#grasshopper (2015)

[sohcah--toa]

bullet train/マリアビートル details ~

Hello!! I recently dug up the Bullet Train script (if you search it up, you should be able to find it relatively easily!! I'm not sure if it's completely reliable but it seems to be the first version) and listened to the soundtrack. (It's awesome, you should listen if you haven't already!!)

There's a lot of stuff here about マリアビートル, I hope you enjoy reading 🥳 (It's really ridiculous)

-- 1 ) LEMON'S CHILDHOOD // BACKGROUND(??)

I attached a photo for reference in the book!! :D (there's highlighter marks, I'm sorry) His backstory is tragic and aahh noo 🥹... I won't say much on it because we're all thinking the same thing. In the script, this is carried over when Lemon passes out because of the water. But apparently, in the final movie, this isn't shown a lot. In the book and movie, they aren't brothers and have a considerably colder relationship, so I can understand why the childhood scene in the cut is so much more wholesome. (Still supersuper cool though!!)

-- 2) "I'm forever blowing bubbles"

The original reason why this song was chosen for Bullet Train was because of Tangerine's West Ham United sticker (turns out, that's a football club). Hey!! But wait a minute!! There's a funny coincidence because Ladybug in the book was trying to become a football star. He has a quote that's like "my friend told me that someone like me could either become a footballer or a criminal, so I did both" and he says that his first crime was stealing a football.

The song delves into themes surrounding fortune as well!! I love their music selection 🙇‍♂️😤

-- 3) THREE ASSASSINS/グラスホッパー REFERENCES

Okay this part (in a way...) contains spoilers for Three Assassins, which is the first book of the "series"! ! The story revolves around a guy named Suzuki, who appears again in Bullet Train!! He kinda-sorta becomes friends with Ladybug and it's like 😊 they are so happy. To be completely honest, Suzuki's a bit traumatised but so is Ladybug, right?? Lovely friendship!!

It's also so interesting that he's reading a hotel buffet menu because his wife used to love eating at buffets and he adopted the habit of hoarding all the food as well. He's on the train to meet with his dead wife's family (which was extremely difficult for him after her passing).

-- 4) BULLET TRAIN REFERENCES IN THE MANTIS/AX

There's this other book in the series called The Mantis or AX for the Japanese version. This one isn't talked about a lot but if you like family stories, this book is so so soo good. It really pulled at my heartstrings when I first read it but I can't say too much without spoiling everything. Anyway, it makes a few references to Bullet Train and literally starts with the main character, Kabuto (an assassin), having a flashback to talking to Tangerine and Lemon during one of his missions, where they had the same target so they worked together. The Twins really respect him, actually, but find it funny that he's so careful around his wife (YES KABUTO, AN ASSASSIN, HAS A WIFE). Some characters reappear so.. :")) yay!!

-- 5) 777

Ladybug comes back!! He comes back in the latest book in the series; 777. So far, the Japanese reviews have been pretty positive and I think there's an English translation coming in November!! 🥳 I like how the title is 777; 7 like 7 tails in Nanao (七尾), car 7, his favourite number is 7 (if I recall correctly), 7 the "lucky number".

-- 6) THIS GUY

No one asked but I heavily dislike the Prince in the book. (to be honest, who doesn't...) He's just mean for no reason and likes ruining people's lives, makes fun of poor Ladybug (this really isn't that bad compared to the other stuff he does) and yeah, the list goes on. Also apparently he (heavily) tortures other schoolmates and it's not like he gets paid for it like the Twins or the other guys. He just does it for fun?? OK!! The premise of his character is amazing and it's great to see a villain that's actually just straight evil but since he's designed that way, we are validated when hating him ww. He talks about politics as well for some reason... keeps referencing historical tragedies.... man.

-- 7) ASAGAO/THE PUSHER

The Pusher is back too!! Weee~ (not really)

In the movie, it seems as though this entire part got cut out which, like, is reasonable. I attached a photo from the Grasshopper (2015) movie for reference hahaha. The guy in the black suit is the Pusher!! Yeah, he pushes people!! (not in the fun way!!)

He is in charge of protecting Wataru from the Prince's guy, although he's reluctant at first. He's obsessed with bugs and stuff. Whenever he opens his mouth, it's probably going to be about bugs. The Pusher's also strangely poetic. Maybe it's because he likes old bands like the Rolling stones? Oh!! And he gets mentioned in The Mantis.

And speaking of the Kimura family, Yuichi Kimura says something very true and it's:

"who do they gotta make the train toilets so nasty"

-- 8) LADYBUG IS COOL

This is very much a fact. In Mariabeetle, he gets kidnapped when he's 8 years old because he gets mistaken for a rich kid (after he lost a bet with his wealthy friend and had to wear his "rich person backpack"), then in the place he's being held captive, he escapes by HIMSELF since his dad isn't able to give the guys money for his son back (since they took the wrong person!!). But heyy he's resourceful and smart.

