#kiso no yoshinaka

[kchasm]

Ryu Number: Aristides

Aristides—often called "Aristides the Just"—was an early 5th century politician and general of the city-state of Athens. He first rose to notability leading troops to ward off the Achaemenid Empire at the 490 BCE Battle of Marathon (the Achaemenids being the "Persian" part of "Greco-Persian Wars").

Politically, he opposed another Athenian politican and general, Themistocles, a rivalry which eventually resulted in Aristides' ostracism from Athens—"ostracism" being a democratic procedure where Athenian citizens could vote for someone to be exiled from Athens for ten years.

Plutarch, the 1st century Greek philosopher and historian, tells an anecdote that took place during this event. As voters were inscribing their ostraca (the broken pieces of pottery on which voters wrote the names of those they would ostracize—in the singular, "ostracon"), Aristides was approached by one illiterate citizen who, not recognizing Aristides, asked him to write Aristides' name on it for him. Aristides asked the man what wrong it was that Aristides had done him.

"None at all," came the response, "neither know I the man; but I am tired of hearing him everywhere called 'The Just.'"

Aristides said nothing else, but wrote his name on the ostracon and returned it.

Aristides has a Ryu Number of at most 2.

Aristides gets on The Chart thanks to the new "Chronicles: Battle for Greece" DLC for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Other additions include his rival Themistocles, the Achaemenid-allied queen Artemisia I of Caria, and Lysander, who destroyed Kalos the Athenian Empire.

Incidentally, the Ostracon Incident (which I'm pretty sure is the title of a Robert Ludlum novel) shows up in the game, though the narration doesn't call attention to it.

Yeah, that means the illiterate man who needed help with his ostracon also has a Ryu Number of at most 2. Consider that a little bonus Ryu Number for y'all.

[glitchkilldelphinixdj]

A couple pages of practice drawings of Damian Priest, plus Kagekiyo and Yoshinaka.

[kikaruuni]

Fate Samurai Remnant Digital Artbook

part 4

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FATE/SAMURAI REMNANT REFERENCE SHEETS: ROGUE SABER

[call-me-noa]

[avicebro]

also.... a shitpost for the @nasuversekinkmeme prompt:

tomoe gozen gets top surgery

[ original prompt ]

[getmoneyghoul]

collection of bad doodles that made me realize i dont actually want to draw anyone in this game. its too difficult. only iori and saber for the rest of my days. goodbye

[canis-majoris]

[empty-dream]

Fate/Samurai Remnant: *is announced* Me: Ok. Fate/Samurai Remnant: *has melancholic maybe-not-really Jalter, Ruler Gilgamesh, and possibly Yoshinaka* Me: HELL YEAAAAHHHH

Jeanne Alter (???)

Tbh I didnt care much about her in FSR at first cuz isn't she only capable of existing in FGO-verse and getting out of it is blatant cash cow exploitation breaking the rule which I'm not interested in the detail.

Until I realized that this Jalter looks exclusively somber while FGO Jalter always has this smug look. And then there is the theory that either this is just Jeanne but corrupted (which breaks the "Jeanne's so holy any attempt to corrupt her will fail" rule so instead it'll create a new version of Jalter instead of FGO Jalter) or this is a different person altogether.

Anw, long live that somber look.

Boss

*Gilgamesh is the shopkeeper in FSR* WHAT

*He is also a Ruler* WHAAATTTTT

Well he considers everything to be his anyway so yeaah he basically never cares about the Grail or who should win it, which technically does qualify him as the ever impartial Ruler.... (I guess the Catholic saint requirement for that class is completely obsolete by now.)

Though ngl I did imagine Ruler Gil at least once after the Caster incarnation was introduced.

Rogue Saber

HOLY SHIT YOSHINAKA-SAMA IS THAT YOU???????

[thessidy]

The former Defense cut across the valley, crumbling, crumbled, its shadow greater than its height.

“Tell me,” Lord Kiso said, “which of these stones is most important?”

“The largest,” the girl answered too quickly, “around whom others build.”

But the great leader shook his head. So, “the keystone,” the girl pointed to a stone, the size of her calloused fist, “without whom those above would fall apart.”

