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goldenkamuyhunting · 3 years

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Ramblings and crazy theory time about GK chap 288 “A Pleasant Man”

So from a Watsonain perspective I’ve to praise Wilk as it turned out everything went...

yeah, just as he planned it... though Doylistically speaking let me be amazed by how Noda made this wonderful and intricate plot... but let’s start with order.

The story starts with a very useful timeline concerning the events that involved the gold.

There are little things I appreciate more than timelines so I’m extremely grateful to Noda for it.

We move back to the Russian consulate in 1902.

Irenka, one of the Ainu working with Wilk, correctly guesses the government which rules Hokkaido wouldn’t just give them the land, should they show up with the land deed.

Wilk suggests to ask Enomoto Takeaki for help at which the others correctly imply it would be a little hard for them to meet him.

As if this wasn’t difficult enough, Kimuspu informs them the Japanese government is AFTER THE LAND DEED and would steal it before they were to reach Enomoto, which is why they were forced to hide it there.

But then he suggests a Nispa might be able to help to get in touch with Enomoto.

We go back to 1869 and to a much younger Kimuspu, one that looks more like Cikapasi due to how the signs on his face are now more marked.

He explains they used to go to Goryokaku as they negotiated with Enomoto over buying the land, without even knowing the battle of Hakodate would escalate.

Early at the beginning of the story (chap 30) Hijikata lamented how their battle was hampered by the struggle to get funds...

...which seems to hint whatever agreement Enomoto managed to reach with the Ainu, was reached too late.

Anyway, while the others go take part to the negotiation Kimuspu is left behind to take care to give water to the horses and, as he does so he meets Hijikata… who basically behaves like a Sugimoto with a slightly different face...

Hijikata is curious of Kimuspu’s tattoo, he’ll help Kimuspu, is cheerful and modest, admitting all he’s good with are battles, horses and women. Okay, Sugimoto is popular with women but can’t understand them at all while Hijikata was supposedly better at this but whatever, Hijikata really feels like him to me… though I doubt they plan to have them be related.

Anyway Kimuspu doesn’t let him know why they’re there but clearly likes him and finds him a ‘Sawayakana otoko’ (爽やかな男 “pleasant/refreshing/invigorating/clear man”). Later he finds out he’s Hijikata, an Ezo republic commander.

Enomoto keeps the land deed as a secret. I wonder if, should he had won the war, he too would have tried getting it back.

Anyway the Ainu prepare the gold, though they don’t really trust Enomoto.

They’re being too slow though.

The government forces begin their all-out attack.

We’re at June 20 (lunar calendar May 11), 1869, and Hijikata, instead than being killed as history wants, is just nearly killed near the Ippongi Kanmon but manages to drag himself back despite the wounds...

...and is helped by Kimuspu, despite his comrades being against it. In order to give them a reason to care about Hijikata, Kimuspu reminds them he’s Enomoto’s comrades but it’s clear he’s not helping him just for that.

Kimuspu should have been a nice person, it fits he’s Cikapasi’s grandfather.

Anyway he brings Hijikata in one of the house left empty when its owners evacuated, so as not to let Hijikata be found by soldiers.

When Hijikata awakes, he’s reached by the news the Kaitenmaru was also destroyed by fire (always on June 20) and thinks they should protect the fortress Benten Daiba as Goryokaku will surely fall due to the bombing of the ships, but Kimuspu tells him the day before, (June 24th) while he was unconscious, the fortress surrendered. This means we’re at the 25th. Goryokaku will surrender the 27th.

At this Hijikata likely understands they’ve no more hope to fight and asks Kimuspu to bring him to mount Hakodate, apparently to a statue of Kannon. Hijikata, dressed up as an Ainu to disguise himself, doesn’t manage to explain why he wanted to go there as the bombing on Goryokaku resumes and then they’re found by soldiers, who recognize Hijikata.

Kimuspu, gets in between them and Hijikata. He explains his action saying he was desperate because he figured the Ainu would lose the land of the republic of Ezo. Although he manages to push the rifle away from Hijikata, the soldier fires anyway and kills one of the Ain that were with Kimuspu.

At this Hijikata tells him to stop or they all would be killed and let the guards take him away. Kimuspu who had been pushed on the ground, stares at the dead Ainu in shock but he’s evidently released later on as it’s only Hijikata who’s carried away, apologizing to them and promising he won’t forget the debt he owns to them.

