Podcasts about Ichi

It has been a busy last month. Life gave us some sickly surprises, so its time to catch up. Hospital visits, Silksong, The Long Walk and lots more to discuss today.Timestamps(00:00) Intro and Life TalkGame Talk(15:00) Nintendo Direct(21:55) PlayStation State of Play(30:00) Hollow Knight Silksong(44:33) Palfarm and AnantaMovies and Anime(46:30) The Long Walk(53:22) Peacemaker S2(55:52) Dr Stone S4 part 2(01:00:08) Gachiakuta(01:02:35) Clevatess(01:03:33) The Water MagicianManga Talk(01:05:03) One Piece and Ichi the Witch(01:05:45) The Greatest State Developer(01:08:40) Fungus and Iron(01:09:50) wrap up and outro______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/DadNeedsToTalkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadneedstotalkpodcast/

It's surf's up in Ichi the Witch, things are getting exciting again in Chainsaw Man, and things get dire in MarriageToxin!   5:13 - Ichi the Witch 51 15:45 - Blue Box 212 27:54 - Boruto: Two Blue Vortex 26 52:17 - Chainsaw Man 215 57:26 - Dandadan 210 1:04:53 / 64:53 - Hima-Ten! 59 1:15:32 / 75:32 - Otr of the Flame 19 1:21:48 / 81:48 - Ping-Pong Peril 11 1:34:07 / 94:07 - Someone Hertz 2 1:44:38 / 104:38 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 61 1:52:12 / 112:12 - Marriagetoxin 140 2:01:22 / 121:22 - Nue's Exorcist 115 2:13:09 / 133:09 - Akane-banashi 175 2:18:57 / 138:57 - Favorite Series and MVP

Ichi and Lane hold the show down together as we wrap up Zeztz's high-stakes first two-parter, Ryugi's return to the Gozyugers, and KitaQman and El Brave's Day Out. Casters Present:  Blue Gray  Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/139838649 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Zeztz 3,  No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 31,  Dogengers Nice Buddy 4-5  Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jts7wAcvHQ   Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first 3 UberEats orders of CA$20 or more! https://ubereats.com/feed?promoCode=eats-christopherm5931ue Get $5 off your first order with SkipTheDishes! https://www.skipthedishes.com/r/6YaJc65HKg

Sosuke saves Kiyoshi, a new manga about comedy writing debuts, and Ping-Pong Peril is excellent.   7:32 - Ichi the Witch 50 16:56 - Blue Box 211 29:00 - Chainsaw Man 214 33:43 - Dandadan 209 40:28 - Spy x Family 123.1 47:26 - Hima-Ten! 58 59:27 - Otr of the Flame 18 1:08:15 / 68:15 - Ping-Pong Peril 10 1:16:39 / 76:39 - Someone Hertz 1 1:40:28 / 100:28 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 60 1:50:02 / 110:02 - Marriagetoxin ex 1:51:26 / 111:26 - Nue's Exorcist 114 2:07:38 / 127:38 - Akane-banashi 174 2:14:19 / 134:19 - One Piece 1160 2:21:51 / 141:51 - Favorite Series and MVP

The British author and journalist Oliver Burkeman has spent decades pondering what it means to live a meaningful life, both in his former Guardian column “This Column WIll Change Your Life” and across several books—most recently, Meditations for Mortals, out in paperback this October. That's why he brings a healthy dose of skepticism to so-called “time management” systems and productivity hacks as a means toward true fulfillment. Burkeman's compelled by the notion that, rather than being separate from time, human beings are time. If people faced the reality of their limited time on the planet head on, he believes there's a real chance to experience greater, more engaged feelings of aliveness.On the episode—our Season 12 kick-off—Burkeman discusses why he's eschewing  perfectionism and finding unexpected liberation in the premise that, to some extent, the worst has already happened, and the best may still be ahead.Special thanks to our Season 11 presenting sponsor, Van Cleef & Arpels.Show notes:Oliver Burkeman[4:26] “Meditations for Mortals” (2024)[6:48] Donald Winnicott[7:46] Martin Heidegger[7:46] "Technics and Civilization" (2010)[7:46] “Being and Time” (1927)[7:46] “Time Warrior” (2011)[7:46] “Time Surfing” (2017)[7:46] “Anti-Time Management” (2022)[10:14] Medieval peasants[10:14] “The 4-Hour Workweek”[13:18] Alicja Kwade[19:23] “Ichi-go, ichi-e” (“one time, one meeting”)[22:00] Eckhart Tolle[22:36] Agnes Martin[23:28] “The Road Not Taken”[40:03] “This Column Will Change Your Life”[51:00] Nicholas Carr[51:00] Clay Shirky[53:40] Jennifer Roberts[59:04] Pomodoro Technique [59:13] Kanban[1:01:33] James Hollis[1:02:40] Alfred Adler[1:02:40] “The Courage to Be Disliked” (2024)[1:06:24] Stoicism

Join King and Jones as they give their thoughts and opinions on Ichi the Witch Vol.1-2.Support the showTwitchYoutubeDiscordX

Take a trip down memory lane as we look back at our best stuff from this week - including Sumo Wrestlers Hiroki and Ichi, a tribute to departing Dangerous Dave, a welcome to Rabs, Matt Shirvington, the Hump Day Quiz, Hawthorn legend John Kennedy, the Idiot File, and Billy's least worst joke.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nhóm sinh viên bất ngờ phát hiện mình phát sinh thu nhập chịu thuế do Dai-ichi Việt Nam chi trả dù thực tế không nhận bất kỳ khoản tiền nào từ công ty này. Công ty bảo hiểm nhân thọ Dai-ichi Việt Nam nói gì về sự bất thường này?

