#sleeveless haori

[tanuki-kimono]

Hello! I've been following your blog for a few years because I love traditional Japanese fashion, it's silhouettes, patterns, and color choices (also how people across the ages wear their clothes and how they're built) and this is my first ask!

I'm not sure if you watch Jujutsu Kaisen but I've been wondering about a specific farmer a character wears; Kamo Choso wears this deep purple vest with an interesting waist. I'm wondering; does this particular garment have a name/historical origins? Or is it more *fantasy fashion*?

Thank you so much for your consideration for my question.

Hi lurker ;) and thank you for following for so long!

As for your ask, for reference, here's what Chôsô from Jujutsu Kaisen wears:

My first impression was that the purple overvest could be a sleeveless haori (sodenashi haori 袖無羽織) cinched with a large matching belt. Might also be a 胴着 dôgi (historically those were kind of sleeveless thick undershirts worn under kimono for warmth, and sometimes used as cloak/vest). But tbh those doesn't feel quite right ^^;

Considering the martial elements of Jujutsu Kaisen, 稽古着 keikogi (or 道着 dôgi) is a better candidate, as those are the "uniforms" for Japanese martial arts like judo, aikido, ... and jujustu ;)

Simply refered as "gi" in English, keikogi is a pretty modern wear and shapes widely varies depending on the discipline. Here is a sleeveless example:

(pic source)

[quirklesshero]

usually, I only question when people say Akaza is wearing a haori - it's clearly a vest - but looking at pictures, I wouldn't call what Kyoujurou is wearing an haori either; if anything, it's a cape

[natade-art]

kuina lives au #8374 u can't see it but kuina has wado here

ID: first of three images is normal pre-timeskip Zoro standing next to Kuina. Kuina wears a white sleeveless top, green hakama pants with a pink sash, a brown leather belt, and a blue embroidered haori over his shoulders.

Second image is a page of sketches in blue lines. Kuina and Tashigi side by side, Tashigi sheepishly smiling and holding her sword to her chest while Kuina looks sullen: captioned “transmasc swag but in different ways”. To the right, Kuina holds up an image of younger Zoro and asks “have you seen him he’s green and very stupid”. Under these is Kuina sitting, looking serious, fist clenched, labeled “cool rounin looking for brother”, and one more sketch of Tashigi berating Kuina (no dialogue) and Kuina thinking with an exasperated grin “she sounds just like I did...”

Third image is just two sketches in green: Zoro laughing at Kuina, asking “so, brothers, huh?”. Kuina embarrassed and annoyed says “do I need to beat you a 2002nd time?” with the context “started saying he was looking for his brother out of convenience and it stuck” to the side with an arrow pointing to him. Under them it says “they are brothers now”, followed by a sketch of Kuina waving and introducing himself to the Straw Hats, with Usopp and Nami thinking “this is Ace all over again” end ID

[kyojurismo]

Okay but sanemi does have beautiful abs

YES, I MEAN

*hungry dog noises* and the fact that under his short haori he’s wearing a sleeveless uniform makes me even more feral

[akiranzee]

💐🥺 some flowers for ya! Akaza who is kinda jelly of Reader, who is Muzan's fave bc they've always completed the tasks they were given. But here's the thing; Reader is crushing on Akaza. HARD. what to do? was thinkin fluff but you can add more to it, ehe. (no degredation pls)

🪻 • ° ` — “CHANGE OF FEELINGS”

-> PAIRINGS: Akaza x f!Uppermoon 4!Y/n -> SUMMARY: Eyes that have seen the meaning, hearts that have learned to love, and demons that have experienced the good. -> WORD COUNT: 1.3k+ -> CONTAINS: fluff, mention of blood, & akaza is 200 while reader is 180. -> A/N: FLOWERS FOR U TOO‼️‼️💐🌷🌹🌹🌺. there is no koyuki in this unfortunately☹️☹️. blue spider lillies here appear at night, but still twice or thrice a year, sry this also took long, this was kind of hard to write😭😭. AND i ran into some problems on tumblr,, still hope u like it tho!

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A deep chuckle could be heard erupting from the depths of the Demon King’s throat, “as expected from you. Very well then, you have earned yourself a week of rest.” He says, as you softly smiled to have pleased your king.

But again and again, one is not pleased by this. Akaza’s fists were brutally clenched as he hears this for thousands of times already. No, that shouldn’t be you. That should be him. He’s supposed to be Muzan’s favorite, not you. How dare you try to steal his spot when you’ve only become an uppermoon for just half a year? No. He won’t allow this. You? An uppermoon 4? Beat him? An uppermoon 3? No no, he won’t allow this. He will never allow this.

“Akaza, I assume you have something good to report to me?” Muzan looked at a wall, knowing Akaza was behind it. Muzan’s deep, demonic voice sent shivers down Akaza’s spine, and yours too.

“Y/n, you’re dismissed.” A part of you wanted to stay and say something, but your entirety would end if you do so.

“Hm? Anything else?” Muzan asked, no — demanded you to tell him why you’re so hesitant. After all, he knows everything about his creations. From the physicality, to the mentality.

