#Aoyama Cemetery

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5 Crows @ Aoyama Cemetery Minato, Tokyo, Japan

[disease]

AOYAMA CEMETERY 青山霊園 YULIA SHUR 「2018」

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

I honestly thought the Aoyama Cemetery mentioned in ep. 5 of Rhyme Anima was something Gentaro made up (possibly to refer to Doppo, the series’s standard of “normal”?)...before I googled it.

It exists!

[hawkeye39]

Hawkeye39

[faradaysketches]

Tombs and Skyscrapers. Aoyama Cemetery. Tokyo. April 2019

[rei-fletcher]

Aoyama Cemetery

Aoyama Cemetery is only a short walk from Roppongi, which is the nightlife district still most popular with foreigners. It’s gorgeous and peaceful and was almost completely empty when I visited. The only other people there were just passing through like I was. There are a fair number of foreigners buried there, and it feels its age.

Quiet space in Tokyo is hard to find. Quiet space with nature…

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Zakuro Aoyama

[hironorikodama]

Aoyama Cemetery , Tokyo 2018

今年の夏はずっと前から行きたかった青山霊園に訪れた。

[strangepandaperson]

Aoyama Cemetery 

[llamapolicias]

毎年11月が命日やと思ってたら一ヶ月ズレていたという事実が発覚するも、今年もお墓まいりに来れました。 #tomb #Aoyama #cemetery #autumn #fall #ginkgo #お墓まいり #秋 #青山霊園 #銀杏 #銀杏並木 (Aoyama Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqUCdgphibG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gviqr1qsac73

[liberomade]

🌺 !!

what ishikawa likes about your muse . * / accepting !

               ❛   she’s very nice , and very kind to someone like ME ... she reminds me ... of a cool spring breeze . um ... um ... she has very nice smelling perfume too . it reminds me ... of the ... aoyama ... cemetery . i think ... my mom would’ve liked her a lot ... if she met her .  ❜

                ❛   i hope she finds eternal happiness .  ❜ / @ofsakuras !

[denkisauce]

Oh, what about Tokoyami/Aoyama ? For the ship meme

yes bitch yes!!! honestly not a ship i thought that much about until @zoepillustrationoff ‘s art but holy hell goth bird x fancy sparkly cheese boy are you fucking kidding me???? i want aoyama to paint tokoyamis nails so bad and i want tokoyami to take aoyama on a cemetery picnic date <33333

[hawkeye39]

Hawkeye39

[peachysamu]

Genre: angst, death (no one explicitly mentioned, just the idea of death in general); depressive themes; suicidal thoughts; unedited

Aoyama cemetery is probably Mikey’s favorite cemetery. You end up attending so many funerals at different cemeteries, calendars littered with numerous death anniversaries, and you learn to appreciate the simple facets that make one better than the other. That’s what he tells himself and the fact that he can make the statement as nonchalant as the weather proves that he’s lived a bit of a fucked up life.

Tucked in a verdant corner of the Roppongi Hills, Aoyama is beautiful any time of the year. The spring beholds a beautiful pink backdrop and trickles of white, green, and blue. Cherry blossoms paint walkways and if one turns a blind eye, they’re none the wiser that this is a cemetery. In the summer, it is a cool reprieve from the bubbling humidity. Dew collects along the grass, mimicking the sweat that sticks to his skin. Autumn allows for perfect mild temperatures from sunrise to sunset, making it easy to schedule a visit and winter sparkles with Christmas lights along the nearby street of Roppongi-dori.

Mikey’s days lately have been mindless and routine. It takes little effort to go through life by muscle memory alone, especially when there is not much to care about anymore, but on the days he visits Aoyama, he places a focused attention on all his movements. He softens his steps, as if not to awaken the dead and holds his head a little higher so that they know that they are all seen, unforgotten.

He comes here often, a favorite site of his when new recruits join his gang. It is almost a pilgrimage for every member to visit Hachiko’s gravestone, bowing to the most loyal dog of Japan, and swearing their allegiance to him. But there are some days of the year that Mikey makes the trek alone. This being one of them.

He starts his day off at the Family Mart near the entrance at daybreak and picks up two dorayaki. One for breakfast, one for later. He picks up a bouquet nearby, and like clockwork, because as he’s said, he spends many days at cemeteries, the florist hands him the chosen bouquet of the day, gladiolus and hyacinths. She gives him a sympathetic smile, then brushes his hair with eyes that bloom of hope. He’d felt hope once too. Then he makes the drive, without a chauffeur this time, and slowly but surely, he arrives. The sun is just past the horizon by then, and only the birds can hear the crisp step of his shoes along the neatly swept streets.

Mikey doesn’t hurry. Instead he gathers his thoughts, but they’re the same every single time he walks down the path. He thinks of his name and how the word invincible usually precedes it. How at the mention of his name, awe intermixes with fear at his tenacity. If only he had known that the nickname foreshadowed an unwelcome future. For life only has meaning because it is temporary.

The price of being invincible, Mikey finds, is to transform into the Grim Reaper itself. He bears the scythe like his own cross, and spends more of his time napping at cemeteries than sleeping in his own home. Traces of death cling to his clothes, but never him. Death could never come close. He is untouchable.

