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Haikyuu x Bungou Stray Dogs AU - Runaway

Summary : " The 13 Murders Streak has been shaking Japan non-stop. No one knows who was the perpetrator of this heinous murder; However, special people who work at special agencies speculate that the perpetrators are wild herds named Runaway. "

" However, who is Runaway? Runaways are those with supernatural powers, or a collection of ability users, who are acquainted without organization. They can be passive, or wild. Their one motto: They will be free no matter what."

ROUGH FULL STORY :

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ARC 1

The beginning of the story begins with 9 murder cases of members of the Yakuza Morimi Gang which shocked all of Japan.

1. [ October 8, 2012 ] — Kobayashi Issa, 49. Politician of the far-right Japanese party. Died after being hit with a blunt object found in his yard near Morikawa High (Hokkaido)

2. [ November 07, 2012 ] — Shintaro Ishihara, 65. A former right-hand man of the Yukikage yakuza gang. He was found dead after being stabbed multiple times in an alley near Karasuno Academy (Miyagi).

3. [ November 14, 2012 ] — Mineko Iwasaki, 63. An entertainment home owner. She was also the most popular woman of her time. Dying slowly from poisoning. Found in his home, near Aoba Johsai (Miyagi) Academy.

4. [November 16, 2012] - Kobayashi Issa, 54 years old. Former judge of a renowned private court. Died by strangulation to death. Found in the bathroom where he lived in his nursing home, near Shiratorizawa (Miyagi) Academy.

5. [December 2, 2012] - Ito Sachio, 54 years old. Former officer of the Saitama Police Department. Found dead by drowning, Shinzen Academy students find the body. It was found near the Shingashi River (Saitama).

6. [December 10, 2012] - Notorious Nobunaga. 50 years. A bartender would have been a spy for the Yukikage. He was found dead poisoned and vomited blood during dinner in front of his family. His house is near Morikawa High (Saitama)

7. [ Jan 3, 2013 ] – Matsuo Basho, 68. An entrepreneur of the XXX candy brand. The cause of death was high blood pressure, his hospital was near Wanaka Girls' High (Tokyo).

8. [January 13, 2013] - Tomohiko Morimi. 70 years old. A Yakuza leader who plays an important role in politics. Found dead without a head in his office, located in Tokyo, near the Itachiyama Institute.

9. [January 20, 2013] — Mootori Norinaga. 47 years. The cause of death was once stabbed and left to bleed. Found dead near Fukurodani Academy.

Which, aside from being a Yakuza gang member who was killed, this murder is not known who the killer besides those who are called "Runaway".

" However, who is Runaway? Runaways are those with supernatural powers, or an ability users, who are acquainted without organization. They can be passive, or wild. And their one motto: They will be free no matter what."

-> Ability User : is a special force possessed by many individuals throughout the world. An ability user may be conscious of and can control their ability, though in some cases, an ability may be uncontrollable and activated automatically. Moreover, a person may be an ability user since birth or could manifest such power in later life.

Obviously, this drew protests from Runaways who were not actually involved in this case. However, there are also those who remain silent and do not recognize themselves as Runaways; but they realized they were Runaways, and that one of them was named Lev Haiba.

--> MAIN CHARACTER : Lev Haiba - 15 y.o

Ability: 「 The Lion's field 」

To summon the supernatural white lion named Lyon. Lev can control Lyon to attack other people, or whatever he commands.

Lev in the end is just an ordinary teenager who dreams of becoming Ace Nekoma. He didn't really care about this case and chose to ignore it; or, rather pretend not to know until then, this case happened near Nekoma.

Back to the big murder case, this case has a similar pattern, it happened near a school; Such as Karasuno school, Shiratorizawa, Aoba Johsai, Dateko, Itachiyama, and even up to Fukurodani. At that time, the local government made a statement that schools had to be closed; and the postponement of the Spring tournament ensued.

It didn't stop there, many things happened that harmed many people, including Lev. Where later, Lev was suddenly named a suspect exactly a week before the spring tournament by the Special Division based on the results of an investigation by Mr. Ango Sakaguchi with his abilities.

But it turns out again, it was just a trick. The perpetrators actually confused Ango's abilities with theirs; They framed Lev too so that Lev, who initially didn't care about this case, became involved as "still a suspect" and also a "victim". And it is known that the one who trapped Lev has a name as "Six".

--> MAIN VILLAIN : Six

Ability: 「 ??? 」

Temporary description : Manipulate the memory of an object

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2. ARC 2

Taking another POV, Shinsuke Kita is a part of that Runaway.

