Nakazawa Yuko and Takayama Gen - Odaiba Moonlight Serenade (1998) cassette, scanned December 2022

Birthdays!

I compiled what I found to be the most character-relevant and/or funny reasons for everyone's birthdays, however unless Inagaki Sensei confirms the reasoning behind them, these are all assumptions!

Senku - 1/4 - A pun on Ishigami, as 1-4 can be read as i-shi, meaning stone. If you've forgotten about this, then I recommend rereading chapter 56!

Luna - 1/30 - Anniversary of Orville Wright (of the Wright brothers)'s death. This may also be another pun, as 3-0 can be read as mi-zero, and the kanji for charm is 魅 (=mi) which could mean Luna has "zero charm". Another option is reading it as 1-3-0, i-mi-zero, or "zero meaning", which hopefully isn't a hint of how useful this birthday-meaning endeavor is…

Related, Luna didn't seem to be born under a full moon either so that's not the reason behind her birthday.

Yo - 1/31 - This is a big logic leap, however: 1 can be read as "ichi", or 位置 meaning position. Putting the 3+1 into context, we have Yo mentioning the "big 3" + himself as the Four Heavenly Kings, giving us Yo as the 4th in a position of power.

I couldn't find any way of making the date fit an exclamation like "Yo!" or "Uei!", but the "ue" (上) part of his name means "up" which fits the theme of positioning.

Chrome - 2/4 - The element chromium has the atomic number 24. I'm pretty confident this was the inspiration, however it's also a month after Senku's birthday!

Kaseki - 2/9 - Another logic jump: copper's atomic number is 29. The era after the Stone Age is the Chalcolithic, or Copper Age. Since Kaseki is the village's most skilled craftsman, it could be implying that Kaseki brought them out of the Stone Age into the next era.

Amaryllis - 2/14 - Valentine's Day. It's also chocolate day in Japan, which suits the sweet seductress that she is :)

Homura - 3/3 - Can be read as "san-san", which means brilliant or bright. As the name Homura means flame, this is fitting.

Ibara - 3/23 - I couldn't find anything of interest, even when checking the blossoming of thorny plants (Ibara means thorn after all). A little disappointing honestly :(

Yuzuriha - 3/31 - The end of the fiscal year in Japan and sometimes the last day of school. Had she been born 2 days later she'd be in a different grade to Senku and Taiju!

It's also the International Transgender Day of Visibility.

Gen - 4/1 - April Fool's Day, as well as the day Senku, Xeno, and probably several other Americans broke out of petrification after 3,700+ years. An inversion of Senku's birthday (1/4 and 4/1).

Great job to everyone who guessed the date before it was officially revealed!

Taiju - 4/2 - Likely the oldest one in Senku's school year because of Japan's birthday/grade division. 4-2 can also be read as "shi-ni" meaning "death", which could be related to everyone closest to Taiju dying at some point (both his parents are dead, Senku's died once, Taiju himself was likely dead and Yuzuriha wasn't looking too great in Corn City). If we want to push further though, "death" in Latin is "mori", and "mori" means forest in Japanese, tying in to Taiju's tree theme.

With Yuzuriha, Gen, and Taiju all having their birthdays right after one another, it seems like all of Senku's closest friends have their birthdays together.

Ginro - 4/7 - The element silver has the atomic number 47, similar to Chrome's birthday being the atomic number for chromium.

Ruri - 4/14 - Potentially another ishi/stone reference because of the 14, but it's also the Takayama/Sanno festival wishing for a good harvest. A more modern celebration is Orange Day, where romantic partners from Valentine's and White Day trade orange-colored gifts.

Ironically, orange blossoms are meant to represent prosperity and luck in marriage in flower language… Poor Ruri haha

Kokuyo - 4/19 - Another pun using numbers: 4-1-9 or "shi-i-ku", meaning breeding. Breeding Day is a day to celebrate the work of zookeepers and get people interested in zoos.

The other celebration on this day is the Furukawa festival, one of the three naked festivals. Men in loincloths (fundoshi) fight for the prime location near the central drum being paraded through town. The parade lasts the whole night.

Moz - 5/5 - Children's Day, also part of Golden Week. It's a day to celebrate children's happiness and their personalities. Before 1948, it was also used to recognize fathers, which is ironic given Moz attempted to kill his father when he was 7.

Carlos - 5/30 - Anniversary of Wilbur Wright (of the Wright brothers)'s death, matching Luna. Similarly, the numbers also spell something out: 5-3-0 is "go-mi-zero", or "zero garbage". Whether this means that Carlos is garbage and a zero, or that he's /not/ garbage, I can't tell.

This is also a proper day of celebration in Japan for cleaning up waste.

