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F91 Gundam illustrated Akira Yokoyama
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𝙰𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚊 𝚈𝚘𝚔𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚖𝚊 (1981) 🇯🇵
#🦉#owl 🦉#Akira Yokoyama#surreal#4/2024#japanese#x-heesy#contemporaryart#owl#owls#painting#illustration#1981#nostalgia#take me there for one day#vintage#1980s#japan 🇯🇵#🇯🇵#animal#birds birds birds#eyes#fragments
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SO TRUE
#original#my clips#my translations#yakuza#yakuza 2#yakuza 3#like a dragon#ryuji goda#goda ryuji#yoshitaka mine#mine yoshitaka#nishikiyama akira#akira nishikiyama#takaya kuroda#kuroda takaya#masayoshi yokoyama#yokoyama masayoshi#literally obsessed with this exchange
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WAVES : Currents in Japanese Graphics show at Japan House in London. In this post are works by Uno Akira, Yamaguchi Harumi, Shichinohe Masaru, Terada Katsuya, Saito Yusuke, Urya Taro, Yukushita Mayu, Suzy Amakane, Yumura Teruhiko, Shiriagari Kotobuki, Yoshioka Rina, AC-bu, Jenny Kaori, Utsonomiya Nao, Yokoyama Yuichi, Kusuriyubi Sasaku, Ushiki Masanori, Face Oka, Tomozawa Kotao, Kakuda Mayu, Jun Oson, Takagi Makito, Takei Chika, Tanaami Keiichi (x3) and Sorayama Hajime (X2)
#Japan House#Japanese Graphics#Uno Akira#Yamaguchi Harumi#Shichinohe Masaru#Terada Katsuya#Saito Yusuke#Urya Taro#Yukushita Mayu#Suzy Amakane#Yumura Teruhiko#Shiriagari Kotobuki#Yoshioka Rina#AC-bu#Jenny Kaori#Utsonomiya Nao#Yokoyama Yuichi#Kusuriyubi Sasaku#Ushiki Masanori#Face Oka#Tomozawa Kotao#Kakuda Mayu#Jun Oson#Takagi Makito#Takei Chika#Tanaami Keiichi#Sorayama Hajime#contemporary art
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"ON WITH THE REVELATION THROUGH VIOLENCE!!" -- A MASHUP TRIBUTE TO PUNK & MANGA MASTERS.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on a Sakevi Yokoyama of G.I.S.M. x "Dr. Slump" manga/Akira Toriyama-themed fan art/mashup illustration by Y.U.N., published c. June 2024.
Source: www.picuki.com/media/3391039537764068732.
#Dr. Slump#Dr. Slump manga#GIZUMU#Sakevi#Sakevi Yokoyama#Hardcore punk#Anarchy Violence#Akira Toriyama#Punk metal#80s hardcore punk#Japanese hardcore#Japanese hardcore punk#Japanese Metal#Dr. Slump Manga#Heavy Metal#G.I.S.M.#Mashup#Mashup Art#Toriyama Akira#Manga Style#Classic Manga#Roadburn 2016#Y.U.N. Artist#Fan Art#Metal punk#80s punk#Beast Arts#80s Manga#GISM#Y.U.N. Art
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During the Republican Era, Shen Zhiheng, a member of the Tianjin gentry who happened to be a vampire, offended the Japanese and became the target of an assassination attempt. He was saved by a blind young lady, Mi Lan, and his best friend Situ Weilian. When he went to repay Mi Lan for saving him, he discovered the terrible family situation that Mi Lan was in, and so began to pay more attention to her. Meanwhile, Shen Zhiheng’s plan to take revenge on Li Yingliang, the mastermind behind his assassination, fell short of success thanks to Li Yingliang’s Japanese superior, raising suspicions about his identity. Since then, Li Yingliang and the Japanese were in hot pursuit of Shen Zhiheng, determined to dig out the truth about his secret.