--> MAIN CHARACTER : Shinsuke Kita - 18 y.o

Ability: 「 Hollowness 」

To create a Doppelgangger with very much different of personality. Sometimes, the personality of those Doppelgangers can resemble characteristics of a psychopath.

Compared to Lev, Shinsuke really doesn't really care about the development of the case. He focused on himself in the moment. He had no reason to care about this case anyway.

However, what makes the principle collapse is when an incident occurs.

The 10th murder occurred in his rice field. By the way the victim was killed by being stabbed to death; Shinsuke witnessed it with his own eyes. There too, he meets someone who introduces himself as "One".

Sensing that Shinsuke will become a hindrance for them, One uses his ability on Shinsuke before Shinsuke can react.

--> MAIN VILLAIN : One

Ability: 「 ??? 」

Temporary description : Moving from one place to another without seeing a certain distance.

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Back to Lev's POV, after everything he's been through, Lev decides to cool off by going to the wharf in Yokohama. On the pier he vaguely recalls having a memory of someone he calls as "Sunset Man". However, he couldn't remember exactly who the man was.

However, while passing through one of the passages, he saw a person lying between two containers. And that person is Shinsuke who just "transmigrated" from Hyogo to Yokohama.

Lev obviously rashly approached Shinsuke. However, Shinsuke, who has a weapon with him, wakes up and immediately attacks Lev; even though Lev stops him with his ability. And there was a little battle between Lev and Shinsuke with each of their abilities. Until Lev, finally able to calm the atmosphere and help Shinsuke.

( Basically here Shinsuke loses, because Shinsuke is unable to control his Doppelganger, while Lev has full control over his abilities ).

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Lev helps Shinsuke by inviting Shinsuke to his home, to talk of course. The two spoke as both of them are related to this incident. Basically, both of them are victims of the abomination of the perpetrator, where Lev is framed by them and Shinsuke is an eyewitness to this incident.

The two obviously didn't know each other, but because they were going through the same thing, they could feel connected to one another. It's not easy for Shinsuke to tell a bit about his abilities part, because of the fact that Shinsuke has always hated his abilities. And it's not easy for Lev to tell about his situation because he can't risk the team knowing that he was once a suspect in a case.

At the end of the day, Shinsuke was allowed to stay before tomorrow, Lev would take Shinsuke away to a safe place; based on his search results on Google, the Armed Detective Agency can help.

At the same time, the 10th murder case became the hottest news in Japan.

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3. ARC 3

Another take on a different POV, now coming from Tadashi's POV.

--> MAIN CHARACTER : Tadashi Yamaguchi - 15 y.o

Ability: 「 Trapped in the Remnant 」

Related to memory; he can read, and manipulate a memory. Good memory of humans, animals, even the memory of an object.

Tadashi was not a curious teenager. But since this case happened near Karasuno, Tadashi's astonishment arose; he secretly investigates the case and follows its developments.

However, from all the clues he got, he instead found that someone close to him was the character of the perpetrator based on the memory of several objects around the crime scene. And that close person is Akiteru Tsukishima.

Obviously, Tadashi didn't accept it and investigated further, but again what he got was nothing, Akiteru was still the perpetrator based on the memory of the existing objects. Tadashi's original intention was to messing with the memories of surrounding objects before being found out further by the authorities who are ability users, but he discouraged him and chose to remain silent.

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Meanwhile, Akiteru had no choice. However, he felt very guilty and Akiteru chose to kill himself. He killed himself by shooting himself in the head with the gun he got from "One".

Flashback, Akiteru witnessed the murder of Shintaro Ishihara who was then killed by "One".

Where "One" itself is Runaway which describes itself as "Underground" or a group of organizations that want revenge for the atrocities of the Yakuza Morimi Gang.

Back to the situation, "One" didn't immediately kill Akiteru, but he took advantage of Akiteru's situation to become a ally in Runaway (in fact, Akiteru is not an ability user). And even "One" is also "Six" when it threatens to kill Kei Tsukishima and others in Karasuno volleyball club' if Akiteru refuses.

Akiteru here is forced to make plans to kill every member of the Yakuza which this burdens him with. Because he could not report to the police; or the authorities because "One" and "Six" keep watching over him.

Therefore, to leave this case hanging, Akiteru choose to end his sin and leave this world.

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4. ARC 4

I'm going to fast-forward here;

After Akiteru's suicide, word spreads in Karasuno and this causes the Karasuno team to initially have difficulty getting into spring high— but luckily they are able to enter after some deliberation.

