#bullet train kotaro isaka

[cowboy-finch]

So I just started reading the Bullet Train book today and so far these are some of my favourite moments.

SPOILER WARNING UNDER THE CUT

[theres-a-bea]

WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKK

IT'S ANOTHER NANAO BOOK YOU GO BABY GO REDEEM YOURSELF FROM WHATEVER THE FUCK BRAD PITT DID TO YOU

YALL BETTER NOT MAKE IT FLOP LIKE THE MANTIS

[pianobandit]

The assassins and their handlers.

Moral of the stories, keep your employees happy and you can stay alive. Also, as employer, you should be capable of handling the types of job you assign yourself too. Clearly Maria is doing great.

[savvywavvy96]

Where is the love for Bullet Train!?!?

I don’t know how to delete the shark

[sohcah--toa]

bullet train/マリアビートル details ~

Hello!! I recently dug up the Bullet Train script (if you search it up, you should be able to find it relatively easily!! I'm not sure if it's completely reliable but it seems to be the first version) and listened to the soundtrack. (It's awesome, you should listen if you haven't already!!)

There's a lot of stuff here about マリアビートル, I hope you enjoy reading 🥳 (It's really ridiculous)

-- 1 ) LEMON'S CHILDHOOD // BACKGROUND(??)

I attached a photo for reference in the book!! :D (there's highlighter marks, I'm sorry) His backstory is tragic and aahh noo 🥹... I won't say much on it because we're all thinking the same thing. In the script, this is carried over when Lemon passes out because of the water. But apparently, in the final movie, this isn't shown a lot. In the book and movie, they aren't brothers and have a considerably colder relationship, so I can understand why the childhood scene in the cut is so much more wholesome. (Still supersuper cool though!!)

-- 2) "I'm forever blowing bubbles"

The original reason why this song was chosen for Bullet Train was because of Tangerine's West Ham United sticker (turns out, that's a football club). Hey!! But wait a minute!! There's a funny coincidence because Ladybug in the book was trying to become a football star. He has a quote that's like "my friend told me that someone like me could either become a footballer or a criminal, so I did both" and he says that his first crime was stealing a football.

The song delves into themes surrounding fortune as well!! I love their music selection 🙇‍♂️😤

-- 3) THREE ASSASSINS/グラスホッパー REFERENCES

Okay this part (in a way...) contains spoilers for Three Assassins, which is the first book of the "series"! ! The story revolves around a guy named Suzuki, who appears again in Bullet Train!! He kinda-sorta becomes friends with Ladybug and it's like 😊 they are so happy. To be completely honest, Suzuki's a bit traumatised but so is Ladybug, right?? Lovely friendship!!

It's also so interesting that he's reading a hotel buffet menu because his wife used to love eating at buffets and he adopted the habit of hoarding all the food as well. He's on the train to meet with his dead wife's family (which was extremely difficult for him after her passing).

-- 4) BULLET TRAIN REFERENCES IN THE MANTIS/AX

There's this other book in the series called The Mantis or AX for the Japanese version. This one isn't talked about a lot but if you like family stories, this book is so so soo good. It really pulled at my heartstrings when I first read it but I can't say too much without spoiling everything. Anyway, it makes a few references to Bullet Train and literally starts with the main character, Kabuto (an assassin), having a flashback to talking to Tangerine and Lemon during one of his missions, where they had the same target so they worked together. The Twins really respect him, actually, but find it funny that he's so careful around his wife (YES KABUTO, AN ASSASSIN, HAS A WIFE). Some characters reappear so.. :")) yay!!

-- 5) 777

Ladybug comes back!! He comes back in the latest book in the series; 777. So far, the Japanese reviews have been pretty positive and I think there's an English translation coming in November!! 🥳 I like how the title is 777; 7 like 7 tails in Nanao (七尾), car 7, his favourite number is 7 (if I recall correctly), 7 the "lucky number".

-- 6) THIS GUY

No one asked but I heavily dislike the Prince in the book. (to be honest, who doesn't...) He's just mean for no reason and likes ruining people's lives, makes fun of poor Ladybug (this really isn't that bad compared to the other stuff he does) and yeah, the list goes on. Also apparently he (heavily) tortures other schoolmates and it's not like he gets paid for it like the Twins or the other guys. He just does it for fun?? OK!! The premise of his character is amazing and it's great to see a villain that's actually just straight evil but since he's designed that way, we are validated when hating him ww. He talks about politics as well for some reason... keeps referencing historical tragedies.... man.

-- 7) ASAGAO/THE PUSHER

The Pusher is back too!! Weee~ (not really)

In the movie, it seems as though this entire part got cut out which, like, is reasonable. I attached a photo from the Grasshopper (2015) movie for reference hahaha. The guy in the black suit is the Pusher!! Yeah, he pushes people!! (not in the fun way!!)

He is in charge of protecting Wataru from the Prince's guy, although he's reluctant at first. He's obsessed with bugs and stuff. Whenever he opens his mouth, it's probably going to be about bugs. The Pusher's also strangely poetic. Maybe it's because he likes old bands like the Rolling stones? Oh!! And he gets mentioned in The Mantis.

