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Summer 2023 Anime Watchlist

Horimiya: Piece - July 1

Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi - July 2

Ayaka - July 2

Wasure Hoshi no Volicia - July 3

Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta - July 4

Mononogatari 2nd Season - July 4

Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha - July 4

Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon - July 5

Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season - July 6

Undead Girl Murder Farce - July 6

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) - July 7

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Part 2 - July 7

Kanojo, Okarishimasu 3rd Season - July 8

AI no Idenshi - July 8

Liar Liar - July 8

Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto - July 9

Dark Gathering - July 10

Bungou Stray Dogs 5th Season- July 12

Tonikaku Kawaii: Joshikou-hen - July 12

Shuumatsu no Walküre II Part 2 - July 12

Hataraku Maou-sama!! 2nd Season - July 13

Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi - July 13

Shiguang Dailiren II - July 14

Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid 2nd Season - July

Spy Kyoushitsu 2nd Season - July

Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Koujou - September 15

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Beautiful game case spotted

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Living With "My Kid" Kageyama for 1 Month (Kageyama uchi no ko for 1-month)

Artist: Adashino Ufu

Release Date: May 20th, 2023

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👑Pile 1: The high Priestess, Queen of Pentacles, Seven of Wands.

Hi pile 1! You have a poweful presence, people think you have a really attractive physical apperance but you are more than that, i keep hearing "beauty and brains". You have a dominant energy, you are determinated; i also see that there's an elagance to you pile 1; even if you do not come from money, you sure look like it.

People may get surprised by you, they can see your beauty right away but your cleverness and presence is something that cought people off guard. This is my dark feminine pile, i wouldn't be surprise is you work with your dark femeninity; this is something that people find really attractive. I hear that you may have some admirers pile 1, some of them may be scared to approach you or think they are not meeting your standars so they admire for afar.

You definetly live in a lot of people minds rent free my dear pile 1, you are the femme fatales.

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👑Pile 2: The Empress, Page of wands, Knight of swords.

Hi pile 2! Your energy is really atractive pile 2, i sense a lot of enthusiastic and positive energy from you.

You brights people days with your personality and aura; i see that many people see you as someone "dreamy", theres such a fairy-like vibe coming from you. People tend to get attached to you easily, they want to be your friend and get to know you; i keep hearing "dreamy" so there's probably people that have Dreams about you, i also see flowers and nature, you are giving me Aurora from Sleeping Beauty vibe.

There's something really delicate about you, i see that you are someone who is always really well polish and dress; you may be into fashion or there's something about the way you dress and express yourself that other's find irresistible; you are the real life fairy princess pile 2.

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👑Pile 3: The Magician, The Star, Two of Wands.

Hi pile 3! You are the creatives, the artists, i see that in whatever endevor you work, you excel and also the way you express your creative ideas, wow pile 3 and this is something that other's find so attractive about you.

Many people look up to you even if you don't notice, they see the passion that you put in whatever you create. I see something so unique about you, maybe you have an unique fashion style and hairstyle, other's really love this about you, it suits you so well.

Other's see how unique you are, i heard "one in a lifetime"; people feel that you are the kind of person that they can only meet once in their life, they find you fascinating and enchanting. Others also wonder about you, how is like to be your friend, to be in your close circle or even be your partner; there's a misterious vibe to you that also attracts a lot people. You are like a Siren pile 3!

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💐Thanks for reading and please tell me if it resonated. Have a great day! 💐

[geritsel]

Ito Takashi - Spring at Oirase, color woodblock print From the series Kokuritsu Koen Towada-ko no Uchi, Oirase no Haru, (Spring at Oirase from Towada Lake National Park). 1920's.

[chateaaa]

The music tastes of the bllk boys.

Isagi Yoichi - Laufey, Clairo, Beabadoobee, Taylor Swift

Sae Itoshi - Fuiji Kaize, Artic Monkeys

Rin Itoshi - The Weeknd, Lana del ray, SZA

Reo Mikage - SABRINA CARPENTER.

Nagi Seishiro - wave to earth <3

Chigiri Hyoma - TV Girl, Mitski, Ricky Montgomery

Hiori Yo - Twice!! Aespa, New jeans, ITZY

Kurona Ranze - The neighbourhood, Kali Uchis, The 1975

filler chapter 😓 sorry guys im soo busy with school

hihi para 'to sa friend ko na alam na ako may hawak sa acc na to HAHAHA HAPI BIDET!!!

[his-heart-hymns]

Kuch mahino pehle maine ek english author ka likha huwa ek paragraph padha tha jo mujhe ab nahi mil raha, uska mafhum kuch is tarah hai:

Woh aadmi jise hum 'psychotically depressed' kehte hai,jo apne aap ko maarne per tula hai uska wohi haal hai jo uss aadmi ka hai jo ek uchi building ke jalte huwe makan ki khidki mai khada hai.Woh bhi har aam aadmi ki tarah khidki se koodh kar marne se darta hai magar aag mai dheere-dheere jhulas-jhulas kar marne se behtar khidki se koodhkar marna hai.Neeche khade log use kitna bhi sabr karne ke liye kahe lekin woh yeh nahi samajh sakte ke woh aag usse kitna tadpa rahi hai.

Kisi shayer ne kya khoob likha hai:

Mai khudkushi ke jurm ka karta hu eitraaf

Apne badan ki kabr mai kabse gada hu mai.

[mazeofyeni]

╰ 💋︰ ( RELATIONSHIP WITH RIIZE ) ─── ❛ she sets me free † 이건 emergency love ?! ~ 🍇

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 쇼타로 ¡ shotaro ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : impossible- riize ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : shota🦦

her : koko🦄

♡⃝ about shoko ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

met in 2020, he was close to one of the trainees that she was also close with , they really bonded over the fact that they both were japanese

they met during a dinner, and hit it off then, but they never really talked to each other unless it was a hi or bye , until they met up again for riize.

loves to try and go skateboarding with her knowing he’ll never be able to keep up.

her biggest hype-man!! and the biggest gossipers in the group , don't let them get to talking in Japanese ...

