#night parade of 100 demons

[itsbenedict]

(upper art by Zerovirus)

A long time ago, a giant fox devil-king menaced Town with evil magic and copious lightning, searing sand to glass beneath their terrible footfalls. It was great! It was a great time.

Then some asshole exorcist got all judgy and decided menacing people with lightning was bad, and drained all their power and sealed them into a harmless, approachable, and (gag, retch) pretty Tenko form. Bound by a magic ofuda collar to not do supervillain things, their former line of work became next to impossible. They were forced to take a job at a local haunted tourist trap in order to get by, and now bide their time as a sideshow attraction (come see the legendary Fox Devil, for just $4.99!)- awaiting their opportunity to ditch this stupid waifu form and get back to terrorizing people.

Happy birthday, @eternalfarnham! Your OC is fantastic.

[magicalslothalias]

my mom: why are you wearing black? it’s not very festive

me: i’m in mourning

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

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vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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[sunnyskies281]

I’m trying to incorporate like actual things about the yokai Nurarihyon into Zazel’s characterization and his backstory but I’m by no means an expert on yokai things so if I fuck up please forgive me.

[clockspur]

-And the moral of the story is; don’t harass people just because you’re attracted to them.

‘Like, seriously- It’s gross.

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The Night Parade of 100 Demons | Author: Marie Brennan | Publisher: Aconyte (2021)

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Image of A Yōkai Parade aka The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (Hyakki Yagyō) is a thousand-plus-year-old Japanese folkloric tradition, in which a series of demons parades — or explodes — into the ordinary human world which is illustrated here by Yuko Shimizu for "Japanese Tales" (2018) a book of medieval Japanese folk tales, translated by Royall Tyler and bound by The Folio Society.

[doomxdriven]

I was thinking, throughout the first half-ish of the Bount Arc, everyone seemed convinced that Jin was trying to open up some kind of massive portal between the World of the Living and Hueco Mundo, and while that didn't end up being the case, I just thought about how interesting that would be.

What if (in my little canon for Jin on this blog), as a prelude to carrying out his revenge against the Soul Society and as a sort of 'test' to gauge the strength, tenacity, and coordination of the Gotei 13 and it's related allies Post-Blood War, Jin did that, he opened up a massive portal between the World of the Living and Hueco Mundo that led to a hell-ish, Hollow free-for-all on Karakura Town and perhaps beyond? Jin would need a great deal of help to pull it off, and a lot of power to make that portal happen, but he could make it happen.

I think that would be neat, and deliciously evil for Jin, and it would fit with the end of the last drabble I wrote, which I wasn't actually 100% sure on the implications of, but now 👀 might be a plot point in the vague future.

[vveakfish]

yk, everyone was saying ch222 was disappointing but tbh? i didnt mind the time skip all that much

[tymp3st]

The Night Parade of 100 Demons

Second week and I’m still going. This is one that I’ve actually been holding off on reading the sequel until I finished my review, because I didn’t want the next book to affect my thoughts here. Now I’m free to jump into that as soon as I finish the books I’m currently reading. This one is thanks to the lovely folks at Aconyte Books. Without further ado, here’s Marie Brennan’s The Night Parade of…

[saintkaylaa]

shibuya incident: “I love you.”

(ft. choso, kento, satoru, prekenjaku!suguru, toge, megumi, yuji, & yuta)

note: the anticipated smau request!! all the smaus takes place during the time of the shibuya incident EXCEPT suguru. that smau takes place on the night parade of a 100 demons.

WARNING: ANGST ANGST ANGST!! suggestiveness, cursing, f!reader & gn!reader

– choso

– kento

– satoru

– suguru (parade of 100 demons)

– toge

– megumi

– yuji

– yuta

[sashisuse]

okay so what we’re not going to do is villainize shoko.

jjk 261 spoilers, thoughts, and a brief analysis of shoko. (and touching on some sashisu stuff. more specifically the sash part.)

i see a lot of people bashing her for not having a reaction to the body swapping plan and that satoru was like ‘i’m mostly surprised shoko didn’t object’ SO. here’s what i’ve got to say.

shoko didn’t object because she was fully under the belief that satoru was going to win. that it wasn’t going to happen. it was literally the worst worst worst WORST case scenario. she had SO MUCH faith in satoru.

let’s rewind back to the shibuya arc. what we knew about shoko at that time regarding her use of cigarettes was that she had quit five years (iirc) prior to those events. her smoking habits literally revolve around satoru’s wellbeing.

