Thank you so much for ur work for this community 😭
thank you!! so, listen, I need to get some casey, jorge and valentino images out into the world
this is from the 2007 qatar post-qualifying press conference. obviously it's not just the three of them given colin edwards is like. right in the middle. (and *checks notes* gábor talmácsi is also there.) but still a photo of historical significance... casey's first ever race with the ducati (which he very much wins), plus valentino with his then-current teammate edwards and then-future teammate jorge... it's a bit unclear when jorge was actually signed - lin jarvis implies it was in 2006 but if that's the case, edwards seemed to be under the impression for a little too long that he wasn't going to lose that seat. anyways! look at wee nineteen year old jorge lorenzo, look at his utter absence of anything approaching a smile... look at him
misano 2007 post-qualifying press conference and a very powerful photo imo... some nicely contrasting vibes here, good composition... jorge had already been announced as valentino's teammate, and the title is already more or less in casey's pocket (even more so after casey won here and valentino had a mechanical dnf lol - they'd basically brought the race back to the calendar for valentino so this was. not ideal! incidentally still the last race with an entirely non-european podium.)
not much from 2008 tbh. casey and vale took turns to flop in the first bit of the season and then jorge started crashing his brains out. anyway these are from indianapolis, at a time when jorge was just about in the process of getting his act together while casey had crashed in his last three races (including laguna where he picks up the bike to finish p2). quite fond of this race actually, bit of a mess due to the weather and ends up getting red-flagged
first race of 2009.... casey's scheduled annual qatar win. decent shout for his most boring one of the lot, sorry king
pre-event presser before mugello, where valentino had won seven consecutive times headed into the 2009 race. if I'm valentino I low-key never show my face again after the le mans catastrophe but whatever it's fine
the le mans fiasco in question
anyway mugello is another wet-ish race that valentino ended up playing too conservatively because of the le mans horror show. so casey wins! also jorge beats valentino! old man's washed! just about scams his way onto the podium
italian press weren't particularly kind to valentino for having the audacity to lose mugello. they said it was over... he was finished... imagine only winning a race seven times in a row. was he even trying any more? loser
valentino bounced back at catalunya 2009 in highly dramatic fashion (y'know, it's the one with the last corner overtake). moment of deep historical significance in which jorge pulls valentino down from the podium to give him a hug
first race where casey was really struggling with his mystery illness... idk if I were valentino or jorge I'd maybe check if the third guy on the podium isn't about to drop dead but. well. professional athletes, never really been known for their empathy. they did clap along with the journalists in the post-race press conference when the moderator thanked casey for actually making it to the presser, so that's something?
we all have our struggles
the very next race. immaculate vibes imo. the 2009 title fight going into assen had all three of them tied on 106 points... #heritage
anyway the race itself is pretty boring (as unfortunately are many of the races that year), but it's valentino's 100th win so good on him ig. he got out a special banner with photos of all his wins, which would've been an absolute pain to lug around if he'd not immediately won the next race after his 99th
cute. unfortunately, this is now very much mystery illness period for casey... heroic effort to get himself to the podium but not much more was possible at the time
laguna 2009 post-quali presser. jorge is sitting for the photo, because even though he'd bagged pole, he had a massive highside right at the end of qualifying... hurt both his ankles and his shoulder. he'd also had a horrendous highside right at the start of laguna '08, did a good job to banish his gremlins in order to win at the circuit in 2010
qatar 2010... can't have been after the race because casey crashed :/ valentino grabbed the win, before immediately injuring his shoulder in a motocross accident. all went downhill from there, really. damn the eruption of eyjafjallajökull we were robbed
laguna 2010 podium, most memorable as 'that time when they accidentally played the italian anthem rather than the spanish one and valentino thinks it's extremely funny' (clip here). extremely poor quality photo shows casey found it funny too. very #them thing to happen to them. valentino buddy the cap's supposed to remain off for the duration of the anthem
this is very much post-leg break btw, still pretty cordial with each other given some of the stuff they'd been saying about each other to the press during that period lol (not casey/jorge, they were basically fine by this point)
presser right after jorge and valentino's little motegi misadventure... gifs from the presser. valentino's smirk vs casey's grin while jorge is being interrogated, I think about you often...
