#peacemaker kurogane

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About Nanae Chrono (PMK mangaka)

Since I have seen some people confused about it, I make this post to clarify the gender of Nanae Chrono, the mangaka of Peacemaker Kurogane.

For many years, we read by articles and manga editions that Nanae Chrono was a woman, however, in late 2021 after making a Twitter account, Chrono came out as a trans man and literally put on his bio "FTM". Because he broke those news on Twitter and he's not that popular of a mangaka (sadly) many people are unaware of this fact and so continue to refer to him as "she/her" even in Japanese articles, but the truth is that he identifies as male and thus we started to refer to him in this blog as "he/him", although he hasn't said on Twitter what pronouns he prefers in English.

You can check his Twitter here (although warning he often RTs NSFW art) and see his bio to check it out!

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tatsu spit it out it's not edible

remembered one funny pic (under read more) from my saved images and had to redraw it with the nervous gun boy

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“I’ll tell Hijikata-san you’re, um, occupied. H-have a good day, captain!” 

So my hand slipped....

@yugenronin wrote a drabble featuring our boys and the scene at the end, where a poor rank-and-file soldier tries to come collect the captain was so funny I was inspired to draw the scene from his point of view!

You're the best sweetie I love our boys so much.

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Do You Know This Anime?

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an old peacemaker souji

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Hijikata Toshizou to Furutaka Shuntarou circa 1864

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PMK DVD Booklet Interviews 6

Here’s the last part of the PMK Omou Michi DVD booklet interview series. It also includes a final word from Nanae Chrono himself! Thanks one final time to @/pmkloveadmin and their kind friend yuunsoba who provided the raws for these interviews! Please enjoy!

THE JETZEJOHNSON (Theme Song)

Please tell us your genuine first impression when you were told you’d be in charge of the theme song for this work.

It’s THE JETZEJOHNSON’s Kojima here. Since I’m a fan who enjoyed the original work, I picked it up right away when I received the request. I’m very honored. The request was for “a ballad with English poetry”, with scenes from the original work appearing as a flashback montage. It was a really happy production time for a fan, since I got to create the song and lyrics while imagining what scenes and whose point of view to write from. As an aside, my biggest favorites are Tatsu-nii, followed by Yamazaki and Hijikata(-sama). I’m so sorry.

What did you have in mind when making the music? Did you stick with your initial concepts? Please tell us if you had any difficulties or points that you paid extra attention to.

After getting the request, I decided on the concept for the world of the lyrics immediately. After that, I decided on the point of view. The song is based on “a certain word” which can apply to any character, and I focused on creating “a feeling which is interchangeable for anyone”. The first part overflowed with big hopes, dreams and ambitions, so this is a song in which we – or the characters – can look back on the “beauty”, “ephemerality” and “glitter” that made up their beliefs. The main character of this song is watching the slow fall of the world by themselves from the dirt of a castle somewhere. Past that red-stained horizon, it’s easy to imagine all of the friends who ran together with them. I think that scenery is very ephemeral and precious.

Please let us know if there are any particular parts of the song that you want us to pay attention to.

The title means “rust”. These characters are just running through the end of the Tokugawa period, one of the greatest periods of unrest in our history, without seeking the “right answer” – just valuing their own beliefs. The song’s main character is looking at the setting sun and asking, “what was the right answer?” And their “technique is rusting”. What do they see when they hold their sword in their hand, when that sword and their skills are no longer needed by the times? We’ll see the answer to that for all of them in this movie.

Finally, please leave a message for the fans who watch this series.

The song “Rust” by THE JETZEJOHNSON will be released after screening. Please check it out at your local shop or online distributor! If you listen to the song and then watch the movie again, you might see it in a different light. On top of that, I made this not only with this first part of the movies in mind, but also drew ties with the currently ongoing Hokujou Arc. It’ll be great to listen to this as background music while re-reading the original, now that you’ve seen the film. Finally, I’m a big fan of Tatsu-nii (the gun is mightier than the sword), but please listen to the song not just imagining Tatsu-nii’s perspective, but also Tetsunosuke and Hijikata(-sama).You might see a different point of view. Especially with Hijikata’s POV, it warps to Goryokaku… No, never mind. Well then, please watch part one to the end!

