#koshosho

[basslinegrave]

has any other poor soul here also watched koutetsu sangokushi

[ikusayu-no-hana]

The time period is the Kanko era, one of the eras that took place during the 400 years of the Heian period. With Kasen Kanesada as the captain, Ookurikara, Ichimonji Norimune, Sanchoumou, Himetsuru Ichimonji, and Nansen Ichimonji travel to Heian-kyo.

This was because they had detected abnormalities surrounding the history of Murasaki Shikibu, author of the world's oldest full-length novel, The Tale of Genji.

While the Touken Danshi are scouring Heian-kyo in search of Murasaki Shikibu, they come across a woman being hunted down by a suspicious group. Kasen Kanesada strategically instructs them: “Let us first observe their movement”, but Ookurikara ignores him and strikes at the enemy.

After the fight, the rescued woman introduces herself as Lady Koshosho. According to her, an intimate of Murasaki Shikibu, this era of Heian-kyo seems to have been overcome by the fictional world of The Tale of Genji.

Under the guidance of Lady Koshosho, Kasen Kanesada and the others begin to investigate the imperial court, where they observe Hikaru Genji animatedly engaging in amorous talk with aristocrats that never existed in actual history. It was a famous scene from the Tale: Commentaries during a Rainy Night.

Having witnessed a scene that had never existed in any era, Kasen Kanesada and the others take stock of their current situation. This was a world where "history" and "story" were reversed.

[romance-of-three-memes]

Clearly there are the very obvious differences between Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors but there are always the tiny subtle ones that catch me for whatever reason. Like in Samurai Warriors there's a level of character between playable character and your basic bitch npc, there's a character with a unique model who isn't playable and their character design is also somewhere in between the npc basic bitch and the campy Warriors aesthetic. They're still a basic bitch but not as much as the others.

And there's the fact that if a man's kids or wife/concubine isn't playable, they're never ever ever mentioned in Dynasty Warriors until they become playable, but in Samurai Warriors that rule is a bit relaxed. Like in Chronicles 3 there's this conversation where Akechi Mitsuhide off-handedly brings up his wife. And you know, he has a daughter that's playable there, so it's insinuated that there was likely a wife or concubine involved, but it still feels so weird because I'm so used to the series acting like they don't exist at all and their children just came from nowhere someday. I can't decide if it's weirder than the Dynasty Warriors situation, honestly.

Also there's Hojo Ujiyasu, who actually does talk about his npc wife who as far as I know has never been shown with enough frequency that makes her feel like she really exists. So congrats to him for being probably the only male character in the series who achieves that, I guess.

There's also the whole issue with concubines, like the Warriors series doesn't really want to admit concubines were a thing, as far as I can recall only two have been made playable, Diaochan and Koshosho. Diaochan's whole situation with Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo is presented in a way that's just vague enough for you to think maybe her relationship with Lü Bu is more of a girlfriend situation and Dong Zhuo is her weird, uncomfortable boss (plus how she's aged up in the series whereas in the rotk novel she's 15), but with Koshosho it's so awkward.

If someone playing the games wasn't really familiar with how common concubines were among upper class men and how they were seen as a symbol of status and wealth since most men could only support a single wife (say a 12 year old western kid, I dunno), they might be very confused as to what her relationship with Chosokabe Motochika is supposed to be since they're extremely vague about it. When he gets upset over his son dying she's very awkward in the way where your friend is upset about the death of someone you barely knew but you don't want to be callous and ignore them, basically. Which makes sense since he has the son that died with his Official Wife who they don't want to acknowledge the existence of because then that would be admitting concubines were a thing, but I can imagine being caught off guard if you assumed she was his wife and there wasn't anyone else involved. Man, does this lady really care so little about her own son? (who isn't actually her son, but shhh we don't talk about wives vs concubines here because that would complicate things and we don't like that)

And most of the time this works fine. Except where you have instances where the concubine AND the child of a male character both playable and it's clear the concubine is way too you to be the mother of her partner's child, like with Diaochan and Lü Bu's daughter Lingqi. Kinda awkward.

I dunno, the gender and relationship politics in this series are so weird and fascinating.