Puhumme vanhuuden ja ikääntymisen kuvaamisesta mangassa sekä siitä, millaisissa rooleissa vanhemmat hahmot tarinoissa ovat. Ajankohtaisina aiheina puhumme kohusta, joka syntyi Vizin julkaistua tekoälyfirma Orangen käännöksen sarjasta Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze, amerikkalaisten sarjakuvapalkintogaalojen mangaedustuksesta tänä vuonna sekä The New Yorkerin artikkelista siitä, miten Shonen Jump -lehdestä on tullut mangan hittitehdas. Lukujonossa kokeilemme tuoretta fantasiasarjaa Ichi the Witch sekä luemme loppuun Delicious in Dungeonin. --- Kommentoi | Bluesky | Mastodon | X | Threads | Instagram --- (01:24) – KUULUMISET: TULEVAT JAKSOT - Young Magazine USA (08:04) – VANHUUS: ESITTELY – Jakso 61, jossa puhuimme siitä, miksi mangasarjat ovat niin pitkiä (10:53) – VANHUUS: IÄN MERKITYS JAPANILAISESSA YHTEISKUNNASSA – Mainittuja sarjoja, joissa pienelläkin ikäerolla on väliä: – Space Brothers – Onimai – Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro – You Got Me, Sempai!, josta puhuimme jaksossa 115 – Takopi's Original Sin – Ouran High School Host Club – Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues – Toradora (20:53) – VANHUUS: KESKI-IKÄISET – ReLIFE-sarjassa 27-vuotias salaryman saa tilaisuuden elää lukioikänsä uudestaan, mutta nuorennetun kehon suorituskyky jää kuitenkin ennalleen, ja päähenkilö satuttaa selkänsä palloa heittäessään, koska ei ole urheillut työelämään astumisen jälkeen – Kaiju No. 8:n päähenkilö on 32-vuotias – Jakso 85, jossa Maaret listasi kuulijakommenttiosiossa viisi suosikkiaan seksikkäistä setämiehistä – Psycho-Passin vanhempi toimeenpanija Masaoka (kuva) – Jakso 104, jossa puhuimme Japanin koulujärjestelmästä Tarinoita, jotka kertovat lukioikäisen vanhemmasta (molemmat toki myös seinenmangan toimintasankareita): – My Home Hero – Inuyashiki Opettajia: – Blue Periodin Masako Saeki – Puhuimme sarjasta jaksossa 57 – Great Teacher Onizukan vararehtori Uchiyamada ja rehtori/puheenjohtaja/tms Sakurai (tittelit ja positiot ovat vähän hankalia) – Puhuimme sarjasta jaksossa 104 – Spy x Familyn Henry Henderson – Puhuimme sarjasta jaksossa 53 Seinensankareita: – Golgo 13 – Tonegawa kertoo, miten kädet pestään oikein (YouTube) – Minami no teiou – Sakamoto Days Romansseja ja romanttisia ihmissuhdetarinoita: – After the Rain, josta puhuimme jaksossa 52 – 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 – Old-Fashioned Cupcake, josta puhuimme jaksossa 79 – Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, josta puhuimme jaksossa 83 Seksikkäitä setämiessarjoja: – A Man and His Cat – Hotel Metsäpeura e youkoso (49:47) – VANHUUS: REALISTISET VANHUKSET Sarjoja, joissa lukioikäinen asuu isovanhemman kanssa: –Orange, josta puhuimme jaksossa 116 – My Dress-up Darling – Full Moon wo Sagashite – Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest, josta puhuimme jaksossa 26 – Tarpeettoman seksikäs isoisä (kuva) – Fullmetal Alchemist, josta puhuimme jaksossa 84 Sarjoja, joista löytyy turvallisia mekaanikkotätejä ja -setiä: – Heavy Object – Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Naisnäkökulmaa vanhenemiseen: – BL Metamorphosis – Credits Roll into the Sea – Hanamonogatari – Ristorante Paradiso ja Gente – GDILF = Grandad I'd Like to Fuck Mies ja lapsi -sarjoja: – Candy & Cigarettes – Alice & Zoroku – Länkkärivastine: Up – kohti korkeuksia Mainittuja mies ja lapsi -sarjoja, joissa se mies on nuorempi: – Aishiteruze Baby – Barakamon – Hinamatsuri (01:04:01) – VANHUUS: TAISTELUVAARIT Shounenmättösarjoja, joista löytyy kovia taisteluvaareja: – Dragon Ball – Dr. Stone, josta puhuimme jaksossa 41 – One-Punch Man (seinensarja, mutta täynnä Jump-energiaa) – Hunter × Hunter – Bleach – Jujutsu Kaisen – My Hero Academian Gran Torino on saanut inspiraationsa Yodasta, kuten puhuimme jaksossa 94 – Yoda taas on saanut inspiraationsa Akira Kurosawan leffasta Seitsemän samuraita – Länkkärivastine: Kung Fu Panda – One Piece – Monkey D. Garpin galaksinyrkki (YouTube) – Silvers Rayleigh on One Piecen seksikkäin setämies (kuva) – Vain miehet vanhenevat seksikkäästi; naiset vanhenevat rumasti tai ei ollenkaan (kuva) – Puhuimme sarjan seksistisistä asenteista jaksossa 103 Taistelumummoja näkyy vähemmän: – Ranman Cologne – Dandadanin Turbomummo ja Momon isoäiti Taisteluhovimestareita: – Kuroshitsujin Tanaka – …on kenties oikeasti Hijikata Toshizoo, tai sitten ei! – Hellsingin Walter – Re:Zeron Wilhelm ei oikeastaan ole hovimestari, pukeutuu vain kuin sellainen – Death Noten Watari – Overlordin Sebas Tian Vanhempia pahiksia: – One Piecen yhteydessä mainitut Kaidoo ja Big Mom – All For One – Lordgenome (01:16:45) – VANHUUS: HAHMOT JOITA SEURATAAN VANHUUTEEN – JoJo's Bizarre Adventuren Joseph Joestar – Ôokun Gyokuei (kuva) – Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu – Fate-tuoteperheen Waver Velvetiä ei ole ihan vanhana nähty, mutta teininä ja aikuisena kylläkin (01:21:59) – VANHUUS: HAHMOT JOTKA EIVÄT IKÄÄNNY FYYSISESTI Tuhatvuotiset vampyyrilolit: – Fate-tuoteperheen Shuten-douji ja Louhi – Länkkärivastine: Veren vankien Claudia – Dance in the Vampire Bundin Mina Tepes – Animen OP – Call of the Nightin Nazuna ei ole varsinaisesti loli, eikä myöskään tuhatvuotinen – Vanitaksen kirjan Chloé – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – Lampan ohjelma Desucon Frostbitessä 2025: Ajan rakenne on muuttumaton - Sousou no Frieren ja hetkessä eläminen (YouTube) – Pandora Heartsin Xerxes Break – Gandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again – Sanda (01:33:50) – VANHUUS: PERVOPAPAT – Ranma 1/2:n Happosai – Dragon Ballin Kamesennin – Ao-chan Can't Study! (01:36:46) – VANHUUS: YHTEENVETO (01:38:32) – VIZIN KONEKÄÄNNÖSKOHU – Jakso 115, jossa puhuimme Crunchyrollin julkaisemasta tekoälykäännöksestä – Dealing with the Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze – Manga Alerts huomasi, että käännös ja ladonta ovat samat kuin Orangella – Ihan sellaisenaan Viz ei Orangen käännöstä kuitenkaan julkaissut – The Beat: Dear manga publishers, we don't want your AI translations – Reaktioita artikkeliin – Jakso 35, jossa puhuimme Kaiju No. 8:n käännöksen korvaamista Vizin lisenssin jälkeen – Vizin ja Shueishan kääntämien versioiden vertaaminen keskenään oli välillä varsin mielenkiintoista (kuva) (01:53:10) – USA:N MANGAPALKINNOT 2025 – The Anime and Manga International Awards tulossa 2026 – Jakso 106, jossa puhuimme vuoden 2024 The American Manga Awards -palkinnoista sekä Eisner- ja Harvey-gaalojen mangaedustuksesta – Studio Proteus – Jakso 83, jossa puhuimme MyAnimeList-sivuston You Should Read This Manga -suosittelulistauksesta – The American Manga Awards -ehdokkaat – …ja voittajat – Jakso 91, jossa puhuimme sarjasta The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All – Jakso 115, jossa puhuimme Tamaki & Amanesta – Ashita no Joen loppu on muuntautunut yleisesti tunnetuksi meemikuvaksi – The Otaku Love Connectionin jenkkilaitoksen kustannustoimittaja juhlisti käännöspalkintoa Blueskyssa (02:31:24) – THE NEW YORKERIN SHONEN JUMP -ARTIKKELI – Weekly Shonen Jump – The New Yorker: How Weekly Shōnen Jump Became the World's Most Popular Manga Factory – Matt Alt – Matt Altin vuoden 2021 artikkeli Demon Slayer -elokuva Mugen Trainin suosiosta – Nykyään suurin osa reaktioista artikkeliin on kadonnut, mutta muutama vielä löytyy – Jakso 87, jossa puhuimme Shonen Sunday -mangalehden päätoimittajan haastattelusta, jossa hän kertoi lehden uudistamiseksi tekemästään työstä – Uusin Demon Slayer -elokuva on Suomessakin saanut älyttömästi katsojia (kuva) – Nippon.comin artikkeli siitä, miten manga oli vielä 50-60-luvuilla vanhempien paheksumaa viihdettä, mutta ei enää sen jälkeen – The Beat: The Story that Should Terrify the American Comics Industry – Jaksossa 115 luimme Geekkicastin Jarmon kommentin siitä, miten jenkkisarjakuva-ala on siirtänyt oikeuksia tekijöiltä firmoille – Jos artikkelin lukeminen ei muuten onnistu, tässä on PDF (02:59:18) – HAMPAANKOLOSSA: KODUKA VS KOZUKA – Jakso 116, jossa puhuimme sarjasta I Can't Believe I Slept with You – Seven Seas on kirjoittanut nimen 小塚 länsimaisilla kirjaimilla “Koduka”, koska sen ääntämisohje kuuluu “こづか” eikä “こずか” (kuva) – Zu/Du-tavun poikkeussääntö: zu-tavu kirjoitetaan づ (du) silloin, kun se on peräisin kanjista jossa on tsu-tavu (つ) eikä su-tavu (す) – mutta se kuitenkin LAUSUTAAN "zu" – Rent-a-Girlfriendin Chizurun nimi kirjoitetaan teknisesti ottaen myös “Chiduru”, koska nimen “zuru” tulee kanjista kanjista 鶴 (“tsuru”, kurki), jossa on tsu-tavu eikä su-tavu – Tsuredure Children kuuluu lausua “Tsurezure Children” – WaniKani-kanjinopiskelupalvelu – Maaret taisi muistella arkisista kanjeista ainakin sanaa 気付く(kizuku, huomata), joka pitää näppäimistöllä kirjoittaa “kiduku”, koska sellaisenaan 付く lausutaan “tsuku” (03:06:26) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: DINOSAUR SANCTUARY – Dinosaur Sanctuary – Tekijä vieraili Anime Expossa – Tekijä postasi melkein luvullisen sarjaa X:ään – Crunchyrollin haastattelu – Behind the Mangan haastattelu – Mobile Police Patlabor – The Aquatope on White Sand kertoo akvaarion työntekijöistä (03:10:26) – LUKUJONOSSA: ICHI THE WITCH – Ichi the Witch – Ichi the Witch Manga Plus -palvelussa – Piirtäjä Shiro Usazakin aiempi sarja Act-age lopetettiin lyhyeen, kun sen käsikirjoittaja syyllistyi seksuaalirikoksiin – Käsikirjoittaja Osamu Nishi tunnetaan parhaiten sarjastaan Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun – Ichi the Witchin maailmanrakennusta (kuva) – Liikkuvan linnan Calcifer – Gokuraku, sarjan lancer-poika (kuva) – …on tämän sarjan vastine Seitsemän kuolemansynnin Banille – Ichi lähestyy majikien taltuttamista enemmän metsästyksenä, vaikka sekä noidat että majikit ovat perinteisesti nähneet ne enemmänkin dramaattisina ja kunniakkaina kaksintaisteluina, joissa kumpikin esittelee itsensä ensin (kuva) – Desscaras on yhtäältä cool ja toisaalta humoristinen hahmo, jonka pinnan alla on perheen kaipuuta (kuva) – Magi – Sarjan hahmokaarti on logistisista syistä varsin naispainotteinen (kuva) – Sekä sarjan nimestä että dialogista on jouduttu oikomaan pois se yksityiskohta, että Ichi sanoo ettei ole noita, “majo” (魔女), vaan “madan” (魔男) (kuva) (03:32:21) – LUKUJONOSSA: DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON 12-14 – Delicious in Dungeon – Jakso 9, jossa puhuimme sarjasta pääaiheena – Jakso 55 ja jakso 99, joissa puhuimme sarjasta lukujonossa – Petterin alkuesittely sarjasta Anime-lehdessä 6/2015 (kuva) (03:58:51) – LOPETUS

It's Dangerous Dave's last show before Rabs gets back, and Billy kicks us off with the All Sports Report - with some more acts scheduled for AFL Grand Final Day. Topics Brownless goes back to the well with an old classic, and Geelong's Young Player of the Year Shaun Mannagh calls in as the Cats prepare to play Hawthorn in a Prelim Final. As it's Dange's last day, we've got a little tribute with his best moments, and Carlton's Harry McKay calls in - as he has somehow involved himself with the Sumo Wrestlers tour. Hiroki and Ichi are in studio with translator Andrew, talking about life as a sumo wrestler, then Billy sends Dange off with a joke about two men hanging from a window.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Desscaras confronts a waiter, Kanna reduces herself to her sex appeal, and MarriageToxin establishes that a harem ending is actually the bad ending for this series!   7:20 - Ichi the Witch 49 20:26 - Blue Box 210 29:23 - Dandadan 208 37:39 - Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo 1 40:37 - Kaiju No. 8: Hoshina's Day Off 43:37 - Hima-Ten! 57 59:35 - Otr of the Flame 17 1:08:24 / 68:24 - Ping-Pong Peril 9 1:18:38 / 78:38 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 59 1:30:44 / 90:44 - Marriagetoxin 139 1:41:08 / 101:08 - Nue's Exorcist 113 1:51:14 / 111:14 - Akane-banashi 173 1:59:33 / 119:33 - One Piece 1159 2:13:32 / 133:32 - Favorite Series and MVP

A year of school concludes in Blue Box, Karashi reveals why he's making a false classic, and we're finally finishing the first part of the Away Mission Exams! For real this time!   5:06 - Ichi the Witch 48 16:18 - Blue Box 209 28:56 - Chainsaw Man 213 36:42 - Spy x Family 122 49:01 - World Trigger 257 1:10:46 / 70:46 - Hima-Ten! 56 1:27:53 / 87:53 - Otr of the Flame 16 1:35:41 / 95:41 - Ping-Pong Peril 8 1:41:57 / 101:57 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 58 1:51:32 / 111:32 - Marriagetoxin ex 1:52:21 / 112:21 - Nue's Exorcist 112 2:04:36 / 124:36 - Akane-banashi 172 2:12:11 / 132:11 - One Piece 1158 2:20:55 / 140:55 - Favorite Series and MVP

This week, now screaming: Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)! Death has a brand-new blueprint, and we're here for it! This week, we dive into Final Destination: Bloodlines—the highly anticipated next entry in the franchise that taught us to fear seatbelts, tanning beds, roller coasters, and literally just being alive. So grab your popcorn, check your surroundings (twice), and join us as we find out if Death's design still slaps in 2025. Tangents include: Poop cruise, decadent books, pickme girls and tryhard boys.

