In a message dated 10/26/98 11:35:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
happosai@jps.net writes:

<< On 26 Oct 98, at 19:44, AlphSailor@aol.com wrote:
 
 > 
 > In a message dated 10/26/98 7:06:03 PM, AlphSailor wrote:
 > 
 > >I've been wondering- does Japan celeberate Halloween? I've been thinking
 > about
 > >writing a halloween fanfic based on an anime series...
 > >Please email privately, not FFML to prevent spam, thanks.
 > 
 > Please disregard this spam- I just found out that Japan does not
 > celeberate this holiday. If Japan does, then it's got to be unoffical and
 > limited. Again, I apologize for the unnecessary spam
 
 Well, as a general fanfic note, it's possible to handle this and similar 
 "it's not done in Japan but it would be interesting if it was" type of 
 things via a "one of the gaijin exchange students at school told me about 
 it, and it sounded fun" plot device. 
 
 That's assuming you're basing the fic on a series that has students as 
 main characters, like Ranma or Sailor Moon. It wouldn't work for, say, a 
 Tank Police or TTS Airbats fanfic.>>
	Um...it might work if:
		1.  Students, as mentioned above.
		2.  It's set in the future - a future where Halloween exists as a holiday in
Japan.
		3.  Person(s) from Western world shows up and kinda make celebrating the
holiday a good idea...  ("You mean that the usual way to get rid of these @@@
ghosts is to wander around in costumes!?!?!?")


		--Ryo "It's time for my medicine!" Hoshi
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