I will forever appreciate a theme in my fictional stories, & that’s exactly what Wind Breaker (by Nii Satoru) has, so, I present:
Wind Breaker characters have a theme to their names.. a thread:
so, even though our protag group’s name is written and visually represented as “wind chime”, Bōfūrin’s name is where this group’s theme of trees/plants start:
防風鈴 (“prevent/protect” “wind chime”) has the same reading as 防風林, a type of forest planted strategically to prevent wind erosion of soil — much like Fūrin’s mission of protecting and serving their town
all of Bōfūrin’s named members (and close associations) so far have some element of tree/plant/wood in their last name (if you look at the kanji of their last names, you’d see a lot of wood radicals/木字旁):
桜 遥 • Sakura Haruka: 桜 / cherry tree
(fun fact: his name 遥 / haruka means "far"; also it's commonly a feminine given name)
蘇枋 隼飛 • Suō Hayato: 枋 / sandalwood (?) or tree used as timber, general term for wooden beams in houses
(fun fact: his last name 苏枋 is the Chinese name of a traditional reddish brown color, named after a pigment made from 苏木!)
楡井 秋彦 • Nirei Akihiko: 楡 / Siberian elm
杉下 京太郎 • Sugishita Kyōtarō: 杉 / Japanese cedar (cryptomeria japonica)
柊 登馬 • Hiiragi Tōma: 柊 / holly osmanthus (osmanthus heterophyllus)
(fun fact: his name 登馬 means "to mount a horse"; no, not that kind of mount, the regular horseback riding kind)
梅宮 一 • Umemiya Hajime: 梅 / plum tree
(fun fact: his name 一 is just "one")
This association also extends to Kotoha, who is very closely associated with Bōfūrin:
橘 琴叶 • Tachibana Kotoha: 橘 / orange tree
(if you want to go to later parts: part 2 - shishitoren & part 3 - noroshi!)
梶 蓮 • Kaji Ren: 梶 / paper mulberry (broussonetia papyrifera)
(fun fact: his name 蓮 / Ren means "lotus")
椿野 佑 • Tsubakino Tasuku: 椿 / Japanese camellia
(fun fact: their name 佑 means "to help/protect" or "to bless"!)
桐生 三輝 • Kiryū Mitsuki: 桐 / empress tree (paulownia tomentosa)
柘浦 大河 • Tsugeura Taiga: 柘 / mandarin melon berry (maclura tricuspidata)
There's also 桃瀬 匠 (Momose Takumi, "peach tree") & 水木 聡久 (Mizuki Saku, "wood"), the two other Heavenly Kings
I hope I have rly driven the point home here,, /lh
GHOST OBI-WAN VISITING YODA TO CONVINCE HIM TO TRAIN LUKE IS BOTH THE SWEETEST AND MOST HEARTBREAKING THING OH MY GOD
u know what makes me cry..... that one van gogh quote about life changing for the better..... “many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. and it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘what do i care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ yes, evil often seems to surpass good. but then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. one morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. and so i must still have hope.” yeah..... Crying....
Emziess Birthday Celebration: gold-onthe-inside requested: Character Set - River Cartwright (Slow Horses)
One of my favorite thing I’ve learned about animals studies is that you should avoid using colorful leg bands when you’re banding birds because you can accidentally completely skew the data because female birds prefer males with colorful bands
Apparently if you put a red band on a male red wing blackbird his harem size can double
So like you can completely frick up the natural reproduction of a group of birds by giving a guy a bracelet so stylish that females CANNOT resist him
WBK brainrot has taken ahold of me and I will be translating some official content! This post will be regularly updated as more translations are completed. (if there's no link, it's still a WIP)
There might be some mistakes, so do feel free to let me know if I've gotten anything wrong!
All posts are tagged with #WinBreTLs !
Any of my translations used on X or any other platforms posted after 7 October 2024 DO NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION.
Weeks 1-7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 1 - Pictures of sakura
Week 2 - Candy
Week 3 - Skincare
Sakura Haruka
Nirei Akihiho
Sugishita Kyoutarou
Tachibana Kotoha
Suo Hayato
Hiiragi Touma
Sako Kota
Togame Jo
💙Umemiya Hajime💙 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Tomiyama Choji
Kiryuu Mitsuki
Tsugeura Taiga
Kaji Ren
Sugishita Kyoutarou
Kiryuu chan Mitsuki
Tsugeura Taiga
「Aim for」 - Sakura Haruka
「fortitude」 - Sugishita Kyoutarou
「Navigator」 - Nirei Akihiko
「Mind's eye」 - Suou Hayato
Tokuten voice cards - Umemiya ① and ②, Hiiragi ②
Tokuten voice cards - Sakura ①, Nirei ②, Sugishita ① and ②
Tokuten voice cards - Sakura ② and ③, Suo ① and ② and ③, Nirei ① and ③, Sugishita ③, Hiiragi ① (all remaining cards)
Wind Breaker x Abema Collab
Wind Breaker omikuji
Character Q&A (2023 set)
Wind Breaker Drama CD vol. 1 – Fuurin, Memories of a Summer - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Wind Breaker Drama CD vol. 2 – Oedo-style Fuurin Story - Sample, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Wind Breaker DVD/BR Vol. 6 bonus content – Boufuurin Vs Shishitoren Maruhi ㊙ Talk and Battle - Part 1, Part 2, WIP
Wind Breaker Special Stage Event: Tonpuu-machi Halloween Matsuri Afternoon show special reading drama - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Wind Breaker Exhibition Kyoto Review
WinBre x Sanrio, Natori's concert (Wind Breaker opening), Shizuoka's tea fields (the place Suou wants to visit)
I can't stop thinking about Catherine is so 🤏🤏 She's literally Thumbelina wdym 😭
Star Wars - Alien Archive: A Guide to the Species of the Galaxy
Deep in the stacks of the Graf Archive, an old traveller’s journal has been discovered and restored for public viewing. A long time ago this unknown traveller documented his stories about the many creatures found in each destination he explored, and includes famous movie locations such as the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine, Maz’s Castle and the holy city of Jedha. The archivist restored this journal and added facts and stats about the cultures, legends and famous members of over 200 species, including famous characters such as Chewbacca, Ahsoka, Wicket and many more. “Unable to authenticate the author, and therefore the accuracy of the stories within the journal, we have paired some of the content that has not been destroyed by age with data entries from our scientific records. With details of over two hundred aliens from across galatic history, we are happy to restore this enigmatic journal for public viewing. –Xoddam Lothipp, Deputy Director, Graf Archive” (aka, it’s an in-universe reference book, so it’s reasonably accurate, but some things may be added for artistic license or not wholly accurate, but from the POV of the “author” of the journal! Which makes for a fascinating in-universe reference book!)
how i know lamb secretly views standish as his wife and river as their adopted orange cat son is that he makes it clear a thousand times that he fucking hates david cartwright and wouldn't mind if he died but david is important to river and lamb had to hear standish say, "river will never forgive me if something happens to him" so basically everything lamb does this series is because he can't let standish (his work wife) let river (his work son) down. LIKE.
Forgive me.
Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright