![]() Shinagawa Shinju is also the story of an old rakugo tale about a courtesan entangling her own client to commit double suicide together, only to give up at the end. This is most likely a reference to Shinjuku Shinju, which is one of the more famous songs by Aramaki’s actor, Yoshio Harada. Speaking about more details on Aramaki though, the tattoo on his chest reads as “Shinagawa Shinju”. ![]() He also seems to have a Kokuto, or black blade, on his belt I guess we’ll see soon enough within the story. The movies are just something Oda draws inspiration from, so it doesn’t need to be one to one. After all, these movies are just a general guideline for the designs of the Admirals, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s how things will develop. So does that mean that the same that happened in Roningai will happen in the story? Well, no, not really. This is kinda fitting, since Oda did hint at in an SBS that both Fujitora and Ryokugyu could potentially end up fighting against the wishes of the World Government, though whether that will actually happen or not, especially given Ryokugyu’s current attitude, is hard to tell. However, the particular thing about Aramaki in Roningai is that by the end of the movie, he ends up redeeming himself and saving the woman he falls in love with, bringing a good ending to this reckless samurai. In a sense, that’s actually not that far from how Ryokugyu is at the moment. Well, in his role in Roningai, Aramaki was a brazen and reckless samurai who didn’t really care about his life or those he ended up hurting. ![]() So, where does that leave Yoshio Harada? Well, let me tell you about his role in Roningai, as I’ve actually sat down and watched the entire movie for the sake of these analysis. Aokiji follows a lot of characteristics from Matsuda’s roles, such as his love for women, Kizaru is based on an actor who played many comedy roles, Akainu’s actor played violent ruthless yakuza, and Fujitora’s character is a massive homage to Zatoichi in general. Now, the interesting thing about the admirals being based on actors is that not only are their designs taken from said Japanese actors, but their personalities are also greatly influenced too. Going down the list, Aokiji is based on famous actor Yusaku Matsuda, Kizaru on Kunie Tanaka’s role in 1975’s comedy Truckyarou, where he played a similarly-dressed character by the name of Borsalino 2, Akin is based on Bunta Sugawara and his many yakuza roles, Fujitora on Shintaro Katsu’s famous role as the blind swordsman Zatoichi, and finally, Aramaki on Yoshio Harada’s role as the character by the same name, Aramaki, in 1990’s samurai flick Roningai. Of course, just like all the other admirals, in case you didn’t know, Aramaki’s design is based on that of a famous Japanese actor. Considering I didn’t cover last time’s chapter, I wanted to mention a few things about Ryokugyu himself. To start things off, I’d like to focus at the beginning to the chapter with Ryokugyu, or Aramaki. I hope for the moment being this is still good enough to enjoy it! I’m still thinking about it, but for the moment being, for the sake of not pushing my health too much with work I wrote the analysis in a more free-flowing way in text format rather than the usual bullet points in the usual format. I feel I’ve stuck to a very similar format for 7 years, so I wanted to see if I could slightly change my approach to it. Thank you so much for your patience over my health recovery this past year!Īs we get back into things, I’ve been considering trying to change my format for Chapter Secrets for a while. I’ll go into more detail in a health update in a few days if you are interested. I can’t promise yet if I’ll keep it or if I’ll need a few extra breaks down the line, but for now I’d like to start covering One Piece chapters again. Hey! It’s been a long while, but as we enter the Final Saga, I hope to finally begin getting back into the weekly Chapter Secrets schedule.
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