Mikey arrives at the designated gravesite that has been dusted and oiled, giving him the slightest bit of peace, an inch of give in his chest to know that it has been taken care of. He places the second dorayaki down before rubbing a hand across the cool, smooth stone. The sun has finally uplifted itself into the sky, dangling low in the distance. He looks straight at it, holds its gaze, unwavering as if challenging the gods themselves. And though it sears and burns, he continues on until his vision is consumed by white.

He dares the world. Let him go. Let him see the light too.

He gives a bow.

Finally, he closes his eyes.

Let him see you.

A/n: gladiolus represents faithfulness and are long-lasting while hyacinths ask for forgiveness; Mikey is my new Oikawa bc all he gets is angst (BUT I LOVE HIM); yeah I accidentally posted this the other night, okay?

[aoyama-division]

Interview Intro: "Hey dudes! Glad to be here! I'll try to answer everything as best I can."

Blind Spot: "Blind spot? Uhm... I guess it's the fact that I'm not as smart as I'd like to be. Not saying I'm dumb, of course! But compared to my friends, I'm obviously far from being the brains of the group."

Greatest Strength: "Definitely my strength, yo! I've worked hard for this physique of mine, and I'm not ashamed of it!"

Sin: "I don't really believe in that nonsense about 'sins' and stuff. Luis taught me about them, but... I don't know. I just find that kinda stuff hard to believe, ya' know? ...But if I have to answer. When I was younger, I definitely would have said 'Wrath'. I always had trouble keeping my temper in check. Now, though? ...Probably 'Pride'. I take great pride in everything I've done, and I know that will probably come back to bite me someday."

Virtue: "Virtues? ...Oh yeah. Luis taught me about these too. Honestly, they're even less believable than sins are. ...But I guess 'Diligence' would be one. I've always been about working hard, not hardly working."

Worst Memory: The bodybuilder sighs. "I think about this almost every day. My worst memory is the look of sadness my grandfather had on his face after he protected me from my own mistakes. Despite everything, he still loved me enough to protect me, and I can't forgive myself for that."

Best Memory: "I'd like to say it was the day I managed to graduate high school." He laughs out loud at that. "It's true! But really, I think my best memory is when I won my first trophy in bodybuilding. That was the start of my journey."

Worst Regret: The bodybuilder sighs again, looking forlorn. "I think about this every day too. It's the fact that I never got to thank my granddad for everything that he did for me. ...In fact, I don't think saying thank you would even be enough. I could thank him until my voice ran out, and that still wouldn't be enough to repay him for everything he did for me."

Most Precious Treasure: "I've got a lot of treasures, but I don't know if they hold enough weight to be counted as 'precious'. But... I guess the memories I have our precious. The memories of my granddad, when I first met Luis, my time in JST: all of these are worth a lot to me."

Trauma Image: The sun is setting in Aoyama Cemetery. There are a few people here and there, but for the most part, it is quiet throughout the gravesite. At a particularly gravestone situated away from the others, a young man in his mid-to-late 20s stands in front of it. The gravestone marked the resting place for his grandfather. He's been dead for a number of years, but the man still couldn't believe it. Memories of his past started playing in his head, and that did it. Placing his hands on the gravestone, the man let loose the emotions he was holding in. Water fell from his eyes as he fell to his knees, only thinking about how much of a fool he was.

Aspirations for D.R.B.: "Aspirations? ...Sorry, yo, but I don't have any of those. At least not for this tournament, anyway. I only joined to help out Tomi. And to protect Aoyama. But this tournament doesn't really have anything to offer me, ya' know?"

Thoughts on Competition: "Despite what Tomi says, a lot of the teams in this tournament are actually quite cool! I think it's really cool how so many people have banded together to protect their homes, ya' know? In the end, they're all kinda like us, just trying to protect what matters to them."

Team You Want to Face: "Well... honestly, I don't really have a preference for any kind of team. Anybody who wants to challenge the JST is more than welcome!"

Who Would You Team With If You Weren't Part of Your Team: "Oh man, I couldn't bear to part with Tomi or Luis! They're my buds! ...But if it was only for a short while, then I'd love to partner up with Lola! Having her on a team by itself would be awesome!"

Who Wouldn't You Team With: "No scary people, yo! Like that creepy goth kid from Shinagawa. ...And not that nun lady from Ueno, either! If I have to put up with her sermons, I might lose it!"

What does music, particularly hip-hop, mean to you: "Oh man, music is all about showing off, yo! Hip-hop helps to show just what you have, how you got it, and how you use it. When I sing, I'm always expressing myself about my strength! I'm not ashamed of it, and I don't see the point in hiding it!"

What's your latest obsession: "Obsession? Well... lately I've been trying to hold off on trying to keep from flirting or sleeping with any women so I can prove to Lola over in Saitama I can be a good man for it. It's so freaking hard!"

What were you like as a child, or what was your dream as a child: "As a kid, I had a temper problem. I was mad at the world and at myself. It took my grandfather to show me that I wasn't alone as I thought. I'm glad he was there for me. And as for my dream, I kinda wanted to do something with movies, believe it or not! I've always dreamed about being an actor!"

Lastly, any final remarks or comments to your fans: "It means a lot that you guys support me and my team, yo! Keep it up and I've no doubt we'll go far in this tournament!"

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I love the headcanon that Yuuga talks like this online

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