Airy [F]airy Easter of Sant'Ariccia--------->Spain: Cadiz The Winning of Cales

I know. I know. I know. Easter passed. But I am going to finish this anyway. 

A. Airy [F]airy Easter of Sant'Ariccia

Summary: This was a visual novel by the publisher/developer Roccoworks. ( They
may be out of business as their web page was archived.) Now before I continue, I
do want to say that this work was an eroge- it isn’t kid friendly- so if you want to
check it out please be warned. This story was about a character named Elmo
Costa who was a Tuesday Gravekeeper. A gravekeeper was a person who kept
days from being stolen- though how a day was stolen, I’m not sure. He took over
the job when his father disappeared and so was probably looking for clues to his
disappearance. And finally, it seems that Elmo was also romancing some of the
village girls
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/AiryairyEaster_of_Sant'Ariccia
https://vndb.org/v2671

Commentary: I chose this because the story took place during an Easter Festival.

Connections: I would prefer something a little more substantial, but I do have to work with what I have. In this story there was a character named Monika Lang.
 

She was a wandering street performer commonly seen with a donkey and monkey. I believe she may be related to the Zack Lang of her world which would be the double of the Zack Lang in Stephen King’s 11/22/63. Why him? Because they have some similarities. They both traveled and I have a feeling that both dealt with interdimensional, timey wimey issues. Monika Lang was interested in the original gravekeeper of Tuesday and Zack Lang was a guardian of time portal.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11/22/63

1.  11/22/63

Summary: This novel was written by Stephen King. It was about a man named Jake Epping.
When we first meet him, he was teaching a GED class for a little extra money. During this
class, he met a man named Henry Dunning. Henry told Jake about his traumatic past
and it touched Jake. The two men became good friends. The reason that this was important was
because a couple of years later, Jake was given a chance to go back in time. And the first thing
he planned to do with this chance?? He tried to fix his friend's life. After that, well, he moved on and
began trying to save JFK. At the end of the story, Jake learn that meddling with time can come with
a price.

Commentary: I chose this story because there was a section where some of the characters discussed
Easter. Lee stated that “we don’t celebrate Easter. We’re atheists.” And his friend
Mohrenschildt responded with “That’s why we celebrate the Easter Bunny.” (For a reminder,
I’m quoting Stephen King's book. King, Stephen. 11/22/63. United Kingdom,
Scribner, 2011.)

Connection: In the story, they refer to a character named Mark Anderson. He was described as
being a surgeon. For this blog, I am saying that he was distantly related to Anastasia Club’s Anna
Anderson aka Anastasia.

I chose her because she lived in the United States nearly Charlottesville (she met someone in
that city). So, there was a chance one of her kids could have moved to Texas where Mark
Anderson lived.

2. Anastasia Club

Summary: This manga was written by Saitou Chiho and published by Shogakukan. It’s about a girl
named Tsubaki Kamui who ran an antique shop left to her by grandfather upon his death. One day
a man named Sena Takuto showed up with an artifact that he needed appraised. Sena was trying to prove
that he descended from the Romanov family.

https://myanimelist.net/manga/5968/Anastasia_Club

https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=169

Commentary: I chose this manga because they searched for the Romanov Easter Eggs aka
Faberge eggs. And yes, this was a real thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanov_Tercentenary_(Faberg%C3%A9_egg)

Connection:  The Romanov family was related to the English monarchy. One of the ways we know this was because the
youngest Romanov prince suffered with hemophilia as did quitea few of the English monarchy.

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilia_in_European_royalty

While this article was talking about the current British Royal family, the family were ancestors of Good
Queen Bess aka Elizabeth I through James I down to Queen Victoria The reason I bring her up because she had an affair with the Doctor.

And this was mentioned in the fan series Doctor Who and the Plague of Secrets.