“Um... If I may be so bold to ask, master.. May I request a favor?” As Muzan’s gaze transferred down towards you, shivers crawled up to your spine, as you gulped down the lump forming in your throat.

~~~~~

You sat on top of a tree, in the middle of the night. You were quite happy and relieved that Muzan had accepted your favor, but didn’t know if he had obliged it.

As the wind softly hit your face, you spotted a certain someone below. It was none other than Akaza, looking as happy as ever.

Akaza started to take his top off, revealing all the muscle and the chiseled body he was hiding behind that cropped sleeveless haori.

It seemed like Akaza was happy, and that Muzan didn’t hurt him at all. You were glad when Muzan really obliged your request. Huh. The perks of being the favorite.

You watched Akaza as he trained, his muscles flexing at any given angle. And you sure were enjoying the show.

“Gonna keep watching?” Akaza suddenly asked, causing you to blush profusely as you were caught to have been enjoying his training session quite a bit too much.

“Just so you know, I’m not dumb enough to not see you from up there.” Akaza’s tone quickly changed to one that’s too hostile, one that immediately made you lose all the red in your face.

“N-No, Akaza-san, I-I’m only just-” A stuttering mess you are, but Akaza paid no mind to it and cut you off.

“Just because you’re Muzan-sama’s favorite, doesn’t mean that you’re any better than me. Remember this; I am uppermoon 3, and you’re only uppermoon 4.” And with that, Akaza left. God, he was so fucking hot when angry. That’s how down bad you are for him. You didn’t even pay mind with how he indirectly insulted you, only thinking of ways to get him to atleast see you as a comrade, not a foe.

And you just so happened to know the best way to do that.

Unknowingly to Akaza, you purposely made yourself suspicious for the past few days just for him to keep an eye and follow you around.

And, when the day comes, Akaza, after losing you from his sight, stumbled upon an open field. Not just any open field, but an open field full of blue spider lillies.

You knew how much this means to Akaza, especially when he has tried his very best to look for these. You sat down in the middle of the bloomed blue spider lillies, one that looked like a goddess, more like a human than a demon. You were just too beautiful to be a demon.

You felt Akaza’s eyes lay on you. He had never once, in fact, see a woman this beautiful up until this day.

But no, he sees you as a foe — he must see you as a foe. Even if you wanted to be comrades, friends, or even more than that, he must not allow it. No, it’d be ironic anyway for a demon as evil as him to learn how to love.

Perhaps his hatred toward you was just only for the reason that you were Muzan’s favorite. Yet he only looked at you that way, believing you were as evil as the others to even dare take his spot when you know being Muzan’s favorite was the goal he always wanted, yet failed to reach.

But no, you were not like the others — in fact, you were far more different than them. So different that he has started to see you in a new light.

“Akaza-san, what are you doing here?” You asked and tried to act clueless, looking up at him with eyes that were a thousand more beautiful than hundreds of stars combined, as the galaxy reflected on your sweet, sweet eyes.

Akaza walked closer to you, and silently asked, “How did you find these?”

“Well, I frequent here.” You lied. You know yourself you literally took days, weeks, or months, even going as far as to neglect Muzan’s assigned missions to you.

Then, the silence longers. You only stared at each other’s eyes, whilst admiring how the fresh wind hits the both of you gently.

“The moon has set.” You suddenly said, looking up behind Akaza to look at the moon more clearly, the moonlight shone and sparkled before you, serving as spotlights for the both of you as if you’re the only ones that exist.

Silence lingers once again, the tension has become quite too awkward for the both of you. Your relationship has always been like this. But, there was a change. Right now, Akaza’s once hatred-filled eyes turned to one of admiration.

One that finally admired you in a way of finally seeing the real you, not the you he expected you to be. It seems, that Muzan has changed his perspective of you, his thoughts of you, and even the way he feels about you.

There’s just something about you that he can’t get over with.

Maybe it’s because of the fact that you still help him despite his growing and obvious hatred for you, or maybe because your smile tells him there’s more to it than what he thinks...?

Either way, you smile widely and shiny as the moon when you could see the change within him. Maybe, just maybe, will your feelings get reciprocated?

~~~~~

“I apologize, I have failed to find the blue spider lilies, Lord Muzan.” Akaza hung his head down low in shame, prepared for his usual punishment.

You winced and closed your eyes as you looked at the bloody scene from afar. Confusion was still within you, though. Why would he not even take those blue spider lillies?

You gasped as you saw Muzan dissapear in thin air as Akaza slowly stood up whilst trying to regenerate half of his face.

Akaza sauntered weakly towards you, “Why are you up here?” he asked, as blood spilled out of his mouth.

You wiped the blood off of his face, “well... why did you not even take the blue spider lillies?”

“Because you found it. Not me.”

“Well, I led you to it.”

“You still found it.” Akaza, as stubborn as ever, doesn’t want to take credit for something great you achieved. If ever, it should be you who must give it to Muzan, and yet you decline, wanting Akaza to instead do it.

“I think Muzan-sama doesn’t hate you.” You say, sitting down beside Akaza.

Akaza only scoffed, knowing it is a mere lie only to make him feel better.

“Otherwise, if he did, he wouldn’t let you handle such a task that would change the demons’ lineage forever. That, is especially a good change.” You caressed his right cheek as you smiled, his other cheek slowly healing.

“...I don’t think so.” He tried to deny, but the smile on his face says otherwise. The fact can’t be changed that he was indeed comforted by what you said.

The both of you chuckled in unison as you laid on your backs, looking up at the bright roof on top of you.

It was cold, yet the feeling of being close with each other was warm enough to know that everything’s fine and comforting.

From that then on, the both of you felt as close as ever. Both your minds and hearts wished that this moment would go on for as long as life continues.

★ • ° ` — BONUS:

“Akazaaa, aren’t you getting hungry? C’mon, let’s eaaaaatt!!” You whined as you tried to pull your beloved inside a restaurant of the red light district, after having a tiring battle with the demon slayers.

