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Aside from the racism and imperialism, personally for me Ibuki doesn't really fit with Akatsuki at all. Perhaps it's the color schemes for the three Akatsuki that makes them match into one triangle, green - red - purple. White feels like out of nowhere.

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A Change.Org Petition for Ibuki and Akatsuki

Hello Ensemble Stars fans, a change.org petition has been created regarding Ibuki being added to Akatsuki. This petition emphasizes the imperialism Happy Elements promotes, the disrespect to Ibuki's Ryukyuan heritage and the misleading with initially advertising this event as a collab between Ibuki and Akatsuki. Please take a moment to sign it if you are against the decision of having Ibuki in Akatsuki.

Link to the petition is here. Please spread the word. I do not take ownership of this petition, but I would appreciate all the help in spreading it and getting signatures.

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I really want to stress how the cultural and imperialistic elements are the biggest point here, even if you like Ibuki in Akatsuki, please look at the bigger picture: this company, not for the first time mind you, has been using its very successful well-loved game to promote imperialistic messages, which are not just harmful to broad audiences (it normalises it, is disheartning to those effected by imperialistic Japan (Korean fans), and is promoting racist ideas about minority cultural groups). This has been happening for a while now, they've been slowly inserting more of these ideas into the stories, the art, and the MVs, but now it is really just the tipping point because it is so blatantly about imperalistic views and values that it doesn't matter what you think about the characters; think of how they are used as tools for this company: taking a character written on purpose to be from a certain heritage (like, they could have made him from any other background, he's not a real person, this was on purpose) and showing him going through an arc that 'fixes' his 'bad' behaviours as he assmillates to the 'good' Japanese culture, and then showing that culminating by LITERALY JOINING THE JAPANESE-CULTURE GROUP, in a MV that has very clear rising run imagery. This isn't about characters, this isn't about a game, this is about a company trying to insert its harmful beliefs into a popular game and hoping no one would notice, or worse, that we would accept it as normal and cheer it on, and keep giving them money to support the promotion of these ideas.

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Live with me. Being who I am, I can’t say how long it will last. Not just pretending. For real.

Himura Kenshin & Yukishiro Tomoe | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

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I'm so sorry for the Akatsuki members, Keito, Kuro, and Souma that you're three are hapiele characters. At this point, I'm taking yall as my ocs, you don't deserve this treatment. Fuck it.

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紅月 / AKATSUKI - 想ひ出綴り (Weaving Memories)

Source: DREAM LIVE -8th Tour "Praesepe #Cancer"- Source credit: nenosuns

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if anyone is still confused about what's going on with AKATSUKI, the tl;dr of the situation is HEKK is trying to use AKATSUKI as an imperialism propaganda.

the old AKATSUKI is archived as in the "moon phases". Can you try to guess what the new AKATSUKI is in now? you're right, the sun phases, which is the opposite of the moon. You know what else is about the sun? The rising sun.

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It ends here. It starts here.

Rurouni Kenshin The Beginning Trailer

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Tomoe.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

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"I'm sorry, my love." - Yukishiro Tomoe

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)

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Samurai X: The Beginning (2021)

Kenshin’s growing trust in Tomoe.

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"Modernizing" Akatsuki, an mv shot showing a resemblance of the rising sun flag, it's not a coincidence. Pretty much they're intentionally making an imperialism propaganda. The Meiji Restoration, which is the modernization of Japan that had happened in Meiji period. Making an Okinawan person to "be more Japanese", the same how Japan erased the Okinawa's culture and indigenous from the colonization.

Happyele, you're bunch of sick fucks.

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Tomoe taught me that you don’t have to be a warrior to be a strong female character.

True strength lies in emotional intelligence and courage.

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MDZS Donghua ☆ Xiao Xingchen & Xue Yang

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another dall e/craiyon traceover because no one has yet to lop off my hands 🤾‍♂️

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Source:

https://twitter.com/RqdUvKcCR2ILpYv?s=20&t=v7-srgwiviTj5FS8nsk-EQ