#mononoke: phantom in the rain

[starvingmeat]

Had to do it to him :'>

By me, 2025, acryl on canvas

[theboredhooman]

okay but kame and asa are literally 100% in love i don’t make the rules ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

long post overanalysing and yapping about these two lesbians + spoilers for the ‘mononoke: phantom in the rain’ movie! go watch it right now if you can 👹👹

kame is literally asa’s most precious thing. you can NOT tell me she's not. even if you don’t ship them it is very obviously canon.

asa was soo flustered and didn’t want to tell kame about this, even blushing?? like understandable though it’s basically a confession

one of asa’s first reactions was always to check if kame was okay whenever the mononoke appeared

sure, it could’ve just been a friend thing, but asa was constantly looking out for kame in the ooku

defending her and taking the blame for all her mistakes and trying to protect her from harm, standing up to awashima and mugitani

asa i know what you are i saw that blush when kame smiled after you told her she could work with you instead of mugitani (I get you she was so cute tho)

”Such neat handwriting” asa’s eyes were so soft it actually broke my heart when i saw awashima cutting kame’s hair

the well scene….just…

asa trying to pull up kame, and kame doing the same for her

also asa being sort of lifeless while she hangs there until kame tells her that ‘it’ll be alright!/I’ve got you!’ and suddenly she snaps out of her shock, gaining emotions again

also it was so cute when they were talking next to each other at night

speaking of which, kame making asa promise to not let go while they sleep and asa adjusting to a more comfortable grip while holding hand was just; auGHHH 😩

ALSO ALSO “Kitagawa made me realise what was important, what I should never throw away,” and then KAME TURNING TO SMILE AT ASA AND ASA SMILING BACK WITH THAT ADORING LOOK IN HER EYES?? (note: there was also minor foreshadowing here with the empty doll cupboard but i think that had more to do with kitagawa)

and the cut off after saying she needed to say something important was really suspicious like what did she say??

idk how this related but afterwards she became more focused and hardworking on her job(but also more rigid and firm in her beliefs) and kame tipped out her water instead of drinking it (because she became the opposite? more rebellious/defiant maybe? idk)

speaking to the medicine seller, she said she understood kitagawa’s feelings, which makes me think kitagawa also had a thing for her friend lol like there was absolutely something going on there if she(kitagawa) fell apart after her friend left

only mildly related but i believe karakasa’s next target was probably going to be kame and she was used as bait for it (as something a redditor* mentioned was asa may have sent kame away to protect her rather than the reason kitagawa did, OR lure out karakasa) edit: nvm i remembered wrong it was utayama i believe (due to perhaps resentment within the doll’s umbrella*) or asa (following the logic that awashima and mugitani were both the head housemaids(?) favoured by utayama before asa, although again the end goal was probably to attack utayama)

also when asa was addressing the other maids of the ooku before the birth celebratory ceremony and bowed, kame bowed but nobody else did (which means they didn’t respect asa)

then kame got mad and showed her support for her girl like hell yeah 👏 and asa gained more confidence which i think was sweet

oh and asa was also like “the thing that kept me grounded was lady kame” 🥹🥹

she also said (acc. to netflix subs) “And yet, I yearned for nothing more than to share meals with Kame. And spend countless nights just staying up late, giggling and talking to her.” SHE SOUNDED SO LOVESICK 💔

btw love how the medicine seller instantly knew asa was looking for her boo lmao

anyways i think it mayyy not have been requited on kame’s side, at least canonically, but I have literally zero doubt asa was in love with her. then again homophobes and censorship. uh. it’s alright i ship them very hard either way i need more lesbians in my life hehe.

in conclusion. Harold they’re lesbians. thanks for coming to my ted talk. yeah o7

*redditors talked about the choice of karakasa as the yokai.(i recommend reading it, it’s very interesting imo)

[shantechni]

Me when someone apparently hacks Netflix's database and drops a major leak of DanDaDan, Re:Zero, Terminator Zero, the Mononoke film, and Ranma 1/2.

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Anime Awakenings Round 3 Side B Poll 6

Propaganda:

Howl -

"I don't think I need to explain the gender envy all if us felt for this man. Do I wanna BE him or be WITH him? The answer is yes... I still want to be him."

