#Kawase News

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HASUI KAWASE: Tsuchizaki, Akita (1928)

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BIG TOMMY FEBRUARY6 NEWS

hey guys!!! I’m super excited because Tommy put new music up on Spotify and Apple Music! This is the new music she put up: Tommy Candy Shop Sugar Me (album), February & Heavenly (album), Be My Valentine (single), and Never Ending Party Night (single)!! Please check these out!

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Full moon at Nagome, Tokyo, 1930 by Kawase Hasui

shared by Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa

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Hikawa Park, Omiya from the One Hundred Views of New Tokyo series, Hasui Kawase, 20th century

Woodblock print 15 ⅛ x 10 ⅜ in. (38.4 x 26.4 cm)

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) - Nikkō gaidō (Road to Nikkō)

Woodblock print. Produced in 1930.

16 x 11 inches, 40.6 x 27.8 cm. Estimate: US$1,000-1,500.

Sold Bonhams, New York, 20 Sept 2023 for US$5,760 incl B.P.

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Harpoon Hybrid - CSM oc (Old post / Outdated)

(Edit: Name change, 16/04/24.)

Second oc!! (One of my favs<3)

His name is Botan Kawase!! (Affectionately shortened to Bo!!!) I forgot to put in on the ref but he's 5'4 ft (around 163 cm)

Outfits: Public Safety uniform, Fourth East gakuran and deckhand port cloth.

Tap for more info and a few doodles of him!!

🎣— Character details!!

(He/Him pronouns for Botan!!)

⚠️Warning:—Manipulation mentions (Makima), badly drawn blood on the last pic.

Botan is calm, polite and keeps an stoic facade (which Yoshida breaks easily.) most of the time, school and work equally. He's socially awkward and tends to avoid conversations by giving small talk, answering with just a "yes", a nod, a "no" or a head shake. After what happened in his hometown, Yazui, in addition to the fact that he is now in a profession where people could die for just be around him, he is not very interested in making friends, still the harpoon can't help but get attached to certain people around him. Botan is still a teenager (17 or 18 y/o.)

He is the Harpoon Hybrid, he prefers not to talk about how he merged with the devil. But the encounter happened a few months before the Yazui port staff found him,

Botan is currently working for Public Safety, deciding to stay after being freed from Makima's control in the Control Devil Arc; now member of Special Division 7

He used to be a deckhand in Yaizu's city port, Shizuoka prefecture, being hired as a private devil hunter by the port staff and crew when they found him, he had killed the Sea Urchin Devil near the installations in his hybrid form. He was offered a home, water, food and other basic needs in exchange for being, so to speak, security against devils who attacked the port, staff, prevented any process or exit of the boats¿ He formed a bond with most of the tribulation members and saw some of them as father/mother figures and family.

Public Safety learned of his existence through a staff error and immediately took him away, laying off some staff members. Makima being Makima, pulled some strings to have the harpoon hybrid transferred to Tokyo to be a member of Special Division 5 along the rest of the weapons. Botan was easy prey for Makima, he felt extremely guilty for getting some of the crew fired and she offered him comfort through a false façade of a mother figure. (Just as a small clarification, Botan never had romantic feelings towards Makima, he saw her more as a mother and wanted to protect her during his brainwash.)

The Harpoon now with free will really saw no point in trying to return to Yazui, he felt sorry and guilty and it just didn't feel right for him to return. With no better alternative, he stayed at Public Safety and began renting an apartment in Tokyo with his salary; still wears one of the port's hooks as a bracelet along with keeping some photos and shells from his time still in Shizuoka, a few decorate his apartment along other sea themed objects.

Botan was assigned as Yoshida's partner, Denji's bodyguard, and was ordered by his superior to harpoon out the chainsaw hybrid's heart if he at any time disobeyed orders or lost control.

🎣— First meeting!! (oc x canon)

With a new job and a new mission to protect a certain blonde boy, of course this was not going to be a job just for the Harpoon. Botan was quiet and quite upright with Yoshida at first, he limited himself to only talking about the mission even though Yoshida wanted to know more and was curious about the hybrid. Hirofumi of course insisted in getting to know each other better and ended up dragging reluctantly the harpoon to a Cafe so they could talk more comfortably unlike the PS building which air conditioner probably never goes off in 24/7, they had a few drinks and desserts together and suddenly Botan was starting to think this guy is maybe not that bad as he initially looked.