3. Doctor Who and the Plague of Spirits

Summary: This was a fan film by a group that called themselves Sauchen Studios.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11106168/  Their films could be found on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAnsMVyiTvKIFLtyEku6qpw In the movie, mysterious plague
doctors infect Amy. The Doctor, Amy, and Rory search for an object that could stop the plague doctors
and save Amy. Unfortunately, a sinister third party was also looking for that object too.

Commentary: I chose this because the Doctor gave Amy an Easter chocolate.

Connection:


Continuing with Good Queen Bess, we also know that she was related to Queen Victoria
of the Victorian Age. Queen Victoria’s butlers show up in the Black Butler manga series.




4. Black Butler

Summary: This manga series was written by Yana Toboso and produced by Square Enix. It was about a
boy named Ciel Phantomhive who fought crimes. Ciel had a secondary goal, though. He wanted to get
revenge on those who killed his parents. To do this, he made a deal with a demon named Sebastian
who was disguised as his butler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Butler

Commentary: I chose this manga because they have a volume where they celebrate Easter.

Connection: Demons, like Sebastian, were the most common footsoldier of Satan (Lucifer, the Devil,
etc). A possible coworker of Sebastian's would be Mephisto from Faust. The version of Faust that I
chose was Osamu Tezuka's Faust. Mephisto was the demon that tempted Faust.

I think he was in this picture. He was described as being an anthropomorphic black dog.....

5. Faust

Summary: This manga was an adaptation of Goethe's Faust written by Osamu Tezuka. In the story,
the demon Mephisto tempted Faust with eternal life. Faust accepted because he was looking for something
he was unable to find. The only caveat to this deal was that when Faust found what he was looking for, when
his desire was met, Mephisto won his soul. Maybe.

Commentary: The reason that I chose this was because there was mention of an Easter festival. I could find no images, but there were a couple sentences written about it in this article

http://tezukainenglish.com/wp/?page_id=10896

Connection: Mephisto wasn't the only demon running around the fictional world. Another demon was Sytry.

He was found in the manga Makai Ouji Devils and Realist. Not only were there demons, but the main
character, William Twining, was the Elector. 

This meant that he was the one that selected the replacement for Lucifer while Lucifer went on vacation.

6. Makai Ouij Devils and Realist

Summary: This manga was written by Madoka Takadono and published by Ichijinsha. It was about a
descendant of King Solomon named William Twining. William discovered that because of his ancestry,
he was the Elector. The Elector was the person that could determine who ruled hell when Lucifer went on
vacation. The catch was that William was a realist and didn't believe in demons. Still a supernatural war
was about to break out and William was in the middle of it.

Commentary: I chose this manga because they referred to the Easter Bunny in it.

Connection: One of the creatures in this manga was a Kilmoulis or a brownie.

It was a fairy tale creature that normally liked to do household chores and in this case grind flour. I’m
connecting this to the poem Spain: Cadiz The Winning of Cales because it mentioned other fairy tale
creatures such as giants and dwarfs.

B. Spain: Cadiz The Winning of Cales 

Summary: This poem was written by Miguel de Cervantes. The poem contained 14 lines with an
ABBCCDDCEFGEFG rhyme scheme. It seemed to be about a battle or the end of one as the speaker
seemed to be watching a squadron of soldiers on the move- whether they were leaving or entering the
battlefield.

Commentary: The reason I chose this poem was because the poet compared the battle to an Easter
May game.

WE saw a banded confraternity, By soldiers called a squadron, men whose blows Were dreaded more by friends than English foes, Holding an Easter May-game in July; All plumed, as if they meant to mount and fly: What wonder if, ere fifteen days had close, This pomp of Babel vanished, as it rose, Giants and dwarfs, with all their surquedry! Oft, like a valiant bull-calf, at their drill Had stout Becerro roared; pale grew the sun Beneath their smoke; earth trembled at their din: But all too late at Cales to fight or kill; The English Earl was gone; his booty won; And in grand triumph marched our grand Duke in!

https://www.bartleby.com/270/6/39.html

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