#in japan ofc

[ritahayworrth]

there's currently a free japanese indie film festival being held online! all the films have subtitles in english, spanish (latin america), thai, indonesian, simplified chinese, and traditional chinese and the films are available to watch worldwide (except japan and some others depending on the movie):

bachiranun (2021)

tenzo (2019), not available in france, belgium, switzerland, korea

an artisan's legacy, tsunekazu-nishioka (2012)

lonely glory (2022)

hanagatami (2017), not available in china, us, canada, uk, and ireland

bon-uta, a song from home (2019)

and your bird can sing (2018), not available in korea, china, taiwan, us, and canada

hey! our dear don-chan (2022)

techno brothers (2023)

a muse never drowns (2022), not available in the netherlands, and canada

a girl in my room (2022), not available in korea, china, and taiwan

follow the light (2021)

the festival will be held until october 31, 2023 :))

#not sponsored or anything just thought y'all might be interested :)) #also what i mean is none of the films are available to watch online in japan because the film festival is in-person there #also i think the ones where films aren't available in certain countries is because they're also being shown at in-person festivals? #ofc you can always vpn those or something #reference #ok to rb #EDIT: turning off reblogs because the festival is over :)

[hayaku14]

this is so fucking on brand LMAO (x)

#kuroba kaito #kaitou kid #detective conan #dcmk #magic kaito #the spirit of kautou kid lives on irl LOL #dc prattles #hc that after kid steals pandora and destroys both it and the organization #hes gonna go steal a bunch of other crazy shit and reveal shit like this #Japan's very own whistleblower lol #like he'd steal the prime minister's toupee or something #kid would just post it using different twitter accounts but would use one hashtag according to his riddle LOL #now ofc people would use the ht so it's up to them to scour through tweets to find kid's tweet #and then boom a picture of the prime minister's toupee LOL #kid has like super dedicated stans who scans through the ht THOROUGHLY

[kyungsoosus]

It's me, the lone gunslinger

#ateezedit #atzsource #boyidoledit #ateez #yunho #jeong yunho #django #towards the light: will to power #gif #ateezgif #yunhogif #tw flash #tw flashing #the camerawork in this concert live is HORRIBLE #BUT THEY GOT THIS PART SO AYYYY #caption is his line (translated ofc) btw #they should have given him an actual gun (prop) lol #500 #concertgif #TTLWTP #TTLWTP japan

[stirringwinds]

nedpan vibes in 1600: battered but ambitious castaway meets shogun, aka "behave yourself or get beheaded weird foreigner, i don't trust you but i trust portugal and spain even less and if you're at war with them hmmm...enemy of my frenemy potential there. tell me about foreign affairs will you so i can cross-check portugal’s claims, oh and draw me some maps too… hmmm you know we should have tea in my quarters where you can talk more foreign affairs and we can play shogi just for me to, y'know, pick apart how you think..." (sidenote: i love associating kiku with japanese black pine trees, especially since you see them painted all over the gold-foil screen doors in the shogun's castle/palaces.)

#hetalia #nedpan #hws japan #hws netherlands #honda kiku #myart #samurai wear their katanas on the left waist but im taking artistic license for this ONE pic lol to have the scabbard closer to the viewer #ofc ned's hate for/enmity with portugal is also VERY situational lol. nedport really is a thing at other times #the portuguese priests being all 'these are pirates please execute them' @ the shipwrecked dutch in the 1600s well well well

[f1version]

been thinking about this every day <3

#‎ ﹒✶ ˖ ࣪ steph talks ! #i still can’t believe it (that’s a lie the guy is insane ofc i can believe it) #in op81 we trust #oscar piastri #japan gp 2023

[ilovelatenightlocaltrains]

Shinjuku after the last train

im totally sane and have a very healthy sleep schedule

#i know the exposure is too high but i was feeling exposed that day okay #also i kinda like the vibe of overexposure and light rain and neon lights #also went by okubo park (didnt take photos ofc) and apparently they are staying up very late to avoid harassment from tourists #kabukicho #shinjuku #tokyo #japan #photography #night #neon

[momococoworld]

Produce 101 Japan: The Girls

💖 Iida Shizuku Appreciation Post 💖

#everyone join me in stanning shizuku #i started watching this show because of momona #and i still love momona ofc #but man shizuku really ended up capturing my heart #she's really cute #produce 101 japan #produce 101 japan the girls #iida shizuku #ME:I

[corvid-language-library]

This week I got to educate my Japanese colleagues about pancake day and also introduce them to toblerones and I think I blew their minds

#jackdaw in japan #they gave me chocolate on valentine's day bc apparently you do that with your friends here #and i was like ffff i have no chocolate #so the next day i brought in the giant bag of toblerone pieces i got from duty free in london #idk why but it didn't occur to me there are ppl who've never had toblerone #but like ofc they hadn't! why would they have even seen a toblerone before?! #anyway they were delighted #and then i told them about pancake day and they had so many questions and were fascinated by the concept! #having the opportunity to share my culture with people who are actually interested is so cool honestly!

