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![A drawn photograph of "Batch Three" (the last set of children born from Umetarō's spouses) in their teens, which includes Tatsu [right, he/him] and Hiroshi [left, he/him]. They are "posing" for the camera in their school uniforms, as it is their first day of secondary school. This posing looks more like a candid photo, as Hiroshi is leaning his head against a palm (as though he has a headache) and Tatsu has his gloved fist up to his face as he holds an elbow.
Tatsu is wearing an orange kimono, black hakama, and a blue obi with a band and clip on it. He is also wearing black gloves, to keep himself from biting his fingers. Hiroshi is wearing a simple blue Ru garment with pulled cuffs with black hakama.
There is text (and a bit of art) scribbled on pieces of tape put onto the fake photo, in a magenta ink. The statements on the image are less in-depth than the others, with the comments only coming from Nami, Ichigo, and Ren. Tatsu's half of the image is written in Japanese, whereas Hiroshi's half is written in Chinese.
Nami says "Tape... cool", with a drawing of him putting a thumb up; Ichigo says "Eeeeeh, good luck Tatsu-kun", with a drawing of them with a small smile. For Tatsu, Ren writes "scary...", with a drawing of her looking neutrally with a hand to her face; for Hiroshi, she writes "good luck, little brother", with a drawing of her putting a thumbs up with a pinched-face smile.
Other pieces of tape are slapped onto the fake photo. Pain lines come out from Hiroshi's back, a heart hovers over Hiroshi's head, and an angry vein mark sits right next to Tatsu's head.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gngzhvjt3ard6wbrt45xi6ww/bafkreibmyngmrhoz6lu2rwq7onhktym7eoinv7y237keqedtu5knbeduam@jpeg)
![A drawn photograph of "Batch Two" (the second set of children born from Umetarō's spouses) in their teens, which includes Ren [back, she/her] and Hana [front, she/her]. They are posing for the camera in their school uniforms, as it is their first day of secondary school.
Hana is dressed in an orange kimono, blue under-kimono, and an obi with a red sash. She is sat in her wheelchair, belt across her lower body to keep it stable, one hand on a wheel. Ren stands behind her, dressed in a blue kimono, round-rimmed glasses, and with a bag over her shoulder. From her bag hangs little character charms of her favorite pop group.
There is text (and a bit of art) scribbled on the fake photo in a magenta ink. No spoons to grab the text word-for-word, but the right side of the image has words for Ren written in Chinese. Her fùmŭ is telling her to have a good day at school, and to watch on her little sister (to which Ren responds "okay, Fùmŭ"); Nami writes "Don't die", which Ren responds with "I appreciate you". Hiroshi writes "be careful", which Ren responds with "ok" surrounded with a heart.
The left side is written for Hana: it is full of Japanese writing from Ichigo, Kiri, and Nami, as well as a small thing written by Tatsu and an affirming thing written by Ren. The former three tell her "good luck", but Nami ends his in "bachan" to tease her. Tiny chibis show Ichigo holding a thumb up with a soft smile, Kiri holding a thumb up with a pinched kitty face, and Nami drawing his cocky side-eyeing face with a tongue out. I can't recall what Tatsu is saying (but it's distinct from every other word on the page), but the hearted statement from Ren says "so, let's go!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gngzhvjt3ard6wbrt45xi6ww/bafkreiavohwyit5v7hrrvynntipjpgqhliv5tju5d7hqemu25c6glzhqlq@jpeg)
![A drawn photograph of "Batch One" (the first children born from Umetarō's three spouses) in their teens, which includes Ichigo [back, they/them*], Kiri [right, she/he/they], and Nami [left, he/they]. They are posing for the camera in their school uniforms, as it is their first day of secondary school.
Ichigo is wearing a white outer-kimono, blue inner-kimono, and orange hakama; Nami is wearing a blue haori, orange kimono, and black legged-hakama; and Kiri is wearing blue legged-hakama and an orange jeogori.
There is text scribbled on the fake photo in a magenta ink. Henohenomoheji-style self-portraits are drawn next to their written names in Kanji. Whereas Ichigo's is in full hiragana, Nami and Kiri's are in katakana-- in reference to the fact that they're mixed.
Kiri's self-portrait has ク characters for her layered hairstyle, テs for her eyes, a モ for the nose and a フ for the mouth: written out, it would be called a "kukukukutetemofukuku". Below her name and self-portrait, Nami writes: 「オンちゃん、何 だ よ。」 with a disappointed face. Below that, Kiri responds: 「何 か。オレ ガ コワイ。」 with a star-eyed kitty face.