It seems like a mistake to add "insecurity" and "jealousy" to your perfect robot boyfriend, but you do you, Riiko.   2:04 - Absolute Boyfriend 49:07 - Ichi the Witch 47 59:17 - Blue Box 208 1:10:52 / 70:52 - Dandadan 207 1:15:34 / 75:34 - Hima-Ten! 55 1:24:35 / 84:35 - Otr of the Flame 15 1:33:39 / 93:39 - Ping-Pong Peril 7 1:41:58 / 101:58 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 57 1:48:16 / 108:16 - Marriagetoxin 138 1:55:09 / 115:09 - Nue's Exorcist 111 2:06:39 / 126:39 - Akane-banashi 171 2:13:19 / 133:19 - Favorite Series and MVP 2:17:19 / 137:19 - Next Recommendation

With the end of the Jinshin War, Oama, posthumously known as Temmu Tenno, came to the throne.  And though they would need a new Great Council of State, they continued to build up and bolster the Ritsuryo state.  They were imagining a new Yamato based on continental models of what a state should look like, but also influenced by tradition.  This episode we take a look at that reimagining in broad strokes, asking a few questions--what was Oama's relationship with his brother, and touching on the relationship of Nakatomi no Kamatari and his brother, Nakatomi no Kane.  We also take a look at some of the literary propaganda that also helped to codify this new imaginary--the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki.  We also touch on other sourcesof information, like the Fudoki and Man'yoshu. For more information, check out our blog:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-133   Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua, and this is episode 133: Reimagining Yamato As the bells of Houkouji tolled, Ohoama and his wife, Uno, surveyed the construction on going in the Asuka valley.  Hordes of workers had been called up, and now they were working furiously towards the deadline of the new year.  Where once stood the later Wokamoto palace of Takara Hime, aka Ohoama's mother, Saimei Tennou, now the land was being prepared for a palace on a much grander scale.  And just as the palace was being remade, Ohoama's thoughts went beyond the valley, to the entire archipelago.  His brother, Naka no Oe, had started something profound.  Now here he was, helming the Ship of State, and Ohoama had plans of his own, built upon his brother's ideas.  He would build a new state, ensuring that the reforms that started back in 645 would continue for generations. Greetings everyone and welcome back.  As we dive back in, let's recap where we are. The year is now 673, and the fighting from the previous year—the Jinshin war—is over.  Prince Ohoama and his Yoshino forces were victorious and he is now poised to ascend the throne in the recently built Palace of Kiyomihara, in Asuka.  He will be known to future generations by his posthumous name:  Temmu Tennou. Ohoama would go ahead and continue to centralize the government under the continental model.  That said, he also would pay a not insignificant amount of attention to local tradition as well.  His reign would lead to the establishment of the first permanent capital city: Fujiwara-kyo.  He is also credited with initiating the projects collecting various historical records, which culminated in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the very chronicles on which this podcast is based – and both of which seem to have been designed specifically to promote the authority of the throne, specifically Ohoama and his descendants. Those descendants—the Temmu dynasty—would rule for almost a century, including four of the eight official female sovereigns (those eight become ten if you count the unofficial Himiko and Okinaga Tarashi-hime, aka Jingu Tennou).  This dynasty would reign from the end of the Asuka period up through to the Nara period, and it would see the evolution of the Yamato state into the kingdom of Nihon—which is to say the kingdom of Japan. The politics of this period were also quite something.  It is during this coming period that we see the rise of the famous Fujiwara family, who would come to dominate the political landscape.  We also see the continued contact with the mainland, with numerous trade goods coming over, many of which would be included in the famous Shousouin storehouse of Toudaiji temple, in Nara. Buddhism would also thrive, with Kokubunji, or provincial temples, being set up in a network around the archipelago.  There was also the building of the famous Daibutsu, or Giant Buddha statue, of Toudaiji. Art would also flourish.  The Man'yoshu would be published at this time—a collection of around 4,500 Japanese poems, or waka.  Meanwhile, the court would also focus on continental styles as well.  From this point on, not only do we have more evidence of what was happening through the written record, but the writing itself changed.  Different Sinitic characters were borrowed solely for their sound to help spell out Japanese words.  These would eventually be simplified, and known as “kana”.  The earliest use of these characters is known as “Man'yo-gana” because so many are traced back to the Man'yoshu itself.  They would eventually be standardized and simplified, becoming the hiragana and katakana we know and use today. But in 673, all of this is still on the horizon. So this is a great time to pause for a bit in our journey through the chronicles and set the stage for this next, incredibly transformative period in the archipelago by going over these larger patterns in some depth, so that, as we start to go through this period we get a better idea of just what was happening, and perhaps why.  That's what we'll do this episode. To start with, let's go back to the relationship between Naka no Oe and Ohoama.  As far as we can tell, these brothers were fairly close to one another.  Not only was Ohoama married to one of Naka no Oe's daughters, Princess Uno, he had actually taken as consort at least four of Naka no Oe's other daughters—all of which were Ohoama's nieces.  In turn, one of Ohoama's own daughters, Princess Touchi, had been married off to Ohotomo, aka the ill-fated Koubun Tennou.  On top of that, Naka no Oe and Ohoama both had taken as consorts daughters of Soga no Akaye, and both Ohotomo and Ohoama had consorts from Nakatomi—or Fujiwara—no Kamatari.  This demonstrates just how interrelated everyone was at court, presumably as a means of strengthening the ties between them.  Of course, as we've seen time and again, those ties were more symbolic than anything else, and certainly did not prevent the occasional use of violence, nor did it protect the fathers of those women from political repercussions when they found themselves on the wrong side. On the other hand, beyond the initial mention of their births, we don't see the two brothers together until Naka no Oe came to the throne.  Why?  Well, to be fair, we don't see much of anyone but the sovereign in the Chronicles unless there is a specific thing they are called out for—like an embassy, presenting something to the throne, etc.  Even Naka no Oe often isn't mentioned directly, even when he was the Crown Prince and supposedly helping run the government.  So that could be it. There are two apparent counter arguments to the idea that Naka no Oe and his brother, Ohoama, were tight.  First is a mention in the Toushi Kaden, the Family History of the Fujiwara Family, about Ohoama thrusting a spear into a board, which rattled Naka no Oe enough that he was apparently wondering if he needed to have his own brother taken out.  Then there is Ohoama's resignation at the time of Naka no Oe's death, presumably because he was warned that a plot was afoot, and that if he accepted Naka no Oe's offer to take the reins of the state in his own two hands then something—we aren't told what—would unfold. I can't rule out the idea that neither of those accounts is quite accurate either, however.  It is possible that the Toushi Kaden account is embellished to heighten Fujiwara no Kamatari's own role as peacemaker between the brothers.  I also have to wonder if the warning to Ohoama around Naka no Oe's death wasn't so much about Naka no Oe, but about his ministers.  After all, they seem to have had no problem supporting the much younger—and likely more malleable—Prince Ohotomo.  So it seems to me entirely possible that there were other threats that Ohoama was concerned with. That brings me to one of those ministers:  Nakatomi no Kane.  We talked about him before and during the war.  He first showed up participating in ritual and speaking on kami matters.  He would later rise to be one of the Great Ministers of State, and was one of the six ministers who had pledged themselves to Prince Ohotomo.  At the end of the Jinshin War, he was put to death and his family was banished.  That said, in period leading up to all of that,  we spent a good amount of time with another Nakatomi: Nakatomi no Kamatari. He was the head of the Nakatomi clan and the Naidaijin, the Interior Minister, a special position placing him on par, or even above, the Ministers of the Left and Right, but which did not have a well defined portfolio noted in the literature.  Interestingly, this position also doesn't seem to have survived Kamatari, at least in the short run.  From the time of Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou, to the time of Ohoama, aka Temmu Tennou, it seems that the office of Naidaijin fell out of favor, possibly due, in part, to Prince Ohotomo being raised to a different post, that of Dajou Daijin, placing him in charge of the Great Council of State. The Naidaijin role wouldn't be revived until 717 for Kamatari's grandson, Fujiwara no Fusasaki (interestingly,  only three years before the completion of the Nihon Shoki). Nakatomi no Kane was, as far as we can tell, the brother to Kamatari.  When Kamatari passed away, Kane seems to have taken on the role as head of the Nakatomi family and he was also made Minister of the Right.  This mirrors, in its way, the relationship between Naka no Oe and Ohoama, and the common system of inheritance that would often go brother to brother.  And yet, while Kamatari was a hero of the Taika era, Nakatomi no Kane was executed for his role in the Jinshin War.  So in the context of the rise of the Fujiwaras to greater prominence later on in Ohoama's reign, it is significant that Kamatari's line would be set apart from the rest of the Nakatomi to the extent of giving it the new Fujiwara name.  Although the Chronicles claim that the “Fujiwara” name was actually granted by Naka no Oe, there is a thought that this was granted posthumously, and may have even been retconned by later members of the family, possibly to distance themselves from Nakatomi no Kane and his role on the losing side of the Jinshin War, and tie themselves clearly to Kamatari and his founding role in Naka no Oe's and Ohoama's new vision, instead.  This all brings me to my next point: the creation of the national histories.  The projects that culminated in what we know today as the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki are said to have been started under Ohoama's reign, though they wouldn't be finished until much later, well into the 8th century.  A lot of what went into them was work under Ohoama's wife Uno, who succeeded him as Jitou Tennou, as well as her successors.  Prince Toneri, one of Ohoama's sons, is said to have overseen the Nihon Shoki's compilation. Prince Toneri was son of Ohoama and princess Niitabe, one of Naka no Oe's daughters, and while he never sat the throne, himself, one of his sons would eventually do so.  As such, we can see a strong royal hand on the project, even though the actual composition was probably by several teams of Chroniclers—we touched on this briefly back in Episode 131. The Kojiki, on the other hand, is said to have been written by Oho no Yasumaro based on the oral history that had been maintained by Hieda no Are.  We don't know much about Hieda no Are—there are some that believe they may have been a woman, since a passage in a later work, the Seikyuuki, suggests that they were a member of the Sarume no Kimi family, descended from Ame no Uzume no Mikoto, who is said to have danced and helped lure Amaterasu out of the rock cave.  And so they were particularly known for their role as shrine maidens—a particularly female role.  That said, Are received the title of “toneri”, which is often assumed to be male, and there is nothing else that explicitly says they were not. Either way, Hieda no Are is said to have been commanded by the sovereign, Ohoama, to memorize the history of the nation, presumably to then perform it as needed, for the court.  Only later was Oho no Yasumaro asked to write it down in what became known as the Kojiki. Both of these chronicles were attempts to organize the history of the nation and to put together all the stories in a way that would establish a foundation for the new state that was evolving out of ancient Yamato.  A large part of that effort was going to be to justify those who were in power at the time—including both the royal family and the various noble houses at the time, including the powerful Fujiwara. Now, when we talk about how these histories were created to bolster the state, I want to be careful.  It may not have necessarily been the case that the chroniclers were actively and consciously promoting a fictional account.  From what we can tell, the chroniclers drew from a collection of stories, some written down in diaries and court records, works like the Baekje annals and continental histories, and some that were likely just memorized tales that were part of the general culture.   There were a couple of existing histories—we are told, for example, that there was a Teiki and a Kyuji floating around, both attributed to the legendary Shotoku Taishi, and both supposedly including the royal lineage at least to Toyomike-kashikiya-hime, aka Suikou Tennou.  However, the copies that were being passed around were apparently suspect, and we are told that there were inconsistencies.  Which probably means that the way they told the story did not conform to the way that Ohoama and the royal family wanted it told, though it could also refer to the fact that different accounts had slight variations on the stories, many of which had probably started as oral traditions that were only later written down.  It is also likely that there was only so much detail in those ancient texts, but we can't know for sure.  The Sendai Kuji Hongi purports to be the text of the original Kyuuji, or Kyuujiki, but that claim is dubious, at best, though it may have used an older, no longer extant history to crib its own notes from. So there were probably some writings, already, but there was also so much more.  There were stories from various familial records, stories told by various shrines about their kami and their histories, and stories passed down as local history that had never been captured, previously.  All of this was good material for the project of creating an official national history that aimed to tell the whole story. To get an idea of what the Chroniclers of that time might have been going through, imagine that you have some 2,000 random facts about the United States, or any country of your choice, in no particular order—stories of heroes, presidents, wars, etc.  On top of that, only a few of them ever give you any kind reference dates, and when they do, those dates are only in relationship to the presidents in office – the third year of the presidency of Roosevelt, for example - or maybe they reference another event.  In addition, some of the facts have been lost, or they come from history books with a slightly different format.  Or they come from diaries with different perspectives and takes on the same event.  And then, without the aid of the Internet or any other reference material, you are asked to put all of that together into a coherent narrative. In all likelihood you would be able to generally construct many of the broad strokes.  You would leverage what you know to be true and do your best to put things in place, but there is no guarantee that everything would be in the right order.  And in places where there wasn't any clear through line, you may have needed to come up with your best, most plausible explanation and write that down. Also, imagine you had, in the interests of completeness, thrown in some of the more, shall we say, apocryphal stories.  George Washington cutting down a cherry tree, for instance, or the story of Johnny Appleseed, or even the more fantastical stories of Davy Crockett.  Without other reference points, would you know where they went, or how true they actually were? Add to all of that the lack of a referential calendar.  The sexagesimal system helps for units of 60 years, but there was nothing comparable to a western calendar in use at the time.  Instead, everything was based on the number of years in a given reign.  So instead of thinking about it as “did this happen in 584 or 524?” it was more like “Did this happen in the years of the sovereign reigning from X palace or Y palace?” Now that said, there do appear to have been individuals whose job was to memorize the stories and the histories and recite them.  We have, for example, the Kataribe, the guild of storytellers.  It may have been out of this tradition that we get the eventual commission of the previously mentioned Hieda no Are, who was to memorize all of the historical events and recite them back, which I can only imagine would have been a kind of performance for the court, helping to reinforce the narrative.  But still, as Are was putting everything together, what were the assumptions and guidelines they were working under? After all, there were no doubt certain truths, whether factual or not, that were pushed by the court.  Things like the idea of an unbroken line of sovereigns going all the way back to the mythical founding, just like in continental stories.  Or, the idea that worship centered from the beginning around the sun goddess, Amaterasu. There is plenty of evidence that while the early Wa people practiced various forms of sun worship, with traces found in their language as well as stories, cultural traditions, etc., it was not necessarily Amaterasu who was the primary deity of worship.  Back in the Age of the Gods we talked about the creator deities, Izanagi and Izanami, and about the High god of Heaven, Takami Musubi, who seems to at one point been the most prominent central deity, but who had since been eclipsed, if you will, by the likes of Amaterasu. We also see evidence that there were other sun deities.  The language around Sarutahiko no Ohokami suggests that he may have once been worshipped as a sun deity as well.  And there is the early primacy of Mt. Miwa as a place of worship, and the spirit of Ohomononushi.  