#kumi things

[phoelipop]

Adaman took all my gems the other day and I used up all I had left for Irida... sadly she did not come home ;-;

But have some hugs anyway 💖

[80source]

If I was an imitation, a perfect imitation, how would you know if it was really me? THE THING (1982) dir. John Carpenter

[holdtightposts]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT NO WAY

One of the best anime ever gets an actual official US re-release?!

After the failed dvd releases back in the early 2000’s because Geneon didn’t do this anime PR justice and also completely renamed it Fighting Spirit.

Boy, when that intro comes on I’m gonna be all

“I WANT TO DIVE LOST MIND!”

[prozac]

kumie speaking

i'm kumie i'm sort of studying computer science full-time i enjoy doing other things but *taps on the full-time studying statement above* i log onto zeke's account occasionally to a) procrastinate, b) talk about stuff, c) make her lose followers, and d) find/queue up fundraisers if she's too busy. if you're her mutual but you don't know who i am feel free to chat me up i am friendly, just distant.

over

[derpinette]

i belong to the fringe group of tumblr users that has absolutely 0 desire to ever go to japan

[flutteringfable]

current mood

[archduchessofnowhere]

I've always thought it was strange there wasn't any manga about Elisabeth giving how popular she (or at least the musical) is in Japan. Well it turns out THERE ARE. Like, many, in fact.

First we have Elisabeth by Kumi Morikawa! A single volume adaptation of the musical, published in 1996 (I think?). There seem to be two editions of it:

Then we have Tomoko Naka's two volumes-long Uruwashi no Kouhi Elisabeth, published also in 1996 (right and middle pictures). I couldn't find the plot of this series, but I suppose it's just an adaptation of Elisabeth's life. There is also a single volume edition that came out in the early 2000s (left picture):

The art looks pretty!!

Leaving the 90s shoujo behind, in 2017 the empress was once again depicted in a manga (a seinen this time): Cuvie's Erzsébet!

Swords?? Guns??? Yuri vibes???? Whatever this is sign me up!

In this story we follow Ida (not Ferenczy but clearly inspired in her), a Hungarian independentist infiltrated in Elisabeth's entourage to reclute her for the cause. The series ended at the beginning of 2020, closing with a total of three volumes The first chapter is available for free (in Japanese) so I might do a live reading blog of it because just the first four pages are absolutely BONKERS.

And lastly as a bonus, let's go back to the 90s with Hideko Mizuno's Elisabeth!

Now this Elisabeth isn't the Empress, but her granddaughter Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Crown Prince Rudolf's daughter. Published between 1993 and 1996, this series covers the infamous life of the "Red Archduchess". Mizuno had years before written a manga series about Ludwig II that sadly got cancelled after only two volumes, so for her this was a comeback to a familiar era.

Now this is the sad part in which I tell you that none of these mangas has an English translation, not even fan translations. The fact that I had not even come across these until I searched "マンガ 皇妃エリザベート " shows how little diffusion these works had outside Japan, which is such a pity. Let's hope that at least a scanlation group gets interested in any of these one day!

[p5x-theories]

(gonna say this is spoilers for chp 3 im not sure if you put an image of this below a keep reading) so kumi and masa used to be delinquents, but apparently kumi was insanely powerful on a bike (cyler eats!!) and defeated a bunch of other bullies?

No way, she knows Masa?? No wonder Shun knows her backstory, haha! I love that they've been bringing characters back from previous chapters to keep them relevant (like Tomoko, and now Masa) even in little ways.

That makes sense, though! I won't get to play the story until Wednesday night in my time zone, but I'm super excited to hear about this in game, haha.

[aiura-stan]

I can’t reply because tumblr hates me but @oceanwithouthermoon thank you for the explanation!!! also that’s so sad 😭

[tyunkus]

honestly this one sooby ask rly got me thinking so I MIGHT MAKE IT INTO A SHORT FIC INSTEAD OF JUST A DRABBLE

[megaclubdiolis]

柄本 佑 || 「光る君へ」 (2024) · 第十七回 「うつろい」 ​​​

[phoelipop]

Allergies are really kicking my ass lately...

Kinda tragic being a grass type enthusiast but being allergic to your own Pokémon

[asshuka]

no.1 gust of arrows

commissions 🌠 ko-fi 🌠 patreon

some crops under the cut!

[spaceboxingpsycho]

Hi! It's been a long time since I asked you something! What's happening in HnI?

i missed you anon

[prozac]

kumie speaking

my algorithms class is so funny bcs we had a whole guest presentation this week about how to work with ai in an "effective" manner and what we have to look out for and then they concluded it with "using ai in this course is still prohibited/plagiarism ^__^ if you use this tool we WILL fail you" like yay <3 okay <3

[dumbsterchild]

Beat bugs Kumi :D

J'ai dissné sur un journée. :D

I drew her in one day. :D