[anayka05ymewtwo06]

Mewtwo Lunar La Curiosa

Paldea Panamá Arco 5

Ep. 5 parte 5-1:El Incidente Honnoji Jpn. Anayka-Mewtwo & Nobunaga Oda El Traje Aquaplus 2 De Momiji de Anayka.

Noroteo 22:15 hrs 16 de Julio

Estaba en el Albergue Turistico de Noroteo en la Habitación donde descansaba y descubrí un Vestuario similar al de una Protagonista de To Heart 2 (Aquaplus 2) pero Al estilo Momiji de DOA 5 ultimate solo Con Mangas De Nyotengu acorde al tono del traje que esta en la foto mencionada

Con una Nota escrita por...

Querida Anayka:

Perdón que recurra a esto:Kai Koshosho y Momiji junto a Kunoichi y Kichō me pidieron que usaras este Traje de Estilo Neocampeona modo Aquaplus 2 no te enojes conmigo XD es que lo hicimos para ti para que no arruines tus uniformes iba a buscarte en galar pero no pude alcanzarte junto a Reshiram sama ella Sabia que estas en noroteo y te mandé este traje junto con un Accesorio para la Mewtwoita X llamada Silbato Mewtwoita X...pero por Favor No te enojes

Besitos...

Inahime (*Esposa De Nobuyuki Sanada)

Yo:Ay Inahime

Mewtwo:Huh? Mejor no miro que anda quitandose la ropa o me tildean de...

Mewtwo Apenada se tapó los ojos

Maya urshifu:uaaaaah (*Bostezando) huh

Mewtwo:(*Tapando los Ojos de La Urshifu):No mires a Anayka en Cuera!

Maya Urshifu:Lo siento!

Luego de haberme vestido...

Anayka:Pero si me cambie de ropa en el Vestuario y ne bañé cual es su problema si ninguna me miró desnuda? Acaso son penosas?

Mewtwo y urshifu:Perdon Pero es que Me da pena Ajena y eso..

Anayka:Ah entendible. Ey que les parece esta Ropa?

Mewtwo:Se parece a la de Momiji modo aquaplus 2 solo que las mangas tapan el escote es como la Chaqueta gris que tenias. Pero esta tiene un motivo algo diferente la llaman Neocampeona Aquaplus de Mewtwo & Xerneas pero..

Xerneas no esta en paldea...agregó mewtwo con una cara de pena

Anayka:No te Preocupes Mewtwo Recuerda que Xerneas sienpre Rezará por el bien de Las Demas Regiones junto a Yveltal. Ellos confian en nosotros y es lo que importa. Pero lo primero debemos investigar esto:Pues Debemos buscar a Nobunaga. Hace poco Nobunaga comentó algo extrañamente Peculiar es sobre el incidente Honnoji. Un incidente Algo Desastroso en el que Nobunaga Oda murió pero...se Supone que esto es el pasado de Nobunaga o sea Su Vida pasada

Lunala:Es ese el incidente de donde Nobunaga Ha Muerto?

Solgaleo:Pero es una linea diferente Anayka Resucitó a varios con la Campana que Menat le dió.

Lunala:Es cierto querido Solgaleo he escuchado de Menat ella es de Street Fighter. Ella le otorgó esa campana

Kyurem Negro:Que Hay de La Existencia de Menat?

Zacian:Una de Las Adivinas Egipcias de Street Fighter y mas Con las 12 muñecas De Shadaloo y el caso de Cammy y Charlie

Anayka:Exacto.

Menat me otorgó esta campana desde el eclipse eterno de Alola en el Año 2022 con esto resucité a Nobunaga y estar de nuestro Lado (*Trama de Warriors Orochi 3) pero...al Resucitar a Nobunaga y algunos que Murieron despues de ese Incidente como fue Yukimura quien Murió ante los ojos de Nobuyuki y volvió. Algunas Cosas Cambiaron de la Historia y otras Fueron Borradas pero Un pueblo Que Sufrió una Guerra en la Región Jotho y Censurado por The Pokémon Company injustamente debemos investigar a Fondo por que SOLO que con la Condición de NO MENCIONAR ESE NOMBRE DE ESE PUEBLO O Lugia sufriria tanto