This is to say nothing of Ohokuninushi, and all of his stories, up in Izumo. Furthermore, it seems telling that Amaterasu is not even central to the rituals conducted in the palace itself, which likely went back to an even earlier period.  If Amaterasu were central, and the ancestral kami of the royal family since its inception, one would expect that Amaterasu would also be central to the rites carried out by her descendants in the royal palace.  And yet most of her worship appears to have continued to be set apart from the palace ritual, and conducted out of Ise shrine (albeit after a certain point ceremonially led by a designated female member of the royal line). Even Ise shrine itself isn't the primary shrine in the Ise area—the Ichi-no-miya, or most important shrine, of Ise is actually said to be Tsubaki shrine, worshipping Saruta Hiko no Ohokami and Ame no Uzume. So how did Amaterasu come to be so central in Ohoama's vision? There are stories that say that worship at Ise Shrine—and worship of Amaterasu—was specifically conducted by Ohoama's wife during the Jinshin campaign.  This is to say Ohoama's wife, primary consort, eventual queen and then queen regnant, Uno, later known as Jitou Tennou.  Remember, Uno had fled with Ohoama and had been on the trail with him at first, but had stayed behind in Ise.  Worship towards Ise seems to have later been counted as foundational to Ohoama and Uno's victory, and many suspect that they themselves may subsequently have encouraged greater worship of Amaterasu and placed her in the central position of sacral authority amongst the various kami. If so, that could explain why their histories focus so much on Amaterasu and her Heavenly descendant, from which the royal line claimed direct lineage.  It might also be around this time that the story of Iwarebiko, aka Jimmu Tennou, and the conquest of Yamato from Himuka may have been introduced: telling how Iwarebiko justifiably took away the land from the descendants of Nigi Hayahi, and then connecting Iwarebiko, in an extremely loose fashion, to Mimaki Iiribiko no Mikoto, aka Sujin Tennou. Another influence on all of this was likely the continental concept that time is a circle, and history repeats itself.  Chroniclers seeking to place events in a narrative context would have likely seen reflections of more recent events and used that to help order their compilation.  And of course, if there were events that seemed to run counter to the truth as known by the court, well, those could be smoothed over.  In this way, co-rulers were probably serialized, inconvenient interim rulers may have been excised altogether, and different dynasties, which may have only had tenuous connections, at best, were written down as direct lineal descendants.  It also seems telling that the Chroniclers may have reduced the role of what appears to be matrilineal succession to a more patriarchal and patrilineal determination of legitimacy.  Similarly, connections could be made for families to ancient ancestors through whom they were able to claim a certain proximity to the royal family.  Likewise, rules for legitimacy could be imposed—or perhaps just assumed—for previous reigns, doing their best to bring them into harmony with the social norms and the cultural imaginaries of the late 7th and early 8th centuries. So that's the general context the Chroniclers were working under. But at this point it's illuminating to take a look at the two histories and how they differ, to see what we can understand about where those differences came from. The work of Hieda no Are, eventually recorded and written down as the Kojiki, seems to have dealt with history that was far enough back that it was likely hard to argue with—it isn't like there was anyone alive who could counter with their own facts.  And the Kojiki reads as a fairly straightforward narrative, relatively speaking. The Nihon Shoki, on the other hand, is a different beast.  While the Kojiki may have captured the official narrative, the Nihon Shoki seems to have been designed to include more—including some of the competing accounts.  Thus you'll get a lot of things like “another source says…” with a different take on the same event.  This is much more prevalent in the Age of the Gods, but still pops up occasionally throughout the rest of the text.  Nonetheless, it is still very much focused on the royal line from Amaterasu down to Naka no Oe and Ohoama.  Even their posthumous names, Tenji and Temmu, specifically reference Ten, also pronounced Ama, at the start of their names, in what appears to be a bid to further connect them to the sun goddess of Heavenly Brightness--Amaterasu. Both of these works have their own character, and while the dates they were presented to the throne—713 for the Kojiki and 720 for the Nihon Shoki—suggest that they were published in succession, there are those that argue that the Kojiki is largely a reaction against the Nihon Shoki. In all likelihood the contents of the Nihon Shoki were known to many people before it was presented.  There were groups of Chroniclers involved, after all -- which meant teams of scribes pouring through sources, seeking out myths and legends, and generally trying to bring everything they could to the table.  And there is no indication that this was done in secret.  So it is quite possible that the writers of the Kojiki had seen some of the early drafts and cribbed from those notes. Some of the ways that the the history differ are in their portrayal of certain accounts.  For example, the Kojiki presents Iwarebiko and the pacification of Yamato and archipelago more generally in terms of that mythical sovereign conversing with the spirits.  And so he converses with, for instance, Ohomononushi, the deity of Mt. Miwa, a spirit whose name might be translated as the Great Lord of the Spirits, or “Mono”.  This idea places the sovereign as an intercessor between the mortal and the spirit world.  It hearkens back to earlier systems of sacral kingship, where power and authority came, at least in part, from supposed power of one's sacred sites and protective spirits. The Kojiki is also written in a much more vernacular style, using kanji and what we know of as man'yogana, the kanji used for their sound, rather than meaning, to provide a syllabary with which to write out Japanese words.  This may have been done for similar reasons to why it was also used in the Man'yoshu itself—because the Kojiki was meant to be recited aloud, not just read for meaning. The Nihon Shoki, in contrast, is clearly attempting to emulate the continental style.  It relies much more heavily on not just the characters but the grammar of Chinese, though not without its own idiosyncrasies.  The Nihon Shoki incorporated classical references that mirrored the references found in the histories of the Tang and earlier dynasties.  I suspect, for instance, that this is one of the main reasons that Naka no Oe and Ohoama are given the posthumous names of “Tenji” and “Temmu”.  Tenji means something like the Wisdom of Heaven while Temmu is more like the Martial Virtue of Heaven.  This immediately brings to mind, for me, the continental concepts of Wen and Wu—Culture and Warefare, or Bunbu in Japanese.  This even mirrors the founding Zhou kings, King Wen and King Wu.  Later, in the Han dynasty, you have Emperor Wu of Han, the grandson of Emperor Wen of Han, and Wu was considered to be one of the greatest emperors of the Han dynasty.  And so I can't help but think that there was a similar attempt at mythmaking going on here, connecting these two reigns with the reigns of famous emperors of the continent.  Of course, “Wu” was a popular name amongst the imperial dynasties from that period onward, with emperors of Jin, Chen, Liang, and others all being given the same name. This all accords with the way that the sovereign in the Nihon Shoki is less of a sacral king, interceding and speaking with the kami, and more along the continental model of an absolute ruler who ruled by divine right and heavenly mandate.  The lands outside of Yamato are subdued and, except for the occasional uprising, stay subdued—or at least that is what the narrative would seemingly have us believe. Now, I would argue that these distinctions are not absolute.  The Kojiki contains plenty of concepts of imperial trappings, and the Nihon Shoki contains plenty of examples of the sovereign playing a more traditional role.  But it is something to consider in the broad strokes of what they are saying, and I would argue that it also speaks to the duality of what was going on in this period.  Clearly the Ritsuryo State was built on the continental model, with an absolute ruler who ruled through a Heavenly mandate.  And yet at the same time, we see Ohoama patronizing the traditional spiritual sites and kami worship, like the emphasis on Amaterasu and Ise shrine.  Besides the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, we have one more set of official records that were compiled just as the major histories were beginning to be finished.  These were the Fudoki.  Fudoki were texts about the various provinces, and they include information on the various places, population, soil quality, as well as various local myths and legends attached to such things.  Rather than supporting the royal lineage, the Fudoki were more geared towards supporting the process begun under Karu and Naka no Oe with the Ritsuryo system whereby knowledge of the archipelago was being centralized such that the State could know about its territories.  Still, there are many times that the various Fudoki refer to different sovereigns, often to help situate a given event roughly within the historical narrative. The Fudoki were commissioned in 713.  At least 48 chronicles were said to have been compiled, but only a handful of them remain extant today.  Most are only partial texts, though even those can still contain significant information.  We also have purported text from certain fudoki that were reprinted in later histories.  The Shaku Nihongi seems to have been one such work, expressly commissioned to try and compile various older records that were likely aging and in danger of being lost altogether.  However, there is a concern regarding just how faithful those later transcriptions might have been, meaning that we cannot rely on them, entirely.  Still, they are an invaluable addition to our study of the history of this period. I mention all of this because much of this period seems dedicated to remaking the nation of Yamato into what we know as Japan.  This evolution didn't happen overnight, and it seems clear that it started gradually, but had now come to a head.  There is some consideration, though, that many of the things attributed to earlier reigns—the work done by Shotoku Taishi, for example, or even that of Naka no Oe—may have been embellished in this period.  After all, consider the difference between Ohoama trying to institute something entirely new versus pointing back to a previous sovereign and claiming that he wasn't innovating, he was just following tradition. But there are still unmistakable signs of innovation in the following reigns.  The creation of the first permanent capital city, for one.  There was also the blending of Buddhist and local kami-based traditions.  While Buddhism had been ascendant for a while, now, we see Ohoama seemingly paying equal homage to Amaterasu and the local kami.  Even while instituting new fangled continental ideas, he is also hearkening back to traditions that I can only imagine helped assuage some of the fears of any traditionalists who saw the rapid speed at which the archipelago was adopting at least the trappings of continental imperial culture. Speaking of culture, there was one other work that we should probably mention, and that is the famous Man'yoshu—the collection of 10,000 Leaves.  I mentioned this briefly earlier in the episode, but I do want to discuss it a bit, because as much as we may glean from the official histories, as well as the various fudoki texts, the Man'yoshu provides an invaluable view into the minds of the people of the time, and contains some incredibly useful tidbits of information that, when put together, help give us a better idea of what was happening during this period. The Man'yoshu is a collection of more than 4500 poems attributed to various historical figures, from sovereigns, such as Ohoama and Naka no Oe, to common soldiers.  It is remarkable in that the poems are largely in native Japanese and are not using the Sinitic poetry styles that were popular with scholars of the time. These poems are waka, Japanese verse, which typically follows a pattern of repeating verses of 5-7-5 syllables or morae, ending with two lines of 7-7.  The most simple of these are tanka—one top verse of 5-7-5, and one bottom verse of 7-7.  However, the poems in the collection can vary quite a bit. They are also remarkable in that they are written in what we know as Man'yogana.  That is to say they use Sinitic characters—kanji—but for their sound rather than their meaning in many cases.  This practice allowed for much more nuanced writing, such that the author could be more certain that the correct meaning could be taken away, since Japanese grammar differs greatly from various Chinese languages, and leverages particles and suffixes that are non-existent in Sinitic script.  Often times, when reading something like the Nihon Shoki, one has to infer the Japanese word order, particles, and suffixes from the text as a whole.  This is common with any kanbun—a very Japanese style of Chinese writing that often requires its own study to fully understand. Meanwhile, the Man'yogana allowed someone to more easily sound out the letters in the Man'yoshu.  This must have been important when morae or syllable count was important to the art form.  Furthermore, it gives us tremendous insight into how spoken Japanese may have sounded  back in the 8th century. And of course it is great that we have all of these poems, but almost more important is the other information contained in the collection.  Most poems not only are attributed to a particular author, but they often give a brief introduction to lay out the circumstance in which the poem was composed.  These poems are, in many ways, more straightforward than many later poetic styles, which relied much more heavily on so-called “pillow words”, poetic allusions, or callbacks to previous poems—not that they were completely devoid of such references, especially to other, often continental, works. Some poems are actually paired—a type of call and response.  A man would often be expected to send a poem to a lady with whom he had recently had assignations, and she would often respond.  Through such correspondence, preserved in the poetic record, we can see connections that might not be as clear in the various historical texts. Now, 4500 is a lot of poems and I'll be honest, I'm probably not going to be researching all of them for historical tidbits, but it is nonetheless important to understand.  One should also be careful—while the poems are often attributed to various artists and famous persons, this may sometimes be misleading.  The attribution may have been garbled or forgotten, and recreated. Most of the poems in the Man'yoshu are presented with at least some amount of framing around them.  They are grouped loosely by various themes.  We are then told, for each poem, the composer and the occasion for which it was created.  Sometimes this may be as simple as “when they were out hunting”, but that still gives us some context on which to go by as for why the author was writing the poem in the first place. The poems themselves vary in size.  There are short poems, or tanka, but also longer form chōka poems, with multiple verses.  Some may allude to previous poems, but many of the poems are just about the author's feelings.  Unlike haiku, they were not quite so proscribed in terms of “pillow words” or requisite seasonal descriptions. And yet these poems, just as much as the histories, were important in capturing some part of the cultural zeitgeist from that time.  We can see what was considered popular or important, and it was there for future generations down until today. Ultimately the Kojiki would largely be overshadowed by the more comprehensive and prestigious seeming history in the Nihon Shoki.  The Nihon Shoki would become the official history, inspiring future historical records, such as the Shoku Nihongi, the continuation of the records.  The Man'yoshu, likewise, would be emulated, with future compilations like the Kokinshu. These, in turn, would impact the cultural imaginary of the time.  They would shape people's ideas about the past, about art, and even about the nature of the kami themselves.  During this period it is hard to understate just how much they were setting in place a new system.  It is even difficult to tell how much of that system had actually been instituted by previous sovereigns, even though it's hard to tell how much that actually happened as opposed to simple claims by Ohoama and, later, Uno, to justify what they were doing.  Up to this point, the Ritsuryou State and the various reforms had been an experiment, but under Ohoama we truly see that the new government upgrades would be fully installed.  At the same time, we also see a shake up in the court.  Those who had been loyal to Ohoama during the Jinshin conflict of 672 received various rewards—increased rank and stipend, for one thing.  As famous individuals passed away, they were also granted posthumous rank, which might not seem like much, but it increased the family's prestige and that of the individual's descendants without actually handing out a higher level stipend that would be a drain on the coffers.  All of this also continued to build up the elites' reliance on not just the court, but on the throne itself for their status, wealth, and position.  Thus they had a vested interest in seeing that the project succeeded. And that is the world that we are about to dive into.  Thank you, I know we didn't get into too much of the immediate history, and some of this is spoilers—after all, this took time and in the moment it could have turned out quite differently.  What if Ohoama had gotten sick and died?  What if there had been a rebellion?  What if Silla or Tang had attacked?  While we know what happened from the safety of our vantage point, far in the future, it is important to remember that at the time the people in the court didn't know what would happen next, so please keep that in mind. Next episode, we'll start to get into the actual events of the reign, starting with Ohoama's ascension to the throne at the newly built Kiyomihara palace in Asuka. Until then, if you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.