The great leader said, “No. It is these,” he swept his hand along the top, scattering easily the countless pebbles bouncing, cracking against the gravel ground below, returning to their brethren. “These hold us down under their weight, these fill in each crack and cranny, these serve as mortar when expertly placed, yet unlike foolish Eutopian marble, they jostle and flex and hold under the mightiest earthquake. These, Kai, are who we must prioritize, without whom you and I and all true heroes would be boulders toppling down the crags.”

[cestacruz]

Sweet jesus this is absolutely gorgeous

I am . Dying. This is so good..!

Thank you so much for this, this was everything and more than i hoped for

Everyone please read this gorgeous piece or i Will show up. Eventually.

And thank you So Much again! I am incredibly grateful😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Falls to my knees , hiii so like... the requests.... would you be so kind as to consider Ushiwakamaru|Yoshitsune (and her wife Shizuka Gozen....) (she gets 1 dialogue in Heian-Kyo (Incredibly romantic line about wishing to follow Yoshitsune until the very end) and mentioned in Little Big Tengu)

Scenario... Ushi getting reminded of Shizuka and realizing how much she misses her...im basic i am starved

The idea of Ushi joining the "i miss my spouse" club and Tomoe being there is hilarious honestly. I am rambling

I am very sorry if this ask was too late </3

The monkey's paw curls.

Sure i can write that for you!

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It’s a quiet, clear night, the full moon shining brightly down on the trees, the courtyard, the roof of the mountaintop compound.

Sitting on that rooftop, one knee tucked up and the other dangling casually from the edge, foot swaying back and forth, a figure clad in a Japanese armor sits alone, drinking and looking out at the light of the city far below, long unbound hair fluttering slightly in a gentle breeze.

Behind them, a scattering of gold motes of light blows into shape and coalesce, as a woman dressed in similar armor stands behind them, posture straight and proper, sharing the same view.

“Ah, Lady Archer.” Her voice, normally energetic or cheerful, is subdued yet friendly. She turns, casual and unmannered, to smile thinly through the weight of emotion at her guest. “Please, come,” she says, offering the bottle and a small cup to her visitor. “Share a drink with me, and some familiar company in this foreign land.”

Archer ignores her offer, continuing to stare out into the city.

“…Lord Saber. I would kill you here, now, if our Masters were not allied.”

“Mm.” She nods, acknowledging the statement as true, if not important. “Such is the nature of the war we fight.”

Archer’s eyes narrow.

“…I will state the truth plainly, then. I would kill you if there were no war. Knowing you live, I would seek your death. Only duty now stays me from seeking vengeance for my Lord.”

Saber takes in a deep breath and lets it out in a sigh, staring out over the city.

“…Fair enough. I can’t apologize for anything I’ve done to serve my own Lord. But, if my Master permits, once our alliance is over, I will give you a proper fight to the death.”

The wind blows through the trees, rushing, cool. The tips of Saber’s hair blow in the breeze. She takes a sip, and studies the bottle of alcohol with casual interest.

Archer’s fists clench, the sound of friction audible like a creak of leather, before she lets her fair, callused hands relax.

“I am surprised to hear you’d take consideration for anyone other than the master you serve.”

Saber’s head bobs in positive appraisal. She continues to stare out into the night.

“My Master told me to convey to yours that he is to meet her in the shed tomorrow in the morning to discuss plans regarding Caster and Rider.”

Saber nods again. She stares into space for a moment, as she convey the message through the link.

Then, she takes another sip of alcohol, looking up at the moon.

Archer waits a few minutes longer.

Her eye twitches.

Just as she prepares to leave, Saber speaks again.

“It was a night like this, when I last saw my love.”

Archer regards her carefully.

Saber smiles, wistful, fond. “She liked to go for walks at night, and I would go with her, and stand close to keep her warm. Even on hot summer nights.”

For a moment longer, she looks out over the edge, features softened into a sad smile.

Then her face falls.

“But the last night I saw her… we didn’t have time for such happiness, such peace.”

She looks down, now, into the courtyard, at the earth.

“My retainers managed to convince me to run, when my brother decided to put me down. I gave it my best, really. But I knew he would catch up to me. And… I think she knew, as well.”

Archer stares at her, uncompromisingly.

“She wanted to stay with me, even so. I never… really understood people, or love. I don’t know what I did to deserve such loyalty. Or maybe that’s just how she was. But I appreciated it. I needed it. To know there was someone with me who would never move, never leave, even as I am… how I am. Who really cared.”

