(CR) Kyouso Giga (TV)

[wandering-dreamer]

Originally Posted by kyouray

That'd be logic but it'd also mean Koto can destroy herself everything with her own hands and it doesn't seem the case. Inari gave to Koto a gem in the first episode which looks like her hammer. Koto said she created the hammer in the shrine's lab, there're high chances she used this gem which probably contains some Inari's power and could explain the hammer's power. Another detail : they call the hammer 'Aratama' (アラタマ) meaning raw gem.

I think the gem Inari gave Koto was already the hammer fully formed, just in a really compact size, and that he had gotten it from the lab. And as for Koto being able to destroy things by herself, given the fact that the series is practically jumping around waving signs about the fact that Koto is related to Inari, Lady Koto, or both I think she probably counts as being half from Mirror Kyoto half not (so not really able to destroy things, although with her wielding the hammer it's almost a moot point). That was also emphasized with how she never seem to fit in the Shrine, see everyone whispering about her eyes, her feeling more at home with the lab techs (who don't seem to be human after all), and the fact she was always shown wearing white to contrast with the other character's black clothing (and funny enough half of those statements could apply to Inari as well but he's been hiding his white clothes and red eyes from the rest of Shrine it looks like).

[kyouray]

Originally Posted by wandering-dreamer

I think the gem Inari gave Koto was already the hammer fully formed, just in a really compact size, and that he had gotten it from the lab.

She had to make a handle which can be miniaturized as well. However I don't think she modified Yase's pink plush so you may be right after all but I do believe Inari inserted something to help her or the gem reacted to Koto.

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Originally Posted by wandering-dreamer

And as for Koto being able to destroy things by herself, given the fact that the series is practically jumping around waving signs about the fact that Koto is related to Inari, Lady Koto, or both I think she probably counts as being half from Mirror Kyoto half not (so not really able to destroy things, although with her wielding the hammer it's almost a moot point). That was also emphasized with how she never seem to fit in the Shrine, see everyone whispering about her eyes, her feeling more at home with the lab techs (who don't seem to be human after all), and the fact she was always shown wearing white to contrast with the other character's black clothing (and funny enough half of those statements could apply to Inari as well but he's been hiding his white clothes and red eyes from the rest of Shrine it looks like).

Not sure if it's related otherwise Yakushimaru would be able to destroy everything since he's human and from the outside but I like your observation about clothes, I didn't pay attention to this.

[wandering-dreamer]

Originally Posted by kyouray

She had to make a handle which can be miniaturized as well. However I don't think she modified Yase's pink plush so you may be right after all but I do believe Inari inserted something to help her or the gem reacted to Koto.

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Not sure if it's related otherwise Yakushimaru would be able to destroy everything since he's human and from the outside but I like your observation about clothes, I didn't pay attention to this.

Two things, one the pink plush is a bit odd since, IIRC, that's who Koto was saying "Good Morning!" and "I'm back!" to in the second episode (I think both plushies she has on the hammer started talking in the original OVA actually) and so how it got on the hammer is confusing me a little bit right now. And about Yakushimaru, this week's episode I think will finally expand on his past and why he might still be human but even he isn't who he started out being anymore.

[MisaoFan]

Spoiler for Episode 5:

I like how serene the atmosphere the episodes borders for and Myoe gets his own spotlight once more. We learn the promise he made with the young boy back then. He even spends his time with Koto, it's not romantic but we get to see the deep meaning behind how much they realize the relationship that ensues, it was great. Hope I can look forward to see the Kyoto documentary so I will made a promise to go there later.

[Kazu-kun]

Awesome episode.

Spoiler for Yakushimaru's past:

Yakushimaru's biological parents seem to have been murdered. Being the only survivor and coming from a samurai-class family, Yakushimaru committed sepuku right afterwards. That's when the original Myoe found him. It's unclear if he and Lady Koto managed to save his life, or if they revived him somehow (the poor kid looks pretty dead). Either way, that's how he became part of their family.

[RRW]

so next episode is live action?

[Kanon]

Excellent episode once again. I was pretty shocked by the ending, I don't recall Yakushimaru ever saying that in the ONAs. I guess he feels like he should have died with his parents a long time ago, or perhaps he's grown weary of his immortal life.

