#heian kyo

[fateroulette]

Ashiya Dōman

angry clown guy

1x:

[toasterofthedeep]

so i was technically right

[kiwikipedia]

I forgot how much I loved Shuten and now I’m back I love this party Oni. Shuten vs Shuten the final Shutening is now

[ebitenpura]

can you imagine if Guda ever did get summoned as a Caster though. also laughed bc I didn't expect Watanabe to think everyone was a Caster

[dmitriyuriev]

Enough. There is nothing more to say. Youjutsu Zanhou: Moonflower.

[brave-symphonia]

Guda, I don’t think it’s as simple as asking the year anymore.

I really like the idea that no one even knows how old Guda is after all the Servant stuff they’ve been through. But even without that, Guda can’t really be called a child.

Children don’t witness the death of all of humanity, they don’t watch people they love sacrifice themselves so they can win or get away, they don’t kill entire worlds in order to make their world survive.

When you’ve been through all that, you can hardly be called a child.

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Oscar winners

Gate of Hell / Machiko Kyô as Kesa

Year: 1954

Designer: Sanzo Wada

As far as I can tell, this was the first non-American film to win the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and when you look at the lush silks and detailed armor, it's easy to see why.

This film was released in Japan in 1953, but it did not get a US release until 1954, so it won the award for the later year.

[archivedolon]

i’m gonna cry look at how precious

[sealer-of-wenkamui]

A couple of things about Limbo and Danzou, because I am constantly thinking about those two:

First of all, a possible hint at why Limbo is so fixated on her. Kashin Koji of course is her creator, and their dialogue mentions that they have a deep respect for Seimei, and not only that, their Valentine's scene brings up that Seimei was involved in the precursors to Kashin's own karakuri, and are made from the same craft. Given Douman's obsession with Seimei and need to surpass him is the whole reason he became so twisted in the first place, I doubt its a mere coincidence that the creator of the doll he's fixated on would bring up Seimei. Combined with how he found her in a helpless state where he could easily toy with her as much as he pleased, its no wonder he was quickly drawn to her and went to great lengths to hurt her so much.

The second thing I found interesting is Danzou's line for things she hates. There's no prerequisite for this line, so she's bringing it up before her interlude and heian-kyo (and apparently people were initially confused what she was referring to by the dark sun, though of course now its obvious she's talking about Limbo, that said, it IS mentioned at the very end of Shimousa, so the connection was always there- specifically the lines "He has taken in the dark god as his own personal sun, and transformed the wicked god into his own magical energy." and "Fear the curtain of night. Tremble before the dark sun.")

Anyway, I think this was an excellent way of conveying how deeply intertwined the two of them are, her story is in part about her breaking from from Limbo who continues to haunt her. This is Servant Danzou, who is based on PHH Danzou, not Shimousa's, so there's no way she would remember him, and yet he's hurt her so deeply that she has this innate fear of his symbol, the dark sun. (I wonder if the virus he implanted in her also plays a role in that...?)

Which is also why I'm disappointed Heian-kyo kinda half-assed the end of her and Limbo's entwined arc, it has a perfect lead up between Shimousa, her interlude, and the beginning of the chapter, but falls off and forgets about her for most of the middle/end. Honestly, it should have been a Danzou-centric chapter precisely because she's the one with the deepest connection (other than Seimei obviously)/most harmed by him and while she thankfully DOES get to be the one to finish him off, she didn't really do much during most of the chapter and it feels like they barely talked.

[lanliingwang]

the person that put lengthy ashiya douman meta in the comments of a sprite comic on reddit genuinely changed my perspective on them for the better and I'm very thankful for that person and their meta as a result

[fateroulette]

Watanabe no Tsuna

1x:

[toasterofthedeep]

I love gold(en)

[kiwikipedia]

They really went off on the CG and effects for Heian Kyo thoigh holy shit that last scene where Douman got obliterated??? I did not expect to see an animated CG scene

[anxiously-awaiting]

also (crawls out of bluestacks covered in blood) hi m.......... finally at avalon now

[nosferalto]

Maybe Heian-kyo was worth it after all… maybe it was all worth it just to see them again

[dmitriyuriev]

Some LimDan to keep myself fed, Limbo has the best hands I like drawing them.