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Published: 2006-02-27 07:34:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 2313; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 56
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Series: Samurai Deeper KyoTranslation: "Eyes not Needed"
When I found out that Akira blinded himself in order to become stronger (>.O ...it makes sense, trust me!), I knew I'd eventually have to do a doujin concerning it. In essence, Akira willingly sacrificed all the beauty of the visible world in order to gain an edge over his opponents, relying on "reading" them with his other senses. Add to the fact he was already reasonably intelligent, he learned to deduce emotions even outside of battle.
But what really struck me about this situation is how quickly Akira rises to justify his course of action, when he's otherwise very close-mouthed about himself. In volume 14, Bontenmaru remarks how easy it is to forget that Akira is blind, as he always seems to know where he's going. Stung, Akira replies, "I have no need for eyes. There is little in this world that I care to see." He smiles bitterly while Yuya gives him a sympathetic, wondering look.
(When drawing this, the random thought of "What Akira really needs is a hug... or therapy. Looooots of therapy" popped into my head. Which then led to me think about what a Shiseiten group therapy session would be like... [>.<] *falls off chair*)
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Comments: 50
how do you all do it? I try and try, again and again, but I never fix it!
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depends - what program are you using?
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well, all i can say is search for tutorials and play around - i taught myself using PS 6.
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Thanks. Well. I'll try, and maby I'll be good at it afterwards.
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This is sooo awesomely gorgeoooooooooouuuuuuuus~ 
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Akira is so freaking awesom! It's too bad he dies by Hotaru in the series though..... Hataru was my fave though, over all. >_<; Faving it, definetly.
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Ah, no he doesn't! Akira lives both in the manga and the anime! 
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xD! Really? I thought Hotaru killed'em when they were at Kyo's body.. Or somthing. LOL I'm un-informed.. >>; How many episodes are there in the series?
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26. But I normally pretend the anime doens't exist, since it did such a gad-awful job of following the manga. Which rocks. Totally.
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SWEET. LOL Wow, >>; Manga's better? Duuuude, I better buy it. x] I don't really get the story.. From the Anime, because it never really explains it well, either that or I'm just an idiot, lmao! Well, yeah.
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No, the anime has no plot, so it's perfectly understandable that you didn't get it. BUY MANGA! (This public service statement has been issued by sylva-nee-sama. Thank you.
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xDD Yeah, I agree. But some parts are cool, like when Hotaru and Kyo were fighting, that's the only part I like basicly. xD AND YES! I shall buy the manga.. Mehehe..
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Trust me, it's better in the manga, ESPECIALLY the fight scenes!
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SWEET! Now I'm definetly buyin' it. >>;
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Akira is so freaking awesom! It's too bad he dies by Hotaru in the series though..... Hataru was my fave though, over all. >_<; Faving it, definetly.
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when they said this in the manga, I never imagined it that way....... I mean I should've, I dunno why I didn't.. ^^ I'm probably just a retard..
*Likes Akira even more :hear:*
Beautiful pic BTW..
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Thankies - and I put waaaaaaay too much thought into what Akira says/does (especially when it concerns Yuya! *^.^*), so don't feel like you missed something. I'm just glad my fanart conveys the idea!
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oooooh... i really love it, yes, i remember that, he sacrifice his eyes.., I really love your version, the pic is wonderfull 
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I based it off some manga images of young akira - geez, talk about your traumatzing life episodes... (~_~) Thanks for the fave!
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the pic is wonderfull, poor Akira..., and that is on the original manga? i want read that part, well, i read what they talk about his sacrifice, but not look how happens.. 
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The specifics don't come out until volume 34 or so, unfortunately... [>.<] I just wanna huggle the poor boy.