And speaking of the Kimura family, Yuichi Kimura says something very true and it's:

"who do they gotta make the train toilets so nasty"

-- 8) LADYBUG IS COOL

This is very much a fact. In Mariabeetle, he gets kidnapped when he's 8 years old because he gets mistaken for a rich kid (after he lost a bet with his wealthy friend and had to wear his "rich person backpack"), then in the place he's being held captive, he escapes by HIMSELF since his dad isn't able to give the guys money for his son back (since they took the wrong person!!). But heyy he's resourceful and smart.

AND guess what?? He gets traumatised because there was this other boy being held but Ladybug didn't save him and it's haunted him ever since. This is also one of the reasons why he ends up helping the Prince even though he knows it won't do him any good.

Obviously, it gets worse from there. He makes it back to his family and they're pretty happy. Unfortunately, they're far from rich and Ladybug has to study extremely hard to get into a college. Spoiler alert, he doesn't. THE THING IS!! He studied so hard!! It's just that during his exam, some kid sneezed on his paper and he wiped it, smudging all his work and even his name!! Nanao! No!!

-- 9) TANGERINE BOOK RECS

To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

"We perished, each alone."

-> He really loves that quote. A lot. Also he's a Virginia Woolf fan!!

2. Forbidden Colours - Yukio Mishima

-> He's also a Yukio Mishima fan... I wonder if he's ever read "The Sound of Waves". What would he think about it? Hahaha this will keep me up at night 😅 (<- SLANTED EMOJI!!)

3. The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea - Yukio Mishima

-> To talk about Article 41 of the Penal Code of Japan. (Mr Kotaro Isaka, the author, studied law, by the way!! It's interesting!!) However, here, Tangerine quotes Mishima on Article 41 ;)

4. Hemingway and Faulkner

-> Actually it's a collection so it's not really a book recommendation but these two people are real - Ernst Hemingway (the Old Man and the Sea guy) and William Faulkner. They didn't really get along, by the way, and even though they respected the other's work, they criticised more than praised. Sounds like the Twins.

5. Demons - Fyodor Dostoevsky

-> "Crime is no longer insanity, but simply common sense, almost a duty; anyway, a gallant protest."

I think the author is a heavy Fyodor Dostoevsky fan, just because he also referenced his works in Three Assassins.

6. Crime and Punishment ;D

-> "Science now tells us, love yourself before all men, for everything in the world relies on self-interest."

(CONT'D) yeahh this book was referenced in Three Assassins and one of the characters is obsessed with it. Glad to see that Tangerine is a fan too hahahaha.

-- 10) LEMON IS AWESOME

Opinionated text here but Lemon is plain awesome.

"Between the principal's name and Doraemon's gadgets, it was blindingly obvious which one was more important."

To each their own and I know he's a criminal but he seems like he has no enemies. Sounds very wholesome.

-- 11) HORNET THE MVP

She's in Three Assassins AND the Mantis!! Hypercool. In both books, the Hornet is a team of a male and a female. The female is eliminated (this word choice ww) by Ladybug but the male is still up and kicking, though Ladybug feels bad about it. They use poison needles, like the movie, but they trigger anaphylaxis, which is a really dangerous allergic reaction that causes body shocks.

-- 12) SUZUKI: PHILOSOPHER AND ECONOMIST

"If people knew that they might be killed by someone tomorrow, economic activity would grind to a halt."

... well 😅 take from that what you will.

(that's Suzuki!!)

Cela dit... that's all.... so long, I'm sorry. But thank you so much if you read until the end!! I hope you at least found it a bit entertaining!! :"))

[tawus]

New chapter!

Summary: You're the daughter of an oil magnate and it's the night before your big speech which risks shaking the entire oil industry. The rebel, the wayward offspring, the traitor - that is you.

As you're sipping your cocktail in the lounge bar of your luxury hotel, a handsome stranger sits down opposite you and claims in that distinct East London accent, with those ocean blues on you, that tonight you are going to die.

Fandom: Bullet Train (2022)

Tags: plot-rich, porn with plot, sex pollen, aphrodisiac, drugged sex, poisoning, action, blood & violence, drinking, smoking, dirty talk, dubcon, mirror sex, creampie, hotel sex, fingerfucking, multiple orgasms, overstimulation, gunplay, mental breakdown, strength kink, praise kink, rough sex, guns, shooting, angst & fluff, dom tangerine, protective tangerine

Status: In Progress

Read it here:

• Chapter 1

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• Chapter 4

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• Chapter 9 >>

[americas1suiteheart]

Ladybug would be the type of motherfucker to go to the barbie movie and then immediately search for an "I am Kenough," shirt or hoodie online and buy it, then proceed to wear it at least once a week.

