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桜前線

The cherry blossom flont

美の山公園。

まさに見頃！

Momoyama Park is the Best time to see cherry blossoms!

Trip:149.8km

Odo:8343.9km

[catboyaramaki]

[deuteriumuniverse]

Gosho's Detective Picture Book Reviews

My review of detectives (and detective novels) based on Gosho's Detective Picture Book (also called Gosho's Mystery Library) are as below, to be completed not in the near future.

❤️ denote my personal favorites

Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) ❤️

Kogoro Akechi (Edogawa Rampo)

Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie) ❤️

Arsene Lupin (Maurice Leblanc)

Jules Maigret (Georges Simenon)

Kousuke Kindaichi (Seishi Yokomizo)

Lieutenant Columbo (Richard Levison and William Link)

Zenigata Heiji (Kodo Nomura)

Philip Marlowe (Raymond Chandler)

C. Auguste Dupin (Edgar Allan Poe)

Ellery Queen (Ellery Queen) ❤️

V.I. Warshawski (Sara Paretsky)

Father Brown (C.K. Chesterton)

Cordelia Gray (P.D. James) ❤️

Heizo Hasegawa (Shotaro Ikenami)

Mitsuhiko Asami (Yasuo Uchida)

Nero Wolfe (Rex Stout)

Shunsaku Kudo (Nobumitsu Kodaka)

Hannibal Lecter (Thomas Harris)

Miss Marple (Agatha Christie) ❤️

Sam Spade (Dashiell Hammett)

Shozo Totsugawa (Kyotaro Nishimura)

Ninzaburo Furuhata (Kouki Mitani)

Perry Mason (Erle Stanley Gardner)

Mikeneko Holmes (Jiro Akagawa)

Inspector Samejima (Arimasa Osawa)

James Bond (Ian Fleming)

Kyosuke Kamizu (Akimitsu Takagi)

Charlie Chan (Earl Derr Biggers)

John Thorndyke (Richard Austin Freeman)

Touyama Kin-san (Tatsurou Jinde)

Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane)

Philo Vance (S.S. Van Dine)

Akakabu-kenji (Shunzo Waku)

Drury Lane (Ellery Queen)

Katherine Turner (Misa Yamamura)

Henry Jackson (Isaac Asimov)

Denshichi (Tatsurou Jinde)

Lew Archer (Ross Macdonald)

Kiyoshi Mitarai (Soji Shimada)

The Old Man in the Corner (Baroness Orczy)

Joseph Rouletabille (Gaston Leroux)

Hanshichi (Kido Okamoto) ❤️

Koichiro Munakata (Seiichi Morimura)

Eitaro Imanishi (Seicho Matsumoto)

Gideon Fell (John Dickson Carr)

Yuichiro Goda (Kaoru Takamura)

Ukyou Sugishita (Yasuhiro Koshimizu)

Steve Carella (Ed McBain)

Hideo Himura (Alice Arisugawa)

Riyako Asabuki (Shizuko Natsuki)

Robert Ironside (Collier Young)

Akihiko Chuzenji (Natsuhiko Kyogoku)

Kiyoshi Shimada (Yukito Ayatsuji)

The Continental Op (Dashiell Hammett) ❤️

Ningyo Sashichi (Seishi Yokomizo)

Joseph French (Freeman Wills Crofts)

Yoshibumi Takagi (Kenzo Kitakata)

Mom (James Yaffe)

Rintaro Norizuki (Rintaro Noziruki)

Koko (Lilian Jackson Braun)

Manabu Yukawa (Keigo Higashino) ❤️

Daisuke Kanbe (Yasutaka Tsutsui)

Inspector Zenigata (Monkey Punch)

Robert Langdon (Dan Brown)

Akojuro Senba (Juran Hisao)

Kanki Ibaragi (Futaro Yamada)

Bannai Tarao (Yoshitake Hisa)

Richard Cuff (Wilkie Collins)

Philip Trent (E.C. Bentley)

Gregory House (David Shore)

Yoshio Kuraishi (Hideo Yokoyama)

Adrian Monk (Andy Breckman and David Hoberman)

Inspector Onitsura (Tetsuya Ayukawa)

Enshi Shunotei (Kaoru Kitamura)

Lincoln Rhyme (Jeffery Deaver)

Kei Enomoto (Yusuke Kishi)

Keisuke Shiratori (Takeru Kaido)

Genya Tojo (Shinzo Mitsuda)

Shioriko Shinokawa (En Mikami)

Handyman of Susukino (Naomi Azuma)

Kageyama (Tokuya Higashigawa)

Hotaro Oreki (Honobu Yonezawa)

