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Beyond being a common kanji used in names, I found that wisteria has long held significance as a symbol of luck, longevity, kindness, and loyalty.

There were a few very interesting myths I found, but decent sources were scarce in both English and Japanese. The best I could find was a brief mention in a paper by two Asian studies professors about the potential for anime as a teaching tool. The claims weren’t supported by native materials, nor could I find any of my own, so I'm uncertain of their cultural prevalence:

Since ancient times in Japan, it has been customary to plant wisteria with pine trees, in which case the wisteria is compared to women and the pine to men. [...] It is said that a wisteria wrapping around a pine tree is associated with a terrifying obsession, and once caught, one will never be released. For this reason, wisteria has been known as kesshite hanarenai ("never leave")

The association with men and women makes me curious about any implications regarding Takumi, Nozomi, and Karua. Particularly in the sense that Karua has been set up as "generic heroine/love interest" to a degree that I'm inclined to call parody. It reminds me a lot of Akane in the early parts of 999. I wonder if the relationship between Takumi and Nozomi will have the opportunity to develop into a dark distortion of the Takumi/Karua relationship?

This also stood out to me:

It is unlucky to send wisteria to a sick person because [a] double-entendre with fuji is “incurable disease” (fuji no yamai).

Star: What's your character's biggest accomplishment or the thing they are most proud of?

Paint: What is your character's favorite art form and why? This could be consuming art or creating it or both!

Rainbow: What is your character's preferred aesthetic and style?

Since the character thing is non-specific, I'll pick Asahi Kobe for answering these:

Star: The thing Asahi's the most proud of, in ANY of my stories, is protecting his loved ones with all his might. And making them feel happy and loved, with all his big heart. In Lunacy in Daylight, most would say his biggest accomplishment in so far is either destroying several warships, or challenging his father and his uncle and almost killing them both several times.

Paint: Asahi's favorite art form in Lunacy in Daylight is knitting. Partly because it calms him, partly because he's good at it, so he can knit things for the people he loves.

Rainbow: From what I've seen of Asahi's Canon self, almost anything would do as long as it has a hood; has black and grey as major colors; can cover most of his bandages if he wants that; and carries some sort of subtle Demon, Devil, Death, or Hell aesthetic. I've tried my best to make his fanfiction selves much the same in all of these respects.

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