Lunala:Pero Si Lugia ya lo Superó aunque Preocupada por esto Solgaleo debe Sentirse algo angustiado Lugia es Nuestro Amigo y no debemos dejarlo Solo

Solgaleo:Es Cierto Mi Amada Lunala Pues Anayka Veras Lunala Odia huir de una pelea aunque Es Valiente pero Con una Actitud Alta de Agresividad tambien tiene un lado amable y amorosa desde que era una pequeña nebby y en mi caso ella evolucionó a la Luz de La Luna y Yo a la luz del Sol Juró protegerme hasta los momentos mas Dificiles pero cuando Llegó Mewtwo ella no tenia a nadie aunque desconozco el porque

Lunala:Solgaleo. Lo recuerdo. Cuando los ultraumbrales Reaparecieron y ultraentes Los Legendarios desde Kanto hasta Kalos llegaron como Refugio y Mew se perdió en ese Sendero no faltó que Hasta Galar y Paldea Recobramos la Esperanza para Salvar a todos

Mewtwo:Lunala Kyurem Solgaleo pero y los padres de Samus Aran? Ella no merece estar Solita

Lunala:Ellos Murieron pero Anayka dijo que los Va a a Resucitar junto a los Chozo y los Soldados de la Federación Galactica que Cayeron en batalla Excepto Mother Brain Metroides Y Ridley el pirata espacial pero Sylux ese tipo me preocupa por odio que tiene contra Samus

Mewtwo:No Sabia que Samus tenia enemigos que Se Atreven a causarle problemas por Su existencia.

Solgaleo:Acaso no olvidas algo? Samus Oscura sigue Con vida y debemos Matarla

Anayka:Mewtwo Lunala Solgaleo Kyurem Urshifu y Zacian eso será Con el tiempo pero antes...

Mirando el Mapa de japón respecto a la Era Oda-tokugawa segun habian pistas de que investiguemos mas de ese punto pero no especificó por donde...solo una Letra con K

Mewtwo:Kalos?

Anayka:Si. Kalos

No se que Cñ hizo Xerneas pero se percató de que otra Xerneas Variadocolor diferente Brillaban ojos de odio.

Continuará...

[roahmwhosthatpokemon]

Koshōshō the Lilligant (Hisui)

Koshōshō is another in the same category as Hisahide, in that Warriors Orochi 4 is the only game where I’ve gotten to try them out.  Koshōshō made a bigger impression on me though with her moveset, very stylish and dance-like, basically using her robe to do some moves akin to aerial silk dancing.  Her name’s always a bit of a thing for me to input in things like this though as I don’t know the alt number combo right off for the o with the line over it, haha.  It is interesting though that historically, it is said that Koshōshō was older than Motochika.  It kind of matches up in away with my Pokémon given she’s a final evolution and Motochika, my Dewott, is only a mid-stage evolution.

[blue-and-art]

@dearmadartist made a version of Koshosho (historically one of Chosokabe Motochika’s concubines)—but in this Basara retelling, she actually falls in love with Nana! Here is Nana showing up at the brothel where Koshosho works, having found a “wish” Koshosho wrote to a fabled mermaid asking for help with starting a new life.

[the-art-of-phwoar]

More Reductress headlines! But this time it’s a Warriors Orochi 4 version because... yes.

[incorrectsamuraiwarriorsquotes]

Koshosho, handing out margaritas, to Gracia: You drink, right kid?

Gracia: Sure!

Mitsuhide, taking the drink out of Gracia’s hands: I don’t think so.

[chromaticcs]

Merry Christmas @lesbianchandelure!!! I was your secret santa this year!

It was a blast drawing this, and I hope you like it!

[cutepiku]

View on deviantArt It's that wonderful time of year! We have some new Valentines from Koei, Star Ocean and Slayers for you with the usual "wonderful" quotes. My guilty pleasure ship. My two favourites in SW and they seem like they'd oddly get along. So here we go!

[vampire-moon]

Some more posters for characters I would love to see in Dead or Alive 6! (However unlikely!)