this was casey's fourth consecutive phillip island win (of six total)... isn't that just like. an incredibly cool circuit to be goated at. does mean the fight for the victory was generally quite boring - though the battles behind casey weren't always exactly thrilling either, so you can blame that on the era too. 2008 and 2010 has decent action behind casey, 2009 is the closest casey was pushed for the win and 2011 at least has a bit of weather-related jeopardy
valencia 2010, photos taken before unfortunate events
last shared podium!! le mans 2012, a fun wet race that featured the final proper casey/vale duel at the race after casey's retirement announcement so has real sentimental value... congrats to valentino for not collecting casey this time. presser clip where he shows he's also pretty glad about how he (just about) managed this
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Ranking Ajins by Death Toll
Oh but count them I did.
Have you ever wanted a comprehensive list of Ajin deaths? Well, here is one anyways!
The list is based on manga events as I actually haven't seen the anime 😬
The ranking only includes Ajins (AKA revivable characters) because otherwise the list would be…even longer than it is and 90% of it would be no-name characters. They also MUST make an appearance (so ruling out mentioned Ajins, like the Chinese Ajin with 2,000+ deaths).
Without further ado, AJIN CHARACTERS RANKED FROM MOST TO LEAST DEATHS!
...under the cut (I’m sorry, it is very long)...
🚨CW for Ajin typical shenanigans (death, mutilation, suicide, the like)🚨
Ranking by onscreen/shown deaths
Satou (44 deaths)
Kei Nagai (35 deaths)
Kou Nakano (15 deaths)
Koji Tanaka (9 deaths) TIE
Izumi Shimomura (9 deaths) TIE
Takahashi (6 deaths)
Masumi Okuyama (4 deaths)
Shinya Nakamura (2 deaths)
Reiji Akiyama (firefighter) (1 death) TIE
Himeko Tachibana (diet member passing the Ajin bill) (1 death) TIE
Satou detractor (with the cross-body bag) (1 death) TIE
Satou collaborator (with the two IBMs) (1 death) TIE
Ranking by estimations
Koji Tanaka (5,892 deaths)
Satou (692 deaths)
Kei Nagai (347 deaths)
Kou Nakano (215 deaths)
Izumi Shimomura (9 deaths)
Takahashi (7 deaths)
Masumi Okuyama (5 deaths)
Shinya Nakamura (2 deaths)TIE
Reiji Akiyama (firefighter) (2 deaths) TIE
Satou detractor (with the cross-body bag) (2 deaths) TIE
Satou collaborator (with the two IBMs) (2 deaths) TIE
Himeko Tachibana (diet member passing the Ajin bill) (1 death)
Everyone gets +1 to account for their first death in the estimation rankings (except Satou, Kei, Kou, Izumi, Shinya, and Ms. Tachibana because their first deaths were shown and already counted in the initial ranking)
Ajin’s with too little information to estimate (at least one death)
Takeshi Kotobuki
Jun Suzuki
Dr. Smith
Jim
Satou detractor (with the glasses)
Satou collaborator (with the glasses)
✨Honorable mention✨
Kai (by technicality)
Let’s go into some more detail about each death and estimation calculations.
Deaths are listed chronologically by manga appearance. “S” means it was self-inflicted with intention. They have to be the ones to cause the fatal blow (aside from one exception, being Izumi throwing herself in front of a car). Assisted suicide, like Tanaka stabbing Satou as a demonstration, does not count as self-inflicted.