Yet, he was being stubborn, not wanting to spend the precious money his dear lord had lent him for this disguised-undercover mission.

“No, the money is not enough.” A lie. When he literally had a bag of coins swinging by his waist. But that simple excuse doesn’t work on you, as you continued to pull Akaza with you towards the restaurant.

Then finally, Akaza gave in, as you almost stumbled on your own, Akaza grinning the shit-eating wide grin he had ever done.

You huffed in annoyance, but that didn’t stop you from finally getting in the restaurant, mouth gaped open at how fancy it looked on the inside, rather than outside. Then, a much more eye-catchy thing caught your attention.

“Look, ‘kaza! Don’t these foods make you hungry at all?” You exclaimed as you had finally entered the restaurant along with Akaza, looking at the menu.

“You’re a demon... how come human food makes your mouth water?” Akaza looked at you with disbelief, as you wrapped your arm around his arm, whilst you looked up and smiled at him, “well, any food is delicious!”

“Whatever. Muzan-sama only gave me ¥300.” He said, jingling the bag of coins he had, “well, that’s more than enough! See! This one only costs ¥100!” You pointed at the food displayed on the menu as your eyes sparkled in delight.

“Pleasee, ‘kaza?” He swears, that he’s only paying the precious money for you to stop begging like a child, not because you looked so fucking cute looking up at him with those sparkling eyes of yours.

He glanced at the coins one last time, before handing it to the chef. As you squealed silently in joy, you pulled him on a seat near the window, admiring the beauty the city lights held at night from the 2nd floor. It were like huge stars in front of you, sparkling against your eyes.

Being a demon was, well, hard. Everyone loathes you, those demon slayers are after your head, and no one will ever be by your side. But luckily, you have Akaza. And admiring a peaceful scenery such as this one makes you forget even for a moment that you were hated by the whole world.

“Akaza-san... what if we were humans instead of demons?” You suddenly asked, as Akaza’s attention was now on you.

“Why ask?” He too, looked at the lights shining below. And then, he had finally realized the answer.

“Light may be beautiful. But darkness has its own beauty too. We are immortals, stronger than these humans.” Akaza answered nonchalantly, but he too, wondered. If he never became demon, would he even ever get to meet you?

“...Right. Aren’t we also like humans now? I think this is what humans call a ‘date’.” You softly said, as you looked around you, everyone was being lovey-dovey.