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Returning to Lev and Shinsuke, Lev takes Shinsuke to the Armed Detective Agency the next day. Obviously, Lev's intentions were good and all went well until halfway, the two of them met Motoya Komori.

Motoya Komori

Ability: 「 Ref;Rain 」

Allowing him to revive someone who has died within three days. However, he couldn't revive himself if he died; he can only heal himself with a maximum limit of moderate injuries.

Both of them knew who Motoya was; and at that time Motoya was seriously injured with a gunshot wound to the stomach. And there Levi and Shinsuke met other Underground members, namely "Eight"..

Eight

Ability: 「 ??? 」

Temporary description : To change his form into another person by eating candy.

When they tried to attack "Eight", "Eight" chose to run away and disguised himself as someone else with his abilities. Therefore the only option left for the two is to take Motoya to the hospital.

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At the hospital, they will meet Kiyoomi.

Kiyoomi Sakusa

Ability: 「 Dawn After The Night 」

To control his shadow into a shape he wants.

Kiyoomi didn't say anything but just nodded his head. Obviously, this made Shinsuke and Lev feel a little irritated; but they have to understand basically Kiyoomi probably still in shock after knowing his cousin was in danger.

This is where Lev and Shinsuke will meet Armed Detective Agency members named Kunikida Doppo and Yosano Akiko, and Atsushi Nakajima. Here Lev will explain all the existing situations; From the way he met Shinsuke, to how they could meet Komori in this situation. And little bit of scolding from Kunikida.

( And Shinsuke will return to Hyogo for various reasons which will be explained by Kunikida who accompanies him )

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5. Arc 5

Two weeks after the incident, finally spring high can be held even if everyone has to be in alert if something happened. And if that happens, then the match will be immediately stopped right then and there.

From Shinsuke's POV, at first he was not allowed to go, but after persuading his parents and grandmother, Shinsuke went as captain of inarizaki.

Meanwhile from Lev's POV, he will meet Shinsuke again. And, of course, meet again with Kiyoomi.

However, Kiyoomi will talk to Lev before Lev meets Shinsuke again.

Their conversation is related to how far Lev feels suspicious about this case.

Lev himself will be honest with Kiyoomi because his instincts can believe that Kiyoomi is a good person. And it's true, Kiyoomi is actually kind, but he's stuck in a pretty complicated situation;

Kiyoomi is one of the perpetrators who escaped. And he was in the same position as Akiteru. In other words, Kiyoomi joined and left before Akiteru, which he also explained that he was the reason Akiteru committed suicide— Kiyoomi is the mastermind of all existing murder plans, and Akiteru was forced to take his place.

At that moment Lev contemplates whether he really believes Kiyoomi is a good person or not, but let's say Lev is naive, then he believes that Kiyoomi can be a good partner. At least they're in position which are equally unprofitable actually.

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During those two weeks, Lev and Shinsuke kept in touch. Even with a short distance, they can talk well with each other. And you could say it's pretty close.

Lev told everything to Shinsuke before Shinsuke's match with Karasuno. At that time, Shinsuke could only remain silent and said that he could not really trust Kiyoomi. Lev couldn't enforce Shinsuke's principles and because of that, they agreed to keep their distance from Kiyoomi at that time.

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On the other hand, Tadashi immediately approached Kiyoomi before the match. Tadashi is furious because from the evidence based on his abilities, Kiyoomi is the guilty one; Kiyoomi indirectly kills Akiteru because of his decision.

Kiyoomi admits he was wrong. However, before Tadashi returned to his rage... The match has started.

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After the match was over, Shinsuke realized that Tadashi was an ability user because his own abilities told him so.

However, this did not make him directly approach Tadashi. But he was careful and chose to tell it to Lev who was really close to him. After listening to all the conclusions, Lev thought of one thing; namely team work to solve this case.

Shinsuke initially denied the idea, but after thinking about it, the same situation might make them have their own resolutions. As well as Lev who is not suspected of being a culprit again, nor would he be able to protect his team and family from harm by contacting the Armed Detective Agency.

Although this idea is also absurd, what Shinsuke suggests is for Lev to stick with this idea until he waits for the right moment.

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6. Arc 6

There is a last letter from Akiteru explaining that he is hiding something. The last message was coded quite complicated, and only Tadashi noticed it because he uses ability to find out what that means.

Tadashi headed for a Shrine in Shibuya. His search yielded results in the form of seeing an old hut that Akiteru meant. In the old hut, Tadashi entered and opened a box that was also there. However, inside the box, there is a corpse's finger holding a... Flashdrive. Which flashdrive contains a plan that will be carried out by the Underground.

