#guangxi

[asiaphotostudio]

Nanning, 1995 Nanning, Guangxi, China. 中国 広西 南寧市 西郷塘区 広西民族大学 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

[ninekills]

just don't kill my women

[viagginterstellari]

Lighting a cigarette - Yangshuo, 2019

[inatungulates]

Eden's whale "Balaenoptera" edeni

With menhaden Brevoortia sp.

Observed by haitongyu, CC BY-NC

[sinoheritage]

Yangshuo 阳朔县, Guangxi province, China.

Located in South China’s Guangxi region, it’s surrounded by karst peaks and bordered by the Li river.

[sugar-grigri]

Pochita, if you can read, why don't you speak ?

Wouldn't it be humane to protect humanity and demonic to protect the underworld? And what if... it was actually the other way around.

The interweaving of questions and answers is exactly what this chapter does.

While Yoru sordidly states that children are nothing more than the property of their parents, the one who can't speak, instead of devouring a human as he did with all those demons, decides to go to the blood drive.

Pochita understood what the sign meant. He knows how to talk. But he'd rather hold up that sign and roar than make any demands.

Worse still, he does not decide to give any orders.

It's not words that symbolise order, it's that raised index finger that already in Roman times expressed command.

In the United States, arms are a constitutional right (as recently reiterated by the Supreme Court, which does not admit of any restrictions), a fundamental freedom but also a means of preserving one's freedom, allowing organised militias to fight and protect the State.

You can see how it's all a construction, the weapons are a technological creation, the State is an administrative and political creation.

And that's where things get interesting. First of all, this chapter is highly symbolic and has a very strong political message (oh my god, political interpretation in a manga, impossible..........)

Yoru has sliced off the index fingers of those who support the right to bear arms in the United States. Or campaign for that freedom. But what Yoru is doing. In fact, it's taking it away from them. How can I shoot without this index finger? You can't do it.

It's by taking weapons away from men that they actually regain their freedom.

But it goes even further than that. Why does Yoru sacrifice these fingers? Because it reinforces the fear of weapons. Let's say I point a gun at you (sorry). You'd be less scared if you were as armed as I am. Especially when you're trained, know how to defend yourself and aren't afraid to shoot.

Yoru makes those who thought they were invincible with weapons vulnerable. She strengthens the Gun Devil's power. She contracts with them through her sacrificed child.

Weapons,

freedom,

deprivation of childhood,

of loved ones,

obsession with a mentor,

To think that a god created them.

Remind you of anyone?

Infanticide is what makes you immortal.

The sacrificed demons become weapons, lost between humanity and the demons. Not being human, nor demon, because they have no parents. Even artificial weapons like Reze and Katana display these characteristics. Isn't loneliness one of the ingredients?

Humanity sacrifices its children. As Fujimoto confirmed, they were prepared to do it for eternal youth.

And now you're going to say to me. NOOOO! Yoru too! Just as Makima wouldn't hesitate to do. The demons are also ready to do it.

Yes, because they are influenced by men.

Yoru speaks, uniting with humanity to say horrible things. Whereas Pochita doesn't speak. Worse still, he has chosen not to speak. Worst of the worst, even worse. He'd rather be a dog than a human. That's his choice.

Pochita fights for those he loves, he doesn't sacrifice them.

The demon of birth, it swallows but can spit out. Suspending existence, giving it new life, denying none of it.

Wasn't Makima devoured by Denji proof of this?

Nayuta is the symbol of this rebirth. A perpetual love that surpasses hate.

Pochita loves demons. He also loves those who mean something to him, like Denji. But he also knows that when we become too human, we can end up sacrificing ourselves out of vanity rather than love.

Pochita has sacrificed himself for love, without expecting anything in return as he waits permanently for Denji's dreams.

He is also Denji's lock, preventing him from fully adapting to men.

That's why killing Black CSM was Denji's wish come true. Because Pochita is preventing Denji from becoming normal.

Because he wants to protect him from humanity. Pochita has never been for humanity.

He is simply the guardian of the underworld, all those demons whose existence he guards, a supreme mother. Humanity must endure in order to continue to be afraid. But if humanity is prepared to overcome the ultimate fear of losing its child, then fear is scorned.

