me and my soft spot for “jerk with a heart of gold” characters, and Kyoushiro is just a really layered character when it comes to his backstory and his role in the story as a leader who protects abused pups.

Unfortunately like many I’m not fond of the way Teru’s dad’s redemption was handled and how Kyoushiro agreed with Weed straight up bullying Teru into having to forgive his abusive father for no other reason than “He’s your dad no matter how bad he was to you!” yada yada (something we rewrote/removed in our dub if that counts). And I’m not even gonna get started on his Jyoushiro persona in GDN.

But Kyoushiro still holds a special place in my heart. I stanned him a lot as a kid because I literally saw myself in him back then, and honestly still might do now. Other runner-ups for this spot include Riki, Orion, and Tesshin. Day 2: Favorite Pack/Clan The Koga clan! I know I’m just being a basic bitch with this one but I honestly don’t think this prompt needs a lot of thought put into it. I love the breed designs, the major characters like Kurojaki and Tesshin, their backstory, the entire Iga/Koga arc pretty much, and how they go from minor villains in GNG to the Ohu army’s allies in GDW and onwards. They have such a cool aesthetic and they’re all just very memorable. They’re fun to design and have a lot of interesting story potential when it comes to making Koga OC’s lol.

My second favorite would probably be the Russian dogs.

Day 3: Favorite Leader/Platoon Leader Riki, no contest. He’s such a simple character who’s a fatherly figure to everyone including Gin, despite not even remembering him as his son for most of the series. He’s compassionate, determined, and has such a warm and understanding personality and only does the best for his soldiers and his home. There’s a reason he’s such an iconic character.

Day 4: Favorite Villain Kaibutsu, another character I’ve talked a lot about before just for how sympathetic he is and how he’s a subversion of most giant monster villains. While his tragic backstory and broken friendship with Jerome does seem a bit more one-sided than I felt it did before, I can understand the intent to try and make him a sympathetic but also irredeemable villain, and he delivers that pretty well when it comes to his story and his scare factor.

My other favorite villains include Kurojaki and Masamune.

Day 5: Emotional Scene Oh boy this is a hard one. For a scene that isn’t a death scene... I really love Ben and Cross’ conversation in GNG episode 18 before he went off to fight Sniper. The music, Ben and Cross’ exchange where neither of them knew if Ben was going to die, and the raw ass quote “I’m not going out there to die; I’m going their for the sake of my honor”, such a powerful scene between a parting husband and wife.

Other emotional scenes I considered putting here are Tesshin delivering Gin’s speech in GDW episode 15 and Gin and Daisuke parting ways in GNG episode 8 and 21

Day 6: Favorite Scene Again, this is just one of many but I’ll have to go with the extremely iconic scene of Akame burning down the Iga Manor. In concept a lot of people have found it hard to take seriously since the entire feud hangs on dogs trying to retrieve century-old messages they can’t even read for their human masters that already died out long ago. But the weight and the characterization just somehow makes it work in execution, and it still manages to be an emotional albeit campy scene.

Day 7: Character you wish had more screentime Koshiro, the infamous member of the Ginga Hall of Mysteriously Disappeared Characters. Sucks that his last moments were him getting fucking beaten up by his asshole dad. Also Nobutora and Harutora who barely even have any LINES for all their appearances. They’re literally Kurotora’s sons too for fuck’s sake, why is it only Kagetora who has to have all the fun? Day 8: Favorite Parent I already mentioned Riki so I’ll put down my second favorite parental character in Ginga- Cross! She’s a simple doting mom and reasonable authority figure as well as a surrogate parent to other puppies, and she can go from sweet and nurturing to sassy as hell. What’s not to love?

