#hakaimono

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so like. shadow of the fox fandom r y'all still around

if not, then this is hakaimono (or at least how I saw him while reading) - he's an oni, a smartass, and also really fun to draw, and he's from that book series! check it out if you're into YA that's actually original and delves into Japanese mythology:D

anyway here's my art:

#this fucker took me eighty hours #im really proud of myself because i was seriously going to abandon this several times #anyway brownie points to anyone who can suss out the shitty symbolism i put into this guy #please don't flop aaaaagh #art #digital artist #artists on tumblr #hakaimono #shadow of the fox #julie kagawa #my art #ya fantasy #oni #fanart

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random #002

i need to reread "The Shadow of the Fox" trilogy by Julia Kagawa because DAMN OKAME AND DAISUKE just ahhhhhh

Tbh, just all of it, all of it. The folklore, the perspectives, Hakaimono (especially him and Yumeko at the end from what I remember), the fights, all of it.

It was an experience, and I loved it.

#shadow of the fox #julie kagawa

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Soul of the Sword

AAAAHHHH!!! That was my immediate reaction upon finishing this book. I was a little bit apprehensive since I loved the first one so much that perhaps this one wouldn't be quite up to that level. I was wrong. The last few chapters had me literally squealing and commenting out loud in my college's cafeteria. People were just enjoying their food and then all of a sudden you hear me go like "you did not just kill the dog!" and they're looking at me like

Anyways, I have so many opinions on this book that I have no idea where to begin. The same things about Kagawa’s descriptions and writing style that I said about Shadow of the Fox hold up for this book too. I also LOVED getting to see more types of Yokai and spirits. The illusion magic Yumeko did in this book was super cool and badass and the final battle at the end had my emotions going crazy like “wait, what just happened?” “HOLY SHIT DID HE JUST DIE?!” “Oh, no he’s still alive, thank god” “NO NO NO NO NO!!”

To be quite honest, I found the romance a bit cheesy (honestly almost everything that comes out of Daisuke’s mouth is flowery enough to put Shakespeare to shame). That didn’t mean that I didn’t completely eat it up though. I was just sitting there like “this is so cringey, give me MORE!!” The cheese was, in a way, kind of refreshing actually. I’ve gotten so used to reading about romances that are, like, 95% angst. A fluffier one was a bit of a treat. Also, KAGAWA PUT A ROMANCE BETWEEN SECONDARY MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE FOREFRONT!!! I feel like so many times beta couples (as tvtropes.org calls them) get kind of shoved aside in order to build up the main pairing. Soul of the Sword manages to build both romances while still having the Okame-Daisuke (Daikame? Okasuke?) romance being the main focus instead of the Tatsumi-Yumeko (Tatsuko? Yumesumi?) romance. Then there's poor Reika who's got to deal with trying to save the world and keeping everyone else else from acting like a bunch of lovestruck idiots. The thing I loved the most about the way the romances were written in this book was that it didn't overshadow the adventure. Instead of being a romance book with adventure in it, it was an adventure book with some romances.

Oooh, ok, I also need to talk about Hakaimono. I loved getting to see chapters from his point of view. The characterization of Hakaimono was awesome. He's a demon but instead of falling into that "demons are all simply evil incarnate" trap, Kagawa gives Hakaimono his own individual personality and goals. As Hakaimono himself puts it, he is more of a refined demon than, say, Yaburama. He's not trying to cause as much chaos and bloodshed as possible like the rest of the demons and Yokai in Genno's entourage. Hakaimono is in the business of revenge, he has a more complex goal and motive.

