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jariten · 1 year

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March 2023 Roundup!!

I knew the day would come but not this abruptly. The predicted decrease in my personal consumption of English licensed manga already came true (I read a record low 4 volumes of English manga in all of March) anddddd with the upcoming closure of Bookdepo, and imported books from america costing more and more I don’t think my commitment to english licensed manga will ever be the same. Luckily my favorite comic bookstore is still thriving and my local library system has done a huge effort in expanding their manga selection this past year so I won’t stop reading, but my personal collection of translated manga will not get much bigger. My Japanese collection however...

I’m back to reading curated anthologies. One that got instant buzz was Mangaka! Sekai Bungaku: Tanbi to Heroine curated by Tosho no Ie and Hideo Yamada. This anthology is a selection of 1970-80s Shoujo manga adaptions of world literature (by “world” read Japan, Europe, and North America). The obvious star is Hideko Mizuno. The woman who raised the bar for what dramatic girls manga could be. For a long time she’s been away from the spotlight but recently has had a resurgence which led to the reprinting of her 1969 hit “Fire!”, the saga of a fictional Detroit rock band and its troubled lead man, Aron. The above mentioned anthology features her retelling of Cinderella which she based on the Brothers Grimm version. Her art in this story is so elegant and lavish I really hope the plans to reprint the rest of her bibliography is successful so I can read even more. Check the anilist page to see who else is featured in this anthology! I’m also working through the 7 volume Shogakukan Shugyoku no Meisaku Anthology. Each volume is curated by themes such as “family”, “partings”, “tears” or “cats”! Its features primarily works and artists who are regulars in Shogakukan’s family of “Flowers” magazines aimed at girls and adult women of various ages and niches. Its very sneaky how its curated however using chapters from episodically serialized works. Regularly featured in the volumes are Moto Hagio, Akimi Yoshida, Akiko Hatsu, Yumi Tamura, and Keiko Nishi. I’ve really loved the picks so far the genres, settings, and themes are varied and span decades. Among the artists I’m reading for the first time through this series I’ve become very interested in exploring the bibliographies of Sakumi Yoshino and Misako Nachi once I get the chance. Check the anilist page to see the full table of contents!

And I love highlighting something silly and fun I read. Kaeranai Ojisan by Mariko Nishimura is a gag manga about a group of middle aged men coping with a world that is trying to move on from the aggressive work ethic of the Showa era, by replacing overtime with... after work playtime. Together they do trust falls, skipping rocks on the water, stand in the middle of a train station in the middle of rush hour to feel like they’re in a drama, sword fighting with sticks, and practice NiziU choreography. Currently there’s a sequel series running and it recieved a short live action adaption fall of last year.

And I never formally said anything but Tokimeki Tonight is temporarily away from this blog until I do a reread. The caps were practically at the end of the Ranze arc and my Japanese has come a loooong way since I first read it so I want to go through it again with fresh eyes. In the meantime I will post from the side story Makabe Shun no Jijou! This 2013 miniseries shows us a bit of Shun’s childhood before the series started and what some of the main series chapters were like from his perspective. A cute little addition to the Ranze arc’s canon.

Thank you for reading as always. Just feel the need to share that I’m moving away from licensed manga since that was such a significant focus of this blog and these roundups for so long. But its time for new priorities now that I personally don’t need translations for accessibility and buy manga licensed mainly bc it’s less of a logistic headache to acquire.

#long post #roundup #recommendation corner #my scans

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redsamuraiii · 2 years

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Science Patrol (Shin Ultraman 2022 vs Ultraman 1966) by 東宝MOVIEチャンネル

Ultraman 1966 - SSSP (Science Special Search Party)

Susumu Kurobe as Shin Hayata, the Ultraman

Akiji Kobayashi as Captain Toshio Muramatsu, the leader

Sandayū Dokumamushi as Daisuke Arashi, the marksman

Masanari Nihei as Mitsuhiro Ide, the inventor

Hiroko Sakurai as Akiko Fuji, the communications officer

Shin Ultraman 2022 - SSSP (S-Class Species Suppression Protocol)

Takumi Saitoh as Shinji Kaminaga, the Ultraman

Masami Nagasawa as Hiroko Asami, the analyst

Hidetoshi Nishijima as Kimio Tamura, the leader

Daiki Arioka as Akihisa Taki, the physicist

Akari Hayami as Yumi Funaberi, the biologist

#science patrol #shin ultraman #takumi saitoh #masami nagasawa #hidetoshi nishijima #daiki arioka #akari hayami #ultraman 1966 #susumu kurobe #akiji kobayashi #sandayū dokumamushi #masanari nihei #hiroko sakurai #tsuburaya productions #toho movie #ultra series #ultraman #sssp #japan

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mrsgojosatoru · 1 year

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My favorite manga I read in 2022. I posted it all to twitter, so I might as well post it here too.

Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura Basara by Yumi Tamura. Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu. QQ Sweeper / Queen's Quality by Kyousuke Motomi. Nana by Ai Yazawa. Fushigi Yuugi by Yuu Watase. Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Mars by Fuyumi Soryo. Honey Lemon Soda by Mayu Murata. Something's Wrong with Us by Natsumi Ando. Kamisama Kiss by Julietta Suzuki. Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo. Requiem of the Rose King by Aya Kanno. Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artists Journey by Akiko Higashimura. Prince Freya by Keiko Ishihara. Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge. From Far Away by Kyoko Hikawa. Ladies on Top by NEJIGANAMETA. Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami. Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi.

#manga recs

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deuteriumuniverse · 2 years

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Gosho's Detective Picture Book Reviews

My review of detectives (and detective novels) based on Gosho's Detective Picture Book (also called Gosho's Mystery Library) are as below, to be completed not in the near future.

❤️ denote my personal favorites

Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) ❤️

Kogoro Akechi (Edogawa Rampo)

Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie) ❤️

Arsene Lupin (Maurice Leblanc)

Jules Maigret (Georges Simenon)

Kousuke Kindaichi (Seishi Yokomizo)

Lieutenant Columbo (Richard Levison and William Link)

Zenigata Heiji (Kodo Nomura)

Philip Marlowe (Raymond Chandler)

C. Auguste Dupin (Edgar Allan Poe)

Ellery Queen (Ellery Queen) ❤️

V.I. Warshawski (Sara Paretsky)

Father Brown (C.K. Chesterton)

Cordelia Gray (P.D. James) ❤️

Heizo Hasegawa (Shotaro Ikenami)

Mitsuhiko Asami (Yasuo Uchida)

Nero Wolfe (Rex Stout)

Shunsaku Kudo (Nobumitsu Kodaka)

Hannibal Lecter (Thomas Harris)

Miss Marple (Agatha Christie) ❤️

Sam Spade (Dashiell Hammett)

Shozo Totsugawa (Kyotaro Nishimura)

Ninzaburo Furuhata (Kouki Mitani)

Perry Mason (Erle Stanley Gardner)

Mikeneko Holmes (Jiro Akagawa)

Inspector Samejima (Arimasa Osawa)

James Bond (Ian Fleming)

Kyosuke Kamizu (Akimitsu Takagi)

Charlie Chan (Earl Derr Biggers)

John Thorndyke (Richard Austin Freeman)

Touyama Kin-san (Tatsurou Jinde)

Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane)

Philo Vance (S.S. Van Dine)

Akakabu-kenji (Shunzo Waku)

Drury Lane (Ellery Queen)

Katherine Turner (Misa Yamamura)

Henry Jackson (Isaac Asimov)

Denshichi (Tatsurou Jinde)

Lew Archer (Ross Macdonald)

Kiyoshi Mitarai (Soji Shimada)

The Old Man in the Corner (Baroness Orczy)

Joseph Rouletabille (Gaston Leroux)

Hanshichi (Kido Okamoto) ❤️

Koichiro Munakata (Seiichi Morimura)

Eitaro Imanishi (Seicho Matsumoto)

Gideon Fell (John Dickson Carr)

Yuichiro Goda (Kaoru Takamura)

Ukyou Sugishita (Yasuhiro Koshimizu)

Steve Carella (Ed McBain)

Hideo Himura (Alice Arisugawa)

Riyako Asabuki (Shizuko Natsuki)

Robert Ironside (Collier Young)

Akihiko Chuzenji (Natsuhiko Kyogoku)

Kiyoshi Shimada (Yukito Ayatsuji)

The Continental Op (Dashiell Hammett) ❤️

Ningyo Sashichi (Seishi Yokomizo)

Joseph French (Freeman Wills Crofts)

Yoshibumi Takagi (Kenzo Kitakata)

Mom (James Yaffe)

Rintaro Norizuki (Rintaro Noziruki)

Koko (Lilian Jackson Braun)

Manabu Yukawa (Keigo Higashino) ❤️

Daisuke Kanbe (Yasutaka Tsutsui)

