#SANU

[doopn00p]

Some stupid riz/tem doodles (and an opm reference)

[oi-oikawa-tooru]

[ecargmura]

Haigakura Episode 3 Review - Immortals And Queen Mother

Ah, I get it now. This story is mainly episodic, but the next story usually is built up towards the post-credit scene or at the end. For example, in the first episode, Shouri and Tekkai were talking about something that has to do with a mission Ichiyo needs to take (hopefully I’m right with this because there weren’t any subtitles during that segment). In Episode 2, the entire episode was about said mission and towards the end, Hakushurin and Hakugo show up, which then transitions to this episode which is all about Hakushurin and her past with Ichiyo. The post-credit scene mentioned how Ichiyo and Tenko met, so the next episode will be their meeting. I think I solved the case. Though, I still do wonder why the story jumps around…

I do like that the intro gives a little snippet of the world building. This episode talks about the Eight Immortals who serves the Queen Mother of the West. What they do isn’t fully specified. It’s just to let viewers know they exist. The episode do have the eight immortals show up, but they’re not fully introduced. I do recognize Tekkai in the background but I don’t know who the rest are. Shouri is one of them too. The immortals serve the Queen Mother of the West, but what that person does isn’t specified either as the previous one died and Hakushurin is apparently chosen as her successor. How and why are never told.

While Hakushurin’s life has turned upside down because of these sudden turn of events, that’s how she was able to meet Ichiyo. Remember that this is the memory of how Hakushurin met Ichiyo as told from the previous episode’s post-credit scene. Ichiyo gave her candy and always kept her company. It makes me wonder if Hakushurin’s role is to be his love interest. What I found interesting was that Ichiyo was already a Kashi and had Tenko with him. I honestly can’t wait for next week to see how they met. Tenko from the past, with his long white hair and stoic visage, looked gorgeous. I bet Shungei had been abruptly enamored with him.

Because of the nature of this episode, so many characters are introduced. We have the episode’s star Hakushurin, a playful tomboyish girl who sucks at martial arts, but still does her best. She’s best friends with Sanu, Shouri’s son, who is a filial son looking after his ill mother and despises his father for not visiting her when she needed it most. There’s Shungei who refused Sanu’s request—what a jerk. There’s Koumei who’s like Hakushurin’s tutor? Then we have Saiwa, who’s Ichiyo’s mentor. Then there’s Hiki, who’s one of the Four Perils and has a bad leg. I like his character design, but he gives sus vibes. There’s also Hakugo who’s Ichiyo’s cat daddy, and a Divine Beast. I hope we learn how Ichiyo met Hakugo.

The voice cast is superb. The entire cast is just big names. There’s Lynn who plays Hakushurin, Ryota Suzuki who plays Sanu and Hiro Shimono who plays Saiwa to name a few. I was most surprised with Daisuke Hirakawa as Koumei because I didn’t recognize it was him until I saw his name in the credits. Dang, he should use that effeminate voice more often. Ryohei Kimura voices Hiki. Most of all, young Ichiyo is played by none other than Junko Takeuchi. Ichiyo has the voices of Aquamarine Hoshino and Naruto Uzumaki within him. Crazy.

Overall, this was a nice episode that focuses more on characters that aren’t Ichiyo and Tenko, but the fact that the anime jumps around does get a little confusing. Still, I’m not going to drop it. What are your thoughts on this episode?

[radiogornjigrad]

Stevan Dedijer: Velika Srbija i mali glupi akademici

Otvoreno pismo predsedniku Vlade Srbije g. Z. Djindjicu Danas je vid nevoljnom stit Danas je svaki Srbin vidovit. J. J. Zmaj I danas kad dodje do poslednjeg boja Neozaren starim oreola sjajem, Ja cu dati zivot, otadzbino moja Znajuci sta dajem i zasto ga dajem. Milan Rakic* Postovani g. Djindjicu Motor razvitka svake drzave Pisem Vam kao Srbinu koji je imao junacke hrabrosti, mudrosti i politicke…

[e-kultura]

У атријуму Ректората Универзитета у Београду, Службени гласник је данас обележено 210 година постојања службених гласила у Републици Србији. Прошло је тачно толико година од када је Димитрије Давидовић 1813. са својим имењаком Димитријем Фрушићем, у Бечу покренуо први српски лист Новине сербске. ЈП Службени гласник као овлашћени издавач службених гласила, баштини традицију публиковања истих коју је Давидовић започео пре нешто више од два века. Присутнима су се обратили директор Гласника Младен Шарчевић и академик САНУ Александар Костић.