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Yokoyama Akira gave Li Yingliang quite a large jurisdiction. Three days later, Li Yingliang was to escort Shen Zhiheng up north to Harbin, where the Epidemic Prevention Department of the Kwantung Army [1] would take over Shen Zhiheng. As for the choice of mode of transportation, Yokoyama Akira had thought for a while, before deciding to arrange for a chartered train for safety reasons. Arranging a chartered train required some time, if not, Li Yingliang would not have had to wait for another three days.
On the surface, Li Yingliang’s jurisdiction was given to him by the Yokoyama mansion. In reality, the commander of Haiguangsi [2] also had a hand in it. With much power in his hands and heavy responsibilities on his shoulders, Li Yingliang suddenly became a very important person. The more the Japanese lifted him up, the more flattered he was, and the more he wanted to rise; he was determined to complete this task perfectly. Seeing how Li Yingliang was so deeply grateful that he was beaming with joy, Yokoyama Akira was simply puzzled; he could understand why he was grateful, but there was no reason for him to be beaming with joy. The journey from Tianjin to Harbin was thousands of miles [3] long; who knew when that Shen Zhihen would suddenly cause trouble? No one could dig the dungeon out as is and transport it onto the train. Even if they could lock Shen Zhiheng in a ten-layered metal cage for the entire journey, their safety still could not be ensured!
But, Yokoyama Akira quickly realised that Li Yingliang was truly a smart person.
All the people in the dungeon kept it a secret from Shen Zhiheng, so it was only until the morning of the third day when Shen Zhiheng learned that he was about to leave this place.
After changing into a fresh set of clothes, shoes, and socks, he followed the Japanese soldiers up the stairs and to the Yokoyama mansion, without wearing any handcuffs. Walking out of the doors, he paused and took a long look at the sun he had not seen for a while. Doubt grew in his heart; he did not know why the Japanese were suddenly so relaxed around him.
At that moment, the back doors of a car in the yard opened, and a person leaned out of the car and waved at him; this was Li Yingliang. As he walked over, Li Yingliang moved backwards, giving him a seat.
“Get in.”
He got into the car, increasingly confused, “Where are we going?”
Li Guisheng ran out from god knew where, closing the car door forcefully.
Li Yingliang tucked his hands into his arms. “We’re going to board a train, up to Harbin.”
Then, he noticed that Shen Zhiheng was still staring at him, and asked, “Didn’t you hear me?”
“Going to Harbin for what?”
“There’s a specialised medical research centre there, perhaps they can find out just what on earth your strange illness is.”
Shen Zhiheng looked at Li Yingliang for quite some time, before leaning back and turning his head to look out of the window. “So you’re sending me to my death.”
Li Yingliang scoffed, “Scared? I still thought there was nothing you’re afraid of. Don’t be scared, you won’t die. That place is really a medical research centre, it’s called Epidemic Prevention Department [4] or something. Also, you’d better behave during the journey, if not, don’t blame me for not treating these two well.”
As he spoke, he slipped a photograph out from his jacket and hung it in front of Shen Zhiheng. Shen Zhiheng took a glance, and his face instantly changed.
Two people, one short and one tall, stood in the photograph. The short one was Mi Lan and the tall one was Situ Weilian, while the background was a train carriage. Mi Lan was expressionless while Situ Weilian’s curly hair was messy; this was not how they both normally looked.
Li Yingliang kept the photograph. “They already boarded the train at night. Relax, I didn’t treat them poorly. You can’t blame me, you’re the one who’s a bachelor with no spouse. If you had a wife and children, would I still have had to trouble the both of them? As long as you behave during the journey, I assure you that they will be safe and sound, and that they will travel comfortably from Harbin back to Tianjin. But if you think of escaping along the way, then don’t blame me for showing no mercy. In any case, even if both of them die, no one will know that I was the one who did it, right?”
At this point, he observed Shen Zhiheng’s expression attentively, holding the photograph in front of him again.
He leaned forward and pointed at the two people, asking, “Between the two of them, who is more important to you? Is it Young Mistress Mi? Or is it this curly-haired brat? Or do both of them not matter, it’s fine even if they both die?”