Akaza turned his head away, trying to hide the forming pink in his face. You only giggled, as the food has been served.

~~~~~

A stroll in a peaceful, starry night on a windy open field hand in hand with someone. More so, this someone who you had always long loved.

“The stars are so bright, aren’t they, ‘kaza?” Akaza only hummed in response, looking up too at the stars that formed hundreds of constellations.

“Say, why did you suddenly like me, ‘kaza?” You asked, as you sat down on an open field, where the blue spider lillies last bloomed.

“Just... fate I guess.” He sat along with you, your fingers still intertwined together.

“Hmm... fate you say... then does that mean we are fated to be together?” You asked and looked up at him hopefully, but Akaza didn’t answer. He was left silent, nor did he even bat you an eyesight. He couldn’t answer, or perhaps he didn’t know the answer.

A soft sigh left your lips. He was still the little tsundere you have always loved, and still love. So, you took the first move.

You cupped his cheeks on your hands, and leaned in. Akaza was taken aback, but he too, returned the affection you had given him.

Being breathless was an understatement. You feel like you could die. The feeling was way too good to even think of anything else. You couldn’t even have the chance to think that Muzan could have witnessed this public display of affection.

“...Why did I make these demons again?” Muzan asked himself, as he could feel himself combusting at the ghastly scene in his mind, lovey feelings flowing through his veins. He couldn’t continue on what he was doing now.

a/n: haha poor muzan

[nickkcha]

Also noticed that usagi wears some exposed clothes like his usual sleeveless haori(I guess??) and also a tank in this art about cuddle. Bro- this man wants to look so cool and stuff lmao. But he's literally frozen to the bone. Also it's so cute that Leo lent him his sweatshirt RYAAAAAHHHH

I can't fathom the embarrassment this sucker,Usagi, feels when his teeth are stuttering because his clothes shows too much of a skin, and literally everyone notices that but he is just playing it cool(wow not intended pun ,I'm very funny...no) and while no one looks he has to ask Leo about something to cover up with

Yeah he tries so bad to be cool he doesn't even hide it💀

I think he likes the stares and the validation, even if he's not used to dressing in that style, he's a fucking nerd bro he usually dress with khakis BAHAHAHA HE KINS MM!LEO WHAT ABOUT IT

When he is not in public and is in confidence he decides to wear more covered clothes and clothes that accord with his style, just because he knows he doesn't need to search for validation with someone he really trusts.

He got issues 🫵

[isan0rt]

Actually, @lightandfellowship asking about other Dark Road historical fashion thoughts on this post did kind of get me thinking about it and you know what I think is really interesting? Is that there are only two students that are at any point wearing entirely Western-looking (non-Japanese) clothing without an obi and obijime, and that’s Xehanort (pre-arrival at Scala)...

And Baldr.

Even Master Odin is wearing an obi and obijime despite otherwise dressing like Gandalf, but we’ll leave him aside for the sake of this discussion.

For the most part the students are wearing fusion clothing, but that’s typical of the Taisho era. The Taisho period, which immediately followed the end of the Meiji Restoration, was a period of great change in Japan, and of Westernization. It was very common for people to wear a mix of Western clothing with traditional Japanese clothing. You can see a lot of this in the Dark Road students; 

(This got really long lol. Discussion of the secondary and tertiary Dark Road students’ design choices, culminating in discussion of Eraqus, Xehanort, and Baldr’s designs and what they might mean in the context of a Taisho-period-adjacent setting, under the cut).

- Most of the male students, plus Urd, are wearing very loose, bloused pants, probably tobi trousers or karusan-bakama. 

- Vidar, Vali, and Vala have some of the most traditionally Japanese silhouettes among the upperclassmen. Vidar is wearing a sleeveless lapped garment that isn’t strictly traditional, but has a very Japanese look to the way it’s assembled and to the color styling, while Vali is wearing pretty authentic-looking Japanese faulds, and is obviously supposed to make you think of the kabuki ideal of a ninja. Vala also looks EXTREMELY Taisho-period; the wearing of silk-painted or embroidered, brightly-colored hakama with an obi and furisode or kosode was extremely common for girls in the Taisho period. Vala has some sort of fantasy puff cuff-sleeve-thing instead of furisode, but her hakama and obi are lifted straight out of the 1910s. Interestingly, these upperclassmen, like Eraqus in the lower class, survive the longest.

- Heimdall, Sigrun, and Bragi are all wearing a mix of actual traditional Japanese clothing and Western elements. They are all wearing short kimono, with Sigrun having a very classic obi styling, Bragi is wearing traditional workman’s clothing (a hanten and sarubakama, with an obi without obijime, interestingly), and Heimdall appears to be wearing a kosode, with obi and obijime. However, Sigrun is wearing leggings and gaiters, Heimdall has some WILD thigh-high Three Musketeers boots and that very intensely high-collared, French-looking bolero jacket, and Bragi is, as previously discussed, wearing a bomber jacket (and also Chuck Taylor sneakers, Bragi you sneaky, deeply anachronistic guy).

- Helgi and Hoder, interestingly, appear to be blending Japanese and Chinese clothing styles; they’re both wearing obi and obiage, but Hoder appears to be wearing a cheongsam, and while Helgi is wearing a sleeveless kimono as a shirt, his fur ruffs very much evoke some traditional theatrical depictions of Son Goku (the Monkey King not the DBZ character); but I’m not that knowledgeable about Chinese clothing so I won’t make too many conjectures here.

- Urd and Hermod and Vor all have very fantasy-like designs, with the girls having fewer garments from either real Western or Japanese styles. Hermod and Urd as discussed have the bloused pants, Vor’s coat looks VERY much like a traditionally silk painted kimono that’s been altered to have a Western tab-collar, but has a traditional Japanese rope bow on the back, and all three are wearing obi and obiage. However, Urd’s robe/cape thing is VERY Western Fantasy Wizard, meanwhile Vor is wearing actual pumpkin pants. Hermod’s looks the most period, with his haori retaining the traditional lapels but altered to have Western bishop sleeves, and he’s wearing VERY WWI-style gaiters.

Now lets talk about the other three, who are actually our main characters; Xehanort, Baldr, and Eraqus.