[holmesoldfellow]

Japanese Sherlock Holmes noodle commercial (1995)

#love this version of holmes #replacing all mental imagery of book holmes with him #any instance of holmes in a carriage is instead him clinging to the side of a bus #oh and moriarty also looks like that ofc #sticking his tongue out at holmes etc #sherlock holmes #advertising #vintage japan #vintage ad #vintage commercial #1995 #シャーロック・ホームズ #maruchan kitsune udon #maruchan akai kitsune udon #instant noodles #holmes #japanese #japanese ads #maruchan midori tanukie #maruchan #マルちゃん

[figure-frenzy]

Ooooooooooh we got a "What's in my bag" video from Yuzu! ELLE Japan is a proper MVP 😏😌🔥✨

#yuzuru hanyu #figure skating #videos #羽生結弦 #elle japan #such a soft face #what's in my bag #yea it's a bit predictable on the whole... #except for the blanket and the...screwdriver 😅🤣🙈 #i mean it shouldn't be (considering that it's a part of his skating boot's adjustment)... it just shows that i'm not a skater lmao #also being the audiophile that he is ofc he has a DAC in his bag #...and how precious it is that yuzu pooh got his own sleeping bag 🥺😂😺 #Youtube

[cyberstabbing]

on a seven hour train ride home watching dan and phil videos 💖i love free will. like why shouldn't i

#watched their innuendo bingo clips cat cafe bbc features and now japan ofc #i tried to find the one where they run into snoop dog in scotland but i can't remember what clip it was in. 2012 for sure #dan and phil #mine

[nctsworld]

#incoming rant about ot27 now #i haven't kept up with anything from the show and there are so many ppl defending those boys #but the formation of this group has been so shitty #like it's a reality show where the neos barely had any say in this #sungtaro moving to riize #no real transition into the brand or group #nct japan feels worlds away and sm has made fans feel so disconnected to them #so ofc people are going to feel this way #so frustrating that ppl don't get that!! #discourse #might delete later #cee.txt

[remythologise]

people say nobody does queerbaiting like they used to but I do think 911 releasing an episode called ‘Buck Bothered and Bewildered’ about Buck being jealous Eddie is close with someone else is certainly something. Easiest answer usually the correct one that nobody did more than (1) second of thinking about the title implications. Still. Kudos where it’s due to the only show still continuing a grand tradition

#I sporadically watch 911 because being queerbaited is still fun #usually though I only tune in when Erin-Katie-Mel say it’s a gay episode. #truly baffling to me how popular this show is genuinely. but good for them (?) #kira for ts #if there’s other shows out there in American TV that are explicitly queerbaiting (this is VERY specific.) well. tell me I’m curious #there’s a lot of Japan adjacent media that queerbaits ofc but that’s a different grand tradition #and queercoding / censorship different again

[suchine-toki]

Thoughts about Katsura

Katsura is an amazing character that could’ve been even more amazing. He was always a chaotic presence in the daily life of the series, not for nothing his blood type is AB (according to him). But he has other facets. One aspect to highlight is the dichotomy of his character. He’s serious in nature but is so eccentric that he ends up being one of the funniest characters in Gintama. He’s very smart and a complete idiot at the same time. He can be extreme and measured. He’s a revolutionary.

I remember thinking that it was selfish of him to want to force Gintoki back into the Jouishishi. And he in a way he is. But then I realized that he’s probably just lonely. He lost his parental figures several times. His biological parents, his adoptive parents, his grandmother, his sensei…

That’s another matter. The relationship between Zura and Shouyou is usually not considered, other than Zura (apparently) imitating his appearance. I think this is one of the two most important aspects of his character that should’ve been explored more. At the end of the series, they’d a brief encounter, although it wasn't even in person, in which Shouyou called him his prodigy student. While it's an important acknowledgment, it's striking that this type of bond hasn't been shown before and that Shouyou never calls him by his name.

The series puts much more emphasis on Gintoki and Takasugi's feelings towards his sensei. In fact, the main reason they were fighting the war was to save Shouyou. However, while it's acknowledged that Zura was there for that reason as well, it wasn't the only one. He was more idealistic, and his goal was beyond rescue. He seeks political change in his country. Although the historical component of the series was never very developed, it presented enough elements to create a comprehensible story for the characters.

It’s here that I must mention another important aspect of his character that should’ve been explored further: his political career. In the time skip Zura is shown as prime minister. However, this gets involved with Utsuro's plot, missing the character’s initial goal. Certainly, one could argue that he wasn’t seeking a political career and that it’s okay to step aside once the changes have been set in motion. But there’re a couple of things to consider.

Although Zura starts out as an extremist, part of his development is that he realizes that taking a violent path can hurt people he cares about, like Ikumatsu. This opens the way for moderation, and pursuing change through institutionalized political avenues makes sense for his character. The other point has to do with the fact that it’s absurd to step aside when social changes have not yet taken hold because because they’ll most likely be reversed.

This is why I feel that Katsura's character is great, but it could’ve been better if his bond with Shouyou had been explored more and if at the end of the series he had been allowed to grow. To become a masked vigilante on the run is to end pretty much the same way he started, without much sense.

#Gintama #Katsura Kotarou #Happy Birthday! #I can write #Thoughts about #my post #I also want to refer briefly to how much he loves his friends #especially Gintoki #And it’s mutual even if Gin doesn't show it lol #As well as how much he esteems Shinpachi and Kagura #He was quite quick to integrate into the Yorozuya family dynamics #bc deep down it’s something he yearns for (besides the dawn of Japan) #Another reason why he should’ve ended up with Ikumatsu orz #Oh and more ponytail!Zura ofc

[miiuusagi]

#hehe imagine not posting for months #couldn't be me ofc #gintama #sakata gintoki #gintoki sakata #gintoki Gintama #miiuusagi #drawing #anime #art #manga #japan

[silenthillbunni]

🧠💭

#my brain is ridiculous bc im like #damn what if i can never eat normally again #then in the future when i've saved up money nd go to japan... #i cant have all the yummy japanese food i want #cant have those cakes or sandwiches that look so good... #like... ??? ofc thats not the only thing im thinking of but sksksksk #i dont even know if i'll ever travel nd im sitting here sad abt that T-T #oh well... idk :(