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Akagami No Shirayukihime ED 2 Flower Analysis
Hello! Hi! Yes, I'm back on my bs with flower language in ANS nonsense and this time I tried looking into the flowers depicted in the ending sequence of the second season. This was made thanks to the gorgeous ending post that's been going around again so thank you OP for that! The beauty of the ED NEEDS to be appreciated!
Anyway, let's get into the flower analysis and their meanings 🌸 though keep in mind I can't 100% identify all flowers correctly etc etc...and be aware that Japanese flower language may differ from the Western one sometimes so I will provide both versions. Cheers!
Starting with the first panel:
Shirayuki with her signature Yura Shigure
nothing much can be said about this besides Shigure being Shirayuki's fictional flower. The flower's whole deal is "if planted in the wrong place, it becomes toxic to other nearby flowers", it is also considered a very delicate and unusually beautiful flower.
Kiki & Mitsuhide
NOW this is super interesting because MITSUKIKI HAS PINK ROSES ON KIKI'S SIDE!! BUT YELLOW ONES ON MITSUHIDE'S!! THAT IS HUGE CAUSE!!!!
Pink Roses: in JP flower language Pink Rose signifies grace and is considered a very ladylike flower. They are usually given as a "Thank you". In the Western language Pink Rose similarly symbolizes gratitude, appreciation and admiration - but also romantic feelings and overall innocent love.
Yellow Roses: in JP Yellow Rose is considered as a sign of jealousy BUT much more often a sign of courage and inner strength. Fundamentally, Yellow Rose means friendship, devotion and self-sacrifice. Perfect flower for Mitsuhide.
Panel 2 featuring Obi, Ryuu, Garak and Kihal has more flowers + two ANS fictional herbs
Obi
Orange Carnations: Carnations are globally considered a "sweet love" flower, though orange ones symbolize happiness, warmth, determination and other positive emotions. They tend to represent health, balance and success - Orange Carnations are given as a celebratory flower but can also mean a refusal.
Obi & Ryuu
These two share (Orange) Dahlias and possibly(?) African Daisies.
Orange Dahlias: in JP Dahlia symbolizes "good taste". Overall, Dahlias symbolize celebration, good relationships and resilience. Orange ones focus on determination and strength. The interesting thing about them is that they are associated with "standing out from the crowd" and "following your own path".
African Daisies: or Gerbera symbolize optimism and loyalty, especially white ones that are drawn in the panel mean - hope and high esteem for someone.
Garak
Roka Fruit, ANS specific plant, associated with alcohol. Good for you Garak.
Kihal
Possibly(?) Chrysanthemums OR Dahlias again.
Chrysanthemums: ironically in JP Chrysanthemum is a sign of the Imperial/Royal Family...symbolizing the Sun and light, also longevity. The split of Red and Yellow there is questionable because Red Chrysanthemums mean love BUT Yellow ones mean sorrow and neglect - therefore these might not even be Chrysanthemums :/ though the flower as a whole just means rebirth and joy.
Last Panel 3 - Raji/Sakaki (tho i think the flowers behind them belong more to Mihaya..), Mihaya, Izana and Zen!
Raji & Sakaki & Mihaya
Either Lilac or Phlox (??? big MAYBE here, its probably Lilac)
Lilac: in JP Lilac symbolizes growth and the promise of new beginnings. Quite literally Lilac is a living emblem of renewal. The "redemption" arc flower for the baddies. Purple Lilacs are a sign of early love, new emotions and confidence.
OR Phlox: literally means "We Think Alike", helps with family relationships, harmony and unity. Purple and Blue Phlox symbolize maturity and responsibility.
Mihaya
Irises: in JP Irises are considered a sign of good news and loyalty - convey a message of wisdom and honor. They are mostly associated with ambition and courage in the Western world.
Izana
Only thing I'm sure about is that these are Lilies by his side. Iconic Izana flower. The bush is giving Gardenia but not sure??
Lilies: in JP Lily is a flower of purity and rebirth. Very honorable flower used in all kinds of ceremonies and special occasions. Lilies are considered mythical and mysterious flowers in ancient times.
Gardenia: Globally means SECRET LOVE and admiration. Associated with trust, clarity and hope. Translates to "You Are Lovely". Damn Izana.
OR another possibility Sweet Mock Orange: literally means "misleading" thanks to its orange-like scent. Big symbol of Deceit. Sweet Mock Orange is a flower of BROTHERLY LOVE. Good.
Izana & Zen
Their shared flower is either Hydrangeas or Lacecap Hydrangeas specifically.