Ichigo's self-portrait has り characters for their bangs, のs for their eyes, a し for the nose, and a く for the mouth: written out, it would be called a "rinonoshikuri". Below their self-portrait, Kiri writes: 「かわいい♡」, replacing the period with a heart. Ichigo responds: 「どうも、おんちゃん。」
Nami's self-portrait also has リ characters for his own bangs, but they're very long. He uses a ロ for his mouth and topknot, マs for his eyes, and a ム for the nose. Written out, it would be a "riromamamurori". He proclaims proudly under his name, 「ボク ガ スゴイ ダ。」, to which Ichigo replies next to it, 「そう、そう。」](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gngzhvjt3ard6wbrt45xi6ww/bafkreihh6n4coenlrlmnjetoggjqiqokckfmrocp5xcbqpoprychanpbkm@jpeg)
![A drawing of Kiri's oyaji and his three wives. There are text boxes above each of their heads, which list their given name, height, and family name, with their names written in their indigenous scripts.
Umetarō [162cm, family name Iwasaki, house head] is a coded-Japanese man with light-brown skin, black hair and eyes, and a beard with sideburns. He is fat, and is sat on the ground in his kimono. Despite looking forwards, he is having a conversation with his second spouse.
Chihiro [162cm, family name Yamada], sitting to his left, is a coded-Japanese femme with light-brown skin and black hair and eyes. She is wearing a combination of kimono and hakama, and has her hair down and messy. They sit cross-legged (and armed) on the floor as they look over to Na-rae.
Xiānlì [174cm, family name Zhōu, listed (though now inaccurate) courtesy name Zĭshēn)], knelt behind Umetarō with their hands on his shoulders, is a coded-Chinese genderfluid person, with tan skin and black hair and eyes. They are dressed in masculine hanfu, with their hair in a topknot. They're looking at Chihiro with a grin.
Na-rae [165cm, family name Gwan], sat to Umetarō's right, is a coded-Korean woman with pale skin and black eyes and hair. She is plus-sized and is dressed in hanbok, with her hair in a braided chignon pinned in place by chopsticks. She smiles at Chihiro slightly.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gngzhvjt3ard6wbrt45xi6ww/bafkreidzrpqrdbqvi5lavbfku5ks4tekxhkmgcnumfbyfck4j4r5uvllju@jpeg)
![Alt text: an illustration of the Iwasaki siblings. Above each of their heads is their birth order, Taitō name, that name's kanji, their height, and a transliteration of their name. At the bottom of the image, it says: "Iwasaki-Yamada [岩崎-山田], Iwasaki-Kwan [岩崎-管], and Iwasaki-Shū [岩崎-周]".
Starting from the left of the image:
Ichigo, first-born, 173cm, dressed in a white kosode and red hakama. Their long hair is down, with bangs on each side of their head. They look to their left as they grasp their own wrist.
Hana, fifth-born, 168cm, dressed in a green kimono and metallic earrings. Her hair is up in a bun, which is wrapped in a ribbon and pinned by two metal chopsticks. She is looking to her left, annoyed, with crossed arms.
Tatsu, sixth-born, 160cm, dressed in an orange kimono, and black-striped orange haori. He has a fist up next to his face as he looks to his right with a pressed brow. His hair is short and sweeps left.
Kiri, second-born, 171cm. Daeseom-eo transliteration of name: An'gae. Daeseom name: Ga-eul. She is dressed in a blue kimono, a silver medallion holding her obi together. Her hand is behind an ear, and she looks to the left with a smirk. Her hair is short and whorls clockwise.
Nami, third-born, 153cm, with half of his name highlighted to signify the Taitō name, as his Dàdăo name is two characters. Dàdăo name: Língbō. Courtesy name: Shòucháo. He is dressed in a dark-blue kimono, white hakama, black haori. He has a hand up to his face, and looks at the viewer as if questioning. His hair is short and sweeps right.
Ren, fourth-born, 163cm. Dàdăo name: Lián. She is dressed in purple kimono, and is gripping her fingers in front of herself. Her hair is half-up, half-down, with bangs in the front. She stares neutrally forwards.
Hiroshi, seventh-born, 174cm. Dàdăo name: Yáng. Courtesy name: Zĭxiáng. He is dressed in yellow kimono with a black obi. His hair is buzzed, his face is pinched, and he looks to his left as he holds his shoulder in pain.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gngzhvjt3ard6wbrt45xi6ww/bafkreibfwlglxici67blu2pdzf4x3lnlprum76nk33tsm6hltcivmfnbnu@jpeg)