#yotsuya posting

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✦⋆ //; Happy (late) Valentine's Day! ✦ "Since today is such a special day, I thought it was the perfect time to finally take you home with me, please don't struggle too much, I don't want to make this an even bloodier Valentine's Day." - Yotsuya.

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♡ Mieruko-chan ♡

[lemon-dokuro]

Ikigusare - Oiwa-san Rock

The song, the lyrics (with an english translation by me) and some commentary are below.

Japanese, directly from the subtitles in the video:

映画 お芝居やるのなら お参りしないと祟られる お名前 口にするのなら 敬称つけぬと祟られる

そんな猛烈な呪い お江戸の時代から 今この現代まで ずっと続いてるなんて

なんて凄まじい情念でしょう なんて素晴らしい怨念でしょう どうすれば貴方様のようになれるのかしら 誰か私に毒を盛って

鏡の前 髪をすくと ズルリ ゴッソリ 抜け落ちる ご遺体 釘付けされた 戸板 川に浮かび���がる

そんな恐��しい場面 ひどく陰惨な場面 そんな時も貴方様 お美しいのですね

なんて凄まじい情念でしょう なんて素晴らしい怨念でしょう どうすれば貴方様のようになれるのかしら 誰か私に毒を盛って

なんて凄まじい情念でしょう なんて素晴らしい怨念でしょう どうすれば貴方様のようになれるのかしら 誰か私に毒を盛って English:

Filming a movie, writing a play, Visit her grave, or you'll get cursed. Saying her name, Address her properly, or you'll get cursed.

Such a powerful malediction, dating back to the Edo times, They say it still goes strong to this day.

Such great passion, isn't it? Such wonderful hatred, isn't it? Ah, what must I do to become like you? Somebody, give me that poison!

In front of the mirror, you're combing your hair. It's so loose that it falls out completely. A corpse nailed to a board Rises to the river's surface.

What a horrific scene, what a scene of terrible despair. Even in such a moment, you are more beautiful than ever...

Such great passion, isn't it? Such wonderful hatred, isn't it? Ah, what must I do to become like you? Somebody, give me that poison!

Such great passion, isn't it? Such wonderful hatred, isn't it? Ah, what must I do to become like you? Somebody, give me that poison!

Commentary (explaination + personal thoughts):

Obviously, this is referencing Yotsuya Kaidan, a classic japanese ghost story and kabuki play. I suggest reading or watching a retelling of the story to get the whole context. This is what you'll need to know to understand the lyrics... Basic: Oiwa is the main character of Yotsuya Kaidan. The story isn't very consistent between its different versions, but the gist is that her husband Iemon betrays her and her family in several ways, mainly by killing her father and then having an affair with a different woman. That woman later poisons Oiwa so that Iemon can marry her instead. When Oiwa dies, she becomes a vengeful spirit and torments Iemon. This is a very basic summary of her part in the story. Verse 1: There's a belief that when making an adaptation of Yotsuya Kaidan, be it a movie or a stage play, the cast, crew and other creators should visit Oiwa-san's grave and shrine and ask her to bless their production, lest her curse befall them. The part about adressing her properly isn't anything I recognise, but I imagine you'd have to be pretty polite when talking to a vengeful spirit who may curse you. Bridge 1: The story is set in the Joukyou era (~1684-1688) and loosely based on an incident that happened in the Genroku era (~1688-1704), which are eras in the Edo period (1603-1868). The play was written in 1825. Chorus: Oiwa was tricked into disfiguring herself with a poisonous facial cream. That's the poison being sung about. Because of it, her eyes started drooping and her hair partially fell out, among other things. Her disfigured face is particularly iconic, especially how Iemon kept seeing it everywhere after her death. Verse 2: Lines 1-2: In the play and in adaptations, there is usually a scene of Oiwa combing her hair in front of a mirror and it falling out from the poison. From what I know, the scene is a tragic and horrific play on a type of sexy fan-service scene in kabuki plays where a beautiful woman combs her long hair. Lines 3-4: When Oiwa eventually dies (either from the poison, from despair or from both), her body is nailed to a board and dumped into a river by her husband. Later, when he's trying to fish, he catches her, nailed to that board.

