The amount of plant representation in this franchise has considerably increased with the release of the DVDs and KyoAni’s latest spring campaign, so it seems more than appropriate to make this kind of post right now. This post has been bettered thanks to @bowcrazy. Most of the symbolisms refers to individual characters, so I’ve separated them by the official character line-up order.
Writers’ Notes: For our first major post, four members of our team have come together to talk about two of our favorite things: Tsurune boys and flower meanings! Spreads of the Tsurune mains with flowers in the backgrounds have been released with each DVD set, so we’ve decided to take a deeper look into each of the flower meanings and how they might relate to each character. The flowers were identified based on both our own investigation and the Japanese fandom’s identifications. However, some of the identifications were a bit iffy, so we decided to analyze both possible flowers to cover all our bases.
Japanese flower language, or hanakotoba, is Japan’s system of symbolic meanings. Hanakotoba predates the Victorian Era, long before the western world had begun to create their own definitions for flowers. The meaning of flowers can get more specific and change depending on the color and the exact (sub)species. We’ll be listing both western definitions and Japanese definitions in order to provide a compare and contrast, especially since some flowers can contain very different definitions depending on the culture (although any intended meanings are likely the Japanese interpretations due to the source material being Japanese). Please note that none of our contributors are experts in floriography, so while we did our best to research there may be some inaccuracies, especially with identifying specific strains of flowers.
Those who gathered in the old castle uttered their feelings at the time of the rainy day. The story of the resolve and determination of soldiers spun by Rain.
Tiktok influencers being invited to the Oscar’s and to the Cannes festival when my mutuals and I are single-handedly keeping the art of cinema alive with our blogging…