Kimuspu explains how, out of guilt for letting the soldiers take Hijikata, he couldn’t tell Enomoto how the latter survived. However, when he tries to find information on Hijikata’s fate no one wants to say he was caught or executed and, several years later he begins hearing rumors about Hijikata having been looked in a prison, an ex-warden even confirming this. So Kimuspu is sure Hijikata is alive.

Ratci adds in he also hears rumors about Hijikata being alive and helping to build the convict road.

Anyway they work up in their mind that Hijikata could get their message to Enomoto. How since he’s a prisoner those survival they’re basically hiding? Well, Oskeporo suggests they could pretend to be wardens and break him out. It’s worth to mention by then Hijikata was already in Abashiri so making him escape isn’t as easy as they make it out… but, on the other side, I do wonder if this was all part of Wilk’s plan. I mean, he and the other Ainu were hiding near to where there were those ‘prison lodges’ in which Inudou kept laborers confined… and, when the other Ainu die Wilk rushes there and have himself being arrested, asking to give Inudou the message he killed 7 Ainu and knows the location to the Ainu hidden gold.

I mean, at a first glance it seemed he did it merely to escape from Tsurumi… but maybe his goal was reaching Abashiri and getting into contact with Hijikata in the first place so as to use the whole incident with the Ainut o carry on his plan.

We see him repeating Hijikata’s name with a thoughtful expression after all…

...and then Kimuspu claims he knows a good spot to hide the gold, the good spot being the well. As they place the gold inside the well, one of them guarding the group in the distance, Kimuspu explains the last time they met Enomoto he saw the well being covered with dirt, so the Meiji government might not have noticed it existed. As a result the Ainu hid the gold there and starts planning an uprising among the Ainu.

So yes, they wanted to fight with weapons the Japanese government, not just use the land deed to have the land pacifically.

Wilk also thinks if Hijikata hadn’t forgotten his debt, he should repay the Ainu of the future. Honestly I think he should repay only Kimuspu… as Kimuspu’s Ainu friends back then helped him solely because he was Enomoto’s friend and they were making business with him but whatever, we know how Wilk is, for him the Ainu’s cause is the only one that matter… though from how he speaks he seems to link ‘Ainu of the future’ to Asirpa, whose name means woman of the future. So he basically is saying Hijikata should help his daughter.

The flashback ends here and the visual is pretty good because it moves from Wilk looking down in the well to Asirpa looking up from the well, as if to give the illusion she and Wilk could see each other… but the one looking down in the well this time is Hijikata, who likely means to repay his debt anyway.

And so that’s the story of how Hijikata and Wilk connected the whole horse kanji with a well whose existence only the two of them knew.

I’ll be honest, on one side I’m not overly fond of all this background exposition as it’s just that, exposition with little personal drama (I mean, Kimuspu was clearly grief stricken when the soldiers try to arrest Hijikata and, in effort to stop them, he inadvertently cause one of his friends to get killed… but this isn’t really explored… at most it’s exploited by Wilk) but, on the other side, I’m amazed by how Noda came up with such an intricate plot.

I mean, the meeting between Nopperabou and Hijikata seemed casual, they were merely two prisoners in the same prison… and Wilk trusting Hijikata to take care of Asirpa and carrying on all that plan seemed a risky bet based on circumstances but now it turns out Hijikata was ALWAYS part of the plan and the code was made keeping not only Asirpa but he too into consideration because Wilk clearly assumed Asirpa wouldn’t accomplish anything with the land deed without Hijikata’s support and the hideout of the gold is basically a jab at Hijikata’s moral sense so as to remind him Ainu (well, ONE Ainu) helped him so he should help them as well.

So while a side of me is ‘well, I don’t really care about this little sidestory per se as it’s just exposition and not emotionally engaging…’ the other side is ‘oh my this man actually planned all those plot details so damn carefully I’m amazed! I love him! This is just great writing!’

Oh well, I hope everyone else is enjoying how the story is revealing itself as much as I’m doing because, really, I’m having lot of fun! I love to see such a well thought plot! This is such a masterful work!

Anyway, see you all to the next chapter!

#Golden Kamuy #Sugimoto Saichi #Asirpa #Shiraishi Yoshitake #Hijikata Toshizou #Kimuspu #Wilk #Ratci #Oskeporo #Enomoto Takeaki #Siromakur #Irenka #Mesira #Sukuta #Kikuta Toujirou #Tsurumi Tokushirou #Koito Otonoshin #Golden Kamuy Ramblings and Theories

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millsburymedianews · 2 years

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Let’s read Millsbury Media’s June Seven together!!!

Link: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/millsbury-medias-june-seven/list?title_no=744500

Get into the adventure with us. Follow Gerald Seven and Stellar in their endevours.

