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[tephra]

So I'm watching Tsubasa Chronicle (toshirodragon is like my anime and manga crack dealer or something) and I'm enjoying it immensely. I'm also geeking out on a few levels, I'm picking up the meaning of yet more Japanese (yay!) and picking out some Japanese accents (or rather, realizing that when I'm having "WTF, that doesn't sound like anything like what the sub says" moments it's because it's a very different dialect). But the niftiest part is noticing some folklore themes. *geekyfangirlysquees!*

On the first world the kudan of the three main characters take the forms of a dragon, phoenix, and what I think is a kirin (it's not a form of it that I'm familiar with, but a fox/wolf thing with a horn seems to fit the bill). On the second world you find a hijutsu master (mistress) that uses a fan to amplify her power and her daugther uses a mirror. This is niggling at me as some folklore I'm probably missing out on. Inuyasha fans will recall that Naraku's first two incarnations, Kagura and Kanna, use a fan and a mirror as well.

I so need to find a good, comprehensive, book on Japanese folklore and superstition! Not getting the references yet knowing, or strongly suspecting, they are there in several anime that I watch is driving me freaking NUTS!

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[tephra]

*mentally puts Ryuichi's voice in Jin's mouth*

Well that fits better than it does for Inuyasha. (So far I've preferred the dubbed voices for all the Inuyasha cast....)

You know, I've been trying to figure out where I've seen Kurogane (dark/black metal, such an appropriate name) before... something about his character design, particularly in 3/4 view, is niggling at me.

[toshirodragon.livejournal.com]

I have the same feeling for Kurogane. Tsubasa Chronicle is made up of different CLAMP Charas from different stories all pulled together in one place. So its possible he's a CLAMP chara from one or the other of their mangas.

[tephra]

Except I don't think I've ever actually seen anything else by CLAMP. ^^;

I think it might be something to do with his eyes. The only thing I'm currently watching that I think might be similar in design is Full Metal Alchemist. O.o

[toshirodragon.livejournal.com]

Ahhh another brilliant theory shot outta the water by an uncompromising fact. 0_~