Eraqus is absolutely wearing nothing but traditional Japanese clothing (aside from the obvious Kingdom Hearts elements of the turtleneck and crossed suspenders). He is wearing extremely traditional hakama, with the most traditional haori of any of the cast. His hair is partially loose but what is pulled back is pulled into something like a topknot; Eraqus is designed in every way to evoke the look of the samurai class. What I think is significant with that is that, as mentioned, the Taisho period followed the Meiji Restoration, when the samurai class in Japan were more or less disbanded in the face of modernization of Japan. I don’t think it’s unrelated that at this point, the Scalan society that considers Eraqus a ‘blueblood’ is also in decline, and is ultimately ended within Eraqus’s lifetime. He is the last of his kind, and he is dressed like it.

Then, there’s Xehanort. When he leaves Destiny Islands to go to Scala he’s dressed in an outfit that calls to mind Ephemer’s, and is extremely Western and modern-looking; which makes sense, since he was raised by Player, and the KHUX time period has very modern and Western fashion (remember Bragi’s Chucks?). But once he’s a student, he’s replaced his button-down shirt and collared sleeveless duster with a turtleneck (Kingdom Hearts, lol) and haori of his own, an exact photo negative of Eraqus’s haori except that Xehanort’s is sleeveless. But Eraqus is a blueblood, and as far as anyone in Scala knows, Xehanort is a nobody and a foreigner; he is still wearing Western pants in a Western style, held up by a Western belt and without any obi in sight. Xehanort was born in Scala, and he resents being seen as Just Some Guy, but he doesn’t belong there like Eraqus does; his haori on top is trying to make him part of that world, an equal to Eraqus, but what’s underneath reflects that Scala doesn’t consider him either of those things.

And then, there is Baldr. 

I’ve seen other posters point out that his clothing is all black, under a white jacket (I’m sorry I don’t remember who pointed this out!), but also, Baldr has the most Western and contemporary clothing of all of the characters in Dark Road. In contrast to Xehanort, with his loose, pre-WWI-era jeans, Baldr is wearing contemporary skinny jeans with a wallet chain and fashionable low-buckled boots. He’s also wearing a waistcoat, and a bolero jacket with what looks like knit cuffs. He doesn’t fit in with the others at all, even less than Xehanort does.

And pointedly, like Xehanort, he is not wearing an obi.

I feel like it’s not a coincidence that this game visually sets its characters in the Taisho era, the time period that transitioned Japan from the traditional Japan to the modern, Westernized Japan of the 20th century, and the character who puts a permanent end to Scalan society is the only character dressed entirely in Western and modern clothing. Obviously I can’t say for sure what the intent was, but at the end of the game, the three characters left standing are Eraqus, dressed in the most traditionally Japanese fashion, Baldr, dressed in the least, and Xehanort, the fusion, who is dressed like Eraqus on the surface, but underneath, is dressed like Baldr.

[succikko-draws]

Forgot to post these as well! Some Ame parents, wanted to draw older Fuso and Ise with the Ame Trio as well as design some parents for Konan and Yahiko. Ise ended up being so fucking pale bc they ended up sprouting the world's palest emo.. Still idk if I'm going to let him be that pale bc he's currently paler than nagato. The bottom drawing is of Karin's parents :3

[Image ID: Image 1: A set of digital sketch of Nagato's parents meeting the trio as well as designs of Konan and Yahiko's parents. Fuso and Ise looks older. Fuso is wearing a dark tank top with green pants and has long red hair, she's holding Nagato's face and lovingly looking at him, saying: "Oh Nagato! My sweet baby you're all grown up I'm so proud of you!" Nagato is wearing a teal kimono with a blue obi and looks very happy. Ise is wearing a purple shirt, holding his son's arm while looking at Konan and Yahiko, a hand on Konan's shoulder: "Thank you for taking good care of him, it's good to meet you!" Konan and Yahiko are standing there happily, Konan having her hand on Ise's arm, Yahiko is behind her hanging to her arm. Konan's wearing her sleeveless turtleneck while Yahiko's wearing a green shirt. Underneath is Konan's parents holding a kid Konan in their arms. Her mom has long dark blue hair with bangs and part of it tied in a bun, and brown eyes. She wears a short sleeve black turtleneck with purple pants and a gold necklace. She has purple eyeshadow and black lipstick. She has a chubby face and arms. She's holding Konan in her arms with a hand under the little girl's face. Her husband has short lighter blue hair with orange eyes. He's wearing red eyeliner and a black choker. He's wearing a dark blue top with a red and yellow obi, the sleeves of his outfit also have yellow and red parts. He has piercings on his ears. Baby Konan is wearing a green shirt with a maroon skirt and black stockings. The captions read "Kohaku" over the mom and "Nanao" over the dad. Next to them is Yahiko's family. His mom has light orange hair in a short mullet, with brown eyes. She is wearing a grey shirt with a green apron over it. Her husband has medium length brown straight hair let loose. He wears a green haori over a lighter shirt. He has slightly darker skin than his wife and son. Yahiko is holding his mom's apron, smiling. He's wearing a pale red shirt. His mom has her arm around his shoulder while his dad has a hand on his head and an arm around his wife's waist. The caption reads "Aiko" over the mom and "Shigeru" over the dad.

Image 2: A digital sketch of Karin's parents. Her mom has light purple eyes, the same shade of red as Karin's hair in a short bob and brown skin. She's wearing a grey tunic with a red belt over green pants and has dark blue shoes going up to her calf. Over her outfit she wears a purple and red cape and has a gas mask around her neck. The caption next to her reads: "Anzu Uzumaki." Karin's dad has short dark brown hair, brown eyes and tan skin. He has a mole under his left eye. He wears Kusagakure's headband and wears a flak jacket over a red tunic. He has green elbow and knee protectiosn and wears dark blue pants and gloves. He has a teal sword on his back. The caption next to him reads: "Shun." /.End ID]

[kny-agere]

Hi, may I request something with little Obanai with caregiver Rengoku? A drabble or headcannons is fine, thanks.

Cg! Rengoku & Little! Iguro

★彡☆彡★彡

- Rengoku is ofc really really enthusiastic about taking care of Iguro

- He likes to hold Iguro a lot, the boy’s feet almost never touch the ground because Kyojuro is always carrying him

- Iguro doesn’t mind it either though

- He doesn’t like too much touch but Rengoku is very careful with his hands and doesn’t pull or squeeze too tightly

- Iguro is OBSESSED with using Kyojuro’s sleeveless haori (cape) as a blanket

