#Kamishima

[foreverafangirl14]

KamiShima Saturday

Kirishima is trying to help kaminari with his homework. Kamiari is distracted as usual. (Adhd headcanon)

[pineappleyk]

神島にて、三島由紀夫が『潮騒』取材中に滞在していた寺田家を、宿泊した旅館にお願いして案内してもらいました。

①寺田家に続く階段

②『潮騒』の登場人物、漁業協同組合長「宮田照吉」のモデルになった寺田宗一さん宅。現在はどなたも居住されていません。

③寺田家の屋根越しに臨む景色。島の電気供給に大切なケーブルは、まるで空に線を引いたように見えます。

④玄関を入ってすぐ。左側には原作の通り、急な傾斜の梯子階段がありますが、本当に梯子のように急な傾斜で撮影出来ませんでした。

⑤三島由紀夫が朝6時半に起きる毎日を過���していた2階のお部屋。

⑥2階の窓から三島由紀夫も眺めたと思われる眺望。

⑦三島由紀夫から寺田宗一さんへの贈り物など、所縁の品々。赤い机は当時、三島由紀夫が実際に使用していたもの。奥に山口百恵さんのパネルが❗️

��三島由紀夫のサインの入った品々。左上はシガレット入れの付いたライター、右上はその外箱。

⑨怖い程、澄み切ったエメラルドカラーの神島の海。

当時、28歳だった三島由紀夫が、

「人口千二、三百、戸数二百戸、映画館もパチンコ屋も、呑屋も、喫茶店も、すべて「よごれた」ものは何もありません。この僕まで忽ち浄化されて、毎朝六時半に起きてゐる始末です。ここには本当の人間の生活がありさうです。たとへ一週間でも、本当の人間の生活をまねして暮すのは、快適でした。」と川端康成宛の手紙に書いたように、現在も映画館、パチンコ屋、そして呑屋はありませんが、宿泊した旅館の姉妹店でもあるかわいい喫茶（軽食）店が時計台の隣にありました。

人口は昭和28年当時、1,200〜1,300人となっていますが、2022年で402人に…。澄んだ海のように島の人々は快活、気さく、親切で働き者ばかり、しかし荒波で知られる伊勢湾の海を相手に命懸けの漁業をされるのですから、遊びに来たのがちょっぴり恥ずかしくな��ような旅でした。

[zoppzoop]

omg pls do kirishima and bkg with d7 and h4 i'm sure u can guess who's who 🥺

Hello!!! i have made them right here!! thank you for the ask and sorry that I got around to making it so late T^T

[tired-reader-writer]

Because the AO3 author's note box has a character limit and my author's note was way too long even when I split it into two (honestly crying right now like literally I'm legitimately distressed), here's the full fucking thing in all its glory.

This is the fic it was supposed to be attached to.

Sooooo, yeah! This is the first chapter of what will be a longfic following Hoshiori— it's functionally a prologue I realize but I didn't want to name it a prologue because I didn't want to deal with the thing where it turns out like “Chapter 2: Chapter 1” because it hurts my delicate sensibilities, LOL.

Many, MANY thanks to my dear friend wolfghost who kindly agreed to beta this fic… *checks time-stamp* six entire months ago! Oh wow I really took forever in actually delivering the chapter to you, my fucking god.

First things first, I would like to say that the worldbuilding here might be very unfamiliar to y'all because of how much it departs from other fics— heavily inspired by wolfghost's Drag My Dark Into The Dawn series (please do check it out, it's very good, realistic exploration of war and trauma) the dynamics between civilian and shinobi are… well. It'll get explored in more detail in the future, please look forward to it! I will note that this isn't supposed to bash civilians. I know they're causing problems right now and will continue to, at least some of them (a specific subset of civilians), but I want to give the civilians a proper chance in this fic because they rarely do ever get the chance to shine! In a similar vein, I seek to not bash any character in this fic (well I think it's impossible to truly bash Hiruzen because man's just That Bad from the outset but I digress), not Hashirama, not Tobirama, not Madara, not even Jiraiya, no one, even as they have caused problems and will continue to cause problems down the line (particularly with Jiraiya). The choices they make will inevitably impact someone in a negative manner. The narrators will end up disliking one person or another. It will happen. I just hope y'all enjoy this absolute hot mess of a web.

