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Yoshimoto Imagawa | |
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Clan(s)/Alliance(s): | Imagawa |
Age: | 41
Height: | 180 cm (5'11")
Weapon(s): | Sword (1) Sword and kemari ball (1:XL~4) |
4th Weapon: | |
5th Weapon: | Velvet Kemari (1:XL)
Elite Kemari/Eye of the Phoenix (2:XL~3:XL) |
6th Weapon: | Phoenix Kemari (1:XL)
Heirloom: | Imagawa Kana Mokuroku
Moveset Type: | Charge
Significant Battle(s): | |
Playable Debut: | Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends |
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Real name: | Imagawa Yoshimoto
Japanese name: | 今川 義元
Born: | 1519
Died: | June 12, 1560
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Force: | |
Stage: | |
Mystic Weapon: | Mystic Kemari
Character Type: | |
Personal Item: | Pillow Book
Yoshimoto Imagawa is the eleventh head of the Imagawa and one of the three feared daimyo of the Tokaido region. He shares family relations with Shingen Takeda and Ujiyasu Hōjō, using them to reign supreme as a masterful strategist and governor within the west. He is best known for dying at Okehazama, which is Nobunaga's early claim to fame. After his death, Yoshimoto has been ridiculed for being too portly and sluggish to counteract the ambush and is often portrayed as a pompous ignoramus in many forms of media, with Koei titles being no exception.
He first appeared in the Samurai Warriors series as a unique NPC in its first installment. Like Hideyoshi, he becomes playable in Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends. Fans voted him to thirty-fifth place in Gamecity's Sengoku Musou 3: Empires character popularity poll. For the Samurai Warriors 4 poll, he is ranked forty-fifth among the cast.
His Nobunaga's Ambition counterpart is sixtieth place in Gamecity's character popularity ranking for 2015. The Nobunaga no Yabou 201X poll for 4-star officers puts him in fifth place.
Role in GamesEdit
"You're kinda weird, but you sure know how to kick that ball!"
- ~~Xiao Qiao; Warriors Orochi
Samurai WarriorsEdit
In Samurai Warriors, Yoshimoto is depicted as a man easily flustered by the slightest offset. The make-your-own characters can start their story serving him only to leave once they deem him an inadequate lord. His character alters in Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends as he becomes a kemari fan. He rides to the capital to stage his own kemari tournament.
After he survives Okehazama, he suffers great losses and calls off the march to Kyoto. He receives a secret message from Shingen to ask his help invading Odawara Castle. As he assists the Takeda army, Kenshin and his men intercept and claim that Shingen is only using him. Even Ujiyasu states that he isn't even planning a rebellion but Yoshimoto punishes him anyway. When the two rivals meet at Kawanakajima, Yoshimoto is given the option to assist either side of the conflict.
Yukimura warns him to continue with the plan and he becomes hostile if Yoshimoto doesn't approach Kenshin's camp. As he rushes towards his former allies, Masamune assists and they rout the Takeda army. Although Shingen admits that he never used his ally, Yoshimoto defeats him and idolizes Kenshin's life as a warrior. He mimes Kenshin's actions to see if he can be like his idol. As the Takeda flee to Ueda Castle, Yoshimoto and his army assist the siege. His army tires from the conflicts but they are successful in defeating the remaining Takeda army. The Uesugi-Imagawa army heads towards Honnoji and Kenshin uses the opportunity to challenge his fellow warrior to the right for the land. After Yoshimoto wins the title of the greatest warrior, he is left confused by Kenshin's ritual for bestowing him the title. Humorously, Masamune quickly appears to challenge him for the right and Imagawa mimes Kenshin's actions to the lad, therefore bestowing him the title with no contest.
If Yoshimoto remains loyal to the Takeda army, Kenshin remarks that the plot failed and is defeated. Although his vassal protests his decision, Yoshimoto keeps his mind on kemari and reminds that harmony is key between friends. Both he and Shingen slay Ieyasu's army at Komaki-Nagakute. With the path to the capital clear, they head towards Honnoji and Nobunaga challenges them a final time. After Yoshimoto storms the temple and defeats their foe, he is ready to start his kemari tournament until Shingen betrays him. To make sure that he can play without any regrets, he routs his relative. In his ending, he plays his game in an unlikely land of peace.
Yoshimoto serves as the player's first adversary in the Ascendancy scenario of Samurai Warriors: Katana. Caught off-guard by the Oda's attack on his main camp, he dies regretting his own failure to play kemari in the capital. In Trial Mode, he is one of the hostile inhabitants of the Bamboo Room. Following Yoshimoto allows the player to out him as the culprit who stole the room's treasure beforehand.
He returns in Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends to continue his desire for a friendly kemari gathering with other generals. Althrough he helps Shingen at Kawanakajima and Nagamasa at Odani Castle, both ignore his kemari fanatic which leaves Yoshimoto rather lonely. He wanders the land alone and years later joins in Hideyoshi's campaign of suppressing Kyūshū. The latter encourages Yoshimoto not to give up his dream for the ball game. Afterwards, Hideyoshi's vast army attack Odawara Castle, and Yoshimoto joins the campaign as well. When Hideyoshi dies after the unification, Ieyasu and Mitsunari become bitter enemies and Yoshimoto joins the former's forces. Eventually, the Eastern Army gains the upper hand in battle and Mitsunari is soon defeated. Yoshimoto finally gets his wish granted as both armies play Kemari with him. He marks them as his own army of kemari warriors.
His dream stage is a reenactment of Yoshimoto's side at Okehazama. While the battle seems going well at first, the Imagawa main camp is ambushed several times, which lowers the morale of Yoshimoto's forces. Ieyasu's betrayal turns out a threat for the Imagawa, and Yoshimoto wants to defeat the rebel for his treachery. Though Nobunaga is eventually defeated, Yasutomo reports they have sustained too many loses to continue their march to the capital so Yoshimoto decides to head back home.
Although he has no personal story, Yoshimoto is named one of the main powers of the Kantō region in Samurai Warriors 3. With Shingen's help, he defends Suruga Province from Ujiyasu and Kenshin's separate forces. He remains a liable threat until his death at Okehazama. During the battle, Yoshimoto will be frightened by Nobunaga's assault and will attempt to flee to Ieyasu Tokugawa's camp. If the player defeats Ieyasu before Yoshimoto reaches him, the Tokugawa will defect and join the Oda. When Yoshimoto is struck down, Nobunaga assures him that his death will not be in vain, claiming that Okehazama will be the start of Nobunaga's conquest.
During his own story in Sengoku Musou 3: Moushouden, Yoshimoto's thrilling addiction to kemari continues. Since the land is at war, however, no one has time to be his partner for the game and the daimyo dwells in loneliness. By some stroke of luck, Yoshimoto meets Masamune and Muneshige. Masamune entices him to extend his kemari ambitions to the world, challenging Yoshimoto to have the entire land recognize his kemari skills. Happy to oblige since he found new friends at last, Yoshimoto joins forces with the two broad minded youths to confront Nobunaga at Okehazama. Once he finds the real Nobunaga and entertains the demon king, Nobunaga agrees to collaborate with Yoshimoto for the sake of the world. Deciding to leave Owari to his new friend, Yoshimoto heads east into the Kantō region. The trio face the Takeda, Uesugi, and Hōjō simultaneously. With Ujiyasu defeated, Yoshimoto asks his relative to take care of Japan with Nobunaga so he can set sail across the world for his kemari dreams. Ujiyasu begrudgingly agrees.
While Yoshimoto continues to make speedy progress for his global kemari dream, Masamune becomes unnerved by the kemari fanatic's ambition. Masamune originally lied to Yoshimoto since the start and intended to use the gullible gent for unification in his name. He didn't actually expect Yoshimoto to gain the other daimyos' trust so easily. Thinking he gave birth to an unstoppable monster, Masamune decides to oppose Yoshimoto by joining forces with the Mōri. Yoshimoto and the Oda forces start a campaign to prove his kemari skills in the western regions of the land. Even when Masamune tries to admit that the truth of his ruse, Yoshimoto is already too enthralled by the idea to listen. Muneshige is aware of Masamune's lie and frustration but is interested in trying his strengths against Yoshimoto's drive with Ginchiyo. While Yoshimoto continues to ask his defeated opponents to play nice with one another, Kanbei finds the dream to be rubbish and orders the troops to keep their eyes aimed at Motonari. Motochika arrives to Motonari's assistance and Yoshihiro joins the battle to oppose Yoshimoto.