Koji Tanaka
Gunshot to head (chpt 1)
Crushed by hydraulic press (chpt 2)
Stabbed with rods (chpt 3)
Neurological experiments (assumed) (chpt 3)
Dismemberment by lab researchers (assumed) (chpt 3)
Collision trauma (used as a crash test dummy) (chpt 14)
Gunshot to head by Gen (chpt 33)
Gunshot to head by Satou (chpt 37)
Assumed reset (shoulder wound from Satou is gone) (chpt 43) S
+1 for first death (implied in chpt 13).
+1 assumed reset after being accidentally shot by Satou in chapter 41. His shoulder wound is gone and he (or the rest of the gang for that matter) probably wouldn’t wait for it to heal.
+1 assumed reset at some point after chapter 56. His leg wound—where he got stabbed by the minister's goons—disappears. Could have been forgotten about, could be he’s still walking around with it, but I think they would want to be in top shape when fighting Satou, so I’m counting it as a reset.
+5,880 for deaths while in captivity. Some were already included, but it pales in comparison to the total count. Tanaka was probably subject to experiments everyday. Let’s assume 3 deaths per hour (accounting for setup time and various death methods), 8 hours in a working day, and 245 working days in a year (Japanese work duration from Google). Which means in 10 years that’s 5,880 deaths. This is a very VERY general approximation, not taking into account probable overtime, lengthier experiments resulting in slower deaths, or extremely fast causes of death like getting shot. Regardless, with 10 years of captivity, Tanaka’s death toll is certainly the highest.
Tanaka’s total estimated deaths: 9 + 5,883 = 5,892
1 suicide, 2 estimated suicides
Satou
Stabbed by Tanaka (chpt 6)
Gunshot to head (chpt 9) S
Shot multiple times by Kei (chpt 10)
Stabbed and tossed around by Kei's IBM (chpt 11)
Shot by Tanaka (accidentally) (chpt 15)
Plane crash (chpt 19) S
Shot by SAT (chpt 20)
Shot by SAT (chpt 20)
Shot by SAT (chpt 20)
Shot by SAT (chpt 20)
Shot by SAT (chpt 20)
Shot by SAT (chpt 20)
Shot by SAT (chpt 21)
Shot by SAT (chpt 21)
Shot by SAT (chpt 21)
Shotgun to the chest (chpt 21) S
Diced by wood-chipper (chpt 35) S
Caught in explosion (chpt 36) S
Gunshot to head (chpt38) S
Gunshot to head by Kuroki (chpt 38)
Gunshot to head by Kuroki and Suzumura (chpt 38)
Gunshot to head by Kuroki and Suzumura (chpt 38)
Gunshot to head (chpt 38) S
Gunshot to head (chpt 40) S
Impaled by own IBM (chpt 40) S
Gunshot to head (after severing arm) (chpt 42) S
Jumped off Forge Safety building (chpt 42) S
Gunshot to head by gang members (chpt 47) FIRST DEATH
Decapitation by Takahashi's IBM (chpt 52)
Gunshot to head (assumed) (chpt 54) S
Shot by soldiers (chpt 54)
Shot by soldiers (chpt 54)
Gunshot to head (chpt 54) S
Blown up by C4 (chpt 54) S
Shot by soldiers (after intended suicide detonation) (chpt 55)
Gunshot to head (chpt 57) S
Bomb vest and plance crash (chpt 60) S
Bomb vest and plance crash (chpt 61) S
Bomb vest and plance crash (assumed, offscreen) (chpt 62) S
Bomb vest and plance crash (chpt 65) S
Bomb vest and plance crash (assumed, offscreen) (chpt 65) S
Bomb vest (chpt 71) S
Gunshot to head (after severing arm, assumed) (chpt 71) S
Head trauma/snapped neck from falling from heli after being shot by Manabe (chpt 76)
+40 for deaths from organ harvesting. Satou trades 10 livers, 10 kidneys, and 10 hearts for guns in chapter 8 so that’s at least 10 deaths. I don't think he would ask Tanaka to help given him being freshly released from lab experiments. Nekozawa calls him “a valued client”, it’s implied he’s done this before. Satou needed guns to save Tanaka, but aside from that we don’t know how many times he’s done this. Let’s just add another 30 deaths on top of the 10.
