Apr 30, 2025
im not that great at analyzing characters and reading into subtext and all that but tumblr has opened my eyes and made me think more about majimas queerness and then i remembered Hannya-Man and its like. its not even subtext the text is hitting you over the head with The Implications.
#rgg#why a hannya out of all the spirits and demons in japanese mythology and noh theater?#not to be dramatic or anything but as someone whos trans masc and cant do anything about it#all the discussion around majimas relationship to gender has been kind of cathartic#im not familiar with how the character is used in pop culture in japan#or how its meaning varies between how its used in plays and colloquially#but from what little i could find your gender doesnt dictate or matter in how you relate to the hannya but still#originally im sure they just chose that tattoo for him since its like one of the most recognizable “oni” masks and it looks cool#but how that tattoos taken a deeper meaning with the more they develop him as a character through the games is really interesting#majimer#majima goro#goro majima#ryu ga gotoku#hannya man#goromi#like a dragon#yakuza kiwami#also unrelated but why did most of the pages i could find talking about the hannya and its symbolism just full of ai slop#noh masks are like. like. the way theyre crafted is usually with very specific features for specific reasons so just generating something#that “looks enough like a hannya mask” feels especially stupid#not that using ai is never NOT stupid but you get what i mean#its like so In Your Face how Stupid it is#i hate ai#i hate it here#yakuza