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 은석 ¡ eunseok ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : fools - troye sivan ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : eunseok🩵

her : keiko🤍

♡⃝ about keiseok ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

eunseok can sometimes look like he doesn’t care but if you look really close you’ll see him caring for her closely.

if you ever see him holding a purse or something in his hand , it’s hers, he’s her designated holder since the girl will never invest in a book bag.

he looks like he’s annoyed but he secretly loves when she asks him for things.

silent acts of service is definitely is his love language.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 성찬 ¡ sungchan ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : melting - kali uchis ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : sungcho🦌

her :keyko🔑

♡⃝ about keichan ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

pretends to be each other biggest enemy, but they’ve already been exposed by shotaro that it’s an act.

sungchan and maddie met in 2020 along with shotaro , they ran into each in the cafe , at time he was freshly debuted in nct so they didn’t have a long introduction.

but the next time they talked was in december of 2021, and he asked for her number, simply just wanting to be friends.

and they’ve been friends ever since, he’s like her annoying older brother.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 원빈 ¡ wonbin ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : nobody gets me - sza ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : bin💙

her : kei🤍

♡⃝ about wonko ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

oh these two are flirty, keiko's personality is naturally flirty, but he’s just as or even more flirty.

winking and smiling at each other when no one is looking, it’s so crazy cause everyone can see them.

he’s even a little protective, many fans have claimed to see wonbin standing close to her, and it looked like he was holding her by the back.

lingering touches like it’s cute but it be leaving people confused and wondering.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 소희 ¡ seunghan ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : 10,000 hours - justin bieber ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : hannie 🫂

her : ko✨

♡⃝ about keihan ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

low key flirty too, like not like her and wonbin or even her in sohee, but like you always sense something with these two.

will call her pretty whenever he can, he will throw it in any situation.

the members definitely know something fans don’t, because even they be low key peeping it too, but they just ignore it.

fans definitely be observing these two closely scratching their heads.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 승한 ¡ sohee ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : love wins all - iu ft. v of bts ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : 남동생 🤍

her : 누나❤️( nuna )

♡⃝ about soko ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

in a group of people there’s always the two you have to separate… these are the two.

sohee and maddie are two crazy ass peas in a pod, they share a one brain cell that maddie holds most of the time.

so goofy and they love to play jokes on each other and others, but they’re always given a pass because people think they’re too cute and forget what they did.

also another flirty pair.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 앤톤 ¡ anton ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : we are - okay ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : 🐜ton

her : 🔑ko

♡⃝ about chaeko ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

truly polar opposite that go so well together , it’s so cute!!

like calm shy boy and crazy outgoing girl personified, but the best of friends , siblings almost.

you really see it during the behind the scenes videos, while someone is talking you can see them two in the back sitting next to each talking or eating really close to each other.

they do be speaking in konglish though, it’s confusing to the other members but they can’t help it.

©️MAZEOFYENI

[bnhaobservation]

Why Rei called Shōto the family Hero?

I’ve realized many take Rei’s declaration as a sign that Rei is a bad mother, viewing it as Rei forcing a label on Shōto.

I’ve kind of already discussed it in my Todoroki FAQ, in reply to an ask but since someone else asked about this I thought to make a post about it.

Premise: the Todoroki family plotline is often drenched in ‘traditional Japanese family values and cultural factors’ which might not exist or not make sense in other cultures with different sets of beliefs and values. I’m not Japanese myself so, even though I researched on them, I’m clearly not an expert and not the best person to discuss them, which is why I encourage everyone who feels confuse or wants to know more to research by themselves for more explanations.

So, those are Rei’s words.

Todoroki Rei ‘Watashi-tachi yori yoppodo tsurai hazu no ko ga urande tōzen no watashi o futatabi okāsan to yondekureta. U.A. kōkō de o tomodachi o tsukutte watashi-tachi o tsunagitomete kureta. Shōto ga Todoroki-ke (read: uchi) no HERO ni natte kureta no yo.’ 轟冷「私たちよりよっぽど辛いハズの子が恨んで当然の私を再びお母さんと呼んでくれた。雄英高校でお友だちをつくって私たちをつなぎとめてくれた。焦凍が轟家（ウチ）のヒーローになってくれたのよ。」 Todoroki Rei “A child who should have suffered much more than us called me ‘mother’ again, even though it was only natural that he would resent me. He made friends at U.A. High School and kept us together/saved us/kept us connected. Shoto became the Hero of the Todoroki family (read: of our family).” [Chap. 302]

To contextualize Rei’s words, they’re in response to Enji’s question if she’s really Rei, after hearing her tell him ‘he’s not the only one who’s responsible but that even if his heart his brother they will help him to stand again because he has no choice but to fight Dabi’.

Todoroki Rei ‘Sekinin wa anata dake no mono janai. Kokoro ga kudakete mo watashitachi ga tata semasu. Anata wa dabi to tatakau shika nai no.’ 轟冷「責任はあなただけのものじゃない。心が砕けても私たちが立たせます。あなたは荼毘と戦うしかないの。」 Todoroki Rei “The responsibility is not yours alone. Even if your heart is broken, we will help you stand. You have no choice but to fight Dabi.” [Chap. 302]

In short, Rei’s words are an explanation on how she could find the strength to stand in front of him, take part of the responsibility for the situation and firmly state what he has to do, how this time he won’t be able to escape facing his son, that they’ll make him stand, when before she used to either agree with him or beg him to change his mind, unable to face him as equal.

Rei is saying it’s thanks to Shōto she could go back to the Todoroki family, face him and tell him all that.

What did Shōto exactly do?

For a little more context, in the past, due to Enji’s abuse Rei’s mental sanity declined and, in a paranoia episode, she mistook Shōto for Enji and threw to him boiling water. She cried, apologized and tried to cool down Shōto’s burn once she realized her mistake, but it was done and couldn’t be undone.

Todoroki Rei ‘Ā Shōto!! Gomen nasai Shōto! Ā nante koto o aā nante koto o!’ 轟冷「ああ焦凍‼ごめんなさい焦凍！ああなんてことをあああなんてことを！」 Todoroki Rei “Oh Shōto!! I’m so sorry Shōto! Oh, what have I done, oh, what have I done!” [Chap. 249]

Enji had her hospitalized afterward, her conditions worsening even more as she learnt of Tōya’s death while she was hospitalized. Also, from when she was hospitalized, Shōto didn’t visit her, according to Shōto because he felt guilty for what happened (and, likely, didn’t want to make her worse) [Chap. 44],

according to Fuyumi because Rei wasn’t up to see him [Chap. 250],

according to me because Horikoshi retconned the whole story way too often and forgot his own plotline to the point chap. 302 had to be OFFICIALLY re-retconned for the volume version because fans protested for the retcon in the magazine version.

Whatever, let’s put complains aside and let’s focus back on the whole thing.

After U.A. sport festival though, Shōto decided to visit Rei in order to save her because he blamed himself for his mother’s conditions. We don’t know what they said to each other, all we have is a summary given by Shōto.

