#Mononoke asa

[shiroeyoru]

[ermalilee]

Goddamn these bitches gay! Good for them!

[harrowharksboner]

just watched Mononoke the movie on netflix, and i totally agree with whoever said Asa and Kame gave off huge lesbian vibes CAUSE THESE BITCHES WERE FRUITY AF like the yuri was yuring so hard

[dharmafox]

"Yeah, I know about you two. The whole damn Ooku knows about you two."

[peterchai58]

[wearilywary]

Combined two of my favorite things

[bmbmboom]

Ok yes I get it he's hot and all but why is no one mentioning THE LESBIANS???? WHERE IS THE COMMOTION??

[forever-your-luv]

Asa x Kame!?

[mistspinner]

brain has been going brr for several hours about how the Medicine Seller apologizes to Kitagawa/Karakasa after exorcising her (and seems chill with Asa including the totally-not-haunted doll in the ceremony and generally treating it as a friend)

[thensocrates]

not to be a #hater but I didn't like how they marketed the film to make it seem like Kon is the main character

I get that in the series Ri is the main character and we get to view the series in his pov, BUT just because in the series it's that way doesn't mean they have to force it so the movie seems similar (⁠´⁠；⁠ω⁠；⁠｀⁠)

I'm kinda salty about this since Asa and kame are the main characters and get the most screen time, While Kon gets only half the movie and Shingi like a few minutes but Shingi (heavy on shingi he only gets a few minutes come on!!) and Kon still have way way way more merchandise than Asa and Kame.... (⁠╯⁠°⁠□⁠°⁠）⁠╯⁠︵⁠ ⁠┻⁠━⁠┻

[feralshadowdemon]

asa and kame should kiss

[shiroeyoru]

[animemakeblog]

“Mononoke: Karakasa Movie” The Second Trailer, July 26 Premiere

The official Mononoke anime movie website unveiled a second trailer. On July 26, Mononoke: Karakasa, the film, will premiere in Japanese theatres.

[minty-maniac]

I feel like I’m the only one who came away not knowing wtf happened in the Mononoke movie😭

I did not manage to come away with anything pertaining to the story, I only managed to grasp our main characters for the most part.

Asa and Kame are definitely gay, that was a subtle gay ending if I’ve ever seen one. And I both like and dislike how quickly they became attached to eachother. It’s cute how they found solace in eachother and it’s cute how Asa would stand up for Kame. But at the same time I don’t think they had enough time to showcase the building of that connection. It felt a bit rushed if I’m being honest.

And kon kusu is definitely a much more personable medicine seller than Ri kusu. Though I think a lot of the fandom already picked that up months ago. But some things that really stood out to me that characterize him different than ri were that he seemed far more polite. Him waiting at the entrance until it became clear that something was amiss, he was patient with the girls and seemed almost excited to see them??? He apologized to a man for taking his sword from him and he was quick to tell Asa that Kame was ok and where she was. Oh and he also was quick to work together with anyone who potentially had answers. These are all really small and subtle things but those are what you get to work with when it comes to the sellers. I think subtleness is in their nature😭

Anyways I just thought I’d give my two sense on the internet about it cus it’s been bothering me since I finished it last night. Definitely gonna look at what other people are saying about it cus I’m so lost😔

[dharmafox]

I can barely handle how kind Asa is and how she never dismisses Kame's ambitions or belittles her because of them, but encourages and supports her regardless of the fact that they have different priorities.

[purplealmonds]

Observations about Mononoke Karakasa characters & relationships based on costuming & color palettes

Let's guess who these girls' parents are and see where this rabbit hole takes us!

Analysis below the cut! This isn't spoilers as much as it is just going over publicly available information with a fine tooth comb but proceed with caution. Buckle in, this is gonna be a long one!

Based on the color palette of their outfits, these two girls featured in the second trailer at the 0:17 timestamp are the twin daughters of Hokuto Mizorogi (溝呂木北斗) as indicated on his bio on the official website.

Given Mizorogi's status as priest of the "Omizu-sama" faith, it's entirely possibly he's given special privileges within the ooku to father a child.

According to Japanese geisha culture, their half-painted lips indicate that they are children. They partially shaved their heads is reminiscent of a nun's makes sense given their religious parentage. Two context clues combined, I believe they are priestesses-in-training - a position which is higher than even that of the most favored concubines.

Supporting this theory, these twins have a very high position of power in the Ooku despite their youth, as seen by them being at the front of the procession featured in the teaser trailer at the 0:07 timestamp. They also have uniquely colored umbrellas:

As an aside – given how most of the spiral-masked women are visually identical, uniquely colored outfits are a visual shorthand for status (or narrative significance) in the ooku.

