#Rumic couple

[thefive-colorshrine]

So I drew this cause I'm still excited over Mao falling for our perfect girl Nanoka. It was just a matter of time, but I never expected him to say that he wants her by his side FOREVER. At least not now.

[maonoka]

Anyways I am SO HERE for this recent trend of Mao just being absolutely beside himself with worry over Nanoka.

I feel like ever since the firebug incident with Renji where he thought she might die, he’s been just terrified of something happening to her- and even better, he’s been vocal about it.

[ashitakaxsan]

A Solid Win,and a new Danger here.

The new chapter is one of Amazement:

Meimeido listens to the whole incidents,now knows the background of Akanemaru,he offers to Maonoka tips of advices about how she'll tame the katana.That the blade has a connection to Nanoka's blood,so she's to exert her will on it.

Meimedo's wisdom is Great,I guess he's to stay in the series:)

Somewhere far there,in the Life Extension Garden,Souma wakes up,where Hakubi and Mei watch.Hakubi's discontent is Obvious,He could blow his temper and  slap Souma for his failure.But He's certain his pupil will make in a new mission.

Probably he's not suspecting Nanoka's connection with the Byouki.

But a familiar enemy is returning:Renji the assassin has decided to get a Huge fee,by getting Mao and bring Him to Shiranui.. The fishy part:Shiranui tasks him only about capturing Mao,but not a bit about Akanemaru!

They're the Gokou,but He doesn't know about the recent botch. Why isn't he been told about it from Hakubi? I'll share with you later how I ponder about the disorder.

Here where Renji enters to Mao's office,sending the tormented  some fire bugs into Nanoka's ears.He takes her as hostage,with aim to kidnap Mao.

My hunch:The whole reports disorder perhaps will define Renji's failure,cause he comes for one success,unaware how to maximalize it!If he knew about(the katana)he would come to get this,as well.  Plus Nanoka chan isn't a rookie to such dangers.

A point around:Renji doesn’t know how to learn from his mistakes and wrongs.Surely such a ploy(:taking hostages)seems okay to him,albeit it’s tactical element and not strategic. Maonoka will win in this arc.

[thefive-colorshrine]

¿Mao cargando a su mujer? SÍ QUE SÍ.

[thefive-colorshrine]

Mini historia Maonoka porque estoy aburrida:

Nanoka prepara chocolate para San Valentín y luego va a Taisho a dárselo a Mao, quien no tiene ninguna idea de por qué ella le regala chocolate, pero lo recibe de todos modos. Nanoka no tiene intención de decirle lo que su gesto significa, lo importante es que ella lo sabe.

Lo que sí le comenta (o mejor dicho, se le escapa) es que ella misma lo preparó. Ese dato sorprende a Mao pero no le da mayores vueltas a ese asunto. Le agradece por el regalo y menciona que lo guardará para más tarde. Un poco avergonzada, Nanoka se despide y regresa a casa, prefiere no estar allí cuando él coma el chocolate.

Llegada la noche de ese mismo día, Mao recuerda el chocolate y decide comérselo. El sabor le agrada, más de lo que habría esperado, y esboza una pequeña sonrisa mientras mira lo que aún queda de la golosina. Otoya nota este gesto y le pregunta si está bueno, a lo que Mao afirma que sí, que le gusta. Él, naturalmente, no se da cuenta de la cara que ha puesto, pero a Otoya no se le escapa nada. Algo ha cambiado dentro de Mao y la única responsable es Nanoka. No solo es el chocolate el que le provoca sonrisas.

[maonoka]

Anyways we were blessed this week

Gurl same

[thefive-colorshrine]

I don't know about you, guys, but everytime I see this scene I have the strong impression that Nanoka is actually staring at Mao's lips. Like, he gets close to check on her and she can't help but stare at his lips. That's why she doesn't answer immediately to his question, instead, she goes all "hm?". This girl is dreaming, I won't change my mind.

ALSO, I'm aware this is unrelated but I really love how Nanoka reacts after knowing that Mao saw and touched her (for medical purposes ofc), only to be completely fine with it once she knew no one else was around. Ok, Nanoka, now we all know that you're good with your man AND ONLY YOUR MAN seeing you. Cannot blame you, tbh.

(Hyakka's reaction is also priceless).

[thefive-colorshrine]

Tarjeta navideña 2021 de MAO.

[maonoka]

I’m really behind in posting The Pair, but this weeks chapter just had such adorable tiny maonokas that I had to make a post~

[maonoka]

Sketched that one scene from the recent arc

I mean Rumiko did it best but I had to try~

[maonoka]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: MAO (Manga) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mao/Kiba Nanoka Characters: Mao, Kiba Nanoka, Otoya, Hyakka Summary:

It had been two weeks since their run-in with Hakubi. Two weeks since Mao was forced to transform and Nanoka got hurt trying to stop him. Two weeks since he told her he’d examined her body for injuries while she was unconscious. And for those two weeks, he’d been examining her nearly every other day. He always said it was to make sure she was healing, and of course Nanoka knew he was a doctor and this was his job… but… did she have to take off her shirt each time? Did he really have to touch and press and tap his fingers in so many places?

