#okurikara

[thefangirlinawheelchair]

Some Touken Ranbu memes I made on a whim 5 (1) (2) (3) (4)

Saniwas checking on their honmarus

[incorrect-joseimuke]

Mitsutada: I'm not a regular mom. I'm a cool mom.

Okurikara: You're not even a mom.

Mitsutada: You're grounded.

[zaruba-needslove]

Okurikara's letters

[retrogamingtrickster]

Okurikara: You wanna see how hardcore I am?

Okurikara: *punches wall*

Okurikara:

Okurikara: Take me to the hospital.

[kon-konk]

Me @ all my uchigatana: Someone explain to me how these two *points at Kikko Sadamune (wears shibari under his clothes at all times) and Sengo Muramasa (strips every chance he gets)* became my two go-to uchigatana?

[eien-no-gakusha]

Touken Ranbu:  The Contradictory Tale of Genji

Part 2/3 - Cast:

(I’m going by romanization in the program, which might differ from their Takarazuka days)

Here is the list of actors and their program introduction.  There’s more to the Genji Monogatari cast that will be elaborated on in the spoiler section.

OG = Takarazuka OG, specifically otokoyaku TR = Touken Ranbu character GM = Tale of Genji character

 Holy Takarazuka OG Batman!!  What a star-studded cast! For me at least.  I was drooling over this casting. All the named male roles were performed by otokoyaku retired from Takarazuka.  It’s good to see the craft continue outside the big revue companies.  This is in no small part thanks to Nanami Hiroki who actively continued otokoyaku work outside Takarazuka.  There are the likes of Amami Yuuki and Sagiri Sena who have performed genderbent roles in their OG career on occasion.  However, that was an exception in a true to gender cast.  This is the first big production I’ve seen with all female casting outside Takarazuka.  It worked incredibly well since the actors involved specialize in stuff like that.  Also, with Takarazuka otokoyaku garnering a reputation of portraying idealized men, it made sense that they would portray fictionally idealized men about a novel lead by the perfect romantic hero.  Overall, very impressed by the acting talent.  I did enter the lottery three times to see this cast live lol.

 Of the OGs on stage, I’m most familiar with Nanami Hiroki, Ayanagi Sho, and Seto Kazuya.  They happen to play the major characters.  The lead role is Nanami Hiroki as Kasen Kanesada closely followed by Ayanagi Sho as Okurika.  These two swords are basically foils of each other.  Kasen Kanesada is the cultured sword named after the Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (or the 36 retainers his master killed, depending on your interpretation).  He’s the level-headed leader and refined poetry master, making him ideal for being trapped in a literary work.  Okurikara is the brash brawler sword.  He belonged to the son of Date Masamune and if son resembles father at all, that explains the thirst for battle.  Also, a lot of his design refers to a fierce Buddhist deity who removes obstacles so makes sense he tries to brute force his way out of a problem.  As these two were possessed by Genji, they had the heaviest roles having to play two characters with one having to match Seto Kazuya’s acting.  Both Kai and Ayaka did great and captured their respective characters.  I barely recognized Sho and it wasn’t just the brown-face, she did something a bit different with her makeup.  Akira is perfect for Genji.  She is a versatile actor who can handle both drama and comedy.  Here she wholeheartedly embodies the tragic hero and bitter villain (book protagonist but show antagonist, an interesting twist).  She did such a good job I didn’t even recognize her as the nameless creeper fan until I checked the program.  She played dweeby, shy nerd for that brief scene so convincingly, I thought it was a different actor.

 The rest of the touken danshi serve as fanservice and comic relief.  It’s a bunch of OGs playing Ichimonji swords, mostly relatively new collectables in the game.  All anyone needs to know are the silver color characters are Uesugi swords who are there to be the cool, silent types.  The blond boys have a bit more lines.  Aya Oka as Ichimonji Norimune, expensive old man sword, will act suave and pretty in between scenes.  Nansen Ichimonji by Shiotsuki Syu is the comic relief.  Legend is the sword split a cat in two and was then cursed by the dead cat, hence all the cat mannerisms and frustrated meowing.  So Fuku here has to act the cat and also act the young, explosive lad.  She does the most audience-insert snarky commentary and slapstick of the side characters.  She wasn’t too distracting or detracted from the story.  In fact, she was genuinely funny and earned a lot of intentional chuckles and laughs from the crowd.

