Yes, Kiss Day in Japan is celebrated on May 23, the date of the premiere of Hatachi no Seishun (はたちの青春), the first movie in Japan with a kissing scene.
FiveStripeFlag
May 24, 2021 11:01PM
It's real funny how like... tojiko and miko are like legitimately married in kawayabugs art yet tojiko gets like this all the time
TopKoak
May 25, 2021 12:26PM
@FiveStripeFlag I mean, they're married in real life too. And Futo is Tojiko's actual mom in real life.
random
May 25, 2021 12:31PM
^stepmom actually (complicated political marriages lol), if the most popular theories of their historical bases are correct.
TopKoak
May 25, 2021 12:59PM
@random I've actually discussed it for a while, and a lot of people aren't actually sure if its step-mom or biological mom that changed her last name when she jumped clan.
random
May 25, 2021 1:07PM
^doesn't really help that the primary sources from Shotoku's time are pretty vague about such things. And the Japanese ruling class of the day may already have had the headache-inducing complicated system of multiple different names for different contexts well attested to from somewhat later...
Wouldn't really make much difference though given how aristocratic families tended to work.
FiveStripeFlag
May 27, 2021 2:19PM
futo is tojiko's mom/stepmom isn't necessarily true because:
1) soga no tojiko will not talk is not a suitable source of historical fact
2) names like futshime or futohime weren't exactly rare in the mononobe clan(futo could have been for instance the wife of emperor sushun)
3) unlike miko and okina, futo and tojiko aren't officially 1:1 with any historical figure and zun pretty much states this
Alex07Fin May 24, 2021 9:56PM
July 6th is National Kiss day actually
ssommevvuyy May 24, 2021 10:01PM
^I think Japan has a separate kiss day
Norainhere May 24, 2021 10:36PM
Yes, Kiss Day in Japan is celebrated on May 23, the date of the premiere of Hatachi no Seishun (はたちの青春), the first movie in Japan with a kissing scene.
FiveStripeFlag May 24, 2021 11:01PM
It's real funny how like... tojiko and miko are like legitimately married in kawayabugs art yet tojiko gets like this all the time
TopKoak May 25, 2021 12:26PM
@FiveStripeFlag I mean, they're married in real life too. And Futo is Tojiko's actual mom in real life.
random May 25, 2021 12:31PM
^stepmom actually (complicated political marriages lol), if the most popular theories of their historical bases are correct.
TopKoak May 25, 2021 12:59PM
@random I've actually discussed it for a while, and a lot of people aren't actually sure if its step-mom or biological mom that changed her last name when she jumped clan.
random May 25, 2021 1:07PM
^doesn't really help that the primary sources from Shotoku's time are pretty vague about such things. And the Japanese ruling class of the day may already have had the headache-inducing complicated system of multiple different names for different contexts well attested to from somewhat later...
Wouldn't really make much difference though given how aristocratic families tended to work.
FiveStripeFlag May 27, 2021 2:19PM
futo is tojiko's mom/stepmom isn't necessarily true because:
1) soga no tojiko will not talk is not a suitable source of historical fact
2) names like futshime or futohime weren't exactly rare in the mononobe clan(futo could have been for instance the wife of emperor sushun)
3) unlike miko and okina, futo and tojiko aren't officially 1:1 with any historical figure and zun pretty much states this