Shen Zhiheng raised his hand and grabbed Li Yingliang’s head, pushing it backwards with force. Caught unaware, Li Yingliang’s head knocked against the car window. Li Guisheng, who was in the front passenger seat, immediately pulled out his gun and aimed it at Shen Zhiheng. Meanwhile, Li Yingliang struggled as he sat properly again, one hand pressed against the sore spot on his head while the other clutched the photograph.
He actually laughed, “Angry?”
Then, he pinched Shen Zhiheng’s sleeve and raised that hand that had pushed him, placing it on Shen Zhiheng’s thigh.
“Don’t be angry, just play with your hands. This journey is long, just concern yourself with playing and eating, and you’ll have enough fun.”
Shen Zhiheng closed his eyes, so angered by Li Yingliang that he was slightly giddy. Previously, he was always the one who angered Li Yingliang. Now, Li Yingliang had finally won back a set, and he could not not press on with another attack, “Do you want to rest? Then let me just ask one last thing, do the two of them know your true nature? Does Young Mistress Mi know? Curly Hair frequently sells blood to you, he should know, right?”
Shen Zhiheng replied, “They both don’t know.”
At the train station, Li Yingliang and the rest of them went through a special lane and boarded the train.
The train had been disguised; the first few carriages were for passengers, and the passenger cars were followed by boxcars that were completely filled with cargo. Or at least, at first glance, they looked like they were really filled with cargo.
Shen Zhiheng followed Li Yingliang into a passenger car. It was fully furnished, and its amenities and layout were similar to that of a first class carriage of an express train; except that a layer of metal bars were welded before the train window. Li Yingliang looked very relaxed and happy on the surface, but in reality, his heart was hanging in his throat. Who knew if the two hostages he had were really suitable as hostages? What if Shen Zhiheng suddenly raged like a beast and bit him to death?
Fortunately, Shen Zhiheng was very civilised all along. Kuroki Rika, who was also travelling on the same journey, came in to take a look. She casually said hello to Shen Zhiheng, and then called Li Yingliang out. Outside the carriage stood a soldier, this was Major Aoyama Tsubasa. Major Aoyama was responsible for the take-over, and was to listen to Li Yingliang’s orders during this journey. Li Yingliang never thought that as a humble Chinese, he would actually have the qualifications to give orders to a pure Japanese major; the major also never thought that as a pure Japanese soldier, he would actually have to listen to the orders of a Chinese traitor. After greeting each other, the both of them were slightly uncomfortable. Li Yingliang felt like he had overstepped his authority, and the major felt the same.
When the major left, Li Yingliang asked Kuroki Rika in a whisper, “Isn’t it enough for the Kwantung Army to take over at Harbin? Why do they have to come all the way to Tianjin for the whole journey?”
Kuroki Rika replied softly, “Shen Zhiheng’s situation seems to be extremely important to the Epidemic Prevention Department of the Kwantung Army.”
At this moment, the carriage door behind them suddenly opened. Shen Zhiheng stood at the door, asking, “I request to see the hostages.”
Li Yingliang stepped forward in shock, while Kuroki Rika stood absolutely still.
Li Yingliang turned around and answered at once, “You’ll see them after the train sets off!”
Shen Zhiheng replied, “I request to see them now. If you don’t agree, I’ll drag everyone on this train to their grave with me.”
“Threatening me?”
Shen Zhiheng nodded, “Yes, we’re now mutually threatening each other.”
Kuroki Rika looked at Shen Zhiheng, and then at Li Yingliang, before saying hesitantly, “The train is about to set off. It’s okay to see them now. Mr. Shen, please go back into the carriage and wait. Chairman Li will bring them over now, that’s… okay?”
Speaking till this point, she was also a little vague. “Right?”
Li Yingliang slipped away, and Shen Zhiheng turned around and went back into the carriage. A while later, the train whistled and started moving, while Li Yingliang brought Mi Lan and Situ Weilian.
