#soul king

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Happy birthday

Yo-ho-ho-hooo

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Brook just wants a little bromance! 

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Some soul king fan Yuri 😤😤

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An Elephant Is Warm And Mushy Episode 3: Me, Myself and Eye.

Shinso and Ichibei learn more about Nobody. Shinso learns A Lot more!

Please note: This chapter contains explicit content, not for audiences under 18.

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#4 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴

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Something… something… Soul King 😼

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that was funnier in my head (not a ship just transbian besties)

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Okay okay catching up on Bleach because I was putting it off...

So the soul king has an actual name now and it's apparently Adnyeus(?*)[アドナイェウス] which at a glance I thought was some kind of weird mashup of Hebrew Adonai[אֲדֹנָי] and Latin deus as a kind of play on Yhwach's name being based on the tetragrammaton. But actually it's just the name Aidoneus[Ἀϊδωνεύς] which was an old epithet for the Greek Hades, supposedly meaning "The Unseen" which somewhat superficially fits for the Soul King as a king of the dead/underworld.

*(I have no idea where anyone is getting these romanizations I see flying around...)

It's actually not the first time the name has come up. some eagle eyed fans caught that what appears to be "ADNYEUS" was shown back in episode 6 of TYBW in Ryuuken's notes, above the illustration of the castle Silbern. And then at the end of the previous season the anime added a chant to Yhwach's Auswählen that ran:

Kakageyo Gin no Monshou, Haiiro no Sougen, Hikari ni Uzumoreta, Enkan no Michi, Menou no Gankyu, Ougon no Shita, Zugai no Sakazuki, ADNYEUS no Hitsugi. Kakageru mono wa, Omae no Shinzou: AUSWÄHLEN [掲げよ 銀の紋章 灰色の草原 光に埋もれた円環の途 瑪瑙の眼球 黄金の舌 頭蓋の盃 アドナイェウスの棺 掲げるものは お前の心臓 聖別(アウスヴェーレン)] "Raise up Crest of Silver, Ash-colored(gray) Meadow, Circular Road hidden in (the) Light, Eye(s) of Agate, Tongue of Gold, Grail* of Skull, Coffin of Adnyeus. That which is Raised up is Your Heart: Auswählen."

*notably in one of Uryuu's German chants, the Japanese word for a [杯]:"sake cup" was paired with the German word Gral:"Grail", and [盃] and [杯] are alternate kanji for the same word. At the most literal the chant in Japanese just uses the word for "sake cup" like the one he uses for the schrift eucharist, but I feel like the more implicitly western imagery evoked by "skull Grail" or maybe "...chalice" is more in line with the ongoing aesthetic of Quincy spells

I'm not actually in a position to go doing a real deep dive on this but it does seem like at a glance there are associations with that alternate title with a specific incongruous variation of the god of the underworld--that is to say: characterizations of him under this epithets are not consistent with other more common interpretstions-- where he's actually got a lot of strong sun iconography. This of course maps almost perfectly with a bunch of stuff I've ranted on about a few different times in my Bleach ramblings.

Incidentally it is also the scientific namesake of the Papilio aidoneus... a black butterfly... In the first place Bleach's hell-butterflies were already a play on the real world association of butterflies and death, often either as psychopomps or themselves the souls of the dead. That they tie back in to the Soul King himself isn't too big a stretch.

As for this "triplet world" thing... We were already told that Hueco Mundo isn't actually it's own formal realm, it's the interstitial realm that just naturally exists in the space between one world and the next. So it kinda annoys me that this feels like it's really only being acknowledged because after the fact it's just where a big chunk of Bleach's plot happened, rather than actually being cosmologically on par with the other two.

Anyway the translations going around I notice are a little sloppy, mostly in that a few are clearly just machine translated and so ignored the use of Bleach specific terminology, like "reishi" and "kishi" so here's my quick breakdown of it (thank god it's short...)

原初の海から分かたれた尸魂界,現世, 虚圏の三つの世界。 The Three Worlds of Soul Society, This (the mortal) World, Hueco Mundo divided* from the Sea of Origin. 遍く魂魄の流れを司る礎であり, かつ世界の楔たる存在によって, The universal flow of spirits is the foundation to control, as well as the lynchpin of the world which is due to existence, 霊子の世界,器子の世界,砂の楽土の三世界が分離され, the Three Worlds of The World of Reishi, The World of Kishi, The Paradise of Sand are detached*, 『生』と『死』が隔てられた。 "Life" and "Death" were isolated*.

*so interestingly all three of these different words could be translated into english as "separated" but seem to be fairly distinct contextual differences: the first means like cutting one big thing up into smaller things the "A came from B" dynamic being the focus, the second means to be separated out almost like being categorized, and the third is to be isolated or alienated.