Obtaining victory against the odds, Yoshimoto has enthusiastically fulfilled his goal of proving himself the best kemari player in the entire land. Yoshimoto expects to have Nobunaga reign supreme so he can make his maiden voyage abroad. Unfortunately, a messenger soon arrives to inform him that Nobunaga has been killed at Honnōji. Falling into a depressed slump without his good friend, he eventually remembers his friend's words to never stop something he has started.
To restart his dream, he decides to help Ujiyasu's fight against Hideyoshi at Odawara Castle. Yoshimoto defeats Hideyoshi, but, rather than take the land under his name, he is assured to leave it in the monkey's hands for his journey to see the world. Funding for the boat he desired is cut short, and its construction had to be discontinued. Persevering for his dream, Yoshimoto desires to propose a request to Ieyasu, the current man in power, and fights beside Yukimura and other remnant Toyotomi loyalist at Osaka Castle. When Yoshimoto triumphs, he asks Ieyasu to pay for the rest of the funds for his ship and to come with him on his global voyage. Masamune, who stubbornly refuses to accept how far his lie has gone, resists accepting Yoshimoto and Muneshige's extensions to reconcile. Therefore, he is the one left behind as the ship sets off. Yoshimoto still considers the youth to be his good friend and therefore kicks a special kemari ball towards him before their boat departs from the docks. Masamune catches it and reads the message fondly scribbled on it: "I'm leaving Japan in your hands!"
In Sengoku Musou 3: Empires, Yoshimoto supports Nobutora's attempts to reclaim the Takeda only for him and his clan to be wiped out. Ujiyasu's story initially has him ally with Shingen against the Hōjō until Nobunaga's prominence convinces them to unite with their former enemy. After formalizing their alliance with one another, he warmly views them as his younger brothers which annoys Ujiyasu to no end. Their successful journey to the capital ends with Yoshimoto playing Kemari with his new friends.
Samurai Warriors 4 has Yoshimoto come to Ujiyasu's aid during the Uesugi's invasion at Kantō. The Kantō chapter depicts him being in distress. In either scenario, he is present to protect his family ties with his brother-in-law, Ujiyasu. Prior to Okehazama, he is seemingly possessed be a sinister presence which darkly accuses Ieyasu of his insidious ambitions to kill him. He forebodingly tells his cowering vassal that a daimyo must be willing to sacrifice others to achieve his goal. Before receiving a reply, Yoshimoto quickly reverts to his carefree self. Similar to past titles, he is ambushed and killed by the Oda afterwards. The Kantō narrative covers his crumbling legacy left with his eldest son.
Warriors OrochiEdit
Yoshimoto first appears in Warriors Orochi as a third-party general. Despite being recruited in Wei, he actually plays a larger part in the Wu story, first appearing amongst the escaping civilians at Wan Castle and nonchalantly asking Ieyasu if he would like to sit and share some tea. He also appears as a possible reinforcement at Osaka Bay but his appearance is not actually necessary in order to unlock Keiji Maeda. In order to unlock him, the player needs to successfully thwart Shingen's fire attack in the Battle of Saika for Wei's story. After Kenshin and Shingen are routed, Yoshimoto will appear to see what the ruckus is about. Zhang Liao takes him to be the ringleader of the battle and orders for all of his troops to charge. Impressed by the prowess of his "new servants", Yoshimoto joins Wei.
In Warriors Orochi 2, Yoshimoto appears during the opening sequence at Shiting for Shu's story. Little is said regarding his reasons for joining the kingdom but he does respect Liu Bei's leadership. In one of the game's dream modes, he forms an unlikely alliance with Xing Cai and Ginchiyo. With Yue Ying and Hideyoshi's help, they go to rescue Yuan Shao's struggling army at Chen Cang. When Yoshimoto meets him, they quickly see eye to eye with one another.
In the PSP port, he also appears as one of the Sengoku warlords recruited by Nobunaga in order to oppose Kiyomori Taira's army consisting of Genji samurai and early Han warlords.
Desiring to create a land of kemari players after Orochi's second defeat, Yoshimoto finds and co-rules Liang Province with Motochika in Warriors Orochi 3. Their land is a rare, peaceful community with the serpent generals and humans coexisting together. While Motochika confronts Liu Shan and his party, Yoshimoto placed in duress when the hostile serpent army attack him. Although he is saved by their visitors, they are too late to help the land itself as it's in shambles by the end of the battle. Not discouraged in his dreams to someday revive his harmonious paradise, Yoshimoto is happy to gain new kemari buddies as he gladly offers his assistance.
In downloadable scenario, "Domestic Disputes", Yoshimoto helps Sima Yi in stopping couples from bickering amongst themselves so they can face the demon king.
In Ultimate, he goes to Xu Province with Sun Shangxiang and Motochika to stabilize the area, and the group end up finding Sterkenburg Cranach in the process.
Pokémon ConquestEdit
Yoshimoto is Chrysalia's Warlord in Pokémon Conquest. His only concern is playing Pokémari (kemari with Pokémon) all day with anyone who visits. His frustrated elderly advisor Sessai is the only person who successfully draws his attention away from his fantasies. When the protagonist attacks his castle, Yoshimoto thinks he/she is challenging him to a Pokémari match and gladly accepts. He is absolutely dumbstruck when Sessai gravely informs him that he has lost his leadership of Chrysalia to the protagonist with their defeat.
Yoshimoto appears as a sub enemy in Kessen III. At the start of the story, he wanted to kidnap Kicho to presumably use her as a political hostage. He forces Ieyasu to work for him by taking his wife and children hostage and makes his vassal fight the Oda during Nobunaga's subjugation in Owari. Yoshimoto leads a huge and very strong army but can be easily defeated if Nobunaga successfully completes his ambush at Okehazama. Unlike other sub enemies in the game, his death scene is humorously exaggerated.
Nobunaga's AmbitionEdit
Nobunaga no Yabou 201X Yoshimoto is a refined lord who flatly orders the protagonist and Matsuri to subjugate the UMA in Suruga. Although he appears impassive to their complaints and the danger surrounding them, Yoshimoto is an astute ruler who seeks to protect his people through efficient means. He trusts the Special Liberation Organization agents to deal with the immediate threat while he analyzes a break in the UMA formations, overlooking Hideyoshi's ties to the Oda for the greater good.
Once preparations are complete on his end, Yoshimoto personally leads his troops to strike at the core of the UMA forces. His charge opens a path for the protagonist to approach the portal directly. Yoshimoto offers to reward the protagonist for his/her efforts multiple times but is declined. He eventually compromises with a promise to always come to their assistance if he is needed.
Since the Oda and Imagawa have ironclad defenses in this universe, the UMA distort space-time to conjure the feuding Sengoku Royale Nobunaga and Yoshimoto; the UMA plan to brainwash their troops to serve them and sacrifice their leaders' souls to their master lurking in the underworld. Sengoku Royale Yoshimoto feigns his death to escape and his troops are brainwashed by an UMA Sessai impersonator. The disaster convinces him to give up on his march towards the capital and ally with his former enemies. In exchange, Yoshimoto directs his freed troops to help locate Nobunaga. He is unwilling to attack the departed Sessai's image but deals the killing blow against his UMA impostor.
Geten no HanaEdit
Though he is already dead by the time Geten no Hana takes place, Nobunaga remembers him fondly as his first step towards conquering the land. Following Yoshimoto's demise at Okehazama, Ieyasu was freed from the Imagawa's influence and was able to procure an alliance with Nobunaga at Kiyosu. Nobunaga took Yoshimoto's personal sword, Yoshimoto Tosamonji, as his own. The young lord continues to carry it on his person during the main story.
Mōri Motonari: Chikai no SanshiEdit
Yoshimoto makes a small appearance in Mouri Motonari: Chikai no Sanshi in a cutscene event for Okehazama. Relaxed and joyful at the prospect of his victory, he shares a short laugh with his retainers before he gets cut down by Oda soldiers.
Character InformationEdit
Keeping in touch with the historical footnote of his appearance, Yoshimoto was designed to resemble the typical noble of the era. He was purposely kept old-fashioned to be a visual representation of the changing times. To contrast his other Koei counterparts, Omega Force wanted to portray him with an "innocent side" for his Samurai Warriors design and character. There were efforts to make him match Nobunaga for his design in the fourth title, but these concepts were ultimately discarded. Designers wanted to make his fourth appearance seem slightly stronger than previous entries. Hayaken created his design in the fourth title.