Lisbeth Salander (Stieg Larsson)

Lieutenant Fukuie (Takahiro Ookura)

Takeshi Yoshiki (Soji Shimada)

Jiro Egami (Alice Arisugawa)

Kyouko Okitegami (Nisio Isin)

Sakurako Kujou (Shiori Ota)

The Phantom Thief Detective Yamaneko (Manabu Kaminaga)

Riko Rinda (Keisuke Matsuoka)

Shinichiro Hanaoka (Koji Hayashi and Junpei Yamaoka)

Richard Castle (Andrew W. Warlowe)

Hiroto Miyama (Manabu Uda)

Yukimasa Yugami (Hideo Iura)

Mikoto Mitsumi (Akiko Nogi)

Keita Kurokochi (Takashi Nagasaki)

Totono Kuno (Yumi Tamura)

Maomao (Natsu Hyuga)

Sherlock Holmes (Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss) ❤️

Rohan Kishibe (Hirohiko Araki)

Seiko Fuji (Miko Yasu)

[hikikomoriheadphonegirl]

[shinjihi]

Japanese LCDR Shunsaku Kudo gave an order to rescue 422 enemy British sailors during a battle in WW2. It’s called Bushido; the Japanese Samurai spirit. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59721642/shunsaku-kudo Naval officer. On March 2, 1942, during the Battle of the Java Sea, which began on February 27, 1942, Lieutenant Commander Shunsaku Kudo, ordered his crew on the destroyer "Inazuma" to rescue 442 survivors from the Royal Navy destroyer HMS "Encounter" and United States Navy destroyer USS "Pope." These ships had been sunk the previous days, along with HMS "Exeter." The survivors had been adrift for some 20 hours, in rafts and lifejackets or clinging to floats, many coated in oil and unable to see. These sailors had reached the limits of their endurance when the Japanese destroyer "Ikazuchi" appeared before their eyes. Lieutenant Commander Kudo and his 220 men were on board. Kudo gave an order to rescue the enemy sailors. They hoisted the international maritime signal flag to indicate that rescue operations were in progress and bravely set about rescuing the survivors. This had been a never before seen humanitarian act, as the rescue required almost all of the 220 of the Japanese soldiers to leave their posts, exposing the "Ikazuchi" to enemy attack and consume much more fuel than needed. Kudo landed all his prisoners to safety. Subsequently, all crew involved in the rescue were sunk together with the "Ikazuchi," except Kudo, who had since assumed command over a different ship. Kudo kept silent after the war and it was only through one former British sailor, who had come to Japan to find and thank Kudo, that the Japanese people were able to find out about the honorable actions of Kudo and his crew.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59721642/shunsaku-kudo

[dasha-ko-art]

I jast watched THIS and fall in love with Matsuda in cartoon-style. Oh man.

[gntlmnwndrr]

Sesja #570

TV/Anime: Shunsaku Kudo - pierwowzór Spike'a

Gdy Shinichirō Watanabe przygotowywał pierwsze szkice Cowboya Bebopa zaczął od zarysowania głównego bohatera. Miał on być - według jego wizji - coolowym kozakiem. Zresztą samo imię Spike Spiegel stanowiło werbalne potwierdzeniem tych poczynań. Wypadało jeszcze oprzeć jego design na kimś, kto wizualnie odzwierciedlałby wszelkie cechy ”małomównego gościa za którym przemawiały jego czyny”. Kogoś o wyluzowanym, lekkomyślnym podejściu do życia. Tym kimś okazał się Shunsaku Kudo (grany przez Yūsaku Matsudę) - bohater japońskiego serialu kryminalnego Tantei Monogatari (Detective Story). Zarys fabuły był dość prosty: prywatny detektyw opuszcza szeregi policji San Francisco (!) by w gajerze, lenonówkach i Camelem w ustach rozwiązywać zagadki japońskiego przestępczego światka. Oczywiście podróżując na swojej Vespie (!! - w oryginalnym pomyśle bohater był zbyt hard-boilowy więc trzeba było go trochę utemperować). Serial pomimo tylko 27 45-minutowych epizodów spotkał się z pozytywnym głosem odbiorców, którzy wychwalali przede wszystkim lekki humor.    

Wykapany Spike, nie?   

Poniżej wklejam jeszcze muzykę z openingu, która rzuciła mi się w oczy gdy przeglądałem informacje na temat serialu. Jest tak samo coolowo kozacka, że nie powstydziłaby się jej pewnie i kompozytorka Bebopa.    

[jira-chii]

Trance Minako Ranking

I got asked to do a recap of this old quest, which roughly translates to ‘Rainbow Guide’.