Anyway, I really like this song. It sounds gentle and romantic, even though it really isn't. I like the traditional japanese feel it has despite (to my knowledge) not having any straightforwardly traditional musical elements. Ikigusare is kind of hit-or-miss for me musically, but when it's a hit, that song quickly becomes one of my favourites. The lyrics are rather nice and well-written, though I can't help but feel like some of them are pretty generic. The visuals, though, are spectacular every time and I have nothing bad to say about them. The low-poly music videos add so much surrealism and mistique to the songs, a lot of which wouldn't be very remarkable in a different entourage. The girls' stilted dancing and position switching only adds to that surreal feeling. The girls themselves have amazing designs, very simple and striking. The one-two-three eyes pattern, their image colours being very basic and distinct (RGB, literally), their constantly changing themed outfits and the unique slightly grotesque twist on a common idol persona look that each girl has make them work very well as a unit, especially a horror-themed one. Overall, a rather interesting group/artist. I have at least four Ikigusare songs that I want to translate and post. I'll do it at some point in the near future if nobody beats me to it.

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Mieruko-Chan

[straightfacedstrangeness]

Listen, I know there are other characters, but here’s Yotsuya using his filler screen time to belt out an on-the-spot haiku, write it down, and use a jumpscare as cover to try to steal a sausage. Thank you anime staff

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Films Watched in 2023:

56.  東海道四谷怪談/The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) - Dir. Nobuo Nakagawa

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I can’t believe the first thing I’m ever posting on this site is a rough drawing of me being down bad for the office worker-

Yotsuya belongs to the darling @codemiracle !!

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(this is spacekrakens lmao) dude idk anything about like 1950s Japanese cinema, do you have any recommendations? looking for stuff to toss on the watchlist now that I'm a bit burned out on horror (unless you have some horror recs)

Hey! If you’re curious about Japanese cinema (particularly 1950s), there’s a lot of avenues to explore! Musicals, crime, horror, historical—it all depends on what mood you’re in. (Putting this under a read more because I'm DEFINITELY going to be long posting about this!!!) Hope this is useful to you lol.

(Also noting if anybody wants to add to this list with their own recommendations feel free!!)

With old school Japanese cinema, I’ll always recommend Akira Kurosawa (obviously). He’s made some of the best Japanese movies (and arguably, the best movies of all time imo) and I feel like his work is a good gateway. It’s readily available on physical media/streaming too.

Specifically ‘50s stuff; Hidden Fortress (1958) is a good adventure flick whose structure was swiped for Star Wars, Throne of Blood (1957) is Japanese Macbeth if you like Shakespeare, and if you don’t mind a longer movie Seven Samurai (1954) includes Toshiro Mifune acting like this;

Gotta admit, though—my personal favorites from Kurosawa don’t come from the 1950s; Drunken Angel (1948) and Yojimbo (1961). One has a pathetic gangster as the main lead, the other is just a solid, breezy proto-action film (also has my beloved Unosuke but that's besides the point)

Some personal favorites of mine from the 1950s:

Life of a Horse Trader (1951) is a bittersweet story about a man trying to be a good single father to his son in the backdrop of Hokkaido. He tends not to be great at it. Stars Toshiro Mifune, the most famous face of Japanese cinema and for good reason!

Conflagration/Enjo (1958) is a single Buddhist acolyte’s fall into quiet insanity. Raizo Ichikawa is another amazing actor who I love! Also includes Tatsuya Nakadai who is the GOAT (in my heart).

Godzilla (1954) is AMAZING! If you liked Gozilla Minus One, it took a lot of familiar cues from this movie. It also technically counts as horror, depending on your definition.

Japanese horror from the 1950s:

Ugetsu (1951) (Not one I’ve seen personally, but it’s on Criterion)

The Beast Shall Die (1958) (American Psycho, but in Showa Japan. Tatsuya Nakadai is terrifying in this and absolutely despicable—stylish movie tho!)

Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) (Old-school Japanese ghost story. Honestly, there are so many different versions of this story on film that you can pick which version to watch and go from there—I’m partial to the 1965 version myself, because of the rubber rats and Tatsuya Nakadai playing a crazy person).

The Lady Vampire (1959) is the OG western-style vampire movie from Japan. Plays around with the mythos a lot, but hey our Dracula looks like this;

Misc movies that I think are neat or good gateway movies:

The Samurai Trilogy by Hiroshi Inagaki, which stars Toshiro Mifune as Miyamoto Musashi. Found that people otherwise uninterested in Japanese cinema really enjoyed this!

You Can Succeed, Too (1964) is one of my favorites from the ‘60s, also directed by Eizō Sugawa. A fun satire on the corporate world that's super colorful with catchy songs.