Due to his inconsistent outfits in the first two Xtreme Legends expansions of his home series, Yoshimoto has been so far, one of the few unique characters to have different appearances in each installment of the Warriors Orochi series by the time of the games' release dates.
A high class noble who is proud of his status, Yoshimoto is an old fashioned traditionalist who thinks highly of his strength. While his first appearance depicts him as an easily angered coward, he becomes friendlier and affable to others in his following incarnations. An avid fan of kemari, he sometimes equates his life to rules of the game. Prone to dwelling in sadness if neglected, Yoshimoto is always searching to make new friends so he can have a playing partner in kemari. He believes he befriends people easily once he helps them, although his one track mind either ignores or is unresponsive to the other parties' feelings on the manner. Yoshimoto's negligence to respond to their confused or angered reactions may have him be considered dense or foolish.
Humorously, he dresses and speaks in a manner that is truest to nobles in the time period, but he is reviled or misunderstood by many characters for his "odd" mannerisms (such as his iconic "no" verbal tic used in the Japanese script). He quaintly recites poetry after each victory, which changes with each battle in his newer appearances. In his newest appearance, his insistence to fight rather unnecessarily for his jovial pursuit of kemari is what has him viewed as peculiar. Yoshimoto often leaves those he meets baffled by his mixed messages, especially Hideyoshi and Ieyasu.
Although many perceive him to be a simple fool, Yoshimoto likely has an inkling of intellect that saves him during battle. It's possible that his witless appearance is a disguise for his real abilities, but it's never clear if this is the truth or a misunderstanding from other characters. The fourth title implies he has a wiser satanic side that he may not be subconsciously aware of that also discards his usual verbal tic; this dark persona is the only time other characters visibly fear him.
Since they are bound by family ties, Shingen treats Yoshimoto with some degree of respect. Although Shingen jokes about his doubts for Yoshimoto, the latter sees their relationship as a happy one. He shares a similar level of respect to Ujiyasu, again due to their family ties. Muneshige admits his earnest admiration for Yoshitmoto's unique behavior, viewing Yoshimoto as one man who is capable of opening a clear path to the world. In the Warriors Orochi series, his behavior even bewilders the Dynasty Warriors characters excluding Yuan Shao.
Character SymbolismEdit
He's symbolized by the kanji for "costly" (貴) and "influence" (趣) for his Samurai Warriors appearance. All of his weapons in the series note his kemari being his prime weapons; the sword -if it's mentioned- is considered a minor asset. His third kemari and sword is named in honor of a conqueror. The Power variation of it names an emperor while his Speed versions don him as a holy warrior.
Yoshimoto's titles in Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends are "Lonely Buffoon", "Kemari Player", "Aristocrat", "Kemari Devotee", "Lord of Suruga", "Kemari Master", and "Tōkaidō's Finest".
Yoshimoto's fourth weapon during his debut is named after Seidō Ushichi Hōju, a decorated kemari said to have once been used by Fujiwara no Narimichi. Narimichi was a court noble of the inner court during the late Heian Period, he served under Emperor Shirakawa within the shōni rank. He was talented with horseback archery, poetry, Chinese poetry, and flute playing, but Narimichi was best known for his kemari skills. According to legend, Narimichi began to play the game when he was young and was recovering from an illness. He practiced all day, even on days when it rained, because it was his main source of entertainment. Legends claim he could kick a kemari ball to the touch the very clouds or could lightly kick a ball onto a person's shoulder without having them notice. In order to improve his skills, Narimichi made a thousand day oath to play kemari every day. Narimichi stayed true to his oath and was rewarded with a dream on the night of the last day. In this dream, he saw three monkey-like deities playing kemari. Written on the monkeys' foreheads were the words, "Ari, Yau, and Ō". These monkeys became the words that players call when playing kemari and are celebrated with festivals at Shiramine and Hirano Shrine. Later generations have dubbed Narimichi "Kemari Saint" and sometimes pray to him to improve their kicking skills in sports, such as kemari or soccer.
His fifth weapon in his debut, fourth in Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends, and his Unique weapon in the third game is named Ōkamuzumi, a deity in Japanese mythology. When Izanagi was fleeing for his life from the terrible beings within the underworld, he happened to find a giant peach tree blooming within the realm. To allude the horrors chasing him, Izanagi momentarily hid by using the tree for cover. Finding three large peaches at his feet, Izanagi threw them at his pursuers to bid them time for his escape. Ōkamuzumi became the name for the particular tree, known as a giant divine spirit of auspicious fortune. When its name is broken down into literal terms, Ōkamuzumi's name implies it is a god of surprisingly rich abundance. Because it was raised in such an accursed place, it is also thought to actually harness and feed off curses for its growth. In theory, it has stronger supernatural powers than the demons surrounding it.
Yoshimoto's fifth and sixth weapon names his kemari as "Phoenix Eye", which, in this case, is synonymous for a cannonball. The rest of the kemari's name is named after the four character Buddhist phrase, Kōmyō Henjo. The phrase embodies Amida's all encompassing light of mercy reaching to the very ends of the world. It rescues those who see it, as he will never abandon those in his need.
His unique item in the Warriors Orochi series is known as the Makura no Sōshi (lit. the Pillow Book), a personal work authored by Sei Shōnagon that due to its uniqueness despite it being of her personal bias, was unique enough to be considered literature.
Voice ActorsEdit
- Richard Cansino - Samurai Warriors (English-uncredited)
- Dan Jeannotte - Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends (English)
- Vic Mignogna - Samurai Warriors 3 (English-uncredited)
- Doug Stone - Kessen III (English-uncredited)
- Takahiro Kawachi - Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi series (Japanese)
- Hidekatsu Shibata - Kessen III (Japanese)
- Munehiro Tokita - Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power (Japanese)
- Bin Shimada - Nobunaga's Ambition Online (Japanese)
- Kōhei Fukuhara - Sengoku Pachislot Nobunaga no Yabou ~Tenka Sousei~
Live Action PerformerEdit
- Yuki Takashina - as Imyagawa Yoshimoto in Butai Nobunyaga no Yabou
- See also: Yoshimoto Imagawa/Quotes
- "Oh my! What is this! A trap? Ahh!"
- "I dunno what it is about you, but you're just hard to dislike, aren't you?"
- "I know. I suppose it's because of my superior intellect and military skill. Why do you think it is?"
- "Huh... Forget I said anything."
- ~~Sakon and Yoshimoto; Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends
- "Now I am finally the greatest kemari player of the land! Japan is safe in Nobunaga's hands, and I can now leave to see the world!"
- "Report! Lord Nobunaga has been killed at Honnōji!"
- "N, no—!"
- ~~Yoshimoto and messenger; Sengoku Musou 3: Moushouden
- "Lord Kanbei, you are indeed well versed in kemari. But playing with such a frown on your face must be hard on you. This time, I want you to enjoy yourself with a smile! Ready? Go!"
- "... Punt. Are you finished?"
- "No, no, no! I said with a cheery smile! If you just took the time... Oh my, that's hilarious! You look so funny!"
- "... What's the point if you're just going to laugh at me?"
- ~~Yoshimoto and Kanbei; Sengoku Musou 3: Empires
- "Hey, this is hardly the time to play the games, you know!"
- "Oh, don't be a ridiculous! After all, life is but a game!"
- "Hmm, I suppose I should be compassionate. He's clearly playing without a full deck."
- ~~Lu Meng and Yoshimoto; Warriors Orochi
- "Time to exterminate all of you filthy insects!"
- "Insects? Where?! Get them off, get them off!"
- ~~Dong Zhuo and Yoshimoto; Warriors Orochi 2
- "If you can master kemari, you can be just like me! Would you like to play a round, Master Yuan Shao?"
- "Now that I've played kemari, Master Imagawa, I think I understand. Your grace comes from valuing peace and harmony."
- "So you understand now, Master Yuan Shao? Kemari, at its heart, is as pure and harmonious as it is possible to be."
- ~~Yoshimoto and Yuan Shao; Warriors Orochi 3
- "Your face always looks so scary. Did something happen to upset you perhaps?"
- "No, not particularly. I am often asked that, but this is just how my face is."
- "I think everybody is terrified of that face of yours. Come play kemari with me; you'll smile for sure!"
- ~~Yoshimoto and Sterkenburg; Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate
Samurai Warriors: Xtreme LegendsEdit
Keys: | Normal Attack • | Charge Attack • | Musou • | Jump/Mount |
Ground MovesetEdit
- , (), (): Yoshimoto first kicks his kemari into the air, then balances it with his head, then chest, before kicking the ball at his targets.