However, there is a new member named "River" there.

River

Ability : 「 Swindlers 」

To create a Doppelganger with water.

Obviously, a fight ensued between River and Tadashi. Tadashi, who at that time was really beaten back, was finally helped by Kiyoomi.

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Kiyoomi who won the fight easily invited Tadashi to his residence for a moment to stop by. Tadashi insisted on refusing, but after a moment, he contemplated a decision and decided to accept it.

At the residence, Tadashi will meet Motoya ( Motoya is healthy, unfortunately he can't join the competition ). Where Motoya himself said that Tadashi was out of the plan, but it would be good if Tadashi was also included in this plan. Tadashi asks what Motoya means, simply, Motoya explains; If his plan is to gather the Runaways who are related to this case.

It was there that Tadashi also realized that Motoya's intention was to invite the two people whose photos were all over the place; Namely Lev and Shinsuke.

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7. ARC 7

Here, the real plan begins.

Where Shinsuke and Lev were invited by Kiyoomi to his residence to just talk. This was done right at 11 pm where everyone was resting. There they talk and meet Tadashi too; At first the two of them were confused until Motoya explained what he meant.

It is clear to Shinsuke that he is adamant about refusing because he remembers that Motoya is part of the Morimi Yakuza; Where he was the grandson of Tomohiko Morimi— meanwhile, Lev fell silent and thought about all this.

This is an opportunity. Lev chose to agree. Tadashi is still confused and Kiyoomi chooses to follow the plot. It was decided that they agreed to this plan.

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Lev afterwards gets scolded by Shinsuke for being careless. But, in the end Shinsuke decided to go with the flow. At least until spring high ends; he can not waste time too.

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From the side of the criminals, they are now confused by what Tadashi and Kiyoomi is doing, and are planning a new plan.

They will decide to destroy all existing Runaways. At least, that's the result of what was done. However, this plan is considered too dangerous until "One" then has the idea to destroy the Runaways who are involved in a different way...

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About a week later passed.

The Underground started with Shinsuke.

They sent an email containing a folder that Shinsuke actually almost made by his family as a kidnapping victim Yakuza Yukikage Gang. This made Shinsuke clearly not believe it at first, but after he searched for and confirmed the document existed, then he believed it.

Because of this, Shinsuke argues with Yumie until he is kicked out of Yumie's house. This made his pride tarnish so he did as Yumie asked him to do— At first he decided to kill himself, but remembering Lev—He fled to Tokyo from Hyogo.

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On the train, Shinsuke entered a wagon that only had a few people. The destination to Tokyo was deserted from Hyogo at that time due to a rainstorm.

On the train, he bumps into... "Six". Which "Six" then offered Shinsuke to join the Underground and get revenge on Yumie and his family.

However, Shinsuke balked and chose not to seek revenge. There was a bit of a debate which, in the end, Shinsuke won the debate.

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8. ARC 8

Meanwhile at Lev's residence, where at that time Lev was offered to move to Russia because he felt that Japan was no longer safe. However, Lev said that he would think about it first.

At the same time, he gets a call from Shinsuke who says that he just ran away from his house. It was raining heavily in Tokyo so Lev immediately went to pick up Shinsuke at the train station after a long journey from Hyogo.

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On the same hand, Tadashi gets a second attack from River. But this time, the Armed Detective Agency is also involved, to be precise Junichiro who secretly disguises himself to help Tadashi.

It's safe to say that Motoya is working closely with ADA. With the guarantee that Morimi's Yakuza Gang will work well with the ADA without making any fuss in future later— this contract is black on white.

In this fight, the real "River" is... Koganegawa Kanji.

→ Koganegawa became a member of the Underground to take revenge for what Morimi did to his sister who was kidnapped by them.

The fight was stopped halfway due to an interruption from "One" who took away Koganegawa who was on the verge of losing.

Therefore, for the time being, Tadashi will stay in Yokohama to be well looked after by ADA members.

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This was immediately reported by Tadashi to the concerned group. Where with this, they linked the existing theory.

