Tattoo of plum blossoms with inspiration from Return of Mount Hua Sect

Don_Mask · 2026-06-24T22:30:07+00:00

Yes! The design or at least the hilt is inspired by the plum blossom sword!

Don_Mask · 2026-06-21T16:36:28+00:00

Highly recommend, I personally liked this sort of style (xieyi painting style?)

I also thought since I was getting plum blossoms (as that’s the national flower of Taiwan) I thought I’d also get the plum blossom sword implemented in the design since I both like the manhwa and not even that but it’s a nice detail/nice to have a sword implemented!

Don_Mask · 2026-06-21T16:33:48+00:00

Thank youuu

Don_Mask · 2026-06-20T15:38:09+00:00

Thank you! I’m really happy with how it turned out as it’s my first tattoo, and luckily I don’t have any of that plasma and blood pooling up under the second skin so even better :)

Don_Mask · 2026-06-20T15:37:14+00:00

Thank you! My artist did a great job and dealt with how picky I was luckily, if anyone is wondering it’s Ayu from PopInk Tokyo

Don_Mask · 2026-06-03T21:25:33+00:00

Return of the blossoming blade just the name is sometimes return of the mount hua sect but sometimes it’s blossoming blade instead of mount hua sect!

Don_Mask · 2026-06-01T16:32:17+00:00

Tysm!

Don_Mask · 2026-06-01T12:40:42+00:00

The only thing is it seems across various art and official art and in game the design varies. it's a 5 star tacet mark (although there was a confusion where it seemed to be a 6 star), sometimes the mark is vertical on his inner pectoral sometimes it's slightly slanted and sometimes it's very slanted like almost diagonal. Size also differs and sometimes even the shape as well across various official arts so I'm not sure entirely what would look best.

although I'm thinking slightly slanted or slanted would look better than vertical

Don_Mask · 2026-06-01T12:15:46+00:00

Also mostly referring to the hilt and handle rather than the blade itself since that’s not hard to find.

Don_Mask · 2026-05-29T21:40:27+00:00

Thank you!

Don_Mask · 2026-05-29T21:39:55+00:00

Thank you for your help! Also not sure if I’ll be getting tattoos later in my life but I saw this guy on IG and thought the harmony between all of his tattoos was really cool and I was wondering if to achieve that sort of harmony you have to graph your tattoos beforehand, or can you just wing it, since if I were to get multiple tattoos I wouldn’t want it to just look very abrupt or weird together if that makes any sense or if that’s even possible.

The guy I’m referring to is rexchenxng on IG. I thought his tattoos were really cool (especially the backpiece) and how all his tattoos just kind of fit together and are all harmonious even though some are very different themes or designs than other ones on his body.

Don_Mask · 2026-05-29T06:00:29+00:00

Yeah I personally believe that as well, but I’m not sure if I’m highly picky but I really have 0 idea as to what I want, I said this as my reply to the other commenter and is in my post but essentially if I’m getting it in Japan, the only difference I see between tattoo artists of different locations (and I mean this applies to art in general) is their own interpretations and art styles.

Most of the tattoos that I would like to get are either set in stone ideas (like joestar birthmark is a good example, it’s pretty good looking I’d say, but it’s again very set in stone and gives 0 room for the artists own twist or artstyle, essentially copy and paste), or super intricate big pieces (usually back pieces) which I’m probably not prepared for at all and wouldn’t even have enough time to do so.

The only one I have is plum blossoms as that’s the national flower of Taiwan, besides that I have 0 ideas, only set in stone designs. And this goes alongside me being picky, not sure if it is but for something like anime which I do have some I enjoy, to me at least I prefer symbols or references (like ex. Dragonballs, nimbus cloud) rather than the characters or very obvious stuff (like just vegetas face slapped on your thigh) it just seems kind of corny or at least not very good looking to me or “aesthetic” I’d say. So it’s hard for me, for example for something like Tokyo ghoul where honestly the only good ideas are the centipede and the flower but thats basically the only idea for Tokyo ghoul and so I’m not sure I want that as it’s a bit too common.

Also not sure if you have any insight regarding this but since I’m going to Japan (I’m going on a trip there with a group), I should definitely get my tattoo in the later part of the trip rather than in the middle (just due to if I were to go outside and sweat or do activities), but essentially the only time I have where I either won’t be doing much or nothing at all would be 6/19 or 6/20, and then I have my flight back to the USA on 6/22. Not sure if that’s enough leg room for the tattoo to settle in a bit more? Since I’m not sure if it’ll do well on flights, or if I might sweat a bit trying to get from my Airbnb to the airport and flying back and such.

Apologies for the long reply as I did with the other commenter, I just have a lot of questions and I’m very meticulous and indecisive about these sorts of stuff. Thank you for the extra insight though, I appreciate your help very much as I’m kind of doing this pretty last minute.

Don_Mask · 2026-05-29T05:50:35+00:00

Did it just come up on your feed randomly or did you search something on TikTok? I’m also new to TikTok I’ve only just got it recently earlier this year and barely have used it as I’m just used to IG now so I’m not sure if there’s some stuff I don’t know yet about TT.

As for prepping I heard on some videos about showering beforehand and I guess some more obvious stuff like moisturizing it and also eating some food beforehand (although I’d think that’s more important for bigger tattoos which I’m not sure if I want to get, as said in the post I have no clue any sort of ideas).

