#kan toranosuke

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began reading staff-side last night, I'm about less than halfway through the document obviously, my favorites are currently the two biggest pieces of shit in the room (toranosuke and tatematsu)

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That awkward moment when you fixate on the most horrible deplorable human being👍

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Here's a theory I have for Tetro, it's probably wrong but HERE WE GO

(minor spoilers for events on day 25)

In [Corrective approach] Kan will probably severely harm or kill Monomoko or whatever and Yonekura will get pissed and fire him

After he's fired he'll still secretly be in contact with Tatematsu and we'll get introduced to her in the series for the first time while Seki is fully brainwashed to do his bidding even when he's not in contact with him anymore, letting Kan control and effect the killing game experiment indirectly

After some major events, Kan, Yonekura, and/or Tatematsu will probably die or get sent to Alcatraz at the end of TDR Pink, and maybe Seki's family will die too or something. Due to Kan's intense manipulation & brainwashing and Seki's life being beyond repair, Seki will replace Yonekura in her stead and continue the project, masterminding the killing game in the sequel TDR Blue. And who knows maybe in a twisted way of events he'll get his own daughter (if she's still even alive) involved in all this, making her a student in the next killing game

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Chapter 2 November 3 Thread J

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Hello you two! I'd like to have a small discussion, if you've got the time.

[840070420 / Tatematsu Ainoshin] Oh? The scorned dog still has the gall to show his face?

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I'll have you know I'm still in very good spirits. It's no real matter. Besides, I'm here to talk about something else entirely.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] In light of the biology department being down in numbers after the earlier snafu, I'm running a bit short on project volunteers.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Of course, since I'm on my VERY best behaviour today, said project is entirely work-related. I'd like to do a bit of preparatory experimentation in light of one of the potential upcoming motives the engineering department has proposed.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Hence why I'm reaching out to you two! I'd like to borrow Minase.

[796285914 / Minase Hattori] Me?

[840070420 / Tatematsu Ainoshin] Absolutely out of the question. Keep your grubby hands in your own department.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] You're being unbecomingly selfish. I've been nothing but generous to you so long as we've been dear, dear friends. The least you can do is allow me to borrow him just for tonight. You experiment on your staff all the time, do you not?

[840070420 / Tatematsu Ainoshin] My experiments don't leave my team with big hideous scars. I will NOT let you leave a big ugly scar on my pretty pretty Minase, thank you very much.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Nothing on the face, I assure you.

[840070420 / Tatematsu Ainoshin] That's not the issue! Scars anywhere at all are a problem! Minase is perfect. Immaculate. Perfectly symmetrical and very very very pretty. I won't allow it. Nope.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] You're being petulant. Who would you have me borrow then? Tamemichi? Am I that second-rate to you?

[840070420 / Tatematsu Ainoshin] It's not happening! You're going to leave him all disfigured and messed up! I won't have it! No!

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] You're genuinely no fun at all. If I promise not to leave a single mark, would that be fine?

[840070420 / Tatematsu Ainoshin] Not happening. Bring me a requisition from Dr. Yonekura or you can drop the idea completely.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Very well, I'll see what I can manage, you absolute witch. Absolutely unreal levels of disobedience.

THREAD CLOSED

[blackberrybuds]

mini essay about tsutsujio tamemichi & the use of dr. kan's hands as a metaphor for rape

ive been thinking a lot about tsu and kan recently so i wanted to dump some thoughts lol. cw for things involved with their stories like medical trauma and sexual assault and such

i think tsu is a masterclass in writing a metaphorical rape scene. i know that he genuinely faced sexual assault by kan, but i wanna focus on the idea that his heart surgery was a metaphorical rape in and of itself.

for background, during tsu's first year working at KFTI, he got in an altercation with dr. kan that lead to dr. kan beating him so badly he broke four bones, including his pelvis and almost every bone in his arm. we're told that he needed a lot of recovery time, and that during this recovery time, dr. kan pulled him for an experiment that involved performing open heart surgery on him.

we're told that the anaesthesia used was localized and not general, meaning he was awake for the surgery. we're told it was for the expressed purpose of seeing how he would mentally cope with the experience of being awake for something like that. that's the background we're going with. we then see how that affects tsutsujio and how he describes it.

tsu has chronic arrhythmia and heart palpitations. when he gets worked up, his body starts shutting down, which makes him panic and makes the entire thing worse. every day hes having these little spirals where he thinks hes gonna die. this is why he refuses to leave the office and head to OMS - he's afraid that if he does, he'll have an episode that requires kan's intervention, and kan won't be there to save him.

we also see him describe the process in a very specific way: the use of kan's hands.