mind you this was after she and yaga learned satoru had been sealed. she heard the news and immediately began smoking. why? because shoko is a person who masks her emotions and she does it well. she’s not the type of woman to break down in tears. she’s going to hide it and instead light up a cigarette.

we saw this with her interaction with suguru. she acted very nonchalant about his defection and the massacre he committed on the village and his parents. but when we fast forward ten years and go to jjk0, it’s made abundantly clear that she still cares about him. during the meeting where yaga declares they’re going to kill suguru — i’m pretty sure his words were ‘exorcise the curse that is geto suguru’ or something along those lines — shoko leaves. she flat out walks out. and during the night parade of 100 demons, we have a moment where see the most emotion out of shoko that we have for the majority of the series. she’s angry. she’s hurt. she has these thoughts of something along the lines of like ‘you sure made a mess for us’ regarding suguru. and it’s especially prominent because it’s the first time we’ve ever seen her like this and only time. the closest we get to seeing that again is during the sukuna fight.

she literally cares so much but she’s just emotionally constipated and doesn’t know how to show it 😭 it’s an issue both she and satoru have. they deflect. they mask. they move on and yet the carry it with them somewhere deep inside them.

so we go back forward to satoru and sukuna’s fight. where we do see emotion from shoko but what’s most important to note is the panels she’s in. when they focus on her, she’s either smoking a cigarette, lighting a cigarette up, or we see her surrounded by cigarette butts.

we see her genuinely fearful at this point. she had full confidence that satoru was going to win. that’s why she said ‘do what you want’ and didn’t object. because in her mind, it wouldn’t happen.

it’s very important to remember that sashisu, whether you see it in a romantic or platonic way, was a group that cared so fucking deeply for one another. their bonds were deep. their love for their found family was deep. it’s part of the reason why suguru defected in the end. which i can get it into but not at this time. but at the end of the day, sashisu had ass communication skills and failed to properly understand one another.

and that seems to continue on with the satoshoko side of that, which was left after suguru left. and after he died.

also, it’s really important to remember that shoko is not like satoru and suguru. she’s a healer. that’s it. that’s all she does. she doesn’t get to fight or be on the front lines like they do. she’s the one who gets to wait behind and wait until the damage is done to do her job. she’s been doing this since she was (probably) 15, maybe even younger since we don’t know her backstory. she’s going to be emotionally detached. also, keep in mind this page:

specifically her first piece of dialogue. ‘it’s more like we have to do it.’

and that’s the bottom line.

whew. this was rough. shoko ieiri you will always be loved by me.

[ipostmysimpingstuffanonymously]

can uwu pls draw shoko comforting gojo the morning after the night parade of 100 demons and after he killed geto ? 🥺

IM SORRY I FUCKED UP. I did the morning after the KFC Breakup CUZ I CANT READ AAAAAA Hope that's okay too 👉 👈

[akagof]

Suguru Geto's ability to control curses in some way prevents him from achieving his dream of destroying all non-sorcerers. After all, first he needs to collect curses. Curses harm people, then by absorbing them, it reduces attacks on people. With his active work, he accidentally protects non-sorcerers. He killed over 100 people in the village, but in 10 years he absorbed over 6,000 curses, meaning he protected probably over 6,000 people. In the Night Parade of 100 demons, he attempted the lives of sorcerers for the sake of power, but non-sorcerers were able to evacuate because he warned about the attack to keep the sorcerers busy. It’s so ironic that by setting the goal of killing non-sorcerers, sorcerers suffered more.

[triple-mayday]

There’s hella theories floating around about the reason behind Tucker Carlson’s sudden divorce with Fox News, but there’s one that I love the most.

Its the sexiest, pettiest, most delicious bullshit to ever be conceived. Behold:

We know for a fact that Tucker got bitch slapped across New York City by Rupert Murdoch himself. Not only that, but baby boy was laid off sometime on Friday and notified only on Monday, when he came to work. So, this unforeseen development was like a kick in the balls. For the uninitiated, Rupert Murdoch is the name of the demonic entity responsible for the creation of Fox News.

Tuckerson and Rupert had a special relationship. According to Tucker himself, the now ex-host was “100% [Rupert’s] bitch” (we love a proud sugar baby). Tucker was basically a glorified court jester - he cosplayed for daddy Rupert as a pro-worker, anti-elitist, anti-establishment, Christian, relatable everyman that broke republicans could relate to. That was, of course, a load of horseshit. As said by Tucker himself.