Characters

Yumeko: I loved the way her character developed. Yumeko's magic and fighting skills increased, as did her confidence in them, but she kept her relative naiveté when it came to social interactions. No matter how much magic she learned and how badass she became, she still took every sarcastic comment Okame made literally. Honestly, I found this character development to be really accurate because Yumeko is using her fighting and magic skills. She is not, however, interacting with many people outside her little group of misfits. Yumeko's character is honestly one of the more relatable literary heroines to me. Her reaction to either Daisuke or Okame's dream (I'm guessing it was Okame's for reasons I will explain later) was so fucking relatable. The other thing I loved about Yumeko is that she’s one of those rare heroines who I can’t imagine sitting on a rock in a garden somewhere picking petals off of flowers and muttering “he loves me, he loves me not.” She just seems to spend a lot more of her free time having fun and messing around than angsting about the state of her love life.

Tatsumi: I didn’t see much of him in this book, I’m guessing it probably had something to do with his soul being trapped in a psychological prison by a demon. Anyways, when we did see Tatsumi peek out it was honestly kind of heartbreaking. As terrible as it is that Tatsumi’s body wound up being hijacked by Hakaimono, I did appreciate the fact that that allowed me to see more about Tatsumi’s true character than I learned in the first book. When Tatsumi‘s soul peaked out, like when Yumeko met him in the dream realm and when she possessed his body too, he was actually feeling something. Yeah, his hopelessness was upsetting to read about, but we got to see his true self without him pushing down all his emotions.

Okame: The dude really shone in this book. We finally got to see some backstory on him, that his brother is dead, and it seems to have been extremely important in shaping Okame’s personality. It also puts a whole different perspective on things. It seems like Okame blames himself for his brother’s death and now I can’t stop mentally comparing him to Matthew Fairchild (from The Last Hours, which you need to read if you haven’t already). Now his carefree “let’s do ill-advised shit cause it’s fun” attitude seems more like an attempt to ease his guilt by either making him forget what happened or punishing himself for it. I also said earlier that I thought the Kdrama dream Yumeko stumbled into was Okame's and I think that's because the class gap was mentioned in the dream and Okame was the one to bring up the class gap in the scene with the flute (that Yumeko spied on again because she's a whole-ass mood). I think despite Okame's confident attitude, he's got a really low opinion of himself. It seems to me that he brings up the "honourless Ronin dog" thing because if he owns it, that means it can't be used as an insult against him. Okame just really needs that reassurance from Daisuke that he's good enough.

Reika: Dear Lord, Reika! She's quickly rising up my list of favorite characters. I've noticed that usually in YA books, all the characters are tangled up in some kind of romance and when they're not, it's usually a boy who's the third, fifth, or seventh wheel for example TJ in the Magnus Chase series or Leo in the Heroes of Olympus, (ok, so maybe it's just a Rick Riordan thing). Still, I love that they have a female main character who's voluntarily an anti-romantic (*cackles in MOA*). She's just an unbothered queen (but at the same time she's always bothered by the boys and Yumeko's shenanigans). It seems like nothing can rattle her and even when she discusses her worries about the plan with Yumeko and we see that she is actually worried, she still manages to keep her composure in almost every situation they're in. I'm lowkey getting Professor McGonogall vibes from her and I love it.

Daisuke: Alrighty, here we go. My favorite of the core five. I think I’ve figured out why I love him so much. My favorite book character of all time is Jem Carstairs from The Infernal Devices and Daisuke honestly reminds me of him a bit. Both characters have silver hair and can be described as “nothing but kindness” (in Tessa’s words). This makes me a bit nervous though cause Cassandra Clare liked to pick on Jem and now I’m terrified Julie Kagawa’s gonna take a page out of her book (so to speak) and pick on the sweet silver boy. He also just seems way too excited to die an honorable death in battle. I’ll admit, he doesn’t seem to have as much character development as Okame, Yumeko, and Tatsumi, but hey, it’s kind of hard to improve upon perfection. I’m sorry, I just love this man with all my heart, thank you and goodbye.

Suki: This girl (ghost) is massively relatable. I, too, am hopelessly in love with Daisuke. Anyways, moving on, I don’t have any particularly strong feelings about her, but I will say that she turned out to be far more important than I thought she’d be. I mean without her, the main characters would be dead about a thousand times over.