Hydrangeas: JP meaning is gratitude, pride and heartfelt emotion, occasionally considered as an apology. In Europe White Hydrangeas symbolize boasting and bragging - simply arrogance but also purity and and grace. Can be also considered a sign of good relationships because the petals grow so closely together.
OR Lacecap Hydrangeas: Popular display of humility. On the other hand, associated with estranged relationships because the petals grow apart from each other in contrast to the usual Hydrangeas.
Zen
Last flower(s) is Zen's Lavender or possibly Muscari!
Lavender: in JP Lavender is a flower of faithfulness/fidelity. Other meanings are devotion, serenity and contentedness. Typically Purple color is a color of royalty and luxury. It's not necessarily a romantic flower but rather a flower of comfort and cherishment.
OR Muscari: in JP directly translates to "bright future", although in Europe Muscari is a flower of disappointment. Its commonly used meanings are power, wisdom, and confidence. The flower carries "sympathies" and symbolizes trust and sincerity.
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AND THAT'S IT FOLKS! Hope you enjoyed this lovely flower voyage as much as I did! Till next time I feel bored enough to rant about flower language with yall <3
#akagami no shirayukihime#snow white with the red hair#ans#ans analysis#flower language#god i love flowers#esp in ans#welcome to my ted talk#this is not my first time analysing flowers in ans but it is the first time i wrote something SO LONG#hope yall find this as informative and interesting as i did#shirayuki#zen wisteria#ironic there were no wisterias#obi#mitsuhide lowen#kiki seiran#tag yourself im the mitsukiki part CAUSE ITS ALWAYS BEEN THERE
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Yet another AnE chapter giving the spotlight to older women
I don't know if it's Kato-sensei getting older or if that was always the plan, but I do enjoy giving more spotlight and credit to women in general in Ao no Exorcist, and to older women in particular (Yuri, Shura, Lucy...).
We had both Iblis' and Lucy's flashbacks in this chapter...
...And addressing women having fears and dreams in the midst of an epic battle, in a very serious tone, was badass writing.
Not many shonen series take women as seriously as AnE does and that's why it's such a good read.
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the thing about shilo is that he is incredibly good at manipulation. and of course he is such a polite young man and he is so pleasant and such a fun character and i feel like it is easy to forget that basically his whole character is built on some kind of warped idea about how the world works because he has lived his whole life cooped up in a small room, served blood from a chalice. and i think the chalice is almost symbolic of his whole carefully constructed view of humanity and love and all that kind of stuff that he only knows from the pages of books, and even then he would frankly prefer to think about pheasants. and thats kind of it isnt it. he would frankly prefer to think about just about anything else. of everything shilo is best at looking away. we can see visibly how central manipulating others is to his character but id also like to raise the point that hes really good at manipulating himself too. when he is given a body to drink from he cannot even look at it. he needs it served to him, necessarily separated from the source, anything to avoid guilt, anything to avoid guilt, anything to avoid guilt, anything to avoid guilt, anything to avoid guilt and i do not think he could look grefgor in the eye and truly say he loves him because he is not sure if he does. but if he doesnt think about it its probably fine right. if he can convince himself it must be true. so he looks away
#sorry for another shitty ans pretentious sounding character analysis post guys. hit me with your cars#junebug season#jrwi#the suckening
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Are you normal or Have You Noticed (shoutout to my friend @cody-paranatural who noticed most of these!!)
#Paranatural#pnat#isabel guerra#cody jones#isabel pnat#cody pnat#tag#pnat posting#GESTURES#analysis#<- eye GUESS . this is very messy#ans there is SO MUCH MORE but eye am limited to ten pictures. mwah. ily.#SHOUTOUT TO MY FRIEND ALAN FOR HELPING ME THINK WITH THESE ILY MAN#he is sooooo smsrt#Eye Love You Alan half of this post is because of him<3 mwah#its just like. god. how davy is very much a 'narcissistic mother' archetype (ignoring the misuse of the word) very mother gothel#despite being a very masculine man#and Grandpa guerra is the very embodiment of 'boys dont cry' but its at his lesbain (or at LEAST wlw) granddaughter#its insane#casually drops my pj lore into this post lolll anywyas
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I think there's a lot to say about the different perspective of Ai Coleman and Kaiman in their view of Hole and themselves (Ai on himself and Kaiman on Ai)
Ai was saw himself as a complex puzzle, someone waiting for the moment where his life truly can start, to be reborn and fly far away from hell to a magic land. He was merely an egg waiting to get out breaking the shell of his old self
Kaiman on the other hand could see Ai as it really was. A depressed kid on a shitty place who could just dream of a better life.