Marigolds symbolize… a whole lot of things, both positive and negative. I felt that they were a fitting flower for many reasons which I won't state here because I want to hear you guy's thoughts! I will give you a hint in that “万寿菊” consisting of kanji for thousand, longevity, and chrysanthemum respectively, means marigold. Let me know what you think they represent here!

As for the name Uzunoshima… well, the island had to have a name before it became Uzushiogakure, before the Hidden Village system was established here, and I decided on this name to imitate Japan's island names such as Tokunoshima, Tanegashima, Kagoshima, Hikoshima, Kamishima, Tomogashima, almost said Hitogashima before realizing that's a fictional island but it *is* based on a real island, specifically Tomogashima, so yeah! Funnily enough, I originally wanted to name it Zokunoshima meaning “island of thieves” because the Uzumaki were originally pirates and that just sounded like a name the rest of the world would give them and the Uzumaki would have their own endonym for it but I feared it might've gotten too confusing for my readers, so I decided against it.

Toyonabe and Niezaki are, of course, not names or places found in canon because I guess I have to do all the work establishing place names here. The name Toyonabe consists of the kanji 豊 (abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty) and 鍋 (pot), because it's a bit of a melting pot port city situation, and the region it's in, Niezaki, consists of kanji 沸 (to boil, to cook) and 崎 (peninsula). It was originally part of Yu no Kuni who trades openly with Uzunoshima despite everybody else being afraid of the Uzumaki, before Hi no Kuni would eventually annex the area. They still bear the name. I also like to think that the region has volcanoes and the hot currents from the region meet the colder waters from other places and the temperature shenanigans gave the Sanzu strait its signature whirlpools along with some quirks on the ocean floor probably, but it's not important so I didn't mention it. Just a fun thought.

My sincerest thanks for my good friend reipastuminen on ao3 for helping me name Niezaki and Toyonabe. Truly, you were a godsend.

As for the Sanzu strait, it's named for the Sanzu river in Japanese Buddhist belief, one that souls of the dead must cross to get to the “far shore” (Higan) aka the afterlife. Why do you think I named it Sanzu strait? Tell me about it!

Imo-mochi is a type of mochi made of potatoes.

I headcanon that Tobirama is an albino man rather than it being just Anime Logic™, and so I ended up incorporating that headcanon into the fic. Yes, his eyelashes are black, but everyone has black eyelashes in Naruto, I think it's just the artstyle. It's a bit of an unusual headcanon, I know, but please don't try to pick a fight with me over it. I've already seen people try to discredit the headcanon and it's exhausting.

The Natsuboshi festival is… about four celebrations rolled into one. The Tanabata festival, of course, and the Bon Odori festival, also the celebration of the ocean, and the Shichi-go-san celebration. Shichi-go-san because it just felt appropriate to smudge it a little for the seventh year ceremony for children here, and ocean day because it happened to be in the same month as Tanabata (July), and Bon Odori because… Actually, it's interesting how Bon Odori and Tanabata were originally the same celebration historically in Japan, held in the seventh month of the traditional Japanese calendar, but eventually drifted apart because Tanabata moved to the western calendar's July, and Bon Odori stayed in its original month which was the seventh month in the Japanese calendar but fell on August. Some places in Japan do celebrate it in August still, though. And since I decided well there's no reason for there to be two calendars I just smushed the two festivals back into one. I've already cried bitter tears wrangling calendars in my other fic, Winds of Wolfsong, if I have to do it for this fic too I will start to cry. The name of this festival consists of the kanji 夏 “summer” and 星 “star”.

The tale of Orihime and Hikoboshi will be symbolically important for Hoshiori!

Uzunoshima has two time systems, the 24-hour system for everything else, and the traditional Japanese time system (which has varying hour lengths according to season) for the shrine, just like how many cultures today have a western calendar and a traditional calendar, just on a smaller scale. The hours were counted from nine to four, backwards from noon until midnight, and the numbers one, two, and three were not used because those were the times used for Buddhist monks to call to prayer. Uzunoshima is primarily Shinto though, but I wanted to keep this irl Japanese tradition. Dawn and dusk are marked as the sixth hour in this time system. Each hour is assigned an animal from the Japanese zodiac as it is irl, and I won't go into detail but the two hours mentioned in this chapter were: usagi-ji (hour of the rabbit, dawn, six strikes), and tatsu-ji (hour of the dragon, five strikes). Now I have no proof the hours were called like that irl, I just wanted to do this because I found it neat.