- Ofc the man is equally obsessed with how cute his little looks all swaddled up

- He’s really good at getting Obanai to ear

- Rengoku just sits and shouts his usual decorations of “delicious!” until the little one gets curious and takes a bite of the food too

- Senjuro also likes saying hello to any regressors but Iguro can be very very shy

- He always manages to murmur a soft “thank you” because Rengoku is very focused on good manners

- The flame hashira isn’t big on punishments though He focuses more on talking things out

- Very very rarely he might put Iguro in a time out but that’s about as intense as he gets

- Iguro is a brat sometimes but other than being stubborn or cranky he’s not rebellious

- Rengoku loves his little a lot but he worries about Iguro too because the boy isn’t good at taking care of himself even when non-regressed

- He tries really really hard not to bother Iguro but he’s so intent on caring for the boy that he keeps making little comments

- Obanai doesn’t mind *too* much but occasionally he does get annoyed by it

- Half the time it makes him begin to regress which is especially annoying (and means Kyojuro is likely to get yelled at)

- At times like this he doesn’t reprimand Iguro at all since he is partially to blame

- If the boy is beginning to regress however he might use a more commanding tone

- Sometimes it can help him regress too!!

- Other times Iguro freaks out about punishments/discipline because of his own childhood but Kyojuro is always quick to calm him down and offer some comfort

- Rengoku gets a little nervous about Kaburamaru because outside of demon slaying he can be rather clumsy but he likes the snake itself well enough

- Obanai of course loves his snake and often excitedly points out whenever Kaburamaru’s tongue flicks out of he blinks

- Rengoku just goes “good job!” and moves on because he’s not quite sure how to react lol

- I like the hc that they grew up together and because Kyojuro saw his scars multiple times Obanai is a lot less secretive about them

- It’s a big help because because it’s like Iguro has one less thing on his mind

[hungrycharizard]

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𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: Adaman x gn!reader

𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐬: Soft bully Adaman, wearing Adaman's hoodie, bedsharing

𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: SFW

you didn't even knock. "you could have warned me it was going to storm, Adaman." you seethed, slamming the door against the rain and the wind that followed. he looked up from his desk, papers strewn about and incomplete. smoothing a hand through his hair, he scowls, "do I look like I can read the weather?"

"oh my bad, let me just go ask Thundurus." you hiss, wringing out your hoodie to join the puddle already forming at your feet. he looked offended at the water pooling in front of his door. your frown turned soft as you closed your eyes, rubbing your face. "I'm sorry for the water. I didn't think to set up the rain cover over my tent, everything of mine is drenched." you apologize, leaning against the cold door, "I didn't know who else to bother because the only other person who tolerates me is Mai and she isn't even here."

Adaman stands, crossing his arms as he gives you a look over. "you look like a wet Pichu." he smirks. you gasp, peeling your hoodie off your soaked body to wing the sodden mass of clothing at him. he laughs and catches it, visibly cringing as water dribbles down his arm and drips to the floor. your undershirt is in equally bad condition, but at least your arms aren't weighed down by what felt like the ocean but wearable.

you stomp to the fireplace and plant yourself down in front of it with a soft oomph, "I am sleeping in front of the fire all night and you now have to deal with me until the rain stops." Adaman looks downright offended, "you are not sleeping on my floor, what is wrong with you?" your head snaps up to stare at him in shock, assuming he was going to kick you out.

"no no! I just mean you can sleep in the bed, I can't have you sleeping on the floor in this weather." he corrects in a panic, waving his hands in a frenzy.

you sigh, body slumping as you turn back to the fire. your clothes were no drier, just damp and warm on the outside, cold on the inside. "I'm cold!" you whine, dragging out the latter word. you lay back against the floor, arms splayed out. light flickers across the top of the a-frame cabin, and then suddenly Adaman is leaning over to block your view. "do you want to suffer in wet clothes all night, or…"

he offers you a hand, and you accept it so he can pull you up. he gestures towards his wardrobe, and you're excited to raid it and be freaking warm for the first time tonight. (you seriously tried toughing out the storm and just sleeping through it…)

"you're a thief. first my clothing and now my bed?" Adaman laughs as he turns to face you, sideways in the chair with his arm resting on the back. you wiggle under the blankets, trying to get warm and cozy. "you let me be a thief." you hum, eyes slipping shut.

not… much of his actually fits. he's a tall man, and you are not nearly his height. "oh lanky one," you sing as you pull a hoodie identical to yours out, "i have found what i will steal." he nods and shrugs, turning to sit back at his desk. not like he wore the hoodie anyways, he had his haori. while he's distracted with his back to you, you undress. everything comes off as quick as possible; shirt, pants, undergarments, everything. you take it upon yourself to slide into his bed afterwards, uninvited.

sleep doesn't come for you. eventually, you find yourself pressed to the wall. it's cold, but you never take up much bedspace even on your own. you're in and out of an incredibly light consciousness, not quite sleeping but not quite awake. at one point, the lamp on the desk goes out and the cabin falls into a softer, dimmer light.

the bed dips behind you, blankets pulling up to bring in a breeze of pure cold. you whine blearily, and Adaman shushes you gently. he grabs you, pulling your back to his chest. through the hoodie and lack of other clothing you have, you can feel he's only in a sleeveless shirt and trousers. the madman. you're freezing and he's in that. though, you realize, the more time you spend pressed to him, the warmer you grow.

"you're leeching my warmth, you heathen." Adaman rumbles. you turn in his arms, tucking your head under his chin. "you're letting me," you whisper, shuffling to press impossibly closer.

[kahenn]

For @thetoaddaddy

Miki would like to think she's a pretty relaxed person (regardless of what others would say). Someone, who rarely yells or snarks at people. Someone who doesn't have outbursts in the middle of the street.

At times, she forgets, just how chill she is.

