#randomeows

[ikusayu-no-hana]

cleaning my ss folder and what do I find ... colettes trans flag from one of the comics

[ikusayu-no-hana]

[ikusayu-no-hana]

straight up one of the most insane moments in orv was when yjh grabs the sword kdj is trying to kill himself with and the sword that's for real named unbroken faith breaks bc of yjh's desire to keep kdj alive. So so fucking sickening

[ikusayu-no-hana]

they had to drag him to his knightmare frame post-top surgery 🙄

[ikusayu-no-hana]

every so often I'll think about the unbreakable hateful narrative chougi has ab himself and then that scene from jiden where kasen earnestly goes 'but the fact that there is a sword made in the image of you is a testament of how beautiful you, as yamanbagiri chougi the sword, are" and it should be a beautiful moment unshackled from the replica debate but chougi doesnt Get it bc he's literally lv1 and emotionally stunted

[ikusayu-no-hana]

chougiwame (includes delusions//

good-natured smiling??? on god???? how did he learn to use his facial muscles like that

he only has one garter thing now (booo!)

this part reminds me of kasens armour and just fits w the dynamics i have for them, namely that kasen is chougi's object of admiration/respect/maybe-crush (ty jiden) and so on some level he wants to emulate him and his elegance. its cute they sorta match now

are these irises? im shit at flower names

letters!

'You ended up sending me out, so I guess I've got no choice. I could take the occasion and kill a mountain crone. What do you think?'

it was presumed that manba's epithet came from yamanbagiri chougi bc duh. but: the tokugawa museum solely labels his blade as 本作長義, and the name registered under the Important Cultural Property is the inscription on his tang - the same inscription that kunihiro made later on. its so ironic that chougi's remembrance is all thanks to the smith whose sword would go on to outshine the original. chougi represents the odyssey of reconciling historical and personal dissonance.

hence this sarcastic, self-deprecating letter. to doubly baptize himself as yamanbagiri in order to set the record straight, even though it's impossible this late, even though the tableau of manba and chougi revolves around the dilemma of the original being defined by the replica, is so typically chougi. who really killed the yamanba first? maybe it really was him. maybe it was manba, who later lost his memories in the kanto earthquake. manba has made it obvious he doesnt care ("the legends told by men are always ambiguous"), and chougi must decide whether he does.

also, no greeting. feels like a text.

I feel I can't get the recognition I deserve no matter where I go. ...No, I suppose there is one person I do have in mind.

this is what truly interests me in chougi as a character. and he finally admits it in his own words - he's starved for recognition. this, despite his designation as an important cultural property (iirc manba and chougi are the only instance of a sword and its replica both being designated imp cultural properties). i don't think he'll ever get over that defining shock of his life where manba manifested before him, because that's impacted his own standards of performance, has made him a perfectionst. and so because everyone, even the government and saniwa, has seen and cherished manba first, there is only one place he can truly return to for recognition. ive read some fusetters that think it might be akinaga or ujimasa but i think it's his creator, nagayoshi. i think that and only that could truly and finally comfort him.

The peerless masterpiece smithed by Chougi, that's me. First came the masterpiece sword, then there were humans whose hearts went out to it, and copied that masterpiece. That's all there is to it. Since I came to the Citadel, I've been observing your movements. I asked myself whether you, as protector of history, as someone who wields Touken Danshi, were a human worthy of being such. My inspection has finished. To Master, I have one request I want to make of you. If I ever fall low enough to grow dull, break me right away. After all, the sword who will give you everything has to be me.

it is easier to be kind to the visibly wounded person who strives to rouse his self-worth, but chougi had to quietly grapple with that idea of being a less-than-ideal victim of his own complex, and come to his own conclusion - thankfully the same as that of manba's. his name is only part of who he is.

I like the theory that chougi observing the saniwa was a directive given by the government, rather than mere personal curiosity. six long years of inspection. it isnt really that outlandish i think bc hakusan pretty much confirms they keep a keen eye on the saniwa, his fox being one method of doing so.

and a random theory i have that ties in to the one above: since it's the first ever time chougi addresses the saniwa as 主, i think it has some significance beyond his acceptance of the saniwa. since his previous letters are sent without a greeting i think he knew that the government would be able to take a look at what he was writing, and so theyre all sarcastic and distant and irreverent. his last letter (before the greeting) is just about his inspection. but (and this is unfounded) i think the simple fact that at the end of his third letter he Does address the saniwa, means in some way its only meant for the saniwa's eyes, and not to keep up the ruse for the government. simply because its the most passionate thing he has expressed in relation to the saniwa. maybe swords manifested at the government arent meant to develop strong attachments to the saniwa at all. and so maybe he added some sort of secret panel to the letter before sending it that the government couldnt detect, but the saniwa could. maybe 'to the master' is a sort of magic enchantment itself.

anyway. just my interpretation. the time government can be a little sinister as a treat.

he's more comfortable being sarcastic w the saniwa now i like this i really like this. i wish theyd have given us a recollection w kiwame manba too tho.

btw kiwame manba responds the same way as kiwame chougi on being appointed as team captain. okayyyyy blowjob brothers.

I am disappointed that there was no mention of chougi's shortening from a tachi/ootachi. he used to be something else. maybe he remembers that existence and feels strange in the presence of the longer swords. maybe hes forgotten it but in that case i wouldve liked a mention of his disorientation with that part of his legend (like manba had in his journey). oh well i guess canon cant address all the legends.

[ikusayu-no-hana]

semt-san is going to fully assimilate chougi into the mikazuki-as-holy-grail cycle after all the life lessons he's soaked in across 3 plays and then sow the c-plot where koga inducts (or reveals he has inducted) shichiseiken into the Suspicious Old Men club and they astronomize to gain new insight into the mkzk dilemma, but then they all wash ashore on some deserted island due to an evil hra plot and sasanuki & chatannakiri teach them how to fish and make fire. maybe there'll be an enemy-ally pairing a la code geass kaminejima with the oboro characters. nikkous there to invoke a hasebe-archetype for chougi to play off of. sohaya and oodenta are There. when they return it's revealed manba has come back from his journeyand theres a recording of makki's voice intermingling w the other swords' welcomes. chougi huffs and says something tsundere. they have made net 0 progress towards attaining mikazuki. fin

[ikusayu-no-hana]

whenever it hits the great lows of 27/28° in monsoon or winter I can't believe how much more motivated I feel to do literally Anything. you're telling me there are places that don't go above 30 degrees at all? Living there would've sorted my life out. would've become the pm or some shit.

[ikusayu-no-hana]

he's just like me fr (girl whose entire personality as a kid was hula hooping)

[ikusayu-no-hana]

oh my fucking god can't believe I missed hoshimoto yuzuki coming out as transfem last september via her blog.....what.........good for her for coming out on her own terms !!!!!!

[ikusayu-no-hana]

peak character design. truly

[ikusayu-no-hana]

the yamanbagiris being soft around kids. if u even care

[ikusayu-no-hana]

semtsan twote them together and their palettes just

[ikusayu-no-hana]

love CAN change you..how else do you explain kasen overcoming his bugphobia for sayo

[ikusayu-no-hana]

若荒くんの新しいスキンじゃ…! と思ったけど新刀剣男士くんだったw

[ikusayu-no-hana]

hajimari no gofuri realness.