Ryosuke Nakanishi (Music)

Please tell us your genuine first impressions when you heard you would be in charge of the music for the Peacemaker Kurogane movies.

I was really honored and happy! There are a lot of gadgets with a lot of general purpose that we use when making music for TV animation, so I was a little nervous and worried about carefully expressing the scenery and emotions of each scene for the movie versions. But when I was shown the dynamic storyboard and script for the opening scene, my anxieties melted away and I was more and more inspired. I remember learning about the end of the Edo period as a child in school. I felt that I really wanted to express the chaos, hope and feelings of the characters as well as possible.

Due to the series being set at the end of the Tokugawa period, the music likely differs from modern music. Did you have any troubles with this? Also, do you have any favorite music you’d like to share?

This was my first time composing music for shamisen. To really nail it, I listened to a lot of songs performed in the kabuki and geisha districts between the Edo and Meiji periods. It was interesting to learn how many love songs were sang in the geisha districts at the end of the Edo period, which is when the story takes place. Up to now, I only managed to capture the mood of traditional instruments, but this time I had a great opportunity to study them seriously. I had the idea of wanting to express love with just Japanese scales and instruments, so please enjoy it in the movie.

What requests did you receive from the director?

I received orders to act freely and not get too hung up on the idea of making it super Japanese. Of course, I pulled away from Japanese music a bit while making it, but I think I managed to incorporate various phrases and instruments into other songs without getting trapped by genre.

Finally, please leave a message for the fans who watch this series.

I tried very hard not to be defeated by the lively characters on screen and their delicate, swaying emotions. Please go to the theater and have fun!!

WORD FROM THE MANGAKA, NANAE CHRONO

When I received the offer for a Pisume re-animation, it was around the time I was getting serialization back on track. For me, I was just drawing in the hopes of getting old readers to come back and forgive the follies of the past, so my immediate strong thoughts were, “huh!? Are you going to make this into an anime now?! Will people even watch it?!”, which I felt more strongly than anyone. To be honest, all I could think about was the negative idea that “this will definitely fail…”

But as I got to know the enthusiastic people on the production committee and the technical capabilities of WHITEFOX, and learned more about the specific compositions planned, my feelings began to change. They went from “I’m thankful but mostly I’m just sorry” to “this is seriously a great honor, I’ll give it my all, too”. In the past, I pushed onward with a sense of obligation. But now that I’m involved in the main production, the exhilarating feeling I have gives me more of a sense of purpose, so it seems more like an exciting mission.

It’s another TV anime that was broadcast long ago. All of the voice actors who took care of us during the drama CD have a chance to reunite now, and I can’t wait for the movie’s release! There are the character drawings, the movement of it all – not only the voice acting, but everything from the accessory designs to the backgrounds are really wonderful, so I would love it if you watched it again and again!

Even though this is just a shounen manga drawn by an inexperienced person who isn’t super familiar with history, it’s a great honor to release a new animation in the year of the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, which borrows the names and parts of the lives of people who actually existed. I’m grateful from the bottom of my heart. Please watch the second part of the movies, too. Thank you for reading this far.

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Spontaneous doodle comic because I came across this pharmacy in Shinjuku called Hijikata and had to get this out of my system. Hijikata-san back at what he does best, selling medicine(?)

Happy Valentine’s, I guess?

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it has been seven months since the last peacemaker kurogane chapter

also why can nobody agree on the mangaka’s gender

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Even in death, Kondou kept his promise.

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Desperate hug.

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My Colored version of Peacemaker Kurogane chapter 46

Toshi and Souji Hug

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more toukentobers! day 9: oodachi (yasusada au design) day 23: naginata (kashuu au design) day 10: saniwa (tkrb & peacemaker crossover) day 18: dango (kashuu & yasusada

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Ayumu Yamazaki

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Can y'all Shinsengumi/Bakumatsu nerds do me a favor and follow @neonyankee? He migrated here from Twitter but is feeling isolated here on Tumblr which is a damn shame because her content is 👌🏻💯👍🏻♥️