On this episode we dive deep into dark crevasses of twisted human psyche by checking out both the movie and manga of Ichi the Killer! How does Takeshi Miike's cult-classic adaptation compare to Hideo Yamamoto's original shocking series?! We also celebrate the English licensing of Billy Bat, discuss Young Magazine USA, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac  Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro, Billy Bat - 00:00:00 Young Magazine USA - 00:07:49 Meaheim - 00:21:11 Patlabor 2: The Movie - 00:30:28 Next Episode Preview - 00:34:58 (Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Torture) Ichi the Killer - 00:36:04 *SPOILERS* Ichi the Killer Manga - 01:01:51 End of Manga Spoilers - 01:15:39 Outro - 01:27:12 Song Credits: “Hopscotch” by Louis Adrien “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Green Light” by Emily Lewis “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

Kumugi is riddled with guilt, Karen becomes the third wheel, and Denji is manipulated with a little skin (again)!   5:28 - Ichi the Witch 46 15:31 - Blue Box 207 24:44 - Black Clover 381-383 38:26 - Boruto: Two Blue Vortex 25 48:22 - Chainsaw Man 211-212 58:18 - Dandadan 206 1:02:12 / 62:12 - Spy x Family 121 1:12:43 / 72:43 - Hima-Ten! 54 1:19:45 / 79:45 - Otr of the Flame 14 1:26:31 / 86:31 - Ping-Pong Peril 6 1:32:49 / 92:49 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 56 1:36:30 / 96:30 - Marriagetoxin 136-137 1:47:52 / 107:52 - Nue's Exorcist 110 1:54:32 / 114:32 - Akane-banashi 170 2:02:45 / 122:45 - One Piece 1157 2:12:51 / 132:51 - Favorite Series and MVP

This episode was released on August 15th, 2025, exactly 80 years after the Empire of Japan unconditionally surrendered to the Allies following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, we bring you a largely forgotten story. In 1944, Japan launched its biggest land campaign of the war. It was called “Operation Ichi-Go (Operation #1)” – a massive push through China with half a million troops. It shattered Chiang Kai-shek's armies, changed Allied strategy, and helped set the stage for the ROC's retreat to Taiwan.But the spark for this offensive began not on a battlefield in China, but in what's today Hsinchu, Taiwan. This “big picture” episode has surprise U.S. bombing raids, brutal battles, Roosevelt's strategy meetings in Hawaii, the collapse of China's wartime economy, and lots more twists and turns that would lead to Mao Zedong proclaiming the People's Republic of China in 1949 – and the Republic of China retreating to Taiwan.