My other favorite parents/parental figures would include GB, Moss, Jerome, Lydia, Izou, and Terumune Day 9: Least favorite Parent Fuckin WEED. The reason I put him over more obvious characters such as Kamakiri or Teru’s dad is because those guys are fucking villains so no surprise comes out of them being abusive shitty parents. Weed on the other hand is supposed to be one of the protagonists for fuck’s sake, yet his only kid he gives a damn about his Sirius, he straight-up lied and said that Kamakiri aka the invader who killed his own fellow soldier’s father was actually a brave soldier who died nobly just to make Akakama aka another villain happy, and everyone just blindly stands by and does nothing as he’s beating the shit out and banishing Orion for wanting to help Izou avenge his family that Masamune fucking slaughtered. This. fucker. literally. picked a goddamn serial killer over his own SON. Yeah... doesn’t help that as much as I love Gin all he ever did was constantly enable Weed’s behavior. You can say that he didn’t have Riki to show him how to be a good parent but it’s not like there weren’t other fathers in the Ohu army like Ben or Moss who could have showed Gin the ropes. Also fuck Joe, couldn’t talk about shitty Ginga parents without bringing him up too Day 10: Favorite Human Daisuke, though tbh not like I had much competition for this one lmao. I know the fandom likes to ignore him because “hnnn human boring give us more doggos” or because he takes away the focus from Gin in the first eight episodes of the anime. I beg to differ, since I think he has decent characterization and development, along with an important role as Gin’s childhood friend and helper towards the dogs in GDW and the later manga series.

Hidetoshi is too much of a hypocrite for me to like, going from John’s hunting partner to mercilessly wanting to shoot him and having no qualms about killing Daisuke’s childhood dog friend either. Gohei... he’s neither my favorite character NOR do I hate him AS much as some other people do, I just blame it on Gohei being a very culturally outdated character even though he has his moments. But Daisuke is by far the most consistent human character, and he’s a genuinely likable and helpful person Day 11: Least Favorite Character *DEEP BREATH* Fuck, you guys know I’m obviously going to say Sirius so let’s keep my explanation for him brief. He’s obnoxiously preachy, thoughtless, selfish, and has an ego and mesiah/superiority complex bigger than fucking Akakabuto himself. Literally all the reasons people hate Weed’s overly merciful nature but fucking WORSE. Let’s see, he puts all the fucking blame on the Ohu army and makes THEM the bad guys for rightfully wanting to axe off his boyfriend Monsoon, whom may I reiterate, is a fucking psychopath who tortures and eats helpless puppies, has repeatedly injured and emotionally abused Bob his whole fucking life, literally wanted the Ohu army to farm their own fellow dogs to be his food, and shows ZERO REMORSE for any of this shit and ONLY ever shows kindness towards Sirius and none of the fucking dogs he’s actually hurt.

And once again... we are supposed to see Sirius as some fucking hero where all he did was screw everyone over and tell them that he’s right and they’re all wrong. Even back in GDWO he was just annoying and whiny half the time and preferred hanging around with the Kamakiri brothers over his own family. Little blueberry shitstain deserved to die and I have no sympathy for his self righteous ass.

Other characters I can’t fucking stand also include Monsoon, Yukimura, Koyuki, Weed, Shion, Jyoushiro, and the Aka’ari.

Day 12: Most heroic moment hhhhhh this was hard to pick from ngl, so I’m gonna talk about the top three that came to mind. First one would probably be GB tricking Hougen’s soldiers in GDW episode 19 by pretending to be one of them to the point where he found out where they were keeping Gin. For a character that started off as cowardly and insecure, this was a huge step in GB’s character development and a great way to show GB making good use of himself in battle in an unexpected way.

Second would be Reika tricking Hougen and throwing him into the river in GDW episode 24, for all the obvious reasons. It’s a rare empowering moment for a Ginga female character in the series who tries to put up a fight even though she doesn’t succeed. Reika already has a more interesting personality and useful role than most of the other boring females and this moment wasn’t an asspull at making her more empowering in ONE scene and then just instantly forgetting about it by having her constantly cry over shit afterwards COUGHKOYUKICOUGH so this was also a very heroic turning point for her character

Third that comes to mind is the iconic moment of Riki protecting a newborn Gin form Akakabuto in literally the first episode. I know everything Riki does could be considered heroic but it’d be wrong of me not to talk about this scene in particular. We have a dad putting his life on the line for his son he literally JUST MET I’m not sure what more you could ask for really

Day 13: Favorite Quote ”I’M WEED, THE SON OF GIN! FUCK YOU KAIBUTSU, IT ENDS HERE!” from episode 3 of the GDW English fandub, next.

Nah jk. I do have a few favorite quotes from both the mangas and the animes. I’m not gonna write them out word for word since the translation constantly changes. Instead I’m just gonna write out the scenes where they were stated and explain the context so here goes: - Kurojaki’s last words bragging about mission to his deceased masters before he commits suicide - Ben and Cross’ conversation before Ben goes off to fight Sniper, as previously stated - Riki’s “that blood won’t be ours” speech to the Ohu army in episode 17 - Gohei tearfully refusing to give Riki an audience during his death, and also praising the dogs for accomplishing what the humans couldn’t - Kyoushiro telling Weed to let out his feelings and cry in the GDW manga - Tesshin delivering Gin’s speech at the hot springs in the GDW anime - Gin praising Maxim and Lydia for instead choosing to fight for Ohu in the Russian arc - Orion also telling Yamabiko it’s okay to cry - also every fucking quote in The First Wars. Because TFW is awesome. Day 14: Favorite Character Design That’s a bit of a hard one but after some thinking I decided on Fuji, Lenny, Lucy, Bellatrix, and Kamakiri’s mate solely because they’re some of the few female characters I can name don’t have boring white coats and hyper-feminine features like most of the other female Ginga characters do (Even as much as I love Cross as a character it was obvious a saluki was chosen for her breed for her long girly hair. And Lydia despite also being my favorite female character in the entire Ginga franchise has such a BLAND design that makes her stick out like a sore thumb, you can barely tell she’s supposed to be a German Shepherd among the other normal-looking GSD in the Russian army), though it seems like the other default color when females aren’t white is brown/red like Chako and Reika lmao.

I just like the down-to-earth designs for Fuji, Lenny, and Lucy for how they resemble their normal breeds, Bellatrix for being the only female tora-ge in the series even though Yoshi doesn’t do jack with her character (I only count her First Wars counterpart as canon), and Kamakiri’s mate for having such an unusual mutt design you can’t tell the breed of.

I also enjoy Aram’s absolute nightmare fuel design, as well as Kaibutsu’s. Day 15: Favorite Breed Design Once again, the Kogas lmao. Just because of how weird and funky they look. There’s just so many different ways to design them since they are a fictional breed; even in canon no two (non-background) Kogas look alike when you take other manga like Densetsu Akame into account.

I also like the designs of the huskies- the Mutsu brothers, Kisaragi’s sons, all of them have such varied color and markings, some of them looking like normal huskies and others looking weird and unnatural, the diversity is fun to look at.

Even for how weird the wolves look in the equally weird wolf arc, a few of them do have neat and creative designs that make them stand out. Day 16: Favorite Death Scene Good god don’t make me choose... but if I have to, my top three are John’s, Benizakura’s, and Toube’s. John’s death makes everyone cry like a fucking baby for all the obvious reasons. He was a character we all knew and loved in GNG and seeing him go out with such a prideful death scene that shows how far he had come as a character really fuckin hurts.

Benizakura we knew for an even shorter time but the audience really grew to love his benevolent and energetic personality so it’s also heartbreaking to see him sacrifice his life so soon. His parting was so epic that it really just broke the boundaries of realism so that his blood droplets could form the shape of a cherry blossom in the water to honor him

Toube is one that I feel people don’t talk about much, but I still think his death scene was really powerful considering how prideful he was in his last moments much like John. I always found him an underrated character (more on that later) who played the “redemption equals death” trope in a really powerful way. Plus that image of him standing up frozen to death in the sunlight is really haunting.

Other deceased characters that would be wrong for me NOT to mention would include Akatora, Riki, Kurojaki, Hyena no GDN doesn’t exist, and Aram. Day 17: Least Favorite Death Scene Ben, no doubt. It especially doesn’t help that after being a mostly useless senile fool in the GDW manga he’d go out with such a boring, unceremonious death. Half the time I literally forget Ben even died of old age. Also it’s just really cheapened by the fact that most GNG veterans live to the ridiculous old age of over 20 years, so just goes to show that realism doesn’t make a story better. It just makes it inconsistent.