She knows him the second she sees him. The mane of white hair, the red sleeveless haori, his ridiculous height. "YOU," she shrieks, stopping in her tracks, lifting a hand to point at him from across the street, other hand clutching her just purchased bag of fruit.

There is probably a more polite way to address one of the sannin, but all she can think about how her only encounter with the man was being run into the ground with the force of a professional linebacker. Sure, it was for good reason, but did he have to disappear without a trace before the dust had barely cleared? Wasn't very polite.

[solarsnapp]

[ID: The first image is three drawings of Mitsuri Kanroji from Kimetsu no Yaiba. Mitsuri is a fat, pale-skinned woman with a mole on each cheek and long pink, yellow, and green hair tied up in three braids that reach below her waist. She wears a dark brown version of the Demon Slayer uniform (with a skirt instead of hakama), white sarashi wrappings around her abdomen, a white haori, and thigh-high green socks that go to a yellow gradient as it goes down. Her uniform top has a large boob window; her breasts have stretch marks. The second drawing is a headshot of Mitsuri but from the behind, showing how the back of her head is styled. The third drawing is Mitsuri without her haori, where it reveals she wears a sleeveless version of the Demon Slayer top and also has huge arm muscles the size of her head. She is flexing one of her arms.

The second image is two drawings of Sanemi from Kimetsu no Yaiba. Sanemi is a pale-skinned man with large scars crisscrossing over his face, chest, and arms, and has short, white hair that sticks out in all directions. He wears a dark green version of the Demon Slayer uniform where the entire front is open, exposing his torso, sarashi wrapped around his chest, as well as a white haori jacket and his katana. The other drawing is of his haori jacket from the back, showing that the hem only goes down to the waist rather than to the thighs, and has the kanji character “ 殺 “ (it means “to kill”). End ID.]

Made some alterations to their designs once I decided they were transgender

[odaclan]

Back when the cast photos were released, I commented that I thought the costume department dressed up Nobukatsu in an outfit that is meant to be reminiscent of the classic Nobunaga painting in green, white, and red outfit.

I hadn't been entirely sure, then, because the lighting made the green "vest" look a little yellowish, but in the actual scenes it's more clearly visible that it's green.

I also mentioned that I think he looks very much like Sometani's Nobunaga from the Kirin ga Kuru drama.

Dousuru's Nobukatsu was wearing is some sort sleeveless attire that is tied in the middle, as opposed to a the standard kataginu depicted in the Nobunaga painting. In Kirin, Nobunaga most often wears a doubuku (Sengoku era haori), which has that exact same cloth ties, so I was wondering if it was done with the intention of emphasising the resemblance.

However, Ieyasu also wears this exact same stringed "vest" in Dousuru, so perhaps I was actually wrong.

On the subject of attire, though.

That "vest" with the strings to tie it close, which is called chanchan or denchi, is actually not only quite anachronistic (dates to at least the late 1600s or 1700s Edo period), but very pedestrian. It's worn by street hawkers and peddlers, and it was said to have been "invented" because the sleeves of normal haori or doubuku would just get in the way of them working.

It's highly popularised as the costume of "Mitokoumon", when he's out in "commoner disguise", and also a classic special birthday gifts for senior citizens (for "special numbered" ages like 60, 70, 80, etc).

Taiga drama isn't necessarily the most historically accurate when it comes to costumes, but I am kind of curious if there's a special reason behind this or if it's just "it looks nice". NHK's website every now and then posts the concept art for the costumes and sometimes they would go into details for the reasoning behind specific designs.

[bleachbleachbleach]

Bleach e016 | e041

This man wore loaner shihakushou to go arrest his sister and I WON’T be convinced otherwise.

I know it’s partly the visual effect of having tekkou vs. not, but I still think the sleeves are ever-so-slightly-but-still-statistically-significantly shorter. He’ll sport the kenseikan and the scarf, but Byakuya refused to bring any of his actual clothing (shihakushou, captain’s haori) on this journey. Was it at the dry cleaners? Was he afraid they’d get Living World cooties on them? Do cooties wash out of silk but not other textiles???

In fairness, it seems like a shinigami’s shihakushou can be whatever length he wants it to be:

The 3/4 sleeve. Functional but also sultry.

The full sleeve. Regal. Telegraphs fearlessness--your utter disregard for stains or grime.

Though this last image seems to suggest that actually, it’s a shinigami’s arms that can be whatever length he wants them to be:

Sleeveless? Passé. This season is all about armless couture.

Unfortunately, manga Byakuya did not seem to be as picky about what he did or didn’t wear to the Living World, at last as far as sleeve-length goes, but the second part of this about shinigami having lamarckian arms is also true in the manga.

[daeva-agas]

I kind of like the idea of Dousuru costuming Nobukatsu with an outfit that looks like the Meme Fodder Nobunaga painting, but I just reaaaaally don't like that Mitokomon sleeveless haori (chanchanko) that they used.

So if someone told me to redesign that costume to my own preference, these are my (very biased) offerings:

A) Very Strictly Historical: Just a standard daimon hitatare, but keeping the same colour scheme. Nothing special here.

B) Going Ham With Fancy: A Noh costume style kataginu and hakama, but cut to the wearer's size instead of big and bulky. The kataginu and hakama are embroidered with fancier designs, and a patterned kosode is worn underneath.

C) Ahistorical, but Relatively Simple: Based on a suou, a samurai formal wear, with the sleeves removed to be reminiscent of a kataginu. The sleeve slits are placed on the kosode, revealing the red innermost kimono/juban (may give the impression of slash wounds, can be used for dramatic flair/symbolism). This kind of design risks inviting protests from history-conscious viewers for being "weird", although maybe creative framing and camera cuts can distract the viewers from noticing.

D) Just Messing Around Now: Based on a suikan, a nobleman's attire that's also a Noh costume staple. Tied in the kind of casual tarikubi manner, to also make it more reminiscent of kataginu. It's a combination of the B and C concepts (Noh costume + formal wear), basically. Least likely to be acceptable for a Taiga drama, is probably more suitable for a fantasy/anime type of story.

(Designed for the role of Nobukatsu, despite the colour scheme, not Nobunaga)

(I also don't really like the actor cast in the role in Dousuru TBH, and the way the character is written, but that's another story)

