#Shotoko

[wickwackity]

shotoko PEAK

[justalittlebitartsy]

shotoko mad dash to class ⛈️

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[ninjakarkki]

Shoji's big arms are great for catching his friends!! 😊💙💙

[sylthedumbassdemon]

POV ur rarepair has a rarepair amount of fan content

[ur-old-tv]

Some mha stuff I never posted

[calciumcryptid]

Shouji: I am here to become a hero, and nothing shall stand in my way of that objective no matter what my former classmates say.

Tokoyami: *walks in with a fitted vest and corset instead of the typical blazer*

Shouji:

Shouji: Ah, so this is how the universe shall play it.

[demonarmchapters]

demon arm chapter 6 p3 my sister

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chapter 1

[ellas-journey]

Into the Pure Land 🪷

Buddhism was introduced during the 6th century in Japan. It was an Indian religion based on the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama. The teachings soon spread into other parts on the land, and particularly in China had a great adherence that resulted in an evolution in the research and practiced of the religion. “The study of buddhism over the past century or so has resemble the encounter of the blind men and the elephant in many ways. Students of Buddhism have tended to fasten onto a small part of the tradition and assume their conclusions held true about the whole”- Keown, 2000 When the Japanese looked at the continent, they saw a civilisation that had a centralised government, and they wanted the same, but for that the introduction of a new religion was needed since politics was still extremely related with the government. But they had a problem: the power basis in which the imperial family laid was based in a religion itself, and so introducing a new religion could be dangerous to their power. Taking things with a grain of salt, the imperial household would allow religious liberty so that Buddhism would naturally spread in the territory and even more naturally they could use the Buddhist rules without destroying the whole narrative that they had built where the imperial family were the living descendants of Amaterasu. But conflicts would arise (like they always do when religion is the topic let’s be honest) between the Shintoism forces and Buddhist forces. While the Shintoism forces gain momentarily, the Buddhist will counterattack and in 587 the Chinese administrative model is implemented. The learning of the Chinese ways was not with in intent of transform Japan into a new China, but to utilize this new knowledge knowing what would make the country better - it’s the filtering of knowledge [and as we now know this will happen a lot throughout the history of Japan]. It's also the time where the name of the country changes from Yamato to Nihon - the country of the rising sun.

When we talk about Japanese Buddhism one figure comes to mind: Prince Shotoko, a figure that studied the Buddhism, Korean culture, and Confucianism [a reminder that most of the times, Chinese culture arrived in Japan through Korea] Prince Shotoko would end being the one in charge of the introduction of buddhism, meaning the introduction of religious sects or the law and court changes, and, thanks to that he would end up becoming venerable person himself. But Buddhism would soon turn out to start to have a social function. Noble families would start to build temples, and to alleviate family tensions while the heir would go on to inherit the household, the 2nd son, most of the times, would be send to temples (sounds familiar? Yes that was what happen to the Tsugikuni twins). And soon the ones that led the temples would also lead the political power. Buddhism would soon turn out to be a means to and end and the political power would be the wanted end. An as we talked about in the timeline, the Heian period would cut ties with the religious sects, and more simple Buddhists ways that were open to all became predominant. In beginning the Pure Land Buddhism was not seem as a religious cult, more like an association with the ancestor’s cult that are so important to the Japanese as we have seen in the ideas of afterlife. "Although Buddhist scholastic discourse held that the Pure Land was a realm existing beyond the world of transmigration, at this early stage was simply understood as a pleasant abode of the dead." - Rhodes, 2006 The Pure Land Buddhism would preach that by being mindful of Amida Buddha the chance of rebirth on the pure land would increase. There was 2 important texts Ojoyoshu written by Genshin (again, the monk not the game) and Gokuraku-ki written by Yoshishige no Yasutane. Genshin like many in his time thought that the age of the Last Dharma was arriving [for context the Buddhist timeline said that after Buddha's nirvana the times would be divided in 3 times: the true dharma - the golden age of Buddhism teachings - semblance dharma - the world would increasingly become corrupt - and the latter dharma - the world's condition was so poor that only buddha's teachings would remained but no enlightenment would be possible], he would argue that since the world was deteriorating it was extremely difficult to gain liberation from the cycle of transmigration by practicing the traditional Tendai way, so one could seek salvation into Amida Buddha's Pure Land. Genshin goes on to say that the Six paths of rebirth [Hell, starving ghosts, beasts, Ashuras [Titans], Humans, and Heavenly beings] are always a troubled way the only way one could seek peace is attaining rebirth in the Pure Land. And how could one obtain the rebirth into the Pure Land? By practicing the Nembutsu. He describes the Nembutsu as a practise of visualizing the figure of Amida Buddha. This would be divided into the Mental Nembutsu and Vocal Nembutsu. Mental Nembutsu would refer to meditation and the visualization of Buddha. Those incapable of visualizing his marks can try his tuft of hair between the eyebrows. (yes the dot) But for those that cannot visualize anything it was recommended the Vocal Nembutsu that would refer to the practice of recitation of the formula "Namu Amida Butsu" (Yes the sentence that the rock hashira Gyomei Himejima choose to say to focus, which again, makes sense since he was a Buddhist priest) where gradually one would focus one mind on Amidah and eventually embark on the practice of the meditative nembutsu. "Both types of nembutsu, meditative and vocal, result in three kinds of benefits: (1) the eradication of evil karma created over the course of countless past lifetimes which keeps one bound to the cycle of transmigration, (2) the attainment of good karmic roots leading to awakening, and (3) the ability to remain mindful of Amida Buddha at the moment of death (..)" - Rhodes, 2006