Inspector Zenigata (Monkey Punch)

Robert Langdon (Dan Brown)

Akojuro Senba (Juran Hisao)

Kanki Ibaragi (Futaro Yamada)

Bannai Tarao (Yoshitake Hisa)

Richard Cuff (Wilkie Collins)

Philip Trent (E.C. Bentley)

Gregory House (David Shore)

Yoshio Kuraishi (Hideo Yokoyama)

Adrian Monk (Andy Breckman and David Hoberman)

Inspector Onitsura (Tetsuya Ayukawa)

Enshi Shunotei (Kaoru Kitamura)

Lincoln Rhyme (Jeffery Deaver)

Kei Enomoto (Yusuke Kishi)

Keisuke Shiratori (Takeru Kaido)

Genya Tojo (Shinzo Mitsuda)

Shioriko Shinokawa (En Mikami)

Handyman of Susukino (Naomi Azuma)

Kageyama (Tokuya Higashigawa)

Hotaro Oreki (Honobu Yonezawa)

Lisbeth Salander (Stieg Larsson)

Lieutenant Fukuie (Takahiro Ookura)

Takeshi Yoshiki (Soji Shimada)

Jiro Egami (Alice Arisugawa)

Kyouko Okitegami (Nisio Isin)

Sakurako Kujou (Shiori Ota)

The Phantom Thief Detective Yamaneko (Manabu Kaminaga)

Riko Rinda (Keisuke Matsuoka)

Shinichiro Hanaoka (Koji Hayashi and Junpei Yamaoka)

Richard Castle (Andrew W. Warlowe)

Hiroto Miyama (Manabu Uda)

Yukimasa Yugami (Hideo Iura)

Mikoto Mitsumi (Akiko Nogi)

Keita Kurokochi (Takashi Nagasaki)

Totono Kuno (Yumi Tamura)

Maomao (Natsu Hyuga)

Sherlock Holmes (Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss) ❤️

Rohan Kishibe (Hirohiko Araki)

Seiko Fuji (Miko Yasu)

#gosho aoyama's mystery library #gosho aoyama's detective picture book #mystery #detective fiction

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knybits · 3 months

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A Murder of One

Chapter:

epilogue

Summary:

good bye

Previous Chapter | Origin

My love. My Tanjirou.

Akiko is cremated with her flower ring.

Our destiny has always been laid out for us. It wasn’t until I found that you had died did the thought of destiny being fake enter my mind.

Half of her ashes are buried in the gravesite of demon slayers, and the second Tanjirou regains consciousness he visits her grave.

And he visits the next day.

And the next.

And no one stops him.

I ripped destiny to shreds that day and I vowed to fight for your memory from dusk until dawn.

Giyuu, Sanemi, and anyone with the time carry Tanjirou to his wife’s grave and allow him to stay and grieve for as long as he wishes. He cries with a hand placed over her etched name, and it’s usually the person that took Tanjirou that speaks a few words to Akiko.

When it’s finally Goto that takes Tanjirou to Akiko’s grave, he hands him a piece of paper, the crumples smoothed out as best as can be and the edges littered with dried blood.

“She wore her heart on her sleeve for you, Tanjirou.” Goto tells him, “I found it tucked away in her cuff when we… retrieved her arm.”

But then you returned, and all the air rushed back into my lungs.

Tanjirou usually recites his vows until his voice is hoarse. But now he recites her vows, reading the war torn paper that is her heart. Not a good bye letter, but her vows.

Tanjirou had given her hope.

So I apologized to destiny, and taped each piece back together again with a new vow.

The only reason why Tanjirou takes a break from visiting her grave is when, three years later, he, Nezuko, Zenitsu and Inosuke take the rest of Akiko’s remains to bury her with the rest of the Kamado family.

Everyone brings various shades and types of yellow flowers.

I vowed to bring the love that you deserve. The love that you need. The love that you cherish. This love I will bring to you, Tanjirou, and our new life.

Muichirou, Mitsuri, Iguro, Giyuu, Sanemi, Miyuki and Chiyo leave their katana guards at her grave, no longer in need of their precious weapons. Even Genya leaves behind his gun.

Goto leaves the same bag and tools that saved countless lives at her grave, and hands Nezuko some castella to eat on the road.

Aoi, Kiyo, Naho, Sumi, and Kanao lay a fresh set of blue hakama and white blouse at her grave, promising the group that they will send letters often.

Yushiro leaves the same bottle of sake used for the wedding at her grave and nods his head before leaving.