Ukyo - 6/5 - World Environment Day. (I have recommendations for when Ukyo's birthday should have been instead: 3/3 sounds like "mi-mi", meaning "ear", = his sonar skills. The other date is 9/8, read as "ku-ya", as the kanji for bow (弓) can be read as "ku" and arrow (矢) is "ya".)

Joel - 6/10 - Anniversary of Time. It commemorates the first time-keeping water clock in Japan, open to the public.

Minami - 6/21 - The day after Riichiro Inagaki's birthday, as well as the summer solstice. It's also Refrigerator Day in Japan, a day to check your fridges before the hot summer arrives. Or in Minami's case, to check on Tsukasa…

Max - 6/30 - Asteroid Day, for global awareness about the risks of asteroid impacts. 6-3 can also be read as "mu-mi", which means "tasteless" (無味). Not sure how the zero fits in though…

Luna, Max, and Carlos also all have birthdays that fall on the 30th of the month. What the significance of that is is unclear, apart from the fact that their dates can all create words.

Kirisame - 7/7 - The Tanabata festival, a celebration for two star-crossed lovers, generally celebrated by writing wishes on paper and hanging them from a bamboo tree. It's also World Chocolate Day!

Kinro - 7/9 - The element gold has the atomic number 79, similar to Chrome's and Ginro's birthdays being their atomic numbers.

Kohaku - 8/8 - A day full of puns, as 8-8 can be read as either "ha-ha" or "ba-ba", meaning father and grandmother respectively, but "ha" also means teeth and "hachi" (=another way of reading 8) means "bee"… The list goes on.

It's also World Cat Day! :3

Magma - 8/22 - The kanji for 8 looks like a volcano (八) which is probably the logic behind choosing August. 2 can also be read as "fu", and "fufu" is the equivalent of "hehe" laughter in English. In rare cases, 2 can also be read as "ha", which could be referencing Magma's "muhaha!" It's also the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief…

Nikki - 8/31 - 831 is shorthand for "I Love You", as it has 8 letters, 3 words, and 1 meaning. It's also good for hiding your embarrassment if you struggle to say (or type, or send via Morse code) the words themselves…

Stanley - 9/1 - The anniversary of the establishment of the US's Air Force Space Command, which is now part of the United States Space Force, the American military counterpart to NASA.

Suika - 9/9 - Chrysanthemum Day, an ancient festival in Japan, also known as the Festival of Happiness. It's also First Aid Day, the Katakai fireworks festival, and the day Kiku No.1 was launched by NASDA (now JAXA). The latter is interesting because it's quite round, like Suika!

Matsukaze - 9/15 - Respect For The Aged Day. Sometimes the date varies, but as Matsukaze is a man who follows the Bushido code, this seems fitting.

Xeno - 10/1 - NASA's first day of operations, as well as NASDA's day of establishment, then later JAXA's. An all-around good day for national space agencies. Also falls on International Coffee Day, I wonder if they're connected…

Byakuya - 10/8 - Byakuya's literal name. The kanji for "byaku" (百) is 100, and 8 can be read as "ya", creating 108, or 10/8.

Tsukasa - 10/10 - World Mental Health Day, as well as World Day against the Death Penalty. Ironic given the plot of Stone wars. It's also Public Bath Day and Fishing Day.

Ryusui - 11/11 - Desiring the best of everything, Ryusui's birthday is obviously #1…111. It's also Pocky Day, I wonder if he uses that fact to flirt with people/play the pocky game?

Hyoga - 11/30 - Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare. (RIP Gozan, Yuki, Ren, Akashi, Kyoichiro, and Morito.) It could also be a way of "drawing" his kuda yari in action: 一一三〇

Chelsea - 12/20 - Anniversary of Sacagawea's death (maybe). She was a young girl who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition explore central America. 12°N 20°E is also a location in Chad.

Mirai - 12/31 - New Year's Eve, a day for looking towards the future. As Mirai's name means future, it's no surprise that this is her birthday!

Feel free to reply with any other discoveries about their birthdays you find! This is by no means a complete list, especially since any Japanese puns are mostly lost on me haha!

It's sad because even though I like birdmen more you have to admit the "seeing something approach you through not your own eyes, but someone else's" moment in kekkaishi was far far superior just from an execution standpoint

The beats of these two scenes are incredibly similar— you've got the internal monologue, and then the image input interrupting it, followed by the approach, and finally, the beat and finale.

I think the execution in Kekkaishi is much better for several reasons— first, the series has made it extremely clear that Yoshimori can "see" in some sense with his shikigami, since the kekkaishi use it for surveillance purposes. The panels which you're seeing it from the shikigami's eyes also have a filter of screentone over it, making it really clear which images are the ones that he's receiving versus the ones he's actually seeing with his real eyes.