Seigetsu: I don’t trust the man.

Taka: Look, I know he’s not as important as a lot of the other characters but I just had to mention him. Seriously, that kid is adorable. Like, I wanna scoop him up, wrap him in blankets, and protect him from everything wrong in the world. He’s just such a sweet and innocent baby and part of my disdain for Seigetsu is because he keeps using Taka’s abilities to look into the future even though it seems to hurt Taka.

#Soul of the Sword #julie kagawa #book review #bookworm

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Yumeko: My New Year's resolution is to continue being a cutie patootie.

Okame: My New Year's resolution is to give up alcohol. Oops, I meant: My new Year's resolution is to give up. Alcohol!

Reika: My New Year's resolution is to spend less time interacting with people and more time with my phone. Doing pretty well so far.

Daisuke: My New Year's resolution is to be taller.

Tatsumi: My New Year's resolution is to stop having thoughts.

Hakaimono: I'm not gonna make any New Year's resolutions because I'm perfect, but I'm gonna recommend that a lot of you make New Year's resolutions to be nicer to me.

#HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS #shadow of the fox #yumeko #hino okame #reika #taiyo daisuke #kage tatsumi #hakaimono #quote #modern shadowfox

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Kage Tatsumi/ Hakaimono from Julie Kagawa’s Night of the Dragon

#shadow of the fox #night of the dragon #julie kagawa #kage tatsumi #hakaimono #digital art

[nootnootussy]

Yumeko : What do you want to eat?

Hakaimono (inside Tatsumi): The souls of the innocent.

Tatsumi : A bagel

Hakaimono : Noooooo

Tatsumi : Two bagels

#incorrect shadow of the fox quotes #Tatsumi kage #yumeko #hakaimono #tell me this hasn't been said between these three #maybe not with bagels #but like onigiri

[rubyleaf]

Shadow of the Fox: Deciphering Character Name Meanings

Or, my weeb brain pestered me with the question, “But what kanji would these names be spelled with and what would they mean?” And so I went to find out, armed with a Japanese keyboard, Google Translate, and almost two years of Japanese experience on Duolingo.

Disclaimer: While I know a solid chunk of Japanese, I’m obviously not an expert, especially not on kanji. I’m only working with the kanji suggestions my phone gave me when I typed the names in hiragana.

Yumeko: This one’s easy because canon gave us a meaning of her name. 夢 “dream” and 子 “child” to make 夢子 “child of dreams.”

Kage Tatsumi: The clan name is easy enough—影 “shadow.” With the first name, it gets less obvious. There’s a lot of variations with the multitude of kanji for dragon (here: tatsu), for example 辰巳 “dragon snake” or 龍美 “dragon beauty.” My favorite, however, isn’t written with a kanji for dragon; it’s 達実 “achievement,” which fits Tatsumi’s earnest, dutiful attitude.

Hino Okame: Hino can be spelled with a variety of kanji, but only one of my suggestions had the one for fire in it—火野 “fire field.” Okame is a bit more difficult. I got a whole bunch of suggestions containing the kanji for turtle (kame, apparently?) but I doubt samurai parents would’ve named their kid any of them. 丘目 “hill-eye” seems nearer the mark, especially for an archer (heh, pun) though I’m not sure it’s an actual name. Fun fact: Spelled 岡目, Okame can also mean “onlooker,” though I also don’t think it would’ve been used as a name.

Taiyo Daisuke: Again, the clan name is easy—太陽 “sun.” All options for his given name (that I found) start with 大 “great, big”; a common spelling is 大輔, but 輔 “-suke” doesn’t seem to have any meaning beyond being a commonish name ending. I prefer 大助 with 助 “assistance” to make his name mean “great assistance,” matching his helpful and supportive nature.