According to one of the main texts even a person that had committed the Five Heinous Crimes [01 - Killing one's mother; 02- Killing one's father; 03 - Killing a saint; 04 - to wound the body of a Buddha; 05 - to destroy the harmony of the sangha] could be born in the Pure Land by calling the Namu Amida Butsu, and this would obviously cause problems for the rules cause people would start to cause trouble. Gokuraku-ki is compilation of bibliographic narratives of various people that are believed to have obtained the rebirth in the Pure Land. Things varied but in common have the rightmost behaviour of oneself. What was trying to be said was that everyone could achieve que pure land, the things that were needed were a righteous personality, and be mindful of Amida Buddha in the end. And in Demon Slayer the influences of the teachings of the Pure Land Buddhism are quite obvious ether from the fact that Gyomei Himejima was a monk or Genya also chanting the Nembutsu, the rebirth teories (already explain in more detail in other post) or the over all philophy of doing what is right.

KEOWN, Damien, 2000 – Buddhism: a very short intrudution. Oxford. Oxford University Press. [Ebook]; Linfamy. 2022 - The Revolutionary Origins of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan | History of Japan 80. [Consulted on the 17 of June 2023] Availatble on <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUG4ifeWzTk>; RHODES, Robert F. 2006 - The Biginning of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan: From its introdution through the Nara Period. Japanese Religions, Vol.31 (1): 1-22. Nanzan University; RHODES, Rober F. 2007 - Ojoyoshu, Nihon Ojo Gokuraku-ki nad the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan. Japanese Journal of Religious studies 34/2: 249-270. Nanzan Institute for Religions and culture;

[ao3feed-bnha-rarepair]

Loves a Nice Quirk

Loves A Nice Quirk by Insert 1GOODname

Tokoyami Fumikage never thought he would succumb to love. Though, that was before he had met Shouji Mezou.

Graduation had been amazing as well. It was an exciting day at first, but it was also the day the gentle giant, Shouji Mezou, asked the bird headed man, Tokoyami Fumikage, to date him.

It had been 10 years since Tokoyami Fumikage joined UA high. 7 years since his graduation day, and life was good. Shouji Mezou was still with the young 26 year old bird man, and maybe it's time to take a new step in their relationship.

Words: 542, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: M/M

Characters: Satou Rikidou, Shouji Mezou, Tokoyami Fumikage, Hagakure Tooru, Ojiro Mashirao, Midoriya Izuku (refrenced), Uraraka Ochako (refrenced), Kouda Kouji

Relationships: Shouji Mezou/Tokoyami Fumikage, Hagakure Tooru/Ojiro Mashirao, Midoriya Izuku/Uraraka Ochako, refrenced

Additional Tags: Tags May Change, Gayness lol, Refrenced sex, Maybe nsfw? Idk yet, Marriage, Gay Marriage, Weird Shotoko baby appears at some point, Trying to do this and school HELP, Fluff, Angst (not a lot tho), Aged up characters

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43183054

[crazypyp]

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I haven't posted any ShouToKouda in a bit so take this one meme redraw that went around last year that I forgot to do!

[sunny-days-and-warm-mournings]

Mezou, drunk as balls: You're the hottest boyfriend I've ever had.

Fumikage: I'm your husband.

Mezou: OMG THAT'S EVEN BETTER

[justalittlebitartsy]

Day 6: Steampunk AU 

"Children, I won't ask you to buckle up a second time. Yokai, hand me my good pistol please."

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[fandomfrenzy625]

Demon tokoyami: for what purpose have you awoken Tsukuyomi and brought about the end of reality

Shoji who just summoned him: Ummm......*blows air* you know........probably gonna go with horny

[the-shouji-kingdom]

Happy Halloween 🎃

Part 2 (x)

[purekesseltrash]

Yanno what legitimately chokes me up about shoutoko/tokoshouji/whatever spelling you use? It's the dynamic of Tokoyami, who seems to have struggled for a very long time with an incredibly strong power that feeds off of his temper, and Shouji, the guy who has seen him at his worst and didn't even fucking flinch. Wouldn't run, wouldn’t retreat, wouldn’t even go to get someone that could help because he saw past the rage and the power to see through to his friend. His friend who was in pain and trying his best and who needed him, despite said friend legit trying to attack him. And then after, Shouji was calmly looking him in the eye and basically saying 'I know you. I am not afraid. I trust you.'

It's two people, each who think that they are monstrous and not worthy or valid because of it, but each recognizing the worth and humanity in the other.

Like... GOD DAMN that is just. That is such a good ship dynamic. Especially when you also have the fact that Shouji is perpetually throwing himself in the way of danger and is self sacrificial to a legitimate fault, to the point of concealing himself so that he isn’t a bother. This compared to the guy who has really embraced what he likes and what he looks like and the perception that he gives off. And who values his friends to the point where he legitimately can't handle it, how much would that mean to someone who values everyone else above himself?

UGH I JUST. IT'S A GOOD SHIP, YOU GUYS.

[i-love-shoutoko-so-much]

My cute sweet fic to Father's Day (celebrated on the second Sunday of August, here in Brazil) with a bit of angst. I love my little girls so much.