#kusanagi shiyu

[noa-ciharu]

#clamp #x/1999 #satsuki yatouji #nataku #kakyou kuzuki #yuuto kiragi #seishirou sakurazuka #kusanagi shiyu #karen kasumi #aoki seiichirou #arashi kishu #sorata arisugawa #subaru sumeragi #yuzuriha nekoi

[kamuishiro]

X PREMIUM COLLECTION

VOL 10

#clamp #clamplove #x1999 #kusanagi shiyu

[psychewritesbs]

Kusanagi just happened to be passing by. Nevermind he can jump and pull off shonen manga style battle moves...

Haryuken? 

Oh this isn’t Street Fighter? My bad...

What the actual fuck, how many of these does he have?

Anyways, such a manly man Kusanagi is.

Seriously... this just happened.

I thought Sei was dramatic but this is on another level.

Omg I love it.

#x/1999 #kusanagi shiyu #x liveblog incoming

[ameko-crossing]

if tb/x characters & couples/duos had a theme (part 3):

12. Kakyo Kuzuki:

13. Yuuto Kigai:

14. Kusanagi Shiyu:

15. Seishirou Sakurazuka friendly vet edition:

babygirl edition:

actual creep edition:

Subaru & Seishirou tragic lovers edition:

#clamp #x1999 #tokyo babylon #kakyo kuzuki #yuuto kigai #kusanagi shiyu #seishirou sakurazuka #totally forgot tb tag in previous post sorry ;-; #the last one i'm most proud of #because it's no.1 tragic lovers theme imo #and who could be more tragic than seisub? ;-; #again #gonna redo this when i get to know characters more #but wanted to get this out of my brain because took so much space lol xD #Spotify

[hitorimaron]

bridge

#x/1999 #clamp #yuzuriha nekoi #kusanagi shiyu #inuki #MY ARTSIES #i managed to finally buy the manga last year #it now resides in my modest library #achievement unlocked #yep

[shizukais]

Clamp in Wonderland.

#anime #clamp in wonderland #X 1999 #x/1999 #fuuma monou #kamui shirou #sorata arisugawa #arashi kishuu #yuzuriha nekoi #inukui #kusanagi shiyu #seiichiro aoki #karen kasumi #yuto kigai #satsuki yatouji #nataku #seishirou sakurazuka #subaru sumeragi #gif #CLAMP #90s anime

[pensivehastur]

X/1999 Ending Speculation : Part 2 : The Dragon on the Mantelpiece

Most of the time, the first Dragon to be discussed in an X/1999 ending speculation is Kamui or Fûma.  Occasionally it’s Subaru, Sorata or Hinoto.

However, the first Dragon to get a post dedicated to them in this speculation will be Shiyû Kusanagi.  You may be surprised by this.  After all, Kusanagi is the least significant Dragon to the plot so far, with his only important action being saving Kotori from Satsuki in Volume 5, and has the lowest profile in fanfiction.  

In fact, this is exactly why I am talking about him first.  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov famously wrote that an author should never mention a gun sitting on a mantelpiece if it is never going to be fired.  If we have seen all of Kusanagi’s role in the plot, there would be no reason to include him.  Some fans speculate that his role is to be the “token good guy” of the Dragons of Earth who joined by choice, but that role could have been given to Yûto quite easily (this would also have given Yûto an actually good explanation for why he joined the Dragons of Earth). I think that Kusanagi is a Chekhov’s Gun that would have been fired in the last three volumes of X/1999.  Completeoveranalysis speculates that Kusanagi and Yuzuriha will fight ;  I agree, but I do not agree with COA’s conclusion that one of them must die, as I do not think that either will be willing to kill each other, and I strongly suspect that COA failed to realise that the Dragons of Heaven cannot win fights by killing Dragons of Earth.  I think that the fight between Yuzuriha and Kusanagi will end with Kusanagi finding himself in a position where he could kill Yuzuriha but refusing to do so.

