Michael Noakes wrote:

Hiya!

Haven't posted anything in awhgile, so I thought I'd add to this, even
though since I've sold my computer, I'm syuck using painfully overprices
internet caffes with tiny keyboards that cause far too many spelling
mistakes... gomen.

Not much to say or add, but I thought I'd throw in a few comments...

 What I concentrate on are the characterization and
cultural things.  I often get told "you don't know what
the hell you're talking about... I read all the books in
the library on Japan...so you can't know more than me."
Or "my 50-60 year old Japanese neighbor told me..."  Come
on now.  First... how much is modern day America like
America 10 or 20 years ago?   Well.. Japan is a living
society so stuff does change.  So that middle age to

I'd also add that just about anyrthing you read about Japan is terribly
Tokyo-centric.  

Not that this is really a problem.  After all, when's the last time you
read a manga or saw an anime that took place in a real place outside Tokyo,
except for Tenchi Muyo?



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