Giyuu also leaves the same blooming buttercup weeds at her grave and offers Tanjirou a brave smile when he sends the group off.

I would grasp the rays of light that shine from your eyes, just to feel an ounce of your warmth. An ounce of your kindness. An ounce of your love.

Tanjirou leaves a gold ring with an amber stone set in it at her grave.

And it will always be enough.

There’s nothing left of the Tamura estate in Tanjirou’s old village. It remains burnt to the ground, but Tanjirou can’t help but stare listlessly at it.

“I see you’ve come back, boy.” A voice croaks out.

Tanjirou turns to see Higuchi. She’s dressed simply, though all black, and her hair is tied in a plain bun. There are no servants around her, and she’s holding a bag of food for herself for once in her life.

There’s no smell of hatred or disdain. Just sadness.

“Hiratsuka and Ray left for Europe upon hearing the news. They can’t bear to be in this country anymore.”

When Tanjirou doesn’t say anything, Higuchi sighs. Then, gently, she takes ahold of Tanjirou’s hand and places her bag of food into it.

“You must eat. Your wife would order the same, would she not?”

It is your heart that guides my hand.

Your soul that blesses my eyes.

Our destiny, together.

Tanjirou is slowly making his way back up the mountain. In the bag are some carrots (Akiko’s favorite), apples, and potatoes. Simple ingredients. Enough for Tanjirou’s stomach to hold.

He’s taking the same path he’s always taken after returning from the Tamura estate. Nezuko should be back at the house, preparing the bath for the boys while they chop firewood and bring home game and set more traps.

It’s when Tanjirou is halfway up the mountain that an unfamiliar scent enters his nose. He freezes, unsure of what to do.

A twig snaps behind him, and Tanjirou swings around to ready himself for an attack.

But no attack comes.

In fact, Tanjirou has to look down to find the source of the unfamiliar scent.

A child no more than three with bright yellow eyes stare back at him.

The same amber, the same gold, the same chrysanthemum.

Tanjirou drops the bag in shock, and an apple rolls towards the child. But he looks at it in disinterest, instead waddling up the slope to rummage through Tanjirou’s dropped bag. When he finds a dirty carrot, his eyes light up with glee, and he starts to gnaw at the vegetable.

“H-Hey! That’s not safe for you to eat!” Tanjirou proclaims, scooping the child up into his arms and pulling the carrot away.

Instead of crying, the child stares deeply into Tanjirou’s eyes, wide and confused. Then, he begins to laugh, using his tiny grubby hands to smack Tanjirou’s cheeks.

“I found you I found you!” The child cries out.

“I-I’m not your dad! Where’d you even come from? Where are your real parents?” Tanjirou begins to check the child for any injuries, still being smacked around by him. There’s no malice in the boy though, just pure joy.

“Hiyoshi! Hiyoshi!” The child wriggles around and Tanjirou does his best to keep the child from falling. He doesn’t seem like he’s going to give Tanjirou any real answers soon, so Tanjirou sighs in defeat.

“Alright then Hiyoshi. Let’s get you a warm meal before we look for your parents!”

—

Tanjirou walking into the house with a crying child is the last thing everyone expected.

If it weren’t for Zenitsu confirming that the child is an orphan from a nearby temple based off his clothing (Zenitsu being an orphan himself) then everyone would have thought that Tanjirou went mad and stole this child.

“He says his name is Hiyoshi,” Tanjirou says, stroking the child’s jet black hair. “And he keeps saying that he found me.”

A storm brews in Tanjirou’s eyes, everyone can see it. They don’t need Akiko’s blessed eyes to do so.

Hiyoshi put up quite the fight during dinner time. He didn’t want any of the fish Inosuke had caught, or the vegetables Nezuko had found on the mountain. He only ate the carrot stew Nezuko was forced to make (“Carrots!! Carrots!!” “I think he wants carrots…”) and only if Tanjirou fed him.

“Should we return him to the temple?” Inosuke grumbles, still a little bitter that the child doesn’t seem to favor him at all. Zenitsu shakes his head, “I don’t think so. He left for a reason, right?”

Everyone sits in silence for a few minutes, Hiyoshi’s light snores filling the house.

“I think… He should stay.” Nezuko says, the one to break the silence. “I also think… he looks a bit like Akiko.”

Ah, there it is.

The sentence everyone was afraid to say lest Tanjirou break down.

It’s been three years and he was just starting to pick himself up, and they aren’t sure if this will throw him back to the start line.