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smolsura · 7 years

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And here’s a Mesira, dressed and ready to take on the deserts of Elona. It’s definitely different than the typical swampy humid climate she’s used to for her krewe’s lab. Dangerous experiments are why they don't linger near others, but she's definitely thriving from the thrill it gives (As well as the priory acknowledgement that comes with them).

At least she feels home among the mirages of the desert, with her Mesmer clone squad as backup-dancers around the swarms of forged.

#mesira lingox #asura #guild wars 2

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chibivesicle · 3 years

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Golden Kamuy chapters 267 & 268. Filling in the gaps and learning how Tsurumi was involved in the gold.

After a few chapters that I was expecting to be more rewarding falling flat, things are starting to pick up. We first learn about Kiro’s involvement and how his relationship with Wilk became strained. Before they broke Sofia out of prison, Kiro decided to tell Sofia more details before actually reuniting with her. It is unclear if this story was relayed to Sofia via the milk ink or if Kiro wrote this with regular ink meaning anyone could have read the information. What this page does tell us, is that Sofia learned this information prior to meeting Asirpa and Ogata likely knows something about what was written. Noda wouldn’t just throw him in the background for no reason.

I wonder if this information was already shared between Kiro and Ogata?

The chapter title page has an image of Wilk, Riratte and Asirpa as a family. Clearly, a visual parallel with Tsurumi, Olga and Fina indicating that the two men have fates that are intertwined.

When Kiro saw Wilk holding Asirpa, he knew that something was different; he loved her and his family and as a result his priorities would change. Kiro is not happy with this while Huci smiles next to him.

This is an interesting story since Tsurumi is retelling what Kiro wrote to Sofia, clearly in Russian. Tsurumi is dominant and in charge of things as he makes Sofia when he mentions the man Kimuspu. The last remaining person who knew where the gold was hidden. At the same time, somehow Tsurumi learned of this information.

The panel informs us at certain key members of his elite inner circle knew about this, Kikuta in the back, potentially even working for Central at that point in time, Usami close to Tsurumi and Ogata and Tsukishima in the front with Ogata also more distant from Tsurumi.

This confirms what Ogata told us all the way back after the Barato arc with Hijikata. That he referred to how Tsurumi knew what happened to the seven Ainu men without indicating if he was there or not. I loved how Ogata just said that Tsurumi was the intelligence officer who examined the crime scene. Time and time again Ogata speaks but only gives enough information to catch someone’s attention.

The flashback told my Tsurumi who wasn’t there at the time is in part based on what he knows from Kiro as well which is something to keep in mind. The men convened at Noboribetsu, clearly in a kotan close to where Ariko is from.

The group of men were meeting to discuss it and Wilk is leading the discussion. Not surprising at all since he is a natural leader. His back is to us in the middle panel as they talk.

The rest of the men are revealed. The first man who speaks is clearly Ariko’s father, Siromakur based on those eyebrows. The cast of the soon to be doomed men are revealed with a wide range of beards and eyebrows. I’d guess it took a lot of effort to find seven Ainu names and this might be why this plot point is so late, as it is known that Noda avoided names currently in use to be culturally respectful. I will note that Mesira, Irenka and Ratci all have no light or sparkle in their eyes, making them look like they may have had more bad experiences. Sukuta looks like a nice guy.

Maybe it is just me but Oskeporo gives me major Kirawus vibes? I want to see your eyebrows Kirawus! Are you related to Oskeporo? They are both wearing dark clothing, my brain wants to say Oskeporo has a blue attush with white trim.

It looks sort of similar to Kirawus’s - or maybe he’s also from the Kushiro region? In the next chapter we learn that Oskeporo is from Nemuro. That is pretty close to Kushiro since Kirawus was working in Nemuro at the fisheries when he met Hijikata.

Anyways back to the main events. The men realize they need to find the old man, Kimuspu quickly so no one beats them to him, since of course people told other people about it. . .

As they head out Kiro finds Wilk and he’s pissed off. The text bubble tells us he’s beyond upset and he’s got a clenched fist. Finally, we are getting some clarity on why things broke down between Kiro and Wilk.

Even though Kiro had integrated himself into the local Hokkaido community, his best friend left him out of things. Of course, Kiro was always dedicated to their original greater cause as he’s Tatar/Karafuto Ainu and perhaps knows that Sofia is in prison in Karafuto?

