Godai (Japanese philosophy) Puns

Some beautiful works of arts were up for sale. https://www.toshoknifearts.com/collections/12-days-of-christmas

Their new GODAI range looks nice, pretty expensive though. https://www.toshoknifearts.com/collections/12-days-of-christmas/products/haa-ag217888-fa240

In 2020 we gifted our incarcerated friend Japanese language learning books. Now he feels ready to try and correspond in the language. There are no opportunities where he resides, so a platonic penpal would be a great experience.

He is a musician and movie maker by profession. He's also involved in the education and leadership programs. During times off he enjoys tv, anime, animation, drawing and philosophy, amongst other things. We never have a boring phone conversation.

The platforms available to him are old school USPS mail and email through JPay.

Any ideas on where to look?

Rewatching C3E1 and Ashton's character design suddenly really connected with my (basic) understanding of the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi is a way of engaging with the world and conceiving of beauty that emphasises impermanence and imperfection.

There’s all sorts of reasons to link Ashton with this, especially considering other people’s fan theories about Ashton exploring living with physical trauma and potentially even identity change. In particular though, Taliesin’s choice to have his upper body cracks filled with slag gold massively caught my eye. There is a form of Japanese pottery called Kintsugi which arguably operates on principles of wabi-sabi. Cracks in pots are fixed, but not so as to hide the “flaw” but rather to celebrate it and its distinct beauty. Specifically the cracks are usually glued together with a gold mix. I find it hard to believe that somebody with as much knowledge as the pyramid himself has made this design choice by coincidence.

(I’ll quote some passages from the wikis on these concepts/practices at the bottom.)

I think this connection is worth pointing out regardless, because it’s a beautiful philosophy and art form, and I think it’s great if Taliesin is highlighting it. But also it might have implications either for Ashton as they are now or Taliesin’s intentions for their arc. In general it fits the theme of people’s theories of a journey of self acceptance and understanding not despite physical trauma but including it.

P.s. As an English critter I may have misunderstood wabi-sabi so if any Japanese - or just more knowledgeable - critters think I’ve got these ideas wrong I’d love to be educated! I in no way think I’m an authority, just spotted a connection

Tl;dr I think Taliesin is drawing on Japanese/Buddhist philosophies and conceptions of beauty in Ashton, and that’s rad!

Wiki quotes:

Wabi-sabi - “wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature”

Kitsugi - “As a philosophy, kintsugi is similar to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, an embracing of the flawed or imperfect. Japanese aesthetics values marks of wear from the use of an object. This can be seen as a rationale for keeping an object around even after it has broken; it can also be understood as a justification of kintsugi itself, highlighting cracks and repairs events in

Hello guys. Well, the title almost explains it all, but you see, I'm looking for some advice or counseling to get started with Japanese philosophy, particularly something about wabi-sabi; some authors, books, articles or else that you recomend on that subject.

She did an absolute fantastic job on DDS, it’s my favorite story in an RPG, and set up would should have been an epic finale in part 2. But I recently read she got sick during the making of the games. So did she have any input in how the story actually unfolded in part 2? Because honestly I felt it fell flat on its face after the amazing set-up of DDS 1.

I know there’s a 5-part book adaptation she wrote about it too, unfortunately only the first 2 books are translated to English.

#Yusuke Godai/Kamen Rider Kuuga

"I am Godai Yusuke! The man with 2015 skills and a dreams chaser!"

#Introduction

Yusuke Godai is a simple and kind man, he just wishes to make friends with all the people in the world and learn new skills while traveling the globe. He loves going on adventures as it is nature.

One day when he was visiting Japan, Godai was chosen to don the mantle of Kuuga and fight off the Grongi terrorizing the citizens of Japan.

Notes

Feats that are italicized are performed by the original Kuuga, Riku.

#Untransformed

Physicals

• Holds up Sakurako for an extended period of time with one arm
• Tackles Ichijou
• Climbs a multi-story building
• Knocked into a tree by Gooma, breaking a branch and leaving him crippled
  • After inheriting Kuuga's power, he is completely fine
• Recovers from deadly injuries super quickly
• Takes a punch to the face

#Growing Form

This is Kuuga's weakest form and the first form Godai unlocked.

Strength/Striking

• [Growing Kick] Breaks out of Gumun's web and kills him
  • Gumun can no-sell bullets and his webs can hold cars
• Staggers Gooma

Speed/Agility

• Jumps from the top of a building and kicks Gumun
• Dodges a punch from Gumun
• Throws a flurry of rapid punches
• Saves a kid before he hits the ground
• Catches Ichijou mid-fall

Durability

• Slammed down by Gumun
• Cratered in a wall
  • However, this un-transforms him and gives him serious injuries

#Mighty Form (Rising Mighty)

This is Kuuga's base form, it is the most well-rounded

Having to write this a second time because I originally wrote in Japanese before seeing rule (8).