After investigating Shen Zhiheng’s personal relationships inside out, in the end, Li Yingliang had realised that he could only take action against Mi Lan and Situ Weilian. Shen Zhiheng was someone who had practically no personal relationships; his relationship with everyone was not bad, but neither was he particularly close to anyone. Mi Lan, whom he took care of in the hospital, could be considered as a special person by his side; even more special was Situ Weilian, who could actually enter and leave the Shen mansion freely. Another was the Frenchman Fauré, who had frequent business interactions with Shen Zhiheng. For a time, Li Yingliang thought of kidnapping him as well, but since he was French and slightly more distinguished, he temporarily let him off the hook. Besides, when it came to hostages, as long as they were valuable, one of them was enough; if they had no value at all, even kidnapping an entire car would be of no use.
Mi Lan was on house arrest all this time in the Mi mansion; he had simply led her out last night, and so she was still quite clean and neat in appearance. Situ Weilian had been on his way home after getting off work last night when Li Yingliang had kidnapped him. Situ Weilian and the black-clad secret service agents had fought, and so he did not look very elegant at this moment. The agents had torn a hole in his new jacket.
Situ Weilian and Mi Lan were now like a pair of siblings in distress. Following Li Yingliang through the carriages, Situ Weilian led Mi Lan along the way. Clutching her walking cane, Mi Lan actually did not really need Situ Weilian to lead her, but he insisted on doing so, and so she was hesitant to reject him. Fumbling around as she passed through a few carriages, her heartbeat grew increasingly fast.
Suddenly, she heard Situ Weilian moan, as if he was crying, “Shen-xiong.”
She inhaled deeply at once, tilting her head to listen, wanting to capture all the scents and sounds in the air. The sound of a table and chairs came from the front, followed by Shen Zhiheng’s voice, “Weilian, Mi Lan.”
Mi Lan walked forward, hugging Shen Zhiheng. Shen Zhiheng froze. Thinking that she had suffered unjustly, he wanted to lower his head and look at her, but at that moment, she released her arms and took two steps back. She felt for a chair and sat down, her expression still one of peace, as if she was here for that one hug, and now that the hug was completed, everything would be fine.
He did not know that these few days, Mi Lan had been planning to save him, to the point where she was about to go crazy. That hug just now was a burst of emotion on her part that she simply could not contain. With that one hug, she had made sure that Shen Zhiheng was still warm, whole, and alive, and so her heart had returned to its original position, and she had exhaled softly in relief.
People relied on their breath to sustain them; without this breath, she was so weak she could not stand, and could only take two steps back and find a place to sit.
Li Yingliang stood in a corner, thinking that Mi Lan and Shen Zhiheng truly shared a very close relationship; even if she was young, she was already a lady in her teens. If there was no relationship between them at all, there should be a prudent reserve between men and women, how could a young mistress hug anyone she wanted to?
Then, in that next second, Situ Weilian also hugged Shen Zhiheng.
“Shen-xiong ah!” His tall frame was swaying around as he was practically crying and howling. “I told you not to get yourself into trouble, but you just wouldn’t listen. Look at you now, you’ve even dragged me into it. They beat me up last night!”
As soon as he said that, Li Yingliang and Mi Lan frowned in unison, thinking that this Situ Weilian was quite thoughtless and not very sensible to be saying something like this. Little did they know that the thoughtlessness was yet to come, when Situ Weilian properly took a good look at Shen Zhiheng’s appearance.
He pointed at his face, his tears turning into laughter, “Why have you become like that? Really, we’ve known each other for so long, this is the first time I’ve seen you with a stubble. But you don’t look that bad with a moustache, it’s quite stylish.”
Shen Zhiheng ignored him, raising his head as he asked Li Yingliang, “I want to talk to them alone.”
Li Yingliang replied, “Sure, please go ahead!”
Then he stuffed one hand into the pocket of his pants, turned around on light feet, and walked out, leaving behind only the Japanese soldiers at the front and back doors. The Japanese soldiers all had their guns pointed and ready to shoot, and the targets at which the muzzles were aimed were precisely Situ Weilian and Mi Lan.
Shen Zhiheng pushed Situ Weilian to a side, sitting him and Mi Lan down side by side while he himself sat in front of them.
He first asked Mi Lan, “How have you been these few days? Have you suffered?”
Mi Lan answered, “I’m fine. What about you?”
“I’m also fine.”
