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Himeji Castle Sakura - Himeji, Japan

#scenery

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Favorite underrated friendship:

Clay and Zach

#suddenly miss them so much #damn their turbulent friendship #will never get over Zach's face when Clay agrees with him for once #13 reasons why

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Noragami Volume 27

The final volume of Noragami is out in Japan, and unfortunately, there were no bonus comics at the end. The only new piece of artwork from the volume was this color splash image at the front:

#noragami #AAAAH I LOVEE THEMM :''' #take carrying ebisu :))) #viina princess-carrying kazuma omggg #nora is also included in the og trio :'''))

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Just read the final chapter of From Lostbelt. The last scene with Kirschtaria and Kadoc.....

#fate grand order #cosmos in the lostbelt #random saying #type moon #UEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEEEEEEEE #what that scene implies ughghh #POETIC CINEMA #that extra chapter HITS so different

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sara mrad

#fashion

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*EXCITED CAT* ☆(๑✪ᆺ✪๑)☆

#kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #maomao #theapothecarydiariesedit #myedit #mygif #this girl is so me #just without the self restraint lol

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📷

#link click

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Let’s go. All of us, when the war is over.

#86 #i feel sick again T___T #i cant imagine how it feels like to be Shin #like he must have wondered #why do people who had dreams to live for like Eugene died #when someone like him who did not plan to live on still lives #he cant even say anything back to Frederica #ahh the direction of 86 will forever be astounding

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Avavav always has the most interesting concepts

#lmao this is probably the only runway show i would watch #good stuff

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STOP □□□□□□□□

#fate grand order #cosmos in the lostbelt #fgo spoilers #daybit sem void #type moon #myart #mypic #at least before he resorted to destroy the world #he tried a far less genocidal option #if Marisbury somehow obeyed maybe he wouldnt even kill #like idk who knows lol #i hope i can meet u again alien baby boy #never thought u would be my type

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shizuka role-playing as kongming ᕙ(⌐■_■)

Zom 100 Episode 08 - Sushi & Hot Springs of the Dead

#zom 100 bucket list of the dead #truly in character too

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I wanna talk about the MV of Frieren 2nd OP song Haru (which surprisingly doesn't mean Spring (春) but Sunny (晴る)) Almost missing out this MV because it's not done with original Frieren AMV just like the first OP. But someone recommended to watch it anyway and I did. And DAMN IT'S SAD. AND HEAVY.

The story itself is pretty straightforward and easy to understand once you finish the entire MV. The fun part comes from the Youtube comments. There are several interesting insights about the MV, the song itself, and the relationship with Frieren series. After digging and crosschecking here and there plus some thinking, few points I'd like to bring up are:

Relation to Sousou no Frieren

This. Enough said.

On more detailed note, 晴れる (Hareru) means to clear up, to stop raining, to be sunny. Himmel in German means heaven. So it's basically turning into "clear heaven/sky"

You know Himmel's presence was so big and brought hope wherever he and his party was. Even in the Demon King era, his heroism and kindness brought light the people's life. Even now, long after he's gone, Frieren keeps meeting people who are directly or indirectly impacted by his actions, even for the smallest things like helping around the village. It was enough to cheer everyone he comes across.

I was thinking of how Serie and Frieren could end up so different despite being the same race as elves with unprecedented talent for magic and similar rather cold distant personality. Perhaps I'll talk in another post about it but for me, I feel like one of the biggest differences is that Frieren got to meet Himmel. Long after Flamme died, Serie is basically still alone at the top despite having more disciples, while Frieren meets Himmel and through him meet the others and then she walks the same path as them. Even after the two people she ever cares about die, Frieren's sky becomes clear as she learns about her own feelings and what should really be treasured in human limited time versus her own limitless one. Or at least that's how I interpret the anime.

The song itself

The lyrics often mention of how beyond the rain pouring down from the clouds, the sky up above is sunny. Beyond pain, there is peace. It's fitting the whole "clear (up the) sky" theme.

I've listened to a few Yorushika's songs before Haru, and while their songs are kinda hit and miss for my taste, I enjoy Haru a lot. And I didn't know that wordplay is Yorushika's specialty. After looking at some of their songs, I found out they like switching kanji of the titles so that the titles hold double meanings.

And honestly, whenever I picture "spring", I always pair it with "clear sky." Even though rains do fall in spring too, I always go with sunny. This whole kanji switch is genius, ngl.

Once I knew that one of the member, n-buna, is a Vocaloid composer, I was like "Huh. No wonder." Sometimes wildest profound lines do come out from Vocaloid songs.

The MV in general

The MV itself is straightfoward. The father is unaware he's dead. The son has been alone all these times. But still, the wish to live in a world of sunny days free of war and loss just like back in the day goes on.

An interesting top comment theorizes the wall here resembles the Western Wall in Jerusalem, while the tree with flowers shown in the last seconds looks like the olive tree. Olive tree means peace and reconciliation. The metaphor "offer an olive branch" means "wanting to end the quarrel and disagreement." Olive branch is present in the emblem of Israel while olive tree is considered as a national symbol for Palestinians. As of this writing I haven't found any official confirmation for those theories. But either way, this is clearly about living in war state-something that is unfortunately ever-present in the world.

I personally think that the release timing, the choice of story and certain elements in it like the wall, the plant and the sea, all make the MV extremely relevant to the genocide and occupation of Gaza now, whether it's actually intentional or not.

The director of the MV, Kohta Morie, tweeted something along the line of 'I present this work to those who did not have the chance to be "sunny."' Incredibly sad, when you think about it.

#music #yorushika #sousou no frieren #i didnt know Haru would consume me this much omg #random saying

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my father is the worst man alive and i am his favorite daughter

#atla

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IMPOSTOR FACTORY

#sr cuz just wondering when will the beach episode come out #anw play To The Moon games #to the moon series

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WILDFLOWERS

#naruto #ooo this atmosphere >>

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From Lostbelt • vol. 4

#fate grand order #cosmos in the lostbelt #type moon #typemoonedit #artoria caster #baobhan sith #barghest #melusine #senji muramasa #myedit #mypic #this one volume really shows that LB6 is full of pain #the first and last one are kinda hopeful #but in between them is just BLEAK

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look at this overgrown wireless charger

#marvel