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tanuki-kimono · 5 months
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Eerie modern yukata/kimono by Furifu, depicting blooming manjushage (better known as higanbana/red spider lily) and what is described as a cute tokage (lizard).
Higanbana are linked to death imagery, because of buddhist higan equinoctial week (where Buddhist services are held and people go clean tombs), and the fact people once believed they bloomed on Sanzu river's shores.
I like to believe the little lizard could actually be a luck bringing yamori (gecko) thwarting the dark undertones - unless we agree on a more ominous imori yokai ;)?
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hello-vampire-kitty · 2 months
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Higan was based on Kenji Miyazawa's "Night on the Galactic Railroad", specifically on the scorpion in a tale within the novel. The names of his abilities are also references to the novel.
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The furigana reads "Shall we dance?" while the other reading is "Let's dance, Campanella". The name belongs to one of the characters in the novel.
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His other ability is "Scorpio's Flame."
Here is the tale of the Scorpion on which Higan and his abilities were was based on.
"A long time ago in a field there lived a scorpion that ate other bugs by using its tail to catch them. Then one day he found himself cornered by a weasel. Fearing for his life, he ran but could not escape it. Suddenly, he fell into a well and, unable to climb out, began to drown. He started to pray, then, saying: “Oh, God. How many lives have I stolen to survive? Yet when it came my turn to be eaten by the weasel, I selfishly ran away. And for what? What a waste my life has been! If only I’d let the weasel eat me, I could have helped him live another day. God, please hear my prayer.
Even if my life has been meaningless, let my death be of help to others. Burn my body so that it may become a beacon, to light the way for others as they search for true happiness.” The scorpion’s prayer was answered, and his body became a beautiful crimson flame that shot up into the night sky. There he burns to this day."
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skeletonfumes · 22 days
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Ninja Kamui
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bluemoonfantasiesiii · 8 months
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A little Melancholy edit just to let everyone know I am still alive in the Servamp fandom.
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kitty-ashh · 9 days
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Actually, this episode was not what I expected, it was very sad and flashback, I was especially sorry for otogiri😭
-But it's a good episode to cry about😭😭
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I think the real bomb is in episode 141, I'll be waiting impatiently 🤩
-I thank Tanaka-sensei for this chapter 🙏🏻✨
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mechon · 4 months
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tragic and heartbreaking and totally canon
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vocaloid-tunes · 5 months
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Tell Me the Name of My Disease | Higan feat. KAFU
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joxx22 · 8 months
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Higan after escaping from C3
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acediathemelancholy · 3 months
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Do you have headcanons for team M?
Uh, sorry for taking forever to answer this. I haven't gotten a lot of asks like these before
I suppose a head canon of mine is that Shamrock's dislike of Sakuya doesn't actually have much to do with his suspicions of Sakuya's betrayal. Sakuya gets to keep having a living best friend who is their opposition (even if they are separated now). Shamrock probably tells himself that he killed Yoshimasa in order to prove his loyalty to Tsubaki rather than because he felt jealous and betrayed because Yoshimasa didn't meet his expectations. So the Sakuya-Mahiru friendship threatens his own narrative and it upsets him.
So Tsubaki said he went to ask all the servamps if they knew him. Ildio spends most of his time in Italy and Higan is Italian. So I think it's possible he made Higan his subclass when he went to go meet with Ildio.
Belkia may be less murderous than he seems at first glance. Considering that he used to be a doctor, you'd think he would be more aware of how to fatally stab someone. But most of the injuries he's shown to cause are non-lethal and his most complicated attack's main purpose is just a disappearing act.
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milkevolii · 1 year
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an offering to the few servamp fans
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mishaclee · 27 days
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the way he loved her💔💔
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tanuki-kimono · 4 months
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Hi! First off your blog is such an important resource for me in kimono patterns, thank you for keeping it! Secondly, a question. What patterns are associated with death? I know of spider lilies, and pure black kimono accessories for funeral wear, but otherwise not much else. I suspect that kind of pattern would be more of a novelty item print than an estabilished and used pattern.
Hi and thanks for your kinds words! Off the top of my head, they are several patterns associated with death, mostly linked to Buddhism.
Tbh, mourning attire for women are for me more an affair of colors (black/muted) and discreet not-celebratory patterns (it also depends of ones means). Novelty "death-themed"patterns are more and more present in modern kimono, yet you can also find "traditional" ones - even if they are on the rarer side.
Formal mourning garb, as you note, asks for mofuku (black kimono and obi with a few white accessories). Obi usually have very traditional woven ground patterns - for example ryuusui (running water) which kinda symbolize "the flow of life".
For the Buddhist anniversary of one's death and rememberance services, ladies would (when they can afford it) go from all black to half-mourning dress in muted colors like dull greys or ashen purple. For such occasions, you can find Buddhist patterns like sutra (Heart sutra especially), lotus flowers, gorintô (stylized stupa), etc.
More seasonal items could reference Buddhist Obon (festival of the dead) or Higan (more especially autumn equinox Shûbun), but such patterns for very specific events are on the rarer side, and more a matter of taste and style.
Patterns can include higanbana (spider lilies) for Higan, and for Obon: lanterns, cucumber or eggplant "spirit horse", hozuki (ground cherry), nod to Kyoto’s Daimonji kanji, or memento mori-themed motifs (like skeletons, nozarashi or graveplates).
As a step further into morbid imagery, another pattern which can sometimes be found, especially on men juban or haori lining, are decaying corpses (referencing Buddhist meditation on kusôzu or "nine stages of decay"). This was a subject in Japanese art, you can find an example here (cw: corpse depiction).
Hinting at Buddhist concept of impermanence and search for enlightment, Hell courtesan (jigoku dayû) with uchikake coats depicting hellish torments could also enter the death patterns category. Same goes for Buddhist hell imagery of Hell king Enma, or Hell guardians Gozu and Mezu (I believe I saw them on men juban/haori linings + on netsuke).
Finally, because we are talking of death, have a look at this super unsual and puzzling kimono depicting butsunehan (death of Buddha). Becky Mitsui's article is a wild ride xD
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hello-vampire-kitty · 2 months
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I looked into the chapter where Higan appeared and I also looked over the English localization...
He said "pet" in Japanese, that was the intended reading in furigana, while the localization wrote "servamp", thus it no longer conveyed that he was insulting Servamps.
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skeletonfumes · 4 days
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Ninja Kamui
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Tell Me the Name of the Disease by Higan feat. KAFU
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puppipy · 10 months
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Most of these are doodles of vocaloid songs
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