Todoroki Shōto ‘(Haha wa naite ayamari, odoroku hodo assari to waratte yurushite kureta. Ore ga nani ni mo torawarezu ni tsuki susumu koto ga shiawase deari sukui ni naru to itte kureta.)’ 轟焦凍「（母は泣いて謝り、驚く程あっさりと笑って赦してくれた。俺が何にも捉われずにつき進む事が幸せであり救いになると言ってくれた。）」 Todoroki Shōto “(My mother cried and apologized, and surprisingly, she laughed and forgave me. She said that it would be her happiness and salvation if I were to continue moving forward without being tied down by anything.)” [Chap. 53]

From Shōto’s words is clear to figure he didn’t expect to be forgiven. From the words Rei says in chap. 302 is clear though, SHE was the one who didn’t expect to be forgiven and didn’t quite understand Shōto never held her accountable for his own scar (Shōto always blamed Enji for it) and never stopped to call her mother.

It would probably be good for the both of them to sit down and talk more about the whole thing, but they’re likely not going to do it as they’re trying to move forward.

Anyway Shōto’s visit and the fact he forgave her are apparently what allows Rei to finally start recovering after 10 YEARS spent in a hospital.

We see it in chap. 187 where, in explanation on why she’s looking good, Rei tells to Natsuo it’s because Shōto is writing her letters.

Yes, she’s completely skipping the fact that Natsuo and Fuyumi had been supporting her as well, but probably the idea is that what kept her in hospital wasn’t just Enji’s abuse but her sense of guilt toward what she did to Shōto and what happened to Tōya.

In this sense, all she truly needed to heal (since Tōya was believed to be dead) was for Shōto to forgive her, hence all the support Fuyumi and Natsuo gave her just couldn’t psychologically compare to Shōto forgiving her (I would say Tōya turning out to be alive also helped get her out of the hospital).

Still, yes, it’s not really fair toward her other two kids who also supported her the best they could, but it psychologically fits and it’s likely the truth for Rei. Without Shōto forgiving her she probably thinks she likely would still be hospitalized as Fuyumi and Natsuo’s support wouldn’t have been enough (and her doctors failed big time as they should have helped Rei to overcome this even without Shōto forgiving her).

So okay, Rei is very, very grateful to Shōto and her words are meant to explain how grateful she is, but why to use such words? Why to call him a Hero, the Todoroki family Hero?

As the answer is, for me, more Doylistic in nature than Watsonian, I’ll tackle it as such.

Horikoshi just had Dabi reveals he’s Todoroki Tōya.

Tōya’s plan to damage Enji is, considering the country he lives in, beautiful.

This is because revealing Enji’s FIRSTBORN is a criminal has socially big implications for Enji and, by default, for the Todoroki family.

To have a criminal in the family is a BIG DEAL in Japan, it’s something I’ve discussed more than once but it can destroy the family, who usually tends to reject and try to disconnect as much as they can from the criminal member, often going as far as far as changing name, being forced to leave work and residence to avoid the social stigma that will basically allow everyone who knows the truth to ostracize at best, abuse at worst them. Their blood is tainted, impure, because they share it with a Villain. This doesn’t regard just the parents who raised Tōya in the wrong way but all his siblings, even Shōto who had no hand in his upbringing. Tōya, or better Dabi as they insist on calling him as such, is the Todoroki family’s villain.

They don’t exactly voice it, but the message is the same and it’s something that doesn’t even need to be voiced because Japanese readers would just know it.

This is the hell Natsuo talks about...

...the hell Tōya dragged his family in.

Horikoshi didn’t want to show it, he only vaguely hinted at it, and wanted the story to end up in a hopeful, positive setting, but things wouldn’t be normally so pretty.

Shōto would be kicked out of school and forbidden from becoming a Hero, Natsuo’s girlfriend would dump him, Fuyumi not only would lose her job but wouldn’t find another and everyone would turn their backs to them. Their house would be vandalized and they would be ostracized at best. Also, forget, the nice and supportive doctor who encourages Enji, he would have nothing of the sort, not because he abused his family, but because one of his family members became a Villain, and this is assumed to taint their whole blood.

To counter this, Horikoshi presents Shōto as sitting on the other side of the spectrum.

If Tōya is the Todoroki family’s Villain, Shōto has to be the Todoroki family’s Hero.

We see it also in how Horikoshi changes things in the presentation of Todorokis’ past.

Chap. 39 showed Shōto watching as his mother got hit, Chap. 302 shows him trying to defend her (in a scene that’s sadly not particularly good to the point the anime didn’t know how to animate it well) while Fuyumi and Natsuo instead curl on the ground, scared and Tōya is nowhere to be seen (possibly because in the magazine version Horikoshi planned  for him to go on Sekoto Peak while Enji was beating Rei, and burn himself on the mountain, which would explain why, during Dabi’s dance, Tōya didn’t out his father as a wife beater as he never managed to witness such thing, and then Horikoshi had to retcon such plan when it turned out he had already stated in his story that Rei was hospitalized when Tōya burned and so Tōya’s whereabouts became simply unknown).

Why now Horikoshi decided to show Shōto stand up for his mother when he didn’t do it first?

Remember the whole instinct that marks Heroes because it pushes their body to act without them realizing? Here Horikoshi revealed Shōto had it too, that his body moved to protect his mother when he was a child (and, by the way, in chap. 301 he had Tōya snap and attack Shōto because Tōya has to be opposite to Shōto). This is Shōto’s heroic childhood story that shows he had Hero spirit from the start.

Having Rei verbally saying that Shōto is the family’s Hero is Horikoshi’s way to remember to his readers how much of a Hero Shōto is, especially after Shōto was basically defeated as Tōya had proved himself to be stronger in their previous match.

Horikoshi’s need to put Shōto on the spotlight as Hero is also why he doesn’t think Rei should acknowledge also Fuyumi and Natsuo’s efforts to help her.

Shōto is the one Todoroki who truly matter, Fuyumi and Natsuo are characters created to facilitate Enji’s atonement arc (yeah, Natsuo too, long story that has no place here), where Rei was created to give Shōto a sad backstory. That’s why we’ve Rei being used to carry on further Shōto’s endgame as a Hero without worrying about her other kids.

It’s a ‘flaw’ in Horikoshi’s writing which we’ll also see later on, when Enji thinks he has to worry about the future of the kids and the images Horikoshi shows us are of the future of… Shōto and class A. Because they’re the characters that matter.

Fuyumi and Natsuo?

We won’t even get to know what will be of them in chap 430 (which however feels compelled to show us Enji is still getting support from Hawks and his sidekicks) or 431, they got a rushed ending in chap. 426 and that’s it.

To conclude, there’s also another important thing about why Horikoshi had Rei define Shōto in such a specific way.

In Japan enduring in silence is a form of heroism.

‘Gaman’ (我慢) is a Japanese term of Zen Buddhist origin which means “enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity”. The term is generally translated as “perseverance”, “patience”, or “tolerance”. A related term, ‘gaman-tsuyoi’ (我慢強い), a compound with ‘tsuyoi’ (強い “strong”), means “suffering the unbearable” or having a high capacity for a kind of stoic endurance.

