#but nevertheless!

[keepyourpantsongohan]

Eight Principles of Shinobi Knowledge in Naruto and parallel Confucian ethical values:

Virtue (ren - co-humanity/altruism)

Justice (yi - disposition to good and sense/competency to do so)

Ceremony (li - rites/customs)

Wisdom (zhi - the ability to see what is right and wrong)

Loyalty (zhong - reciprocal faithfulness with a ruler)

Faithfulness (xin - trustworthiness/integrity)

Prudence (jié - continence/self-control)

Filial Piety (xiào - respect for one's parents, ancestors, and societal hierarchy)

Ebisu lists these eight principles off to Naruto and Konohamaru in Chapter 2, and they seem to be in direct parallel with the Five Constants and Four Virtues. My knowledge of Confucian ethics is passing at best, so my interpretation of it may be different than another person's reading. But I find it very interesting which of these are followed by the characters, and which aren't.

Kakashi explains why he stays helping Tazuna in Chapter 21 with the words, "To know what is right and choose to ignore it is the act of a coward. Like Master, Like Man [...] True shinobi do not merely dance to the tune of whoever pays the Piper." In that quote alone, Kakashi seems to be upholding wisdom (knowing that's right), justice (doing the good) and virtue (doing something for others' sake rather than for self-gain).

However, on the other hand we see Kakashi disregard filial piety (shame towards his father as a child, refusing to abide by hierarchy with friends and colleagues, both when he is a shinobi under the Hokage and when he is the Hokage himself), loyalty with a ruler (in placing Naruto's plea for Sasuke's life above the village/the Hokage), and prudence (in not moderating his chakra usage in battle, in risky experiments like having Naruto aim a rasenshuriken at him). So, while he is sometimes described as a model shinobi, what's most interesting to me are which principles Kakashi chooses not to follow.

[awearywritersworld]

u can pry my little hehehes from my cold, dead hands

[nekohrine]

now that I'm done with my yearly religious listening to origin of symmetry by muse, imma write some goals and Hopes for myself so that I can laugh at them next year! or maybe sooner

write more!! possibly every day

be nicer to yourself (occasionally)

watch more films with David Tennant

find a cool username for your second accountS

be gayer

do more pyrography

finish watching bones

fix that one cabinet

find a decent facebook header

write a twilight fanfic

do things you like instead of doing nothing (I know this one is a wild one. but, like, imagine. wanting to write and then actually writing. wanting to read a book and then reading it. wanting to become a witch living in a forest and--)

shitpost

[rotisseries]

that being said I'm not actually always opposed to conflict free fluff I am just opposed to the characters having their claws filed down for it. you can stick them in a coffee shop au it should just still feel like you sat the two worst most insane people on earth in a starbucks

[valtsv]

if you're interested in experiencing the most undignified way of having a bad time ever devised, then look no further than having a body

[chaos-has-theories]

A young woman is walking outside ████████. It just so happens that today, the 3rd of March 2006, is this young woman's birthday. Though it was seventeen years ago she was given life, it is only today she will be given a name!

What will the name of this gothic young woman be?

> Enter Name.

[ryllen]

when the king loves you too much, u become his platonic concubine [🌿]

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

Happy Holidays @frogsndogs, here is my little Secret Santa gift for you! \ (＾▽＾)／~☆☆☆

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hope you enjoy it! ;3

[pasharuu]

6 most efficient sleep positions

[mndvx]

[chalkrub]

various art trades from the past month! had FUN as usual

[ninjasmudge]

something abt the horrors of godhood

[maria-ruta]

I love you Tabithaaaaaa

I hope she quits her jobs and reunites with her youtuber gf and live happily ever after, working as boring clerk or something if she survives lol

anyway, Scarlet Hollow is very cool game by @blacktabbygames

[princema-k]

ha ha ha wheeeee

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bonus:

if a total of Two (2) people are interested i will ramble abt my hcs abt layton's emotions REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED!!! check here for my rambles :)

[silkwound]

I've decided to explore this AU idea further and made some additional pictures. I like to imagine that over time this lifestyle would prove beneficial for Ogata, and he would somehow find his peace in it.

x / twitter

[thechekhov]

Everyone, trying to warn me: Harrow the Ninth is so complicated and so hard to get through and you won't have any idea what the hell is happening!

Me: Harrow the Ninth is peak comedy if your sense of humor is fucked beyond all sense.