Also GB, Hiro, Lydia, Jaguar, Musashi, and Tama... though these are more out of me being petty over my attachment to these characters. However I still thought their deaths were pretty pointless and hardly contributed story-wise or character-wise. Also Sirius and Monsoon’s because it’s really framed like it’s such an emotional heartbreaking scene of two friends/lovers dying while facing each other even though you literally couldn’t PAY me to be remotely sad that these clowns are dead. Day 18: Favorite Arc For GNG, the Iga/Koga arc I’ve already discussed for reasons above as well as the Shikoku/fighting dog arc. I really love the setting and backgrounds of Shikoku, and it’s a great introduction to great characters like Musashi and Benizakura, with some room for character development and emotional moments as well.

For GDW, the Russian arc as long as I forget that fuckin Weed and Koyuki exist. We’ve got intimidating villains in the form of Viktor and the invaders, some engaging redemption arcs with Lydia, Maxim, and Aram, a lot of heartfelt moments such as the death scenes of Hakuro and Moss or Daisuke calling out to Gin in the canyon, and other characters such as Gin and Kyoushiro having their strong points in battle. Too bad a lot of it is roped with Weed and Koyuki’s gross Oedipus complex romance and other characters literally having to force Weed to stop flirting and being a shitty irresponsible leader.

Day 19: Underrated Character The aforementioned Toube. Yeah, kind of surprised I don’t see a lot of people talking about him when it comes to the famous character death scenes nor does he get a ton of fanart and stuff. I guess in hindsight his role and death are a bit similar to Terry but, idk... I feel Toube had something more going for him. He actually got a proper introduction, backstory with Musashi, catalyst to start changing sides, and contributing role in actively saving Gin in the GDW anime. His arc was really well done and I always thought it deserved more recognition.

Also in terms of more minor characters that somehow don’t reach “ensemble darkhorse” status in the Ginga fandom... Pepe! How can you not love this cute little monkey ffs? He’s such a simple character who has an adorable friendship with the Ohu soldiers and sympathetic side when it comes to him losing his parents and being a victim of Yukimura’s sadism. Also he’s not without his character development when he tries to fight off Shogun. Pepe is a good monke and I luv him

Day 20: Favorite Character Development *thinks hard* Hyena. Not much I can say about Hyena’s character that others haven’t before. It was easy to just make him a sniveling weasel of a villain sidekick but once again he was a surprising subversion of that trope. His development was gradual and he didn’t earn the Ohu army’s trust right away, but he did prove himself on multiple occasions and had an honorable death scene. Once again, he stayed dead as far as I’m concerned. Also GB, because why not? Another simple character who starts off as a wimp and then grows into Weed’s foster father, an Ohu soldier, clever battle strategist, and hill-area-ass slapstick comic relief in the manga. Such an enjoyable dork who changes for the better over the course of the series.

Other choices include Lydia, Maxim, Aram, and Masashige Day 21: Something you would change in the series Something aside from obvious shit like the sexism, outdated cultural morals, glorification of abuse, and characters constantly being derailed left and right? ...maybe not write so many goddamn arcs and characters I guess?

The GNG wolf arc didn’t need to exist. Yoshi literally didn’t even wanna write it but executive meddling demanded more Ginga from him. GDW is the longest series by far in which it spans exactly 60 volumes, but I frankly find the hybrid bear arc to be one of the most boring and repetitive arc. All I remember is that it introduces Joe but was there really no other previous volume where you could have introduced Weed’s second long-lost brother?

GDWO is... a LOT to take in. I know that unlike the previous series it’s balancing out like five different story arcs for each of Weed’s kids as well as the Ohu army so it can be hard to keep track of everyone but come on. Do characters like Gennai and Tenka need to exist? I hardly remember Rigel’s arc except for the fact that he was just there when Terumune got killed. Since Yoshi insists on making Bella as useless as possible why not combine hers with Rigel or something? And Andy literally has no reason to exist aside from being a baby John replacement.