1. Last letter from Akiteru

2. Contain in the flash drive

3. The date of the murder and its relation to the numbers

1. [ October 8, 2012 ] — Kobayashi Issa, 49. Politician of the far-right Japanese party. Died after being hit with a blunt object found in his yard near Morikawa High (Hokkaido)

3. [ November 15, 2012 ] — Mineko Iwasaki, 63. An entertainment home owner. She was also the most popular woman of her time. Dying slowly from poisoning. Found in his home, near Aoba Johsai (Miyagi) Academy —> Clues from the murder puzzle "+"

4. [November 18, 2012] - Kobayashi Issa, 54 years old. Former judge of a renowned private court. Died by strangulation to death. Found in the bathroom where he lived in his nursing home, near Shiratorizawa (Miyagi) Academy —> Clues from the murder puzzle " Last Number "

7. [ Jan 3, 2013 ] – Matsuo Basho, 68. An entrepreneur of the XXX candy brand. The cause of death was high blood pressure, his hospital was near Wanaka Girls' High (Tokyo).

9. [January 20, 2013] — Mootori Norinaga. 47 years old. The cause of death was once stabbed and left to bleed. Found dead near Fukurodani Academy.

10. [ January 27, 2013] — ???. 38 years old. The cause of death was once stabbed and left to bleed. Found dead in Rice Field, Hyogo.

11. [February 01, 2013 ] Akiteru Tsukishima. 22 years old. Ex-Karasuno Student. Suicide —> Hint "Kanto 20"; Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, and Tokyo.

It is concluded that:

1. The codenames come from the date when they would commit the murders / their jersey numbers:

2. Clues in the murder:

- "One" One of the captains in one of the schools. However, based on the clues, it was found that the culprit was....

- " Eight " The only 8 here is the incident at Shiratorizawa academy. And it was...

- "Six" with the plus sign instructions, 1+5=6, and it happened in Aoba Johsai, then the number 6 obtained from that is...

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9. ARC 9

After all the perpetrators were exposed, then it was time to prepare. Motoya has emailed ADA, in the meantime they will take care of the rest. However, the reality is not as easy as imagined and this makes everyone's hassles.

There will be a big battle against the Underground of those who are Runaway.

Bokuto will face off against Lev.

Bokuto's ability is to move from one room to another.

The reason he became evil was because he just felt drawn to having vicious thoughts. In other words, he is the manipulator of everything.

Goshiki will face off against Shinsuke.

With his abilities in the form of changing and disguising.

The reason he became so was revenge for his parents.

Yahaba would come face to face with Kiyoomi.

With his abilities in the form of copying other people's abilities.

And last, Koganegawa will face Tadashi...

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Arc 11 - LAST ARC

A fierce battle ensued between everyone.

Shinsuke's fight against Goshiki not really an easy fight. Goshiki won both physically and in experience. Meanwhile Shinsuke is only experienced in Kendo which makes him have to use his abilities against Goshiki. In the end, both of them were in critical condition after fighting each other.

Kiyoomi's fight with Yahaba was quite intense where Kiyoomi was crushed; however, Kiyoomi used his last weapon to attack Yahaba who then Yahaba died at Kiyoomi's hands.

And Koganegawa is mentally exhausted when Tadashi uses his ability to manipulate Koganegawa's mind.

Meanwhile with Lev and Bokuto; the two of them fought even though Lev was devastated because of this fierce battle. Bokuto didn't give up there, he took Lev to a place with his ability which was in that place, there was a puzzle that Lev had to solve. Or not, Lev will pay the price; namely, losing all of Nekoma's members by way of Nekoma's school being bombed.

Lev solved the puzzle in his last seconds. Before Lev, finally got shot by Bokuto in the head.

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But Lev then wakes up again.

Lev turns out to be revived by Komori's ability. Komori explains that Bokuto was the one who died because of Komori's use of his Ability which required a soul exchange; this made Lev panic a little, because Bokuto should be in trial alive, not dead. However Komori said it was his job to do. What Lev needs now is rest.

Meanwhile, Shinsuke also woke up after Lev, followed by Kiyoomi. The two of them were immediately hugged by Lev, not forgetting Tadashi who also hugged them after their long journey.

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11. Arc 11 - Bonus Arc

Now is 2024.

Lev is still a model. However, he stayed in Russia after that incident because indeed, he had to follow his parents' advice like it or not. He parted ways with his four best friends; but this time, he came back for Japan for a while.

Shinsuke lives far away in Hokkaido as a farmer. Before graduation he had lived at a relative's house, and upon graduation he decided to move away. Also a little alienated from his team members.

Tadashi works for the ADA agency. He is on the same team as Atsushi and is still on good terms with the Karasuno team. Although, he kept his work a secret from them.

And Kiyoomi and Komori continue their journey as members of the Yakuza. Even though their main occupation is an athlete; does not deny that their goal at this time is to complete the affairs that Morimi made in the past.

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Thanks for reading this far.