In BIRDMEN, however, I don't think it had been made totally clear that Karasuma could see from Takayama's eyes yet. Most of the time it's Takayama peering through the telepathic connections, rather than the other way around, and because there's no direct precedence of "Karasuma sensing what Takayama's sensing" it's a lot less explicit, and therefore impactful, when this happens. You've got the two panels from Takayama's POV with the white speed lines, but I don't think they're visually distinct from the other panels to really drive that point home.

If you look at the panels too, you can see that Kekkaishi has a more dynamic and varied, with a lot of diagonals spicing things up. The panel of Gen saying "You're late." stacked on top of the one of him on the roof is a nice touch.

For lots of reasons I can imagine why the panels are laid out as they are in the BIRDMEN sequence. It's a descent, so you're going vertically down the page— that makes sense. Also, Karasuma's thought rectangles have always been horizontal black panels, so you've got to stay consistent. But in doing so, you lose a lot as well.

Having the panels all rectangles on the grid makes the approach far less dynamic. If you look at the Kekkaishi version, you can very clearly tell which moments are emphasized. The moment when Gen grabs Yoshimori's shikigami. The smaller panels are building up to the drop. If all the panels are more or less the same size, as it is in the BIRDMEN version, then none of the panels are really impactful.

I also think that a lot of the compositions within the horizontal panels... just aren't optimized like that? The top panel, which I think hold LESS emotional and narrative weight than the center panel of Karasuma saying "Not funny...", HAS to be bigger than the center one, because you're not supposed to have anything really important in the top margin. The long shot of takayama in flight has a ton of negative space to its left and right which I think adds nothing to the idea it's trying to convey. A sense of speed, or height, or a dive, is just much better conveyed though a vertical panel rather than a horizontal one.

I think if BIRDMEN were a vertical scrolling comic, this choice would be a lot more fitting. But at the end of the day, it isn't, and I think this scene was held back from its full potential by the allure of a cool concept. Sad!

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Marathon Kitaro is a blessing to this world.

Nogizaka46 announced senbatsu lineup for their 26th single.

Center: Yamashita Mizuki (3rd Gen).

Release Date: January 27th, 2021.

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Aldnoah.Zero I and II Review

Aldnoah.Zero I and II Review

This is review number three hundred and ninety. This anime is part of the Summer 2014 lineup, and I’m actually combining both seasons of the show I’m reviewing. I honestly saw the entire series in one go, and I never knew it was two separate seasons. I don’t really care though, because this anime sucks. It’s Aldnoah.Zero I and II. It’s a twenty four episode series comprising of two seasons about,…

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Also wanting to send out our feelings of thanks,

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 Watching this video that connects so many people, what shooting alone in your home by yourself,

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 It felt lonely but,

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Just curious. Since you seem to have watched all if not most episodes of the previous generations of Gegege no Kitaro (including Hakaba), what are your opinions about each generation of Gegege no Kitaro, also Hakaba Kitato? Which iteration/series is your most favorite? If it's gonna be long post, it's alright! I want to know about your opinion so I will be happy to read what you think about it!