Reika: This one I struggled with because there are countless ways to spell the name and so many of them fit. 霊化 “spiritualization” seems especially fitting for a miko, but since her mother didn’t want her to become one, it’s unlikely that she’s actually written that way. 麗華 “beautiful flower” (also comes with a different kanji for flower) is another valid choice, as would be 麗香 “beautiful incense” or 冷夏 “cool summer.” Reika can also be written as 隷下 to mean “subordinate,” which nobody in their right mind should name their kid—I hope even her mother wasn’t abusive enough for that.

Hakaimono: Another easy one. 破壊者 “destroyer.” “Hakaimono the Destroyer” literally translates to “Destroyer the Destroyer,” which sounds rather less badass and a lot more repetitive.

Mura Suki: Easy again. Mura is almost certainly written as 村 “village”; Suki is probably spelled 好き “like.” There’s also a kanji for “gap” that reads as suki, but I believe the “like” meaning to be more likely, tying in with how much of her storyline is centered on her crush on Daisuke.

Seigetsu: The most plausible spelling I found is 青月 “blue moon,” which can be read as ao tsuki (says Google Translate) or, apparently, Seigetsu. In any case the getsu part of his name is almost definitely written with the kanji for moon, considering…well…who he is.

#now i hope i won't have to look at kanji again anytime soon MY EYES #shadow of the fox #yumeko #kage tatsumi #hino okame #taiyo daisuke #reika #hakaimono #mura suki #seigetsu #I'm just sayin' #headcanons #to a degree

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Hii bookworms!! Happy publication day to the conclusion of one of my favourite series! Thank you to @hqyoungadult /@hqstories and @juliekagawaauthor for an advanced copy!! ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ QOTP: Which concluding book to a series shattered your soul (in a good or bad way, completely up to you!) ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ AOTP: Deathly Hallows (broke my small eleven years old heart for the first time), Crooked Kingdom (that death that will not be named), Darkdawn (Jay Kristoff @misterkristoff aka the King of making my heart hurt and soar all at the same time).⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ NIGHT OF THE DRAGON BY @juliekagawaauthor ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: 5/5 STARS⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦: Tatsumi, Hakaimono, Yemeko, Okame, Daisuke, Suki, Chu and Reika ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦: There are no words to describe what a journey this series has been. Japanese mythology, an entire culture that I had never experienced but from what I’ve read in this series, has proven to be so rich and intense. The creatures, the legends, the depth that this book has absorbs you from the very beginning. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Gorgeous world building aside, the characters easily latch on to your heart. Yumeko’s earnestness and power, Tatsumi’s development from brooding to vulnerable, Okame’s wit and insecurity, Daisuke’s honour and intelligence, Reika’s rules and voice of reason, Hakaimono’s sarcasm and ruthlessness, made it impossible not to love this found-family. My heart ached in this book, in a way I haven’t experienced in a while. It made me want to go back and experience it all over again, to savour every moment of their story. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ The ending is, in my opinion, satisfying and well-crafted. It’s unconventional compared to how many other series end. Julie Kagawaa is unafraid to make your heart break; she goes above and beyond to make her readers appreciate the journey of her three books. The common thread that I learnt from this story, and Yumeko, especially in the times we’re in right now: hope, kindness, curiosity, and humour, are our tools for survival.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥: readers that crave a magical adventure https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ZbDa0A8pb/?igshid=mblluhz0h1cd

#currently reading #night of the dragon #shadow of the fox #japanese mythology #yumeko #tatsumi #hakaimono #okame #daisuke #reika #book #book review #bookworm #book recommendations #bookstagram #booklover #book club #reading #tbr #arc #goodreads

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Warning: Major spoilers, violence, gore

Title: bury a friend

Editor: panna amv

Song: bury a friend

Artist: Billie Eilish

Anime: Dangan Ronpa 3: Zetsubou-hen, Dangan Ronpa 3: Mirai-hen, Super Danganronpa 2.5: Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaimono (OVA), Dangan Ronpa: The Animation

Category: (Dark) Drama

#anime #amv #billie eilish #dangan ronpa #danganronpa #video #music #song #youtube #editing #bury a friend #bury a friend [danganronpa amv] *thanks for +40K subs!* #panna amv #dangan ronpa 3: zetsubou-hen #dangan ronpa 3: mirai-hen #super danganronpa 2.5: komaeda nagito to sekai no hakaimono #super danganronpa 2.5: komaeda nagito and the world destroyer #dangan ronpa: the animation #(dark) drama #dark drama #drama

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No offense but I think Hakaimono was the highlight of the series.