Wilk tells the other men to go ahead and so that he can talk to Kiro one on one. Kiro is hurt and angry being excluded from these plans. It indicates that knowledge of their meeting was more well known than Wilk likely would have preferred. Ainu told each other about the gold, the old man, and the leaders meeting to discuss it since Kiro found him easily. Or did Ogata tip him off? Was this the beginning of the cat alliance?

Wilk tells him that they should change focus to only protecting Hokkaido based on logistics. This ignores the places where they grew up and therefore the other ethnic groups.

Tsurumi then asks Asirpa if she understands the difference between a regional ethnic nation that shares land borders with Russia and other countries making them difficult to defend. Which is the exact same reason Tsurumi wants to make Hokkaido an independent state and why Hijikata also likes it. From a strategic perspective it does make a lot of sense, but it excludes most of the minority groups they were fighting for all these years.

This exchange between Kiro and Wilk explains so much of why Kiro said Wilk changed. He sees it as a betrayal and abandonment of the Russian far east and Karafuto. Wilk calmly states they will encourage immigration of different groups.

This is clearly upsetting to Kiro as his skin is covered with the chaotic screentone. This is always used when a character is upset and reeling from learning something that they don’t want to hear. I love the fact that a very similar screentone is used in Ogata’s flashback in 165 talking to Yuusaku. Ogata appears calm but there is emotion behind his ice cold responses.

Interestingly, the screentone with the curved lines is only used with Ogata specifically, and it doesn’t show up again, but both show an inner turmoil.

Kiro argues that because Wilk’s village immigrated to Hokkaido, that is why they failed in part due to going to a place they were unfamiliar with and different ways to survive.

Wilk replies that he understood by the Karafuto Ainu immigration failed and just says ‘we need to avoid repeating those mistakes’. Really? Why do you tell us what they are Wilk? Does he really have an answer for that or is he just saying this hoping Kiro will calm down?

Kiro is quickly able to point out flaws for some of the ethnic groups and Wilk has a cop out of an answer, it will be up to individuals to make that choice. Kiro may be upset, but I think he is correct by telling Wilk his priorities have changed with the birth of Asirpa. These men have known each other for most of their lives and acted in an organization where they had to trust each other deeply.

I do like the switch to see Asirpa’s reaction, she loved her father but she definitely saw Kiro as an uncle figure and did no know about their falling out at all to change her opinion of them when all of this started.

Wilk artfully dodges Kiro’s question by saying he’s being realistic. I don’t think Wilk wants to confirm what Kiro said in stoic Slav fashion. If anyone has been following my meta for some time, you’d know I’m a huge fan of Kiro, so I like the next page. Knowing Wilk, he calls him out on it - he found a place to call home, he loves his family and his priorities have shifted to protect his current home. But Kiro is still holding a torch for Sofia, and wants to break her out of prison and help his own people. The fact Wilk doesn’t even respond tells us Kiro is right.

Asirpa quietly reflects on this. It clearly explains so much about what happened and in a way Kiro showed her Wilk’s original plan with the intention to help the partisans. Tsurumi summarizes the legitimacy of these contrasting goals. His position in the chair reserved for the priest as well as his contemplative expression makes me think that Tsurumi is confessing to his own feelings that are divided within himself.

The page ends with Tsukishima watching things blankly, a frown and stress lines under the eyes - how is he feeling in this very moment?

The flashback continues as Kiro loses it mentioning that Sofia is still waiting for them. This must mean that Kiro has continued to keep tabs on her or maintain some knowledge/limited communication with her. He charges towards Wilk and the two fight, but Wilk manages to get him in a headlock victorious.

Asirpa then is able to tell Sofia that she knew that Kiro had feelings for her, so of course he’d want to go back for her. Of course she didn’t learn this until Kiro died but it does make a lot of sense. Sofia listens closely, but it is still unclear how well she understands Asirpa speaking Japanese.

The fight ends with Kiro on the ground and he lost his shoes in the fight somehow. It is unclear if this is a drawing error by Noda since Kiro is frequently shown bare feet, partly to signal his death in Karafuto, but other times he seems to like having free toes.

Asirpa’s explanation is that Wilk knew the Kiro loved Sofia and he avoided Kiro. It a way it would be a dick move to have a family that he loved, while Kiro can’t do anything about the woman he loved who was their comrade in arms.

Sofia looks so sad here, two men she loved and cared about are dead in this entire mess. The chapter ends with a beat up Wilk tying Kiro to a tree and we see him now barefoot. Did Wilk take his shoes off to prevent him from chasing after them? I don’t know or if Noda accidentally gave Kiro shoes a few pages prior.