Botan thought Yoshida was kind of weird at first (and still kind of does) but he has developed admiration towards his professionalism and totally grown a camaraderie like for him.

No, he's not going to elaborate about what he thinks about Yoshida, nothing further than a "He does a good job."

He knows he's pretty you don't need to tell him, man literally sees him daily, no, he's not going to admit he thinks he's pretty.

Botan makes sure to assist Yoshida whenever he gets hurt in missions, even if it's just a small scratch that not even himself had noticed until the hybrid pointed out.

At some point Botan called him Hirofumi instead of Yoshida and apologized quickly but a smile and a "It's fine, you can call me Hirofumi" with a rather warmer tone than usual from the eerie boy was enough for the harpoon to start using his name on him always. No, he didn't get home happy that day, "The pollen in the air tickles my nose." and he was smiling more than usual that day... "Hm? We're not in spring yet? Uh, how strange then." and he shrugged.

🎣— Hybrid form!!

Botan possesses a small gun trigger on his upper back which he usually covers with his hair which, forgive the redundancy, triggers his hybrid transformation by being pulled. (May change this in the future)

In this appearance his head is replaced by an harpoon gun or canyon that he can shoot along the harpoons attached to his arms by pointing with his index finger, he also can also simply detach the harpoons to throw them in more traditional way or use them in melee combat just like the Spear Hybrid.

The ropes tied to the harpoons are useful for him to make the weapons return to him, the ropes are infinite and don't really have a limit to stop stretching but they can be rip by a blunt weapon or sharp object.

If Botan losses any of his harpoons under any circumstance he can simply generate/create them again to replace the ones he lost, the harpoons are sharp enough to pierce through a Sperm whale and a Blue whale easily.

The harpoon hybrid accuracy allows him to hit targets easily and freely even if they're hundreds of meters away from him.

He possesses as well the other same abilities than the rest of The Weapons have as: Augmented body, healing by blood consumption and nigh-immortality.

Botan tries to perfect his handling of weapons such as: the poleaxe, the fauchard, the glaive and firearms in general to avoid depending from his hybrid form, in a way aspiring to be like Quanxi.

That's all for now!! I'll try to bring more of him and my others ocs soon!! :3

Thanks for reading! —★

🎣—"The seas raised me, a ship cradled me and the seagulls lulled me to sleep."

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Kawase Hasui

Spring Moon At Ninomiya Beach By, 1932

Hasui Kawase (May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist. He was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.

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New Ōhashi Bridge, by Kawase Hasui, 1926 Other Hasui's works

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New Ōhashi Bridge, by Kawase Hasui, 1926

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Umihara Kawase Shun featured two new mechanics that were scrapped during development: a wall kick, and wall climb. These made it far enough into the game's development that illustrations were created for them, along with stages making use of them.

Gamest Mook EX Vol. 17 - Umihara Kawase Shun Perfect Guide Book (Mar. 27, '97), pg. 141

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) Shiba great gate in snow, from the series One hundred views of New Tokyo, February 1936.

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Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School first trailer, details, and screenshots - Gematsu

Publisher Compile Heart and developer Sting have released the first trailer, information, and screenshots for Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School, which is due out for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on November 28 in Japan. The official website is also live.

Get the details below.

About

Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School the official title of the latest entry in the Madou Monogatari series. It will launch on November 28 in Japan. With former Compile developers returning, Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School is an RPG featuring the untouched worldview and familiar characters of the Madou Monogatari series, in all of its nostalgic glory. After several decades, lease look forward to a new chapter in the Madou Monogatari series.