Trance Minako’s ranking is a continuation of her six star quest, Fine Day Tomorrow. This ranking starts with Minako reflecting on the events from the previous quest. She could not stop thinking about those three days she spent with Takuya as her bodyguard. Even when Lost happened, her thoughts still revolved around him (this is probably why she wasn't even aware she had become a tamashii).

The sky split, a sudden gust blew. We were illuminated by a light that was not from the Sun. It was almost like the end of the world...I wonder if this was how his beloved Ancient Civilisation also ended.

In Fine Day Tomorrow, Takuya and Yuki helped her realise she was a tamashii. Now that she has finally come to terms with that fact, Minako really wants to see Takuya again. She follows his thoughts and arrives in Lost World, which looks like the actual end of the world.

Takuya doesn't know where he is or who he is. Yuki tells us to collect spheres and she will fight as normal, but Takuya does not know why he is fighting. It appears the real Yuki is not actually with him. Takuya subconsciously created the current Yuki from his own thoughts in order to protect himself, because he would be unable to cope if he were alone.

Minako realises Takuya created a fake Yuki as a psychological coping mechanism in order to protect himself.

Takuya has been fighting in this apocalyptic landscape the whole time, all for Yuki’s sake. As Minako realises this she become irritated and tells him to pull himself together. In his confusion, and because he's been fighting tamashii memories without knowing why, Takuya attacks Minako too. But she doesn't give up. Because she has something important she wants to tell him.

Minako gets back up again and again, shouting insults and pleading for him to move forward.

Her feelings finally reach their peak and she transforms into her trance form. Using her new power, she hits him with all the strength of her feelings.

No matter how hard it rains, no matter how much it thunders, I won't cover my ears anymore... My voice will reach you through these feelings!

Minako’s attack works. Takuya sees a flashback and finally remembers her. Unsurprisingly, his first thoughts when he recovers his memory are of Yuki.

Thanks for bringing me back. Now I have to get out of here and find Yuki.

Minako doesn’t understand why Takuya would go so far for Yuki, but after he explains its because he has a contract with her, suddenly she understands?

I see...it’s just like the contract you had with me, as my bodyguard.

Minako agrees to help. She senses a place where thoughts are gathering and disappearing. It is likely Takuya might be able to escape from there.

I'll guide you so… please look at me...and follow closely!

Despite her outer confidence though, inside Minako is scared. She can feel her determination getting weaker. Is she really capable of guiding him? However, now that Takuya is here beside her, she resolves to do it. Also, because she still has that thing she hasn’t told him...

Hitting Minako with our ‘thoughts’ ensures Takuya does not lose sight of her. Shortly after navigating through some dense fog, we reach the exit.

As we prepare to say goodbye to Minako, she tells us it's not actually goodbye.

Our souls will be together as long as I exist in your thoughts. I will light up your path like the sun. When you’re tired I'll make it rain gently. I'll always be beside you...but I’m not a stalker!

Takuya then has the nerve to ask why Minako helped him. God you are so dense.

I...hate you!

But actually

I love you

Analysis bit: Where does the portal go?

SPOILER WARNING for main story World 1, World 1.5 (Lost World) and World 2

While this ranking mainly focuses on (and gives closure to) Minako’s one-sided feelings, several interesting things were happening in the background. Literally.

It is clear Takuya is in the vicinity of Lost World, but why? And when? Story-wise, I believe this quest occurs either directly before, or directly after the Lost World main story segment. In figuring out the answer to this here are some key points to consider:

Why did Takuya lose his memories? What was he doing right before that would cause his memory loss, and what impact does this have on where he ends up afterward?

Where is Yuki? The emphasis is that Takuya needs to get out in order to find Yuki. The dramatic irony is that even after getting out he likely doesn't find ‘his’ Yuki.

We are fighting Shunsaku’s memory, which is characteristic of the enemies at the start of Lost World, but the background seems more similar to later stages.

Minako claims she went looking for Takuya after he and Yuki helped her in World 1. It is not clear how much time passed between the events in Fine Day Tomorrow and Rainbow Guide

Minako said the portal is where tamashii thoughts are disappearing. Where are they disappearing to? Keeping in mind Takuya enters the same portal.

Hypothesis 1: The portal goes to Lost World

This assumes Takuya entered here directly after the events in World 1. His memory loss could be a side-effect of travelling between worlds. This area could be something like a gateway between World 1 and Lost World, which Takuya has been lost in (presumably for the equivalent of three days because the start of Lost World begins with Takuya waking up after a three day coma). Importantly, in Lost World story mode he retains his memories of World 1, which we can thank Minako for if this hypothesis is true.  