Gaman is variously described as a “virtue”, an “ethos”, a “trait”, etc. It means to do one’s best in distressed times and to maintain self-control and discipline.

Gaman tends to be misperceived by the non-Japanese as introverted behavior or as a lack of assertiveness or initiative, but for Japanese people is a demonstration of strength in the face of difficulty or suffering. Gaman is, in Japanese society, closely related to complying with conformity and silent heroism, which seems to be hidden pride for compensation for sacrifice and being satisfied to pay reciprocal service in advance or to being seen themselves as victims by folks. Showing ‘gaman’ is seen as a sign of maturity and strength. Keeping private affairs, problems and complaints silent demonstrates strength and politeness as others have seemingly larger problems as well. If a person with ‘gaman’ received help from someone else, they would be compliant, not ask for any additional help, and voice no concerns.

If a person fails to have/show ‘gaman’, the result could be a sudden manifestation of aggression.

This form of heroism is a form of heroism that Horikoshi was trying to propose RATHER HARD in his last 10 volumes of the story (it’s visible prior to them too but not so much as it is in those last volumes).

Gone is the ‘a true hero saves not only their lives, but also their hearts...’ [Chap. 92] or ‘ultimates heroes, ones who save by winning and win by saving.’ [Chap 120].

Now we have ‘if you define “Hero” as someone the people look up and count on then the Heroes really did vanish that day even if some where still prepared to stand up and fight. But if you define a “Hero” as someone willing to suffer in silence then… who’s there for them when they’re in pain?’

A Hero is someone who suffers in silence (and if what @codenamesazanka suggested is meant to be true, ‘a villain is someone who doesn’t suffer in silence’).

We’ll see this idea of ‘suffering in silence=hero’ in many scenes but, especially in the hospital arc in which Shōji, who covers his scarred face with a mask so no one will feel uneasy around him, insists the discriminated Heteromorph just shouldn’t rage against society. Rage is only okay if you rage on the behalf of someone else, not yourself.

Back to Shōto, he fits with the image of the Hero who suffered in silence as presented in chap. 302 because, according to it, he suffered more than anyone else yet harbored no negative feelings, forgave Rei and helped her… and, in that same chapter, he also offered his hand to Enji, whose heart is broken or so he said.

The story placed big emphasis on how holding someone’s hand would mean offering support and salvation so basically this is a nod on how Shōto is also saving his father after he saved Rei.

So yes, Horikoshi basically used Chap 300/301/302 to establish how, in answer to Tōya being the Todoroki family’s Villain, Shōto is the Todoroki family’s Hero. It’s preparation for the fight between the two as well as Horikoshi’s way to carry on his messages.

As Rei is a vessel, a mean for Horikoshi to pass on his ideas, we can speculate that, on the Watsonian side, Rei is labeling Shōto as the family Hero, in part for the same reasons as Horikoshi, because, as she herself said, Shōto suffered and yet forgave and helped the family to come back together.

Where many western fans just believe Rei should divorce from Enji, it’s worth to remember in Japan there’s a strong stigma against divorce, which is not easy to obtain, and the tendency to blame women for it even if the fault is of the man, the repercussions falling on the whole family kids included (women in Japan are currently fighting against this and things are slowly improving).

As said before the Todorokis represent a traditional Japanese family, hence Shōto also saves the family by allowing Rei to be capable to stand with Enji again. By recomposing the family.

In the end Rei is not trying to put a label on Shōto, to force a role on him, she’s just calling things as she sees them, Shōto did something heroic that saved the Todoroki family and, in the story, he will continue to do heroic things and save the family as it will befall on him to deal with Dabi, “the Todoroki family’s sin” and he’ll be the one who’ll save the day at the end.

She also can’t think she’s doing something wrong because SHŌTO ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A HERO, so acknowledging him as such can be also viewed as her acknowledging his efforts and how they work, how they’re fit of a Hero.

There’s more I could say, part of it is cultural, part of it is tied to the Shōnen manga tendency to push adult roles on teens without really questioning it too much, actually often using it to underline how great those teens actually are, but I think this alone can give you an idea of how Horikoshi didn’t mean at all for Rei to look a bad mother when he had her say so, he just aimed at raising Shōto up.

At least, this is my opinion on the whole topic. As usual people can think differently from me as I’m not Horikoshi and I don’t own the truth.

[apothecaryscript]

New Year’s Special Video / お正月ビジュアルスペシャル動画

Please note that English lines are just my translation.

猫猫「壬氏様、ハッピーニューイヤー。今年もよろしくお願いします」

Maomao “Jinshi-sama, Happī nyū iyā. Kotoshimo yoroshiku onegai-shimasu.”

Maomao “Master Jinshi, Happy New Year. I look forward to working with you again this year.”

今年もよろしくお願いします = 今年も(ことしも/Kotoshi-mo): this year too ＋ よろしく(Yoroshiku): well, in good way ＋ お願いします(おねがいします/Onegai-shimasu): I would like to ask you for…

This is a typical Japanese phrase used in addition to New Year’s greetings.

“Happy New Year” is 「あけましておめでとう（ございます）/Ake-mashite omedeto(gozai-masu)」 in Japanese, just for your information.

壬氏「お、おう…。薬屋、ハッピーニューイヤー……お前から話しかけてくるなんて、悪い物でも食ったのか！？飲み過ぎてないか？」

Jinshi “O, Ou… Kusuriya, Happī nyū iyā. …Omae-kara hanashi-kakete-kuru-nante, warui mono-demo kutta-noka!? Nomi-sugite-naika?”

Jinshi “Oh, yeah… Happy New Year, Apothecary… I can’t believe it’s you who’s talking to me… Did you eat something bad? Or are you drinking too much?”

猫猫（コイツは新年早々失礼な…）「新年の挨拶はきちんとした方がいいと、水蓮様からも言われましたので。それにしても、このような着物に、お節と言う特別な食べ物…お正月の迎え方は、地域によって異なるのですね」

Maomao (Koitsuwa shin-nen-soso shitsureina…) “Shin-nen-no aisatsuwa kichinto shita-hoga iito, Suiren-sama-karamo iware-mashita-node. Soreni-shitemo, kono-yona kimononi, osechi-to-iu tokubetsuna tabemono… Oshogatsuno mukae-katawa, chiikini-yotte kotonaruno-desune.”

Maomao (How rude of him so early in the New Year…) “Lady Suiren told me that I should give a proper New Year’s greeting. But still, wearing a kimono like this, and eating special foods called “Osechi”… The way we celebrate the New Year differs from region to region.”