AND guess what?? He gets traumatised because there was this other boy being held but Ladybug didn't save him and it's haunted him ever since. This is also one of the reasons why he ends up helping the Prince even though he knows it won't do him any good.

Obviously, it gets worse from there. He makes it back to his family and they're pretty happy. Unfortunately, they're far from rich and Ladybug has to study extremely hard to get into a college. Spoiler alert, he doesn't. THE THING IS!! He studied so hard!! It's just that during his exam, some kid sneezed on his paper and he wiped it, smudging all his work and even his name!! Nanao! No!!

-- 9) TANGERINE BOOK RECS

To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

"We perished, each alone."

-> He really loves that quote. A lot. Also he's a Virginia Woolf fan!!

2. Forbidden Colours - Yukio Mishima

-> He's also a Yukio Mishima fan... I wonder if he's ever read "The Sound of Waves". What would he think about it? Hahaha this will keep me up at night 😅 (<- SLANTED EMOJI!!)

3. The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea - Yukio Mishima

-> To talk about Article 41 of the Penal Code of Japan. (Mr Kotaro Isaka, the author, studied law, by the way!! It's interesting!!) However, here, Tangerine quotes Mishima on Article 41 ;)

4. Hemingway and Faulkner

-> Actually it's a collection so it's not really a book recommendation but these two people are real - Ernst Hemingway (the Old Man and the Sea guy) and William Faulkner. They didn't really get along, by the way, and even though they respected the other's work, they criticised more than praised. Sounds like the Twins.

5. Demons - Fyodor Dostoevsky

-> "Crime is no longer insanity, but simply common sense, almost a duty; anyway, a gallant protest."

I think the author is a heavy Fyodor Dostoevsky fan, just because he also referenced his works in Three Assassins.

6. Crime and Punishment ;D

-> "Science now tells us, love yourself before all men, for everything in the world relies on self-interest."

(CONT'D) yeahh this book was referenced in Three Assassins and one of the characters is obsessed with it. Glad to see that Tangerine is a fan too hahahaha.

-- 10) LEMON IS AWESOME

Opinionated text here but Lemon is plain awesome.

"Between the principal's name and Doraemon's gadgets, it was blindingly obvious which one was more important."

To each their own and I know he's a criminal but he seems like he has no enemies. Sounds very wholesome.

-- 11) HORNET THE MVP

She's in Three Assassins AND the Mantis!! Hypercool. In both books, the Hornet is a team of a male and a female. The female is eliminated (this word choice ww) by Ladybug but the male is still up and kicking, though Ladybug feels bad about it. They use poison needles, like the movie, but they trigger anaphylaxis, which is a really dangerous allergic reaction that causes body shocks.

-- 12) SUZUKI: PHILOSOPHER AND ECONOMIST

"If people knew that they might be killed by someone tomorrow, economic activity would grind to a halt."

... well 😅 take from that what you will.

(that's Suzuki!!)

Cela dit... that's all.... so long, I'm sorry. But thank you so much if you read until the end!! I hope you at least found it a bit entertaining!! :"))

[cheesesquiggler]

Neat lil green man.

[blingblingsparklesparkle]

Cicada, my love

[ron456]

CURRENTLY FREAKING OUT BECAUSE- hold up, let me settle down-

So I was listening to "James and the Giant Peach the Musical", as one does, and I was like "ooo which BMC characters would play who if they did this at their school??"

and then I was like "haha Spider kinda sounds like Brooke doing her shitty cockney accent during "The Play"

Then I got curious and I was like "Who is the singer for Spider, anyway?"

So I go to wikipedia, scroll down and it's literally SARAH STILES?!?! LIKE SPINEL FROM STEVEN UNIVERSE SARAH STILES!!

So obviously I got all excited and did a lap around my room and all

then I was like " I wonder if I recognize anyone else from this cast album"- So I scroll up and fricken' CHRISTIAN BORLE IS THE GRASSHOPPER?!?!

So I freaked out again cuz' ,like, how did I not notice this?!?

Anyways, the 2015 cast album of James and the Giant peach is awesome and I love it

Someone posted the album on sound cloud and some songs are on spotify as podcasts but yeah- HIGHLY RECOMMEND-

[aceofwhump]

Recommending 2013 Brain Man (film), 2015 Grasshopper (film, part 1 of Bullet Train), and 2015 Ouroboros (TV show). So. Much. Whump.

Ooooh thanks!!! Always want more whump recs :D

[dailysplatfest]

Day 10 of posting Splatfest dances in order

Splatfest: Grasshopper vs Ant (JP exclusive)

Date: August 22nd, 2015

We hit the double digits 😎

Video source under the (deep) cut

[coleopterabyte]

Last of the Sandwalkers is a graphic novel! I highly recommend checking it out even if you vote for infinity train, it looks so cool.

