#takeda kanryusai

[outofmyhead]

[watasemasaru]

AMAZING discovery today

[eleiyaumei]

LGBTQ+ and ally Hakuouki headcanons

Anyway, headcanons are subjective. Feel free to share your own!

Aromantic asexual: Sannan, Amagiri, Kaoru

Aromantic: Yamazaki

Asexual: Okita, Saito

Pansexual/Bisexual: Harada, Souma, Sen

Gay/Lesbian: Shiranui, Kimigiku/Okiku, Itou, Takeda (let's take those 2 gay stereotypes and turn them into real characters!)

Heterosexual Pan-/Biromantic: Hijikata, Iba

Gender-non-conforming/Demi-girl/Agender/Non-binary: Chizuru

Gay asexual: Nakaoka

Cishet ally*: Nagakura, Ryouma, Miki

*Allies of the community are those that don't just tolerate LGBTQ+ people, but actively support and defend them.

Shenanigumi might be the only who's done this before...

(Sorry for not including Heisuke, I just don't think he fits anything here. I think he's a straight cis guy that would not go out of his way to support the LGBTQ+ community. He probably has other things on his mind... I don't HC him as queerphobic, just not as an ally.)

For those in the aromantic&asexual lines: I don't have a HC what their sexual/romantic identity is, I guess I'm open to any interpretation there. For the people in the pan&bi and gay&lesbian lines, I mostly HC their romantic identities to allign with their sexual ones.

(I saw someone musing about whether or not Kaoru is trans* (since identical twins usually share the same biological sex) and... I can't see how? Him "having the wrong genitals" (as in: him being AMAB) is a fact important to his backstory and he seems to have always identified as boy/man, even before the attack on his village, no matter what the Nagumo did to him. (Kaoru and Chizuru being oni is probably an excuse for how it's possible that they're identical twins with different sexes). But it's a trans* spectrum so while I can't see how he could be MTF trans*, maybe he's GNC/demi-boy/agender/enby?)

[fuckyeahbakumatsu]

Shinsengumi as Duolingo Sentences (Part 3 of ?)

Hijikata, at the end of his fucking rope

Everyone on March 22, 1868

The Shinsengumi in general

Takeda apparently???

Harada's Route

[kenzan-kiwami]

i hope 8 and gaiden have a gpose mode like ishin kiwami

[kumoriyami-xiuzhen]

Hakuoki Shinkai: Tenun no Shou Hijikata CGs

[annatateson]

FINALLY FINISHED MY CURRENT 3D ART GIG AND CAN NOW PRESENT THIS STUPID, HIGH EFFORT MEME THAT HAS LIVED IN MY BRAIN FOR MONTHS AND CAN FINALLY BE FREEEEEE!!! 8D

[tarokro]

Character Introductions (Right-Left, Top-Bottom)

Inoue Genzaburo Matsubara Chuji Tani Sanjuro Takeda Kanryusai

From the Yakuza Ishin guidebook, 龍が如く 維新！完全攻略極ノ書

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

ALLLRIGHTY  THEN..but did Ikumatsu REALLY have to suffer such indignity for your little point here, Takeda?

(Pretend the subtitle didn’t cut off) but if he killed Inoue then I guess he killed Yamazaki too? We haven’t figured out who did that just yet.

NO excuse I just like having Izo’s sword carry on.

[outofmyhead]

[celosia-starfall]

“Take what you can and leave me to the wolves”

Lyrics from “Words as Weapons” by Seether

[04tenno]

Well goddamn, Daigo. I can only guess that was a part of his all-around terrible behavior that emerged when his world felt like it was crumbling. Of course, though, that’s still an awful way to act. It reminds me of the substory for him in 0 when he’s being a much more toned down kind of awful to that lady, and Kiryu points out that it’s not normal for him to act that way. It’d be interesting to see how he’d be with woman when he’s more levelheaded.

If you don’t mind me asking, what are your thoughts on Daigo and possibly being gay, anyway? It’s an area of intrigue for me in a way I can’t properly explain 🫠 Maybe due to being queer myself I wind up thinking about stuff like that.

Choosing a heartthrob type actor who doesn’t seem to do a lot of stuff like Yakuza and has a multitude of suggestive photo shoots makes me wonder so much. He’s not the usual choice compared to a lot of the other actors here. And what they used him for in the original version of Ishin is also just ???? There’s too much stuff in this series that my brain hooks onto and rotates endlessly. Even when it’s a character that doesn’t get thought about much 💀

Sorry I’ve been rambling so much. I really appreciate what you’ve shared with and done for the fandom, and it really gets my curiosity going.

How Daigo acts in Y0 is definitely in line with him ending up that way, because he's clearly begun to internalize certain beliefs about how he should act and what what he should want. It's very much not normal for a kid his age even if he doesn't fully understand it.

So, you know, there's stuff to chew on, but at the same time constantly showing that a character's hit his "lowest point" by having him victimize a female character gets old, and I'm glad Yokoyama stopped relying on that as shorthand.

I'm queer as well, so I think it'd be pretty cool! A huge draw to the series for women and queer people is the homoerotic subtext (which is, on occasion, text). And the subtext with Daigo really is intriguing, of course in terms of what we've talked about with Mine and with women, but also with Shinada and with Nick, for example.

