#samurai of hyuga ronin

[rinriya]

First of all, I want to say that SoH is an amazing work in overall. It is dramatic, serious, interesting, tragic and soulful. Sometimes bloody, frightening, maddening, mind-blowing. But sometimes funny, colorful, warm and with unpredictable twists and turns. This game has completely unpredictable, intriguing situations, but they all add up to one big, overall picture. Each story chapter intertwined into one incredible book that you read out. You empathize with the characters, you understand them, you laugh with them, you cry because of them and fight for them.

Sure, you can make your MC a bad, rude, bloodthirsty person. You can do bad things and not delve into other people's problems, but what hooked me personally in SoH… is the opportunity to be a real hero without a demonstrative label. I can't stand characters who literally boast about being kind, fair and helpful. It looks so pompous, unpleasant and lofty. As if you are nothing compared to the beacon of justice and law. When a "hero" like this talks, I want to roll my eyes. I love when person shows who they are through their actions, even if, at first glance, they seems most unreliable and immoral.

The main character, ronin, is precisely like that. They don't trust anyone, have a hard time opening up to others, hate themselves more than all their enemies hate them combined… and at the same time, they embody a true talented, wise hero (if you play this route, of course).

Take for example my ronin. Akio. A man who hates himself, carries the weight of responsibility, guilt and a painful past on his shoulders, pushes people away… is incredibly caring, protective and conscientious. At first glance, just a drunkard mercenary, but in fact, a man with a heart of gold. Sometimes sharp-tongued, sometimes straightforward and stubborn. He often hides the truth to protect others and always suffers from some inadequate inner instinct of self-sacrifice for the sake of others. He doesn't think about risks, he just helps. It's in his nature. He doesn't believe in his own importance, but people are drawn to him. He fights, doesn't give up, shows strength, resilience, and will. To put it simply, at the beginning of the journey he is a real mess. He suffers from an innate sense of justice, bleeding heart, self-loathing, and men in love with him. He come an incredibly long way from a dirty dog ​​to a man ready to learn self-forgiveness.

In this wonderful art, drawn by @tokiko220, I tried to show the connection between the past and the present. The way my ronin has changed from first book to the last one. How he looked at the beginning of the journey and where he is now. As you can see the "past" ronin have dark blood under his feet, and the "current" ronin stands on clear water. Streams of blood and water collide, mixing and like a river stream, flow away. The symbolism is that the past and present are inseparable, but now the ronin himself chooses whether the river will be clean or bloody.

I like that the ronin is not a permanently invulnerable hero. He can lose, he can grieve, he can see the consequences of his decisions. He may be in a complete despair, on the very edge. He can be weak, he can be scared. He can be human.

Plus, honestly, it's so funny that MC doesn't believe that someone can love, care and desire them, but most of the characters (both main and secondary) adore ronin with a variety of feelings.

Well, also, this applies only to my personal walkthrough, but after a long time my Akio become calmer, more graceful, more elegant and more wise, as if a real experienced sensei. But despite all his strength, incredible martial talents, leadership, he still revains sensitive and needy of love. I don't know if this could be called as a certain trope, but I absolutely adore when a strong, skilled, fearsome hero becomes soft, gentle and becomes vulnerable/open onlу with the loved one.

To put it simply, I never get tired of taking screenshots of favorite moments and admiring this rare, thoughtful story. The text is well-written, colorful and easy to read. You can understand how subtle the author feels his work, how much attention was put into the details, how much information been studied for the authenticity. The descriptions are captivating, the emotions are touching, the battles excites imagination and every character you met, carries something that you will remember. In your head every word transforms into a breathtaking series (or anime).

The story has exactly what lacks so much sometimes — a real, sincere, selfless kindness and the opportunity to make the world a better place. SoH can be very dark, expose baser aspects of human nature, frighten with real situations and fascinate with mythical mysteries. But among all this struggle and survival, I see a thrilling adventure full of inspiration, friendship and the desire to fight for good. SoH is about justice, about the desire to protect and learn, about hope in the darkness, about the strength born from love, care and protection.

SoH makes you think, feel, experience emotions, and only a great book has the power to do that.

Cr. @samuraiofhyuga (Devon Connell / MChoiceStudios)

[thatwasntverysunglassesemoji]

the shogi fans ending up being a part of a massive rebellion because the ronin won like three games was genuinely one of the funniest parts of book 5

[melow232]

Ronin and Toshio (SoH)

Without text:

[tokiko220]

Me and my damn weakness for certain two Jun Uesugis 😩😩😩😩

[schlozo]

When Jun/ko hasn't bathed in years but the narration insists they smell sexy

Samurai of Hyuga by Devon Connell

[pirunika]

i was wondering how the issue of children would be handled with Junko

i like it! in fact.i like the overall romance (or whatever tf it is between them) better with a female jun/ko idk why.....

