History, woo!

[notachick.livejournal.com]

Okay, so Emi and I were talking about it and we realized that Okita is actually kind of famous. :x Basically, anyone who has a character who is Japanese and born around the time of or after the Bakumatsu Revolution (meaning after about 1860) would probably know of him unless they failed history like WHOA.


So the Bakumatsu is the period that ends the Tokugawa era in Japan, where the Imperialists (rebels from Choushuu and other provinces) rose up against the Tokugawa shogunate and reinstalled the Emperor. It's the revolution that began the Meiji Era and really opened Japan to the West.

More information on the Bakumatsu here.

However, Okita Souji (historical) was on the side of the Tokugawa government. He fought with the Shinsengumi based at Mibu Temple in Kyoto to stop the Imperialists (specifically the Choushuu rebels) to keep power for the Aizu Clan and the Tokugawa shogun. He was known as one of the most powerful and deadly of the Shinsengumi swordsmen, and was captain of the First Unit. One of the youngest members of the group, Okita gained mastery of his swordsmanship style by the age of 18. He fought at the Ikedaya inn, which was a major loss to the Choushuu forces, but also fell victim to his tuberculosis there. Okita died at age 25 (according to the East Asian Calender) from tuberculosis, alone in Edo while the rest of the Shinsengumi were fighting a losing battle against the Imperialists.

More detailed information on Okita can be found at the Wikipedia page.
More information on the Shinsengumi is here.

Okita Souji (PMK) has all of the memories of the historical version, but only up to the Ikedaya. He doesn't know that he'll die from tuberculosis or that the Shinsengumi lose. He's also girly as hell, has purple hair and eyes, and usually carries around a pet piglet. PMK!Okita loves sweets which isn't true of history!Okita and has encountered mystic forces and zombies, which history!Okita did not.

PMK!Okita's Landel's Wiki can tell you more.


tl;dr = Okita was a bad-ass swordsman. He died of tuberculosis and people make dramas and anime about him. A lot. PMK!Okita is a girl, only not really.

Any other questions about the history or PMK and I can answer them, just ask. XD

Comments

[colortheory.livejournal.com]

OKITA-SAAAAAAAAN!!!!1one

[notachick.livejournal.com]

TETSU-KUUUUUUUUUN!!!1!42

[colortheory.livejournal.com]

OKITA-SAN. WHY DO YOUR HIPS NOT LIE?

[notachick.livejournal.com]

BECAUSE, TETSU-KUN, THIS IS PERFECTION.

[theangstmonkey.livejournal.com]

Naoe is vaguely impressed by your skillz. XDD

[faithful-dog.livejournal.com]

Also, not that it will ever come up BUT Naoe and Kagetora do know who your guy is and probably met him or saw him at one time (well, the real one anyway). He also learned about them when he was in school because Naoe's Clan was famous like during the Warring States Period and Kagetora's war was one of the bloodiest of the era! ^_^ Oh, but of course they were going by different names at the time, so like I said it might not ever come up.

[notachick.livejournal.com]

By my amazing history in 30 seconds skills? XD Mwahahaha!

Which war did Kagetora fight in? I should really read up on your series XD;; /fails/

[theangstmonkey.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh. Let's see. I know Souji put a brief history of the war in Takaya's wiki (http://damned.wetpaint.com/page/Takaya%2FKagetora).

Souji has a lot of stuff saved, so I'll tell her to link ya if you are still curious. I usually just mooch off her resources when I need to look something up.

Kenshin Uesugi, Kagetora's adopted father and the Naoe Clan's Master (in a way at least... kinda), fought in the Battle of Kawanakajima which has a poem written about it and is according to Mirage of Blaze cannon (and I think actual historical fact) there was no other feudal period battle had had as many casualties. Both Kagetora and Naoe fought in that battle. That's the major battle that Naoe tells Takaya about when he first finds Takaya, because it's one of the most famous that they were in.

After Kenshin died, Kagetora warred with his adopted brother (Naoe's like, actual, Master) and eventually committed suicide to rob his enemies of the pleasure of being the one to kill him (at least that is what he says).

Naoe died a few years after Kagetora and continued to be loyal to who would be considered Kagetora's 'enemy' until after death... when his loyalties sort of changed... a little. >.> Okay a lot. Actually it was during their first 'life' as Possessors that Naoe first started to develop feelings for Kagetora and it freaked him out something wicked since he had never had feelings for a man before.... but that's not stuff that Okita would know anyway. XD

Oh FYI, Naoe actually married into the Naoe Clan so he's not born into the spiffy name or anything (Ah, Japan, the only country where the husband can take on the wife's name).

[notachick.livejournal.com]

Oh sweet, then Okita would probably know Kagetora at least should they ever meet. XD Not that he'd recognize him, but yes - still cool. Thanks for the info! I'll keep researching. ♥

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

YAY NOW TAMAKI CAN PROPERLY FANBOY ANOTHER HISTORICAL FIGURE!

[notachick.livejournal.com]

XD WOO! Okita gets fangirled!

[moon-brained.livejournal.com]

I think Usagi might qualify as failing history like WHOA XD

[colortheory.livejournal.com]

XD! Poor girl.

I still have the UFO plushie of her holding a math test at home somewhere....

[notachick.livejournal.com]

XD HA HA HA. That is because Usagi's too cool for history. :<

[sarrasi.livejournal.com]

Bakura probably studied him in school. WON'T HE BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE REAL DEAL.

Kurikara...probably won't know him? I don't think the shikigami meddle in human affairs much but since he's also a deity..I've got no idea. XD;

[notachick.livejournal.com]

Bakura~! ♥ Yeah, that should be fun. X3

Shikigami probably don't care about human affairs so I wouldn't be surprised if Kurikara was all "...you're not that impressive. I'M A GOD RAWR" or something. XD

I love your choice of icon there.

[sarrasi.livejournal.com]

He can be like "...WHAT. YOU'RE CRAZY RIGHT?"

Kurikara might like his hair though. >> Just saying.

OTP ICON MAN~ Hijikata wants to be here soon to make antituberculosisdeath tea. :

[beforehertime.livejournal.com]

And then Tetsu has to serve it? NO FAIR.

[notachick.livejournal.com]

And then Okita will sparkle at him. XD

They can share hair tips. :x

I NEED ONE. I might actually replace some of my icons for different ones. I really need a pouting icon and I'm keeping a slot open for a HijiOki icon for later. :< OKITA IS WAITING FOR YOUR BITTER TEA, HIJIKATA.

[notachick.livejournal.com]

XD! Masaru is special, in many ways, including that. ♥ Okita loves sparring~~ But he's terrible at it. :<

[onsoullessfeet.livejournal.com]

Fuu lived in the 1600s, so she will be clueless.

As for Mugen and Jin ...
Okita was a bad-ass swordsman.
I think that's all they'd need to know before swooping on him.

[notachick.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, I can just see them trying to beat the shit out of each other. THAT will be fun.

♥ Fuu. ;o;

[outtokillhim.livejournal.com]

Okay, not quite on topic as my character is from an unrelated world, but...

PMK!Okita is a girl, only not really.

How does that work?
(I only watched a couple episodes of PMK before deciding it wasn't worth the time, so, *doesn't know* >.>)

[notachick.livejournal.com]

He acts really girly and looks really girly, but he's really a man. :<

And I initially downloaded and saved all of PMK and also though "meh, whatever," but later went back and watched it on a whim. You can see what happened then. XD