#shintai

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor

It seeks those with untamed spirits and offers wild strength.

Artist: Johannes Voss TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[reuxben]

Here’s our MTGinktober for “Nomadic,” starring Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim and Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty! It's easy to be a wandering cultist when your shrine can travel with you..

Click this post’s Source link for this piece’s Making-Of.

More MTGinktober here.

Daily art updates on Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky.

Reuxben

[reubenyeoart]

Fanart - Go Shintai of Life's Origin

After a month, I release Ko-Fi exclusive work for public viewing! (With some modifications, understandably.)

To read more about the process, go here (available with a one-time tip or a subscription)!

[blueraimo]

[occasionaltouhou]

good correction by sam re: okuu being a shrine. she is not a shrine, and she might be kind of a shikigami. thank you for knowing more about how things work than i do

[brewerssupplies]

Here's a monk subclass I've been throwing around in my head for a while, definitely took some inspiration from the MtG cards for the names of the shrines and their themes. Hope you enjoy!

[PDF]

[maylilithreign]

I took this picture of the grizzly bear at the zoo yesterday and I love that she's being so dainty. Shintay's practicing her ballet pose 😭

[ravens-recs]

The Summer Hikaru Died

Alt title: Hikaru Ga Shinda Natsu

Art: 10/10 Story: 10/10 Characters: 8/10

Genres: horror, shounen ai, school life.

This is one of the best manga I’ve read in a while. The art is gorgeous, the story is unique, and the characters are amazing. Honestly, I feel like everyone should read this.

Hikaru Ga Shinda Natsu is a beautiful yet tragic story of a boy who can’t let go of his best friend, even as said best friend isn’t actually there anymore. Hikaru is one of the most lovable monsters I’ve read in a manga, and even I, the reader, gets sucked into rooting for him even as the flashbacks of the real Hikaru makes me cry.

Apart from the existential horror of Hikaru’s existence, there are also more monster-like horror elements which gives the reader a slow dawning feeling of dread as the plot moves on.

This manga is still new, and very short, but everything I’ve read so far I’ve loved so… fully recommended.

Similar Manga:

I Want to Hold Aono-kun so badly I could Die (Alt title: Aono-kun ni Sawaritai Kara Shintai)

[littleeyesofpallas]

Buttobi!! CPU[ぶっとび!!CPU]

[thequicksilverfox]

Planning an Exalted campaign has me absolutely DRIPPING with blorbos. I've got so gottdamb many fucked up little bitches scrambling around in my brain to the tunes of various songs I use for inspiration. You dont even know. You dont even KNOW. Ask me about my exalted oc's. Unless you're in my campaign. YOU will find out soon enough.

[dravidious]

Actually I lied, you're not just incredible. You're incredible and awesome and cool and amazing and

Fun Fact: The "what's a virgin" bit in RTR was inspired by this tumblr post

[abyssus-aeterna]

身體的蒸餾器機構、鍊金術的變換の容器。

肉體と意識、言語術策の廣大なる構成物。

詩人と哲人は、此の宇宙劇に包圍せらる。

[Classical transliteration]

Sintai-teki zyoũriu-ki kikou, renkimzyutu-teki fenkwan no yoũki. Nikutai to isiki, gengo zyussaku no kwaũdai naru kouseĩbutu. Sizin to tetuzin fa, kono utiu-geki ni fauwi seraru.

[Modern transliteration]

Shintai-teki jōryū-ki kikō, renkinjutsu-teki henkan no yōki. Nikutai to ishiki, gengo jussaku no kōdai naru kōseibutsu. Shijin to tetsujin wa, kono uchū-geki ni hōi seraru.

bodily alembic system, the vessel of alchemical transmutation:

soma & consciousness, vast construct of the linguistic artifice;

poets & philosophers, enveloped within these cosmic dramas.

[reuxben]

Here’s our MTGinktober for “Sparkle,” starring Anikthea, Hand of Erebos and Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom! You're really under no obligation to solve these riddle-culous conundrums--just walk away!

Click this post’s Source link for this piece’s Making-Of.

More MTGinktober here.

Daily art updates on Instagram and Twitter.