But now we finally know the event that lead Kiro to tell Inkarmat that Wilk changed. And we as the readers know he changed. Kiro is pissed off at Wilk and this was the rift that separated the men and their goals for the gold.

Kiro realized that he and Wilk now had different goals and it was what ended their friendship. The next chapter starts with a somber and sad looking Kiro writing the letter. Which now we can see is an ink letter. He reflects on how that was the last conversation he had with Wilk, which likely wasn’t how he had wanted it to go.

Wilk tells him this is for Asirpa’s benefit and her happiness. Apparently, he decided to gift Asirpa with this path based on the fact that he felt Sofia was a good leader/role model. I mean besides the fact that Sofia gave up her chance to live a normal domestic life. It is clear Wilk was impressed with Sofia and her character but it still shows that Wilk is putting her in a situation she didn’t ask for.

Yet, Asirpa isn’t upset by this. She echoes Wilk’s way of thinking which is just like Koito Sr. So in a way she has more in common with Koito and his role to do things his father expects from him. Though Koito’s older brother already died in the service so it isn’t like she has a younger sibling.

Tsurumi seems to suggest that Wilk could have just slid into obscurity and live his life in peace and quiet. Does this mean that Tsurumi wanted to live in peace and quiet with Fina and Olga?

Asirpa boldly tells him that it isn’t possible as the Ainu would disappear. As the Ainu are intrinsically linked to the kamuy. The Ainu must respect the kamuy and in return if they forget them they will disappear.

In reality this was the assimilation of the Ainu into Japanese society, losing their links to the kamuy and their cultural identity.

Tsurumi finally responds that the fate of those wanting to protect the kamuy was not good. He looks like he’s barely able to control himself as he’s got his deranged look on his face. So scary that Sofia and Asirpa are shocked.

The flashback then continues from Tsurumi’s point of view. Though we need to realize he may not be telling the truth. The fact that Tsurumi was able to track down Ariko Sr. implies that the secret wasn’t super secret! Good job of keeping things under wraps Wilk and other Ainu dudes. Tsurumi starts off with flattery to get comfortable with Simorakur.

For example he clearly comments about his son being in the army and making sure he is sent the knife to remember his identity. Interesting the other men with Tsurumi are Usami and Kikuta. Tsukishima and Ogata are no where to be seen.

Tsurumi is told he is too late, the other men went in search of the older man and therefore the gold over a month ago. Of course Ariko’s dad decided to leave the group because of the disagreements that began to occur as some of the men threatened the families of others including Cikapasi’s grandfather. Not sure why bringing Cikapasi into this part of the narrative makes sense since he was fine in the story as an orphan who found his family in Karafuto. . . . I wonder if this was supposed to read that the man was Sukuta and he had a younger brother and grandfather. With Cikapasi being the younger brother . . .

Tsurumi turns on his charm and calls Simorakur, a polite Mr. Ariko (obviously Ariko-san in the original) and ties the loyalty of his family to the Japanese to be important. That his family is serving the government in a good way.

The tells Tsurumi that the six men all had pretty big egos, and drastically different viewpoints so they were not a good alliance. But that one man was able to draw them together and resolve conflicts easily and he was a natural leader. That man of course, was Wilk. The flashback allows Tsurumi to learn about this natural leader who is also knowledgeable and even used a fact that Tsurumi told him when talking to the men.

The next page shows Wilk as a mystery to Tsurumi at first. Of course, he’s got the cross scar on his face marked likely to link him with Christian symbols and he’s offering his hand to the viewer, not unlike how Asirpa first offered her hand to Sugimoto.

Tsurumi is impressed and wants to know more about this man. Of course the big reveal is when he learns who the Karafuto Ainu man is. His eyes go white in shock and likely out if his desire to kill him. We also get an even better view of his torn sleeves. Likely the kidnapping of Koito happened recently and he did a poor job of repairing his white uniform.

So, Koito was kidnapped in Hakodate, recently but Usami wasn’t involved in it. Did Usami just join him? As Koito’s flashback only reveals Kikuta, Tsukishima and Ogata. Not surprisingly, his calm exterior is shaded with the hatched screentone again, just like Kiro in the last chapter.

Tsurumi then tells Asirpa and Sofia that he shot a single poison arrow at Wilk, his eyes completely white. He tells Simorakur that Wilk was a partisan fighting against the Russians and had come to Hokkaido for the gold for the partisans.

And he quickly departs and watches as he lead Tsurumi, Kikuta and Usami to the gold. They hear gunfire and are unable to keep up with everyone else. In the morning they find one of the men stabbed with a makkiri. So Tsurumi knows that Wilk didn’t kill any of the men.