お節料理(おせちりょうり/Osechi-ryori): Special dishes eaten during New Year’s in Japan

お正月(おしょうがつ/Oshogatsu): New Year’s days (In Japan, it depends but Jan.1 – 3 are called Oshogatsu and almost all companies and schools are on New Year holidays.)

壬氏「ああ。後宮の皆にも、いろんな物に触れてほしくてな。そうだ、もう一つ、正月らしいことをやらないか？この板で羽根を打ち合う、羽子板という遊びらしい」

Jinshi “Aa. Kokyuno mina-nimo, ironna mononi furete-hoshikute-na. Soda, mo-hitotsu, shogatsu-rashii koto’o yara-naika? Kono itade hane’o uchi-au, hagoita-to-iu asobi rashii.”

Jinshi “Yeah. I want everyone in the rear palace to have the opportunity to touch and interact with all kinds of things. Oh, how about we do one more thing that’s fitting for the New Year? It’s a game called “Hagoita,” where we hit shuttlecocks with this board.”

羽子板(はごいた/Hagoita): One of the old girls’ games. The winner writes something on the cheek of the loser.

猫猫（げっ。こういう遊びは得意ではないんだよなぁ。適当に理由を付けて断るか）

Maomao (Ge. Ko-iu asobiwa tokui-dewa nain-dayonaa. Tekitoni riyu’o tsukete kotowaruka.)

Maomao (Ugh. I’m not good at this kind of play. I’ll just make up an excuse and decline.)

猫猫「私なんかでは相手にならないかと。馬閃様とやられてはいかがですか？」

Maomao “Watashi-nanka-dewa aiteni naranai-kato. Basen-samato yararetewa ikaga desuka?”

Maomao “I don’t think I’m a match for you. How about you take on Master Basen?”

壬氏「いいのか？もしお前が勝ったら、褒美に……ほれ、この酒をやろう」

Jinshi “Ii-noka? Moshi omaega kattara, hobini… Hore, kono sake’o yaro.”

Jinshi “Are you sure? If you win, as a reward… here, I’ll give you this drink.”

猫猫「…フッ、フフフフ、ハハハハハ！壬氏様、どんな結果になっても恨みっこなしですからね！いざ尋常に！勝負です！」

Maomao “Fu, fufufufu, hahahahaha! Jinshi-sama, donna kekkani nattemo uramikko-nashi desu-karane! Iza jinjoni! Shobu desu!”

Maomao “…Huff, heh heh heh, hahahahahaha! Master Jinshi, no matter what the outcome, no hard feelings, right? Now, let’s have a fair fight!”

いざ尋常に勝負（いざじんじょうにしょうぶ/Iza jinjoni shobu）: stock phrase when starting a serious match in old samurai battles

猫猫「ぐうう……負けた……私の酒ぇ～…」

Maomao “Guuu……Maketa……Watashino sakeeee…”

Maomao “Grrr… I lost… My booze…”

壬氏「フッフッフッ……あ～…動いて少し疲れたな～、…さぁ、休憩でも取るとするか…薬屋、お前も付き合うか？ほれ」

Jinshi “Fuffuffu……Aaa…Ugoite sukoshi tsukareta-naaa, …Saa, kyukei-demo toruto suruka… Kusuriya, omaemo tsukiauka? Hore.”

Jinshi “Hehehe, ah, I’m a bit tired from all the moving around. I think I’ll take a break. Apothecary, do you want to join me? Come on.”

猫猫「はぁぁ…！さすが壬氏様！いつも本当に素敵です！理想の上司！」

Maomao “Haaa…! Sasuga Jinshi-sama! Itsumo hontoni suteki-desu! Risono joshi!”

Maomao “Ahh…! As expected of Master Jinshi! You’re always so wonderful! You’re the ideal boss!”

理想(りそう/Riso): ideal

上司(じょうし/Joshi): boss

壬氏「はぁ、…現金な奴め」

Jinshi “Haa, …Genkinna yatsume.”

Jinshi “Hmmm… what a calculating person.”

現金な（げんきんな/Genkinna）: calculating, mercenary, self-serving (It’s not a compliment, but not such a bad word. It’s a word used lightly to describe someone who suddenly becomes motivated as soon as they learn of the reward.)

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Following picture shows a typical Japanese New Year's day. We eat special foods like Osechi and Ozoni. Ozoni is a soup with "mochi"(rice cake), and what goes into soup varies considerably depending on the region and each family.

皆さん、あけましておめでとうございます！いよいよ10日からシーズン2が始まりますね。一緒に楽しみましょう！

Happy New Year, everyone! Season 2 finally starts on 10 Jan., so let's have fun together!

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

Oh, what kind of vibes does using uchi give, then? Also, isn’t it typically used as like… Our household, or something silimar? Is there a you pronoun specific to hiroshima-ben?

uchi is used to mean household/family/in-group in standard japanese, yes! it literally means 'inside', but in that use typically its used in combination with no (possessive) and can be translated best as 'our.' for example, uchi no ko is 'our/my household's child.' in one piece it's also frequently used to refer to crewmates- uchi no senchou for 'our captain', uchi no sogeki for 'our sniper,' etc. i misread hibari's first lines of dialogue at first because i wasn't expecting the dialect and initially assumed she was using uchi to refer to herself and helmeppo collectively, to give you an example.

i'm pretty sure in dialectal use as a first-person pronoun it is still mostly used by women, so it does feel feminine, and maybe a little slangy or provincial (since that's the vibe often assigned to the western dialects generally)? because i haven't seen it used this way often it's kind of difficult for me to say.

[bloodmoonlich]

New music friday 💖

Albums & EPs:

For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) by Japanese Breakfast

I Said I Love You First by Selena Gomez & benny blanco

Every Dawn's A Mountain By Tamino

TELL DEM ITS SUNNY by Greentea Peng

Night Life by The Horrors

Seven Snake Songs by Louie Zong

Equus Asinus by Men I Trust

Nashville Canyon Pt. 1 by Jessica Simpson

not ur girlfriend by Zoe Ko

Mixtape : dominATE by Stray Kids

Defiant Life by Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith

Trailblazer by Lola Kirke

Dance Therapy by Ora the Molecule

Tonky by Lonnie Holley

Dogue by Ariane Roy

LBQ by La Bien Querida

Nevertake by Anberlin, Matty Mullins

Jesucrista Superstar by Rigoberta Bandini

FURÈSTA by La Niña

Underneath by Floodlights

Singles:

CUPID'S GIRL by MARINA

Just Because by Leah Kate

1/17 by DEBBY FRIDAY

Starcrossed by Kings Elliot

Crashing by d4vd, Kali Uchis

Fantasy by Luna Li, Raveena

Big Pink Bubble by Beach Bunny

Feeling by Billie Marten

Deluxe Tracks:

Couldn't Save Us From My Gut by OK Cowgirl

[kyururun]

Kyururin te shitemite - Love Kyun♡Wanted (Lyrics + ENG Translation)

ROMAJI

Are you ready? RABU Kyun ♡ Wanted "Nee nee kimi ni tsugeru! Shuui wa mou houi sareten no!" "nigeru no nante akiramete?" "kimi wo ichiban suki na no wa watashi da mon!!" "Aa~ doko iku no?! sekaichuu ni shimei tehai shiteyaru~~!!"

kawaii ko nara dare demo ii no? (sou! PURINSESU wa hitori de OK!) warui ko wa tejou shinakya ne (INSUTA FOROO wa juuzai!!) Kyou mo Hide & Seek mitsuketa nantsuu IIJII GEEMU (omoi wa omoi joushiki ◎) kimi kentei wa hyakuten watashi shika katan no desu

joshi da toka danshi toka, kankei nai yakimochi motto hitori jime sasete yo (iya!! watashi ni dake yasashiku sun no!!) yappa yappa yaba yaba see no de nerai uchi ♡ (ban♡ ban♡)

shuki chu bakyun!! HAATO meichuu RABU sugite tsumi tsumimi (ban♡ ban♡) doki chou makyuu, wa! gorinjuu soku taiho desu (wanted♡ wanted♡)

doushiyokka Merry sore tomo Killing docchi tomo eien da ne wagamama datte nakimushi datte, zenbu wo aishite ne Are you ready? RABU Kyun ♡ Wanted

sansei!! numaru kei ni shiteyaru ♡ hantai!! "kao wa ii" tte hometenai yo ne?! koi kogare chuu demo (hai~) reiji ni wa nemasu ♡ sensei!! ganbaru mon, ashita kara, ita!!

Aa~ mou High & Sick barechatta wan tsuu EGOSAACHI "teiki haishin chuu BADDO MOODO" shoubu wa mata gyakuten kimi no omoi doori nan desu

koutei mo hitei mo todokanai unmei datte kamisama ga kimeta no (uso! akai ito nakutatte shinjin no) yappa yappa yaba yaba see no de midare uchi (ban♡ ban♡)

shuki tte babu? HAATO meikyuu menbure shite daru KIRUMII (ban♡ ban♡) doki tte bagu, ma! muchuu ichuu soku taiho desu (wanted♡ wanted♡)

koi tte sa Beauty sore tomo Dirty docchi demo bigaku da ne konna hiroi sekai sagasechau kurai zenbu wo ashiteru Are you ready? RABU Kyun ♡ Wanted

ichizu wa seigi desho YES ka ne YES kotaete nari hibiku SAIREN tokimeki bousou chuu!

shuki chu bakyun!! HAATO meichuu RABU sugite tsumi tsumimi (ban♡ ban♡) doki chou makyuu, wa! gorinjuu soku taiho desu (wanted♡ wanted♡)

doushiyokka Merry sore tomo Killing docchi tomo eien da ne wagamama datte nakimushi datte, zenbu wo aishite ne Are you ready? RABU Kyun ♡ Wanted

♡♡♡

EN TL

Are you ready? Love Kyun ♡ Wanted

Hey, hey, I'm telling you, you're surrounded. Can't you just give up on running? After all, I'm the one who loves you the most! Aah~! Where are you going? I'll make you wanted all over the world!

Anyone's fine as long as they're a cute girl? (Right, only one princess is OK!) Bad girls need to be handcuffed, right (Instagram following is a huge crime!)

It's hide & seek again today, I found you ♡ What an easy game "Feelings are a heavy common sense" ◎ You get 100 test points There's no one better than me!

Boys or girls it doesn't matter, I get jealous either way Let me keep you to myself more (No way! Only be nice to me!) After all, afer all, it's bad bad 1, 2 - I'm aiming for you (Bang♡ Bang♡ )

I wuv you, mwah, shoot~! A direct hit to the heart I love you so much my crimes are at the limit (Bang♡ Bang♡ ) Heart thumps, a super miracle ball. Wah, I'm on my deathbed I'm going to arrest you immediately! (Wanted♡ Wanted♡)

What should I do, merry or killing? Both will last for eternity right? Love all of me even if I'm selfish or a crybaby Are you ready? Love Kyun ♡ Wanted

In favour of! Sentencing you to being obsessed with me Objection! It's not a compliment saying "you're pretty", is it?! Even if I'm deeply yearning for you (Okay~) I'll be in bed by midnight I declare! I'll try hard as of tomorrow (ugh)

Ahh, I'm high & sick. I've been found out 1, 2 and search up my name online "Bad mode during the scheduled live broadcast", the match is back to square one It's exactly as your feelings say

A destiny that neither affirmation nor denail can reach After all, it's all decided by God (No way! I believe in the red string even if it's not there) After all, afer all, it's bad bad 1, 2 - I'm gonna shoot like crazy (Bang♡ Bang♡ )

I wuv you, am I being childish? My heart is a maze I'm losing my mind, how cringe, kill me (Bang♡ Bang♡ ) My heart thumping is a bug, well! I'm totally obsessed I'm going to arrest you immediately! (Wanted♡ Wanted♡)

Love is, y'know, beauty or dirty. Both are just aesthetics, right I love everything about you so much I'd go to the ends of the world to find you Are you ready? Love Kyun ♡ Wanted

Being earnestly devoted is justice, right? Yes, right? Say yes A resouding siren, I'm being reckless with heart-pounding emotion!

I wuv you, mwah, shoot~! A direct hit to the heart I love you so much my crimes are at the limit (Bang♡ Bang♡ ) Heart thumps, a super miracle ball. Wah, I'm on my deathbed I'm going to arrest you immediately! (Wanted♡ Wanted♡)

What should I do, merry or killing? Both will last for eternity right? Love all of me even if I'm selfish or a crybaby Are you ready? Love Kyun ♡ Wanted

[chanoyu-to-wa]

The Chanoyu Hyaku-shu [茶湯百首], Part IV:  Poem 79.

〽 Akatsuki ha sukiya no uchi mo andon ni          yo-kai nado ni ha tankei wo oke

    [曉は 數奇屋 の內も行燈に          夜會などには短檠を置け].

    “Dawn [is the time] when, within the sukiya, the andon [should be used]; but at night-gatherings and the like, the tankei is placed out.”

    Once again, referring to ideas that have already been touched on in the previous posts, Jōō is reinforcing the tradition that a tomoshibi sequestered within a zashiki-andon should be used as the principal source of artificial illumination in the sukiya [數奇屋]¹ at chakai held early in the morning².