[416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] Actually no im pretty sure nobody here understands me at all because I keep getting stupid fucking advice and critique from people who havent had his hands in their open fucking chest

he says that nobody can understand how he feels because they haven't had kan's hands in their chest. kan's hands are inside his body. his wording here is very important, because it's going to come up again in this thread, and then again further in the future. for now, let's focus on how it comes up in this thread.

[416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] I feel like his hands are on my shoulders all the time [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] I feel like no matter what I do or where i go his hands are always on my shoulders [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] I feel like if i look down im just going to have handprints all over me [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] I dont know why he makes me feel like that [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] I cant leave because his hands are always on my shoulders and i cant ever be comfortable because his hands are always on my shoulders and nobody cares or questions it because oh its not that big of a deal its just his hands on my shoulders [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] my body feels wrong how the hell am i supposed to just live like that forever i dont want to [434334633/ Dr. Suga] You feel violated. [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] Right like i do but like fucking why should i [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] God this is so stupid why do i always sound so stupid [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] I just dont want his fucking hands in my body he fucking hurt me

he describes kan as always having his hands on his shoulders. he describes this as a feeling that's incredibly distressing, and says that nobody questions it because it seems so innocuous - just a hand on his shoulders. suga points out that he feels violated, and tsu agrees, but can't explain why. he then describes the feeling in a much more visceral way - "I just dont want his fucking hands in my body".

the language tsu uses alludes to much more than surgery. this isnt how people describe surgery in a normal context. the idea of someone putting their hands inside of your body holds connotations that feel much more intimate than medical. the descriptions of being covered in handprints corroborate this - he's not talking about medical feelings. he's talking about feelings of having his body violated, feelings that are intimately tied to the idea of sexual assault. this is further emphasized by the presence of his conversation partner - suga.

suga is the absolute picture of sexual violation within staffside. the way suga is described is the picture perfect image of purity. he was young and naive and eager to help. he was almost ethereally beautiful. he was pretty and weak and vulnerable. he was a virgin. the interesting framing device in tetro is that we don't learn any of this until after we've known him for some time. when we're introduced to suga, he's sick and vomiting and exhausted and on the brink of death. we meet him as his story is nearing its climax. only a short while after meeting him, he's put under anaesthesia and raped by dr. kan. this became one of our first central plot points of staffside.

suga's entire arc is about the trauma of sexual assault and how it eventually kills him, for all intents and purposes. we follow him as he's completely devoured by his trauma and his feelings of utter violation. pairing him with tsu in this scene is meant to show the connection between the two. staffside is drawing a comparison between suga's experience and tsu's experience. you're meant to associate them. they both feel horribly violated.

and then we find out that tsutsujio was molested during a medical exam.

it would be easy to take this information and write off the metaphorical rape that was tsu's surgery. it would be easy to dismiss it as no longer important or relevant now that we know tsu was genuinely molested and not just metaphorically assaulted. however, if anything, i think tsu's recount of being molested actually serves to greatly strengthen the connections between his surgery and the idea of rape. let's look again at how he describes the assault.

[416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] Again seriously its not that serious its not like what happened to Suga [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] Stuff with his hands I guess [416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] Which again is stupid because obviously the Suga thing is worse so please dont get hung up on this like seriously

another mention of kan's hands. he describes his molestation as something that took place with kan's hands.

[416276122/ Dr. Tsutsujio] And it was just one time and it was just with hands like it not like that

his hands again. tsu's focus often comes back to kan's hands. it's the only way he describes his molestation in any capacity. we don't get any details beyond the fact that it was done with kan's hands. kan's hands themselves in this case are portrayed as a weapon of assault. the hands that molested him are the hands he claims to be constantly all over his body and on his shoulders and inside his chest. the connections drawn between the use of kan's hands for sexual assault and the use of kan's hands for tsu's surgery are incredibly clear and further drive home the point of tsu's surgery being used as a metaphor for rape.

let's take a look at other mentions of kan's hands in similar contexts. this is the first time we ever get a mention of kan's hands.