[bleachanimefan1]

Bleach Shadow Redux Part 3

The Gotei 13,

"So, tell me about the Squads. What are they about?" Akari asked as she walked with Ikkaku and Yumichika into the Seireitei as they took her to the meeting room. A few feet away, they walked past a woman with pale skin, short black hair with several strands sticking to her face and deep purplish-blueish eyes and a man with red hair shaped like a pineapple with tattoos on the side of his neck, who was busy talking to her not noticing the three of them as they left. The woman noticed Akari from a far, eyeing her curiously.

"Each 13 squad has something they specialize in and is led by a captain. One, command. They oversee the entire Seireitei and Soul Society. Two, Stealth. They control a special task force. Third, Intelligence and Information. Four, Medical. Five, Kido Corps. Six, Internal Affairs. Seven, maintain peace between the Seireitei and the Rukongai. Eight, Reinforcement. Nine, Counter Intelligence. They prevent information from being leaked out. Ten, plan operations and rescue. Eleven, where Ikkaku and I are in, we specialize in fighting. Twelve, Research and Development through technology. And last Thirteen specialize in Defense and protect the Seireitei. And with each division a soul reaper has a seat they are assigned to. The higher the seat the stronger they are." Yumichika explained to Akari.

"What are your seats?" She asked them.

"I'm a 3rd seat." Ikkaku smirked.

"And I'm 5th." Yumichika told her.

"You two must be really strong then." Akari said.

"Well, if you ever decided to come to Squad 11 maybe we can spar sometime! I've been itching to fight you." Ikkaku replied.

"Sounds great!" Akari smiled, stopping in front of a large big door. She could hear voices inside.

"Wait! You can't go in there! There's a meeting right now!-" Akari quickly kicked opened the door.

"What is the meaning of this!?" Akari's eyes widen when she heard an old man's voice shouting. She saw that there were other people in the room as well, wearing white haoris with numbers on the back, standing across from each other, numerically. However, there were three missing. 3, 5, and 9. From the end going straight down, Squad 13 was a tall man with very pale skin, dark green eyes, and long white hair. Squad 12 was a man from what she assumed it was, skeletal like in appearance, grinning smile, his entire body was covered in black and white paint ears were covered in yellow cones, golden eyes, wearing a white hat with two ends pointing to the right, a purple scarf. Squad 11, a taller, muscular man, a long face with high pronounced cheek bones, hairless brow ridges, short sleeved haori with ragged ends, and white bandages across his midsection, with spiky hair with bells tied at the ends, wore an eye patch on his right eye, and a scar on the left side of his face running straight down.

Squad 10 was a shorter younger man with short spiky white hair and icy blue eyes, his zanpakuto strapped to his back. Squad 8, a tall man with light skin, high cheek bones, grey eyes and long wavy brown hair in a ponytail with pinwheel hairpins, a long bang covering the left side of his face, wearing a straw hat and pink flowered lady's kimono draped over his shoulders, a thin beard. Squad 7 was a humanoid wolf with light brown fur. Squad 6 was a tall man with grey eyes, long black hair held up by a white hair piece, wearing a white silk scarf. Squad 4, a woman with dark blue eyes, long black hair tied in a braid in front of her body wearing a dark obi around her waist. Squad 2, a young woman with short black hair with two long strands wrapped in cloth and a gold ring at the end, wearing a sleeveless haori, dark arm bands and yellow obi. Akari's eyes fell on Squad 1, a bald old man with scars and deep wrinkles, long eyebrows, white beard reaching down to his waist.

Squad 11's captain green eyes eyed Akari curiously as she strode past him and the other captains, heading straight towards Yamamoto. Akari stopped in front of him and quickly knelt down to the floor, bowing to him.

"I'm sorry for reporting 1000 years late…father." Everyone in the room went dead silent in shock and so did Ikkaku and Yumichika.

"Old man Yamma, who is this?" Squad 8 captain asked him.

"You must be mistaken, child. I have no daughter. She died a long time ago."

"Try being trapped inside of a crystal." She corrected him. "It's thanks to these two that I'm now free. I may have gone through a few changes. It's really me, father. I'm back. And…not just me." Akari told him about the shadow hallows and have they had still survived after all these years.

"That's impossible. Shadow hallows were completely wiped out."

"If you don't mind me speaking, Head Captain Yamamoto. Not all of them. We fought one and had a tough time trying to kill it." Ikkaku spoke.

"Or maybe you two are slacking a bit." Akari head the gruff voice coming from The Squad 11 Captain. She quickly turned to him.

"No. They were right it was hard to kill, and they are. Don't underestimate them. Shadow hallows are extremely dangerous and I believe that they have infiltrated the soul society as we speak." Akari frowned. The man made a wide grin full of animosity.

"If you say they are dangerous as you say they are then maybe I can finally have a challenge. Been kind of boring around here, lately."

"You're a fool!" Akari shouted at him.

"Enough." Everyone heard Yamamoto snapped and everyone went quiet. "We'll deal with it later. Right now, we have other matters to deal with Hueco Mundo."

"Hueco Mundo?" Akari questioned.

"You may have noticed that there are some captains missing. They went rogue." The 13 Squad captain told her. Akari's eyes widen in surprise.

"How in the hell did that happen?" She said. Yamamoto and the captains from Squad 8 and 4 explained to her the situation. Several ryokas sneaked into the Soul Society to save someone called Rukia. And three captains named Sosuke Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tosen stole something called the Hogyoku and ran off to Hueco Mundo. "Sounds like you have your hands full."

"It's been a long time since you've been gone. The squads have been formed and you need to be in one." Yamamoto spoke.

"Squad 11." Akari said.

"There are other-"

"I've made up my mind." Akari said firmly. Then a loud laugh boomed and Akari knew it was from the Squad 11 captain. 

"Well, I hate to break it to you, little girl. But the only way to get into Squad 11 is to have a fight with me. And I don't let women join. Only I can say if your good enough to stay or not. You're better off in the healing squad."

Akari smiled. "So, you're saying I have to fight you and you'll let me in. Okay, sounds fun. It's been a while since I been able to move around. It'll be a nice warm up."

"You are going to regret those words."

"Not in here! Take it outside!" the squad 2 captain shouted at them.