And I believe they are the gatekeepers for the, uhhhh, how do I put this delicately? The shogun's baby-making room? Take this with a grain of salt though; I could only see a sliver of the room they were opening in the first screenshot. The colors seem fairly similar though!

But also consider: this babymaking room has a lot of eye motifs, which is reflected in the pit seen in the ceremonial area where I presume Mizorogi presumably performs his religious services:

The third trailer introduces the theme of discarding essential parts of yourself. There is a shot of the comb falling into a pool of water in an unknown location:

Paired with the visual of the comb lying amongst discarded valuables in the water in the second trailer, I'm going to hazard a guess this is a common "ritual" of sorts:

I'm willing to bet Mizorogi enforces this "identity discarding" ceremony on behalf of the shogun. It says in his character bio he's a strong believer of "Omizu-sama". Did he discard his role as a father to step into the role as a the priest?

Their mother may be Kitagawa (北川), a high ranking maid within the Ooku.

The twins' hair and eye colors look similar enough, but there's more meat to this theory. Kitagawa seems to be a narratively important character based on how heavily she's featured in the trailers in increasingly angsty/mysterious ways:

Perhaps Kitagawa "gave away" her motherhood to the waters, which has religious baptism connotations. This hypothetical scenario feels rife with mononoke-formation potential.

Furthermore, from costume design standpoint, she also shares the blue and teal colors featured in Mizorogi's outfit.

As for her purple accents, I believe it is a color reserved for the higher-ranking women of the ooku.

I have a theory that the darker a color is, the higher the status is. Consider:

Asa (Left), who is a new maid but has a lot of potential for upwards mobility.

Tokita Fuki (時田フキ) (Center)), a lowly commoner who caught the attention of the shogun. Because she's a commoner, the purple is faded despite her high status, perhaps representing that it will disappear once she loses the shogun's favor. But because the rose pattern is almost a one-to-one match to that of Mizorogi's, perhaps she is strongly favored by this man as well.

Awashima (Right), the subordinate of Utayama, who is falling out of favor as Asa rises in prominence. There are still pops of dark purple, but a washed out lavendar permeates her palette.

Both Tokita and Awashima also have highly saturated yellow/yellow-greens, which could represent potential danger of their power disappearing due to outside influences.

As for the deeper purple...

Otomo Botan (大友ボタン) (Right) - a lady in waiting and daughter of a high-ranking senior councilor. Note that she also has pale purple in her palette because her high status was not earned. Because she borrows power from influences outside of the ooku, the black accents are represent that she has more power than even Utayama, the most powerful woman within the ooku.

Utayama (歌山) (Left) - the woman with the highest position of the Ooku,  "Odoshiyoroshi". She is also prominently garbed in red and white, which is a color seen in the shogun and a little bit of Mizorogi's outfit:

Lighter shades of red (i.e. pink) also seem to indicate men of lower status that still have some position of power, like these guards:

Note that Kame (カメ) (Left) and Mugiya (麦谷) (Right) also possess these "masculine" colors which may indicate that they have more forceful personalities compared to other women within the ooku:

Their respective outfits also have analogous shades close to the blues prominent in Mizorogi's outfit. Assuming blue has religious connotations (akin to Virgin Mary), perhaps they are also strongly faithful to whoever this "Omizu-sama" entity is.

Meanwhile, Asa also wears pink, but does not feature any blue in her outfit. I think may represent her lack of faith. She does seem like a more levelheaded individual not easily swept away by more dazzling aspects of mysticism.

This is the look of a woman who not only has a braincell or two, but has it on her person at all times.

Now let's look at our main protagonists!

Kusu features red and purple color accents in his outfit, which makese sense for his gender ambiguous presentation. You could say that the other colors featured in his outfit represent how the influences he collects by interacting with humans. Black is also featured heavily as the canvas for these colors. As mentioned earlier, this represents influences outside of the ooku.

In contrast, Shingi while sports both the masculine red/white and feminine purple colors of power, the latter definitely eclipses the former which matches his masculine presentation. His outfit also has black, but because his influence in the world comes in bursts during exorcisms, it is featured less prominently than Kusu. His disheveled look may represent his discarding of these superficial societal norms. His power - symbolized by red - need not be worn. It is already tattooed onto his skin - literally.

The only other characters that have red tattooed onto their skin are the twins from the beginning of this post. Come to think of it, their partially shaved look may also be a nod to the shogun's power - indicating that their very existence is divinely approved by him. So we come full circle!

So, yeah! Although these twins don't have an official bio, there's a lot to learn about them and others from extrapolation and inference alone!

In summary:

Red/White = Masculine/Divine power

Blue = Religious power

Purple = feminine power

Yellow = danger of power loss

Light colors = weak influence

Dark colors = stronger influence

Thank you for coming with me on this long diatribe!