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shuttershocky · 3 years

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If you could make a trigger warning list for Tsukihime, what would be on it? There's a lot of people who are just getting interested in it with the remake (myself included) and I think having a tw list would be a really nice thing for those getting in now. If you can't remember every scene, a general list is good enough!

Oh boy.

Ohhhhhhhh boyyyyyyyyy.

Alright. So. A little bit of explanation: there's a reason why Nasu actually wants to remake this game. Tsukihime is by miles his darkest and most brutal work, and a lot of it is completely unnecessary edginess made by poor and almost literally starving Nasu and Takeuchi. Kara No Kyoukai wasn't exactly making waves, and the two were living on cup noodles and working other jobs to keep themselves afloat. To finish the VN Takeuchi even made Nasu quit his job and worked two in his stead (biking home in-between said jobs to do art) just so Nasu would have time to write. The nastiness of what they felt at the time is everywhere in the script, and it speaks to Nasu's talent that what came out wasn't complete edgelord garbage.

Did you ever read the original Fate/Stay Night? Did you get taken abrupt when Illya and Berserker first attack Shirou, Rin, and Saber, and Illya orders Berserker to behead Saber and rape the corpse so that Saber would rather die than continue to regenerate and fight? Did you think that kinda came out of nowhere and was unnecessary? The Realta Nua rerelease didn't just remove all the bad sex scenes, they removed lines like those entirely.

Tsukihime has waaaaaaaay more of that, and unlike Fate/Stay Night it couldn't easily edit all of them out and get rereleased without changing the story. It needed to be rebuilt from the ground up.

Personally, I've been so excited for the remake because Nasu has expressed regret before on how misogynistic his writing was before. Specifically he was asked in an interview about his focus on female characters in his works and he something like "I've been told before 'Nasu respects womens rights' because of all the powerful girls in my works, but looking back I can clearly see my own prejudices" especially singling out how Shirou treated Saber in the Fate route and how Tohno Shiki needed to get uppercut by Arcueid. I'm far more excited to see how Nasu will approach Tsukihime with that hindsight in mind more than I am about the visual and music upgrades the VN will get. I don't think Nasu wants to (or even should) remove all the problematic content of the original Tsukihime as this IS a work of horror, but a lot of editing would greatly improve the script.

Releasing Tsukihime R on PS4 isn't just a message of a console release, it's a sign that things will be different this time due to Sony's strict rules (that do not apply to its first party games apparently).

With that being said, a general trigger warning list from memory:

1.) There is a LOT of rape and sexual assault. Mentions of the act, internal narration from characters witnessing or attempting to find someone to rape, Shiki can straight up rape two of the girls on two seperate routes if he makes the wrong choice (he will be killed the day after). There's also a line where Shiki tells Ciel that if she doesn't do what he says, he'll rape her. The context there is that he's extremely weak and she can snap him like a twig so he just shouts the most hurtful thing he can think of, but it's still dumb. If I remember correctly, there's a choice that makes Shiki sexually assault Hisui and it DOESNT lead to a dead end, with most guides recommending that choice to get the CGs. I got annoyed and that's when I made my own guide for the route.

2.) Unknown to Shiki, his family's bloodline carries a powerful violent impulse to kill any non-human they see, strong enough to temporarily take over their wills and delight in murder by conflating it with sexual pleasure. The first time Shiki sees Arcueid, he falls into a trance and stalks her back home before brutally cutting her up into 17 pieces and experiences multiple orgasms while doing so. He then comes to his senses and starts vomiting and crying from what he just did and the shame of how much he enjoyed doing it. They're not taking this scene out (It's in the remake PV) but I'm preeeettyyyy sure Shiki's narration won't suddenly talk about how much his dick is loving this.

3.) Incest. Akiha is Shiki's sister. She's also a romantic interest. Technically they're adopted so it's not incest and they haven't seen each other in 8 years so it's not like they grew up together the whole time, but any tine you got to say "technically it's not incest", it's not great. I heavily doubt this is getting removed from the Remake as it's, you know, a whole route. On the other hand, Akiha has a biological brother, and he is creepy about her so that's 100% guaranteed ick right there, but fortunately he never goes far enough that you can tell if he's a sicko or if he's just really possessive of his sister.

4.) Kohaku's backstory. Koha-Ace once joked that this is the true reason the Remake took so long. It forms the backbone of Tsukihime and one of the main threads that ties everything together, but also Kohaku is the middle link between Fujino and Sakura. You can guess what that means.

