Kubo-sensei's Death series, which began to be serialized in Shueisha in 2001, is a rare high-quality long-form manga in which the characters and weapons contain their own ideas and meanings, and this work contains too many traceable images and connotations.
Today, Xiaobian takes you to understand the connection between the design prototype of several death gods in the comic and the characters, and see below.
During a life-and-death battle with the SS "D. LethalIty" Yaskin, Kisuke Urahara turned the tide of the battle at the last moment when a huge young woman appeared behind Urahara.
Next, we will talk about the inner image of this swastika from the name and shape.
Guanyin: Buddhist element, the name of a Buddhist bodhisattva, also means "to see the world at ease". Buddhists believe that Guanyin represents an image of great compassion and compassion, and that in times of distress, sentient beings are saved from suffering by simply reciting their names.
When Urahara was about to die, he pronounced the name of the swastika in his mouth, and it was precisely because of the swastika that his destroyed eyes and the body invaded by the poison were restored. Didn't "Kannon" help Urahara "get rid of suffering"?
This is the same reason that sentient beings expect Guanyin to appear, and with an insurmountable obstacle, they naturally hope to obtain the appearance of the "god who saves themselves".
Hongji: The focus is on the word "Ji", which is the ancient name for women, and the women who sang and danced in the old times. Either way, there is a connection to "women". And isn't the image of Guanyin Kaihong Ji a woman?
Shape: Guanyin Kaihong Ji's external shape is a charming woman dressed in a light and thin shirt, with strange hair and a puppet-like body joint.
As I said before, Ji has the meaning of "song and dance", coupled with the strange hair bun style, I have to think of the Japanese actress who performs Kabuki, which is also combed with exaggerated buns on the head.
It is in this combination that when I first saw Kannon Kai Hongji, I was indeed given a feminine but ancient gentle beauty like a geisha. (Of course, it's unclear whether it refers to "geisha" or this "geisha.") ）
The image of the puppet is more vivid, the puppet has the title of "marionette", such as puppets, dolls and other items, usually have a spiritual wish, with a soothing heart, a carrier of soul storage and so on. Isn't this similar to the initial formation of the chopper? "Communicating with the holder", the holder instilled the spirit and soul, only to give birth to its name, in order to fight side by side with the holder.
The term puppet originally had an explanation for being manipulated and losing its own actions. Although Kannon Kaihonghime has the appearance of a puppet, it does not have a "silk thread" that controls the puppet's activities, which is also in line with the human design of its host, Kisuke Urahara.
"Although the current situation is due to artificial framing (blue dyeing), I will not be at the mercy of others, and I will pursue my own freedom."
So, the connection between this swastika and the holder is here.
【Extension: Some Interpretations of the Title】
Kisuke Urahara opens the part of the battle of the swastika, which has two titles, "the princess dissection" and "空っぽ puppet Gakudo".
dissection has the meaning of dissection and cutting, and this word can be reflected in Guanyin Kaihongji's ability to change -- "to reconstruct the objects touched." Whether it's modifying Yaskin's arm or Urahara's blinding eyes, modifying his arm to increase muscle strength, or modifying a road suitable for sneak attacks. When the transformation ability is launched, the object is cut open and re-sewn. Just like a doctor operating on a patient, he must first cut the patient's body with a scalpel, and then suture the cut opening after the necrotic organ is healed. But the "knife (transformation ability)" can save people or kill people, all driven by the user.
空っぽ: It can be understood as emptiness and emptiness, and when Urahara launches the transformation ability, the objects that are cut open appear as empty as nothingness inside.
The puppet corresponds to my explanation above, which can be seen as a red hime with puppet limbs.
As for the Garlanda Hall, "the empty room in the temple is commonly known as the Garan Hall." Garam Hall refers to the temple dedicated to the god Garam, which in Buddhist parlance represents an "empty and empty" space. If you want to benchmark the plot, it may correspond to the store manager who is in the vast and empty poison space of the poison ball on the pole.
The previous article has written about the Eight Hot Hells, and the other place where sentient beings are punished is the "Eight Cold Hells".
The eight of the Eight Cold Hells are called the Great Red Lotus Hell, according to Buddhist sayings:
Mahabharata, translated as the Great Red Lotus, means that the sinner increases to the extreme due to cold and suffering, the skin and flesh are frozen and cracked, and the whole body turns red, just like the Great Red Lotus.
The Great Red Lotus Hell corresponds to the Swastika of hibanya Winter Lion Lang.
But the editor believes that there is another explanation, the red lotus can also be seen as a red lotus, the flower language of the red lotus has: perseverance, bravery, firmness and other meanings in it, it can be said that it is very in line with the character of Winter Lion Lang in the comic.
But there is another flower language that is more appropriate to describe The Winter Lion Lang personally, that is: "Love at all costs." ”
In fact, Dong Shi Lang usually keeps calm, and the reason why he loses his cool and gets angry every time he loses his cool is because the person he cherishes and the person he loves and cares for has been hurt, and that person is Daisen.
Winter Lion Lang was very rational when investigating the blue dye case. He went on a rampage twice, both because of the silver and blue stains that hurt Daisen. In the empty seat showdown, it is also because Daisen was used as a substitute ghost by Blue Dye, and Winter Lion Lang lost his cool and revealed his flaws.
Winter Lion Lang's reverse scale is Daisen, anyone who tries to hurt Daisen will not let go, he just wants to do his best to protect his beloved at all costs, is this not "love at all costs"?
I believe that when the sword is solved, everyone has the same feeling, that the whole body is covered with crimson skin, the face with vicious horns like a bloodthirsty demon, and the violent and cruel attack method are all bringing us closer to one image, that is, the evil ghost.
In Japanese folklore, there is a kind of wraith-like youkai, which is formed by strong jealousy and thoughts, pranayama.
Prajnaparamita can be subdivided into three different forms: laughing, white, and chibanruo, and the most ferocious of them is closer to the sword eight after the swastika.
When all the mind is occupied by obsession and cannot return to reason, man is transformed into an evil ghost, i.e., a "chipanjo."
Sword Eight, who was originally crazy and obsessed with fighting, in the case of being suppressed by Gerald, naturally had a strong thought of not accepting defeat in his heart, and it was precisely because of the existence of this obsession that he awakened the swastika of Sword Eight. After the swastika of Sword Eight, only the instinctive rationality and cognition of fighting have long been left behind by him, and he has lost his rationality as an "evil ghost", and only wants to kill the enemy in front of him in the most ferocious and brutal way.
The title of the sword eight swastika is "blade", that is, the sword eight is like the sharpest part of the blade, and the sharpest edge is exposed.
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