Everyone stares at Tanjirou intensely, his word being the final say. And after a few minutes, Tanjirou smiles softly, an old remnant of him peeking through.

“Yeah… He does look like Akiko,” Tanjirou whispers. “I wonder if his eyes are blessed as well?”

I vow to you that we will not be separated on heaven or earth. We pieces our destiny, our universe, back together.

They find out that Hiyoshi’s eyes are in no way blessed. Tanjirou had to take his son to Tokyo once the boy turned five, and when Hiyoshi came back with the thickest glasses from the shop, Inosuke laughed.

Everyone made a promise that day to protect Hiyoshi. To make his days happier than the last. To shower him with love and affection.

Nezuko sings the same lullaby to him every day, even when he’s older and complains that he doesn’t need to be sung to sleep every night anymore.

Inosuke teaches him how to fish and how to make friends with the boars, and Hiyoshi will never say no to the food that Inosuke brings home.

Zenitsu brings home a shamisen one day to play for everyone, but it’s Hiyoshi that pays attention the closest and hums the tune of Zenitsu’s songs the next morning.

Genya is the one to influence Hiyoshi’s reaction to girls, and the two usually hide in embarrassment when approached by people they’re slightly attracted to.

Muichirou gives Hiyoshi a piece of candy or two whenever he sees Hiyoshi, so Hiyoshi usually waits by the doorway when he’s told that Muichirou is coming to visit.

Mitsuri and Iguro always bring a meal for him when they visit, and Hiyoshi takes nicely to Kabarumaru.

Miyuki takes Hiyoshi to see snow for the first time, and Sanemi packs ohagi for the three of them when they travel together.

Chiyo and Giyuu usually comes to babysit Hiyoshi when everyone is busy because Hiyoshi and Ayame are the same age, and the four always run around each other in a game of tag (the retired Pillars only lose to see both the kids smile and laugh)

Tanjirou…

And from this moment on, as husband and wife, we shall continue to do so.

As one.

Tanjirou recounts stories of his wife, of Hiyoshi’s mother. Of their life before Hiyoshi and how happy she would be to have met him. Of the lives she saved and of Hiyoshi’s grandparents in Europe. Of Akiko’s similar love for carrots and the same eyes the two share.

And Hiyoshi loves his father. His kind hearted father, who is always a little bit sad since the passing of his wife. His best friend. His soulmate.

Who always smiles at the sight of Hiyoshi, really truly smiles, and beckons him forth to watch the leaves sway in the wind. Who sings the same song aunt Nezuko sings when he is outside by his wife’s grave. Who always wears a gold ring with a piece of amber set in it, and never takes it off.

Hiyoshi always cuddles up next to his father when he hears him crying at night. They become less frequent over the years, but Hiyoshi will enter the room on random occasions and set his futon next to his father anyways.

Once Tanjirou’s health starts to deteriorate, Hiyoshi works his hardest to take care of him. To bring medicine and soup, to pick up more household chores because Nezuko has to take care of her few children.

One day, he looks at Hiyoshi, who is brewing some medicine in the kitchen.

“Hiyoshi, my son… Come here,” Tanjirou smiles gently. Hiyoshi quickly rushes to his father’s side and takes his hand.

“You can lay down father. No need to exert yourself.”

Tanjirou’s laugh is brittle and warm, and Hiyoshi helps him to lay back down.

Tanjirou gifts Hiyoshi with all his and Akiko’s worldly possessions when he passes. His hanafuda earrings and katana, Akiko’s bag and tools. The rings and sake bottle that bound the two. Their written wedding vows, tear stained and the wrinkles pressed away.

“I am glad… That you found me,” Tanjirou whispers. “I love you, so very much.”

“I love you too dad,” Hiyoshi smiles. He’s happy that his eyes look like his mother’s because Tanjirou continued to stare at them as he passed a few days later, the kindest smile on his face.

My love. My Tanjirou.

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As always, Sumihiko is running late.

He’s rushing through the streets of modern day Tokyo when Toujurou catches up next to him, and the two jump over the closing gates.

But despite the officers that wish to have a word with the school, the two boys are still told to attend class. Truthfully, they really aren’t late, so they seat themselves right as the bell rings.

“I don’t get how you’re always so lucky,” Sumihiko’s brother sighs at him, his nose in a book.

“Why didn’t you wake me~?” Sumihiko complains, and Kanata sighs again.

“I did.”