Situ Weilian asked, “Shen-xiong, I heard that we’re going to Harbin?” He lowered his voice, “Didn’t you merely offend the Japanese? Have you offended them from Tianjin all the way to Harbin?”
Shen Zhiheng glanced at Mi Lan, knowing that no matter how softly he spoke, he would not be able to escape Mi Lan’s ears, and so he might as well not hide anything at all.
“They’ve found out about my situation.”
Situ Weilian frowned, “Then–”
Shen Zhiheng sighed, “They want to send me to some Epidemic Prevention Centre.”
Situ Weilian mouth was agape. “That won’t do.”
Shen Zhiheng thought that this brat was actually not completely muddleheaded, and still knew what “won’t do” was.
As he was about to give Situ Weilian some instructions, Mi Lan unexpectedly started speaking, asking him directly, “Mr. Shen, are you really a vampire?”
Tongue-tied, Shen Zhiheng exchanged a glance with Situ Weilian.
Situ Weilian opened his mouth, “He–”
Mi Lan was completely uninterested in Situ Weilian’s reply, continuing to say, “Li-shushu said that you’re a vampire.”
As if he was suddenly very eager, Situ Weilian shifted closer to Mi Lan and asked, “If he’s really a vampire, what will you do? Will you ignore him from now onwards?”
Mi Lan turned towards Situ Weilian, a hint of confusion appearing on her small, aloof face, “Why would I ignore him?”
“He’s a vampire that sucks the blood of live people. It’s very scary. Aren’t you afraid?”
Mi Lan felt that Situ Weilian was a little silly, or at least he was not very clear-headed. “I can’t see ghosts. I’m not afraid of ghosts [5] .”
“Then what if one day, he’s so hungry to the point where he wants to suck your blood?”
Unable to hold it in any longer, Shen Zhiheng made a castigating sound, while Mi Lan’s large, unfocused eyes widened. She indifferently turned her head, deciding to completely forget about Situ Weilian and only speak to Shen Zhiheng.
“Mr. Shen, are you really a vampire?”
Shen Zhiheng hesitated slightly, and as he cursed Li Yingliang internally, he replied in a low voice, “Yes.”
Mi Lan replied, “Oh.”
After that “oh”, it ended. She thought, Li-shushu didn’t lie to me.
During this period, Li-shushu had made her suffer quite a bit. First, he had brought his subordinates and intruded her house, refusing to leave. Then, he had cajoled her and forced her to leave her house to board the train. His attitude had been very good all the while, when he was bored, he would chat with her, talking about just how poor he was when he was young, and just how good his little sister was. She was not very interested in this Li-shushu, and her whole heart was only filled with one Mr. Shen. Perhaps, it was because she was narrow-minded [6] , and her heart could only accommodate one outsider, and that night, Mr. Shen had come first, followed by Li-shushu.
As for what Mr. Shen was, she didn’t really mind. If he normally ate grass or if he normally sucked blood, she didn’t mind either. To her, the world was dark; colours were the void, and the void was colours. Even if Mr. Shen were to wake up and have sprouted fur and become a dog, it wouldn’t have mattered either, she could conveniently hug him and rear him, one human and one dog accompanying each other.
Mi Lan had her own doctrine that she never told anyone else, and so even though she was thinking very logically and clearly, Shen Zhiheng and Situ Weilian both looked at her, completely unable to make any sense of her.
Situ Weilian asked Shen Zhiheng quietly, “These few days, have you been starving?”
Shen Zhiheng also replied quietly, “These few days, the food hasn’t been too bad.” Then, he jerked his chin in Mi Lan’s direction. “Are both of you together?”
“Yes, but to get from where we are to where you are, we walked through four or five train cars.”
Shen Zhiheng looked at the Japanese soldiers at the door, raising his hand before his mouth. He muttered in a low voice, “Very good, then the both of you–”
Before he could finish his sentence, Li Yingliang suddenly appeared at the door, announcing proudly, “Young Mistress Mi, Doctor Situ, today’s chat has ended. Will the two of you please return to rest!”