Christ even as much as I despise TLW and GDN, I STILL felt GDN had the potential to be an interesting series if it was JUST a short story about Hyenoah helping Orion deal with his trauma from the events of TLW instead of bringing more pointless big bad villains who wanna fuck up Ohu for the billionth time, lame character death retcon not withstanding

Day 22: Favorite Introduction Scene Frickin HIRO, what more can I say lmao. You can name literally no other anime where a character is introduced literally by ripping a bad guy’s balls off. The dark humor from Hiro’s sheer non-chalantness just gives you one hell of a first impression Day 23: Favorite Relationship This is also gonna be a long list, shit. I don’t think I really need explanations for these since they’re all for the same reason in which the characters have a strong, healthy bond regardless of whether it’s between friends, parent/child, student/teacher, etc... So here goes:

- Gin and John - Gin and Smith - Gin and Riki - Gin and Daisuke - Moss and Tesshin (and any puppies he’s doted over really) - Weed and Smith - Kyoushiro and Teru - Pepe and the Ohu army - Orion and Izou - Orion and Yamabiko - Rigel and Andy (despite my previous complaint about Andy being a very bland character his friendship with Rigel is cute in the way it’s supposed to parallel John and Gin) Day 24: Favorite series/adaptation Kinda funny how to this day I still don’t really have a favorite series. When I was younger it was definitely GDW, but nowadays I feel like even though Ginga as a whole is objectively problematic, each series seems to have its own strengths and weaknesses so I honestly can’t pick.

I can say that GNG has the fewest problems in terms of story and a lack of character derailment, but GDW also has its fair share of strong scenes and characters and I like a lot of them more than the GNG characters. Fuck, even GDWO even though it’s more of a clusterfuck has a large number of interesting characters to keep me engaged, so I really can’t just pick one.

But in terms of consistently good writing, characters, and plotlines? The First Wars lmao

Day 25: Character you relate to the most Oof, now I actually have to EXPLAIN why I said I related to Kyoushiro before ok. As a kid, I was in my massive angst/hormonal phase during the time I started watching Ginga so I just liked that Kyoushiro was an angry lil shit like me lolz

Real talk, as an adult I can relate to Kyoushiro when it comes to dealing with shitty people in my life. Obviously I don’t go throwing my online/irl enemies off cliffs and shit but I do strongly believe bad things should happen to bad people and I can fucking tell when abusers are genuinely remorseful or if they just wanna quick way to get out of trouble. But I also feel like I’ve learned to set boundaries, much like Kyoushiro taking time to decide if Teru’s abusive dad should be killed or not, or when he chose not to kill Buruge when he asked him to put him out of his humiliation. Also I still have anger issues and a pretty short temper, something I’ve still retained when it comes to how much of myself I see in Kyoushiro.

I know I got kinda creepy by talking a lot about myself there but that’s just my genuine explanation on why I relate to this angsty scarred dog so much lmao. At least before he completely abandoned his own morals and decided “teehee nevermind abused children should definitely forgive their abusive parents”

Day 26: Favorite Couple (canon or not) Ben x Cross duh. It was pretty clear they were an established couple when they were first introduced but they work together so well. Their chemistry, their their dialogue, and how much they believe in and support each other, ugh... they’re just such a strong pair

My other favorite ships include Jerome x Lydia, Hiro x Reika, and Orion x Yamabiko. Day 27: Favorite Fight Probably would be a bit cliche if I just put the bigass kaiju battles like Akakabuto and Kaibutsu, so I’m gonna say the fight between various GDW characters and three of Hougen’s generals in the anime- Kyoushiro vs Buruge, Tesshin vs Kite, and Ken/Kagetora vs Bat.

I liked the addition in the GDW anime of Hougen’s generals having their own special abilities that the Ohu army had to overcome in unique ways. Ken and Kagetora synchronizing their attacks to evade Bat’s Mind’s Eye, Tesshin being in his element and using his ninja skills to trap Kite when he couldn’t dent his prosthetic legs, and Kyoushiro giving himself the confidence to beat Buruge enough so that he can’t use his weird resurrection attack on him.

Even though most of the changes the GDW anime did from the manga were shit and counterintuitive, this was one of the few adaptational changes that worked. It was a really nonconventional combat between characters that was solved in unique ways and gave various characters time to shine.