 The musumeyaku, as we will call them here, I am not as familiar with as they are mostly idols and actresses from the part of Japanese pop culture I do not follow as closely.  Everyone did a good job and were absolutely beautiful in their juunihito kimono.  Now this is a Touken Ranbu show so naturally the Tale of Genji cast are secondary characters.  However, each of the Genji cast was tasked with a double role that was important in carrying the theme.  Including Akira, they each played a “real” person from the Heian era and a book character.

 Half of the musumeyaku cast are basically random court ladies that, as a group, represent friends and fans of Murasaki Shikibu.  However, they have more to do in the Tale of Genji isekai as Aoi no Ue, Utsusemi, and Suetsumuhana.  What is important to note is their brief lines in the book club flashback when they discuss their favorite characters with the Empress.  The discussion extends to the solace and inspiration they find from the text.  Ironically, they all turn into their favorite characters when sucked into the book so perhaps that is why they so easily went with the flow.  Aoi no Ue’s realworld counterpart is presumably going through a rocky marriage or having trouble conceiving so sympathizes with the character.  Utsusemi finds inspiration in her character’s strong sense of morality and self-respect.  Suetsumuhana is actually a bimbo enjoying the story?  Well, she is basically comic relief on the girl’s side.  In the book, she’s known for that little red nose and the fact that she’s broke and dull because her family fell on hard times so lacks an education.  She even gets a clown mask with a giant nose to represent her morning-after cold for a bit of levity.

 The other ladies carry are more relevant to the theme.  We learn in Act 2 that Lady Rokujo (Genji’s MILF poetry teacher turned mistress), is actually the Empress in real life.  She is having marital and thus political troubles with the Emperor and feels trapped so gravitates towards Lady Rokujo for catharsis.  After all, Lady Rokujo of book fame goes wild and outright haunts her enemies by sheer will.  In reverse, we have Lady Koshosho, Murasaki’s best friend and a humble court lady, reincarnate as the villain empress in the book.  At the center of it all, we learn that the author Murasaki Shikibu has taken the role as unobtainable true love Consort Fujitsubo.  These three women are more prominent in the real world timeline.  The Empress voicing one opinion about fiction as head of book club, Lady Koshosho being avid book promoter and introductory character who links scenes, and Murasaki being the godly author of the book.  Minamoto Maho as both Murasaki Shikibu and Consort Fujitsubo is fitting as the lofty author is as grand a figure in her fictional universe as the idolized woman Fujitsubo.  Genji has a complicated love-hate relationship with her that blurs the line between character and creator.  Not much to say about her as Fujitsubo since she just has to stand there and be pretty while Genji angsts in the foreground.  However, she really shines as the author.  Murasaki Shikibu within the play raises some interesting points regarding storytelling and fiction as we observe her life and the people impacted by her story and finding a place in history.  A lot of Japanese portrayal of women, even with women protagonists, write them rather passively.  In the case of this show, we see internal conflict and agency from Murasaki as she strives to finish her novel against criticism and backlash.  Also, I would be remiss to not discuss young Murasaki, played by a set of child actresses.  The one in my showing was very professional in her line delivery and performed well.  Of course, she was super cute.

 Even extras were noteworthy people with previous works in major franchises, some were household names by Japanese standards.  We had voice actor from a Final Fantasy mobile game, guy in BLEACH musical, and boy band member.

 Overall, all the actors brought their talent to the table so I have no complaints!

[goldenteaset]

Hinamori Citadel Sword Timeline (in-game)

...For posterity. I could just do this with images, I know, but I couldn't actually see the dates that way. Wound up bolding the swords that became important to the Citadel's canon (and swords not in bold might become important later). After awhile the memories came flooding back, so there's random bits of Citadel history/headcanon notes too! (I often made choices Airi would be too cautious to attempt, heh.)

Assume that the Government swords/Munechika are still important in the grand scheme of the Citadel history even if they're not in bold, by the way!

The long list is under the cut~

First Day: 8/26/2021

Starter Sword: Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki

First Tantou: Sayo Saimonji

First Smith: Akita Toushirou

Battlefield Tantou:

-Midare Toushirou (Airi's BFF and wingman)

-Yagen Toushirou

-Aizen Kunitoshi

-Maeda Toushirou

-Hirano Toushirou

Results of First Day Smithing (figured I'd wing it):

-Nikkari Aoi

-Yamatonokami Yasusada

-Yamanbagiri Kunihiro

-Nakigitsune

-Kasen Kanesada

-Okurikara

-Kashuu Kiyomitsu

-Souza Saimonji

-Tsurumaru Kuninaga (First Tachi)

-Shishio

-Nagasone Kotetsu

-Urashima Kotetsu

Day 2: 8/27/2021

Smithing results:

-Horikawa Kunihiro

-Doudanuki Masakuni

-Yamabushi Kunihiro

-Sengo Muramasa (Airi's soulmate is discovered! Becomes Unit 1 Captain into perpetuity)

Battlefield Tantou:

-Shinano Toushirou (the first sword I decided would pine for Airi, still unsure if it would go anywhere)

-Gokotai

First breaking: Akita Toushirou. Horrified, I decide to forge stronger swords to protect everyone while furiously grinding for Akita.

