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Just want to spotlight Toranaga’s big fluffy shoes for a moment because they’ve been living rent-free in my head since I noticed them yesterday in a pic posted by @surullinenotus.
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TODA MARIKO and OCHIBA-NO-KATA SHŌGUN | 1.09 Crimson Sky
#shogun#in case u ever thought. no im never normal about mariko ever ever#shes sooooo. shes so fucked up and irreparable and sad. shes so gladly self destructive in the name of her father of toranaga of herself#shes so exactly what you need from her even as it destroys her. especially so if it kills her#shes so correct polite proper to the point of not being a person anymore. when all that matters is what you should be#where is there room for you?#shes so fit for nothing but self destruction because of this.thiats the only way she can control any part of it. she can have a say#she sso PLEASE let me kill myself i just want to be done#i love her sooooo fucking much#lady ochiba too i can go crazy about in a different direction#AUCH. i love both these fucked up bitches. worlds most women
shogun (book) does the 'characters speaking in multiple languages' thing the best ive ever seen its so fuckign. the 'defaults' are typically either portugese or japanese and so those are written normally, with the exception that the japanese we hear from blackthornes perspective is either unintelligible (not direct quotes) or short words and phrases that he picks up (things like wakarimasuka and kinjuru are written just like that, and we the english reader learn what they mean as blackthorne does, so dont need translations evey time). japanese when heard from a japanese character's perspective is written in normal english, because its still the default, its their first, usually only, language. but it gets funky when youre speaking, say, latin, which they do sometimes. because blackthorne knows it fluently, but its not his first language (though neither is portugese) and its not the one he uses the most. so its written recognizably to us, an english-speaking reader, but in a way that makes it clear it is NOT portugese (default). so its written in this kind of old-englishy very elaborate style, with thees and thous and -ith at the ends of verbs and even just a different grammatical structure than normal english. "who giveth the sign? with importance it should be given quickly." <- not a sentence that comes naturally to english but it is A: recognizable as of the meaning and B: clearly Different. it signals theyre speaking latin even when the whole book is written in English and i think its NEAT
#shogun#im really liking this book dude. its a really interesting style but i dig it#the perspective hops around a bunch but most modern books split it cleaner#this chapter is from A perspective and this chapter is from B perspective OR you get a mix of everyone at once (true omniscent)#but this isnt either of those. it flips between character's minds without clear indication when the flip happens#so u read a chapter that starts from blackthorne's perspective and halfway through it switched to mariko's and you can only tell because#the narration now includes knowledge of what is being said in japanese. and then it switches to toranagas and youre seeing him think about#whatever plan hes concocting and then its back to mariko and she doesnt have all the information you just learned#there was a chapter with all the portugese priests together and it flipped between them so much and they got way into like. backstory shit#and thinking about what happened to get them here what they think should happen next and they didnt all agree#and its not CONFUSING but it is confusing sometimes. u understand#its really interesting tho i like it a lot#and also i actually like blackthorne more in the book than in the show. in the book hes worse#hes more brash and messy and selfish and hes just more of a dickhead and hes more clueless#all things he is in the show but they sanded him down a bit to make him a better love interest/main character#which is TRAGIC. hes so sucks in the book hes more fun and interesting. i like eet
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Mariko-sama appreciation 4/-
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At this point they're just having fun
Blursed frenemies cinematic universe.
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5 times toranaga's eightfold fence slipped
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Mariko-sama appreciation 1/-
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SHŌGUN (2024) | costume design by Carlos Rosario
“I’ve never worked on a project that was so careful and put so much emphasis on attention to the details, to making sure that we were as accurate and as authentic as possible.”
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"Why tell a dead man the future?"
Kashigi Yabushige and Yoshii Toranaga | Shōgun (2024) | E10
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ANNA SAWAI as TODA MARIKO SHŌGUN — 1x09: "Crimson Sky" (2024)
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Like many Shōgun viewers, I wondered about Blackthorne's action in Episode 9, when he draws a line in the sand of the garden, marring its perfectly cultivated harmony. Was he taking some stand against Japan and its culture of socially-permissible suicide? Was he silently protesting against the action Mariko was about to undertake?
If we go back to the first episode, though, we realize that this is not the first time that Blackthorne has encountered someone who wishes to take their own life. His Dutch captain, clearly suffering under the effects of scurvy and the futility of remaining at sea for months with dwindling supplies, tells Blackthorne that he no longer holds out any hope of reaching Japan, much less returning to Europe a rich man. Then he glances down at Blackthorne's pistol.
“At my age,” he says, “you draw your line.”
(Like he does with Mariko, Blackthorne argues with the captain, telling him that suicide would be the act of a coward. Interestingly enough, the captain's words — “Pilot, there's nothing to fear. It's a blessed release. It's like only a soft wind in your face. Can you feel it? That is the breath of the Almighty. He's calling us. Listen. He's calling us home” — seem to do as little to convince Blackthorne as Mariko's rationale does. Still, he leaves the captain with his pistol.)
What if Blackthorne's act is not meant as an act of protest, but as a way to honor the sacrifice that Mariko is about to make, even if he vehemently disagrees with her choice? (He honors it even more when he volunteers to serve as her second, an act of love and duty that he agrees to perform even if it will destroy him to do so.) Ever since he came to understand her desire to die, he has argued with her, rejecting what he sees as her fatalism. Even her continued loyalty to Toranaga is branded as “senseless,” as he sees it as leading to her death. But by Episode 9, he has realized that he will never convince her, and perhaps — despite his anguished plea that she consider living, if only for him — he finally sees the purpose of her action and accepts her choice.
That is why he makes the mark in the garden. It is her, standing against her enemies, fulfilling her purpose.
And in the end, he understands: she must draw her line.
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But now is not the time for good men. It is time for a Shōgun.
Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga — Shōgun (2024) | E01 & E02
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Just a quick drawing of Mariko-sama facing Ishido proudly and taking over the spot of best character of this series while I wait anxiously for the next and last episode 😋
"I am no peasant to be trodden on. I am daughter of the great Lord Akeshi Jinsai. My line has been samurai for a thousand years, and I will never be captive, or hostage, or confined. I am free to go as I please..."
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Hiroyuki Sanada, as Yoshii Toranaga, in Shōgun S1E10 (2024).
#shogun#hiroyuki sanada#i was so. watching the scene with yabushige like i wanna see that old man CUT HIS HEAD OFF#that being said. the conversation and the fuckin MONOLOGUE was so good. made me almost forget he was about to die#toranaga doing the Most as always.#and the fucking??? yabushige NO hesitation with the seppuku. the minute toranaga was done talking he was like well. so heres wonderwall#seems fitting yabushige is the last shown death of the show. and that mariko's overshadows his in the way it pervades thru every scene#so many people have died and a lot of people Close To Toranaga died but mariko was Different#the first scene of him in the lake with no dialogue. just thinking contemplating mourning#letting the hawk free. oooooh babey. i love it#and one last 'it was me the whole time' with the ship. in true toranaga fashion#EATING him. btw