#Musha Makoto

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Nymmmmm.... Had a day at work..... S.E.E.S Arknights AU......

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FINAL ROUND TIME

We're here folks! We're finally here!

So some people were...a little upset. But no changing things now. We're down to Rei Todoroki and Koichi Haimawari; both of which have been utterly stomping the competition aside from one or two close calls near the end. Nothing to note this time around, best of luck to our final two.

The final round of our final bracket will drop on Friday, October 6th!

Full rankings under the cut.

1st Koichi 58.4% 2nd Rei 51.4% 3rd Aoyama 48.6% 4th Gunhead 41.6% 5th Tsunotori 6th Lunch Rush 7th Kota 8th Hound Dog 9th Shinomori 10th Ojiro 11th Ochako's Parents 12th Makoto 13th Samidere 14th Sato 15th Tsubaraba 16th Amplifer 17th Chimera 18th Bubble Girl 19th Fuwa 20th Isekai 21st Shishida 22nd Saito 23rd Majestic 24th Kido 25th Nao 26th Kashiko Sekigai 27th Third User 28th Chikuchi 29th Beros 30th Mummy 31st Tsutsutaka 32nd Flect Turn 33rd Enigma 34th Satsuki 35th Yoroi Musha 36th Kyotoku 37th Tomie 38th Crust 39th Mustard 40th Slice 41st Hana 42nd Miyashita 43rd Tsubasa 44th Big Red Dot 45th Kesagiri Man 46th Mr. Smiley 47th Shishido 48th Takeshi 49th Death Arms 50th Dadan Tadan 51st Kenranzaki 52nd Nobu 53rd Romero Fujimi 54th Uwabami 55th Rin 56th Nirengeki 57th Bondo 58th Moonfish 59th Trumpet 60th Fourth Kind 61st Toxic Chainsaw 62nd Onima 63rd Wolfram 64th Daigo

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I just got into Exile tribe as a whole. I love it here, btw lol. But I have a question: What do you mean by "the musha shugyo did cause a collective mental breakdown"

I noticed The Rampage debuted but then was put on a hiatus. Is that the main reason? Or was a reason given?

Hello! Welcome, glad you're here and enjoying it 😊

Due their intensive training, the musha shugyo, before the final line up was decided, they all thought members would be cut. It wasn't clear how large the intended lineup was and how many candidates would be kept.

The vocalists especially thought only two would be in the final line up, because Exile Tribe had never had more than two vocalists to a group before - Exile, Exile the Second, JSB3 and GENE were the only other groups at the time and they were all the twin vocal set up. [random aside - While Exile flirts with being a three/four vocal group occasionally, that's a very recent development.]

So the members were living together in the dorms and competing with each other (so they believed) for a final spot in the line up. Considering they were teenagers, for the most part, at the time, that's a lot of stress for a bunch of kids to be under.

Likiya was 23. Zin turned 20 not long before the intensive training started. And those are the oldest two! There were four birthdays during the musha shugyo - Makoto turned 16, Riku turned 20, Rui turned 19, and Ryu turned 16. Takahide and Takuma did not turn 16 until after the line up was finalized. They were both 15 the whole time

Because they were under so much stress, in such a "You're living with and fighting with these boys for your future" way, as essentially teenagers, they - didn't know if they wanted to continue being in the Rampage even after the lineup was finalized. That was part of the hiatus, from finalized lineup to debut, was they sent everyone back home, the members picked up jobs at EXPG schools and other places, and had to decide if they wanted to keep going, if they wanted to stay the Rampage. All three vocalists apparently told their parents they wanted to quit.

Thankfully, they decided to stick together, but that - wasn't a guarantee, as far as I can tell.

Since Riku is my boy, I've spent a lot of time poking around and he brings up being thankful that he didn't quit in a few places, and I found a voice clip that was subtitled in Japanese, which I transcribed and threw into a machine translator:

Q: Was there ever a time when you thought Riku-san wasn't cut out to be a vocalist? Riku: Of course I did. There were times when I thought it would be better if I quit, and there are many times when I think, "RAMPAGE doesn't need me,'' or "The other fifteen members can do it without me.'' But I can't lie about my feelings like, ``I love music, I love singing.'' I just love RAMPAGE.

I am wondering if that intensely stressful time is why it feels like they spent so much of their early career stressing that they're sixteen. The Rampage is 16, you can't take away one and still have the Rampage. Now I feel there's less of an emphasis on being 16 and they seem to be branching out individually more.

But, yeah. They had a group mental breakdown because they thought they were competing with each other for space in the final group.

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what’s the best inspiration for your muse?

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Oh this is a goody! My inspiration for Ei are lovely onna-mushas. Though they diminished in Edo period another influence towards my Ei’s behavior, I do really enjoy learning about these women, before leaks and Inazuma story. I had a very faint idea of making Ei a geisha that went up the ranks to Shogun but it could work more for Makoto than Ei.