- , , (), (), (): Yoshimoto slashes his enemy upward before performing a reverse fish hook kick with his kemari.
- , , , (), (), (): Slashes downward and dribbles his kemari before kicking it like a cannonball.
- , , , , (), (), (): Spirals the kemari around himself while doing spin kicks.
- , , , , , , , : Does three slashes before performing a series of five spinning slashes.
- , : A downward slash to the left.
- , : Pounds the ground with his right foot and sword.
- : Runs around while kicking a kemari ball. In his True Musou version, he ends the sequence with three spinning slashes.
Mounted MovesetEdit
- , : Swings sword to launch enemies in the air.
- , , : A harsh slice that dazes enemies.
- , , , : Balances himself, then kicks his kemari ball hitting both sides of himself.
- , , , , , , : Continuously swings his sword back and forth.
- : A running stampede with his horse.
Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme LegendsEdit
Moveset remains relatively the same except the ending charges of his normal attacks are omitted. Like the rest of the cast, his horse musou changes to a damaging stampede by his horse. He also gains a Level 3 Musou, R1 skills, and a new charge attack in the Xtreme Legends expansion.
- , , , , :(Xtreme Legends only) Balances and bounces a kemari ball on his knees before he kicks it forward. It explodes to hit multiple targets.
- : Same as before but with more range. In Level 3 Musou,fireworks appear around him. They will heavily damage foes but not kill them leaving their health in one point.
- R1 + : Picks enemies off the ground, spins around, and throws them.
- R1 + : Faints. Can be used to avoid being hit by certain attacks.
- Personal Skill : (Desperation) Attack strength increases for a short time when close to death.
- Warriors Orochi
Does not possess C5 and Level 3 Musou. He has one R1 ability.
- R1: Trips for an overhead chop. Hard to hit but can be very harmful.
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Triple Attack 1: Kicks away a piece of rubble traveling within a wide distance.
- Triple Attack 2: Drops a bomb that explodes upon contact.
- Triple Attack 3: Throws three explosive balls near the user.
Samurai Warriors 3Edit
- (Ultimate/Kaiden): Yoshimoto kicks his kenmari ball. The game freezes as the camera stops to show the power of Yoshimoto's kick. The ball flies and lands several meters away, creating a massive explosion.
- Spirit Cancel:
- Warriors Orochi 3
- R1: Regains health by playing dead.
- , R1 (Ultimate only): Launches enemies upward by kicking a fiery ball towards them.
Samurai Warriors 4Edit
Mighty strike is the same as Deadlock attack. Keeps relatively the same moveset with select changes.
- , , , , , (), ():
- : Finisher changes to him kicking a giant kemari. He hops on one foot while his foes suffer from the ball's wind velocity.
- (Ultimate/Kaidan):
- Rage Attack/Musou Gokui effect: Activates Ultimate/Kaidan Musou if is used. Performs ending pose for previous if the effect ends without activating Ultimate/Kaidan Musou.
- Awakened Skill effect (4-II only):
Hyper MovesetEdit
Fighting StyleEdit
His moveset in Warriors Orochi 2 is slow and weak although his R1 is quite powerful. Yoshimoto heavily relies on team members who can provide him with power increases.
- See also: Yoshimoto Imagawa/Weapons
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of SanadaEdit
Velvet Kemari | |||
Base Attack: | |||
Meteor | |||
Base Attack: 253 | Lightning: 85 | Fire: 75 | |
Attack Up: 81 | Attack Range: 86 | Indirect Attack: 84 | |
Underdog: 87 | Verity: 85 | Momentum: 81 | |
Luminous Kemari | |||
Base Attack: 260 | Earth: 89 | Ice: 79 | |
Attack Up: 84 | Attack Range: 89 | Indirect Attack: 87 | |
Courage: 85 | Insight: 89 | Clarity: 86 |
Rare Weapon AcquisitionEdit
- Stage: Shingen's March to the Capital - Battle of Futamata
Historical InformationEdit
- In Sengoku Angelique, Leonard acts as the Yoshimoto of the cast. His full name is "Imagawa Leonard Yoshimoto".
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By all rights, I should have looked away from Guru, but lord help me I could not. At the very least I should have stopped listening to it. The version of this Tamil language film that I watched had been subjected to the worst Hindi dubbing job imaginable -- not only on its dialog, but its songs as well. And rather than re-recording those songs from scratch, the dubbers simply pasted the caterwauling Hindi vocals (Asha Bhosle being obviously outside the price range) over the original musical tracks, substituting, for the duration of the sung portions only, a sort of drum machine and Casio-on-factory-settings karaoke approximation of their more lush, live orchestration. It was not good.
At the same time, Guru offers a lot of the searingly colorful grotesquerie and carnivalesque thrill-jockeying that I've come to hope for in action films from India's regional cinema. And this despite the film actually being a pretty close remake of Jugnu, Dharmendra's solidly middling Hindi thriller from 1973. It even borrows the same footage from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, as well as some footage from Jugnu itself. More importantly, we get an appearance by what is probably Jugnu's most thrilling feature, the Jugnu-Mobile, although here it is the Guru-Mobile, thanks to the fact that Guru is, in this version, the name of the altruistic bandit played by our leading man, Tamil superstar Kamal Hassan.
But alongside these familiar elements, Guru makes an effort to establish itself as its own odd breed of beast. In addition to Kamal Hassan's courageous thief with a conscience, we're also presented with a pink-clad superhero -- seemingly also named Guru, although obviously played by a different actor -- who strikes terror into the hearts of evildoers through flamboyant and impractical displays of gymnastics (which, as in Gymkata, are entirely dependent upon those evildoers' surroundings being equipped with the appropriate equipment, such as parallel bars). This Super Guru announces himself via the hurling of a small metal statue of what appears to be a pigeon covered with flashing colored lights -- a practice that I imagine would quickly become prohibitively expensive, kind of like giving everyone you meet a Kindle.
Sadly, once introduced, this magnificent creature is never to be seen again. But Guru has plenty of other gaudy and baffling visual stimuli in store for us -- some of them courtesy of its Hindi inspiration and some all of its own fevered machinations. Mirroring Jugnu, the monolithically pompadoured "Boss" wears on his arm something that looks like an oversized cocktail shaker, and which extrudes all manner of deadly pointy things on command. On the romance front, Sridevi essays the role played by Hema Malini in the original, and when Kamal Hassan first lays eyes upon her, it is in a picnic setting where she is amusing a group of female friends by blasting the words "I love you" into a giant paper heart with a revolver. Do I want to know what this means? Probably not. Nor do I need any further explication of the scene in which Kamal Hassan and Sridevi antagonistically serenade one another while she flies a helicopter and he buzzes her in a light plane.
The cycle of reciprocal remaking between Bollywood and its regional counterparts was and remains a not uncommon practice, with Telegu and Tamil hits frequently being remade for the Hindi market and Hindi films also getting the regional treatment. Then, apparently, those Tamil and Telegu remakes have sometimes been dubbed so that Hindi audiences could enjoy cheaper, idiosyncratic regional interpretations of films they'd already seen in their own language, though this time with all of the music and dialog ruined. Truly, in the condition I watched it, Guru was just one pink superhero away from being completely unwatchable, but sometimes it's the pink superheroes that make all the difference.


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There was no shortage of advice for the lad. Every punter in the gallery, even those in green and gold, would not have wished a repeat of the pre-lunch flogging administered to Simon Kerrigan. Pitch it up, son, bowl to your field and let fate take care of the rest.
Few would have known much about him before his selection. Whirling away in county cricket's second tier for Lancashire commands the attention of only a tiny priesthood. A quick browse of Google would have told the Oval audience of a young bowler of some potency, 47 first-class wickets. And from Preston, too. There is a precedent for talented tyros from that precinct making something of Test cricket given an opportunity.
That said, Andrew Flintoff stood 6ft 5in, bowled at 90mph and, when his eye was in, could make a mess of anybody's figures. Kerrigan is the anti-Freddie, short in stature and slow of arm, and on the evidence of his first day in Test cricket, somewhat short of the required standard.
Alastair Cook threw him the ball 90 minutes into the first session. His first over went for 10, his second for 18, Shane Watson carting him around the park as if he were bowling with a tennis ball.