I love him so much

[whisperingwillowxox]

"Tangerine can't quite place how he felt about insects when he was younger. He has memories of killing them wholesale, but also remembers crying over dead ones and giving them miniature funerals." - Kotaro Isaka, Bullet Train

[d1zzygr3y]

Listening to Kotaro Isaka’s Hitman trilogy and his ability to create characters has me giggling and kicking my feet. How does he create a more pathetic wet cat protagonist (term used loosely) every single book? What do you mean The Whale’s power is “You should kill yourself… NOW!” I’m only like 30% into The Mantis so I can’t speak definitively of course but WHAT? This man is literally moonlighting as a contract killer but has to steel himself for like 20 minutes standing in his yard covered in ski pants and duct tape to get the hornet nest out of his yard. Three Assassins and Bullet Train both start with a character being like “my loser idiot son, whom I hate” 10 minutes before the loser idiot son in question dies gruesomely. These books are INSANE.

[fifth-dimensional]

It’s so surreal that they decided to use the cover of the Bullet Train film on the Bullet Train book, given that most of the characters barely match their descriptions from the books (if not outright contradicting them), and one of the characters is an entirely different gender. I’m imagining how flummoxed someone would be if their first experience with this story was the novel with this cover.

I also love the tagline of “Five Killers. One Journey.” Which ones are the five killers? Many of them are implied to be killers but it’s not outright stated, and some of the killers aren’t on the train the whole time, so I think the tagline should be more like “Somewhere Between Five and Ten Killers. One Journey.”

[popfishjr]

[quickmrvlsvenja]

本 - The Book

[pianobandit]

🚆📖Momo 🍑

As owner of the biggest underground info broker, Momo must be pretty good at handling herself among all the dangerous ppl. She’s got the deets on everyone and nobody wants her dead?

Oh and ya…all the lovely boys…🥲

[ohara-n-brown]

Bullet Train fandom I’m literally gonna explode

Idk if y’all know but there’s a loose-prequel of Bullet Train called Three Assassins that takes place in the same world. It was published before Bullet train but it only got translated to English very recently

and MY GOD is it good. If you love Ladybug/Nanao just wait until you meet the disaster Suzuki, a math teacher who joins a gang to avenge his wife expect, except he has no idea what the hell he’s doing

Plus it adds three new assassins to the canon: The Whale, The Cicada, and The Pusher. Each of which are extremely talented and oddly wholesome despite them having ass backwards morals

And there’s NO fandom for it whatsoever 😭 Y’all please

[sohcah--toa]

(picture for context 🙇‍♂️:"D )

Ladybug doing a commercial(?) for some unknown reason... Sooo many questions www... who hired him to do this in the first place?? 😤

But I hope you like the silly drawing regardless~ ✍️

[haliaiii]

Kinda wanna make a comparison list of the bullet train book vs the movie just for fun since I reread it (includes spoilers for both movie and book)

- So in the book there really isn't a main character, it's most likely hinted to be Kimura instead of Nanao (ladybug)

- the book gives you more info onto what happened to Kimura's son, apparently the prince pushed him off a department store building (he lives dw)

- the villain in the movie (white death) does not exist in the book, it's actually the previous yakuza boss (Minegishi) that the white death killed in the movie who's the villain (the prince also has no relation what so ever to this guy)

- the prince in the book is a young school boy and the reason he pushes Kimura's son off a building to lure him into killing Minegishi is because he's an actual sociopath who like to manipulate people

- Lemon and Tangerine actually aren't brothers in the book, they just look similar so people assume they're twins

- Lemon in the book and the movie are more or less the same but Tangerine is really into novels and is a Virginia Woolf fan (he recommends novels to lemon but lemon doesn't read them because he only likes books with pictures)

- (spoilers) in the book both lemon and tangerine die, lemon is killed by the prince (fr this time) and then tangerine is killed by ladybug when he tried to get revenge on the prince

- Book Ladybug's real name is Nanao and him and his movie counterpart aren't too different except he's a lot more cringefail in the book

- The wolf actually doesn't really have a prominent role in the book, his whole backstory was movie original (he literally just shows up and gets his neck snapped, poor guy-)

- Kimura's mom in the book is actually not dead, she's also a cool assassin like his dad and they both go onto the train together to take on the prince and have a chat with him

- what happens to the prince at the end of the book is not told and kinda left up to the imagination, all we get is that Kimura's parents took him and probably did something (probably killed him)

-Kimura spends the last few chapters of the book presumably dead and locked inside the train bathroom with a very dead Lemon, there's no cool fight scene at the end of the book :/

- Kimura is also not a great dad but a good enough one to go and kill a 14 year old who pushed his son off a building, he's also a recovering alcoholic

- the hornet in the book is the lady who was the server (not the one in the weird character suit thing she was wearing)

- prince's real name is Satoshi Oji, that's why he's nicknamed prince (also because he manipulates his whole class at school and his friends)

-Kimuras parents have no relation to Minegishi, they're both well respected assasins instead

Anyway that's all I have for now, i definitely left out a lot but I'm gonna stop here. I enjoyed the book and the movie a lot, i wouldn't really say the movie is an adaptation of the book but more like heavily inspired since the plot is pretty different towards the end. Definitely enjoyed the movie tho even if I'm a book fan