[Flower]

Well now, I enjoyed ep 6. There was actually quite a bit to chew on. Myoue is every bit as interesting a chara as his two siblings backstory wise.

I still am not anywhere near as personally invested in this series as Gingitsune and Golden Time, but it really is shaping up and growing on me. Hmm.... maybe like a fungus or something? (This is a positive analogy in my book btw. )

[GDiddy]

Spoiler:

So Myoue is actually human? I had a feeling he might be. I wonder whom his parents were? And I wonder why he wants Little Koto to kill him....

[Flower]

@GDiddy - so it seems.

As for your second question, tbh I am not sure. I have some really out in left field guesses, but that's all they are.

[wandering-dreamer]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Excellent episode once again. I was pretty shocked by the ending, I don't recall Yakushimaru ever saying that in the ONAs. I guess he feels like he should have died with his parents a long time ago, or perhaps he's grown weary of his immortal life.

Same here, that actually took me a bit by surprise

Originally Posted by Flower

As for your second question, tbh I am not sure. I have some really out in left field guesses, but that's all they are.

Well, nobody can die, nobody can be born, and nothing can be broken in Mirror Kyoto right? Except Koto's hammer seems to be able to miraculously break things for good, although I really don't want the series to end with her bashing in Myoue's head with it. ><

[Flower]

Well, all we know is that as a child Yaku attempted to commit suicide, and Myoe found him not yet dead, and brought the child back to his house, where Lady Koto was.

What is not clear is what happened next. Part of me wonders if Myoe did some thing magical to animate him somehow, like a zombie or some such - I don't know if Myoe coukd do that even, but who knows? If this iscwhat happened then I could certainly see Yaku wanting to die like a human, in a way.

Total guess on my part, though....

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Flower

@GDiddy - so it seems.

As for your second question, tbh I am not sure. I have some really out in left field guesses, but that's all they are.

I sense that Yakushimaru feels as if he really should have died that night he committed seppuku, and everything since then is sort of a cheat. Unlike his siblings he's a human, and he's been alive a very long time - best guesses based on the Myoue historical references and the Hachiko reference is something close to a millennium. Maybe he's just tired of living and bearing all the burdens Inari cast on his shoulders, and he's ready for an end. Mortality is the natural state of human beings, and Mirror Kyoto is not a natural place.

[Flower]

I can totally see that sense of a worn out soul for a human in mirror kyoto. We know Yaku was born a human, at least. What he is now is still a question, for me at least. I wonder if Myoe just saved him through traditional medical means? If so the malaise he is feeling in mirror kyoto makes sense to me. If Myoe saved him through some kind of magical means (like re-animation or some such thing) then the malaise could be even worse. Again, though, the latter is a random guess on my part only - and I am a terrible guesser.

Of course, for all we know there coukd be something else completely different going on that'd we have very little possibility of even knowing b/c it hasn't been shown to the viewers yet....

[RRW]

I wonder how many people in mirror Kyoto is human

[Hamster]

If nothing can be broken in mirror Kyoto, then where are all the new things coming from? I take it trying to make a wooden chair is frustrating as it would just become a tree again.

[NaweG]

Originally Posted by RRW

I wonder how many people in mirror Kyoto is human

Or if any of them are other than Yaku? For example the red head he's dating. Perhaps that's where he is feeling like he can't make a "real" connection?

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by RRW

I wonder how many people in mirror Kyoto is human

I've been wondering the same. Did they actually bring in real people from the outside or is everybody here a creation of Inari? Yakushimaru's girlfriend seems pretty human to me, but then again, so do Inari's other creations.

[wandering-dreamer]

I'm pretty sure Yakushimaru and Koto are the only actual humans in Mirror Kyoto, even Shoko's underling is one of the digital lab techs from Shrine. And, given that Yakushimaru is at the very least several hundred years old and the only person who seems to know exactly what Koto is is Inari, and he's not telling, who knows if those two even count as human by this point.

[Kirarakim]

Great episode, can't decide of the 3 siblings who I like best they all have interesting stories to tell.

Looking forward to that Kyoto travel episode next week.