…? Whose POV is this?
(hideki)
I still need to check him out, but that would explain some of the weird stuff I’m seeing.
…hm. Yeah, no. It still doesn’t make sense.
Narcissism is normal.
Respecting people from prestigious families (i.e., Tenshou -and by extension Kiyokane-) is normal.
Advisors and politicians. Sure.
Why is the private investigator considered as respectable? …must be some protagonist privilege, but whatever. I’m more confused at something else.
Assassin being “respectable”… Sure. There’s probably some unseen interaction, but this is within the borders of “yeah, sure. makes sense”.
Pyrotechnician. Not exactly a respected job.
Painter. Art expressed in unknown form.
Dollmaker. Uninterested.
Drummer. Same as painter.
Cinematographer. Modern day jester.
Fortune Teller. Source of trouble.
Now… Why is the actress and the violinist not considered as respectable? Hoshinomiya might not be from an elite family, but according to Hagekawa it would be more surprising to not know who she is. Then there’s Tatsuhashi, who belongs to a wealthy family.
…does Takatsukasa have no taste in any form of art? Prosecutor and Botanist. Managing the law. Researching crops and medicine. Classicist and Orator. Politicians.
…it doesn’t make sense to me. It takes a special kind of narcissism to not see that Shogi is also a form of art. Except, it isn’t the only art.
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島津道宏
Island. Port. Common Japanese family surname.
Path. Broad. New journey with clarity and openness. Wide.
This is evil. The “Hiro” in Michihiro means “wide”, but usually Michihiro is written as 道広. The new kanji roughly means the same thing, but it’s… not used the common way. It’s like calling someone “Jack Blacksmith” instead of Jack Smith.
Anyhow. Cinematographer with pirate aesthetics, ey? A modern day jester. We need more of him around. It doesn’t seem like Hagekawa noticed anything of interest from Shimazu, so he’s probably one of the roles who relieves others’ tension. (Which probably gets followed up by Yamane’s speech.)
鷹司秀樹
Hawk. Administrate / Manage / Control. Japanese aristocratic kin group. Branch… of the Fujiwara clan. (This has got to be an intentional joke alright.) Family crest: Peony.
Excellent, outstanding, superior. (Yep. This pretty much explains the narcissism.)
It’s a narcist. Just like 十神白夜, there is nothing to explain. (Love the design by the way.)
If I had to say something… “It’s surprising how I didn’t struggle with auto-correct for his name.”
清鐘木芽
Pure, purify, cleanse.
Bell, gong, chime.
Tree.
Bud, sprout.
…second kanji is unusual, as usual.
Her appearance resembles less of a botanist and more of a Flower Heroine. (Even her pose says so.)
Mmn. Yeah, I got nothing on her. Being the adopted sister / aide of Tenshou Seiji, she actively chose to stay in her sister’s shadow. That just sounds like “a normal talented person”.
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…ah. I got it wrong. It applied to multiple characters. I misread and only looked at the number of kanji instead of the number of syllables.
- #2: Ho-shi-no-mi-ya.
- #5: I-chi-ya-na-gi.
- #14: Ta-ka-tsu-ka-sa.
The more syllables a surname has, the more classic it sounds. This makes me understand even less as to why Takatsukasa doesn’t think Hoshinomiya has a respectable talent.
Only child with an adopted sister.
Close enough.
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I know 0 kanji but seeing zone do deep analysis of this makes me unreasonably happy
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Zone doing intense kanji analysis versus me making dumb jokes every time a new character drops.
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