    But at night, the tomoshibi should be placed on a tankei, so that its unobstructed light will be able to flood the whole room with its warming glow.

    Aside from the fact that Jōō uses the word asa [朝] (morning), rather than akatsuki [曉] (dawn), in his (original) version of this poem³, there are no other differences between what is found in any of the collections, reflecting the uniformity of the understanding of this teaching -- that the zaseki-andon should be used at dawn, and the tankei at night.

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¹While the Kyūshū manuscript spells sukiya phonetically (as sukiya [すきや]*), the other versions (except for Katagiri Sadamasa’s) use the Korean kanji-form sukiya [數奇屋].

    Sekishū’s version has sukiya [數寄屋], using the “Japanese” form of the word† that began to appear after the middle of the seventeenth century (at the time when the Japanese, under the influence of Kanamori Sōwa’s [金森宗和; 1584 ~ 1657] highly speculative histories‡ of chanoyu in Japan, were actively trying to distance chanoyu from its Korean roots). ___________ *Possibly implying a certain ambiguity over the proper kanji to use -- Sansai’s version of this poem was committed to paper a decade or two before Sekishū’s version, which suggests that Kanamori Sōwa’s writings were already beginning to have their desired effect.

†Unlike suki [數奇, 수기], the Korean word (which, in this kind of context, means something like “rely on the odd [numbers]”), suki [數寄] has no meaning apart from this use as the name of a kind of tea room.

    With respect to the original (i.e., Korean) meaning, it is noteworthy that Rikyū explained the word suki in this way:

suki ⋅ ni jikun [數奇 ⋅ 二字訓]

‘su’ no ji kazu atsumuru naran mada sadashi sekiji ha shibashi to tsuzuku nari [數の字カズアツムルナランマタサタシ昔時ハシバシト続ク也].

‘ki’ no ji sugururui tori katakata ayashimu [奇の字スグルルヒトリカタカタアヤシム].

“An explanation of the two characters su [数] and ki [奇]:     “The character su [数] means not just to gather together a number of things, but that this should be done in accordance with the classical teachings; in ancient times, things were always done like this.

    “And with respect to the character ki [奇], it means that each person should directly investigate these matters in minute detail for himself.”

    Rikyū then continues:

hi-mi-i-na-ko kore wo go-ki to iu [一三五七九コレヲ後奇ト云フ].

fu-yo-mu-ya-to kore wo sen-fu to iu [二四六八十コレヲ先偶ト云フ].

nakaba wo chōzuru yotte suki to iu [半ヲ調スルヨツテ數奇ト云フ].

    “1, 3, 5, 7, 9, are the later (“derived”) odd numbers, while 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 are the earlier (“original”) even numbers, so to speak.

    “Carefully paying attention to both of these is what is meant by suki, so it is said.”

    His words have been interpreted (by the daimyō Uesugi Kenshin [上杉謙信; 1530 ~ 1578], in his commentary on the Chanoyu san-byak’ka jō [茶湯三百箇條] -- where Rikyū’s kaki-ire [書入] is found at the beginning of the second scroll of Jōō’s teachings) in this way:

chanoyu tsukamatsuru-toki, sho-dōgu no oki-awase tori-awase naraí no gotoku nose-ai mōsu- beku sōrō-koto dai ichi nari, sari-nagara sono hito-bito no kiryō ni yotte oki-awase tori-awase tsukamatsuru-beku sōrō, kono ki-no-ji no kokoro wo motte kufū no ue ni te toku to gatten itashi, sūki tsukamatsuru koto kan-yō nari , u-kaku tsukamatsuru koto ta-ryū tsutae naki no chanoyu naru-beku nao mata hon-i ni somuki omoshirokarazu sōrō nari

[茶の湯仕る時、諸道具の置き合わせ取り合わせ習のごとく載せ合い申すべく候事第一也、さりながらその人〻の器量によって置合せ取合せ仕るべく候、此の奇の字の心を以って工夫の上にて得と合點致し、數奇仕る事肝要なり、うかく仕る事他流伝え無きの茶の湯なるべく尚又本意に背き面白からず候也].

    “When doing chanoyu the most important thing with regard to the way in which the utensils are arranged, and combined [with the others], is that this should be done in accordance with the way you were taught.  Nevertheless, each person, in accordance with his own abilities, should endeavor to select and place the utensils in the way that seems best [to him].  The true meaning of this ki [奇] must be incorporated into everything one does:  this is of the utmost importance when practicing suki. The things that the people who follow other paths [that is, other schools or traditions] teach represent a deviant form of chanoyu which, when compared with the original conception [the way advocated by Jōō and Rikyū], is wholly lacking in interest.”

‡Kanamori Sōwa’s “histories” of chanoyu were nothing more than government propaganda, produced by deliberately conflating the yotsu-gashira-shiki [四つ頭式], and the tō-cha shiki [鬪茶式], together with the ordinary drinking of tea (that was prepared at the o-chanoyu-dana [御茶湯棚] by a servant dressed as a monk, and then conveyed to the residential apartments by a second servant dressed in the house’s livery) -- all of which were historically earlier uses of matcha in Japan (in every case of which the tea was served as usucha) -- with chanoyu (which practice ultimately supplanted the first two -- though matcha, as usucha, remained the principal drinking tea for ordinary occasions among the upper classes until the use of steeped tea was introduced, from Korea, around the middle of the seventeenth century).

    Sōwa was charged with “Japanizing” chanoyu, as the first step in the bakufu’s process of declaring that chanoyu (as a now-established purely, and authentically, Japanese traditional practice of great antiquity), of an appropriate level of formality appropriate to the rank of the government envoy they were entertaining (this is where the modern school’s ranked system of temae originated), must be included in the formal reception of every such official received (at least in an official capacity) by the daimyō and wealthy merchants.

    The purpose of this rule was not only to effect the bakufu’s control, but also to force the daimyō and merchants to spend money on tea utensils (those that were to be used for the most formal services being ruinously expensive) -- money that would then no longer be available to those aspiring to rebellion against the Tokugawa government.

    Nevertheless, it is important for the modern reader to understand, however, that only chanoyu included the service of koicha, and the dichotomy of koicha and usucha; and that is what identifies it as unique, and what contrasts chanoyu with all of the other uses of matcha that were practiced in Japan from the late Heian period until the fifteenth century.