[840070420/ Dr. Tatematsu] Out of curiosity, was it DURING that event that you told her you were getting handsy with her husband? Before? After?

tatematsu uses very specific phrasing to describe the sexual relationship between kan and seki. she refers to kan assaulting him as getting handsy.

[154314147/ Dr. Toranosuke] Hence why I'm reaching out to you two! I'd like to borrow Minase. [796285914/ Dr. Hattori] Me? [840070420/ Dr. Tatematsu] Absolutely out of the question. Keep your grubby hands in your own department.

kan claims to want to "borrow" minase. minase is someone kan has expressed lust for in the past - he's pretty, he's blonde, he's got the same borderline ethereal beauty that kan assigns to suga. when he says he wants to borrow minase, tatematsu tells him to keep his grubby hands in his own department. another mention of kan's hands.

[155402844/ Monomoko] He has other methods as well. Ones you might be familiar with by now. Dr. Kan is at his most content when others are entirely reliant on his hands.

this is one of the more prominent uses of the metaphor of dr. kan's hands. monomoko doesn't just say kan needs people to be entirely reliant on him; she says he needs them to be entirely reliant on his hands. his hands are almost given a sense of being their own character in the way people describe them. consider the people we know are reliant on kan to survive: tsutsujio, seki, suga, genki and zenjaku. if he didn't care for tsu's heart, tsu would die. if he didn't medicate seki, seki would die. if he didn't continue to care for suga through his coma, suga would die. i have no idea what he does for genki, but we've been told that without his support, genki would die as well. if he didn't provide zenjaku with the BMS box, he would die. every single person reliant on kan for survival is someone he has sexually assaulted. tsutsujio is the only one of the four who wasn't outright raped, which is where his surgical metaphor becomes even more prominent. it acts as a rape. it feels like rape. to him, it is rape. and here, we see monomoko describing these four people he has raped as entirely reliant on his hands. its another association between kan's hands and rape.

now, we get into the most blatant evidence for the idea that kans hands represent rape.

WHERE KAN. KAN KAN KAN KAN. i kNOW iT wAs HIM. HE LOOKED AT HER, HE DID. WITH HIS. HIS GROSS HANDS!!! HE DOES THINGS!!! HE DOES THINGS TO THINGS!!! hE. HE TOOk her, I KNOW HE DID. WHERE IS SHE?!?! wHERE IS SHE?!?!?! DID HE - NO!!! no. he WOULDN’T - wOULDN’T HE?!?!??!?!? OH GOD!!!!!!! WHERE SHES COLD!!! SHE’S COLD AND I CAN’T FIND HER!!!!!!! HE HAS HER I KNOW IT!!! I KNoW IT. HE TOUCHES EVERYTHING AND HE RUINS EVERYTHING AND NOW SHE’S GONE. hER FuR. HER fur…soft, soFT, and NOW SHE’S GONE!!!!! SHE’S GONE!!! HE TOOK HER. WHY. WHY. WHY?!?! WHY?!?!?!?!?!! WHERE HES HURTING HER. I KNOW HE IS. hES - hE'S DOING THINGS TO HER!!! THINGS. HE DOES THINGS AND SHE’S GONE AND I CAN’T STOP IT!!!!!!! hIS HANDS. hIS FILTHY HANDS. ON HER!!! ON HER!!! I CAN HEAR HER CRYING. sHE’S CRYING. SHE’S CRYING AND I CAN’T STOP IT!!! OH GOD I CAN’T STOP IT!!! WHERE wHy. why hE DO THIS. Why HE. tOUCH eVERYTHING THATS MINE!!! hE ALWAYS TAKES MY THINGS, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS!!!! hIS EYES. HIS EYES WERE LOOKING. ALWAYS LOOKING!!! I CANT. i CAN’T DO THIS. WHERE IS SHE. WHERE IS SHE. WHERE It’s darK. sHE’S nEVER QuiEt. ShE’S never THIS QUIET. He MUFFLED HER, I KNOW HE DID. he DOESNT WANT ME TO HEAR HER CRYING!!!!!!! BUT I CAN. I CAN HEAR HER ANYWAY!!! hE THINKS I CAN’T. BUT I CAN!!!!!!! HE DOESNT WANT HER TO BE MINE!!! BUT SHE’S MINE. MINE!!!!!!! WHERE wHEre IS shE. IS sHE SAFE?!?! IS SHE STILL SAFE???!?!?!? DID I LEAVE HER HERE?!?! WAS IT ME??? DID I DO THIS?!?! no. No. IT WASN’T ME. IT WAS KAN. IT’S ALWAYS KAN. IT’S ALWAYS HIM AND HIS HANDS AND HIS EYES AND HIS SMILE!!! HE TOOK HER. HE TOOK HER AND HE’S RUINING HER!!!!