Day 28: Favorite Technique/Fighting style The Zetsu Tenrou Battouga, no doubt. It’s definitely the most commonly used attack in the series and for that reason it’s just that memorable. Even the other wack Battougas in the wolf arc are somewhat interesting in concept and their different variations. Also you can’t go wrong with Kyoushiro’s grave-digging attack either

Day 29: Overrated character This was originally “favorite arc” but that was already a prompt for Day 18 so I made my own lmao. But yeah, for this one I’m gonna say Yukimura. I probably just made most of Gingaboard hate me but I’m sorry I just don’t get the appeal of this guy to the point where people literally compare him to Riki whom he’s nothing like. Yeah a lot of people say he had the potential to be a good foil to Weed’s pacifist personality but sorry sweetie the execution of that potential don’t reconcile

He’s basically just Kyoushiro if Kyoushiro enjoyed attacking innocent parents who didn’t do anything wrong. Yeah I get that being attacked by monkeys at a young age was a traumatic experience for him but that doesn’t excuse him being an absolute fucking monster with a monkey hateboner, literally to the point where he tried to force literal CHILDREN to kill an innocent baby monkey, starting with FEEDING THE MEAT OF PEPE’S DEAD PARENTS TO THOSE PUPPIES.

Oh and what makes this worse? Yukimura shows little to no remorse over this. Literally when Jerome is chewing out Yukimura for how fucked in the head he is he just responds with “We were just killing monkeys, so what?” almost word for word.

And his redemption in learning not all monkeys are bad was lame and half-assed, also not sorry. If you’re going to redeem a character give us a REASON we’d WANT to see the character redeemed. Going from an infanticidal monkey-hating psycopath to siding with the monkeys isn’t character development, it’s just lazy writing. Day 30: Favorite Thing About The Series The sheer corniness of it all. It’s just dogs killing shit. That’s literally my aesthetic when it comes to animal xenofiction. Yet you also got literal ninja dogs that carry weapons and dogs that repeatedly front-flip to decapitate bears. It’s fucking great.

There are a lot of factors on why I fixate over stupid poorly drawn dogs fighting so much. A lot of it probably comes from my nostalgia obsessing over this series as a child and another part comes from the charm of the simple premise that offers a lot of room for interesting storytelling.

I know objectively GInga as a whole is... not that good and super problematic, but there’s just some stupid charm about the whole thing that draws people in at almost any age. Ginga is flawed as HELL but there’s also just so many iconic characters, story arcs, and the like so sometimes it’s just a series where you gotta turn off your brain to enjoy it.

Ginga is simultaneously the best and the worst thing of all time and it’s my comfort series, thank you for coming to my TED talk

#I'M DONE #i literally started lagging my computer because this was getting long #but i love analyzing my stupid fictional japanese dogs #that's one thing i can put energy into for hours on end #sketch text #ginga

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10 Brave Demon Slayers – Part 3

This took me way too long but I’m finally back with this little series. I had to make some gifs first because the characters I’m about to introduce today had near nothing? Or nothing I could use at least. I will also be skipping any world-building part since I’m not sure what to say that hasn’t been said yet. Hopefully, I’ll be able to come up with something for the next part.

Miyoshi Seikai Nyudo – Earth Pillar

A spirited young man who grew up in the Izumo temple much like Isanami. In order to find the right way of faith, he traveled all of Japan when he was still just a teenager. He encountered some of the Demon Slayer Corps members on his journey and decided to join. Seikai heard of the rumored breathing techniques and managed to develop one for his own use. Though he may seem scary, he’s actually very kind and despises pointless fights and killing. Once he’s heard of what happened to Izumo, he rushed in to check up on Isanami, even abandoning a mission he was supposed to be carrying out. He was forgiven since it was such a deeply personal reason but also received a warning not to let it happen again. When Isanami joined the Demon Slayer Corps, Seikai was one of the first people to show trust in her abilities.

Breath of Earth has four forms

First form: Homage to Infinite Light – thrusting technique, the user deals a powerful blow while spinning the sword to inflict more damage, once the sword has stabbed into the demon, the handle is punched, either from upfront, burying the blade deeper in, or from a side, creating a particularly deep slash.

Second form: Perfection of Wisdom – a single strike upwards from a low position, both fast and precise, although it is not as powerful as the first form, it can deal a surprising amount of damage as it can still be easily used after the user has been knocked to the ground.