“If you really appreciated it,” Archer says, voice heavy, tinged with venom, “then why. Why did you send her away, before the end?”

Saber turns and looks at her. She smiles, faintly.

“Because I wanted her to live.”

Archer snaps.

“Selfish! You say you appreciated her loyalty, yet you would trample it for your own selfishness!”

“…Mm. It was selfish.”

Archer stalks toward Saber, where she sits balanced at the edge of the roof, “If her love, her loyalty truly meant so much to you, then why deny her the chance die alongside her Lord!” she demands, breathing hard, long-restrained anguish bleeding through into her fury.

Saber makes no move to respond, to back away or take a defensible position. She curls, hugging the knee tucked up against her chest, eyes cast down.

“Because… I always knew she would die for me, but I… I would always serve my liege, first. In the end, though, when my brother decided I should die… I thought, for once, I would like to return that devotion. To thank her, for always… for always supporting me. If I was to die… then I could still give her a life, to live on. I could do that for her, at the end.”

“I was never good at expressing my feelings. I knew enough, to know it would hurt her. But still… I wanted to do that for her.”

She takes a sip of alcohol, and smiles ruefully.

“I failed in the end, though. My brother captured her anyway. I was dead, by the time it happened, but…”

Archer stares at her, still breathing hard, glaring, body tense. But the earlier fire is gone from her eyes, and they instead search through old emotions.

“… We do not decide how fate will turn. It is the choices we make that speak for us.”

A moment later, she turns away.

She pauses.

“…Saber. The Master you serve…”

“Hmm?” Her face brightens visibly.

“…” Archer looks up, over the compound, fists balled at her sides. “…That person is not worthy of your devotion.”

She dissolves again into swirling gold motes of light, and they blow away in the gentle night breeze.

“… I wouldn’t know,” Saber says, to the empty rooftop. “I'm not the best judge of people. All I want… is the chance to faithfully serve, until the end.”

—

Cautiously, Tomoe Gozen enters the ruined compound, the remaining fires burning low. The building where she spoke with Saber on that night in the first days of the War is rubble, pulverized by the shock of Rider’s Noble Phantasm, and then cleaved in half.

Master— she begins, reporting out of habit.

Foolishness. Her gentle, composed Master is gone. She feels the loop of prayer beads at her side where they hang under her robes.

Rest easy. For my Master’s sake… I will see your wish granted. I will save them.

She is cursed, cursed to always be the survivor.

She’s too late to witness the conflict, but the state of the war has shifted dramatically. She picks her way through the buildings to see what she can still learn.

The night is darker, now, the moon waning. The courtyard is in ruins, stones broken and split, the lonely pear tree torn up from its roots. Great slashes are carved into the walls of the sturdy storage building that makes up its other side, and the wall has fallen over.

As she proceeds toward the center of the compound, she finds the headless body of Rider’s Master, lying flat on its back.

One of Caster’s siege defense machines has fallen from the rooftops, burnt almost completely, its bolt still loaded lying on the floor.

She tightens her grip on her self control as her oni blood flares, threatening to overtake her reason. She looks up to survey the surroundings

The other giant crossbows that line the remaining buildings are mostly intact. The one farthest back is split in half, jagged wooden remains stained by a heavy spray of blood.

But they are pointed into the heart of the compound, not at its surroundings.

A trail of blood leads her way deeper into the compound

A pit of dread fills her stomach. She worries at the prayer beads that keep her temporarily sustained with mana, her Master’s parting gift to her.

She materializes her sword with a lick of flames, and raises it in preparation before turning the highly defensible corner.

She finds the remains of the body Assassin was puppeting, leaking black ichor.

A few paces away, one of the giant crossbow bolts has buried itself into the earth. It’s stained red with blood.

The trail of blood thickens beyond it. There are bloody handprints, smears against the walls.

Tomoe Gozen narrows her eyes, and steels herself, and proceeds through the bounded field into the heart of the compound.

It’s burning. Ichor and bloodstains everywhere.

At the far side of the space, the largest crossbow is spattered with blood. Beneath it, the severed sleeve of Caster’s robe lies trampled on the ground. And beside that, a mangled figure.

Maintaining her alert, she makes her way quickly across the space.