the maru logs contain an incredibly chilling description of kan's hands used as a metaphor for rape once again. in my mind, this is one of the most nauseating depictions of kan's inflicted trauma in tetro. in the maru logs, we see the jumbled thoughts of nemoto genki depicted as a terminal. throughout the staffside story, we are repeatedly nudged towards the fact that during genki's deterioration, he was raped by kan. it's something that many people seem to understand and that genki himself seems to still carry the pain of even after losing his memory.

here we see genki in a state of extreme distress after dr. kan took away his comfort item as a form of sadistic punishment - a stuffed sheep. sheep and lambs have extremely strong connotations when it comes to symbolism - they're purity, innocence, gentleness and youth. we see that literally ripped away from genki by kan's hands, and genki immediately begins to violently spiral into hysterics.

kan taking the sheep is, in my opinion, a direct metaphor for rape once again. he is literally ripping a symbol of innocence away from genki, and genki reacts accordingly. he completely melts down, insisting that kan is "doing things" to this symbol of his innocence, and that he's ruining her with his gross, filthy hands. "it's always him and his hands". another case of dr. kan's hands being treated as a separate concept to himself. his hands are a weapon, and we see genki completely lose it as kan uses that weapon to rip away his innocence once again. this isn't a connection that the reader needs to force - it's incredibly clear. genki reacts to this as if it was a rape. he cries about violation and filth and ruining. genki seems to go as far as genuinely thinking that kan would violate the sheep itself - directly violating the symbol of his innocence and purity. directly raping his innocence. he reacts with appropriate horror and distress. kan's hands are once again used in this disgusting, violating context.

but kan's hands continue to come up.

Hibari visibly tensed and vocalized his pain throughout the process, but Kan appeared unfazed. He made several inappropriate comments, including, “You should appreciate that I’m being hands-on. Many would leave you to suffer with less care.”

kan describes himself as being hands-on with zenjaku, and says zenjaku should appreciate it. kan has repeatedly stressed a perverse interest in zenjaku and his body up to this point, and would later go on to physically rape him during a moment alone. having this treatment associated with kan being "hands-on" is another glowing example of the metaphor of his hands.

i think tetro is incredibly effective at not only depicting kan's hands themselves as a metaphor for rape and violation, but then also successfully executing an incredibly poignant metaphor for rape in the form of tsutsujio's surgery. kan's hands are rape. by putting them into tsu's body, he violated him and left him with a trauma that tsu describes in an extremely intimate context. anyone affected by kan's hands is violated, because kan's hands represent violation.

im not sure how much more of this we'll get in the future but i just wanted to get my thoughts out - let me know if you see any other interesting examples of this in staffside or let me know if you disagree completely and think im reading way too far into this LMAO. i just wanna hear peoples thoughts

[skyler7667]

tumblr has basically just become a site specifically for me to look at tetro content and i couldn't be more happier about it i love this series

anyway here's a silly ms paint drawing of kan i made a few weeks ago for anyone who cares,,,

[vonbabbitt]

Can we know the kanji spelling for the doctor names?

i was hoping someone would ask me this lmao. ill even throw you a bone and give you tatematsu and erita's first names

Toranosuke Kan (虎之介 寒)

Tatematsu Ainoshin (和範 愛之心)

Murunaga Galahad (室永 雅亞騎)

Ibano Taizen (伊庭野 大然)

Izamaru Anaki (伊在丸 亜菜紀)

Yonekura Haruka (米倉 華香)

Kuneyasu Seki (邦康 関博)

Higashigaki Hisae (東垣 久冴)

Hattori Minase (八鳥 湊梛)

Erita Kurumi (袴田 紅留美)

Suga Syoujirou (清 昭次郎)

Kasuga Anna (春日 愛月)

Kawasaka Mikuma (河坂 美熊)

Daikubara Fuhato (大工原 ふはと)

Tsutsujio Tamemichi (都々地尾 為途)

Yonezawa Kengo (米澤 建護)

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Anunciados los nominados de la 24ª edición del Premio Cultural Tezuka Osamu

