Kanjuro - Blog Posts

I demand my “I’m a traitor but we’ve went through so much together that I’ll realise that and be friends with you again” cliché or else

My favourite samurai so far (I want him to draw more often).

Guter Musikant aber schlechter Mensch.

the origin of this reversed title is further: it first appeared in „Ponce de Leon“ by Brentanos Lustspiel (Guter Mensch aber schlechter Musikant); then E. T. A. Hoffmann, the representative of late German Romanticism, made a "theory" of "good men" and "musicians".

the main point was...let us say that the "good men" (also known as philisters) are regular (normally precious and insidious) people who adhere to the norms and morals of their society; the "musicians" are artists whose nature (romantic) is different (often immoral), but this does not mean they are unsurpassed in their "craft". in case of this character, I was deeply impressed seeing how cruel Kanjuro behaves but how professionally he acts. however, a question of whether he was a friend of Kin'emon's is rhetorical: I've been researching Japanese culture and literature for a long time, I've been reading manga and watching anime, and now I know that the Japanese like to fill their works with riddles, puns, confusion, and so on. nevertheless, I like certain characters; they are not so primitive, although it seems so.

...Hey guys. I just finished volume 96.

me at me: why did you make this. why do you like suffering