#kingdom anime

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

it seriously depresses me that despite all the bad blood and history between them, zheng and chengjiao had hints of what could have developed into a strong, genuinely close bond. zheng trusted him with xianyang when he went to fight at zui, and even though there was no real warmth between them, chengjiao followed through on his implicit promise by keeping the capital out of lü buwei's hands. and although he still resented zheng on a certain level, chengjiao canonically came to respect and want to understand him. he even!!! decided that he would be zheng's mental and emotional shield against the toll that unification might take on him, and that if his brother ever began to falter from the strain, he would be there to finish the job for him. and even though they still weren't close by the time of chengjiao's death, his last words were asking xin to be zheng's shield in his stead and protect him from the brutality of the world, since chengjiao himself could no longer fulfill that role. not to mention he posthumously continues to help zheng by making arrangements for liu yi to take over as the head the chengjiao faction, and keep up the support of his brother even after he (chengjiao) dies. ugh. it's such an underrated relationship imo. in their youth chengjiao incited a rebellion and tried to kill zheng, and almost succeeded! piao was killed because of him! yet zheng trusts chengjiao and doesn't believe the trap framing his brother as the culprit of a second rebellion, and chengjiao, man - chengjiao actually wanted to help zheng in any way he could. plus if you believe in the more supernatural aspects sprinkled here and there in kingdom, chengjiao's spirit is one of the ones explicitly there supporting zheng during his debate of ideals with lü buwei. their association with each other was ostensibly based on utility and political convenience, but it's clear that there was more there. the events of the series kicked off because chengjiao ousted and tried to kill zheng, but in the end, zheng sincerely trusted chengjiao, and chengjiao died wanting to protect him.

[sakura-i12]

The General and The King

[nenenenely]

I was rewatching Dororo and her character has some resemblance to Karyo Ten. I'm been wondering if Hara-sensei made the character of KRT as tribute to Dororo - both have been orphans at a very young age, they disguise as boys for security reasons and behaved as tomboys...🤔🤔🤔

[llmuhamedll]

عظمة مهدور حقها ✌🏻

[ultimate-anime-tournament]

Ultimate Anime Tournament: Round 1, Matchup 27

[digitalzombie]

Kingdom—the anime—is amazing.

I just finished watching Season 5 after binging the series for about two weeks. I'm so happy that I finally watched it after having it in my watchlist for a while.

Nearly every character with a name has a role to play. They’re not overlooked despite how many characters there are. And the female characters are fun and well written. It's also one of the first anime I've seen in a long time that shows the tensions of warfare outside of the battlefield through non-combatant characters, like the tacticians and the kings. It's like watching Game of Thrones without the overly explicit content.

The series is a political drama that's based on the Warring States Period of China. It tells a fictionalized account of the unification of China that was headed by Qin Shi Huang (Zheng Ying or Ei Sei in the anime), who would become the first emperor of China.

If you like historical-fiction, I highly recommend you watch Kingdom!

[kal1uzhaart]

my boy princess

[halohalona]

'M bored. I'm taking requests for the following characters (be it drabbles or headcanons):

Chris Redfield (Resident Evil)

Shin x Ei Sei/ Xin x Ying Zheng (Kingdom)

any Batman character

I wanna write something 😗.

Yuh

[retrogamingblog2]

[vassalor]

Kindgom mania is back so as well my favorite from it: Mou Ten :3

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

random evening thoughts about zheng and his mother

one of zheng's meatiest character connections in the series is with his mom, imo. kingdom really did something special with those two because while bi ki's treatment of her son is inexcusable, it's also (much to my initial surprise) made clear that she's meant to be a character we have sympathy for. zheng is traumatized by her treatment of him and knows that they will never have a good relationship, and he also knows that she will never love him. and while he has every right to resent his mother for everything she's done to him, he understands how much she suffered because of his birth - which she never wanted - and has empathy for her. like it must be a double whammy for zheng, because bi ki loves the children she had with lao ai. she shows that she would be willing to give her life for them if she needed to. this is undeniable proof, right before zheng's eyes, that bi ki IS capable of loving her children - and yet she can't love him, yet she only has hatred for him. but, crucially, zheng understands that his mother had agency in the birth of her children with lao ai, while she had no such agency in giving birth to him. that's why, as hard as it must be to accept that his own mother will never love him, he doesn't begrudge her for it.