Nueva entrada publicada en https://www.animefagos.com/2020/02/28/anunciados-los-nominados-de-la-24a-edicion-del-premio-cultural-tezuka-osamu/

Anunciados los nominados de la 24ª edición del Premio Cultural Tezuka Osamu

El periódico Asahi Shimbun ha anunciado los nueves nominados para la edición número 24 del Premio Cultural Tezuka Osamu. El Premio Cultural Tezuka Osamu es un premio anual que lleva el nombre de un conocido mangaka llamado Tezuka Osamu, quien es considerado el padre del manga. El premio se entrega anualmente desde el año 1997…

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Were there any Ishin Shishi that escaped the Ikedaya Incident from the Shinsengumi?

About 40 Ishin Shishi were in Ikedaya, 8 died in battle, 23 were arrested and the rest escaped (source)

Two of them survived by hiding in a bathtub

Important Ishin Shishi attacked in the Ikedaya Incident

Miyabe Teizo (宮部鼎蔵) (Higo Domain. Seppuku at Ikedaya)

Kitazoe Kichima (北添佶摩) (Tosa Domain. Seppuku at Ikedaya. Famous for falling down the stairs in Shimozawa Kan’s fiction)

Fuchigami Ikutaro (淵上郁太郎) (Kurume Domain. Escaped)

Otaka Matajiro (大高又次郎) (Hayashida Domain. Died in battle at Ikedaya)

Ishikawa Junjiro (石川潤次郎) (Tosa Domain. Died in battle at Ikedaya)

Matsuda Jusuke (松田重助) (Higo Domain. Died in battle at Ikedaya)

Ito Hironaga (伊藤弘長) (Tosa Domain. Died in battle at Ikedaya)

Fukuoka Yujiro (福岡祐次郎) (Iyo Matsuyama Domain. Died in battle at Ikedaya)

Masayuki Ochi (越智正之) (Tosa Domain. Died in battle at Ikedaya)

Hirooka Namihide (広岡浪秀) (Choshu Domain priest. Died in battle at Ikedaya)

Yoshida Toshimaro (吉田稔麿) (Choshu Domain. After escaping, he committed seppuku.)

Mochizuki Kemyata (望月亀弥太) (Tosa Domain. Seppuku after escaping)

Sugiyama Matsusuke (杉山松助) (Choshu Domain. Escaped, but was cut down by an Aizu Domain soldier and later died)

Noroiyama Gokichiro (野老山吾吉郎) (Tosa Domain. Escaped after the battle. He relied on Itakura Keido (板倉槐堂), a Confucian scholar, and later committed seppuku at the Choshu Domain residence.)

Fujisaki Hachiro (藤崎八郎) (Tosa Domain. Seppuku after being wounded at Sanjo Kobashi Bridge, or was sent to the Tosa Domain’s residence in Osaka, where he died.)

Omiya Masa (近江屋まさ) (Omiya proprietress (age 42), killed at Omiya. Also named "Fusa")

Sakai Kinzaburo (酒井金三郎) (Chofu Domain. Killed on the road)

Uchiyama Tarouemon (内山太郎右衛門) (a lower-ranked vassal (mukyutsugumi) from the Choshu Domain. Captured and executed on July 20 (August 21))

Saeki Ryokeio (佐伯稜威雄) (a Shinto priest of the Choshu Domain, captured and executed on June 4, 1865 (July 26, 1865))

Sato Ichiro (佐藤一郎) (Choshu Domain Kyoto Residence official. Captured and executed on July 20 (August 21, 1865))

Yamada Toranosuke (山田虎之助) (a lower-ranked vassal (mukyutsugumi) of the Choshu domain. He escaped at first. Later captured)

Otaka Chubei (大高忠兵衛) (from the Hayashida Domain, younger brother of Otaka Matajiro. Escaped at first. Later captured and died in prison on July 4 (August 5))

Kitamura Zenkichi  (北村善吉) (a follower of Otaka Matajiro. He was wounded by a spear, but escaped to the riverside from behind Ikedaya and hid in a boathouse waiting to be saved.)

