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Musical Hakuouki: Reimeiroku - Teruma as Sannan Keisuke

Tagged as reimeiroku photosets

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Love the taiga drama <3 am currently going through a rewatch and Yamanami Keisuke's death is growing imminent. Cue the tears!!

Still thinking about the scene where Okita beats Yamanami for the first time.

Yamanami looks so proud 🥹♥️

#shinsengumi #taiga drama #sannan keisuke #yamanami keisuke #rewatch #feudal japan #edo period

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Before Sannan had a route, my heart went to Hijikata. I still think the latter has the most interesting and complete of routes (not only is he the "canonical" in anime, he outlives many of the other Shinsengumi in history, being alive all the way up to the end of the Boshin War.)

Conversely, Sannan, or Yamagami Keisuke, is the first of the Shinsengumi core members to die in history. He's also considered to be among the most principled of the lot, if a little uptight compared to the rural stock most of the other members come from.

(As an aside: I have an interest in feudal Japanese history that goes beyond my love for Hakuouki, my primary interest being in the Sengoku or Warring States period. But I do credit the otome game for getting me truly interested in the period between the Black Ships / Commodore Perry's arrival and the start of the Meiji Restoration. So my fansploding over Sannan will definitely be interspersed with thoughts of the historic events, people, and places Hakuoki is based on.)

My knowledge of the historical Sannan is why I always side-eyed at the idea that he's just a purely evil and unlikable character in the game. I know it can depend a LOT on the route you play, but...

[I guess it is spoiler time now, specifically for Sannan and Heisuke routes]

...pretty much every character in the game has at least *some* basis in known history, albeit highly romanticized (duh). So it makes way more sense to me for Sannan's cold, calculating, and ruthless attitude to be only one part of his truth, and for his deep love and loyalty to the Shinsengumi (and Chizuru!!) to feature strongly in his motivations under the surface.

I also love that while he's terribly antagonistic in Heisuke's route, he actually subverts this in his own route by *pretending* to kill him to sell his strategy to get closer to Yukimura Kodo.

I won't entirely absolve Sannan because he does do some abjectly awful things, even in his route. Honestly, that's true of the historical Shinsengumi as a whole, which is why their reputation can range from the villainous (see: Rurouni Kenshin, minus Harada of course--he's a good boy in all media afaik) to the heroic but ultimately tragic (see: the NHK Shinsengumi! taiga drama, which generally paints them in a positive light, but does not shy from portraying when their members make questionable decisions.) I get why he thought he had to keep Chizuru in the dark about his plans, but I do think he could have trusted her more to hold up her end of things if they worked together.

Honestly, I think Sannan's depression (as someone quite familiar with that particular psychological condition, I can say with confidence he definitely suffered it, especially when triggered by feeling worthless) makes it hard for him to accept that someone could love him enough to follow him boldly into his schemes while trusting he will not fall completely. The game makes it clear that Chizuru's love is a deciding factor when it comes to him taking a less heinous path toward finding a true purpose in life. She ensures his despair and desperation do not swallow him whole, both due to the chance for redemption she represents for him, and because her blood makes it possible for him to do more for longer without losing his sanity to the Ochimizu.

On the other hand, the dark, twisted side of him that leads him to decide that forcing a kiss on Sen to turn her into a demon rasetsu is a good idea (for example) is still part of who he is. That is something much harder to accept. He can be deliberately cruel, if only to keep people at arms length so he can keep wallowing in his pain, and he can be terrible at considering the human factor in the schemes within schemes he plots. At his worst, he discards emotions and morality as a hindrance to his goals, and that's just not a good way to handle things. He should not be given a free pass to be abusive, no matter if it is due to his fragile self-esteem, his fear of letting people too close, or his tendency to hyperfocus on the endgame.