Saber—Yoshitsune lies slumped against the building’s wall, still clutching her sword in her hands. Her skin is blistered, her long hair burnt away. Cuts and pierces litter her ruined armor. And a crossbow bolt the size of a wooden beam pins her against the building behind her.

So it’s true. Saber’s Master has taken Rider as his Servant.

The loyal general Minamoto no Yoshitsune has once again been betrayed and cut down by the lord she serves.

Tomoe Gozen feels no joy at the sight of her husband’s killer.

The lively, energetic Saber is almost inert, staring blankly up at the sky with dulled eyes. But as she approaches, she looks up at her in awe. Her sword falls from her fingers. Her bare, dry voice whispers.

“…Shizuka?” Tomoe’s heart drops.

She kneels by her foe, and takes her remaining hand in her own. Sightless, dull eyes cast toward her, feebly.

“… ah. My Shizuka. You’re safe. I’m glad… I’m glad.” She sighs, shuddering. “If you live… then all was not lost. I—“ she heaves a breath, and smiles. “can meet my death, without regret.”

Tomoe takes a ragged breath. Suddenly, her vision is full of tears.

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“Lord Yoshinaka, I beg of you—“

“I have given you my command!” Her husband shouts, voice trembling with fervor. “Leave this battlefield! I will meet my death with Kanehira at my side!”

He looks at her, then, and feeling flashes over his face. Love. Sorrow. Pain. “I will not—“ his voice chokes, rough, raw. “—be shamed by dying together with a woman.”

She takes in a deep breath, trembling, spine straight, mastering her feelings. Then she bows stiffly.

“—As my Lord orders it.”

Before she turns away for the last time, filled to overflowing with mastered emotion, tears leaking from the corner of her eyes—

She sees something like peace come over her husband’s face.

—

She trembles, kneeling before Saber.

Her mortal foe takes in a slow, desperate breath.

“Ah, but Shizuka. Your Ushiwaka… has so rarely received an injury. It really… hurts, after all.” she laughs weakly, and then coughs, and trails off.

Tomoe draws in a deep breath, steadying herself.

“Lord Yoshitsune,” she says. “Allow me to ease your pain.”

“…thank you,” that haggard voice says, relieved. “Thank you.”

Saber slumps forward, presenting her bare neck.

Tomoe stands, and draws her sword.

“…forgive me!”

With one swing, she separates Yoshitsune’s head cleanly from her shoulders.

A moment later, in a shower of gold mana, the body of her great enemy, of her husband’s killer, dissolves and fades away into the smoke-filled night air.

Tomoe stands alone. She cleans, and sheathes her sword.

“Lord Yoshinaka,” she whispers. “Your wife has avenged you. And if it gave you peace, then I will proudly carry forever the shame and sorrow of surviving you.”

With one final lingering glance at the place where a crossbow bolt lies embedded in the wall, she leaves the place of death behind.

Her Master, still, remains to be avenged.

There are yet more ghosts for Tomoe Gozen to carry.

[itsmarjudgelove]

Tomoe Gozen, Wife of Kiso Yoshinaka, Defeating Uchida Saburō

[glitchkilldelphinixdj]

Genpei Toumaden Most Likely To... Part 1

Most likely to draw and/or write dumb shit in public bathroom walls: Yoshitsune, he would literally make random messages and stuff.

Most likely to appear late at things: Yoshinaka (He's slow to wake up)

Most likely to accidentally break something: Kagekiyo (if he gets scared, shocked, or suprised as a distraction into breaking something) or Yoshinaka (mostly in rage or high tension on an object from grabbing it), they have competition, lol.

Most likely to start a fight: Yoritomo, obviously, once he sees Kagekiyo, LOCKED ON TARGET.

Most likely to get arrested: Yoshitsune, despite being small and quick, lil man-bro can't hide too well from all the cackling he does.

Most likely to get married: Kagekiyo, literally a total sucker for chicks.

Most likely to have memorabilia of his or her crush, even through the crush doesn't love him or her: Yoshinaka, to literally my S/I OC, Niko.

Most likely to make sweets for another to enjoy: Andabaa (She gives Kagekiyo a bit of grandparent love to him.)

Most likely to whack a roach with a musical instrument: Benkei, due to his strength, but usually with a guitar or an electrical keyboard.

Most likely to lose his or her temper quickly: I'm between Yoritomo and Kagekiyo, depends on who loses it first.

