Hello! After watching the recent Akatsuki/Ibuki MV too many times, I've been wondering, are there stories/mentions of Akatsuki members being associated with the Four Symbols/Beasts besides the Four Beasts of Fistfighting? I feel like I'm being a bit delusional but, the ending image of the 4 lotuses in the MV reminded me of the image used for the 4 beasts on wikipedia and their hair colors also kinda correspond to the 4 beasts as well...(Keito-Seiryu,Kuro-Suzaku,Ibuki-Byakko,Souma-Genbu)
I don't think that means anything (probably), but I initially thought the chance of Ibuki joining Akatsuki was extremely low, but their synergy in the MV is making me slightly rethinking that... Though I still think is still very low due to the potential backlash (and my own outlandish theories lol)...
Sorry for the rambling. Lots of delusional Ibuki thoughts even though its probably better to wait for the event to drop first haha.
PS-Unrelated to above, but I think your Akaryusei rec tool is missing ...
PART 1 | FOUR BEASTS I LOVE THESE. You're also a genius, OP.
For the uninitiated, the Four Auspicious Beasts are mythological creatures found in Chinese constellations. These are the Azure Dragon (Seiryū), the White Tiger (Byakko), Vermilion Bird (Suzaku), and Black Tortoise (Genbu). You've probably heard about feng shui: the Four Beasts are the directional elements to it.
I'm going to attach a graphic I made for this ask (applying feng shui to Tenshou KAGETSU), because now that OP's pointed it out, I totally agree with the assignments, they fit really well with each other (and I've learned too much about fengshui while building my Ryukyu doc, I'm happy to do something with the information in my head /lh)
To be honest, I can't really recall exact lines in stories (I just have bad memory). I can try my best with stories, but they're more like, stories that would fit the vibes. If anyone with better memory wants to jump in, by all means.
Keito as Seiryu (Azure Dragon): Can repres...