I have a casual interest in things like literature, history, and philosophy. (Also linguistics, but I already have a stack of titles of Japanese books to work through there, though recommendations are always welcome).

Sometimes when I get a free moment I'll read through articles online where people go over historical topics, or sites on philosophy like the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (or on religion like the Kokugakuin Encyclopedia of Shinto), random research articles on history/philosophy, or through English translations (books usually) or owrks that otherwise look at important historical literature like 松尾芭蕉's works, 藤原定家's works, 夏目漱石's, etc. (Some of these I also try to read the original, for some of the historical poetry especially it is almost impossible without hand-holding.)

Anyway, I was mostly thinking, hey, there are probably sites like Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy or the many history/literature blogs that exist in the Japanese part of the net, that I won't know about just because I am not as good at stumbling upon them in Japanese as I am in English.

So I wanted to ask some native speakers to just name-drop some of their favourite sites (and maybe books). I like art and photo-based stuff, too, but mostly I want the language exposure. I already know there's a lot of documentaries on youtube, but sometimes I feel their actual portrayal of history/literature/philosophy is lacking in depth (this is a thing in English too - there are awesome documentaries, sure, but for every good 1 there's 10 mediocre ones).

I should probably ask this somewhere on the Japanese net, but beyond Goo! I don't really know much about Japanese social media. I'm not really a social media person in English either; Reddit and Discord are the only two I use.

読んでくださった方、答えてくださった方、ありがとうございました。散文的な投稿で申し訳ありませんｗ。突っ込みどころ満載です。

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So, the general population likes to hate on the Four Elements Monk and there have been many attempts to revise it into something different. This is not one of those attempts. I had a concept for a monk that embodies the nature of the elements without actually wielding them. I also like the idea of a 5th, higher element, which already exists in the godai, a philosophy mainly coming from Japanese Buddhism describing the world in parts as the four elements and Void/Aether.

After making this subclass, I realized I love the idea of monks having combat versatility in the form of switching between different fighting stances. That being said, this class is not for everyone because it may come across as complex to play.

With monks already so overloaded with features, my biggest concern is that this subclass gives too strong of options. I tried to balance things against existing subclasses and make the 6th level feature a bit weaker. I've thought a little about where the weaker points of this brew are, but I'm interested to hear what other people see when they look at it.

The reason I'm asking is because a long time ago I've seen people debate/argue about who would win between Violent Emotion Decade and Ultimate Kuuga (Godai Yusuke), so I'm curious what people think today. In my opinion I think Godai would probably put up more of a fight than Yusuke did (maybe even making it a close battle), but I still believe Decade would ultimately end up as the victor.

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I need some credits to meet my non-science requirement and I'm interested in these two subjects. Thank you for your help! :)

I have always noticed, among other things, that Chinese novels usually have a more philosophical tone that Japanese ones. In that once in a while when the MC isn't face-slapping young masters they are usually discuss the Dao or finding meanings in life, which more often than not apply to our daily lives as well. I wonder why Japanese do not incorporate any of this into their novels/anime as much, even though they are Shinto/Buddhist? Or is it a matter of how deep it is embedded in the culture?

I’ve been feeling like I was hitting a wall with my productivity and development until I recently came across this wonderfully simple Japanese concept called Kaizen. Kaizen is the adoption of long-term improvement and productivity into one’s business and life.

The Japanese philosophy of Kaizen was first made popular by Toyota who adopted the lean manufacturing model in pursuit of constant and iterative improvement. It particularly effective to highlight strengths and reduce weaknesses. This philosophy has also been extended to the Deming Cycle which consists of 4 steps:

• Plan
• Do
• Check
• Act

This cycle has been growing in popularity not just in the corporate world, but also in personal productivity. I dive much deeper into Kaizen and the PDCA Model here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoDs8tBcQvQ

So often we tend to pursue short-term growth instead of focusing on steady and continuous growth. Once you begin to make constant improvement a habit, I assure you that you’ll likely be more successful and productive across different areas of your life.

In 2020 we gifted our friend Japanese language learning books. Now he feels ready to try and correspond in the language. There are no opportunities where he resides, so a platonic penpal would be a great experience.

He is a musician and movie maker by profession. He's also involved in the education and leadership programs. During times off he enjoys tv, anime, animation, drawing and philosophy, amongst other things. We never have a boring phone conversation.

The platforms available to him are old school USPS mail and email through JPay.