The bell strikes would come from the island's shrine here, and Kazuma compares the prayer voices to the tremor of the tsurigane, which are also called oogane irl but I realized, hey, the “tsuri/釣” in the word means “to strung up/to fish” and Uzunoshima is an island, it felt fitting so I went with the term tsurigane.

The gods Fuchi-no-Kami and Uzu-no-Mikoto aren't irl Shinto deities, obviously, I found that the gods from the usual pantheon didn't click with me, and in Shintoism which is an offspring of animism, a mountain can be a kami, a tree can be a kami, a rock can be a kami, almost anything can be a kami, really, so I felt comfortable in just making new gods up. Fuchi-no-Kami is the goddess of the sea (only to the Uzumaki though, Susanoo fills that role for others which makes up for funny religious conflict as the Uzumaki insist Susanoo and other such ocean deities are actually Fuchi-no-Kami's children LMAO) and Uzu-no-Mikoto are her daughters, representing the whirlpools. Uzu-no-Mikoto's name is pretty self-explanatory, but the word “fuchi/淵” means abyss/depth/deep pool/deep waters and I thought it was appropriate for both the sea between the Kiri archipelago and the Continent. Also yeah the archipelago is named Kiri for the mist that envelopes all its islands, Mizu no Kuni as a collective has not been properly established at this point in time though it will start to do so eventually.

The Shinigami… actually, it's quite the interesting case. I always did think the term Shinigami sounded odd for a single deity, it sounded plural, so I looked into it and… yeah! Shintoism does not have a singular death deity, and historically, Shinigami were depicted as many death gods or as youkai-like vengeful spirits who possess people and drive them to suicide. Obviously, the Naruto world seem to have a singular death god, so I kept it that way, but made a small nod to the historical portrayal of Shinigami as vengeful spirits via the detail of ayakashi (phantoms) serving him. And since the Shinigami mask came from the Uzumaki in canon, I thought why not, and made him the consort of Fuchi-no-Kami. The ayakashi… their name can be translated as “strange phenomenon of the sea” and they're said to be phantoms who appear on the water's surface, and there are many types. Though interestingly, the ayakashi in Noh theater where their name is written in kanji (the non-Noh ones are written entirely in hiragana, I know, it's confusing) 怪士 meaning “strange warrior”. I decided to stick with the sea phantoms interpretation for my sanity's sake.

Though a lot of the Uzumaki's faith is a certified me-original (as is their matriarchy, I know canon featured a dude next to Hashirama, shush, if Kishimoto can retcon his own stuff I can retcon his stuff as well), the belief that a child is not fully human until the age of 7 and “belongs to the gods” is not! It's a belief found in Japan's history, where they had a practice called “mabiki/間引き” meaning “thinning out an overgrown garden” which is slang for… infanticide. Yeah. It was such a common practice, too. I'm not putting it in the story, though. Other such beliefs will be making an appearance in the future as well, particularly with the Hyuuga. Do look forward to it!

Both miko and kannushi are women here, they can marry, miko can become kannushi on Uzunoshima. No, it is not how it works irl, but I'm doing this to simplify it and keep my sanity. The prayer chanted during the ceremony is based on what little I could find of Shinto prayers called “norito/祝詞”, also the beginning of one of the poems “divine gods noble and fearsome” is also based on my feeble attempt at translating the beginning of a norito addressing the gods. AGH! I'm not gonna go into the kagura dance because this author's note is unmanageably long already.

Chitose-ame (千歳飴, thousand-year candy) is given out to children at the shichi-go-san celebration, meant to symbolize healthy growth and a long life. The bags typically have cranes and turtles on them, two animals which will be important to Hoshiori. The lines “A thousand years for the graceful cranes, ten thousand for the gliding turtles” are based on a saying “鶴は千年、亀は万年” (cranes live for a thousand years, turtles live for ten thousand years).

The civilian-shinobi relations on Uzunoshima are decidedly less well-defined and distant compared to their mainland counterparts, mainly because the Uzumaki did not regard themselves as shinobi in the first place and did not see fit to adopt those labels before the reforms, but also because they are a small island nation and so relations are gonna be more intimate whether Kokuen likes it or not. Mainland relations will take on a slightly different flavor. You'll see.

