#Kiriko Alicein

[to-spend-time]

_ MOTHER DAY _ ______________________

I want to make a card style for mother day

[seysei]

[SPOILERS] ⚠️ SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE BECAUSE NO WAYYYYYYYY

NO WAYYYYY HE ACTUALLY DID ITTTTT.

NO AMOUNT OF SCREAMING CAN DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW. AARRRRRRRRHH.

...MIKUNI WHEN I CATCH YOU MIKUNI.

...

That aside, kiriko is backkkkkkkkkkkk. She looks even sweeter than ever. You know, every time she's on the screen, i wonder how anyone can cheat on that woman. LOOK AT HER SMILE.

SHE DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER.

Uuuuooorrrgghhhhhhhh

Anyway....

...back to screaming on the floor.

BECAUSE NICCOLO IS DEAD???? I MEAN HE'S IN THE MAFIA BUT CMOOOOONNNNNNNNN. Im curious if it was someone that killed him or if in this timeline the Russian roulette went wrong. Lmfao. Im so sorry to all the fans.

I don't even know what to say anymore.

Arghhh

I've changed my mind. An ambulance is NOT enough.

Because tell me why Tanaka thought it was okay to show us Jeje attempting to protect this world Mikuni created. Despite it being a world where he no longer is in Mikuni's life. That was actually my last straw. goodbye.

[joydoesathing]

just a very functional relationship in the alicein house

[yarrayora]

it's undeniable kiriko led a tragic life and was a victim of circumstances as much as everyone else was but also hey. hey. do you think when mikuni was born she thought "oh this child will fix our marriage, he's the proof of our love" and when that didn't work when she ended up killing hokaze and carried a baby misono in her arms do you think she thought "oh maybe this one will fix our marriage"

hey do you think in the split second of witnessing his own mother's death in front of him as he simply stared quietly mikuni thought "oh she will always love father more than she will love me" and then decided no he wont think about it actually <3 there are more pressing matters to discuss

[alxxieee]

[ampulkaa]

[katzkinder]

Kitty mentioned that Hokaze’s name was not only strange for a woman, but also that it was hard to find a connection with her name and the theme the rest of the Alicein have. Now I’m no expert at Japanese names (much less Japanese itself) but I had fun digging to see what I could find, and I found quite a lot! So let’s get to it :D

Interpreted to the best of my ability, Misono’s mom has a name which roughly means “one who is quick to overcome ups and downs”

Which is why she was drawn holding Jane Eyre when she and Lily met

She’s an inversion of Jane’s story, just like the Alicein brothers are an inversion of Cain and Abel

For anyone who’s never read Jane Eyre, a quick and dirty plot summary of the relevant parts is that Jane, an orphan girl, eventually ends up in the employ of a rich man who she falls in love with, however he is married and because of that, she refuses to continue their relationship. The man of the house reveals that the reason he didn’t tell her this is because his wife was insane, and she screams and barks and growls and runs around like an animal. Eventually the woman in her insanity burns down the manor, but her husband escapes and, now a widow, it would no longer weigh on Jane’s conscience to marry him. The books ends with Jane writing about how they’re expecting their first child together. The book’s themes of morality and class differences are echoed, to the result of tragedy, in the story of the Alicein

Hokaze doesn’t manage to overcome her status of being born a penniless orphan by marrying a rich man and joining the upper classes. Instead she is murdered by his wife who has been driven mad with jealousy. Her story is one of an idealistic dream, executed in a self serving manner, confronted with reality that cost her her life

Also, the 歩 part of hokaze’s name can also be read as “fu,” a pawn in shogi :))

Mikado is the emperor, kiriko is the princess, and Mikuni the kingdom they made together

Hokaze wanted to be queen but was merely a pawn, and ultimately playing a very different “game” than the royalty around her

It’s also notable that the one who put her down that path is Lily, who shares a name with the white pawn Alice takes the place of during the chess game in Through The Looking Glass.

Her scheme also gives the name she gave Misono a very different light.

She gave him a character from Mikado’s name, “proof” of his infidelity, and the one for garden, because he is the “fruit” of her labors, the beautiful rose of the future queen of Wonderland

The extreme irony here is that Mikuni is much more like Hokaze in his actions, while Misono closely resembles Kiriko’s loyalty and ability to forgive others (at the cost of himself)

Also, Mikuni is going to hate this, but

His desire to protect misono from the harsh truths of the world, even going so far as to burn down part of his own home, is… Very, very Mikado. It’s fine if he cheats, manipulates, and even hurts Misono, so long as the result is Misono continues to be able to live with such a simple and idealistic view of love and life

They look like their mothers, inherited behavior patterns from each other’s, and also share quite a lot with their father

It’s a very beautiful way of weaving them together as a family, and also Strike’s use of word play to set Hokaze apart from the Alicein cast while also giving her name something to tie her to the theme is extremely clever. Boy is it mean though xD

Thanks for reading! Lemme know what you guys think :)

[v-akarai]

“everything that moved mother to do things she did was that person’s plan”

okay HOW??

[mahi-does-some-art]

“Mikado... What have you done?”

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“Dear Lord, who watches over us all-- Please forgive me...!”

[tipzycat]

And on my deathbed I will pray

To the gods

And the angels

Like a pagan to anyone

Who will take me to heaven

To a place I recall

I was there so long ago

The sky was bruised

The wine was bled

And there you led me on

In your house, I long to be

Room by room, patiently

I'll wait for you there

Like a stone

I'll wait for you there

Alone

Alone

(Like a Stone by Audioslave)

[just-luka22]

I don't understand why Mikado would cheat on Kiriko, she's literally a goddess. She's so beautiful and seemed to be a very sweet woman, literally perfect wife and mother in my opinion (not counting the time she tried kill Misono, bc she was corrupted by envy and I really believe that she loved Misono)

Also I would die for both Kiriko and Mikuni 🙏

[azaleaartpal]

Servamp fanart from January.

[seysei]

Oh. My. God. (SPOILERS)

Tell me why I'm not surprised. I mean after knowing that Kiriko went to lily for counselling, I already suspected him to be 'that' person that Mikuni was talking about.

Really because he was in the perfect position to manipulate her. Which we are being told here by the way.

We all knew that tsubaki's escape was NO coincidence due to previous chapters and that Kiriko was used to cover it up, but that is just so sad now that it's been confirmed.

Do you know how much my heart is breaking for that woman?

Google translate didn't help me much in this chapter but PLEASE, do NOT tell me Mikuni was in on it. PLEASE tell me he is only pretending, so he can later on execute a perfect plan for the downfall of the people that toyed with his mother. PLEASE.

IT WAS SAID THAT YOU WOULD DESTROY THE SITH, NOT JOIN THEM-.

[joydoesathing]

the men are fighting

got inspired to draw this after trying to translate the dialogue in chapter 136

[yarrayora]

it doesn't count as adultery when your feeling is one sided

[acediathemelancholy]

Since we'll likely never get an anime that covers Servamp's full story, I commissioned my sister to make Kiriko's music box.

The fandom figured out that the song it played was Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. So, I asked her to make a music box version of the song and make it become more ominous and dissonant over time. And thus, this.