The full illustration I made a while ago for the beautiful “Cor aut mors” charity zine, dedicated to Ravus Nox Fleuret ! . He deserved more love ;_; 💜✨ .
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So today I decided to watch this video, because I remembered that there were some funny bits in it, but I came across this:
Kazama Chikage: For example, do you remember the man on the ship heading towards Hakodate?
Yukimura Chizuru: Are you referring to.. the man with a single arm and couldn’t move?
My Iba Hachirou wikipedia translation here mentions that Iba Hachirou lost an arm and headed to Hakodate.
Here’s a translation from 5:26 till 7:16 of the video
Kazama Chikage: What I’m waiting for.. is your resolution
I stopped what I was doing and looked towards his direction, thinking that I misheard what he said since he was speaking very softly
Kazama-san’s facial expression had changed to a sterner one from earlier on
Yukimura Chizuru: My resolution?
Kazama Chikage: You should understand that the era of the Shinsengumi and the Bushi spirit has ended, right?
I was taken aback by his sudden question, I looked away and nodded slightly
Ever since the Bakufu government ended, the Meiji government requested for the voluntary surrender of the domains to the Emperor and the position as bushis were abolished
It also seems that the government is desirous of banning katanas
I guess the era where bushis swayed their swords and fought has really ended
Kazama Chikage: However, there are many people who are unable to throw away their swords. These are the ghosts of the previous era as they have not accepted the new era.
Yukimura Chizuru: Are you referring to.. the Shinsengumi?
Kazama-san shook his head after I finished my sentence
Kazama Chikage: No, the Shinsengumi had chosen their graves and left this era gracefully.
Kazama Chikage: The ones I am referring to are those who are still wandering and looking for their graves
Kazama Chikage: For example, do you remember the man on the ship heading towards Hakodate?
Yukimura Chizuru: Are you referring to.. the man with a single arm and couldn’t move?
I remembered that there was such a person on our way to Ezo, when I wanted to confirm the whereabouts of the Shinsengumi
He was a young man that seemed very lost and sad. I wonder whether he was somebody who was associated with the Shinsengumi.
Kazama Chikage: He is a person who has lost his grave, he is a ghost that is longing for the lost days.
Kazama Chikage: He was unable to find a place to call his, I wonder what that person was looking at and what was he thinking back then
Kazama Chikage: But, since he sustained a lot of injury, there’s not many places he can go. He may still be chasing after the past, he may have carried his regrets and gone on with life, or-
Kazama Chikage: He may accepted the new era and gone on a new path
Pretty sure that this entire scene is referring to Iba Hachirou. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised that Otomate had already incorporated this character during Reimeiroku.
It's several months late but here's my addition to the Nath Marc 2023 Zine, made by the NathMarc discord server
I'm proud of how it turned out :D
A quick doodle to celebrate the new year, featuring a very pissed off Ravus.
薄桜鬼 第一章「茅花流し、雲隠れの刻」, 薄桜鬼 第二章「宵闇、夕顔別当の燈」, 薄桜鬼 第三章「星迎え、雲漢の調べ」 DVD/Blu-ray Images