I'm very happy because in the end I can pour all my ideas.

But calm down, this is not the end, because this is the beginning of everything too.

If you have questions, you can ask me directly in the comments column, okay?

Once again, thanks for reading this story, see you!

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bitterpngs · 8 months ago

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I watched it about a year ago for my Japanese film class in uní! (since the taiyouzoku were such a big part of the era crazed fruit was one of our focuses) so definitely not the same class but that would be wild if it was. I enjoyed it for the most part but for my assignment I mostly focused on Ishihara Shintaro and his… beliefs… lol

oh nice!! that’s cool :D !! the class sounds interesting tbh i hope you saw some good films :3 i’m not in a japanese film class, but it is focused on japan. we mostly look at readings but this is the second film we’ve watched. i don’t know much about specifics of japanese politics, so i had to look up ishihara, but i’m definitely very interested in delving deeper :o

i’m gonna have to look into specifics regardless for an essay i have to write tbh … at some point lmao

#rn i’m in the gathering historical info stage 😔 in the like.. edo period #angel.asks #anon #despite complaining on here i do find my classes interesting #if you’re still out there anon and you’re ok w sharing: any favorite movies you saw or know about :o ?#or films in general tbh not necessarily from your class #i wanna watch more movies once i’m not so busy so any recs are appreciated ^_^#you don’t have to tho :)

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saruyama-inuo10 · 6 months ago

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Shintaro Ishihara, Representative Question at the Plenary Session of the House of Representatives (October 16, 2013)

Forty-three years ago, Mr. Yukio Mishima, a writer and genius, whom I greatly admired, was so concerned about the future of the Japanese nation and its people that he called for volunteers to storm the headquarters of the Self-Defense Forces in Ichigayadai and urge the members of the Self-Defense Forces to rise up, but without success, he committed suicide. The country that Mr. Mishima had feared had since then followed the path of physical and mental decline that he had feared, and is now in the state it is in today.

　About a year before he committed suicide, an excellent friend of mine, Tsuyoshi Muramatsu, a French literature scholar, went to Toronto, Canada, as an exchange professor to give a lecture on Japanese culture, and on his way back to Japan, he stopped by the New York Times headquarters. He stopped by the headquarters of the New York Times, one of America's leading newspapers, and made copies of the New York Times editorial of August 15, the day Japan surrendered, and the editorial of the same day Germany surrendered in the spring of that year, and provided them to us.

　Reading the two together, they are quite contrasting.

　Incidentally, young members of the Diet may not be aware of this, but the manner in which Japan and Germany surrendered was quite different.

　Japan surrendered unconditionally after being stunned by the atomic bombs that instantly killed hundreds of thousands of people, while Germany surrendered on three conditions. First, they would create their own constitution, which would be the basic law of Germany after the war; second, the education of their children after the war would be decided by the Germans themselves; and third, the German national army, whatever its size and whatever its performance, would be retained.

　In light of this, the Times editorial on the surrender of Germany was to the effect that this superior people had been led astray by the Nazis and had lost the war, but that they would recover from this remorse and build a new and honorable nation, and that we would do everything in our power to help them rebuild a respectable Germany. We would help them to rebuild a great Germany.

　In contrast, their argument about Japan's surrender featured a large cartoon on the side of the editorial page, depicting a giant catfish-like monster lying on its side, with a huge gaping maw into which an American soldier, wearing an iron helmet, had barely managed to pull the monster's fangs out. An American soldier is wearing an iron helmet and pulling out the fangs of the monster.

　The commentary said that this ugly, dangerous monster had fallen, but it was still alive, and that we must do everything in our power, for the safety of the United States and the safety of the world, to completely dismantle it, no matter how long it takes.

　Behind that New York Times editorial on Japan's defeat in the war, I believe, is a racial prejudice based on a history of racism.

　It is nothing but a blatant manifestation of the racist prejudice of whites who have colonized most of the lands of people of color during the modern and post-modern eras in the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution. At the root of this prejudice, there has been a thorough dismantling of the defeated nation of Japan in the name of governance.

　The historically unjustifiable Constitution was brilliantly used as an effective means to this end, and to great effect. With the new Constitution as a starting point, the U.S. postwar rule over Japan began. As a means of dismantling and governing Japan, they unilaterally imposed on us a constitution with an extremely ugly preamble written in fastidious Japanese, which we accepted and have spent our time to this day as America's enablers.

　Now that the Diet is about to officially begin debating this Constitution, we would like to take this opportunity to call upon the philosopher Hegel to speak out on this issue.