All the times we are shown Ai's pov it's always like a legend, something mysterious and oniric. Even from other's people pov like Kasukabe or Risu
The only time this changes is on the fee last chapters when Kaiman finally refers to Ai as himself, and it's never done on the eerie narration that's been done the whole story, it's always recalling a memory "when I was a kid in hole". For him Ai isn't a legend or a mythical creature, it's simply the kid he was when he dreamed of becoming a man.
#smth smth transgender allegory also but that to other day#Ai Aikawa and Kaiman pov kts always so interesting as a growing up ans maturing analysis#also the waiting for his life to actually start is also extremely trans how did Q disnt event thought about that#dorohedoro#drhdr#Aikawa#kaiman#ai coleman#drhdr analysis
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After four years of lasser focus and obsession. I wake up and lost the feeling for Mello and Near. It happened all because I saw the other perspective, the possibility that Mello actually have a strong repulsion towards Near. After reading a part of the la BB murder cases light novel, where Mello says "I am the world's runner up, the best dresser, that died like a dog." It made me think a lot and come up with conclusion that his feelings towards near, from the hatred and admiration, obsession and all that what I already knew, is actually a deep pathological repulsion. As he saved Near's life, and literally sacrificed himself as Halle saw it, it seems that in the end, Mello did it for his deepest urges, his feelings of not being able to live with himself afterwards if Near win, instead of actually caring about Near as a person. It hit me. And it changed my mind. I saw.. no logic behind my theory that Mello is absolutely in love with Near but in denial.. because if the last thing he could say was his fascination about BB and talking about L and winning without one small hint about Near, it seems like Mello absolutely doesn't stand a chance to have any kind of attraction towards him.
The shit is- I am personally connected with these two and many songs, stories, man.. my whole life was lasser focused on them.. as a person who is seemingly phlegmatic and not giving shit about anything. Connecting with nothing, this was like the one and only emotional part of my being and very very intense. If I lose that, shit, what I'll have.
But I am in such shit right now I can't go over something that kind of doesn't make sense to me.. can't get over it so easily. If someone like... Proves me.. tells me.. if I read some old messages or my writings about them.. listen to some music.. Maybe I'll come up with it again..
But shit. Suddenly I have no motivation to do that.. like. At all. But now since that was my primary focus. Man I don't know what to do with myself
#i am absolutely drastic#i don't know what to do#meronia#help me#if someone could just give me their analysis...#to see if it makes sense to me...#shit wtf is going on with me#i suspect if this is any related to adhd or something.. could it just like- vanish? ans then what's next? depression?#what the fuck#i dont know what i feel#what to do#everything seems wrong to me right now. like literally everything#maybe i can sleep this over.. but it never helps.. man i'll find a way
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okay listen man. listen. i was gonna make a big formal epic post but i feel like this gets explained constantly by everybody and yet the point is still constantly missed by even some of the same people who explain it
the entire point of mike’s character is that we are supposed to be in his shoes. mike is the odd one out. mike is the one who doesn’t fit in the supernatural storyline. but he doesn’t fit in with society either. he has nowhere he feels like he belongs.
so many people around him fit in with society. they can be accepted there — they can be cool and have value there. mike can’t. mike doesn’t fit in with society because he’s gay. it’s a very real, very human problem for us. mike will never fit in with society because of how they view him, so he’s always turned to fantasy and comics because he thinks he can fit in there only to find out he can’t
he finally gets to live a real life comic book with super heroes and dark villains only to find out he isn’t the main character he thought he would be. he doesn’t have el’s powers (superman) or even nancy’s ability to gather informaion (louis lane) so where does he fit? he views el as this unreal, amazing superhero he always wanted to be as a kid because then it would be okay for him to not fit in. if he couldn’t be that, then at least he could be someone who doesn’t fit in with society but fits in with superheroes, right?
but it doesn’t work like that. even further than just el or nancy, he can’t be brave like will or strong like lucas or smart like dustin — he doesn’t see how much he adds to the story because he’s constantly just watching. nobody ever tells him how important he is.
the entire point of mike’s story is learning that he doesn’t have to fit in anywhere to be good. he doesnt have to fit society’s standards or be some superhero or fit in with hellfire (ex: dressing like eddie). he doesn’t have to fit in at all and he can still be good.