[cgvijesti]

Preminuo akademik SANU

Čuveni pisac, romansijer, scenarista, dramaturg Dragoslav Mihailović preminuo je u Beogradu u 93. godini, potvrdila je porodica. Mihailović je bio redovni član Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti. Dobitnik je mnogih književnih nagrada i priznanja. Njegov književni opus obuhvata pripovjetke, romane i drame. Izabrana djela su mu štampana dva puta, u šest knjiga 1984. i u sedam knjiga 1990.…

[bunnithechubs]

am i out of my mind? yes.

(looking for suggestions to add to this lot)

[lake-lunvik]

T R A V E L E R

[zombie-art-n-doodles]

Funny man. Thinking about him lots. He’s so weird. Eventually wanna do a roleplay with him that takes place on Crux to explore the sanctuary.

[aahanna]

Teri aankhon mein chahat hi nazar aayi hai .....

"I pay for Spotify Premium just to listen to these types of songs." 🙏🤌

[zombiecicada]

World Building: Crux Demonbeast Sanctuary

The Crux Factory is located on a small planet within the eastern parent of the Southern Region of space. The smallest planet of a multiple gas giant solar system, Crux is covered in a dense yellow atmosphere and covered in methane oceans. The only habitable spots on Crux being a number of small climatized domes dotting the surface on the few patches of land. From space and without proper equipment, it would simply look like a completely uninhabitable world.

However, during the height of the war, it was an Nightmare Enterprises claimed planet that housed multiple factories, utilizing the nitrogen and ammonium compounds from the atmosphere and methane from the oceans to make various explosives, fuel, ammo and other weapons and ammunition for the war. It was also the site of two laboratories, which created the sasuke demonbeasts to use in order to staff the factory with free labour.

Crux was managed by manager and scientist Dr Ayelech Sanus, who was in the process of training her son Majang Sanus to be her successor.

Crux met its end after the escape of one of the sasuke workers, who managed to get off the planet and went to the GSA, offering information in return for the freedom of his people and the destruction of the factories. Determined to change the tide of the war by removing NME’s main access to ammunition and fuel (after all, your enemies can’t fly ships and can’t shoot at you nearly as much if they have a sudden shortage of fuel or bullets) the GSA agreed and launched a nuclear attack on Crux, deteriorating within the interiors of the domes and destroying the factories and structures within.

Reports say there was no NME survivors that did not catch wind evacuate beforehand. However what most didn’t know, and would never learn was that there was on survivor, Majang.

Majang spent a lot of time trapped within the fallout bunkers his mother had locked him into. The radiation from the attack changed him overtime, giving him his unusual appearance.

Eventually he did manage to get out, and emerged into a destroyed world. The mountain that they had been mining had collapsed in the blast, burying several of the buildings, including the one he was in. It took a lot of digging and rigging old drilling equipment but little by little he made his way to other buildings, including the communications center. After several attempts to restore some kind of power to the equipment he was able to turn on the logs and was greeted with the records stating he was dead and Crux had been destroyed.

He spent a couple days pondering what to do with himself, obviously going back to NME and declaring he was in fact not dead was an option. He explored more of the ruins and built more tunnels to other buildings, eventually reaching Alpha Containment. It dawned on him that Ayelech had never let him in here before, and that’s one thing about being dead on paper he would find time and time again, you can do whatever you want. And he went inside and explored the various containment chambers, and to his surprise he found another survivor. Only, the survivor wasn’t a person, but a massive, massive demonbeast.

A massive building sized chained creature, eyes blinded. Demonbeasts did not need to eat, they did not need sleep, they would not die without either. This creature, a creature known as a riftwrath, a powerful demonbeast of the wrath type demonbeast line, had been left to rot.