Anna Williams (Tekken)

Koshosho (Samurai Warriors)

Zhang Chunhua (Dynasty Warriors)

Hades (Warriors Orochi)

[ikusayu-no-hana]

guden thought dump

(pronouns will vary, it's not deep I prommy)

the OP is so so so hot everyone is x100 more beautiful somehow . FANS. truly whats hotter than women dancing w fans. actual fav op after kiden's.

ok so im v bad at parsing lyrics in songs of any language by solely hearing them but im p sure they mention Ishiyama - the temple at which it is said murasaki shikibu wrote out the entire tale.

i've heard that ayana has a background in ballet?? norimune could high kick me any day of the week

being bi really amplifies things

hajimeyouka ^^

well the goal here is to make the tale of genji into actual history. that would implicate and fuck up the existing imperial lineage ig.

its soooo weird to see kasen being so friendly and vibing w his teammates bc usually he has a massive stick up him . he even lets ookurikara go his own separate way pursuing the shikigami (?) like???? thats a step up from the hostility theyd share n he's more trusting of kara in this honmaru.

individual fights now. norimune really is stealing the show i cant tear my eyes off herrrr.

its so cute how nansen and himetsuru call each other hime no aniki and nan-kun........ and nansen being taller than hime too. like an elegant elder sibling indulging the younger scruffier one.

hmmm so in GM the 'rainy night conversation' scene where genji and co. r dissecting what kind of woman would be the best to pursue takes place in hahakigi, literally the second chapter, and the opinions of women they put forth in the text r presented as worldly advice that spurs genji to realize that he loves fujitsubo, and in the long run, also shapes his motivations behind kidnapping wakamurasaki ("it is probably not a bad idea to take a wholly childlike, tractable wife and form her yourself as well you can"). while the entire thing does reek of misogyny its more nuanced and bealievable given that the characters justify their opinions w anecdotes (also very fucked up in their own right). guden sort of downplayed the nuance there by solely having genji, to-no-chuji et al focus on beauty and a few quick lines resembling a summary of one or two paragraphs of to-no-chujo. it serves its purpose but......i would have liked it to be a bit longer.....

OHHH MY GOD one of them says 「美しさは人を惑わせる」 / beauty leads people astray which is just like kasen saying 「美しさは兎角人を狂わせる」 / beauty tends to drive people to madness' in kiden. didnt realize my blog title could fit both sutes

*touken danshi roasting the misogynistic convo* this has so many layers bc. written by a woman -> story centred around a casanova -> adapted into a stage play for a franchise that only has male characters -> all of the roles are played by actresses

this kasen uses his hands while talking and its such an extrovert trait its throwing me off lol.

gyoukan: between the lines of the text vs honpen: main story. so gyoukan is the designated period where the people behind the roles of the characters of genji monogatari retain their original sense of self, while during honpen they completely become the characters n forget their real selves. so koshosho no kimi (one of murasaki shikubu's close friends) is the antagonistic empress mother of the tale, kokiden no nyogo.

hmmm i wonder what the mechanism that determines the turnover of gyoukan/honpen is. the touken danshi arrive in heian-kyo, and find the entire era under control of this dichotomous influence, but how did the hra even manage to pull off smth on this scale? and why even give leeway to the touken danshi to break this process by keeping the gyoukan as a loophole?

but actually id say gyoukan serves its purpose in expanding upon the finer aspects behind the work and working it into the narrative.

so murasaki shikibu's caught on to the fact that the novel's story should be destroyed to stop this historical aberration and passes the book onto koshosho no kimi's keeping and thats why shes been resisting the forced characterization even tho its honpen rn

they made rokujou no miyasudokoro an ONMYOJI

koshosho hands three books to kasen. im glad they kept this little detail bc in fact genji monogatari is divided into three parts: the first two deal with the life of Genji and the last w two of Genji's prominent descendants, niou no miya and kaoru. theres much academic contention abt how much of the later chapters murasaki shikibu herself wrote, whether there were supposed to be more chapters, all the complications added from the fact that no original text exists etc etc but sute's understandably not involving itself w all that.