#give me more of that bloodthirsty oni who was sassy af #shadow of the fox #shadow of the fox series #julie kagawa #Hakaimono was the least boring character

[exhausted-undead]

so ik this fandom is literally nonexistent but here have some soul buddies

#this could be platonic could be not #shadow of the fox #julie kagawa #kage tatsumi #hakaimono #digital artist #art #artists on tumblr #ik this isn't phantom content but please don't flop #my art

[reinamie]

Redraw of the scene from Komaeda Nagito and World Destroyer, because I love Ko and he’s beautiful and yes

#Nagito Komaeda #komaeda #danganronpa #Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaimono #sdr2.5 #my art #twigi art yes #listen here i replayed all of the games and rewatched the anime and my heart is full of feelings

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If Mikan-san’s speech should remind me of someone or rather something? No, why do you ask?

#( oh this? this is the illusion of course. K) #mikan tsumiki #super danganronpa 2.5 #nagito komaeda and the world destroyer #Nagito to Sekai no Hakaimono #( these are my classmates and they are the most important thing to my undeserving self. K) #( mikan = usami )

[incorrect-shadowofthefox]

Seigetsu: You can trust me.

Hakaimono: I have been in forests less shady than you.

#local demon spitting facts #shadow of the fox #seigetsu #hakaimono #quote

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With the end of the year around the corner, it's time to start our wrap-ups. As Audrey was looking through the books she read this year, she found herself coming back to these three:

Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa Inkyard Press

Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has given up the final piece of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers in order to save everyone she loves from imminent death. Now she and her ragtag band of companions must journey to the wild sea cliffs of Iwagoto in a desperate last-chance effort to stop the Master of Demons from calling upon the Great Kami dragon and making the wish that will plunge the empire into destruction and darkness.

Shadow clan assassin Kage Tatsumi has regained control of his body and agreed to a true deal with the devil—the demon inside him, Hakaimono. They will share his body and work with Yumeko and their companions to stop a madman and separate Hakaimono from Tatsumi and the cursed sword that had trapped the demon for nearly a millennium.

But even with their combined skills and powers, this most unlikely team of heroes knows the forces of evil may be impossible to overcome. And there is another player in the battle for the scroll, a player who has been watching, waiting for the right moment to pull strings that no one even realized existed…until now.

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Swoon Reads

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him.

When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free.

However, the ghost he summons is actually Julian Diaz, the school’s resident bad boy, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He’s determined to find out what happened and tie up some loose ends before he leaves. Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave.

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi Wednesday Books

Séverin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost — one that still haunts all of them. Desperate to make amends, Séverin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumored to grant its possessor the power of God.

Their hunt lures them far from Paris, and into the icy heart of Russia where crystalline ice animals stalk forgotten mansions, broken goddesses carry deadly secrets, and a string of unsolved murders makes the crew question whether an ancient myth is a myth after all.

As hidden secrets come to the light and the ghosts of the past catch up to them, the crew will discover new dimensions of themselves. But what they find out may lead them down paths they never imagined.

A tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last job.

#night of the dragon #cemetery boys #the silvered serpents #weneeddiversebooks

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"Shadow of the Fox" series by Julie Kagawa; Kage Tatsumi and Hakaimono are plural via possession/spiritual system, but then later fuse as a median.

We cant seem to find a good description of the book so we will put it in maybe till we can obtain the series. Thanks!

#blog chatter