Most likely to bump into things: Yoshinaka or Benkei

Most likely to get stuck in things: Literally Yoshinaka, takes some time to get through certain areas.

Most likely to fall off a mechanical bull first: Yoshitsune, due to his small stature.

Most likely to marry his or her bed: Yoshinaka mostly, aka the snooziest man-bitch of the planet.

Most likely to whack somebody or something for the hell of it: Benkei, occasionally to let off steam.

Most likely to have a bro-like relationship: Yoshitsune with Benkei.

Most likely to do dumb stuff on monkey bars: Kagekiyo, generally.

[noticiasarquelogicasjaponesas]

Sean bienvenidos, japonistasarqueológicos a una nueva entrega en esta ocasión hablaremos de Tomoe Gozen una vez dicho esto pónganse cómodos que empezamos. - Tomoe Gozen en hiragana (ともえごぜん) pertenece a Onna-bugeisha (女武芸者) mujeres luchadoras en japonés se conoce más como Ba Yuqian, al hablar de samurais se nos viene imágenes de hombres, las mujeres también tuvieron un gran papel y Tomoe Gozen fue una mujer que participó en el conflicto Genpei 1180-1192, su existencia está un tanto discutida. - Kiso Yoshinaka es muy hábil en las artes marciales y es bueno en el uso de arcos y flechas, os pondré una foto de la Estatua de Kiso Yoshinaka y Bagomae en la prefectura de Nagano. Fue una gran estratega, ya que cuenta la leyenda que en la Batalla del paso de Kuligara uso toros de fuego. - El Cantar de Heike: Son los poemas clásicos más importantes de la historia y la literatura japonesa, en el cual hablan de un sinfín de personajes y leyendas de la época. Fue escrito a principios del siglo XIII. - Espero que os haya gustado, os deseo una feliz semana y nos vemos en próximas publicaciones. 考古学ジャポニストの皆さん、新しい連載へようこそ。今回は巴御前についてお話します。そうは言っても、気を楽にしてから始めましょう。 - ひらがなで「ともえごぜん」は女武芸者に属し、日本語では巴玉銭として知られる女性戦士です。武士といえば男性のイメージが思い浮かびますが、女性も大きな役割を果たしました。 1180年から1192年にかけて源平合戦に参加した女性ですが、その存在については若干の議論があります。 - 木曽義仲は武芸に優れ、弓矢の扱いにも長けており、長野県にある木曽義仲像と馬籠前の写真を載せておきます。 クリガラ峠の戦いでは火の雄牛を使用したという伝説があるため、彼女は優れた戦略家でした。 - 平家の歌: 平家の歌は、日本の歴史と文学において最も重要な古典詩であり、その中で当時の無数の登場人物や伝説について語られています。 13世紀初頭に書かれました。 - 気に入っていただけたなら幸いです。楽しい一週間をお過ごしください。また今後の出版物でお会いしましょう。 Welcome, Archaeological Japonists to a new installment, this time we will talk about Tomoe Gozen, having said that, make yourself comfortable and let's start. - Tomoe Gozen in hiragana (ともえごぜん) belongs to Onna-bugeisha (女武芸者) female fighters in Japanese is better known as Ba Yuqian, when talking about samurai images of men come to mind, women also had a great role and Tomoe Gozen was a woman who participated in the Genpei conflict 1180-1192, her existence is somewhat disputed. - Kiso Yoshinaka is very skilled in martial arts and is good at using bows and arrows, I will put you a photo of Kiso Yoshinaka Statue and Bagomae in Nagano Prefecture. She was a great strategist, since she tells the legend that in the Battle of Kuligara Pass she used bulls of fire. - The Song of Heike: They are the most important classical poems in Japanese history and literature, in which they speak of an endless number of characters and legends of the time. It was written at the beginning of the 13th century. - I hope you liked it, I wish you a happy week and see you in future publications.

[intrepid-fictioneer-7]

I've come to the conclusion that, in my humble opinion, Higashide is the writer in TYPE-MOON who makes the best ships involving Heroic Spirits.