Third form: Great Mountain Rumbling – three diagonal slashes in rapid succession, usually used from the high ground but very effective even on equal standing, with the right footwork, the form is very hard to avoid.

Fourth form: Six Virgin Ancestors – blocking and defensive technique used when the need to protect defenseless people comes up, using the sword’s side rather than the blade, the user is able to stop and reflect incoming attacks.

Daisuke Sanada/Rokuro Mochizuki/Benmaru – Breath of Flames

Taken in by Sanada Yukimura, Benmaru is a little boy abandoned by his parents at a very young age. He’s been fending for himself for as long as he can remember. He specializes in explosives and setting traps rather than sword fighting but he picked up that as well after Yukimura adopted him. Though he’s still a child and hasn’t yet passed the Final Selection, he works as hard as anyone to perfect his techniques. The situation around his name is a little confusing so everyone usually just calls him Benmaru.

Hattori Hanzo – Pillar of Flames

The first one to become the Flame Pillar and not come from the Rengoku family, Hanzo was never able to master the ninth technique, Purgatory. However, he partnered up with Benmaru and came up with one of his own to make up for it. He is not necessarily cruel or heartless but he also doesn’t hesitate to cut anyone down in pursuit of his personal benefits. This attitude brought him much dislike among his fellow slayers but it bothers him very little. He’s committed himself to slaying demons in order to avenge his fallen comrades from Iga Five. The only other member still alive, Anastasia, is also said to be the only one who understands him. He was heard multiple times saying he would retire from the Demon Slayer Corps as soon as he’s slain the demon responsible for his friends’ deaths.

Hanzo’s original form of Breath of Flames is:

Tenth form: Red Lotus Dazzling Flame – using explosives tied to the blade, the slayer increases both the speed and strength of the multitude of powerful slashes centering around the enemy, if used for multiple times in succession, the sword will get coated in gunpowder and deal a devastating explosive blow.

#Brave 10 #kny x brave 10 #kimetsu no yaiba au #demon slayer au #brave 10 seikai #miyoshi seikai nyudo #seikai #benmaru #daisuke sanada #rokuro mochizuki #brave 10 benmaru #hattori hanzo #brave 10 hattori hanzo

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Mirai (2018)

Today's review on MyOldAddiction.com, Mirai by #MamoruHosoda, "blends its keen observations of the frustrations of everyday life with the delicate magic of its supernatural elements smoothly"

MAMORU HOSODA

Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5.

Original Title: Mirai no Mirai

Japan, 2018. Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Dentsu, East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc., Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Hiroshima Telecasting, Kadokawa, Lawson,Line, Madhouse, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, NTT Docomo, Nippon Television Network, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Shizuoka Daiichi…

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CHARACTER STUDY: Goemon Ishikawa XIII

* BASICS.

▸ IS YOUR MUSE TALL / SHORT / AVERAGE?

Goemon is about 180 cm tall, or 5′11″, but I usually play him as being around 6 feet tall, or the tallest member of their group.

▸ ARE THEY OKAY WITH THEIR HEIGHT?

He’s tall for a Japanese man, but fairly average for most other places, so he doesn’t think about it often.

▸ WHAT’S THEIR HAIR LIKE?

Jet black and very, very soft. it has a lot of volume which mostly shows around the ends of his hair, which tends to “poof” a bit around the bottom. he tends to keep the length around his chin at the shortest and the base of his neck at the longest.

▸ DO THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEIR HAIR / GROOMING?

not a lot of time, exactly, but he has a strict routine that he usually does with his hair, involving coconut oil or cocoa butter, apple cider vinegar, and sometimes scented oil like patchouli or sandalwood.

▸ DOES YOUR MUSE CARE ABOUT THEIR APPEARANCE / WHAT OTHERS THINK?

Goemon is not exactly vain, but as one of the last active Samurai, appearing properly is important to him. he always takes care to make sure his kimono, Gi, Hakama and even Fundoshi are all clean and properly worn. He is far more concerned about looking like a proper samurai for his own comfort than whether or not others will react strangely to it.

* PREFERENCES.

▸ INDOORS OR OUTDOORS? Outdoors.

▸ RAIN OR SUNSHINE? Rain.

▸ FOREST OR BEACH? Forest.