The fuuinjutsu rankings are based on the Japanese martial arts “dan/段” ranking system, going from shodan (first dan, lowest) to juudan (tenth dan, highest), and the Uzumaki wear these waist sash tassels to signify what rank they are. The ornaments are jinbu, an actual accessory seen with Chinese hanfu garments.

I am aware hanafuda refers to the cards and not the game, you can play many games with those cards, I just didn't feel like specifying a particular game. Also, the symbolism in those cards… yum.

I ended up inserting little poem snippets between scenes, this is my first real attempt at poetry, and I do not think I can keep it up for other chapters, so it'll have to be a prologue-exclusive! They're not based on any Japanese poetic structure, as I am not learned in that area (my Japanese is barely N4! I can't even keigo! 😭) The first one and the last are based on Japanese songs I've heard, though! Keep an eye on the mention of yorimashi, human vessels that attract the kami and allow the kami to dwell in them for rituals and ceremonies. Doesn't it remind you of… jinchuuriki? 👀

And, yeah, this fic is absolutely infested with OCs, and that's a feature not a bug because Kishimoto did not see fit to give us Uzumaki characters and so I have to fill in the space myself. Let's talk about their names!

Hoshiori: 星織, “star-weaver” or “to weave the stars”, a direct reference to the folktale figure Orihime

(Senju) Kazuma: 和守, 和 meaning “harmony, peace, concord, sum/add” and 守 meaning “protect, defend, obey, guardian”, together it can mean something like “to protect peace”. It just sounded like something Hashirama would name his child.

Tsurue: 鶴衣, 鶴 meaning “crane” and 衣 meaning “clothing, garment”, and so her name is a reference to The Crane Wife folktale

Tsurue and Kazuma's names represent… aspects of their daughter.

Kiho: 祈帆, 祈 meaning “prayer” and “帆” meaning sail, so her name would mean “prayer to sail”

Haine: 波音, meaning “the sound of waves”, it's a Summertime Render reference

Kofune: 小船, meaning “small ship/boat”, also a Summertime Render reference

Kokuen: 黒炎, meaning “black flames”, a recycled Magi OC LOL

Gyokuen: 玉炎, 玉 meaning “ball, sphere, jewel, gem” and 炎 meaning “flames”

Mana and Shinpei's names don't have kanji, sorry kids I kinda gave up (Shinpei's name is a reference to Summertime Render. Again.)

Unusual though the worldbuilding choices may be, I *am* basing them on the little snippets we got in the Chuunin exam arc, such as: this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this

Also recommended is The Weaver by concernedbrownbread! The politics in that fic takes a very different flavor from mine and wolfghost's, but captivating nonetheless! Please give both a try, I promise you it is very worth it.

[tr4fa1g3r]

kouyou kamishima championship battle

[ivedonestranger]

Happy Erika

By Kamishima Kanon

[kaetheii]

「JJK 265: YUUJI & THE MORNING GLORY」

[Beware of SPOILERS]

So, I’m sure that everyone who read chapter 265 has noticed Yuuji mistaking hydrangea for morning glory. And I feel like it’s just more than a ‘subtle detail’, especially when the crayfish panels next to this also symbolized something. Not saying this is canon or anything, but I'm going to analyze the connection between Yuuji & the Morning Glory.

(This is gonna be interesting, I assure you ;)

THE MORNING GLORY

Morning Glory, or 朝顔 [Asagao] is an extremely popular flower in Japan. Although it is believed that they were introduced to Japan in the Heian period (794 - 1185), it was particularly loved in the Edo period (1603 - 1867). Books were even illustrated about it back then. 朝顔三十六花撰 (Asagao Sanju Rokka Sen) is a famous book that dates back to 1854, which displays beautiful illustrations of the Morning Glory.

But what does it symbolize, you ask? Well, in Japan, the Morning Glory is known for its momentary beauty, with the early bloom and decline of the flower. It blooms fresh in the morning, however, its petals close at noon. It is also associated with passionate love:

Even today, the Japanese morning glory is seen as a symbol of strong, unyielding love, making it a beloved choice in romantic gestures. Tomoko Kamishima, A Passion for Morning Glories, 2019

The Morning Glory also symbolizes the hot summer in Japan, with the Morning Glory Iriya Market Festival taking the lead place every year from July 6-8.