One onna-musha I adore and use frequently is Nakano Takeko. Takeko and other women stepped forward on the front line without permission, as the senior Aizu retainers did not allow them to fight as an official part of the domain's army. This unit was later retroactively called the Jōshitai.

She was good-looking, well-educated, and came from a powerful samurai family.

From 1853 to 1863, she received a strict and complete training in martial arts, in the literary arts on Chinese Confucian classics and in calligraphy, and was adopted by her own teacher, Akaoka Daisuke, who was also the famous instructor of Matsudaira Teru, adoptive younger sister of Matsudaira Katamori, daimyō of Aizu. She taught students younger than her, like her sister, who also attended school. She loved to read the many stories of Japanese female warriors, generals and empresses, but the legend of Tomoe Gozen deeply affected her.

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// why does she know how to use a Naginata? no hate because giving her a weapon used by female japanese warriors is fucking cool af. it's just like at least with makoto we can say "maybe he was in kendo before" or some shit but why does she know how to use a naginata? is she just a HUGE nerd obsessed with history and onna-musha why learned how to use one because it's cool? either way 10/10 she is so fucking cool i wish they would give us her route in reload i would LOVE to see her tear shit up with it in modern graphics.

[satoshi-mochida]

JAST USA has announced the western release of Full Metal Daemon Muramasa. The visual novel developed by Nitroplus will be available on PC on August 24, 2021.

This game has been long anticipated by the fandom since it’s known as one of Nitroplus’ most acclaimed titles. It’s one of the highest rated VNs on the visual novel database, VNDB.

Full Metal Daemon Muramasa tells the story of warriors called musha. Not only are they strong but they have supernatural powers and enchanted suits of armor called tsurugi.

Minato Kageaki is one of those and wields the cursed tsurugi Muramasa. This crimson armor has caused a big calamity five centuries ago and its power can only be used by sacrificing innocent blood.

Though he may sometimes fight against tyrants and evil men, he doesn’t claim to be someone just. Fighting both demons and saints, the game promises a story that isn’t about heroes or justice.

Full Metal Daemon Muramasa is written by Narahara Ittetsu (Hanachirasu, Kaigen Seito) and its illustrations are by NamanikuATK who’s also directed the 2D graphics of Phantom of Inferno, Togainu no Chi, Demonbane and Tokyo Necro.

The mecha designs are by Ishikawa Makoto, who also worked on Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer, Robotics;Notes and Tokyo Necro. The soundtrack was composed by Zizz Studio (Phantom of Inferno, Muv-Luv, The Song of Saya, Mary Skelter).

Check out the announcement trailer below:

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Round 4 (+Round 3 Overview)

Okay, now it's small enough that we can condense this into something more sensical.

Give it up for our final eight everyone!

Round 4 will begin on Sunday, September 24th

A few more notes:

Gunhead is our only remaining pro hero that is not a UA staff member

We're down to one class A and one class B member each

Rei is our last parent character

Koichi is our last spinoff character

Full rankings under the cut!

1st Koichi 75.2% 2nd Aoyama 70.8% 3rd Tsunotori 68.4% 4th Lunch Rush 65.7% 5th Kota 63.6% 6th Gunhead 57.1% 7th Rei 54.1% 8th Hound Dog 52.7% 9th Shinomori 47.3% 10th Ojiro 45.9% 11th Ochako's Parents 42.9% 12th Makoto 36.4% 13th Samidere 34.3% 14th Sato 31.6% 15th Tsubaraba 29.2% 16th Amplifer 24.8% 17th Chimera 18th Bubble Girl 19th Fuwa 20th Isekai 21st Shishida 22nd Saito 23rd Majestic 24th Kido 25th Nao 26th Kashiko Sekigai 27th Third User 28th Chikuchi 29th Beros 30th Mummy 31st Tsutsutaka 32nd Flect Turn 33rd Enigma 34th Satsuki 35th Yoroi Musha 36th Kyotoku 37th Tomie 38th Crust 39th Mustard 40th Slice 41st Hana 42nd Miyashita 43rd Tsubasa 44th Big Red Dot 45th Kesagiri Man 46th Mr. Smiley 47th Shishido 48th Takeshi 49th Death Arms 50th Dadan Tadan 51st Kenranzaki 52nd Nobu 53rd Romero Fujimi 54th Uwabami 55th Rin 56th Nirengeki 57th Bondo 58th Moonfish 59th Trumpet 60th Fourth Kind 61st Toxic Chainsaw 62nd Onima 63rd Wolfram 64th Daigo

[thistaleisabloodyone]

Jr.Exile - with the exception of GENE, hilariously enough - could maybe be called the EXILE GENERATIONS generation. EXILE GENERATIONS (hereby referred to as EX-GEN because less characters) was a trainee group where one had to pass a professionalism review to become a backup dancer for other Exile Tribe groups.