Heeeeeeey soooo, I did another thing for chapter 78 cuz I’ll never be over it

[ashitakaxsan]

Will it get Popular in Iran too?

[ashitakaxsan]

Why Takahashi Rumiko’s MAO is BLAST

Her current manga series MAO (story &art) has a lot of action.At the core of the story –deeper than time travel,magic,occult,dealings with yokai and ayakashi-are relationships of ex classmates have gone awry,plus a man’s pain and grief from the death his fiancee.The entire plot is based on events that occured during Japan’s Heian period(1000 AD),prior to the now timeline.

It begins with Kiba Nanoka,a female high school student,who 8 years ago escaped a near-death experience-due to some supernatural circumstances.She remembers it,even though She couldn’t figure the reasons and circumstances.

Now fifteen years old,she’s whiskered in the Taishou era,gets chased down by a man-eating yokai, but she’s saved by the mysterious Mao—a young man of this era.As she uses the time portal to pay visits to Mao(to get the answers about why her First death)she befriends with him.What’s more ?She likes Him.Now the two orphans cowork to unriddle the scheme in his past,that turned his friends into Vengeful Hunters Against Him.

(image above:Mao in his current appearance and outfit)

The Origin and the Grief

Mao was born in Japan,during 1000 AD.His early life began an orphanage,with many hardships,at the same time he was sharpening his higher skills and learning magic techniques.On his teens he entered a boarding school for onmyuji,being run by the prestigious Gokou clan.Where it was divided to five classes Water,Earth,Fire,Metal and Wood.

The earnest Mao got the good interest of the principal,and Sana’s cat Haimaru.The principal favored him,by entrusting him the magical,sentient-but Ominous-Hagunsei katana and arranging him(for a badding marriage)with his daughter Sana.Mao was in love with her.It would go smooth.But overnight Shishou Gokou was killed by an unknown perpetrator,Mao was shot by many arrows,meanwhile (Sana’s cat who had transformed to a Horrible Cat  Demon)the Byouki rampaged the manor and its men.Soon it came face to face with Mao. To defend himself, with the Hagunsei ,he severed Byouki’s head from the body,while its head led way –there causing a freak mishap:Byouki’s body got fused with Mao’s,transmutating him to a Hanyou.

When after hours he turned to human and regained his consciousness he saw devastation everywhere: Sana was dead, many guards too ,as for the Temple  was burned down.Ever since (for 9 centuries) he wandered across Japan ,having assumed the Byouki was someone’s field agent[Image below:Lady Sana]. 

(Above:The Daughter of Onmyuji Instructor Lady Sana and her cat Haimaru)

Now,in the Taishou era,Mao gets vehemently blamed,by ex classmates for the murder of the Gokou Instructor and Sana,and for the arson.All these while He’s unable to remember all the events of  that night.

Sadly  ex disciples Shiranui,Hakubi detest Mao for his  alleged treason,they hunt Him down to eliminate him.Weird they gladly take orders from a mysterious woman,called Yurako.Who has the exact appearance of the long ago deceased Sana sama!Is Sana resurrected,or is she a mere double?

The Mystery all around

So who(and how)could’ve killed the Gokou?All of it remaines a mystery.There were slight indications:The eyes of dead Shishou Gokou(with his chest on the floor)eyes were looking strait forward, with glare of shock.Implying he had come face to face with the would-be killer.

Plus ex worker in the manor,now turned to assassin,Mokuzu explaines (chapter 34)shocking details to Mao and Hyakka:As he followed a person’s orders he tossed Haimaru in a poison Imp hole,by killing snakes and boars he Transformed to the Byouki.This says it was  the Beginning of the plan to destroy the Gokou.Telling hat Byouki ate the Secret  Book of Taizunfukun.But in the Chamber there was Only Mao.So how did Mokuzu know of this?Can this imply that there was a  watcher,from distance of the whole scene?

The Pendulum of Fate has turned for.

Nanoka’s encounter with Mao  is a work of fate for the great Good.The Byuoki  decided for a new vessel,so  it soaked Nanoka to his blood,mutating her to an ayakashi.But it has good side effects on the story:When Nanoka  accidentally gave her blood(chapter 38:Mixing Of Blood)to injured Mao it worked as transfusion healing him by any injuries.In addition:When they’re are together,due to Byouki’s Blood flowing in each of them,has  amazing effects.Such as they become stealth for any onmyodo surveillance methods![image below Nanoka]

(Above:Japanese Student Kiba Nanoka)

But Mao unexpectadly finds for good an ex disciple:The girl Natsuno,an earth user,who reveales to Him and his friends how Sana sama was murdered.The very night of the fire in the Treasury a Black jaki(taking advantage of the commotion)ripped off Sana’s  heart organ,taking along it while fleeing. She also clarifies something awful too:Every other disciple-albeit never saw it- simply assumed he had seen  Mao have done it.