+540 for deaths from repeat killings by SAT. I imagine the SAT encounter until Satou’s recovery was quite fast and lasted at most 5 minutes. Killing Satou at a rate of 2 shots per second means 600 deaths in 5 minutes. Let’s subtract 60 (half a minute of deaths) to account for moments when SAT was distracted by Takahashi’s sniping.
+15 for deaths from fighting with SAT offscreen. Satou is a power house. He takes out at least 5 people for every death of his own. Slapping on an estimated extra 15 deaths from this fight since he was still tuckered out by the end.
+3 for deaths from fighting gang members (chapter 47). Though unarmed against a group of 100+ men, Satou would probably make quick work of these guys since they seem mostly untrained. Slapping on an estimated extra 3 deaths.
+50 for deaths from fighting Iruma Air Base soldiers (chapter 55-57). I’ve had enough of this dude. Let’s just add 50 more for his fight against the army base soldiers since they are highly trained, killing him without restraint, and there are a lot of them. Satou is also visibly weary by the end of it.
Satou total estimated deaths: 44 + 648 = 693
22 suicides, at least 40 estimated suicides
Kei Nagai
Hit by a truck (severed in half yikes) (chpt 1)
Strangled (chpt 2)
Slit throat (chpt 3) S
Bike crash (chpt 6) S
Stab to chest (after torture and dismemberment) (chpt 7)
Dismemberment by lab researchers (assumed) (chpt 8)
Drowned (chpt 12)
Stabbed in the throat (chpt 17) S
Shotgun to the chest (chpt 22)
Assumed reset (head wound from car crash is gone) (chpt 22) S
Shot by Satou via attack helicopter (dream sequence, yeah buckos i'm counting these) (chpt 31)
Assumed reset (hand wound is gone) (chpt 33) S
Caught in explosion caused by Satou (chpt 36)
Gunshot to head by Kou (chpt 39)
Gunshot to head (chpt 39) S
Gunshot to head by Satou (chpt 40)
Gunshot to head by Hirasawa (chpt 41)
Gunshot to head by Hirasawa/Kou (after severing both arms) (chpt 42)
Gunshot to head by Hirasawa (chpt 42)
Fell off Forge Safety building (after being shot) (chpt 43)
Hypoxia (chpt 49) FIRST DEATH
Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S
Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S
Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S
Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S
Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S
Slit throat (assumed, to heal fingers) (chpt 57) S
Gunshot to head (after poped eardrums) (chpt 60) S
Gunshot to head by Anti-Demis (chpt 61)
Plane crash and explosion caused by Satou (chpt 70)
Gunshot to head by Satou (chpt 72)
Impaled by own hostile IBM (chpt 72)
Gunshot to head (chpt 77) S
Gunshot to head (missing an arm and impaled on a rod) (chpt 78) S
HIT BY A TRUCK LMAO DUMBASS (chpt 83)
+240 for deaths while in captivity. Using the same metrics as Tanaka, in 10 days Kei died 240 times. Again, this is a very general approximation.
+72 for drowning deaths while adrift for a week (chapter 14). The stages of drowning take between 10-12 minutes. But let's be generous and say Kei either lucked out with calmer waters or manages to stay afloat for longer. So he drowns at a rate of 1 death per hour. Let’s also say Kei was confused and his estimation of being adrift for a week was off (downing consecutively will do that to a man), and he was only in the water for 3 days. I also don’t think he would be floating around for a week, especially if he didn’t make it out of Tokyo Bay.