Seo Kojuro (瀬尾幸十郎) (captured)

Ando Tetsuma (安藤鉄馬) (captured, but escaped)

Sawai Obinata (沢井帯刀) (captured)

Ohnaka Shozen (大中主膳) (captured)

Mori Kazue (森主計) (Kyoto, captured)

Nishikawa Kozo (西川耕造) (Kyoto. He was captured 10 days later and died in prison on February 11, 1865 (March 8, 1865))

Kimura Jingoro (木村甚五郎) (Kyoto. Mistaken for Kusaka Genzui (久坂玄瑞) and captured)

Imai Saburoemon (今井三郎右衛門) (Toyooka Domain (age 46). Captured and executed)

Murakami Shunpei (村上俊平) (from Ueno Sagoi County. Captured and executed)

Kawada Sakuma (河田佐久馬) (Inshu. Escaped)

Takagi Motoemon (高木元右衛門) (Higo Domain. Escaped and fled to the Choshu domain residence)

Miyabe Haruzo (宮部春蔵) (Higo Domain. Miyabe Teizo's younger brother. Escaped to Choshu domain)

A certain Iwasa (岩佐某) (Tamba. He hid in a bathtub at Ikedaya and survived.)

Ariyoshi Kumajiro (有吉熊次郎) (Choshu domain. Escaped to Choshu domain residence)

Osawa Ippei (大沢逸平) (Choshu domain. Survived by hiding in a bathtub at Ikedaya and escaped to the Choshu domain residence)

Matsuyama Ryozo (松山良造) (Echigo Domain. Cousin of Matsuyama Takakichi (松山高吉), also a former Shinsengumi. Escaped)

Tanaka Chokuro (田中長九郎) (Kyoto. Captured)

Yoshida Goro (吉田五郎) (Echizen Domain. Captured)

Nagumo Heima (南雲平馬) (from Numata Village, Tone County, Ueno. Captured)

Masafumi Kunishige (国重正文) (Choshu Domain. Escaped)

Nishikori Yonosuke (錦織有無之助) (Owari Domain. He escaped from the south side of the second floor and fled to the Mito clan's residence, but was driven out, captured, and executed.)

Civilians arrested in the Ikedaya Incident

Irie Sohei (入江惣兵衛) (Ikedaya owner. Died in prison)

Irie Hikosuke (入江彦助) (younger brother of Sobei)

Omiya Ubei (近江屋宇兵衛) (Owner of Omiya)

Omiya Kin (近江屋きん) (worked at Omiya)

Omiya Toki (近江屋とき) (worked at Omiya)

Izumiya Shigesuke (和泉屋重助) (owner of Izumiya. Executed)

Kojiro (幸次郎) (Izumiya's assistant. Executed)

Tambaya Jirobei (丹波屋次郎兵衛) (Owner of Tambaya. Executed)

Tanbaya Mansuke (丹波屋万助) (Son of Jirobei. Executed)

Matsushita Kisaburo (松下喜三郎) (townsfolk)

Kichibei (吉兵衛) (townsfolk)

Yusuke (勇助) (gatekeeper of the Choshu Domain residence)

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Chapter 2 November 3 Thread E

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Dr. Suga took out his hearing aid and hid out in the second sublevel bathroom. He's in there with Hattori, Yonezawa and Murunaga.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Oh my. I suppose the babyface is more than skin deep. What's he complaining about?

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Upset about not being able to hear, oddly enough. A bit counterintuitive if you ask me.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Well that's just ridiculous. I upped the sensitivity of his hearing aid, did I not? He should be able to hear better than ever.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Yeah, well, you know how the younger hires are. I dunno.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Twenty-four is old enough to know how to behave in the workplace. Hiding out in the toilets to whine is somewhat unprofessional.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Do you want me to do anything about it?

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] No need. I'll let you in on a little secret, Seki. I was actually hoping this would happen.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I greatly enjoy Suga's company and presence on the team, but I've actually got plans for him.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Plans?