Their teacher walks in right after, but students are quick to notice the girl that walks in right behind. Her black hair is long and wavy, and her head is kept down with her school bag held in front of her.

“Alright, listen up everyone! We have a new transfer student today, ok? They came all the way here from Europe, so speak slowly and help her out, ok? Go ahead and introduce yourself dear.”

The girl looks up, and Sumihiko is sucked into the various shades of yellow.

Amber. Gold. Chrysanthemum. Nostalgic.

They glitter endlessly and change shade each time she moves her eyes.

Finally, they land on Sumihiko, and he straightens in his seat. She smiles while looking at him before bowing to the class.

“I’m Tamura Shinako! Nice to meet you all!”

Everyone starts to chatter in excitement before they’re shushed by their teacher. Shinako is then sent to sit in the only open seat, which is right behind Sumihiko.

He averts his eyes down while blushing when Shinako passes by his desk, and when she sits down quietly Sumihiko does his best to not stare at the new girl.

But Sumihiko feels a light tap on his shoulder, and he turns to give Shinako a sleepy smile.

Shinako leans forward, a mischievous smile on her face before whispering into Sumihiko’s ear.

“I found you~”

for these two, i believe in reincarnation :)

thank you all so much that stuck around! it's been a very very long journey, and im so glad you stuck around with me for it. i miss my old machute fam and still had so much fun writing their characters in. ill go back and reedit some chapters bc certain plot points fell off but dont call me out on it I KNOW OK LOL

for now, that truly is the end. i love you all. thank you for loving taniko. they are my roman empire.

#kimetsu no yaiba #kny #demon slayer #bittle's murder of one #tanjirou kamado #kamado tanjiro #kamado tanjirou #tanjiro #tanjirou

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sakuraswordly · 1 year

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Knowledge 16

For someone who wants to know who created the "Kon and Aki" story.

Source information: https://heroofpicturebook.com/kontoaki/ and https://muse.jhu.edu

こんとあきとは？

A picture book published in 1989 by Akiko Hayashi, such as " はじめてのおつかい ". It depicts the growth of a child and remains a bestseller to this day.

[The more picture books I make, the more I've begun to feel we really don't need to project our individuality so much. Our individuality, after all, is just ours—it's finite; while if we can reach for the universal—isn't that far more sublime?] by Akiko Hayashi

Akiko Hayashi was born in Tokyo in 1945. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Yokohama National University, after which she began working as a magazine illustrator. Her first children's book, Hajimete no Otsukai (Mii-chan's First Errand), was published in 1973. Since then she has become one of Japan's leading picture book illustrators and authors, receiving numerous awards including the Ehon Nippon Award and the Sankei Jido Shuppan Bunka Award.

Editor Minoru Tamura noted, "Perhaps the foremost quality that distinguishes Hayashi's picture books is her exquisite portrayal of human characters. Her style is neither overly realistic nor cartoonish, bringing her characters vividly to life for the reader. Using delicate lines and soft colors, she expresses in a child's slightest gesture or in the special way a child expresses feeling with his or her whole body, her characters' subtlest feelings and responses."

Previous Andersen award winner Mitsumasa Anno collaborated with Hayashi on All in a Day, along with other artists from eight different countries. He describes Hayashi's oeuvre, "All of her work has been highly praised, but her style is rather academic, consistently restrained, modern in touch, and unconcerned with fads and fashions…. Hayashi is one of very few artists who continues to firmly believe in the individuality of her own work—not evading the competition, not using the back door, not putting on masks or pretenses."

Tamura also observes that Hayashi's picture books for babies are another noteworthy accomplishment. "Picture books for babies had previously depicted mostly things, animals, and vehicles of transport; some involved various games, but few had any sort of story. One of Hayashi's achievements has been her success at creating picture books that share with babies the experience of turning the pages of a simple story."

Akiko Hayashi has produced nearly 40 picture books that have been translated into more than ten languages. Hayashi currently resides in Nagano in Japan.

Do they have stuffed animals? (Yes)

Also

Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin, lit. 'Witch's Express Home Delivery') is a children's fantasy novel written by Eiko Kadono and illustrated by Akiko Hayashi. It was first published by Fukuinkan Shoten on January 25, 1985. It is the basis of the 1989 Studio Ghibli anime film of the same title and of the 2014 live action film also of the same name. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

#sakuraswordly #tsubasa of phantasia comic #tsubasa of phantasia knowledge #Akiko Hayashi #Kon and Aki #chester burklight #sakura kinomoto #tsubasa chronicle #tsofph season 1 #kinomoto sakura

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cavesalamander · 3 years

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Oh man, I’ve been sitting on this cast for SO long, not having pinned down everyone’s design. But finally... finally I have them all. It’s been like 3 years in the making.