  I’ll clarify firstly that I have only completely watched 2007 and Hakaba, because they were “my” generation. I was a child back then so that was what made me stick with them before any other when I first discovered the franchise years ago. It’s not even that 2007 is my favorite. I like it’s world-building immensely and how some of the adaptations fit with the times, but it doesn’t feel that spectacular in animation style. Some of the redesigns that aren’t the main cast are needlessly fetishized when their original designs were perfect as they were.  It has some neat updates and whenever Kitaro interacts with humans it’s wholesome. I mean, c’mon, this is the show where Medama-Oyaji dragged EVERYONE into his fandom and had them cosplay as firefighters and quote his favorite foreign drama. 2007 has such funny slice of life moments.  I don’t like the episodes where Kitaro’s latest crush is the focus of the adapted plot, though. I find those annoying and forced. While it had it’s purpose in Hakaba Kitaro’s storytelling, it really doesn’t give off a good experience when it’s crammed into the main series.  That’s not to say Hakaba Kitaro is a romantic story, or that the romantic subplots were good romance per se, it’s that they served a purpose for highlighting Kitaro’s later corruption. It’s outdated and comes across as quite sexist, but I give it a pass for the purpose of it’s satire and the source material itself. Shigeru Mizuki’s voice isn’t really something that covers issues like sexism or sexual harassment very respectfully, but the Hakaba Kitaro anime at least puts these sequences together in a way that can make the viewer understand why a child like Kitaro would behave the way he does.   Anyways, 2007 was cancelled so saying that I only completed the last gen is kind of funny. I have watched a majority of the 80′s series. Something about it gets me really pumped. I guess that’s because other than Hakaba, Toda is the most hot blooded of all of the iterations of Kitaro. That said, I can’t say I watched the 80′s series as much as I did for him and his pining for his mother. No, I mostly watched for Neko. She carried the whole series on her shoulders in my opinion, even though she wasn’t a powerful character, she was just enjoyable. I didn’t like sitting through any of the episodes without her.  Other than episodes I can count on my hand, though, I don’t really like the 80′s series that much. I would normally say I hate it, but I can’t bring myself to. I never could. I couldn’t even make fun of it. I will explain why I don’t like it though; the biggest reason is because for example, Kitaro is put into these situations that gross me out. Like that Mujina episode where the badger inflates his ball sack as a last-ditch effort to beat Kitaro. It’s just really nasty stuff that maybe I would have laughed at if I were a ten year old, but I’m an adult now so seeing that absolutely ticks me off.  There are other series that play off Kitaro’s sexual harassment for comedy, and those episodes (or moments in the episodes) make me uncomfortable too, but that one from the 80′s series affects me the most. I don’t like how in the 90′s series, when Kitaro is cross dressing, he gets the upskirt, but I really loathe how in the recent series his shirikodama was stolen by the kappa. I know this is common in anime but it doesn’t change that this isn’t what I like about anime in general. I really dislike when underage characters are put through that for the sake of some cheap laugh.  I don’t talk much about the current-running series because I don’t really have much else to add that isn’t already abuzz somewhere else most likely. However, I will say that it is another mixed bag for me like the 80′s series. I like Sawashiro-Kitaro himself, but he doesn’t always feel like KITARO to me. This series has a similar thing going on that 2007 did with it’s art direction, except the change appears to pander less to Kitaro fans and more to otaku fans in general.  I don’t dislike it for changing Neko’s design. For me, Neko’s design has always been all over the place with each generation so I don’t see her as any less of a character for it. I will say I openly love/hate Kitaro’s design. He’s adorable, yes, but after seeing the direction of his character I can’t say any of it feels like Kitaro. It brings me back to my point; it’s like he’s Kurapika from Hunter X Hunter, if he were in a GeGeGe no Kitaro AU. I like Kurapika as a character, but there’s something lost in 2018′s Kitaro. He’s not the oafish, cackling observer that I’m used to. At all. I don’t hate this, as he can be a very special Kitaro for this generation of kids and teens, but he hasn’t even laughed sadistically once.  Sure, his unforgiving, tired stare is pretty cool, but a purely nonchalant observer doesn’t make for as fun a role. Not all the time anyway. I understand why his character has gone in this direction, sort of, since he’s always been a mediator between humans and yokai, but him emoting is always a real treat. I end up missing Takayama-Kitaro’s tired but easygoing personality, since Sawashiro-Kitaro cranked that up beyond eleven. Now “depression nap” Kitaro has been dethroned in terms of sleepy levels. It’s played to be cute in one episode, which I can appreciate.  However, back on track to what it’s missing. Nezumi-Otoko was Shigeru Mizuki’s mouthpiece for example, since his Hakaba Kitaro was discarded over a disagreement. Here, Nezumi-Otoko is extremely annoying and fans of him don’t like him as much as other iterations at all. I am one of those people that doesn’t like him this run. He has some neat moments, sure, but they’re nothing without Kitaro himself there. It’s all about his relationship with the protagonist. I like moments with Nezumi-Otoko, but there are times he overstays his welcome. I won’t say he’s as bad as he was in the 80′s version, though.  2018′s Kitaro has some mediocre episodes, but also those that really are emotional hits. This makes it so much better than the 80′s series, but it’s still largely influenced by the 80′s series. You can tell in that the cast hit the same notes, and that similarly the moral of the episodes can be missing or weak. I won’t say they come across as feeble as it’s predecessor, but I digress.  I have yet to talk about the 90′s series. I know very little Japanese, so I watch at a pace where I can research the episode I’m watching, if it hits any different notes that the other series have missed out on, etc. I do this for a lot of episodes because when talking about this franchise, it’s largely a discussion of which series adapted which episode (or story arc) in a more enjoyable way. The 90′s series is one of those I have to say has deliberate pacing that the 60′s and 70′s lacks. It feels much slower, but also more driven. I can’t really give it too much criticism because it captivates me too much. I’ll never forget that moment where Medama-Oyaji pours his heart out to Kitaro after he’s transformed into the Gyuki. Sure, it’s missing a body horror scene, but it’s so heartfelt…  I have a similar outlook of the 60′s/70′s series. I don’t separate these two because one is the prequel to the other. There are some that bemoan the loss of the black and white style, that there’s something lost when adding color, but I disagree so much. Like the 90′s series, the 70′s series is very captivating (especially for it’s time)!  I feel like people talk about the 90′s series so much (which is a good thing), so I like to go on and on about how beautiful the color is in the 70′s one. One thing that really sets apart the 70′s series from it’s prequel and all the others is the boldness of it’s line art, as well. It gives me a feeling that each of those lines a love letter to the manga’s art style, if only a bit. It pops so well with the additional color, and it’s not like it doesn’t have some brutally ironic moments that are staple for it’s predecessor.   Speaking of the 60′s series, though, it may not give us a wholly mean spirited Kitaro, but it shares the strange vibes that Hakaba Kitaro’s storytelling gives off, just even more sympathetic. Kitaro is still quite a creepy boy, but he’s so much himself or the core of what that character represents to every generation afterwards. There’s something so satisfying about seeing him try to strangle Nezumi-Otoko after the man taunts that he’s too soft to do something to his friends. Contrast that with today’s Kitaro…  Anyway, I love to draw during my free time. It’s my favorite hobby, so my favorite series to watch are Hakaba Kitaro and the first two Gegege no Kitaro series, and the 90′s series of course. The direction of the shows I mentioned are what give me the strongest impressions out of all of them. Not to mention the movies! There’s a really pretty scene in the 80′s movie too, for instance! 

