Sequel to http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_secret_door_that_fleetingly_opens as youd expect.

This chapter, along with The Bamboo and The Tiger, are my favourites. Much cuter and more uplifting than the others we had seen from this collection

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Canno makes great reaction images.

Just curious: Satake and Torashima has been referred to as The Bamboo and the Tiger. Torashime is easy (tora = tiger) but how does Satake's name equate to bamboo?

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Torashime is easy (tora = tiger) but how does Satake's name equate to bamboo?

its all about the spiritual pawa

I ShIP

Just curious: Satake and Torashima has been referred to as The Bamboo and the Tiger. Torashime is easy (tora = tiger) but how does Satake's name equate to bamboo?

Looking at the description page:

竹 is bamboo so it makes sense.
Torashima. Satake. Lmao I never even thought about it until you pointed it out. I had to look it up to realise that 'bamboo' is 'take'. I kinda feel bad lmao, I even knew the word for 'bamboo', I wish I paid more attention to the kanji TTvTT
The Bamboo and the Tiger is indeed a chapter focused on them.

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I've been looking into bamboos and tigers and found this little gem.

Take ni tora – Bamboo and Tiger – 竹に寅
W. R. van Gulik tells us “In Japan the tiger portrayed among bamboostalks in the wind is known as take ni tora, ‘tiger in bamboo’. This representation is generally taken to symbolize that even most powerful of terrestrial forces, namely the king of all animals, had to yield to the forces of nature.(...)

In 1889 a book on Japanese art by Huish said that the tiger “…is very often depicted in a storm cowering beneath bamboos, signifying the insignificant power of the mightiest of beasts as compared to that of the elements. When merely seen in connection with bamboos, it is so because its power is such that it can transverse a thousand miles at a stride, even through a bamboo forest.”

Merrily Baird on “A tiger sheltering in bamboo. The tiger is said to be the only animal capable of penetrating bamboo thickets, and the pairing of the two is said to represent the weak giving shelter to the strong.”

Source: https://printsofjapan.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/not-quite-the-zodiac-part-two-the-tiger-tora-%E5%AF%85/

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sooooooooooo... who tops

Thank you for the very educational post.

Aliens are occult?

oh, yes, love polygons are the thing tigers like the best

The chapters about the Occult Research Club are the best part of this anthology. Canno really needs to do more comedy, or at least inject a bit more into her "serious" works. Actually, I was pleasantly surprised by how well she handles the 4-koma format in this one, given how easy it seems to be to make a complete pig's ear of it...