The Defeated Dragon

Last time, I mentioned that Kusanagi is the only Dragon of Earth who accepts their layer of reality instead of rejecting it, and that other Dragons of Earth probably lose if they accept their layer.  I think that Kusanagi is less of an exception than he seems to be, since he is, due to morality, unwilling to kill, and therefore cannot win contests for the Dragon of Heaven ;  in essence, he has already lost his contest. (as of the end of Volume 18, the tally is Earth 2 - Heaven 1)

The Peacemaker

I believe that, after Yuzuriha defeats him, the two of them will attempt to get the Dragons of Heaven and the Dragons of Earth to work together.  If their fight takes place after Sorata’s fight with Hinoto (which I think will be the main conflict of vol19), then, by this point, the truth about a potential Heaven victory would have been exposed.  I doubt that any Dragons of Heaven would not be willing to work towards a compromise to save the world, but which Dragons of Earth would be?  Yûto seems to be going in this direction.  Satsuki will probably keep fighting against humanity.  Kakyô won’t care so long as he gets to die.  Fûma will need to be convinced in order to save the Earth and humanity, but is that possible?  Probably. (I will explain this further in a later post)

I believe that Kusanagi’s role in the manga is to be the person who gets the Dragons of Earth to agree to work with the Dragons of Heaven.

A Power Among Powers

Kusanagi is, as of the end of Volume 18, probably the most powerful Dragon, stronger than even Fûma.  Why?  Because he is stronger than Yuzuriha, and Yuzuriha, during Volume 18, draws a fight against Fûma.  (Fûma has not achieved his full power yet, and will probably be the strongest Dragon afterwards). This actually makes a lot of sense, as Kusanagi is the Dragon of Earth who represents the Earth itself, and has powers in closest connection to it.

But what are Kusanagi’s powers?  Well, we know that he has the super-strength and jumping powers, like every other Dragon ;  although his degree of super-strength is greater than those of the other Dragons, this may be because super-strength acts as a multiplier on normal strength instead of an addition.  We also know that he has the ability to communicate with birds and has some sort of affinity for plants. This has led some people to believe that his powers are to control plants and animals.  This is a logical inference, and, in fact, I am almost certain of this.  

I believe he has this power, but I have started to suspect that he has another power as well :  the power to cause, prevent and modify earthquakes.  After all, his punches are supposed to have “the power of an earthquake”.

I have another piece of evidence to support the theory, too.  Perhaps Kusanagi has actually used this power before.

Tall Towers

In Volume 13, did all of Nishi-Shinjyuku get destroyed or only the tall towers?  According to Karen, it is completely devastated, but, according to Kusanagi, it was only partially destroyed.  I had initially planned to write a longer section on this, but I think that the exact parametres of the demolitions of kekkai warrant a post in and of themselves and I did not want to leave you waiting for too long on this post.  

Does the Earth want to kill you?

Actually, I don’t think that the Earth does want to cause the destruction of humanity.  If it did, why would it give its powers to the pacifist Kusanagi rather than, say, Fûma, the actual leader of the Dragons of Earth?  Also, humans used to be a major part of the ecosystem in some areas.

Here is another fan theory I have about X/1999 :  Kamui and Fûma are not the actual leaders of the Dragons of Heaven and the Dragons of Earth.

Wait, WHAT?

Think about it.  Humanity is what the Dragons of Heaven are purportedly fighting for.  Nature is what the Dragons of Earth are fighting for.  That’s Karen and Kusanagi, not Kamui and Fûma.  What are the roles of Kamui and Fûma, then?  They are the ones who fight.  Earth does not want to kill humanity, but it needs to start the apocalypse out of self-defence, because it does not know any other wasy to stop humanity from killing it.  It gives its powers to Kusanagi (and Kotori?) to try to find a peaceful solution, while Fûma does the dirty work of actually doing the apocalypse as a backup plan, because the Earth does not want a total victory.