With all these details in mind, how does it connect with Yuuji?

THE CONNECTION

Well, the momentary blossom of the flower can represent the fleeting happiness in Yuuji’s life.

Yuuji’s lifetime wasn’t the best, but before Sukuna trampled on his everything, he was a fresh boy who was carefree and enjoyed life in his own way. The small period between him enrolling in Jujutsu High and Shibuya Arc rose as a happy experience for him with his newly made friends.

Also, remember in this chapter that he was recalling little happy moments in his childhood before Sukuna interrupted him.

Moreover, he lost every loved one he made through Jujutsu High. Nanami exploded, Kugisaki’s head blew up, Gojo split in half, Choso vanished into particles. The only one left who’s actually close to Yuuji is Fushiguro. But Sukuna took Fushiguro too. And he’s about to kill him as well, meaning that the last strand of Yuuji’s momentary happiness is about to disappear.

It could also mean that Yuuji’s life is slowly coming to an end, with the petals of his lifeline slowly closing, despite being so young and fresh.

In this chapter, Yuuji makes a bargain to Sukuna that if Sukuna let go of Megumi, he’ll let Sukuna live inside him with Yuuji as the host. This is quite a good solution on its own. However, when you remember their first plan back in the beginning of Jujutsu Kaisen, it becomes a huge possibility that Yuuji will kill himself along with Sukuna to ensure everyone’s safety this time.

Even if Yuuji is convinced to stay alive, not a lot of people would be in his favor because he’s holding in the very person that was about to kill all of them, so he’ll probably get executed in one way or the other.

For now I’m here, but can one trust the future? No, not in a world that teaches us its ways with the morning glory

ari totemo tanomu beki ka wa yo no naka o shirasuru mono wa asagao no hana Izumi Shikibu

[ljaesch]

English Cast Announced for the Bartender Glass of God Anime

The English cast has been announced for the Bartender Glass of God anime: Tom Aglio is Ryu Morgan Lauré is Miwa Celeste Perez is Yukari Sonny Strait is Kamishima Chris Rager is Taisho Rick Robertson is Taizo Jason Lord is directing the dub. Crunchyroll will begin streaming the English dub of the Bartender Glass of God anime on July 25, 2024. Source: ANN

[foreverafangirl14]

Mha Shipdom, which ship is your fav?

My personal favorite is DabiHawks ❤️‍🔥

[pineappleyk]

「潮騒」の旅をしに神島へ。美しい以上に美しく、あまりの素晴らしい景色に心が洗われました。

[incorrectmyhero]

Kaminari: I am an expert at identifying birds.

Kirishima: Okay, what about those ones flying over there?

Kaminari: Yeah, they're all birds.

[firyfox]

Ya know how Deku and Bakugo are like , the ones who inspire and set an example to the class ?? This would no doubt apply to coming out too . Because if the best heroes of the class are gay , it would be easier for others - Once bkdk start openly dating , the other students stop hiding that they're queer , and gay couples form one after another like dominoes 🤚🏼 Denki gets with Kirishima , momo gets w Jiiro , Sero gets with Todoroki , it's ridiculous 🙄

[ao3-bookmarks]

“Haha yeah, all we have is Kashima!” said Moriyama unscrewing the top of his water bottle.

Hayato felt a flash of irritation. Who were these two to talk down on Kashima just because he didn’t meet their stupid, manga influenced fantasies? He did all the work of a manager on top of his schoolwork and the babysitting club, without even being an official member of the team. He clenched his fist.

“There’s more to being a manager than wearing a short skirt and looking cute. Kashima seems to be doing fine.” He growled at his teammates.

“Hey, relax Kamitani, I didn’t mean anything by it!” said Miyamori, looking nervous. Takeda on the other hand shot him a mischievous grin.

“I think what Kamitani means is that he finds Kashima cute enough on his own.”

[mishimaesque]

Sign about Kamishima, the island that inspired Uta-Jima in The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima

[dynyamight]

ur url... cat boy bkg

fucking nya, or whatever

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I have this head cannon that when Denki met Kirishima he panicked bc he reminded him so much of Prince Sidon