Situ Weilian looked at Shen Zhiheng, and Shen Zhiheng said, “Go, you’re the da-gege [7] , take good care of Mi Lan.”
Hearing the three words, “da-gege”, Situ Weilian could not help but smile. After smiling, he saw that Mi Lan had also stood up, and so he held her hand. Mi Lan wanted to touch Shen Zhiheng again, but one of her hands was held by Situ Weilian while the other held her walking cane. And so, not on her own accord, she could only reluctantly turn and walk out.
Li Yingliang instructed Li Guisheng to escort them, while he himself sat down in front of Shen Zhiheng, smiling as he crossed his legs.
“Mr. Shen, what do you think of my move?”
Shen Zhiheng replied, “You’re despicable and shameless.”
“If I weren’t despicable and shameless, I wouldn’t have been able to subdue a monster like you. I didn’t expect you to have this much humanity. Yesterday, I was even worried that you were a cold-blooded animal and didn’t care if the two of them lived or died.”
Shen Zhiheng suddenly thought about something, frowning as he asked, “What nonsense did you tell that young child?”
“What did I do?”
“Mi Lan.”
Li Yingliang suddenly understood. “I saw how much that child really liked you, and wanted to test if she was really sincere about you or not.”
“And what was the result?”
“In the end, she said ‘whatever’. Haha, how interesting, she really doesn’t care. As for that Weilian of yours, he acted crazy and stupid in front of me, saying that I was smearing you. From what I see, he should have long known your true identity. Why is he not only not afraid, but even willing to keep your secret for you? Do the two of you have some deal?”
Shen Zhiheng replied, “Our deal is merely one of blood and money.”
“If so, then he’s really quite daring.”
“It’s because I’m generous.” Upon that, he smiled at Li Yingliang. It was that most hateful of smiles, as if he could perceive everything, to the point where Li Yingliang was cornered and had no place to hide. Li Yingliang received this glance, his face, as expected, gradually becoming white. His appearance was already far from formidable and valiant, and now that it was even whiter, it seemed to have lost even more of its masculine spirit, seeming more like he was a woman dressed up as a man. Moreover, this was not some high-class woman, but either a has-been opera singer, or a concubine who was no longer in favour.
“As long as you have money, everything is good,” he nodded and smiled as he gritted his teeth. “Even an inhuman thing like you can buy friends.”
“If I want to buy Chairman Li to be my friend, what will be your price?”
Li Yingliang knew that there was definitely nothing good about what he had just said, but he just couldn’t figure out what his ill intentions were, and so he only stared at Shen Zhiheng, refusing to answer.
Shen Zhiheng waited for a moment, and asked, “You’re not willing to give me a chance?”
Li Yingliang still didn’t understand; it seemed like he understood a little, but he couldn’t believe it. So, in the end, it still counted as not understanding. He stared at Shen Zhiheng with fixed eyes, refusing to say a word.
Finally, Shen Zhiheng lowered his eyes, seeming a little disappointed. “A pity, it turns out that Chairman Li is a priceless valuable.”
Li Yingliang turned his head to look at the front and back doors, and then turned to look at Shen Zhiheng, saying belatedly, “Are you trying to bribe me?”
Shen Zhiheng let his two hands fall onto his thighs, his ten fingers, clasped together. Then, as he pulled his fingers apart, he lifted his gaze and looked at Li Yingliang, “And trying to be friends with you at the same time, isn’t that good?”
Li Yingliang looked at Shen Zhiheng, his eyes red again.
Actually, it was good. He and Shen Zhiheng did not share any deep personal grudges; he only chased him on the orders of the Japanese. He used to bear extreme hatred for that cold and distant gaze of Shen Zhiheng’s, but now that he knew his secret, and now that he had experienced his madness and weakness that could not be shown to the public, the two of them weren’t all that different. Shen Zhiheng even had the childish bad habit of picking and biting his fingers.
After accepting a bribe and befriending someone like Shen Zhiheng, he could be all the more proud when bragging to others, and could even be like Situ Weilian, talking about “my Shen-xiong”. Shen-xiong had money, influence, and reputation, his friends were Westerners, and his mansion was a Western-style house. He had long longed for that circle to which Shen-xiong belonged, moreover, it was something he longed for but that always eluded him.