Due Hakubi,as the most respected pupil, strongly blamed  Mao for it every one accepted it.That’s why the low value onmyoji Natsuno wasn’t believed at all! She objects to the notion about Sana being alive:”Sana sama is definitely dead.I saw it with my eyes”.

As she states to Mao “After that I couldn’t do anything,the Gokou family was finished.And no one cared about knowing the truth”.[image below

Natsuno] 

(Above:Earth User natsuno as she tosses charms)

Hakubi the Dangerous.

The Flavors in there

a)The romance between Mao and Nanoka is what offers a Flavor to the Series,to his case as well.She likes him,she gladly comes to His Era and assist him,all these while she could chose easiness with classmate Shiraha kun.She also helps him muster the courage to get over with the issues of the long ago dead Sana.While Yurako is her mere lookalike. With now a difference they have their arguments,they mend them with maturity.Fascinating:)

b)The strong women.Nanoka,Natsuno,Tenko and Yurako.Their heart,their mind and their abilities convey the messages of Takahashi rumiko.Each one and all capture our interest.

Creepy Thoughts

If a Villainous Mastermind is always one step ahead of the hero that’s because of:

a)He’s quite networked,he’s got an immense organization to carry out projects instantly.

B)He has known Him.Probably has a personal grudge on Him.

C) All these two above .

Who in purpose did kill the Gokou,easily framed Mao for these crimes? Probably the Black Jaki followed orders by some one, a person who knew them,and others  in there.Otherwise it wouldn’t be  with out a pattern.[Below image of Romance]

 At that time there was only one person who could’ve been the mastermind.One who had been disciple in the school,and relishing with the idea to manipulate people.Mao’s close friend from the orphanage,Daigo.

In chapter 59 he reveals to Mao the Great Desire.”You’ll be able to control the world from behind the scenes”,had told him. So his Goal,obsession,was to become a Ruthless,Manipulative Emperor.

But he was seen dead,at the start of a succession war.But what if it was his Ruse?

It will last for Very Long

Albeit early to tell it’s  safe estimation that Mao team has a Quite long and Dangerous Route ahead.To unravel the Mystery,to publicly prove Mao’s Innocense to the other ex pupils,and to defeat the Villain of the story.It really worths it:)!

[ashitakaxsan]

Nanoka really Shined.

Mao team was caught off guard from Hakubi’s plan,in a real ominous situation.  Truly Hakubi seemed having the Upper hand in the Whole Case:The eager for beast using(and quite a nihilist)Souma,the magic Puppet Pin on Mao’s back,thus commanding Him like a mere puppet.And the Teleportation Portal.

Naturally it came to Nanoka to fight the Gokou.

It did seem as “insane” for a girl to fight it.It was pure and sheer:I Fight,or we all get killed.She took the hagunsei katana,charged against the Beast. She really injured it!

So much Crucial that Hakubi decided to flee,taking Mao along.If He would make it then Mao would be doomed(: Nanoka flying with so much speed to his Rescue,sliced Hakubi’s cables that grabbing him.She ruined the abduction oparation.With so many at stake it would be foolish to brag about her prowess.Even though to us(on the surface)looked crazy she charged on rampaging Mao,keeping senses while extending her arm to His back,there She removed the Pin!:)

The Gokou realized(along with treacherous Souma)they had lost.Mao regained freedom,he jumped attacking them.But they teleported way!Souma mentions in sadness he was useless.That’s the hot Point:He betrayed the Benevolent doctor Mao for gain an Ayakashi beast,but he couldn’t beat Nanoka.

The whole arc,despite the bad taste from Souma’s betrayal,was a Real Strong.It’s Satisfaction Nanoka really shined,she exceeded her “usual” self to fight for the good of her beloved Mao,and her friends as well.Why to hide it?If She had stayed underpowered,throughout the series,that would be so alien for the Rumicworld.Plus it would convey a wrong message,such as:”All girls are weaklings”.

I reckon that from now on Nanoka is valued to learn the onmyuji techniques,to learn quite well also the use of a weapon(katana,or kusarigama).

Because Hakubi will always remember of how this Bold girl foiled the Plan(about Mao’s abduction).”I underestimated Nanoka”,he says at the closing.He can’t take it lightly(either as captain either as centuries old onmyuji)he lost to her.We can’t know,for now,if he had fought in the past against courageous women.

Takahashi Rumiko sama has seriously worked to give us a such Good Series.Manga needs to be Good.Anything good will be a series.As Simple as that:)

How will Nanoka act? How will Hakubi plan also to beat her?

[maonoka]

I’m still trying to cope with the most recent chapter, so have this self-indulgent Maonoka:

It’s either an AU where Mao is a rich visitor of this 1920s Salon (what are these things, exclusive rich peoples clubs??) but he likes to sneak away from the snobby guests and meet up with the maid,

OR, this is just what should’ve happened in the chapter when Mao saw Nanoka in that cute maid outfit. Just sayin.

IM NOT READY FOR ANGST!!!

[maonoka]

“A knitted scarf?!”

“It’s warm.”

She made him a scarf. SHE MADE HIM A SCARF!!!

AND HE WORE IT!!!!!!!