Day 001: Nest

Title: Nest Inspection

Fandom: Birdmen

Genre: Gen

Word Count: 3182

Characters: Original Character, Karasuma Eishi, Umino Tsubame, Kamoda Mikisada, Sagisawa Rei, Takayama Sou

Summary:Landlady Hinako Ito pays her young tenants a visit for an annual flat inspection.

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okay look I know I’m literally insane about BIRDMEN so maybe it comes as a surprise to people that out of all of Tanabe’s art— and we’re talking SOLELY about art, here— it actually isn’t my favorite.

Late Kekkaishi art is where she peaked, in my opinion. In the earlier parts of Kekkaishi’s serialization, you can tell she’s sort of feeling her way through it— the way she draws Yoshimori, for example, shifts a lot, and what I personally think is the really trademark high-contrast hair actually wasn’t present in the first few volumes. The style as a whole also moved from more realistic to more stylized in terms of character proportions, which I do think looks more charming. And while the art in BIRDMEN is really really polished (either due to experience or the fact that it was a monthly serial rather than a weekly one), and she’s obviously competent and in her groove, I feel like there are some tics that she left behind that I thought was really charming!!

Left to right: Yoshimori from the Kekkaishi one-shot, early serialization, and late serialization, and Eishi. I think there’s definitely a strong shift away from realism into more simplistic and stylized representations. Granted, one-shot Yoshimori was meant to be a high-schooler, while the rest of the characters are middle-schoolers, but I think my point still holds.

For example, there’s a lot of line variety in later parts of Kekkaishi that I feel vanished completely in BIRDMEN.

Left: Yoshimori and Gen from one of the last chapters of Kekkaishi. Right: Eva and Takayama from early BIRDMEN.

Look at their profiles— you’ll notice that the bottom edge of Gen and Yoshimori’s nose is thicker than the upper edge of the lip it’s connected to. It’s a pretty trademark attribute of using dip pens, since thicker lines result from more pressure and it’s easier to apply more pressure when you’re pulling towards your drawing hand. I’m also concluding that she’s likely right-handed from this observation lol. if you even care <3

Judging from the way the speech bubbles are drawn in BIRDMEN I don’t think she’s moved to doing digital art because that thick line tic is still there... but again, the line variety feels a lot more subdued, even just looking at the speech bubbles.

Left: Kekkaishi. Right: BIRDMEN. The circled bits in red are thicker lines seem reminiscent of the elusive line variety that is much clearer in Kekkaishi’s speech bubbles.

It makes me wonder what prompted this change. Either she changed from a more flexible pen nib to a stiffer one, or she’s exerting less pressure while drawing... the last hypothesis in particular makes me wonder whether this is part of the long-term damage of being a serialized artist, or whether it’s just a strictly aesthetic choice.

Another thing that I really liked in Kekkaishi is the way she draws hands. And I think this is actually linked to the previous point, about line variety...

Left: Yoshimori and Tokimori from Kekkaishi. Right: Fox and Karasuma from BIRDMEN.

idk I can’t really articulate it but something definitely changed. Kekkaishi had this slightly raw and unpolished quality about it that I really really liked, I guess. Not to say I don’t like BIRDMEN’s art or anything!