So first it's saying the three worlds came from one sea of origin, and that the flow of spirits between those three worlds is the key to existence being what it is, which is to say three distinct realms where death and life are these things that can never coexist. All of which is stuff we really already knew.

Also we're supposed to have just completely forgotten about Hell since it's not the current plot line, I guess? If anything the Three Worlds should be Soul Society, the Material World, and Hell, with Hueco Mundo as the interstitial void/aether, like it was originally defined as. That would at least map more sensibly onto the buddhist 3 realms of

Form(Humans & animals: those bound by their physicality)

Formless(Deva & Asura: those who exist in a hightened mental/spiritual state)

Desire(Preta & those in Hell: those defined by their strong need for what they lack)

Maybe that only real point of interest is the reference to Hueco Mundo as suna no rakudo[砂の楽土], a "paradise of sand." In this voice I think the idea is that if life and death being separate realms is a bad thing that Yhwach seeks to rectify, then by being an inbetween realm, Hueco Mundo is a paradise, because it's a place of neither life nor death? But if it is a place of rest and comfort then I wonder if that doesn't validate my thoughts on the Vastolorde being the natural path of development for a soul in reincarnation afterall?

That aside, this mostly just lines up with existing Buddhist/Hindu parallels that were always pretty obviously implied but not so directly touched on. Once again things I've babbled about in some form or another already... I'm not about to go digging them all up right now.

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Preview of "BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Cour 3" Episode 3!

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You don't even know what you're turning down, Hidan!

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POV: You enter a Soul King contest and this girl is there 💀

I finally draw this goddess, love her design so so much 🤩💜

My OP Fanart Masterlist

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I had already given my opinion about the One Piece Z movie before and made my dissatisfaction clear. But since I've rewatched the movie four more times now (all for a certain character hihihi), I've realized more things about it, and I decided to talk about it in more detail.

Last time I said that the movie is a disaster, but now that I've looked at other past movies, it's not that bad. I just think it could have been much better. And believe it or not, it's the first One Piece movie written by Oda, if I'm not mistaken, so I was expecting something different.

This one is long, so get ready. Maybe I'll be talking about Strong World next.

Starting with the first scene, just like the movie Strong World, the Marines are already unable to deal with the big villain. They appear at least four or five times in this movie and at no point did I think 'oh, here they come' in a good way. It almost seems like they are being thrown into the movie to remind us that they are something important.

Like, there is an entire organization that calls itself the Neo Marines, and the Marines never thought about dealing with it in a more serious way? Did Sengoku see Z hanging out with his gang and think that nothing would happen? Was Akainu unconcerned about Z until now? We don't know..

Kizaru appears almost three times, looking all powerful and not being much help until the last moment. Garp also appears just to give exposition about Z, which could very well have been done through Aokiji.

Speaking of Aokiji, he appears so many times (not that I'm complaining) but it seems like he is a bit lost. If I didn't like him so much, I'd be a little confused and annoyed every time he showed up. He gives some exposition here, some wisdom there, and he's a chill guy hanging around the Straw Hats. Other than that, I think he's a bit loose in the movie.

The first appearance of the Straw Hats is cute, like I said before, I love seeing them having fun and being friends. And again, Nami's first scene already made me feel really embarrassed.

The thing about Usopp and his plants was more of a joke, but I really thought it would be important at the end of the movie. Like, I thought he would use it for something. It could even have been used to fight that Z's apprentice, Binz.

And just so you know, this movie takes place before Punk Hazard, and in the anime there are five episodes in which Ain, the other apprentice, appears several there too, and it serves to kind of introduce Z. It's called Z's Ambition mini arc if you want to watch.

The first time I watched the movie, I didn't care about Z, he seemed like a generic villain. Now I actually like him. The scene where he talks to the Straw Hats is so cool. He's friendly, polite, funny and seemed like a nice guy. Until the moment he finds out they're pirates.

I also like his design more. Yet, there's something about me that doesn't fit. I can't tell what it is.

The fight between the Neo Marines and the Straw Hats is kind of boring to me. Binz is annoying as hell, and I think his power doesn't match his style, and the Straw Hats shouldn't have a problem defeating him. It's not like he's established as a super strong ninja who has unique abilities. He's just another weird guy that serves to make their life more difficult.

I couldn't concentrate on Ain's fight because I kept thinking about how this girl can fight with that bikini and cape. And the thing about four members being de-aged was useless. It didn't add anything to the movie.

However, she's seems to be very strong and skilled. She fought Zoro twice, she used her powers is cool ways and i think her personality could be cool if the movie didn't made her generic girl who is too devoted to male villain.

What pisses me off is that is obivious she couldn't win against Zoro bc he's the cool male swordsman. The movie would never let her have the upper hand against him, so they keep interrupting their fights and letting Ain run away, instead of letting her or Binz win against Zoro and Sanji and make us feel like they're big deal and a real threat to the Straw Hats.