He was perhaps not helped by what had gone before. Chris Woakes justified his selection as bowling batsman by sending down boundary balls that would contribute nicely to the big total he might later be asked to chase. Watson has had an indifferent summer, an indifferent three years even, spacing 48 innings between centuries. But of county bowling he is brutally intolerant and in that first spell at least Woakes looked anything but a first-change Test seamer.
Kerrigan looked anything but a cricketer, full stop. Test cricket is not an audition. England could not be blamed for giving him the nod. His elevation came via the county circuit and Lions representation. He was in the slot. You wonder after this if he will ever recover. He was not risked again until 10 minutes before tea. It cannot have been easy for him patrolling the boundary in embarrassed solitude, the confidence of the captain and his team-mates gone. It was certainly painful to witness.
Once the England hierarchy had seen in this pitch the potential for spin, Kerrigan's selection determined the compromise inclusion of Woakes, who in theory at least would balance the omission of Jonny Bairstow and support the seam attack. As it turned out England gained neither the second spinner for which they had hoped nor a third seamer of much potency. Perhaps Woakes will smack a daddy ton when he bats to make good the decision-making of his superiors.
The opening burst aside, in which Jimmy Anderson took the wicket of David Warner to move alongside Bob Willis on 325 Test wickets, second in the all-time England list, the first session was all Australia, or rather all Watson. While his team-mates struggled to time the ball, Watson demonstrated the layered nature of Test cricket, a game that evolves at different levels of competence depending on which actor is on the stage.
While Watson was giving a command performance, openers Chris Rogers and Warner and skipper Michael Clarke scratched and fiddled unconvincingly against the established members of England's attack.
Watson was seemingly feeding off the aggressive posture of coach Darren Lehmann, who filled the news bulletins before kick-off with a burst of poorly judged if fiery bluster aimed at demonising Stuart Broad.
Lehmann did not hold back in labelling Broad a cheat for his failure to walk at Nottingham, and urged Australians everywhere to give him hell when he sets foot Down Under in October. Funny how things work out. Half an hour into the afternoon session, with Watson eight balls short of his century, Broad crowned him with a snorter of a delivery behind the left ear.
As Watson recoiled on all fours, Lehmann's unthinking and inflammatory rhetoric acquired an unpleasant odour, for it allowed the link to be made between his words and Broad's actions, even if the bowler were not necessarily thinking of ramming them down Watson's throat.
After treatment, Watson resumed his feet and his composure to rattle off the big score his aggressive approach deserved. Sore ear aside, he will not have it easier. Apart from a sharp chance to Graeme Swann on 32 and an edge to Cook off Anderson on 104, he was untroubled.
The unfortunate Kerrigan was meat and drink, of course. His bowling map looked like the work of Jackson Pollock, a splodge of colour representing the erratic spray of balls sent down. One delivery, a slow, looping full-toss, was played around his ears by Steven Smith. His third spell 45 minutes after tea lasted a full four overs and included an appeal for lbw. Like him, poor kid, it was never on. His eight overs went for 53 runs. That is T20 cricket.
And so, through a radical selection policy England unwittingly provided Australia with the platform they required to post a much-needed win. It has been an odd series, England standing three Tests to the good yet in only one have they dominated. At Old Trafford Australia were denied by the English weather, not her cricketers. They were only 14 runs the wrong side of the result at Trent Bridge and until Broad triggered that magic spell at Durham, victory did not look beyond Australia.
England have prospered by engineering match-winning moments in key passages of play. It may be too early to claim that status for Kevin Pietersen's diving catch on the deep backward square boundary to dismiss Watson as the shadows spread across The Kia Oval, but it undeniably lifted spirits at the end of a long day. The ball came flat as a pancake and would have been a blur in the fading light. Pietersen could have read a book in the outfield so little was his involvement in the game; then, boom, out went his hand and Watson was on his way.


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4:40 (approx): Parade Review, White House
Live streaming: C-Span * CBS * CNN
Love this!
8:45: Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball
9:10: The Inaugural Ball
This is a glorious and just refreshing breath of beautifulness in our nation with POB as our beautiful leader.HZ
Wow, I have never been this close to being first…what a truly amazing day 🙂
Chips, are you able to get a break as well and take some great favorites snacks? I hope so. You are giving us so much beauty. (((((((((((((( We Love You and Thank You So Much))))))))))))))))HZ
Does that 'splain why iPad packed up just as I needed to go and fix something for lunch? I was so afraid I had broken TOD when I posted that email link from VPB! As a result, had to shut down for quite a while. And to my dismay, all the local stations went back to news and regular programming. No eff'ing wonder I do not watch television. Hoping they resume coverage for the balls!
Yeah, I can read TOD. my twitter has crashed, and the TV had an emergency test, but there are the Beautiful First Couple, out of the limo again. Did you see how thick those doors are? Joe Biden is having a great time. 🙂
Malia and Sasha Obama have handled the last 4 years with such grace and maturity beyond their years. They really are a shining example of their parents' values.
Look there were too many people on there anywhere. Let some of them scatter, it'll be back shortly. 😈
Donna, it was Dudette – I'd usually blame VC, but she's innocent this time.
You'd better proclaim my innocence! You have NO idea how difficult a time I'm having trying to keep my eyes open. I'm actually not sure how much longer I can stay upright.
Chips Chica, I am unbelievably tired, with literally red, red eyes , but floating on air at the same time! I had an awesome, awesome emotional experience this morning listening to my President 'up close' and personal, and I am a pretty even-keeled person. Really no words, CC!!. I will try tomorrow, though.
VC I'm so glad you got to witness that once in a lifetime experience. He was so spectacular today. Go take a nap and then get back here and tell us all about it.
Once in a lifetime it truly was, and YOU have to intuit what it really means to me. Taking a nap is the 'plan' ,DD, but every time my eyes close I pry them open because this is the first thing I've caught live WITH TOD since my arrival. Of course the fact I'm too weary to comment defeats my intent but I'm somewhat stubborn.
PICTURES? There were no pictures mentioned in the fine print of the conditions of acceptance! 😯
He sure isn't Bob. He has the energy of a man half of his age and would be tireless should he choose to run n 2016. There's an effervescence about him that comes to life among a lot of people–a true extrovert.
Yep. He's not going anywhere. Hillary's gonna have to come through him, if she wants that job.
When Joe was asked by a reporter right after he cast his vote if that would be the last time he would be voting for himself he said something like never say never.
This is too cute:
Katy Perry Channels Aretha Franklin at Inauguration
Switched to the inaugural site to watch the parade on line. All of the major networks and PBS have ended their coverage.
It looks like we will have another parade in the dark.
Dear Chips, a huge thank you for this inaugural excursion. You have demonstrated that distance no longer means exclusion. You are wonderfully amazing.
Michelle made sure that a heater was placed in the review box. This is why people are taking off their coats.
Parade crowd shouting Fired Up, Ready to Go! PBO gave them the thumbs up.
Love it..They chanting "Fired Up Ready To go"…What a special moment! chocked up.
The kids are adorable. They all whipped out their devices.
The crowd began chanting Fired Up Ready To Go and POTUS and FLOTUS joined them.
Let's get a little econmic stimulus going: Anybody know what kind of gum the President chews?
I should have said gadgets for I have no idea what those things are…..they're smarter than me 😀
PBO and Miche had to make kissy faces 4 times for Sasha to get a good photo of them!!
It was so much fun to watch this First Family just be normal for a few minutes there.
Sasha made her parents kiss three or four times to get the picure just right.
And before that, Malia put her camera phone up to snap a pic of her Mom. Then her
Mom leaned over to see it.
It felt like my family. So sweet.
So with the armed forces passing the reviewing stand, cookemom hears for the 23,489,681,879,156,498 time, tales of cookeman's years in the Air Force and having to march to school, and to salute the base commander in the reviewing stand every Wednesday. Fond memories I'm sure, but I know how the story ends, cause here we are 41 years later.
😆 😆 Well, obviously it is a story you like, CM 😉 because you have listened for close to 23,489,681,879,156,500 times!
The things a cookemom has to do……and I try to look as interested to hear it now as I did the very first time I heard it. Actually, I'm getting quite good at it.
There you go! You've become so terrific at it Mr. Cookeman tries hard to ensure your happiness by retelling it JUST for you – thoughtful man!
What a Momentous Day for our Country and the World. I am so thankful to be alive to experience! Since the President's reelection, I have had such a calm come over me and I plan to celebrate everyday of his second term because I don't think that I'll get to experience this again in my lifetime.