and interestingly, bi ki doesn't try to excuse herself either. she makes her hatred of zheng clear and she makes it obvious that she blames him - or rather his birth - for her shitty situation in the state of zhao, but she never acts like she has the moral high ground over him, or that he actively chose to ruin her life and therefore deserves her loathing and abuse. she's never apologetic to zheng and she never regrets that she treated him so horribly, but she doesn't act self-righteous about it either. and i think their ending is nice closure for both of them. there's no way that they can ever make up or truly be parent and child with each other, but they've at least accepted and tied off the loose ends between them.

not to mention, i actually really love how hara wrote bi ki. like in some ways it still falls into very typical "man writing a promiscuous female character" tropes (for example, all the fanservice she's used for), but the narrative still treats her as someone who's ultimately meant to be pitied. it's a far more complex depiction of a female character who is genuinely a terrible, abusive mother to her son, and who turns to sex to distract herself from her trauma, than i thought i would get from a male author. imo, bi ki is not slut-shamed and punished for her promiscuity in the way i would have expected from a seinen manga. unfortunately, though, the fandom is still misogynistic as hell towards her, vastly more so than the actual story is.

regardless, i absolutely adore how, in the end, even though she initiated a coup and tried to kill him, zheng still treats his mother with compassion and respect. and this isn't some sanctimonious "i will be better to you than you were to me because i'm a better person than you" schtick. zheng does not think that, because he knows that his mother suffered in a unique way that he, for all his own (also unique) suffering, did not. and he truly understands that his birth, which bi ki didn't even want, was ultimately what sentenced her to a life of misery and ostracization and years of trauma and hardship. his desire to ease his mother's pain, even though he knows she hates him, is genuine. at the same time it's not a shallow, hamfisted "you should forgive your abusive parents bc they're human too!1!!1" message, either. i do think that the story indicates that zheng sincerely forgives his mother, but the focus is not and has never been on him giving her "forgiveness" for her abuse of him. and nor is this forgiveness lauded by the narrative as some grand indication of his kindness and generosity and how much of a Good Person he is - because it would have been just as valid and understandable of him to not forgive her. he would have still been a good person if he didn't forgive her. zheng's forgiveness itself is neutral in the story; a choice that he made and had the right to make, but if he had chosen differently, he rightfully wouldn't have been condemned for it, either. rather, instead of forgiveness, the narrative focus is on the two of them finding closure from each other and the part that they played in each other's lives, and acknowledging that yes, bi ki is an abusive mother, but that doesn't negate the fact that she's suffered. and while they will never be close, zheng knows what his mother has been through, and he actively chooses, at every turn, to have compassion for her.

all that to say, their final scene together, when zheng asks her to take care of herself, to not let herself waste away - wow. i have feelings. let me go stew in my feelings.

[floppywings-blog]

one glance

I'm only 50 or so chapters into kingdom, yet I can tell I'll really enjoy it because of this one non-verbal interaction

Oh. My. GOSH

Where do I even start. Firstly, we don't really get into Ei Sei's head. He's an incredibly stoic character, the cool calm tempering Shin's fire. He often listens to Shin's rants with annoyance or frustration, and you might think that he doesn't think that highly of Shin at all. But this moment completely overturns that. It demonstrates that when Ei Sei isn't speaking, he's observing and learning. In his silence, there's an internal monologue reflecting on what others say and adapting his worldview accordingly.

Both Shin and Ei Sei depend on each other and acknowledge that fact. Ei Sei glances at Shin after his statement to let Shin know that he understands what he said and respects him for it. Likewise, Shin knows that he has to serve Ei Sei for a while before becoming the greatest general in the heavens. Both of them understand their friendship is also a vehicle to achieving their individual goals and don't resent that fact.

[snail-studios]

ponyo au part 3 🐟

[trashieart]

The Ancient Kiss ✨

[digitalzombie]

From One Piece (1999—) to Viral Hit (2024), these are the 14 anime that I've been watching this month:

One Piece (1999—)

Kingdom (2012—)

My Hero Academia (2016—)

Hinamatsuri (2018)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019—)

The Faraway Paladin (2021—)

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021—)

Dark Gathering (2023)

Migi&Dali (2023)

The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent (2021-2023)

Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage (2023)

Re:Monster (2024)

Kaiju No. 8 (2024—)

Viral Hit (2024—)

[smol-smol-baby]

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