how come rokujou Knows shes in a story,,,,

like what is the criteria for someone to be aware theyre an actor

norimune's so Pretty its like hes a statue in a display case made to be revered . the curves of your lips rewrite history etc

kasen literally has sparkles in his eyes when talking abt how genji is a tale of love + how his prev master was one who lived alongside love and nansen paws him and says 'you bring up your former master everytime' wwww

norimune and himetsuru whispering to each other behind norimunes fan is,. literally the peak sexy use of a fan

apparently hosokawa yuusai used to be regarded as an authority on genji .... and thats why kasen is so passionate in his explanation of it. what a nerd (affectionate)

nansen being disgusted by the fact that genjis #1 love was a woman that resembled his mother . girl it gets worse hang on tight

make way for the hottest most haunting fucking part of this sute (starts reciting th names of all 54 chapters) boy am i glad i read all the chapters guden covers

honpen time....utsusemi's chapter. really fun that they included the snippy remarks towards genjis lecherous insistence and nansen's tsukkomi to genji flattering himself. this man keeps getting more and more disgusted by genjis actions towards women its so funny

yeah they did the sex.

the poem that earns utsusemi her name in genji monogatari (just gonna shorten that to GM from now on) is: 'underneath this tree, where the molting cicada shed her empty shell / my longing still goes to her, for all i know her to be' referring to the kimono she leaves behind while escaping him. but the poem kasen recites is 'just as drops of dew settle on cicada wings, concealed in this tree / secretly, oh secretly, these sleeves are wet with my tears' which is actually utsusemi's own reply to genjis aforementioned poem in GM.

RARE kasen boke moment. at least he realized he shouldnt make utsusemi accept genjis advances for the sake of distorting GM's plot bc that would be against her wishes. consent > tentatively correcting history. rare W there. genji could never.

interesting moral conflict here...norimune and choumou would rather cut down petty things like consent for the greater good of protecting history.

ookurikara went on a solo mission to confront genji while the rest (all 5 of them) go witness utsusemis chapter. so their plan mutsve been to break apart the story by either distorting the women's part of the story, or killing genji himself. what kind of insane confidence did kasen have to let kara go on his own to kill genji lol. also whats with the uneven team distribution....

ookurikara smack cam😔😔

genji cant die bc it isnt his time to die, as per GM. so he has infinite revival and plot protection to back him up

ironic that genji calls kara dekuningyou/ wooden puppet as an insult for a hollow and manipulated being bc at the end of the day isnt he also supposed to be bound by the story thats woven around him? yeah hes gained sentience now, but originally he existed inside the fourth wall, just like originally touken danshi used to be metal. but then again, this role-reversal has been brought about precisely so that his story will be recorded as reality, as his own actions, and that would make him better than sword puppets who will always be invisible and obedient toward the saniwa.

kasen: thank you for your hard work, i appreciate it ^^

kara: im not ur errand boy

kasen: ya thats why i expressed my gratitude (classist nod)

no one perfectly knows what the creator intended save for the creator themself, so only murasaki shikibu can know the contents of kumogakure, and she alone will be able to kill him.

thats the 'lack' in GM which leaves the death subject to interpretation. what genjis last moments are like, who he was surrounded by, etc etc will never be known to us. but since theres no description of his death, in what manner will he die....

for the love of god theyre SOOOO. (not meant in a shippy way tbc)

rokujou's actress is so good. thats a fucking villain alright.

hmm when the characters place blame on murasaki shikibu for making them the way they are, theyre also discounting the coherence and agency of the tale that has its roots in courtly affairs

with sentience also comes the indispensable fourth wall . and the newfound denial of free will.

chilllllls when genji wraps the manuscript around kasen as the newly formed genji.