Participating Creators

Producer and Director: Hikaru Yasui

Advisors: Kazunari Yonemitsu, Kenji Oda

Character Design: Sunaho Tobe

Sub-Character Design: Shinichirou Otsuka, Katsumi Enami, Ichi

Music: k.h.d.n

Development: Sting

Story

An ancient school of sorcery. Where students study true magic and cultivate their ambitions. Fia, a girl who aims to be a great sorcerer, leaves her hometown and enrolls in an ancient school of sorcery once attended by her grandmother in order to study sorcery. Surrounded by strict but humorous instructors, and chaotic but amusing classmates, Fia will study sorcery and develop her abilities.

Characters

Fia (voiced by Saya Aizawa)

Will (voiced by Maki Kawase)

Leena (voiced by Nichika Oomori)

Totto (voiced by Shun Horie)

Eska (voiced by Moe Kahara)

Carbuncle (voiced by Tomoko Kaneda)

Jurk (voiced by Kaito Morita)

Mew (voiced by Aoi Nagatsuki)

Garreldo (voiced by Kouta Suzuki)

Vesta (voiced by Mana Nakatomi)

Momomo (voiced by Jun Osuka)

Puyo

Skeleton T (voiced by Kenichi Ono)

Suketoudara (voiced by Hisayoshi Suganuma)

Owlbear (voiced by Youji Ueda)

Banshee Trio (voiced by Mariko Honda)

Zoh Daimaoh (voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto)

Dragon Oyaji

Game Editions

Standard Physical / Digital Edition (8,580 yen)

Pre-Order Bonus

Fia x Carbuncle mini curry spoon

Physical Deluxe Edition (17,380 yen)

Special box with original illustration by Sunaho Tobe

Visual art book featuring character designs, event CG, rough drafts, and more

Soundtrack CD with over 20 tracks by k.h.d.n., including the background music, opening, and ending themes

Book cover that looks like the grimoire used by Fia in the game

Acrylic diorama featuring Fia and friends

A completely original card game created by advisor Kenji Oda featuring characters from the game, including a play mat and rule guide

Digital Deluxe Edition (10,780 yen)

Digital art book featuring character designs, event CG, rough drafts, and more

Digital soundtrack with over 20 tracks by k.h.d.n., including the background music, opening, and ending themes

Watch the trailer below. View the screenshots at the gallery.

Reveal Trailer

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15th Anniversary

Tommy february6: Strawberry Cream Soda Pop "Daydream" (2009.02.25)

A greatest hits collection can be irresistible. Generally speaking, they bypass the chance of any filler tracks, do a solid job of hitting and summarizing the career highlights, and are especially beneficial to new listeners looking to test the waters of a new obsession while also being a great stroll down memory lane for longtime fans. I agree with the argument that these collections became superfluous cash grabs after the ability to burn CDs at home rendered them moot, let alone the birth of the digital playlist -- why pay for someone else's idea of the best songs when you can customize your own? -- but I can't help grabbing one off of the shelf, sometimes over a studio album, whenever I'm in a hurry, knowing I'm guaranteed a great experience from start to finish. There are some really great ones that hit it out of the park and come to mind immediately: hide's PSYCHOMMUNITY, The Weeknd's The Highlights, and Tommy february6's Strawberry Cream Soda Pop "Daydream."

Tommy february6's greatest hits collection was released in February of 2009, and celebrates two amazing album cycles of music under Tomoko Kawase's alter ego. At eighteen songs, there's a lot to explore here, as aside from the big singles like "EVERYDAY AT THE BUS STOP" and "je t’aime ★ je t’aime," it also features some B-sides and album cuts. And since Tommy's albums were so excellent, this compilation ends up being nearly flawless. Every track captures the sugar rush of peak-80s synth-pop, heavily inspired by cult duo Strawberry Switchblade and the compositions of Stock Aitken Waterman filtered through MALIBU CONVERTIBLE's impeccable production.

In fact, there are only a few issues that I have, the biggest being that it felt a little early for a greatest hits collection. Though we were seven years into her career, with just two full studio albums, it felt more ominous than celebratory, and indeed, this sort of preceded what ended up being a much more sparse release schedule under the moniker -- after this collection, she only released one mini-album, one full album, and a handful of songs from february6, most which lost this signature sound, veering instead toward more modern dance-pop. Perhaps she saw this coming and released this to collect those songs and deliberately signal the end of a kind of era. That would make sense if you took into account the last track on here, which is the new song "◯Strawberry●Cream◯Soda●Pop◯," a song that sounds a tad out of place. Second, with so many songs on the collection, it begs the question as to why certain non-singles songs were chosen over others. I don't have any good answers, and I don't mind the choices, but I do feel like the second half gets a little packed with slower songs.

