#urazanshin

「僕と一緒に全部を白きになっちゃえ」

Tsukiuta's alternate world of "Zanshin".

A dark, post-apocalyptic, action video game world, where soldiers fight literally heart to heart and blade to blade to try to retake the world overrun by monsters.

"Zanshin" (Japanese: 残心) is a state of awareness; of relaxed alertness, in Japanese martial arts. A literal translation of zanshin is "remaining mind". (by Harupedia wikipedia)

Having *just* realized that the Kanji for the title and for the martial arts philosophy are different, I started investigating.

The title "斬心" can also be read as "Zanshin" and translates to "slashing heart".

Very fitting for a world where their swords are literally imbued with their hearts.

Awesome, I thought, two perfectly fitting meanings in one.

Then I found the kanji "慙"

When the kanji are combined like this the meaning becomes "shame", to blame oneself for not being virtuous; to blame oneself for not being correct.

Which is. Another whole central theme of the stage play. Regret, shame, desperation, sacrifice, one's heart being one's greatest weapon and greatest weakness.

Painted my own t-shirt!

If the merch does not exist in my area I shall make it myself.