I think all of us have the potential to rise or fall depending on our circumstances--our genetics, where we were born, how our parents/guardians raised us, important people in our lives, life-altering events that befall us. As a multiply marginalized person, I drew the short straw in many ways, but I am extremely fortunate to have a supportive spouse who knows me like no one else, whom I can trust with my life. Genuine love from a worthy life partner can truly be transformative if you are fortunate to find it. It's not the only way to reach a state of greater happiness and stability, but it is *A* way, and I choose to believe it works wonderfully for Sannan and Chizuru.

Maybe it's cliche to say he just needs love. Haha. But he definitely needs help avoiding the pitfall of devaluing himself and others so much that the kinder, gentler parts of his nature are smothered.

#hakuouki #sannan keisuke #shinsengumi #edo period #feudal japan #otome #hakumyu #yamanami keisuke #山南敬助 #depression

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I count myself among the few, the proud, the Sannan loyalists. <3

Also I am just dipping my toe into hakumyu... it's fantastic that it just exists (annnnd now with my favorite route) even if I'm too much of a noob to do more than find photos and gifs so far.

This is the closest I have ever gotten to understanding my kpop friends, except kpop is getting huge in my part of the world, and musicals based on my favorite otome game are not. XD

🌸輝馬 as Sannan Keisuke🌸

in MUSICAL HAKUOUKI

#sannan keisuke #teruma #hakumyu #musical hakuouki

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Wait!! I am incorrect! There is a HakuMyu Shinkai Sannan-hen ommmgggg.

Hi everyone!

I've finished the English subtitles for Hakumyu Shinkai Sannan-Hen! I've attached it in the post. As before, if there are any problems or if you just want to chat, please don't hesitate to contact me. For fear of copyright, I'm not including the files in the post this time, but you can DM me for them. Once you have the files, please feel free to share 🌸

Enjoy!

Edit: I've made some revisions to the subtitles here and there. What's up now should be the final version, so I would encourage you to redownload it. Thanks a lot!

#hakuouki #hakuouki shinkai #hakumyu #sannan keisuke

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Wow have not checked Tumblr in 7 years. Shocking.

Mostly here because I majorly revived my obsession with Sannan Keisuke of Hakuoki fame (or infamy depending on who you ask). Since Hakuoki Kyoto Winds / Edo Blossoms came out on Steam, I have played Sannan's route exclusively because 1) it breaks my heart too much to see him villainized, and 2) it kinda makes me feel like I'm cheating on him to play other routes? Haha, I'm a dork.

I've also recently started rewatching the Shinsengumi! Taiga drama and can't help but lament how we can't use the Ochimizu to save all those tragic young men from their inevitable fates.

(Somewhat spoiler I guess? For both Hakuoki Sannan route and Shinsengumi! live action taiga drama)

Honestly, the fleeting yet impactful existence of the Shinsengumi is a fitting setting for an otome game where the love interests can become vampires instead of dying as they do in history.

One thing that rather interested me is that I found out there is a historical precedence for Sannan's arm injury that leads him to be the first member of the Shinsengumi to imbibe the Water of Life.

Sources:

https://shinsengumi.net/index.php/2020/09/28/yamanami-keisuke-sannan/

https://shinsengumi-archives.tumblr.com/post/188360328151/yamanami-keisuke-shinsengumi-no-makoto

Before reading about it, I assumed his more widely accepted fate in history (that he broke the Shinsengumi's laws by leaving due to his moral objection to their shifting ideologies and increasingly ruthless methods, got caught in the act, and was forced to commit seppuku by Hijikata) was the true one.

Guess who is on my phone's lock screen now? (Too bad HakuMyu doesn't do Sannan's route...)

#hakuoki #hakuoki kyoto winds #hakuoki edo blossoms #sannan keisuke #yamanami keisuke #shinsengumi #hakumyu #otome #japanese history #hi again tumblr #tagging is hard #spoilers #why no inline spoiler tags tumblr

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I dunno how2tumblr

But I’m still gonna try

#how2tumblr #introbeforeintropost #whatever