Stronger Sword Plan Results are as follows:

-Izuminokami Kanesada

-Heshikiri Hasebe

-Shokudaikiri Mitsutada (Got on the pining train before Hasebe, haha)

-Azuki Nagamitsu (his Dad Energy is so powerful he gracefully exits the harem and joins Sayo and Mitsutada in kitchen duty)

-Ichigo Hitofuri

-Hizamaru and Higekiri (back-to-back! They become fixtures in the Citadel rather than on the battlefield)

Day 3: 8/28/2021

Battle Tantou: Akita Toushirou (this felt like weeks)

I took a "break" until the Underground Treasure Chest on 9/1/2021. After this, counting days becomes very difficult ^^;

UTC Swords 9/1/2021:

-Honebami Toushirou

-Imanotsurugi

9/4/2021:

Arrived in the mail:

-Mikazuki Munechika

9/5/2021:

Smithing Results:

-Juzumaru Tsunetsugu (Airi's second BFF! He goes on Unit 1 and stays there almost in perpetuity)

9/9/2021:

UTC Results:

-Namazuo Toushirou

9/10/2021:

UTC Results:

-Atsushi Toushirou

-Houchou Toushirou (one of Airi's adopted sons now like Sayo and Akita)

-Hotarumaru

-Gotou Toushirou

Somewhere around here, I obtain a copy of Hakata Toushirou. Which leads to...

Second breaking: Hakata Toushirou (via boulder to the head ;_;)

9/11/2021:

UTC Results:

-Ishikirimaru

-Taroutachi

9/12/2021:

UTC Results (or possibly smithing? Things get blurry)

-Tomoegata Nanigata

-Monoyoshi Sadamune

-Taikogane Sadamune (is taller than Airi and grows to really, really like that. Biggest "Will They, Won't They?" of the cast so far, sorry bud...)

9/22/2021

-Hakata Toushirou

10/3/2021:

-Mouri Toushirou

-Tonbokiri (after many Tantou copies. Hasn't appeared in fic yet!)

10/4/2021:

-Otegine

10/9/2021:

-Kikkou Sadamune (Airi's third harem member is established immediately)

10/11/2021: (I believe there was a Training Event here?)

-Uguisumaru (Airi's third BFF)

10/17/2021:

-Akashi Kuniyuki

10/18/2021:

-Kogitsunemaru

10/20/2021:

-Jiroutachi

10/22/2021:

-Nenekirimaru (Hinamori Citadel's resident himbo/problem-solver re: The Move)

10/27/2021:

-Koryuu Kagemitsu (Airi is "in danger" and Mutsunokami watches him for any Casanova shenanigans)

11/1/2021:

-Iwatooshi

11/4/2021:

-Nansen Ichimonji

11/6/2021

-Nikkou Ichimonji

Somewhere between here I beat the Ikedaya Inn in World 6!

Third Breaking: Fudou Yukimitsu, who breaks in the aforementioned attempt on that accursed bridge.

11/17/2021:

-Shizukagata Nanigata

November-December 2021 In General: "The Winter of Kiwame".

-Sayo Saimonji

-Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki

-Sengo Muramasa

-Akita Toushirou

-Kikkou Sadamune

12/4/2021: (Hanafuda event for sure)

-Kotegiri Gou

12/5/2021:

-Kuwana Gou

12/7/2021:

-Buzen Gou

12/9/2021:

-Matsui Gou

12/11/2021:

-Samidare Gou (Poetry Club, assemble!)

12/17/2021

-Murakumo Gou

12/24/2021

-Fudou Yukimitsu

Regimental Clash happens with Fukushima Mitsutada, fourth love of Airi's life. For various reasons, he does not come home and I'm despondent about it.