5.) Heavy gaslighting, heavier drugs. Both Shiki's past and his present in the far side routes involve an almost hilarious relationship to the truth. Everyfuckingbody is lying to Shiki, and his father literally gaslights him with magic by using hypnosis to conveniently erase some traumatic memories that the old man is responsible for and replace them with falsehoods. Shiki nonchalantly talks about his terrible memory when it comes to his childhood throughout the VN, but the actual reason for that is that he got gaslit to hell and back. In the present, Shiki gets drugged out of his mind by someone in his house, and experiences long and detailed hallucinations, all the while being told by his family that nothing is going on. It becomes difficult to tell what's really going on; if he's really walking around town or if he's in bed babbling at the ceiling. It is terrifying and is a part of what gives the Far Side routes great psychological horror, but it still deserves a TW.

6.) Suicide. At least one character kills themselves onscreen.

7.) Torture. In the Ciel route, Roa tortures someone by repeatedly and slowly stabbing blades into them while Shiki is forced to watch. It goes on for a while.

8.) Grooming. This particular bit isn't a part of the Tsukihime VN itself, but more of a fandom joke thanks to Carnival Phantasm. A big part of Shiki's backstory is meeting the mage Aozaki Aoko as an 8 year old and her teaching him about life in the short time they have together. Due to Shiki's nature he almost certainly would have become an evil person, but meeting Aoko instilled a moral compass in him that is the only thing he has to fight his impulses, which is why Shiki loves his sensei so dearly. Melty Blood later made a joke that Aoko is mad she never got a route in Tsukihime, and Carnival Phantasm later had a whole scene stating the real reason Aoko cared for Shiki was that she was grooming him to be her boyfriend as soon as he turned of age. It's super gross and a perversion of what is literally the sole wholesome relationship Shiki has and the only reason there is any good in him at all. I really fucking hate this joke among all others in the Tsukihime fandom.

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toshihiroyanai · 5 years

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1st Solo Album “芽と花”

初のソロアルバム “芽と花” を4月25日にリリースします。

2017年～2018年の間、12曲の音源を配信した “種を蒔く日” の、終わるころに録り始めた作品です。全曲に自作のペダル・オルガンを使用しています。

神奈川県の藤野という、自然豊かな、山間の小さな町で録りました。マイク一本、モノラル、一発録音という基本コンセプトで、できるだけシンプルな方法で録っています。

アートワークは現代美術作家の益永梢子さんによるタイル作品です。

そして、自主レーベル “EAR&ECHO RECORDS” の初のリリース作品になります。もともと日本で発表するつもりでしたが、色々なタイミングから今になりました。こちらに来て、心境に変化があり、新たなフレーズを加えたり、タイトルを変えたりしています。

アルバムから表題曲 “芽と花” の配信を開始しました。ぜひ聞いてみてください。購入は僕のHPから出来る予定です。

“芽と花”

硝子と虹

芽と花

汽笛

冬の春の道

Music, Composed, Recorded, Mixed by Toshihiro Yanai Art works by Shoko Masunaga Labeled by EAR&ECHO RECORDS

芽と花（フリー配信） https://soundcloud.com/toshihiro-yanai/budandflower

今日まで、歩いては行き止まり、道に迷い、回り道したり、引き返したり、険しい道を登ったり、そうやって、色々なものが、その匂いを残して通り過ぎていきました。ずいぶん遠回りしてしまったような気もしますが、とても楽しかったような気もします。長い旅が終わり、これから新しい旅に出るんだと思います。

NYも、厳しい冬が終わり、ついに春です。

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I’ll release my 1st solo album “me to hana” on April 25th. It means “Bud And Flower” or “Eye And Nose” in Japanese. This album is what I recorded after the streaming project “A Sowing Day”. And I used the pedal organ that l made myself for all songs. l recorded the works at Fujino, Japan before I move to NY. Fujino is a small town between the mountains, and has a lot of nature. The works basic concept is as a simple way as possible. Those are one mic, monaural, “Live to 2 track” recording. And Art works is a tile work by Shoko Masunaga who is a contemporary artist in Japan. Also this album is the first release from the independent label “EAR&ECHO RECORDS”. I was going to release the album in Japan, but I released it in New York. I added a new melody and changed a title because there was a change in my heart since I came to here. I started streaming the title tune from the album. Please try to listen to it. You will be able to buy the album on my homepage from April 25th.

“Bud And Flower”

Glass And Rainbow

Bud And Flower

Steam Whistle

Winter Spring Road

Music, Composed, Recorded, Mixed by Toshihiro Yanai Art works by Shoko Masunaga Labeled by EAR&ECHO RECORDS

Bud And Flower（free DL） https://soundcloud.com/toshihiro-yanai/budandflower

Until today, l’ve been walking and getting dead end, getting lost, getting around, turning around, turning back, climbing steep roads, and so on. Various things passed by leaving smells. I feel like I’ve going around a lot, but I also feel like I enjoyed it very much. I think that a long journey is over and I will go on a new journey. Also at NY, severe winter is over and it is spring at last.

#toshihiroyanai #芽と花 #budandflower

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