This album was released as the sister compilation album to her other alter ego Tommy heavenly6's Gothic Melting Ice Cream's Darkness "Nightmare." It was released in three different versions: CD+DVD, CD-only, and a giant limited edition box set over 12" tall that featured lots of extra goodies. Greatest hits albums have the advantage of being easy to declare near perfect, and this is one of the easiest of all.

Catalog Number: DFCL-1530~1

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Regarde Moi Continuation (Tamamori’s POV)

“Should we go see the cherry blossoms?”

“…”

It’s early afternoon on a warm day in April. Kawase’s brief comment has me frozen in place. I nervously put the writing brush away and quietly stand up from the chair. If I were to turn around, would he be smiling while looking out the window? Go see the cherry blossoms, he said. “…Why?” “Because cherry blossoms are pretty.” “Wh-….! Wh-….!” What a surprise. A moment ago, I was in the middle of studying for the entrance exam. It had been several hours without any verbal abuse. The moment I start thinking something was off, I received this line. “That’s why I want to see the cherry blossoms.” “Have you lost your mind?!” “What do you mean?” “An Oni saying he wants to see the cherry blossoms. No wait, could it be that you …!” “?” “…! ….!!” “Could it be what?” “No, I’m praying it was just a misunderstanding… I’ll ask again, by saying ‘I want to see the cherry blossoms’ you actually mean that you want to go to see the cherry blossoms?” “Hm? Yeah.” Lately, his words hold no deeper meaning to them. He doesn’t have any presence. He comes home without making any noise and drinks his cold coffee absentmindedly. Besides, the hand that’s teaching me is gentle.   Even if I give a wrong answer, he doesn’t get angry every single time like before, and he’s even started to comment on my scribbles.

…..All of this makes things all the more strange. Finally, I stand up from the table and draw closer to him. “Show me the examination papers.” “?” “Show me.” He won’t even look me in the eyes. I give him the papers half-heartedly. “That’s a problem, you got everything wrong.” He cleanly folded the paper in four. …Something is strange after all, he is being too kind. I take the water jug and slowly approached him from behind. I should cool down that head of his. “Tamamori-kun.” “!” “Let’s go to Ueno……I have something important I want to talk to you about.”

He put on a new mask and his coat and without taking anything else he leaves the room. After just standing still for a while, I immediately follow him.

No matter how you look at it, even from an outsider view, it’s weird. …Unfamiliar, short-lived, not like him. While trying to get a good look at him, we arrive at Ueno’s promenade.

The cherry-blossoms are beautiful, that’s why we came here. Everyone who is at peace is gathering here. Kawase’s presence in the middle of it is sticking out. There is no other man who doesn’t fit into a cherry blossom scenery as much as him. “Kawase. So, this really was what you were talking about.” “What was this about before?” “You have no intention of burying me here?” “…” “I thought you planned to push me into the Shinobazu pond and bury me under the cherry-blossom tree once I’d become too exhausted to move.” “Do you even have any proof of me wanting to kill you?” “Well, you see…” “You don’t have to study anymore.” “!” Rather than being angry, I’m terrified. It’s the smile of an Oni. The smile of the devil. Kawase’s smile. Even with the mask I can see his expression clearly.