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As a part of this offensive, the U.S. and Japanese military are ready to respond because the recent attack on their forces near Mt. Fuji (fire at base of mountain on left side) has been traced to that city. This is in part because Kiyosu Takayama, a self-declared Knight’s Templar, has been traced as the source of disinformation about the February 3rdattack. He claims that in the attack the “U.S. Navy destroyed the world’s largest adrenochrome factory.” https://blog.goo.ne.jp/mokushiroku666/e/d9ea9ad13066e7c7077c58932514feff

Russian FSB sources for their part directed our attention to the following video showing then U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo standing in front of a model of the Third Temple to be built in Jerusalem that does not contain the Al Aqsa Mosque. (minute 1:01): https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1109083029430067200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 

The sources also say the link below shows a “photo of the Super Intellect Logos, in the underground Synagogue 3 Temple in Jerusalem. Super Intellect is a golden shell was dug up in Karabakh.” https://sputniknews.com/world/201903231073479183-mike-pompeo-jerusalem-third-templemodel/

significant economic event is a security challenge. If you look at the Thirties, that started as a very significant economic crash and that acted as a very destabilizing feature.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/12/general-sir-nick-carter-interview-joining-fightagainst-covid/

The UK is not alone. On February 12th Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia is ready to sever ties with the EU if the bloc imposes new, economically painful sanctions. Again in diplomatic speak severing relations is one step behind a formal declaration of war. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56039075

The attack on Japan was also linked to the fact the Japanese government refused to sell itself to unnamed “private interests,” as can be seen on page 30 of Japan’s annual report submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6th, 2020. https://sec.report/Document/0001193125-20-211213/ 

The report notes that in 2015, the Japanese Parliament passed an act allowing the Japanese government to maintain a veto-wielding “in excess of one third” share in the Development Bank of Japan. Furthermore, it states it will control “one half or more for DBJ’s special investment operations.” https://sec.report/Document/0001193125-20-211213/ 

Since this bank basically owns Japan financially, it means former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for all his faults, refused to hand over control to the Khazarian mafia and their proxies like KKR Japan. By the way, we noted the United States Corporation has vanished from the SEC listings and has been replaced by the “United States Corp Co” with an SEC CIK#000101575. The SEC noted, the “United States Corp Co has not filed any forms with the SEC apart from initial company registration.” https://sec.report/CIK/0000101575

We did not have the time to deep dive further but did note that entities such as the People’s Republic of China and the Government of Mexico are also

 registered with the SEC. PRC: https://sec.report/CIK/0000909321 

The Mexico corporation: https://sec.report/CIK/0000101368

 Also interestingly enough we found a registration for the planet Earth under Earth Co. and that “Security and Exchange Commission registration information for Earth Co. Documents include ownership statements, and insider trading documentation,” and that “Earth Co. has not filed any forms with the SEC apart from initial company registration.” Our own sources tell us it is the Rothschild family who claims ownership of the Planet Earth. https://sec.report/CIK/0000030977

Now let us take a bit of a deep dive at the sort of thing the self-appointed “owners” of Planet Earth are doing. The biggest business seems to be mass mind control. Take a look at this picture: https://img.ifunny.co/images/2951e201badcc0f814d23517f80556aef77790c1c1ea3ae2cdeebac4fa5 594ea_1.jpg

They were also forced to end the farce after being caught using fake evidence. https://theweek.com/articles/966168/most-important-person-impeachment-trial-missing-isnttrump https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-caught-using-fake-evidence-impeachment-trial

“I think that the American people, like I said, I think they’re just absolutely tired of everything that they’ve seen in our political establishment,” General Mike Flynn said in an interview with the Western Journal. https://www.westernjournal.com/bombshell-twj-exclusive-hour-long-featureinterview-gen-flynn/

We note that Flynn’s brother, Army Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, was assigned late last month to be the commander of the U.S. Army Pacific forces. Hopefully, he will work with the Russians, British, Japanese, Taiwanese, etc. who want to finish off Khazarian Mafia rule once and for all. https://www.westernjournal.com/general-michael-flynns-brother-command-us-army-pacific-forces/ 

In any case, the Khazarian Mafia is beginning to totally lose control of its “Covid-19” justification to vaccinate everybody into permanent slavery with gene-altering CRISPR technology. As proof of this, Pfizer has abandoned India rather than submit to safety tests for its vaccines. Pfizer executives are being actively hunted down and killed and will soon be an extinct species, WDS sources promise. https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=165947

 Furthermore, riots and demonstrations against the Covid-19 fascism are breaking out all over the world. For example, take a look at this unmasked crowd telling police to choose sides. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8FBZU4Cjjs&feature=youtu.be

A general revolt is also underway in Israel, the most brainwashed nation on Earth. https://www.debka.com/half-measures-in-israels-coronavirus-battle-cause-confusion-defiance/

In any case, the Covid-19 campaign is now being unwound and will be over by May, Russia’s FSB insists. https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/10/sars-2-lies-ties-among-us-china-scientists-ingates-shade-disclosed-by-daily-mail-and-die-welt/ 

The Khazarian Mafia will go down tooth and nail and appears to be carrying out multiple acts of sabotage such as destroying a German power plant and trying to poison Florida’s water supply. https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/02/09/germany-state-of-emergency-declared-innuremberg-after-major-power-plant-fire/amp/ 

