Uchiyama Rina

bmwracer wrote:
He's not mean, really...

He's an idiot.

Yeah, a jackass.

Although, he did....

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try to kill Otsu in the book at the beck and call of his mother. Now that's a bit mean...especially if it was someone else....

Poor sweet Akemi, being fooled, taken advantage of, by the mean Matahatchi.

Of course... as I recall, Akemi and her Mom were busying themselves robbing the dead when they first met Matahatchi and Musashi.

Then there was Akemi's career as a prostitute, and her mom's career as a thief...

Yup, she's a catch.

Geezer wrote:Poor sweet Akemi, being fooled, taken advantage of, by the mean Matahatchi.

Of course... as I recall, Akemi and her Mom were busying themselves robbing the dead when they first met Matahatchi and Musashi.

Then there was Akemi's career as a prostitute, and her mom's career as a thief...

Yup, she's a catch.

Did she actually become a prostitute? :headscratch:

You missed that?

Geezer wrote:You missed that?

Well, I recall her working in a bathhouse, but was she a prostitute there as well?

Musashi.

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Was that Akemi or Matahatchi that said that?

kitakaze wrote:Was that Akemi or Matahatchi that said that?

Akemi.

Bad capture on my part. :sweat:

She fell for it. :grumble:

From Musashi.

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More. :)

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From Musashi: Rina-chan's character, Akemi, gets to wear some great-looking kimonos. :love_eyes:

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bmwracer wrote:From Musashi: Rina-chan's character, Akemi, gets to wear some great-looking kimonos. :love_eyes:

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Oh yeah.... :bonk: :smitten:

kitakaze wrote:Oh yeah.... :bonk: :smitten:

Yeah, the ones Akemi wears are bright and colorful as opposed to Otsu's more subtle, conservative ones... Significance? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, the ones Akemi wears are bright and colorful as opposed to Otsu's more subtle, conservative ones... Significance? :headscratch:

Akemi was a more fiery, fun girl to be with....?

::runs away screaming from Mike's hatchet....::

kitakaze wrote:Akemi was a more fiery, fun girl to be with....?

Close.

I was thinking that it signified that Akemi's character was in a different social class, if you will, than Otsu...

bmwracer wrote:
Close.

I was thinking that it signified that Akemi's character was in a different social class, if you will, than Otsu...

Maybe, although clothing codfication might not have been advanced that far in Tokugawa legal codes yet.

kitakaze wrote:Maybe, although clothing codfication might not have been advanced that far in Tokugawa legal codes yet.

So desu...!

Could it be then that Akemi's bright kimonos indicated that she's a prostitute (or similar) as opposed to Otsu being more "womanly?"

bmwracer wrote:
So desu...!

Could it be then that Akemi's bright kimonos indicated that she's a prostitute (or similar) as opposed to Otsu being more "womanly?"

Ya...if she was working in the pleasure quarters then, that's probably why. I don't know if dressing like that would make Akemi less womanly than Otsu, but it would give Otsu a higher moral ground.

kitakaze wrote:Ya...if she was working in the pleasure quarters then, that's probably why. I don't know if dressing like that would make Akemi less womanly than Otsu, but it would give Otsu a higher moral ground.

Exactly! That's what I was trying to say but couldn't, given my reprehensible educational background.