#Asakura Yohmei

[gembug86]

Ko-Oni reblog <3

Shout out to that time in the anime when Yohmei summoned a bunch of Ko-Oni with little pebbles! <3 <3 <3

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A friend once said that Yoh and Anna being married in their teen years is just 24/7 Horny O’Clock and I don’t think I ever recovered from that 🤣🤣🤣

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Shaman King Official Fan Book (2004) Asakura family profile pages and Q&A, Italian edition.

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Shaman King - “Fractured Duality” - “Alt” Universe

Continued from here.

Episode Thirteen (4)

“It is exactly what we feared. And the boys are caught in a vicious downward spiral. These were not the circumstances they trained for.”

“We knew all along that this was a possibility. There were signs, warnings. Ripples that we could not ignore. Their happy existence would one day come to an end. We knew it was their destiny, their curse.”

“The truth is far more troubling than I could have ever predicted, my husband. And I have allowed my heart to get in the way of ensuring they were both properly prepared.”

“Love is not a weakness, my dear. Speaking of, our daughter? Did she - ?”

“Yes. She has listened. Mickey was torn. He wanted to go to the twins - but he has accompanied her. It is still a dark, lonely and dangerous realm up there.”

“Has that Umemiya boy been properly informed of the matter?”

“Yes. He has. He is on his way to join the fight and will deliver the news to the others. After his own awakening, he seemed like an excellent ally for our Yoh - though what he speaks of from his own experience of Hao confirmed your theories. And now - we are at his very mercy.”

“If the King had wanted this world to end, we would not be having this conversation.”

“That is precisely what I am afraid of. The very fact it still exists tells me this fabricated plain of ours is here for something of higher importance. What that is… remains a mystery.”

“And the girls?”

“They should be arriving at the Village soon. They are well equipped to deal with the situation. Though I fear that they may be too late.”

“Then let us pray that this assistance will be enough.”

Continue here.

Enter “Alt” Universe here.

Read “Fractured Duality” here.

[littleeyesofpallas]

@candlebel Oh sure. This is always a fun bit of trivia to babble on about.

So the Asa[麻] in the family name Asakura[麻倉] means "Hemp" and there's a king of ongoing motif throughout the series where most of the Asakura family's given names reference [葉]: "Leaf" in some way or another, and even those that's don't do still reference plants.

The most obvious is that Yoh[葉] is just the word "Leaf" but obviously with the context of the family name the image it evokes is a hemp leaf. Similarly, while Hao[ハオ] is only written phonetically, it's a homonym with a few different potential readings like, hao[葉麻]: "Leaf Hemp", hao[葉雄]: "leaf man", hao[葉御]: "leaf<honorific>."

Similar word play is, like I said, present in the names of most of the men of the family specifically --Yohken, Yohmei, Yohkyo, Yohane. It's also why the Asakura family crest is a "modified daoist star" that's actually just a stylized cannabis leaf.

It's also why Yoh is the way he is: a space case who just wants to chill out and listen to his favorite musician, Bob MarleySoul Bob: In a country with drug laws as strict as Japan's a mainstream publication like JUMP would never let Takei just outright say it, but his protag is totally just a stoner kid.

And then Lyserg Diethel's name is just syllables clipped right out of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide(LSD). And LSD has a lot of rhetoric surrounding it about clarity of vision and thought and increase brain power and some new age spiritual mumbo jumbo for good measure.

Although more pertinent to his actual character type, is that his spirit's name is Morphine(although I think they changed it to something random in the English?) and she's the spirit of a poppy flower --the source of opium-- and along with Lyserg being a British detective in an inverness cape, that appears to be a nod to Sherlock Holmes's notorious recreational drug use, which included morphine.

And then there's Peyote, named after the cactus the produces Mescaline. It's also got religious significance to native Mexican cultures like the Huichol.

Oh and as an extra funky sidenote in all this: Confusingly there's also these three background characters from Haiti(not Jamaica????) who show up just to lose a random mid-tier fight in the Shaman King Tournament and never be seen again, but they don't have any kind of drug theme to their names????(also they practice vodou which at least makes sense with Haiti, but Takei didn't make them Rastafari when he drew them like that??) Like, that one dude IS weed...

Also, frankly, kind of shocking that we didn't get some kind of magic mushroom/psilocybin themed shaman at any point...

It's funny to me how this guy was a total throw away character in the actual story but clearly Takei liked him enough to bring him back in multiple sequels/spinoffs. It's kind of weird considering he's mostly just a bunch of awkward cliches about Mexico, but he's also really cool? I feel like Takei must have really liked him to have brought him back up as often as he did.