"a tWeLvE LAyErEd KiMiNo woNt SuiT yOU" BET

ughfjdhjsdhvjksnj aoi no ue's baby fjkdsnfkjsdnvjkdsbnfjbwkjfnrkjfnekfnjewbfskdfnrkfnuejfnskjfnjsefnefkjbejkfn this scene is so kfjsndjfkjdnjvkbfgjbdfvnwsedrftgybhnjkmnhbgfrdecfvgbhjbgfdsrxcgvhbjnkmjhuygtfrdtfwghdvbcehefbiuwgnuwifn 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 FUCK😭😭😭😭😭😭KASEN AS GENJI HOLDING HIS BABY 😭😭😭😭😭

BECAUSE THATS SOMETHING NO TOUKEN DANSHI WILL EVER GET TO EXPERIENCE IT MAKES ME A LITTLE INSANE

hes a father....like an Actual Biological father......

ok but that doesnt happen in GM like in no shape or form do they share a happy-married-couple-cradling-their-child moment like that but also i am not complaining

youve got to fucking wonder when aoi says "resembling hikaru-gimi, how beautiful you are!" to her baby is it resembling kasen. Like does she mean the abstract concept of beauty that is general rather than particular or does it have purple hair blue eyes etc. sorry

ach whys sanchoumou spouting nikkaris battle lines. and norimune's saying kogarasumaru's and hime's doing hasebe's

actually i really like this. the government's actually outdone itself . using the power of anecdotes of swords and attaching them to unrelated swords to make them stronger...well ofc the expected end result is for mkzk and to sort out the number he's done on the timeline, but this is still! so! delightfully fucked up!! the end result of increased power takes precedence over individual stories!!! the ichimonji themselves dont seem to mind the fact they might just be an experimental citadel after all .

does that mean that kasen having gracia as master wouldve made him stronger than if he was regular old kasen w tadaoki ..? and ookurikara being stronger without the date attachment ..? but they still do retain their original characteristics. except that kasen is not as intense. <-idk if thats just the way kaichan interprets him or it's intentional writing

hello ms murasaki shikibu finally. fitting that the author takes the role of she who is forever out of genjis reach, and the person playing genji is an avid GM fan thats willing to doom history as we know it to save the author. get you a man like that etc etc<- NOT.

its so very sad that genji has to find a replacement for fujitsubo in a child of all places.

'Because it's from zuka and the cast is all female, the harshness is alleviated, and because it's a female cast, the hellishness of the women who live the story as reality stands out' <- someone i follow on twt said this and its so so true

ive read a bit of murasaki shikibus diary + the context of it and the reason why people were so dissuasive of murasaki was bc she was keen on pursuing the chinese texts and those were, as a rule, male territory. while men concerned themselves w chinese characters, women wrote in kana, and . that is why the big fabric of script they use in guden has only kana on it !! bc its a tale by a women for women. 'The Tale of Genji’s readership too has been naturalized female, at times discussed as if women were the exclusive audience of the tale, not least because by Murasaki’s time in the Heian period fictional tales had long been identified as a generic category for women.' (x)

lmfaoo suetsumuhana's actress-courtier saying she didnt like sei shonagon's makura no soushi as much as shikibu's GM (<- context is that shonagon served the empress teishi and was the literary jewel of her entourage while shikibu was empress soshi's. shikibu had some not-so-polite words to say abt shonagon in her diary w)

rattles cage DEATH OF THE AUTHOR DEATH OF THE AUTHORRR

perhaps soshi asking shikibu abt why she decided to write a tale of 'man and woman' is the only instance she was asked abt her intentions behind it

i like shikibus answer actually. it doesnt advocate for separatism of the 'man' and 'woman' binary, but shelters the motivations and flaws of characters under the umbrella of simply 'people'. ofc the book is a criticism of male whims and ofc guden does take it that way, but the motivations and fates of all characters cannot be put solely in the neat category of 'due to gender', bc in the end even the characters and ofc shikibu herself realize that this is how the wider society has molded them to be. so, it is 'a tale of people'

thatd mean touken danshi are outsiders with no relation or stakes in the tale, they are neither women who have loved/endured affairs, nor are they men that whimsically toy around in love. they are there to voice (ours, the audience's) morality.

so the logic used by th Nobody is: waka and poems are permissible bc they r expressions of the heart, but not prose that contains fiction, which is why writers like izumi shikibu and sei shonagon will be spared while murasaki shikibu will fall into hell. all out of respect for buddhist precepts. (mental note to translate shiotsuki shu's blog entry soon)

and making the lie that is GM into reality/truth will absolve shikibu of her sins

just realized...didn't Ishiyama temple become a sort of tourist spot for allegedly being the spot where GM was completed? Ironic how such a 'heretical' piece of work could come into being in the house of god.