Anyway, I didn't really get her power, it seems to be a differente version of Bonney's DF, but Ain's has a certain limit of how much she can de age someone.

When I saw Nami as a child I thought she would actually go back to her childhood self and that would be a problem for the crew. Like, 'oh Nami and Robin went back in time and don't remember us or trust us, we have to solve this!'.

Nothing. And the way Sanji reacts is shit. He would never EVER say such weird things about Nami. I hate his characterization in this movie with all my heart.

Now that I think about it, the way Luffy just wants to go after Z to get his hat and stuff is very much in character.

Then the marines come, without adding anything relevant to the plot, everything they say is repeated to the protagonists by Aokiji or by Z himself. Hell, sometimes they need to bring upstuff we already know. And Akainu says that they have to stop Z now, and yet they do absolutely nothing throughout the entire movie. Just like always, he's stuck behind his damn desk waiting for people to solve stuff.

At the first island, there's a old man who helps them and gives them equipment later. The clothes Usopp wears in this part of the movie are really ugly, but I think it's good enough so that no one recognizes him. And Chopper's design in this movie (and in the Post-Timeskip in general) is toooooo cute, he doesn't even look like a deer.

The hot springs scene made me kick my feet bc of Aokiji. He shows up, does nothing, threatens to be useful and give information, and then leaves as if he had done a lot. But... like, it's not like he cares, right?

The Monster Trio + Usopp fight Z, Ain and Binz, and just like I said, the movie tries to make us believe those three are big deal by taking Usopp out of the fight and then the Ain and Binz leave easely. I was dissapointed by this fight. I think Luffy losing was rushed too. He gets beaten too quick and then Z blows up the island.

Hihihihihih Aokiji freezing the lava.... And him being nice to the ladies before that... *kicking my feet in the air*

Okay, Luffy gets shot and that doesn't really matter, it's just to make Z come out unharmed and we can continue with the movie.

Then we see Garp telling Koby about Z's past, and Aokiji meets him. This scene gives a little more weight to Z, makes him seem more like a real person than some crazy guy who's gone too far. I even stopped for a moment to sympathize with him.

Aokiji gives an explanation that we had before and Luffy is unshakable, ready to fight. I like his spirit, and how everyone is ready to be on his side. They trust him so much, and he trusts them. I love them :)

That scene of Robin and Kuzan looking at each other in the rain was something. I think it shows both let go of the past to some degree. Robin is not as afraid of Kuzan as she was before. Maybe because he showed he's not going to hand her to the marines, and because she knows she can trust her friends to protect her.

In a way, she's at peace and doesn't fear him like before

(Unfortunately some people use this to ship them. I should remind you that she is 18 years old at the moment)

New equipment! The girls' battle outfits are shit!!! I want to draw different outfits for them now!

The battle begins. The fight here is very well drawn, incredible and this time I found myself in love.

Why does Chopper insist on using his panda form? He has much better ones. The thing about Ain only having to take a hit to make the guys go back to normal doesn't make sense.

Z's final fight against Luffy is interesting. This is where I really liked Z, but I think other people won't be satisfied. But, I think it makes sense. He's old, he's tired, and he realizes that his way won't work.

At least I had a second of Frobin with Franky carrying Robin, and ONLY HER, while the others ran. The way she sits like a queen on his hand is adorable. The close up on her boobs was not necessary...

Kizaru appears, only serving for Z to go there and beat everyone up. I liked this, unfortunately, once again the movie tries to give an air of importance to the relationship between Z and the Marines. Which only worked for me because I started to like the character.

The ending is kind of dark. I liked the way Z died. But... his plan was useless. In the end he got along with Luffy and Aokiji stopped him. So... yeah, its almost like Luffy gave him a talk no jutsu without the talk and made Z change his way and almost become an ally. Everything he did, all the destruction and death is useless

I would like to add real quick that the scene where Sengoku says Z is out of control for killing innocent civilians made me roll my eyes so hard I had a headache. It's not like the marines care about the innocent, old man. Go back to your retirement.

The final scene that shows why he changed Zephyr's name to Z got me, I admit. I thought it was cute. I really believe the little girl in the last scene is his wife that shows in his flashback.

I think the problem with this movie is that it doesn't have good pacing. Some things happen too fast, characters appear just for the sake of appearing, they are useless, they give information that is repeated so many times, and there is this air of emotion about Z as if he were this incredible person. And we don't know him, so it's not like we would care.

If he were connected to one of the characters, like Kuzan for example, since he appears a lot and fits into the story, then maybe I would care more about Z. Then I would feel more sympathy for him. I think the movie tries to make us like him in a forced way.