A strong piece of evidence for this hypothesis is the presence of Shunsaku’s memory as an enemy. The beginning stages of Lost World have memories of the tamashii from the Transmigrational quests as opponents. If this area is full of such tamashii, it is likely they eventually go into the portal and end up as the ones we fight in Lost World story mode.

If this hypothesis is true, there is a lot of dramatic irony at play. Because while Takuya’s first thought after recovering his memories is to get out to find Yuki, in doing so he is actually straying farther away from her, because at the end of World 1 he said goodbye to her forever (or so he thinks). Perhaps his subconscious actually knows this, which is why it created the fake Yuki. This reason also makes the ending of Lost World so much stronger, because even though he never explicitly says so, it is very clear how much Takuya cares for (World 1) Yuki.

Hypothesis 2: The portal goes to World 2

This theory assumes the events in this ranking happened directly after the events in Lost World. Therefore the area would be a gateway between Lost World and World 2. It could have been created as a side effect of Takuya screwing up Souma’s attempt to reset everything. Anything could have happened, including Takuya’s memory loss.

In World 2, we realise Souma was in Takuya’s body the whole time and the real Takuya was in Chief’s body. However because this Takuya remembers Minako, he is clearly World 1 Takuya. Therefore if we go with this hypothesis, he becomes Chief after entering the portal. Importantly, Chief does also retain all his World 1 memories. When we view this through the lens of this ranking, Minako actually played a huge role in leading Takuya back to Yuki (both Yukis, because they merge anyway). Without Minako’s interference there was a very real chance Takuya would never regain his memories and live as Chief forever, leaving an easy victory for Souma.

This hypothesis also implies that right before this, he was fighting to save ‘his’ (i.e. World 1) Yuki from Idea (the bulb at the end of Lost World). Yuki was always on his mind, so it doesn’t seem strange that his consciousness made another Yuki when he lost her. This is sad because it implies he really didn’t think much of red hair Yuki. It had always been World 1 Yuki.

In that case, Takuya wants to get out to return to ‘his’ Yuki. Unfortunately for him, then, he lands in a completely different world, in a completely different body, and finds a completely different Yuki.

Where are the Lost World tamashii memories disappearing to then? Despite entering the same portal, we don't see any of the Lost World tamashii in World 2. Maybe they were all transported to different parallel worlds? Or maybe they just straight up disappeared.

As a side note, I find it incredibly amusing that I just attempted to deconstruct Takuya’s “reason for fighting” which is basically what Minako did in this quest. When I first did this ranking, I was probably only halfway through the Lost World story mode so it is incredibly rewarding to replay and find all these extra things after being up to date with all the main stories. That said, this also means my memory of some of the main story events (especially the early ones) may be a little hazy. Would welcome anybody to help me fact-check.

Final note: Kudos to Minako’s VA for making her 10x more tsundere

[tsuri-chan]

Detective Conan Volume 18

Included cases:

File 171-172: Actor’s Apartment Case (end)

File 173-175: Shinichi’s First Love Case

File 176-178: Missing Older Brother Case

File 179-180: Murdered Professor Case (beginning)

Bonus material:

Detective Picture Book: Shunsaku Kudo

Keyhole:

Ai Haibara

Favorite case: -

Least favorite case: -

Rating:

10/10 murdered professors

Ai Haibara debut case is amazing, but the others aren’t bad as well. I can’t decide on a favorite case or a least favorite.

[genkinahito]

Random Call ランダム・コール Dir: Riki Ohkanda [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Random Call ランダム・コール Dir: Riki Ohkanda [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] @PaprikaGirl_JP @oaffpress #OAFF2022

Random Call    ランダム・コール   「Randamu Ko-ru」 Release Date: 2022 Duration: 83 mins. Director: Riki Ohkanda Writer: Riki Ohkanda (Screenplay), Starring: Tensho Shibuya, Shin Adachi, Ako, Shunsaku Kudo, Yudai Uenishi, Riki Ohkanda hails from Chicago but now lives in Tokyo and works in the Japanese television and film industries where she has credits on titles like Love and Peace (2016), Demekin (2017),…

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あきる野さんぽ

30th Nov. 2023

本日、PC入替え作業のため急遽休み〜

予定もないのであきる野さんぽ。

黒茶屋ランチツー決行！

ランチには早いので、二宮神社の御池を散策。

TVなどで「モネの池」と紹介されたみたいだけど…

モネねぇ〜(^^;;

Today, I took a sudden break due to PC replacement work.

I don't have any plans, so I'm going to walk in “Akiruno”.