“Wh-what do you mean?” “You’re also happy with me being at ease and not angry right?” “Ye-s.” I hold my head in an exaggerated way and get closer to him. “I won’t try to hide it. …even if 100 years were to pass by, I wouldn’t pass and make it into the imperial university. I realised it with the exam.” “…I noticed it in the first year.” “I’m sorry. …Was this the important thing you wanted to talk about?” “…” He doesn’t confirm or deny this, just wanders off ahead of me. What is it? This Kawase is flimsy like paper. I was frightened since the morning, but it seems my guess was incorrect. It’s certain, that I’m a big idiot, that’s why I thought he might have fallen out of love with me. “I’m glad I came here with you. The Sakura and the lotus pond are both beautiful, it’s like heaven.“ “I get goosebumps when you say things like this.” “I don’t have to help you with your studies anymore. …So goodbye.” “What?” Even when I try to walk in front of him, he is constantly turning his face to the side. “What are you hiding? Look at me!” “Don’t be so loud. It hurts my head.” “You’ve been like this for a week now. What an immature guy.” “Hey, wait!” I pull his mask off. As I do, I notice his left cheek if completely swollen. “Wha, Wha, What’s with that cheek-! Nyanyanyahahaha.” “…. Annoying…” “I thought you were only buying masks, so it was cavity!” “It’s not cavity!” I can’t. I laughed too much and now he is angry. Kawase puts on a different mask and quickly walks ahead of me. “Wait a second. What do you mean it’s not cavity?” “…” “Relax Kawase. You know, I don’t much care for that bitchy face of yours. That’s why it doesn’t matter how much you ruin it~” “You liar. And yet you can cum just from looking at it.” “H-h-hey…..” Had he refused to look into my face for several days because he didn’t want to be hated by me?" ...Laughing about it so hard, I’m an asshole too… No wait. Especially in this case isn’t it better to rely on me? In that moment I tear off his mask. Then I thrust my hands into his mouth. “Let me look at it,” “Dirty! You touched the handrail at the station!” “If you don’t want to be touched, then open your mouth wide.” “…” The people around us are giggling. It doesn’t matter, we likely won’t meet again. Right now, Kawase’s serious situation has the highest priority. He kept his mouth shut in a straight line. “What does an amateur like you know?” “I can’t leave someone who is on the brink of death alone.” “Leave it. …My life won’t be long anyways.” How mean, it hurts me deeply. Are you saying the poison is spreading in your head? “Let’s go to a dentist now.” “I rather die than be touched by other people.” “I’m coming with you.” “…That makes me even more anxious.” Kawase’s and my conversations look like fights. And that’s exactly what they are.   Am I hurting the other? Am I making them sad? This relationship has no such concern. I forcibly drag his arm along. “You can handle it, if they put you fully under anaesthesia.” “!?” “Sleeping pills should be fine too, but it would be a problem if you can’t wake up. So, they should go with anaesthesia.” “Listen,” “Hurry and get it fixed. This Kawase, who can be so easily hurt by my scolding, is not the real Kawase!” “…” In a blink of an eye he is ahead of me.

This man hates losing. He is malicious and sly, but he is easy to manipulate. I like this about him. Finally, I can show a smile of relief. It looks like we can quickly fix this bad mood of his.

The evening on a cool day in April. One hour, two hours, the shadows are spreading further. …I see the setting sun. As people began to move about, the door of the dentist clinic finally opens. “Kawase!” He is looking down with tears in his eyes. His face is mostly covered by his mask. “How was it?” “The reason were the wisdom teeth. …They pulled them out.” “I see…” “I didn’t know a fully matured human has an extra pair of teeth.” “You didn’t study dental at the imperial university? …” He snorts with an audible noise. …He will probably throw up. So even a clean-freak like him, can feel sick in a place like that. I need to do something after all. “There is nothing embarrassing about having teeth pain. I’ve had similar pain for a while now too.” He stares at me blankly. It makes me a little happy finally seeing him look into my eyes. “It’s a throbbing pain. I can feel it the back of my front teeth.” “!” “When you become a legitimate doctor, please treat mine too!” “…The reason for the swelling was an inflammation. They said a bacterium got inside.” “…?” “So this is where your cavity came from…!” “Ah, m-my?” He slowly pulls his mask down. And reveals his terrifying smile.

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Paintings Kawase Hasui

Kawase Hasui (1883 - 1957) was a master of the Japanese woodblock prints of the shin hanga movement. In 1956, shortly before his death, Hasui Kawase received an award from the Japanese government. 

I picked out six of his works for decorating my new Japanese Restaurant.

Soon I will share this restaurant too =) 

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