Reuxben

[reubenyeoart]

Still working on this piece; noodling on the background at the moment! For the full WIP:

[blueraimo]

[r--kt]

Okay, but why the "Kannabi" Bridge? I mean, why is this called that? Turns out, this is an amazing and very beautiful metaphor.

Kakashi Gaiden analysis. Kannabi — the bridge between two worlds

I will look at this from the side of Shinto culture (based on the materials that I could find, feel free to correct me if you know more about this) and from the side of Kakashi and Obito's storylines.

Contents | cultural code · significance for the plot structure · the idea itself (this one is really important!)

Cultural code

In Shinto culture, it is not customary to divide the world into human and sacred, especially into divine and demonic principles — everything exists in harmony with each other, in a single system.

Kannabi (神奈備) refers to a region that is a shintai (repositories in which kami reside) itself, or hosts a kami. In fact, Kannabi is a place of connection between the human and the spiritual. Usually these are mountains, rivers, and forests that stand out for their beauty. These are such accumulations of natural energy, so sacred that their presence requires observance of a certain rite. So, if in relatively modern times be present next to the blossoming sakura, picnics in picturesque mountains and the like has normalized in Japanese culture, then in ancient times people did not dare to disturb mountains or groves with their presence. In such places, people performed rituals of worship to the deity, wrestling matches, divination, sacred dances, offerings, etc. The territory of the kami did not completely coincide with the territory of worship to them, people still tried to move away from the center of the sacred place so as not to bother their deity. To mark the border of entry into Kannabi, symbolic gates were installed — most often in the form of torii.

examples of kannabi in real life. Mount Fuji and Nachi Falls. [ as I understand, shintai and kannabi are synonymous concepts, but kannabi is broader in meaning. ]

It's all about how important the term is in a cultural context. A place of divine power that cannot be desecrated. From here, the Kannabi Bridge and the surrounding area can also be considered endowed with divine energy — and here the most interesting thing begins.

Significance for the plot structure

Now about the scenario composition. In general, the Battle of Kannabi, as the event itself in Kakashi and Obito's storylines, according to Joseph Campbell's «hero's journey», is a stage of transition between worlds. That's what the symbolism of the place also works for. This is the moment when the hero assumes responsibility for the beliefs he carries and their consequences, and literally or symbolically crosses the threshold between the safe and familiar world to the dangerous and unknown one, embarks on the path of reflection and prepares to meet the unconscious.

Thus, briefly speaking, Kakashi finds the strength to resolve his internal conflict in favor of his father's attitudes about the value of each Shinobi, and Obito sacrifices himself, protecting his loved ones and defending his ideals. Then their paths got separate so that each one could face with the unknown by himself.

In the context of the monomyph model, this is how the beginning of the initiation stage is demonstrated (i.e., the transition from one state to another, which is accompanied by some kind of ritual). Since Kannabi in culture is the boundary between the human and the divine, it can be concluded that this very transition is shown almost literally, thanks to the sharingan awakening and the broken tanto. This is the first turning point in history, structurally coinciding with the end of the first act.

The idea itself

And what do we see in general? In the battle of Kannabi, the religious Shinto subtext is vividly read. For the battle in a sacred place, the moral positive change of the hero (Kakashi) or his original courage (Obito) and a certain sacrifice (Kakashi's eye), the deities give a reward: the power of sharingan, which helps them save Rin, which is shared between Obito and Kakashi and in the future generally serves as a direct demonstration of the spiritual connection between them. At the same time, for the desecration of a sacred place (the goal of the mission was to blow up a bridge), heroes are punished: from this point of view, Obito's death is a certain sacrifice for the damage inflicted on the deity.

There is also information that the name of the bridge - Kannabi-kyo (神無毘橋) - can also be interpreted as «A bridge where the gods won't help». idk if it's true, but sounds cool.

Moreover, the very name of Obito's mangekyo — Kamui (神威) — literally translates as «The Power of Gods». Perhaps it is based on the mentioned concept of the place where Kakashi and Obito received the power of sharingan. And maybe that's why they call the technique the same way: because they treat it rather with such a religious meaning.

and thanks for reading to the end ♡