Kei total estimated deaths: 35 + 312 = 347
15 suicides
Kou Nakano
Jumped out a window (chpt 15) S
Electrocution (chpt 16) S
Bled out (after falling from aparment building, stabbed in the stomach, run over by Tosaki) (chpt 16) S...ish...I’m counting as 0.5
Impaled by Kei's IBM (chpt 16)
Jumped off a cliff (chpt 17) S
Assumed reset (leg wounds from Kei are gone) (chpt 17)
Impaled by Kei's IBM (chpt 25)
Hanging (chpt 26) S
Shot by Satou via attack helicopter (dream sequence) (chpt 31)
Caught in explosion caused by Satou (chpt 36)
Impaled by Tanaka's IBM (chpt 37)
Gunshot to head by Kei (chpt 39)
Gunshot to head by Kei/Hirasawa (assumed) (chpt 41)
Fell off Forge Safety building (semi-accidental) (chpt 42) S, another 0.5
Head trauma (could also be eventual starvation/dehydration) (chpt 43) FIRST DEATH
+200 for deaths from hanging. We are doing a lot of assuming, so let’s continue that trend. Let’s say Kou would only hang himself for 5 hours a day after training and before bed. Let’s also say they had approximately two weeks of training. To account for extra training, rest time, and Kou generally not feeling up for dying on repeat, we’ll assume out of the two weeks, Kou only used 10 days. Where am I getting these numbers? My gut tells me so (source: trust me bro).
Short drop hanging takes 10-20 minutes for complete brain death. Let's take the middle road and say 15 minutes. So on average, 4 deaths per hour. 4 x 5 x 10 = 200 deaths.
Kou total estimated deaths: 15 + 200 = 215
5 suicides, 200 estimated suicides
Kou and Satou were really hard to estimate for, but we powered through lads.
Izumi Shimomura
Impaled by Tanaka's IBM (chpt 4)
Head trauma (chpt 27)
Untreated illness/STD (chpt 27) FIRST DEATH
Fell off a building with Satou's IBM (dream sequence) (chpt 31)
Bled out (after losing an arm fighting Tanaka) (chpt 39)
Gunshot to head by Tosaki (assumed) (chpt 41)
Hit by car (chpt 56) S
Shot in the throat (chpt 56)
Gunshot to head by Satou (chpt 78)
I’m assuming Izumi didn’t die after Tosaki hired her since she wasn’t being researched nor was it likely she needed to die for Tosaki as a bodyguard.
Izumi total estimated deaths: 9
1 suicide
Takahashi
Sniper shot to the head (chpt 21)
Sniper shot to the head (chpt 21)
Sniper shot to the head (chpt 21)
Gunshot to head by Gen (chpt 33)
Assumed reset (shot by Satou) (chpt 37)
Gunshot to head by Anti-Demis (chpt 66)
Takahashi total estimated deaths: 6 + 1 = 7
Masumi Okuyama
Carbon dioxide poisoning (chpt 32) S
Electrocution (chpt 32) S
Assumed reset (shot by Satou) (chpt 37)
Improvised explosive device (chpt 58) S
Okuyama total estimated deaths: 4 + 1 = 5
3 suicides
Shinya Nakamura
Motorcycle crash (accidental beheading) (chpt 9.5) FIRST DEATH
Gunshot to head (chpt 9.5)
Shinya total estimated deaths: 2
Reiji Akiyama
Bled out (after being harpooned and fighting Tanaka's IBM) (chpt 15)
Akiyama total estimated deaths: 1 + 1 = 2
Satou detractor (with the cross-body bag)
Bled out (shot in spleen by Tanaka) (chpt 15)
Total estimated deaths: 1 + 1 = 2
Satou collaborator (with the two IBMs)
Sliced in half after pushed off building by Izumi (chpt 63)
Total estimated deaths: 1 + 1 = 2
Himeko Tachibana
Satou's plane crash (chpt 65) FIRST DEATH
Total estimated deaths: 1
Kai
Gunshot through throat by Satou (chpt 72)
Total estimated deaths: 1
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