Also super funny to me that they had to change his name in English twice --in the anime they just called him "Ramiro," but Viz tried to be clever and called him "Tecolote"-- but his original name is straight up PEYOTE. So along with The Asakura family and Lyserg Diethal he's yet another Shaman King character named after drugs.

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This IS what you want, isn’t it, Shirakage Mouse??🥰

[moontheoretist]

Me too, Yoh. Me too. Also, this moment when your grandson is like “I don’t want to become a Shaman King” and then you tell him how awesome being one is, and he changes his mind, because he would then be able to achieve exactly what he wanted when he said he doesn’t want to be one. Yoh, you were such a dumbass kid xD How can you achieve ultimate leisure if you have to work for that to happen? That doesn’t computer. This logic makes no sense XD

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Character presentation 4: Asakura Yohmei

[kr210]

Chapter Two : The Main House

This is Chapter Two of my Shaman King fic with Asakura Kiyoku. I hope you all enjoy it

Summary:

Kiyoku get's used to her new life at the Main Asakura house as she grows into becoming a powerful Shaman including experiencing her first vision.

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The main Asakura household was huge. Little Kiyoku was speechless as she was enchanted by the house and property in Izumo, Japan. Yohmei looked down at her scoffing at how sad the Branch family really was compared to the main house. “Come on now,” Yohmei told her, encouraging her to enter the house and the property of her new home.

Yohmei introduced her to her cousin, Asakura Yoh. He told her she would assist him in the upcoming Shaman Fights tournament. He told her he would train her to become a proper Shaman unlike her family and in return she would submit her power to the main Asakura family but more specifically to Asakura Yoh himself.

Yohmei showed her to her own room and introduced her to Tamamura Tamao, another helper around the Asakura household. He told her that Tamao wouldn’t be around much as she was training with Yoh’s father Mikihisa. Kiyoku was simply grateful that the main household would allow her to stay here along with training her. Here at the main house she didn’t feel like she didn’t belong. Instead she felt good being there and like she belonged there.

Her days were very repetitive there. She would wake up before everyone else and make breakfast. By the time breakfast was done Yoh and Yohmei were awake and she would serve them then join them to eat. On rare occasions Mikihisa and Tamao would join them all for breakfast. No one would eat until everyone was seated.

After breakfast Yoh and Kiyoku would go outside for training with Yohmei. He would train them together and force them to learn and fight against one another. Yoh would often find himself having more fun than training or would sneak away. Kiyoku on the other hand would train often but her training mostly consisted with controlling her Furyoku.

After morning training Yoh and Kiyoku were in charge of making lunch. They teamed up making sure that lunch was done on time and would be done well. The two of them worked hard together although Yoh would try almost anything to get out of it but Kiyoku constantly reminded him that they would both get in trouble if he didn’t help out. Guilt never sat well with Yoh so he was in a sense, forced to help out. They served lunch and would eat together with Yohmei. Sometimes Tamao would join them.

After lunch Yohmei would attend to his own work. Sometimes he would take Kiyoku with him since she was learning how to use all the elements and get her nature spirits to divine things for her. When he didn’t take her, Yoh and her were allowed to have time off. Yoh would take a nap or catch up on the latest B.O.B. album. Kiyoku would spend her free time connecting with the nature spirits. When dinner time would roll around Kiyoku, Tamao and Yoh were required to prepare. Yohmei wouldn’t eat dinner with the kids. Instead he would excuse himself to his room so that he could prepare for the next day and the kids were responsible for their night care. Eating dinner. Bathing. And getting ready for bed. Yoh often would be found falling asleep with his headphones on some B.O.B. cassette tape was playing. After fighting with Ponchi and Conchi, Tamao would end up falling asleep exhausted. Kiyoku was lulled to sleep with wind spirits and earth spirits whispering the sounds of nature in her ears.

It was like this everyday for two years until Yoh attended proper school. Then Kiyoku’s schedule changed.

Still in the mornings she was required to get up before everyone to prepare breakfast. She was even required to help Yoh prepare his lunch for the day as well. Yoh, being the good person he is, instead would try to help his little cousin out by preparing his own lunch. Kiyoku was thankful for the one less chore. The three of them would then eat breakfast. Sometimes Tamao and Mikihisa joined them. Other times only Tamao would join them. But they always ate breakfast together as a family.

Yohmei would take Yoh to the bus stop and the heir to the Asakura family was off. While Yohmei was out with Yoh, Kiyoku cleaned up breakfast and would prepare things for Yohmei’s work schedule. Yohmei already knew his great niece was capable of great things so he would focus her training on the same type of Shaman Powers of himself. She was to learn how to channel the elements to divine the future much like Yohmei could. But the difference was that Kiyoku should be more gifted at it since the child was already declared a Shaman of Nature by the nature spirits. Yohmei had high hopes for the girl.