So, if he could, it was actually good.
All these benefits nearly made Li Yingliang shed tears in front of Shen Zhiheng. He could not see his own face, and he did not know that at this moment, the expression on his face was nearly one of sorrow. Shen Zhiheng was not just one Shen Zhiheng; he represented a beautiful world of grandeur and class; a world that Li Yingliang himself had always been destined to brush past but fated to never be together.
“You’re lying to me,” he said hoarsely. “Don’t treat me like a fool.”
Then, he turned around and left.
He could not afford to accept Shen Zhiheng’s money. He had to send Shen Zhiheng to Harbin, if not, Yokoyama Akira would not show him any mercy.
Shen Zhiheng looked at his back, mulling over how this person could be considered as different from the rest. It seemed like Li Yingliang was always trying his best to be a bad person, challenging his breaking point again and again. He frequently wanted to find the chance to exterminate this bastard, but sometimes, seeing how he kept uglily pestering him, he just wanted to frown and hide from him.
Banishing all thoughts of Li Yingliang from his mind, Shen Zhiheng started to ponder over his escape.
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This is the same 关东 (guān dõng) as a footnote in an earlier chapter. As a recap, it is an old term used from the Warring States period (c. 475-221 BC) to the Tang Dynasty (c. 618-907) to refer to the region east of the Xiaoshan mountain range. This includes parts of Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Inner Mongolia. The reason why I’ve used “Kwantung” here instead of the earlier “Guandong” is because the Kwantung Army is the actual spelling of the real army that existed back then. More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwantung_Army.
海光寺 (hǎi guāng sì) refers to Haiguang Temple in Tianjin. It was built in 1705 but no longer exists, as it was destroyed in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Following this, the invading Japanese army occupied the land and built their camp on top of the rubble, and in 1903, it became the headquarters of the North China Garrison.
Note that this refers to the Chinese mile (500m), not today’s internationally recognised mile (~1.6km). The distance from Tianjin to Harbin is about 1,308km.
An Epidemic Prevention Research Laboratory existed in real life, established in 1932 at the Japanese Army Military Medical School in Tokyo. Worthy to note is that Unit 731, infamous for lethal human experimentation, was a clandestine division of the Kwantung Army, also based in Harbin, and the first among several covert units established as offshoots of this Epidemic Prevention Research Laboratory. More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731. As Unit 731 was dedicated to the advancement of biological weaponry, it is hinted very strongly that Shen Zhiheng was going to be brought here and his suspicion that he would die was not unfounded.
As a reminder, “vampire” in Chinese is literally “blood-sucking ghost”.
In Chinese, “narrow-minded” is 心胸狭窄 (xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi), which literally means “narrow heart and chest”, hence this whole part talking about her heart already filled with Shen Zhiheng.
大 (dà) means “big” or “older”. As a reminder, “gege” means older brother.
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Manga, books and authors mentioned in A Drunken Dream and Other Stories
I wrote the english names that were used in the book. Honestly the way I organized this gave me a headache but I hope it's useful <3 See more for the list of authors that were mentioned briefly.
Manga mentioned in the interview Mama’s Violin - Tetsuya Chiba Tomboy Angel - Mitsuteru Yokoyama Shinsengumi; Astro Boy - Osamu Tezuka Harp of the Stars; Hello, Teacher; The White Troika - Hideko Mizuno Mist, Roses and Stars - Shotaro Ishitani The Boy from Dartmoor - Nanae Sasaya In the Sunroom; The Song of the Wind and the Trees - Keiko Takemiya You Can Hear the Rain; Birth - Yumiko Oshima Norakuro - Suiho Tagawa The Rose of Versailles - Riyoko Ikeda
Mentioned in Rachel Thorn's essay Fuichin-san - Toshiko Ueda Tomorrow’s Joe - Tetsuya Chiba Eyes of Ice - Nanae Sasaya Aim for the Ace! - Sumika Yamamoto Toward the Terra; Fly Me to the Moon! - Keiko Takemiya Banana Bread Pudding; F-Shiki Ranmaru - Yumiko Oshima Two in a White Room; Arabesque; The Son of Heaven in the Land of the Rising Sun; Terpsichore - Ryoko Yamagishi Mari and Shingo; A Staff and Wings - Toshie Kihara
Books The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Shank’s Mare - Ikku Jippensha The Currents of Space - Isaac Asimov The Generative Enterprise Revisited - Noam Chomsky Phantoms in the Brain - V.S. Ramachandran
There's notes at the end giving more context for these authors but I don't have it in me rn.