I cannot find a GENE member in the list of former EX-GEN members on the wiki, but:

RMPG has 6 former EX-GEN members - Shohei, Itsuki, Shogo, Makoto, Kenta and Riku FANTA is basically entirely former EX-GEN members - Taiki, SawaNatsu, Hori Natsuki, Leiya, Keito and Shota BBZ has four former EX-GEN members - Ryuta, Masa, Rikiya/Ricky (I never know how to refer to him 😩) and Miku PsyFe also has four former EX-GEN members - Tsurugi, Jimmy, Kokoro and Ryoga

So much rambling beneath the cut re: GENE and Jr.Exile

I do feel like this makes the gap between GENE and the other groups - more obvious? It feels like there's a gap there, at least for me, where I often accidentally sort GENE into what I call Founding Exile, with Exile, JSB3 and Exile the Second. (The fact that GENE debuted two weeks after Exile the Second, but nearly ten years before PsyFe probably doesn't help that)

If RMPG hadn't had a 2.5 year debut delay, it would feel less extreme, I think, since RMPG and GENE are around the same age. GENE's average age is 30, whereas RMPG's average age is 27, and GENE's youngest member was born in 1996, the year RMPG is missing. Hilariously, Likiya is actually older than Mandy by two months, which means the oldest member of RMPG is older than the oldest member of GENE.

But I think a part of it is definitely the debut gaps - RMPG probably would've debuted in 2015 if the musha shugyo hadn't basically caused a collective mental breakdown, since GENE had a 7 month gap between formation and debut, Exile the Second had a 5 month gap between formation and debut, and JSB3 had a Less Than One Month gap between formation and debut (they really threw JSB3 straight into the deep end there 😂)

But since the musha shugyo did cause a collective mental breakdown, they didn't debut until January 2017, putting an approx. 4 year gap between them and GENE. Then FANTA debuted in December 2018 (~6 years after GENE), BBZ in May 2019 (~6.5) and PSYFE in July 2022 (nearly 10 years later), so GENE has a 4+ year lead in experience and name recognition over everyone else in Jr.Exile.

There's also the fact that, like, FANTA and PSYFE mbrs were backup dancers for GENE - I own the Speedsters tour recording and, like, two or three songs in, I realized I was playing an Easter Egg hunt of "Find the future Jr.Exile member" with the support dancers.

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Semifinals! (+Round 4 Overview)

Fun fact, this file is getting so cumbersome, that it crashes two or three times every time I update it.:')

So we have our final four! Time to figure out who's going to just barely not make it on the podium.

Round Five will post on Sunday, October 1st and Monday, October 2nd

We're so close guys. We're so so close! But first, some notes:

Rei is our last female character left

Aoyama is our last student character

Hound Dog and Aoyama did not change spots in the overall rankings

Every poll this round had less than a 20% difference in votes

Full rankings under the cut!

1st Rei 69.7% 2nd Aoyama 57.7% 3rd Gunhead 55.7% 4th Koichi 54.8% 5th Tsunotori 45.2% 6th Lunch Rush 44.3% 7th Kota 42.3% 8th Hound Dog 30.3% 9th Shinomori 10th Ojiro 11th Ochako's Parents 12th Makoto 13th Samidere 14th Sato 15th Tsubaraba 16th Amplifer 17th Chimera 18th Bubble Girl 19th Fuwa 20th Isekai 21st Shishida 22nd Saito 23rd Majestic 24th Kido 25th Nao 26th Kashiko Sekigai 27th Third User 28th Chikuchi 29th Beros 30th Mummy 31st Tsutsutaka 32nd Flect Turn 33rd Enigma 34th Satsuki 35th Yoroi Musha 36th Kyotoku 37th Tomie 38th Crust 39th Mustard 40th Slice 41st Hana 42nd Miyashita 43rd Tsubasa 44th Big Red Dot 45th Kesagiri Man 46th Mr. Smiley 47th Shishido 48th Takeshi 49th Death Arms 50th Dadan Tadan 51st Kenranzaki 52nd Nobu 53rd Romero Fujimi 54th Uwabami 55th Rin 56th Nirengeki 57th Bondo 58th Moonfish 59th Trumpet 60th Fourth Kind 61st Toxic Chainsaw 62nd Onima 63rd Wolfram 64th Daigo

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Round 3!! (+Round 2 Overview)

Looks like pinned posts are actually showing up on web again. That's nice!