Mini bios coming soon so you’ll be seeing this art again + some fun and interesting facts about these dweebs. I did the art myself, but the characters themselves are a collaboration of @mootablemimic and I working together, with some design input/critique from @medi-melancholy and other friends.

#Shunsuke Kunikida #hitomi Kurosawa #Keitaro Watanabe #Ayaka Izumo #Megumi Morikawa #Byakuren Toagmi #Ryoko Otonashi #Daichi Hagakure #Naoki Tamura #Shinobu Hirooka #Akiko Maehara #Eiji Kobayashi #Sachiko Konoe #Martine Passerini-Fulton #Junpei Ono #Scrawlamander #Fanganronpa #You can blame Daichi's crocs on angryaro

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solarmiracle-makeup · 3 years

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11. Kanatsu Nakaya

12. Mizuki Watanabe

13. Mayu Tamura

14. Miyu Otani

15. Akiko Miyazawa

16. Kana Nakada

My Sailor Venus ranking (1993-2019)

#sera myu #sera myu ranking #sailor venus #nana suzuki #chizuru soya #kanatsu nakaya #akiko miyazawa #miyu otani #nao inada #yuki nakamura #ayumi murata #mizuki watanabe #momoko shibuya #erica #shiori sakata #rimo hasegawa #hina higuchi #kana nakada #mayu tamura

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sailorzakuro · 4 years

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Venus 💛 Ranking - April 2020

I think this one might be quite different to last time I DON’T REMEMBER.

16. Kana Nakada

Said it before don’t need to say it again.

15. Mayu Tamura

I like Mayu but... not at all as Venus XD.

14. Mizuki Watanabe

Watching her gives me a sugar rush and I wish I was joking.

13. Akiko Miyazawa

Not too bad XD.

12. Kanatsu Nakaya

Again, better than I thought XD.

11. Nana Suzuki

She’s not bad lol these ones are just “not bad” I don’t have strong attachments to them XD.

10. Miyu Otani

She was adorable lmao.

9. Yuki Nakamura

Yeah, uh... idk how she’s only 9 cos I LOVE HER.

8. Erika

My dear sweet Erika I will always defend XD.

7. Momoko Shibuya

I mean her Minako is literally me when I watch Halestorm it’s hilarious.

6. Rimo Hasegawa

RIMO’S STILL QUEEN OKAY I JUST PREFER OTHERS.

5. Chizuru Soya

I have always loved Chizuru and idk why I once put her IN 10TH PLACE she’s a queen and belongs up here facts.

4. Nao Inada

I STILL LOVE AND STAN NAO INADA OKAY I’VE JUST BEEN STANNING SOMEONE RECENTLY WHO BEATS HER.

3. Shiori Sakata

I’ve been unhealthily obsessed with Shiori recently I think I used to put her lower down cos I had a thing against the 2013-15 cast (still do but like) and even though I loved Yuu and Shiori I found ways to keep them lower down but FUCK I STAN SHIORI SAKATA I’M SORRY I EVER TRIED TO KEEP YOU DOWN XD. Also I wife 😍.

2. Hina Higuchi

My queen, my wife, the love of my life, she radiates Minako and I absolutely stan MY FAVOURITE NOGI MEMBER AND MY SECOND FAVOURITE VENUS I LOVE ❤️😍.

1. Ayumi Murata

Like Miyuki I also feel like Ayumi’s just never going to change... she is forever number 1 Venus I love her WAY too much omg.