When I've got the time I'd like to talk about it in a separate post (or in an ask to Snap in all likelihood lmao) but I'm like, 98% sure Mine just assumes he's gay and it's incredibly funny to me. Mine is certainly not Free of Projection, but still.

I honestly think Daito fits the casting pattern, though! There's at least one standout "heartthrob" in the cast of most of the games since faceclaims were introduced. Out of the actors I'm familiar with, Shota Matsuda (Kenzan), Hiroki Narimiya (Y4), Daito (Y5 and Ishin), Arata Iura (Y0), and of course Takuya Kimura, Shosuke Tanihara, and Hiroshi Tamaki (J1 and LJ) all had that reputation; even Tsutsumi did in the past. I think there's an understanding that the female fans are here to stay and are worth catering to.

Uhhhhh only tangentially related on the topic of queerness and faceclaims, honorable mention to Peter (Dead Souls) who is just straight-up one of Japan's most well known gay and GNC performers. Honestly. Slay. I love that he got to work with RGGS (even if, as usual, he plays a villain...)

With Ishin, it's definitely an interesting case, because with how Takeda and Todo are portrayed, it carries implications for whoever is "cast as" those characters. Because there's the acknowledgment Hayashi and Awano are, y'know, fruity, and there's also the acknowledgment Baba and Zhao could believably be desirable to gay men.

I suppose it kind of had to happen though. While Ishin does a LOT of original things with its concept, Takeda has to be Takeda, and Todo has to be Todo. In real life, Takeda did prey on younger members of the Shinsengumi (some believe Hijikata had Saito assassinate him after receiving complaints of this), and if one wanted to acknowledge that within the main story, well, Todo is the youngest captain.

In terms of casting, I think it's a mix of being dead-set on having an "all-star" cast (for the time) and needing the cast to fit "the image" of who the historical figures were. So Todo would naturally need to be someone who's boyishly handsome (even though Baba is 30 lmao). And hey, turns out we've got a really well-liked character that fits the bill right there in Y5, which was the best-selling RGG game by far in Japan until (I think) YLAD.

[midnightknightingale]

Takeda route wHeN-

Yes. For all those wondering. I played Iba's route. Both games.

I actually only played Iba's route to get maximum Takeda exposure.

ANYWAYS I DON'T CARE I REALLY WANT A TAKEDA ROUTE.

Pls- why would the devs add dialogue like this-

Ok rant over.

[fuckyeahbakumatsu]

Ok so leave

[kumoriyami-xiuzhen]

Hakuoki Shinkai: Tenun no Shou Saito CGs

[lightmelodyva]

Two hours passed as the group of Kondou, Haruka, Okita, Nagakura, Heisuke, Takeda and 10 other members waited at Ikeda.

“There’s no way we can keep waiting right?” Heisuke said.

Haruka sighed. “And you sent word to Aizu?”

Heisuke nodded. “Yeah. But that was hours ago.”

Haruka shook her head. “Damn it. I’ll have a word with them later. Kondou-san, they are definitely having their meeting here, what do you want to do?”

Kondou thought for a moment. “We can’t keep waiting. We go in.”

“Alright! I’m ready.” Nagakura said with a grin.

“In that case, I’ll stay out here in the front.” Takeda said.

“You’re not going to join us?” Heisuke asked.

“It’s fine.” Okita said. “It’ll be dark in there, we might accidentally stab him.”

Haruka stared at him. “Souji…”

“What? It’s true.”

“Kondou-san, I’ll stay out here with Takeda. There’s a chance some may escape this way.”

Kondou nodded. “Okay. Then Heisuke, Nagakura, Souji, your with me in the front, the rest of you to the back. Understood?”

Everyone nodded. Kondou, Okita, Heisuke, and Nagakura ran inside. Kondou announced themselves and soon the fighting started inside.

As the sounds of the skirmish echoed from within, Haruka and Takeda remained on guard outside. Tension filled the air and Haruka kept an eye on the surroundings.

"Takeda, hope you're ready when they try this way." she warned, her hand instinctively reaching for the hilt of her sword.

Takeda's gaze scanned the area. "I've got it covered, Shinomi-san."

Time passed, each minute feeling longer than the last. The clash of swords and shouts inside Ikeda was a symphony of chaos. Haruka could only imagine the captains were having a great time cutting down enemies as she stayed out there.

After about an hour, someone finally tried to escape from the front. Haruka took them down before Takeda had the chance. She was tying the ronin up when Takeda came up to her.

“That was quite fast.” Takeda said.

“Uh-huh.” She said as she tied the ronin's hands.

“Still, I am more than capable of doing that myself. You shouldn’t have to do this type of work.”

Haruka could sense his jealousy but ignored it. “Really now, Takeda...” She finally looked at him and she had a very serious look.

Takeda looked surprised. He hadn’t seen that look since he insulted her months ago. In fact, it looked like her left hand was reaching for her sword. “W-Wait, Shinomi-san, I-!”

Haruka took her sword out quickly and sped at Takeda. Takeda had his eyes wide open but he felt no pain. He took a glance behind him to see Haruka had attacked a Ronin that was aiming for him. She had saved him this time.

"Shinomi-san... You saved me," Takeda uttered, a hint of gratitude in his voice.

Haruka flicked her sword to get rid of the blood, her composure returning. "We're a team out here, Takeda. No need to let personal feelings get in the way. Though, next time, ask if you would rather do the arrest than the fighting."