▸ PRECIOUS METALS OR GEMS? Precious metals, especially ones that can be forged into swords of great power.

▸ FLOWERS OR PERFUMES? Flowers.

▸ PERSONALITY OR APPEARANCE? While he’ll only admit to being drawn to a personality, Goemon can easily be strung along by a pretty face.

▸ BEING ALONE OR BEING IN A CROWD? Always being alone. Crowds tend to make him uncomfortable and he avoids busy places if he can.

▸ ORDER OR ANARCHY? Order.

▸ PAINFUL TRUTHS OR WHITE LIES? Painful, painful truth.

▸ SCIENCE OR MAGIC? Magic. he sometimes even interprets science as a form of it, in certain ways.

▸ PEACE OR CONFLICT? Conflict. if he wanted peace he would also have to give up his sword, which he isn’t ready to do.

▸ NIGHT OR DAY? Night.

▸ DUSK OR DAWN? Dawn.

▸ WARMTH OR COLD? Cold.

▸ MANY ACQUAINTANCES OR A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS? Few close friends.

▸ READING OR PLAYING A GAME? He says it’s reading, but he’s the best at video games next to Fujiko in their whole group.

* QUESTIONNAIRE.

▸ WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR MUSE’S BAD HABITS?

For as perceptive as he can be, Goemon is also very obtuse and often doesn’t realize or sometimes even care about how what he says or does will affect others around him, forgets to apologize for things, etc. He is also guilty of disappearing for days to weeks to even months on end and being impossible to contact. He gets caught up in his own world of a samurai and neglects to contact his friends or employers, causing a plethora of problems for others.

▸ HAS YOUR MUSE LOST ANYONE CLOSE TO THEM? HOW HAS IT AFFECTED THEM?

Goemon has lost a few people in his life. Among all the others in their band of thieves, Goemon probably grieves slightly more healthily than Lupin or Jigen, not to say his way is ideal. If he’s lost someone in what he perceives to be an unjust way, he will stop at nothing to take revenge on their killer, and afterwards, grieves by being alone, traveling solo, sometimes crying privately, as he doesn’t like being openly emotional in front of others. He visits the graves of his ancestors and departed loved ones regularly.

▸ WHAT ARE SOME FOND MEMORIES YOUR MUSE HAS?

Childhood memories about growing up in Iga with his Grandmother as his sole caretaker, learning the history of his family and how to make herbal medicines and poultices was a very positive time for him, and his early childhood was rather charmed up to training with his first sensei, Jinen. His memories tend to darken after he was taken in by his second sensei, Momochi the killer, so the memories from his youth in rural japan color very much of his general perspective on life.

▸ IS IT EASY FOR YOUR MUSE TO KILL?

Sometimes. After being trained by a skilled assassin for so many years, Goemon became skilled in taking lives, and the praise he received for it made it easier to ignore the questionable morality, and often still represses or ignores the issues that come up from being what is essentially a killer for hire, Meditating and training his worries away. While he still sometimes takes solo jobs as a bodyguard or assassin, he doesn’t take the lives of those that aren’t actively involved in criminal life and therefore understand the risks...anymore. His skill with his sword allows him to destroy weapons and armor without harming people, and he is far more in favor of doing that than killing needlessly.

▸ WHAT’S IT LIKE WHEN YOUR MUSE BREAKS DOWN?

Extremely self-destructive, yet quiet. He tends to clam up, sees fit to “punish” himself for whatever he think’s he’s done. He often refuses to eat for days on end, and has been known to attempt suicide or even ask for help killing himself from one of his companions.

▸ IS YOUR MUSE CAPABLE OF TRUSTING SOMEONE WITH THEIR LIFE?

only two men hold that honor.

▸ WHAT’S YOUR MUSE LIKE WHEN THEY’RE IN LOVE?

Head-over-heels, twitterpated, you name it. He’s completely and unconditionally devoted to his partner, and takes it upon himself to act as their protector and guardian, which can almost come off as smothering at times. he will give anything his partner asks of him, and yet is often very shy about asking for anything in return, which sometimes results in an unbalanced relationship where Goemon ends up being manipulated. let him lay his head in your lap while you pet his hair and he’ll absolutely melt.

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