By the time Yohmei would return Kiyoku would be waiting at the gate of the main entrance of the property so they could go see Yohmei’s clients. Yohmei would be kind enough to collect his things and carry them. The only job Kiyoku was to do was observe and learn.

After each client Yohmei would quiz and question her on what she learned. He would never try to have her divine as her furyoku was already still unstable. She was unable to control it and couldn’t keep it locked up in her body like a proper Shaman but for now it wasn’t releasing a lot therefore Yohmei wasn’t too concerned.

Yohmei would drop Kiyoku off at home before he would go and pick up Yoh at the bus stop. While home Kiyoku would put away all of Yohmei’s work stuff before she would prepare a snack for Yoh once he returned.

After snack and homework Yoh and Kiyoku would prepare for afternoon training. Yoh would learn to fight against Kiyoku and Kiyoku would learn how to control and use her Furyoku under Yohmei’s supervision.

When the air got cold and night began to fall Yohmei would still have the children prepare their own nightly routines. The children were to bathe, brush their teeth and expected to put themselves to sleep. As always Yohmei would prepare for the next day while the children got ready for bed. He was usually asleep by the time the children were as well.

This continued until the Winter before Yoh turned 11. It was one afternoon when Yoh returned home early to find Yohmei and Kiyoku in the living room. Kiyoku was practicing her divination. Yohmei was quite surprised to see his grandson home early from school. “We’re on winter break,” he had explained to his grandson. Yohmei made some comment but Kiyoku wasn’t paying attention as the spirits were whispering to her. She flipped over one of Yohmei’s cards and looked at him. “The spirits predict that this winter will be an average winter,” she told Yohmei. Yoh used this chance to escape to the day room since he was off school. Yohmei on the other hand glanced down at the table and nodded his head. “Very good,” he told her, reading the same outcome as his great niece. Kiyoku let out a sigh of happiness.

The next day Kiyoku joined Yoh and Tamao in the day room while Yoh was talking about this fiancee he was supposed to me in Aomori with his grandmother. Confused, she walked in and sat between the two while Conchi and Ponchi made some sort of sexual joke about this girl that Kiyoku didn’t understand. But the two perverted spirits were interrupted by a cat spirit named Matamune. “Good afternoon Matamune-san” Kiyoku greeted him. Confusion and Shock crossed Yoh and Tamao’s faces. “You know this cat Kiyoku?” Yoh asked. “Of course. Matamune is a cat spirit that has lived in this house for about 1500 years.” she said. Matamune chuckled. “I can see why the natures are fond of you Kiyoku-dono” she giggled.

“Ah, animal spirits are part of nature that’s why they are drawn to you” Yoh put two and two together. Kiyoku nodded. “T-then why doesn’t Ponchi and Conchi try to go near you?” she hesitantly asked. The other Asakura looked at the pink hair girl. “That’s because the other nature spirits don’t like them either” she commented lying back on the tatami mat. Yoh lightly smacked his right fist on the open palm of his left hand. “That’s it!” He looked at his cousin. “You can divine my meeting with her and tell me how it will go,” he said excitedly. Kiyoku glanced at Yoh’s general direction. “Yohmei-sama wouldn’t want me to predict something like that Yoh-sama” she reminded him of the limitations of her powers. But Yoh was too interested now, “Then how about just for fun?” he asked, giving off that carefree smile of his. Kiyoku thought about it for a second before she said, “Alright. Just for fun. So don’t take my prediction seriously” she commented. Yoh nodded.

Kiyoku left the room to get the practice prediction cards. Tamao and Yoh set up a tea table for Kiyoku to make her prediction on. The shaman was only gone for a few seconds before she returned with the cards. Matamune sat next to Kiyoku at the table. “You can use me to channel your Furyoku,” he told her. She glanced at the cat. “You sure?” she asked. He gave her one solid nod.

Yoh sat across from the table very interested despite the fact that the prediction was not supposed to be serious. Kiyoku channeled Matamune into the cat’s spirit form before she pressed him into the cards and began her prediction. Each card spoke to the girl telling her where it was supposed to be placed. The room began to get a bit chilly as a small draft of wind began to surround the shaman. She placed a few cards in front of Yoh. Other cards were placed on the floor signally that they were not needed or this prediction. Once the table was full of cards faced down and half the deck on the floor, Kiyoku snapped out of her trance. “Alright here we go '' she said reaching for the card closest to Yoh.