Interview: Miyako Maki Masako Watanabe Kazuo Umezu Sanpei Shirato Mineko Yamada Ryoko Yamagishi Jun Morita Yasuko Sakata Akiko Hatsu Shio Satoh Aiko Itoh Machiko Satonaka
Essay: Yoshiko Nishitani Minori Kimura Mineko Yamada Akira Mochizuki Sato Tomoe
Book authors: Kenji Miyazawa Jean Stratton-Porter Robert Heinlein Ryotaro Shiba Sawako Ariyoshi Herman Hesse Ray Bradbury Jean Cocteau Kenichiro Mogi
#moto hagio#rachel thorn#a drunken dream and other stories#year 24 group#retro shoujo#I apologize for any mistake
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Yusaku Kamekura - Hiroshima Appeals (1983)
(Illustration by Akira Yokoyama)
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INTERDIMENSION FESTIVAL: IDOLM@STER★♥LOVE LIVE! UTA GASSEN
Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!
The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:
DAY 1 ONLY
IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Momo Asakura (Serika Hakozaki), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama), Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa), Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)
DAY 2 ONLY
IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Amina Sato (Arisu Tachibana), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki), Misaki Kuno (Nina Ichihara), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE Aimi (Julia), Miku Itou (Yuriko Nanao), Ibuki Kido (Kana Yabuki), Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayama), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Rikako Yamaguchi (Rio Momose) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya), Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi), Rina Kawaguchi (Luca Ikaruga), Haruna Mikawa (Hana Suzuki), Rena Ozawa (Haruki Iketa)
DAY 1&2
AQOURS (LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!) Anju Inami (Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (Kana Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Shukai Saito (You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) NIJIGASAKU SCHOOL IDOL CLUB Aguri Ohnishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maede (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashia), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (Setsuna Imura), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (Zhong Lanzhu). Support Member: Hinaki Yano (Yu Takasaki) Liella! (LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!!) Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton (Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Nozomi Suzuhara (Kinako Sakurakoji), Akana Yabushima (Mei Yoneme), Wakana Okuma (Shiki Wakana), Aya Emori (Natsumi Onitsuka), Yuina (Wien Margarete), Sakura Sakakura (Tomari Onitsuka) HASUNOSORA SCHOOL IDOL CLUB Nirei Nozomi (Kaho Hinoshita), Kokona Nonaka (Sayaka Murano), Nina Hanamiya (Kozue Otomune), Kotoka Sasaki (Tsuzuri Yugiri), Kanna Kan (Rurino Osawa), Kona Tsukine (Megumi Fujishima)
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'Hiroshima Appeals’ Yusaku Kamekura & Akira Yokoyama Japan Graphic Design Association & JAGDA for Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation 1983
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Every ship and implied ship of some sort in Yakuza is just a weirdo/really cool nerd with their obsesser who’s dying to suck their face off
This is Yokoyama's favorite "ship," are we even surprised
#asks#moophinz#sanctuary#akira hojo#tokai#HKJSGHSHG#FOR THE RECORD I DON'T KNOW IF HE ACTUALLY SHIPS THEM BUT#it's REALLY obvious he is “captivated by their bond” so to speak#and this dynamic pops up continually in his own writing#given he cites sanctuary as one of his biggest influences and tokai as his favorite manga character of all time. yeah.#Weird Guy and Weirder Guy is my favorite dynamic though so honestly keep 'em coming#and i know yokoyama's read banana fish and a lot of the appeal of rgg ships is along the lines of ash/eiji
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