Come Back Home

His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign - officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.

He didn’t simply grant visas - he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not “misread” orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.

He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.

Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.

You want to know about my motivation, don’t you? Well. It is the kind of sentiments anyone would have when he actually sees refugees face to face, begging with tears in their eyes. He just cannot help but sympathize with them. Among the refugees were the elderly and women. They were so desperate that they went so far as to kiss my shoes, Yes, I actually witnessed such scenes with my own eyes. Also, I felt at that time, that the Japanese government did not have any uniform opinion in Tokyo. Some Japanese military leaders were just scared because of the pressure from the Nazis; while other officials in the Home Ministry were simply ambivalent.

People in Tokyo were not united. I felt it silly to deal with them. So, I made up my mind not to wait for their reply. I knew that somebody would surely complain about me in the future. But, I myself thought this would be the right thing to do. There is nothing wrong in saving many people’s lives….The spirit of humanity, philanthropy…neighborly friendship…with this spirit, I ventured to do what I did, confronting this most difficult situation—and because of this reason, I went ahead with redoubled courage.

The stone next to him bears a quote from the Talmud; “He who saves one life, saves the entire world.”  

Independence and safety (not having to rely on abusive ppl, getting to control how you spend your time and money)

Experiences (travel, events, vacations, entertainment)

Health (medical care duh, good food, good location, reduced stress)

Opportunity (car, being able to move, having a safety net, “looking professional”)

Confidence (clothes that make you look good, things that make you feel good)

Hollywood’s hottest couple is Spideypool but you’d only know it if you were paying VERY close attention at the Golden Globes

You may not have caught this — it happened fast — but a new romance took flight tonight. As the melodic chords of the La La Land soundtrack sounded a win for Ryan Gosling in the Best Actor, Comedy, category, fellow nominee and Canadian Ryan Reynolds was too busy to notice. The Deadpool actor was caught on video kissing Best Actor, Drama nominee Andrew Garfield.

yoi characters as a musical???

bonus:

So, on the Jan. 2017 issue of Animage has been published a long interview with Yuuri’s, Viktor’s and Yurio’s seiyuu. You can read it in this post, it’s a long but very interesting interview (also, there are a lot of insights into the characters’ behaviour and beliefs, food for headcanons, certainly).

What I found, though, are also some brief mentions of Georgij and since this is a blog dedicated to him, I thought it would be relevant to share them here.

I’ll quote @toraonice translation, my thoughts will follow after the actual quotes.

Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Yuuri Katsuki’s Seiyuu)

Also… last but not least, I want Georgi Popovich to find happiness (LOL)! 

Aww, yes, me too, Toyonaga, I really hope to see a happy!Gosha in season 2 *creis*

Kouki Uchiyama (Jurij Pliseckij’s Seiyuu)

Also, if we’re talking about amusing characters we definitely need to mention Georgi Popovich. —When Yurio returns to Russia we can spot him in the background.

If you watch the series until the second half and then start rewatching it again you kind of suddenly notice his presence (LOL).

I honestly have to admit I rewatched YOI for the first time after episode 7 in order to spot him and I’m still amazed by the fact he has been in the background for all this time and I didn’t noticed at all his presence. Also, it’s so… I dunno, it’s so cute everyone finds him so amusing, he’s so fucking intense, damn

Junichi Suwabe (Viktor Nikiforov’s Seiyuu)

—In the Grand Prix series many peculiar characters appear to face Victor & Yuuri. Could you tell us your impressions of them?

They’re all very intense characters, but I especially paid attention to Popovich. He’s from Russia like Victor, however he was always in Victor’s shadow and couldn’t really see the light of day. Just as he thought this season was his chance, here comes Yurio. If times were better, he could have become Russia’s ace. It’s kind of sad. Maybe due to this situation too he is kind of further complicating things, and that’s somewhat cute (LOL). Unfortunately he couldn’t advance to the final, but I heard that he’s the most popular character among the male staff.

This was actually a very significant insight into him - and the shipper in me is really happy it was Viktor’s seiyuu the one who spoke so much about him - but I really, really pity Georgij when I think about this. Poor thing, he always lived in Viktor’s shadow, he’s now doomed to live in his youngest teammate’s shadow, his ex dumped him… this guy has actually lived a series of unfortunate events, am I right?

Looks cute but is mean: Aries, Gemini, Sagittarius, Pisces, Aquarius, Virgo