They also apparently used a space-based weapon to destroy 500 gas-transporting tankers on the Iran/Afghan border. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/13/huge-blaze-on-afghanistaniran-border-spotted-from-space 

The sudden polar vortex hitting Texas is also a space-based attack, U.S. Space Force sources say. That is why, as one trader memorably told Zero Hedge about the gas market: “We’ve officially hit ‘Holy fu*king $hit levels’ here.” https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/energy-emergency-texaspower-provider-warns–rotating-outages-cold-weather-tests-limits-grid

It is no wonder an increased number of observers note the U.S. establishment has gone “crazy.” https://www.rt.com/op-ed/515385-american-establishment-trump-insane/ 

On a final note, we wish to point out a couple of growing hints at some sort of imminent disclosure event. One is the massive earthquakes prompting Antarctic base evacuations. https://sputniknews.com/latam/202101241081861137-chile-issues-tsunami-warning-ordersevacuation-of-antarctic-base-after-7-magnitude-quake/ https://www.news18.com/news/world/tsunami-warning-for-new-zealand-other-nations-after-7-7- magnitude-earthquake-rocks-south-pacific-3416810.html

 The other is disclosures by the Pentagon that they are testing materials taken from crashed UFOs. https://www.the-sun.com/news/2321251/pentagon-admits-testing-wreckage-ufo-crashes/

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waiting for the next miss tanabes manga tbh..I know she literally just finished birdmen but I miss her and I'm excited for what she's gonna do next! and I get u but I gotta say I literally cried when she posted one of the new kekkaishi covers with one of my faves, if u haven't read it I really recommend it

that’s true!! I am super excited for what she’s going to do next and i know it’ll be great whatever she does (and we’ll see the birdmen kids designs influencing the new characters, just like how kekkaishi influenced birdmen!)

and awww!!! I am happy for you C: it must be great to see your fave after so long! I sorta get that feeling with gen (? thats his name right?) just because he reminds me so much of takayama haha

i do plan to read kekkaishi.....eventually. maybe one day. TT w TT

Sengoku Basara OC Master-List!

Reference Catalog for the Sengoku Basara Tumblr Fandom Community

~ Compiled by Nekkyo Usagi ~

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @dearmadalice

Character Info: X

Date Shigezane - Cousin of Date Masamune, one of the 3 Great Men of Date

Kotori - Date Shigezane’s three year old daughter 

Omori - Mother of Date Shigezane

Shimazu Tadatsune - Third son of Shimazu Yoshihiro

Katakura Kagenaga - Father of Katakura Kojuro 

Akihime - Daughter of Otani Yoshitsugu. Historical wife of Sanada Yukimura

Hoshi - Daughter of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Chiyoko - Daughter of Momochi Tanba of the Iga Ninja

Isao - Iga Ninja. 

Harumi - Married to Omura Ginmaru, a man who sides with the Soma Clan for glory against Date Masamune

Mine - Ujimasa Hojo’s granddaughter

Sen - Daughter of Ikeda Tsuneoki. Oda faction, Toyotomi faction

Chikayasu – Motochika’s Brother

Next Gen OCs:

Katakura Shigenaga - Son of Katakura Kojuro and also the “second” Kojuro

Sanada Yukimasa - son of Sanada Yukimura and Irohahime

Otamahime – Motochika’s Daughter

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @tsuncarrot

Kohaku - son of Okuni, beautiful Kabuki dancer.

Yuuma -mercenary, takes care of his two sisters-in-law and their children after the death of his brothers. 

Ryuuto - he is a dirty, dirty bandit.

Ayako -Beautiful woman who might actually be a demon. She and Hisahide are the gross power couple

Misaki - Foxy wife. Kojuro married her and he didn’t tell Masamune

Junko - Ridiculously lucky. Even getting kidnapped by a dirty hobo somehow works better in her favor. 

Sumiko - A wet blanket who is ridiculously good at numbers. She’s head of her family after her father died from being a wet blanket. 

Hiroko - Beach bum. Shimazu Yoshihiro’s granddaughter. He takes care of her after the death of her parents.