[peanutbttersandwich]

ROUGH CONCEPT ART (repost from reddit) & INFORMATION (RONIN/MC #1)

NAME: Sora

SEX: Female

AGE: Presumably around early to late 20s

HEIGHT: 160-169cm

WEIGHT: Less than 115 pounds

BUILD: Lean body physique

LOVE INTEREST: Undetermined (haven’t been very consistent with one yet)

STATS:

IMPULSIVE/CALCULATED

PERVERTED/CHIVALROUS

CHARMING/STOIC

DRIFTER/PROTECTIVE

BRUTAL/FINESSE

FUNFACTS

- She would most likely burn the entire world down if Masashi died for SURE

- Redemption arc based Ronin (Monster-to-savior pipeline)

- In an alternate universe where Nishi is a love interest, she WOULD go with her (sorry Momoko, but u r not really Sora’s type of woman)

- Sora: “I don’t care that much!” (cares)

Anyways I am looking forward to the next book!! I decided to start posting here on tumblr than just my reddit and instagram account!

[berriepeachie]

I am back… with jun and my ronin minako 🙈

[apricotronin]

SoH memes pt 5

[levantesdrawings]

Illustration for a Ronin AU I've had in mind for a while. (Please, click on it for better resolution.) (Sasuke has long hair in memory of Itachi.)

Some Au snippets here. I'm still working on it. 😺

There will surely be innacuracies despite my efforts, I apologize in advance. 😿 And yes, there are some Romeo and Juliet vibes, I know. 😹

The Uchiha Clan (a poweful Samurai clan) fell out of favor with the Daimyo, who feared their growing fame among the population, and was therefore disbanded. This led to the Uchiha rebellion against the Daimyo and other loyal clans but of course ended in a massacre and Itachi's death on the battlefield in the attempt to stop the conflict.

Left for dead by his opponents, Sasuke managed to drag himself away from the battlefield and began a life as a ronin. The last of his clan, with nothing but pain and despair, he swore that one day he would get his revenge.

But the loss of his family and his people was not the only wound that Sasuke suffered. With the Uchiha rebellion the betrothal with Hinata Hyuga, daughter of one of the most noble clans in the nation, was broken.

At the beginning of their engagement they knew nothing about each other., but Hinata quickly won Sasuke's heart with her patience and kindness. Some time after the massacre, it was to her that he returned in the dead of night, when the pain and despair became too heavy a burden to bear.

They truly fell in love during those stolen moments, with Sasuke not knowing that the Hyuga were secretly a Shinobi clan and that there was an order from the Daimyo to the Hyuga Clan to track him down and kill him. This is because his body was not found on the battlefield. Something that Hinata never did, warning him instead.

[rinriya]

My MC Akio from Samurai of Hyuga (@samuraiofhyuga). He suffers from an innate sense of justice, bleeding heart, self-loathing, and men in love with him.

[wym-lawson]

My ronin from Samurai of Hyuga. Her name is Rin, spirit animal snake. Romancing Tosh <3 I like the whole dynamic with Rin X Jun and the heartbreak is great when Tosh thought she didn't like him. But yeah, I don't think I can romance Jun myself...

[melow232]

Momoko's Clinic Side story (SoH)

[nervous-obsolete]

I played the Samurai of Hyuga games. 1-5.

Gotta say, really liked 'em. They're not quite at the level of I, The Forgotten One, but they're right up there.

And now I want to play a berzerker-ronin-samurai kinda character in an RPG. But, I can't really find one. Not sparks my interest, anyway.

[chadsuke]

[ID: Art of the Ronin and Jun from Samurai of Hyuga. Ronin has short dark brown hair, scars on their cheek and lips, and slightly darker skin than Jun. They look down, saying, "You're the most jealous person I know."

Jun leans in, eyes bright yellow and frowning intensely. "You know other people?"

Ronin looks at him in disbelief. End ID.]

SOH 5 releasing oh so soon!! > 7 <)

[pirunika]

Jun wouldn't be the same without occasional cringe even if it's unintentional on the author's part. I trust him to be unreasonable and slightly off-putting once in a while to remind me that this is what I signed up for in this marriage.

I never got far with Junko, simply because the tropes that made me laugh with Jun start hitting too close to home and makes me uncomfortable since the author can't control what the fuck he's trying to say. And I guess... My ronin is just straight, as well.

The nails flavor text... god... The Jun version with lubrication lived in my mind rentree for years because it was such a completely nonsensical Jun type of reasoning...

Samurai of hyuga is such a tragedy, I really liked some of the themes in it when examined alone but I'm not gonna lie every installment made me hate the cast more and more so maybe it's fortunate that Jun [spoiler].

Also, hi, it's me Hypno. I deactivated but I guess I'll use this acc for asks now.

Hello! ohhh Hypno!!!!!! now i understand lol where have u beeeeeen

And lmao i mustve missed the lubrication part or sth i played w Jun again bc i jumbled the gender selection part n was too lazy to fix it 😭 once again im into it until Tosh enters the scene and he wins im afraid....

the nails part was with Momoko!! the writer is...........i guess this is an example of write whatever the fuck you want someone somewhere will want to read it...