Which might sound really weird. After all, the central couple in Fate/Apocrypha is Sieg/Jeanne d'Arc, and it's a pretty divisive one. No offense to those who like it, but it's always a dynamic I thought made no real sense narratively and didn't have much chemistry. Sieg on his journey of self-affirmation and personhood didn't need a romance (except maybe with Astolfo, with whom the dynamic is much more fun). Jeanne, the historical figure who rejected a marriage proposal, wore male clothing, and whose famous nickname refers to her celibacy, getting into a romance just never vibed with me (especially when it felt like the parallels/relationship between her and Shirou Kotomine were far more relevant). Add to that the ending copying Last Episode without what made LE have a strong impact, and it makes the whole even less appealing.

But despite that, Apo is also the work where there is the surprising ship of Shirou Amakusa and Queen Semiramis of all people: the semi-legendary Assyrian queen credited with making one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world falling in love with the young charismatic Japanese Christian who rebelled against the shogunate and failed. It's a very strange crossover ship between two people who never could have met if not for being brought back and it somehow works in being endearing.

(Achilles and Atalanta kinda count I guess, but it's a one-sided ship with little reasoning, that I care so little about, and is eclipsed by the more compelling foils each get, Chiron for Achilles, Jeanne for a Jackie the Ripper-driven mad Atalante.)

Higaside having grown and improved as a writer by the time of FGO, what followed this growth was him not doing a repeat of Sieg/Jeanne, but writing better ships mostly involving Servants. Asterios the Minotaur and Euryale the Gorgon; last Byzantine emperor Constantine IX and fictional Popess Johanna; heck, you can even see the relationship between Mordred and Dr. Jekyll this way (it also works as simple close friendship). Being characters from usually completely different mythologies and historical cultures, there is care done to make it clear why they fall for each other and as a result these couples are very different from one another instead of being the same formula everytime. In a game where a lot of (female) Servants are made to fall for the last Master of Chaldea for sometimes very little reason, these are a breath of fresh air.

For all my problems with her, Sakurai does something similar, though her ships are usually people who canonically were together in their legends: Sigurd/Brynhild, Aslaug/Ragnar Lodbrok, Julius Caesar/Cleopatra, Ozymandias/Nefertari, Tomoe Gozen/Kiso Yoshinaka, etc. They can be one note and there is a repeated thematic tendency of hers of writing "inhuman woman discovering humanity by falling in love", but they tend to be very cute and I easily understand that these people are in love even beyond death, so I root for them to reunite. Higashide also has "canonical" pairings, but the results are more muddled here: Siegfried and Kriemhild are adorable as a divorced couple where there are clearly still feelings, no matter what the tsundere wife says. But Rama and Sita are just...there. I understand the point of their separation, but it's not very engaging and Rama essentially disappeared after the American Singularity, while Sita was yeeted to Arcade. A mark against Higashide, but not as bad as Sieg/Jeanne and overshadowed by the numbers of better ships he wrote in FGO.

And there's Orion and Artemis, where I'm split. Super Orion and LB Artemis was really good and poignant. Orion the teddy bear and ditzy Artemis are a realy bad joke that overstayed its welcome.

FGO prioritizes Master/Servant relationships, both because the last Master of Chaldea is a blank slate for players to self insert into, and also because human×Servant is the type of ship Nasu specializes in (Shirou/Saber, Rin/Saber, Kuzuki/Caster, Caren/Angra Mainyu, and to a lesser extent Bazett/Cu, Yukika/False Assassin, and Ayako/Medusa in FSN; Fate/Extra as a whole; Ritsuka/Castoria in FGO). But even there Higashide made better choices than when he penned Sieg/Jeanne. Charlotte Corday is a surprisingly well-done choice for her archetype, it seems like it's going to be another Kiyohime but no, he actually makes her a good character you get attached to.

And then there is Kadoc and Anastasia. Words cannot describe how much I love them, how their personalities clash and complement each other in the best way, how aesthetically good they look put next to each other, etc. And it's not even just that we got a MasterxServant relationship outside Ritsuka, though that helped.

Basically, Higashide has become my go-to source for good ships, especially intra-Servants ones where Ritsuka is not involved and characters are allowed to not orbit around their Master. Sakurai also provides in that last aspect, but Higashide is doing that and also giving that crossover flavor you see in things like that one Cartoon Network ad with Johnny Bravo and Velma, and that works really well for me.

[call-me-noa]

Autographed art of Tamario Aria and probably-Yoshinaka by their original designers, Wada and Shirabii. Will be given away for a FSR contest being held in Japan.