　As the debate on the Constitution is about to officially begin in the Diet, we should remember the words of the philosopher Hegel, who said that the principles of judgment when discussing the success or failure of important issues for a nation or society are all to be found in history.

　Human history has seen many wars, but there has never been a case in history where a law created and imposed by a victorious nation after a war as a means of governing a defeated nation has remained in force for more than half a century, and has remained effective in restraining the defeated. In light of this, we should be able to say that the current Constitution that we have received has no historical legitimacy based on history.

　What is your opinion about this? First of all, I would like to ask you whether the current Constitution that we have been receiving has any historical legitimacy or not.

　Since I entered the world at a relatively young age, I became acquainted with Mr. Jiro Shirasu, who was said to be one of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's closest aides, through events held in the literary circles that still existed at that time. He directly advised me on several occasions.

　The most serious problem was that after Japan finally gained independence through the Treaty of San Francisco signed by the Yoshida Cabinet, which he himself accompanied, Prime Minister Yoshida should have invalidated the Constitution created and given by the U.S., but he did not do so. He said that the fact that he did not do so was the biggest mistake of a politician.

　The Prime Minister seems to have an extraordinary desire to revise the Constitution, and in light of such commentary, I would like to ask you to clearly state your thoughts on whether or not the current Constitution has historical legitimacy. Is it yes or no?

　If, in light of the above words, there is no historical legitimacy or legitimacy in this Constitution, then you, as the supreme leader of the nation of Japan, may declare this Constitution invalid. And I think that is exactly where the debate should start.

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misforgotten2 · 10 months ago

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The street car barely left a mark on her wedding dress. The model? That's another story.

young ladies woman *June issue/¥150 Until marriage is complete/Mie Kitahara Special feature: Invitation to Ginza/Shintaro Ishihara/Keizo Takahashi and others Separate Appendix/Summer Style Book Kodansha

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1960 Annual of Advertising in Japan - 1960

#1960 #japanese ad #vintage ads #vintage ad #advertising #advertisement #1960s #1960s ad #1960's #1960's ad #funny #humor #humour

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rossemboss · 1 year ago

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"Back then, I had two fathers. One was my biological father, who, on a whim, quit his job at the company and lounged around all day, lying on his belly on the heated floor, while thumbing through slim Japanese magazines or books like Shintaro Ishihara's Season of the Sun. Then there was Father God, whose countless eyes roamed the earth, watching over his people's every move from heaven above.

Father number two gathered all the neighborhood children every Sunday and gave out Kool-Aid drinks, candy, and fistfuls of sour plums. Father number one passed onto me his fondness for seafood and trained me by supplying just enough hardships to overcome. It was also thanks to him that I ended up with my secret, unusual complex."

- Ha Seong-Nan, Bluebeard's First Wife

#⁂ fathers #⁂ religion #⁂ childhood

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jpf-sydney · 2 years ago

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Kueki ressha

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Kanta Kitamachi, 19 y.o., accumulates a sense of inferiority and appeased anger, and continues to work as a day labourer in a refrigerated warehouse at a wharf. He has no hope for the future, and sees his days of living with a troublesome self-consciousness as a hard labour engagement... The 144th Akutagawa Prize-winning novel, in which the autobiographical fiction strikes back at contemporary literature. Also Includes a novella "Ochiburete sode ni namida no furikakaru" (lit. Falling down and tears sprinkling on the sleeves), which depicts an epilogue of Kanta, who later became an autobiographical novelist with a sense of resignation as an unknown writer of fame and a resolution to his hit-or-miss lifestyle. Commentary by Ishihara Shintaro.

Shelf: 913.6 NIS Kueki ressha by Nishimura Kenta ; [commentary by Ishihara Shintarō].

Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 2012. ISBN: 9784101312842 (bunko)

170 pages ; 16 cm. (Shinchō bunko).

Text in Japanese. The 144th Akutagawa Prize, 2010.

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Kueki ressha.

Ochiburete sode ni namida no furikakaru.

Kaisetsu / Ishihara Shintarō.

#fiction #akutagawa prize #blue collar workers #autobiographical fiction

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fairycave · 7 years ago

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Исихара Синтаро «Соль жизни»

Ах, боже мой, боже мой! Как я опаздываю! Сначала надо выбрать книжку. Покороче! Нет, опять попадется с какими-нибудь не такими иллюстрациями и все пропало. Тогда такую, которую еще никто не читал! Хотя может и мне тогда не стоит? Значит, с хорошими отзывами! В таком случае придется читать философские притчи или страстный феминистический роман, вот уж спасибочки. Лучше взять необычную! Аа, времени почти не осталось. Вот, синяя — отличный выбор! Обещают зарисовки из жизни губернатора Токио, любителя подводной охоты, предпочитающего движение созерцанию. Есть все шансы понять хотя бы треть, а то эти чертовы японцы даже тарелку риса не могу сделать без четырех слоев смысла.