2022 In General: There are so many Kiwame that I don't remember the exact dates of (same with 2023) that they needed their own post [will link here]

1/14/2022:

New Year's Stamp Collection:

-Kokindenju-no-Tachi, who I actually started the game for

1/16/2022:

-Oodenta Mitsuyo

1/26/2022:

-Kenshin Kagemitsu (Airi overprotects him, much to his chagrin)

2/17/2022:

-Nihongou

3/2022 in general: The Great Invasion occurs, bringing with it a sense of truly global scale I had never encountered in a game before. Everyone fights to protect their Citadels, and in Hinamori Citadel Mutsunokami sets out to save Munechika's life and prove his story's worth.

Led by Sengo Muramasa as Unit 1 Captain, Hinamori Citadel does its meager but worthwhile part in the fight to protect everyone's histories.

3/8/2022:

-Hyuuga Masamune (arrives with supplies /half-joking)

In between these two dates, Kashuu Kiyomitsu goes on Kiwame and helps turn the tide. Munechika returns as well, and with Mutsunokami's help Hinamori Citadel is saved.

3/23/2022:

-Hakusan Yoshimitsu (Hinamori Citadel's final reward for their Great Invasion efforts)

5/20/2022: (Edo Castle)

-Kogarasumaru

In Hinamori Citadel canon, Fukushima Mitsutada arrives 6/18/2022. In reality it takes a much longer time for me.

July 2022:

-Mitsutada goes on Kiwame, resuming his on-again off-again flirting status.

-Fudou Yukimitsu also goes on Kiwame, and much for the better. ;v;

7/14/2022:

Juurakutei Special Investigation Event tests everyone's mettle and Airi's temper, thanks to...

-Yamanbagiri Chougi

7/22/2022:

-Chiganemaru

7/27/2022:

-Chatan Nakiri

7/28/2022:

-Okanehira (appears out of the sand and will become the next Kiwame a few weeks later)

7/30/2022:

-Chiyoganemaru

7/31/2022:

-Sasanuki (gains the honor of Airi's first dubcon boyfriend)

8/18/2022: (Mutsunokami's Special Investigation)

-Hizen Tadahiro

8/19/2022:

-Nankaitaro Chouson

In late August, Taikogane Sadamune goes on Kiwame and flusters Airi terribly with his "groupies" line.

9/23/2022:

-Minamoto Kiyomaro

-Suishinshi Masahide

10/16/2022:

-Inaba Gou

10/21/2022: (Kasen's Special Investigation)

-Jizo Yukihira

November 2022 in general:

Fourth and Fifth Breakings: Higekiri and Hizamaru in their first time in battle during Training Camp. It's a tragic blow for Hinamori Citadel. Forgings are immediately attempted for a week straight, until...

11/10/2022:

-Hizamaru

11/13/2022:

-Hanjin

11/18/2022: (Kashu's Special Investigation)

-Ichimonji Norimune (Dangerously attractive??)

12/15/2022:

-Higekiri (after Hizamaru as always)

12/23/2022:

-Daihannya Nagamitsu (I finally decide Airi's an "Osafune Saniwa" after all, because goodness)

2023 Kiwame: There are less this time, but still a lot [here]

1/1/2023:

-Ningen Mukotsu (the first successful Winter Regimental Clash for Hinamori Citadel! Poetry Club is now even more powerful)

1/4/2023:

-Nukemaru

1/6/2023:

-Sanchomou

1/14/2023:

New Year's Stamp Pick:

-Onimaru Kunitsuna

Shortly after, in forging:

-Hacchou Nenbutsu

2/19/2023:

-Taiko Saimonji (the whole Saimonji family is reunited!)

3/6/2023:

-Himetsuru Ichimonji

6/27/2023:

-Jikkyuu Mitsutada, the last new sword in Hinamori Citadel

-Fukushima Mitsutada, officially home at last

The Last Kiwames (in the days before EoS):

-Daihannya Nagamitsu

-Higekiri

-Akashi Kuniyuki

-Hyuuga Masamune

[handicappedwriter]

Jikkyuu, seeing Fuku beating up Okurikara: Kick his ass little bro!

Mitsutada, watching from heaven: Yeah kick his ass Fuku san!