Chips, you are Phenomenal! Thank you for your relentless energy and for all that you provided her today. Everyday is a magnificent day on TOD, but today, this day, you have outdone yourself. THANK YOU PROFUSELY. XOXO!
Get it Mr. President! He is INTO that Drum Corps! Just rockin'! 😀
This is GREAT!!
Just lost CNN International…. will find another live feed online, thanks to Ms Chips!
Chips! Trying to keep up with you is like SS trying to keep up with our VP. You're on a roll. Wonderful pix. Wonderful day.
Hey Chips and all my friends here on TOD!!!! I have been crying all day! What a lovely day we have had. I had to work for 16 hours and missed most of the celebration, but I have recorded it all and will watch it later. The whole wonderful family looks freaking amazing!!!! FLOTUS looks so classy, the President could not have looked anymore handsome, and the girls looked like little princesses! Love it, love it love it! Can't wait for tonight and FLOTUS's gorgeous gown! Just dropped in to say hello, and say once again how blessed we are to have this wonderful site. THANK YOU CHIPS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!! I will never be able to say that enough! What a wonderful day!
So sorry you had to work. Glad you got it recoreded. It has been a very emotional day. PBOs speech was one for the ages.
I saw some of it as I was going in out and out of rooms passing out medications. I was so happy, dancing and singing and smiling, making my patients happy!!!! It is an amazing day! I can't wait to hear all of his speech.
I finally go to watch it, and it was amazing. Thank you for the heads-up!!! Be blessed!
Had to step away for a little and missed so much. Finally sorta caught up. Will have to go back later. And did we ever solve the mystery of who broke the twitter? LOL
This is fantastic. I have never, ever, have seen anything like this. People were yelling their lungs out just to get close and acknowledge getting a glimpse of our First Family.
South Shore Drill Team. My granddaughter belonged before she moved from Illinois. Wonderful community group of dedicated parents and outreach organization. They have won many accolades and recognitions.
I saw a segment from Ill TV last week about the south shore drill team practicing and all excited but they were short the funds needed to make the trip. By a lot. They kept practicing and never faltered in the believe that they would make it.
I am so very happy to see them there today.
can it be possible that this inauguration is more moving, more inspiring, more personal than four years ago? I am so glad I stayed home to savor every minute. I cannot yet find the words to give voice to how I feel.
PBO has made a point of citizenship since his acceptance speech at the DNC and he did so again today. This is word that must be our battle cry, for battles are ahead.
My senator Mark Kirk is back, and my representative Luis Guttierez, can be flaky. So I must make my voice heard and become part of the force that my President has asked of me.
I am just overwhelmed today by this great man, his great family, his great administration, and this great moment in history.
I agree this day is very different from last one. This one we know what we have to do and the President gave a speech for the ages.
Yes, this day is different from four years ago, but no less wonderful. This time I noticed the calm and ease the president has. He's been through the fire, he KNOWS what to do, what can be done and how to do it. He has triumphed over unreasonable opposition, and come out on top. He also knows We The People are with him, and together we have power.
Last time we were coming up from the horrible nightmare of GWB's eight years, and were euphoric. We didn't realize what WE had to do, now we do. We are more mature in our expectations and hopes, and more realistic about what needs to be done. There is a much deeper satisfaction this time, and deep thanksgiving.
57, I know just how you feel about being overwhelmed. Today, we saw a mature PBO, with great accomplishments behind him, step up with confidence and the assurance that he was moving this great ship of state in the direction he intended. From the beginning it has always been about empowering Americans to embrace their role as citizens. He taught us all how to work to work as citizens to elect him as president. Now he's charging us to do something even harder–be good citizens every day, year in and year out, so we can shape an America that works for all of us, not just the plutocrats. That's why he said gun safety legislation would only happen if people wanted it to. We have the power and he's asking us to use it.
Chris Matthews says PBO said this to him at the Al Smith dinner after the 1st debate: "Calm down. I got this!"
Howard Fineman asked Chris if he'd ever said that on the air. Chris says "No, well, I guess I just did."
Damn straight Mr. President!
Holy crap is PBO trying out some latin swing? too cute. Hey cue tweety, quick
The tapestry of our country. I love seeing it on full display at our presidential inauguration. Speaks to the inclusiveness that many are feeling.
Yep that crowd looked huge. I heard there were predictions by the pundits of less than 800K. They will never understand how much PBO is loved!!!
The Chinese American dancers are so cute. All of the bands and dancers have been strutting their stuff!
Really love all these groups saying 'yes we are American, but we honor our cultures too'. Shows the melting pot that we are. Different ethnicities, religions, colors. The thing that holds us all together is our believe that there is a place for us all here. Something the GOP seems hell bent on destroying.
I'm like a little kid at a parade, just sitting here smiling away. Marching bands and then a glimpse at my beautiful president and then another proud marching band and then another glimpse of my great president enjoying each entry. Fun!
bah ha ha Dudette we must've answered at the same time. We sound like the Doublemint Twins. 🙂
You know you've got it bad when you are timing your bathroom breaks so that you don't miss one moment of all things Obama today.
My best friend is going to one of the balls tonight – they are in a bar watching the parade and going to go up to their room to get ready soon. How much fun is that? They were both very instrumental in working on PBO's campaign in Virginia!!
Crowd going wild for Mass infantry. Wonder how the confederates are feeling this?
Guys!! Check out this AWESOME pic of Sasha and Malia! I've never seen them like this. Normally in photos, they are touching/ hugging their parents. This is such a sweet pic!
I just had to go and check wikipedia about the crowds at both of GWB's inguarations. Both times the crowds were under 400,000. What a difference.
A perfect example of our leader. He will not walk in fear. Thank goodness for our President.
Good ole Jonathan Alter, freaking out because PBO is part of the America grain now. Yuck Yuck 😆 Howard Feinstien said Beyonce looked American. Well, I guess they're getting use to a Black President and Black people's existence!!!
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." – Martin Luther King, Jr.


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Hill, who gave the Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha team their first victory in some 14 months, could hardly believe his good fortune in the opener - he was running third as the Airwaves Ducati team-mates Haslam and Lavilla dictated terms.
Lavilla took the lead on the penultimate lap but then Haslam made a daring attempt to regain the advantage at Park Corner next time around. In the end both riders ran wide, on to the grass.
"I had nowhere to go. My bike was on the outside when Leon pushed through and across me - we both went straight on, across the grass and were very lucky not to crash," Lavilla said.
Glen Richards took third place for Hawk Kawasaki, ahead of Karl Harris, Ryuichi Kiyonari and Haslam, with Rutter, complaining of a lack of rear grip back in eighth.
Haslam, starting from pole, led the second race, with Lavilla moving into second place and running less than half a second down.
"I could have tried to pass, but it would have been risky," he said.
Rutter crashed out of fourth place at Chris Curve as his HM Plant Honda team-mate Kiyonari overcame Hill to take third place.
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Overheard during choir practice:
"As long as you continue to sin by playing in that rock band you cannot sing in the choir. It's your choice, not ours."
Overheard in church on any Sunday morning:
"Do you SEE what she's wearing? How disrespectful! She looks like a tramp. Thank God she sits in the back."
Overheard in a toy store during the Christmas shopping season:
"Whaddya mean that's the last Super Barbi? Look, you idiotic clerk! ! I stood in line 3 hours for that @#$&* damn doll!"
Overheard in a restaurant:
"I said I wanted my dressing on the side. Take this salad back and get me another one. Oh, by the way. I have a coupon."
Overheard one afternoon in a bank:
"I'm sorry you've been laid off, sir. But that's not our problem. If you can't make your payment by the end of business today we will be forced to take legal action."
Overheard at a neighborhood association meeting:
"Children are not allowed to play in the street and we don't want the liability of playgrounds. If you have kids then you should've moved somewhere else."
Overheard at a White House cabinet meeting:
"We estimate that there will be some civilian casualties. But we feel these are acceptable losses in light of our national interests."
Overheard on the television:
"I believe that the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans…I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they are — were recipients of the judgment of God for that.."
"AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of Pharaoh's charioteers …
Overheard at an insurance company claims meeting:
"Hey look at this. According to these medical records the claimant had a prescription for blood pressure medicine back in the eighties. Since he never told us about it we have a legal excuse to refuse his claim."
Overheard one day during rush hour:
You moron! Get your fat a** outa my way!"