mike is ugly. mike is queer. mike doesn’t have superpowers and he won’t ever be popular. and none of that matters, because what makes him special doesn’t fit in any sort of standard or expectation — its that he never stops trying. he never gives up. mike will fight till the day he dies for the people he loves and that is what makes him special. he will take people by the hand and drag them out of the dark. he will keep giving people a reason to fight and keep fighting when they’re done.
mike is special because of how he loves. he’s not worthy because of any sort of idea of speciality. it’s his qualities that make him special and them alone. he just needs to learn to love those parts of himself in order to really, truly become the person he wants to be. he needs to stop wishing he were like lucas or nancy or el and start just loving and being himself.
every time we hype mike up or talk him down, we are like him too. we can be who we want to be if we start loving and being ourselves instead of reaching for these unattainable goals set by both the normal people AND the freaks.
that’s the point of mike’s character.
#what the freak ever 🙄🙄🙄#sorry this isnt a direct vague post but literally just a vague post at all the mike stuff going around#mike is just some guy. he’s not this massive grandiose figure or some clumsy stupid damsel#those are what he WISHES he were#and what he’s never going to be#he’s just some guy!!! were ALL just some guys. ans we all can do as amazing of things as mike does#mike wheeler#mike analysis
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o(*≧▽≦)ツ🎉
#i passed my last exam!!!!!! with a 1.0 !!!!!!!#i now finished the whole studying part of this bachelor thing#only thing missing is a project report (which is just a literature summary for my ba)#and my Bachelor thesis#and then im done#i already talked with my prof ans she was like 'that is great research! just write it togther and youre done with that.'#and next month i will do all the analysis lab things at uni#and some food technology thing at home/work#and then put that in a somewhat comprehensive form#and after all that. sometime in september i think. i will be an engineer.#then i will properly celebrate but this milestone makes me really happy.#lu labert.
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The camera panning around WBY as they gave their speeches all ended on a reaction shot of their past selves, and they looked shocked. Not out of disbelief that current WBY wouldn’t accept their solutions, but in realisation that there was a way to grow from where they were.
WBY may have seen what they used to be, but their past selves got to see them stronger and as themselves.
#rwby#blake belladonna#yang xiao long#weiss schnee#team rwby#IM JUST SUPER FUCKING EMOTIONAL ABOUT THEM OKAY#WOWOWOWOWOW#WATCH THE CLIP AHAIN ANS YOULL SEE THEIR REACTIONS#v9e4#analysis
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Mike is always so worried about being needed, that in S5 I want him to be honest about what and who HE needs.
#ans:#will byers#byler endgame#mike wheeler loves will byers#mike wheeler analysis#and i want hm to say it out loud
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watched american psycho for the first time the other night. feeling like i want to crack the cinnamon tography open ans bathe in its ribcage.
#image.txt#MAKES NO GODDAMN SENSE. compells me though...#really though i enjoyed it. i enjoyed the themes ans narratives and christain bale becoming more and more insnane#the scene where hes crying to his lawyer on the phone and all his brit comes out. anyway. back to the themes and narratives#the movie is actually so so so cool with it. the lighting and sound and cinnamon i already made that joke#should i read yhe book. i know its worse than the movie. but should i read it to get a full analysis of bateman#i have to go return shome video tapesh#i cannot tell what is reality and batemans unreliable story telling
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Finally ! Some good Shura content !! <3
For the past few months, I've been complaining to some friends in private about being disappointed to see Shura rather casted to the side of the narrative, when the twins are still not able to communicate properly with each other (last month's chapter had more than one example). :/
In general, I'm a big fan of Shura's character, because she's one of the very few female mentors existing in Shonen series (protagonists, especially boys, are trained by older men in almost every Shonen series) and that was refreshing when I started the series something like 12 years ago. Shura gained even more depth with the Aomori arc explaining her past and rather unique circumstances and I loved her character development.
So I'm really happy to see her getting a bit more focus again, against the current foes.
If we first focus on the twins for this chapter, it really was interesting to see how they fell back into their old habit of respectively privileging people (Rin) and the mission (Yukio). It's yet another thing that might intensify the miscommunication that still exists between them, especially since both are really close to Shura.
For the record though, I don't blame Yukio at all for not stopping to help : the plan to defeat Satan & Illuminati is insane and that's why they have Team A opening the path for them.
Besides, Yukio has known Shura longer than Rin and he knows better than anyone what she's capable of. So rather than giving up on her, he's trusting her to survive (and I hope Rin will figure that out too). It's like in ch133, when he agreed to let her take the lead.
