[Rewatch] In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki Episode 12


[*The Maiden’s Heart is Fluttering!!*](https://imgur.com/a/EgKQ1iq)

##[*”Rivals/Picture of The Man”*](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/12oot3l/rewatch_in_the_heart_of_kunoichi_tsubaki_index/)

##Extra Info and Links

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#Voice Highlights

YES!! FINALLY!! IT’S HORSE TIME!! Not one person in this watch cared enough about the horses to question why they didn’t get their ending yet XD That means that people have either straight up been skipping the endings or you all really do hate Hinagiku

Hinagiku-chan is voiced by professional singer, part time voice actor, [Marika Kono!](https://myanimelist.net/people/35441/Marika_Kouno) **clap clap clap** She was one of the Sore Ga Seiyuu debuts as Rin Kohana, a true tale of woe. In typical Kunoichi fashion, Marika has a role in Kaguya-sama as Kozue, we genuinely have the whole stupid cast in this show. She also plays the poop brat Saki from the Colours trio! The blonde one! She also plays the piss king/queen Mahiro from that one banned show that we will never discuss, rewatch or mention. One last notable role, or should I say **roll,** is Fairy Knight Lancelot from Fate Go. She’ll be on banner within a month and is an amazing unit to start the game with. Sasuga, Hinagiku!!

The strongest cheerleader Kibushi is voiced by [Maria Naganawa](https://myanimelist.net/people/30901/Maria_Naganawa) of Kanna fame. She’s very much a specialist of smol cute girls. She also has Kamu-chan from Slow Start under her belt, Laffey one of the starter units from Azur Lane, she’s an Atelier mc, I don’t think we’ve had one of those before. She’s Lydie from Lydie and Sulle. And last but certainly not least she’s Komekko, the strongest little sister amongst the Crimson Demon clan.

And for our final girl, Oniyuri… Oniyuri my beloved is voiced by [Yo Taichi](https://myanimelist.net/people/21955/You_Taichi) who has the cutest and funniest name of the VA list to me. She must feel like folks are too casual with her. *Yo, Taichi!* So how do we know Yo Taichi? Some of her more notable roles are as the green PriPra Nino from Idol Time PriPra. Josuke from JoJo Part 4, Michiru from Muv Luv, the lesbian kabadi gropper from Chio’s School Road… Beni from Tenchi Muyo who literally is Oniyuri. Aaand to match with the Azur Lane starter ships she plays cutie patooie Ayanami! But this is r/anime, we all know her from one place… [PEPPERONIII!!](https://youtu.be/YLQu-vYlJ3Y) .


#RascalNikov1’s Daily Flower Corner!!

I’ve been excited to talk about Hinagiku’s flower for this whole watch. Can you guess what this bigoted, narcissistic, butt monkey of a girl get named after? The humble daisy, a weed.

Kibushi is the Stachyurus praecox, the Early Stachyurus, my favourite dinosaur. It’s one of those horrible hanging plants? They look like curtains.

Oniyuri is of course named after my favourite monster girl tags. Nah, she’s named after probably the coolest plant of the list. *Taiga Lily!!*


#Comment of the Day!!

IceSmiley got totally lose in today’s episode. Sasuga mote jutsu!

> I appreciate how they allowed the attractiveness plot to take up the whole episode and really let the subject breathe because they got a lot of good material out of it. After the end when Hana was revealed to have pretended to be Tsubaki acting attractive, I expected the 2nd half of the show but I was so absorbed I didn’t realize that took up the full length!

Entelechtual wrote Sensei some ever so charming poetry~

>”O fairest of all creation, last and best /
Of all God’s works, creature in whom excelled /
Whatever can to sight or thought be formed, /
Holy, divine, good, amiable, or sweet! /
How art thou lost, how on a sudden lost, /
Defaced, deflow’red, and now to death devote?”

>“if you were a teenage boy again” I don’t think that holds in non-isekai court. But this is being forced out of me under duress: triangle, horse, and ~~wardrobe malfunction~~ sensei


#QotD

* WHO! IS! YOUR! FAVOURITE! HOOOORSE!?
* Can you in all honesty say that Benis *isn’t* just a straight up bully after today?
* How are you at drawing? On a scale of Rindou to ten?
* Is Sensei a dirty rotten hypocrite for keeping the girls separate when she had her own boytoy in her youth?
* Who do you think is gonna die to “the man” first? Who has raised the most death flags out of the girls?


##Abyssbringer’s “What is the thematic purpose of this scene corner!!”

ZapsZzz once again scores a win with a legitametely poetic analysis of weird poses!

This is an interesting shot to talk about

To avoid talking for too long, it’s kind of an East Asian cultural thing about “classic beauty, relevance and grace”, and it’s toeing the lines of the much parodied ojousama cliches you see in anime nowadays – tea ceremony, flower arranging, playing the “koto” stronger instrument, recurring poetry, gazing at Zen, place of natural beauty cinematography, while holding classic beauty poses.

Along a different theme, people would describe those as chuuni. Along this line, people may just say they are pretentious, or awkward.

The specific pose Tsubaki was holding I’m pretty sure it’s a common pose for traditional dancing.

So, getting back to the theoretic bits – if one understands the context and go through this sincerely and not in a forced way, it is actually considered attractive in the classical sense. But doing the form without the heart of understanding, both in the form of the performer and the viewer, result in just painful awkwardness and generally ridicule. That goes to other things too, like comedy shows as well.

#[**Yesterday’s Prompt!**](https://imgur.com/a/C6xYZZ6)
#[**Today’s Prompt!**](https://imgur.com/a/abBpOOQ)
#[**Tomorrow’s Prompt**](https://imgur.com/a/gNUQIB6)

[*I’ll tell you someday I got stronger today!!*](https://youtu.be/bNMR_3oXE_I)



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