If we go back to chapter 70 Ogata tells Hijikata what he knows as Hijikata implies he knows that Kiro is likely a partisan. Now it is hard to tell if the knife in chapter 268 matches one in 70. But Ogata makes it clear that all of the knives had notches on them.

Does this mean that Wilk actually did damage everything? Or did Tsurumi make this up to frame Wilk for the deaths so that Wilk appeared guilty? Or did Wilk actually do this out of cultural obligation? I want more information since right now Tsukishima and Ogata aren’t involved.

Did Ogata find Kiro and untie him from the tree? Did the cat alliance form while he was out of the range of Tsurumi?

The chapter then ends with Tsurumi telling them that Wilk skinned himself, removing his face and putting it on another dead person’s severed head.

Yay! This now at least lines up with Asirpa’s statement that they found her Aca’s nose and ears to identify he was one of the dead.

A long time ago I had reasoned that Wilk disfigured himself by cutting off his nose and ears, but this is a much more gruesome way to fake his death. Did he know someone like Tsurumi was onto him? My biologist brain really wonders how he was able to do this with out a sterile environment and way to protect the healing skin and face and protect the muscles and argh it just seems far fetched to me from a biological perspective. I figured the nose and ear part would make more sense since GK has had ear removal and off page nose removal.

But hey this is GK! People seem to have great healing abilities! So might as well extend this to Wilk’s entire face.

What these two chapters have show is that Tsurumi has let his own emotions control his place in the hunt for the gold.

I wonder when Kikuta started working for central and if he told Ariko what really happened to his father. Or did he always keep this secret from him and instead betray him, which is in part why he felt so guilty when Usami beat the crap out of him before sending him off to be a double agent?

Kikuta does have more of a moral compass that Usami and we now know he has some sort of inspirational role he played with Sugimoto before he joined the military.

I am still underwhelmed by these developments. I was hoping for something bigger but right now Tsurumi looks like a man who was already angry at the Japanese government for the death of his family in Russia, who then doubles down on it when he learns the man leading the Ainu was Wilk so he goes after him.

At least we know why Kiro was so upset with Wilk and why he felt like Ogata had to kill him so that they could take Asirpa to Karafuto and to meet Sofia.

#golden kamuy #Golden Kamuy manga #tsurumi tokushirou #asirpa #sofia #tsukishima hajime #Usami Tokishige #warrant officer kikuta #ariko rikimatsu #ariko simorakur #cikapasi #wilk

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antonnysblog · 3 years

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Hoje foi o pior dia que vc apareceu mesira👍

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neguzelmisburasi · 3 years

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Bugün en çok neye güldüm? Serisi 1. 14 Haziran 2021

Bisikletle epey bir uzun yol yapıp, Derince'deki Çenedere Mesire alanına gittim. Parkurun ağaçta platform olan bir yerinde durup, su içip Metro yiyip, çantamı düzenledim biraz. Telefon cebimde mi dursun çantada mı dursun derken elime aldım. Sonra bisiklete binip dik bayırların olduğu parkur bölümüne geldim, en az 20dk sonra düzlükte şelaleye inilen heryerin yeşillikli olduğu biryere geldim. Bir ağaca bisikletimi kilitledim. Orada yeşil ağaçlarla kaplı vadiyi ve şelaleyi gören bir kayanın üzerine çıktım. Biraz durduktan sonra telefonla fotoğraf çekeyim dedim. Elimi çantaya atıp hunharca karıştırdım ama yok. Meğer ağaçtaki platformda elime alıp, kenara koymuşum. Haydaa diyip bisiklete yöneldim, kilidi açmak için anahtarı çevirdiğimde anahtar çok tatlı bir şekilde döndü ve kırıldı. Haykırmalı bir kahkaha attım. ��ok iyiydi. Bir başıma güzel eğlendim :)

#bisiklet #bugün neye güldüm #mesira #derince #kocaeli #anı #parkur

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elucubrare · 5 years

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The Founders of Mesira were wise. Four rulers hath the land, one from each of the cardinal directions. None hath more power than the others, save by force of personality. But they keep their wars, such as they are, to wars of words; and with four rulers, the alliances shift and move like the snows of the north or the sands of the south. If to-day the North and South are friends, and count the East their enemy, perhaps tomorrow the wind will blow from the West, and the East and South will make common cause against the North.

But such is the wisdom of the Founders: no one but a fool would desire this shared throne. The cleverest in the land are councillors, and in the shadow of four kings they make the kingdom flourish.

#anonymous #ask meme answers

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rebbestorah · 5 years

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Way Above, Deep Within

וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּהַר סִינַי לֵאמֹר (ויקרא כה, א)G-D SPOKE TO MOSHE AT MOUNT SINAI, SAYING. (VAYIKRA 25:1)

Prior to commanding us to observe every seventh year as Shemitah, a sabbatical from agricultural work, the Torah specifies that this mitzvah was told to Moshe at Mount Sinai. Rashi explains that the emphasis teaches us that—just like Shemitah— all the mitzvos, with all their details, were given to Moshe at Mount Sinai.

Choosing Shemitah as the source of this universal fact underscores the centrality of the theme of Shemitah to the observance of the entire Torah.

The Alter Rebbe writes in Tanya (chapter 41) that, in its ideal form, the observance of every mitzvah is an act of mesiras nefesh, surrendering one’s life for G-d. When praying, observing a mitzvah, or studying Torah, while removing your thoughts from any physical concerns and remaining solely “united with, and clothed in, the letters of the Torah and prayer,” you are immersing yourself in the holy act as though you have already concluded your life in this world—an act of true self-sacrifice.

Simultaneously, the Torah demands that we perform each mitzvah in perfect detail, taking into account the precise laws of how, when, and where that particular act is to be observed. In so doing, we direct our unconditional readiness to surrender our lives for G-d into the concrete properties that make up a mitzvah, bringing infinite G-dliness into the finite world

This idea is inherent in the very observance of Shemitah, making it the exemplar for all others. The difference is only that with other mitzvos, the infusion of the limitless into the limited is expressed in how we approach the mitzvah, while in Shemitah it is lived in practice. For the entire Shemitah year, we abandon our natural means of sustenance and trust that G-d will care for us in ways that transcend the rules of nature. Yet unlike Shabbos, for example, when we remove ourselves from material work entirely, during the Shemitah year we still engage in non-agricultural business. We continue to work within the realm of the natural, while operationally subsisting on the supernatural, manifesting G-d’s infiniteness even in the world defined by limitations that He created.

—Likutei Sichos, vol. 1, pp. 273-276

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ladygwyndolin · 5 years

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Mesira having a lesbian encounter in the sewers

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storytour-blog · 5 years

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people used all their strength and mesiras nefesh (Self-sacrifice) to adhere to Torah and mitzvos during the Inquisition to keep the holy Shabbos, (Shabbat)

#spanish inquisition

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Do you have an issue with Noda's way of depicting Wilk's moral as gray like the fandom? Espacially with the reveal of the land deed that may ensure a future for Asirpa and the Ainu but wasn't part of his original plan

Hum...

I don't really know what the fandom is thinking in regard to Wilk so I can't really comment on it.

It's also worth to remember that Wilk discovered about the existance of the land deed only a short time before Tsurumi caused an argument between him and the other Ainu rebels that ended up with them killing each other.

Prior to that moment Wilk had no idea the land deed existed and therefore he couldn't include it in his original plan.

It's also worth to ponder if that land deed could be included in Wilk's plan after Wilk learnt of its existance. I mean, at first the land deed is presented as a cool thing.

That land deed exists by 50 years. The Russian warship Kalevala incident whcih signed the end of the tractatives with the Russians is dated 1867.

Hijikata says the deed was signed while he was in the battle of Futamataguchi which took place on the fourth week of May 1869. The Republic of Ezo is disestablished on the 27th of June, 1869 and Enomoto has then the Meiji government accepted the contract.

We know the Ainu gave them half of the gold and retrieved the contract but now we should ask ourselves an important question: why no Ainu used the land deed to claim the land?

When Kimuspu shows it to Wilk we're in 1902, it means that the land deed remained hidden for 33 years despite Kimuspu being still alive and knowing of his existance.

If the problem was the gold, they could have said they spended it all on the land deed and use it. Yet they hid it along with the gold.

Kimuspu says everyone was killed by the Wen Kamuy.

Notice Kimuspu's expression when Wilk and the others see the land deed. It's creepy. We tend to consider the gold as the Wen Kamuy but the land deed was bought with the Wen Kamuy so it can be that it too is a Wen Kamuy.

The land deed is inconvenient for the Meiji government. In order not to honour it, they might have secretly killed Kimuspu's companions and forced him to live in hiding. So Kimuspu didn't try to use it or to have other Ainu use it and that's also why Wilk and the other Ainu didn't grab it and immediately tried to put it to use.