"My first and most intense case of gender envy I've ever had, to this day I still get that feeling."

Medicine Seller -

"Well, I'm not actually a part of the LGBTQ+. I think. Uhhhhh

I’m not necessarily surrounded by homophobic people in my life, in fact as an art student I have a fair share of LGBTQ friends. I’ve always been that straight friend who everyone thinks is a lesbian or Najime (KCC) kind of gender, but I’ve never been attracted to girls and I’ve never felt like I was anything other than a girl. Well, we’ll get back to the latter soon.

I watched Mononoke; Karakasa.

I love Kon Kusuriuri. I want him. I want to BE him. I want both at the same time and it’s infuriating. I want his gender, the kind where he’s so proudly and unbudgingly feminine while still being so masculine too. His deeper voice fits surprisingly well with his character design. God I want to be an unabashedly shameless twink that busts ghosts while flirting with men and women in an eccentric manner.

Here’s the thing. He’s 185 cm. I’m 160. Okay, no biggie. But it gets a bit personal here with my own body image issues. I like being a girl, I like guys. But I’ve only ever liked guys for how they looked. I am so jealous. I want their stick legs, okay. The fact that they have no ass. Literally, I want that. I want to be a guy who chooses to be feminine, not a girl who is feminine because she has to be. It makes no sense. I’m confused. And my body type isn’t the masculine kind that’s for sure. I could never be Kon. It’s depressing. I’ll never be him, and I have to live with it.

Honestly, I have never actually thought of dating a guy, can’t even imagine it. Whenever I see a straight couple, I never see myself as the girlfriend who’s giggling away. I see the boyfriend, smiling and walking tall, and I think: I want a girlfriend, and I want to be this person for her.

But I’m short, I’m admittedly pretty but not in the way that I want to be. I want to be androgynous, I want people to be confused on whether I’m a girl or a guy. I wanna be tall enough that I can be a guy, but short enough that I can still be a girl. Everything could be fixed, maybe, if my body was just different

When I draw Kon, outline his legs and his arms, I always feel like I’m just drawing who I want to be. I want him. I want his gender. I don’t know if I ever can have his gender.

I don’t know what I want anymore, I always thought I was sure (maybe) but now that Kon is here I’m just confused. Is it because I’m not as cis as I thought I was, or is it because of my body dysphoria? I’m too much of a coward to consult any irl lgbtq friends on this, so I’m resorting to a tumblr poll. lol

Am I in denial right now. Initially I was doing this form for fun but now I’m literally reeling from wtf I just wrote, because I’ve never put it into words before. Am I cooked gang?

Damn you, kusuriuri."

[tache-noire]

I with mugitani wasnt such a bitch, she was cute :(

[jane-doh]

I'm so angry omg I want to shout,

Hear me out anyone who see this post. I love Mononoke anime from first episode, I love Sakurai Takahiro in every role, like I can die listening to his voice, and Netflix dropped new movie Mononoke and used Hiroshi Kamiya, this guy is NOT KUSURIURI, omg my best anime character was replaced by a random dude with similar clothes. I'm so mad.

The voice is just not voicing 😫

End of rant

Cheers,

watch the original Mononoke ❤️

[illustriously-annie]

Do you think the staff arranged a handsome man meeting for Kon like Disney did for Flynn Rider

'beautiful/handsome'

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[nemomo]

kon counterpart to ri

[ydotome]

Kusuriuri "Medicine Seller, Apothecary" (薬売り) - Mononoke Movie: Karakasa - Dir. Kenji Nakamura - July 26, 2024

[ermalilee]

Goddamn these bitches gay! Good for them!

[crocyart]

Slay

[starvingmeat]

Some details :>

By me, 2025, acryl on canvas

[hanpaopaoo]

Kusuriuri again 💜

[ravennowithtea]

got to watch "The Phantom in the Rain" the other day 🍥🌸 absolutely fantastic~ 🫧🪷

[vierose444]

You're not whimsical and silly!! You're unsettling and you're scaring the hoes!!!!

[zoestanleyarts]

Medicine Seller from Mononoke drawn with pencils.