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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024)

Why can't I find this anywhere-

Sooo, this is a strip Himaruya made for a dounjinshi anthology back in 2008, called The World of Hetalia Exhibition Commemoration Anthology: Premium (世界のヘタリア展記念アンソロジー ぷれみあむ！). It's about France and England arguing over who invented condoms, and it popped up in my mind again after coming across that post about Japan and Greece having potentially had sex (because this strip also ends with Greece). I couldn't find it anywhere and I started wondering if it was just a fever dream I had, but actually it does exist! I only found this page though, and the post I took it from said the source was Hetarchives (which is also where I read it many years ago) ... Except now I just cannot find it. I don't know where to look ;-;

Does anyone happen to have a link or something..? :/

EDIT. I forgot to mention, the strip itself was titled I Want to Press Various Things Onto You (お前に色々おしつけたい。).

堂島 大吾, Dōjima Daigo

Type: Traditional

Features: Fudo Myo-oh wreathed in cleansing flames 

Fudo Myo-oh - The manifestation of the Dainichi Buddha, who seeks to use his fury and angry expression to frighten people into following the Buddhist teachings. There are two designs for Fudo Myo-o, one where his eyes are both wide open and one where he has one eye closed. Both eye being open represents the nation’s spiritual protection, while one eye closed (as with Daigo’s tattoo) represents personal protection. He represents the luminescent wisdom of Buddhism, protects the Buddhist teachings, removes all obstacles to enlightenment, and forces evil to surrender. He is depicted carrying his sword “Kurikara” the demon-subjugating sword, a rope for restraining demons, and seated (sometimes on a rock) to represent his immovable faith.

Fudo Myo-oh’s sword and the dragon wound around the blade are both named “Kurikara.” They reference a story in which Fudo Myo-oh fights a demon who transformed itself into a sword. Fudo Myo-oh also turned himself into a sword to continue the battle, and when Fudo Myo-oh still can not win the battle he turns himself into a dragon and engulfs the sword with flames, defeating the demon. Kurikara is said to hold the knowledge of the swordfighting arts, which it will share with the worthy.

Flames - Fudo Myo-oh’s flaming aura represents the purification of the mind by the burning away of all material desires. Flames also represent passion, energy, desire, and movement

Natalie.mu’s Website (12/28/18)☆

Finally got to this! It’s the color pages Himaruya did for the introduction of the “Get the World” event Kitayume Anthology Hetalian! This had been posted on livejournal back in 2009, but the images were photos, so I got a copy of the book to scan. It’s a huge doujinshi by the way. Along with this, the other pages Himaruya contributed to the doujinshi were the “German Simulator” strips that were published in volume one.

Translation: goatbit (lj post), losthitsu Typesetting: jammerlea

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