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byneddiedingo · 1 year

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Do-yun Yu and Akiko Koyama in Death by Hanging (Nagisa Oshima, 1968) Cast.: Do-yun Yu, Kei Sato, Fumio Watanabe, Hosei Kamatsu, Rokko Toura, Ishiro Ishida, Masao Adachi, Akiko Koyama. Screenplay: Michinori Fukao, Mamoru Sasaki, Tsutomu Tamura, Nagisa Oshima. Cinematography: Yasuhiro Yoshioka. Music: Hikaru Hayashi. Nagisa Oshima is one of the great artists of the second half of the 20th century whom nobody has heard of. That's an exaggeration, of course: Lots of cinéastes and students of Japanese film obviously know Oshima's work, but ordinary people who pride themselves on their knowledge of Kurosawa or Ozu often know little about him, unless it's his English-language film starring David Bowie, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983). Maybe it's because Oshima doesn't lend himself to easy description: You can't take any one of his films as representative of the style and content of any of the others. There's a vast difference between the harrowing upperclass family drama The Ceremony (1971) and the poignant account of an abused child's initiation into crime, Boy (1969), or between the scathing look at rootless Japanese young people in Cruel Story of Youth (1960) and what is probably Oshima's best-known film in the West, the sexually explicit In the Realm of the Senses (1976). His willingness to experiment has tagged Oshima as the Japanese Jean-Luc Godard, but he seems to me more the heir to the great modernists of the early-to-mid-20th century: Kafka, Joyce, Faulkner, Brecht, Genet. Certainly Death by Hanging has been singled out as "Brechtian" for its outrageous transformation of politically charged subject matter, capital punishment, into something like tragic farce. It's also "Kafkaesque" in its lampoon of bureaucrats. But mostly it's an audacious transformation of a polemic into an uproarious and finally sad satire. The protagonist (Do-yun Yu) is called "R.," which immediately brings to mind Kafka's "K." He has raped and murdered two young women and is about to hang in the Japanese prison's scrupulously neat death house. But the hanging doesn't take: R. simply doesn't die, and in the ensuing confusion, none of the prison officials knows what to do. There's a flurry of arguments about whether, having survived the hanging, he's even still R., his soul presumably having left the body after the execution. Things grow still more problematic after R. emerges from a post-hanging coma and doesn't remember who he is. Can they hang him again? Much of this hysteria is over-the-top funny, especially the determination of the Education Officer, played with farcical broadness by Fumio Watanabe, to restore R.'s memory by re-creating his past and his crimes. He was the son of poor Korean immigrants, and the satire shifts away from capital punishment to the Japanese treatment of Koreans, as the prison staff voices some of the worst prejudices and stereotypes that the Japanese have of Koreans. Eventually, the Education Officer, trying to re-create one of R.'s crimes, murders a young woman himself. But by that time, the film has departed from any resemblance to actuality into symbolic fantasy. It's a very theatrical film in the sense that even when it departs from the confines of the death house, where most of it takes place, and explores the outside world, talk dominates action. But where that might have been a strike against the film, it adds to its claustrophobic quality, the feeling of being plunged deeply into an absurd but entirely recognizable situation. Maybe that should be called "Oshimaesque."

#Death by Hanging #Nagisa Oshima #Do-yun yu #Akiko Koyama

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shoma-uno · 6 years

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@Meryl_Davis: Shows 2 & 3 today here in Yokohama for #FriendsonIce ⛸🇯🇵

#shoma uno #meryl davis #charlie white #stephane lambiel #akiko suzuki #jeremy abbott #yuka sato #shae lynn bourne #qing pang #jian tong #yamato tamura #FOI 2018 #show #season: 2018 2019 #off ice #pics

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behindthatvoice · 7 years

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Behind That Voice:

Yuri On Ice (2016) - Voices [Part 4 / 4]

#behind that voice #yuri on ice #anime #animation #tv show #voice over #voice actor #voice actress #voice acting #yuuko nishigori #takeshi nishigori #axel lutz and loop #sara crispino #lilia baranovskaya #mariya ise #jun fukuyama #akiko yajima #marika minase #seiko tamura

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mrsgojosatoru · 2 years

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manga i read & enjoyed in the month of march!

Fushigi Yuugi by Yuu Watase

Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura

Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo

Red River by Chie Shinohara

Anonymous Noise by Ryoko Fukuyama

A Bride’s Story by Kaoru Mori

Honey Lemon Soda by Mayu Murata

Boys over Flowers (don’t judge me) by Yoko Kamio

Basra by Yumi Tamura

Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi

Ceres by Yuu Watase

Nana by Ai Yazawa

Kimi Ni Todoke by Karuho Shiina

Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge

#manga recs

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muse-ruininga · 3 years

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Yandere Simulator Yandere-kun Nemisis-kun Hana Yamamoto Amao Odayaka Kizano Sunobu Oko Ruto Mujo Kina Mido Rana Megamo Saikou Info-Kun Taro Yamada

Yarichin Bitch Club Itsuki Shikatani Koshiro Itome Kyousuke Yaguchi Keiichi Akemi Ayato Yuri Toru Fujisaki Yui Tamura

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Ocs Ace Jax Cyan Grey Gayle Kasei Kaede

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