Ichi gets introduced to the world, Jiji shows off why he's a genius, and in Ping-Pong Peril they use ping-pong to knock their opponents out with high voltage electricity!   5:19 - Ichi the Witch 44 24:45 - Blue Box 206 36:17 - Dandadan 205 44:15 - Spy x Family 120.1 49:21 - Hima-Ten! 53 1:04:06 / 64:06 - Otr of the Flame 13 1:12:39 / 72:39 - Ping-Pong Peril 5 1:19:37 / 79:37 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 55 1:27:07 / 87:07 - Marriagetoxin 135 1:42:26 / 102:26 - Nue's Exorcist 109 2:00:32 / 120:32 - Akane-banashi 169 2:09:47 / 129:47 - One Piece 1156 2:29:18 / 149:18 - Favorite Series and MVP

Nik and Quinn enter the Evangelion fandom on the right note: confused.   5:04 - Neon Genesis Evangelion 1:07:02 / 67:02 - Ichi the Witch 43 1:17:21 / 77:21 - Blue Box 205 1:27:06 / 87:06 - Chainsaw Man 210 1:30:35 / 90:35 - Dandadan 204 1:34:00 / 94:00 - Hima-Ten! 52 1:42:51 / 102:51 - Otr of the Flame 12 1:48:46 / 108:46 - Ping-Pong Peril 4 1:57:00 / 117:00 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 54 2:03:10 / 123:10 - Nue's Exorcist 108 2:15:26 / 135:26 - Akane-banashi 168 2:22:39 / 142:39 - Favorite Series and MVP 2:27:49 / 147:49 - Next Recommendation

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer Emerson about Miraculous Ladybug (2021)⁠. You can find him on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ or Twitter⁠.News: (1:00)Witch Detective show in productionMadoka Magica Walpurgisnacht Rising coming Feb 2026Magical Girl holoWitches Vol 1 drops August 19thAikatsu x Pripara the movie is coming October 10thI Want to Eat The Mermaid Princess Volume one dropped July 25thLock & Key: A Magical Girl Mystery releases in September on Steam & itchioVolume 4 of Ichi the Witch out on August 4thWinx Club: The Magic Is Back is coming to Netflix on October 2nd.A new visual for the upcoming reboot of Hana no Ko Lunlun!Horror mocukmentary Magical Girl Yamada releases supplementary webcomicCute High Earth Defense Club Love! Love! is coming to the Tokyo stage in OctoberNew comic Magical Girl Gurumeguri has begun serializationWhat I'm Watching: (8:30)WishcatMain Topic: (4:45)Warning for racism and police misconduct, child abuse, and Japanese imperialismSeries Mentioned:Ojamajo DoremiPretearNanohaMadokaSailor MoonPeter PanJurassic ParkPrincess Session OrchestraYou & Idol PreCureMermaid MagicWinx Club The Magic Is BackCatch TeeniepingOriginal podcast music by Hazel, @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠afewbruises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep up to date with the Magical Girl Media Google Calendar!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Submit your ideas to the podcast here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Ayu wishlist gifts from Throne!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Discord!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Commission Ayu for art, drop off a donation, or sign up for bonus episodes on Ko-fi!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find the podcast online on the socials @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠magicalgirlayu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Spotify for Creators at sparkleside, and don't forget to comment online with the hashtag #SparklesideChats! Contact us by email or DMs.

In this episode, Ichi sits down with Max Ellis of Sword & Shield Productions, who made the indie tokusatsu Avalon, Knight of the Round Table, to answer questions from CastFans regarding inspiration, choices made and not made, effective budgeting ideologies, and a few thoughts on what we might see in the upcoming second season.  Check out Avalon on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUfAQVlX7E1N8BUJD7ZqTYP-ZmkmkUpXo Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUVMnyt3NEo   Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first 3 UberEats orders of CA$20 or more! https://ubereats.com/feed?promoCode=eats-christopherm5931ue Get $5 off your first order with SkipTheDishes! https://www.skipthedishes.com/r/6YaJc65HKg

Team Ichi gets new costumes, Seiko gets a beating, and Jura smells his finger a lot!   4:29 - Ichi the Witch 42 17:04 - Blue Box 204 33:07 - Boruto: Two Blue Vortex 24 52:28 - Chainsaw Man 209 58:42 - Dandadan 203 1:05:18 / 65:18 - Kaiju No. 8 129 1:21:25 / 81:25 - Spy x Family 120 1:31:26 / 91:26 - Hima-Ten! 51 1:38:31 / 98:31 - Otr of the Flame 11 1:41:34 / 101:34 - Ping-Pong Peril 3 1:48:52 / 108:52 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 53 1:52:53 / 112:53 - Marriagetoxin 134 1:59:19 / 119:19 - Nue's Exorcist 107 2:05:08 / 125:08 - Akane-banashi 167 2:09:47 / 129:47 - One Piece 1155 2:21:15 / 141:15 - Favorite Series and MVP

One Piece drops drops a huge lore fact for free, a WAP appears in DanDaDan, and can anyone overcome the character powerhouse that is Hara?   9:05 - Ichi the Witch 41 21:23 - Blue Box 203 37:26 - Dandadan 202 45:27 - Ekiden Bros 3 1:03:20 / 63:20 - Hima-Ten! 50 1:13:26 / 73:26 - Otr of the Flame 10 1:21:22 / 81:22 - Ping-Pong Peril 2 1:36:17 / 96:17 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 52 1:41:16 / 101:16 - Marriagetoxin 133 1:51:01 / 111:01 - Nue's Exorcist 106 2:02:16 / 122:16 - Akane-banashi 166 2:09:39 / 129:39 - One Piece 1154 2:21:56 / 141:56 - Favorite Series and MVP

World Trigger finally moves into the second part of the Away Mission Test, Ichi and Gokuraku share a platonic bond, and it's really weird that most of the pages in Akane Banashi were blank this week!   5:06 - Ichi the Witch 40 18:42 - Blue Box 202 33:36 - Chainsaw Man 208 40:58 - Dandadan 201 50:15 - Spy x Family 119 1:07:50 / 67:50 - World Trigger 255-256 1:18:17 / 78:17 - Ekiden Bros 2 1:25:58 / 85:58 - Hima-Ten! 49 1:36:45 / 96:45 - Kaedegami 3 1:43:40 / 103:40 - Otr of the Flame 9 1:49:15 / 109:15 - Ping-Pong Peril 1 1:53:52 / 113:52 - Marriagetoxin ex 1:55:46 / 115:46 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 51 2:00:00 / 120:00 - Nue's Exorcist 105 2:08:42 / 128:42 - Akane-banashi 165 2:16:37 / 136:37 - Favorite Series and MVP

It has been a very strange last 7 days. Recent losses, close calls in other situations have taken its toll on me mentally. I start the show talking through some things. Then I use some recent movies I saw to help shape a conversation about us as a person at our core. I hope you can take something from this episode.Timestamps(00:00) Intro and Life Talk(07:15) Community thanks Omar and Lisa(12:12) I started Death StrandingMain Topic(15:40) The Human Beneath the Mask(26:10) Superman movie(33:02) Ironheart tv series(36:31) F1 Movie(44:50) Summer anime check in(47:40) Ichi the Witch manga 42(49:00) One Piece manga 1154(52:18) Wrap up and outro______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/DadNeedsToTalkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadneedstotalkpodcast/

Everyone deserves a teacher as cool as Sasaki-sensei.   2:35 - I Wanna Be Your Girl 20:52 - Ichi the Witch 39 32:43 - Blue Box 201 48:37 - Chainsaw Man 207 52:56 - Dandadan 200 1:01:53 / 61:53 - Ekiden Bros 1 1:07:04 / 67:04 - Harukaze Mound 3 1:16:39 / 76:39 - Hima-Ten! 48 1:27:54 / 87:54 - Kaedegami 2 1:36:39 / 96:39 - Otr of the Flame 8 1:44:50 / 104:50 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 50 1:56:26 / 116:26 - Marriagetoxin 132 2:09:04 / 129:04 - Nue's Exorcist 104 2:22:10 / 142:10 - Akane-banashi 164 2:28:10 / 148:10 - One Piece 1153 2:37:29 / 157:29 - Favorite Series and MVP

'Cinema Degeneration Presents' is a podcast that aims to be an all-encompassing show that doesn't limit itself to one topic or genre. We'll be covering all sorts of movies, books, music and more. There will be solo reviews and group chats with multiple different guest hosts and interviews.  Sometimes there will be themed segments such as "How The F$%k Did That Get Made", "The Good, The Bad, The Independent", "Why Is That Not Eric Roberts?" and iterations of past shows like Old Not Obsolete and This Is Your Brain On Film.  For our 6th episode we are bringing you a celebration of the truly weird and utterly bizarre with a review from our "How The F%$K Did That Get Made" hosts and filmmakers Marcus Koch and Cameron Scott dissecting the 2001 ultra-violent "ICHI THE KILLER" directed by the legendary Takashi Miike and starring Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shin'ya Tsukamora, and Paulyn Sun.  Our hosts will take you on a trip through this dark comedy crime thriller fueled by hyper-violence. It's a mad story of Kakihara (a sadomasochistic yakuza soldier) on the hunt for his missing boss that encounters Ichi (a psychotic killer of killers) that may hold the answers to all his sadistic questions. It's thrills and chills of the likes only Miike (with over 120 directing credits and counting) can orchestrate!  This movie has to be seen to be believed.  Join us in celebration of this insane and definitely weird movie!   "Just a little torture..."