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I'm going to have him transferred over to Dr. Tatematsu's department after this trial cycle.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Her birthday is coming up and she's been making a rather grand deal about it. As much as I like Suga, I don't feel like spending money on Miss Tatematsu, so I plan on having Suga moved over to her. She'll accept that much for certain.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] While I'm actually quite a fan of Suga's stoic and formal nature, that's not how Dr. Tatematsu prefers her interns. She enjoys the likes of Dr. Murunaga. Fidgety, so to speak. The awkward quiet ones.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I'm doing what I can to suit him for her tastes before I have him transferred. It's truly quite taxing though. I feel as though I'm wasting quite a bit of time and energy on something that isn't really all that fun.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I'm glad he's acquainting himself with the psychology bunch though, since he'll be staying there after this cycle. I'm just somewhat disappointed I'll be losing him. I'm going to miss looking at him.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Maybe I don't really see the appeal. Not what makes him all that special, at least.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I like how soft his features are. His hair is *also* exceptionally soft. He always smells nice. I'm going to miss him.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] I think being presentable is kind of just an expectation of going to work.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Oh my! Is it possible that you're feeling a bit left out? I assure you that you're still my favourite assistant, Seki. You've no need to get so competitive about it.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] It's not like that. I just don't understand why he's suddenly so special. He doesn't really seem that different from anyone else who works here.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] I carry like three times his workload. I don't see what makes him special.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Seki, if you're upset because I've been spending a lot of time with Dr. Suga this week, you can feel free to say as much.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] I'm not jealous of Suga. If anything, I'm glad he's transferring out. It can't come fast enough.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I'll make sure you get plenty of attention once he does. For now, I simply need you to be a good boy and let me ready him for Tatematsu. It won't be long. Can you do that for me?

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] I'm not going to get in your way. I already left them, I'm back at my office.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] You know I love you, Seki. I do hope I haven't left you upset.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Don't say that.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] What's this? You were so eager for attention just a moment ago, and now I'm not allowed to be kind to you?

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] I love Neneka.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Naturally, but surely that isn't an issue, yes? You can save your love for Neneka, and I'll save my love for you. You're an exceptional assistant deserving of praise, I see no issue. I'm not asking anything of you, no?

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I'll lay it out plainly. I'm incredibly grateful for your contributions as my assistant, Seki. I'm sorry that you've been feeling neglected this week.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Dr. Daikubara is back in the office. His face is looking better but not perfect. Back of his neck is still visible.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Yikes! Do something about it, please!

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I'll leave you to that matter. I hope you take my words to heart though. You are truly, truly exceptional, Seki. Suga is worth incredibly little to me in comparison.

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Chapter 2 November 1 Thread B

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] Dr. Toranosuke said that im ugly and I have to fix it because he doesnt like looking at my face can you do something about my grafts

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] ummmmm i can try but idk im not actually super good at makeup i just do a little bit for work also your grafts are rlly shitty so idk if i can totally cover them up you might just have to become a circus freak or something

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] jk about the circus but not about the makeup uhhh i can try?

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] wtf maybe if he didnt want you to have scars he shouldnt have given you such awful skin grafts on your effing face LOL

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] Yeah no i dont really get it either but he said to cover them so

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] I dont think my arms and face are that bad honestly most of it is on my back and my legs and my ass and stuff but those are normally covered because clothing

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] not to be rude but if my entire ass got skin grafted i think id kill myself fuhato im not gonna lie to you

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] Yeah no I kind of wanted to but Dr Toranosuke said im not allowed so I just came back to work after

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] aww wait no dont kill urself fuhato youre so so cute i didnt mean it :( your ass is probably cute too you look good in dress pants at least? i mean i look at your ass sometimes i think its nice :(

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] Thanks that actually really helps my ego a lot

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] LOL GOOD i can try your makeup though idc. im not afraid of scars like DR. TORANOSUKE?? why would you become a doctor who hates scar tissue what a dipshit lol

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] he was getting on suga for his ear thing like??? why are you a doctor if you hate sick people so much wtf lol

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] im gonna have to go buy makeup for you though cuz uhhhh something tells me my foundation will not help you lololol

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] Please dont spend money on me anna I can buy it myself and just bring it or I can pay you or something

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] naw its fine ill cover this you cover me all the time dw about it you wont even know what to buy

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] Also thank you for being willing to touch me

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] BECAUSE YOURE NOT GROSS omg stop that hes just being a dick seriously youre not gross youre very good looking and cute hes being stupid

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] Thank you, sorry for being all weird he just kind of gets in my head sometimes and I kind of miss not looking weird

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] ok but think of this: youre young and handsome and hes old and grey and disgusting so i think hes probably just jealous actually