really good stuff in this paper

seeing how protests only arose from the 12th century on and there arent any surviving records of such criticism from the time shikibu wrote , im inclined to think that maybe the unnamed man that confronts shikibu is literally some rando guy from the latter centuries that got picked up by the HRA, from when the availability of printed books led to GM being way more accessible . bc come to think of it - its highly unlikely shikibu would Not know a courtier, the only class that was in the know abt GM. but then again, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, so maybe putting that 'nobody' there as a placeholder male aristocrat is so he can serve as vehicle for the problems that arise when fiction is come across by those who were unintended as target readers in the first place, in this case, men.

also its sort of ironic how the guy (the nobody) is overly concerned with the metaphysical fate of shikibu while the flow of history has proved agin and again that she remained not only an author that was respected and idealized, but also a historian that was treated as a valuable source on heian noble etiquette. typical patriarchal delusion stemming from misplaced concern.

well either way, whether all this is true or not, its p clear that there have been exaggerations and unproved myths surrounding shikibu and GM all along, whether be for or against, so should another lie really make any difference in the grand scheme of things?

'....aren't we also a big lie? what a sinful existence are touken danshi' norimunes fucking line deliveryyyy

i bet real genji made quick work of koremitsu during gyoukan to appear in front of genji!kasen as koremitsu himself lol

ah the ave maria from kiden

when the fuck did they discover they can travel to diff chapters by flipping pages ???????? itd be funny if kasen just realised that spur of the moment

fitting that empress soshi mentions chuang tzu's 'butterfly who dreams' analogy to describe their situation bc historically, she was so interested in chinese lit that she studied it under shikibu's guidance

wait so this has strayed far enough from reality that the intention has transformed this genji monogatari re-enactment into a genji kuyo? oh this FUCKS

norimune's old man laughter >>>>> mkzk's old man laughter

'the only actual person here is that man playing genji?!' theyre in platos cave. theyre all in platos cave. we were all in platos cave until now. we were all butterflies dreaming we're humans.

its the fact that everything was truly black and white until now history was history and GM was a story that was well liked until some guy came along, threw everything into chaos, managed to mix up actual existences with falsified ones, gave rise to incoherence in the story due to the existence of multiple genjis at the same time, with the sole hope that in the future some people would dig up his bones and recognize GM as a true story, but the only way to stop this contradiction is itself a contradiction: killing the main genji in kumogakure would indeed lift the altered existence of heian-kyo, but it would also accomplish his death which was what he hoped for in the first place. is this really then a plot with no holes?

good lord but that is quite a nose on suetsumuhana. it looks like...something else entirely. not gonna say what

wakey wakey @ ookurikara. congrats to date masamune for appearing in three difftypes of stage adaptations

ive said it already but its so striking how different the types of scenes we're shown of kasen as genji and kara as genji are. kasen's always romancing and getting the best scenes while kara isnt shown romancing at all

norimune is a beaut x100

GOD himes fight sequence w all the wings flapping sfx and the twirling is so elegant ..... what was that HRA formation tho lol they were just being goofy

did i mention norimune is so mesmerizing everytime she's onstage . the sex appeal is off the charts like genuinely

i keep forgetting its a woman in ookurikaras role bc she looks so cool.

I will literally never get tired of the sute trope of having kasen's fight sequences the last w dramatic music precluding his appearance onstage and him spreading his arms wide and going ware koso wa nosada ga hitofuri, kasen kanesada nari! and then wrecking shit up (god there r so many similarities between this fight and kidens hissatsu fight)

shut upppp shut up the kuyou spotlight circling the kikyou spotlight as he realizes his true story >!>!!>I!UH@*#$%^&*(struggles to breathe

final form genji looks like hes stepped out a wuxia novel. jun wu vibes fr

yayyy final fight

i think so far in the entire play norimune's had her stomach slashed in the same place thrice

i like how they include little waltz (?) dance steps into hime's fight choreo

CHILLS as norimune says theyre not the ones who'll kill genji and then all the women walk on stage