So Pochita tried to wipe out the weapons' existence, to devour them. But they still existed. Why? Because they are already the result of infanticide.

being devoured by the demon of birth, mother of the underworld, actually reinforces their existence.

Being devoured by their mother is the reason for their nature.

Whereas weapons are beings born because their mother has killed them.

Denji is the result of the death of the Supreme Mother.

It's not a weapon.

He's a wall.

Hero of the underworld.

A hero of the underworld who has been fighting from the start for the victory of love, sacrificing himself for those he loves and not sacrificing them. So he asks for blood.

And I'm sorry. If weapons really are born like that, they have to look human, and I think this is the last possessed human.

Someone's been ringing the doorbell.....for 100 chapters… it's time to answer it, isn't it?

[petitworld]

Guangxi, China

[iko66]

Yulin, Guangxi

[pockethep]

Nobody does women in action shots quite like Fujimoto.

[unteriors]

Youjiang District, Baise, Guangxi.

[storekn1fe]

as usual, i am manifesting a quanxi appearance tomorrow

[asiaphotostudio]

Nanning, 1995 Nanning, Guangxi, China. 中国 広西 南寧市 西郷塘路 広西民族大学 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

[acupofcoffee-asia]

Ita\ Aprile 2024, un soggiorno veloce ma intenso nella contea di Lingshan, Guangxi, Cina.

En\ April 2024, a quick but intense stay in Lingshan County, Guangxi, China.

Ita\ Non so descrivere la sensazione che ho provato quando la macchina del nostro accompagnatore si è fermata al varco del villaggio. Case da entrambi i lati della strada, con delle grandi porte decorate e striscioni rossi con scritti caratteri neri. Si trattava di uno dei villaggi della contea di Lingshan, di cui ora non ricordo il nome.

È a Lingshan che ho avuto l’esperienza più forte, anche se per pochi giorni, sono stata accolta nella quotidianità del luogo, in particolare dalla famiglia della mia cara amica Ling, tra cene con parenti e battute di pesca.

En\ I can’t quite describe the feeling I had when our driver’s car stopped at the entrance of the village. There were houses both sides of the road, with large decorated doors and red banners with black characters written on them. It was one of the villages in Lingshan County, but now I don’t remember the name.

It was in Lingshan that I had the most powerful experience, even though I stayed only a few days. I was welcomed into the everyday life of the place, especially by my dear friend Ling's family, with dinners with relatives and fishing trips.

Ita\ La giornata per me più indimenticabile è stata quando, un giorno, siamo andati in barca, in mezzo alle ninfee a pescare. Siamo stati cullati dalla brezza della barca in movimento, ho imparato i movimenti del pescatore; mi sono impegnata molto per pescare nel modo giusto, nonostante io sia vegetariana e in fondo, sia stata contenta di non aver pescato neanche un pesce, ero contensissima di avere la possibilità di condividere quel momento con loro. E che posto mozzafiato.

En\ The most unforgettable day for me was when, one day, we went fishing by boat, surrounded by lotus flowers. We were rocked by the breeze as the boat moved, and I learned the fisherman's movements. I tried really hard to fish the right way, even though I’m a vegetarian and, in the end, I was happy I didn’t catch a fish. I was simply thrilled to have the chance to share that moment with them. What a breathtaking place.

Ita\ Non volevo chiudere gli occhi per portarmi a lungo nella mente l’immagine di quel lago e delle ninfee che si muovevano al nostro passaggio, del silenzio, rotto ogni tanto da un guizzo o da una nostra parola, scambio o risata.

En\ I didn’t want to close my eyes, so I could keep in my mind the image of that lake and the lotus flowers moving as we passed, the silence, only interrupted sometimes by a splash or by one of us speaking, exchanging words or laughing.

[viagginterstellari]

Fishing net - Yangshuo, 2019

[wgm-beautiful-world]

GUILIN MOUNTAINS - CHINA

[geoazie]

Aesthetic of the languages on earth : Xiang Chinese, sometimes called Hunanese Xiang is a group of Sinitic languages spoken by 38 million in China over Hunan, as well as parts of Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Hubei.