Yor reckons with her fake family life, Ichi drops a ruthlessly cold line, and Nue Sexorcist baffles and confounds.   3:24 - Ichi the Witch 39 10:26 - Blue Box 200 16:38 - Boruto: Two Blue Vortex 23 20:55 - Dandadan 199 27:11 - Kaiju No. 8 128 33:20 - Spy x Family 118 41:00 - Embers 20 49:27 - Harukaze Mound 2 53:21 - Hima-Ten! 47 58:59 - Kaedegami 1 1:09:29 / 69:29 - Otr of the Flame 7 1:14:31 / 74:31 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 49 1:20:12 / 80:12 - Marriagetoxin ex 1:21:35 / 81:35 - Nue's Exorcist 103 1:30:46 / 90:46 - Akane-banashi 163 1:36:52 / 96:52 - One Piece 1152 1:47:56 / 107:56 - Favorite Series and MVP

Maybe grab a poncho because in our latest ep you will get wet! We take a look at the grisly, gleeful gore of the splatter sub-genre. The absurd, nihilism, and the tenuous nature of our society all underpin a genre that cuts much deeper than it seems on the surface.Includes discussions of The Shrouds (2025), The Great God Pan (short story by Arthur Machen, 1894), Chain Reactions (2024), Jigoku (1960), Blood Feast (1963), The Gore Gore Girls (1972), The Beyond (1981), Demons (1985), Ichi the Killer (2001) and The Sadness (2021).Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.Contact us at crystal@spookybitchgang.com and scott@spookybitchgang.com.

MarriageToxin starts a TCG, Syd Craft ends like a harem series, and if you haven't read this week's Nue Sexorcist then ur-ine for a big surprise!   8:03 - Ichi the Witch 38 18:58 - Blue Box 199 32:25 - Chainsaw Man 206 33:32 - Blue Box tangent 34:50 - Chainsaw Man 206 38:36 - Dandadan 198 46:16 - Embers 19 58:47 - Harukaze Mound 1 1:15:23 / 75:23 - Hima-Ten! 46 1:28:03 / 88:03 - Otr of the Flame 6 1:37:06 / 97:06 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 28 1:47:19 / 107:19 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 48 1:54:20 / 114:20 - Marriagetoxin 131 2:04:15 / 124:15 - Nue's Exorcist 102 2:09:03 / 129:03 - Akane-banashi 162 2:19:47 / 139:47 - Favorite Series and MVP

Send us a textA young man's visit to his grandparents' home leads to the discovery of an old-time radio broadcast that has brought the family happiness for years, a revelation that will lead him to question his life choices, sanity and dietary choices. On Episode 673 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Japanese horror flick, Best Wishes To All from director Yûta Shimotsu! We also talk about the true meaning of happiness, extreme Japanese horror, and movies with creepy old people! So grab your genealogy test results, make sure you're with the right family, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Netflix, true crime docs, horror streaming, Mindhunter, RIP DeVera Burroughs, birthday gimmicks, holding down the fort, this day in horror history, Crispin “Hellion” Glover, Ben, Food of the Gods, Rats, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre soundtrack, John Larroquette, Waiting for Guffman, Christopher Guest, Michael Hitchcock, Catherine O'Hara, MadTV, Lillian Verner Gameshow, Last Dinosaur, Chas Balun, Battle Royale, House, Ichi the Killer, Uzumaki, Best Wishes to All, Yuta Shimotsu, M. Night Shyamalan, The Visit, extreme Japanese horror, the Mae Young scene, Japanese Culture, geriatric f*ck machines, poorly executed silly CGI, Soul Reaper, Indonesian horror films, and finger sucking good films.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer Ella Anders of Winx4Life about Season 5 of Winx Club (2012)⁠. You can find her on ⁠Twitter or ⁠Instagram⁠.News: (1:00)Magilumiere Vol 17 out June 4thShugo Chara Jewel Joker Vol 2 out July 11th, Vol 1 to get a reprintEnglish print editions of Ichi the Witch and Magical Girl Dandelion coming Spring 2026Miraculous World Tokyo & Miraculous Stellar Force projectsSteven Universe Lars of the Stars spinoff announcedMy Melody & Kuromi premieres July 24th and might be more magical than expected…?Also!! Ayu is now doing another podcast on idol media: Charm Point RadioWhat I watched: (6:24)Secret Catch! TeeniepingMiraculous Season 4(New) Secret Jouju S2Main Topic: (10:00)Trigger warning for discussions of death.Sofia the FirstWonderful PreCureYou & Idol PreCureLolirockWitchy PreCure MIRAI DAYSHug PreCureMia and MeThe Little MermaidAnastasiaTinkerbellMusic featured:HarmonixMagic of SirenixOriginal podcast music by Hazel, @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠afewbruises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep up to date with the Magical Girl Media Google Calendar!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Submit your ideas to the podcast here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Ayu wishlist gifts from Throne!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Discord!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Commission Ayu for art, drop off a donation, or sign up for bonus episodes on Ko-fi!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find the podcast online on the socials @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠magicalgirlayu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Spotify for Creators at sparkleside, and don't forget to comment online with the hashtag #SparklesideChats! Contact us by email or DMs.

Gokuraku and Ichi share a very heterosexual moment together, the DanDaDan crew travels into the eye of the typhoon, and Hemlock reveals that while you were making out and having fun he was studying the blade!   12:22 - Ichi the Witch 37 22:16 - Blue Box 198 36:30 - Chainsaw Man 205 42:37 - Dandadan 197 47:37 - Kaiju No. 8 127 55:11 - Spy x Family 117 1:06:16 / 66:16 - Embers 18 1:13:16 / 73:16 - Hima-Ten! 45 1:23:40 / 83:40 - Otr of the Flame 5 1:34:03 / 94:03 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 27 1:40:00 / 100:00 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 47 1:46:31 / 106:31 - Marriagetoxin 130 1:54:14 / 114:14 - Nue's Exorcist 101 2:02:35 / 122:35 - Akane-banashi 161 2:09:29 / 129:29 - One Piece 1151 2:16:48 / 136:48 - Favorite Series and MVP

Ichi discovers what the “source material” is, and the implications are staggering. Be sure to get caught up with our archives via all the major podcast apps, YouTube, and our website! Find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, Amazon Podcasts, Audible, and more! Leave that 5 star rating and review! Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel at Roll The Hard 20! And check out our Patreon! Find us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roll-the-hard-20-podcast/id1408365472 Subscribe to our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOo3xgvuyt8p_u6HqysDATw/featured?view_as=subscriber Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1kJ6KnJsQFsN4z86N6UjZo?si=6s15B9YuQPGksRzwZyVKLA Pandora https://pandora.app.link/WOmEP5Rf1Cb iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-roll-the-hard-20-podcast-31128285/ Amazon Podcasts: https://www.amazon.com/ROLL-THE-HARD-20-PODCAST/dp/B08K585JWV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Roll+the+hard+20+podcast&qid=1618152633&s=audible&sr=1-1 We're on Audible! https://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B08K55QSGF&source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=podcast_show_detail Also on Podbean https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/vkker-a5316/ROLL-THE-HARD-20-PODCAST/page/6 Just one more venue we can be found! https://www.delta-green.com/topics/debriefing/ Want to be a Hard Slinger and get cool swag? Join us on our Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/rollthehard20podcast Contact your Trusted D.M. Brian! Visit the website at: https://www.rollthehard20podcast.com/ Email us at: rollthehard20podcast@gmail.com Want to represent the podcast? Check out our awesome shirts! https://www.amazon.com/ROLL-THE-HARD-20-PODCAST/dp/B07HMMRMMN?keywords=roll+the+hard+20+podcast&qid=1537974976&sr=8-1-fkmrnull&ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_1 Follow our social media footprints at: https://m.facebook.com/groups/202767550592121 https://instagram.com/rollthehard20?igshid=gjlo7p4lay72 https://twitter.com/rollthehard20?s=11 "Darkling", "Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Surprisingly light and fluffy for a series about high schoolers tackling each other as hard as humanly possible.   7:34 - Rugby Rumble 33:17 - Ichi the Witch 36 43:29 - Dandadan 196 51:01 - World Trigger 253-254 1:04:45 / 64:45 - Embers 17 1:11:21 / 71:21 - Hima-Ten! 44 1:24:11 / 84:11 - Otr of the Flame 4 1:32:03 / 92:03 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 26 1:46:01 / 106:01 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 46 1:55:06 / 115:06 - Marriagetoxin 129 2:05:58 / 125:58 - Nue's Exorcist 100 2:14:11 / 134:11 - Akane-banashi 160 2:21:08 / 141:08 - One Piece 1150 2:26:30 / 146:30 - Favorite Series and MVP 2:28:45 / 148:45 - Next Recommendation

Ichi must infiltrate a medical company with a new partner to procure an unknown “source material”. Be sure to get caught up with our archives via all the major podcast apps, YouTube, and our website! Find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, Amazon Podcasts, Audible, and more! Leave that 5 star rating and review! Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel at Roll The Hard 20! And check out our Patreon! Find us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roll-the-hard-20-podcast/id1408365472 Subscribe to our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOo3xgvuyt8p_u6HqysDATw/featured?view_as=subscriber Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1kJ6KnJsQFsN4z86N6UjZo?si=6s15B9YuQPGksRzwZyVKLA Pandora https://pandora.app.link/WOmEP5Rf1Cb iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-roll-the-hard-20-podcast-31128285/ Amazon Podcasts: https://www.amazon.com/ROLL-THE-HARD-20-PODCAST/dp/B08K585JWV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Roll+the+hard+20+podcast&qid=1618152633&s=audible&sr=1-1 We're on Audible! https://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B08K55QSGF&source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=podcast_show_detail Also on Podbean https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/vkker-a5316/ROLL-THE-HARD-20-PODCAST/page/6 Just one more venue we can be found! https://www.delta-green.com/topics/debriefing/ Want to be a Hard Slinger and get cool swag? Join us on our Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/rollthehard20podcast Contact your Trusted D.M. Brian! Visit the website at: https://www.rollthehard20podcast.com/ Email us at: rollthehard20podcast@gmail.com Want to represent the podcast? Check out our awesome shirts! https://www.amazon.com/ROLL-THE-HARD-20-PODCAST/dp/B07HMMRMMN?keywords=roll+the+hard+20+podcast&qid=1537974976&sr=8-1-fkmrnull&ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_1 Follow our social media footprints at: https://m.facebook.com/groups/202767550592121 https://instagram.com/rollthehard20?igshid=gjlo7p4lay72 https://twitter.com/rollthehard20?s=11 "Darkling", "Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Fire Devil makes their appearance, Brooke's connection to Gunko gets teased further, and Syd Craft reveals everything!   1:24 - Skipping Last Week's Chapters 5:02 - Ichi the Witch 35 14:31 - Blue Box 197 23:18 - Chainsaw Man 204 30:04 - Spy x Family 116.1 33:19 - more Chainsaw Man 35:19 - Embers 16 44:12 - Hima-Ten! 43 52:48 - Otr of the Flame 3 1:03:53 / 63:53 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 25 1:23:40 / 83:40 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 45 1:31:21 / 91:21 - Marriagetoxin 128 1:39:55 / 99:55 - Nue's Exorcist 99 1:51:09 / 111:09 - Akane-banashi 159 1:56:26 / 116:26 - One Piece 1149 2:06:41 / 126:41 - Favorite Series and MVP