The Sword of Doom (1966) is also another favorite of mine, starring my beloved Tatsuya Nakadai as another bastard man (seriously though Ryunosuke is FASCINATING to me--). Fun gore effects and action scenes!

Kwaidan (1964) is an anthology of Japanese folk tales, labeled a horror film but in that kinda sorta old-school way. Beautifully shot by my favorite Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi (who, if you like this you should seriously check out his other work!)

[kairoseas]

Please, imagine Sukuna willingly being consumed by Fushiguro. Megumi living alongside Sukuna rather than it being a sort of hostile takeover. He gets the chance to ask Sukuna questions and inquire certain things about him, and when Sukuna speaks from his cheek or his hand, Megumi's entirely relaxed, learning to expect his input in certain situations. Sukuna pointing out inaccurate texts in Megumi's textbooks and informing him on more accurate history from his memory. Sukuna tutoring him on ways to be more precise in striking with cursed energy, or instructing him on how to more effectively battle from personal experience. Sukuna requesting that Megumi sit outside under the light of the moon when it is full, to feel the light wash over his human form, to hear the stillness of the world around them, to smell the fresh air and revel in the nature around them. Megumi explains modern day amenities to Sukuna? Like computers and telescopes, informing him on new and interesting facts about the stars. Megumi reading poetry to entertain Sukuna in the downtime, or giving him control over an arm so he can write whatever he likes if he has a pressing idea that he absolutely must write down. Letting Sukuna listen to music, and Megumi learns that he's incredibly fond of meditation music and classical. Megumi taking Sukuna to a planetarium show to introduce him to space and how beautiful it is. Sukuna pressing Megumi to see plays like "Yotsuya Kaidan" & other popular Bunraku/Kabuki plays. They'd live a great life together. This post is meant to be about them possessing the same body, but honestly, Sukuna would be just as content to do these things with Megumi while possessing Yuuji's body. Just. Sukuna sharing his ideas and his culture with Megumi, and likewise, Megumi sharing his with Sukuna and updating him on traditions since he was executed all those years ago. I think it's super sweet. There's something intimate about sharing what you love and value with someone else & Sukuna's never been able to do that before. And... he likes it more than he thought he would. 💕 He doesn't feel so... alienated anymore.

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I’m screaming right now over one of your Sanzu posts. He tried to fight Yotsuya? Not Yotsuya Kaidan ? And he’s not mentioned in the spin-off ? Why is Wakui like this 😭

Yep it's said he fought against Yotsuya, the same gang Ryusei and Kojiro founded!

And he's not mentioned in the spinoff, which actually makes me wonder if the spinoff events happened before Sanzu went against them. Main reason for this is that we don't see Mucho or Sanzu at the toman meeting here. Sanzu as a vice captain not being there would be excusable (Hakkai is missing too) but Mucho not being there is weird, especially when they're discussing potentially starting a war with another gang, seems kinda important to miss.

Mucho also seems to have been the last division captain to be recruited, hence his division number and if we're assuming Mikey's flashback went in order they joined (Chifuyu was before Mucho).

So maybe what happened was Kojiro was overthrown and then someone else attempted to resurrect yotsuya kaidan and that was the gang Sanzu went against??? (Assuming yotsuya still had beef with toman cause they were beaten before)

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Cielo Mist

DDS post since Atlus finally added the OST to Spotify???

Just kidding it's actually P3.

There is a character in Digital Devil Saga named Cielo. In Japanese, he calls the protagonist Serph his big brother (aniki, if you're familiar with the term from other games). Compared to the other members of Embryon, he does seem kinda young. This makes sense when you find out part 2 that he was based on a young boy Sera knew - perhaps him looking up to Serph as his brother was related to this?

In the English version of the game, he speaks like a Jamaican caricature. Uhh, I have no idea why he was localized like this (tbh, I think it's pretty strange). Is it something to do with his hair? Did him saying big brother somehow remind someone of Jamaicans always being characterized as saying "man"? Did Atlus say somewhere that the kid he was based on is from Jamaica? I really have no idea.

In Persona 3, the protagonist can get a drink from vending machines called Cielo Mist. The description references Jamaica, making this a reference to DDS and how Cielo was localized. And of course, this is an English-only thing. The Japanese drink is called Yotsuya Cider, a parody of the Japanese drink Mitsuya Cider (mi = 3, yo = 4). The real product Mitsuya Cider is a carbonated drink (the name being cider is kinda comparable to soda), so I assume Cielo Mist was chosen as a combo of Cielo's name and a parody of the drink Sierra Mist.