Yoh and Tamao both stared at the card intensely. Kiyoku flipped the card. It was a wind card facing upside. “Okay” she said before she reached for the card in the middle of the table. She flipped that over. It was an earth card facing Yoh. “Well that’s good.” she commented and looked up at Yoh. “So far, your fiancee will come into your life in an unexpected way but you two will have a solid relationship” she told him. “That is good” Yoh said. “What else does it say?” Tamao asked, looking at the other face down cards. Kiyoku flipped the card near Tamao. It was the fire card facing upside down. “That’s not good” Yoh said. Kiyoku’s eyes furrowed together as she started flipping the other cards one the table. They were all fire upside. “What does that mean?” Yoh asked her. “I...I don’t know. I’ve never seen this before” she commented looking at the cards. Fire could mean one of two things, death or rebirth. Yoh and Kiyoku exchanged glances. She was about to suggest a prediction when Matamune popped out of the cards sending them flying off the table.

“Ah I’m sorry Matamune-san,” she said, cleaning up the cards. “You still need to practice on your focus Kiyoku-dono. You lost focus and couldn’t keep your oversoul” he pointed out to her. “Right,” she said, looking down as she cleaned up the cards. Matamune looked at Yoh. “I shall accompany you on this journey Yoh-dono. I do not think Yohmei-san would want you to travel so far alone” he assured him. Yoh smiled and nodded his head. Matamune looked at Kiyoku. “This one has the potential to be even more powerful than him.” the cat spirit thought as he stared at the girl. Yoh and Matamune were off the next day to go meet Yoh’s grandmother and his fiancee.

Kiyoku and Tamao were required to stay behind and mind the house while Yohmei used this time to take up extra clients due to the new year. A few days after Yoh and Matamune left Kiyoku was outside meditating under the snowfall when her eyes snapped open and the snow started to surround her. Soon the whole house was covered in a mini blizzard. Several things flashed through Kiyoku’s eyes.

She saw Yoh. A blond girl crying. A large creature she had never seen before. Several snow spirits were screaming and crying. And wind spirits were trying to calm the snow spirits.

Her head started to throb as she grabbed it trying to focus. It was then Yohmei arrived and quickly ran over to the child. “Focus Kiyoku. Focus your Furyoku on one thing” he reminded her. He knew she was having a foretelling prediction. Something shamans of their class would deal with the rest of their lives.

With a deep breath the nine year old closed eyes focusing only on Yoh. “What do you see, child?” Yohmei asked her. “Yoh-sama. He’s with a blond girl. She’s crying” Kiyoku said. “Good, look around you. What else do you see?” he asked her. “Uh Yoh-sama is holding a sword and it looks like he has to fight this big red demon. It’s the size of a temple” she commented. “That’s an Oh-oni. What else do you see?” he asked. “Um...the blond looks sad but she seems fond of Yoh-sama.” Yohmei nodded. “What else?” Yohmei asked. Feeling a little more comfortable, Kiyoku began to focus on the nature spirits. “The snow spirits are upset at the Oni. And the wind spirits are��” Kiyoku began to feel faint. “What are they doing child?” Yohmei asked. “They are trying to comfort the snow spirits,” she said right before she passed out.

The blizzard stopped as soon as the child passed out. Yohmei eased the girl down into the snow. He allowed his own furyoku to materialize the snow spirits so they could lead the child into the house. He would need to make a call to his wife.

Sadly Kiyoku's prediction was something that couldn’t be prevented. By the time Yohmei had called his wife she had informed him that both Yoh, and Anna were out and that Matamune was with them. She had a premonition about this same thing earlier that day. Both of their premonitions were too late for Yoh and his fiancee.

Kiyoku woke up a few days later. Yohmei was sitting next to her futon. He was glad to see her awake. “I almost had to call Keiko to come take care of you. You were burning a fever of over 37C (100F) degrees” he told her. The child sat up and looked down at her blanket. “I'm sorry to cause an inconvenience Yohmei-sama,” she said, frowning. Yohmei placed his hand on her head. “As long as you are feeling better” he told her. She nodded her head. “Rest up. Starting tomorrow I’ll be changing your training. You’re ready to make real predictions now. No more practicing” he said. “Yes sir” determination filled her voice and eyes as she looked up at him. He let out a soft, fond scoff and left his great niece to recover.

Yoh returned home a day later. He told Kiyoku and Tamao about Anna and what happened to Matamune. He also found out what happened to Kiyoku and told his cousin that he was proud of her for becoming a full fledged Shaman now that she had her first real prediction. Despite the loss of Matamune, the Asakura household continued on with daily life.

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Yoh’s grandpa: As a future successor of the Asakura Family you must know this. You must know the fate that awaits us, Asakuras. You must know the entire 1,000-year history of Asakuras. And you must know the Asakuras’ true objective.

Yoh’s grandpa: Have I mentioned it’s about us, Asakuras?

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