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm

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the honpen retains its influence on them....ofc they wont be the ones to kill genji. that would be incoherent with the storyline . what do you call it when the characters drawn by a woman for women are in the end too crippled by love to kill the source of their suffering? .... someone who is until the end mean in his love....

after rewinding multiple times......yes wakamurasaki does stick the knife into herself . the thrust overlaps w kasen pushing his sword into genji + lights go off so its jus t silhouettes

ah

its so fitting that genji dies right after wakamurasaki here since kumogakure follows right after maboroshi (the chapter in GM where wakamurasaki dies)

whats a little homoerotic cheek cupping between enemies...heh

we cannot leave heiankyo in any media without mentioning shuten douji ofc

kasen................why . how do you justify that

they let th HRA fucken run off w genjis dead body like bro. BRO I AM SHAKIGN YOU SO HARD . HIS CORPSE WAS RIGHT THERE HOW COME NOBODY THOUGHT OF HOLDING ON TO IT TO YKNOW, ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION THEY CAME HERE FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE .

AND DNA TESTING EXISTS????????????? COULDNT THE GUY'S BONES BE TESTED AND THEREFORE PROVED NOT TO BE GENJI BC HIS GENE POOL WOULD NOT MATCH THAT OF THE PREVIOUS IMPERIAL LINE OR SMTH. I DOUBT THE HRA METICULOUSLY PROGRAMMED THE STORY TO MAGICALLY ALTER THE GENETIC MAKEUP OF THE GUY

kasen says its alright bc itll be imperceptible but. no ? if GM is proved to be real it won't be the first fictional novel discovered anymore??? that's a Big thing

nyan's silliness is so refreshing after That

what. was that contradiction. why . what was the neeeed for a flimsy ending like that. just to secure their citadel's destruction? semt-san i know youre better than thisss i know you can write a complicated ending to your complicated premise but this really wasnt it

'even though you might be broken, gozen sure is carefree' lets just carry on like normal after saying that yeah

hime saw kasen stuck in platos cave slowly realizing he should turn around and said no we hold on to the illusion that everythign right in frotn of us is reality. harsh ? maybe, but it coheres. the ichimonji are after all government tools.

hell is other people hell is us . theres so much potential here for sequels of zukatousute, esp since they brought up og tousute's manba and mkzk. feels cruel to leave that honmaru hanging.

curtain call now

shu is so cute she talked abt how she was out of letter sets so she couldnt send her honmaru's nansen for his kiwame

sayato sumiki saying she'll feel #gudenloss

noooooo maomao is so close to tears ;-; but also WOW the gap moe

so ayana's voice is so much higher than what she uses for norimune... i could listen to her for hours ….. heart is taking -1000 dmg

zachouuuuuuuuuuu aaaaaaaaa. [mimes closing a book] "i believe its time to close this story." *someone from the cast whispering "kawaii!"*

all in all, i think the genji monogatari + jinbutsu storyline was pretty solid and did make for a gripping plot but the ending that the touken danshi chose troubles me to no end......ideally kara wouldve snatched genjis corpse and theyd have given him a proper cremation and theyd have pondered the same things they do after the hra take away genji

or what would also have been fun is kasen and kara realizing their altered stories were due to the government's tampering and thus letting go of genji was a conscious decision between two of them setting up for a nice kurikase / ichimonji-seifu dichotomy where they chose to remain true to themselves while the ichimonji willingly give their stories up and resign themselves to being mere tools

......plus the fact that none of them ever mentioned smth like hope to see you in another sute work! in the curtain call...........aaaa it's too sad

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I was kinda bothered by Koshosho in the beginning of her campaign, worrying that she was just another Nou clone, but she actually had a really nice character development! Her ending was so bittersweet, loved it!

Plus, Gracia is my precious daughter an I will protect her.

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femme fatales 💋🗡️ for a trade with @daphneblakess ! I had fun experimenting with this piece - hope you like it! 

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Poor Li Dian, tied up by women he’s afraid of.

Based off of Li Dian and Koshosho's bond interaction in WO4

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