Tournament Masterpost

[bookmaven]

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE by Philip K. Dick (New York: Putnam, 1962). Cover art by Robert Galster.

‘The Man in the High Castle (1962) is an alternative history novel wherein the Axis Powers won World War II. The story occurs in 1962, fifteen years after the end of the war in 1947, and depicts the life of several characters living under Imperial Japan or Nazi Germany as they rule the partitioned United States. The titular character is the mysterious author of a novel-within-the-novel entitled The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, a subversive alternative history of the war in which the Allied Powers are victorious.’ —Wikipedia

The Man in the High Castle won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963, and was adapted to television in 2015.

It is fascinating and frightening even today.

[cinematecally]

We'll talk about the 2015 Japanese “revenge” thriller “Grasshopper” starring Ikuta Toma, Asano Tadanobu, and Yamada Ryosuke. I am obviously in a Yamada Ryosuke phase right now. But I swear I watch other stuff too.

[breannas-artblog]

Grasshopper, 2016

Buckets of Rain, 2006

Squares of Savannah, 2002

Fission, 2015

Fish Story, 2021

Artist: Judy Pfaff

[sohcah--toa]

Hiyoko is the coolest~

[iffoundreturntosea]

November 6, Day 310/311

Day 310 2015

Hank says hello!

#Hank #hankthehorse #horse #animal #nature #outdoors #equinetherapy #upclose #upcloseandpersonal #picoftheday #project365 #day310

The horse that got me to not be afraid of horses!

Day 311 2016

#nofilter #fall #sunset #tree #silhouette #nature #outdoors #orange #red #yellow #shadesoffall #november #picoftheday #project365 #day311

Day 310 2017

The sunset through plastic in my yard. Looks cool but it's not.

#fall #sunset #nature #outdoors #sky #grass #yard #plastic #trash #pickitup #throwitaway #notthathard #everydayisearthday #nastytrash #november #picoftheday #project365 #day310

Day 310 2018

Couldn't help myself!

#ilovenature #brickwall #grasshopper #insect #nature #outdoors #greenleaves #fall #autumn #darkalready #leaves #fallleaves #november #picoftheday #project365 #day310

Day 310 2019

I spent my day off combating stress, I think I won today!

#read #book #relax #putyourfeetup #dayoff #cozy #nostress #nationalstressawarenessday #november #november6 #2019 #nationalday #nationaldaycalendar #picoftheday #project365 #day310

Day 311 2020

I'm toadally feeling this poor amphibian

#iknowitsnotatoad #punny #frog #macro #closeup #pests #mood #nature #amphibians #thingsthatstartwitha #november #november6 #2020 #picoftheday #project365 #day311

Day 310 2021

Stranded

#shipwreck #stranded #motorboat #toy #cedarhillstatepark #lake #bokeh #november #november6 #2021 #picoftheday #project365 #day310

Found this little toy on the bank while enjoying the Cedar Hill State Park with my dad and stepmom.

Day 310 2022

Leo loves his morning sunshine!

#leo #kitty #cat #morningsun #catnap #sunbather #blinds #lines #furbaby #november #november6 #2022 #picoftheday #project365 #day310

Day 310 2023

Just need some hot water to relax after a crazy, busy weekend.

*note Leo drinking from the faucet*

#carrieandleo #water #hotbath #needtorelax #foggy #imissmybaby #november #november6 #2023 #picoftheday #project365 #day310

Day 311 2024

A few emotions of my grief

#3rows #dailytheme #emotions #grief #furious #despair #anxious #november #november6 #2024 #picoftheday #project365 #day311

So much disappointment in this country and many people I know.

[blingblingsparklesparkle]

I read Three Assassins. Now I’m obsessed with cicada…

[miscelliteeous]

18/31 HOWL (2015)

Great kills and incredibly fun at times, but my gosh I can't get over how stupid the werewolf designs are. Like, some might say "oh Lite, you'd be scared if you saw that irl so it's a good design" but NO, I would be scared of a grasshopper if one suddenly appeared before me, that doesn't make grasshoppers 'scary'. Still, a good movie, especially if you're like me and really enjoy the niche sub-subgenre of 'monsters trying to get people who are on a train'.

[reconprate]

Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev “Patterns” Born Horses (09-06-2024) Only constant members, Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars) and Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak (guitars and more), have returned with the first original material since 2015’s LP, The Light In You.  In a press release, Grasshopper states:  “When Jonathan and I first met, one thing we bonded over was Blade Runner, both Ridley Scott’s film and Vangelis’…

[carlosgameromorales]

🇪🇦 El saltamontes le pega una colleja a Guillermo, momento extraído de la pagina 35 del cómic El tren de la Bruja (2015) del autor español Carlos Gamero Morales.

🇬🇧 The grasshopper slaps Guillermo, a moment taken from page 35 of the comic The Witch's Train (2015) by Spanish author Carlos Gamero Morales.