(I like Z, because I associate him with Kuzan, and because without a real and important story for him, I can kind of fill in the gaps and make him cool in my head)

And not to mention that there is so much unnecessary stuff. The generic Neo Marine's soldiers who die and aren't even important in the end, the Marines being useless, Z's relationship with Binz and Ain (who could have been used to make the three of them more interesting), Ain had potential in my opinion, and Binz could be a better character. Man, as Sanji said at some point, these two are so boring, the way they just cling to Z and stuff.

Even Kuzan being distant and having let go of his old master is more interesting. It makes Z feel more like an old hero that fell to the dark side, like a beloved teacher that is blind in his hatred and need for justice. Z is all of that, but the movie fails in transmitting this emotion about him. They could've done better.

About the animation, the Post-Timeskip art annoys me at times. But there are many other times where it's very beautiful. The animation is great, and there's a perfect balance between 2D and CGI (unlike Stampede). The writing isn't that good, there are moments in the dialogue that are bad, like the first scene with the Straw Hats.

In the end, the movie isn't horrible. It's just the ideas that are all thrown together and make it hard to like it anymore. Dude, the movie was going to be called Dream Smasher, since Z wants to destroy the pirates' dreams, Oda didn't like it so that's how it ended up with this horrible title. Decisions have been made... I don't understand why some fans think this is the best movie ever. We can say it's a 5.5/10.

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Some One Piece coloring book pages!

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one piece characters in my style 2/8

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So for AEIWAM, how does the whole Ukitake thing work? I’m still fuzzy on how it was in the manga (and that’s not even touching the ‘epilogue’/Echoing the Jaws of Hell why are these arc names like this) but wasn’t he essentially reverse faith healed-slash-possessed for death? I see you keep mentioning gods so like- what does that whole situation make him?

I need you to imagine a Self-Propogating Cryptocurrency Mining Computer. Whenever it's hardware starts to burn out, it creates a little man to build it a new machine and port it's memory over, keeping the machine alive and solving equations.

In An Elephant Is Warm And Mushy, that's God.

I may need to back up.

If you're not familiar with how Cryptocurrency Mining works, essentially, a computer thinks very, very hard about how to solve an extremely complicated equation, and when it solves it, it gets a little bit of money (or it gets a receipt saying that it has money that uh. nobody will accept, because the money aspect is a scam but the math, at least is real).

Anyway, thinking very, very hard like that runs through the computer's hardware- it's especially hard on the graphics cards. So eventually, if it want to keep solving equations, it needs new hardware. But a computer can't replace it's own parts, and this Ultra-complex, reality-generating God-computer is no different.

So when it starts to get old and degraded, the God-Computer does a neat little trick: it builds itself a programmer. That programmer learns all about the God Machine and how it works and the way it's powered- it moves souls through three planes of existence- each enormously complicated question is representative of the shape of a lifetime- each time a soul completes it's life and is reborn, the God Computer gets a little burst of extra energy. The larger and more complex the soul and longer and richer lifetime, the more energy the God Computer gets. So for the last millions of years, many, many generations of God-computer have made the universe richer and more complicated to generate larger and more complex souls to power themself (themselves?) further.

The programmer learns all about how the God-Computer works, and sets about building the next Generation of God-Computer to keep the universe running.

Due to a slight miscommunication, the programmer is colloquially known as the "Soul King" this time around.

Anyway, the Soul King was doin' his thing, when he happened to start chatting with a cool guy online and agreed to meet up with him. And it was fun! They hung out, Soul King showed him the true nature of reality, they stayed up late eating junk food and talking bullshit, good times. Later, The Soul King's cool friend from the internet said he had some other friends who wanted to meet him, and Soul king thought "BALLER. SLUMBER PARTY!!!" and told everyone to come on over!

-and then the new guys beat the shit out of Soul King's buddy and dismembered the Soul King for parts to sell as part of an organ-harvesting scheme!

Whoops.

Now, Soul King's buddy DID manage to get up and stop one of the organ thieves, the guy absconding with his hands, and tackled him off the Balcony. One of the psuedo-god hands (the one with the power of stagnation) fell into the Spirit World,took the name "Mimihagi" and became a minor kami because he's really bad at this Witness Protection thing.

Eventually, some parents with an extremely sick kid came to the hand's shrine and asked him to save the kid, and Mimihagi went "Well, I can't cure him, but I can hang out in his body for the next few centuries and prevent his disease from getting worse with constant effort?" and they said "...Please?" and Mimihagi said "Yeah OK.

-And ever since then Ukitake has had the left hand of The God Machine's dead repairman living in him and (mostly) stopping his super-tuberculosis from getting worse, like a benevolent tapeworm!

:)

The God-Machine is still dying this whole time, BTW. Might want to do something about that.

(the best part is, that of the three-to-five-and-a-half living pieces of the Soul King, Mimihagi is actually probably the least weird and definitely sanest of them)

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they are in love with each other i think.....