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Very nice! I really like Akira's hair and clothes in your pic. ^^
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Heh heh, thanks for saying so, love. (*^.^*) Me likey his hair too. *scampers off to play with Akira's hair*
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i love the gesture! NO!! you are turning me into a Akira fan~~ X3
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... and there's a reason you wouldn't be in the first place? (*~.^*) Actually, my little sister despises Akira for some reason, so I know there are people out there who actually aren't fans. :shock:
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Oh wow, you did a wonderful job with the emotion in this one. And I thought it was really sad when Akira said there wasn't anything he wanted to see in this world, either. I kept wondering if Yuya might be the one thing he really would WANT to see.
And I'm all for therapy. Lots of it, and toss in a roll in the hay with Yuya, since apparantly the poor boy REALLY needs that, too.
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The boy's solidly in denial - what great fic-fare, ne? that's why I loved zuki-nee-sama's "I Would Never Hurt You" so much (which, incidentally, also converted me to being a hard-core Akira x Yuya shipper). Ooooo, oooo, now I have to do another fanart about him wanting to see (Yuya)! [>.<] Damn me and my incessant fangirling!
Hay-rolling = therapy? Definitely, in Akira-kun's case! (*^.^*) Thanks for the fave!
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Denial is too weak a word for what he's in. And like you, "I Would Never Hurt You" turned me into the hardcore AxY shipper I am today. 
*snicker* Oh yeah, as long as it's not in actual hay. Speaking as someone who has had a lot of experiance with hay in general (not in THAT way, I help load and unload haybales), it's not the most ideal bed for "that" particular activity. Ouch.
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... having gotten hay in my pants during a wrestling match with my little sister, I concur wholeheartedly. [>.<]
Oh, and damn you for giving me so many ideas!
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Painful, isn't it? I've got scars from moving haybales all over my arms and legs. Thankfully they never last long, but for a while I look like I cut myself on purpose.
BWAHAHAHAHA! You're welcome!
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I forgot to say: I'm head over heels in love with this picture. I can't stop staring at it!
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Akira = love, especially when bloody or angsting (or being snorky, or getting teased, or..)
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And your lovely art now graces my desktop, so I can stare at this lovely piece of art all the time.
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Amen to that. Especially when he's bloody, shows us his half uncovered chest and shoulder with all the scars.
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Oooo very nice, I really love the way his hair and his robes turned out. They almost have a life-like quality to them. 
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Yay, life-like! i've been trying to get that effect for a while! w00t!
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Oooh this is going to be a favourite, definitely! I love this picture and it's definitely one to see with full viewing! I love how the fabric of the kimono fades and you see lil Akira-kun's legs through it.
It's really sad isn't it, how Akira says there's little in the world he'd like to see. What about a beautiful senset or sunrise? Or a beautiful waterfall? I want to give him a very big hug.
I wouldn't want to be the shrink the Shiseiten tell their stories to, really. *imagines a picture of Akari laying in the shrink couch and telling her story*
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I wanted some symbollism in there: even though akira's turned his back on his past, it's still a part of him, faded in somewhere. And YES, so much angst about the blinding - that's why I'm always hesitant to write fanfic from his POV, I've never experienced any such loss myself.
And dude - if anyone actaully wrote that Shiseiten therapy scene into fanfic... I would bear their children for them.
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If I thought myself capable of writing said fanfic I would.
The most terrifying thing for me is when it's dark, it's raining and I'm on a dark road and cars come heading towards me with their big headlights. Then I'm seriously blind. And to be honest: that shares the shit out of me. So I can't imagine what it's like for him to not be able to see anything. I've written Akira's POV before, but then I focus mostly on his other senses.
And everytime I write about him I wonder if he really is happy with that he can't see a thing. I always wonder if there isn't something that he'd still like to see.
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I personally beleive that's why he got so snippy in vol 14 - he has to tell himself that there's nothing he wants to see, otherwise he might start to regret.
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I like to think that too. Good to know I'm not the only one who thinks that. That's why I thought it was so great he opened his eyes during his battle with Tokito. I don't know everything that's going down in that battle, because I've only read summaries. But I would love to read the whole thing once it gets translated into English.
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You and me both, sister. (*^.^*)
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