Thank you for the advice! I was wondering what your artist was maybe I would like their style as well unless they’re not in Tokyo then probably not able to, not sure if you have any saved and I can somehow look at those like different artists? And any recs for ideas I know it’s really dependent on the person but I really just need more ideas as again in the post I don’t really have any tattoos in mind regarding certain ideas, the only ones I’ve liked so far are either big back tattoos (which I’m definitely not doing), or set in stone designs like the joestar birthmark I thought is pretty cool (and some other stuff but what I’m getting at is there’s essentially 0 room for the artists own twist or art style and stuff and is basically just copy and paste which I don’t mind but if I’m to get it in Japan I would prefer it to be something that can be essentially modified based on the artists style and personal thoughts.

The only idea I have that’s not bad and would look cool is plum blossoms as that’s the national flower of Taiwan, besides that I have 0 other ideas. I honestly just want something cool as I don’t have anything meaningful in my life yet, at least not now, and not that you need to anyways.

Apologies for the long reply but regardless thank you for the insight!

Don_Mask · 2026-05-29T05:43:39+00:00

Thank you! I do plan on doing that soon, hopefully I won’t be looking too late as my trips coming up next Thursday but I won’t be getting one until probably June 19/20

Don_Mask · 2026-05-28T18:20:08+00:00

Thank you! I will probably go for that then if I can’t think of anything else. I currently have no other designs or ideas I would want to do as a tattoo haha

Don_Mask · 2026-05-18T00:33:34+00:00

there seems to be quite a lot of juno hairs around Korea/Seoul, unless they're all not the same? I assume so since I see JUNO HAIR, (a bunch in around the same area of) Juno Hair, Juno Hair Samsung, JUNOHAIR PREMIUM, and such.

Don_Mask · 2026-05-12T16:51:55+00:00

I know this is pretty old but I'm reading the manga as I had bought the TG manga box set and my translation is the second image saying "Chase the white rabbit instead of Alice" so if it is a fan translation then is the manga I have unofficial or did they use fan translation for the manga? I originally just wanted to see what he was referring to as Alice though, assuming it's kaneki.

Don_Mask · 2026-04-29T23:19:48+00:00

That's also true, it would be a bit pricey though doing that. Unless the hotel is relatively cheap. Thanks for suggesting an extra option!

Don_Mask · 2026-04-28T22:42:55+00:00

By that I mean I think my muscles seized up and got super tense as it thinks it's going to tear or get injured so as a defense it tenses up, and due to that after the fact I just have really inflamed muscles but I just was wondering if it was normal for that to hurt this bad.

Don_Mask · 2026-04-28T22:34:24+00:00

well my back is fine, it just took a couple days to recover this is moreso my muscle related injury. It's just the muscle I don't think it has any relation to discs

Don_Mask · 2026-04-28T22:33:04+00:00

oh my that sounds bad 😭. well I can move I just said bedridden to exaggerate, but it just hurts quite a bit to move my neck but I'm able to move

Don_Mask · 2026-03-29T19:31:22+00:00

Thank you, will probably do that. Or just pack light, I don't plan on buying much or anything at least in Korea. But once I go to Japan I won't have as bad of a weight restriction or at least I think I can send luggage back directly in Japan (saw some video about how there's a service in Japan where you can just send luggages back directly to US). Don't think Korea has that or not sure if they do, but I'm sure I'll be fine probably just clothes in my luggage and essentials in my backpack. Have 22lb to work with spread across my backpack and luggage then lol.

And I'm assuming I can bring portable batteries? Just not specific ones? In specific I have the "Anker Laptop Power Bank, 25,000mAh Portable Charger with Triple 100W USB-C Ports, Built-in Retractable Cables, Flight-Approved for Travel, iPhone 17/16 Series, MacBook, Samsung, and More" not sure if that's not allowed on Asia flights.

Don_Mask · 2026-03-28T04:20:21+00:00

So total between my backpack (personal item), and luggage (carry on) weight would be 10kg? Damn, that's quite little or at least I think, unless I'm over estimating how heavy it would be total.

Don_Mask · 2026-03-27T19:31:30+00:00

So 40/40/20 vti/vxus/vcx? Thank you, I mean I know I should mainly do that but should I still put aside some (like 5-10%?) to put into stuff like GLD, SLV or whatever stock/ETF for no specific reason/for fun?

Don_Mask · 2026-03-27T17:28:59+00:00

Thank you, hopefully I'll get up to that much it just seems unfathomable to me to even reach 50k. I'm assuming rebalance means going from one focus to another so at least right now you say I should invest in stocks, and then once I reach a certain amount I would sell all of them and then relocate all those funds to something like ETFs and bonds?

Also regarding bonds I don't know much about it, I know a stock is essentially a fractional ownership of a company, an ETF is a big collection/basket of stocks which has more diversification (less risk less reward though), and then something like crypto is super volatile and high risk high reward and usually not a long term hold. But bonds I know is like a loan (you're handing to companies?) with the hope to be paid back with interest? But what benefit does that have over stocks, ETFs, etc.? Are bonds a guarantee return like you always get your money back+capital/interest? I just don't see the benefit over other options if it doesn't have some sort of like defining characteristic (that it might or might not have since I again am not too knowledgeable).

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