The next article will expand on The Decoys and the Substitutes.

#clamp #x/1999 #x #shiyuu kusanagi #nekoi yuzuriha #kusanagi shiyu #yuzuriha nekoi #kusanagi shiyuu #x/1999 ending speculation #x ending speculation

[clamp-box]

low-key involved with the end of the world

#clamp #x/1999 #kusanagi shiyu

[riotatttherite]

let the X characters say fuck!!!

#clamp #clamplove #x 1999 #kamui shiro #subaru sumeragi #kanoe #sorata arisugawa #fuuma monou #yuto kigai #kusanagi shiyu #satsuki yatoji #kakyo kuzuki #arashi kishu #seiichiro aoki #karen kasumi #seishiro sakurazuka #hinoto #nataku #yuzuriha nekoi #ep

[otakuoasis]

X

Opening - "exDream" by Myuji

[gifs made by Hikari]

#anime #anime gifs #anime gif #otaku #x #clamp #kamui shiro #arashi kishu #daisuke saiki #hokuto sumeragi #karen kasumi #kotori mono #kusanagi shiyu #seiichiro aoki #sorata arisugawa #subaru sumeragi #yuzuriha nekoi #fuuma mono #satsuki yatoji #seishiro sakurazukamori #yuto kigai #opening #gifs #my gifs #mygifs

[glamatcha]

The world...is crying out for change. That change is coming. Humanity cannot prevent it. We are the agents of change. We will kill all who defile the earth.

And now...it's your turn.

AMV: This is War X/1999 - The Dragons of Earth

This is Gospel | This is War

#x1999 #x 1999 #fuuma monou #seishirou sakurazuka #my amvs #satsuki yatouji #kakyou kuzuki #kusanagi shiyu #yuto kigai #nataku #kanoe #dragons of earth

[riotarttherite]

x

The real joke here is a Dragons of Earth spontaneous meeting.

Bonus:

#X 1999 #CLAMP #clamplove #Fuuma Monou #Seishiro Sakurazuka #Satsuki Yatoji #Yuto Kigai #Kanoe #Nataku #Kakyo Kuzuki #Kusanagi Shiyu #Subaru Sumeragi #clamp fanart #CLAMP shitpost

[curioussmoker]

#x #x clamp #clamp #yuzuriha nekoi #shiyu kusanagi #yuzuriha #anime #gif #eyes

[volfoss]

cont of the x character guide

Satsuki Yatouji- works w Kanoe

Nataku- works w Kanoe, also big spoilers and canonically genderless

Tokiko Magami- Kamui's aunt, works with the school

Seiichiro Aoki- business man, uncle of Daisuke

Yuzuriha Nekoi- 14, trying her best

Karen Kasumi- another milf, not working w Kanoe (would be too many pretty women on one side)

Kakyō Kuzuki- (anything id say would be spoilers)

Subaru Sumeragi- traumatized little guy (u know what he looks like from Tokyo Babylon)

Seishirou Sakurazuka- the cause of the trauma, also fucked up lil dude (u know what he looks like from Tokyo Babylon)

Kusanagi Shiyu- works in the Japanese Self Defense Force

Segawa Keiichi- really enthusiastic to Kamui, has slightly more of a centerpart than Saiki (I confused them a lot during my read)

#x/1999 #clamp #gee kamui how come clamp lets u have sm sunshiney ppl around u

[clamp-box]

End of the world and we have exactly one character who actually cares about, you know, world

#clamp #kusanagi shiyu #x/1999

[riotatttherite]

CLAMP aesthetics | X 1999

Kusanagi Shiyu

#Kusanagi Shiyu #X 1999 #CLAMP #CLAMP aesthetics #clamplove #I really like this character #if it isn't clear 'hey sorry I didnt want to come' is about the fact that he doesn't really like his companions who can blame him #ep