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It is AMAZING how boring things can be when you are researching for something...

Right now, I am finishing not one, but TWO research projects on Japan :3;; One on Yasunari Kawabata, and another on Samurai.

For the Yasunari Kawabata one, I am TRYING to add depth to it, but it's proving difficult, as there are no actual criticisms about the story I'm supposed to discuss >.<; Everyone talks about Yukiguni, dammit T_T;

As such, I am making due and hoping she's highly amazed by knowledge in Japanese :D;; Essentially, the topic I must cover is the conflict between past and present worlds for the story. Erm. Hopefully, I can make it all up @.@;

The other topic I am working on is the samurai. Ah, the samurai... lots of interesting families then. My favorite, actually, is the Sanada family (go Yukimura!), but the Otani family has a special place in my heart too. I won't rant about how amazing Otani is, because no one cares, and I don't feel like wasting my time writing something *I* already know...

An interesting note for those of you interested in Japanese/Samurai history (actually, this is mostly for Trey X3; ) the Atobe family and the Oyamada family were both retainer families under Takeda, and hence, allies... Also, the Asakura family are the daimyo for Echizen XD

For those of you who don't know, I hate hate hate Oda Nobunaga, because, as a ninja afficianado, I know that he was deathly afraid of the ninja and had a country-wide killing spree of people even remotely suspected of being from a ninja family. T_T; He's usually a villain in anime too, even among the samurai, but most especially to the Sanada family (who, under Yukimura, had an elite ninja force)

I could theoretically discuss all the other anime connections to Japanese history, but that would be long (and boring to most anyone who reads this journal), and well, I have priorities right now :D;;

As such, I am off to go and work more on 水月 :3

Comments

[oyamadayoh.livejournal.com]

i don't know what retainer families are. x.x And I don't know what daimyo are either.

But now I want to draw Atobe and Manta samurai fighting side-by-side. x.x

Keigo: ::hwah~ slices something in half:: Did you see how beautiful that was~?
Manta: -_-;;;;

[toriyalover.livejournal.com]

well, daimyo are lords in Japan. They rule over different areas in Japan (such as Echizen ::snrk:: ) and have retainer families, which are essentially families that swear loyalty to the head family. They are sometimes relatives of the head family, but they don't have to be :3

(Nokoru is considered Suoh's daimyo X3 )

XD I figured you would find that interesting, lol. And no one's complaining if you draw pretty pretty pictures of Atobe and Manta <333

Oh! And the Asakura family was indeed an ally to the Takeda family, which makes them somewhat connected to the Oyamada family (kekekeke). Unfortunately, most of the Asakura were killed when attacked by Oda Nobunaga >.<; NOoooo! Oda, you are teh suck! T_T; er... ::cough::

I'll have to show you the family crests when I get back to my house ^^; That way, if you want, you can be... I dunno... historically accurate about the Oyamada family crest XD

[oyamadayoh.livejournal.com]

That is really silly. I did this one rp once where Yoh was a samurai apprentice, and Manta was going to make him his own samurai. And Yoh was going to swear complete loyalty to his.... lord. >D;;; WHAHAHAHAH!

omg, if you're on now, I'm going to chatter with you through LJ! <3

Toui: I WANNA CHATTER TOO!

[toriyalover.livejournal.com]

Lol. Well, it would make sense! X3 I'll have to find out if the Oyamada was more powerful or if Asakura was...

And yessu, I'm on now :D