It's an Ichi and Lane episode as we discuss Lango finally doing a thing, Ryugi getting his backstory episode, and Chris finally joining the other Symphogear users. Casters Present:  Blue Gray  Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/castranger-536-129731508 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 35,  No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 13,  Senki Zesshou Symphogear 09-10  Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gEBCgf6NCs   Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first 3 UberEats orders of CA$20 or more! https://ubereats.com/feed?promoCode=eats-christopherm5931ue Get $5 off your first order with SkipTheDishes! https://www.skipthedishes.com/r/6YaJc65HKg

Find out what got this series BANNED!!! ... It's just that boys fall in love. That's it. Anyway, here's the review!   4:35 - Sasaki and Miyano 27:41 - Ichi the Witch 33 35:06 - Blue Box 195 47:48 - Dandadan 194 52:27 - Kaiju No. 8 126 56:00 - Spy x Family 116 1:05:39 / 65:39 - Embers 14 1:18:44 / 78:44 - Hima-Ten! 41 1:26:11 / 86:11 - Nice Prison 3 1:30:29 / 90:29 - Otr of the Flame 1 1:48:01 / 108:01 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 23 1:59:16 / 119:16 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 43 2:06:28 / 126:28 - Marriagetoxin 127 2:16:18 / 136:18 - Nue's Exorcist 97 2:21:37 / 141:37 - Akane-banashi 157 2:28:00 / 148:00 - One Piece 1148 2:33:42 / 153:42 - Favorite Series and MVP 2:38:56 / 158:56 - Next Recommendation

Byrd, Tom, Kevin and Trev discuss a trio of tokusatsu superhero films from acclaimed director Takashi Miike (Great Yokai War, Ultraman Max, Audition, Ichi the Killer).  First we have 2004's Zebraman, a parody of Japanese superhero shows that sees a father in a mid life crisis take up the mantle of the titular character to fight crime and fend off an alien invasion.  We then move onto 2010's gonzo sequel set in a dystopian future where Zebraman must face off against a power hungry pop singer.  We cap things off by discussing his 2009 adaptation of the popular anime series Yatterman, about a pair of superheroes and their giant robot dog who thwart the evil plans of the Donboro gang.  But first, Byrd reviews the recent official Godzilla Pop Up Book from Simon and Schuster Publishing.  Relax and join the discussion!

Sommers throws down an ultimatum in Elbaph, DanDaDan takes to the sky, and Master Lucius can use multiple, MULTIPLE types of magic!   2:18 - Ichi the Witch 32 8:34 - Blue Box 194 16:41 - Black Clover 379-380 25:49 - Chainsaw Man 201-202 32:27 - Dandadan 192-193 42:17 - Kaiju No. 8 125 47:29 - Spy x Family 115 53:44 - World Trigger 252 1:01:51 / 61:51 - Embers 13 1:07:12 / 67:12 - Hima-Ten! 40 1:16:20 / 76:20 - Nice Prison 2 1:18:53 / 78:53 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 22 1:25:45 / 85:45 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 42 1:32:19 / 92:19 - Marriagetoxin 125-126 1:43:23 / 103:23 - Nue's Exorcist 96 1:53:16 / 113:16 - Akane-banashi 156 2:00:36 / 120:36 - One Piece 1147 2:09:30 / 129:30 - Favorite Series and MVP

Synopsis This film follows Kakihara, a sadomasochistic yakuza whose boss goes missing. He sets out on a path of kidnapping and torture to find the man who did this, only to find out that the culprit, Ichi, is a complete sadistic psychopath. Chaos and gore ensue. Review This movie is a lot better than I remember, and I remember loving it. The opening sequence hooks you immediately, with sped up camera movements and manga like color grading at times. This reveals to the viewer that what you're about to watch isn't a typical action/horror film. This movie does have its problems, as it has laughably bad CGI at times, but if you can get past those three or four shots you can enjoy this movie. My other issue with the film is the treatment of the women on screen. It's absolutely devastating, depraved, and nausea inducing. To be fair, mostly everyone dies in this movie and whether you're a woman or not in this world, you're gonna get tortured. So I guess it's kinda fair in the end. At first glance it's very much torture porn, but there's a real story there that provokes humanity's most suppressed subconscious emotions. Ichi the Killer exemplifies the unpredictability of human perseverance and the utmost underbelly of society. This movie does not beg you to sympathize or revel in its grotesqueness. It wants you to be uncomfortable, it does not want you to like these characters at all. I love cinema that makes me squirm. I would be remiss not to mention that the costumes are divine, especially our main man Kakihara's fly suits. The iridescent one he wears in his final scene is stunning.  I really do love this movie, it can be extremely tough to watch at some particularly gory times, but it's great if you can stomach it. Just don't try to eat dinner while you watch it.  Score 8/10

Gokuraku makes an epic speech, Astro Royale tells us what the mystery plot was, and Sarada gets her Uchiha magic eye powers!   5:08 - Ichi the Witch 31 20:33 - Blue Box 193 42:11 - Boruto: Two Blue Vortex 21 1:01:00 / 61:00 - Dandadan 191 1:08:05 / 68:05 - Astro Royale 50 1:18:24 / 78:24 - Embers 12 1:26:18 / 86:18 - Hima-Ten! 39 1:36:46 / 96:46 - Nice Prison 1 1:45:04 / 105:04 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 21 1:53:19 / 113:19 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 41 2:02:09 / 122:09 - Marriagetoxin 124 2:07:08 / 127:08 - Nue's Exorcist 95 2:11:53 / 131:53 - Akane-banashi 155 2:19:15 / 139:15 - One Piece 1146 2:25:15 / 145:15 - Favorite Series and MVP

For if you just haven't gotten your Ty Cobb fill in life, and are fine with getting a little nonsense by the Jojo guy.   0:58 - The Lives of Eccentrics 14:21 - Ichi the Witch 30 28:26 - Blue Box 192 40:57 - Chainsaw Man 200 46:57 - Dandadan 190 54:25 - Spy x Family 114.1 58:43 - Astro Royale 49 1:08:02 / 68:02 - Embers 11 1:14:30 / 74:30 - Hima-Ten! 38 1:24:43 / 84:43 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 20 1:36:46 / 96:46 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 40 1:44:44 / 104:44 - Marriagetoxin ex 1:45:59 / 105:59 - Nue's Exorcist 94 1:57:23 / 117:23 - Akane-banashi 154 2:05:35 / 125:35 - Favorite Series and MVP 2:09:15 / 129:15 - Next Recommendation

Much like another group of super spies that have fancy cars and cookouts, it's all about family. Unless you're Ai.   1:49 - Mission: Yozakura Family 1:03:34 / 63:34 - Ichi the Witch 29 1:10:12 / 70:12 - Blue Box 191 1:17:48 / 77:48 - Chainsaw Man 199 1:23:45 / 83:45 - Dandadan 189 1:27:54 / 87:54 - World Trigger 250-251 1:34:11 / 94:11 - Astro Royale 48 1:39:08 / 99:08 - Embers 10 1:45:17 / 105:17 - Hima-Ten! 37 1:51:45 / 111:45 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 19 1:58:44 / 118:44 - Marriagetoxin 123 2:03:40 / 123:40 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 39 2:05:41 / 125:41 - Nue's Exorcist 93 2:13:01 / 133:01 - Akane-banashi 153 2:20:03 / 140:03 - One Piece 1145 2:28:30 / 148:30 - Favorite Series and MVP 2:32:37 / 152:37 - Next Recommendation

Shikaba uses his Vermilion Mist, all heck is breaking loose in Elbaph, and the Death Devil shows us who they really are!   2:56 - Ichi the Witch 28 15:15 - Blue Box 190 25:40 - Chainsaw Man 198 35:52 - Dandadan 188 44:14 - Kaiju No. 8 124 51:53 - Spy x Family 114 1:06:06 / 66:06 - Astro Royale 47 1:15:35 / 75:35 - Embers 9 1:24:59 / 84:59 - Hima-Ten! 36 1:34:39 / 94:39 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 18 1:39:59 / 99:59 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 38 1:46:27 / 106:27 - Marriagetoxin 122 1:52:14 / 112:14 - Nue's Exorcist 92 2:08:40 / 128:40 - Akane-banashi 152 2:15:23 / 135:23 - One Piece 1144 2:27:04 / 147:04 - Favorite Series and MVP

Shikaba really is responsible for his father's death, Kanna wins a contest, and the Death Devil is going to end this fight in just three seconds!   4:43 - Ichi the Witch 27 14:52 - Blue Box 189 26:52 - Chainsaw Man 197 35:15 - Dandadan 187 42:47 - Astro Royale 46 52:15 - Embers 8 1:01:55 / 61:55 - Hima-Ten! 35 1:16:58 / 76:58 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 17 1:28:02 / 88:02 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 37 1:36:28 / 96:28 - Marriagetoxin 121 1:44:38 / 104:38 - Nue's Exorcist 91 1:58:37 / 118:37 - Akane-banashi 151 2:05:41 / 125:41 - One Piece 1143 2:15:45 / 135:45 - Favorite Series and MVP

Ichi does the exact thing we were just told you shouldn't do, Kiyoshi gets hit with a Babality, and Sarada finally remembers she has a sharingan!   3:28 - Ichi the Witch 26 15:15 - Blue Box 188 26:37 - Boruto: Two Blue Vortex 20 47:48 - Dandadan 186 56:58 - Kaiju No. 8 123 1:00:59 / 60:59 - Spy x Family 113 1:12:59 / 72:59 - Astro Royale 45 1:15:59 / 75:59 - Embers 7 1:22:37 / 82:37 - Hima-Ten! 34 1:26:19 / 86:19 - Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 16 1:33:37 / 93:37 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 36 1:39:32 / 99:32 - Marriagetoxin 120 1:45:37 / 105:37 - Nue's Exorcist 90 1:57:47 / 117:47 - Akane-banashi 150 2:03:01 / 123:01 - Favorite Series and MVP