![]() ![]() In the world of Kyoshiro, our hero Shiro Kyoda and his friends build and customize model kits and duel in “Plamo Simulation,” a VR system that allows someone to control their model kit as if they were really inside them. Taking advantage of the Gunpla Boom of the early ‘80s, Plamo-Kyoshiro debuted in the kids’ manga magazine Comic Bombom and ran for four years. Time for a quick history lesson to set the stage! The battling Gunpla concept is almost as old as Gunpla itself, and since we’re already jumping back in time some, let’s go back even further – to 1982, and the original kids-battling-Gunpla manga, Plamo-Kyoshiro. Welcome back! With new episodes Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE postponed until we hear otherwise, let’s return to that seminal series that ultimately launched a new sub-franchise within Gundam : the 2013 TV series Gundam Build Fighters ! This is where it all started! Right? Nothing passes Tom’s eagle eye for spotting this stuff (we suspect Newtype abilities), but this column focuses specifically on rare sightings and deep cuts. Welcome back to Deep Dive, Tom Aznable’s reader-favorite column all about catching the more esoteric aspects of the Gundam multiverse that make it into the show. It offers humor and heart through references so arcane, it’s clear the creators dredged the depths of the Gundam canon. A veritable love-letter to Gunpla, Build Fighters is a show for, by, and about Gundam fans. Works which depict this include ukiyo-e such as Utagawa Kuniyoshi's Kidōmaru and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's Hakamadare Yasusuke Kidōmaru Jutsukurabe no Zu (袴垂保輔鬼童丸術競図).Gundam Build Fighters (2013) isn’t just one of the top-rated recent Gundam shows, but one of the top-rated shows of the past decade, period. "Ryōzoku Miyama Yōjutsukyō no Zu" (両賊深山妖術競之図) by Utagawa YoshitsuyaĪccording to the "Shitennō Shōtō Iroku" (四天王剿盗異録) by Takizawa Bakin, at a cave in the mountains, Kidōmaru met Hakamadare, a bandit of the Konjaku Monogatarishū, where there was a scene of a contest comparing skills. The Zentaiheiki, a collection of war tales, theorizes this oni to instead be an abandoned child of Shuten-dōji, and originally Kidōmaru was a young child at Mount Hiei but came to ruin as a result of wicked deeds, and was therefore chased away from Mount Hiei, and then migrated to a cave in the mountains and became a bandit. It is said that eventually, this child grew to become Kidōmaru, and aimed at his father's enemy, Yorimitsu and his group. This child had teeth at birth, and at the age of 7 or 8, would throw rocks to kill deer or boars for eating. After Minamoto no Yorimitsu slew Shuten-dōji, the girls captured by Shuten-dōji were returned to their old homelands, but one of those girls became mentally disordered and was unable to return home and gave birth to Shuten-dōji's child at Kumohara. According to the oral traditions of Kumohara in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, there is the following legend about Kidōmaru as a child of Shuten-dōji. Īlthough Kidōmaru is widely known from the Kokon Chomonjū, there is also material from picture books about warriors as well as legends. In the yōkai pictures collection, the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien, under the title of "Kidō," it depicts Kidōmaru in the snow wearing the skin of a cattle waiting for Yorimitsu to come. ![]() It is said that Kidōmaru appeared from inside the cow and tried to slash at Yorimitsu, but Yorimitsu struck down Kidōmaru with a single strike. However, Yorimitsu saw through this, and Watanabe no Tsuna upon receiving command from Yorimitsu shot through the cattle with a bow and arrow. ![]() Yorimitsu noticed this and told a servant, "tomorrow, I will make a visit to the Kurama temple." Kidōmaru then went ahead to Kurama, killed one free-ranging cattle at the Ichihara field, hid inside its body, and waited for Yorimitsu to come. Kidōmaru easily tore off those chains, and with a grudge against Yorimitsu, looked at his bed and kept watch. Yorimitsu said that Yorinobu was careless, so they should restrain the oni with chains, and stayed at Yorinobu's house for that night. When he went to the home of his brother Minamoto no Yorinobu, Kidōmaru was caught at the toilet. Kidōmaru (鬼童丸, 鬼同丸) is an oni that appears in the Kamakura period collection of setsuwa, the Kokon Chomonjū, among other sources.Ĭoncept Kidōmaru by Utagawa KuniyoshiĪs described in the Kokon Chomonjū, Minamoto no Yorimitsu is known for the slaying of Shuten-dōji. "Kidō" from the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien ![]()
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