Overheard in the human resources department of a garment factory:
"Look. We need to hire more people. Some of the current employees are getting over 35 hours and benefits kick in at 38. We can't afford that. Let 'em fight for shifts."
Overheard in a Christian Book Store:
"No ma'am. We don't carry any Catholic books. That's not a religion, that's a cult."
Overheard in a rock-and-roll bar:
"Yeah, I think Geddy Lee has it all over Jon Anderson, too. Hey, can I buy you another beer?"
Perceptions. Brent and Buddy have been talking about them on their blogs. It seems that a lot of Christians perceive some places, activities and even people as being more 'sinful' than others: Bars, nightclubs, R-rated movies, rock and roll concerts….God forbid if you should belong to a rock and roll band that plays in bars! But why should Christians avoid these places and people? Is it about the demon rum? Bad language? The animal sensuality of the rock and roll rhythm? Is it because places like bars and concerts are full of 'sinners', so obviously engaged in 'sinful' behavior that we might be led astray?
I wonder if these are really representative of the 'world' that Christians should have no part of. Perhaps, while the Church was distracted by other 'sinners', it missed how much an integral part of the 'world' it has become.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving are Madd at Jesus
Posted by O C Boyet in Civil Rights, Culture, Current Events, FUNNY STUFF, Jesus, Justice, Morality, News and Current Events, Prohibition, Religion, Wine on August 21, 2008
That's right. It has been reported that Jesus of Nazareth, at a wedding in Cana, did knowingly and willfully provide alcoholic beverages to children UNDER THE AGE OF 21!!!!
As reported by the Jerusalem Examiner:
It was alleged that the bride herself was only around 13 or 14 years of age, and although the groom sported a full beard he wasn't a day over 18. This did not deter Jesus and his mother Mary (listed as an accomplice) from providing double the amount of wine intended for the feast, which some say was a deliberate intent to encourage 'binge' drinking.
The Palestine chapter of MADD is asking that Jesus be brought up on charges but it is believed that the local Roman magistrate will dismiss the complaint as being a tad hysterical. No evidence can be found that Jesus actually purchased any wine near the time of the wedding.
Last week a 17 year old Judean boy was injured when his camel tossed him into the side of a date palm just two blocks from the site of the wedding. Centurions on the scene suspected that he had been drinking and he was given a breath test. Failing this (the camel fainted), he was ordered to gargle with lemon juice, vinegar and mint. His wife and four children suffered only minor injuries.
The instances of wine induced camel and donkey accidents among young people in the region around Jerusalem is said to be on the rise. New legislation is in the works to make it illegal for camels and donkeys to consume alcohol.
Seriously though. Recently a large group of university deans and presidents have asked that the legal drinking age be lowered, under the assumption that this will help reduce alcohol abuse on campus. Their arguments actually make a lot of sense.
But the only argument I need is this one: if you are old enough to get married, old enough to vote and old enough to die for your country then you are old enough to drink. I know 50 year olds who shouldn't be allowed near a bottle of Bud – age does not always equate with maturity or the lack there of.
Europeans, who have don't have the Puritanical baggage we are saddled with, don't have this problem with teen alcohol abuse. They never made alcohol into a forbidden and, therefor, very attractive taboo. Their coming of age parties are not built around getting 'wasted' because to the European kid it's just another…food.
Anyway, Jesus didn't have a problem sharing a glass of wine or two with young people. Not that it makes any difference to me. I was more than happy to allow my 19 year old daughter to enjoy a Mike's Hard Lemonade on our family beach picnic the other day. Quite civilized, really, if not quite legal.
Good Bread and Wine
Posted by O C Boyet in Christianity, Church, Cuisine, Culinary Arts, Culture, Jesus, Prohibition, Religion, Spirituality, Wine on October 16, 2007
For the past couple of weeks in class the kids and I have been learning how to bake bread. Although I have spent over half my life working with all kinds of food I have shied away from baking. It looked just too complicated, all those different steps involved, all the precise temperatures and measurements. I've always been a lazy cook and baking just looked like too much work.
Well, I was happy to find out just how easy it is to make good bread. Like most anything else, all you really need is the right equipment, good ingredients and the patience to learn from your mistakes. The first couple of attempts at making a good German rye would have looked more at home stacked next to a Howitzer instead of inside a wicker basket. The Italian bread turned out pretty good the first time we pulled it from the oven and today we finally produced what is an excellent, chewy and very flavorful seeded two pound rye.
It's so cool to see how the yeast takes the dough and turns it into something that is literally alive and breathing–before you sacrifice it to the ovens. There are some other foods that serve as hosts for these or other little creatures, resulting in some delicious eating. Cheeses are the most common, some of them sporting visible molds. Then there are the fermented meats and cabbages – sauerkraut, kimchee, some pickles; but many of these are 'acquired tastes'. But everyone loves bread.
Of course alcoholic beverages are also made by little living organisms as they encounter and thrive upon the natural harvest of the earth. Fermentation in its various forms is responsible for all the beer, wine, whiskeys, vodkas, rums, cordials and fortified drinks that are made. Some of them will even display the telltale effervescence of their active work.
I guess that it is possible that Jesus did not intentionally choose to use bread and wine for the Eucharist. After all, these two ingredients were common staples of the Palestinian people. It was pretty much a given that these two items would be found on the table. Wine was often cut with water, to enhance the dubious qualities of both the water and the wine, but good wine (like Jesus was famous for) was usually served at special occasions. Although we often hear of Jewish unleavened bread, risen dough was also baked and consumed. There were other foods served at the Last Supper, but Jesus used only these two to remind us of his living sacrifice.
I don't think it was any accident that Jesus turned to bread and wine when looking for a metaphor for his death and resurrection. It's also no accident that these two foods were served at Jewish holidays. Both bread and wine are the two naturally occurring miracles of the food world. Left alone, both crushed wheat and crushed grapes will invite in living creatures that change both hosts into bread and wine. This is why moistened flour will eventually start to rise on it's own as it receives the yeast floating in through the kitchen window. Grapes (and many other fruits) will always ferment – in fact, grape juice is more of an 'artificial' beverage than Pepsi. Man must work hard to prevent grape juice from turning into wine.
Wheat, crushed, mixed with water and in communion with live yeast grows to become a bread ready to be baked. Grapes, crushed, it's juices communing with live yeast, turns to wine ready to be drunk. Both bread, wine and yeast work together to become so much more than the sum of their parts. Perhaps we are like the yeast, encountering Christ's blood and broken body, being taken in and then taking him in to ourselves, we work together with others to raise up his Church. Broken bread and poured out wine, shared by those who remember Jesus as the creator of grass and vines, giving himself to be broken and poured out for our sins – this is what we know as Communion.
What a great gift. Wouldn't it be nice if, the next time we shared communion, that we served some really good, fresh baked bread? And maybe some good, inexpensive red jug wine? Instead of paper wafers, little cubes of Wonder Bread, Welches grape juice and Christian Brother's Cream Sherry? Something maybe a bit more aesthetic, a bit more authentic, maybe a bit more…tasty? Instead of little medicine cups perhaps we could try intinction or -what the heck?!- take a risk and share the cup! (We can always offer grape juice for those who cannot or would prefer not to partake of wine.) Perhaps bringing wine back into some Protestant services would cause too much arguing – I don't know. But there is no reason not to serve some good bread. Jesus chose food for a reason. He probably enjoyed good food. I don't think it would be too hard for us to give the elements of this meal the respect that they deserve.
And now that I can bake…..
The Architects of Fear (Our Drug Prohibitionists)
Posted by O C Boyet in Civil Rights, Culture, Drug Legalization, Fascism, Justice, Life, Morality, News and Current Events, Prohibition, Sin, Social and Politics, War on Drugs on August 25, 2007
There is an old "Outer Limits" episode called "The Architects of Fear" in which some scientists decide on taking drastic measures in an attempt to prevent the Cold War from erupting into nuclear holocaust. They choose one of their own, played by Robert Culp, to undergo an experimental genetic mutation that results in his transformation into a hideous alien being. A crash landing of his 'space ship' near the UN is staged , the idea being that he would then engage in such mischief as to create a world wide panic over alien invasion. This would hopefully encourage the warring factions to put aside their differences and unite behind one common cause; the defense of the Earth.This is not a novel idea, but merely a creative Sci-Fi spin on what demagogues and tyrants have known for so very long; It is much easier to control your subjects by giving them a common enemy than it is to maintain a constantly high level of coercion and oppression. People throughout history have proven themselves to be easy pawns at the hands of master propagandists.