There are definitely some winners here I did not expect. But it is always fun to watch you guys commit to your various bits. Anyways-

Round 3 will begin on Sunday, September 17th

A few things of note:

All villain characters have been eliminated! We're down to only students, pro heroes, and civilians

Shinomori is now in the lead after ratioing Flect Turn into oblivion

Half of the remaining roaster are students

Amplifier is our only movie original character remaining

No one from class A has been eliminated yet

Full rankings under the cut!

1st Shinomori 89.1% 2nd Samidere 84.1% 3rd Kota 83.7% 4th Rei 78.2% 5th Aoyama 74.3% 6th Tsunotori 73.7% 7th Sato 72.6% 8th Koichi 71.3% 9th Makoto 69.6% 10th Hound Dog 65.2% 11th Gunhead 65.1% 12th Ochako's Parents 64.9% 13th Amplifer 62.9% 14th Lunch Rush 57.9% 15th Ojiro 57.4% 16th Tsubaraba 52.9% 17th Chimera 47.1% 18th Bubble Girl 42.6% 19th Fuwa 42.1% 20th Isekai 37.1% 21st Shishida 35.1% 22nd Saito 34.9% 23rd Majestic 34.8% 24th Kido 30.4% 25th Nao 28.7% 26th Kashiko Sekigai 27.4% 27th Third User 26.3% 28th Chikuchi 25.7% 29th Beros 20.8% 30th Mummy 16.3% 31st Tsutsutaka 15.9% 32nd Flect Turn 10.9% 33rd Enigma 34th Satsuki 35th Yoroi Musha 36th Kyotoku 37th Tomie 38th Crust 39th Mustard 40th Slice 41st Hana 42nd Miyashita 43rd Tsubasa 44th Big Red Dot 45th Kesagiri Man 46th Mr. Smiley 47th Shishido 48th Takeshi 49th Death Arms 50th Dadan Tadan 51st Kenranzaki 52nd Nobu 53rd Romero Fujimi 54th Uwabami 55th Rin 56th Nirengeki 57th Bondo 58th Moonfish 59th Trumpet 60th Fourth Kind 61st Toxic Chainsaw 62nd Onima 63rd Wolfram 64th Daigo

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Round 2! (+Round 1 Overview)

I can't tell if this is getting better or worse. Anyway here's everything in a less confusing format.

Round 2 will begin on Sunday, September 10th!

Some notes about this massive first round:

At least one character exclusive to each of the three movies is still on the bracket.

All members of Wolframs team have been eliminated

Wolfram and his subordinate Daigo have broken the record for worst ratio with 8.9% and 4.9% respectively

Kashiko Sekigai is the only remaining Isamu Academy student in the poll.

Only 4 villains are left in the entire bracket.

Current rankings below the cut. I'm going to save you the wall of text since it's twice as long as it normally is.

1st Tsunotori 95.1% 2nd Lunch Rush 91.1% 3rd Aoyama 90.2% 4th Fuwa 88.1% 5th Ochako's Parents 87% 6th Kota 86.8% 7th Bubble Girl 85.1% 8th Gunhead 84% 9th Rei 83.5% 10th Ojiro 82.2% 11th Makoto 81.6% 12th Hound Dog 80% 13th Tsutsutaka 76.3% 14th Third User 74.3% 15th Chimera 72.1% 16th Beros 70.9% 17th Samidere 69.6% 18th Shinomori 68% 19th Shishida 67.9% 20th Chikuchi 66.2% 21st Amplifer 65.2% 22nd Isekai 64.3% 23rd Kashiko Sekigai 62.5% 24th Koichi 61.6% 25th Saito 61.3% 26th Majestic 61.1% 27th Sato 59.6% 28th Kido 58.3% 29th Tsubaraba 56.4% 30th Flect Turn 53.8% 31st Nao 52.3% 32nd Mummy 50.6% 33rd Enigma 49.4% 34th Satsuki 47.7% 35th Yoroi Musha 46.2% 36th Kyotoku 43.6% 37th Tomie 41.7% 38th Crust 40.4% 39th Mustard 38.9% 40th Slice 38.7% 41st Hana 38.4% 42nd Miyashita 37.5% 43rd Tsubasa 35.7% 44th Big Red Dot 34.8% 45th Kesagiri Man 33.8% 46th Mr. Smiley 32.1% 47th Shishido 32% 48th Takeshi 30.4% 49th Death Arms 29.1% 50th Dadan Tadan 27.9% 51st Kenranzaki 25.7% 52nd Nobu 23.7% 53rd Romero Fujimi 20% 54th Uwabami 18.4% 55th Rin 17.8% 56th Nirengeki 16.5% 57th Bondo 16% 58th Moonfish 14.9% 59th Trumpet 13.2% 60th Fourth Kind 13% 61st Toxic Chainsaw 11.9% 62nd Onima 9.8% 63rd Wolfram 8.9% 64th Daigo 4.9%