It's possible Ogata himself was sent there to retrieve the land deed as discreetly as possible or make sure no one were to find it, which is why he was fine with killing Wilk.

Of course things might change if Asirpa manages to put together a force that can oppose to the Meiji government. I mean, if Hijikata conqueers Hokkaido, the land deed can be negotiated with him and not with the Meiji government... or Hijikata can use it to give his claims of Hokkaido some legal ground.

in short the land deed couldn't figure in Wilk's previous plans because he had no idea it existed... but he could have ended up figuring in his final scheme as he might have hoped Asirpa, joining forces with Hijikata, would manage to put the land deed to good use.

But land deed put aside, I've no problems with Wilk having a gray morality, this makes him the same as everyone else in the cast, as well as human.

Humans tend to have a grey morality, pure white knights or pure black knights are more a thing of fairy tales.

It's narratively good that Wilk is a character with grey morality, it makes him real.

Of course the downside is that Wilk is no more a perfect idealistic hero.... or a cruel terrorist... but I think most of the fandom knew this already.

Wilk is mostly a man of his time and culture, with a vein of idealism mixed with a machiavellian and utilitaristic approach.

His idea that wolf culture is beautiful because he believes the wolves had killed a wolf because he had no place in their pack as he was sick, and that being a logical creature who cut away any excess kindness and has a functional efficency clearly tell us Wilk is not someone who's defending minorities because he believes everyone has a right to live and be protected.

Wilk's mindsetting is no better than the one of Japan and Russia who would decide minorities have no place in their country and sacrifice them.

He sets on protecting minorities not for some noble feeling but because he BELONGS to a minority and doesn't want to be judged the dischargeable spare.

In fact, when he decides to switch to Hokkaido he easily discharges the minorities on Karafuto even if he knew demanding from them to transfer in Hokkaido might be harmful for them.

In his group of three Wilk is the lest idealistic and the more prone to sacrifice others for his own goal.

Even Tsurumi realized with is the more cold blooded of the group, comparing him to Okubo.

HTo Wilk's credit there's to say Wilk is also willing to sacrifice himself for his goal, we saw it when he took a personal risk to deliver the bomb when attempting the emperor's murder or when he skinned himself to hide.

Wilk is not the sort of man who solely sacrifices others for his goal, he also has no problems sacrificing himself.

But Wilk lacked Kiro's flexibility (Kiro originally was all for prioritizing the Karafuto minorities and, after trying to make a family in Hokkaido he decided to raise all the minorities to equal level) or Sofia's compassion (she has nothing on Hokkaido except the families and the dreams of Wilk and Kiro and to honour them she's willing to fight for Hokkaido as well).

I think a good part of Wilk's mistakes/problems steems exactly from his lack of flexibility from his determination in carrying on his idea, believing his idea is the best.

He's intelligent and probably this caused others to rely on him a lot and helped him to accomplish many things, giving him the feeling he isn't prone to be wrong, but this ended up on coming back to bite him.

He makes an enemy out of Kiroranke, when he could have tried to face him, reason things with him and smooth them over.

He thinks he can keep the Hokkaido Ainu partisans unite and working under him while not being fully honest with them (he doesn't tell them he's a Russian partisan who originally came there to get the Hokkaido Ainu gold for the Russian minorities) only because now he has wholeheartedly embraced their cause, with the result only a couple of words from Tsurumi cause the whole group to explode and people to start killing each other.

He assumes Asirpa will just blindly embrace his goals and methods and become the Ainu leader... and the Ainu will accept her, without realizing Asirpa is her own person and might not be interested in all this (though this was a mistake typical of his time period) and that for Hokkaido Ainu it was really difficult to accept a woman as a leader, never mention one so young.

And so on.

Wilk makes mistakes in good faith, he means well for the people he loves but ends up hurting them, he's human like each of us.

He lives in a world where his rights are stepped over and people often has no other way to be heard than taking up in arms because he doesn't have the options we have nowadays and can't vote for a new president or pacifically protest to have his right acknowledged so most of his choices wouldn't be right for our time period so of course we aren't meant to take his same choices but we should still look at him as a man of his world and time.

A man who wasn't perfect, but a man like us anyway, and that's this what makes Noda a great storyteller, that all his grey characters are ultimately like us, humans.

At least those are my two cents about this.

Thank you for your ask!

#Wilk #Asirpa #Kiroranke #Sofia #Ask #Mesira #Sukuta #Irenka #Ratci #Oskeporo #Enomoto Takeaki #Okubo Toshimichi #Kido Takayoshi #Saigou Takamori

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