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @dai-rokuten-maou

Yamato Hisanaga - Oda affiliated (though could go on to serve under the Toyotomi banner at Hanbei’s insistence)

Oda Nobutada - (Eldest son)- Oda affiliated

Oda Nobutaka - (Youngest son, middle sibling)- Oda affiliated

Oda Tokuhime - (Only daughter, youngest sibling)- Oda/Tokugawa affiliated

Hattori Hanzo - Tokugawa/Ashikaga affiliated

Akiyama Nobutomo - Raging Bull of Takeda Clan

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @vengrych

Ishida Masatsugu - Father of Ishida Mitsunari

Ishida Tatsu - Mother of Ishida Mitsunari

Ishida Masazumi - Older Brother of Ishida Mitsunari

Manase Rion  - Talented mistress of medicines and poisons, works under Toyotomi banner, close relationships to Hanbei and Mitsunari

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @dorksoftakeda

Kirigakure Saizo - Shinobi allied with the Takeda and Sanada Clan

 Kamanosuke Yuri - Shinobi allied with the Takeda and Sanada Clan

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @norageonlypancakes

Kosuna, Oda affiliated. Chubby smash-it-all girl. Radiate communist vibes right in 16th century.

Tomoe, Imagawa affiliated, then after Yoshimoto got a lil dead, Takeda affiliated. A Good Girl with mess of a face. Does her best

Baba Nobuharu, Takeda affiliated. Old grump who once helped Shingen get the power. Doesn’t like any warfare or to move in general.

Yamamoto Kansuke, Takeda affiliated. A Cool Uncle, strategic talent of peasant origin. Barely can write and has no fashion sense.

Satake Yoshishige and Oka, from north-east, in some sense Date affiliated. Want to overthrow Date domination, are not successful. Oka is a stern, composed older sister, Yoshishige is a wild, energetic little brother.

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @kitalphahart

Kana & Hana - Trickster ninja twin sisters rumored to be in league with Fuuma Kotaro

Senai - Guardian and teacher of the twins

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @brookie4cookies

Sanada Akihime - Quiet wife of Sanada Yukimura and daughter of Ōtani Yoshitsugu. Small and cold, but actually cares a lot just doesn't know how to show it.

Katakura / Yanai Tsuta - Wife of Katakura Kojūrō and eternal babysitter of Megohime. A sarcastic balance to her husband, though hiding an awkward side and passion for doing the right thing.

Saigo no Tsubone / O-ai -

 Kushihashi Teru - Tiny wife of Kuroda Kanbei and current maid of the Toyotomi. An avid gardener and lover of greenery, she has been biding her time stuck with the enemy to find her husband again.

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @drazudrazz

Date Megohime - wife of Date Masamune

Chosokabe Nana - wife of Chosokabe Motochika

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @salemnightz

Character Info: X

Akane Fujioka - A ragtag tomboy taken under service by Goto Matabei in his days as a Kuroda General. Later on became his mistress.

Takeshi - Matabei and Akane’s firstborn.

Kotori - Goto Matabei and Akane’s second(?) child.

Motonori - Goto Matabei and Akane’s third child.

Ruri - Youngest living child of Matabei and Akane

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @Masa

Shoku -  - Skycloak - Date Clan Affiliation

Aeon - Skycloak

Adrian - Cursed Skycloak

Seto - Seacloak

Raiu -  Feathercloak - Skycloak- 

Kaigan - Seacloak - Chosokabe Clan Affiliation

Itsuuki  - Skycloak - No Clan Affiliation

Hasuko - ninja

Sakuya - Blessed Human - Own Clan

Mori Nichirin - Older twin - son of Mori Motonari

Mori Kosuke - Younger twin - son of Mori Motonari

Date Munezane - Dragon Prince - Date Clan

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @nekkyousagi

Soma Yoshitane - 16th head of the Soma Clan, rival of Date Shigezane

Lady Soma - Mother of Yoshitane, the Queen Bee of Soma Clan

Otake - country girl warrior fighting for Anegakoji Yoritsuna

Yasuke - African samurai who serves Oda Nobunaga

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @uesugiterutora

Takayama Ukon - ally to Xavi, Otomo Sorin and Kyogoku Maria

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Created by: @nexu101​

Kazama- Son of Kotaro and Tsuruhime. Is a lot like his father in both mannerisms and appearance

Momoe- Kazama's twin sister. Is very sassy and outspoken.

Hisamichi - Matsunaga's eldest son (from history). Very sweet, but bears scars from torture he endured by enemy forces.

Kojiro - Matsunaga's second son (from history). Had a long ponytail and was very moody. Was also distrustful of his father. He was held captive like Hisamichi but died 

Saburo - Matsunaga's third son (not really a historical basis for this one). Was born in captivity and died later on

Original Sengoku Basara Characters Crated by: @eriksartworld

Moniwa Tsunamoto - one of the 3 great men of Date clan

Ishida Masazumi - brother of Ishida Mitsunari

Matsudaira Iemoto

Date Masamichi

Sanada Nobuyuki - older brother of Sanada Yukimura

Thanks to everyone who contributed!! All of your characters are so unique and awesome! Let’s give them all the love they deserve!!

If there are anymore Sengoku Basara OCs you would like added, adjusted or removed from the Master-List, please message me and I will edit this post!

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