The Jewish Holocaust during World War II is the classic example at how unwitting dupes can be conditioned to perpetrate atrocities, just so long as the trains run on time. Many of the Nazi's may have actually believed their imbecilic theories of a master race and the sub humanity of the Jews, but plenty of them (Albert Speer for one) felt that it was an unfortunate but necessary situation, expedient for the success of the German state. Though this despicable period in history is perhaps the nadir of 'civilization' it is certainly not unique.
Thank God this kind of thing can't happen in America. But of course it can happen and it has happened. American power brokers, both private and political, have used the xenophobic tendencies of our citizens to justify stealing land from the Native American nations while simultaneously increasing their own power base. Many a politician was able to capitalize on the racial bigotry of white Americans as well as the mindless fear brought on by ignorance and propaganda, to advance their own agendas.
"But we are more enlightened now and it is obvious that these examples of fascist demagoguery are far behind us. " I would disagree. For years now there has been a class of people that have generated such fear among our populace that our police forces have been encouraged to grow dramatically (especially the secret police), that writs of habeas corpus have been suspended and we have willingly sacrificed our protections against unlawful search and seizure. Mandatory and draconian punishments have been eagerly pursued and implemented and even convicted children are imprisoned for many years with no chance of parole. Who are these dangerous people?
In spite of the obvious excesses of the neo-Orwellian "Office of Homeland Security", I am not talking about Islamic fundamentalists. No, these much more sinister people do not belong to an easily identifiable religion or political group nor do they consist of any singular ethnicity. They can be found at all levels of society, in all cities and towns and in most neighborhoods. In fact, I think some of these subversives may be my best friends!
I am talking about Dopers. Heads. Stoners. Tokers. Pot Heads. Kids and adults who either occasionally or regularly partake of cannabis to enjoy a sensation that is pleasurable, not unlike that of alcohol but with much more humility, much less violence and much less hangover.
Since the 'War on Drugs' there are more cops on the street, more people in prison and much more crime in our cities. Our country more closely resembles a police state than the old Warsaw Pact nations do. We have 19 year old kids doing mandatory 10 year sentences with no chance of parole because they were caught with LSD. Not guns, not knives, not low yield nuclear weapons. Acid.
We have parents who have had their cars seized and impounded by the local sheriff's department because there was a joint found within. These legally stolen cars have proven to be a financial windfall for the state. What a great incentive for additional low risk police work!
There are more anti-drug laws on the books in the USA than there are in Holland yet our per capita drug consumption is higher. (As is our violent crime rate). We have even blithely ignored international law and invaded countries because of the excuse that they are exporters of illegal narcotics. Well then, what's stopping us from attacking Canada?
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. (Lao-Tzu)
I don't want to clutter things up right now with too many examples of government excess in fighting this conjured up and hyped up "War on Drugs". Check out what the (very conservative) Cato institute has to say instead:
…or this article by Larry Levine: http://www.cedro-uva.org/lib/levine.secret.html
But I would suggest this; after all these years we still have this prohibition on drugs, this attempt to legislate morality, this 'tyro-anarchy', because it benefits people in power. It allows the government, both local and Federal , to consolidate power, to deprive people of due process, to ensure continued lucrative employment and to provide a scapegoat for social injustice that allows our self righteous citizenry to dodge their responsibility. As we sit back on a Sunday afternoon, enjoying our Budweisers and gin'n'tonics we can feel safe knowing that our tax dollars are at work providing today's Elliott Ness with the means of protecting us from the likes of….Spikoli? From Ridgemont High? Makes me feel much safer, dude.
History has taught us that prohibition does not work. Unfortunately there are too many piglets fighting for their place at one of the many anti- drug enforcement teats to ever expect this country to come to their senses.
"Scarecrows and magic and other fatal fears do not bring people closer together. There is no magic substitute for soft caring and hard work, for self-respect and mutual love. If we can learn this from the mistake these frightened men made, then their mistake will not have been merely grotesque. It will have been at least a lesson—a lesson at last to be learned'
(from the closing narration; "The Architects of Fear")


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Chaos on the inside.
January 05, 2012
Taking on the Chaos Inside my Pantry
I think 2012 is officially starting off with a big organization boom!!
So many bloggers are posting about purging junk and cleaning out closets.
What's your biggest problem area right now??
I have to admit that I'm kind of OCD about keeping things junk-free.
Well, as OCD as one can be living with two boys in the house.
And a dog. And two cats.
So it's all relative, right?
I try to purge things out on a weekly basis but things just pile up.
What's that about?
One of the spaces in my house that has been bugging me for a while is our pantry.
Remember when I showed you my cute pantry doors that I redid??
Well that was all fine and dandy to look at as long as you didn't open the doors.
Pretty harlequin pattern on the outside.
Chaos on the inside.
Chaos on the inside.
So our pantry is pretty much the only space we have to store food.
We have a couple cabinets that store all the baking necessities but all our other cabinets are hard at work storing everyday kitchen supplies.
So our pantry gets stuffed.
I guess we just need to get to it.
So here's what we're working with:
So it's not the worst thing ever.
It just needs a little help.
First things first, the shelves were in sad, sad shape.
We painted them when we first moved in with the same chocolate brown from our bedroom and didn't seal them with anything.
So they were scratched to bits.
(You like the 'dried fruits' box that has cookies in it? Best dried fruit ever. Lol)
See our poor shelves?
I still like the chocolate brown against the walls so I pulled all the shelves out to repaint and seal them.
Then I got to looking at those 'white' walls...
...and decided that they were more of an 'off-white' now a days than anything.
Not happening.
So I got some white high-gloss paint and put a quick coat on the walls.
Then I returned to those lovely shelves...
I decided to go ahead and paint the under-side of them as well since it always drove me crazy to lean down and see that ugliness.
And yes.
I'm crazy.
Because I just painted them in my kitchen.
On my counters.
But everyone survived and you can't even tell that I was there :)
(It was cold outside, guys!!)
Once the several coats of brown had dried, I layered on some spray lacquer.
I adore that stuff.
It has a pretty gloss to it and is super durable.
Though the smell could probably kill you if you don't watch out!
So here are my pretty brown shelves (and now white walls) drying.
It's amazing what just a fresh coat of paint can do!
While all that dried, I decided I had to add some cute-ness to it.
C'mon guys, you knew that was coming.
I cut the word 'pantry' from brown vinyl but ran out when it came to adding some brackets to the end.
Luckily, vinyl is totally spraypaintable (!!) and so I colored them yellow :)
Then I peeled them off and stuck 'em on :)
I love the punch of personality it adds.
I had to put it pretty close to the top because the top shelf holds cereal and they would cover all the prettiness up!
And of course, I have to include a shot with my blue walls!
I'm glad I painted those shelves brown two years ago- I think they're the perfect color to add in there.
See that yellow shelf in there?
Totally a locker shelf from middle school. Yup. I'm awesome.
It was a birght crazy green so I made it yellow too.
Then I got distracted by watching "The Help" with my mom (amazing movie!)
and we were left with this mess overnight...
And I got even more distracted by shopping this morning so I finally dragged myself in there to finish putting everything up this afternoon :)
Here comes the fun part.
Because everyone loves labels right?
And it only takes four quick steps!!
1. Create labels on an editing program (I used My Memories Suite!) and print out.
2. Find some chipboard shapes to use as backing. Or you could use cardboard too.
3. Cut and adhere scrapbook paper onto the shape and then adhere your label. I used some sticky squares to put them on.
4. Ink the edges to help them pop a little when they're on the containers.
I used my hot glue gun to attach them to my baskets in the pantry.
I sorted all my food first though just to make sure I knew what was going in each container.
I had all the bins on hand from places like the Dollar store and Target's Dollar Spot.
I love that I found my blue and white!
And here we go...
a very full but very organized Pantry for 2012!!!
My favorite part is having everything I need for little man's lunches in one place.
It's always a scavenger hunt to piece his lunches together but now they're all corraled together for easy packing!So you know my whole theory that if I prettied up my laundry closet that I might actually want to do laundry?
Well maybe that theory didn't work out so well.
Though I still love looking at my laundry closet.
Maybe the theory will pan out for putting groceries away.
We shall see.
A quick before and after of all the craziness:
Like I said,
it's not earth-shattering.
I didn't knock down walls or stencil some amazing masterpiece...
but it's organized.
It's pretty.
And most importantly, it works.
Just keeping it real :)
What spaces are on your list to tackle in your house??
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