²As has been mentioned before, because sunrise would be expected to occur during the naka-dachi, the artificial light will only be used during the shoza.  And even then, since (in Jōō’s day) this kind of gathering would not begin until after dawn had broken*, the natural light coming in through the windows will be increasing, moment by moment, over the course of the shoza, so that the artificial illumination should be kept to the minimum, and focused near to the floor. ___________ *Again, this is a little different from the way things are usually done today.  But since the time when the sei-ka-sui [井華水] (“the water that is the ‘flower of the well’”) could be drawn was limited to the 15 or 20 minutes when the dawn was actually breaking, the guests would have to be careful to time their arrival so that they would not interfere with this very important task.  The idea was that the water had to be drawn and carried to the mizuya before any activity that might stir up dust could occur.

    Since the intracity plots in places like Sakai and Kyōto were exceptionally small (and largely occupied by the residential building, business offices, and storehouse, with the roji being little more than a path that lead around to the back of the property where the chashitsu was erected between the well and the toilet facilities), the koshi-kake was always in close proximity to the well -- hence the desire, on the part of the guests, to postpone their arrival until after the host had drawn the water and carried it back to the preparation area.  (And again, we must be careful not to impose our contemporary idea of roji design -- which originated in the Edo period -- on the facilities available to the chajin of Jōō’s and Rikyū’s time.)

³This change in wording was discussed at some length in the previous post.  Akatsuki [曉] seems to have been substituted for asa [朝] by Hosokawa Sansai, since this is the kanji that is found in all of the versions that can ultimately trace their source back to his collection (which, along with his other treatises on chanoyu, was written down during the last decade of his life -- Sansai died during the winter of 1645-1646).

    The specificity of this word reflects the way that the early-morning chakai had come to be staged during the first half-century of the Edo period, the period to which the modern interpretation of the dawn gathering -- the akatsuki-no-chaji [曉の茶事] -- traces its root.

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蛇苺[Hebiichigo] Potentilla hebiichigo

蛇[Hebi] : Snake

苺[Ichigo] : Strawberry

It produces red berries in the summer. They are not poisonous, but have no taste and not much texture.

The following is one of the well-known folktales about snakes.

蛇女房 （蛇とはいへど大方水の靈にて、卽ち大蛇より龍女といふに近し。） 妻を喪つて悲しんでゐる男の所へ、何處からか美しい女が來て夫婦となり、やがて子供が出來た。お產になると、妻は決して内を覗いてくれるなと云つて念を押して產室に入つた。夫は心配でたまらないのでそつと覗いてみると、中では恐ろしい大蛇が赤子を眞中にしてとぐろを卷いてゐた。男はあまりの事に驚いたが、ひそかに引返して默つてゐた。七日經つと女はきれいな男の子を抱いて出て來て、さめざめと泣いた後、正體を見られた上はもうここには居られないと云つて、子供を置き泣く時にはこれを嘗めさせて下さいと左の眼の玉をくりぬいておいて行つた。 子供はその玉を嘗めて育つたが、日數が經つて眼玉はだん／＼小さくなり、遂に無くなつてしまつた。父親は子供を負うて山奧の沼へ尋ねて行つた。すると大蛇が出て來て更に右の眼玉をくりぬいて渡し、沼のほとりに鐘をつるして、明け六つ暮れ六つを知らせてくれと賴んで、沼の中にかくれてしまつた。其後父親は沼の側の寺に鐘を納めて時刻を撞いて貰つた。 子供は大きくなつて生ひ立ちを知り、沼に母を迎󠄃へに行くと今度は盲の人間の姿で出て來た。おぶつてつれ帰り孝行をした。

[Hebi nyōbō (Hebi towa iedo ookata mizu no rei nite, sunawachi daija yori ryūjo to iu ni chikashi.) Tsuma wo ushinatte kanashinde iru otoko no tokoro e, doko kara ka utsukushii onna ga kite meoto to nari, yagate kodomo ga dekita. O-san ni naruto, tsuma wa "Kesshite uchi wo nozoite kureruna" to itte nen wo oshite sanshitsu ni haitta. Otto wa shinpai de tamaranai node sotto nozoite miru to, naka dewa osoroshii daija ga akago wo mannaka ni shite toguro wo maite ita. Otoko wa amari no koto ni odoroita ga, hisoka ni hikikaeshite damatte ita. Nanuka tatsu to onna wa kirei na otoko no ko wo daite dete kite, samezame to naita ato, "Shōtai wo mirareta ue wa mō koko niwa irarenai" to itte, kodomo wo oki "Naku toki niwa kore wo namesasete kudasai" to hidari no me no tama wo kurinuite oite itta. Kodomo wa sono tama wo namete sodatta ga, hikazu ga tatte medama wa dandan chiisaku nari, tsui ni naku natte shimatta. Chichioya wa kodomo wo oute yamaoku no numa e tazunete itta. Suruto daija ga dete kite sarani migi no medama wo kurinuite watashi, "Numa no hotori ni kane wo tsurushite, ake-mutsu kure-mutsu wo shirasete kure" to tanonde, numa no naka ni kakurete shimatta. Sono go chichioya wa numa no soba no tera ni kane wo osamete jikoku wo tsuite moratta. Kodomo wa ookiku natte oitachi wo shiri, numa ni haha wo mukae ni iku to kondo wa mō no ningen no sugata de dete kita. Obutte tsure kaeri kōkō wo shita.]

Snake wife (Although it is called Snake, it is mostly a spirit of water, in other words, more like Dragon woman than Serpent.) When a man was grieving over the loss of his wife, a beautiful woman came from somewhere, they became spouses, and eventually she became pregnant. When it came time to give birth, his wife made sure, "Never look inside" and entered the delivery room. Her husband was so worried that he sneaked a peek inside and found a terrifying serpent coiled itself around a baby. The man was too surprised, but secretly went back and kept quiet. Seven days later, the woman came out with an adorable baby boy in her arms, and after wailing, "Now that my true form is known, I can't live here anymore" she put the child down and said, "Let him lick this when he cries" and hollowed out her left eyeball and left. The child licked the ball and grew up, but as the days went by, the eyeball gradually became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared. The father carried the child on his back and went to visit her in a swamp deep in the mountains. Then the serpent appeared, this time hollowing out her right eyeball and handing it to him, requesting him "Hang a bell by the swamp to announce 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.," and disappeared into the swamp. After that, the father dedicated a bell to a temple near the swamp and asked that it be rung at those times. When the child grew up, knew his early life and went to pick up his mother to the swamp, this time she appeared in the form of a blind human. He carried her back home on his back and took his filial duty. From 日本昔話名彙[Nippon mukashi-banashi meii](Glossary of folktales of Japan) edited by NHK and supervised by 柳田 国男[Yanagita Kunio]. Source: https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/9586421/1/31 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunio_Yanagita

This is the version of Iwate Prefecture, and many other versions do not have the last paragraph. There are also cruel versions. And, there is a word in this text that is changed to read differently than it did when this was written.