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I find that rather impolite.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Since you two seem to be done speaking, allow me to elaborate on my stance.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Dr. Daikubara, to be clear, I find you absolutely repulsive to look at. THAT is why I've asked you to cover your hideous facial scars. There's no other reason. I find you ugly, and I don't want to look at you.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I tried to be polite by going through Dr. Ibano, but clearly you're irritatingly dense and require a more direct approach. I find you genuinely putrid to look at. Either remedy that or make yourself scarce.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Your most compelling trait is that you are exceptionally attractive to carrion-eating insects. I hope that serves as an adequate point of pride for you. Personally, I find it unimpressive, but perhaps for you, it's somewhat of an accomplishment.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Dr. Kasuga, the fact that you have maintained a position on this team for this amount of time is leagues beyond my understanding. You are exceptionally stupid. Type with some degree of syntax in the workplace.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] From my understanding, you contribute nothing, and yet continue to spend your entire shift blithering on about nonsense in your private messages and bothering your coworkers. I find it very, very grating.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] The fact that you respect yourself enough to call yourself a doctor while actively doing nothing at all is something I can't seem to grasp. Perhaps now would be a good time to close this tab and begin doing some work.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Both of you are absolute pestilence embodied. If you understand that, please let me know, so that I can close this thread in a timely manner.

[294553703 / Fuhato Daikubara] Understood, extremely sorry

[762978338 / Anna Kasuga] Understood. Sorry.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Well now, that's much better, isn't it? You can resume working now. Let's keep these threads a bit more professional in the future.

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Chapter 2 October 31 Thread B

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Seki, I'm feeling somewhat sheepish. I think I accidentally gave a man botulism.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Suga? Is it really that big of a deal? I feel like most people could do his job.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Ah, you're right! I feel much better now. I had forgotten that Suga was virtually useless.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] In fairness, anyone who would succumb to an injection that minor and nearly die from it isn't particularly admirable. I'd really rather he exit my team gracefully at this point. I'm somewhat disgusted by his inadequacy.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] That's why I find you so endearing, Seki! You're quite good at processing injections.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Thanks. I honestly think Suga was a wash from the beginning though. His immune system is pretty weak.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] How boorish of him. Oh well. If he doesn't recover by the end of the trial cycle, see to it that he's killed. Thank you Seki!

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Chapter 2 October 28 Thread F

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Pardon the intrusion, Dr. Higashigaki. I don't suppose you're particularly occupied at the moment?

[421755348 / Hisae Higashigaki] I'm a little bit busy, actually. Do you need something important?

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] No need to worry, it's nothing particularly troublesome. I simply wanted to have a brief discussion with you regarding that intern of yours. The foreign fellow.

[421755348 / Hisae Higashigaki] His name is Dr. Figueiredo. Is there an issue?

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Nothing severe. I just wanted to gently remind you he is currently just an INTERN. As such, I think Dr. Yonekura would be particularly cross to know that you've been letting him use your access card and lounge around doing nothing in her absence.

[421755348 / Hisae Higashigaki] If Dr. Yonekura has an issue with that, she can take it up with me. I'm not sure why you're contacting me, since this doesn't really concern you at all.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I just think it would be wise of you to remind him that I don't particularly appreciate being spoken back to. Surely you understand?

[421755348 / Hisae Higashigaki] I'll have a word with him. Thanks.

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Chapter 2 October 28 Thread C

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] You're back early.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Got in an argument with Neneka [his wife]. Wanted to leave before she woke up. She doesn't need all that right now.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Ah. Another issue regarding your schedule?

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] It doesn't matter. I'm such a piece of shit.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Come now, you're providing for your family. There's no shame in that. It's unfair of her to ignore what you provide. You're busy working hard. She should appreciate that.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] Working hard isn't just an out for never being around though. I want to be home more.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] You're doing more than enough. No need to beat yourself up over it. I find you to be an impressively capable doctor. I'm sure she'll come around to see that.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] I hate lying to her. I hate it. I'm such a piece of shit, God. I'm such a piece of shit.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] I love her so much. She doesn't deserve any of this. I'm such a piece of shit.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Now now, that's enough berating yourself. No need to be so pathetic. You're doing what you have to. She'll understand.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] She shouldn't. What the hell is there to understand?

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Sometimes boundaries need to be pushed for the sake of results. She's an intelligent lady, no? She'll understand.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] I find you plenty impressive, for what it's worth. I appreciate the amount of time you spend in the office.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Come by.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] I literally just got in. Dr. Yonekura's going to be on my ass if I log on and then immediately run off.

[154314147 / Kan Toranosuke] Seki. It wasn't a request.

[774152566 / Seki Kuneyasu] On my way. Sorry.

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