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Takina Inoue is a member of a government-sponsored all-female task force of assassins and spies made up of young orphaned girls known as "Lycoris", an undercover group named after the flower who eliminate criminals and terrorists in Tokyo while disguised as high school students to maintain peace in Japan, with roots in a fictional pre-Meiji group named "Higanbana".
Human-faced dogs mentioned in Japanese urban legends. Jishin-namazu A giant catfish dwelling beneath the earth, near the kaname-ishi, the rock that holds down the Japanese archipelago, which causes earthquakes and tsunamis when it moves, despite being restrained by Takemikazuchi. It was blamed during the Ansei earthquake and tsunami. [citation ...
Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. [ 1 ]
Chisato Nishikigi (Japanese: 錦木 千束, Hepburn: Nishikigi Chisato) is one of the two main characters of the Japanese anime television series Lycoris Recoil, created by Spider Lily and Asaura. She is depicted in the series as the most skilled agent among the Lycoris, a group of trained young female agents working for the secretive ...
Kurumi (クルミ), a character in the anime Lycoris Recoil ; Kurumi Ebisuzawa (惠飛須沢 胡桃), a character in the anime Gakkou Gurashi; Kurumi (胡桃), a character in the manga Needless; Kurumi (くるみ), the titular character of the manga Steel Angel Kurumi; Kurumi Akino (秋野来実), the protagonist of the shōjo manga Haou Airen
Kusunoki Masashige (楠木 正成, 1294 – 4 July 1336) was a Japanese military commander and samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal loyal samurai. Kusunoki fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore power in Japan to the Imperial Court .
Lycoris is a Greek word which means "twilight". Other uses include: Lycoris, a genus of family Amaryllidaceae; Lycoris, a character of .hack the multimedia franchise; Lycoris (company), a software company, acquired by Mandriva in 2005; Lycoris Black, a character from the Harry Potter novels
There are several stories regarding how the Furutsubaki-no-rei was born. One story tells of a great tree that looked past over a village well hidden inside the forest. The tree grew beautiful flowers alongside those around it for many decades. One day, a young man found the tree and plucked one of its flowers, due to its magnificent beauty.