[aceshadowstar]

TOUKEN RANBU KAI KYODEN Anime Prequel Film Releases Okurikara Character Trailer - Crunchyroll News

[fandompost]

‘Touken Ranbu Kyoden Moyuru Honnōji’ Anime Prequel Film Reveals Okurikara Character Promo http://dlvr.it/TBk3QL

[gay-hoodie-boy]

ive been working out how keisuke introduces himself to each of the toukens when he first arrives at rhe citadel and some of my favorites so far are:

~finding okurikara working the garden and just chatting away at him, while okurikara just sits there like -_-

~getting caught stealing strawberries and scooped up and lectured at by hasebe

~tsurumaru startling him then realizing his mistake when keisuke refuses to be nice to him and spends the next half hour or so trying to make it up to him

~mistakenly tackling mitsutada while chasing a bug

~falls asleep in a crate, gets shut in, freed by tonbokiri

There will be more, i just gotta brainstorm a little. Snndndb

[thefangirlinawheelchair]

Some Touken Ranbu memes I made on a whim 4 (note: I have a different characterization of certain characters so please be careful if you're uncomfortable with that. Note again: The Okurikara ones only make sense if you ever read my fanfics.) (1) (2) (3)

[incorrect-joseimuke]

Tsurumaru: Okurikara, maybe you should tone down on your cursing around Kashagiri.

Okurikara: What do you mean?

Kashagiri in a distance fighting an HRA: Get ready to go to hell motherfucker!

[zaruba-needslove]

[emeraldprince01]

Who are you?

⚡Name: Ahsid/Ash (I just think the name's cool and I'm fine with either. I go by these names in almost all the other platforms too.

⚡Pronouns: She/her

⚡Age: 20 (I'm not a minor, so don't come at me when i write/post spicy content)

⚡Country: India

⚡Likes: Sports, Animals (I even like bugs and the like after reading Jungle Juice), Biology, Anime+Manhwas

⚡Dislikes: Pompous people who can only boast, Irresponsible people and people who can't take care of their own mess, Mean people. I think I iust don't like people in general.

⚡Genres: Action, Thriller, Scifi, Fantasy, basically open to all except romance. I mean I'm not emotionally incompetent, but I don't like the generic romance.

⚡Secret Wish: Would like to climb trees and play the guitar cause it's cool. Also, wants to be isekaied to anywhere

⚡Relationship Status: 100+ boyfriends, 4 husbands, 2 of which I've had kids with. And if that doesn't signify that I'm single af, I don't know what will.

⚡Any traumas: Just the regular 'I can't trust anyone bec I've been disappointed before' and 'I don't have any friends bec they're all either jealous/hate me in general' and 'Been a victim of bullying'. (This might look like I'm making fun and all, but that isn't my intention. I genuinely sympathize with people going through this, but I just feel I can cope better if I take it with humour).

⚡Ambition: Immunologist/CEO of a drug company so I can subsidize drug prices, and fund gene editing techs. I aim to make Pokémons, Digimons and the like a reality. (Please don't laugh at me.)

⚡Other Links To Explore: I'm on Quotev (https://www.quotev.com/Ash52513 now defunct though I make an appearance sometimes), Wattpad (completely abandoned with shitload of trauma), Ao3 (can't find my profile anymore)

⚡One Mythical Animal I Wished Was Real: Dragons

⚡ Favourite Trope: Hardcore enemies×Lovers, Soft for only one person×Sweetheart, FighterNo1×FighterNo2 with a measure of mutual pining for extra flavour

⚡ Favourite Season: Monsoon, especially when it's raining hard with the thunder and lightning

⚡ Fears: My imagination, Fire, On some days talking to people, Strong winds

⚡ Current Crush (as of Jan, 2023): Jake Kim, Jay Hong and Zack Lee from Lookism, Siu Siwoon from The Build Up, Taehun from Viral Hit, Okurikara, Ichigo, Mutsukonami and Izuminokami from Touken Ranbu, Jaehyon Shin from The Tax Reaper

⚡ Music I like: Neffex, TheFatRat, Citizen Soldier, All the anime OSTs to ever exist (My Spotify Wrapped shows my fav genres to be Otacore, Alternate Rock and the like. Here's my Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/0s6t7nn4g33zryn4w0s8cslsj?si=TTRIiJcUSPKwLSC0337r_A ,cause I've started a recent project where I add lesser known songs from manhwas and animes)

⚡ Languages I know: English, Hindi, Bengali, German, Japanese (in the process of learning)

⚡ Any Complexes: Super super strong brother's complex (I'm a single child without cousins, so you can guess my loneliness), Hero's Complex (would have got into a lot more fights if I wasn't stopped/held back by society's standards)

Anyways, that's all I have. Do let me know what you like/agree with.

Ace it up!

[kon-konk]

Okurikara: I'm not here to make friends.

All the other Date swords: We can't hear you over the sound of your newfound friendships!