Скорей читать, а то проиграю опоздаю! Черт, рассказы, ненавижу рассказы. То про аквалангистов, то про призраков — как потом писать рецензию? Хотя бы коротко и без нравоучений: вот он ребенком залезает в чужой дом и ворует журналы (не плейбой), вот чуть не падает с поезда, а вот теряется в лабиринте школьных коридоров — своеобразные Исихаркины рассказы. Другая обширная тема — подводные приключения, которые можно обобщить фразой «однажды нам с друзьями показалось хорошей идеей...» и дальше такие вещи, о которых любой здравомыслящий человек предпочтет прочесть в книжке: поснимать акул в клетке на глубине, заплыть в пещеру и ткнуть острогой рыбину размером с дом, поймать самую ядовитую морскую змею и смыть ее в унитаз. Все это удивительным образом перемежается чертовски японскими рассказами про всякую чертовщину: как например, однажды жена автора сказала, что направление, в котором он собирается ехать в экспедицию, несчастливое, а он все равно поехал и чуть не сломал спину, или как его умершего отца видели на другом конце страны, или как он лихачил на дорогах (японец лихачил, ахаха), а потом в лице одного таксиста встретил Будду. И лакируется удивительными историями про публичные дома в Чили и о том, как он не любит геев (в нашем толерантном мире рассказ «Человек, который пережил слишком много» как плевок истинной свободы слова в лицо политкорректности, это просто потрясающе, и я напоминаю, автор — губернатор Токио). Ладно, признаю, неплохие рассказы неплохи.

Но чего же я сижу, нужно скорее писать рецензию, на часах уже дрожат стрелки! Итак, сюжеты — увлекательные. Написано — кратко, но атмосферно. Половину его наполненных гармонией баек я уже взяла в оборот и пересказываю друзьям, особенно тем, кто в теме погружений с аквалангом. Во второй половине я с удивлением обнаружила если не себя, то по крайней мере, похожего на меня человека, а не инопланетянина с планеты 12-часового рабочего дня и унитазов с музыкой для приглушения ммм... естественных звуков. Каждый раз, читая откровения Исихары о том, как он вызвался быть штурманом для регаты в Тихом окене, из всех знаний обладая одной лишь инструкцией к секстанту, и чуть не увел коман��у в противоположном направлении или как отправился в путешествие на мотоциклах по Южной Америке, не имея ни малейшего понятия не только о маршруте, но даже о состоянии дорог, знакомое тепло раздолбайства амброзией разливается по моей душе.

Но я опять отвлеклась, Кастанеда будет в ярости! Надо подвести итог, выпарить, так сказать, соль: я до сих пор со своего дивана убеждена, что Япония вырождается, но теперь точно знаю, что хотя бы пятьдесят лет назад там было достаточное количество авантюристов, умеющих классно рассказать о своих приключениях. Эх, Исихара-Исихара, вот бы тебя сейчас к нам бы, да по московским барам бы! А вы, господа, проследите свое внимание, ведь если вы ссыте оторвать задницу от кресла и умотать в какую-нибудь Исландию ночевать в палатке на вулкане (и я могу вас понять), благодаря таким, как автор книги «Соль жизни» можете испытать почти то же самое, только гораздо более безопасно. А благодаря мне и моей талантливой рецензии вы еще можете потратить на это не два дня, а всего 15 минут. Это ли не элемент фантастики чудо?

Совсем забыла! Я же теперь не просто стук-стук по клавишам, а настоящий писатель да еще постмодернист. Как будто самого факта набрасывания нескольких сотен слов в произвольном порядке в 2017 году недостаточно для того, чтобы текст считался постмодернистским, придется это подтверждать. Что же делать, у меня совершенно нет времени! Постойте, мы живем в век высоких технологий! Пошлю экстренный синкансен господину Исихаре, кто, как не, напоминаю, бывший губернатор Токио сможет подтвердить, что мой текст достоин высокого звания рецензии и эпитета «постмодернистский». Готово! Вот его комментарий: サシャは3つのポイントにふさわしい素晴らしいレビューを書いた。Ну, с таким вы просто не сможете поспорить!

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