Lastly about her opponent, I'm 100% excited to finally read about Shura fighting against an opponent who is probably supposed to incarnate, like, every criticism she ever faced.
Like I said above, Shura is one of the few female mentors existing in Shonen series. However, unfortunately, she's also the typical "sexy older lady" that is way overrepresented in Shonen series. But now?
Hell, now, she's about to face this guy, the King of Lust, and I'm hoping that, through this fight, Kato-sensei might once more highlight that women in Shonen are more than boobs here to please the readers' eye.
Sure, they can be sexy, but they can also be mentors, fighters and most importantly they can also fight and defeat guys (because I'm super tired of the whole "girls will only fight girl opponents, teehee ❤" in Shonen series; I said what I said).
Can't wait for that fight, because I think Shura will prove to readers of Shonen series that you can be a badass girl and hand even the King of Lust his own ass. So go for it, Shura ! Show 'em what it's like to be Fujimoto Shiro's student and Rin's mentor !!
#ao no exorcist#kirigakure shura#okumura rin#okumura yukio#ane 146#ane theory#always trusting in Kato-sensei never wronged me before#so i hope i'm right to trust in that upcoming fight#for the record i have nothing against sexy ladies in Shonen series#but it bugs me when that's all they are#let girls be sexy and badass#being able to defeat girls but also guys#my analysis
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Nothing is more chronically online than complaining that villain characters, NOT GOOD PEOPLE, aren't good people...???
Like please go touch some grass and get out of a fantasy world where everyone is perfect and nice and not "abusive or toxic"
I know shows, movies, books and whatever else are supposed to be an escape from reality but it's GARBAGE writing if all of your characters are Mary Sue flawless images of perfection.
Real people are flawed, and diverse. Get out of your echo chamber.
#raz thoughts#a rant#over a post i saw#im just annoyed at this point#theres character analysis of their flaws ans strengths#then theres that!
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Leftist men are so utterly blind to sexism it's lol
#men do not give a shit about us btw#leftist women completely alienated not only from right men but leftist men#leftist men will not only acknowledge sexism as an absolute last resort but will outright deny it has any part in anything ever#it's all material ans social analysis until it comes to the material and social realities of sexism
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sometimes I say words and sometimes people like/reblog those words (sometimes even adding a tag comment!!!!) and i'm always like "omg do these words make sense to you??? do you like the nonsense that came out of my brain????????" it's always super surprising and makes me do a little happy dance.
part of me wants to talk about that nonsense with them more, but the other part of me is bad at people and too afraid 🥲😅
#lee text#in which lee misses having long autistic rambling conversations with people about interests where we both send paragaraph upon paragraph#as if we are trying to write a novel about the thing and sometimes that conversation would span over a few days and we keep going#until we have thoroughly disussed the thing with as many ideas as we can come up with#its hard to find that kind of person. they have to have the same interest at exactly the same intensity and have a general same opnion on it#same as in they like it and think its good vs disliking and wanting to debare rather than discuss. i hate debate. and they must be creative#and good at continuing the conversation and going with thr flow in a way that we both fit each others conversation style and yeah#i had a few people like that in the past ans miss that. but theyre so hard to come by and you meet them by chance#its not something you can force. its like an accident. so “looking for someone” doesnt work. have to feel their vibe and energy and match#anyway reading people's star rail analysis and theories and thoughts and whatnot is fun#since im too bad at people to talk to ans get along with just anyone. reading posts takes out the pressure to socialize correctly#but its still lonely not sharing my thoughts. thats why when random person likes or reblogs my posts i feel seen/heard#its nice. especially if they add tags. it feels almost like we reciprocated and interacted or something#i was seen and heard and they also are seen and heard by me and im honoured they also said words!!!!!! even if just tags on a reblog#anyway someone reblogged a post i made and added their thoughts in the tags and ive been thinking about it all day 🫣🥲😭🥺
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I firmly believe to each their own, but my god as I lay dying by William Faulkner is just so grating. Who ever decided to include this on the reading list for high school ap lit should know no peace. Whoever read this and went "he's one of the American greats" is wrong. Please pick someone else, anyone. Help me
#there are good parts but like#i read analysis on this just to make sure i wasnt reading it wrong and im apparently not? i just can't find value personally which is ok#i get i won't find person value in everything i consume. but like... WHAT. it is just so *incoherent screaming*#and also in all the notes of rhe book the timeline this was written plus rhe editing time ans such is horrible.#maybe if you spent more time on it it could've been alright
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