You see, back in Mesozoic Era (circa 2008-2011), our boy was an active participant in shock radio programs where he paraded himself as an open and proud elitist and a self-admitted trust fund baby.

All of this deliciousness speaks for itself. Tucker Carlson is a chameleon that changes his face depending on what’s resonating best with his conservative audience. Which brings us to the nearly orgasmic culmination of events that could have possibly led to Tucker’s current unemployment.

Tuck roleplayed as a hardcore Christian for quite some time. On that fateful Friday night, he turned it up to 100 for his speech at the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala. Bubba was popping off, calling abortions “child sacrifices” and demanding daily prayers. The audience loved it. Rupert? Not so much.

The thing is, for Rupert business comes before fascism. Grandpa worships money, Jesus is merely a profitable business strategy. For a businessman, the rabid fundie shit was already incredibly off-putting. And Tucker’s villain monologue just happened to be the last drop in the bucket that was already filled to the brim by Murdoch’s ex. That’s right. The chair of Fox News broke off his recent engagement because his fiancée was a Jesus freak.

Now onto the good shit. Rupert’s ex had a favorite show. Guess what that show was?

Tucker Carlson Tonight

The woman in question even had tête-à-tête chit chats with her favorite TV personality, thanks to her connection to Fox News CEO.

Tensions were rising in the Murdoch household. The ex-fiancée’s obsession with Tucker only added fuel to the fire. The woman went as far as declaring that Carlson was a messenger from God. One day, Tucker had a dinner at his boss’ estate. In the middle of dinner the Jesus lady pulled out a Bible and began discussing the book of Exodus with Carlson.

Rupert just sat there like 👁️👄👁️

In the end, the man was too freaked out by Christian fundamentalism and kicked Tucker out after his particularly awful speech. It was also a cute little fuck you to his ex cause now her favorite show got canceled

This is just one theory, but it’s my favorite, so I prefer it above all else, and now you get to experience this beauty with me

God, I adore American politics

[virgobingo]

yet another chapter 236 analysis

haibara "butted into" nanami's "end", making nanami say a curse can save people too.

haibara's view was pure/uncynical, despite the difficulties of being a jujutsu sorcerer. i think nanami was able to find purpose/value in being a jujutsu sorcerer only after seeing things the way haibara saw them. nanami's flashback about helping the bakery worker comes to mind.

more importantly, haibara helped nanami feel like it was okay to pass the baton. [as it went: haibara -> nanami -> yuuji (also recently: nanami -> ino)]. in other words: haibara encouraged nanami to let others pick up where he left off, and not take on everything himself (what once was a burden, became a relief),

i think this is where nanami was coming from when he spoke about all this:

throughout his life, nanami wasn't the type of person that's open to entrustring everything to the next generation, but at the end he did so anyways. thanks to haibara. (currently in the manga, the theme continues. higuruma -> yuuji; to be a jujutsu sorcerer is to inherit other's will. keep the ball rolling).

what i find interesting is that the two of them are meant to contrast gojo and geto in some way. it's why their backs are to each other specifically in this arrangement:

i think in this scene, gojo opposes nanami in the way that he looked towards the past in his final moments while always being the type that betted on the future. whilst geto opposes haibara's outlook on jujutsu sorcery (to him it's an endless marathon).

moreover, just as a curse exists between nanami and haibara, i think it's implied that a curse exists between gojo and geto.

what type of curse, you may wonder?

love of course. when gojo says "i see" after nanami explains his "end", i think it's meant to show gojo's shifting view on what he considered his own curse: love.

(note that the phrase "the absolute strongest. the loneliness that follows. the one that will teach you... about love is..." also appears in chapter 236)

and there are already several mentions of love as a source of strength in jujutsu kaisen. particularly in relation to yuta who indisputably parallels gojo in vol 0.

initially, yuta accidentally cursed rika because he refused to let her die, akin to how gojo accidentally "curses" geto. that is, his love makes him avoid killing him for ten years as well as hand over his corpse to shoko— leading to the night parade of 100 demons, geto's body being possessed, gojo to become sealed, etc

conclusion to the story in vol 0 being that while love can be an awful curse, it can also save people. think yuta's "this is pure love" vs geto's "then this is justice."/a great cause.

this is something gojo belatedly realizes or accepts in death.

love/geto saved gojo from the dreaded loneliness that comes with unrivaled strength. not just by matching his power, but by satisfying the vague thirst inside him for something beyond his strength. (sukuna goes on to call gojo greedy in chapter 237 for craving this satisfaction/love).