It's early for lunch, so I strolled around the pond of Ninomiya Shrine.

Is this Monet?

お次は酒蔵探訪。

中村酒造。

千代鶴酒造り資料館も併設。

無料で古い道具や資料を見学できる。酒はもちろんちょっとしたツマミも買えます。

Next is a visit to a sake brewery.

Nakamura sake brewery.

There is also a Chiyotsuru Sake Brewing Museum.

You can see old tools and materials for free.

Of course, you can buy a little not only sake.

いい時間になっ��のでいざ黒茶屋へ！

テラスで食べられるということなので、持ち帰りメニューの　“だし巻き玉子サンド”　を注文！

少々時間がかかるらしいので庭を散策したりおやき買ったりお土産物色して暇つぶしw

玉子サンドを受け取り　“野外テラス水の音”　でランチタイム。

日当たりも良く少し暑かったんでドリンクはノンアルビール！

食べ終わると少し寒くなってきたんで早々に退却😅

Let's go to the “KUROCHAYA” !

I ordered a “ dashi-maki-tamago-sandwich” on the takeaway menu.

It took time, so I strolled around the garden and waited.

Lunch time at " Mizu-no-ne " on the outdoor terrace".

Dis:60.2km Odo:8194.1km

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秩父さんぽ

23rd Nov. 2023

せっかくの休日なので秩父方面へひとっ走り！

目的地は秩父高原牧場。

道中はテキトーに😅

途中の「道の駅和紙の里ひがしちちぶ」でスタンプゲット！

「秩父高原牧場」で牛と景色を堪能(ってほどでもなかった💦)

帰路もテキトーに走り「遠山の甌穴」で休憩がてら甌穴散策。

It's a great holiday, so I'm going to run to Chichibu!

I got a stamp at "Roadside Station Washi no Sato Higashichichibu" on the way!

I went to Chichibu Kogen Ranch.

On the way back, I took a break at "Toyama's cave" and went home.

Dis:118.4km Odo:8133.9km

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日高さんぽ〜Metsaリベンジ

26th Sep. 2023

仕事が暇だったので会社を休んでお散歩ツー！

I was free from work, so I took a break from the company and went on a petit touring!

巾着田周辺が渋滞してたので高麗神社へ迂回。

There was a traffic jam around KINCHAKUDA, so I took a detour to KOMA Shrine.

高麗山聖天院から高麗神社をハシゴ😄

SHOUDENIN TO KOMA SHRINE

宮沢湖でコーヒーブレイクして帰宅と…

I went home after a coffee break at Lake Miyazawa

Dis:36.9km

Odo:7995.7km

[eddie-px150-150anni]

カフェ巡り再び...

15th Jul. 2023

本日のカフェ巡りは日の出町の【73+café】さんへ〜

【ルパン三世　カリオストロの城】のオマージュのミートボールスパゲティ美味しかった〜 次は牛すじカレーにしよう！

帰りは【入間市茶業公園】で一休み。 近隣の【茶の輪】は予約制で90分3000円と高額だが、こちらは予約なしで無料(^-^)

Today's cafe tour is to [73+café] in Hinode-cho.

[Lupin III Castle of Cagliostro]'s tribute meatball spaghetti was delicious! Next time, let's have beef tendon curry!

On the way back, I took a break at [Iruma City Tea Industry Park]. The nearby [Chanowa] is expensive at 3000 yen for 90 minutes by reservation system, but this one is free without reservation(^-^)

Dis:87.8km

Odo:7887.7km

Gas mileage:28km/L

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カフェ巡り

1st Apr. 2023

なんとなく西へひとっ走り！

青梅市内を走り抜け飯能へ… いつものターニップへ向かうも営業終了🥲

新規開拓の気分でもなかったので入間市内のジョンソンタウンへ！

結局、ジョンソンタウン内をブラっと歩いただけで何処にも寄らず給油して帰ってきた😅

I'm not in a daze, so I ran without a guess!

Somehow to the west ... I ran through Ome city to Hanno ... I went to the usual ternip, but it was closed 🥲

I didn't feel like developing a new one, so I went to Johnson Town in Iruma City!

In the end, I just walked around “Johnson Town” and came back with refuelling without stopping anywhere😅

Dis:72.6km

Odo:7799.9km

Gas mileage:30.1km/L

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確か今日は月命日じゃなかったっけ？と思い墓参りに行ってきたが…

あとで気がついたが昨日(27日)だった💦

I'm sure today was the anniversary of the month's death? So I went to visit the grave, but…

I realised later that it was yesterday (27th)💦

Dis:40.7km

Odo:7727.3km