Majang started to speak with the monster, or rather it would speak by taking control of him to use his body to make words. Which, albeit very unsettling at first, was something Majang got used to. The two struck a very unlikely bond, the creature was named Rodger by Majang, and Rodger shared his stories of the cruelty and suffering he had endured at the hands of NME. Now Majang has been raised by NME his entire life, he was born into the company, his mother taught him everything he knew and that included the belief that NME was doing the right thing and that demonbeasts were simply just tools to be used.

But Rodger frankly shattered that view.

Majang, after a couple more weeks of thinking, finally got the idea of what he wanted to do with his newfound freedom. He wouldn’t be going back to NME, he’d rebuild this place. But instead of a factory, it was going to be a sanctuary. Rodger agreed to be his right hand monster in the operation, and with Majang’s permission used Majang’s body to see the world to open up rifts to other planets so Majang could leave.

Over the next several years Majang and Rodger fixed up Crux, Majang rebuilt as much as he could and got much of the equipment back online. He turned it into a true demonbeast sanctuary for him to care for monsters, treat them of injury sustained from war and lab testing, and humanly study them to better understand them. As the war raged on he dodged both NME and the star warriors, capturing demonbeasts to take back to the sanctuary to spare them from the war and experimentation or death at the hands of the rebel forces.

The location of the planet is still kept secret and Majang has lived there as the only non demonbeast for a long time now, his ability to interact with people having greatly diminished. He’d still be kind to others if he met them, and would even offer them to stay at Crux if they needed a place to run and hide, providing they wouldn’t hurt his monsters.

He’s content to continue doing this for the rest of his life, expanding and bettering his sanctuary, and furthering his understanding of the monsters who call it home.

[bobauthorman]

Nationaliteam

I'm choosing to believe that Yang was actually born somewhere in West Sanus / Vacuo before the Xiao Long family settled down on Patch Island.

I'm also choosing to believe that Blake was born in Mistral or Mistral-adjacent.

This way, we can say each member of Team RWBY represents a different major nation on Remnant.

Ruby - Vale

Weiss - Atlas

Blake - Mistral

Yang - Vacuo

[living-with-the-seasons]

"सानूं नहर वाले पुल ते बुला के..

सानूं नहर वाले पुल ते बुला के

ते ख़ौरे माही कित्थे रह गया

साडी अक्खां विच्चों नीन्दरां उड़ा के

ते ख़ौरे माही कित्थे रह गया...."

🌻

[orgasming-caterpillar]

Raghav is "the only bollywood songs i like are those made before my birth" (with a few exceptions) (VERY few exceptions) and Ranveer is "have a very specific taste in matter not related to the era of creation" (no one knows what it is)

[toiletpotato]

dil hai (pause for drums) mera deewanaaaaaaa (banging string instrument solo)

[bollywoodirect]

Today, we celebrate the birthday of a legendary figure in Indian music, Bappi Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri), who was born on this day in 1952. Fondly known as Bappida, his legacy as a singer, composer, and record producer has left an indelible mark on the Indian music industry.

Bappi Lahiri was a trailblazer, known for changing the Indian music scene with his unique blend of synthesised disco music. His work in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly with film soundtracks, captured the hearts of audiences not just in Hindi cinema but Kannada films. His ability to merge Indian music with international sounds created a new wave of youthful, upbeat rhythms that resonated with listeners across generations.

In 1986, Bappi Lahiri's extraordinary talent was recognized by the Guinness World Records for an incredible feat: recording more than 180 songs in a single year. This achievement highlights his unparalleled dedication and passion for music.

His compositions for films like "Disco Dancer," "Namak Halaal," and "Sharaabi" are still celebrated today, known for their disco-style songs that brought a new energy to Indian cinema. Yet, Bappi Lahiri was not limited to disco beats alone; his repertoire includes a range of melodious songs from movies such as "Chalte Chalte" and "Zakhmee," showcasing his versatility as a musician.

Today, as we remember Bappi Lahiri on his birthday, we celebrate his extraordinary contributions to music and his enduring legacy that continues to inspire and entertain audiences around the world. Happy Birthday, Bappi Lahiri - your music continues to live in our hearts.

What are your favourite Bappi Lahiri songs?